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US10802970B1	Control surface access using flat memory mapping Embodiments described herein provide an apparatus comprising a processor to allocate a first memory space for data for a graphics workload, the first memory comprising a first plurality of addressable memory locations, allocate a second memory space for compression metadata relating to the data for the graphics workload, the second memory space comprising a second plurality of addressable memory locations and having an amount of memory corresponding to a predetermined ratio of the amount of memory allocated to first memory space, and configure a direct memory mapping between the first plurality of addressable memory locations and the second plurality of addressable memory locations. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10802966B2	Simultaneous, non-atomic request processing within an SMP environment broadcast scope for multiply-requested data elements using real-time parallelization Provided are systems, methods, and media for simultaneous, non-atomic request processing of snooped operations of a broadcast scope within a SMP system. An example method includes detecting, by a first controller, based on a set of coherency resolution conditions, whether there are coherency resolution problems between two snooped operations. The method includes in response to detecting, by the first controller, that coherency resolution problems will not result, transmitting, from the first controller to a second controller, an indication signal indicating that coherency resolution problems will not result from the operation. The set of coherency resolution conditions includes: (a) detecting that a second operation of the two snooped operations operation is of a predetermined type, (b) detecting at time of snooping of the second operation that a directory state does not allow for exclusive data, and (c) detecting that the first controller has started committing to an update.
US10802964B2	Multi-section garbage collection method A method and apparatus for garbage collection is disclosed herein. The method includes specifying a load-monitored region within a memory managed by a run-time environment, enabling a load-monitored event-based branch configured to occur responsive to executing a first type of CPU instruction to load a pointer that points to a first location in the load-monitored region, performing a garbage collection process in background without pausing executing in the run-time environment, executing a CPU instruction of the first type to load a pointer that points to the first location in the load-monitored region, and responsive to triggering a load-monitored event-based branch, moving an object pointed to by the pointer with a handler from the first location in memory to a second location in memory.
US10802961B2	Data storage device and operation method of the same An apparatus and a method for accessing a plurality of memory blocks is disclosed. The An apparatus comprises: a memory circuit configured to store a recording table, wherein the recording table corresponds to quality index of the plurality of memory blocks; and a control circuit configured to group the plurality of memory blocks to a first memory group and a second memory group according to the quality index; to enable to access the memory blocks in the first memory group, and to disable to access the memory blocks in the second memory group.
US10802956B2	Accessing prologue and epilogue data Methods, systems, and apparatus, including an apparatus for accessing data. In some implementations, an apparatus includes address offset value elements that are each configured to store an address offset value. For each address offset value element, the apparatus can include address computation elements that each store a value used to determine the address offset value. One or more processors are configured to receive a program for performing computations using tensor elements of a tensor. The processor(s) can identify, in the program, a prologue or epilogue loop having a corresponding data array for storing values of the prologue or epilogue loop and populate, for a first address offset value element that corresponds to the prologue or epilogue loop, the address computation elements for the first address offset value element with respective values based at least on a number of iterations of the prologue or epilogue loop.
US10802949B1	Systems and methods for infrastructure validation Systems and method are provided for testing an infrastructure. The infrastructure may include one or more computers connected by a network. Moreover, each of the computers may include an agent. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving, at a controller, a test request to perform at least one of a plurality of predetermined tests, the predetermined test including one or more parameters associated with performing the predetermined test and one or more expected results from performing the predetermined test. The method further includes determining whether the predetermined test is available at one of the computers. The method also includes sending, by the controller, the predetermined test to one of the computers based on the results of the determining step, such that the agent at the computer performs the predetermined test sent by the controller. Furthermore, the method includes receiving, at the controller, one or more results of the predetermined test performed by the agent at the computer.
US10802948B2	Integrated testing data provisioning and conditioning system for application development Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system, computer program product, and method for providing a centralized, automated, and integrated platform for management and provisioning of testing data. In particular, the integrated platform may provide users with a comprehensive interface through which the user may procure and/or customize data for the purposes of testing an application within a testing environment before migrating the application to a production environment. In this regard, the integrated platform may comprise various applications that allow users to migrate, mine, verify, condition, sanitize, reserve, synthesize, and/or provision testing data, among other such functions.
US10802943B2	Performance management system, management device, and performance management method A performance management system includes: an information collection function unit configured to collect database utilization information indicating a utilization status of the database and component utilization information indicating a utilization status of components, which are constituent elements of the information system; a related component calculation function unit configured to acquire a component utilization, which is a proportion of an actual usage of the component to a maximum usage of the component, on the basis of the component utilization information and specify a related component related to the performance of the information system among the components on the basis of the component utilization and the database utilization information; and a prediction function unit configured to predict a future performance of the information system on the basis of utilization information of the related component.
US10802936B2	Memory location remapping and wear-levelling In one example a system includes a memory, and at least one memory controller to: detect a failed first memory location of the memory, remap the failed first location of the memory to a spare second location of the memory based on a pointer stored at the failed first memory location, and wear-level the memory. To wear-level the memory, the memory controller may copy data from the spare second location of the memory to a third location of the memory, and keep the pointer in the failed first memory location.
US10802933B1	Mirrored block with quorum set management for use in tracking valid mirrors of a journal Implementations are provided herein for using a Node State Block (“NSB”) to track the validity of various copies of the journal. The NSB can contain states local to the node and be implemented independent of the cluster state, and be readable at node boot time. The NSB can be mirrored to every storage drive within the node. The NSB can contain a generation number and a validity bit. Every time the NSB is updated, the generation number can be incremented. An update must be written to a quorum of drives to be considered committed. At mount time, the NSB is read from all the drives, and the copy with the highest generation number is used. If a quorum of drives cannot be read, the mount fails. Read quorum, or the quorum required at mount when reading the NSB across the set of storage drives requires a strict majority of the storage drives to have valid copies of the NSB. Write quorum, or the quorum required to update the NSB across all storage drives, requires a simple majority of drives.
US10802931B1	Management of shadowing for devices Technology is described for management of shadowing for devices. A computing hub may store device data from a device in a buffer associated with a local device shadow of the device. The computing hub may determine a write status of the device data using a last write marker representing a last data entry written to the buffer. The computing hub may also determine a shadowing upload status of the device data using a last sent shadow marker representing a last data entry of the buffer sent to a device shadowing service in a service provider environment. The computing hub may send computing hub information that includes the last write marker and the last sent shadow marker to the device shadowing service in the service provider environment.
US10802930B2	Determining a recovery mechanism in a storage system using a machine learning module In response to an occurrence of a failure in a storage controller, an input on a plurality of attributes of the storage controller at a time of occurrence of the failure is provided to a machine learning module. In response to receiving the input, the machine learning module generates a plurality of output values corresponding to a plurality of recovery mechanisms to recover from the failure in the storage controller. A recovery is made from the failure in the storage controller, by applying a recovery mechanism whose output value is greatest among the plurality of output values that are generated by the machine learning module.
US10802929B2	Parallel processing system runtime state reload A parallel processing system includes at least three processors operating in parallel, state monitoring circuitry, and state reload circuitry. The state monitoring circuitry couples to the at least three parallel processors and is configured to monitor runtime states of the at least three parallel processors and identify a first processor of the at least three parallel processors having at least one runtime state error. The state reload circuitry couples to the at least three parallel processors and is configured to select a second processor of the at least three parallel processors for state reload, access a runtime state of the second processor, and load the runtime state of the second processor into the first processor. Monitoring and reload may be performed only on sub-systems of the at least three parallel processors. During reload, clocks and supply voltages of the processors may be altered. The state reload may relate to sub-systems.
US10802928B2	Backup and restoration of file system A method for restoring a target file system in a storage system by a computer system, the computer system being connected to a network, the storage system including a tier of sequential access media, the method includes receiving a backup image including metadata of a file of the target file system, from a remote computer system via the network, the metadata indicating a sequential access medium, and restoring the metadata of the target file system using the backup image, the target file system being restored on the computer system by sharing a resource with a native file system operating on the computer system.
US10802920B2	Backup and restore validation Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for receiving a request to generate a backup of a distributed computing system; generating, by each of the plurality of components of the distributed computing system, one or more backup artifacts; generating, by each of the plurality of components of the distributed computing system, verification data, the verification data being metadata about the contents of the generated backup artifacts; obtaining a second request to validate the backup; provisioning a restore environment; processing the plurality of backup artifacts to restore the plurality of components in the provisioned restore environment; performing a verification process using respective verification data for the restored component, wherein each verification process determines whether contents of the restored component matches the respective verification data for the restored component; and outputting a result of the verification process.
US10802917B2	Memory system confirming whether processing of preserving data which has been before shutdown According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory having a first writing area and a second writing area, and a controller, in which the controller confirms whether processing of preserving data which has been written before shutdown which is not going through a predetermined shutdown procedure is being executed, in the nonvolatile memory, when the controller receives a write command, causes the nonvolatile memory to write data to the first writing area if the processing is not being executed, and causes the nonvolatile memory to write data to the second writing area if the processing is being executed.
US10802913B1	Solid state storage device using prediction function A solid state storage device using a prediction function is provided. The solid state storage device includes a control circuit and a non-volatile memory. The control circuit generates collection read operation commands. The collection read operation commands are temporarily stored in a command queue, and transmitted to the non-volatile memory. According to each of the collection read operation commands, the non-volatile memory generates a corresponding encoded read data to the control circuit. After the error correction circuit performs a decoding operation on the encoded read data, a decoded content is generated and a first count of the decoded content is transmitted to a first register of the register set. After the encoded read data is decoded, a value stored in the first register is a first parameter and the first parameter is inputted into a prediction function of the function storage circuit.
US10802912B2	Semiconductor memory device and memory system having the same Disclosed are a semiconductor memory device and a memory system including the same. The semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array having a plurality of memory cells and includes an error correcting code (ECC) decoder configured to receive first data and a first parity for the first data from selected memory cells of the memory cell array, generate a second parity for the first data using an H-matrix and the first data, compare the first parity to the second parity to generate a first syndrome, and generate a decoding status flag (DSF) with different states on the basis of a number of “0” or “1” bits included in the first syndrome.
US10802910B2	System for identifying and correcting data errors In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a controller comprising circuitry, the controller to generate an error correction code for a memory line, the memory line comprising a plurality of first data blocks, wherein the error correction code comprises parity bits generated based on first portions of a plurality of second data blocks, wherein the plurality of second data blocks are the first data blocks or diffused data blocks generated from the plurality of first data blocks; generate a metadata block corresponding to the memory line, wherein the metadata block comprises the error correction code for the memory line and at least one metadata bit; encode the first data blocks and the metadata block; and provide the encoded data blocks and the encoded metadata block for storage on a memory module.
US10802904B2	Techniques for repairing an inoperable auxiliary device using another device The embodiments set forth a technique for enabling a computing device to cure a configuration issue associated with an auxiliary computing device. According to some embodiments, the technique can include the steps of (1) receiving, from the auxiliary computing device, a request to repair the configuration issue, where the request includes device information associated with the auxiliary computing device, and (2) in response to determining, based on the device information, that the auxiliary computing device is known to the computing device: (i) establishing a secure communication link with the auxiliary computing device, (ii) identifying at least one problem associated with the configuration issue, (iii) generating repair information based on the at least one problem, and (iv) transmitting the repair information to the auxiliary computing device over the secure communication link to cause the auxiliary computing device to cure the at least one problem.
US10802902B2	Notification of controller fault using message authentication code A system and method to provide notification of a controller fault in a multi-controller system using a message authentication code (MAC) involve receiving, at a security peripheral, a fault notification from a monitor of a first controller of the multi-controller system indicating that the first controller is faulty. The method also includes receiving, at the security peripheral, a key index from the first, and providing, from the security peripheral, a faulty MAC to the first controller based on the fault notification. The faulty MAC is different than the first correct MAC indicated by the key index from the first controller. A second controller among the controllers of multi-controller system receives a message from the first controller that includes the faulty MAC. The second controller determines that the message from the first controller cannot be trusted based on the faulty MAC not matching the first correct MAC.
US10802897B1	System for tracking transaction data across applications A computer-implemented system and method to track a transaction that is executed by a series of applications in a workflow. Each application in the workflow generates an application log file that includes a standard header, which in turn includes a transaction ID associated with the transaction, an outcome associated with a step of the transaction executed by each of the applications, and a timestamp associated with the step of the transaction. The application log file with the header is received and stored by the computer system. The computer system can thereafter retrieve and display the entire transaction history for the transaction across all of the applications in response to a user query. The standard header is appended to the application log file and agnostic to the underlying technology used to implement the application system so that any transaction can be reconstructed end-to-end regardless of the form of the application system.
US10802891B2	Application interface governance platform to harmonize, validate, and replicate data-driven definitions to execute application interface functionality Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, including a subset of intermediary executable instructions constituting an communication interface between various software and/or hardware platforms, and, more specifically, to an automated application interface governance platform to automate development, maintenance, and governance functions for application interfaces, such as harmonizing, validating, and/or replicating application program interfaces (“APIs”). For example, a method may include identifying a subset of application interfaces, synthesizing a data structure for each application interface, analyzing the data structure against other data structures to identify duplicative portions among multiple data structures, substituting a reference to a location into a portion of multiple application interfaces. Optionally, the method may include evaluating interoperability of multiple application interfaces to validate collective operation of a subset of application interfaces.
US10802890B2	System and method for multidimensional search with a resource pool in a computing environment In accordance with an embodiment, a system enables multidimensional search within a resource pool, to support complex borrow operations such as, for example, specifying ranges for particular connection properties. As threads access the pool, attempting to borrow connections having particular connection properties, one or more skipped pool elements can be represented as skip lists within a k-dimensional tree (KD-tree) or other data structure that enables searching across multiple dimensions. In response to receiving a request to borrow a connection having particular connection properties, a multidimensional search can be performed within the KD-tree to determine the availability of a connection having the requested properties.
US10802886B1	Multi-faceted resource aggregation engine for linking external systems A system for resource aggregation and deployment is provided. The system comprises: a memory device with computer-readable program code stored thereon; a communication device connected to a network; and a processing device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute the computer-readable program code to: generate a user profile comprising historical user interaction data associated with a user; establish a connection to a resource location associated with the user; identify an existing resource associated with the resource location; determine an additional resource based on identifying the existing resource, wherein the additional resource is complementary to the existing resource; aggregate the existing resource and the additional resource; and configure a resource deployment based on the existing resource, the additional resource, and the user profile, wherein the resource deployment is configured to complete an interaction.
US10802884B2	Efficient provisioning of an infrastructure based on different factors Systems and methods for provisioning infrastructure to application workloads may include receiving, by a server computing system, profile information of an application workload, the profile information describing resource usage of the application workload; receiving, by the server computing system, burn-in information for hardware components of an infrastructure, the burn-in information including benchmark information; receiving, by the server computing system, hardware configuration information associated with the infrastructure, the hardware information including capacity information; receiving, by the server computing system, a policy definition describing provisioning parameters; generating, by the server computing system, a first infrastructure distribution based at least on the profile information, the burn-in information, the hardware configuration information, and the policy definition; and provisioning, by the server computing system, the infrastructure to the application workload based at least on the first infrastructure distribution.
US10802876B2	Multiprocessor scheduling policy with deadline constraint for determining multi-agent schedule for a plurality of agents A method of determining a multi-agent schedule includes defining a well-formed, non-preemptive task set that includes a plurality of tasks, with each task having at least one subtask. Each subtask is associated with at least one resource required for performing that subtask. In accordance with the method, an allocation, which assigns each task in the task set to an agent, is received and a determination is made, based on the task set and the allocation, as to whether a subtask in the task set is schedulable at a specific time. A system for implementing the method is also provided.
US10802862B2	Live migration of virtual machines across heterogeneous virtual machine management domains A method of migrating a virtual machine (VM) having a virtual disk from a source data center to a destination data center includes generating a snapshot of the VM to create a base disk and a delta disk in which writes to the virtual disk subsequent to the snapshot are recorded, and copying the base disk to a destination data store. The method further includes, in response to a request to migrate the VM, preparing a migration specification at the source and transmitting the migration specification to the destination, the migration specification including a VM identifier and a current content ID of the base disk, and determining that a content ID of the copied base disk matches the current content ID of the base disk included in the migration specification and updating the migration specification to indicate that the base disk does not need to be migrated.
US10802859B2	Setting method for server apparatus and server apparatus for load balancing A setting method for a server apparatus includes identifying, from virtual machine groups arranged in plural stages that realize communication functions, a termination type virtual machine that terminates traffics, extracting, for each of virtual machines that relay traffics to the termination type virtual machine, an auxiliary communication path including an output destination virtual machine to which a traffic addressed to the termination type virtual machine is output, and setting, for each of the virtual machines that relay traffics to the termination type virtual machine, the extracted auxiliary communication path.
US10802858B2	Collecting and processing contextual attributes on a host Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel architecture for capturing contextual attributes on host computers that execute one or more machines, and for consuming the captured contextual attributes to perform services on the host computers. The machines are virtual machines (VMs) in some embodiments, containers in other embodiments, or a mix of VMs and containers in still other embodiments. Some embodiments execute a guest-introspection (GI) agent on each machine from which contextual attributes need to be captured. In addition to executing one or more machines, each host computer in these embodiments executes a context engine and one or more attribute-based service engines. Through the GI agents of the machines of a host's machine, the context engine of that host in some embodiments collects contextual attributes associated with network and/or process events on the machines, and provides the contextual attributes to the service engines to use to identify service rules for processing.
US10802857B2	Collecting and processing contextual attributes on a host Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel architecture for capturing contextual attributes on host computers that execute one or more machines, and for consuming the captured contextual attributes to perform services on the host computers. The machines are virtual machines (VMs) in some embodiments, containers in other embodiments, or a mix of VMs and containers in still other embodiments. Some embodiments execute a guest-introspection (GI) agent on each machine from which contextual attributes need to be captured. In addition to executing one or more machines, each host computer in these embodiments executes a context engine and one or more attribute-based service engines. Through the GI agents of a host's machines, the context engine of that host in some embodiments collects contextual attributes associated with network and/or process events on the machines, and provides the contextual attributes to the service engines to use to identify service rules for processing.
US10802856B1	Virtual cable hub A virtualized Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) that provides high speed data services to one or more remote physical devices (RPDs). The CMTS comprises one or more first servers that each perform packet switching and routing as well as one or more second servers that each perform CMTS functions for the one or more remote physical devices (RPDs). Each of the one or more first servers and each of the one or more second servers are each implemented entirely on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware. Further, the CMTS functions comprise telemetry, displaying and supporting a dashboard that depicts historical events that occurred or ongoing events presently occurring at the virtualized CMTS, dynamic instantiation and deinstantiation of virtual machines in which software processes implementing the CMTS functions execute in proportion to demand at the virtual CMTS, logging, and analytics.
US10802853B2	Active drive A data storage drive that includes a data storage medium and drive control circuit communicatively coupled to the data storage medium. The data storage drive also includes embedded applet management circuitry that executes an application, installed in the data storage drive as one or more key-value objects, within a controlled environment of the data storage drive.
US10802847B1	System and method for reproducing and resolving application errors A user device may encounter an error while executing an application. The user device may send the error to customer service. Customer service may send a recording request to the user device and an application server. The recording request may include instructions that cause the user device to record an initial state of hardware data on the user device and to reproduce the error. The recording request may cause the application server to record the application requests it receives and the associated responses. Upon reproducing the error, the recording session may be terminated and session data that includes the recordings are sent to developers. The developers may replay the recording session in a simulator to reproduce and resolve the error. The developers may generate application update data that resolves the error and may send the data to the user devices that reported the error.
US10802844B2	Distributed application based off of stateful desktop application An architectural software model in which browser-executable code and non-browser executable code of an application are distributed. The browser-executable code (such as markup language and script) is executed by a browser on perhaps a client machine, whilst the non-browser executable code (such as C# code as an example) is executed on a server or by a service. Such code typically is included within a single desktop application with an interoperability component operating between. The browser-executable code is able to communicate with the non-browser executable code using a request-response protocol. In order to facilitate communication with the non-browser-executable code, the non-browser executable code is provided in an environment that includes a request translator and a response translator. The environment includes an interface which honors the request/response protocol followed by the browser-executable code.
US10802842B1	Parameterized user interface for capturing user feedback Disclosed herein are embodiments for processing a user interface (UI) using one or more parameters to capture user feedback. Embodiments operate by identifying one or more UI element codes in an information screen based on a parameter data structure. The embodiments request a set of responses from a database based on the parameter data structure. The embodiments generate a set of UI elements that capture user feedback based on the set of responses. The embodiments then present the information screen with the generated set of UI elements to capture user feedback.
US10802839B2	User interface customization based on user tendencies The present disclosure is related to devices, systems, and methods for user interface customization. An example device can include instructions executable by a processor to receive indications of user actions with respect to an application, wherein the actions are made using a plurality of selectable elements of an interface, determine a user tendency based on the user actions, and provide a customized interface to the user based on the determined user tendency, wherein the customized interface includes at least one customized selectable element.
US10802835B2	Rule-based data protection Systems for rule-based data protection of virtualized computing entities. A method embodiment commences upon receiving specification parameters that correspond to one or more data protection schemes or data protection configurations such as schemes for making backups or snapshots. Based on the specification parameters and the data protection configurations, one or more resource entities associated with the data protection configurations are identified. Each of the resource entities are accessed and one or more applicable data protection administration rules that correspond to the respective resource entities are applied. The resource entities might be organized hierarchically. Determination of which data protection administration rules are applicable to the resource entities is based on the type of resource entity being considered. The combination of the resource entity type and respective applicable rules is used to generate entity-specific data protection commands. The entity-specific commands to administer the data protection configurations over the resource entities are executed.
US10802829B2	Scalable dependency matrix with wake-up columns for long latency instructions in an out-of-order processor Aspects of the invention include tracking dependencies between instructions in an issue queue. The tracking includes, for each instruction in the issue queue, tracking a specific dependency on each of a threshold number of instructions most recently added to the issue queue prior to the instruction, tracking as a single group a dependency of the instruction on any instructions in the issue queue that are not in the threshold number of instructions, and tracking for each source register used by the instruction an indicator of whether its content is dependent on results from an instruction in the single group that has not finished execution. Based at least in part on detecting removal from the issue queue of an instruction in the single group that has issued and not finished execution, the method includes indicating that the instruction is ready for issuance or waiting for a notification that the removed instruction has finished execution.
US10802828B1	Instruction memory Provided are systems and methods for implementing a memory for an integrated circuit device. In various examples, the integrated circuit can operate the memory as a FIFO, where each address in the FIFO is directly addressable. The integrated circuit can include a first register for storing a head pointer and a second register for storing a tail pointer. When new data is written to the memory, the data cat be written starting at the tail pointer location, without the tail pointer being modified. The tail pointer can be incremented using write transactions received from external to the integrated circuit.
US10802826B2	Apparatus and method for performing dual signed and unsigned multiplication of packed data elements An apparatus and method for performing dual concurrent multiplications of packed data elements. For example one embodiment of a processor comprises: a decoder to decode a first instruction to generate a decoded instruction; a first source register to store a first plurality of packed byte data elements; a second source register to store a second plurality of packed byte data elements; execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction, the execution circuitry comprising: multiplier circuitry to concurrently multiply each of the packed byte data elements of the first plurality with a corresponding packed byte data element of the second plurality to generate a plurality of products; adder circuitry to add specified sets of the products to generate temporary results for each set of products; zero-extension or sign-extension circuitry to zero-extend or sign-extend the temporary result for each set to generate an extended temporary result for each set; accumulation circuitry to combine each of the extended temporary results with a selected packed data value stored in a third source register to generate a plurality of final results; and a destination register to store the plurality of final results as a plurality of packed data elements in specified data element positions.
US10802825B2	Cognitive software porting assistant system Embodiments include a method, a cognitive software porting assistant system, and a computer program product for operating a cognitive software porting assistant system. Embodiments include analyzing code to identify strings of the code, tokenizing the strings of the code into tokens, and identifying a first set of tokens and a second set of tokens from the tokens, wherein the first set of tokens corresponds to a first platform and the second set of tokens corresponds to the second platform. Embodiments also include generating a first syntax tree for the first set of tokens and a second syntax tree for the second set of tokens, and serializing the first syntax tree and the second syntax tree. Embodiments include comparing the first serialized syntax tree with the second serialized syntax tree, and saving a mapping of the first serialized syntax tree and second serialized syntax tree responsive to the comparison.
US10802818B2	Automatic firmware updates In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may determine that an external device is coupled to an input/output (I/O) port of an information handling system and may provide a first message to an information handling system firmware (IHSFW) that indicates information associated with the external device. The IHSFW may provide a second message to a management information exchange, and the management information exchange may start an application in response to the second message. The application may determine firmware of the external device can be updated, may receive user input that indicates updating the firmware of the external device, may retrieve new firmware associated with the external device, and may provide the new firmware to the external device. In one or more embodiments, the new firmware associated with the external device may be retrieved before the external device is coupled to the information handling system.
US10802806B1	Generating vectorized control flow using reconverging control flow graphs A reconverging control flow graph is generated by receiving an input control flow graph including a plurality of basic code blocks, determining an order of the basic code blocks, and traversing the input control flow graph. The input control flow graph is traversed by, for each basic code block B of the plurality of basic code blocks, according to the determined order of the basic code blocks, visiting the basic code block B prior to visiting a subsequent block C of the plurality of basic code blocks, and based on determining that the basic code block B has a prior block A and that the prior block A has an open edge AC to the subsequent block C, in the reconverging control flow graph, creating an edge AF between the prior block A and a flow block F1, and creating an edge FC between the flow block F1 and the subsequent block C.
US10802800B1	Systems and methods for single chip quantum random number generation Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for quantum random number generation (QRNG). An example method includes generating, by a QRNG chip, a series of particles and transmitting the series of particles through a double-slit structure comprising a first slit and a second slit. The example method further includes detecting, by the QRNG chip, a first subseries of particles transmitted through the first slit to generate a first detected subseries of particles. The example method further includes detecting, by the QRNG chip, a second subseries of particles transmitted through the second slit to generate a second detected subseries of particles. The example method further includes decoding, by the QRNG chip, the first detected subseries of particles and the second detected subseries of particles to generate a decoded set of bits that, in some instances, may be used to generate a random number, a session key, or both.
US10802798B1	Optical identification record system An optical identification record system is provided that combines physical record with digital music. The optical identification record system includes a record and a record player. The surface of the record is printed with optical identification codes. The record player includes a turntable, a first motor, a tone arm, a processor, a memory, and a second motor. The turntable of the record player is used to rotate the record. The tone arm includes a cartridge that reads the optical identification codes on the surface of the record to decode a corresponding audio file for playing.
US10802795B2	Systems and methods for image data compression An imaging system may include an array of pixels that each generates pixel data and a pixel data compression system. The pixel data compression system may include pixel data to variable-precision floating-point conversion circuitry, discrete wavelet transform circuitry, encoding circuitry, and serialization circuitry. The pixel data to variable-precision floating-point conversion circuitry may generate bits associated with a floating-point representation of the pixel data. The bits associated with the floating-point representation may include a sign component, an exponent component, and a mantissa component. The exponent component may be offset by a value to generate the floating-point value associated with the pixel data.
US10802794B2	Avalanche transceiver and method for operating an avalanche transceiver The invention relates to an avalanche transceiver, having a transmitting unit for transmitting at least one transmit signal, a receiving unit for receiving at least one transmit signal from at least one further avalanche transceiver, and a control device for controlling at least one loudspeaker. The control device is designed to control the at least one loudspeaker to output at least one voice message on the basis of at least one event. The at least one event is associated with a search for the at least one further avalanche transceiver. The invention further relates to a method for operating such an avalanche transceiver.
US10802792B2	Audio device, audio system, and volume value control method An audio device includes an amplifier having a volume control circuit, a communication circuit configured to communicate with a host apparatus, a processor, and a memory having stored thereon instructions executable by the processor to cause the audio device to perform: setting a volume value in the volume control circuit; receiving, from the host apparatus through the communication circuit, an instruction value indicating a volume value to be set in the volume control circuit; comparing the received instruction value with a set value that is a volume value set in the volume control circuit; and sending an instruction signal based on a comparison result to the host apparatus through the communication circuit.
US10802791B2	Methods and systems for streaming audio and voice data Methods and systems for streaming audio and voice data, the method including: providing a first wearable audio device having a first speaker and a first communication module; establishing, via circuitry of a first device, a first connection over a first protocol between the first wearable audio device and the first device; receiving, via an audio-oriented profile or channel of the first protocol, a first audio stream from the first device over a first time interval; receiving, via a first microphone of the first wearable audio device, a first voice input during the first time interval; and, sending, via a data-oriented profile or channel of the first protocol, the first voice input to the first device during the first time interval.
US10802789B2	Information processing device, reproducing device, and information processing method An information processing device is provided with an information obtaining unit and a reproduction information transmitting unit. The information obtaining unit obtains first management information of content from a first reproducing device. The reproduction information transmitting unit, based on the first management information that the information obtaining unit has obtained, causes a second reproducing device to obtain reproduction information that reproduces content that the first reproducing device manages.
US10802784B2	Transmission of data related to an indicator between a user terminal device and a head mounted display and method for controlling the transmission of data A user terminal device includes a communicator configure to communicate with an external device; a touchscreen configured to display an image and to receive a touch input; and a controller configured to control the touchscreen to display an image received from the external device through the communicator, to control the touchscreen to display a first indicator associated with an object included in the displayed image, in response to the touch input being detected on the image displayed on the touchscreen, the first indicator being displayed at a point where the touch input is detected, and to control the communicator to transmit data related to the first indicator to the external device, the data comprising information to be used by the external device in determining a position of a second indicator to be included in an image displayed in the external device.
US10802782B2	Electronic device having bended display and control method thereof According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise a bended display, a sensor unit, and a processor. The bended display includes a front display region, a side display region, and a back display region, which respectively correspond to a front face, a side face, and a back face of the electronic device. The sensor unit detects a motion of the electronic device. If an event occurs while content is displayed on the front display region, the processor controls the bended display to display a graphic object corresponding to the event on the front display region, and also controls the bended display to display a first screen corresponding to the graphic object on the back display region, based on the detected motion of the electronic device.
US10802780B2	Digital device and method for controlling same A digital device according to an embodiment of the present description can receive attribute information from an external device and generate attribute information of the digital device on the basis of context information of the digital device. Moreover, the digital device can provide one or more recommended activities by matching the generated attribute information of the digital device and the attribute information of the external device.
US10802778B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing system and information processing method for executing document reading processing Provided is an information processing apparatus that efficiently executes a series of tasks related to reading a document. An information processing system includes an upstream server, image forming apparatuses and a regional server. An apparatus-information-acquiring unit of the upstream server acquires apparatus information from plural image forming apparatuses. A task-sharing unit shares the respective tasks of a series of tasks for document data that is read by a specified image forming apparatus, based on a storage unit that is an apparatus-information-storage unit that stores an ID, position information that indicates a position in a network, and performance information for that image forming apparatuses that is included in the apparatus information. The task-sharing unit, in accordance with the ID and performance information of plural image forming apparatuses, determines and shares tasks so as to be executed by image forming apparatuses that are at nearby positions in the network.
US10802769B2	Printing apparatus configured to process job and method of controlling the same A printing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a print job, and an execution unit configured to execute printing the print job received by the reception unit, wherein the execution unit is configured to execute cancellation for automatically cancelling printing of the print job received by the reception unit based on a state in which a predetermined interruption of printing the print job remains unsolved continues for a predetermined time or longer; and a notification unit configured to notify at least a user or an external apparatus communicating with the printing apparatus of information indicating that the printing apparatus is currently in a state in which a print job to be newly received by the reception unit is automatically cancelled by the cancellation.
US10802768B1	Printer setting value communication system An information processing system includes an external apparatus and an information processing apparatus. The external apparatus includes a storage configured to store model information indicating a model of an image processing apparatus and function information regarding a function of the image processing apparatus, and a print setting screen generator configured to generate a print setting screen in which a setting value transmitted from the information processing apparatus is reflected, by using the storage. The information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire a setting value of a function from the image processing apparatus, and a transmitter configured to transmit the setting value acquired by the acquiring unit to the external apparatus.
US10802767B2	Printer and non-transitory computer readable storage medium with shared review function A printer includes a printing engine, an interface, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform obtaining a file from an external storage device; determining whether the file has information representing a specific function; in response to determining that the file has the information, sending to a server a data request; receiving data on the updates from the server; incorporating the data on the updates into the file; and causing the printing engine to print an image based on the file including the data on the updates. In response to not determining that the file has the information, the data request is not sent to the server.
US10802766B2	Database with NVDIMM as persistent storage A shared storage architecture persistently stores database files in non-volatile random access memories (NVRAMs) of computing nodes of a multi-node DBMS. The computing nodes of the multi-node DBMS not only collectively store database data on NVRAMs of the computing nodes, but also host database server instances that process queries in parallel, host database sessions and database processes, and together manage access to a database stored on the NVRAMs of the computing nodes. To perform a data block read operation from persistent storage, a data block may be transferred directly over a network between NVRAM of a computing node that persistently stores the data block to a database buffer in non-volatile RAM of another computing node that requests the data block. The transfer is accomplished using remote direct memory access (“RDMA).
US10802764B2	Storage virtualization for directories Storage virtualization techniques allow directories to be stored remotely, for example, by a cloud storage provider, but in a manner that appears to a user or application running on a local computing device as if the directories are stored locally—even though the data of those directories may not be resident on the local computing device. That is, the contents of directories that may exist in the cloud look and behave as if they were stored locally on a computing device.
US10802758B2	Memory controller managing temperature of memory device and memory system having the memory controller There are provided a memory controller and a memory system having the same. The memory controller includes: a temperature monitor device configured to count values that vary according to operation statuses of memory devices; a status check device configured to output status information of the memory devices based on the count values; and a scheduler configured to store the status information according to arrangements of the memory devices, and output the status information in response to a request received from a host.
US10802754B2	Hardware-based power management integrated circuit register file write protection Disclosed are devices and methods for protecting the register file of a power management integrated circuit (PMIC). In one embodiment, a device is disclosed comprising: a register file comprising a plurality of a registers, at least one register in the register file containing a write register bit (WRB); and an interface configured to receive messages from a host application, the messages including a WRB enablement signal, wherein the device is configured to enable writing to the register file in response to receiving the WRB enablement signal over the interface, write data in response to write messages while writing to the register file is enabled, and disable writing to the register file in response to receiving a stop bit over the interface.
US10802751B2	Memory system and operating method thereof A memory system may include: a memory device comprising a plurality of channels, a plurality of dies coupled to the respective channels, and a plurality of super blocks; and a controller suitable for controlling the memory device, wherein the controller includes: a detector suitable for searching for a first available reserved block in a first die, when a bad block has occurred in the first die which is coupled to a first channel and belongs to a first super block group, and searching for a second available reserved block in a second die which is coupled to the first channel and belongs to a second super block group when the first available reserved block is not present in the first die; and an assignor suitable for replacing the bad block with the second available reserved block when the second available reserved block is present.
US10802749B2	Implementing hierarchical availability domain aware replication policies A method commences upon accessing a set of data items that describe computing nodes to be organized into failure-tolerant configuration. The failure-tolerant configuration is characterized by system availability characteristics such as a replication factor and such as a hierarchical distribution of computing nodes. Characteristics of the topology include boundaries that define two or more hierarchically-related availability domain levels. Computing nodes are situated within these boundaries. Instances of a target hierarchical availability domain level are sorted, and instances of a hierarchically lower availability domain level are also sorted to form a multi-level sort order of computing nodes. Computing entities are mapped onto the computing nodes by observing the multi-level sort order.
US10802748B2	Cost-effective deployments of a PMEM-based DMO system Disclosed herein is a persistent memory (PMEM)-based distributed memory object system, referred to as the PMEM DMO system, that provides affordable means of integrating low-latency PMEM spaces with other devices, including servers that do not directly support PMEM. One embodiment comprises providing a cluster of servers with PMEM storage (PMEM servers) and connecting the PMEM servers to a plurality of applications servers using a low-latency network, such as a remote direct memory access; background processes on each of the application servers are tasked to perform input/output operations for the application servers to locally materialize objects from and synchronize/persist objects to the remote PMEM spaces on the PMEM servers. Data materialized from the PMEM servers is stored to the local cache of the application server for use. Also disclosed are data eviction policies for clearing the local cache of the application servers to make space for new data read.
US10802746B1	Policy-driven multiple storage class representation in versioned storage Techniques for maintaining versioning of data objects as a result of policy-based changes to the data objects are described herein. Metadata associated with a data object is updated as a result of an operation that is specified in a data policy associated with the data object. The metadata associated with the data object is updated based on a version key that is associated with the data object that is an identifier that identifies the data storage object in a plurality of data storage classes.
US10802745B1	Process control and data access for pre-transitional, transitional, and post-transitional transfer A computer-implemented system and method are provided for process control during a transfer of an entity from a transferor system to a transferee system. The method comprises, in a pre-transition state, storing data of a user in the memory comprising combined non-divested data that remain with the transferor, and to-be divested data that are a part of the entity and remain with the entity during and after the transfer. In a transitional state, the method provides full access to the user data by the transferor, provides additional limited access to the to-be divested data by the transferee, receives required new access credentials permitting the user to access the to be divested data, and partially restricts access to the to-be divested data. In a final state, the method divests the to-be divested data, making it divested data, and removes access to the divested data by the transferor.
US10802738B2	Criteria-based cost-efficient routing and deployment of metadata packages in an on-demand environment In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating criteria-based cost-efficient routing and deployment of metadata packages in an on-demand services environment according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method comprises analyzing, by a metadata costing server computing device, characteristics of a metadata package awaiting deployment, where analyzing includes matching the characteristics with predefined criteria associated with deployment of metadata packages. The method may further include routing, by the metadata server, the metadata package for real-time deployment if the characteristics satisfy the criteria, where the real-time deployment allows for bypassing of message queues associated with standard deployment.
US10802736B2	Power down mode for universal flash storage (UFS) Systems and method are directed to Universal Flash Storage (UFS) memory system configured to support deep power-down modes wherein the UFS memory system is not required to be responsive to commands received from a host device coupled to the UFS memory system. Correspondingly, in the deep power-down modes, a link or interface between the UFS memory system and the host device may also be powered down. The UFS memory system may enter the deep power-down modes based on a command received from the host device or a hardware reset assertion, and exit the deep power-down modes based on a hardware reset de-assertion or power cycling. While in deep power-down modes, the power consumption of the UFS memory device is substantially lower than the power consumption of the UFS memory device in conventional power modes.
US10802735B1	Systems and methods for reconfiguring dual-function cell arrays An integrated circuit die element comprises one or more field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) elements; a reconfigurable dual function memory array, the reconfigurable dual function memory array including a plurality of reconfigurable memory array blocks, each reconfigurable memory array block being capable of configuration and reconfiguration as a storage memory array block or as a control logic array block for controlling at least a portion of the one or more FPGA elements; and a control logic circuit functioning to configure each reconfigurable memory array block as the respective memory array block or as the respective logic array block for controlling the one or more FPGA elements.
US10802734B2	Method for fast boot read The disclosure relates to optimizing a mount process at a data storage device. The storage device communicates with a host using a mount process and mounts a master table, the master table caching translation table pointers associated with a boot partition. The storage device then sends a ready signal to the host indicating that the storage device is ready to receive a boot partition read command from the host. The storage device suspends the mount process for a window of time to receive the boot partition read command and executes the boot partition read command if the boot partition read command is received during the window of time. Accordingly, by caching boot partition pointers in the master table, the mount time of the boot partition is shortened to allow the storage device to send the ready signal earlier and provide the host with earlier access to the boot partition.
US10802730B2	Semiconductor device and reconfiguration control method of the same Power consumption of a semiconductor device is reduced. A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of circuits, a bus circuit including a plurality of buffers that temporarily store communication data between the circuits and a plurality of arbitration circuits that arbitrate an access between the circuits and the buffers, a storage unit that stores information based on a use state of the buffers during communication between the circuits and configuration information including designation of unused circuits that are not used for the communication from among the circuits, and a control circuit that controls the bus circuit so as to stop use of unused buffers that are not used for the communication from among the buffers and at least a partial configuration in arbitration circuits corresponding to the unused circuits from among the arbitration circuits based on the configuration information.
US10802725B2	Management of unmap processing rates in distributed and shared data storage volumes The disclosure herein describes managing a rate of processing unmap requests for a data storage volume. Unmap requests are received from a cluster of active hosts that are associated with the data storage volume. Latency data values of each active host are then accessed. A long-term cluster latency average value is calculated based on the accessed latency data values of all active hosts over a long-term time period and a short-term cluster latency average value is calculated based on the accessed latency data values of all active hosts over a short-term time period. An unmap rate adjustment value is calculated based on a difference between the long-term cluster latency average value and the short-term cluster latency average value. The rate of processing unmap requests for the data storage volume is adjusted based on the unmap rate adjustment value and the unmap requests are performed based on the adjusted rate.
US10802721B2	Memory devices configured to latch data for output in response to an edge of a clock signal generated in response to an edge of another clock signal Memory device including a controller configured to cause the memory device to generate a first clock edge of a first clock signal in response to a first clock edge of a second clock signal; to generate a second, opposite, clock edge of the first clock signal immediately following the first clock edge of the first clock signal in response to a second, opposite, clock edge of the second clock signal immediately following the first clock edge of the second clock signal; and to latch data for output from the memory device in response to the second clock edge of the first clock signal.
US10802718B2	Method and device for determination of garbage collector thread number and activity management in log-structured file systems A method for garbage collection of a volume in a log-structured file system is disclosed. The volume comprises a plurality of segments. Each of the segments comprises a plurality of blocks. An invalid block count of each of the segments is determined. The invalid block count is used as an index for ordering the segments in a garbage collection queue. A plurality of range areas are determined for the index. A migration rate of each range area is determined, and the migration rate of a given range area reflects an intensity of segment migration into/out of the given range area. A negative migration rate reflects a segment migration into the given range area. Garbage collection is performed based upon the migration rate.
US10802716B2	Hard disk management method, system, electronic device, and storage medium The hard disk management system includes at least one object server and a managing server. The object server is configured for sending a first request to a managing server to obtain object hard disk information. The managing server is configured for obtaining object hard disk information corresponding to the object server after receiving the first request, and sending the object hard disk information to the object server. The object server is further configured for monitoring and managing a group of object hard disks indicated by the object hard disk information.
US10802713B2	Requester-associated storage entity data A method includes receiving a data access request for a data object from a requesting device of a set of requesting devices associated with the data object. The method further includes determining storage entity data for the data object that includes global metadata, global policies, individual requesting device metadata of each requesting device of the set of requesting devices, and individual requesting device policies of each requesting device of the set of requesting devices. The method further includes determining whether an action of the data access request is compliant with the global policies and consistent with the global metadata. If so, the method further includes determining whether the action triggers one or more global policies and/or one or more individual requesting device polices, and whether global metadata and/or individual requesting device metadata are associated. The method further includes processing the action in accordance with the triggered policies and associated metadata.
US10802710B2	System and method for inputting one or more inputs associated with a multi-input target A system comprising a user interface and a prediction engine is discussed. The user interface comprises a multi-input target associated with multiple input options available for input. In a first system, the user interface is configured to select the multi-input target and input of the multiple input options. The prediction engine is configured to determine the probability that the user intended to select an input of the multiple inputs other than the selected input. In a second system, the user interface is configured to identify a first input of the multiple input options and change the identified input from the first input to a second input. The prediction engine is configured to determine the time elapsed between first and second user selection events, the probability that the user intended to select the second input, and the probability that the user had intended to input the first input.
US10802706B2	Method and system for facilitating consumer interactions for performing purchase commands Embodiments provide a computer-executed method, a computer system and computer-program product for facilitating a transaction. The method includes transmitting computer-executable instructions to cause a representation of an item to be displayed on a consumer interface rendered on a visual display of a computing device. The method also includes receiving, from the computing device, an indication of a compound consumer input associated with a consumer and performed using the consumer interface. The method further includes, based on a determination that the compound consumer input corresponds to a purchase command, retrieving information previously stored for the consumer, generating an order to purchase the item for the consumer, and transmitting an order confirmation configured to be displayed by the computing device.
US10802703B2	Sharing user-configurable graphical constructs Methods for sharing user-configurable graphical constructs, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, are disclosed. The methods described herein allow for sharing user-configurable graphical constructs that contain independently configurable graphical elements and graphical assets. Further disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable storage media, systems, and devices configured to perform the methods described herein.
US10802699B2	Service mode selection system for service vehicle A service mode selection system for a service vehicle is provided for simplifying a control for setting the vehicle in a desired service mode. The system includes a control system for receiving an operator's selection of service mode via a service mode selection device and controlling vehicle components to automatically set the vehicle in a selected service mode. The service mode selection device can be arranged in a cab of the vehicle and allows the operator to conveniently select a desired service mode, thereby achieving a work-ready machine with as few operator inputs as possible.
US10802693B2	Operating system for a container handling machine, an operating device and a separate additional screen An operating system for a container handling machine, including an operating device for the container handling machine having a screen and a data transmitter for transmitting information and at least one separate additional screen having a data receiver for receiving information, with the operating device designed for selecting the information and the additional screen designed for displaying the selected information.
US10802691B2	Content retrieval device, operating method thereof, and content retrieval system for enlarging content A first-middle screen obtained by deleting images of clothes outside a selection area and a second-middle screen on which an interval between images of clothes in the selection area is enlarge-displayed in a state where a relative positional relationship therebetween is secured on a first map are inserted between a screen before enlargement and a screen after enlargement on which the images of the clothes in the selection area and the images of the clothes in the selection area that are in a non-display state on the screen before enlargement are displayed.
US10802685B2	Vehicle marking in vehicle management systems The present disclosure generally discloses a vehicle marking capability configured to support marking of vehicles in a vehicle management system. The vehicle marking capability is configured to support marking of vehicles in a graphical user interface (GUI) that is supported by a vehicle management application that is supported by the vehicle management system. The vehicle marking capability may be configured to support marking of various vehicle measures of vehicles for various vehicle types which may be managed by the vehicle management system. The vehicle marking capability may be configured to support marking of vehicle measures for vehicles using measure objects having lengths that are based on the vehicle measures (e.g., using linear scaling, logarithmic scaling, or the like). The vehicle marking capability may be configured to support marking of vehicle altitudes for aerial vehicles using altitude columns having column heights that are based on the vehicle altitudes.
US10802683B1	Method, system and computer program product for changing avatars in a communication application display In one embodiment, a method comprising: obtaining, by a server from a first user device, an image via a first instance of a communication application; obtaining, by the server from the first user device, an indication of availability status; generating, by the server, an avatar image based on the image and the indication of availability status, the avatar image including at least a portion of the image and one or more characters indicative of the availability status; and transmitting, by the server to a second user device, the avatar image for display in a second instance of the communication application.
US10802673B2	Multi-selection on a chart Disclosed herein are embodiments for systems and devices implementing methods of accessing databases, which may include displaying graphical representations of data such as in graphs or charts, implementing a GUI to accept selection gestures by way of input devices and allowing selection of multiple data elements on a display. The embodiments may further include mapping selection position data, determining sets of selected data, and generating database queries based on those determined sets. Queries may be transmitted to databases, to retrieve information corresponding to selected elements. Additionally, the retrieved information may be analyzed to produce results, which may be displayed together with the graphs or charts. Various techniques of selection and de-selection for single data elements or multiple data elements may also be provided.
US10802663B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system There is provided an information processing apparatus, including a display control section which causes a prescribed pattern to be displayed on a screen in a state where a device having a camera is arranged so that the camera faces the screen, and a position acquisition section which acquires a relative position of the camera with respect to the screen determined based on an image of the pattern captured by the camera.
US10802662B2	Software robots for programmatically controlling computer programs to perform tasks A system, comprising at least one computer hardware processor; and at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one computer hardware processor, cause the at least one computer hardware processor to perform: generating an object hierarchy comprising a plurality of objects corresponding to active graphical user interface (GUI) elements of a first application program; and controlling the first application program to perform a first sub-task. The controlling includes automatically accessing, in the object hierarchy, a first object corresponding to an active GUI element of the first application program, the accessing comprising searching for the first object in the object hierarchy, the searching comprising modifying the object hierarchy; and automatically using the first object to cause the first application program to at least partially perform a first action in furtherance of the first sub-task.
US10802658B2	Capacitive touch system The disclosed computer-implemented method for determining a proximity status between electrodes may include detecting an amount of electrical charge an electrode among other electrodes that are communicatively coupled to an artificial reality device. The method may further include determining, based on the detected amount of electrical charge at the electrode, a mutual capacitance measurement that indicates an amount of mutual capacitance between the other electrodes. The method may also include determining, based on the mutual capacitance measurement, a relative proximity status between the electrodes, where the relative proximity status indicates a degree to which the electrodes are in proximity with each other. The method may further include providing the determined relative proximity status between the electrodes as an input to the artificial reality device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10802657B1	System and method for detecting mutual capacitance The disclosed computer-implemented method for determining a proximity status between electrodes may include detecting an amount of electrical charge an electrode among other electrodes that are communicatively coupled to an artificial reality device. The method may further include determining, based on the detected amount of electrical charge at the electrode, a mutual capacitance measurement that indicates an amount of mutual capacitance between the other electrodes. The method may also include determining, based on the mutual capacitance measurement, a relative proximity status between the electrodes, where the relative proximity status indicates a degree to which the electrodes are in proximity with each other. The method may further include providing the determined relative proximity status between the electrodes as an input to the artificial reality device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10802655B2	Touch panel and touch panel device A touch panel includes X electrodes and Y electrodes disposed on a support substrate in such a manner that each of the Y electrodes intersects the X electrodes, X floating electrodes laminated on a first insulating layer at places opposed to the X electrodes, Y floating electrodes laminated on the first insulating layer at places opposed to the Y electrodes, and a second insulating layer covering the X floating electrodes and the Y floating electrodes. The area of X electrodes is smaller than the area of X floating electrodes and the area of Y electrodes is smaller than the area of Y floating electrodes in a unit lattice region of a lattice formed of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes. A mutual capacitance generated between an X electrode and a Y electrode decreases when a surface of the second insulating layer is touched by a pointer.
US10802653B2	Touch type display device and method for sensing touch thereof A touch type display device includes a display panel which includes a first touch electrode, and a second touch electrode including a plurality of sensing pads located outside the display panel, wherein an area of each of the plurality of sensing pads is proportional to an interval between the first touch electrode and each of the plurality of sensing pads.
US10802648B1	Charge-pump circuit adaptable to TDDI A charge-pump circuit includes a clock generator that generates a clock signal; a sensing waveform generator that generates a sensing signal; a first diode having a cathode electrically connected to a predetermined low voltage; a first capacitor having a first plate electrically coupled to receive the clock signal, and a second plate electrically connected to an anode of the first diode; a second diode having a cathode electrically connected to the second plate of the first capacitor; and a second capacitor having a first plate electrically coupled to receive the sensing signal, and a second plate electrically connected to an anode of the second diode at an output node. The clock signal being generated in a charge-pump period alternates in time with the sensing signal being generated in a touch-sensing period.
US10802646B2	Electronic device The present invention comprises: a first region, having a display area for outputting images, for receiving touch input or acquiring fingerprint data by means of a touch entered on the display area; a touchscreen comprising a second region for receiving touch input; and a control unit for switching the first region from a touch receiving mode, which receives touch input, to a fingerprint sensing mode when a touch input is entered in the first region, wherein the touchscreen is provided with a touch sensor layer for receiving touch input at a first sense resolution in the touch receiving mode, and the control unit which, in the fingerprint sensing mode, switches the first region from the first sense resolution to a second sense resolution, which is higher than the former, so as to acquire fingerprint data, and maintains the second region at the first sense resolution so that the former receives touch input.
US10802644B2	Assistive text-entry system and method A touch-screen/gesture based keyboard using gestures on defined zones for providing keyboard input that is simplified to accommodate a small area, doesn't require eye-hand coordination, and can be used with as few as one finger on the same hand holding the device, without looking or employed in Virtual or Augmented applications. The inventive device includes a software application running on a position and movement detection device to provide keyboard operations. The app is a code that runs on a computer device and provides for zones that are monitored for movement, applying that movement to a prescribed chart and delivering the resulting feedback as keystrokes.
US10802641B2	Piezoresistive sensors and applications A highly configurable controller is described that includes a number of different types of control mechanisms that emulate a wide variety of conventional control mechanisms using pressure and location sensitive sensors that generate high-density control information which may be mapped to the controls of a wide variety of devices and software.
US10802639B2	Sensor-equipped display device and sensor device According to one embodiment, a sensor-equipped display device includes first electrodes and a detection electrode. The first electrodes constitute sensor drive electrodes by being supplied with sensor drive signals separately and sequentially or sensor drive electrodes by simultaneously supplying the sensor drive signals to the first electrodes adjacent to each other. A width of the sensor drive electrode including the first electrode on the edge is smaller than a width of the other sensor drive electrode not including the first electrode on the edge.
US10802637B1	Touch-sensing display panel and method of manufacturing the same A touch-sensing display panel includes a substrate, a first circuit layer, a LED chip, a second circuit layer, a blocking wall, a second wire, and a third wire. The first circuit layer is on the substrate, including at least one first electrode, and a first wire. The LED chip is on and electrically connected to the first electrode. The second circuit layer is on the first circuit layer, including a second electrode, a touch sensing line, and a touch driving line. The blocking wall, the second wire, and the third wire are on the second circuit layer. The second wire extends to an inner sidewall and a top surface of the blocking wall, and electrically connects to the touch sensing line. The third wire extends to an outer sidewall of the blocking wall, and electrically connects to the touch driving line.
US10802634B2	Touch display panel and touch display device The present disclosure relates to a touch display device and a touch sensing method and, more specifically, to a touch display device and a touch sensing method that provide a single-layered touch sensor structure by a touch electrode connecting line that electrically connects touch electrodes arranged in one direction and is arranged to bypass and surround touch electrodes arranged in another direction, thereby enabling a simple manufacturing process, a high manufacturing yield, and a low manufacturing cost.
US10802630B2	Array substrate, method for fabricating the same, display panel, and display device The disclosure discloses an array substrate, a method for fabricating the same, a display panel, and a display device, and the array substrate includes: a base substrate, a pressure-sensitive component, a plurality of dual-gate transistors, and a plurality of pixel transistors, where the pressure-sensitive component includes a first electrode layer, a pressure-sensitive layer, and a second electrode layer which are arranged on the base substrate in that order, and the second electrode layer includes a plurality of second electrodes arranged corresponding to the respective dual-gate transistors in a one-to-one manner; and the dual-gate transistors and the pixel transistors are arranged above the second electrode layer, and each of the plurality of second electrodes is electrically connected with a bottom-gate electrode in a corresponding dual-gate transistor, so that a pressure can be detected.
US10802628B2	Subpixel unit, touch unit, touch display panel and touch display apparatus The present disclosure relates to a subpixel unit. The subpixel unit includes a drive unit configured to generate a drive current based on a data signal under control of a scanning signal. The subpixel unit include a first light-emitting unit connected to the drive unit and configured to emit light under drive of the drive current outputted from the drive unit, and a first switch unit configured to be enabled under control of a first control signal to transmit the drive current. The subpixel unit include a second light-emitting unit connected to the first switch unit and configured to emit light under drive of the drive current outputted from the first switch unit, and a second switch unit configured to be enabled under control of a second control signal to transmit a touch signal of an electrode of the second light-emitting unit.
US10802626B2	Display device including a touch member A display device includes a first region including a display area. A second region of the display device includes a pad unit. A bending region is disposed between the first region and the second region. A plurality of signal wirings extends from the second region to the first region and crosses through the bending region. The plurality of signal wirings includes a plurality of touch signal wirings and a first power supply wiring. The plurality of touch signal wirings at least partially overlaps the first power supply wiring in the first region.
US10802622B2	Electronic device and method for controlling same An electronic device is provided that includes a touch screen display; a pressure sensor; at least one processor configured to receive a user input for performing a function for a selected period of time after execution of at least one application program, to detect a pressure regarding the touch screen display for the selected period of time using the pressure sensor, and to execute at least one selected from pausing the execution of the function, resuming the same, and restarting the same at least partially on the basis of the detected pressure when a selected pressure level is detected by the pressure sensor for the selected period of time.
US10802621B2	Touch panel A touch panel includes a substrate, first to third touch electrode series, and a plurality of insulation patterns. The first touch electrode series includes first and second portions respectively extending along first and second directions. The second touch electrode series includes third and fourth portions respectively extending along third and second directions. The third portion intersects with the first portion of the first touch electrode series. The third touch electrode series includes fifth and sixth portions respectively extending along the first and third directions. The fifth and sixth portions respectively intersect with the fourth portion of the second touch electrode series and the second portion of the first touch electrode series. The first to third directions are different from each other. The plurality of insulation patterns respectively insulate the first touch electrode series from the second touch electrode series, the second touch electrode series from the third touch electrode series, and the first touch electrode series from the third touch electrode series.
US10802619B2	Operating element for an electrically controlled machine The invention relates to an operating element (4) for an electrically controlled machine (2), having an operating element body (7) and a rotating wheel (10) for inputting a command into a controller (3) of the machine (2), wherein the rotating wheel (10) is arranged on the operating element body (7) in a rotatable manner about a rotational axis (12) and is surrounded by a lateral surface (11) that has local diameter mean value (13) specified in the perpendicular direction to the rotational axis (12), on which lateral surface (11) the rotating wheel (10) may be gripped and rotated by a machine operator (5), wherein the lateral surface (11) of the rotating wheel (10) has at least two actuation portions (14, 15) with different surface structures (17), wherein a sensor region (18, 19) of a sensor element (21, 22) is associated with at least one of the actuation portions (14, 15), and wherein different machine functions for inputting at least one command into the controller (3) are associated with at least one of the actuation portions (14, 15), and wherein the at least two actuation portions (14, 15) are arranged on the lateral surface (11) of the rotating wheel (10) in such a way that the machine operator (5) may grip them with a hand (6) and/or fingers of the hand.
US10802613B2	Cross application digital ink repository A computing device includes a digital ink system that provides digital ink support to applications on the computing device. Digital ink inputs are received by the digital ink system, which provides ink stroke data for the digital ink inputs to the application for storage in a manner and format the application desires. The digital ink system also generates a digital ink container associated with the digital ink input, and communicates the digital ink container to a digital ink repository. The digital ink repository stores digital ink containers for multiple applications, and can be searched from a computing device to identify digital ink input to an application regardless of which application the digital ink was input to.
US10802612B2	Electronic stylus with retention mechanism that charges battery from computing device An electronic stylus can include an elongated body, a rechargeable battery supported by the elongated body, a retention mechanism extending from the elongated body, a retention mechanism, and a release mechanism. The retention mechanism can include an electrically conductive contact. The electrically conductive contact can be electrically coupled to the rechargeable battery. The release mechanism can be configured to cause the electrically conductive contact to retract within the retention mechanism.
US10802610B2	Position pointer and signal processor A position pointer includes a signal generation circuit, which generates at least one signal. The position pointer in operation transmits the at least one signal to a sensor of a position detector. The position pointer includes a first electrode arranged to protrude from one end portion of a pen-shaped housing along an axial center direction and a second electrode including at least three electrode pieces disposed near the first electrode in such a manner as to surround a central axis of the housing. The at least three electrode pieces are electrically isolated from each other. The position pointer has a signal supply control circuit, which, in operation, controls supply of signals to selectively supply the at least one signal to the second electrode that includes the at least three electrode pieces and to the first electrode.
US10802608B2	Height-adjustable input device comprising fastening member According to various embodiments, there is provided an input device including a handle configured to receive a force exerted by a user; a shaft coupled to the handle such that the force exerted on the handle is at least partially received on the shaft; wherein the handle is displaceable along a height of the shaft; wherein the handle includes a fastening member releasably biased to exert a force on a upper portion of the shaft in a direction at least substantially perpendicular to the height of the shaft.
US10802606B2	Method and device for aligning coordinate of controller or headset with coordinate of binocular system The present disclosure provides a method and a device for aligning a coordinate of a controller or a headset with a coordinate of a binocular system. The method includes: obtaining pose data of the controller; acquiring real-time coordinate data in a binocular coordinate system during a repeating movement of the controller based on a light spot emitted from the controller; generating a motion track of the controller during the movement based on the real-time coordinate data and the pose data; obtaining a pose of the controller in controller coordinate system based on the motion track; obtaining a first angle between the positive direction of the controller coordinate system and a positive direction of the binocular coordinate system; and correcting the binocular coordinate system based on the first angle until the angle reaches zero. The method and device for aligning coordinates is easy to be implemented with low cost.
US10802604B1	Mechanical switch for an information handling system Systems and methods are disclosed for a mechanical switch that may include receiving an input from a user of a smart keyboard causing the mechanical switch to be in a closed position causing a microcontroller unit to be in an on state and the smart keyboard to be electrically enabled for use; monitoring the smart keyboard for additional input from the user; determining if a first threshold period has occurred in which the additional input from the user has ended; causing the microcontroller unit to be in an idle state; determining if a second threshold period has occurred in which the first threshold period has ended; causing the mechanical switch of the smart keyboard to be in an open position causing the microcontroller unit to be in an off state and the smart keyboard to be electrically disabled for use.
US10802603B2	Computing device accessories with retention cups In an example, a computing device accessory may include a components such as a computing device cover, an attachment portion engageable with a computing device, and a retention cup disposed on the computing device cover to attach to a computing device surface of the computing device through suction pressure.
US10802601B2	Optical proximity sensor and associated user interface A sensor, including light emitters projecting directed light beams, light detectors interleaved with the light emitters, lenses, each lens oriented relative to a respective one of the light detectors such that the light detector receives maximum intensity when light enters the lens at an angle b, whereby, for each emitter E, there exist corresponding target positions p(E, D) along the path of the light from emitter E, at which an object located at any of the target positions reflects the light projected by emitter E towards a respective one of detectors D at angle b, and a processor storing a reflection value R(E, D) for each co-activated emitter-detector pair (E, D), based on an amount of light reflected by an object located at p(E, D) and detected by detector D, and calculating a location of an object based on the reflection values and target positions.
US10802598B2	User interface control of responsive devices Among other things, a user interface device has a sensor configured to detect, at a wrist of a human, nerve or other tissue electrical signals associated with an intended contraction of a muscle to cause a rapid motion of a finger. An output provides information representative of the nerve or other tissue electrical signals associated with the intended contraction of the muscle to an interpreter of the information.
US10802596B2	Display device, self-luminous display panel and gesture recognition method A display device, a self-luminous display panel and a gesture recognition method are provided. The display device includes a self-luminous display panel, an infrared light source, at least one camera device, and an image processing device. The image processing device is coupled to the at least one camera device and configured to perform gesture recognition based on a plurality of successive infrared images and a plurality of successive visible light images of an operation body taken within a same period of time.
US10802590B2	Input device An input device according to one aspect of an embodiment includes an operation panel, a vibrator, a support panel, and an adhesive portion. The operation panel has an operation surface. The vibrator is mounted on a peripheral region of the operation panel and vibrates the operation panel in a plurality of modes having different vibration frequencies. The support panel is disposed to face a back surface of the operation panel that is opposite to the operation surface of the operation panel and supports the operation panel. The adhesive portion adheres the operation panel and the support panel to each other. In addition, the adhesive portion includes a first adhesive portion and a second adhesive portion. The first adhesive portion adheres the peripheral region of the operation panel on which the vibrator is mounted and the support panel to each other. The second adhesive portion has a higher hardness than a hardness of the first adhesive portion, and adheres a region other than the peripheral region of the operation panel and the support panel to each other.
US10802589B2	Method and apparatus for driving actuators A method of driving an actuator using a shape memory alloy is provided. An impact-driven actuator is activated by a pulse voltage generated by an action of a transistor. A keyboard outputs a key event at the timing of an input operation. A stress monitoring unit calculates a stress amount of an impact-driven actuator based on parameters of a key event and a pulse voltage. A stress adjustment unit changes the parameter of the pulse voltage when the stress amount reaches a permissible value. The parameter may be a wave crest value or a pulse width of the pulse voltage. The stress adjustment section is also able to stop the action of the impact-driven actuator in response to a key event corresponding to a break code.
US10802583B2	Methods and apparatus for retinal retroreflection imaging A video camera captures images of retroreflection from the retina of an eye. These images are captured while the eye rotates. Thus, different images are captured in different rotational positions of the eye. A computer calculates, for each image, the eye's direction of gaze. In turn, the direction of gaze is used to calculate the precise location of a small region of the retina at which the retroflection occurs. A computer calculates a digital image of a portion of the retina by summing data from multiple retroreflection images. The digital image of the retina may be used for many practical applications, including medical diagnosis and biometric identification. In some scenarios, the video camera captures detailed images of the retina of a subject, while the subject is so far away that the rest of the subject's face is below the diffraction limit of the camera.
US10802582B1	Eye tracker in an augmented reality glasses for eye gaze to input displayed input icons An eye tracking device, is part of an augmented reality AR headset, and is positioned to view a user's eyes, while wearing the headset. The headset displays input icons in mid-air. The user views the input options. The user's gaze at one the input icons, activates the icon. The input icons can be can be associated to activating functions of the headset, or a device, or an internet web page. The benefits of eye tracking, are interaction with the icons which is natural, intuitive and seamless, and improves user balance. Gaze provides a way to bring the real and the unreal closer together. The eye tracker only needs gaze to activate icons, this frees users from using other input devices, such as, a hand-held hand input device which needs to coordinate gaze and hand movements, or a microphone for voice input, or a camera for hand gesture input.
US10802581B2	Eye-tracking-based methods and systems of managing multi-screen view on a single display screen An eye-tracking-based method and system of managing multi-screen view on a single display screen are disclosed. The method includes: when the display screen of a mobile terminal is under the multi-screen mode, determining the user's current eye gaze coordinates on the display screen using eye-tracking technology; determining whether a duration the user's gaze point stays within a specified range about the current gaze coordinates exceeds a preset gaze threshold, if exceeds, analyzing the user's eye movement information using the eye-tracking technology; when the eye movement information denotes an open-eye state, then determining whether the duration the gaze point stays within the specified range about the current gaze coordinates exceeds a preset full-screen threshold, if exceeds, display in full screen the split screen where the current gaze coordinates are located. Thus, the eye-tracking technology can be used to obtain the current gaze coordinates and the corresponding gaze duration and the eye movement information, and determinations can then be made whether to make the split screen of interest full-screen or to exit the full-screen view, providing convenience to the user.
US10802579B2	Artificial reality system having multiple modes of engagement In general, this disclosure describes an artificial reality system that provides asymmetric user experiences to users associated with user devices that operate according to different modes of engagement with the artificial reality system. Different user devices may have different capabilities, be used by users having different roles for an artificial reality application, or otherwise be configured to interact in a variety of ways with an artificial reality system.
US10802577B2	Establishing voice communication channel One example provides, on a computing device comprising a display, a method of initiating and conducting voice communication with a contact. The method comprises displaying a user interface on the display, receiving a user input of a position signal for the user interface, and determining that the position signal satisfies a selection condition for a contact based on a location of the position signal on the user interface and a position of a proxy view of the contact on the user interface. The method further comprises, in response to determining that the position signal satisfies the selection condition, selecting the contact for communication, receiving voice input, and responsive to receiving the voice input while the contact is selected for communication, opening a voice communication channel with the contact and sending the voice input to the contact via the voice communication channel.
US10802576B2	Devices and methods of real-time mapping of a user's body motions Devices and methods of real-time mapping of a user's body. The devices and methods involve a user wearing one or more wearable article(s) of a frame such that sensing devices of the wearable article(s) are located on one or more section(s) of the user's body. Signals are transmitted with the sensing devices and received with at least one control unit. Movement of the section(s) of the user's body are determined based on the signal, and motion data are provided to a virtual environment based on the movement of the section(s) of the user's body.
US10802575B2	Smart external display for vehicles There is provided a vehicle comprising a body having an exterior, an external display screen visible on the exterior of the body, a proximity sensor, a non-transitory memory storing an executable code and a vehicle information database including vehicle information, and a hardware processor executing the executable code to detect, using the proximity sensor, an individual within a proximity of the vehicle, activate the external display screen in response to detecting the individual within the proximity of the vehicle, display, on the external display screen, the vehicle information from the vehicle information database stored in the memory, in response to detecting the individual within the proximity of the vehicle.
US10802570B2	Information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium An information processing apparatus is equipped with a storage and obtains a remaining life time of the information processing apparatus, sets a minimum off/on time interval for a power supply of an equipped storage based on the obtained remaining life time of the information processing apparatus and a remaining number of times of power supply of the storage can be turned off/on, and controls so that a transition is made to a sleep mode in a state in which the minimum off/on time interval for the power supply of the storage that is set is ensured.
US10802568B2	Techniques for adjusting computing device sleep states This application relates to techniques that adjust the sleep states of a computing device based on proximity detection and predicted user activity. Proximity detection procedures can be used to determine a proximity between the computing device and a remote computing device coupled to the user. Based on these proximity detection procedures, the computing device can either correspondingly increase or decrease the amount power supplied to the various components during either a low-power sleep state or a high-power sleep state. Additionally, historical user activity data gathered on the computing device can be used to predict when the user will likely use the computing device. Based on the gathered historical user activity, deep sleep signals and light sleep signals can be issued at a time when the computing device is placed within a sleep state which can cause it to immediately enter either a low-power sleep state or a high-power sleep state.
US10802562B2	Memory system and control method of memory system A memory system includes a host interface, a nonvolatile memory, a power supply circuit, a protection circuit, and a first voltage monitor circuit. The power supply circuit is between the host interface and the nonvolatile memory, and supplies primary power to the nonvolatile memory. The protection circuit is between the host interface and the power supply circuit, and configured to clamp a power supply signal supplied from the host interface to the power supply circuit to a first voltage. The first voltage monitor circuit is between the host interface and the protection circuit, and configured to monitor a voltage level of the power supply signal supplied from the host interface and cause the voltage level of the power supply signal supplied to the power supply circuit to be decreased from the first voltage to a second voltage when the monitored voltage level is below a first threshold voltage.
US10802561B2	Information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus includes a first circuit configured to operate by receiving a first voltage or a second voltage higher than the first voltage; a second circuit configured to output a signal indicating which of the first voltage or the second voltage is to be input to the first circuit; and a control unit configured to receive the signal output by the second circuit and to output, to the first circuit, a signal indicating a voltage to be supplied to the first circuit. The control unit is configured to output a signal indicating the second voltage for a period until when the signal output by the second circuit has stabilized, and to output a signal indicating a voltage as indicated by the signal received from the second circuit, after the signal output by the second circuit has stabilized.
US10802560B2	Multi-power input port power control An information handling system with multiple power input ports, such as USB ports, capable of receiving power from external power supplies may control power received from the power supplies. A first controller may detect a first power supply coupled to a first power input port of the system and may allow power to flow from the external power supply to the system. Any additional power supplies detected by controllers may be blocked from providing power to the system while the first power supply is providing power.
US10802557B2	Supporting maximum power spikes above battery capability without throttling Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that supplements a battery coupled to a processor configuration with stored energy from a charger input, wherein the battery is supplemented with the stored energy in response to an increased power demand on the battery. The technology may also initiate one or more throttle operations in the processor configuration if the increased power demand does not end before the stored energy is depleted. If the increased power demand ends before the stored energy is depleted, the one or more throttle operations may be bypassed. The increased power demand may correspond to a system voltage being below a voltage threshold, a battery current being above a current threshold, and so forth.
US10802554B2	Cooling adapter for mobile device An adaptor for cooling a handheld electronic device, including a fan, an air socket, a first connector connecting the adaptor to a handheld electronic device, a second connector connecting the adaptor to a power source; a cable connecting the fan to the second connector, and a tube surrounding the cable, the tube being directed to an air conditioner, wherein the fan pushes cool air from the air conditioner to the handheld electronic device.
US10802549B2	Multi-form factor information handling system (IHS) with multi-layered hinge Embodiments of a multi-form factor Information Handling System (IHS) with a multi-layered hinge are described. In some embodiments, an IHS may include a first display and a second display coupled to the first display via a hinge, where the hinge comprises a middle plate disposed between a bottom plate and a top plate, where the top plate is fixed with respect to the bottom plate, and where the middle plate slides with respect to the bottom plate in response to the hinge being rotated.
US10802547B2	Electronics board mounting system Apparatuses and associated methods for mounting PCBs and other electronics boards in portable medical equipment and/or other portable and non-portable electronic devices are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the technology disclosed herein can provide PCB mounting systems that isolate the PCB from detrimental shock, vibration, and/or strain, while also providing electrical ground paths that greatly reduce EMI and other electrical disturbances. Some embodiments of the mounting systems described herein include both elastomeric (e.g., rubber) components and resilient metallic grounding members that, when assembled together, provide favorable shock mounting as well as robust electrical grounding without the inconvenience of using separate shock mounts, grounding straps, etc.
US10802544B2	Flexible display device and method of controlling same A flexible display device is provided. The flexible display device includes: a display; a sensor configured to detect at least one rolling characteristic in response to the display being rolled; and a controller configured to perform a first function of the flexible display device based on the detected at least one rolling characteristic.
US10802536B2	Compiler method The invention relates to a computer implemented method of generating multiple programs to deliver a computerised function, each program to be executed in a processing unit of a computer comprising a plurality of processing units each having instruction storage for holding a local program, an execution unit for executing the local program and data storage for holding data, a switching fabric connected to an output interface of each processing unit and connectable to an input interface of each processing unit by switching circuitry controllable by each processing unit, and a synchronisation module operable to generate a synchronisation signal, the method comprising: generating a local program for each processing unit comprising a sequence of executable instructions; determining for each processing unit a relative time of execution of instructions of each local program whereby a local program allocated to one processing unit is scheduled to execute with a predetermined delay relative to a synchronisation signal a send instruction to transmit at least one data packet at a predetermined transmit time, relative to the synchronisation signal, destined for a recipient processing unit but having no destination identifier, and a local program allocated to the recipient processing unit is scheduled to execute at a predetermined switch time a switch control instruction to control the switching circuitry to connect its processing unit wire to the switching fabric to receive the data packet at a receive time.
US10802535B1	Resetting clock divider circuitry prior to a clock restart A divider and buffer circuit uses a receive command to initiate a reset of buffer circuitry prior to restarting to avoid a metastable state. For example, the divider and buffer circuit includes a first buffer circuit, a second buffer circuit, and a reset circuit. The reset circuit receives a command and provide a pulse on a reset signal in response to the command. In response to the reset pulse, the first buffer circuit provides a first divided clock signal having a first logical value based on respective logical values of received complementary clock signals and the second buffer circuit provides a second divided clock signal having a second logical value based on the respective logical values of the complementary clock signals. The command is a CAS SYNC command, in some examples.
US10802533B2	Band-pass clock distribution networks A band-pass clock distribution circuit includes a clock tree circuit including at least one clock buffer circuit. The clock tree circuit may be configured to receive a first clock signal from a clock generator circuit and to generate a second clock signal based on the first clock signal. A band-pass filter may be configured to receive the second clock signal and to provide a third clock signal to one or more load circuits. The band-pass filter includes a filtering resonant network including a first inductor and a second inductor coupled to one another at a center tap. The filtering resonant network is configurable to resonate with a parasitic capacitance associated with the one or more load circuits. A portion of the band-pass filter is integrated with the clock tree circuit.
US10802532B2	Techniques to mirror a command/address or interpret command/address logic at a memory device Examples include techniques to mirror a command/address or interpret command/address logic at a memory device. A memory device located on a dual in-line memory module (DIMM) may include circuitry having logic capable of receiving a command/address signal and mirror a command/address or interpret command/address logic indicated in the command/address signal based on one or more strap pins for the memory device.
US10802528B2	Operating device An operating device includes: an operation member capable of being tilted from an operation reference position; a support body supporting the operation member such that the operation member can be tilted first and second movable members each supported by the support body so as to rotate in conjunction with the tilting operation of the operation member; a first magnetic member formed of a magnetic material and provided to the first movable member; a second magnetic member fanned from a magnetic, material and provided to the second movable member; and a permanent magnet supported by the support body so as to face the first and second magnetic members in a first direction while the operation member is positioned at the operation reference position. The first magnetic member and the second magnetic member do not overlap each other seen from the first direction.
US10802521B2	Voltage regulator with current-limiting and feed-forward circuit A voltage regulation system has a voltage regulator, a current-limiting circuit, and a feed-forward circuit. The voltage regulator regulates an output voltage to a desired voltage level. The current-limiting circuit controls an output current of the voltage regulator to a desired current level. The feed-forward circuit, which has a fast response time, controls an inrush current in the output current caused by a decrease in an output voltage.
US10802515B2	Control techniques in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning network based on environmental data An HVAC controller includes (1) an interface coupled to an air quality sensor proximate to the premises and coupled to a data source external to the HVAC system, the interface configured to receive environmental data from both the air quality sensor and the external data source and (2) a processor configured to automatically operate a demand unit of the HVAC system based on the environmental data.
US10802511B2	Thermostatic mixing valve with disinfecting facility A thermostatic mixing valve including: a first fluid inlet; a second fluid inlet; an outlet; a thermostatic element connected to a return spring and a piston such that movement of the thermostatic element assists with moving the piston, movement of the piston controlling fluid flow from the first fluid inlet and the second fluid inlet to the outlet; a housing containing an overtravel spring, the overtravel spring configured to resist a force applied by the thermostatic element during movement thereof; and a plunger extending into the housing, the plunger configured to engage the overtravel spring, wherein rotating the plunger adjusts the resistance applied onto the thermostatic element from the overtravel spring.
US10802509B2	Selective processing of sensor data Systems and methods for navigating a vehicle within an environment are provided. In one aspect, a method comprises: (a) selecting, with aid of a processor, a subset of a plurality of sensors to be used for navigating the vehicle within the environment based on one or more predetermined criteria, wherein the plurality of sensors are arranged on the vehicle such that each sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to obtain sensor data from a different field of view; (b) processing, with aid of the processor, the sensor data from the selected sensor(s) so as to generate navigation information for navigating the vehicle within the environment; and (c) outputting, with aid of the processor, signals for controlling the vehicle based on the navigation information.
US10802508B2	Mobile robot A robot includes an inverted pendulum body having first and second end portions, a counter-balance body disposed on the inverted pendulum body and configured to move relative to the inverted pendulum body, at least one leg having first and second ends, and a drive wheel rotatably coupled to the second end of the at least one leg. The first end of the at least one leg is prismatically coupled to the second end portion of the inverted pendulum body.
US10802507B2	Aerial vehicles and control therefor A method for turning an aerial vehicle such as a drone-type vehicle is provided, according to one embodiment. The method provides for receiving a turning input and detecting a current momentum of the aerial vehicle. The method provides for converting the turning input into a yaw command and calculating a change in yaw associated with the turning input. The method provides for calculating a roll command based on the current momentum of the aerial vehicle and based on the change in yaw associated with the turning input. Further, the method provides for executing the yaw command and the roll command in synchrony, wherein the executing the yaw command and the roll command in synchrony causes the aerial vehicle to perform a turn.
US10802506B2	Method for operating a production plant, and production plant In a method for operating a production plant, and a production plant, the production plant includes a control device, workstations and vehicles, at least two workstations having a similar configuration. The respective processor of a vehicle determines a driving path that is as short as possible and is a function of the position of the other vehicles, and in an effort to avoid congestion or to shorten the production time, the driving path is determined such that, instead of leading to a first workstation, the driving path leads to an identical second workstation.
US10802504B2	Autonomous rescue lane In one example, notice of a priority vehicle is obtained. A first protective field is generated around a current vehicle and a second protective field is generated around the priority vehicle. A priority lane is created by moving the first protective field of the current vehicle away from the second protective field of the priority vehicle.
US10802502B2	Movable body utilization system, server, and method for utilizing movable body A movable body utilization system includes: a vehicle configured to perform automated driving; and a server configured to communicate with the vehicle. The server selects the vehicle conforming to a demand of a user who is not an owner of the vehicle when the server receives a utilization application for utilizing the vehicle for a predetermined purpose by the user, the demand including the vehicle utilizable for the predetermined purpose and a utilization fee of the vehicle. Then, the server transmits, to the selected vehicle, an instruction for allowing the user to utilize the vehicle. In accordance with the instruction, the vehicle is configured to move to the user who has made the utilization application.
US10802497B2	Automated fault diagnosis and recovery of machines A system and method for diagnosing and recovering from faults in a robot includes providing markers affixed to a floor surface, where each marker has a positional indicia thereon, navigating an area by the robot using the markers, acquiring the positional indicia on at least one marker, processing the acquired positional indicia to determine a position and angle of the at least one marker, computing a position offset and angle offset of markers with respect to a reference position and angle, adjusting the reference position and angle when the computed position offset and angle offset meets a first predetermined criteria, and alerting an external entity when the computed position offset and angle offset does not meet the first predetermined criteria.
US10802495B2	User control device for a transporter A user control device for a transporter. The user control device can communicate with the transporter via electrical interface(s) that can facilitate communication and data processing among the user interface device and controllers that can control the movement of the transporter. The user control device can perform automated actions based on the environment in which the transporter operates and the user's desired movement of the transporter. External applications can enable monitoring and control of the transporter.
US10802493B2	Work machine management device, work machine, and work machine management system A work machine management device includes a manned-vehicle-data acquisition unit configured to acquire position data of a manned vehicle including a first direction indicator and operation data of the first direction indicator, a target-travel-route generation unit configured to generate a target travel route for a work machine, a blinker-data setting unit configured to set blinker data for controlling a second direction indicator of the work machine on the basis of link data obtained by associating the position data of the manned vehicle and the operation data of the first direction indicator, and an output unit configured to output the blinker data to the work machine traveling along the target travel route.
US10802491B2	Methods and systems for target tracking A method includes obtaining an image frame captured by an imaging device carried by an unmanned vehicle and containing the target object, extracting one or more features of a target object from a region selected by a user on the image frame, and determining whether the target object is a predetermined recognizable object type based on a comparison of the one or more features with one or more characteristics associated with the predetermined recognizable object type. If the target object is the predetermined recognizable object type, tracking functions associated with the predetermined recognizable object type are initiated. IF the target object does not belong to the predetermined recognizable object type, tracking functions associated with a general object type are initiated.
US10802489B1	Apparatus and method for monitoring and controlling of a neural network using another neural network implemented on one or more solid-state chips A method of operating an apparatus using a control system that includes at least one neural network. The method includes receiving an input value captured by the apparatus, processing the input value using the at least one neural network of the control system implemented on first one or more solid-state chips, and obtaining an output from the at least one neural network resulting from processing the input value. The method may also include processing the output with another neural network implemented on solid-state chips to determine whether the output breaches a predetermined condition that is unchangeable after an initial installation onto the control system. The aforementioned another neural network is prevented from being retrained. The method may also include the step of using the output from the at least one neural network to control the apparatus unless the output breaches the predetermined condition. Similar corresponding apparatuses are described.
US10802483B2	Emergency public deactivation of autonomous vehicles Using an imaging device of a user device associated with a public user, an image of an autonomous vehicle (AV) operating in an area is captured. The public user associated with the user device is other than an occupant or controller of the AV. Image processing of the image is performed to extract a set of visual characteristics of the AV. A visual characteristic in the set of visual characteristics is insufficient to uniquely identify the AV. From a set of AVs a subset of candidate AVs is selected where each candidate AV in the subset of candidate AVs matches within a tolerance at least one visual characteristic in the set of visual characteristics, the subset of candidate AVs including the AV. A stop command is sent to the AV, causing the AV to execute a stopping operation resulting in a change in a velocity of the AV.
US10802482B2	Reverse tactile cue for rotorcraft rotor overspeed protection A flight control computer (FCC) for a rotorcraft includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, with the program including instructions for providing main rotor overspeed protection. The instructions for providing the main rotor overspeed protection include instructions for monitoring sensor signals indicating a main rotor RPM, determining a target operating parameter, determining one or more flight parameters in response to a relationship between the main rotor RPM and the target operating parameter indicating a main rotor overspeed condition. Determining the one or more flight parameters includes determining a setting for a flight control device of the rotorcraft that changes the main rotor RPM, controlling positioning of a pilot control according to the flight parameters, and controlling the flight control device of the rotorcraft according to positioning of the pilot control.
US10802480B2	Submersible inspection device and redundant wireless communication with a base station A submersible inspection device used for inspection of, for example, liquid cooled electrical transformers can include a number of separate cameras for imaging the internal structure of the transformer. The submersible can be configured to communicate to a base station using a number of wireless transmitters and receivers. Signals transmitted to the submersible include command signals useful to effect an action on the submersible but also a heartbeat signal to indicate health of the transmitted signal. A redundant channel selection logic is provided to switch from a channel which no longer receives a heartbeat to another channel that includes a current heartbeat. Multiple signals can be received and evaluated in software, and another signal received via a firmware radio.
US10802475B2	Positioner for a robotic workcell Methods and apparatus for the positioning of a feature of a tray such that a robot may place a component in the feature are disclosed.
US10802468B2	Method for simulating daylight performance of buildings based on regional daylight climate data The present invention provides a method for simulating daylight performance of buildings based on regional daylight climate data. The method comprises the steps of: establishing a regional sky luminance distribution database from measured data; mapping sky luminance data to an artificial sky lamp group; using a 3D printing machine to fabricate a scaled physical model based on real parameters of the building to be simulated; and using the scaled physical model in the artificial sky integrated with regional sky luminance distribution data to make the daylight performance simulation. This method can achieve high-precision simulation of the daylight performance of buildings by using regional sky daylight climate data with a highly accurate physical model of the building.
US10802465B2	Multi-user computer-numerically-controlled machine A method for accessing a computer-numerically-controlled machine can include receiving a command to be executed by the computer-numerically-controlled machine. A hardware state of a component in the computer-numerically-controlled machine can be determined by receiving, from the component, data indicative of the hardware state. An origin of the command including a user identification of a user who sent the command and/or a machine identification of a device that sent the command can be determined. Whether the computer-numerically-controlled machine is allowed to execute the command can be determined by applying a set of rules and based on the hardware state and/or the origin of the command. In response to determining that the computer-numerically-controlled machine is allowed to execute the command, the command can be executed at the computer-numerically-controlled machine.
US10802457B2	Centralized motor thermal memory management The overload relay units within a motor control group have the timing function for their motor thermal memories under the control of a central controller in communication with the overload relays. Thus expensive timing components and control of timestamps can be removed from individual overload relays. Further reduction of individual overload relay components can be accomplished by removing the nonvolatile memory function from the individual overload relays and allowing the central controller to perform the nonvolatile memory functions for the overload relays. The motor thermal model function for the overload relays can remain in the overload relays or might be moved to the central controller if communication bandwidth permits.
US10802456B2	System and method for representing a cause and effect matrix as a set of numerical representations A system and method for defining a cause and effect matrix (CEM) within a process control system for a process plant, including accessing a cause and effect matrix (CEM) having a set of causes and a set of effects, wherein each of the set of causes represents a condition within the process plant and each of the set of effects represents an effect to be performed within the process plant. The system and method further includes, for each of the set of effects: (i) identifying a subset of the set of causes according to a corresponding set of the cause-effect pairs corresponding to the effect of the set of effects, (ii) defining the subset of the set of causes as a single-dimension matrix, and (iii) automatically calculating a numerical representation for the single-dimension matrix. The system and method further includes configuring a set of function blocks for the process control system according to the set of numerical representations.
US10802455B2	Dynamic 3D object recognition and printing Three-dimensional (3D) object manufacturing systems and methods are operable to manufacture printed 3D objects corresponding to user-selected physical objects of interest shown in a media content event that have been viewed by a user, wherein at least one 3D printer that is accessible by the user of the media device is operable to manufacture the printed 3D object corresponding to the viewed physical object of interest.
US10802453B2	Robotics process automation macro bot A system for managing process automation with a macro bot is provided. By allowing for modifications to RPA bot behavior without changing the code of the RPA bots and providing for an efficient querying and reporting function, the system addresses a number of computer technology-centric challenges. The system allows the entity to push updates to bot behavior through a rules database without individually reconfiguring each bot. This ensures that the functionality of the bots may be updated for future entity needs and objectives while minimizing bot downtime. Furthermore, providing updates without changing the code of the bots allows the system to increase computing efficiency by reducing the demands on computer resources associated with applying a system-wide update, such as processing power, memory space, storage space, cache space, electric power, and networking bandwidth.
US10802450B2	Sensor event detection and fusion This application discloses a computing system to implement sensor event detection and fusion system in an assisted or automated driving system of a vehicle. The computing system can monitor an environmental model to identify spatial locations in the environmental model populated with temporally-aligned measurement data. The computing system can analyze, on a per-sensor basis, the temporally-aligned measurement data at the spatial locations in the environmental model to detect one or more sensor measurement events. The computing system can utilize the sensor measurement events to identify at least one detection event indicative of an object proximate to the vehicle. The computing system can combine the detection event with at least one of another detection event, a sensor measurement event, or other measurement data to generate a fused detection event. A control system for the vehicle can control operation of the vehicle based, at least in part, on the detection event.
US10802441B2	Optical modulation method, optical modulation device and holographic display apparatus The present disclosure provides an optical modulation device, an optical modulation method and a holographic display apparatus. The optical modulation device is configured to perform optical modulation of a light beam and comprising: an amplitude modulator, configured to perform amplitude modulation of the light beam based on amplitude information in complex amplitude information of each pixel of a digital hologram; an optical scanning assembly, configured to scan the light beam within a predetermined range; a phase modulator, configured to perform phase modulation of the light beam based on phase information in the complex amplitude information.
US10802440B2	Dynamic holography non-scanning printing device A printing device (106) includes a dynamic holography printing application configured to generate a laser control signal and a LCOS-SLM (Liquid Crystal on Silicon Spatial Light Modulator) control signal based on a two-dimensional content corresponding to a lithography mask. A laser source (110) generates a plurality of incident laser beams based on the laser control signal. A LCOS-SLM (112) modulates the plurality of incident laser beams based on the LCOS-SLM control signal, generates a plurality of holographic wavefronts (214,216), each holographic wavefront forming at least one corresponding focal point. The LCOS-SLM generates a plurality of distinct focused light field regions (506,508,510) at interference points of focal points of the plurality of holographic wavefronts. The plurality of distinct focused light field regions correspond to the two-dimensional content.
US10802431B2	Heating device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus A heating device includes a heater and an interrupting portion. The heater extends in a width direction of a rotary belt and configured to contact and heat the belt. The interrupting portion is configured to interrupt power supply at a longitudinal end portion of the heater.
US10802430B2	Image heating apparatus having a belt and a regulating portion to regulate movement of the belt in a sheet width direction An image heating apparatus includes a first rotary member, a second rotary member a retaining portion, and a regulating portion. An end portion of the first rotary member abuts against the regulating portion and the regulating portion regulates movement of the first rotary member to the sheet width direction. The regulating portion comprises a curved surface shape having a radius of curvature of 10 mm or greater and 500 mm or smaller and protruding toward the first rotary member. An apex portion of the curved surface shape is, when viewed in the sheet width direction, positioned in an area outside of the retaining portion and on a side of the first rotary member from a tangent of the first rotary member at the nip portion. The apex portion is positioned in an area upstream in the sheet conveyance direction of a straight line that is orthogonal to the tangent.
US10802424B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a heating unit, a pressure unit, a moving unit, and a controller. The heating unit is configured to heat a toner on a recording medium. The pressure unit is configured to transport the recording medium while sandwiching the recording medium in a nip that the pressure unit and the heating unit form. The moving unit is configured to change a nip state of the pressure unit with respect to the heating unit by moving the heating unit or the pressure unit. The controller is configured to, when plural recording media are transported continuously, control the moving unit so that the moving unit moves the heating unit or the pressure unit in a separation direction so as to reduce a nip width at a recording medium interval between the recording media.
US10802423B2	Printer and printing method A printer includes a sheet feeder; an intermediate transfer body; a first image forming device; a second image forming device arranged downstream of the first image forming device; a secondary transfer roller arranged downstream of the second image forming device; and a processor. The processor moves the secondary transfer roller away from the intermediate transfer body, primarily transfers a second toner image onto the intermediate transfer body, rotates the intermediate transfer body until the second toner image reaches the first image forming device, primarily transfers the first toner image onto the intermediate transfer body by superimposing the first toner image on the second toner image, causes the secondary transfer roller to contact the intermediate transfer body, and secondarily transfers the first toner image and the second toner image onto the sheet using the secondary transfer roller. The printer further includes a fixing device.
US10802419B2	Method of manufacturing developer container, developer container, developing apparatus, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus A method of manufacturing a developer container including a frame configured to define a developer containing portion, a first electrode, and a second electrode arranged on a surface of the frame and having a surface opposed to the first electrode, a developer amount in the developer containing portion being detected based on a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode, the method including: holding a conductive resin member constituting the second electrode on a mold configured to mold the frame, a surface of the conductive resin member being in contact with a surface of the mold configured to mold a surface of the frame on a side of the developer containing portion; injecting a resin to be formed into the frame, into the mold on which the conductive resin member is held; and curing the resin to form the frame to which the second electrode is fixed.
US10802418B2	Image forming apparatus having developer transporting member that transports developer toward a developer bearing member An image forming apparatus is capable of performing a second image forming operation in which a peripheral velocity ratio of a developer bearing member to an image bearing member becomes greater than that in a first image forming operation, and in which a potential difference between a developing bias applied to the developer bearing member and a supply bias applied to a supply member becomes a potential difference at which a urging force causing a developer at the contact portion between the developer bearing member and the supply member to move from the supply member to the developer bearing member becomes smaller than that in the first image forming operation, or becomes a potential difference at which a urging force causing the developer to move from the developer bearing member to the supply member is generated.
US10802412B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus including developing unit to develop electrostatic latent image with toner to form visible image, and cleaning unit including elastic member including surface layer and configured to remove the toner, wherein Martens hardness A and Martens hardness B of the surface layer measured by applying load of 1 μN and load of 1,000 μN, respectively, to position of the surface layer in thickness direction thereof using nanoindenter are both 2.5 N/mm2 or greater but 32.5 N/mm2 or less, and Martens hardness A and Martens hardness B satisfy inequality, Martens hardness A>Martens hardness B wherein coefficient of dynamic friction of the surface layer against polycarbonate is 0.5 or less, and the toner includes polyester resin insoluble to THF and Tg of THF-insoluble component of the toner determined from DSC curve of first heating of DSC is −60° C. or higher but 20° C. or lower.
US10802410B2	Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method involving a barrier structure to handle liquid A plurality of extraction conduits is provided to remove immersion liquid into a chamber. The extraction conduits are arranged at different distances from a target portion of the substrate. From the chamber, a passage is provided to which a suction force is applied. When all the conduits are filled with immersion liquid, the extraction capacity will be greater than when one or more of the conduits comprise gas.
US10802407B2	Exposure apparatus, exposure method, manufacturing method of flat-panel display, and device manufacturing method A substrate stage device of an exposure apparatus is equipped with: a noncontact holder that supports, in a noncontact manner, a first area and at least a partial area of a second area, of a substrate, the second area being arranged side by side with the first area in the Y-axis direction; a substrate carrier that holds the substrate held in a noncontact manner by the noncontact holder, at a position not overlapping the noncontact holder in the X-axis direction; Y linear actuators and Y voice coil motors that relatively move the substrate carrier with respect to the noncontact holder in the Y-axis direction; X voice coil motors that move the substrate carrier in the X-axis direction; and actuators that move the noncontact holder in the X-axis direction.
US10802406B2	Apparatus and method for generating extreme ultraviolet radiation An apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation includes a droplet generator configured to generate target droplets. An excitation laser is configured to heat the target droplets using excitation pulses to convert the target droplets to plasma. An energy detector is configured to measure a variation in EUV energy generated when the target droplets are converted to plasma. A feedback controller is configured to adjust parameters of the droplet generator and/or the excitation laser based on the variation in EUV energy.
US10802404B2	Reticle and exposure method including projection of a reticle pattern into neighboring exposure fields An exposure method includes projecting a reticle pattern into a first exposure field of a photoresist layer, wherein the reticle pattern includes first and second line patterns on opposite edges of the reticle pattern and wherein at least the first line pattern includes an end section through which light flux decreases outwards. The reticle pattern is further projected into a second exposure field of the photoresist layer, wherein a first tapering projection zone of the end section of the first line pattern in the second exposure field overlaps a projection area of the second line pattern in the first exposure field.
US10802402B2	Material composition and process for substrate modification Provided is a material composition and method for substrate modification. A substrate is patterned to include a plurality of features. The plurality of features includes a first subset of features having one or more substantially inert surfaces. In various embodiments, a priming material is deposited over the substrate, over the plurality of features, and over the one or more substantially inert surfaces. By way of example, the deposited priming material bonds at least to the one or more substantially inert surfaces. Additionally, the deposited priming material provides a modified substrate surface. After depositing the priming material, a layer is spin-coated over the modified substrate surface, where the spin-coated layer is substantially planar.
US10802399B2	Actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, resist film, pattern forming method, and method for manufacturing electronic device The present invention provides an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition which is capable of forming a pattern having a low LWR and is further suppressed in the collapse of the formed pattern, a resist film, a pattern forming method, and a method for manufacturing an electronic device. The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention contains a photoacid generator represented by General Formula (1) or a resin having a residue obtained by removing one hydrogen atom from the photoacid generator represented by General Formula (1).
US10802397B2	Microlithographic fabrication of structures Micro- and nano-patterns in imprint layers formed on a substrate and lithographic methods for forming such layers. The layers include a plurality of structures, and a residual layer having a residual layer thickness (RLT) that extends from the surface of the substrate to a base of the structures, where the RLT varies across the surface of the substrate according to a predefined pattern.
US10802396B2	Methods of detecting printing defects on photoresist patterns A method of detecting defects of a photoresist pattern includes generating a scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a surface of a photoresist pattern and signal intensity data relative to pixel position of the surface of the photoresist pattern. The method also includes setting a lower reference intensity threshold value and an upper reference intensity threshold value used as reference values for detecting defects. The method further includes classifying a pixel position of the signal intensity data having a signal intensity value which is less than the lower reference intensity threshold value or greater than the upper reference intensity threshold value as a defect position.
US10802395B2	Lithographic mask, a pellicle therein and method of forming the same The present disclosure provides a mask for photolithography patterning. The mask includes a substrate, a pattern layer on a surface of the substrate. The mask also includes a pellicle attached to the substrate and configured to isolate the pattern layer from ambient. The pellicle includes a membrane between the pattern layer and ambient, and an optical member disposed in the membrane. A method for manufacturing the mask is also provided.
US10802393B2	Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography mask The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography mask and methods of manufacture. The EUV mask structure includes: a reflective layer; a capping material on the reflective layer; a buffer layer on the capping layer; alternating absorber layers on the buffer layer; and a capping layer on the top of the alternating absorber layers.
US10802388B2	Projection apparatus, projection method, and storage medium having program stored thereon, which provide high-quality image by effectively using spoke period A projection apparatus includes a light source unit which time-divisionally emits light in colors by light emission from light emitting devices; a display element using light emitted from the light source unit, displaying images respectively corresponding to the colors of the emitted light, and forming optical images by reflection or transmission light thereof; a projection unit emitting the optical images formed by the display element toward a projection target; a timing setting unit setting a change timing associated with changing each of the colors, and setting spoke periods generated at each change timing; a light source drive unit driving the light source unit, based on the change timings and spoke periods; a detection unit detecting information indicating a light amount of the light for each of the colors emitted from the projection unit during the spoke periods; and a light source controller setting a delay time for light emission timings at the light source unit in the spoke periods by the light source drive unit, based on information obtained by the detection unit.
US10802385B2	Phosphor plate, light source apparatus, and projection display apparatus A phosphor plate includes: a plate substrate, a reflection coating provided on a surface of the plate substrate, a reflecting layer provided on the reflection coating, and composed of metallic oxide and transparent binder, and a phosphor layer provided on the reflecting layer. The reflecting layer has a thickness ranging from 10 μm to 90 μm inclusive, and the metallic oxide is contained in the reflecting layer at a volume density ranging from 15 vol % to 40 vol %.
US10802383B2	Projector and method for controlling projector A projector includes: an image interface unit; a projection unit which projects a projection image based on image information, onto a screen; a setting unit which sets an aspect ratio of the projection image; a projection control unit which causes the projection unit to project the projection image according to the aspect ratio set by the setting unit; and an EDID processing unit which causes first information about an aspect ratio of the image information to be transmitted to a PC. If the setting unit changes the aspect ratio of the projection image from a first aspect ratio to a second aspect ratio, the EDID processing unit causes the first information based on the second aspect ratio to be transmitted to the PC.
US10802382B2	Adjustable light projector for flood illumination and active depth sensing Aspects of the present disclosure relate to an adjustable light projector for active depth sensing and flood illumination. An example device includes a light projector that includes a light source to emit a light along a first direction and a diffractive element positioned in a path of the emitted light along the first direction. The diffractive element includes a diffractive optical element having a first refractive index and configured to project a distribution of focused light from the emitted light during a first mode. The diffractive element also includes a diffusion element having a second refractive index and configured to diffuse the emitted light during a second mode.
US10802374B1	Liquid crystal lens A liquid crystal lens includes at least two liquid crystal cells, and at least two electrode layer units. Each of the liquid crystal cells has a central portion, a first surrounding portion, and a second surrounding portion. Each of the electrode layer units is disposed to supply voltage to the respective liquid crystal cell to permit one of the liquid crystal cells to have a first radial gradient of refractive index in the central portion thereof, and to permit the other one of the liquid crystal cells to have a second radial gradient of refractive index in the first surrounding portion thereof, to thereby allow the two liquid crystal cells to cooperatively define an aperture of the liquid crystal lens.
US10802372B2	Control method for tintable windows A method of controlling tint of a tintable window to account for occupant comfort in a room of a building. The tintable window is between the interior and exterior of the building. The method predicts a tint level for the tintable window at a future time based on a penetration depth of direct sunlight through the tintable window into the room at the future time and space type in the room. The method also provides instructions over a network to transition tint of the tintable window to the tint level.
US10802366B2	Display panel and display device Disclosed are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a plurality of first signal lines and a plurality of second signal lines extending to a peripheral special shaped area, and a first multiplexer, a second multiplexer and a plurality of main lines arranged in the peripheral special shaped area. The plurality of first signal lines and the plurality of second signal lines are connected in the one-to-one correspondence by the first multiplexer, the plurality of main lines and the second multiplexer in the peripheral special shaped area. Different first signal lines and corresponding second signal lines connected to the same main line may be turned on in sequence according to the set timings by controlling the switch timings of the switch elements of the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer.
US10802363B2	Array substrate and manufacturing method therefor, display device and driving method therefor An array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, a display device and a driving method thereof. The array substrate includes: a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor and a pixel electrode, the pixel electrode being electrically connected to the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor, one of the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor being an n-type thin film transistor, and another one being a p-type thin film transistor.
US10802360B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area disposed around the display area; a fan-out unit disposed in the non-display area and including a first pad unit and a first fan-out line electrically connected to the first pad unit; a first signal line disposed on a different layer from the first fan-out line and including a first area overlapping the first fan-out line; a first switching element disposed on the display area and electrically connected to the first signal line and a first pixel electrode; and a color filter overlapping the first area.
US10802357B2	Pixel structure, pixel unit and display panel The invention discloses a pixel structure including: a main electrode, and a plurality of branch electrodes connected to the main electrode; wherein closed areas and open areas are formed among the plurality of the branch electrodes. The invention solves the problem that the liquid crystal at the edge position of the peripheral closed design scheme is easily affected by the electric field and the alignment disorder occurs by designing the branch electrode in the ITO electrode as the closed area and the open area, so that the display is uniform and the display effect is improved. Further, with respect to the design of the peripheral opening, the invention reduces the number of black streaks and increases the light transmittance due to the closed areas and the open areas of the interval distribution.
US10802355B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes: first and second substrates facing and spaced apart from each other, the first and second substrates having a pixel region; a gate line and a data line on an inner surface of the first substrate, the gate line and the data line crossing each other adjacent to the pixel region; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line in the pixel region; a first electrode of a plate shape over the thin film transistor; a second electrode of a bar shape over the first electrode; and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.
US10802354B2	Display device and method According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel, a light source, a light guide and a prism sheet. The display panel includes a display area in which unit pixels each containing first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels are arranged along a first direction and a second direction. In the display area, the first sub-pixels have a width different from that of the second sub-pixel in at least one of the first direction and the second direction, or each unit pixel contains different numbers of first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels. The prism sheet is interposed between the light guide and the display panel and includes prisms extending along a third direction inclined with respect to the second direction by an acute angle of inclination.
US10802350B2	Display device A liquid crystal panel includes two substrates, an outer light-shielding portion, an inner light-shielding portion, and spacers. The substrates are bonded to each other. The outer light-shielding portion is disposed outer than an outer periphery of area display area in which an image is displayed between the substrates. The inner light-shielding portion is disposed inner than an inner periphery of the display area between the substrates. The spacers are disposed between the substrates. The spacers include outer spacers and at least one inner spacer. The outer spacers are disposed to overlap the outer light-shielding portion. The at least one inner spacer is disposed to overlap the inner light-shielding portion.
US10802349B2	Flexible liquid crystal display panel A flexible liquid crystal display panel is provided. The flexible liquid crystal display panel includes a color filter substrate and a plurality of polymer walls. The color filter substrate includes a second glass substrate, a light-shielding layer and a second flexible substrate, and the light-shielding layer is disposed between the second glass substrate and the second flexible substrate. The polymer walls are disposed between the array substrate and the color filter substrate. A width of each polymer wall is equal to a width of each light transmission portion.
US10802344B2	Liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device Provided is a liquid crystal display device including a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate and containing a negative liquid crystal material; a first alignment film provided on the surface of the first substrate on the liquid crystal layer side; a first phase difference layer having birefringence provided between the first substrate and the first alignment film; and a second alignment film disposed on the surface of the second substrate on the liquid crystal layer side, wherein at least one of the first alignment film and the second alignment film is a photo-alignment film being in contact with the liquid crystal layer and imparting a pretilt angle of 75° or more and less than 90° to the liquid crystal material; the first phase difference layer is formed of a first polymer material having a first photofunctional group; the photo-alignment film is formed of a second polymer material having a second photofunctional group; and the first photofunctional group and the second photofunctional group are each a group causing at least one reaction selected from the group consisting of isomerization reaction, dimerization reaction, Fries rearrangement reaction, and cleavage reaction.
US10802343B2	Low reflectivity LCD with COP retarder and COP matching RM A liquid crystal device (LCD) is configured for minimizing unwanted internal ambient light reflections. The LCD includes a plurality of layers, the layers comprising from a viewing side: a first linear polariser; an external retarder that is made of a cyclic olefin polymer (COP) material or a cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) material; a colour filter substrate; a colour filter layer; an internal reactive mesogen (RM) retarder alignment layer; an internal reactive mesogen (RM) retarder; a liquid crystal (LC) layer; and a second linear polarizer. The external retarder and the internal RM retarder are configured such that the optical properties (for example light polarization control function) of the external retarder and the internal retarder are matched to negate each other for light passing through the external retarder and the internal RM retarder. The LCD simultaneously maintains high image quality in both high and low ambient lighting conditions.
US10802340B2	Direct light-type backlight module, display device and its assembly method A direct-light-type backlight module, a display device and its assembly method are disclosed in the present invention, wherein the backlight module comprises a plurality of LED strips, a reflector, a plurality of cover portions and a plurality of connectors. The LED strips respectively comprise a plurality of LED packages. The reflector is set above the LED strip. The reflector has a plurality of light openings and a plurality of cover openings, and the light openings match the LED packages respectively, so that the LED packages could pass the light openings of the reflector. The cover portions respectively connect one side of the cover openings on the reflector, and two adjacent cover portions at a row are crossover in a X-shaped way in a side view direction of the reflector. The connectors are disposed in the cover openings and are obliquely covered by the cover portions, and the connectors electrically connect to the LED strips. The present invention can significantly improve the uniformity of light intensities at the light-emitting surface, and the display quality is significantly improved.
US10802339B2	Folded reflective sheet for LCD backlight module A light mixing chamber is formed by folding a reflective sheet having a central portion; at least three side portions integrated with the central portion; at least three connection portions each arranged between two side portions and integrated with a side portion of two adjacent side portions. A light source is arranged in central portion of the light mixing chamber for back illuminating a liquid crystal display panel.
US10802335B2	Light diffusion plate and direct-lit backlight unit A light diffusion plate for a direct-lit backlight unit is provided which is capable of inhibiting generation of defects in production, and which is superior in mechanical strength even if being formed to be thin. The light diffusion plate for a direct-lit backlight unit includes a resin matrix, and a diffusion agent dispersed in the resin matrix, in which a principal component of the resin matrix is a polycarbonate resin, a ratio Mw/Mn of a polystyrene equivalent weight average molecular weight Mw to a number average molecular weight Mn of the polycarbonate resin, as determined by gel permeation chromatography is no less than 1.8 and no greater than 3.2, and the weight average molecular weight Mw of the polycarbonate resin is no less than 3.0×104 and no greater than 6.5×104. The light diffusion plate has an average thickness of preferably no less than 0.1 mm and no greater than 1.0 mm.
US10802334B2	Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device including the same A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel and a backlight unit under the liquid crystal panel and including a circuit board; a plurality of LED packages mounted on the circuit board; a partition wall on the circuit board and surrounding at least one LED package; an encapsulation member covering the plurality of LED packages and the partition wall; and a reflective pattern sheet over the encapsulation member and including a plurality of first reflective patterns corresponding to the plurality of LED packages, respectively, wherein a height of the partition wall is equal to or greater than a height of the at least one LED package and smaller than or equal to a thickness of the encapsulation member.
US10802333B2	Local dimming system and method adaptable to a backlight of a display A local dimming system includes a light shape imitation (LSI) unit that receives a pulse-width modulation (PWM) value generated according to content of an image, the LSI unit generating luminance gain according to the PWM value; and a pixel compensation unit that performs pixel compensation on the image according to the luminance gain, thereby resulting in a compensated image. The LSI unit performs LSI computation by multiplying profile data with corresponding PWM values, and adding products of multiplication, thus resulting in a light shape.
US10802328B2	Method for manufacturing display panel and baking device for display panel The application discloses a method for manufacturing a display panel and a baking device for a display panel. The method for manufacturing the display panel includes: coating a color filter on a transparent substrate of a display panel; patterning and solidifying the color filter to form at least one support unit, and baking the support unit until the support unit is lowered to a predetermined height.
US10802327B2	Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof Disclosed are an LCD device and a driving method thereof, which save the manufacturing cost that is expended by the application of four-color (RGBW) sub-pixels, and enhance an aperture ratio and brightness, thus increasing display quality. The LCD device includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. A plurality of R, G, B and W color filters are formed at the upper substrate. In the lower substrate, a plurality of R, G, B and W sub-pixels are formed in respective regions defined by intersection of a plurality of gate lines and data lines. The liquid crystal layer is formed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. Each of the pixels is configure with three-color sub-pixels of the R, G, B and W sub-pixels. Pixels of the plurality of pixels including a W sub-pixel share a one-color sub-pixel included in a pixel adjacent thereto, and display a color image.
US10802326B2	Terminal device including display module A terminal device includes a middle frame, a light-absorbing and heat-dissipating film disposed in the middle frame, and a display module. The middle frame includes a bottom and a side part connected to the bottom. The side part encircles the bottom to form a concavity on the bottom. The light-absorbing and heat-dissipating film covers the inner surfaces of the bottom and the side part. The display module is disposed in the concavity.
US10802321B2	Optical film for liquid crystal display An optical film includes a first diffraction layer, a second diffraction layer, and a cover layer. The first diffraction layer includes a plurality of first diffraction gratings arranged in the same direction on a surface thereof. The second diffraction layer includes a plurality of second diffraction gratings arranged in the same direction gap-filled the first diffraction gratings of the first diffraction layer, wherein the directions of the first diffraction gratings and the second diffraction gratings are parallel to each other. The cover layer is formed on the second diffraction gratings of the second diffraction layer. At least one of the first diffraction layer, the second diffraction layer and the cover layer contains dyes, and therefore, the optical film can reduce the light leakage defect of a conventional liquid crystal display in a large viewing angles and make the liquid crystal display have uniform dark-state images and colorful images.
US10802320B2	Display device and electronic apparatus The present display device includes a liquid crystal panel having a liquid crystal layer between an array substrate and a facing substrate. The array substrate has an electrode layer having an upper electrode and a lower electrode facing each other in a Z direction, and an opening including a plurality of slits extending in an X direction is formed in the upper electrode and the lower electrode. The liquid crystal layer is provided on the electrode layer, liquid crystal molecules in vicinity regions on one side and the other side of the opening which face each other in a width direction of each slit are oriented as rotating in reverse to each other, and the facing substrate has a conductive layer.
US10802312B2	Display device with cover window A display device includes a flexible display panel and a cover window. The flexible display panel includes a display area to display an image and a pad area extending from the display area. The pad area is bent from the display area. The cover window is disposed on the flexible display panel.
US10802311B2	Display device Disclosed is a display device configured such that a fixing unit is provided in an empty space between a liquid crystal panel and a light guide plate of a backlight unit in order to support the liquid crystal panel together with a mold and to fix an optical sheet and such that the fixing unit is provided with a reflection member in order to improve luminance at a light-incident part of the light guide plate, whereby image quality is improved.
US10802309B2	Flexible array substrate, liquid crystal display panel, and liquid crystal display The flexible liquid crystal display panel include an upper substrate, a lower substrate and a liquid crystal layer; a plurality of sub-pixel regions are disposed on the lower substrate, and a retaining wall may be disposed around the sub-pixel region, and the retaining wall may define notches to allow the plurality of sub-pixel regions to be located the liquid crystals circulate when the flexible liquid crystal display panels are bent. In the above manner, the present application can ensure the uniformity of diffusion of the alignment liquid and the liquid crystal in the alignment liquid coating and liquid crystal filling processes.
US10802308B2	Roll to roll fabrication apparatus A roll to roll fabrication apparatus includes an injection plate for injecting a chemical treatment liquid on a film transferred from a supplying roll to a collecting roll; and liquid blocking rolls disposed between the supplying roll and the collecting roll, and configured to prevent the chemical treatment liquid injected from the injection plate from being introduced to another process region.
US10802305B2	Conveying apparatus and manufacturing system of display panel The present application discloses a conveying apparatus and a manufacturing system of a display panel. The conveying apparatus includes a fixing bracket and a load-bearing platform adapted to convey the display panel, where the fixing bracket and the load-bearing platform are fixedly connected through a rotation axis, a clamping piece is disposed on the load-bearing platform, and the clamping piece is adapted to clamp and fix the display panel.
US10802303B2	Optical module having wiring and bridge substrates for modulation signals An optical module including a source assembly is disclosed. The source assembly provides a semiconductor optical device, a wiring substrate, and a bridge substrate. The semiconductor optical device includes an electrode and a pad that receives a driving signal therethrough. The wiring substrate, which is arranged side by side with respect to the semiconductor optical device, provides a signal line and a ground line surrounding the signal line. The bridge substrate includes a signal line and a ground line surrounding the signal line. A feature of the optical module is that the bridge substrate is placed on the semiconductor optical device and the wiring substrate such that a transmission line thereof faces the semiconductor optical device and the wiring substrate, and one end of the signal line thereof is connected with the pad of the semiconductor optical device through a post, and another end of the signal line thereof is connected with an end of the signal line in the wiring substrate through another post.
US10802296B2	Optical lens for vision correction An optical lens for vision correction includes a first image fusion area centered on a visual axis (L) of the eye (E) of a user and including a plurality of first dioptric portions randomly arranged around the first image fusion area and fused to have a first diopter (N), and a second image fusion area connected to and surrounds the first image fusion area and including a plurality of second dioptric portions randomly arranged around the second image fusion area and fused to have a second diopter (M). The first diopter \|N\| is smaller than the second diopter \|M\|. The longest width of each of the first and second dioptric portions relative to the visual axis (L) is smaller than 200 nanometers.
US10802295B2	Spectacles A pair of spectacles including a lens arrangement having two lateral temple arm bearing arrangements. Each temple arm bearing arrangement has a first hinge lug having a first bearing opening and a second hinge lug having a second bearing opening, and at least one locking member insertion opening configured in the first or second hinge lug. The spectacles additionally comprise two temple arms, which respectively have a temple arm main body, and a bearing pin integrally connected thereto, which bearing pin, in the assembled state, is pivotably connected to the first and second bearing opening of the respective temple arm bearing arrangement. Each temple arm further has at least one locking member, which, in the assembled state, is arranged between the hinge lugs of the respective temple arm bearing arrangement and, in a pivot position, lockingly holds together this temple arm and the lens arrangement.
US10802294B2	Light transmissive regions to pass light to cameras In some examples, an apparatus includes a housing to removably attach to an electronic device that includes first and second cameras spaced apart by a first distance. The apparatus includes a first light transmissive region of the housing to align with the first camera, the first light transmissive region to pass light from an environment to the first camera. The apparatus further includes a second light transmissive region of the housing spaced apart from the first light transmissive region by a second distance different from the first distance, and a light conduit to pass the light from the environment through the second light transmissive region to the second camera.
US10802292B2	Illumination apparatus optimized for synthetic aperture optics imaging using minimum selective excitation patterns A synthetic aperture optics (SAO) imaging method minimizes the number of selective excitation patterns used to illuminate the imaging target, based on the objects' physical characteristics corresponding to spatial frequency content from the illuminated target and/or one or more parameters of the optical imaging system used for SAO. With the minimized number of selective excitation patterns, the time required to perform SAO is reduced dramatically, thereby allowing SAO to be used with DNA sequencing applications that require massive parallelization for cost reduction and high throughput. In addition, an SAO apparatus optimized to perform the SAO method is provided. The SAO apparatus includes a plurality of interference pattern generation modules that can be arranged in a half-ring shape.
US10802291B1	Folded projection system A compact folded projection system is described that includes a laser light source, a folded lens system comprising a lens stack including two or more refractive lenses and a light folding element (e.g., a prism), and a diffractive beam splitter that includes at least one diffractive surface. The light folding element provides a “folded” optical axis for the lens system to reduce the Z-height of the projection system, for example to within a range of 1.7 to 4 millimeters (e.g., 2 millimeters in some implementations). The laser light source emits light that is refracted by the lens stack to the folding element. The folding element redirects the light to the beam splitter which replicates the light into N×M duplications or tiles to thus generate a larger field of view (FOV) than the internal FOV of the lens system.
US10802289B2	Virtual image display device A virtual image display device has a light guide device in which the half mirror layer (the semi-transmissive reflecting film) of the light guide member is formed on the partial area of the first junction surface, and the second junction surface of the light transmitting member is bonded to the first junction surface in at least the exceptional area. Therefore, it is possible to increase the bonding strength of the first junction surface and the second junction surface, namely the strength of the light guide device composed of the light guide member and the light transmitting member combined with each other even in the case in which the attachment force of the half mirror layer (the semi-transmissive reflecting film) with respect to the first junction surface is not sufficiently strong.
US10802287B2	Dynamic render time targeting based on eye tracking A head-mounted display (HMD) with a rolling illumination display panel can dynamically target a render time for a given frame based on eye tracking. Using this approach, re-projection adjustments are minimized at the location of the display(s) where the user is looking, which mitigates unwanted, re-projection-based visual artifacts in that “region of interest.” For example, logic of the HMD may predict a location on the display panel where a user will be looking during an illumination time period for a given frame, determine a time, within that illumination time period, at which an individual subset of the pixels that corresponds to the predicted location will be illuminated, predict a pose that the HMD will be in at the determined time, and send pose data indicative of this predicted pose to an application for rendering the frame.
US10802286B2	Camera device, display device, and method for correcting motion in device An electronic device includes a camera separately capturing an omnidirectional subject depending on a specified angle to generate a plurality of split images, and generating an omnidirectional image from capturing all orientations with respect to a specified location by using the generated plurality of split images, a memory storing the generated omnidirectional image, an input device sensing an input of a user, a display, and a processor generating field of view (FOV) information corresponding to the input of the user via the input device and displaying an FOV image corresponding to the FOV information in the omnidirectional image on the display. The processor is configured to determine shaking of the omnidirectional image and to correct at least one of the FOV information and the omnidirectional image to generate the FOV image, when it is determined that the shaking of the omnidirectional image is present.
US10802284B2	Scanning device Example methods, apparatuses and systems are disclosed for providing a device for capturing a barcode image within an augmented reality environment. An example method includes detecting a target object within a field of view of an augmented reality viewing device. The method further includes rendering an image of a scanning device within the field of view of the augmented reality viewing device, and rendering a scanning area within the field of view of the augmented reality viewing device. Further, a camera associated with the augmented reality viewing device captures an image of a barcode located on the target object. Corresponding apparatuses, systems, and computer program products are also provided.
US10802283B2	Wearable device and method for outputting virtual image A wearable device and a method of outputting a virtual image by the wearable device area provided. The wearable device includes a projection type display unit that includes a variable lens and configured to project a light forming an image, a first sensor configured to detect a light reflected from an eye of a user, and a processor configured to control to display the virtual image on the projection type display unit by controlling one of a location of the variable lens and refractive power of the variable lens based on retina image information corresponding to the detected light.
US10802282B2	Controlling light source intensities on optically trackable object Examples are disclosed that relate to dynamically controlling light sources on an optically trackable peripheral device. One disclosed example provides a near-eye display device comprising an image sensor, a communications subsystem, a logic subsystem, and a storage subsystem. The storage subsystem stores instructions executable by the logic subsystem to control a peripheral device comprising a plurality of light sources by receiving image data from the image sensor, identifying in the image data a constellation of light sources formed by a subset of light sources of the peripheral device, and based upon the constellation of light sources identified, send to the peripheral device via the communications subsystem constellation information related to the constellation of light sources identified.
US10802279B2	Display system, display method, and computer apparatus for displaying additional information of a game character based on line of sight A display system including a display device which is used by being mounted on the head of a player, comprising: a virtual camera specifier that specifies a visual axis and/or a position of a virtual camera in a virtual space, according to a direction and/or a position of the display device; and a displayer that displays an object present in the virtual space, on the display device, according to the visual axis and/or the position of the virtual camera, wherein in a case where there is an object on the visual axis specified by the virtual camera specifier, the displayer additionally displays information associated with the object.
US10802277B2	Head-mounted display device [Solution] A head-mounted display device includes a display section disposed in front of eyes of a user and configured to display an image, a cover section configured to cover the display section when viewed from a position right opposed to the user and wearable on the user, and a position adjusting mechanism capable of adjusting a position of the display section on an opposite side of the display section side across the cover section. The cover section includes a light transmitting section opposed to the display section.
US10802272B2	Vehicular display apparatus A vehicular display apparatus includes a display device, a magnifying mirror, and a turning back mirror. The display device emits display light corresponding to a display image to be visually recognized by a driver on a vehicle. The magnifying mirror reflects the display light to project the display image on a windshield of the vehicle. The turning back mirror is disposed on an optical path between the display device and the magnifying mirror and has a concave reflecting surface that reflects the display light. The magnifying mirror has the magnifying power that is set higher than that of the turning back mirror.
US10802271B2	Lens device There is provided a lens device that prevents dust from entering a space in which a movable lens is moved. A movable lens is moved in the direction of an optical axis. A holding member, which extends in the direction of the optical axis, is formed at an end portion of the movable lens. A magnet is fixed to an end portion of the holding member. A hall IC is disposed in a closed storage space at a position facing the magnet. A signal, which corresponds to the position of the magnet in the direction of the optical axis, is output from the hall IC. Since the hall IC is disposed in the storage space closed by a storage box, the entry of dust, which is caused by the hall IC, into a space in which the movable lens is moved is prevented.
US10802266B1	Electrowetting element with protrusion An electrowetting element comprising a first fluid, a second fluid immiscible with the first fluid, a first electrode, a second electrode in contact with the second fluid and a first and second support plate. The first support plate comprises the first electrode and a surface. The second support plate comprises a protrusion which overlaps a first surface portion of the surface and which, with a first voltage with a substantially zero magnitude applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, contacts the second fluid without substantially contacting the first fluid. Upon application of a second voltage with a non-zero magnitude between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first fluid moves such that there is substantially no contact between the first fluid and the first surface portion.
US10802265B2	Endoscopic diagnostic apparatus and lesion part volume measuring method There are provided a lesion part volume measuring method and an endoscopic diagnostic apparatus capable of easily detecting the volume of a lesion part without using a special treatment instrument. This problem is solved by detecting the position of a distal end portion of a scope hood from an image captured by an endoscope to which the scope hood is attached, finding the volume of the internal space of the scope hood, which is formed by the scope hood and the distal end surface of an insertion part, from the position of the distal end portion of the scope hood and the model of the endoscope and/or the model of the scope hood, and injecting water into the scope hood and detecting the volume of a lesion part from the difference between the water injection amount and the volume of the internal space of the scope hood.
US10802255B2	Scanned oblique plane illumination microscopy A microscopy system includes a first excitation source configured to emit a one-photon light beam and a second excitation source configured to emit a two-photon light beam. The system also includes a first optical component configured to deliver one or more of a one-photon light sheet and a two-photon light sheet, where the one-photon light sheet is based on the one-photon light beam and the two-photon light sheet is based on the two-photon light beam. The system further includes a single reflective surface at a back focal plane of the first optical component to reflect the one or more of the one-photon light sheet and the two-photon light sheet toward a sample. The single reflective surface rotates about a fixed axis situated at a cross section of the single reflective surface and the back focal plane of the first optical component.
US10802253B2	Imaging lens There is provided an imaging lens with high resolution which satisfies in well balance wide field of view, low-profileness and low F-number and properly corrects aberrations. An imaging lens comprises a first lens having negative refractive power, a second lens having the negative refractive power, a third lens, a fourth lens having the negative refractive power and a convex surface facing the image side near an optical axis, a fifth lens having at least one aspheric surface, and a sixth lens being double-sided aspheric lens and having a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis, wherein the image-side surface of the sixth lens is an aspheric surface changing to the convex surface at a peripheral area.
US10802247B2	Camera optical lens The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of plastic material, the third lens is made of plastic material, the fourth lens is made of glass material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material, and the sixth lens is made of plastic material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10802244B2	Methods and apparatus for focus control in an imaging system Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise methods and apparatus for focus control in an imaging system. The methods and apparatus may comprise various circuits and/or systems configured to measure the ambient temperature of the lens module and compute a corrected target position based on known thermal characteristics of the lens and/or the lens barrel. Factors used to obtain the corrected target position may comprise the material the of the lens barrel, the thermal time constant of the lens barrel, the linear expansion coefficient of the lens barrel, the effective focal length (EFL) of the lens, the thermal response of the lens, and/or the temperature characteristic coefficient of the EFL.
US10802243B2	Lens assembly driving module, photographing system and cell phone device A lens assembly driving module includes a holder, a metal yoke, a lens unit, a magnet set, a coil, at least one elastic element and at least one damper agent. The metal yoke is coupled with the holder and includes a through hole and at least one extending structure. The extending structure is disposed around the through hole and extends along a direction from the through hole to the holder. The lens unit is movably disposed in the metal yoke. The lens unit includes an optical axis and at least one notch structure. The notch structure is disposed in an outer peripheral area of the lens unit and is corresponding to the extending structure. The damper agent is disposed between the extending structure of the metal yoke and the notch structure of the lens unit. The damper agent is applied to damp a movement of the lens unit.
US10802240B2	Lens driving device A lens driving device includes a lens frame that holds a lens, a rack provided pivotally with respect to the lens frame around a pivot shaft along an optical axis of the lens, a lead screw provided along the optical axis, a spring that makes the rack pivot around the pivot shaft, pushes the rack against the lead screw, and engages a tooth of the rack with a tooth of the lead screw, a driving unit that rotates the lead screw, and a nut that includes an end surface facing the rack along the optical axis with a gap C being included therebetween, that engages with the lead screw with backlash being included therebetween, and that is provided un-rotatably with respect to the lens frame. In a case where a half pitch of the tooth of the lead screw is A and the backlash along the optical axis between the lead screw and the nut is B, A>B+C is satisfied.
US10802238B2	Telecommunications module and frame A telecommunications chassis comprises a cable sealing portion defining at least one cable opening configured to sealably receive a cable and a module mounting portion extending from the cable sealing portion, which further comprises a housing defining an open front closable by a door to define an interior, a rear wall, a right wall, and a left wall. A plurality of module mounting locations is provided in a vertically stacked arrangement, each configured to receive a telecommunications module through the open front. An exterior of the housing includes a first column of radius limiters defining curved profiles for guiding cables from the front toward the rear with bend control. A second column of radius limiters in the form of spools is spaced apart and generally parallel to the first column of radius limiters and a third column of radius limiters, at least some of which are in the form of spools, is also spaced apart and generally parallel to the first and second columns of radius limiters. The rear wall defines an opening for accessing from the exterior of the housing rear ends of modules to be mounted in the housing for signal input, wherein the exterior also includes a plate at least partially overlapping the opening for protection of cables entering the opening.
US10802237B2	Fiber optic cable management system A fiber optic cable management system includes a tray configured to reciprocate inside of an enclosure between an inserted position and an extended position. Optical fiber modules are located in the tray and retain optical fiber splitters or optical fiber multiplexer/de-multiplexers. The tray when moved to the extended position moves the optical fiber modules out of the front end of the rack enclosure. This allows a technician to access the back of the modules for maintenance operations without having to access the back end of the enclosure. A flexible cable guide allows the optical fibers connected to the modules to move with the tray into and out of the enclosure. Reflectors can be attached to the connectors to test fiber optic lines between a central office and the cell site location.
US10802235B2	Communications module housing A communications module housing includes an enclosure defining an opening, and a tray movably positioned within the enclosure. The tray includes a base, and a front rail positioned on the base, the front rail including a plurality of first mounts. The tray further includes a platform positioned on the base, the platform including a plurality of second mounts. The tray further includes a rear rail positioned on the base, the rear rail including a plurality of third mounts. The first and second mounts correspond to mounting features of the first communications modules and the third mounts correspond to mounting features of the second communications modules.
US10802232B2	Strategic placement of plastic structures for EMI management of transceiver module An example optoelectronic module includes a housing that extends between a first end portion and a second end portion. The optoelectronic module includes a printed circuit board (“PCB”) that includes an electrical connector at the second end portion of the housing, at least one transmitter electrically coupled to the PCB and optically coupled with at least one optical fiber, at least one receiver electrically coupled to the PCB and optically coupled with at least one optical fiber, and at least one electromagnetic interference (“EMI”) attenuating component formed of a plastic material that is configured to attenuate EMI. The EMI attenuating component is configured to attenuate EMI generated by one or more other components of the optoelectronic module.
US10802230B2	Fiber-based multi-source photon collector and systems and methods utilizing same A system for the collection and isolation of photons from multiple photon sources is provided that images individual photon sources onto individual optical fibers. The collected photons can then be directed to one or more photon detectors. The present invention is particularly applicable to a qubit state detection system for the detection of individual qubit states.
US10802223B2	Hybrid ingress protected connector and adapter assembly A hybrid ingress protection adapter and connector assembly, connecting the housing with a releasably replaceable connector and power assembly to an adapter that is mount on a panel. The connector has a pair of lead-ins that protect a ferrule of a plural of fiber optic connectors, and the lead-ins are of varying length allow blind mating of the connector assembly with the adapter assembly.
US10802220B1	Integrated optical beam steering system An integrated optical beam steering system is configured in three stages to provide beam steering for image light from an imager (e.g., laser, light emitting diode, or other light source) to downstream elements in a display system such as an exit pupil expander (EPE) in a mixed-reality computing device. The first stage includes a multi-level cascaded array of optical switches that are configurable to spatially route image light over a first dimension of a two-dimensional (2D) field of view (FOV) of the display system. The second waveguiding stage transfers the image light along preformed waveguides to a collimator in the third stage which is configured to collimate the image light along the first dimension of the FOV (e.g., horizontal). The waveguiding and collimating stages may be implemented using lightweight photonic crystal nanostructures.
US10802219B2	Optical attenuator An optical attenuator has a male connector, a female connector that is spaced apart from the male connector in a front-rear direction, a holder, and an attenuating member. The holder extends in the front-rear direction and has two opposite ends respectively connected to the male and female connectors. The holder is formed with a mounting groove which extends in the front-rear direction. The attenuating member extends through the mounting groove, and has two opposite ends respectively inserted into the male and female connectors.
US10802218B2	Waveguide etch method for multi-layer optical devices An optical device and a method of manufacturing an optical device, including a ridge waveguide second, and a strip-loaded ridge waveguide section, comprises applying two different protective layers and two separate etches at two different depths. The protective layers overlap to protect the same section of the optical device, and to limit the surfaces of optical device to exposure to multiple etches, except at edges where the protective layers overlap.
US10802208B2	Broad spectrum radiation by supercontinuum generation using a tapered optical fiber A measurement apparatus, including: a tapered optical fiber, the tapered optical fiber having an input to receive radiation and having an output to provide spectrally broadened output radiation toward a measurement target, the tapered optical fiber configured to spectrally broaden the radiation received at the input; and a detector system configured to receive a redirected portion of the output radiation from the measurement target.
US10802206B2	Curved display device A curved display device including: a support frame having a curved shape; and a display panel disposed on the support frame and having a curved shape. The support frame is curved into a shape of an arc of a sector, and a first side surface of the support frame is parallel to a first radius of the sector.
US10802200B2	Backlight unit and related display device A backlight unit may include a light source, a light guide plate neighboring the light source, a low refractive index layer disposed on the light guide plate, a blocking layer disposed on the low refractive index layer, and a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the blocking layer and including quantum dots. A refractive index of the low refractive index layer may be less than a refractive index of the light guide plate.
US10802197B2	Light guide plate, display apparatus, and game machine A light guide plate is transparent to visible light and is formed into a plate shape. The light guide plate includes a plurality of prisms 21 provided in a first region 22 on one surface 2b of the light guide plate, each of the plurality of prisms 21 including a reflection surface 21a that reflects the visible light, which is emitted from the light source 3 and enters the light guide plate 2 through an incoming surface 2a, toward the other surface 2c of the light guide plate 2. Then, for each of a plurality of first partial regions (22-1 to 22-n) in the first region 22, at least one of a direction of the reflection surface 21a of each prism 21 arranged in the first partial region and a ratio of a total of areas of the reflection surfaces 21a of each prism 21 to the first partial region is set according to an amount of light traveling from the first partial region toward a predetermined viewpoint such that brightness of the first region 22 changes spatially irregularly as seen from the predetermined viewpoint.
US10802195B1	High contrast frontlight structures for reflective displays Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for high contrast frontlight structures for reflective displays and related devices. In one embodiment, an example display structure may include a diode, a reflective display, and a light guide coupled to the reflective display and configured to direct light from the diode, the light guide. The light guide may include a first layer having a first refractive index value, a second layer having a second refractive index value, a third layer having the first refractive index value, and a fourth layer having the second refractive index value, where the second refractive index value is greater than the first refractive index value.
US10802193B2	Light source module and dual-screen display device A light source module includes a light guide plate, a first inverse prism sheet, a second inverse prism sheet, and a light source. The light guide plate has a light incident surface, a first light emitting surface and an opposing second light emitting surface. The second light emitting surface has a plurality of microstructures. Each microstructure is a recessed structure. The first inverse prism sheet is disposed beside the first light emitting surface of the light guide plate. The first inverse prism sheet includes a plurality of first prism columns. The first prism columns face the first light emitting surface. The second inverse prism sheet is disposed beside the second light emitting surface of the light guide plate. The second inverse prism sheet includes a plurality of second prism columns. The second prism columns face the second light emitting surface. The light source is disposed beside the light incident surface.
US10802181B2	Beam dumps having tailored absorbing surfaces Laser energy has a non-uniform energy distribution in its profile such that at least one first portion of the laser energy is more intense than at least one second portion of the laser energy. The laser energy is absorbed using a beam dump having an absorbing surface, which converts the laser energy into thermal energy. A shape of the absorbing surface is based on the profile. At least one first portion of the absorbing surface has one or more first angles of incidence with respect to the laser energy and receives the first portion(s) of the laser energy. At least one second portion of the absorbing surface has one or more second angles of incidence with respect to the laser energy and receives the second portion(s) of the laser energy. The one or more first angles of incidence are larger than the one or more second angles of incidence.
US10802180B2	Independent control of both index and dispersion in gradient index optics Three or more base optical materials are selectively combined into a trans-gradient index (GRIN) optical element (e.g., a lens). A wavelength-dependent index of refraction for light propagating perpendicular to the three or more optical materials equals: a volume fraction of a first optical material multiplied by a refractive index of the first optical material, plus a volume fraction of a second optical material multiplied by a refractive index of the second optical material, plus one minus the volume fraction of the first optical material and the volume of the second optical material all multiplied by the refractive index of a third optical material. The wavelength-dependent index of refraction distribution and a refractive index dispersion through the GRIN optical element may be independently specified from one another. A local refractive index at any point in the optical element is a fixed function of a refractive index of each individual optical material.
US10802179B2	Coatings of non-planar substrates A coated article may comprise a substrate and an optical coating. The substrate may have a major surface comprising a first portion and a second portion. A first direction that is normal to the first portion of the major surface may not be equal to a second direction that is normal to the second portion of the major surface. The optical coating may be disposed on at least the first portion and the second portion of the major surface. The coated article may exhibit at the first portion of the substrate and at the second portion of the substrate hardness of about 8 GPa or greater at an indentation depth of about 50 nm or greater as measured on the anti-reflective surface by a Berkovich Indenter Hardness Test.
US10802171B2	High resolution seismic data derived from pre-stack inversion and machine learning A system and method combines model-based inversion and supervised neural networks to develop high resolution rock property volumes from surface seismic data. These volumes have higher frequency and are calibrated to fit well log data. In addition to rock volumes, a Reflection Coefficient (RC) volume is derived from the acoustic impedance volume. The RC volume has much higher frequency, better lateral continuity, and ties to the well logs better than conventional seismic or frequency enhanced data. By interpreting and mapping with this RC volume, a much more accurate depth model can be built, which allows for a horizontal well to be accurately drilled.
US10802168B2	Predicting hydraulic fracture treatment effectiveness and productivity in oil and gas reservoirs Predicting hydraulic fracture treatment uses well log data and core data from one well in a given subsurface region to create a petrophysical properties model for the subsurface region. The petrophysical properties model yields fluid volumes and mineral volumes in any given well passing through the subsurface region using only well log data as inputs. The fluid and mineral volumes are used with dipole sonic data from a second well to create an elastic rock properties model for the given subsurface that yields elastic properties in any well passing through the subsurface region using only well log data and mineral and fluid volumes. For wells in the subsurface having only well log data, the petrophysical properties model and the elastic rock properties model are used with the well log data to predict an amount of recoverable hydrocarbons within wells that will respond to hydraulic fracture treatments.
US10802166B2	Detector array for a radiation system, and related system A detector array for a radiation system includes a radiation detection sub-assembly, a routing sub-assembly, and an electronics sub-assembly. The routing sub-assembly is disposed between the radiation detection sub-assembly and the electronics sub-assembly and includes one or more layers of shielding material. For example, the routing sub-assembly may include a printed circuit board having embedded therein a shielding material configured to shield the electronics sub-assembly from at least some radiation. In some embodiments, the shielding material defines at least one opening through which a conductive element(s) passes to deliver signals between the radiation detection sub-assembly and the electronics sub-assembly.
US10802165B2	Systems and methods for energy window adjustment An imaging system is provided that includes a pixelated detector and a processing unit. The pixelated detector has individually read pixels. The processing unit is configured to count events detected by the detector unit using an energy window for each pixel. The energy window is individually tailored for each pixel, and is defined by an upper energy boundary corresponding to a higher energy level and a lower energy boundary corresponding to a lower energy level. At least one of the upper energy boundary or the lower energy boundary of the energy window is adjusted based on acquired events. The processing unit adjusts the at least one of the upper energy boundary or the lower energy boundary of the energy window for a given pixel before counting the events for the given pixel.
US10802161B1	Radiation detector with two-dimensional directionality Disclosed is a directional gamma ray or neutron detector that locates a source both horizontally and vertically. In some embodiments, the detector comprises four “rod” scintillators around a shield, and an orthogonal “panel” scintillator mounted frontward of the rod scintillators. The azimuthal angle of the source may be calculated according to the detection rates of the rod scintillators, while the polar angle of the source may be calculated from the panel scintillator rate using a predetermined angular correlation function. Thus, the exact location of the source can be found from a single data set without iterative rotations. Embodiments of the detector enable rapid detection and precise localization of clandestine nuclear and radiological weapons in applications ranging from hand-held survey meters and walk-through portals, to vehicle cargo inspection stations and mobile area scanners. Such detectors are needed to detect clandestine nuclear weapons worldwide.
US10802159B2	Long term repeatability of determined position in GNSS navigation system A moveable object determines a preliminary position for the moveable object using received satellite navigation signals and satellite orbit correction information and satellite clock correction information. A position correction is determined by identifying which cell, of a predefined set of geographical cells, corresponds to the determined preliminary position, and obtaining from a database, pre-computed tectonic terrestrial plate position information for the identified cell. Based on the information for the identified cell, a tectonic terrestrial plate, corresponding to the determined preliminary position of the moveable object is identified. Based on the identified tectonic terrestrial plate, a position correction is determined, the position correction corresponding to the identified tectonic terrestrial plate and a reference epoch, and a corrected position of the moveable object is generated in accordance with the determined preliminary position of the moveable object and the determined position correction.
US10802151B2	Providing and using assistance data including ionosphere models A first apparatus assembles assistance data for a satellite signal based positioning of a device, the assistance data comprising a satellite specific ionospheric model for at least one specific satellite and a time stamp that relates the satellite specific ionospheric model to particular ephemeris data for the at least one specific satellite. The assistance data is provided for transmission. A second apparatus receives the assistance data and computes a position of the device making use of the particular ephemeris data and of the satellite specific ionospheric model.
US10802150B2	Laser radar apparatus A laser radar apparatus includes: a scanner capable of beam scanning at a first angular speed; a measurable wind distance calculator monitor to calculate and to monitor a measurable wind distance based on wind measurement data obtained through beam scanning by the scanner; an optical axis angular correction amount deriver to derive an optical axis angular correction amount being able to obtain the largest distance of the measurable wind distance, based on a first angular speed and the wind measurement data obtained through beam scanning at a second angular speed lower than the first angular speed, when decrease of the measurable wind distance is detected by the measurable wind distance calculator monitor; and an optical axis corrector to correct an optical axis angular deviation between transmitted light and reception light, based on the optical axis angular correction amount.
US10802148B2	Device for extracting depth information and method thereof A device for extracting depth information according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a light outputting unit for outputting IR (InfraRed) light; a light inputting unit for inputting light reflected from an object after outputting from the light outputting unit; a light adjusting unit for adjusting the angle of the light so as to radiate the light into a first area including the object, and then for adjusting the angle of the light so as to radiate the light into a second area; and a controlling unit for estimating the motion of the object by using at least one of the lights between the light inputted to the first area and the light inputted to the second area.
US10802138B2	System and method for determining the position of a transmitting unit and watercraft having a system for determining the position of a transmitting unit A system for determining the position of a transmitting unit has an arrangement of at least four transmitting units. A first transmitting unit is designed to emit a first transmission signal to each of the three remaining units, each of which is designed to receive the first transmission signal and, thereafter, to return a first response signal to the first unit. The three remaining units each have stored position data relating to desired positions of the arrangement. The first unit is designed to: determine its relative position data relative to the three remaining units based on the returned first response signals, obtain the stored position data relating to the desired positions from the three remaining units, and assign the determined relative position data to the obtained position data relating to a single desired position to determine the position of the first unit within the arrangement based on the assignment.
US10802124B2	Sonic sensors and packages Embodiments relate to integrated sonic sensors having a transmitter, a receiver and driver electronics integrated in a single, functional package. In one embodiment, a piezoelectric signal transmitter, a silicon microphone receiver and a controller/amplifier chip are concomitantly integrated in a semiconductor housing. The semiconductor housing, in embodiments, is functional in that at least a portion of the housing can comprise the piezoelectric element of the transmitter, with an inlet aperture opposite the silicon microphone receiver.
US10802119B2	Lidar device and method of measuring distance using the same A lidar device includes a light source configured to emit a laser pulse to an object, a light receiver configured to receive the laser pulse reflected by the object, a first periodic wave generator configured to generate a first periodic wave when the light source emits the laser pulse and generate a second periodic wave when the light source receives the laser pulse, and a first comparator configured to compare a phase of the first periodic wave and a phase of the second periodic wave to each other. The lidar device calculates a distance between the lidar device and the object based on a phase difference determined by the first comparator.
US10802118B2	Time-resolving sensor using SPAD + PPD or capacitors in pixel for range measurement A time-resolving sensor includes a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD), a logic circuit and differential time-to-charge converter (DTCC) circuit. The SPAD is responsive to a shutter signal to generate an output signal based on detecting an incident photon. The logic circuit generates first and second enable signals. The DTCC includes a capacitor device, first and second switching devices, and an output circuit. The first switching device is responsive to the first enable signal to transfer a charge on the capacitor device to the first floating diffusion. The second switching device is responsive to the second enable signal to transfer a remaining charge on the capacitor device to the second floating diffusion. The output circuit outputs a first voltage that is based on the first charge on the first floating diffusion and a second voltage that is based on the second charge on the second floating diffusion.
US10802115B2	Light projecting and receiving device, and laser radar device provided with same A light source emits light having a thin shape in a cross section viewed in the beam direction of the light. A light receiver includes a plurality of avalanche photodiodes each having a light receiving face that receives reflected light. The light receiving faces are disposed in an array at a predetermined interval along a longitudinal direction of the thin shape and the light receiver has a surface including the light receiving faces. An optical system guides the reflected light to the light receiver so that a focus point for a direction in which the light receiving faces are arrayed is set before the surface and a focus point for a perpendicular direction is set on the surface, the perpendicular direction being perpendicular to both the direction in which the light receiving faces are arrayed and the beam direction of the reflected light.
US10802113B2	Optical ranging device and optical ranging system The present disclosure relates to an optical ranging device. The optical ranging device comprises a housing, a bottom cover, an emitting lens, a receiving lens and a circuit board. The emitting lens and the receiving lens are fixed on the circuit board. The circuit board comprises a light emitting module, receiving module and data processing and controlling module. An infrared light emitted by a light source of the light emitting module passes through the emitting lens and the housing successively and enters the external environment. The infrared light reflected by the object passes through the housing and the receiving lens successively and is received by the receiving module which is connected to a signal processing and controlling module. The distance between the optical ranging device and the object is calculated based on the Time of Flight principle.
US10802111B2	Through air radar level transmitter with measurement of first moving echo A level measurement instrument comprises an analog circuit for transmitting a pulse signal at a target of interest and receiving reflected echoes of the pulse signal and developing an echo waveform representative of the reflected echoes. A programmed digital circuit is operatively coupled to the analog circuit and comprises a programmed controller and memory. The controller is operatively programmed to identify peaks in the echo waveform and store an active peak list in the memory from a current measurement scan and a buffer peak list from prior measurement scans. The controller is further programmed to match peaks in the active peak list to peaks in the buffer peak list, to select a target peak from the active peak list based on which of the matched peaks have moved, and determining material level responsive to the target peak.
US10802105B2	Location estimation device In a location estimation device 5, a location updater 63 acquires an estimated location of each fixed node based on a fixed topology indicating an arrangement relationship among fixed nodes and a temporal self-location of each fixed node. A topology conflict determiner 65 calculates a region determination value indicating a frequency of occurrence of a topology conflict using the estimated location of each fixed node that is estimated based on the fixed topology. A virtual topology producer 66 produces a virtual topology by virtually changing a wireless communication distance between fixed nodes. The virtual topology producer 66 specifies one topology from among a fixed topology and a plurality of virtual topologies based on a region determination value corresponding to the fixed topology and a plurality of region determination values corresponding to the plurality of virtual topologies, and outputs a location of each fixed node that is estimated based on the specified topology as a result of location estimation of each fixed node.
US10802102B2	Pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer A pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer comprises: a microwave excitation generating unit for generating at least one microwave pulse; a microwave conducting unit comprising a resonant cavity and a microwave transmission line for transmitting microwaves, wherein the microwave transmission line is connected between the microwave excitation generating unit and the resonant cavity, and the resonant cavity is for placing a sample; a cryostat and magnet unit comprising a cryostat that performs ultra-low temperature cooling for the microwave resonant cavity, the microwave transmission line being disposed to pass through the cryostat and connected to the resonant cavity; the cryostat and magnet unit further comprises a magnet that provides a resonance test magnetic field around the sample, the resonant cavity being disposed in a room temperature gap of the magnet. The device of the present disclosure characteristics in ultra-low sample temperature (0.1 Kelvin) and is fully functional and easy to operate.
US10802101B2	Method and systems for coil selection in magnetic resonance imaging to reduce phase wrap artifact Various methods and systems are provided for a radio frequency coil array comprising a plurality of coil elements for magnetic resonance imaging. In one embodiment, a method includes grouping the plurality of coil elements into receive elements groups (REGs) according to REGs information, generating coil element sensitivity maps for the plurality of coil elements, generating REG sensitivity maps based on the REGs information and the coil element sensitivity maps, determining, for each REG, signals within a region of interest (ROI) and signals outside of the ROI based on the REG sensitivity maps, selecting one or more REGs based on the signals within the ROI and the signals outside of the ROI of each REG, and scanning the ROI with the coil elements in the selected REGs being activated and the coil elements not in any selected REGs being deactivated. In this way, phase wrap artifacts may be reduced.
US10802099B2	Methods of investigating formation samples using NMR data A methods are provided for investigating a sample containing hydrocarbons by subjecting the sample to a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) sequence using NMR equipment, using the NMR equipment to detect signals from the sample in response to the NMR sequence, analyzing the signals to extract a distribution of relaxation times (or diffusions), and computing a value for a parameter of the sample as a function of at least one of the relaxation times (or diffusions), wherein the computing utilizes a correction factor that modifies the value for the parameter as a function of relaxation time for at least short relaxation times (or as a function of diffusion for at least large diffusion coefficients).
US10802098B2	Magnetic resonance 2D relaxometry reconstruction using partial data An approach is presented to recontruct image data for an object using a partial set of magnetic resonance (MR) measurements. A subset of data points in a data space representing an object are selected (e.g. through random sampling) for MR data acquisition. Partial MR data corresponding to the subset of data points is received and used for image reconstruction. The overall speed of image reconstruction can be reduced dramatically by relying on acquisition of data for the subset of data points rather than for all data points in the data space representing the object. Compressive sensing type arguments are used to fill in missing measurements, using a priori knowledge of the structure of the data. A compressed data matrix can be recovered from measurements that form a tight frame. It can be established that these measurements satisfy the restricted isometry property (RIP). The zeroth-order regularization minimization problem can then be solved, for example, using a 2D ILT approach.
US10802097B2	System and method for magnetic resonance imaging an object utilizing a plurality of flip angles A method of magnetic resonance imaging an object utilizing a plurality of flip angles is provided. The method includes transmitting a first preparation pulse corresponding to a first flip angle of the plurality into the object, and receiving a first MR signal from the object based at least in part on the first preparation pulse. The method further includes transmitting a second preparation pulse corresponding to a second flip angle of the plurality into the object, receiving a second MR signal from the object based at least in part on the second preparation pulse, and generating a T1 mapping of the object based at least in part on the first MR signal and the second MR signal. The second flip angle is different than the first flip angle.
US10802095B2	Apparatus and method for processing spectrum A spectrum y includes a waveform-of-interest component and a baseline component which is a wide-band component. A weight array x is applied with respect to a base function array A to generate a baseline model Ax. An optimum baseline model Ax′ is searched according to a first condition to fit a corresponding portion SIAx of the base line model Ax with respect to a representative portion yI of the baseline component and a second condition to reduce an Lp norm (wherein p≤1) of the weight array x.
US10802094B2	Magnetic resonance imaging of different nuclear spin species with the same radio frequency coil Systems and methods for magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) of multiple different nuclear spin species using the same radio frequency (“RF”) coil are described. Generally, multiple different nuclear spin species are imaged using the same RF coil by using an MRI system whose magnetic field can be rapidly ramped between a number of different, and arbitrary, magnetic field strengths. The magnetic field of this MRI system can be ramped to different values in reasonable amounts of time (e.g., in a time frame that is feasible within an imaging study).
US10802090B2	Magnetic biosensor and method of detecting biosignal A magnetic biosensor includes a fluidic channel, a magnetic sensor and an acoustic wave emitter. The disposition of the magnetic sensor corresponds to the fluidic channel. The acoustic wave emitter includes two wave generating units, and the fluidic channel is disposed between the two wave generating units.
US10802086B2	Circuits and method for biasing magnetic flux through a superconducting quantum interference array A circuit includes a Superconducting Quantum Interference Array (SQIF), a bias circuit, and a coil. The SQIF generates an output voltage that is a transfer function of the magnetic flux perpendicularly passing through the SQIF. An external magnetic field and a bias magnetic field supply the magnetic flux. The bias circuit generates a bias current for biasing the SQIF at an operating point. The coil generates the bias magnetic field through the SQIF from the bias current of the bias circuit. The bias magnetic field provides nullifying feedback to the SQIF that counterbalances a low-frequency portion of the external magnetic field, such that the output voltage of the SQIF detects a high-frequency portion of the external magnetic field. The circuit can be a receiver with the output voltage of the SQIF detecting an electromagnetic signal while the receiver is moving with changing orientation relative to the Earth's magnetic field.
US10802083B2	EVSE welded contactor detector In at least one embodiment, provided is an electric vehicle supply equipment having a line power contactor including a first line power input and a second line power input and a first line power output and a second line power output. It further has a welded contactor detector with a contactor sense circuit, the sense circuit having a first line shunt resistor network connected from the first line power contactor output to ground and a second line shunt resistor network connected from the first line power contactor output to ground. In another embodiment provided is an EVSE including a welded contactor detector with a contactor sense circuit having a bias resistor connected between the hot line relay input and the neutral line relay output.
US10802079B2	System and method for bidirectional current sense circuits Operating current sense circuits. At least some of the example embodiments are methods including: sensing a current flow through a sense resistor by way of an operational amplifier defining a non-inverting input coupled to a first side of the sense resistor and an inverting input coupled to a second side of the sense resistor; driving a signal to a sense output of the operational amplifier, the signal proportional to the current flow through the sense resistor; and then disabling the current sense circuit comprising: de-coupling a first feedback path of the operational amplifier, the first feedback path coupled to the non-inverting input; and de-coupling a second feedback path of the operational amplifier, the second feedback path coupled to the inverting input. The methods also include disabling the current sense circuit by disabling an input stage of the operational amplifier.
US10802075B1	Power supply device and method for providing an output signal The present invention relates to a power supply device, comprising a pre-regulator for generating an auxiliary signal by regulating an input signal; a post-regulator for providing an output signal by regulating the auxiliary signal generated by the pre-regulator; and a processing unit for providing a first arbitration signal to the pre-regulator and for providing a second arbitration signal to the post-regulator. The input signal is regulated based on the first arbitration signal, and the auxiliary signal is regulated based on the second arbitration signal. The second arbitration signal comprises a time delay relative to the first arbitration signal. The first arbitration signal and the second arbitration signal are chosen such that a voltage of the auxiliary signal being generated by the pre-regulator is higher than a voltage of the output signal being provided by the post-regulator.
US10802074B2	Method and apparatus for analyzing phase noise in a signal from an electronic device An apparatus and method for analyzing phase noise in a signal. A plurality of signal samples, each signal sample representing a value of phase noise in a signal-under-test at a corresponding offset frequency, and filter data representing filter characteristics on a first side of a spectrum boundary, are used to derive filtered signal samples. A measure of noise is derived from the filtered signal samples. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US10802073B2	Pattern defect detection method A pattern defect detection method capable of detecting a pattern defect of a semiconductor integrated circuit with higher accuracy is disclosed. The pattern defect detection method includes: extracting an image of an inspection target pattern from an image of a specimen; identifying a reference pattern from design data, the reference pattern having the same shape and the same position as those of the inspection target pattern; calculating a brightness index value indicating a brightness of an entirety of the inspection target pattern; repeating said extracting an inspection target pattern, said identifying a reference pattern, and said calculating a brightness index value, thereby building mass data containing brightness index values of inspection target patterns and corresponding reference patterns; determining a standard range of brightness index value based on the brightness index values contained in the mass data; and detecting a defect of the inspection target pattern based on whether or not the calculated brightness index value is within the standard range.
US10802071B2	Elemental mercury-containing probe card A probe card apparatus for wafer testing of a wafer under test, and a method of using the probe card for wafer testing. The probe card includes a printed circuit board having wafer testing circuitry. The probe card also includes a probe array including a slab having a plurality of probes, wherein each probe includes a volume of electrically-conductive fluid contained within a corresponding perforation of the slab that extends between a first surface and a second surface of the slab, wherein a first surface of each volume of electrically-conductive fluid substantially coincides with the first surface of the slab.
US10802070B2	Testing device and testing method with spike protection A testing device includes a switch, a sensing circuit, and a control circuit. The switch is coupled to a power supply circuit, and the power supply circuit is configured to output a supply voltage to a device under-test via the switch. The sensing circuit is coupled to the device under-test, and the sensing circuit is configured to receive an input voltage from the device under-test and to output a sensing signal according to the input voltage. The control circuit is coupled to the sensing circuit, the power supply circuit, and the switch. The control circuit is configured to control the power supply circuit to stop outputting the supply voltage at a first time and to turn off the switch at a second time according to the sensing signal.
US10802068B2	Method of detecting abnormal test signal channel of automatic test equipment A method of detecting abnormal test signal channel of automatic test equipment firstly obtains a raw test data and then divides into the data groups according to a mapping data. The test data of DUTs in one data group are generated by the same group of probes. A yield of each data group is further estimated. A yield of a wafer is further estimated when the yield of the data group matches a first failure threshold. An abnormal test signal channel is determined when the yield of the wafer does not match a second failure threshold or the yield of the wafer matches the normal threshold. Therefore, to add the detecting method in an original test procedure of the ATE, the operator easily identifies which blocks in the failure color on the test data map are caused by the abnormal test signal channel.
US10802067B2	Apparatus and method for monitoring and controlling detection of stray voltage anomalies using a photonic sensor The present invention is directed towards a mobile apparatus mounted to a motor vehicle for detecting energized objects. In some embodiments, the mobile apparatus comprising two or more photonic sensors, mounted to the motor vehicle, and coupled to a photo-receiver, wherein the photo-receiver generates a signal corresponding to an electric field detected by the two or more photonic sensors, for narrowing down the location of a hazardously energized object, a processor, coupled to the two or more photonic sensors, that digitizes the signal to form electric field data, produces field strengths of each of the at least one sensor probes, analyzes the field strengths to identify a general location of the hazardously energized object in the electric field, wherein the electric field data is analyzed based on an expected frequency pertaining to hazardous energy to locate an energized object proximate a street; and an indicator, coupled to the processor, that alerts a user to a presence of the energized object in the electric field proximate the street.
US10802066B1	Single-pixel imaging of electromagnetic fields In a general aspect, an imaging method is presented that includes receiving, at a vapor-cell sensor, input optical signals and electromagnetic radiation from at least a test device to generate an output optical signal. The output optical signal is processed at a single pixel camera to generate camera output data. An image of the electromagnetic radiation is constructed by operation of a computer system based on the camera output data. In some implementations, the single pixel camera includes a patterned light generator and a photodetector. In these implementations, the imaging method includes receiving, at the photodetector, patterned instances of the output optical signal generated by the patterned light generator. Each patterned instance represents a respective portion of the image of the electromagnetic radiation. Moreover, the intensity of each patterned instance may be measured, by operation of at least the photodetector, to generate the camera output data.
US10802063B2	Detection device and detection method The embodiments of the present application provide a detection method and a detection device. The detection device includes: a capacitance generation circuit comprising a first capacitance electrode and a second capacitance electrode disposed opposite to each other, and a power source coupled to the first and the second capacitance electrode, the first capacitance electrode is an electrode plate, and the second capacitance electrode comprises n sub-electrodes which are provided to be insulated from each other; at least one capacitance detection circuit coupled to the electrode plate and the sub-electrodes, and configured to detect a capacitance value between the electrode plate and the sub-electrodes in response to a substrate to be tested being placed on one side of the electrode plate; and a controller configured to determine, according to the detected capacitance value, whether a foreign object exists in a region on the substrate to be tested or not.
US10802062B2	Cognitive analysis using applied analog circuits Cognitive analysis using applied analog circuits including receiving, by a circuit, a first set of data results and a second set of data results; charging a first capacitor on the circuit with a first unit of charge for each of the first set of data results that indicates a positive data point; charging a second capacitor on the circuit with a second unit of charge for each of the second set of data results that indicates a positive data point; applying a charge from the first capacitor and a charge from the second capacitor to an analog unit of the circuit; and generating a signal on a circuit output indicating that a ratio of the positive data points in the first set of data results to the positive data points in the second set of data results is greater than a statistical significance.
US10802059B2	Power sensor and method for determining power use of an associated appliance Described embodiments generally relate to a method of determining power delivered by a cable, the method comprising receiving data related to a residual magnetic field produced by the cable; determining a proportionality factor relating the received data to the power delivered by comparing the residual magnetic field data to independently measured reference data related to the power delivered by the cable; and based on the proportionality factor, determining the power delivered by the cable.
US10802057B2	Systems and methods for monitoring a power system A method for monitoring a power system includes receiving, from at least one component monitor in communication with components of the power system, a first set of readings for at least one of the power system components at an input of a central processing unit. The method also includes providing the first set of readings to be displayed in a graphical format on a user interface. A user selection of a portion of the first set of readings, and at least one user classification of the portion of the first set of readings, is received. Portions of the first set of readings are identified and removed based on the at least one user classification to generate a modified set of readings. The modified set of readings is classified by at least one characteristic, and the at least one characteristic is detected in a second set of readings.
US10802048B2	Universal test socket, semiconductor test device, and method of testing semiconductor devices A universal test socket including a first sub-layer including a plurality of first through conductors, the plurality of first through conductors arranged at a first pitch in a first substrate, and a second sub-layer including a plurality of second through conductors, the second sub-layer stacked on the first sub-layer so that the plurality of first through conductors are in contact with the plurality of second through conductors, the plurality of second through conductors arranged at a second pitch in a second substrate, the second pitch being less than or equal to the first pitch may be provided.
US10802046B2	Measurement arrangement The present disclosure relates to a measurement arrangement including a sensor, an electronics module, a signal cable having a cable circuit, and a superordinate unit. The sensor is releasably pluggable to the electronics module which itself is releasably pluggable to the signal cable. The signal cable is connected with the superordinate unit. The plug connections between the sensor and the electronics module and between the electronics module and the signal cable may be galvanically isolated. The sensor outputs digital data in a first format to the electronics module. The electronics module outputs digital data in a second format to the signal cable. The superordinate unit is configured to receive and to process the digital data in the second format.
US10802045B2	Large radius probe A large radius probe for a surface analysis instrument such as an atomic force microscope (AFM). The probe is microfabricated to have a tip with a hemispherical distal end or apex. The radius of the apex is the range of about a micron making the probes particularly useful for nanoindentation analyses. The processes of the preferred embodiments allow such large radius probes to be batch fabricated to facilitate cost and robustness.
US10802043B2	Method for sensing external shock and electronic device therefor A method and an electronic device are provided for sensing an external shock applied to the electronic device. A method includes monitoring acceleration using a first sensor; generating an event based on the monitored acceleration; activating a second sensor based on the event; acquiring data due to external shocks on parts of the electronic device by using the activated second sensor; and storing the acquired data and information related to the external shocks.
US10802042B2	Measurement of acceleration An acceleration measuring device is disclosed, for use as a gravimeter or gradiometer for example. The device has a support and a proof mass, connected to each other by at flexures allowing displacement of the proof mass relative to the support. The support defines a space for displacement of the proof mass. The device is configured so that the modulus of the gradient of the force-displacement curve of the proof mass decreases with increasing displacement, for at least part of the force-displacement curve. This is the so-called anti-spring effect. The resonant frequency of oscillation of the proof mass is determined at least in part by the orientation of the device relative to the direction of the force due to gravity. The proof mass is capable of oscillating with a resonant frequency of 10 Hz or less. The proof mass has a mass of less than 1 gram.
US10802041B2	Acceleration sensor In an acceleration sensor detecting a vibration acceleration by using torsion of a beam joining a fixed portion and a membrane, a spring constant of the beam is decreased while an increase in a chip size due to extension of the beam is prevented, so that an acceleration sensor that is highly sensitive and small in a size is provided with a low price. A sensor of a capacitance detecting type includes a membrane having a stacking structure formed of two or more layers and a plurality of beams capable of twisting so that the membrane is movable in a detecting direction, a first beam of the plurality of beams is formed of the same layer as either an upper or a lower layer of the membrane, and a second beam thereof is formed of the same layer as either an upper or a lower layer of the movable portion.
US10802039B2	Method and system for estimating the flaps position of an aircraft An estimation system includes a module for measuring a current angle of attack and current flight parameters of the aircraft, a module for estimating a current lift coefficient of the aircraft from the current flight parameters and from a mass of the aircraft, a module for estimating an angle of attack for a zero lift from the current angle of attack, from the current lift coefficient and from a slope of an affine part of at least one theoretical curve describing a lift coefficient of the aircraft as a function of an angle of attack, a module for estimating the current position of the flaps of the aircraft from the angle of attack for a zero lift and a module for sending the current position of the flaps to a user device.
US10802038B2	Calculating pace and energy expenditure from athletic movement attributes Systems and methods configured to process motion data associated with a user. The systems and methods are configured to receive motion data from a sensor, calculate motion attributes from the data, and classify the motion data using one or more mathematical models. Attributes may be calculated without classifying the motion data into an activity. Attributes may be compared to mathematical models. Motion data within the models and attributes of the user may be independent of any activity type. Attributes may be compared to select an energy expenditure model from one or more energy expenditure models, or an activity classification model, from the one or more activity classification models. An energy expenditure, or a classification of received data as a linear travel motion, may then be calculated.
US10802037B2	Methods and systems for motor control Various embodiments of the present technology comprise a method and system for motor control. Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a control circuit that computes an adjusted rotational speed to compensate for a clock signal that deviates from an ideal (expected) clock signal value.
US10802035B2	Method and device for measuring and controlling the dosage of small quantities of fluid by means of a resonating needle, and resonating needle suitable for this purpose A resonating needle is adapted to be used in a device for measuring and controlling the dosage of a small quantity of fluid, includes: a needle (1) adapted to contain said small quantity of fluid; a resonating element of the piezoelectric type (2), coupled to said needle and adapted to be energized in order to detect variations of oscillation parameters of the needle and of the resonating element for the purpose of determining the dosage measurement and control.
US10802034B2	Methods and apparatus providing reduced carryover during pipetting operations Methods and apparatus configured and adapted to provide less carryover in an automated clinical analyzer are disclosed. The methods include aspirating a scavenger segment (e.g., a buffer- and surfactant-containing segment) into the interior of a pipette along with the specimen or reagent. The scavenger film aids in preventing adherence of the specimen or reagent to the interior of the pipette. Apparatus configured to carry out the methods are provided, as are other aspects.
US10802031B2	Marker for determining diabetic nephropathy An object of the present invention is to provide a biomarker capable of determining the onset risk or the stage of diabetic nephropathy (early-stage diabetic nephropathy in particular). Diabetic nephropathy is determined by measuring or quantitatively determining a concentration of phenyl sulfate or a salt thereof (a phenyl sulfate) contained in a biological sample, preferably plasma or urine, collected from a test subject to detect a phenyl sulfate. The present invention exhibits excellent effects particularly for stage determination for stage 1 (pre-nephropathy stage) to stage 3 (overt nephropathy stage), or for determination of onset risk of diabetic nephropathy (diabetic nephropathy at pre-nephropathy stage).
US10802027B2	Compositions, methods and kits for diagnosis of lung cancer Methods are provided for identifying biomarker proteins that exhibit differential expression in subjects with a first lung condition versus healthy subjects or subjects with a second lung condition. Also provided are compositions comprising these biomarker proteins and methods of using these biomarker proteins or panels thereof to diagnose, classify, and monitor various lung conditions. The methods and compositions provided herein may be used to diagnose or classify a subject as having lung cancer or a non-cancerous condition, and to distinguish between different types of cancer (e.g., malignant versus benign, SCLC versus NSCLC).
US10802026B2	Biomarkers for the early detection of breast cancer The present invention provides reagents and methods for breast cancer detection.
US10802024B2	Method for the diagnosis of bornavirus infection A method for diagnosing a limbic encephalitis, PNS, encephaloymyelitis, leukoencephalopathy, retinitis or optic atrophy, includes detecting a bornavirus in a sample, preferably from the group comprising mammalian 2 bornavirus, even more preferably VSBV-1, and mammalian 1 bornavirus, even more preferably BoDV-1; to a carrier containing a means for the capture of an antibody against at least one polypeptide selected from the group of BoDV-1-N, BoDV-1-P, VSBV-N and VSBV-P. A kit contains the carrier and a means for the detection of a captured antibody and a control for the detection of the presence of a sample. The carrier or kit or of a primer can be used for the detection of a bornavirus or a probe can be used for the diagnosis of an encephalitis, for the prognostication of post-transplantation complications, for the monitoring of a therapy of an encephalitis or of post-transplantation complications or for the differentiation between an autoimmune encephalitis and an encephalitis caused by infection.
US10802022B1	Serodiagnosis of Lyme disease by use of two recombinant proteins in ELISA Two Borrelia burgdorferi recombinant proteins were expressed in E. coli. These two proteins were generated from (a) the full length dbpA gene combined with the invariable region 6 of the VlsE gene (dbpA/C6), and (b) the full length OspC gene combined with the coding sequence for amino acids 1-121 of the E. coli maltose binding protein gene (OspC/MBP). Methods of using these recombinant proteins for detecting anti-Borrelia burgdorferi antibodies in patient sera and diagnosis of Lyme Disease are described.
US10802019B2	Method for detecting GABAA receptor autoantibodies The invention relates to methods of determining whether or not an individual has or is likely to develop a neurological disease and related methods and kits.
US10802018B2	Multimodal biosensor Multimodal biosensor devices are disclosed. A device may include at least two sensors selected from: (i) a nanomechanical resonator; (ii) plasmonic nanodisk antennae; and (iii) a field effect transistor. The biosensor device is capable of transducing the adsorption of biomolecules onto the biosensor device into optical, electrical and/or mechanical signals.
US10802017B2	Bioanalysis device and biomolecule analyzer Paramagnetic fine particles of 1 micron or less used under a strong magnetic field were shown to form beads-like aggregates along the magnetic flux, and become irregularly shaped as such a mass of particles combines with a flat particle layer. This phenomenon becomes a factor that degrades the quality of quantification in bioanalysis. By confining a solution of microscopic magnetic fine particles between flat substrates of high wettability as thin a vertical thickness as possible and attracting the magnetic fine particles under a magnetic field applied from the side of one of the flat substrates, the magnetic fine particles can be evenly immobilized in the form of a film on the substrate surface in a dispersion state, and the quality of the biomolecule quantification can be improved.
US10802016B2	Microdroplet based bioassay platform Platform technology involving aqueous microdroplet reaction vessels created, arrayed, and characterized by imaging microscopy in a microfluidic device are applied to a wide variety of bioassays involving the detection and phenotypic characterization of single cells. The bioassays include the rapid and automated detection of microbial pathogens and their antibiotic sensitivity from patient samples as well as the characterization of immune responses using a patient's own cells, including the killing of tumor cells.
US10802009B2	Networked environmental monitoring system and method A system and method for monitoring environment employ a dense network of low-cost sensor nodes. The method includes obtaining environmental information by combining a plurality of observations; wherein the plurality of observations are made with in-situ or remote sensors; wherein the sensors are of different degrees of accuracy in a way to complement each other, and of different cost, and wherein the low-cost sensors form a high-density network comprising a plurality of distributed sensors. The system can monitor gas concentrations over urban areas, industrial, forest, farm, wetland, power plants and other types of surfaces.
US10802005B2	Chromatogram data processing system A chromatogram data processing system having an impurity detector including a differential chromatogram creator, a purity curve creator and a determiner. The differential chromatogram creator calculates a differential coefficient of an absorbance spectrum with respect to wavelength at a local maximum or local minimum absorption wavelength of the target component, and creates a differential chromatogram which shows a temporal change of the differential coefficient. The purity curve creator creates a purity curve which shows a temporal change of the difference between the degree of similarity of a spectrum on the target peak to a reference spectrum and a threshold of the degree of similarity which is determined taking into account the influence of noise components. The differential chromatogram and the purity curve are displayed on a display unit in a superposed form on a wavelength chromatogram created by a wavelength chromatogram creator.
US10802004B2	Analytics system and user interface therefor An analysis system includes a separation system that provides compounds to a sample cell of a spectrometric system. The system analyzes spectral information from the spectrometric system by optimizing retention windows for the compounds and identifies quantities of the compounds by comparing spectral information within and outside the respective retention windows. Information is displayed in windows of a user interface.
US10802001B2	Online dilution for a liquid chromatography system using a sample metering pump An apparatus for diluting a sample in a liquid chromatography system includes a metering pump, a sample needle and a sample valve. One of the sample valve ports is in fluid communication with the first pump port, a second one of the sample valve ports is in fluid communication with the second pump port, and a third one of the sample valve ports is in fluid communication with the sample needle. The sample valve can be configured in a first to conduct a solvent to the first pump port and to fluidically terminate the second pump port, and in a second state in which the sample needle is in fluid communication with the second pump port. A merge valve configurable in different states is in fluid communication with the sample valve. The states of the sample valve and merge valve can be controlled to perform online dilution.
US10801999B2	Rope damage diagnostic testing apparatus In a rope damage diagnostic testing apparatus, an ultrasound applicator generates ultrasonic waves in a wire rope by making the wire rope vibrate due to magnetostriction effect. A detecting element detects changes in a state of propagation of the ultrasonic waves in the wire rope. An excitation coil and the detecting element are disposed in a parallelogram that has as a first opposite side length a length of a portion of the wire rope in which one of the outer layer strands makes one revolution around the wire rope, and that has as a second opposite side length a product of a diameter and number of the outer layer wires that are included in one of the outer layer strands.
US10801996B2	Inspection system An inspection system includes: a sheet material that is attached to a surface of a pipe and has two-dimensional patterns drawn thereon that are arranged on the pipe and indicate positions on the pipe; a reader that is mounted to an ultrasonic probe and reads the two-dimensional patterns; and a calculation unit that acquires position data on the pipe based on the two-dimensional patterns read by the reader. The inspection system associates the position data with a flaw detection result obtained from a detection result based on the ultrasonic probe.
US10801995B2	Shear horizontal-surface acoustic wave system and method for measurement and speciaion speciation of hydrocarbons in groundwater An exemplary embodiment of a method of detecting hydrocarbons in Systems and methods for sensing analytes in an aqueous solution, include pretreating a water sample to provide a test sample. A flow cell includes at least one sensor with a polymer coating having at least partial selectivity for at least one analyte. The flow cell receives a test sample and a reference sample. At least one output signal from the at least one sensor is processed with a microcontroller using a model of the sensor response and a bank of Kalman filters to estimate a concentration of at least one analyte in the aqueous solution.
US10801990B2	Alkalinity measurement of an aqueous sample An embodiment provides a method for compensating for inteferants in measurement of alkalinity in a reagent-less system, including: introducing an aqueous sample into a measurement device comprising one or more series of electrodes; applying an electrical signal to the aqueous sample using the one or more series of electrodes, wherein the electrical signal is selected from the group consisting of: current and voltage; identifying, during application of the electrical signal, that the electrical signal reaches an oxidation threshold and measuring, prior to reaching the oxidation threshold, a first electrical response to the electrical signal, the first electrical response attributable to interferants in the aqueous sample; identifying, during application of the electrical signal, that the electrical signal reaches an endpoint and measuring, from the oxidation threshold to the endpoint, a second electrical response to the electrical signal; and measuring an alkalinity of the aqueous sample based upon a difference between the first electrical response and the second electrical response. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10801986B2	Monitoring sensor for metered amounts of powder A monitoring sensor for metered amounts of powder includes a sensor sleeve to channel the metered amount of powder through it and a sensor base body, in which the sensor sleeve is held interchangeably. A holding plate is attached to the interchangeable sensor sleeve. The sensor base body has a contact surface for the holding plate. The monitoring sensor includes a holding magnet for pressing the holding plate against the contact surface.
US10801985B2	Sensing capacitor with a permeable electrode An integrated circuit (IC) with an impedance sensor fabricated on a surface of the substrate is disclosed. The impedance sensor includes a bottom conductive plate formed on the substrate. A sensing membrane is formed on the bottom conductive plate. A top conductive plate is formed on the sensing membrane, in which the top conductive plate is a fusion of conductive nanoparticles having a random three dimensional porosity that is permeable to a reagent.
US10801979B2	NMR-based non-invasive and quantitative food attribute measurement apparatus and method A non-invasive NMR based apparatus for measuring a food attribute (moisture, sugar content) in food products comprises a magnetic chamber, an RF pulsing device attached to the magnetic chamber, a sensor receiver, and a data processing unit in communication with the sensor receiver. The pulsing device exposes the food ingredients/snacks to an RF field and produces an NMR response signal that is detected by the sensor receiver. The data processing unit quantitatively measures a food attribute of the food product based on the NMR response signal.
US10801978B2	XPS metrology for process control in selective deposition XPS spectra are used to analyze and monitor various steps in the selective deposition process. A goodness of passivation value is derived to analyze and quantify the quality of the passivation step. A selectivity figure of merit value is derived to analyze and quantify the selectivity of the deposition process, especially for selective deposition in the presence of passivation. A ratio of the selectivity figure of merit to maximum selectivity value can also be used to characterize and monitor the deposition process.
US10801977B2	Radiation analyzing apparatus and radiation analyzing method A radiation analyzing apparatus includes a radiation irradiation unit configured to irradiate an object with a first radiation, a radiation detection unit configured to detect a second radiation generated from the object irradiated with the first radiation, a radiation converging unit configured to disposed between the object and the radiation detection unit and to converge the second radiation on the radiation detection unit, a position changing unit configured to vary a relative positional relationship between the radiation converging unit and the radiation detection unit, and a driving unit configured to change the positional relationship.
US10801975B2	Metrology tool with combined X-ray and optical scatterometers Methods and systems for performing simultaneous optical scattering and small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements over a desired inspection area of a specimen are presented. SAXS measurements combined with optical scatterometry measurements enables a high throughput metrology tool with increased measurement capabilities. The high energy nature of x-ray radiation penetrates optically opaque thin films, buried structures, high aspect ratio structures, and devices including many thin film layers. SAXS and optical scatterometry measurements of a particular location of a planar specimen are performed at a number of different out of plane orientations. This increases measurement sensitivity, reduces correlations among parameters, and improves measurement accuracy. In addition, specimen parameter values are resolved with greater accuracy by fitting data sets derived from both SAXS and optical scatterometry measurements based on models that share at least one geometric parameter. The fitting can be performed sequentially or in parallel.
US10801973B2	Composite structure bondline inspection An X-ray inspection system is presented. The X-ray inspection system comprises an X-ray source, an X-ray scintillator, a light detector, a first objective lens, and a second objective lens. The first objective lens is positioned between the X-ray scintillator and the light detector. The second objective lens is positioned between the first objective lens and the light detector.
US10801967B2	Mask inspection apparatus, switching method, and mask inspection method A mask inspection apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a field stop unit capable of switching between a field stop for an optical mask configured to emit an incident illumination light while maintaining the polarization state thereof and a field stop for an EUV mask configured to change the polarization state of a part of the incident illumination light and to cause an illumination light including an S-polarized light and a P-polarized light; a beam splitter unit capable of switching between a PBS for an optical mask and a non-polarized BS; an objective lens configured to collect an illumination light reflected in the beam splitter unit in a mask to be inspected and collect a reflected light obtained by reflecting an illumination light in the mask to be inspected; and a λ/4 plate that can be provided in an optical path of an illumination light and a reflected light.
US10801966B2	Method and device for measuring surface properties A method and testing apparatus determine receding contact angles of liquids on surfaces by depositing a liquid in a manner whereby the volume of the drop is increased through stepwise addition of smaller drops. Each increment of volume growth causes the perimeter of the drop to advance across the surface. The incremental volume elements impart sufficient energy to the growing drop such that the drop perimeter expands beyond its equilibrium diameter for that volume. The drop perimeter tends to contract between volume additions as the excess energy is dissipated. The method and testing apparatus determine the receding contact angle between the incremental volume additions.
US10801961B2	Real-time multi-parameter monitor for metal-working systems Disclosed herein are systems and methods configured for real-time multi-parameter monitoring of fluid systems associated with metal-working equipment. The disclosed fluid monitoring systems are configured to acquire in real time multiple parameters associated with the well-being of fluid systems of metal-working equipment. The data acquired in real-time can also be provided to remote devices to allow off-site personnel to monitor metal-working equipment. The fluid monitoring systems can also include fluorescence probes configured to determine fluid concentration and/or soil load values using fluorescence. The fluorescence probes can provide excitation light and detect emission light forming a small angle with respect to one another, emission light coming from a surface of the metal-working fluid.
US10801960B2	Methods for detecting endocrine disruptors using dual modes of colorimetric and fluorometric analysis Provided herein is a method of effectively quantifying a target material by performing both colorimetry and fluorescence analysis on the same sample, based on metal nanoparticles and an aptamer.
US10801957B2	Molecular chirality detection technique using hybrid plasmonic substrates A method for molecular chirality detection is described. The method includes providing a substrate defining an array of hole-disks, each hole-disk coupled with an asymmetric optical cavity. Each asymmetric optical cavity having a back reflector separating a plasmonic pattern by an appropriate selection of thickness. The substrate is illuminated to simultaneously excite two degenerate localized surface plasmon modes producing a strong chiral near-field. The method may also include generating a characterization of chiral molecules on the substrate based on the strong chiral near-field. Substrates and detectors for molecular chirality detection are also described.
US10801945B2	Inline particle sensor An inline particle sensor includes a sensor head configured to mount within a fitting, the sensor head including a laser source sealed and isolated from a sensing volume and configured to emit a laser beam through the sensing volume and a detector arranged to detect particles in the sensing volume that pass through the laser beam. The vacuum particle sensor further includes electronics coupled to the sensor head and configured to receive a signal indicative of the particles from the detector and provide a particle output based on the signal.
US10801939B2	Apparatus for measuring blood coagulation data and use method thereof, connection member and support An apparatus for measuring blood coagulation data, and a use method, a connection member and a support (2101) thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for measuring blood coagulation data comprises: a blood cup support (101), a detachment mechanism (102), and a rotary shaft (103, 805). The blood cup support (101) is used for supporting a blood cup (207) that is not used and a lid (206) of the blood cup, driving, under a first driving force, the blood cup (207) that is not used and the lid (206) of the blood cup to ascend until the lid (206) of the unused blood cup to be connected to the rotary shaft (103, 805), and driving, under a second driving force, a blood cup (207) that is used to descend; and the detachment mechanism (102) is used for separating, under the second driving force, the lid (206) of the used blood cup from the rotary shaft (103, 805). The method can reduce the labor intensity in blood coagulation data measurement.
US10801937B2	Method and apparatus for determining kinematic viscosity through the transmission and reception of ultrasonic energy An apparatus for determining a fluid's kinematic viscosity from ultrasonic energy that has passed through the fluid of unknown viscosity along an acoustic path of known length. A computer of the apparatus determines a characteristic frequency of a received electrical signal associated with the ultrasonic energy and measures the fluid's velocity of sound. The kinematic viscosity of the fluid is determined by the computer on a continuous basis based on the characteristic frequency and the sound velocity. A method for determining a fluid's kinematic viscosity.
US10801936B2	Method for calibrating load testing machine A method for calibrating a load testing machine includes a computational unit that is operable to carry out, in a fully automatic manner, an operation of calibration of the load testing machine in order to help reduce the cost of the operation of calibration of the load testing machine and to improve creditability thereof. The load testing machine, as well as a master load cell and a load reader thereof, is set in connection with a computational unit so that the computational unit is operable to directly output an instruction for an operation of the load testing machine and the computational unit is operable to directly record the load obtained with the load testing machine in the calibration and a corresponding calibration values from the force sensor of the testing machine. A set calibration parameters can be calculated and obtained for completing the calibration of the load testing machine.
US10801927B2	Autonomous soil sampler An autonomous soil sampling device. The device including a vehicle for generally autonomously navigating a given area for sampling and adapted with systems to generally avoid obstacles during maneuvering. The device including a soil sampling system designed for placement on a platform of the vehicle and including an extraction arm having a probe and auger to probe into the soil for extracting a quantity of soil. The extraction arm rotationally received on a housing and movable to an inverted position for depositing the quantity of extracted soil into a packaging assembly for collection, labeling, and storage of the individual samples.
US10801926B2	Probe with solid beveled tip and method for using same for specimen extraction A probe includes a solid elongate body disposed along a long axis of the probe and terminating in a probe tip, and a solid planar beveled surface at or adjacent an end of the probe tip formed at a non-zero beveled angle relative to a normal of the long axis of the probe, The solid planar beveled surface is configured to impart Van der Waals attractive force to a sample surface positioned immediately adjacent the solid beveled surface of the probe so that the sample can be detached from and lifted from the bulk material and transported to a grid for investigation. Various embodiments of the beveled surface are described, including an elliptical probe tip surface beveled between 10 and 45 degrees to the normal to the probe long axis and planar surfaces formed in the sides of the probe body that are parallel to the probe long axis.
US10801919B2	Fault detection sensor-equipped actuator and method for detecting fault in actuator A fault detection sensor-equipped actuator is provided which can easily detect a fault in at least one of a linear guide unit and a ball screw unit, using a shared sensor. In an actuator (10) including a linear guide unit (4) that guides linear movement of a movable body (1) and a ball screw unit (7) that drives the movable body (1) in an axial direction of a screw shaft (6), a sensor (18) configured to detect a fault in the actuator (10) is placed in a housing (11) where a coupling (12) that couples the screw shaft (6) and a motor (14) for rotating the screw shaft (6) is housed.
US10801917B2	Fuel vapor processing device A fuel vapor processing device includes a canister, a first purge pipe that forms a first purge path that communicatively connects the inside of the canister and the inside of a fuel tank, a pressure pipe that forms a pressure detection path configured to communicatively connect a first switching valve and a pump, the first switching valve, a sealing valve disposed in the first purge pipe and configured to isolate the inside of the canister from the inside of the fuel tank, a differential pressure sensor, and an ECU. The differential pressure sensor is capable of detecting a difference between a pressure of the first purge path and a pressure of the pressure detection path. The ECU determines presence or absence of a fuel vapor leak while controlling the first switching valve, the pump, and the sealing valve based on a signal output from the differential pressure sensor.
US10801916B2	Water leakage detection apparatus A water leakage detection apparatus includes a pressure sensor, a detecting unit, and an actuator. The pressure sensor is disposed in a water pipe. The detecting unit detects water leakage based on sensor signals from the pressure sensor. The actuator is controlled by the detecting unit, and opens and closes an electromagnetic valve that is disposed in the water pipe. The detecting unit samples the sensor signals in a state in which the water pipe is closed by the electromagnetic valve, and performs a water leakage determination for detecting water leakage based on the sampled sensor signals.
US10801909B2	Device for measuring and adjusting inertia of test model of offshore structure and method for using the same A device including a measuring instrument, supporting mechanisms, a swinging mechanism, and a rotating mechanism. The measuring instrument includes an angle sensor and a pressure sensor. The supporting mechanisms are symmetrically disposed at two ends of the swing mechanism. The supporting mechanisms each include a support frame, a base frame, a bracket, and a bracket support. The support frame is disposed on the base frame. The bracket support is disposed on the support frame. The bracket is slidably disposed on the bracket support via locating pins. The swinging mechanism includes a first swing frame, a second swing frame, and a rotary table base disposed between the first swing frame and the second swing frame. The rotating mechanism includes a rotary table. The rotary table is wheel-shaped and includes a rotating shaft and a plurality of radial supporting rods.
US10801904B2	Sensor chip, flexure element, and force sensor device A sensor chip includes first support parts arranged at four corners and a second support part arranged at a center of a substrate, first detecting beams connecting adjacent first support parts to each other, second detecting beams provided in parallel to the first detecting beams between the first and second support parts, third detecting beams connecting the first and second connecting beams, in sets of the first and second detecting beams provided in parallel, force application points, arranged at intersections of the first and third detecting beams, and applied with the forces, and a plurality of distortion detection devices arranged at predetermined positions on the first, the second and the third detecting beams.
US10801902B2	Capacitively coupled sensor system for conveyor belts A sensor system for a conveyor belt comprising a sensor stage on the conveyor belt and a stationary drive and detection stage external to the conveyor belt in the belt carryway. In an exemplary version, the sensor stage includes a capacitor sensor whose capacitance varies with the weight of a load atop a pressure platform at the belt's conveying surface. An oscillator in the drive and detection stage drives the capacitor sensor through capacitors formed when plates in the sensor stage in the advancing conveyor belt overlap stationary plates in the drive and detection stage during the belt's passage along the carryway. The corresponding plates in the belt and the carryway have different longitudinal dimensions to ensure constant plate overlap area of longer duration and despite lateral belt-tracking offset. The drive and detection stage detects the capacitance of the sensor and converts it into a weight value.
US10801897B2	Thermometer and temperature monitoring system A temperature monitoring system includes a thermometer and a first communication device. The thermometer counts a monitoring time, executes a measuring procedure to acquire a first temperature value and a second temperature value to determine whether to wirelessly broadcast a temperature information signal, and executes a time interval producing procedure after the measuring procedure to determine a time interval and to determine whether the measuring procedure is terminated. The first communication device receives the temperature information signal from the thermometer. The user may remotely monitor the temperature of a monitored object through the first communication device.
US10801893B2	Spectroscope, wavelength measuring device, and spectrum measuring method A spectroscope for measuring a spectrum of input light includes a fringe former that forms first fringes having a first pitch by splitting the input light, a diffraction grating that disperses each of the first fringes, a moire pattern former that forms a moire pattern by overlaying the first fringes that have been dispersed, on second fringes having a second pitch different from the first pitch, and an image pickup device that measures the spectrum of the input light by detecting the moire pattern. At least one of the fringe former and the moire pattern former includes a cylindrical lens array.
US10801889B2	Spectrometer module and fabrication method thereof A spectrometer module and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The fabrication method includes the steps of: providing at least one substrate; and forming at least one positioning side and at least one optical component of the spectrometer on the at least one substrate by a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) process. The spectrometer module fabricated by the fabrication method includes a plurality of substrates and at least one optical component. At least one of the substrates has at least one positioning side, and the at least one optical component of the spectrometer is formed on at least one of the substrates. The positioning side and the optical component are fabricated by a MEMS process.
US10801887B2	Transmissive sampling module and transmissive spectrometer A transmissive sampling module is provided, which is adapted to a spectrometer main body. The transmissive sampling module includes a light source assembly and a support base. The light source assembly is directly connected to the support base. The support base includes a tube body and at least one fixing member. The tube body surrounds an accommodating groove, and an extending direction of the tube body is not parallel to an optical path of the light source assembly, and the tube body includes a transparent portion, and the optical path of the light source assembly passes through the transparent portion and the accommodating groove. The at least one fixing member is disposed on the tube body and is adjustably protruded out of an inner surface of the tube body. A transmissive spectrometer is also provided.
US10801886B2	SPAD detector having modulated sensitivity The sensitivity of one or more single-photon avalanche diodes (SPAD) in a SPAD detector is modulated over time. The sensitivity of all of the SPADs may be modulated, or the sensitivity of one section of the SPADs can be modulated differently from another section of the SPADs. Various techniques for modulating the sensitivity are disclosed.
US10801880B2	Combination weighing device with hoppers and discharge chutes having complementary surfaces A combination weighing apparatus includes a plurality of hoppers and a collecting chute. Each of the plurality of hoppers has a main body provided with a first opening and a second opening, and a gate allowed to be opened and closed with respect to the second opening. The main body is provided with a first inner surface and a second inner surface having an intersecting positional relationship to protrude outward with respect to the centerline. The collecting chute has at least a chute portion configured to receive articles discharged from the plurality of hoppers and slide the articles. A portion of the chute portion located below the plurality of hoppers is provided with a first receiving surface and a second receiving surface having an intersecting positional relationship to protrude outward with respect to the centerline.
US10801879B2	Magnesium zinc oxide nanostructure modified biosensor and monitoring of response of cell population to an agent using the same A magnesium zinc oxide (MZO) nanostructure modified quartz crystal microbalance (MZOnano-QCM) takes advantage of the unique sensing ability and biocompatibility of MZO-based nanostructures, and combines them with the dynamic impedance spectrum capability of the bulk acoustic wave (BAW) devices including QCM, to form a real-time, noninvasive and label-free cell monitoring biosensor, specifically detecting the susceptibility and resistance of bacterial and fungal strains and cancer cells to various antibiotic and antifungal drugs and anticancer drugs, respectively.
US10801875B2	Liquid level detection method and liquid level sensor Provided is a liquid level detection method and a liquid level sensor, which relate to the field of liquid level measurement technologies. The liquid level detection method includes that a position of a magnetic field formed by two magnets with same poles disposed facing to each other changes accordingly when a position of a float changes; a plurality of magnetoresistive elements for collecting magnetoresistive signals is disposed equidistantly at a movement range of the float; and two adjacent magnetoresistive elements located between the two magnets detect change of magnetic field intensity and output a linear detection result when the float moves, and a liquid level height value is calculated according to the detection result.
US10801874B2	Fully adjustable liquid tank float A fully adjustable liquid tank float incorporates a float for use for gauging the amount of fuel or other liquid contained within a storage tank, the float being connectable to an adjustable lateral arm, which pivotally connects to a vertical structure, which secures to an adaptor that is mounted onto the top of the storage tank. The adaptor connects a transparent housing, which discloses an indicator of the amount of fuel remaining in the tank. The vertical structure is likewise adjustable in length. A flexible linkage connects with the indicator, and is adjustably secured with the lateral arm, to provide for a precise indication as to when the tank is full, partially full, or approaching empty.
US10801872B1	Methane monitoring and conversion apparatus and methods A system and method for monitoring and recording methane emissions from a source of methane. In some aspects, apparatus and methods are provided for converting the emitted methane to a different compound such as carbon dioxide.
US10801871B2	Integrated brace bar A flow conduit assembly (300), a method for making the same, a brace bar (304), and a vibrating flowmeter including the flow conduit assembly are provided. The flow conduit assembly includes a first flow tube (302), a second flow tube (303), and a first brace bar (304) coupled to the first flow tube, wherein the first brace bar does not enclose the first flow tube and the second flow tube.
US10801870B2	Sensor for measuring the mass flow rate of a flowable medium A mass flow sensor includes: a vibratory measurement tube bent in a tube plane; a vibration exciter for exciting bending vibrations in a bending vibration use-mode; two vibration sensors for sensing vibrations; a support system having a support plate, bearing bodies on the inlet and sides; and a sensor housing, wherein: the support system has support system vibration modes which include elastic deformations of the support plate; the measurement tube is connected fixedly to the support plate by the bearing body on the inlet side and by the bearing body on the outlet side; and the support plate has a number of spring-loaded bearings exposed through cut-outs in the support plate by which the support plate is mounted on the sensor housing with degrees of vibrational freedom, the natural frequencies of which are lower than a use-mode natural frequency of the bending vibration use-mode.
US10801867B2	Method and apparatus for self verification of pressured based mass flow controllers A mass flow control system can be self verified for its accuracy when controlling a flow to a process. The system comprises: a control valve for controlling the flow of fluid through the system as a function of a control signal; a controller for generating the control signal as a function of measured flow of fluid through the system and a targeted flow set point; a pressure sensor for measuring the controlling fluid pressure for use in measuring and verifying the flow rate; and a source of fluid for providing a known volume of fluid for use in verifying the system accuracy anytime between steps of the flow control process.
US10801865B2	Fluid analysis system based on integrated computing element technology and fiber Bragg grating radiometry A device for fluid analysis including an integrated computational element (ICE), a sample cell that optically interacts the ICE with a sample to generate a computation light associated with a characteristic of the sample, and a fiber sensor that receives the computation light and converts the computation light into a heat, is provided. The fiber sensor is coupled with a detector through an optical link, and is configured to return a portion of probe light through the optical link to the detector based on the heat converted. A method for using the device for performing fluid analysis is provided. A system for fluid analysis including at least one device as above is also provided.
US10801860B2	Mapping system and method for identifying a parking lot from probe data A mapping system, method and computer program product are provided to identify a parking lot from probe data. In the context of a mapping system, processing circuitry is configured to determine a parking likelihood for each grid cell based upon probe data points associated with the respective grid cells and to identify likely parking locations in instances in which the parking likelihood for a respective grid cell satisfies a predefined threshold. The processing circuitry is also configured to cluster likely parking locations to identify parking lot clusters and to determine the boundary of the parking lot pursuant to a deformable contour model which causes a polygon to expand from a respective parking lot cluster so as to represent the boundary of the parking lot. The processing circuitry is further configured to update a map to include the parking lot having the boundary determined pursuant to the deformable contour model.
US10801859B2	Movement guidance device and computer program Movement guidance devices and programs provide movement guidance for a mobile unit using guidance information for providing movement guidance for the mobile unit. The guidance information is delivered from a server device. The devices and programs store the guidance information delivered from the server device in a memory. The stored guidance information is area-section-by-area-section guidance information. The devices and programs set a remaining priority for the stored guidance information on a per area section basis of map information and delete, from the memory, guidance information for an area section with a low remaining priority on a priority basis rather than guidance information for an area section with a high remaining priority among the stored guidance information.
US10801857B2	Navigational information display device, and method of displaying navigational information A navigational information display device is provided, which may include a display configured to display a navigational image indicated using a geometrical figure related to first navigational information, and further display one or more characters selected from the group consisting of a first navigational information character indicative of the first information, a second navigational information character indicative of second navigational information, and a device operation character related to operation of the display device, and processing circuitry configured to receive input of an instruction signal to instruct a change in a display orientation of the screen, and to change a display orientation of at least one of the one or more characters while maintaining a display orientation of the navigational image when the input of the instruction signal is received.
US10801855B2	Method and system for creating map based on 3D laser A method for creating a map based on 3D laser that includes: planning a route, and acquiring data in a movement process of a mobile robot; loading acquired data by using a map creating tool; performing initial alignment to adjacent laser data; performing accurate alignment to the adjacent laser data; performing closed-loop association to the same area passed through by the mobile robot, and establishing a closed-loop constraint; performing global optimization solution to an entire map for which the closed-loop constraint is established; and superposing all laser data, and outputting a laser map. The method does not depend on GPS and is not restricted by GPS signals. By using the method, cumbersome surveying and mapping operations can be avoided and large-scale maps of various indoor and outdoor environments can be created and maps can be finely adjusted off line, and high-accuracy maps can be created.
US10801851B2	Navigation apparatus, vehicle including the same, and method of controlling the vehicle Disclosed herein is a navigation apparatus that includes a receiver and a controller. The receiver may receive a plurality of events related to traffic information. The controller may be configured to generate an integrated event by processing the plurality of events when the plurality of events overlap or are consecutive events. The controller may calculate an average speed of the integrated event.
US10801849B2	Unobserved content for on demand tours A method includes generating by a controller autonomous commands for the vehicle with an altered route such that the destination is maintained and the repeated segment is replaced with an alternate segment having unobserved tour content for the occupant. The generation is responsive to receiving a route having a destination of a vehicle and a repeated segment previously traversed by an occupant where tour content was presented to the occupant while the repeated segment was traversed.
US10801848B2	Crowd sourcing to predict vehicle energy consumption An example method of crowd-sourcing energy consumption data for vehicles includes controlling a vehicle in response to a predicted energy consumption that is continually updated based on a difference between a previous predicted energy consumption and a previous actual base energy consumption. Another example method of routing a vehicle includes changing a route for a vehicle in response to a predicted energy consumption for the vehicle when travelling the route, the predicted energy consumption based on a difference between a previous predicted energy consumption and a previous actual base energy consumption.
US10801843B2	Indoor mobile robot position and posture measurement system based on photoelectric scanning and measurement method An indoor mobile robot position and posture measurement system based on photoelectric scanning and the measurement method thereof, the measurement system includes: a mobile robot (1) which is arranged with a laser transmitter (2), the peripheral of the laser transmitter (2) is provided with no less than three receivers (3) for receiving the light signals emitted by the laser transmitter (2), and at least one signal processor (4) connected to the receivers (3) for processing signals received by the receivers (3) to determine precise coordinates of the receivers in laser transmitter coordinate system, and a terminal computer (5) wirelessly connected with the signal processor (4) to determine the posture angle and the position of the mobile robot through the distances between the laser transmitter (2) and each receiver (3). Without arranging multiple transmitters when measuring and performing tedious global orientation, the operators by using the measurement system and the measurement method of the present invention may measure the 3D position and posture of the indoor mobile robot in real time by multiple guidance signals consisting of photoelectric receiver and a high-speed laser scanning turntable fixed on the mobile robot.
US10801842B2	Shortest path engine for warehouse management Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with a shortest path engine for warehouse management are described. In one embodiment, a method determines a shortest path between a first location and a second location. The method includes receiving a request for a shortest path between a first location and a second location and accessing a first data structure. The first data structure maps the first location to a first reference point and the second location to a second reference point. A shortest path between the first reference point and the second reference point is determined and the determined shortest path is returned.
US10801841B1	Trajectory prediction via a feature vector approach Described herein are various technologies pertaining to extracting one or more features from trajectory data recorded during motion of a body, and further, generating a n-dimensional feature vector based upon the one or more extracted features. The n-dimensional feature vector enables expedited analysis of the trajectory data from which the feature vector was generated. For example, rather than having to analyze a trajectory curve comprising a large number of time-position data points, the n-dimensional feature vector can be compared with one or more search parameters to facilitate clustering of the trajectory data associated with the n-dimensional feature vector with other trajectory data which also satisfies the search request. The trajectory data can be plotted on a screen in combination with the n-dimensional feature vector, and other pertinent information. The trajectory data, etc., can be displayed using heat maps or other graphical representation.
US10801839B2	Accelerator An accelerator comprises: an accelerometer (100), configured to detect an acceleration of a motion of a carrier and output a corresponding electrical signal; a sampling and low-pass filter (200), coupled to the accelerometer (100), and configured to sample the electrical signal regularly and filter a noise from the electrical signal; an amplifier (300), configured to amplify the electrical signal after filtering the noise; an analog-to-digital converter (400), configured to convert the amplified electrical signal into a digital signal; a function control module (500), configured to process the digital signal and output a control signal to control the analog-to-digital converter (400), the amplifier (300), and the sampling and low-pass filter (200); and an oscillator module (600), configured to output, according to the control signal, a sampling signal to the sampling and low-pass filter (200), so as to control the sampling and low-pass filter (200) to sample the electrical signal regularly.
US10801838B2	Topography-observation device based on the mechanically micro-adjustable dual hosts An instrument for dynamically observing the evolution behavior of the slope topography. The dual hosts emit parallel, equal-height and overlapped laser planes from different directions, and project the laser planes onto a slope landform. The image acquisition device shoots the slope landform with the projected laser lines at an angle perpendicular to the laser-planes. Then a video screenshot can be formed and imported into a computer to form a three-dimensional map. Finally, the volume, slope gradient and other parameters of the slope body can be obtained. As the knobs on the mechanically micro-adjustable host of the topography meter are turned, the laser-planes can become precisely equidistant and parallel. A novel topography meter is disclosed, which can conveniently calibrate the spacing and angle of the linear lasers and accurately observe all landforms including the local deep trenches on an eroding slope.
US10801835B2	Method for inspecting end face and device for inspecting end face, of honeycomb structure A method for inspecting an end face, comprising: an arrangement step of arranging a honeycomb structure having a partition wall extending from a first end face to a second end face, at a predetermined position using the second end face as a placement face; a first image data for processing acquisition step of acquiring first image data for processing while irradiating the first end face with light having an angle of 40° or more, the angle being an angle formed between the light and an axis being perpendicular to the placement face of the honeycomb structure; a second image data for processing acquisition step of acquiring second image data for processing while irradiating the first end face with light having an angle of less than 40°; and a crack detection step of detecting a crack by comparing the first image data for processing with the second image data for processing.
US10801833B2	Strain sensitive surfaces for aircraft structural analysis and health monitoring Systems and methods for assessing strain in structural components are disclosed. Structural component may have geometric patterns of grooves, with the grooves in the geometric pattern each having a groove width. The method may include illuminating the geometric pattern of grooves with a first light at a first wavelength that corresponds to the groove width to create diffraction when the first light hits the geometric pattern of grooves and corresponding changes in the wavelength of the light reflected from the geometric pattern of grooves indicating changes in the groove widths due to strain caused when the structural component is exposed to environmental conditions, detecting the wavelength of the light reflected from the geometric pattern of grooves, and correlating the detected wavelength of the light reflected from the geometric pattern of grooves to the strain in the structural components.
US10801830B2	Imaging apparatus and imaging method The present invention aims to obtain a tomographic image free from image noise due to reflection on a container wall surface and having a good image quality by a simple configuration. In a FD-OCT imaging apparatus which images an imaging object stored in a container having an optical transparent wall part tomographically, when the focal depth is set such that a distance D from a first surface Sa of the wall part on the side of the imaging object to a focal point FP of the objective optical system is smaller than a predetermined threshold value smaller than a thickness T of the wall part, the distance between a second surface Sb of the wall part on a side opposite to the imaging object out of the wall surfaces and a reference plane which is perpendicular to the optical path of the illumination light and to which an optical path length is equal is set a value equal to the thickness of the wall part.
US10801828B2	Magnetic angle sensing system and method for detecting a rotation angle of a magnetic field source A magnetic angle sensing system for detecting a rotation angle of a magnetic field source arranged rotatably around a rotation axis, the magnetic angle sensing system including at least two magnetic field sensing elements that are located in/on a plane, are not arranged on a single straight line through the rotation axis, and are configured to provide output signals that are functions of the same magnetic field component which is in parallel to the rotation axis. The system also including a processor that is arranged to determine the rotation angle from an angle between a pointer and a reference direction, wherein the pointer is determined based on the output signals of the at least two magnetic field sensing elements.
US10801821B2	Methods of mass-producing luminescent projectiles and luminescent projectiles mass-produced thereby A method of mass-producing one-way luminescent projectiles includes providing projectiles each including a body having a nose and a trailing end including a perimeter edge and a rear surface, and that is symmetrical about an axis that extends centrally through the body from the nose to the rear surface, securing the projectiles in a nose down, trailing end up orientation leaving the rear surfaces exposed, depositing a quantity of a hardenable photoluminescent material centrally on each rear surface, the quantities being identical and hardening over a period of time, and maintaining the projectiles in the nose down, trailing end up orientation during the period of time such that each quantity of photoluminescent material forms an identical solid photoluminescent body adhered to the respective rear surface, that is concentric with, and extends outwardly no further than, the perimeter edge, and radially symmetrical relative to the axis.
US10801820B2	Projectiles with insert-molded polymer tips Aspects of the disclosure are directed to manufacturing an insert-molded expanding projectile. Aspects of the disclosure include locating a portion of a projectile body within a converging tip mold, the projectile body including a metal jacket extending from a tail portion to a nose portion and surrounding an interior solid core. The metal jacket and nose portion may be tapered in a forward direction to an annular forward edge defining an opening to an undercut interior cavity. Melted polymer may be injected into the converging tip mold and allowed to cool thereby forming a polymer tip having a main portion forward of the opening and a tip retention portion filling the undercut interior cavity and having a shape corresponding to the undercut interior cavity to retain the polymer tip in place.
US10801819B1	Methods of preparing nitrocellulose based propellants and propellants made therefrom Methods of preparing propellant compositions for power loads and firearms that include providing pre-shaped particle sized starting material, shaped consistent with a desired final propellant product shape, and thereafter nitrating and stabilizing the pre-shaped starting material using boiling stabilization processes. The resulting nitrated propellants of the methods reliably exhibit complete stabilization, high nitrogen substitution, high shelf life and acceptable ballistic performance.
US10801818B2	Method and device for micro blasting with reusable blasting rods and electrically ignited cartridges An apparatus, method and system to electrically ignite small explosive cartridges in boulders, bedrock, concrete etc. to split or shape them. A propellant or explosive charge is electrically ignited directly by an inert electrical igniter inserted therein that melts at high temperature a bridge wire(s) or ribbon(s) with AC or DC electrical current. The bridge melts normally at over 2,000 degrees F. which will ignite the propellant or explosive. With sufficient voltage and amperage such as 110 volt AC wall current ionization takes place along the pathway of the melting bridge, which melts at approximately 2,000 degrees F., and a large electrical arc forms at approximately 5,000 degrees F. that more reliably ignites the propellant or explosive with increased blast power. A reusable blasting rod includes an external groove for a blasting wire, a counterweight for better tamping, which has a cradle for heavy objects to utilize the Newton Kinetic effect.
US10801817B2	Method of irradiating electromagnetic pulse and electromagnetic pulse irradiating system A method of irradiating an electromagnetic pulse includes specifying a position of a target having electronic equipment; setting the light-condensing point based on the position of the target; and condensing the laser beam to generate plasma in the light-condensing point such that the electromagnetic pulse generated from the plasma is irradiated to the electronic equipment. In this way, a method and system for irradiating an electromagnetic pulse are realized which can irradiate the electromagnetic pulse of a large output while restraining diffusion of the electromagnetic pulse.
US10801811B2	Flashlight attachment for firearm laser sight An electrically powered device is secured to the exterior surface of a handgun-mounted laser sight. The powered device includes a housing with two parallel arms that receive between them the laser sight housing. An plug on the inside surface of one arm enters and engages with a battery cavity in the housing to create a physical interference and connection between the powered device and the laser sight device housing. The plug includes electrical circuit elements to electrically connect the powered device to a battery within the cavity. The powered device is powered by connection with a battery contained in the laser sight device to which it is mounted.
US10801805B1	Air flow adjusting device of air gun An air flow adjusting device of air gun includes an adjusting assembly having an adjusting knob and a locking seat; a piston sleeve provided with a rod body inserted into the locking seat and threaded with the adjusting knob; a spring arranged between the locking seat and a base of the rod body. One end of the adjusting knob is locked to the locking seat. By rotating the adjusting knob, the relative locking position of the adjusting knob and the locking seat can be changed, and the total length of the piston sleeve and the adjusting assembly can be adjusted; thereby, the adjusting knob can be rotated by to defining a slot in the piston seat, and the function of adjusting the air flow rate can be achieved without using any tool, so that the operation of adjusting the air flow can be simplified, which improves the operational convenience of the device.
US10801804B2	Non-lethal gas operated gun A pre-pack assembly for use with an air gun that fires non-lethal projectiles using a gas canister and for use with a magazine that is removably insertable into the air gun, the pre-pack includes a pre-pack housing that defines a first compartment containing non-lethal projectiles and a second compartment containing the gas canister, where inserting the pre-pack into a chamber of the magazine assembly fluidly connects the gas canister with the magazine and positions the non-lethal projectiles in a feeder that individually feeds non-lethal projectiles into the air gun when the magazine is inserted into the air gun.
US10801800B1	Hinged toy launcher with mirrored scope A toy projectile launcher having a front portion, a rear portion, a hinge connecting the front portion and the rear portion, a handle connected to the front portion and adapted to rotate the front portion against the rear portion around the hinge among a left orientation, a right orientation, and a center orientation, and a rotatable two-way mirror, the handle being rotatable around a same axis of rotation as the hinge, and the rotatable two-way mirror being coupled to the front portion via a mechanical transmission adapted to translate a rotation of the front portion around the hinge to a rotation of the rotatable two-way mirror at a 2:1 ratio.
US10801798B2	Barrel mounting system A barrel mounting system to mount a barrel to a barrel mount of a firearm body includes a mount receiver secured to the barrel mount. The mount receiver includes axial channels and receiver threads disposed on an interior surface. The system further includes a barrel sleeve disposed around the barrel proximal to the proximal end of the barrel. The barrel sleeve includes sleeve threads disposed near a proximal end on an exterior surface and sized to slide through the axial channels and, when rotated, to engage the receiver threads. The system further includes a barrel collar disposed around the barrel and secured to the barrel and to limit the axial position of the barrel sleeve.
US10801794B2	Firearm trigger safety assembly The present disclosure provides a trigger assembly and related method for a firearm (e.g., an AR, SR-25, or M4 style rifle, or another type of firearm). The trigger assembly minimizes inadvertent discharge of the firearm by blocking the trigger from rearward pivoting until pressure is applied to the center portion of the trigger. The system and method employ a configuration wherein a camming surface is engaged with a machined portion of the lower receiver once the trigger assembly is connected to the lower receiver via a pivot that extends through the trigger assembly and at least a portion of the lower receiver.
US10801791B2	Heat exchanger and refrigeration cycle apparatus Provided is a heat exchanger that is capable of avoiding a bridge phenomenon caused by water droplets between a plurality of flat tubes and is easily manufactured. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of plate-like fins arranged in parallel at intervals, the plurality of flat tubes inserted into the plurality of plate-like fins, and at least one water-guiding member arranged between adjacent ones of the plurality of flat tubes projecting from at least one of both outermost ones of the plurality of plate-like fins and having both end portions held in contact with projecting flat surfaces of the adjacent ones of the plurality of flat tubes.
US10801790B2	Plate fin heat exchanger flexible manifold structure A flexible manifold adapted for use on a plate-fin heat exchanger core, the flexible manifold comprising a plurality of individual layers, each individual layer defining a lower floor, an upper floor, and two side walls. Each of the plurality of individual layers is adapted to channel a flow of a medium therethrough, each of the plurality of individual layers includes a plurality of vertical members, each of the plurality of vertical members extends vertically from the lower floor to the upper floor of the respective individual layer, and each of the plurality of vertical members is configured to provide structural support for the respective individual layer. The vertical members can be vertical guide vanes and/or vertical columns having a round and/or hydrofoil cross-sectional shape.
US10801788B2	Lead-supercritical carbon dioxide intermediate heat exchanger The present disclosure discloses a lead-supercritical carbon dioxide intermediate heat exchanger, including four modular printed circuit board heat exchangers (modular PCHEs), a cylinder, vertical partition boards, horizontal partition boards and heat exchange fluid channels. S-CO2 fluid flows upward along microchannels in PCHE cold side heat exchange plates after reaching the bottom of the cylinder along a square central down tube formed by the four PCHEs to absorb heat from hot side heat exchange plates. S-CO2 leaves the intermediate heat exchanger upward after being collected by a current collector at the other end of each PCHE. Liquid lead enters microchannels in the PCHE hot side heat exchange plates from a duct at the upper end of the cylinder to transfer heat to S-CO2 on the other side, and then flows out of the intermediate heat exchanger from a duct at the lower end of the cylinder to complete heat exchange.
US10801786B2	Gas-liquid separation device, rear door, cooling device, and gas-liquid separating method The present invention provides a gas-liquid separation device, a rear door, a cooling device, and a gas-liquid separating method capable of reducing the tank capacity. The gas-liquid separation device includes a tank (13) which is provided in a heat receiving section configured to recover exhaust heat from a cooling object, and has a refrigerant vapor inflow section (13a) into which a refrigerant vapor flowing out from the heat receiving section via a vapor pipe (2) is introduced, and a refrigerant gas outflow section (13b) from which the refrigerant gas of the refrigerant vapor is discharged, the tank being capable of storing refrigerant liquid of the refrigerant vapor on a lower surface; and a regulating valve (12) which floats on the refrigerant liquid stored in the tank (13) and closes a space between the vapor pipe (2) and the tank (13).
US10801784B2	Heat exchanger with air flow passage for exchanging heat A heat exchanger includes: multiple flat tubes that extend in a second direction intersecting a first direction which is an air flow direction and that are disposed at intervals in a third direction that intersects the first direction and the second direction; and multiple plate-like heat transfer fins that extend along the third direction and that are disposed at intervals along the second direction. The heat exchanger causes refrigerant in the flat tubes to exchange heat with the air flow that passes through heat exchange spaces formed by adjacent flat tubes and adjacent heat transfer fins when viewed from the first direction. The heat transfer fins each have a heat transfer fin front side surface that is one main surface, a heat transfer fin back side surface that is the other main surface.
US10801782B2	Heat exchanger unit and thermotechnical system The invention relates to a heat exchanger unit having an evaporator device configured for evaporating a heat exchanger operating fluid, and a condenser device for condensing the heat exchanger operating fluid, wherein the evaporator device and the condenser device are fluidically connected to each other in a frontal configuration. The invention further relates to a thermotechnical system having a plurality of heat exchanger units.
US10801781B2	Compliant b-tube for radiator applications A tube for use in a heat exchanger including a base portion, an upper portion spaced from and opposing the base portion, and a partitioning wall extending between the base portion and the upper portion to divide a hollow interior of the tube into a first flow channel and a second flow channel. The partitioning wall includes a plurality of windows spaced from each other in a longitudinal direction of the tube to provide fluid communication between the first flow channel and the second flow channel. At least one of the windows includes a tabbed portion of the partitioning wall bent to extend into one of the first flow channel or the second flow channel.
US10801779B2	Method for forming nanopores Disclosed is a method for forming nanopores. The method includes (A) preparing a dispersion of gold nanoparticles (S100), (B) dipping a membrane in the dispersion to attach the gold nanoparticles to the surface of the membrane (S200), and (C) heating the membrane attached with the gold nanoparticles to a predetermined processing temperature such that the surface layers of the gold nanoparticles are liquefied and evaporated, to form nanopores with predetermined shapes on the membrane (S300).
US10801777B2	Baking device A baking device including a body having an access port, through which a baked object is allowed to be placed into or taken out of the body. The access door is mounted at the body and is configured to open and close the access port. An inner side surface of the access door defines therein grooves configured to receive condensate.
US10801774B2	Method of manufacturing dew formation preventing member and refrigerator and evaporator having dew formation preventing member A method of manufacturing a dew formation preventing member having a super water repellent surface of the present invention comprises the steps of: mixing a particular paint and polytetrafluorethylene at a predetermined ratio; particulate painting the mixed paint on a substrate surface; and heat treating the particulate painted substrate. A method of manufacturing a dew formation preventing member having a super water repellent surface according to another aspect of the present invention comprises the steps of: immersing a substrate in an electro deposition paint, and applying a direct current to conduct electro deposition painting; heat treating the substrate that has undergone the electro deposition painting; and plasma treating the surface of the substrate that has undergone the electro deposition painting.
US10801771B2	Condenser fan motor mounts and guards In an embodiment, a fan mounting assembly for use in refrigeration system includes a mounting body having a first side and a second side with a fan opening. The mounting body includes a collar extending from the second side of the mounting body around the fan opening, a flange extending outboard of the collar, and a plurality of retainers extending from the second side of the mounting body outward from the fan opening. Each retainer has a fastener opening extending therethrough. The fan mounting assembly further includes a motor mount and guard that includes a plurality of rings and a plurality of legs extending radially from a center portion. Each leg has a proximal end with a proximal eyelet formed thereon and a distal end with a distal eyelet formed thereon. The distal eyelet is configured to align with the fastener opening of a corresponding retainer.
US10801768B2	Ice making assemblies for making clear ice In one exemplary aspect of the present disclosure, an ice making assembly is provided for making clear ice. The ice making assembly may include a conductive ice mold, an insulation jacket, and a water dispenser. The conductive ice mold may define an upper portion of a mold cavity extending from a top end to a bottom end. The insulation jacket may extend downward from the conductive ice mold. The insulation jacket may define a lower portion of the mold cavity. The lower portion of the mold cavity may be a vertically open passage aligned with the upper portion of the mold cavity. The water dispenser may be positioned below the insulation jacket to direct an ice-building spray of water to the mold cavity through the vertically open passage of the insulation jacket.
US10801767B2	Refrigeration cycle apparatus A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit, a high-side pressure sensor, an outside air temperature sensor, an outdoor fan, a fan driving unit, and a controller. The controller includes a pressure prediction unit that predicts, based on a high-side pressure detected by the high-side pressure sensor, a predicted value of high-side pressure at the elapse of a set time, a fan rotation speed control unit that, during cooling operation in which an indoor heat exchanger acts as an evaporator, adjusts the rotation speed of the fan driving unit based on the outside air temperature detected by the outside air temperature sensor and the operating capacity of an indoor unit, and an intermittent fan control unit that, if the fan driving unit is running at a set lower limit rotation speed, and if the high-side pressure is below a target value, controls the fan driving unit to perform intermittent operation, the intermittent operation being performed by setting an ON time and an OFF time such that the predicted value predicted by the pressure prediction unit approaches the target value.
US10801766B2	Drive circuit for a variable speed fan motor A fan drive circuit for a variable speed fan motor in a cooling system, includes an inverter configured to supply a current signal to stator windings of the variable speed fan motor, a frequency detection circuit coupled to an output stage of an inverter of a compressor motor of the cooling system and configured to detect a first frequency of a compressor current signal at the output stage of a variable speed compressor drive circuit and generate a frequency signal, and a digital signal processor (DSP) coupled to the inverter and the frequency detection circuit. The DSP is configured to receive the frequency signal corresponding to the first frequency from the frequency detection circuit, select a second frequency corresponding to the first frequency at which to operate the variable speed fan motor, and transmit control signals to the inverter to supply current to the stator windings at the second frequency.
US10801764B2	Compressor crankcase heating control systems and methods A crankcase heating control system for a heat pump system includes a data receiving module and a power control module. The data receiving module is configured to receive: data indicative of a temperature of a compressor of the heat pump system; and data indicative of an ambient temperature. The power control module is configured to: selectively apply power to a heater of a crankcase of the compressor; and disable the heater when all of: a period since the compressor was last turned is greater than a predetermined period; the ambient temperature is less than a predetermined temperature; and the temperature of the compressor is less than the predetermined temperature.
US10801756B2	Methods for operating solar-thermochemical processes Methods for controlling or operating solar thermochemical reactions process that maximize the two-step thermochemical energy cycle efficiency by a combination of pressure and temperature swing are disclosed.
US10801753B2	Method and device for introducing protective gas into a receiver tube A method for introducing a protective gas into an annular space of a receiver tube, in particular for solar collectors, is provided where the annular space is formed at least by one outer cladding tube and an inner absorber tube of the receiver tube and the outer cladding tube is connected to the absorber tube by a wall. The method includes producing an opening that penetrates the cladding tube or the wall, introducing protective gas through the opening into the annular space, and subsequently closing the opening.
US10801747B2	Adaptive modular multicoil HVAC system A self-contained, integrated, modular HVAC system includes a plurality of adaptive or interchangeable components or swappable modules interconnected to enable the modulation of total airflow and total cooling capacity (sensible plus latent) to meet variable loads, and adjust a sensible heat ratio (SHR) to meet a variable latent ratio of a conditioned space. The components comprise one or more air inlet, damper, inlet damper, air filtration module, air purification module, air freshener module, dehumidifying module, cooling module, air bypass module, blower module, air outlet, I/O panel, and a control cabinet. The components have sensors and actuators that allows a programmable control system to coordinate diagnostics and operations of internal and external components of a refrigeration/heating cycle using various feedback control logics. The HVAC system allows users to remotely determine a chosen relative humidity (RH) set-point, airflow, and temperature of a conditioned space using wireless data communication devices.
US10801745B2	Damper, installation kit for damper and damper kit installation method for cooking operations A damper, damper kit and method are for installing a damper in a duct defining a gas conduit. The damper kit includes a first aperture closing unit engageable with at least one conduit wall and configured to close a first aperture when engaged therewith and including a shaft receiving section opened in the gas conduit. The damper kit has a second aperture closing unit engageable with the at least one conduit wall and including a shaft receiving section opened in the gas conduit. The damper kit includes a damper having at least one shaft with a first section insertable in the shaft receiving section of the first aperture closing unit and a second section insertable in the shaft receiving section of the second aperture closing unit and extending past the at least one conduit wall through the second aperture closing unit.
US10801740B2	Embedded type air conditioner outdoor unit and an air conditioner The present disclosure relates to an embedded type air conditioner outdoor unit and an air conditioner, wherein the embedded type air conditioner outdoor unit is configured to be embedded within a wall of a building, and the embedded type air conditioner outdoor unit comprises a heat exchanger, which includes a first inlet for introducing a refrigerant and a second inlet for introducing a heat exchange medium to perform heat exchange with the refrigerant. By applying the technical solution of the present application, in which the heat exchange medium is used to perform heat exchange with the refrigerant, the embedded type air conditioner outdoor unit of the present embodiment may be used without a fan system, so that the embedded type air conditioner outdoor unit has reduced vibration and noise.
US10801739B2	Air current changeable full front blowing type air conditioner An air current changeable full front blowing type air conditioner is provided. The air current changeable full front blowing type air conditioner includes: a case configured to comprise a heat exchanger disposed inside the case; a main air blower configured to be disposed in rear of the heat exchanger inside the case and discharge a main air current from a full front of the case; and at least one auxiliary air blower configured to be positioned around the main air blower of the case and discharge an auxiliary air current for changing a direction of the main air current. The auxiliary air blower discharges the auxiliary air current in a direction where the auxiliary air current interferes with the main air current discharged from the full front of the case.
US10801734B2	Connected food preparation system and method of use A connected oven, including a set of in-cavity sensors and a processor configured to automatically identify foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on the sensor measurements; and automatically operate the heating element based on the foodstuff identity.
US10801730B2	Combustor panel mounting systems and methods Combustors of gas turbine engines having a combustor shell having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a first securing element positioned at the first end of the combustor shell, a second securing element positioned at the second end of the combustor shell, a plurality of high temperature material panels fixedly secured by the first securing element at the first end and the second securing element at the second, wherein a panel gap is formed between edges of adjacent high temperature material panels of the plurality of high temperature material panels, and a seal divider extending from the first end to the second end and positioned on the combustor shell and arranged to seal the panel gap between adjacent first and second high temperature material panels.
US10801728B2	Gas turbine engine combustor main mixer with vane supported centerbody A main mixer including a swirler along an axis, the swirler including an outer swirler with a multiple of outer vanes, and a center swirler with a multiple of center vanes and a swirler hub along the axis, the swirler hub including a fuel manifold and an inner swirler with a multiple of inner vanes that support a centerbody, the multiple of inner vanes interconnect the fuel manifold and the centerbody.
US10801727B2	System for combustor cooling and trim air profile control Systems and methods may be provided in which a combustion liner is configured to be included in an aft end of a combustor for a gas turbine engine. An aft seal may be movably engaged with the combustion liner in a seal engagement region. The combustion liner may comprise an inlet formed in an outer surface of the combustion liner to receive a cooling fluid, and an outlet in fluid communication with the inlet via a passageway formed within the combustion liner, the outlet disposed in an inner surface of the combustion liner in the seal engagement region.
US10801725B2	Swirler for gas turbine Provided herein is a swirler for a gas turbine. The swirler includes a support plate including an injection part to inject a fuel supplied from the outside, a support shaft connected to the support plate, a guide part connected to the support plate and the support shaft and configured to mix a fluid introduced via a side surface of the support plate with the fuel injected from the injection part and to guide the mixture in at least one of a first direction and a second direction, the first direction being a longitudinal direction of the support shaft and the second direction being a direction swirling the support shaft, and a cover housing spaced apart from the support plate and coupled to the guide part so as to form a transfer flow path of the fluid together with the guide part.
US10801723B2	Prefabricated integrated combustion assemblies and methods of installing the same into a combustion system Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to devices and methods for improving operation of a combustion system. According to various embodiments disclosed herein, a prefabricated integrated combustion assembly is disclosed that may be installed into a combustion chamber of a combustion system. The combustion system may be a new combustion system that is being manufactured or a conventional combustion system that is being retrofitted.
US10801722B2	FFT flame monitoring for limit condition A method for controlling operation of a fuel-fired heating appliance having a burner, a fuel flow control for controlling a fuel flow to the burner, and a combustion air blower for supplying combustion air to the burner, includes iteratively (1) determining the quality of combustion by sensing a flame at the burner and outputting a time-varying flame current signal that includes an ionization signal from the flame; sampling the flame current signal to obtain a time record of the flame current signal; using a Fourier transformation, transforming the time record into a frequency spectrum of frequency components that include frequency components of the ionization signal, the frequency spectrum having a spectrum shaped defined by various frequency components of the flame current signal; and determining whether the frequency spectrum indicates flame stability or instability. Upon determination of flame instability, adjusting at least one of the fuel flow control to decrease the fuel flow to the burner and the combustion air blower to increase the flow of combustion air to the burner, and shutting down the burner if flame stability is not determined within a predetermined interval.
US10801720B2	Porous medium premixing combustor A porous-medium premixing combustor is provided, which includes: an air-fuel gas mixer, a combustor body, a thermocouple, an ignition electrode, and a detecting electrode. The combustor body includes a casing connected to the air-fuel gas mixer; an outer and an inner burner-block, wherein the outer burner-block and the casing are connected, forming a square chamber, and the inner burner-block is provided inside the square chamber, with a via hole communicating with a pipe; and a mixed gas distributing plate, an ordered porous plate, a small-pore foamed ceramic plate, and a big-pore foamed-ceramic plate sequentially provided along an axis direction of the via hole of the inner burner-block. The thermocouple is provided at the casing and extends into the square chamber. The ignition electrode is provided close to an end of the big-pore foamed-ceramic plate. The detecting electrode is provided close to an exit end of the big-pore foamed-ceramic plate.
US10801716B1	Apparatus and method for making encapsulated linear lighting with opaque ends Methods for making encapsulated linear lighting with opaque ends are disclosed. Linear lighting is placed in a polymeric channel, and the channel is filled with a resin in order to encapsulate the linear lighting. In order to prevent leaks, the channel is dammed at both ends of the linear lighting with stoppers. The channel has interior engaging features, such as grooves or ridges, that engage with complementary features on the sidewalls of the stoppers to form a seal between the channel and the stoppers. The resin within the channel is caused or allowed to cure. The stoppers are moved back from the cured mass to form a gap. An opaque resin may be poured into the channel and spills into the gap to coat the top and end face or faces of the linear lighting. Once all resin layers are cured, the stoppers are removed from the channel.
US10801704B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes a plurality of oblong flexible substrates, each flexible substrate comprising a sheet-shaped base body and a wiring pattern formed on one face of the base body, and each flexible substrate having a plurality of light emitting sections disposed thereon; a plurality of a reflective layers, each reflective layer being disposed at a periphery of a respective light emitting section above a respective flexible substrate; an insulating reflective sheet made of a light reflecting resin, the reflective sheet having a plurality of through holes located such that the light emitting sections and at least a portion of the reflective layers are exposed via the through holes; and a plurality of adhesive members, each adhesive member adhering a respective flexible substrate to the reflective sheet in regions where the reflective layer is not formed.
US10801695B2	Lamp Disclosed is a lamp. The lamp comprises a reflection hood (110), a light source assembly (120) and a reflection member (130). The reflection hood (110) is made of diffuse reflection material, is a curved face formed by the translation of an elliptic arc, and has a light emitting outlet (114), and an inner surface thereof is a reflection face (112). The light source assembly (120) is fixed to an end of the reflection face (112) and the included angle between a tangent line, at the point of intersection of a central light emitted therefrom and the reflection face (112), and the central light is 130° to 170°. The reflection member (130) is fixed to an end of the reflection face (112) and has a reflection wall (132) parallel to the central light. The central light is located between the reflection hood (110) and the reflection member (130). Some light emitted from the light source assembly (120) is reflected to the reflection face (112) by the reflection wall (132) and emitted from the light outlet (114) after being reflected by the reflection face (112); and other light is reflected by the reflection face (112) and emitted from the light emitting outlet (114).
US10801689B2	Method for controlling a motor vehicle headlight The invention relates to a method for controlling a motor vehicle headlight which at least comprises a laser diode (1) and a light conversion element (8) paired with the laser diode (1). Light conversion element (8) regions corresponding to different regions of the light image (11′) can be illuminated periodically and with a varying intensity by means of a light beam (2) of the laser diode (1), and the illumination intensity in the light conversion element (8) regions corresponding to the different regions of the light image (11′) is adjusted simultaneously by both the relative illumination duration of the different regions as well as different luminous intensities of the laser diode (1) in the light conversion element (8) regions corresponding to the different regions of the light image (11′). In regions in which the light beam (2) is moved with an angular speed below a defined value for the angular speed, the laser diode (1) is solely deactivated and activated, and different luminous intensities of the laser diode (1) are set when the angular speed is above a defined value. The motor vehicle headlight according to the invention has a computing unit (4) for carrying out the method according to the invention.
US10801683B2	Display capable of photovoltaic power generation A light emitting device capable of photovoltaic power generation selectively connects a light emitting device to either a power unit or a charge unit according to a control signal. Thereby, when the light emitting device is in a display mode, the light emitting device is connected to the power unit and outputs light, and when the light emitting device is in a charge mode, the light emitting device is connected to the charge unit and provides power outputted from the light emitting device to the charge unit.
US10801675B2	LED lighting apparatus A smart LED lighting apparatus with communication capabilities. The lighting apparatus includes a main body, a bulb body, a head body, a LED module for emitting light, and a communication module for providing wireless communication. The bulb body is connected to a first end of the main body. The head body is connected to a second end of the main body and configured to be connected to an electrical socket for receiving power. The lighting apparatus further includes a composite printed circuit board having a first sub-board and a second sub-board physically coupled to the first sub-board. The communication module is located on the first sub-board and the light LED module is located on the second sub-board.
US10801671B2	Gas supply system and hydrogen station A gas supply system (2) includes a compressor unit (21), an accumulator unit (23), a pre-cooling system (24) and a housing (4). In the gas supply system (2), the compressor unit (21) is vertically arranged and the pre-cooling system (24) is arranged above the accumulator unit (23) in the housing (4). The compressor unit (21) and the accumulator unit (23) are covered by one rectangular parallelepiped housing (4).
US10801670B2	Transport container The invention relates to a transport container (1) for helium (He), comprising an inner container (6) for receiving the liquid (He), an insulation element (26) that is provided on the exterior of the inner container (6), a coolant container (14) for receiving a cryogenic liquid (N2), an outer container (2) in which the inner container (6) and the coolant container (14) are received, and a thermal shield (21) which can be actively cooled with the aid of the cryogenic liquid (N2) and in which the inner container (6) is received, wherein a peripheral gap (31) is provided between the insulation element (26) and the thermal shield (21), and said insulation element (26) comprises a copper layer (27) that faces the thermal shield (21).
US10801669B2	Vessel including insulating corner blocks provided with stress relief slots A sealed and thermally-insulating fluid storage tank includes an angle arrangement placed at the intersection between the first and the second walls. The storage tank also includes a first and a second insulating blocks respectively retained on the first and second walls of the supporting structure and forming a corner of the thermally insulating barrier; and a metal angle structure forming a corner of the sealing membrane which is welded onto the plurality of metal plates of the first and second insulating blocks. Each of the first and second insulating blocks is associated with an adjacent insulating panel via a bridging element. Each of the first and second insulating blocks has at least one first and one second stress-relief slots extending respectively parallel and at right angles to the intersection between the first and the second walls.
US10801665B2	Mounting system and accessory components A mounting system for attaching components, or accessories, to surfaces without compromising, but instead maintaining, the integrity of the mounting surface. The mounting system is easily movable, can withstand or support heavy loads, does not require permanent alteration of the mounting surface by drilling holes or tapping screws and does not require hardware to be affixed to the surface.
US10801651B2	Ultrahigh pressure fitting with recessed sealing surface and related technology A waterjet system in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present technology includes a tube configured to carry ultrahigh pressure liquid, and a fitting connected to an end portion of the tube. The fitting includes a body and a clamping block that secures the tube to the body. The body includes a recess, a passage extending inwardly from the recess, a sealing surface extending around the passage, and a sidewall extending around the sealing surface. The sealing surface meets the sidewall at an annular corner within the recess. The clamping block includes first, second, and third through holes spaced apart from one another. The tube extends through the first through hole and is secured to the clamping block via a threaded connection. First and second clamping bolts extend through the first and second through holes, respectively, and into respective threaded openings in the body.
US10801647B2	Tailor-layered tube with thickness deviations and method of manufacturing the same A tailor-layered tube, includes an inner tube, an outer tube having a greater diameter than the inner tube and disposed outside the inner tube, and at least one intermediate tube disposed between the inner tube and the outer tube and having a length different from the inner tube and the outer tube to be locally disposed between the inner tube and the outer tube. The inner tube, the intermediate tube, and the outer tube are hydroformed in a state of being laminated so that the inner tube, the intermediate tube, and the outer tube are sequentially brought into close contact with each other in a region where the intermediate tube is disposed and the inner tube is brought into direct contact with the outer tube in a region where the intermediate tube does not exist, and accordingly regions having locally different thicknesses are successively arranged.
US10801646B2	Hanger for mounting cables A cable hanger includes: a generally flat base; and first and second opposed arms extending in a first direction from the base; wherein hooks are positioned on free ends of the arms; wherein each of the free ends of the arms has an arcuate cross-section; wherein the arms form a gap configured to receive and grasp a cable; and wherein the cable hanger is a unitary member formed of a polymeric material.
US10801639B2	Electromagnetic gas valve, gas regulating valve and gas cooking appliance Electromagnetic gas valve with a gas inlet, a gas outlet, and a closure member that is displaceable between an opening position and a closing position. A maximum flow is supplied through the gas outlet with the closure member in the open position and a minimum flow being supplied with the closure member in the closed position. The valve includes a main fluid channel with a closure hole through which the maximum flow is supplied to the gas outlet. The closure member includes a secondary fluid channel calibrated for the minimum flow to pass therethrough, such that the closure member in the closed position covers the closure hole and allows the passage of gas through the secondary fluid channel.
US10801637B2	Gas transportation device A gas transportation device includes an inlet plate, a substrate, a resonance plate, an actuating plate, a piezoelectric component and an outlet plate stacked sequentially. The gas transportation device includes a valve disposed within at least one of the inlet of the inlet plate and the outlet of the outlet plate. A first chamber is formed between the resonance plate and the actuating plate, and a second chamber is formed between the actuating plate and the outlet plate. When the piezoelectric component drives the actuating plate, a pressure gradient is formed between the first and second chambers and the valve is opened. Accordingly, gas is inhaled into the convergence chamber via the inlet, transported into the first chamber through a central aperture of the resonance plate, transported into the second chamber through a vacant space of the actuating plate, and then discharged out from the outlet, so as to transport the gas.
US10801636B2	Energy saving system utilizing temperature sensing flow control valve to control chilled water circulation An energy saving system utilizing temperature sensing flow control valve to realizing chilled water loop is provided, which includes an air blower, a temperature sensing flow control valve and a temperature setter. The air blower is disposed in the chilled water loop of a building to chill the air by the chilled water loop and then discharge the chilled air from the air outlet of the air blower. The valve is connected to a chilled water outlet beside the air blower and controls the flow of the chilled water flowing from the air blower to the chilled water loop. The temperature setter is connected to the valve and detects the temperature of the air discharged from the air outlet; the temperature setter opens or closes the temperature sensing flow control valve according to the detected air temperature and adjusts the flow of the chilled water by the valve.
US10801632B2	Two-way valve with rapid decompression flow dynamics Two-way pressure relief valves featuring dual poppets and magnets that allow very rapid flow. Such flow is accomplished by a valve housing enclosing a hollow interior portion containing a stationary member including a magnet and a first pressure-movable poppet disposed in sealing arrangement with the housing and including a second magnet. To provide flow in the other direction, a second moveable poppet disposed coaxially and in sealing arrangement with the first poppet and is coupled to a spring that extends from a first end of the second poppet to a support structure coupled to the second magnet.
US10801628B2	Cartridge assembly module for high pressure fluid system and related method of use A high pressure fluid system including enhanced safety, maintenance and servicing features. The system can include a CAM assembly module, having a valve seat assembly, seal cartridge assembly and inlet manifold, that is easily installed in and removed from a frame and/discharge manifold as a single unit. A discharge manifold can isolate different pressure rated passageways of the system, and multiple rupture discs associated with the same. A discharge manifold end plate can be included to provide ease of repair of discharge outlets and to establish a plumbing system for the rupture discs. A quick coupler can facilitate connection between a plunger of the seal cartridge assembly and a cross head stub connected to a power frame. A lubrication valve assembly can provide and meter lubrication from a high pressure inlet source to a plunger and packing of the seal cartridge assembly.
US10801626B2	Floating ball valve with improved valve seat A ball valve includes a valve body, a ball chamber within the valve body and a valve ball within the ball chamber. The ball valve further includes valve seats in contact with the valve ball. Each valve seat includes a front face, a rear face and an outer face. The front face includes two or more low pressure contact rings and two or more high pressure contact rings that provide enhanced sealing against the valve ball under both high and low pressure conditions. The rear and outer face each include independent seal zones.
US10801620B2	Vehicle brake control apparatus When an ON operation of an electric parking brake apparatus is performed when a vehicle is moving, a vehicle brake control apparatus executes an EPB stop process in order to stop the vehicle by braking force generated by a hydraulic brake apparatus. If a hydraulic brake malfunction wheel, at which the hydraulic brake apparatus cannot generate braking force properly, is detected during a time period from the beginning of the EPB stop process to the stop of said vehicle, the vehicle brake control apparatus makes the hydraulic brake apparatus stop generating braking force at wheels including the hydraulic brake malfunction wheel. Meanwhile, the vehicle brake control apparatus makes the electric parking brake apparatus start generating braking force at a rear wheel. Subsequently, the vehicle brake control apparatus makes the electric parking brake apparatus start generating braking force to the other rear wheel.
US10801618B2	Apparatus for moving shift rail of transmission An apparatus for moving a shift rail of a transmission may include a control shaft provided to be moved in a direction perpendicular to a plurality of shift rails by an actuator, a plurality of rollers protruding from one selected among a corresponding one of the shift rails and the control shaft, the rollers being formed on one of facing sides of the shift rail and the control shaft, and a cam protruding in an S-shaped form from a remaining one selected among the corresponding shift rail and the control shaft, on which no roller is formed, the cam being provided to selectively move the shift rails in an axial direction by moving while coming into contact at opposite sides thereof with the rollers depending on a distance by which the control shaft is moved.
US10801617B2	Propel system with active pump displacement control for balancing propel pump pressures in agricultural vehicles A propel system of an agricultural vehicle has an active pump displacement control system for equalizing or balancing pressure output of hydrostatic pumps of a tandem pump propel arrangement. The active pump displacement control system may include a pressure sensor(s) for determining output pressure of hydrostatic pumps and use the output pressure values within a feedback loop to provide coil input values of coils that control displacement of the hydrostatic pumps so that the pressure outputted by the hydrostatic pumps can be equalized in real-time while on the go during use of the agricultural vehicle.
US10801615B2	Pressure limiting device, in particular for a hydraulic assist system for vehicles The invention relates to a pressure-limiting device designed to be installed in a system comprising a first line (11) and a second line (12) that can comprise pressurised oil, as well as comprising a discharge and/or booster line (10). The limiting device is characterised in that it comprises means (131, 132, 133, 134) forming two valves, each associated with one of the two lines and adapted to open in the event of an overpressure above a pre-determined threshold on the associated line, so as to discharge the corresponding overpressure towards the discharge and/or booster line, said two valves comprising a common support stem (126) that operates in traction under the action of at least one spring defining a pressure corresponding to the pre-determined threshold. The invention also relates to a hydraulic assist system and to a vehicle comprising such a device.
US10801614B2	Lock-up clutch control method for vehicle, and lock-up clutch control device for vehicle A vehicle lock-up clutch control method is performed in which an output of an engine is transmitted to an automatic transmission via a torque converter having a lock-up clutch. The method includes controlling a transmission torque capacity of the lock-up clutch such that a slip rotation speed of the lock-up clutch becomes zero after the lockup clutch is brought into a non-engaged state immediately after starting an accelerator operation, and when the accelerator operation is carried out during a fuel cut of the engine or in a state in which a road load and a driving force of the vehicle are balanced, and after completion of a downshift when the automatic transmission is downshifted while executing a slip control of the lock-up clutch from the non-engaged state to an engaged state during the accelerator operation.
US10801608B2	Harmonic reducer with an oil guiding ring A harmonic reducer with an oil guiding ring, wherein an oil guiding ring is disposed in an accommodating space of a flexible external gear, and the oil guiding ring is sleeved on a coupling member and located between a first housing and a flexible bearing. Therefore, after lubricant oil is injected through the oil filling hole of the first housing, the lubricant oil enters an annular oil storage groove through the oil inlet holes of the oil guiding ring. When the wave generator rotates, the lubricant oil in the annular oil storage groove is guided to the flexible bearing of the wave generator by the annular wall surface to lubricate the flexible bearing. Therefore, on the basis of effective lubrication, the harmonic reducer can avoid the foreign body impurity caused by insufficient lubrication, and at the same time, does not have to change the original design.
US10801606B2	Electric drive unit with gear shaft and rotor shaft An electric drive unit and method of assembling the same is disclosed. The electric drive unit includes a rotor having a rotor shaft, and gear shaft, where the rotor shaft is inserted into the gear shaft. The gear shaft is supported by two bearings, while the rotor shaft supported directly at one end by a bearing and at the other by the gear shaft. A wave spring is also disclosed that provides an axial loading to the rotor shaft. Also disclosed is a balancing ring secured to an end of the rotor via a locknut. The balancing ring can be machined in order to balance the rotor. The rotor shaft can be connected to the gear shaft via a spline connection. The rotor shaft can bear against the gear shaft via a pilot journal and pilot bore defined on the rotor shaft and gear shaft respectively.
US10801605B2	Pressure control device The disclosure provides a pressure control device that improves the workability in assembling a body and a filter unit. The pressure control device includes a body and a filter unit. The body has a flow path that includes a groove and a widened part. The widened part is connected to the groove, extends to a bottom of the groove, and has a width larger than a width of the groove. The filter unit is housed along a depth direction of the widened part to capture foreign matter mixed in a fluid that passes through the flow path. The filter unit includes a cylindrical frame and a flat plate-shaped filter member, wherein the frame includes a through hole part that penetrates in a direction orthogonal to a central axis, and the filter member is disposed to block the through hole part.
US10801603B2	Gear assembly with wear detection A gear assembly includes a first gear and a second gear. The first gear rotates about a first axis, and includes a first plurality of teeth and a first surface extending circumferentially and carried by the first plurality of teeth. The first surface is electrically conductive. The second gear rotates about a second axis and is operably connected to the first gear. The second gear includes an electrically conductive element, a second plurality of teeth, and a second surface extending circumferentially and carried by the second plurality of teeth. The second surface is electrically nonconductive. The electrically conductive element includes a plurality of feelers with each feeler projecting radially outward and into a respective tooth of the second plurality of teeth.
US10801601B2	Method for operating an automatic gearbox of a motor vehicle, and automatic gearbox for a motor vehicle A method for operating an automatic gearbox of a motor vehicle. A shifting status of the automatic gearbox is set by a control device. Further, an acoustic signal in an interior of the motor vehicle is detected by a detection unit coupled to the control device. Finally, a shifting status of the automatic gearbox is switched from a first shifting status to a second shifting status by the control device when the acoustic signal exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
US10801600B2	Roll-and-press friction-driving harmonic drive gear reducer A roll-and-press friction-driving harmonic drive gear reducer includes: a wave generator having an elliptical external contour; a flexible spline having an output end and an open annular wall connected to the output end, the open annular wall having an external circumferential surface that includes an external roll-and-press area in an annular form, the external roll-and-press area including an annular section of external teeth adjacent to an end edge and a circumferential external curved surface adjacent to the annular external teeth; and a circular spline, which has an end that is recessed to form an accommodation hole that is inwardly extended, the accommodation hole having an internal circumferential surface that includes an internal roll-and-press area, the internal roll-and-press area including an annular section of internal teeth adjacent to an end edge and a circumferential internal curved surface adjacent to the set of internal teeth.
US10801594B2	Screw actuator, aircraft comprising a screw actuator, and method of lifting a load A screw actuator, includes: a screw comprising a first helical contact surface and a first helical raceway surface; a nut comprising a second helical contact surface and a second helical raceway surface; and a plurality of ball bearings in a helical raceway formed by the first helical raceway surface and the second helical raceway surface. When the screw is loaded relative to the nut in a first axial direction, the first helical contact surface is compressed against the second helical contact surface. When the screw is loaded relative to the nut in a second axial direction, the plurality of ball bearings are compressed between the first helical raceway surface and the second helical raceway surface.
US10801593B2	Strut extender mechanism An adjustable strut that includes an outer housing configured to receive an extendable member, and an extending mechanism with a gear system configured to convert rotation motion of an input mechanism into linear translation of the extendable member.
US10801579B2	Centrifugal pendulum device and torsional vibration damper comprising such a centrifugal pendulum device The present invention relates to a centrifugal pendulum device (2) comprising a rotatable pendulum mass carrier (18) and at least one pendulum mass (28), which is arranged thereon to be moveable between two end positions relative to the pendulum mass carrier (18) due to at least one guide element (44) which extends in guide means (46, 48, 50) in the pendulum mass carrier (18) and the pendulum mass (28), wherein a damping element (52) is arranged on the pendulum mass (28) via which the pendulum mass (28) is supported or supportable on the pendulum mass carrier (18) before reaching at least one of the end positions, preferably both end positions. In addition, the present invention relates to a torsional vibration damper comprising such a centrifugal pendulum device (2).
US10801571B2	Friction material The present invention provides a friction material used for a disc brake pad, which is able to secure the braking effectiveness and the wear resistance under the high speed and high load braking conditions while satisfying laws and regulations relating to the required amount of the content of the copper component. A friction material used for a disc brake pad, which is manufactured by forming a non-asbestos organic friction material composition, in which the friction material composition contains 1-15 weight % of ferrous sulfide (FeS) particles relative to the total amount of the friction material composition as a lubricant, and the total amount of the copper component involved in the friction material composition is less than 5 weight % relative to the total amount of the friction material composition. Furthermore, it is preferable to contain 0.3-5 weight % of flaky graphite particles with 1-100 μm of average particle diameter or the aggregates thereof relative to the total amount of the friction material composition.
US10801570B2	Sensor device and disc brake having a sensor device A sensor device for detecting brake pad and brake disc wear of a disc brake, in particular for a motor vehicle, includes a sensor device and a transmission unit. The sensor device has at least one transducer and at least one sensor transmission having at least one transmission input and is connected to a transducer. The transmission unit is connected to the transmission input and is designed to be connected to a threaded spindle of the disc brake to be associated therewith in order to transmit a wear-related rotary movement. The transmission unit has a drive sleeve for co-rotational connection to the threaded spindle, an output sleeve which is connected to the drive sleeve, at least one spring element and a driver for co-rotational connection to the transmission input, which is connected to the output sleeve for co-rotation therewith. A disc brake includes such a sensor device.
US10801565B2	Disc brake for a utility vehicle, and brake pad set A disc brake for a utility vehicle is provided, having a sliding brake caliper which is fastened to a brake carrier and has a central opening above a brake disc. Two brake pads are acted on by at least one restoring device with resilient spreading elements which engage the brake pads and acts equally against the respective tightening direction. The spreading device is arranged in the central opening such that the spreading elements engage directly or indirectly outside the friction linings in the center region of the pad backing plates or at at least two contact regions of the brake pads arranged at a distance from each other with respect to the center. The contact regions each have a contact surface and a bearing surface, on which the spreading elements are movably arranged. The invention further relates to a corresponding brake pad set.
US10801563B2	Braking and/or clamping device having an actuation assembly and a shaft-coupling assembly II The invention relates to a braking and/or clamping device for a shaft guided in relation to a main body, comprising an actuation assembly and a shaft-coupling assembly. In this case, the actuation assembly comprises a split housing which has two bending plates which are elastically deformable in some regions. The bending plates each have tong jaws with friction surfaces, the respective surface normal of which are directed inwards. A sealed pressure chamber, which can be filled with a pressure medium, lies between the bending plates. Parts of a shaft-coupling assembly project between the clamping zones, said parts establishing the linking for the braked or clamped shaft. When the pressure in the pressure chamber is relieved, the frictional surfaces of the actuation assembly can be applied to the frictional surfaces of the shaft-coupling assembly, thereby producing the braking and/or clamping force. According to the present invention, a braking and/or clamping device is developed, which has a reduced structural width even with a large diameter, consists of few components and also functions in a simple, secure and maintenance-free manner.
US10801562B2	Clutch control method A clutch control method may include generating a current-hydraulic pressure model by obtaining an increasing slope of a measured hydraulic pressure which is applied to a clutch in accordance with an increase of a primary ramp current while applying the primary ramp current to a solenoid valve that controls hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the clutch; obtaining a difference between a virtual hydraulic pressure according to the current-hydraulic pressure model and a measured hydraulic pressure applied to the clutch for a secondary ramp current while applying the secondary ramp current to the solenoid valve after removing the primary ramp current; performing updating by learning a secondary ramp current, at which the difference between the virtual hydraulic pressure and the measured hydraulic pressure is maximum, as a Volumetric Kiss Point (VKP); and controlling the clutch on the basis of the learned VKP.
US10801551B2	Power transmission device A power transmission device includes a quill shaft having a first end and a second end, a first shaft engaged with the first end of the quill shaft, and a second shaft engaged with the second end of the quill shaft. An ejector orifice is provided at the second end of the quill shaft distal from the first shaft such that the ejector orifice forms an oblique angle with respect to the quill shaft, and the ejector orifice is adapted to eject a fluid therethrough.
US10801547B2	Rolling bearing and motor having the same A rolling bearing includes an inner rim fixed to a rotating shaft, an outer rim spaced apart from the inner rim, a rolling member disposed between the inner rim and the outer rim, and an elastic mesh defining a plurality of through-holes and surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the outer rim.
US10801540B2	Locking mechanisms with deflectable lock member A fastener assembly includes a lock nut configured to threadably engage a threaded body portion, and a first lock member including a plurality of radially extending ratchet teeth. The fastener assembly also includes a second lock member including a base portion and at least one tab extending axially from the base portion. The base portion defines an aperture sized to receive the threaded body portion. The at least one tab has a proximal end joined to the base portion and a free end opposite the proximal end. The second lock member is positionable between a locked configuration in which the free end of the at least one tab is configured to engage the plurality of radially extending ratchet teeth and an unlocked configuration in which the free end of the at least one tab is spaced from the plurality of radially extending ratchet teeth. The base portion and the at least one tab are a single piece.
US10801538B2	Clip for retaining two planar elements A clip for retaining two planar elements assembled together on the main face thereof includes at least two side walls, each equipped with a groove opening and configured to enable the clip to be inserted on the two assembled planar elements and retain them against one another. At least one of the side walls is equipped with a slot opening into the groove and defining a flexible arm secured to the rest of the wall by a bending area. The free end of the flexible arm supports a stop partially blocking at least the groove.
US10801535B2	Self-piercing fastener A self-piercing fastener having a planar base plate with a top, a bottom, and a peripheral edge. A plurality of prongs are fixed to the peripheral edge and extend downward past the bottom of the baseplate. Each of the prongs has a central axis and an arrowhead-shaped barb fixed to a distal end. Each barb has opposed front edges extending from the tip, and opposed back edges oriented at a reverse acute angle relative to the central axis of the prong. Each barb is adapted to fixedly embed in the interior of a panel to which the fastener is affixed.
US10801534B2	Medium independent pressure tolerant release device, system and method A release device for releasing another device in an environment includes a housing containing a material matrix. A member is restrained by the material matrix and extends outside the housing. The matrix is a solid in conditions of the environment to hold the member stationary in opposition to predetermined force. The matrix softens at a predetermined softening temperature to permit relative movement between the member and the material matrix. A heating element is disposed to heat the material matrix to the predetermined softening temperature. A method for releasing a device includes attaching the device to a member extending out of the release device. The device remains attached against the predetermined force. The matrix is heated to the softening temperature in response to a communication to permit movement of the member to fully or partially release the device.
US10801530B2	Telescopic actuator with automatic locking The invention relates to a telescopic actuator comprising a cylinder (1) having a closed end (2) and an open end (3) for passing a hollow rod (4) mounted to slide axially in the cylinder. The actuator includes a central support (10) that extends from the closed end of the cylinder inside the rod and that carries obstacles (15) that are movable radially between a setback position leaving the rod free to slide and a projecting position in which the obstacles are engaged in a groove (9) in the rod in order to lock the rod axially relative to the cylinder, the flanks of the obstacles and of the groove being shaped so as to prevent any setting back of the obstacles by movement of the rod, the obstacles being arranged at the ends of spring blades (14) extending longitudinally and arranged to urge the obstacles from the setback position towards the projecting position, the central support carrying controlled means (20) for flexing the blades in order to cause the obstacles to be set back towards the setback position.
US10801528B2	Adjustable stops actuator piston An actuator includes an actuator piston movable along an axis, a first stop member rotatable about the axis and configured to limit the movement of the actuator piston in a first direction along the axis, a second stop member movable along the axis and configured to limit the movement of the actuator piston in a second direction along the axis, wherein the first direction is opposite to the second direction. A first screw connection is present between the first stop member and the second stop member such that rotation of the first stop member about the axis causes movement of the second stop member along the axis to vary the amount by which the actuator piston can move along the axis in use.
US10801526B2	Sealing device A sealing device includes: an annular seal that is disposed on an outer periphery of a rod of a hydraulic cylinder further on a side of an extending direction than a cylinder head of the hydraulic cylinder and that has a pair of opposing first facing surfaces; a holding member disposed on an outer periphery of the seal; and a fixing member disposed on an outer periphery of the holding member, the fixing member having a tapered inner surface that contacts an outer surface of the holding member and that has an inner diameter increasing toward a retracting direction.
US10801524B2	Hydraulic work machine A hydraulic work machine is provided which can improve the finishing accuracy in a horizontally leveling work, a slope face shaping work and so forth by preventing sudden acceleration of an arm when the excavation load decreases suddenly. The hydraulic work machine includes an arm velocity-control valve device 22 capable of adjusting a meter-out opening of the arm cylinder independently of a first arm directional control valve 23. A controller 100 is configured to control, when correcting and increasing an operation amount instructed by the first arm directional control valve, the arm velocity-control valve device to decrease the meter-out opening of the arm cylinder in response to the increase of load pressure of the arm cylinder.
US10801523B2	Hydraulic circuit for travel motor Disclosed embodiments include travel motor hydraulic circuits for controlling the provision of hydraulic fluid to a travel motor. The travel motor hydraulic circuits include a counterbalance valve configured to block the flow of hydraulic fluid when in a neutral position to prevent unintended movement of a power machine, and an anti-cavitation valve configured to direct flow of hydraulic fluid back to the travel motor to prevent cavitation.
US10801520B2	Centrifugal turbo machinery A centrifuge turbo machinery includes an impeller which rotates about an axis to pressure-feed fluid flowing along the axis to an outer side in a radial direction, and a casing which accommodates the impeller and has a facing surface facing the impeller in an axial direction. A convex portion relatively close to the impeller and extending in the radial direction and a concave portion relatively spaced apart from the impeller and extending in the radial direction are alternately and continuously formed on the facing surface in a circumferential direction.
US10801519B2	Blade disk arrangement for blade frequency tuning A gas turbine engine and a method of tuning a rotor in the gas turbine engine wherein the rotor includes an array of blades extending from a rotor hub each having an airfoil mounted to a blade platform. The method includes adding or removing material from bladed rotor projections to alter the mass of the rotor and change the frequency of the respective airfoil.
US10801518B2	Blower apparatus A blower apparatus includes a propeller fan configured to rotate about a rotational axis, and a bell mouth annularly disposed to surround the propeller fan as seen in a direction of the rotational axis of the propeller fan. The bell mouth includes a flare portion located downstream of the propeller fan The flare portion has at least one first part and at least one second part. The first part has a first inner circumferential surface region. The second part as a second inner circumferential surface region. A first length of the first part inner circumferential surface region in the direction of the rotational axis is greater than a second length of the second part inner circumferential surface region in the direction of the rotational axis.
US10801513B2	Compressor having a sealing channel A compressor having a housing and a rotor, the rotor having an impeller at least on one side; a compressor chamber being formed between the impeller and the housing, the rotor being rotationally mounted, an annular sealing channel being formed between the rotor and the housing, the sealing channel being routed from the compressor chamber to a zone having a lower pressure; a throttling section being provided in the sealing channel; the sealing section being configured in closer proximity to the low-pressure zone than to the compression chamber.
US10801511B2	Rotor for a fluid pump and method and mold for the production thereof The invention relates to a rotor for a compressible fluid pump, in particular a blood pump that can be introduced through a blood vessel into a patient's body, wherein said rotor comprises one or more conveying elements (15), is compressible and expandable between a first compressed state and a second radially expanded state, is made at least partially from a plastic reinforced with reinforcing elements, in particular fibers (10, 11, 13, 18, 19, 55, 56, 62, 63) and is provided for rotation about an axis of rotation (14). According to the invention, the rotor is tensioned in the first, compressed state and free from external stresses in the second, expanded state. A third state exists, which the rotor (42) occupies in the operating state under load. The reinforcing elements, in particular fibers, extend in the rotor in the third state at least in sections in a stretched manner.
US10801507B2	Vacuum pump, spiral plate provided in vacuum pump, rotating cylinder and method for manufacturing spiral plate In a vacuum pump, a spiral plate on a downstream side of a slit is not disposed on an extended line of a spiral plate on an upstream side of the slit but is disposed after in a direction in which a gap formed by the slit is reduced. The distance by which the downstream spiral plate is moved corresponds to the distance in which the gap disappears and the upstream spiral plate and the downstream spiral plate overlap. When scraping the spiral plates, the radius of a machining end mill is set smaller than the width of the slit of the spiral plate, and the radius of the machining end mill is set smaller than the phase difference between the upstream spiral plate and the downstream spiral plate. In addition, end portions of the spiral plates between which the slit is formed are subjected to chamfering.
US10801505B2	Rotary machine A centrifugal compressor according to the present invention includes, as gas flow paths, diffuser flow paths into which process gas flowing from impellers to outside in a radial direction flows, curved flow paths that respectively communicate with the diffuser flow paths and change a flowing direction of the process gas from a direction toward the outside in the radial direction to a direction toward inside in the radial direction, and return flow paths that respectively communicate with the curved flow paths and cause the process gas flowing through the curved flow paths to flow into the impellers. In the present invention, the curved flow path configuring at least one of the gas flow paths is provided between a diaphragm and a flow path forming body that is provided between the diaphragm and the casing.
US10801497B2	Electric compressor controller and refrigeration cycle device A controller that controls an electric compressor, which is mounted to a vehicle and configures a two-stage compression refrigeration cycle device, has a deceleration section, an operation stop section, and a restart section. The deceleration section reduces a rotational speed of an electric motor by controlling an AC current which is output to the electric motor, when a two-stage compression mode, in which an intermediate-pressure refrigerant flows into the electric compressor from an intermediate-pressure port, is performed and an operation stop request to stop the electric compressor is made. The operation stop section stops the electric motor after the deceleration section reduces the rotational speed of the electric motor. The restart section restarts the electric compressor when the operation stop request is canceled after the operation stop section stops the electric compressor.
US10801494B2	Hydraulic control apparatus and hydraulic control method A hydraulic control apparatus is provided including: an electromagnetic valve that has an input port communicating with a supply destination unit of oil and a control port that is switched between communication and disconnection by resultant force of a hydraulic pressure of the supply destination unit and electromagnetic force; a variable displacement pump which has a suction port communicating with a supply source of the oil, an ejection port communicating with the supply destination unit, and a control chamber communicating with the control port and rotates in accordance with drive of the supply destination unit, in which an amount of the oil ejected to the supply destination unit through the ejection port changes in accordance with a pressure in the control chamber; and a control unit that controls a value of a necessary current that is caused to flow through the electromagnetic valve.
US10801493B2	Positive displacement reciprocating pump assembly for dispensing predeterminedly precise amounts of fluid during both the up and down strokes of the pump piston The present invention comprises a new and improved positive displacement reciprocating pump wherein the pump comprises a pump rod assembly which comprises three different regions having three different external diameter dimensions or three different external diametrical extents wherein the first uppermost region is provided with an external diameter or diametrical extent of 0.500 inches which has a surface area of 0.1964 in2, the second intermediate one of the three regions is provided with an external diameter or diametrical extent of 0.525 inches which has a surface area of 0.2166 in2, and the third lowermost one of the three regions is provided with an external diameter or diametrical extent of 0.474 inches which has a surface area of 0.1762 in2. The differences between the external diameters or external diametrical extents of the three regions enable the positive displacement reciprocating pump to pump or dispense the same particular precise amount of fluid out from the pump during both the UP and DOWN strokes of the pump piston rod assembly. The piston rod assembly may comprise three piston rod sections or, alternatively, two piston rod sections and an intermediate rod seal or packing region movable along with the pump piston rod assembly.
US10801492B2	Swash plate angle sensor The invention is directed to a swashplate angle sensor (10) for a variable displacement hydraulic unit (1). The hydraulic unit (1) comprising a housing (2), within which a swashplate (3) with a rod shaped feedback-link (12) fixedly attached to the swashplate (3) is arranged pivotable around a swashplate axis (7). The angle sensor (10) comprising a magnet (16) mounted rotatable on a magnet carrier (13), and a sensor (15) for sensing the orientation of the magnet (16). The magnet carrier (13) is located in a control block (14) attached to the housing (2) and is located parallel to the feedback-link (12). The magnet carrier (13) is rotatable around a sensor axis (18) being parallel to the swashplate axis (7). A linkage spring (11) provides a connection between the feedback-link (12) and the magnet carrier (13) such that a pivoting of the swashplate (3) with the feedback-link (12) causes a rotation of the magnet carrier (13).
US10801489B2	Gas transportation device A gas transportation device includes a gas outlet cover, at least one flow-guiding pedestal, a primary gas pump, a secondary gas pump and an adhesive film. The gas outlet cover includes a gas outlet nozzle and a gas outlet cavity. Each flow-guiding pedestal includes a main plate, a protruding frame and a chamber frame. The main plate includes a recess and a communicating aperture. The primary gas pump is disposed in the protruding frame, and the secondary gas pump is disposed in the chamber frame. The adhesive film has a hollow structure, is disposed between the primary gas pump and the flow-guiding pedestal and defines a convergence chamber. Consequently, the gas is introduced into the recess, transported to the primary gas pump through the communicating apertures and the convergence chamber, transported to the gas outlet cavity via the primary gas pump, and finally discharged out from the gas outlet nozzle.
US10801480B2	Control valve for variable displacement compressor A control valve includes: a body having a main passage through which a discharge chamber and a control chamber communicate, and a sub-passage through which the control chamber and a suction chamber communicate; a main valve seat provided in the main passage; a main valve element configured to touch and leave the main valve seat to close and open a main valve; a sub-valve seat provided in the sub-passage; a sub-valve element configured to touch and leave the sub-valve seat to close and open a sub-valve; a solenoid configured to generate a drive force in a valve closing direction of the main valve; an actuating rod for transmitting the drive force of the solenoid to the main valve element and the sub-valve element; a spring for applying a biasing force to the main valve in a valve opening direction; a spring for applying a biasing force to the sub-valve in a valve closing direction; and a differential pressure valve opening mechanism configured to open the sub-valve when a pressure difference between a control pressure in the control chamber and a suction pressure in the suction chamber becomes a preset pressure difference or larger.
US10801479B2	Device for controlling a piston pump unit for liquid chromatography A control device of a piston pump unit comprising at least two piston-cylinder units that operate in a phase-shifted manner for the purpose of liquid chromatography and to a piston pump unit is described. The control device corrects fluctuations of the system pressure while switching from one piston cylinder unit to the respective other piston cylinder unit. The fluctuations can occur as a result of the cooling of the liquid medium that is heated in an adiabatic manner during a pre-compression phase in the working piston. The control unit controls the piston speed of at least one piston-cylinder unit during the transition phase depending on at least one characteristic, which is ascertained from chronologically previously detected pressure values, such that variations of the system pressure as a result of the cooling of the adiabatically heated medium are at least partially compensated for.
US10801478B2	Osmotic power generator An osmotic power generator comprising an active membrane supported in a housing, at least a first chamber portion disposed on a first side of the active membrane for receiving a first electrolyte liquid and a second chamber portion disposed on a second side of the active membrane for receiving a second electrolyte liquid, a generator circuit comprising at least a first electrode electrically coupled to said first chamber, and at least a second electrode electrically coupled to said second chamber, the first and second electrodes configured to be connected together through a generator load receiving electrical power generated by a difference in potential and an ionic current between the first and second electrodes. The active membrane includes at least one pore allowing ions to pass between the first and second sides of the membrane under osmosis due to an osmotic gradient between the first and second electrolyte liquids to generate said difference in potential and ionic current between the first and second electrodes.
US10801476B2	Advanced gravity-moment-hydro power system A power generating system based solely on gravity includes a housing with water in a main chamber. A convertible piston interacts with the water to move to displace the water in a cycle. The displaced water is directed into and through power generating units, with the outputted water from one power generating unit continued towards and through a subsequent power generating unit as the water moves back towards the main chamber of the housing. The water is then able to interact again with the convertible piston to again be displaced through the power generation cycle. At least two separate power generating systems are integrated for uninterrupted power supply for 24 hrs per day, 7 day per week and 365 days per year. This cycle continues (not in the concept of perpetual motion), as needed, to create energy that can be used on-demand or otherwise stored for future use.
US10801474B1	Supplementing wind power for driving wind turbines An embodiment includes sensor data representative of an amount of gas in a storage tank and a speed of wind driving a wind turbine. The embodiment also includes identifying a favorable capacity condition of the storage tank by comparing the amount of gas in the storage tank to the tank's capacity. The embodiment further includes identifying a favorable wind condition by comparing the wind speed to a cut-in speed of the wind turbine. In addition, the embodiment includes receiving wind direction data indicating a direction of the wind driving the wind turbine and identifying a valve position update for a valve that controls gas flow from the tank towards the wind turbine. Finally, the embodiment includes instructing the valve according to the valve position update.
US10801456B2	Control valve arrangement of a fuel injector A control valve arrangement includes a valve body with a filling chamber with a filling hole. A filling valve is arranged in the filling chamber for opening or closing a first fluid communication controlling filling of a first control chamber, the filling valve having a filling valve member with a moving valve seat, the filling valve member being normally biased open by a first spring. A control valve opens and closes a second fluid communication for controlling the emptying of the first control chamber, the control valve being normally biased closed by a second spring. A plug is arranged in the valve body for closing the filling chamber, the plug being provided with an opening which cooperates with the moving valve seat, the opening defining the first fluid communication between the filling chamber and the first control chamber.
US10801451B2	Fuel supply apparatus A housing has an inner passage to communicate with both a fuel passage, which is to conduct fuel from a fuel pump, and a return passage, which is to return fuel a fuel tank. A valve body is movable in the housing to change a minimum flow passage cross-sectional area of the inner passage. A spring is connected to the valve body and changes its biasing load in correspondence with a fuel temperature to move the valve body. The spring moves the valve body such that the minimum flow passage cross-sectional area, when the fuel temperature is equal to or higher than a predetermined vapor generation temperature, is larger than the minimum flow passage cross-sectional area when the fuel temperature is lower than the vapor generation temperature.
US10801449B2	Airflow control valve structure and intake device An airflow control valve structure includes a metallic pivot shaft-and a valve body. The valve body includes a connection portion connected to the pivot shaft and a resin valve portion. The pivot shaft includes first and second pivot shaft side press-fit portions. The connection portion includes a first valve side press-fit portion formed integrally with the valve portion and a metallic fitting member including a second valve side press-fit portion. The first valve side press-fit portion is fitted to the first pivot shaft side press-fit portion at an angular position at which a phase of the valve portion is matched with a phase of the pivot shaft. The second valve side press-fit portion is fitted to the second pivot shaft side press-fit portion. The first pivot shaft side press-fit portion is longer than the second valve side press-fit portion.
US10801447B2	Low-temperature fuel reforming unit based on combined external reformer of an engine The present invention discloses a novel low-temperature fuel reforming unit based on combined external reformer of an engine, comprising an engine cylinder and an external low-temperature fuel reformer; the external low-temperature fuel reformer is winded with a heater strip and is provided with a first temperature controlled meter, the inlet of the external low-temperature fuel reformer is connected with a air inlet pipe and a fuel sample injection pipe, and a flow meter is arranged on the air inlet pipe; the fuel sample injection pipe is connected with a fuel injection pump and a fuel vaporization tank which is provided with a second temperature controlled meter; the outlet of the external low-temperature fuel reformer is connected with the engine inlet pipe via a reforming gas pipe; and the reformed low-temperature products enter into the engine inlet pipe via the reforming gas pipe for combining with the fresh air again to form a uniform hybrid gas, and the hybrid gas is introduced into the engine cylinder and performing combined combustion with the fuel in the cylinder to achieve activity and concentration stratification of hybrid gas. Since the above process does not need adding catalyst, the engine of the present invention can be operated more efficient and energy-saving.
US10801446B2	Method for monitoring leakage of exhaust gas recirculation system for engine A method for monitoring leakage of an exhaust gas recirculation system for an engine of a vehicle includes: determining, by a controller, whether the engine is in an idle state in which the exhaust gas recirculation system is not operated; determining, by the controller, whether small flow leakage of the exhaust gas recirculation system occurs based on a predicted pressure of gas sucked into an intake manifold connected to the engine and a measured pressure of gas sucked into the intake manifold when the engine is in the idle state; and determining, by the controller, that leakage of the exhaust gas recirculation system occurs when the measured pressure is greater than the predicted pressure.
US10801443B2	Fan drive gear system electrical conditioning circuit for hybrid electric gas turbine engine A hybrid gas turbine engine comprises a turbine, a compressor, and a gear system that is driven by the turbine where the gear system includes a sun gear, a ring gear and a plurality of planet gears, where the ring gear has a ring gear radius of RRing gear and the sun gear has a sun gear radius of RSun gear such that the gear system provides a reduction ratio of RRing gear/RSun gear. A fan is driven by the ring gear, and a generator is driven by the ring gear and provides a generator output signal. A power circuit receives the generator output signal and provides a gain RRing gear/RSun gear to the generator output signal and provides a gain signal indicative thereof to an electrical load.
US10801441B2	Flow mixer stiffener ring segmented springs A gas turbine engine comprises a main gas path having an inner flow boundary wall and an outer flow boundary wall. A turbine exhaust case inner body defines a portion of the inner flow boundary wall of the main gas path. A lobed exhaust mixer defines a portion of the outer flow boundary wall of the main gas path. A stiffener ring is interconnected to at least a number lobes of the lobed exhaust mixer by a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart struts extending through the main gas path. The stiffener ring is attached to the turbine exhaust case inner body by flexible features, such as circumferentially spaced-apart spring blades.
US10801439B2	Piston for a cylinder for an internal combustion engine A piston for a cylinder for an internal combustion engine has a piston bowl surface adapted for facing a combustion chamber of the cylinder, the piston bowl surface being provided with a thermal barrier coating layer, wherein the thermal barrier coating layer is provided on a plurality of circumferentially spaced surface parts of the piston bowl surface. A method for producing a piston for a cylinder for an internal combustion engine includes the steps of providing a piston for a cylinder for an internal combustion engine, the piston having a piston bowl surface adapted for facing a combustion chamber of the cylinder, and providing the piston bowl surface with a thermal barrier coating layer, wherein the step of providing the thermal barrier coating layer is made on a plurality of circumferentially spaced surface parts of the piston bowl surface.
US10801435B2	Engine air-fuel ratio control device An engine air-fuel ratio control device is configured to be used in a vehicle including a power transmission device configured to transmit power between an output shaft of an engine and an input shaft of a transmission and to execute a lean-burn control that puts an air-fuel ratio of the engine into a lean state. An engine controller executes a fuel injection feedback control such that the air-fuel ratio becomes a lean target value after the power transmission device is released during a deceleration of the vehicle. An engine stall predictor predicts a stall of the engine on a basis of a deceleration indicator that is correlated with a deceleration degree of the vehicle in a state in which the power transmission device is released. A lean-burn control canceler cancels the lean-burn control in a case in which the engine is predicted to stall.
US10801431B2	Method and system for cylinder imbalance estimation Methods and systems are provided for learning a cylinder-to-cylinder air variation. During conditions when a PFDI engine is operated in a port-injection only mode, prior to port fuel injection, a direct-injection fuel rail pressure may be lowered via direct-injection. Then, prior to a spark event in a port-injected cylinder, the direct-injector may be transiently opened to use the rail pressure sensor for estimating a cylinder compression pressure, and inferring cylinder air charge therefrom.
US10801426B2	Method for starting a gaseous fuel combustion engine A method for starting a gaseous fuel internal combustion engine is disclosed. According to the disclosed method, the engine is rotated using a start device until a first speed threshold is reached. After reaching the first speed threshold, pilot fuel is supplied to a plurality of cylinders of the engine to combust the same. After performing an ignition health check, gaseous fuel is supplied to all or a relatively large number of cylinders to start accelerating the engine up to a second speed threshold.
US10801419B2	Internal combustion engine and a method comprising control of the engine to provide a braking torque An internal combustion engine is provided including a cylinder including a piston connected to a rotatable crankshaft, an exhaust guide being arranged to guide a gas flow from the cylinder, an adjustable flow restriction element arranged to restrict the flow through the exhaust guide, an exhaust valve arranged to control a communication between the cylinder and the exhaust guide, and an exhaust valve actuation assembly for actuating the exhaust valve so as to perform in each of a plurality of cycles of the cylinder an exhaust valve actuation sequence, wherein the exhaust valve actuation assembly is adapted to control the commencement of the exhaust valve actuation sequence to occur selectively at any crankshaft angle within a non-zero crankshaft angle interval.
US10801416B2	Method and system for setting fuel flow for engine start as a function of aircraft speed Herein provided are methods and systems for setting a fuel flow schedule for starting a gas turbine engine of an aircraft. Aircraft speed and engine rotational speed are obtained. A compressor inlet recovered pressure is estimated by combining a first component influenced by the aircraft speed and a second component influenced by the engine rotational speed, and a fuel flow schedule is selected for engine start in accordance with the estimated compressor inlet recovered pressure.
US10801414B2	Gas turbine engine including a rectifierless electronic control unit and method for supplying power to same A gas turbine engine comprises an electronic control unit adapted to control functions of the gas turbine engine and having a DC power input unit coupled to receive DC supply power and an ignition igniter coupled thereto. The ignition exciter includes an AC power input unit adapted to receive AC power from an AC power source within the gas turbine engine, a power rectification unit coupled to receive the AC power from the AC power source and configured, upon receipt thereof, to rectify the AC power into DC power, and a DC power output unit coupled to receive the DC power from the power rectification unit and configured to supply the DC power to the DC power input unit of the electronic control unit as DC supply power and/or the ignition igniter.
US10801413B2	Electromagnetic anti-windmilling system A gas turbine engine including a compressor has a first compressor section and a second compressor section, a combustor fluidly connected to the compressor, and a turbine fluidly connected to the combustor. The turbine includes a first turbine section and a second turbine section. A first shaft connects the first compressor section and the first turbine section. A second shaft connects the second compressor section and the second turbine section. A fan is connected to the first shaft via a geared architecture. The first shaft includes at least one magnetic section. An electromagnet is disposed radially outward of the first shaft at an axial location of the at least one magnetic section, relative to an axis defined by the gas turbine engine.
US10801412B2	Pressure zone spraybars A pressure zoned spraybar for an augmentor section of a gas turbine engine may comprise a fuel conduit and a pressure valve in fluid communication with the fuel conduit. A fuel nozzle may be downstream of the pressure valve. The pressure valve may be configured to regulate a flow of fluid to the fuel nozzle.

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