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US10835698B2	Apparatus for respirating of patients An apparatus for respirating a patient has a gas circulation device for circulating a gas in one direction in a line system, a pressure varying device suitable for varying a pressure of the gas in the line system in accordance with the desired respirating the pattern, a measurement sensor cooperative with the gas in the line system so as to measure a flow rate and composition of the gas, an absorber device suitable for withdrawing carbon dioxide as exhaled by the patient, a bypass line having a closing device suitable for completely or partially leading the respiratory gas outside of the line system, and a circulation blower cooperative with the line system so as to provide a continuous flow of gas in one direction through the line system.
US10835697B2	Interface comprising a rolling nasal bridge portion An interface for positive pressure therapy includes a mask assembly, a headgear assembly and a connection port assembly. The mask assembly comprises a seal member that has an upper portion movably connected to an integrated lower portion, wherein the upper portion rolls during hinging movement of the upper portion relative to the lower portion. The headgear assembly allows connection to the mask assembly in a direction substantially normal to a direction of strap tension. The connection port assembly includes a swivel elbow with a valve member that controls flow through a port that opens toward the user.
US10835695B2	Nasal applicator A nasal applicator for nasally applying medicinal active ingredients, comprising a dispensing pin which is introduced into a nostril, a active ingredient store arranged in an applicator housing, and a dispensing metering device. A transmitting device is designed to be engageable and disengageable between an actuation button and the dispensing metering device such that when the transmitting device is disengaged, the actuation button is moved in the open passage without a transmission to the dispensing metering device. A movement sensor is provided for detecting movements of the operating button, and a coupling switch is provided for engaging the transmitting device depending on a signal of the movement sensor. To generate a consistent spray pattern, the dispensing metering device comprises a pretensioning mechanism which is tensioned or released to actuate a metering conveyor with a defined pretensioning force, wherein the engaged transmitting device can tension or release the pretensioning mechanism.
US10835694B2	Dry powder inhaler A dry powder medicament inhaler for metering an inhalation of dry powdered medicament may include at least one inlet and at least one outlet, wherein a communication between said inlet and outlet at least includes a mixing and deaggregation chamber and at least two dosage communications between the inlet and the chamber. The inhaler may also include a dosage mechanism for arranging at least one dose of a medicament between the inlet and the chamber, such that said at least one dose may be delivered upon inhalation at said outlet through said communications. The inhaler may further include a locking mechanism, wherein on moving the dosage mechanism from a dose collecting position to a dose administering position the locking mechanism may be moved from an unlocked to a locked position preventing the metering of any further doses prior to resetting of the locking mechanism. Instead of a locking mechanism, the inhaler may include a dosage indicator or a counterweight mechanism. The inhaler may also include combinations of a locking mechanism, a dosage indicator, and a counterweight mechanism.
US10835690B2	Puncture depth controlling and needle hiding device and usage method thereof Disclosed is a puncture depth controlling and needle hiding device and a usage method thereof. The puncture depth controlling and needle hiding device comprises a housing and an inner sleeve. The inner sleeve is positioned in the housing and is rotatable. Correspondingly matched limiting structures are provided on an inner wall of the housing and an outer wall of the inner sleeve. A spring is provided between the housing and the inner sleeve to push the proximal ends of the housing and the inner sleeve to be separated and keep the inner sleeve at an initial axial position with respect to the housing. By means of the invention, the medicinal liquid injection operation is simplified, and the need insertion depth is accurate. A needle hiding structure reduces the risk of accidental stab.
US10835689B2	Methods for inhibiting heterotopic ossification Methods of protecting muscle tissue from heterotopic ossification employ targeted deliveries of a neuromuscular inhibitor. A method of protecting muscle tissue from heterotopic ossification includes identifying a volume of muscle tissue that is susceptible to heterotopic ossification. A first aliquot of a therapeutic dose of a neuromuscular inhibitor is delivered at a first delivery site within the volume of muscle tissue. A second aliquot of the therapeutic dose is delivered at a second delivery site within the volume of muscle tissue. The first and second delivery sites are separated by a distance to distribute the therapeutic dose within the targeted volume of muscle tissue.
US10835688B2	Enhanced needle A port-a-cath needle adapted for determining the position of the needle prior to dispensing medical treatments is disclosed. Disclosed embodiments of the port-a-cath needle comprises a cannula, a hollow needle, and an inflatable balloon. The balloon is disposed at the distal end of the port-a-cath needle such that when the needle is inserted into a patient, the balloon may be inflated and the resistance pressure used to determine if the needle is inserted into the port chamber or a port-a-cath device or is surrounded by soft tissue. In certain embodiments, the balloon may be maintained in the inflated configuration in order to help retain the port-a-cath needle within the port chamber while treatment is delivered to the patient.
US10835683B2	Drug delivery system with multipolar magnet and sensor system A drug delivery system comprises an indicator element and a sensor system. The indicator element is arranged to rotate relative to a reference component and corresponding to a reference axis and comprises a plurality of dipole magnets. The sensor system comprises a plurality of magnetometers arranged non-rotational relative to the reference component and adapted to determine continuous magnetic field values from the plurality of dipole magnets, as well as processor means configured to determine on the basis of measured values from the plurality of magnetometers a rotational position and/or a rotational movement of the indicator element.
US10835680B2	Bladder syringe fluid delivery system A bladder syringe for a fluid delivery system includes a cylindrical body, a cap-bladder assembly, a plunger element disposed in the cylindrical body, and a mounting assembly to secure the cap-bladder assembly to the cylindrical body. The cylindrical body has a distal end and a proximal end and defines a throughbore. The cap-bladder assembly is adapted for connection to the distal end of the cylindrical body, and includes a cap body and a bladder. The cap body defines an interior cavity and a distal discharge conduit and is adapted to engage the distal end of the cylindrical body. A disc-shaped bladder is disposed within the interior cavity and typically includes a central membrane portion. The plunger element is disposed in the throughbore of the cylindrical body and is vented to enable evacuation of the space between the plunger element and the cap-bladder assembly in the cylindrical body.
US10835678B2	Single use delivery device prefilled with a reconstitutable agent The invention is a single use delivery device configured to enable reconstitution of a lyophilized agent (e.g., vaccine, drug, medicament, etc.) stored within for subsequent delivery of the reconstituted fluid agent to a patient in a controlled manner and without requiring specialized skill in reconstituting the agent or administering delivery of such agent. The delivery device is prefilled with an individual dose of a lyophilized agent and configured to be filled on-site and in the field with a dose of diluent for reconstitution of the lyophilized agent, while remaining sterile and preventing the potential for contamination during the filling process. The delivery device is further configured to be rendered incapable of reuse followings its intended use of delivering the fluid agent to a patient, thereby preventing reuse of the device and reducing the risk of the spreading blood-borne diseases through reuse.
US10835666B2	Clip-holder for intravenous administration set A clip-holder device for retaining and positioning an IV set tubing, and methods for using and kits including the clip-holder device.
US10835664B2	Implantable cell device with supportive and radial diffusive scaffolding The invention comprises an implantable cell device that includes a membrane defining and enclosing a chamber; a distance body within the chamber for reducing the diffusion distance for a biological active factor to or across the membrane; and a support scaffold within the chamber for increasing the cell support surface area per unit volume of the chamber for distributing cells.
US10835661B2	Blood analysis apparatus and method A blood gas analysis method (100) is provided for determining the partial pressure of oxygen of arterial blood exiting an oxygenator, wherein the oxygenator generates arterial blood by exposing venous blood to an oxygenation gas and releases excess oxygenation gas as exhaust gas. The method (100) comprises a step (140) of determining an estimate of the partial pressure of oxygen in the exhaust gas, a step (150) of determining the blood oxygen uptake in the oxygenator, and a step (160) of determining the partial pressure of oxygen in the arterial blood by adjusting the estimate using the blood oxygen uptake value. Used in a clinical setting, the method (100) allows a more accurate output of the partial pressure of oxygen in the arterial blood to be provided, which facilitates oxygenator operation.
US10835659B2	Flow balancing devices, methods, and systems The disclosed subject matter relates to extracorporeal blood processing or other processing of fluids. Volumetric fluid balance, a required element of many such processes, may be achieved with multiple pumps or other proportioning or balancing devices which are to some extent independent of each other. This need may arise in treatments that involve multiple fluids. Safe and secure mechanisms to ensure fluid balance in such systems are described.
US10835658B2	Flow balancing devices, methods, and systems The disclosed subject matter relates to extracorporeal blood processing or other processing of fluids. Volumetric fluid balance, a required element of many such processes, may be achieved with multiple pumps or other proportioning or balancing devices which are to some extent independent of each other. This need may arise in treatments that involve multiple fluids. Safe and secure mechanisms to ensure fluid balance in such systems are described.
US10835653B2	Fluid pump changeable in diameter, in particular for medical application A fluid pump device changeable in diameter is provided. The device has a pump housing which is changeable in diameter and with a rotor which is changeable in diameter. The device has at least one delivery element for fluid, as well as a drive shaft on which the rotor is rotatably mounted. A bearing arrangement is arranged on the drive shaft or its extension, at the distal end of the drive shaft behind the rotor seen from the proximal end of the drive shaft. The bearing arrangement has struts, which elastically brace between a hub of the bearing arrangement and the pump housing.
US10835652B2	Magnetically-levitated blood pump with optimization method enabling miniaturization A magnetically-levitated blood pump with an optimization method that enables miniaturization and supercritical operation. The blood pump includes an optimized annular blood gap that increases blood flow and also provides a reduction in bearing stiffness among the permanent magnet bearings. Sensors are configured and placed optimally to provide space savings for the motor and magnet sections of the blood pump. Rotor mass is increased by providing permanent magnet placement deep within the rotor enabled by a draw rod configuration.
US10835646B2	Charged grafts and methods for using them A system for preventing thrombosis in an implantable medical device includes an implantable medical device sized for implantation at least partially within a patient's body. The device includes an at least partially electrically conductive portion that is disposed within a patient's body upon implantation, an electrode coupled to the electrically conductive portion of the device; and a power source coupled to the electrode. The power source provides a negative electric charge to the at least partially electrically conductive portion for an indefinite period of time. The device may be configured to resist thrombosis, infection, and/or undesired tissue growth via the charged conductive portion once implanted. Exemplary embodiments of the implantable medical device include a hemodialysis vasculature graft, a dialysis catheter, a coronary artery, and a heart valve.
US10835645B2	High tenacity fibers Medical grade yarns, medical devices constructed of such yarns, and methods for making such yarns and devices are described. Polyester drawn fibers, and more particularly high strength and high tenacity micro polyester fibers for use in medical devices, and methods of preparing the same are provided.
US10835644B2	Surface-modified metal and method for modifying metal surface The present invention provides surface-modified metals such as metal medical devices, e.g., guide wires, syringe needles, and metal tubes in medical devices or equipment, in which a lubricant layer is firmly bonded to the surface to impart lubricity to the surface, and further to improve the durability of the lubricant layer on the surface, thereby reducing deterioration of sliding properties, as well as methods for modifying a metal surface. The present invention relates to a surface-modified metal having a surface at least partially treated by polymerizing a monomer in the presence of a hydrogen abstraction type photopolymerization initiator.
US10835642B2	Moldable bone graft compositions The present disclosure relates to compositions useful in synthetic bone graft applications. Particularly, the disclosure teaches moldable bone graft compositions, methods of making said compositions, and methods of utilizing the same.
US10835641B2	Porous material and preparation method thereof A porous material and preparation method thereof is provided. The material includes a material body. The body consists of pore cavities classified according to pore size of material and cavity walls surrounding to form the pore cavities. The lower-level pore cavities are arranged on the cavity walls of the upper-level pore cavities framed by surrounding a three-dimensional space. All the pore cavities are interconnected. The preparation method is: mixing raw powders with pore-forming agent for the smallest-level pore cavities of porous material to formulate slurry; uniformly filling the slurry into polymer material support to form green body and get dried and smashed to obtain mixed grains; uniformly mixing the mixed grains with pore-forming agent for upper-level pore cavities greater than the smallest-level pore cavities of porous material to make compact green body; performing vacuum sintering; performing the conventional follow-up treatment according to the raw materials process of porous material.
US10835639B1	Biopolymer compositions, scaffolds and devices Compositions and blends of biopolymers and copolymers are described, along with their use to prepare biocompatible scaffolds and surgically implantable devices for use in supporting and facilitating the repair of soft tissue injuries.
US10835636B2	Composition and dressing with nitric oxide A dressing composition for use as a skin dressing comprises an elastomeric-adhesive composition, and a zeolite comprising releasably adsorbed nitric oxide. The zeolite may comprise a transition metal cation such as Co, Fe, Mn, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ag or a mixture thereof as an extra-framework metal cation, preferably Zn. The elastomeric adhesive composition may be a hydrocolloid-adhesive composition comprising, hydrocolloid and elastomer. The dressing composition releases nitric oxide, which may have beneficial effects, when used on wounds or moist skin, with a substantially constant release rate over a long period of time. A dressing including a layer of the dressing composition has a backing layer and may have a release liner removably attached to the skin-contacting surface of the dressing layer.
US10835633B2	Secure tampon The present invention relates to novel and secure tampons that overcome the problems associated with conventional non-secure tampons, and methods of using the novel and secure tampons.
US10835628B2	UV germicidal system, method, and device thereof A germicidal system for use in disinfecting a human interface device includes at least one human interface device. One or more ultra-violet (UV) light sources are used in proximity to the at least one human interface device for disinfecting a touch surface of the human interface device below a surgical grade sterilization. A memory for storing usage data of the at least one UV light source. At least one server is used for providing a central storage location for usage data supplied from the memory and a computer is used in communication with the at least one server for controlling the operational parameters of the at least one UV light source.
US10835627B2	Devices using flexible light emitting layer for creating disinfecting illuminated surface, and related method A light emitting device which inactivates microorganisms is disclosed. The light emitting device may include a flexible light emitting layer emitting a light; and a transparent or translucent layer over the flexible light emitting layer. The light may travel through and exit an exterior surface of the transparent or translucent layer, creating an exiting light. The exiting light exiting the transparent or translucent layer may have at least a portion thereof having a wavelength in a range of 380 to 420 nanometers, and may disinfect the exterior surface of the transparent or translucent layer. The light emitting device may be used alone to create a self-disinfecting high touch surface, e.g., on a door, or may be shaped to mate with other structure to create a disinfecting high touch surface.
US10835623B2	Manganese-based chelate conjugates for molecular MR imaging Provided herein are examples of metal chelating ligands that have high affinity for manganese. The resultant metal complexes can be used as MRI contrast agents, and can be functionalized with moieties that bind to or cause relaxivity change in the presence of biochemical targets.
US10835619B1	Targeted therapy to repolarize tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) Provided herein is a tumor associated macrophage (TAM)-targeting liposome. The liposome has a lipid bilayer, a targeting agent associated with the lipid bilayer, and a repolarizing agent associated with the lipid bilayer. The targeting agent optionally comprises an antibody or fragment thereof that selectively binds a TAM, whereas the repolarizing agent repolarizes the TAM upon binding of the TAM by the targeting agent. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition comprising the TAM-targeting liposomes and a method of treating a subject with cancer with the compositions or liposomes described herein.
US10835616B2	Process for the conjugation of a peptide or protein with a reagent comprising a leaving group including a portion of PEG The invention relates to novel conjugating reagents capable of reaction with at least one nucleophile present in a peptide or protein, which contain at least one leaving group which is lost on reaction with said nucleophile, in which the leaving group includes a portion —(CH2CH2O)n—, in which n is a number of six or more; and novel processes for the preparation of conjugates containing peptides or proteins made using such reagents.
US10835615B2	Supramolecular hydrogels containing angiotensin receptor blockers for targeted treatment of diabetic wounds The invention described herein provides novel ampiphilic compounds that self-assemble into a hydrogel composition useful for treating wounds, including chronic wounds and diabetic wounds. The compounds of the invention have structural characteristics, such as hydrophilic and hydrophobic moieties, that enable self-assembly into discrete nanostructures, which then entangle to form the hydrogel. Also provided are methods for treating wounds.
US10835612B2	Lipids and compositions for the delivery of therapeutics The present invention provides lipids that are advantageously used in lipid particles for the in vivo delivery of therapeutic agents to cells. In particular, the invention provides lipids having the following structures:
US10835611B2	Neurotherapeutic nanoparticle compositions comprising leukemia inhibitory factor There are provided compositions and methods for treatment of neurodegeneative diseases and CNS injury. The compositions a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier solution; and a plurality of biodegradable nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles comprise a targeting moiety that is able to bind selectively to the surface of a neural stem cell and wherein the nanoparticles further comprise factors such as leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF); XAV939 and/or one or more of: brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) or an agonist thereof; epidermal growth factor (EGF) or an agonist thereof; glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) or an agonist thereof; retinoic acid and derivatives thereof; ciliary neurotrophic factor (CTNF) or an agonist thereof; and Wnt5A. The biodegradable nanoparticles may deliver via controlled time release.
US10835608B2	Polymer-carbohydrate conjugates for drug delivery technology The invention comprises compounds, methods of making, and methods of using. The compounds may have a linear or cylic backbone and three or four appended functional groups: one or two lipohilic compounds including sterols or “fat soluble” vitamins, one or two hydrophilic polymer, and one or two carbohydrate. A group of polymer-carbohydrate conjugates having a central backbone and three appended functional groups are disclosed wherein one lipophilic compound is void of both steroid acids. The conjugate may have fatty acids as the primary lipophilic carrier, one hydrophilic polymer, and one carbohydrate. Specific functional groups may be selected for specific applications in formulating pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, nutriceuticals, and the like. Typical coupling reaction of the conjugates may involve one or more or combinations or in series of alkylation including N-alkylation or O-alkylation, etherification, esterification and amidation chemical processes. A variety of linkers between the backbone and functional groups may also be selected to modify the carriers or center backbones for the coupling reactions and optimize performance of the conjugates.
US10835606B2	Conjugates comprising an anti-EGFR1 antibody The present invention relates to a conjugate comprising an anti-EGFR1 antibody or an EGFR binding fragment thereof and at least one dextran derivative, wherein the dextran derivative comprises at least one D-glucopyranosyl unit, wherein at least one carbon selected from carbon 2, 3 or 4 of the at least one D-glucopyranosyl unit is substituted by a substituent of the formula —O—(CH2)”—S—Bi2Hii2− wherein n is in the range of 3 to 10; and the dextran derivative is bound to the anti-EGFR antibody or an EGFR1 binding fragment thereof via a bond formed by a reaction between at least one aldehyde group formed by oxidative cleavage of a D-glucopyranosyl unit of the dextran derivative and an amino group of the anti-EGFR1 antibody or an EGFR1 binding fragment thereof.
US10835598B2	Prophylactic protection against viral infections, particularly HIV An experiment has shown that ranpirnase is a microbicide. It is believed that topical application of a topical pharmaceutical composition consisting essentially of a prophylactically effective concentration of an enzymatically-active ribonuclease (e.g. ranpirnase) and a viscous vehicle that does not unacceptably interfere with the enzymatic activity (e.g. K-Y® Brand Jelly) will prophylactically protect an individual from a sexually-transmitted viral infection, particularly HIV. It is also believed that e.g. ranpirnase can be delivered to tissues of an individual who is to be prophylactically protected against viral infections by transfecting ranpirnase DNA into human microbiota and exposing the individual to the thus-modified human microbiota. It is also believed that ranpirnase can be delivered to a woman who is to be prophylactically protected against a sexually-transmitted viral infection by use of an intravaginal ring that has been impregnated with ranpirnase.
US10835597B2	Compositions and methods for stabilizing flaviviruses with improved formulations Embodiments herein relate to compositions and methods for stabilizing Flaviviruses. In certain embodiments, compositions and methods disclosed herein concern stabilizing live, attenuated or unattenuated (e.g. live whole) flaviviruses. Other embodiments relate to compositions and methods for reducing degradation of live, attenuated or unattenuated flaviviruses. Other embodiments relate to improved formulations for prolonging stabilization of live attenuated or unattenuated Flaviviruses during manufacturing, storage, accelerated storage and transport. Yet other embodiments relate to uses of compositions disclosed herein in kits for transportable applications and methods.
US10835588B2	Peptides and combination of peptides as targets or active ingredients for use in immunotherapy against AML and other cancers The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10835587B2	Peptides and combination of peptides as targets or active ingredients for use in immunotherapy against AML and other cancers The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10835585B2	Shared neoantigens Disclosed herein in one aspect is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a plurality of neoantigenic peptides and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, each neoantigenic peptide comprising a tumor-specific neoepitope capable of binding to an HLA protein in a subject, each tumor-specific neoepitope comprising a tumor-specific mutation present in a tumor, wherein (a) the composition comprises neoantigenic peptides comprising tumor-specific mutations present in at least 1% of subjects in a population of subjects suffering from cancer; (b) the composition comprises neoantigenic peptides comprising tumor-specific neoepitopes which bind to HLA proteins present in at least 5% of subjects in the population; and (c) the composition comprises at least one neoantigenic peptide capable of eliciting an immune response against a tumor present in at least 5% of the subjects in the population of subjects suffering from cancer.
US10835581B2	Method of treating insulin resistance A method of treating hyperglycemia, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance (insulin insensitivity), impaired glucose tolerance, high glucose levels, pulmonary hypertension, and/or a condition arising from any of the foregoing in a patient is provided. The method comprises knocking down mARC2 or mARC1 expression in the patient, or otherwise decreasing mARC2 and mARC1 activity in the patient.
US10835576B2	Method of obtaining effective amounts of avian follistatin Embodiments of the present invention are generally related to methods of obtaining effective amount of avian follistatin. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to products comprising avian follistatin, and methods of optimizing the same based on avian follistatin concentrations utilized during the manufacturing process. In one embodiment of the present invention, a method of creating a consumable product for treatment of a muscle degenerating disease having avian follistatin comprises selecting an avian egg based upon a desired threshold of avian follistatin concentration therein; extracting material from the avian egg, the material comprising avian follistatin; and processing the material with one or more excipients to yield the consumable product.
US10835574B2	Modulators of complement activity The present invention relates to polypeptide modulators of complement activity, including cyclic polypeptide modulators. Included are methods of utilizing such modulators as therapeutics.
US10835572B2	Composition for external application An object of the present invention is to provide an external use composition having a novel composition that has a superior effect promoting collagen production and is able to suppress, prevent or improve wrinkles and sagging of the skin with aging.The present invention relates to an external use composition for anti-aging, comprising (A) a lipopeptide represented by the following formula (1), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: (wherein, R1 represents a saturated aliphatic group, or aliphatic group having a single unsaturated bond, having 9 to 19 carbon atoms, and m represents 0 or 1).
US10835568B1	Feed and method for the treatment of Coprophagia A method of treating corprophagia in animals is provided. The method includes providing a product having one or more of parsley leaf powder, yucca schidigera, white mushroom extract, and a combination of probiotic, prebiotic and one or more enzymes to an animal to treat coprophagia.
US10835566B2	Joint care composition The present invention relates to a composition comprising curcuminoid with green tea polyphenol or with a combination of glycine, proline and hydroxyproline for use in preventing or treating osteoarthritis. It also relates to a method of preventing or treating osteoarthritis in mammals, the method comprising administering to said mammal a composition which comprises curcuminoid with green tea polyphenol or with a combination of glycine, proline and hydroxyproline.
US10835553B2	Application of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose in preparation of medicine for treatment of esophageal mucosa The invention discloses an application of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose in preparation of medicines for treating esophageal mucosa. The invention discloses a hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose-containing composition which comprises the following ingredients: 1-28 weight parts of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose and 1000 weight parts of purified water. A preparation method includes steps of adding the hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, by stirring, into the purified water in an amount which accounts for 40% of the total amount of water used to obtain a mixed material, continuously stirring the mixed material until the mixed material is completely swelling and turning into a transparent solution, adding the remaining purified water to obtain a mixture, and stirring the mixture to obtain the hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose-containing composition. The hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose and the hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose-containing composition-contained composition in the invention generate a membrane in esophagus, and the generated membrane has adhesion and therefore works continuously.
US10835546B2	App specific BACE inhibitors (ASBIs) and uses thereof In certain embodiments APP-specific BACE inhibitors (ASBIs) are provided as well as uses thereof. In certain embodiments methods of preventing delaying the onset of a pre-Alzheimer's condition and/or cognitive dysfunction, and/or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a pre-Alzheimer's condition and/or cognitive dysfunction, or preventing or delaying the progression of a pre-Alzheimer's condition or cognitive dysfunction to Alzheimer's disease are provided where the method involves administering to a subject in need thereof an APP specific BACE inhibitor (ASBI) in an amount sufficient to prevent or delay the onset of a pre-Alzheimer's cognitive dysfunction, and/or to ameliorate one or more symptoms of a pre-Alzheimer's cognitive dysfunction, and/or to prevent or delay the progression of a pre-Alzheimer's cognitive dysfunction to Alzheimer's disease. In certain embodiments the ASBI is a flavonoid (e.g. galangin) or flavonoid progrug (e.g., galangin prodrug).
US10835545B2	Synthetic composition and method for modulating brain function and behaviour A synthetic composition for use in improving one or more co-morbid mental disorder symptoms of a patient with IBS, characterised in that the composition contains an effective amount of one or more neutral human milk oligosaccharides, is disclosed.
US10835544B2	Synthetic composition for regulating satiety The application relates to synthetic compositions containing one or more human milk oligosaccharides for regulating satiety or reducing propensity to obesity.
US10835538B2	Method of treating benign prostatic hyperlasia with antibiotics Disclosed are methods of improving the symptoms of mammals suffering from BPH using compositions containing one or more antibiotics. The method includes, but is not limited to, administering at least one antibiotic in one or more courses of treatment by one or more administration routes selected from intramuscularly, orally, intravenously, intrathecally, intratumorally, intranasally, topically, and transdermally, either alone or with a carrier to a mammal in need thereof.
US10835537B2	Combination therapies for treatment of cancer Combination therapies for treatment of cancer are provided. The disclosed methods comprise administration of a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor and a DNA methyltransferase inhibitor to a mammal in need thereof.
US10835533B2	1 -((3S,4R)-4-(3-fluorophenyl)-1-(2-methoxyethyl)pyrrolidin-3-yl)-3-(4-methyl-3-(2-methylpyrimidin-5-yl)-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)urea as a TrkA kinase inhibitor Provided is Compound (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is an inhibitor of TrkA kinase and is useful in the treatment of diseases which can be treated with a TrkA kinase inhibitor such as pain, cancer, inflammation and inflammatory diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, certain infectious diseases, Sjogren's syndrome, endometriosis, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, prostatitis, pelvic pain syndrome, diseases related to an imbalance of the regulation of bone remodeling, and diseases resulting from Connective Tissue Growth Factor aberrant signaling.
US10835531B1	Methods for predicting drug responsiveness in cancer patients The present invention features methods, devices, and kits for detecting gene expression in a patient with a cancer or determining responsive of a patient with a cancer to a treatment, such as treatment with dovitinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention further includes methods of treating a patient with a cancer by administering a treatment, e.g., treatment with dovitinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in particular when the patient is determined to be responsive to the treatment based on the expression of the biomarkers described herein.
US10835530B2	Methods and compositions for treating diabetes, metabolic syndrome and other conditions Pharmaceuticals compositions comprising the 2S, 4R, ketoconazole enantiomer or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, and solvates, that are substantially free of the 2R, 4S ketoconazole enantiomer are useful to reduce cortisol synthese and for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, hyperglycemia, obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, Metabolic Syndrome, and other diseases and conditions, including but not limited to Cushing's Syndrome, depression, and glaucoma.
US10835529B2	Methods of treatment with CYP3A4 substrate drugs The present disclosure provides for methods of treating a patient with a CYP3A4 substrate drug, wherein the patient is treated with posaconazole. In some embodiments, the patient stops posaconazole treatment, waits for at least 2 days, and then is treated with the CYP3A4 substrate drug as soon as it is safe to do so. In some embodiments, treatment with the CYP3A4 substrate drug is delayed for about 2-42 days after stopping posaconazole. In some embodiments, the patient is treated with a reduced dose of the CYP3A4 substrate drug for about 2-42 days.
US10835527B2	Compositions and methods for reducing major adverse cardiovascular events The present application relates to compositions, kits, uses, systems and methods of using naltrexone and bupropion, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for reducing the risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes or events, including Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events (MACE) in subjects, preferably those at increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes or MACE, that may be overweight or obese. The present application also relates to compositions, kits, uses, systems and methods of using naltrexone and bupropion or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for treatment of overweight or obesity in subjects, preferably at increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes or MACE, wherein the treatment reduces the risk of MACE.
US10835526B2	Antibiotic solution and method of injection to prevent ophthalmic infections A method of preventing post-operative endophthalmitis involves injecting a colored antibiotic solution into the anterior segment of the eye during surgery, the antibiotic solution having moxifloxacin, cefuroxime, vancomycin, or some combination thereof, and the coloring agent being preferably a cobalamin (e.g., cyanocobalamin).
US10835525B2	Method of inhibiting mutant C-KIT The present invention includes a method of reducing or inhibiting the kinase activity of C-KIT mutant tyrosine kinase activity in a cell or a subject, and the use of such compound for treating mutant C-KIT driven cell proliferative disorder(s) in a subject related to using a compound of the present invention: or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10835523B2	Method of regulating tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) for treating cancers, autoimmune disorders, and other disorders associated with chronic inflammation In one aspect, a method of treating a disorder associated with chronic inflammation includes administering to an individual in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of isomyosmine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In some aspects, the disorder is a cancer, an autoimmune disorder, hypertension, or autism. In other aspects, isomyosmine is administered to treat viral infections or disorders associated with elevated levels of hydrogen peroxide and/or other Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS).
US10835521B2	Neuroprotective CB2 receptor agonists A method of treating or preventing a neuroinflammatory and/or neurodegenerative disease in a subject by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of a CB2 receptor agonist is described. The CB2 receptor agonist can be a compound according to formula I (structurally represented) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, with R1 and R2 functional groups as defined herein. Administration of the CB2 receptor agonist activates CB2 receptors in the microglia, and can restore synaptic plasticity, cognition, and memory in subjects having elevated levels of amyloid-13 peptide in the brain.
US10835516B2	Protective, anti-inflammatory receptor and its use in preservation of mitochondrial function, wound healing and repair Provided herein is a novel mitochondrial Angiotensin II type 1 and type 2 AT1R and AT2R receptor which plays a role in protection of mitochondria against oxidative damage. Evidence from animal studies indicates a role for this receptor in preservation of mitochondria and up-regulation of survival genes, anti-inflammatory action, and improvement of wound healing in the skin and soft tissues. Pharmaceutical compositions for treatment directed to preserving mitochondrial function, anti-inflammation, wound healing and decreasing the signs of aging, as well as medicaments and their use are also provided.
US10835513B2	Methods and treatments for the learning and memory deficits associated with Noonan syndrome Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for treating learning and memory deficits associated with Noonan Syndrome.
US10835511B2	Oral taxane compositions and methods A pharmaceutical composition comprises a taxane (e.g., paclitaxel, docetaxel, cabazitaxel, larotaxel, ortataxel, and/or tesetaxel) in a mixture of first and second surfactants. The absorption of the taxane is increased from the pharmaceutical composition is greater than the sum of the absorption of docetaxel from either the first or the second surfactant. The increase in absorption is especially enhanced when the ratio of the first surfactant to the second surfactant in the pharmaceutical composition is between 60:40 and 85:15 by weight, and the total surfactant weight does not exceed 98% of the total weight. Polysorbate 80, polysorbate 20, and caprylocaproyl polyoxylglycerides serve as suitable first surfactants, and polysorbate 80 or polyethyoxylated castor oil serve as suitable second surfactants. The stability of the pharmaceutical composition may be enhanced by further including a stabilizer (e.g., citric acid and/or ascorbic acid).
US10835510B2	Bismuth-thiols as antiseptics for epithelial tissues, acute and chronic wounds, bacterial biofilms and other indications Compositions and methods, including novel homogeneous microparticulate suspensions, are described for treating acute wounds, chronic wounds and/or a wound or epithelial tissue surface that contains bacterial biofilm, including unexpected synergy between bismuth-thiol (BT) compounds and certain antibiotics, to provide topical formulations including antiseptic formulations, for management and promotion of wound healing and in particular infected wounds. Previously unpredicted antibacterial properties and anti-biofilm properties of disclosed BT compounds and BT compound-plus-antibiotic combinations are also described, including preferential efficacies of certain such compositions for treating gram-positive bacterial infections, and distinct preferential efficacies of certain such compositions for treating gram-negative bacterial infections.
US10835508B2	Compositions and methods comprising C16:1N7-palmitoleate One embodiment described herein is related to methods and compositions, such as nutraceutical formulations and dietary supplements, comprising C16:1n7-palmitoleate or derivatives thereof. The methods and compositions comprising C16:1n7-palmitoleate, or derivatives thereof, safely and effectively prevent or mitigate manifestations of cardiovascular disease, including coronary artery disease and the accumulation of cholesterol or lipid deposits in the blood vessels of a subject.
US10835504B2	Compositions to treat anal itch The present disclosure relates to topical compositions comprising one or more topical anesthetics or analgesics; a vitamin B3 compound; and a coating agent. In some embodiments, the composition comprises about 1% to about 10% w/w of the composition of the topical anesthetic, topical analgesic, or a combination thereof; about 1% to about 10% w/w of the composition of the vitamin B3 compound; and about 5% to about 50% w/w of the composition of the coating agent. In some embodiments, the composition further includes a pharmaceutically acceptable base. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutically acceptable base comprises about 35% to about 85% w/w of the composition of a pharmaceutically acceptable oil; about 1% to about 20% w/w of the composition of a pharmaceutically acceptable wax; or a combination thereof. Such compositions are useful for treating anal itch or pruritus ani.
US10835503B2	Pre-filled syringe The invention relates to a pre-filled syringe, an auto-injector device comprising such pre-filled syringe, a method of administering a pharmaceutical composition with such auto-injector device, and a manufacturing method for such auto-injector device. The pre-filled syringe comprises a container and a needle. The container is filled with a pharmaceutical composition comprising epinephrine, a buffer, and water. The buffer is configured to buffer in a pH range between 3 and 4. The needle is adhered to the container by means of a urethane acrylate or urethane methacrylate acrylic light cure adhesive, which is configured to provide a pull out resistance of the needle relative to the container which is between 30 N to 100 N, preferably between 50 N to 70 N, more preferably greater than 60 N after 90 days exposure to the pharmaceutical composition at 40° C. and 75% relative humidity (RH). In an example, the pharmaceutical composition is for the treatment of an anaphylactic event.
US10835501B2	Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a statin and a cannabinoid and uses thereof The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a statin and a cannabinoid, and their use for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis. It has been found that compositions combining a statin and a cannabinoid are improved over existing statin formulations. The compositions of the invention for example allow for a lower effective dose of statin and a reduction of the adverse effects seen with statins taken alone. Dosing ranges and formulations suitable for oral, buccal, and sublingual administration are disclosed. Various specific cannabinoids such as cannabidiol and synthetic cannabidiols selected for their anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-atherosclerotic effect are shown to be particularly advantageous.
US10835495B2	Compositions containing a biologically active material and a non-ordered inorganic oxide material and methods of making and using the same Compositions containing a biologically active material and a non-ordered inorganic oxide material are disclosed. Methods of making and using compositions containing a biologically active material and a non-ordered inorganic oxide material are also disclosed.
US10835492B2	Method of lyophilizing liposomes Lyophilized liposomal formulations with two or more encapsulated drugs are disclosed. These formulations display superior drug retention profiles and also maintain size distribution following lyophilization and reconstitution.
US10835491B2	Emulsified fatty acids Provided herein are methods and processes for emulsifying non-polar compounds, such as omega fatty acids. Also provided are compositions that can be prepared according to the methods and processes described herein. The compositions, for example, have a high amount of the non-polar compound, such as a large amount of omega fatty acids. The non-polar compounds are also present in very small droplets within composition. For example, the mean or median particle size of the droplets is less than about 5 μm. Further, the composition includes a low amount of surfactant, such as less than about 10-15% of the surfactant.
US10835490B2	Solid solution compositions and use in chronic inflammation The present specification discloses pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing such pharmaceutical compositions, and methods and uses of treating a chronic inflammation and/or an inflammatory disease in an individual using such pharmaceutical compositions.
US10835487B2	Vaginal inserted estradiol pharmaceutical compositions and methods According to various embodiments of this disclosure, pharmaceutical compositions comprising solubilized estradiol are provided. In various embodiments, such compositions are encapsulated in soft capsules which may be vaginally inserted for the treatment of vulvovaginal atrophy.
US10835484B2	Oral care compositions including plant-based abrasives and methods for the same An oral care composition and methods for whitening teeth are disclosed herein. The whitening composition may include an orally acceptable vehicle and one or more abrasives. The one or more abrasives may include at least one plant-based abrasive. The method for whitening teeth may include contacting the oral care composition with surfaces of the teeth at least twice a day for at least nine days.
US10835480B2	Method of forming a silicone layer A method of treating the hair including providing a concentrated hair care composition in a foam dispenser. The concentrated hair care composition includes one or more silicones, perfume, and less than 6% high melting point fatty compounds. The method also includes dispensing the concentrated hair care composition from the foam dispenser as a dosage of foam; applying the foam to the hair; and rinsing the foam from the hair. The foam has a density of from about 0.025 g/cm3 to about 0.40 g/cm3 when dispensed from the foam dispenser. The one or more silicones form a silicone layer that has a Targeted Deposition Index of from about 0.8 to about 1.6.
US10835470B2	Cosmetics composition containing ginsenoside as active ingredient The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition comprising a compound represented by Formula 1 below as an active ingredient. in the above Formula 1, R1 is -glc(2-1)glc, R2 is -glc, or R1 is -glc, R2 is -glc(6-1)ara(pyr).
US10835467B2	Stabilizing mixture The present disclosure relates to a stabilization mixture, i.e. a finely distributed dispersion of hydrogenated castor oil in water with anionic, amphoteric and nonionic surfactants which is suitable for stabilizing the pearlescence of surfactant agents, particularly cosmetic agents. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a cold process for producing surfactant-containing agents having a pearlescent effect, in particular cosmetic cleaning agents having a pearlescent effect, and to the use of the stabilizing mixture for stabilizing surfactant agents containing pearlescent waxes and/or pearlescent pigments containing surfactant agents.
US10835462B2	Bleaching agent tablets The present disclosure concerns a bleaching tablet comprising a tablet core and a tablet shell encasing the tablet core, wherein the bleaching tablet—with respect to its weight—containsa) from about 10% to about 70% by weight of peroxodisulphate(s);b) from about 1% to about 14% by weight of percarbonate(s);c) from about 5% to about 15% by weight of disintegrant formed from cellulose-containing material, wherein the percarbonate or the percarbonates are contained in the tablet core. The present disclosure furthermore concerns a method for bleaching human hair.
US10835460B2	α-Gel-intermediate composition, and production method for α-gel-containing O/W emulsion cosmetic using said composition The present invention provides an intermediate composition enabling to prepare easily and steadily an α-gel-containing O/W emulsion cosmetic that has a very small viscosity change over time and is excellent in emulsion stability, without using a cooling device that has a heavy burden on cost and the environment, and a production method thereof.An α-gel intermediate composition consisting of (A) 20 to 80 mass % of a mixture containing one or more higher alcohols having 16 or more carbon atoms and a nonionic surfactant with an HLB value of 7 to 17 in the mole ratio of 3:2 to 5:1, and (B) 20 to 80 mass % of a mixture containing one or more water-soluble solvents having the IOB value of 1.5 to 3.5 and water in the mass ratio of 4:6 to 8:2, andwherein the composition is a liquid consisting of a bicontinuous microemulsion phase or a lamellar liquid crystal-dispersed bicontinuous microemulsion phase at 50 to 80° C. and a solid at room temperature.
US10835456B2	Propyl gallate-containing vitamin preparations The present invention relates to a pulverulent vitamin formulation in which the vitamin essentially has a particle size of less than 0.7 μm and which comprises an effective amount of propyl gallate, and also to processes for producing this formulation, and to formulations obtainable by these processes and to the use thereof as animal feed, food, food supplement, personal care product or pharmaceutical composition. The formulations of the invention have improved stability compared to the prior art.
US10835455B2	Oral care compositions comprising metal ions Oral care compositions and/or unit-dose oral care compositions with a metal ion source. Oral care compositions and/or unit-dose oral care compositions with a high average metal ion uptake. Oral care compositions and/or unit-dose oral care compositions with a tin ion source. Oral care compositions and/or unit-dose oral care compositions with a high average tin ion uptake.
US10835451B2	Apparatus and process for filling particulate materials An apparatus for dosing solid particulate material into one or more receptacles, the apparatus comprising: a reservoir for containing an amount of solid particulate material; a dosing unit comprising a dose collection position for collecting a predetermined dose of solid particulate material from the reservoir, and a dose release position for releasing the solid particulate material into the one or more receptacles; a receptacle handling unit for retaining the one or more receptacles, arranged to at least periodically align at least one of the one or more receptacles with the dosing unit when in the dose release position; and optionally a receptacle closing unit for closing the one or more receptacles once filled with the solid particulate material; wherein the dosing unit comprises one or more dosing chambers arranged to displace relative to said reservoir, and/or vice versa, along a perpendicular axis Y such that at least a portion of the chamber(s) is capable of being immerged into, and emerged out of, the solid particulate material at least when the dosing unit is in the dose collection position, the reservoir being arranged to impart a fluid-like state to the solid particulate material at least for the duration of the displacement.
US10835449B2	Modular components for medical devices A medical device is disclosed that includes a service component for use in detecting patient data, at least one processor coupled with the service component, a care protocol module executable by the at least one processor to provide healthcare to a patient at least in part by generating a request for processing by the service component, and a resource module executable by the at least one processor to manage access to the service component by identifying a level of service associated with the care protocol module and responding to the request by managing the service component to meet the level of service. The care protocol module implements a patient care protocol that includes a sequence of actions directed to the patient. The level of service indicates a level of performance that the patient care protocol requires of the resource module. Selective offloading of modular functions is also enabled.
US10835434B2	Self or assist-operated human floor lift A self or assist-operated lift apparatus is disclosed. In various embodiments, the lift apparatus includes a vertical rail; a linear bearing positioned to be moved along the vertical rail; a drive mechanism coupled to the linear bearing and configured to move the linear bearing at a controlled rate along the vertical bearing between a first position at a lower end of a range of motion and a second position at an upper end of the range of motion; and a seat attached to the linear bearing, the seat being constructed at least in part of a substantially rigid material and having a size and shape suitable to accommodate a seated human occupant.
US10835430B2	Patient mobility system with integrated ambulation device A patient mobility system for early patient ambulation. An ambulation device having a barrier is removably coupled to a patient support apparatus such that, in a coupled configuration, the barrier prevents patient egress from the patient support apparatus. The ambulation device configured to provide support to a patient during ambulation away from the patient support apparatus. Each of the patient support apparatus and the ambulation device can comprise a lift device operably controlled by a controller to maintain or control relative positioning of the patient support surface and the barrier in the coupled configuration. The lift device of the ambulatory device can comprise a gas spring having locking element. The ambulation device can comprise patient carrier removably coupled to a patient carrier mount. The patient carrier is configured to cooperate with the barrier to support the patient above a floor surface in a seated position.
US10835429B2	Lifting mechanism A platform link mechanism may include a base with a first member rotatably coupled to the base. A second member may be coupled to the first member. The second member may be moveable with respect to the first member between a first position and a second position. A lifting link assembly may be rotatably coupled to each of the base and the second member. A platform mount may be coupled to the second member. The platform mount may be rotatable about a platform pivot with respect to the second member. The lifting link assembly may rotate relative to the first member, the second member, and the base as the second member moves relative to the first member. The first member may rotate relative to the base as the lifting link assembly rotates relative to the first member.
US10835428B2	Integrated systems for passenger bus Improved passenger access and suspension systems for passenger buses, and controllers configured for use therewith; and passenger buses incorporating such systems and controllers. Integrated access ramp and suspension systems provide improvements in fully- or semi-automatic ramp deployment, including minimum-grade modes, as well as ride control and automated suspension and ramp configuration in specified geographic locations or within specified proximities of structures.
US10835426B2	Sanitary pad A sanitary pad. The sanitary pad includes an elongated pad having an upper surface and a lower surface. An upraised member having a first lateral side and a second lateral side is disposed on the upper surface. A plurality of channels are disposed along the first lateral side and the second lateral side.
US10835424B2	Tampon pledget with improved by-pass leakage protection A tampon pledget is made by assembling one or more pads in a pad compression configuration, radially compressing the pad compression configuration in a traverse direction into a cylindrical form, and axially compressing the cylindrical form in a direction along a vertical axis to form the tampon pledget. In one embodiment, the axial compression is performed as a pressure is applied to at least one of a first and a second end of the cylindrical form. In one aspect of the present invention, the formed tampon pledget has an absorbent capacity as measured by the syngyna test of between about 6.0 grams to 9.0 grams and a density of about 0.4603 grams/cubic centimeter. In another aspect of the invention, the formed tampon pledget has an absorbent capacity as measured by the syngyna test of between about 9.0 grams to 12.0 grams and a density of about 0.4755 grams/cubic centimeter.
US10835422B2	Tympanic membrane pressure equalization tube Systems, apparatus, and methods described herein relate to a tympanic membrane pressure equalization tube. The tympanic membrane pressure equalization tube can include a tubular body defining a lumen and having a proximal end and a distal end, where the tubular body is configured to be deployed in a tympanic membrane; and a fluid transport element disposed within the lumen and extending at least a length of the tubular body. The tubular body can be configured to transition from a first state in which the tubular body can be disposed within an introducer and a second state in which the tubular body can be retained in an incision formed the tympanic membrane after deployment, and the fluid transport element can enable transport of a fluid across the tympanic membrane.
US10835421B2	Patient adapter for an eye laser apparatus A patient adapter for an eye laser apparatus comprises a first partial adapter unit, including a suction ring portion to be placed on an eye and affixed on the eye by means of suction force, the suction ring portion having a ring axis; and a second partial adapter unit formed separately from the first partial adapter unit, the second partial adapter unit being configured for releasable coupling to the eye laser apparatus and including an eye contact element for shaping the surface of the eye, wherein the two partial adapter units are held together mechanically in a module between a first relative position, in which the eye contact element has a first axial position with respect to the suction ring portion, and a second relative position, in which the eye contact element has a second axial position with respect to the suction ring portion.
US10835419B2	Method, device and system for treatment of elevated intraocular pressure Apparatus for relieving intraocular pressure in an eye of a subject that includes a plurality of stents, a delivery vehicle for inserting the stents together through a single incision in the cornea of the eye to a position in the anterior chamber adjacent to the trabecular meshwork and an actuator that can be activated from outside of the eye for pushing the stents out of the delivery vehicle and into a plurality of anatomical spaces in the eye from which aqueous from the anterior chamber can be drained. Also, methods for use of the apparatus for controlling the flow of aqueous from the anterior chamber.
US10835414B2	Therapeutic treatment pad A treatment pad for applying heat, cooling or an antiseptic fluid to a subject's body surface incorporates a heat transfer member or a wound treatment member that is adapted to be held in place by application of a vacuum pressure. The heat transfer member may comprise an electrical resistance wire arranged in a serpentine pattern within a housing or, alternatively, may comprise interconnected heat transmissive tubing through which either a heated or a cooled fluid may be made to pass. Alternatively, the pad may contain a gel that can be cooled in a refrigerator or heated in a microwave oven and held in place on the subject's body by application of a vacuum to the assembly. The wound treatment member may comprise a gaseous antiseptic delivery pad held in place on the patient's body by use of a vacuum.
US10835413B2	Fluency aid The present disclosure relates to a fluency aid comprising: a first microphone; a second microphone; and an altered auditory feedback, AAF, generator operable to receive a first input signal derived from sound detected by the first microphone and to generate a feedback signal for providing altered auditory feedback to a user of the fluency aid; wherein the fluency aid is configured such that a second input signal derived from sound detected by the second microphone bypasses the AAF generator.
US10835409B1	Apparatus for correction of leg deformities An orthotic medical device, including a proximal receiving element receiving part of an upper area of a human limb and a distal receiving element receiving part of a lower area of the human limb. The distal receiving element, with part of the lower limb area are pivotally movable with respect to the proximal receiving element. A foot supporting arrangement is adapted to receive at least a portion of a foot of the human limb, A first ankle joint, is fixedly attached to the foot supporting arrangement and to the distal receiving element on a first, and a second ankle joint arrangement is disposed on a second side and includes a rigid elongated element slidably disposed within a channel in the distal region of the distal receiving element, and an ankle joint fixedly attached to the foot supporting arrangement and to a distal end of the rigid elongated element.
US10835405B2	Method and apparatus for walking assist Provided is a method and device for walking assistance that may estimate a state vector of a foot of a user and a variance matrix corresponding to the state vector, adjust a probability of a contact sensor based on at least one estimate included in the estimated state vector in response to receiving a contact signal from the contact sensor, calculate a combination rate between a measurement value of an acceleration sensor and the estimated state vector based on a measurement error matrix including the adjusted probability, update the estimated state vector and the estimated variance matrix based on the calculated combination rate, determine whether the foot lands on the ground based on the updated state vector and the updated variance matrix, and change an operation mode of a walking assistance device based on a result of the determination.
US10835400B2	Apparatus and methods for bidirectional hyperelastic stent covers An apparatus and method for a micro-patterned thin film Nitinol (TFN) that is used as a cover for an expandable stent structure, and has elongation/expansion properties that are configured to match the elongation/expansion properties of the expandable stent structure is presented.
US10835397B2	Lattice The invention relates to medical devices and methods of using them. The devices are prostheses which can be percutaneously deliverable with (or on) an endovascular catheter or via other surgical or other techniques and then expanded. The prostheses are configured to have a lattice resistant to dilation and creep, which is defined by a plurality of openings. The prosthesis may also optionally have a stent disposed proximal to the lattice. In exemplary embodiments, the fluoropolymer is expanded polytetrafluoroethylene. The composite materials exhibit high elongation while substantially retaining the strength properties of the fluoropolymer membrane. In at least one embodiment, the lattice is made of a composite material that includes a least one fluoropolymer membrane including serpentine fibrils and an elastomer. A lattice including a generally tubular member formed of a composite material including a least one fluoropolymer membrane containing serpentine fibrils and an elastomer is also provided.
US10835396B2	Stent with polymer coating containing amorphous rapamycin A coated coronary stent, comprising a stainless steel sent framework coated with a primer layer of Parylene C, and a rapamycin-polymer coating having substantially uniform thickness disposed on the stent framework, wherein the rapamycin-polymer coating comprises polybutyl methacrylate (PBMA), polyethylene-co-vinyl acetate (PEVA) and rapamycin, wherein substantially all of the rapamycin in the coating is in amorphous form and substantially uniformly dispersed within the rapamycin-polymer coating.
US10835395B2	Method of treating atherosclerotic occlusive disease A tack device for holding plaque against blood vessel walls in treating atherosclerotic occlusive disease can be formed as a thin, annular band of durable, flexible material. The tack device may also have a plurality of barbs or anchoring points on its outer annular periphery. The annular band can have a length in the axial direction of the blood vessel walls that is about equal to or less than its diameter as installed in the blood vessel. A preferred method is to perform angioplasty with a drug eluting balloon as a first step, and if there is any dissection to the blood vessel caused by the balloon angioplasty, one or more tack devices may be installed to tack down the dissected area of the blood vessel surface.
US10835391B2	Jointed mechanical devices A jointed mechanical device is provided. The device includes at least one element having a fixed end and a deflectable end. The device also includes at least one actuating structure having a first end coupled to at least the deflectable end of the element, where the actuating structure includes at least one elastic element in series with at least one non-elastic element. The device further includes at least one force actuator configured to apply an actuator force to a second end of the actuating structure. Additionally, the device includes a control system for adjusting an operation of the force actuator based at least one actuation input, an amount of the actuator force, and an amount of displacement generated by the force actuator.
US10835388B2	Spinal implants Disclosed herein is a spinal implant with a solid frame and a porous inner layer. The implant may have a cavity defined by the porous inner layer. The solid frame may have one or more ribs extending from a medial wall to a lateral wall. The thickness of the porous layer may vary relative the thickness of the solid frame at various locations. An inserter to place a spinal implant and a method to perform same are also disclosed.
US10835383B2	Glenosphere with flange for augmented fixation and related methods A glenosphere includes a body and a flange. The body includes a first body surface and a spherical second body surface, and includes an engagement feature to engage with an attachment structure attachable to a bone. The flange extends radially outward from the body and includes a first flange surface contiguous with a first body surface and a second flange surface contiguous with the second body surface. The flange has a flange length extending from a first end and a second end such that an angle defined by a first line from a center of the body to the first end and a second line from the center of the body to the second end is less than 180 degrees.
US10835379B2	Method for performing single-stage cranioplasty reconstruction with a clear custom cranial implant A method for single-stage cranioplasty reconstruction includes prefabricating a clear craniofacial implant, creating a cranial, craniofacial, and/or facial defect, positioning the clear craniofacial implant over the cranial, craniofacial, and/or facial defect, tracing cut lines on the clear craniofacial implant as it lies over the cranial, craniofacial, and/or facial defect, cutting the prefabricated clear custom craniofacial implant along the hand-marked lines for optimal fit of the clear implant within the cranial, craniofacial, and/or facial defect, and attaching the final clear craniofacial implant to the cranial, craniofacial, and/or facial defect with standard fixation methods of today.
US10835378B2	Prosthetic heart valve packaging and deployment systems Packaging for prosthetic heart valves including an assembly for securely retaining a heart valve within a jar and facilitating retrieval therefrom. The assembly includes a packaging sleeve that fits closely within the jar and has a clip structure for securing a valve holder. Contrary to previous designs, in one embodiment the valve holder is directed downward into the jar, and the valve is retained with an inflow end upward. The valve may have flexible leaflets, and a leaflet parting member on the end of the shaft extends through the leaflets and couples with the valve holder. The assembly of the packaging sleeve, valve, and holder can then be removed from the jar and a valve delivery tube connected with the holder, or to the leaflet parting member. The packaging sleeve may be bifurcated into two halves connected at a living hinge to facilitate removal from around the valve/holder subassembly.
US10835375B2	Two stage anchor and mitral valve assembly Systems and methods for medical interventional procedures, including approaches to valve implantation. In one aspect, the methods and systems involve a modular approach to mitral valve therapy.
US10835369B2	Soft-tissue fixation device A system for fixating soft-tissue is described herein. The system includes a soft-tissue fixation device comprising a cable-retention feature. Additionally, the system includes a cable coupleable to the cable-retention feature of the soft-tissue fixation device. The cable is configured to be tensioned to a measurable and adjustable tension.
US10835365B2	Vessel dissection and harvesting apparatus, systems and methods Apparatus, systems, and methods for endoscopic dissection of blood vessels and control over cavity pressure within an endoscopic procedure are described herein. Apparatus, systems, and methods for harvesting of blood vessels are also described herein.
US10835364B2	Apparatus and method for concurrently forming a gastroesophageal valve and tightening the lower esophageal sphincter An apparatus enables concurrent restoration of a gastroesophageal valve and tightening of the lower esophageal sphincter. The apparatus comprises a longitudinal member having a distal end arranged to be received within a stomach, a tissue shaper at the distal end of the longitudinal member that forms a gastroesophageal valve from stomach tissue, and a tissue gatherer that gathers fundus tissue at or aboral to the gastroesophageal junction to reduce an esophageal opening into the stomach and tighten the lower esophageal sphincter. A fastener deployer then deploys at least one fastener pair to maintain both the restored gastroesophageal valve and the tightened lower esophageal sphincter.
US10835362B2	Device for delivery of medical devices to a cardiac valve A catheter device is disclosed for transvascular delivery of a medical device to a cardiac valve region of a patient. The catheter device comprises an elongate sheath (2) with releasable locking members for controllably locking the elongate sheath in a shape at least partly along its length from a relaxed state to a locked state when positioned in relation to a cardiac valve. Furthermore, alignment members (5) are provided to provide for a desired positioning in relation to the cardiac valve. Embolic protection (8) is further provided.
US10835361B2	Detecting and monitoring development of a dental condition Disclosed is a method, user interface and system for detecting and monitoring development of a dental condition. In particular the invention relates to detecting and monitoring such a development by comparing digital 3D representations of the patient's set of teeth recorded at a first and a second point in time.
US10835354B2	System and method for registering implant orientation directly from a dental impression A layered denture having at least one of an integrated layer, balanced occlusion, and a root approximating structure is disclosed. The resulting denture may be suitable for use without an underlying reinforcement bar and may provide enhanced aesthetics by approximating natural dentition and roots both above and below the gum line.
US10835352B2	Intraoral scanner and computing system for capturing images and generating three-dimensional models An intraoral scanner and computing system for capturing images and generating three-dimensional models. The intraoral scanner includes a handle, a mouthpiece extending from the handle, a flood illuminator projecting light from the mouthpiece, a structured light projector projecting a light pattern from the mouthpiece, and stereo camera capturing images through the mouthpiece. An optimal image of each of different materials within the captured images are combined to create a high dynamic range image. The structured light pattern in the high dynamic range image is used to determine three-dimensional measurements and create a three-dimensional model.
US10835349B2	Parametric blurring of colors for teeth in generated images A method includes determining, from a first image, a first region comprising teeth, wherein the first region comprises a first set of pixel locations. A first parametric function is generated based on intensities at the first set of pixel locations. Image data comprising new contours of the mouth is received, wherein one or more of the teeth have a different position in the image data than in the first image. A second region comprising the teeth is determined from the image data, wherein the second region comprises a second set of pixel locations for the teeth. A new image is then generated based on the image data and the first parametric function, wherein a shape of the teeth is based on the image data and a color of the teeth is based on applying the first parametric function to the second set of pixel locations for the teeth.
US10835347B2	Touch-free medical instrument sanitation station and method thereof A cleansing unit for enhanced sanitation compliance and for eradicating a healthcare facility-hosted opportunistic infections, the unit comprising: a hands-free automatic dispenser of disinfectant agent that dispenses such agent either directly on at least one agitation membrane support post having a condom-like mounted textured sheath or directly on the auscultation portion of the stethoscope, said textured sheath designed to provide a frictional agitation of an auscultation portion of a stethoscope to effectively clean and sanitize the stethoscope, and method thereof.
US10835346B2	Brake assembly for medical device support system A medical device support system including a central shaft; an extension arm; and a brake assembly. The extension arm has a support for a medical device and a hub at its proximal end mounted to the central shaft for pivotable movement about the central shaft. The brake assembly is secured in the hub for rotation therewith and includes first and second discrete arc shape clamp pieces that are detachably coupled to one another at one end for flexural movement relative to a coupling joint and that are free at an opposite end. The brake assembly includes an actuator configured to flex the first and second clamp pieces relative to the coupling joint toward and away from each other to respectively increase and decrease a frictional braking force to the central shaft.
US10835345B2	End effector coupler for surgical arm An end effector coupler for a surgical arm can include a body, a proximal coupler, and a tool lock. The tool lock can releasably retain a tool stem to the end effector coupler. The tool lock can include a keyed opening, a pin bore, a pin disposed in the bin bore, a biasing element located in the pin bore, and a pin release including an actuator, the pin release operable to retract the pin into to the body to disengage the pin from the tool stem allowing release of the tool stem from the keyed opening.
US10835344B2	Display of preoperative and intraoperative images A system for video-assisted surgery includes one or more displays, a memory including at least one preoperative image, and a camera coupled to capture a video. A controller is coupled to the memory, the camera, and the one or more displays, and the controller includes logic that when executed by the controller causes the system to perform a variety of operations. The system may capture a video of a surgical area, including anatomical features, using the camera, and display the video of the surgical area on the one or more displays. The system may also display the at least one preoperative image on the one or more displays at the same time as the video. The location of the anatomical features shown in the video is displayed as an accentuated region on the at least one preoperative image.
US10835341B2	Endoscopic surgical clip applier and handle assemblies for use therewith A handle assembly for use with a surgical instrument includes a housing defining a contact wall, a movable handle, a plunger, a linkage, and a feedback mechanism. The plunger is disposed at least partially within the housing and defines a longitudinal axis. The linkage interconnects the movable handle with the plunger such that actuation of the movable handle results in longitudinal translation of the plunger relative to the housing. The feedback mechanism is configured to provide audible feedback to a user, and includes an indicator snap wire and a track defined by a wall of the housing. The snap wire is configured to move along the track in response to longitudinal translation of the plunger. The snap wire is configured to engage the contact wall of the housing to create a sound that is audible to a user when the movable handle has been actuated a predetermined amount.
US10835332B2	Surgical instrument with motor A method of operating an end effector of a surgical instrument includes supplying voltage to a motor disposed in a transmission mechanism of a surgical instrument having a shaft and an end effector at a distal end of the shaft; moving a component of the end effector between a first position and a second position via a drive system coupled to the motor; and placing a limit switch in a first state during moving of the end effector component, and in a second state when the end effector component is at one of the first position or the second position.
US10835328B2	Surgical robot platform A medical robot system, including a robot coupled to an effectuator element with the robot configured for controlled movement and positioning. The system may include a transmitter configured to emit one or more signals, and the transmitter is coupled to an instrument coupled to the effectuator element. The system may further include a motor assembly coupled to the robot and a plurality of receivers configured to receive the one or more signals emitted by the transmitter. A control unit is coupled to the motor assembly and the plurality of receivers, and the control unit is configured to supply one or more instruction signals to the motor assembly. The instruction signals can be configured to cause the motor assembly to selectively move the effectuator element.
US10835325B2	System and method for image localization of effecters during a medical procedure A computer-assisted imaging and localization system assists the physician in positioning implants and instruments into a patient's body. The system displays overlapping images—one image of the surgical site with the patient's anatomy and another image showing the implant(s) or instrument(s). The overlapping image of the implant/instrument is moved over the static image of the anatomy as the implant/instrument is moved. These moving image of the implant/instrument can be an unaltered image or an image altered to intensify or mitigate the anatomical or non-anatomical aspects of the moving image. Sliding these images over one another helps the surgeon in positioning devices or instruments with a high degree of accuracy and with a limited number of additional x-rays.
US10835324B2	Adjustable length medical instrument assembly with localization elements for tracking medical instrument extension A medical instrument assembly including a handle assembly having a first handle portion and a second handle portion proximate the second end, wherein the second handle portion is slidably engaged with the first handle portion. A first localization element is attached to the first handle portion and a second localization element is attached to the second handle portion. A medical instrument is mechanically coupled to the second handle portion and a translation of the second handle portion with respect to the first handle portion causes a coincident and coextensive translation of the medical instrument. The amount of translation of the medical instrument is adapted to be determined by calculating the distance between the first localization element and the second localization element. The first and second localization elements may be electromagnetic sensors which positions may be determined by a navigation system.
US10835321B2	View angle-independent visual representation of a cut procedure A computer-implemented method for providing a visual representation of material removal from an object by a cutting tool during a cut procedure is described. The method may comprise tracking consecutive cuts a cut trajectory of the cutting tool during the cut procedure, shape sweeping the consecutive poses of the cutting tool, and, for example, accumulating a union of the cut trajectory in a voxelized constructive solid geometry (CSG) grid to produce an object space representation of the union of the cut trajectory. The computer-implemented method may further comprise performing a CSG operation on object space representation of the union of the cut trajectory and a model of the object, and displaying a result of the CSG operation at a display screen.
US10835315B2	System and method for controlling catheter power based on contact force A method for controlling an ablation power applied to a catheter includes: receiving, by a controller, a detected contact force from a sensor assembly of the catheter, the sensor assembly being configured to detect a contact force applied to the electrode; controlling, by the controller, a power supplied to an electrode of the catheter to have a deactivated power level when the detected contact force is less than a first threshold contact force; controlling, by the controller, the power supplied to the electrode of the catheter to have a first power level when the detected contact force is greater than the first threshold contact force; and controlling, by the controller, the power supplied to the electrode of the catheter to have a deactivated power level when the detected contact force is greater than a cutoff contact force, the cutoff contact force being greater than the first threshold contact force.
US10835310B2	Electrically-powered surgical systems Surgical systems and methods are provided for controlling actuation and movement of various surgical devices.
US10835306B2	Systems and methods for assessing and treating tissue A medical device including an elongate member having a proximal end configured to be electrically coupled to an energy source, and a distal member disposed at a distal end of the elongate member. The distal member may include a plurality of contact elements configured to deliver stimulating energy to innervated tissue, detect a response from the innervated tissue to the stimulating energy, and deliver therapeutic energy to the innervated tissue based on the response from the innervated tissue.
US10835297B2	Interspinous spacer An implantable spacer for placement between adjacent spinous processes in a spinal motion segment is provided. The spacer includes a body defining a longitudinal passageway. A first arm and a second arm are connected to the body. Each arm has a pair of extensions and a saddle defining a U-shaped configuration for seating a spinous process therein. An actuator assembly is disposed inside the longitudinal passageway and connected to the body. When advanced, the actuator assembly contacts ramming surfaces of the arms to rotate them from an undeployed configuration to a deployed configuration. In the deployed configuration, the distracted adjacent spinous processes are seated in the U-shaped portion of the arms providing sufficient distraction to open the neural foramen. An insertion instrument is provided for implanting the interspinous process spacer. The system is configured for implantation through a small percutaneous incision employing minimally invasive techniques.
US10835288B2	Devices and methods of accelerating bone cuts Methods of accelerating bone cuts, and the devices used therefore, are disclosed. The methods can involve the use of robotic cutting tools.
US10835285B2	Devices, systems, and methods for delivering a substance within a mammalian luminal organ or area adjacent thereto Devices, systems, and methods for delivering a substance within a mammalian luminal organ or area adjacent thereto. In at least one exemplary embodiment of a system of the present disclosure, the system comprises an inner delivery device, comprising an inner portion configured to receive a substance therein, a pock tip at or near a distal end of the inner delivery device, the pock tip configured to deliver the substance from the inner portion, through a pock tip aperture defined within the pock tip, and into a mammalian tissue and/or luminal organ, and an embolus positioned within the inner portion, the embolus configured so that the substance remains distal to the embolus when the substance is positioned within the inner portion. In another embodiment, the system further comprises an outer catheter, comprising an elongate body, a guidewire lumen defined within the elongate body and configured to receive at least part of a guidewire therein, and a central lumen defined within the elongate body, the central lumen configured to receive at least a portion of the inner delivery device.
US10835277B2	System and method for powering an ultrasonic surgical device An ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a housing, an ultrasonic transducer and generator assembly disposed in the housing, a shaft extending from a distal end of the housing, and an end effector assembly coupled to the shaft and operatively connected to the ultrasonic transducer and generator assembly. The ultrasonic surgical instrument further includes a handle assembly having a first set of power contacts formed thereon and being removably attachable to the housing, a power receiving mechanism having a second set of power contacts formed thereon, and a power cable electrically connected between the first and second power contacts.
US10835272B2	Devices and methods for removing obstructive material from an intravascular site A system for removing embolic material from an intravascular site is disclosed. The system includes an elongate, flexible tubular body, having a proximal end, a distal end, and a tubular side wall defining at least one lumen extending axially there through; an axial restraint carried by the side wall and exposed to the lumen; a rotatable core wire extendable through the lumen, the core wire having a distal end; a limit carried by the core wire, the limit having a bearing surface for rotatably engaging the restraint; and an agitator tip on the distal end of the core wire. The limit and the restraint are engageable to permit rotation of the core wire but limit distal advance of the tip relative to the tubular body.
US10835270B2	Surgical snare Embodiments of the invention provide a surgical snare structure in which the material used for the snare and the deployment mechanism of the snare are configured to improve the cutting efficacy of the snare. In particular, the surgical snare structure of the invention may omit the kink or nib present in the loop of known surgical snares and/or may provide a reaction surface against which the cutting action of the snare is effective. The surgical snare of the invention may be a cold, i.e. mechanical-only effect, snare, or may be used in conjunction with radiofrequency (RF) and/or microwave energy to enhance a cutting or coagulation effect.
US10835268B2	Inverting thrombectomy apparatuses having enhanced tracking Mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses, and particularly knitted rolling tube mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses configured to have improved tracking for delivery through tortious vessels are described herein. Also described herein are methods of removing clots using a mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses in which the clot is larger than the tractor portion of the mechanical thrombectomy apparatus.
US10835265B2	Surgical templates A surgical template system for use in working on a bone comprises: a tool guide block comprising at least one guide aperture for receiving and guiding a tool to work on a bone; locating means comprising a plurality of locating members, each member having a respective end surface for positioning against a surface of the bone; and attachment means for non-adjustably attaching the tool guide block to the locating means such that, when attached, the member end surfaces are secured in fixed position with, respect to each other, for engaging different respective portions of the surface of the bone, and the at least one guide aperture is secured in a fixed position with respect to the end surfaces. Corresponding methods of manufacturing a surgical template system, methods of manufacturing locating means for a surgical template system, methods of fitting a prosthesis to a bone, surgical methods, and surgical apparatus are described.
US10835259B2	Occlusive medical device system An occlusive medical device system may include an elongate shaft having a distal strain relief portion and a lumen extending longitudinally through the elongate shaft, the elongate shaft including a plurality of retaining arms extending distally from the distal strain relief portion; an occlusive medical device including a proximal mounting portion fixed to an expandable occlusive element; and a release wire disposed within the lumen of the elongate shaft. The plurality of retaining arms may extend into the proximal mounting portion. The release wire may be configured to engage the plurality of retaining arms in a distal engagement position, thereby urging the plurality of retaining arms radially outward into releasable engagement with the proximal mounting portion. When the release wire is in a proximal released position, the plurality of retaining arms is deflectable radially inward to disengage from the proximal mounting portion.
US10835257B2	Methods of managing neurovascular obstructions Systems, methods, and devices for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke that provide immediate blood flow restoration to a vessel occluded by a clot and, after reestablishing blood flow, address the clot itself Immediate blood flow restoration advantageously can facilitate natural lysis of the clot and also can reduce or obviate the concern for distal embolization due to fragmentation of the clot. Several embodiments of the invention provide for progressive, or modular, treatment based upon the nature of the clot. For example, the progressive treatment can include immediate restoration of blood flow, in-situ clot management, and/or clot removal depending on the particular circumstances of the treatment. The in-situ clot management can include, for example, lysis, maceration, and/or removal.
US10835254B2	Powered surgical circular stapler A surgical instrument includes a stapling head assembly and a first locking feature. The stapling head assembly has a cartridge housing, a staple deck, a plurality of staples, a staple driver, a cylindraceous knife, and a trocar. The cartridge housing extends along a longitudinal axis that is configured to removably couple with a portion of a shaft assembly. The staple driver is configured to translate distally from a proximal driver position toward a distal driver position to thereby drive each of the plurality of staples distally from an annular array of staple pockets, respectively, for forming the plurality of staples in a tissue of a patient. The first locking feature is operatively connected to the cartridge housing and configured to removably couple against the portion of the shaft assembly for selectively coupling and decoupling the stapling head assembly relative to the portion of the shaft assembly.
US10835252B2	Surgical fastener applying apparatus with controlled beam deflection A surgical fastener applying apparatus including an anvil half-section having a distal end and a longitudinal axis; a cartridge receiving half-section having a distal end and operatively couplable with the anvil half-section such that the distal ends of the half-sections are in juxtaposed relation; and a deflection control system operatively engaged with and reinforcing the distal end of the anvil half-section when a force is applied to the distal end of the anvil half-section in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis.
US10835251B2	Surgical instrument assembly including an end effector configurable in different positions A surgical instrument assembly comprising a handle, a shaft, and an end effector is disclosed. The end effector comprises a first iaw comprising a tissue-supporting surface defining a plurality of staple cavities defined therein, a second iaw movable relative to the first jaw, a proximal pin coupling the first and second jaws, a first slot configured to receive the proximal pin, a distal pin coupling the jaw and second jaws, and a second slot configured to receive the distal pin. The proximal pin is movable vertically within the first slot. The distal pin is actuatable within the second slot between a first position where the second jaw is in an open position, a second position where the second jaw is in a clamped position, and a third position where the second jaw is in a fully closed position and the second iaw is in contact with the tissue-supporting surface.
US10835249B2	Implantable layers for a surgical instrument A staple cartridge is disclosed. The staple cartridge can include a cartridge body, a plurality of staples, and an implantable layer. The implantable layer can include an inner portion, an outer portion positioned at least partially around the inner portion, and a plurality of passages formed through the outer portion toward the inner portion. The implantable layer can be porous. An implantable layer can include an outer portion including a plurality of fibers. A method of forming an implantable layer for use with a surgical stapler is also disclosed. The method can include forming at least one passage through an outer surface toward an inner portion of the implantable layer.
US10835246B2	Staple cartridges and arrangements of staples and staple cavities therein A staple cartridge is disclosed. The staple cartridge can have a longitudinal axis and a cartridge body having a deck, wherein a plurality of staple cavities can be defined in the cartridge body. The staple cavities can be arranged in a plurality of patterns, and the patterns can include a first pattern and a second pattern longitudinally offset from the first pattern. The second pattern can be different than the first pattern. The first pattern can consist of a longitudinally-repetitive pattern of angularly-oriented staple cavities and/or the second pattern can consist of parallel staple cavities.
US10835241B2	Devices, systems, and methods for repairing soft tissue and attaching soft tissue to bone Devices, systems and/or methods for repairing soft tissue adjacent a repair site. In one embodiment, a repair device is delivered with a delivery device system configured to move a cartridge with the repair device disposed therein toward an anvil with soft tissue positioned thereon. The delivery device linearly moves the cartridge toward the anvil with a worm drive positioned within a housing by rotating a thumb wheel disposed around the worm drive. Such linear movement is provided with a finger element extending from the worm drive that is configured to cooperate with an internal surface of the thumb wheel. With this arrangement, upon rotating the thumb wheel, the worm drive rotates with the finger element engaged with the internal surface of the thumb wheel to linearly move the cartridge toward the anvil.
US10835238B2	Apparatus and method of forming barbs on a suture A barbed suture is provided. The barbed suture includes an elongate body and at least one barb extending from the elongate body. The elongate body defines a recess adjacent the at least one barb. Also provided is a method of making a barbed suture. The method includes the steps of providing a suture nest and a punch apparatus configured for operable engagement with the suture nest, loading a suture through the suture nest, engaging the punch apparatus with the suture nest, and disengaging the punch apparatus with the suture nest.
US10835236B2	Suturing kit and package A suturing kit includes a suture and a suture holder for holding the suture. The suture has a first end and a second, opposite, end. The suture holder includes an elongated wall defining a suture receiving passage that is elongated along a longitudinal axis and terminates at a suture exit opening. The suture receiving passage has a width at least twice the diameter of the suture and receives the suture such that the suture is folded over forming a half loop section spaced from the suture exit opening. A first second of the suture extends from the half loop section toward the first end and a second section of the suture extends from the half loop section towards the second end. The first section and the second section of the suture within the suture receiving passage are aligned parallel to the longitudinal axis.
US10835233B2	Suturing backstop for minimally invasive surgery A suturing backstop is disclosed. The suturing backstop has a suturing device receiver configured to receive at least a portion of a tissue bite area of a suturing device. The suturing backstop also has a sewing cuff receptacle. The suturing backstop further has one or more needle guides adjacent the sewing cuff receptacle. The suturing backstop also has one or more alignment stops configured to position said portion of the tissue bite area within the suturing device receiver such that when a needle from the suturing device is extended from a retracted to an engaged position, the needle passes through the sewing cuff receptacle and through a corresponding one of the one or more needle guides. A related method for placing sutures into a sewing cuff of a prosthetic replacement device is also disclosed.
US10835227B1	Retractor systems with sensors A retractor system includes a retractor with an oximeter sensor at its tip and a force sensor coupled to the retractor. The retractor system also includes a system unit which can send signals to and receive signals from the oximeter sensor via optical fibers. The oximeter sensor measures oxygen saturation of a tissue being retracted by the retractor, and the force sensor measures an amount of force that is applied to the retracted tissue by the tip of the retractor. Another retractor system has a closed loop control arrangement with a positioning mechanism which moves the retractor based on measurements of the sensors.
US10835224B2	Deployment instrument for closure device for percutaneously sealing punctures A deployment instrument for deploying a closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the deployment instrument including a carrier assembly, wherein the carrier assembly is configured to hold the closure device in a pre-deployment state, and a tensioner assembly, wherein the filament is fixedly attached to the tensioner assembly, wherein the deployment instrument is configured to increase the tension in the filament upon linear movement of the deployment instrument away from the wall of the body passageway when the closure device is anchored to the wall via the anchor such that the tension is gradually increased as the deployment instrument is moved between a first linear distance and a second linear distance greater than the first linear distance from the wall of the body passageway.
US10835223B2	Vascular closure device with automatic suture cutter A tissue puncture closure device that includes an anchor (208, 508), a sealing pad (210, 510), a compaction member (212, 312, 412, 512), a suture (204, 504), and a suture cutting member (270, 472, 570). The compaction member is configured to compact the sealing pad toward the anchor. The suture is coupled to the sealing pad and anchor, and a portion of the suture extends through at least a portion of the compaction member. The suture cutting member is operable to cut the suture. The suture cutting member is operable within a portion of the compaction member to cut the suture.
US10835222B2	Method for treating gastro esophageal reflux disease In an endoscopic treatment method, a damaged area is formed in at least a portion of a digestive tract along a circumferential direction. The damaged area is formed by performing thermal ablation of mucosal layer and not removing the mucosal layer. An incomplete stenosis is formed in the digestive tract during restoration of the damaged area.
US10835216B2	Spinneret for manufacture of melt blown nonwoven fabric A bimodal spinneret system including the bimodal spinneret and method for making a surgical buttress having improved characteristics are disclosed. The bimodal spinneret includes at least a distribution of hole diameters to create fibers with a more heterogeneous shear history and die swell. The system and method of using the bimodal spinneret creates a melt blown non-woven fiber mat that is cut into a surgical buttress having unique fabric properties such as differentiated load deflection behavior, flexural stiffness, polymer fiber alignment, fiber crystallinity and subsequent strength retention during in vitro degradation not attainable with unimodal spinneret hole diameters.
US10835215B2	Method and apparatus for laser ablation under ultrasound guidance A method for minimally invasive laser ablation of a target tissue within a patient while sparing tissue within a safety zone proximate to the target tissue, comprising: guiding a laser fiber within a patient with a guidance tool; measuring a temperature within the target tissue and the safety zone based on an invasive and a non-invasive thermal sensor; computing a thermal profile in conjunction with a real-time tissue image adapted for guidance of the laser fiber with the guidance tool within the patient; and controlling a laser to deliver energy through the laser fiber, to deliver a minimally therapeutic ablation therapy to the target tissue while ensuring that the safety zone is maintained in a non-ablation condition, based on at least a treatment plan, the measured temperature, and the thermal profile.
US10835214B2	Support body, body fluid collection set, and body fluid collection method Disclosed are a support body, a body fluid collection set, and a body fluid collection method that can easily support a body fluid collection sheet even by a non-physician. The support body 1 includes a first sheet 10 having an adhesive surface 12 for adhering the body fluid collection sheet 30, and a second sheet 20 adhered to the first sheet 10. The adhesive surface 12 of the first sheet 10 is adhered to the body fluid collection sheet 30 so that the first sheet 10 is separated from the skin 40 and the body fluid collection sheet 30 is peeled off from the skin 40. Thereafter, the second sheet 20 is superposed on the adhesive surface 12, and the body fluid collection sheet 30 is supported on the support body 1.
US10835209B2	Configurable ultrasonic imager An imaging device includes a two dimensional array of piezoelectric elements. Each piezoelectric element includes: a piezoelectric layer; a bottom electrode disposed on a bottom side of the piezoelectric layer and configured to receive a transmit signal during a transmit mode and develop an electrical charge during a receive mode; and a first top electrode disposed on a top side of the piezoelectric layer; and a first conductor, wherein the first top electrodes of a portion of the piezoelectric elements in a first column of the two dimensional array are electrically coupled to the first conductor.
US10835208B2	Concave ultrasound transducers and 3D arrays A Multiple Aperture Ultrasound Imaging (MAUI) probe or transducer is uniquely capable of simultaneous imaging of a region of interest from separate apertures of ultrasound arrays. Some embodiments provide systems and methods for designing, building and using ultrasound probes having continuous arrays of ultrasound transducers which may have a substantially continuous concave curved shape in two or three dimensions (i.e., concave relative to an object to be imaged). Other embodiments herein provide systems and methods for designing, building and using ultrasound imaging probes having other unique configurations, such as adjustable probes and probes with variable configurations.
US10835207B2	Fast anatomical mapping using ultrasound images A method for three-dimensional (3D) mapping includes acquiring a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) ultrasonic images of a cavity in a body of a living subject, the 2D images having different, respective positions in a 3D reference frame. In each of the 2D ultrasonic images, pixels corresponding to locations within an interior of the cavity are identified. The identified pixels from the plurality of the 2D images are registered in the 3D reference frame so as to define a volume corresponding to the interior of the cavity. An outer surface of the volume is reconstructed, representing an interior surface of the cavity.
US10835205B2	Stand-alone continuous cardiac doppler pulse monitoring patch with integral visual and auditory alerts, and patch-display system and method A stand-alone continuous cardiac Doppler pulse monitoring patch provides visual and auditory signals that a pulse is detected or not detected in a human subject. The invention is a small patch with a peel-away adhesive surface that is applied to the skin of the subject, preferably near a large artery. The adhesive surface of the patch includes a conductive medium to enhance transmission and reception of ultrasonic waves. The patch includes an integral power source, transmitters and receivers to send and detect reflected ultrasonic waves, a transducer to convert the reflected waves into an electrical signal, a processor to analyze the signal, a light to indicate the presence and strength of a pulse, and a speaker also to indicate the presence and strength of a pulse. The Doppler effect of waves reflecting from blood pumped from a heart is used to detect a pulse in the subject. The presence of a pulse is analyzed by the processor to determine the frequency and strength of blood flow. The processor causes the light to blink at a rate to indicate the frequency of rhythmic blood flow. In a further embodiment, the processor analyzes the strength of the blood flow and causes the light to increase or decrease in intensity to reflect the strength or weakness of the flow. The processor may also drive a speaker to emit sounds, such as beeps, that indicate the frequency and strength of blood flow. The absence of blood flow may be indicated by the absence of light or sound, or by separate light or auditory signals.
US10835204B2	System and method for tracking completeness of co-registered medical image data A system and method for tracking completeness of co-registered medical image data is disclosed herein. The system and method tracks the position of an anatomical reference marker positionable on a patient and an ultrasound probe during an imaging session and co-registers medical images based on positional data received from the anatomical reference marker and the ultrasound probe. Using the co-registered image data, the system and method generates a surface contour of a region of interest (ROI) of the patient, such as a breast. The surface contour is defined to represent an interface between a chest wall structure and tissue of the ROI in a plurality of co-registered medical images. A completeness map of the image data within the defined surface contour during the imaging session is generated and overlaid on a graphic representation of the ROI.
US10835203B2	System for visualization and control of surgical devices utilizing a graphical user interface A system for visualizing and guiding a surgical device having a first imaging device of a first type and has a first image output. The first imaging device is positioned to image an area being subject to surgery. A second imaging device of a second type has a second image output. The second imaging device is positioned to image an area being subject to surgery. A computer is coupled to receive the first and second image outputs and a computer software program, resident in the computer receives and displays information received from the surgical device and/or for guiding the operation of the surgical device and for generating a graphic user interface including selectable menu and submenu items. The surgical device is coupled to the computer.
US10835201B2	Non-invasive wearable heart valve monitor The invention is a device, system, and method for monitoring function of heart valves. The invention includes a disposable patch having simple transducers and simple processing for monitoring heart valve performance via echo Doppler and processing the data to determine blood flow velocities and/or blood flow gradients.
US10835200B2	Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes Doppler processing circuitry and processing circuitry. The Doppler processing circuitry filters a data sequence of reflected-wave data at the same positions across a plurality of frames in a frame direction to collect blood flow information in a predetermined region of interest. The processing circuitry receives a first instruction to change the range of flow rate values to be displayed, in display of the blood flow information. The processing circuitry receives a second instruction to change a setting related to the region of interest. The processing circuitry changes the range of flow rate values in response to the first instruction when receiving the first instruction, and performs an adjustment for maintaining the range of flow rate values when receiving the second instruction.
US10835197B2	Medical diagnostic-imaging apparatus and medical-information management apparatus An X-ray computer tomography (CT) apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry an operation to change information relating to a range of a part that is defined based on a plurality of anatomical landmarks in any one of image data of a subject and image data of a virtual patient image. The processing circuitry performs any one of a first setting processing and a second setting processing, the first setting processing of changing a part of the anatomical landmarks to define the range of the part, the second setting processing of setting, for a part of the anatomical landmarks, a position departed therefrom by a predetermined length in a predetermine direction as an actual anatomical landmark.
US10835195B2	Arrangement for controlling image plate and its image information and a method for controlling the arrangement A medical imaging system includes at least an image plate, X-ray device for producing an image of an object on said image plate, and a reading device for reading image information held by the image plate. In connection with the image plate there is a tag containing information for controlling the arrangement in such a manner that when the arrangement has read the information in the tag the arrangement is adapted to perform at least one operation controlled by the information read.
US10835192B2	X-ray imaging method using variable imaging plane projection and x-ray imaging device applying the same The present disclosure relates to an x-ray imaging method using a variable imaging plane projection and to an x-ray imaging device applying the same. By applying a variable imaging plane projection using at least two sets of scan data for different heights obtained while varying the height of the x-ray generator from an imaging object, it is possible to solve problems caused due to a magnification effect generated in the x-ray imaging field based on a fan-beam-type or cone-beam-type x-ray generator, thereby providing more accurate x-ray image information.
US10835190B2	Mobile X-ray imaging system An imaging system includes a first portion and a second portion that translates and/or rotates with respect to the first portion. A first locking mechanism may prevent the second portion from translating with respect to the first portion, such as during transport of the system. A second locking mechanism may prevent the second portion from rotating with respect to the first portion, such as during transport and/or during an imaging scan. Further embodiments include a cable management system between the first and second portions, a spherically-shaped surface of a support gimbal and a user interface device for an imaging system.
US10835188B2	Robot providing health support with communication, robot control method, and non-transitory recording medium Provided are a robot, a robot control method, and a non-transitory recording medium capable of causing a predetermined object to continuously have a health support without having a consciousness of a diagnosis. The robot includes an obtainer (a sensor set) obtaining biometric information of a predetermined object in accordance with a touch by the predetermined object to the robot without requesting the predetermined object to touch the robot, the biometric information being obtained by the touch of the predetermined object, a determiner determining the biometric information obtained by the obtainer, and a controller controlling the robot based on a determined result by the determiner.
US10835183B2	Apparatus and method for intravascular measurements Intravascular diagnosis apparatus and methods are disclosed. In one aspect of the disclosed technology, a monitoring guidewire includes a core wire having or made of one or more of MP35N, L605, Elgiloy, and an alloy of nickel, cobalt, molybdenum and chromium, a sensor disposed in a distal region of the core wire, and a housing substantially coextensive with the core wire and surrounding the core wire, the housing being more flexible than the core wire for at least the distal portion of the housing.
US10835182B2	Medical device systems including an optical fiber with a tapered core A medical device system may include a guidewire including a distal pressure sensor and a proximal end. A connector cable may be coupled to the proximal end of the guidewire and may have a proximal end. A signal conditioning unit may be coupled to the proximal end of the connector cable. One or more of the guidewire, the connector cable, and the signal conditioning unit may include an optical fiber having a core with a tapered outer diameter.
US10835181B2	Apparatuses, methods, and systems for measuring insole deformation Devices, systems, and, methods for measuring deformation variation in an insole to determine characteristics of a user, including weight and gait, are described herein. In some embodiments, a device includes an insole having a fluid reservoir configured to be disposed in a shoe, a deformation sensor, and a communications module. The fluid reservoir includes a first portion and a second portion. The deformation sensor is coupled to the fluid reservoir and is configured to measure a deformation in at least one of the first portion and the second portion. The communications module is configured to receive the measured deformation from the deformation sensor and transmit the measured deformation to a remote device.
US10835178B2	Systems and methods for sensing lung fluid and functionality An apparatus for monitoring for accumulation of lung fluid comprises a feeding tube having first electrode(s) positioned thereon for electrical contact with tissue of an esophagus of a target patient including a lower esophageal sphincter (LES) and/or tissue in proximity to the LES, second electrode(s) sized and shaped for contacting skin of the target patient, and a non-transitory memory having stored thereon code instructions for applying alternating current(s) to pair(s) of first and second electrodes, measuring a voltage over the pair(s), and computing an estimate of a change of lung fluid relative to a baseline in lung(s) of the target patient according to the applied alternating current and measured voltage, wherein the applying, the measuring, and the computing the estimate of the change in lung fluid are iteratively executed for monitoring the target patient for accumulation of lung fluid while the feeding tube is in use.
US10835177B2	Anesthesia assessment system and method for lung protective ventilation A method and system for assisting clinicians in determining when and how to perform a lung recruitment procedure. The method includes a user configurable interface that an operator or institution can set up to correspond to best practices. Based upon the information entered into the configurable user interface, a method and algorithm automatically determines when a lung recruitment procedure should be instituted. The system can either manually or automatically enable the beginning of the lung recruitment procedure depending upon the clinician and facility preferences. The algorithm includes a plurality of process steps that are carried out in a clinically-relevant order to eliminate patient condition options and to provide the appropriate recommended actions prior to initiating the lung recruitment procedure.
US10835173B2	Ankle ergometer Disclosed is an ankle ergometer for measuring a force exerted on a user's ankle joint by muscles involved in ankle mobility, including: a first splint-type portion receiving the lower limb when the user's knee is extended, and including a lower limb immobilizer with the leg in extension, and a second portion including: a) a main body attached to the first portion, b) a counter-supporting unit secured to the main body, c) a rigid plate forming a supporting surface for the lower surface of the foot, the rigid plate being substantially static relative to the counter-supporting unit, d) a force sensor between the plate and the counter-supporting unit, the plate not being secured to the main body so the sensor measures the force exerted on the supporting surface of the plate by the ankle mobility muscles, the force being transmitted from the plate to the counter-supporting unit.
US10835171B2	Ingestion monitoring systems An ingestion monitoring system (100) comprising: one or more acoustic transducers (102); an analogue to digital converter (208) arranged to convert electrical signals from the acoustic transducer to digital form; and a processor (210) arranged to process the digital signal to detect an ingestion event.
US10835170B2	Methods for detecting neuronal oscillation in the spinal cord associated with pain and diseases or disorders of the nervous system Disclosed are methods for detecting neuronal oscillation in the spinal cord of a subject. The methods can be utilized to determine that the subject has a disease or disorder of the spinal cord. The methods are useful for treating or reducing the likelihood of pain in a subject by detecting neuronal oscillation in the spinal cord and, e.g., administering a therapeutic agent to the subject. The electrode (LFP) methods disclosed herein may also be utilized to screen for a therapeutic agent that decreases neuronal oscillation in the spinal cord using a non-human animal subject.
US10835169B2	Brain function index computing device and brain function index computing method Provided is a technique for computing a brain function index for diagnosing a mental disorder at the individual level, which can be applied to even a child around school age. A brain function index computing device includes a brain activity value calculation processing unit configured to calculate from brain activity signals of a subject a first brain activity value of a region including the meddle frontal gyrus (MFG) and a second brain activity value of a region including the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG); and a brain function index calculation processing unit configured to calculate a brain function index associated with a mental disorder using the first brain activity value and the second brain activity value.
US10835167B2	Systems and methods for using mobile and wearable video capture and feedback plat-forms for therapy of mental disorders Behavioral and mental health therapy systems in accordance with several embodiments of the invention include a wearable camera and/or a variety of sensors (accelerometer, microphone, among various other) connected to a computing system including a display, audio output, holographic output, and/or vibrotactile output to automatically recognize social cues from images captured by at least one camera and provide this information to the wearer via one or more outputs such as (but not limited to) displaying an image, displaying a holographic overlay, generating an audible signal, and/or generating a vibration.
US10835162B2	Advanced analyte sensor calibration and error detection Systems and methods for processing sensor data and self-calibration are provided. In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided which are capable of calibrating a continuous analyte sensor based on an initial sensitivity, and then continuously performing self-calibration without using, or with reduced use of, reference measurements. In certain embodiments, a sensitivity of the analyte sensor is determined by applying an estimative algorithm that is a function of certain parameters. Also described herein are systems and methods for determining a property of an analyte sensor using a stimulus signal. The sensor property can be used to compensate sensor data for sensitivity drift, or determine another property associated with the sensor, such as temperature, sensor membrane damage, moisture ingress in sensor electronics, and scaling factors.
US10835155B2	Ultra-clean bag or balloon for collection of volatile organic compounds in breath or air A device and method is described for the collection of breath or air samples into a chemically clean bag or balloon, to facilitate analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in low concentrations in the collected samples. A reservoir of activated charcoal is introduced into the bag or balloon for initial removal of VOCs and it is then replaced with a similar reservoir of activated charcoal until the bag or balloon is employed to collect a sample. The device fulfills a long-felt need for collection of breath and air samples with a high VOC signal-to-noise ratio.
US10835152B2	Electromechanical pill device with localization capabilities Various embodiments are described herein for a device, system, and method for identifying a location of an ingestible device within a gastrointestinal tract of a body. In some embodiments, the ingestible device includes a sensing unit with an axial optical sensing sub-unit located proximal to at least one end of the device, and a radial optical sensing sub-unit located proximal to a radial wall of the device, and may autonomously identify a location within the gastrointestinal tract. In some embodiments, the ingestible device includes optical illumination sources and detectors that operate at a plurality of different wavelengths, and may discern regions of a gastrointestinal tract by using the reflection properties of organ tissue and occasional particulates. In some embodiments, the ingestible device may sample fluid or release medicament based on a detected device location.
US10835150B2	Apparatus, systems, and methods for localizing markers or tissue structures within a body Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for localizing lesions within a patient's body, e.g., within a breast. The system may include one or more markers implantable within or around the target tissue region, and a probe for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic signals to detect the one or more markers. During use, the marker(s) are into a target tissue region, and the probe is placed against the patient's skin to detect and localize the marker(s). A tissue specimen, including the lesion and the marker(s), is then removed from the target tissue region based at least in part on the localization information from the probe.
US10835147B1	Method for predicting efficacy of a stimulus by measuring physiological response to stimuli Methods are disclosed for determining an efficacy of a stimulus based on one or more measurable physiological responses to one or more stimuli including one or more stimulus features. Data is acquired on physiological responses of a group of one or more subjects to presentation of one or more stimuli including one or more stimulus features. The data on the one or more physiological responses of the one or more subjects is correlated with the presentation of the one or more stimulus features included in the one or more stimuli. The correlated data on the one or more physiological responses are associated with a separately-determined efficacy of the one or more stimuli to form a stimulus efficacy model. From this information, a projected efficacy of a stimulus is determinable by comparing one or more subsequently-measured physiological responses to the stimulus with the stimulus efficacy model.
US10835141B2	Wearable electrode A wearable electrode includes: a garment including an outer member and a backing member configured to cover at least a part of an inner surface of the outer member; and an electrode unit configured to come into contact with a living body clothed in the garment to acquire a biological signal emitted by the living body and attached to an opposite side of the backing member from the outer member, and a core wire which can be inserted into an accommodation section formed in the electrode unit. The outer member and the backing member are connected to a part other than a part of the backing member, to which the electrode unit is attached.
US10835139B2	Method to determine wavefront vector flow-field and vorticity from spatially-distributed recordings Methods and systems are provided for determination and mapping of vector fields which characterize wavefront motion through space and time. The inventive methods and systems utilize data from spatially-distributed locations and maps wavefront vector flow fields in an entirely automated manner. These maps can be used to characterize the activation as planar, centrifugal, or rotational. Further, the strength of rotation or divergence is determined from these fields and can be used to select spatial points of significantly increased rotational or focal activity. As applied to electrophysiological data recorded during heart rhythm disorders in patients, the inventive method provides a means of visual interpretation of complex activation maps. The information related to the strength and location of rotation and centrifugal activity during episodes of arrhythmia can guide therapies designed to treat such disorders.
US10835138B2	Method for evaluating blush in myocardial tissue Vessel perfusion and myocardial blush are determined by analyzing fluorescence signals obtained in a static region-of-interest (ROI) in a collection of fluorescence images of myocardial tissue. The blush value is determined from the total intensity of the intensity values of image elements located within the smallest contiguous range of image intensity values containing a predefined fraction of a total measured image intensity of all image elements within the ROI. Vessel (arterial) peak intensity is determined from image elements located within the ROI that have the smallest contiguous range of highest measured image intensity values and contain a predefined fraction of a total measured image intensity of all image elements within the ROI. Cardiac function can be established by comparing the time differential between the time of peak intensity in a blood vessel and that in a region of neighboring myocardial tissue both pre and post procedure.
US10835136B2	Wearable device having sensor-dependent behavior modification A wearable device having sensor-dependent behavior modification, according to one embodiment, includes a housing configured for positioning on a human body. A plurality of sensors are positioned in and/or on the housing for detecting a condition of the wearable device and/or an environment of the wearable device. A processing circuit in the housing is coupled to the sensors for receiving sensor data therefrom. A computer readable storage medium is coupled to the processing circuit, the computer readable storage medium having program instructions stored therein, which when executed by the processing circuit cause the processing circuit to change a state of the wearable device based on the sensor data.
US10835131B2	Seizure detection methods, apparatus, and systems using a wavelet transform maximum modulus algorithm Methods for detecting a seizure, by use of a wavelet transform maximum modulus (WTMM) algorithm applied to body data. A non-transitive, computer-readable storage device for storing data that when executed by a processor, perform such a method.
US10835128B2	Apparatus for dental confocal imaging An apparatus for dental confocal imaging comprises an illumination module for generating an array of light beams, an optics system for confocal focusing of the array of light beams and a probe head with a light-guiding part having an entrance face and an exit face. The illumination module, the optics system and the probe head are arranged such that the array of light beams from the illumination module passes through the optics system, enters the light-guiding part via the entrance face and exits the light-guiding part via the exit face. The optics system is configured such that, after having passed through the optics system, the outermost marginal rays of the outermost light beams with respect to the optical axis of the optics system are parallel or divergent to the optical axis.
US10835127B2	Atherosclerotic plaque detection An apparatus detects atherosclerotic plaques. The apparatus includes an electronic processing device that determines a level of fluorescence sensed by a sensor at a second infrared wavelength in response to exposure of at least part of an artery to radiation at a first infrared wavelength and determines a fluorescence indicator using the level of fluorescence. The fluorescence indicator is indicative of the presence, absence or degree of an atherosclerotic plaque.
US10835121B2	Transmitting treatment information A system includes a first computing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory. The processor and the memory are configured to receive at least one of (i) information indicative of treatment of a victim by a first caregiver using the first computing device and (ii) information indicative of a health status of the victim; determine that treatment of the victim by the first caregiver using the first computing device is completed; and transmit the received information to a second computing device.
US10835116B2	Vocal cord stroboscopy A video laryngoscope system includes an imager, an audio processing circuitry, a light source, an exposure controller, and a line gain module. The imager generates a first frame and a second frame of a plurality of video frames using a rolling shutter. The audio processing circuitry determines a base frequency of a vocalization based on an audio signal. The light source generates pulses of light based on the base frequency. The exposure controller adjusts a duration and position in time of the pulses based on the base frequency during the first and second frames. The line gain module selectively applies a line gain to at least a portion of the first frame and a portion of the second frame based on a gap time between the first frame and the second frame and the duration and position in time of the pulses.
US10835114B2	Point of use cleaning system for endoscopes The invention includes devices, arrangements and methods for treating an endoscope after use to prevent adhesion of bioburden on internal walls of a lumen of the endoscope. After treatment, the device is stored in the treated condition until cleaning. The device is configured to selectively deliver cleaning solution to the endoscope. The device can be a circulating embodiment having a pump. A filter can be provided to filter debris during circulation. The device can be a non-circulating embodiment having a hydrophobic filter for release of air. Fittings are provided on the device components to selectively attach the device to endoscopes.
US10835113B2	Method and apparatus for travelled distance measuring by a capsule camera in the gastrointestinal tract A method and system for determining a travelled distance by a capsule camera are disclosed. A current global motion vector for a current image in the image sequence is determined, where the current global motion vector corresponds to movement made by the capsule camera between the current image and a reference image associated with the image sequence. A travelled distance by the capsule camera in the GI tract is determined according to the current global motion vector and prior global motion vectors derived for prior images between an initial image and the current image, where the travelled distance is measured from an initial location associated with the initial image to a current location associated with the current image. A method and system for displaying an image sequence captured by a capsule camera are also disclosed. The travelled distances associated with the image sequence are displayed on a display.
US10835099B2	Dishwashing machine Dishwashing machine including an outer casing with an inner washing cavity adapted to accommodating a dishwasher rack. A catchment sink assembly is located on the bottom of the inner washing cavity to collect and accumulate liquid trickling down from the dishwasher rack momentarily located above the catchment sink assembly. The catchment sink assembly includes a basin-shaped catchment tank. A cup-shaped drain sump extends downwards from the bottom of the catchment tank and directly communicates with the inside of the catchment tank to receive washing or rinsing liquid arriving on the bottom of the catchment tank. A tubular member communicates with the catchment tank and is detachably fitted into a corresponding tubular outlet portion in the drain sump to divide the inner volume of the drain sump into a first inner-volume portion directly connected to a water drain line, and a second inner-volume portion directly connected to the suction of the pump.
US10835096B2	Map based training and interface for mobile robots A method of operating an autonomous cleaning robot is described. The method includes initiating a training run of the autonomous cleaning robot and receiving, at a mobile device, location data from the autonomous cleaning robot as the autonomous cleaning robot navigates an area. The method also includes presenting, on a display of the mobile device, a training map depicting portions of the area traversed by the autonomous cleaning robot during the training run and presenting, on the display of the mobile device, an interface configured to allow the training map to be stored or deleted. The method also includes initiating additional training runs to produce additional training maps and presenting a master map generated based on a plurality of stored training maps.
US10835091B2	Hand hygiene A system, method, and apparatus for preventing one with dirty hands from entering or exiting an area without first using a hand washing system. Typical uses would be in hospitals, where patients are endangered by health care workers who may propagate microorganisms and thus illness from patient to patient. The subject technology seeks to stop one from passing by having a barrier block passage. Overrides for bypass system on an emergency basis or when hands are otherwise necessarily occupied, such as in carrying a tray or other objects. Sensors detect presence of obstructions in the movement of the barrier. Further, the barrier may be broken should an emergency arise. Current implementation presumes that one's hands are dirty, and thus entry or exit is initially denied. Once hand washing has occurred, then entry or exit is allowed.
US10835087B2	On demand wet wipe dispensing device with wipe actuated pump In one example, a wipe dispensing system includes a housing that defines an internal wipe storage area, a lid connected to the housing, a fluid reservoir disposed within the housing, a pump in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir, a fluid discharge manifold in fluid communication with the pump and located proximate a wipe dispensing path. The lid is operably disposed with respect to the pump such that depression of the lid causes the pump to discharge fluid from the fluid discharge manifold, and also causes dispensation of a portion of a wipe from the housing, and a return of the lid from a depressed position to a ‘ready’ position causes the pump to discharge fluid from the fluid discharge manifold, and also causes dispensation of portion of a wipe from the housing.
US10835084B2	Liquid dispensing apparatus, system and method An apparatus for dispensing a liquid. The apparatus includes a monolithic container to store a liquid. The monolithic container has a lower reservoir from which to dispense the liquid, an upper reservoir substantially adjacent to the lower reservoir to replenish the liquid in the lower reservoir, and a narrowing between the upper and lower reservoirs. An exit port communicates with the lower reservoir and is oriented in an upward direction relative to the lower reservoir. A corresponding system and method are also disclosed and claimed herein.
US10835082B2	Mixing vessel The present invention provides a mixing vessel 1 provided with: a bottomed vessel main body 2 in which an internal space 2S opens upward through an upper edge opening portion 21; an outer lid 3 capable of sealing the opening portion 21 of the vessel main body 2; and an inner lid 4 disposed inside the vessel main body 2; wherein the inner lid 4 is provided with a cylindrical peripheral wall portion 42 having an inner lid screwing portion (fourth thread portion 41) which can be screwed to the outer lid 3, an inner lid main body portion 43 in which multiple through-holes 45 penetrating in a height direction are formed in a dispersed manner, and a finger catching portion 48 which protrudes downward from the inner lid main body portion 43 and against which a finger can catch. By adopting this configuration, it is possible to provide a mixing vessel 1 with which an operation to detach the inner lid 4 from the outer lid 3 can be performed smoothly and appropriately.
US10835081B2	Blending container identification system A blending system is provided for identifying a blending container. The blending system may include an attachment member that attaches to a blending container. The attachment member may include an identification tag. A receiving system may communicate with the identification tag to identify the container. The receiving system may measure characteristics of the blending container. The characteristics can be compared to stored characteristics.
US10835078B2	Gas tap for a gas burner, and a gas cooking appliance incorporating said gas tap A gas tap for a gas burner that includes a gas inlet conduit for the entry of gas at a nominal pressure, at least one outlet conduit suitable for conducting gas to the burner through an outlet hole, and a rotating regulating element for regulating the incoming gas flow from the inlet conduit to the outlet conduit. The outlet conduit conducting a variable flow rate gas flow to the outlet hole when the regulating element rotates along an angular path. The gas tap also includes at least one constant flow outlet conduit for conducting a minimum constant flow rate gas flow (Qc) at nominal pressure (Pn) to the burner through a constant flow outlet hole when the regulating element rotates along the angular path.
US10835077B2	Cooking and baking device with seamlessly-jointed griddle plates Disclosed is a cooking and baking device with seamlessly-jointed griddle plates, including an upper housing, a lower housing hinged with the upper housing, chambers in the upper housing and the lower housing, griddle plates arranged within the chambers, and a connecting passage communicating with the chambers. Ends of the griddle plates in the upper housing and the lower housing are aligned in the connecting passage, an axis along which the upper housing and the lower housing are rotated is located between the griddle plates of the upper housing and the lower housing, and the axis is arranged to be not higher than top surfaces of the griddle plates. In use, the two griddle plates are tightly engaged, and thus food materials placed therein will not fall out during baking, the service life of the cooking and baking device is prolonged.
US10835074B2	Capsule, a system for preparing a potable beverage from such a capsule and use of such a capsule in a beverage preparation device A capsule containing a substance for the preparation of a potable beverage. The capsule comprises an aluminum capsule body having a side wall and an outwardly extending flange and a sealing member at the outwardly extending flange for providing a fluid sealing contact with an enclosing member of a beverage preparation device. The beverage preparation device comprises an annular element having a free contact end which may be provided with a plurality of radially extending open grooves. The sealing member is integral with the outwardly extending flange and comprises at least one projection projecting from the outwardly extending flange. The projection comprising a projection top and is configured such that its projection top exerts a radial force on the free contact end of the annular element if the capsule is positioned in the enclosing member of the beverage preparation device and the enclosing member is closed by means of a closing member of the beverage preparation device.
US10835069B2	Reinforced rug tab, reinforced rug tab kit, and method of using the same A reinforced rug tab is disclosed. The reinforced rug tab can include a reinforcing material, a first rug tab applied above the reinforcing material, and a second rug tab applied below the reinforcing material. The first rug tab can include a first tab upper adhesive layer, a first tab lower adhesive layer, and a first tab support material between the first tab upper adhesive layer and the first tab lower adhesive layer. The second rug tab can include a second tab upper adhesive layer, a second tab lower adhesive layer, and a second tab support material between the second tab upper adhesive layer and the second tab lower adhesive layer. A method of stabilizing a rug and a kit for stabilizing a rug using the rug tabs are also provided.
US10835064B2	CPAP pillow apparatus and method A CPAP pillow relies on a shell shaped to provide large reservoirs of fill particles near or against the shoulders of a user and around and under the neck. The system and method uncouple the spring forces supporting a user from the forces used to configure the shape of the pillow in use. Thus, a user can fit the pillow to the body profile in three dimensions with substantially no residual pre-loading to cause discomfort, pressure points, or unsupported regions. The pillow supports, contacts, and cradles the head and neck. It accommodates shoulder intrusion without moving the pillow away from supporting the neck.
US10835059B2	Fence panel display systems and methods Fence panel display systems can include a unitary foundation including a plurality of steps, at least one rail extending along the width of one of the steps, and at least two clamp assemblies adjustably coupled to the rail. A fence panel can be clamped to the foundation using the clamp assemblies by adjusting the clamp assemblies along the width of the step and by adjusting protrusions extending from main bodies of the clamp assemblies in a direction perpendicular to the width of the step.
US10835054B2	Multi-functional entertainer for a child An entertainer for a child that is specifically configured and adapted for use in several operational configurations. The entertainer includes a plurality of legs and a tray for supporting a plurality of activity items for the child. A multi-functional plate is attachable to the legs to allow the entertainer to assume a seat support configuration. The multi-functional plate is detachable from the legs and positionable over the tray to allow the entertainer to assume a table top configuration.
US10835045B2	Chair frame with injection molded foam padding A chair having a first frame portion with a backrest support and a rear leg portion at least part of the backrest support and the leg portion being formed from a single piece. A second frame portion has a seat support and a front leg portion extending in a direction transverse to the seat support, the seat support in a fixed position relative to the backrest support. The backrest support molded thereover in foam, the backrest support being substantially peripherally located around the foam of the backrest and the backrest being provided free from rigid supports extending across a middle portion of the backrest. The seat support molded thereover in foam, the seat support being substantially peripherally located around the foam of the seat and the seat being provided free from rigid supports extending across a middle portion of the seat.
US10835042B2	Theater seating Theater seating systems, theater lounge seats, theater seats, and theater seating arrangements are described herein. An example embodiment of a theater seating system comprises a separating panel and a theater seat. The separating panel has a first end, a second end, a first section, a second section, a third section, and a fourth section. The first section, the second section, the third section, and the fourth section cooperatively define a chamber within which the theater seat is disposed. The first end is separated from the second end to define an opening that provides access to the chamber defined by the separating panel.
US10835040B1	Appliance storage assembly An appliance storage assembly includes a storage feature that includes a base and a plurality of walls that extend from the base. The base and the plurality of walls define a storage cavity. A rail assembly includes a rail and a rail slide. The rail slide is coupled to the storage feature and enables the storage feature to move along a length of the rail. A divider includes an upper retaining member and a lower retaining member spaced-apart from one another by at least one connecting member. The upper retaining member defines upper grooves and the lower retaining member defines corresponding lower grooves. A magnet is coupled to the lower retaining member and selectively engages the base of the storage feature.
US10835038B2	Arrangement for tipping over prevention of a furniture and a furniture comprising such arrangement An arrangement for tipping over prevention of a furniture (1) such as a chest of drawers or a cabinet comprising at least one drawer. The arrangement comprises a bar (300) and an attachment adapted to anchor the furniture (1) to a wall (W). The attachment comprises a guiding bracket (100) and an anchoring bracket (200) adapted to be movable between a first position and a second position in view of the guiding bracket (100). The anchoring bracket (200) has an anchoring portion (206) adapted to anchor the furniture (1) to a wall (W). The bar (300) is movable between a restriction position and a clearance position when acted upon by the anchoring bracket (200). When the anchoring bracket (200) is moved from the first position to the second position a wedge shaped support member (204) forces a projection (302) of the bar (300) to move along the wedge shaped support member (204) thereby moving the bar (300) from the restriction position to the clearance position, in which clearance position the drawer (4) is allowed to be pushed or pulled past a stop member (301) of the bar (300).
US10835035B1	Accommodation cabinet with handtoollessly assembled frame body An accommodation cabinet with a handtoollessly assembled frame body is disclosed. The accommodation cabinet includes a cabinet body and the frame body. The cabinet body includes a spring clip disposed on a side thereof, and a button protruded on a surface of the spring clip, and a fastening part disposed on the spring clip and around the button. The frame body is mounted on a side of the cabinet body, and the frame body includes a groove configured for insertion of the button, and an engaging part for combining with the fastening part. When a user wants to change the frame body of the cabinet body, the user can press the button to elastically deform the spring clip, so as to disengage the fastening part from the engaging part, and then take out the frame body and assemble different color of other frame body with the cabinet body.
US10835034B2	Modular portable table A modular portable table includes a tabletop, one or more leg assemblies, and an anchor assembly for securing the table to a substrate, the one or more leg assemblies positioned between the tabletop and the anchor assembly.
US10835033B2	Electronics enclosure mounting A system for magnetically securing an electronics enclosure proximate a surface of a separate structure. The system includes a mounting apparatus that has a first surface, a second surface, and an interface structure that is constructed and arranged to allow the mounting apparatus to be secured to the surface of the separate structure, with the first surface of the mounting apparatus closer to the surface of the separate structure than is the second surface of the mounting apparatus. One or more magnets are fixed to one or both of the mounting apparatus and the electronics enclosure such that the one or more magnets are arranged to magnetically couple the electronics enclosure to the mounting apparatus.
US10835032B2	Illuminated surgical utility table Accordingly, on one aspect, an illuminated utility table is provided that includes: a planar table top having a horizontal surface for a package of wrapped instruments to be placed thereon, wherein the table top is at least one of transparent and translucent; a table frame, wherein the table top is removably coupled to the table frame; and a light source, wherein the light source is coupled to the table and configured to shine light vertically upward through the table top for inspection of the package wrapped placed on the table top.
US10835031B2	Lifting table with height adjustment device A lifting table includes a top plate height adjustment device that performs a height adjustment of all support columns in a synchronized manner. The top plate is supported on the floor by of a leg structure provided with multiple support columns arranged in parallel. Top plate receiving structures attach a column to the top plate and change the length of the support columns. Push valves exposed on the inside of the top plate receiving structures are actuated, changing the length of gas springs provided inside of the support columns. By extending an operation rod unit into the top plate receiving structures from a single handle of an operation lever via a connection fitting, the push valves are operated the same amount and at the same time in all of the columns with a single operation, so that it is possible to smoothly raise and lower the top plate.
US10835029B2	Toothbrush A toothbrush including a main body having a shape which is narrow and long in one direction; and a brush member which has a cylindrical shape and which is mounted to an end section in the lengthwise direction of the main body. The brush member includes: a head part which has a raised surface, on which bristles are erected, along the lengthwise direction of the main body to which the brush member is mounted; and a neck part which is mounted by engaging with the periphery of the end section of the main body. In the head part, a back surface on the opposite side of the raised surface is opened, and the neck part is provided with a detachment prevention mechanism that prevents the end of the main body to which the brush member is mounted from detaching.
US10835026B2	Oral care implement An oral care implement that includes a handle and a head with a front surface. A plurality of tooth cleaning elements extend from the front surface. The plurality of tooth cleaning elements may include first and/or second sets of peripheral tooth cleaning elements located adjacent to opposing lateral edges of the head. The peripheral tooth cleaning elements may include elastomeric sleeve portions and bristle tuft portions. The elastomeric sleeve portions may be formed as a part of an integrally formed elastomeric component.
US10835024B1	Touchup paint applicator system The touchup paint applicator system includes a paint capsule, an activator, a sponge, and a handle. The sponge may be operative to clean a surface. As a non-limiting example, the surface may be a wall. The activator may be pressed to pierce the paint capsule, located within a cavity inside of the handle. The pierced paint capsule may release paint into the sponge. Released paint may be applied to the surface by placing the sponge, soaked with the released paint, against the surface. The handle may hinge open to provide access to the paint capsule.
US10835023B2	Detachable hair coloring brush and system The application provides a hair coloring brush. The hair coloring brush can include a handle and a detachable brush cap that detachably couples to the handle. The handle can include an elongated body, a brush attachment protrusion, where the brush attachment protrusion extends outward from the elongated body and has a first protrusion side and a second protrusion side. The handle can also include a first side ridge and a second side ridge. The detachable brush cap can include a distal brush end, a plurality of bristles, and a cavity opposite the distal brush end, where the cavity has a cavity wall and an internal groove located in the cavity wall. The first side ridge and the second side ridge can tension fit in the internal groove when the detachable brush cap is inserted over the brush attachment protrusion.
US10835021B2	Modular hammock assembly A modular hammock assembly for hanging a hammock includes a first frame support and a second frame support. Each of the first frame support and second frame support includes a coupler that has a lower end that is open and defines a receiving space. The first frame support and the second frame support include a pair of legs. Each pair of legs has a top end and a bottom end. Each of the top ends is removably extended into the receiving space. A support rod is releasably attached to and extends between the first frame support and second frame supports. A first bracket and a second bracket each attached to the support rod. The first bracket is positioned adjacent to the first frame support and the second bracket is positioned adjacent to the second frame support. A hammock is attached to and extending between the first bracket and second bracket.
US10835018B2	Load carriage frame Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for load carriage using a load carriage apparatus. In one implementation, a frame top is disposed at a proximal end of a load carriage frame. The frame top includes a proximal bar and a distal bar each extending between a first side bar and a second side bar. A frame base is disposed at a distal end of the load carriage frame, and the frame base includes a rear portion connected to a first side portion and a second side portion. A spine connects a center portion of the proximal bar of the frame top to the rear portion of the frame base. A first tube extends from the first side bar to the frame base relative to the first side portion. A second tube extends from the second side bar to the frame base relative to the second side portion.
US10835013B2	Container with dispensing tip Containers for distributing products are disclosed. The containers comprise a bottle having at least one sidewall and defining a cavity therein. The bottle has at least one opening. The containers also include an actuator comprising at least one sidewall defining a cavity therein. The bottle also includes a tip including an orifice. The orifice is configured to dispense product therethrough. The actuator is positioned between the bottle and the tip.
US10835012B2	Cosmetic product container A cosmetic container includes a base member having a base member housing with an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a cavity. The cosmetic container also includes a cap member shaped and dimensioned for selectively coupling to the base member; and a threaded cap engagement member shaped and dimensioned for securing to an interior surface of the cap member. The threaded cap engagement member is substantially annular in shape and includes an exterior surface formed with a series of grooves and an interior surface formed with internal projections defining internal threading of the cap member when the threaded cap engagement member is secured to the interior surface of the cap member.
US10835011B2	Oxygen-mixing cosmetic container An oxygen-mixing cosmetic container is proposed. In the cosmetic container, the structure of an oxygen supply cap, which is installed beneath an oxygen cap and a cosmetic container body, is improved such that, when the oxygen supply cap is coupled, oxygen is ejected simultaneously, components of the oxygen supply cap are simplified such that, besides reducing the material cost, the same can be assembled more efficiently, and the oxygen capsule, which is mounted on the oxygen supply cap, can be easily replaced.
US10835009B2	Hair tapestry weaving tool A weaving tool has a first part and a second part, in which a first end of the first part is connected to a first end of the second part by a hinge. The first part has a first comb portion with first teeth extending away from the hinge, and the second part comprises a second comb portion with second teeth extending away from the hinge. The first part and the second part are movable about an axis of the hinge between a first position in which the first comb portion and the second comb portion are substantially parallel, and a second position in which the first comb portion and the second comb portion are displaced from one another about the axis.
US10835007B2	Hair dryer A handheld hair dryer includes a body extending about an axis. The body includes an inner wall and an outer wall. The inner wall and the outer wall define a cavity therebetween. A central passage is defined by the inner wall. The handheld hair dryer also includes an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is defined by the inner wall and is in flow communication with the central passage to allow airflow in the central passage to be drawn into the cavity through the inlet. A fan is configured to draw the airflow through the inlet and direct the airflow through the cavity towards the outlet. The handheld hair dryer further includes a handle connected to the body.
US10835001B2	Cord and webbing fastener and assembly A cord and webbing fastener is provided. The fastener includes a body, an elongated, oval-shaped passageway extending there through from lateral sides thereof and between a mid-bar and a bottom bar, and a jawed passageway extending there through from lateral sides thereof and between the mid-bar and the first jaw and the second jaw. The fastener is used assembled with cord and webbing to adjustably secure a hammock or other load to a support or anchor point.
US10834998B2	Footwear including a holding cage An article of footwear includes an upper having a lacing system, an underfoot support plate, and a holding cage that has support members extending up from the support plate, forming a portion of a cradle around and rearward of a wearer's calcaneus bone. The support members join with the lacing system so when the cage is in a loaded state, the system translates a forward force of a wearer's instep against it, through the members so the cradle is pulled toward the calcaneus bone, with the lacing system, to impair the foot from sliding forward over the support plate. The footwear can include a tensioning member, joined with the system and a constrictor strap that wraps rearward around an ankle of the wearer, and operable in a tightening mode in which the lace is tightened to lock the holding cage against the heel and tighten the strap around the ankle.
US10834991B2	Shoe Described are shoes, particularly a sports shoe, having an upper, and at least one of an outer sole and a midsole connected to the upper. At least one of the outer sole and the midsole is formed of knitwear. As examples, the upper is also formed of knitwear. In the examples, the knitwear in an area of outer sole and/or the midsole and the knitwear in an area of the upper are formed as one-piece knitwear.
US10834987B1	Protective liner for helmets and other articles Embodiments herein employ a novel strategy based on a floating cellular liner that acts as a torsional suspension system to dampen rotational acceleration, such as head acceleration in a helmet, in response to an oblique impact. Specifically, the torsional suspension consists of an anisotropic cellular liner that is at least partially recessed inside a more rigid adjacent shell, relative to which the cellular liner can simultaneously undergo translation and in-plane compression.
US10834980B2	Pleated filtering face piece respirator A pleated molded filtering face piece respirator to be worn upon the face of a wearer and for providing filtering including at least one layer of moldable flexible plastic material formed from openwork flexible plastic material for providing a plurality of perforations for allowing for the free passage of air through the openwork plastic. A layer of moldable filter material for filtering impurities in the air, the one layer of flexible plastic material formed from openwork flexible plastic material and the layer of filter material for filtering impurities in the air lying one on top of the other to form a moldable multilayer of flexible plastic material and filter material. The moldable multilayer of flexible plastic material and filter material are pleated into pleated material and molded to form the pleated filtering face piece respirator to a desired configuration where the one layer of openwork flexible plastic material forms a support layer to carry the layer of filter material.
US10834974B2	Garments for men Next-to-skin garments for men include an internal stretch panel. An opening in the stretch panel receives a wearer's external genitalia. A three-dimensional pouch is defined between the stretch panel and a front portion of the body of the garment. Embodiments provide garments such as undershorts, boarding shorts, and athletic shorts.
US10834968B2	Apparatus for heating aerosol generating material There is described an apparatus for heating an aerosol generating material to generate an inhalable aerosol and/or gas. The apparatus includes a housing; a receptacle within the housing, the receptacle including one or more cavities, each cavity for containing an aerosol generating material; and a heating arrangement including one or more heater elements for heating aerosol generating material contained in the one or more cavities to generate an inhalable aerosol and/or gas. The one or more heater elements are located externally of the one or more cavities.
US10834967B2	System and method for managing concentrate usage of a user A system comprising a vaporizing device and a central server is described. The vaporizing device includes a housing and a cartridge, received within the housing, the cartridge including a predefined quantity of concentrate and an identification code associated with the concentrate. The vaporizing device further includes a control unit configured to read the identification code. The vaporizing device further includes a communication unit configured to transmit the identification code to a computing device of a user. The central server includes a database. The central server is configured to receive the identification code from the computing device and retrieve concentrate information corresponding to the identification code from the database. The central server is configured to transmit the concentrate information to the computing device for displaying to the user.
US10834964B2	Method and system for vaporization of a substance A smoking device for generating and releasing smoking vapor free from contamination into the mouth of a user comprising a mouthpiece for providing vapor for inhalation to a user including a tubular casing containing a heater for heating a smoking substance at a substantially constant low temperature by regulating the flow of fuel by a thermal regulator and further having means for visual indication of the operation of the device.
US10834960B2	Soft oral product An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a polymer matrix and one or more flavorants and/or active ingredients embedded in the polymer matrix. The polymer matrix can include a copolymer of ethylene and one or more vinyl monomers or zein. For example, the polymer can be ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and/or ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer. In some cases, the oral product can include tobacco and/or nicotine.
US10834956B2	Homogenized tobacco material production line and method for inline production of homogenized tobacco material The invention relates to a homogenized tobacco sheet production line comprising: ∘A tank (501) adapted to contain a slurry formed by a tobacco powder blend, a binder and an aerosol former in an aqueous medium; ∘A cast apparatus (600) adapted to receive slurry from the tank and to cast the slurry so as to form a homogenized tobacco material; ∘A movable transporting support (606) on which said slurry is casted and adapted to transport the homogenized tobacco material along a transport direction; ∘A slitter (611) located downstream the cast apparatus adapted to slit the homogenized tobacco material along the transport direction so as to form portioned homogenized tobacco sheets; and ∘A winding station (613) located downstream the slitter adapted to receive the portioned homogenized tobacco sheets from the slitter and to wind at least one of the portioned homogenized tobacco sheets in a bobbin. It also relates to a method for inline production of a homogenized tobacco sheet.
US10834951B2	Organic compounds This disclosure relates to flavour modification and to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 is selected from C2-C20 alkyl, and C6-C25 alkenyl, and a) R2 and R3 together are —C(O)CH2CH2—; or b) R3 is hydrogen and R2 is —CH2CH2C(O)NHCH2CH3, useful in modifying flavours.
US10834949B2	Method of microalgal biomass processing for high-value chemicals production, the resulting composition of butyrogenic algal slowly fermenting dietary fiber, and a way to improve colon health using a slowly fermenting butyrogenic algal dietary fiber A method to process microalgae biomass and produce high-value chemicals from microalgae biomass is disclosed. The method uses the same biomass cells to extract more than one component such as lipids, water-soluble chemicals, carotenoids, polysaccharides and algae meal. The method is a sequence of physical and chemical treatments. Water soluble polysaccharides produced by the method exhibit properties of low viscosity at low shear thinning. A method for extracting dietary fiber from microalgal biomass is disclosed. Compositions of water-soluble polysaccharides that are fermented slowly by colon microbiota with less gas production than commercial dietary fiber FOS are disclosed. The present inventions described herein provide a method of improving colon health by increasing butyrate during a microalgal dietary fiber fermenting process by colonic microbiota.
US10834943B2	Organic compounds having taste-modifying properties This disclosure relates to flavour modification and to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 is selected from C6-C20 alkyl, and C9-C25 alkenyl, R5 is C1-C3 alkyl, and a) n is 1; and i) R3 and R4 are hydrogen and R2 is the residue of a proteinogenic amino acid; ii) R2 and R3 are methyl and R4 is hydrogen; or R4 is hydrogen and R2 and R3 form together with the carbon atom to which they are attached cyclopropyl; iii) R2 is hydrogen, and R3 and R4 together are —CH2—CH2—CH2—; b) n is 2 or 3 and R2, R3 and R4 are hydrogen, useful in modifying flavours.
US10834939B2	Flavor station assembly A flavor station assembly can be employed to dispense snow cone flavors or other types of flavoring syrups or liquids. The flavor station assembly can include one or more saucer assemblies where each saucer assembly is configured to dispense a number of flavors. Each saucer assembly can be coupled to a support assembly that is configured to pivot thereby enabling the saucer assemblies to be positioned in a desired location relative to the structure to which the support assembly is mounted.
US10834938B2	Sweet food product made from dry fruit The present invention relates to a sweet food product made from dry fruit having the same physicochemical properties as chocolate and comprising: between 25 and 45% by weight of dry fruit representing a total fat contribution coming from said dry fruit representing, at most, 25% by weight relative to the total weight of said food product; between 25 and 45% by weight of saccharose or another anhydrous sweetening material; between 20 and 40% by weight of cocoa butter or any other vegetable fat, solid at ambient temperature, used as a partial or total substitute for the cocoa butter; optionally, an emulsifier at a content of less than or equal to 1%; said sweet food product having a particle size of less than or equal to 50 μm, and the method for preparing same.
US10834936B2	Concentrate for milky beverages The present invention relates to a method of producing a liquid dairy concentrate, the method comprising: providing a liquid dairy ingredient having a fat content of at least 35 wt %; concentrating the liquid dairy ingredient by ultrafiltration and/or diafiltration to obtain a concentrated liquid dairy ingredient as the retentate; adding sucrose and/or trisodium citrate to form a modified retentate; blending the modified retentate with one or more further ingredients; and homogenising the blend to form a liquid dairy concentrate, wherein, during the step of blending the modified retentate with said one or more further ingredients, the modified retentate is at a temperature of at least 60° C.
US10834930B2	Hunting knife with skinning appliance A tool, and a method using the tool, for skinning game animals. Specifically, the tool relates to a curved blade knife, sharpened on the curved, top edge, and possessing a spherical or non-spherical structure at the tip. The tool is used by forming a cut through the soft skin of a game animal, inserting the spherical or non-spherical structure through the cut, and pushing or pulling the blade such that the sharpened curved, top edge cuts through the skin and connective tissue. This tool and method takes advantage of the fact that the spherical or non-spherical structure at the tip of the blade is retained inside the skin and connective tissue of the game animal and the blade is automatically properly positioned to cut the skin of the game animal.
US10834927B2	Aqueous extract of orange peels for selectively killing fire ants An aqueous extract produced by extracting orange peels with water, wherein orange peels are extracted in the amount of 0.5 to 1.5 cups of water per peel from a single orange, wherein the orange weighs 75 to 100 grams, and wherein the orange peels are extracted at 5 to 95° C. for 6 to 18 hours. The aqueous extract provides a method of killing fire ants by applying the aqueous extract to a fire ant mound in the amount of 0.5 to 1.5 cups of the aqueous extract per amount of fire ant mound that is 5 to 10 inches in diameter and 2 to 6 inches high. The aqueous extract is a safe natural product that is effective in killing fire ants selectively, is easy and inexpensive to manufacture, and can be broadcast safely over a wide area.
US10834924B2	Generation of peroxyformic acid through polyhydric alcohol formate The present invention relates generally to peroxyformic acid forming compositions, methods for forming peroxyformic acid, preferably in situ, using the peroxyformic acid forming compositions. The present invention also relates to the peroxyformic acid formed by the above compositions and methods. The present invention further relates to the uses of the peroxyformic acid, preferably in situ, for treating a surface or a target. The present invention further relates to methods for treating a biofilm using peroxyformic acid, including peroxyformic acid generated in situ.
US10834921B2	Foam formulations and apparatus for delivery Foamable formulations of agriculturally active ingredients are provided, as well as methods for using them. The formulations allow improved delivery active ingredients by the ability to deliver high amounts of active ingredient with a low volume of formulation used.
US10834920B1	Vitrification stick with basket end tip The present invention is directed to a vitrification stick for use in the cryopreservation of biological materials, and may include a body having a first portion and a second portion, and a specimen end extending from the second portion of the body, and having a basket end tip formed thereon. The basket end tip may include a peripheral wall enclosing an interior region of the basket end tip, and the interior region may be further enclosed on a first side by a shell connected to the peripheral wall, and the interior region may be open on a second side in a direction towards the specimen end. The shell may include at least one slot formed therein.
US10834919B2	Cryopreservation instrument and method of using same A cryopreservation instrument and method of using is provided. The instrument includes a substantially planar elongated member comprising a cryosafe material. The elongated member has a first end and a second end. The first end comprises a cap insert dimensioned and configured to be fit in the interior recess of a vial cap, the second end comprises a biological contact portion configured to accommodate biological material.
US10834918B2	Modular sample store A modular sample store including a storage area; a service area; a transfer area; a motorized robot with a lifting device and at least one platform; and a controller. The sample store service area includes one integrally formed cubic vat module and the sample store storage area includes at least one integrally formed cubic vat module. Each one of the aforementioned vat modules includes an essentially horizontal vat floor and four joining vat walls that are connected to the vat floor and that are leaving an open vat space. The modular sample store also includes upper side walls and a cover plate to close the sample store. Each vat floor and vat wall includes an outside liner and an inside liner, which outside and inside liners in each case are separated by a clearance. This clearance is essentially filled with a polymer foam material that provides fixation of the outside and inside liners to each other as well as thermal insulation of and reinforcement to the thus integrally formed cubic vat module sandwich construction.
US10834916B2	Camera mount A camera mount may include a base member having a rear face to face a support structure and a front face, the front face a curved guide surface, a camera support having a rear face facing the front face of the base member, the rear face of the camera support comprising a guide abutting surface and a retainer resiliently biasing the guide abutting surface against the curved guide surface to releasably retain the camera support at one of a plurality of different positions along the curved guide surface and at one of a plurality of different available orientations relative to the support structure.
US10834909B1	Lure with cyclically pivoting frame A fishing lure comprises a blade member pivotally coupled to a wire form member through only one mounting aperture. The wire form member is further coupled to a weighted member or a hook. When the lure is pulled forward, the wire form member exhibits a cyclically repeating swinging movement coinciding with cyclical impacts between the blade member and wire form member.
US10834903B2	Double rope pet leash A double rope pet leash includes a leash body. A leash cavity is located in the leash body. A first leash assembly and a second leash assembly are connected to the leash body. The first leash assembly is fixedly connected with the leash body. The second leash assembly is located in the leash cavity and rotatably connected to the leash body. A first leash rope is pressed on the surface of the first leash assembly, and a second leash rope is pressed on the surface of the second leash assembly. The double rope pet leash further includes an open-close assembly connected to the leash body and capable of opening or closing the leash cavity.
US10834902B2	Pet leash handle wrap and related methods An animal leash handle wrap comprises a wrap component made in two halves, each half having a lower leash tunnel portion and an upper handle wraparound wing portion. The latter includes a pair of hook-and-loop fastener (i.e., Velcro®) strips on opposed sides and at opposite ends for looping about an existing leash handle and reconnecting to itself. The two tunnel portions are joined together, preferably by sewing, to form the tunnel/track through which a leash clasp/hook is fed when installing onto an existing pet leash. Methods for making and using this handle wrap are also disclosed.
US10834896B2	Method for tagging insects and arthropods Disclosed is an apparatus and associated method for tagging insects and arthropods. According to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, an electrosprayer is provided including a nozzle cartridge, a spray chamber removably attached to the nozzle cartridge and a power supply operatively connected to the nozzle cartridge and a grounding plate within the spray chamber to electrically charge droplets expelled from the nozzle which coat one or more insects contained in the spray chamber.
US10834893B2	Hay feeder Here is disclosed a hay feeder for enclosing a cylindrical bail of hay having opposite first and second longitudinal portions. The hay feeder includes a semi-cylindrical housing dimensioned to enclose the first longitudinal portion of the cylindrical bail, the semi-cylindrical housing having an arched bottom and an open top having a rim. A lid is provided which is configured to fit the rim to close the open top. The lid includes a frame supporting a flexible net which is dimensioned to enclose the second longitudinal portion of the cylindrical bail when the lid is closed on the semi-cylindrical housing.
US10834889B1	Maize hybrid X85N942 A novel maize variety designated X85N942 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X85N942 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X85N942 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X85N942, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X85N942 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X85N942 and methods of using maize variety X85N942 are disclosed.
US10834879B2	Methods and apparatuses for plant aeration Plant-aeration systems, methods for plant aeration, plant-aeration cells, methods of environmental remediation, systems for algae cultivation, and apparatuses for algae aeration.
US10834877B2	Plant growing systems and methods, and methods of making such systems Systems and methods suitable for growing, identifying, and tracking plugs and plants using radio-frequency identification (RFID) devices, as well as methods for making such systems. Such a method includes providing a biodegradable pot assembly and a non-biodegradable RFID module. The pot assembly has an assembly basewall and assembly sidewalls contiguous with the assembly basewall to define a cavity within the pot assembly. The RFID module is embedded within the assembly basewall, has openings therethrough, and comprises an RFID device configured to communicate with an RFID reader and store information identifying the pot assembly. The roots of a seedling grown in a growing medium within the pot assembly grow through and entangle the RFID module. Data is stored on the RFID device to identify the seedling, and an RFID reader is used to communicate with the RFID device to receive the data from the RFID device and identify the seedling.
US10834875B2	Method for installing a cultivation floor system and cultivation floor system A cultivation floor system has a floor on which plant containers are to be placed. The system includes a watertight basin and a water-permeable structure in the basin, which structure has a permeable top cloth which forms the top side of the floor on which plant containers are placed. The structure includes one or more water-retaining layers. A watering installation supplies water so that water is available for the plants in the plant containers. A perforated film is placed between the permeable top cloth on the one hand and the one or more water-retaining layers on the other hand, which perforated film is made of impermeable film material which is provided with distributed perforations in such a manner that the film reduces the free evaporation surface for water from the one or more water-retaining layers.
US10834874B1	Crop cart unloading system A crop cart unloading system for efficiently unloading a harvested crop from a crop cart. The crop cart unloading system generally includes a hopper having a floor conveyor movably positioned with respect to a lower floor, a plurality of sidewalls extending upwardly from the lower floor, an unloading door movably connected to an unloading end of the hopper, and an upper opening defined by an upper edge of the plurality of sidewalls for receiving a field crop. The hopper is pivotally connected to a support frame having a plurality of wheels. A first actuator is connected between the support frame and the hopper to lift the unloading end of the hopper. An unloading conveyor is attached to the unloading end of the hopper to receive and discharge a field crop from the hopper.
US10834871B2	Walk power mower with transmission providing both forward and reverse propulsion A walk power mower having a cutting deck supported upon the ground by a front and rear wheel(s). The mower includes a traction drive system incorporating a bidirectional transmission adapted to propel the mower alternatively in both forward and reverse directions. In some embodiments, the mower may include a single bidirectional transmission (e.g., powering only rear wheel(s) or only front wheel(s) of the mower), while in other embodiments, two bidirectional transmissions may be provided to power both the front and the rear wheel(s). In other embodiments, the mower may include a bidirectional transmission powering the rear wheel(s), while the front wheel(s) may be attached to the deck via a caster assembly.
US10834868B2	Efficient injection and mixing of chemicals into a fluid delivery system A fluid mixing and delivery system, e.g., for use in chemical injection of irrigation systems or wash-down stations, has a main fluid conduit with an inlet and an outlet, a bypass conduit with an inlet and an outlet, a venturi, a chemical storage tank, and a static mixer. The bypass conduit inlet connects to the main fluid conduit downstream of the main fluid conduit inlet and the bypass section outlet connects to the main fluid conduit upstream of the main fluid conduit outlet. The venturi is located in-line with the bypass conduit between the bypass conduit inlet and the bypass conduit outlet. The chemical storage tank is fluidly connected to an individual supply line, which fluidly connects to the venturi. The static mixer is located in-line with the main fluid conduit between the bypass conduit outlet and the main fluid conduit outlet.
US10842060B2	Component mounting device A component mounting device includes a control unit that at least controls an imaging portion to image a vicinity of a mounting position during movement of a mounting head, acquires height information in the vicinity of the mounting position based on an imaging result of the imaging portion, and corrects a target lowering position of the mounting head based on the acquired height information in the vicinity of the mounting position.
US10842059B2	Component supply device A component supply device that supplies a component stored in a carrier tape to a component mounting apparatus, the component supply device includes a curl corrector that corrects curl of an empty tape which is a carrier tape from which the component is picked up by the component mounting apparatus.
US10842058B2	Metal foil for electromagnetic shielding, electromagnetic shielding material, and shielding cable A metal foil for electromagnetic shielding, comprising: a metal foil base having a thickness of exceeding 4 μm, an alloy layer having an A element configured of Sn or In and a B element group selected from the group consisting of one or more of Ag, Ni, Fe and Co formed on one or both surfaces of the base, and an underlayer having the B element group formed between the alloy layer and the base, wherein an adhesion amount of the A element is 10 to 300 μmol/dm2, and a total adhesion amount of the B element group is 40 to 900 μmol/dm2.
US10842055B2	Power converter and manufacturing method of the same A power converter may be provided with: a stacking unit including semiconductor modules interposed between adjacent coolers; a capacitor disposed next to the stacking unit; a first bus bar; a second bus bar; and an insulating plate. The insulating plate is interposed between the first bus bar and the second bus bar, and includes cylinder portions. Each of the cylinder portions passes through corresponding one of third holes of the second bus bar, and allows corresponding one of branch portions of the first bus bar and corresponding one of terminals of the semiconductor modules to pass therethrough. An emitting angle of laser beam that bonds each of the terminals and the corresponding one of the branch portions is adjusted such that reflected beam of laser reaches the corresponding one of the cylinder portions. The cylinder portions are colored in a color comprising a wavelength of the laser.
US10842050B2	System to increase server's density in datacenter A system. The system includes rack containers and a cooling fluid. The rack containers include rack units stacked in a first direction that is parallel to a floor. Each rack unit has wheels positioned on a supporting structure on the floor which enables adjacent rack containers to move closer to or further from each other. The supporting structure is on the floor and is oriented in the second direction. The second direction is parallel to the floor and perpendicular to the first direction. The cooling fluid is flowed through a flexible tube into each rack container via a cooling conduit secured at a first port on a top surface of each rack container. The cooling conduit encapsulates the flexible tube. The top surface is further from the floor than is any other surface of each rack container.
US10842048B2	Electrical cabinet with vortex-entrained airflow An apparatus, such as a transformer cabinet, includes a housing (e.g., a sheet metal enclosure) having electrical equipment (e.g., a transformer) disposed therein. A duct in the housing is configured to direct a first airflow in the housing to create a vortex that entrains a second airflow that passes over the electrical equipment. The housing may have a first opening configured to provide the first airflow and a second opening configured to provide the second airflow. The first opening may be in a side wall of the housing and the second opening may be proximate a bottom of the housing. The side wall may include a first side wall and the duct may be configured to direct the first airflow upwards and towards a second side wall of the housing.
US10842047B1	Phased array antenna A phased array antenna in which a plurality of blocks each having a plurality of transmitter modules are arrayed, includes: a front plate that includes a plurality of flow paths of a refrigerant therein; and an element feeding layer that includes a plurality of antenna elements respectively connected to the transmitter modules and that is placed in close contact with one surface of the front plate. Each of the blocks includes a heat spreader that is placed in close contact with the other surface of the front plate. The transmitter modules are mounted on the heat spreader. Heat generated in the transmitter modules is transferred to the refrigerant via the heat spreader and the front plate.
US10842046B2	Densified foam for thermal insulation in electronic devices A heat spreading and insulating material using densified foam is provided that has a heat spreading layer that is adhered to an insulating layer. The material is designed to be used with mobile devices that generate heat adjacent to heat sensitive components. The insulating layer is formed from a compressed layer of polyimide foam to increase its density. The polyimide foam retains a significant amount of insulating properties through the densification process. In some embodiments, an EMI shielding layer is added to improve electrical properties of the device. The heat spreading layer may be a graphite material with heat conducting properties that preferentially conduct heat in-plane but can also be metal foil or other isotropic heat conducting material. The material may also include pressure sensitive layers to permanently apply the material to the mobile device.
US10842041B2	Method for remotely clearing abnormal status of racks applied in data center A method for remotely clearing abnormal status of racks includes following steps: obtaining each information of a rack management controller (RMC) and multiple baseboard management controllers (BMCs) of a rack regularly by a management system; recording each operating action performed by manager through the management system; analyzing the information and the operating action by the management system for determining whether any RMC or BMC is under one of multiple default attention-statuses; and, automatically performing a remotely service re-starting procedure to one of the RMC and the BMCs for preventing the RMC or the BMC from occurring an abnormal status when the RMC or the BMC is determined keeping a connection with the management system but about to occur the abnormal status.
US10842035B1	Nitrided titanium surfaces with a natural titanium color This application relates to an enclosure for a portable electronic device. The enclosure includes a titanium substrate having interstitial nitrogen atoms, where the titanium substrate is characterized as having an a* value that is less than 1, a b* value that is less than 5, and an L* value that is more than 70.
US10842034B2	Modular electromechanical device Various embodiments of a modular electromechanical device are described herein. The modular electromechanical device includes a chassis and a plurality of functional modules that can be connected to the chassis. Each module is associated with a different functionality. The functionality of the modular electromechanical device is defined based on various attributes including the functionality of the different functional modules that are connected to the electromechanical device, the sequence in which the different functional modules are connected to the electromechanical device, the specific attachment structures used to attach the functional modules to the electromechanical device, or a pattern of traces formed within the chassis.
US10842032B2	Combination of a plug and a cover A combination of a plug and a cover. The plug has a plug housing and a plug longitudinal edge which extends along a plug longitudinal direction and on which at least one insertion receptacle is arranged which borders a receiving opening. The cover has a cover longitudinal edge in the cover longitudinal direction and on which at least one insertion element for insertion into the receiving opening is arranged. The insertion element has a shaft and at least one holding projection which proceeds from the shaft. The insertion receptacle has two wall regions which delimit the receiving opening on two opposite sides. In a non-assembled state of the plug and the cover, in at least one perpendicular cross-sectional plane, an opening width between the two wall regions is smaller than a width of the insertion element in a cross-sectional plane which is perpendicular in relation to the element plug-in direction.
US10842027B2	Base material for printed circuit board and printed circuit board A base material for a printed circuit board includes: an insulating base film; a sintered layer that is layered on at least one side surface of the base film and that is formed of a plurality of sintered metal particles; an electroless plating layer that is layered on a surface of the sintered layer that is opposite to the base film; and an electroplating layer that is layered on a surface of the electroless plating layer that is opposite to the sintered layer, wherein an arithmetic mean height Sa of the surface of the electroless plating layer opposite to the sintered layer is greater than or equal to 0.001 μm and less than or equal to 0.5 μm.
US10842026B2	System for forming electrical circuits on non-planar objects An object printing system printer enables printing of electrical circuits on non-planar areas of objects and the accurate placement of electronic components within the printed circuits. The system includes a direct-to-object printer and an electronic component placement system. The direct-to-object printer is configured to form an electrical circuit on an object secured within the direct-to-object printer. The electronic component placement system is configured to retrieve an electronic component and install the electronic component in the electrical circuit on the object secured within the direct-to-object printer in response to the direct-to-object printer generating a signal for the electronic component placement system that indicates the electronic component is to be installed in the circuit on the object secured within the direct-to-object printer.
US10842022B2	Multilayered flexible electronics platform A multilayer flexible electronics platform is an apparatus that allows modular thin-film electronics to be integrated into everyday flexible, flat objects such as pieces of clothing, material coatings, or wearable devices. The apparatus includes a flexible water-impermeable envelop, a flexible power-source layer, a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) layer, and a flexible accessory-interfacing layer. The flexible accessory-interfacing layer allows those modular thin-film electronics to be electronically and electrically attached to the apparatus. The flexible PCB layer allows the apparatus to control and manage those modular thin-film electronics. The flexible power-source layer is used to provide electrical power to those modular thin-film electronics. The flexible water-impermeable envelop protectively encloses those modular thin-film electronics and the aforementioned functional layers of the apparatus.
US10842021B1	Printed circuit board A printed circuit board includes a magnetic member including a magnetic layer, a first coil pattern disposed above the magnetic member, and having a planar spiral structure, and a second coil pattern disposed below the magnetic member, and having a planar spiral structure.
US10842017B2	Printed circuit boards with non-functional features A multi-layer PCB has conductive vias (134) passing through multiple layers. A layer may have a conductive non-functional feature (710) physically contacting a via but not surrounding the via, to make the PCB more resistant to thermal stresses while, at the same time, reducing the parasitic capacitance compared to a prior art non-functional pad (310n).
US10842015B2	Conductive member, circuit assembly, and method for manufacturing conductive member Provided is a conductive member including a busbar having a through hole, and a metal member fixed to the busbar, the metal member including a shaft portion passed through the through hole, and a first head portion at one end portion of the shaft portion, the first head portion having an outer diameter larger than the diameter of the through hole. Since the metal member includes the first head portion, it is possible to increase the heat capacity of the metal member as compared with that achieved with a conventional conductive member that does not include the first head portion. Accordingly, it is possible to further increase the heat dissipation of the conductive member using a simple configuration.
US10842012B2	Methods and systems for plasma self-compression Described are systems and methods for compressing a plasma through electric and magnetic interactions between groups of positively charged particles and negatively charged particles of the plasma.
US10842010B2	Extreme ultraviolet light generation system An extreme ultraviolet light generation system includes: a target supply unit configured to output a target toward a predetermined region; a drive laser configured to output a drive laser beam in a first duration; a guide laser configured to output a guide laser beam; a beam combiner configured to substantially align the optical path axes of the drive and guide laser beams and output the laser beams; a laser beam focusing optical system configured to focus the laser beams output from the beam combiner to the predetermined region; an actuator configured to change the focusing positions of the laser beams through the laser beam focusing optical system; an optical sensor configured to detect reflected light of the guide laser beam from the target; and a control unit configured to control the actuator so that the light amount of the reflected light thus detected increases in a second duration.
US10842006B2	Lighting device with slot antenna A lighting device (1) is disclosed. The lighting device (1) comprises: a communication unit (10) for wireless communication between the lighting device (1) and an external device; a solid-state lighting element (3) electrically connected to the communication unit (10); a heat sink (5) in thermal contact with the solid-state lighting element (3), the heat sink (5) having a slot (5a) adapted to act as a slot antenna; and a feed antenna (11) electrically connected to the communication unit (10), the feed antenna (11) having at least one end tip arranged at the slot (5 a) so as to enable the feed antenna (11) and the slot (5a) to communicate by proximity coupling.
US10842002B2	Head-mounted medical/dental accessories with voice-controlled operation Head-mounted accessories for surgeons and medical/dental practitioners are equipped with no-touch, hands-free controls. A voice-activated headlamp includes a controller operative to send a signal to control a light source in accordance with a voice command received through an integrated or remote microphone. The voice command and control may be speaker-dependent or speaker-independent, and the head-mounted unit may include an interface to a computer for voice-command training or other purposes. The head-mounted unit includes a memory for storing the voice commands. The invention may be used to control other medical/dental accessories such as a head-mounted video camera, in which case the controller is further operative to at least turn the video camera ON or OFF. More preferably, a controller is additionally operative to control the focus or zoom of the video camera in accordance with a voice command.
US10842000B2	LED lighting system and device A device, system, process, and method of manufacturing provides use of at least two LED lighting sources to provide auxiliary component modules. Embodiments can be used in a variety of industries, including city street lamps, indoor lighting systems, lighting systems in automobiles, train lighting systems, tunnel lighting systems, building lighting systems, networked lighting systems, and other systems that could benefit from flexibility and ease in changing circuit components for time-based, usage-based, or fault-based detected situations.
US10841998B1	Shared power topology for LED luminaires A system for emitting light (such as a luminaire) includes a first light emitting diode (LED) string and a first LED driver that is electrically connected in parallel to the first LED string. The system also may include a second (or more) LED string(s), each associated with an additional LED driver. One-way conductors and normally-open switches are used so that if one LED driver fails, the remaining LED driver(s) will deliver power to the failed driver's LED string so that the light remains operational, but with a reduced brightness.
US10841997B2	Method of control of power supply for solid-state lamp A light emitting element control circuit and power supply for a solid state lamp includes an electrical control circuit controller which enables the operation of a solid state lamp in three distinct modes, which allows the user significant flexibility in operation of the lamp. It enables the user to operate the lamp with a fixed emission spectrum but with intensity control (Mode I); or with discrete settings of blue only or red only or a fixed ratio of the two (Mode II); or an on-demand ratio of blue to red emission whereby the user can operate the lamp with any arbitrary ratio of blue to red for example to meet different spectral requirements of, for example, different phases of plant growth (Mode III).
US10841996B2	Systems and methods for applying ultraviolet light Systems and methods for applying light to an environment are provided. A system may include a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) arrays. Each LED array may include one or more LEDs that are configured to be powered on and off together. The system may be configured such that, during a first timeslot, a pulsed power input is applied to a first LED array, and during a second timeslot, the pulsed power input is applied to the second LED array.
US10841994B2	LED lighting fixture with selectable color temperature A light emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture is provided. The lighting fixture includes a first LED engine and second LED engine. The first LED engine is configured to emit light corresponding to a first correlated color temperature. The second LED engine is configured to emit light corresponding to a second correlated color temperature that is different than the first correlated color temperature. When the first LED engine is hardwired to a power source, a light output of the lighting fixture corresponds to the first correlated color temperature. When the second LED engine is hardwired to the power source, the light output of the lighting fixture corresponds to the second correlated color temperature.
US10841993B2	Method of illuminating an article An article of footwear may have an upper and a sole system secured to the upper. The sole system includes a bladder member with an illumination device. The bladder member is formed from at least a partially transparent or colored outer polymer layer that encloses a fluid. The illumination device is located within the sole system. Light from the illumination device may pass out the sole system by passing through the bladder member, thereby imparting the configuration of an illuminable fluid-filled bladder member.
US10841982B2	Paintable surface heating system using graphene nano-platelets apparatus and method A heating device including a substrate, at least one heating layer on the substrate, and a power supply electrically connected to the at least one heating layer. The heating layer includes graphene nanomaterials. To form a layer of heating material, a liquid including graphene nanomaterials is applied to the substrate. The liquid is dried to form the at least one heating layer on the substrate. A first electrode and a second electrode are attached to the substrate. A power supply is electrically connected to the at least one heating layer on the substrate via the first electrode and the second electrode. The heating layer produces heat in the presence of power applied to the electrodes.
US10841981B1	Multi-zone food holding bin A multi-zone food holding bin has a continuous food supporting surface with multiple food holding zones. Each food holding zone is independently controllable so that different food temperatures may be maintained in adjacent food holding zones.
US10841974B1	System and method for session relocation at edge networks A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an edge network-based session relocation service is provided. The session relocation service includes using default network devices to initially provide application services to end devices. The session relocation service further includes an IP scheme for inter-MEC mobility handling. The session relocation service may provide lossless application service traffic forwarding.
US10841971B1	Wireless discontinuous reception (DRX) based on user equipment (UE) subscriber data In radio circuitry, transceiver circuitry wirelessly exchanges data signals with User Equipment (UEs). In the radio circuitry, networking circuitry receives subscriber data for the UEs. The networking circuitry transfers the subscriber data to the transceiver circuitry. The transceiver circuitry selects Discontinuous Reception (DRX) duty cycles for individual UEs based on their subscriber data. The transceiver circuitry wirelessly exchanges subsequent data signals with the UEs using their individual DRX duty cycles. Exemplary subscriber data indicates home/roaming status, UE access class, Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), Quality-of-Service (QoS) level, and/or wireless network slice.
US10841963B2	Communication method and communication device Communication methods and communication apparatuses are provided. The communication method includes: a first device receives a Layer 2 Protocol Data. Unit (PDU) sent by a second device; and the first device determines a connection state in which the first device and the second device need to be according to the Layer 2 PDU.
US10841959B2	Conveying RACH information through PBCH In millimeter wave systems, user equipment may not be able to receive RACH parameters through a PDCCH when the information is transmitted with an omni-directional beam. In an aspect of the disclosure, an apparatus, such as a base station, may determine the RACH parameters and transmit a subset of the RACH parameters via a PBCH. The user equipment may receive the RACH parameter subset and initiate a RACH procedure.
US10841953B2	Receiver-based listen before talk techniques in shared millimeter wave radio frequency spectrum Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for receiver-based listen-before-talk (LBT) in systems that use shared radio frequency spectrum. A scheduling device may provide a pre-grant indication of a data transmission. The data transmission may be transmitted via a shared millimeter wave (mmW) radio frequency spectrum band, and a LBT procedure may be performed at a receiving device responsive to the pre-grant indication, to determine that the shared mmW radio frequency spectrum band is available for the data transmission. An indication may be transmitted to a transmitting device to indicate that the receiving device has successfully performed the LBT procedure, which may act as a trigger for the transmitting device to start the data transmission.
US10841952B2	Puncturing PT-RS based on a collision between PT-RS and coreset A transmitter, such as a base station, identifies a potential collision between a first set of resources configured for a CORESET for a receiver and a second set of resources configured for a PT-RS for the receiver. The apparatus may determine whether colliding resources in the CORESET are configured/used for a control transmission or a data transmission. The apparatus punctures the PT-RS based on whether the colliding resources in the CORESET are configured/used for the control transmission (e.g., PDCCH). For example, the apparatus may puncture the PT-RS only for resource blocks of the CORESET colliding with the control transmission without puncturing the PT-RS over an entire set of the colliding resources configured for the CORESET. A receiver may similarly identify potential collisions and determine whether PT-RS will be punctured based on whether the colliding resources in the CORESET are configured/used for a control transmission or a data transmission.
US10841947B2	Method for transmitting and receiving uplink signal in wireless communication system supporting unlicensed band and apparatus for supporting same The present invention discloses a method for a base station or a user equipment to transmit and receive an uplink signal between the base station and the user equipment in an LAA (licensed assisted access) system performing LBT (listen-before-talk)-based signal transmission and an apparatus supporting the same.Specifically, the present invention proposes a method for the base station and the user equipment to transmit an uplink signal according to a scheduling type indicated to the user equipment by the base station and an apparatus supporting the same.
US10841941B2	Enhanced carrier aggregation activation and scheduling request procedures Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) configured with several component carriers (CCs) may select one or more CCs for fast activation. The UE may, in various examples, autonomously select the CCs for fast activation or may receive signaling indicating such CCs. In some cases, the UE may place the selected CCs in a semi-active state by detecting and synchronizing the CCs while refraining from control channel monitoring. In other examples, the UE may identify a set of CCs that may be activated quickly based on channel conditions or that have activation interdependency, such as CCs in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) group. The UE may then trigger an activation for one of the selected CCs, determine it is capable of fast activation, and begin monitoring, e.g., for control information, after a reduced delay period based on the fast activation.
US10841938B2	User terminal and radio communication method to achieve a satisfactory latency-reducing effect when multiple TTIs of different time durations are used in the same carrier A satisfactory latency-reducing effect is achieved when a plurality of transmission time intervals (TTI) of varying time durations are used in the same carrier. In this regard, a user terminal has a receiving section that receives scheduling information pertaining to a second TTI, which is shorter than a first TTI. The user terminal further has a control section that controls receipt and/or transmission of data in the second TTI, which is embedded in the first TTI, based on the scheduling information.
US10841936B2	Upstream split scheduler A centralized Upstream (US) scheduling system configured to provide a US split scheduler may be provided. The centralized US scheduling system may comprise a US scheduler and a map editor. The US scheduler may be configured to create a map for US bandwidth allocation. The map may include Steady-State Grants (SGNTs) and Editable Grants (EGNTs). The map editor may be configured to receive the map from the US scheduler and to assign the EGNTs among low latency Service Flows (SFs).
US10841932B2	Coexistence management of GNSS and wireless operations Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for to managing use of a satellite positions system (SPS) receiver in conjunction with one or more radio access technology (RAT) transmitters. In certain embodiments, a controller can be used to prioritize reception by the SPS receiver over transmission by the one or more RAT transmitters.
US10841927B2	Modem assisted contention handling of multiple active connections in wireless communications Aspects of the present disclosure provide wireless communication devices and methods configured to operate with multiple active connections. A user equipment establishes a first active connection associated with a first subscription. The user equipment also establishes a second active connection, simultaneous to the first active connection, associated with a second subscription. The user equipment provides modem information corresponding to connection qualities of the first active connection and second active connection, to an operating system of the user equipment. Furthermore, the user equipment mitigates contention between the first active connection and second active connection by degrading at least one of the first active connection or second active connection in accordance with a decision given by the operating system based on the modem information.
US10841925B2	Wireless communication system that performs beam reporting based on a combination of reference signal receive power and channel state information metrics A base station receives a report of channel state information (CSI) computation capability from a UE, configures the UE with X and Y values based on the reported computation capability, performs a beam sweep by transmitting direction-unique beams, and receives a beam measurement report from the UE comprising a reference signal receive power (RSRP) of Y strongest beams of the transmitted beams and at least a portion of the CSI of X strongest beams of the Y beams. Based on the beam measurement report, one of the X beams is selected to configure the UE for subsequent data and control channel transmissions. X and Y are positive integers, Y is greater than or equal to X, and Y is at least 1.
US10841923B2	Digital baseband transport in telecommunications distribution systems A method includes: receiving downlink signals at a head end unit of a distributed antenna system from at least one base station; processing the downlink signals into downlink channelized digital baseband signals at the head end unit by at least one of channel filtering, interpolating, and mixing with an oscillator, the downlink channelized digital baseband signals including call information for wireless communication; formatting the downlink channelized digital baseband signals for transport together at the head end unit; packetizing and packet scheduling the downlink channelized digital baseband signals into downlink packetized baseband signals at the head end unit; and transmitting the downlink packetized baseband signals from the head end unit to remotely located units of the distributed antenna system.
US10841922B2	System and method for transmission time intervals In one embodiment, a method for adaptive transmission time intervals (TTIs) includes transmitting, by a communications controller to a user equipment (UE), a segment of a first TDD TTI configuration of a first TDD interval and a second TDD TTI configuration of the first TDD interval, where the first TDD TTI configuration has a first pattern, where the second TDD TTI configuration has a second pattern, where the first pattern is different than the second pattern, where the first TDD TTI configuration has a first uplink TTI segment and a first downlink TTI segment. The method also includes transmitting a first plurality of data on a first TTI in the first downlink TTI segment of the first TDD TTI configurations of the first TDD interval and receiving a second plurality of data on the first uplink segment of the first TDD TTI configuration of the first TDD interval.
US10841915B2	Method and device for monitoring control channel Provided is a method and device for monitoring a control channel in a wireless communication system. The device determines a search space for detecting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on the basis of a long device identifier. The device monitors the PDCCH in the search space on the basis of a short device identifier.
US10841914B2	Method and apparatus for channel usage in unlicensed spectrum considering beamformed transmission in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a UE (User Equipment). In one embodiment, the method includes the UE monitors or receives a control signal within a channel occupancy, wherein the control signal indicates a number of consecutive TTIs (Transmission Time Intervals) and TTI format(s) related information of the TTIs. The method further includes the UE derives transmission direction of symbols in the TTIs or functionality of symbols in the TTIs from the information. The method also includes the UE considers the last TTI of the indicated TTIs as an ending TTI of the channel occupancy. In addition, the method includes the UE performs DL (Downlink) data reception or UL (Uplink) data transmission until the ending TTI.
US10841912B2	Methods, network nodes and user equipments in a wireless network for communicating an EPDCCH A network node in a wireless communication network communicates an enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (ePDCCH) to a user equipment (UE). This begins with the transmission, to the UE, of a configuration message that indicates the mappings of ePDCCH onto resource elements for both a first ePDCCH set and a second ePDCCH set. The mapping for the first ePDCCH set avoids the use of resource elements already in use by a first type of signal (e.g., a Cell-Specific Reference Signal or CRS), whereas the mapping for the second ePDCCH set avoids the use of resource elements in use by a second type of signal. The choice of an ePDCCH set for transmitting data to a UE may then be dynamically made in order to avoid interference caused by the first or second types of signal.
US10841910B2	Physical downlink control channel for fifth-generation networks Disclosed herein are apparatuses, systems, and methods using or implementing a control channel (PDCCH) design. The PDCCH can occupy an initial number of OFDM symbols of a downlink subframe, while occupying less than the full system bandwidth. The PDCCH can be time division multiplexed (TDM) with a shared channel (PDSCH) or frequency division multiplexed (FDM) with a PDSCH. The PDCCH can further be multiplexed with another PDCCH in a contiguous or non-contiguous region. Resources allocated to the PDCCH can overlap or partially overlap resources allocated to the PDSCH. An Evolved Node-B (eNB) can provide configuration information for the PDCCH design in Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling to a user equipment (UE), or through use of a Master Information Block (MIB) or System Information Block (SIB).
US10841907B2	Method and apparatus for communication based on short transmission time intervals in wireless communication system Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the communication processes in a wireless communication system based on short TTIs. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there provide a method for communication by a base station. The method comprise: receiving, from a user equipment, an uplink demodulation reference signal, DMRS, in an uplink transmission time interval, TTI, of an uplink subframe, which supports two or more uplink TTIs. At least one uplink TTI supported by the uplink subframe is configured to only transmit uplink control information and/or uplink data without any uplink DMRS. In the other aspects of the present disclosure, there also provides methods for communication by a user equipment and corresponding apparatuses.
US10841902B2	Radio terminal apparatus, radio base station apparatus, and radio communication method Communication efficiency is improved in a case of using a grant-less communication scheme and a grant-based scheme. Provided is a radio terminal apparatus for communicating with a radio base station apparatus, which includes a transmitter configured to transmit a signal to the radio base station apparatus, a receiver configured to receive a signal from the radio base station, and a controller configured to control the transmitter and the receiver. The controller is capable of selecting at least a grant-based scheme or a grant-less communication scheme in a case of a transmission of user data. The user data and information necessary to allocate a radio resource are transmitted in a case that the grant-less communication scheme is selected to perform a transmission.
US10841901B2	Inter-device communication method and apparatus Provided are an inter-device communication method and apparatus, the method including: a first terminal device obtains a first time frequency resource, the first time frequency resource being a time frequency resource used for transmitting data of a first service, the first service being an inter-device communication service; the first terminal device sends data of a second service according to the first time frequency resource, the second service being an inter-device communication service. The present invention is capable of increasing the flexibility and reliability of inter-device communication.
US10841896B2	Selectively sending notifications to mobile devices using device filtering process A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product selectively sends notifications to mobile devices. The computer determines that a user has a plurality of computing devices that are associated with the user. The computer determines that the user has met a criterion that triggers delivery of a message to at least one computing device from the plurality of computing devices. The computer filters from the plurality of computing devices a selected number of the at least one computing device to selectively receive the message, wherein the filtering is based on a condition of the at least one computing devices that differs from other devices of the plurality of computing devices to determine the selected number. The computer sends the message to the selected number of computing devices.
US10841892B2	Local area network assisted positioning A method for assisting in locating a position of a mobile wireless device includes: obtaining location information of an approximate location of the mobile wireless device; generating an almanac of base stations based at least in part on proximity of locations of the base stations to the approximate location of the mobile wireless device, the almanac of base stations comprising at least one cooperative terrestrial base station that can communicate with the mobile wireless device in at least one mode and at least one uncooperative terrestrial base station capable of bi-directional communications and configured to prevent data and voice communications with the mobile wireless device, the at least one uncooperative terrestrial base station being configured to acknowledge a message received from the mobile wireless device; and providing the almanac of base stations to the mobile wireless device.
US10841890B2	Delay tolerant node A Long-Term Evolution (LTE) E-UTRAN Node B (eNodeB) for use in satellite markets. The LTE eNodeB supports extreme channel latencies without the need for any User Equipment (UE) (e.g., mobile handsets) modifications, independent of the UE release or the technology used by the network operator. The system supports high channel latencies in LTE, though can also be used for other wireless technologies such as GSM, 5G New Radio (NR) or any other technologies with similar procedures to those used in LTE.
US10841887B2	Synchronization between a reader and an object in contactless communication with the reader by active load modulation Data frames, including bursts of an active load modulation (ALM) carrier signal generated from a modulation of an underlying carrier, are transmitted from an object to a reader. Synchronizing a reader carrier signal and the ALM carrier signal includes: prior to transmission of each data frame and between some of the bursts of the ALM carrier signal of each data frame, performing a closed-loop control of an output signal of a main oscillator onto a phase and a frequency of the reader carrier signal; estimating a ratio between a frequency of the output signal of the main oscillator and a frequency of a reference signal produced by a reference oscillator; and during each burst of the ALM carrier signal of each data frame, performing a closed-loop control in frequency only of the output signal of the main oscillator onto the reference frequency of the reference signal corrected by the ratio.
US10841880B2	Apparatus and methods for wake-limiting with an inter-device communication link Methods and apparatus for limiting wake requests from one device to one or more other devices. In one embodiment, the requests are from a peripheral processor to a host processor within an electronic device such as a mobile smartphone or tablet which has power consumption requirements or considerations associated therewith. In one implementation, the peripheral processor includes a wake-limiting procedure encoded in e.g., its software or firmware, the procedure mitigating or preventing continuous and/or overly repetitive “wake” requests from the peripheral processor.
US10841870B2	Discovery for spectrum renting Wireless communication systems and methods related to service advertising and discovery with dynamic spectrum use are provided. A user equipment (UE) receives, from a first wireless communication device, a network information signal in a spectrum. The UE receives, from a second wireless communication device, a service advertising signal based on at least a synchronization to the network information signal. The service advertising signal indicates an availability of a service. The UE transmits, to the second wireless communication device, a request for the service. The first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device are associated with different operating entities of the spectrum.
US10841867B2	Network connection method and user equipment It is described a network connection method and a user equipment. The method includes that a two-dimensional code is scanned to obtain a character string corresponding to the two-dimensional code; when the character string does not comprise a preset character string, it is determined that the two-dimensional code is a secure two-dimensional code, and two-dimensional code information is obtained according to the character string; the two-dimensional code information is decoded, to obtain data of a target access point; a configuration description file is obtained according to the data of the target access point, the configuration description file being used to connect to the target access point; and the configuration description file is installed into the user equipment, and after detecting the target access point, the target access point is connected to according to the configuration description file.
US10841865B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting D2D discovery signal and communication system Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for transmitting a D2D discovery signal and a communication system. The method for transmitting includes: a UE selects a part of resources from a resource pool for transmitting a D2D discovery signal; the part of resources are selected in a manner of limiting number of times of transmission, or in a manner of limiting time interval, or in a manner of calculating a resource position; and transmits the D2D discovery signal by using the selected part of resources. With the embodiments of the present disclosure, malignant competitions may be avoided, resource utilization may be improved, and probabilities of undiscovery between UEs may be lowered; or detection may performed accurately, and complexity of a UE may be lowered.
US10841864B2	Policy control for restricted local operator services A wireless device receives from a base station of a network, a system information block indicating that the network supports restricted local operator services (RLOS). The wireless device sends to the base station, a radio resource control connection (RRC) connection request message indicating a request for an RRC connection with the base station. The RRC connection request message comprises an establishment cause indicating that the RRC connection is for the RLOS. The wireless device receives an RRC connection setup message in response to the RRC connection request message. The RRC connection setup message indicates an acceptance of the request for the RRC connection for the RLOS. The wireless device sends a first RRC message in response to the RRC connection setup message.
US10841863B2	Access information handling in a mobile network with cellular network accesses and wireless local area network accesses A network node controls communication of user equipment in a mobile network with cellular network access and wireless local area network access. The network node receives from a further network node, information concerning a wireless local area network access to which the user equipment is attached and information concerning a cellular network access to which the user equipment is attached. On the basis of the received information, the network node controls whether to provide at least one service via the wireless local area network access or via the cellular network access.
US10841857B2	Data packet routing in a remote unit Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for data packet routing in a remote unit. An apparatus includes a processor that receives a data packet to be transmitted and determines packet routing information for the data packet, the packet routing information comprising at least one of: network slice information, a continuity type, and a data network name for the data packet. The processor also determines whether the packet routing information matches a network connection and sends the data packet over a matching network connection, in response to determining that the packet routing information matches a network connection. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a transceiver that communicates with a mobile communication network using at least one network connection of a first connection type associated with network slice information, a continuity type, and a DNN.
US10841853B1	AI-based load balancing of 5G cellular networks Load balancing of 5G cellular networks is achieved by reducing network congestion utilizing two components of learning and optimization. First, a number of learning approaches including Linear Least Square Regression (LLSR), Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA), and Multi-Layer Perceptron Deep Learning (MLPDL) are used to model either Physical Resource Block (PRB) or Packet Dedicated Control CHannel (PDCCH) utilization as a function of average connected user equipment and predict the number of average users corresponding to predefined thresholds of congestion in utilizing cellular towers. Then, an optimization problem is formulated to minimize 5G network congestion subject to constraints of user quality and load preservation. Three alternative solutions, namely Constrained Simulated Annealing (CSA), Block Coordinated Descent Simulated Annealing (BCDSA), and Genetic Algorithms (GA) are presented to solve the optimization problem. Accordingly, integrated iterative methods, programs, and systems are described aiming at balancing the load of 5G cellular networks by redistributing traffic from congested cellular towers to non-congested cellular towers.
US10841849B2	Communication system A communication system is described in which mobile telephones are able to roam between neighboring home node base stations and in which the home base stations or the home base station gateway devices are arranged to aggregate “Unsuccessfully Transmitted DL Data Volume” determined by previous home base stations served by the gateway device. In this way, when a call is transferred away from the gateway device or is released, a total aggregated value of “Unsuccessfully Transmitted DL Data Volume” can be provided to the core network for billing purposes.
US10841848B2	Communication method, user equipment, base station, control plane network element, and communications system Embodiments of this application provide example communication methods, user equipment, base stations, control plane network elements, and communications systems. One example communication method includes performing, by user equipment (UE), a handover from a first base station to a second base station, where the UE performs communication at the first base station by using a first packet data unit PDU connection via a first forwarding plane network element. The UE can send bearer-less handover indication information to the second base station when performing the handover, where the bearer-less handover indication information is used to instruct the second base station not to establish a connection to the first forwarding plane network element.
US10841836B1	Multiple telematics unit load balancing A vehicle includes a plurality of telematics control units (TCUs) and a processor. The vehicle may use the processor to consider vehicle variables, responsive to a data transfer request, including power usage constraints, data usage over a billing cycle for each carrier associated with a given TCU, and transfer timing requirements for a given data transfer request. Based on the considered variables, the vehicle may select at least one controlling variable and select at least one of the TCUs based on at least a value of the controlling variable, then use the selected TCU to fulfil the data transfer request.
US10841832B2	Wireless communication device, wireless communication system, wireless communication method, and computer program product According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device connected with a multi-hop network includes one or more processors. The processors communicate with a first parent node of the wireless communication device and with a child node of the wireless communication device. The processors transmit an instruction to restrict communication to the child node or do not receive data from the child node when receiving an abnormality notification indicating an abnormality from the first parent node.
US10841830B2	Scheduling request in a wireless device and wireless network A wireless device receives from a base station, message(s) indicating: a first SR resource corresponding to a first logical channel corresponding to first transmission duration(s) up to a first value; and a second SR resource corresponding to a second logical channel corresponding to second transmission duration(s) up to a second value. An SR is triggered in response to uplink resources not being available for transmission of a triggered BSR, where the triggered BSR is in response to uplink data becoming available for one of the first logical channel or the second logical channel. The SR is transmitted via an SR resource that corresponds to a logical channel that triggered the BSR. The base station receives an uplink grant for transmission of transport block(s) in a transmission duration that corresponds to the one of the first logical channel or the second logical channel.
US10841823B2	User terminal, radio communication system and radio communication method In order to measure and report reception quality appropriately in a radio communication system (LAA system) supporting LBT with an unlicensed band, the present invention provides a user terminal capable of communicating with a radio base station using a first frequency carrier configured with LBT (Listen Before Talk). The user terminal has: a control section that, when a beacon reference signal of a connecting cell is detected by LBT, determines that a channel of the connecting cell is in an idle state (LBTidle) and controls to measure reception quality in an LBTidle subframe; an obtaining section that obtains a measurement result of the reception quality in the LBT period; and a transmission section configured to transmit the measurement result.
US10841818B2	Method, apparatus, and system for terminal for measurement configuration of different reference signals and cell measurement report mechanism A communication technique that combines a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate that is higher than that of a beyond 4th generation (4G) system with Internet of things (IoT) technology, and a system thereof are provided. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on 5G communication technology and IoT related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety related services. The disclosure relates to a next-generation wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method for allocating and transmitting different reference signals to a terminal, and a system, a method, and an apparatus for performing cell measurement and mobility management using the transmitted different reference signals in a beamforming-based system including one or more base stations and one or more terminals.
US10841817B2	Network anomaly detection and network performance status determination A system may collect, from a wireless network, first data pertaining to nodes in the wireless network. Each datum of the first data belongs to one of two or more categories/For each of the nodes, for each of the categories, and for each datum belonging to the category, the system may determine if the datum is outside of a first range of values, and if the datum is inside the first range, the system may calculate a first base network performance health (NPH) score that is a function of the nodes, the categories, the data, and time. The system may also apply first deep learning to a first neural network among a plurality of neural networks to update first coefficients for correlating the first base NPH score to a mean opinion score, for each of the categories.
US10841814B2	Apparatus and method for mitigating interference in wireless communication system A chipset including at least one processor is provided. The at least one processor of the chipset is configured to acquire an interference whitening (IW) and detection scheme and demodulate an interference signal based on the acquired IW and detection scheme, wherein the IW and detection scheme is determined based on an interference characteristic of the interference signal, and the interference characteristic is determined based on whether a region in which the interference signal is included collides with a reference signal region of a serving cell and whether the interference signal is a reference signal.
US10841811B2	Base station apparatus, terminal apparatus, and communication method A base station apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and a communication method are provided that achieve a radio access network in which beam sweeping is appropriately performed in an environment in which a plurality of frame formats are used in a multiplexed fashion. The base station apparatus according to the present invention includes an antenna unit for which a plurality of beam patterns is configurable, a frame configuration unit capable of configuring a plurality of frame configurations; and a beam sweeping unit configured to perform beam sweeping based on a prescribed frame configuration in a case that a frame configuration configured by the frame configuration unit is the prescribed frame configuration.
US10841810B2	Placement and scheduling of radio signal processing dataflow operations Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for placement and scheduling of radio signal processing dataflow operations. An example method provides a primitive radio signal processing computational dataflow graph that comprises nodes representing operations and directed edges representing data flow. The nodes and directed edges of the primitive radio signal processing computational dataflow graph are partitioned to produce a set of software kernels that, when executed on processing units of a target hardware platform, achieve a specific optimization objective. Runtime resource scheduling, including data placement for individual software kernels in the set of software kernels are performed to efficiently execute operations on the processing units of the target hardware platform. The resources of the processing units in the target hardware platform are then allocated according to the defined runtime resource scheduling.
US10841809B2	Spectrum sharing method and apparatus thereof Example spectrum sharing methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes acquiring a cycle period of a shared frequency between a first system and a second system. Time slice allocation information of the cycle period is obtained and sent to a user equipment.
US10841808B2	Apparatus and medium for enabling multi-carrier operation Techniques discussed herein are related to Long Term Evolution (LTE) operation in unlicensed spectrum in MulteFire, specifically the Internet of Things (IoT) operating in unlicensed spectrum. One example embodiment can be an apparatus configured to be employed in a User Equipment (UE), comprising: a memory interface; and processing circuitry configured to: perform an initial access to a network over one or more of three dedicated anchor channels; communicate data over a master set of data channels using frequency hopping from one data channel to another data channel of the master set of data channels, wherein a hopping sequence is based on whether or not a carrier sensing procedure succeeds over available ones of the set of data channels; enable a Multi-Carrier Operation (MCO) by defining and allowing transmissions over a new set of data channels different than the master set of data channels; and send the data to a memory via the memory interface.
US10841804B2	Wireless resource allocation device, wireless resource allocation method, and recording medium storing wireless resource allocation program A wireless resource allocation device 50 includes: a prediction unit 51 that predicts a communication rate of communication information, which is transmitted and received by a wireless terminal device 60, on the base that communication-rate-control-information which is included in the communication information and which is determined by a communication protocol regularly changes; and an allocation unit 52 that allocates wireless resources, which are used for communication with the wireless terminal device 60, on the base of the communication rate predicted by the prediction unit 51.
US10841803B2	Data channel sending and receiving methods, network device, and terminal Data channel sending and receiving methods, and an apparatus are disclosed. The network device sends indication information to the terminal, where the indication information indicates that the terminal needs to detect data channel puncturing information. The network device sends the data channel puncturing information to the terminal. The network device sends a data channel to the terminal, where the data channel is punctured at a resource location.
US10841798B2	Information apparatus or client software that wirelessly discovers, within short range, one or more output devices for establishing a wireless connection Information apparatus that wirelessly discovers an output device, which is available within close physical vicinity for outputting digital content, is herein disclosed and enabled. The information apparatus includes wireless communication circuitry for establishing short range wireless communication between the information apparatus and the output device. The information apparatus wirelessly receives information from the output device that has been wirelessly discovered, and determines, from the information received, whether the output device matches a requirement for outputting digital content. When the requirement is matched, the information apparatus selects the discovered output device, conforms at least part of the content into output data, and transmits at least part of the output data over the short range wireless communication from the information apparatus to the selected output device. The information apparatus may include one or more of a smart phone, information pad, a digital camera, or an Internet appliance.
US10841797B2	Method for generating and injecting SIMLOCK password and device for the same The present application provides a method for generating a SIMLOCK password. The method includes: obtaining an IMEI number of a mobile terminal; searching for the IMEI number in a database; if the IMEI number is not found, randomly generating a SIMLOCK password so that the SIMLOCK password corresponds to the IMEI number; and sending the SIMLOCK password to the mobile terminal, wherein the database is configured to store the IMEI number and the SIMLOCK password corresponding to the IMEI number. Through the above manner, the present disclosure may improve security of the mobile terminal.
US10841793B2	Device and method of handling a radio access technology tight interworking of two cellular systems A network comprising a first BS and a second BS for handling a RAT tight interworking comprises the first BS connecting to a communication device via a first RAT and transmitting a message; the first BS receiving, upon the message configures the RAT tight interworking, a first response message via the first RAT; the first BS disconnecting, upon the message configures an inter-RAT handover, from the communication device and not receiving the first response message; the second BS connecting to the communication device via a second RAT; the second BS receiving a second response message and communicating second data via the second RAT while the first BS communicates first data via the first RAT, after the first BS receives the first response message; and the second BS receiving a third response message and communicating third data via the second RAT, after the first BS disconnects via the first RAT.
US10841792B2	Network connection method, method for determining security node, and apparatus Embodiments of this application relate to the field of communications technologies, and provide a network connection method and an apparatus. The method carried out by a network control element includes: sending a first connection parameter to a terminal, and sending a second connection parameter to a security node, so that a network connection between the terminal and the security node is established by using the first connection parameter and the second connection parameter, where the first connection parameter is used for decrypting data encrypted by using the second connection parameter, correspondingly, the second connection parameter is used for decrypting data encrypted by using the first connection parameter, and the first connection parameter and the second connection parameter each include a security parameter used when the terminal and the security node establish the network connection.
US10841783B2	Method and apparatus for data communication using bluetooth low energy A method for performing communication with a data device by a terminal supporting Bluetooth connection of a first profile and a second profile is provided, which includes transmitting a media access control (MAC) address of the terminal to the data device having established a first connection in the first profile with the terminal; disconnecting the first connection; receiving, from the data device, a request for a second connection in the second profile through the MAC address of the terminal; identifying the data device using pre-registered first information; and establishing the second connection without transmission of an acknowledgment for the second connection.
US10841781B2	Discovery preamble content for a device discovery procedure Techniques are described for performing beam sweep procedures as part of a device discovery procedure. A transmitting device (e.g., user equipment (UE) or base station) may generate a discovery preamble that is configured to indicate that a discovery message will be transmitted. The discovery preamble may be a smaller message (e.g., less bits) than the discovery message and thus may use fewer resources when it is being communicated. The transmitting device may transmit a plurality of signals that include a discovery preamble as part of beam sweep procedure. Once the transmitting device identifies a receiving device, the transmitting device may broadcast the discovery message. The discovery preamble may include a variety of different types of information including information relating to an identifier for the transmitting device, a discovery mode of the transmitting device, beam configurations, communication resources, beam sweep indexes, or a combination thereof.
US10841779B2	Insertion of notifications into in-band on-channel broadcasts During normal operation, a switching module receives, from one or more media encoders, channel content associated with one or more media channels and transmits that channel content to a transmitter. The switching module, while transmitting the channel content, logs in a notification system in response to a login request received from the notification system. Once logged in, the notification system transmits content associated with the one or more media channels to the switching module. The switching module transmits the notification content to the transmitter in place of the channel content received from the media encoders. While transmitting the notification content, the switching module determines that the notification system has been logged out, and resumes transmission of the channel content to the transmitter.
US10841777B1	Professional qualification tracking and management system and method A system and method for managing the qualifications of emergency management personnel through the use of at least partially automated qualification management devices or electronic Position Task Books (ePTBs) is presented herein. The system includes a network of participating organizations comprising governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academic institutions, and the private sector. The qualification management devices or ePTBs are used to establish the suitability of the personnel or individual participants in the performance of emergency management duties in the areas of emergency preparedness, planning, response, recovery, etc. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a system and/or method for the management (including the issuance, execution, and review) of qualification management devices or ePTBs within a self-managed network of participating organizations using internet and mobile technology to deliver ePTBs. The content of these ePTBs will be based on nationally defined qualification standards developed by network participants.
US10841774B2	Method and apparatus for fast channel deployment at an incident scene Fast channel deployment is achieved amongst subscriber devices (SDs) having an incident scene role at an incident scene. An SD detects an incident scene arrival trigger associated with arrival at an incident scene. Responsive to detecting the incident scene arrival trigger, the SD (i) tunes to a pre-configured incident channel or (ii) scans a plurality of channels for an incident channel and tunes to the incident channel once located. The SD receives, via the incident channel, an incident scene role to traffic channel mapping that maps a particular incident scene role associated with the subscriber device to a particular assigned traffic channel on which subscriber devices associated with a same incident scene role may communicate. The SD tunes to the particular assigned traffic channel as a function of the incident scene role to traffic channel mapping.
US10841773B2	System and method for adjusting variable(s) related to near field communications antenna for mobile devices to ensure antenna operation within a defined operating range A system for an antenna for near field communications (NFC), said antenna comprising a primary loop with a primary current to produce a magnetic field; one or more secondary loops with one or more secondary currents; wherein by adjusting one or more variables associated with said one or more secondary loops, said magnetic field is modified to ensure antenna operation within a defined operating range.
US10841772B2	Method and system for controlling communication between internet-of-things (IOT) devices The method of reliable Internet-Of-Thing (IOT) communication across a plurality of IOT devices, involves identifying device information of a source-IOT-device upon synchronization of the source-IOT-device with a current NB-IOT eNB in an IOT network. Upon activating a first IOT application of the source-IOT-device, a check is made to determine that a first target-IOT-device is discoverable in the current NB-IOT eNB for establishing a first IOT session from the source-IOT-device to the target-IOT-device. A short-distance communication link or a NB-IOT communication link may be selected based on the device information of the source-IOT-device, the discoverability of the first target-IOT-device, and the first IOT application activated on the source-IOT-device, A Physical Resource Block (PRB) for a plurality of packets transmitted using the first communication link may be dynamically allocated based on a buffer occupancy associated with the first IOT application of the source-IOT-device.
US10841766B2	Method and system for service provisioning based on multi-tiered networks and resource utilization A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which multi-tiered networks and resource utilization-based provisioning service is provided. A multi-tiered mobile edge computing network that includes multiple mobile edge computing networks that are multi-tiered based on distance from a network edge includes a network device that selects a location to provision an application service for an end device based on a total resource utilization value and a performance metric associated with one or multiple candidate mobile edge computing networks.
US10841765B2	Method and apparatus for vehicle to mobile phone communication A system includes a processor configured to receive a vehicle event and determine a wireless device present connection state relative to a vehicle infotainment system. The processor is further configured to communicate with a remote server through a vehicle modem, including transmission of the wireless device present connection state, based on the occurrence of the vehicle event. The processor may also be configured to request that the remote server instruct a wireless device to pair with a vehicle infotainment system if the wireless device present connection state indicates the wireless device is not presently paired.
US10841763B2	Configurable message interface Embodiments relate to a network component, an apparatus for configuring a message interface, a vehicle, a method and computer program for a network component, a method and computer program for configuring a message interface. A network component of a mobile communication system for configuring a message interface for direct communication between two or more mobile transceivers comprises one or more interfaces configured to communicate with the two or more mobile transceivers. The network component further comprises a control module configured to control the one or more interfaces. The control module is further configured to receive information on an application using direct communication between the two or more mobile transceivers, to receive information on communication capabilities of the two or more mobile transceivers, and to determine information on a message interface configuration based on the information on the application and based on the information on the communication capabilities of the two or more mobile transceivers. The control module is further configured to provide information on the message interface configuration to the two or more mobile transceivers.
US10841760B2	Methods for vehicular communication in next generation vehicle-to-everything (NGV) devices in mobility scenarios Embodiments of a Next Generation Vehicle-to-Everything (NGV) station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. The NGV STA may encode a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) in accordance with an enhanced PHY layer protocol. The PPDU may be encoded for transmission in a dedicated short-range communication (DSRC) frequency band. The NGV STA may encode the PPDU to include a preamble, one or more data portions, and one or more midambles. The one or more midambles may occur within the PPDU after the preamble and after at least one of the data portions. The NGV STA may encode a preamble that includes an NGV SIG-A field that indicates: whether the PPDU includes the one or more midambles, and a periodicity of the one or more midambles.
US10841758B2	Distributed multi-band wireless networking system Disclosed is a way to expand the range of Internet of Things devices in a home, office, or structure to the range of a local WiFi network. This is accomplished by generating a network bridge for the devices using machine-to-machine protocols to communicate using the WiFi network backhaul channel. Transmissions in machine-to-machine protocol are tunneled through WiFi communications and extracted by the closest access point. Access points include radios for both WiFi and machine-to-machine protocols.
US10841756B1	Managing communications sessions based on restrictions and permissions Techniques related to managing data communications between devices are described. In an example, a computer system receives, from a first device, a request to transfer a communications session with the first device and a second device. The computer system determines contextual data associated with the communications session. Using at least the contextual data, the computer system determines the communications session is permitted to be transferred from the first device to a third device based. The computer system causes a transferred communications session to be established with the third device and the second device.
US10841755B2	Call routing using call forwarding options in telephony networks In one embodiment, a device receives a call from a caller that is initiated as a public switched telephone network (PSTN) call and directed to first contact information for a recipient's device. The call is forwarded using an unconditional call forwarding option to the device. The device retrieves second contact information for the recipient's user device. The second contact information is different from the first contact information used in the PSTN call. The device initiates a communication to the recipient's user device using the second contact information via a communication channel different from the PSTN. The communication avoids triggering the unconditional call forwarding option for the recipient's device. The device connects the call between the caller and the recipient's device upon initiating the communication. The device is in a call path of the call and performs a call feature for the call.
US10841751B2	Group multicast method, group creation method, and mobile network platform A mobile network platform creates a device group according to a member device supporting a mobile network multicast communication manner in a Machine-to-Machine Communications (M2M) group, generates an identifier of an external group corresponding to the device group, and requests a service capability exposure function (SCEF) to create the external group according to the identifier of the external group and an external device identifier of the member device supporting the mobile network multicast communication manner. When receiving an access request for the M2M group, the mobile network platform obtains the device group in the M2M group, learns of the corresponding external group, and then requests the SCEF to access the member device in the external group in a multicast communication manner. Hence, an amount of information generated due to interaction between an M2M platform and an M2M device is reduced, while reducing resource overheads.
US10841750B2	Method, apparatus, and system for changing association relationship between MCPTT user and MCPTT group Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for changing an association relationship between an MCPTT user and an MCPTT group. A method for changing an association relationship between an MCPTT user and an MCPTT group is performed by a first network element device, including: receiving an association change request sent by first UE, where the association change request includes request information, the request information is used to indicate that a first MCPTT user requests to change an association relationship between a second MCPTT user and a first MCPTT group, and the first MCPTT user is an MCPTT user using the first UE; and setting the association relationship between the second MCPTT user and the first MCPTT group according to the association change request. The present disclosure implements that an MCPTT user changes an association relationship between another MCPTT user and a group.
US10841742B2	Supporting a configuration of a device A positioning support device transmits radio signals using at least one default configuration parameter value. A mobile device measures characteristics of the signals at different locations. An apparatus assembles, based on the measured characteristics and indications of the locations of measurement, data which enables a determination of characteristics of radio signals transmitted by the positioning support device, which are expected to be observable at different locations. The apparatus determines in addition at least one adapted configuration parameter value and causes the positioning support device to store the assembled data for future transmissions and to use the at least one adapted configuration parameter value for future transmissions. As a result, the positioning support device transmits radio signals including the stored data using the at least one adapted configuration parameter value.
US10841738B2	Geo-based connectivity awareness for better productivity A server includes a network interface to interface with mobile computing devices operating within a geographical area, with one of the mobile computing devices providing a request for navigation instructions within the defined geographical area. A geo-connectivity analyzer receives cellular network connectivity metrics for the geographical area, with the cellular network connectivity metric values varying within the geographical area. A network connectivity map is generated by the geo-connectivity analyzer based on the varying cellular network connectivity metrics. The network connectivity map includes areas with strong cellular network connectivity metric values and areas with weak cellular network connectivity metric values. A navigation analyzer generates the navigation instructions between the two geo-locations based on the network connectivity map, with the navigation instructions providing a route that is optimized to include the areas with the strong cellular network connectivity metric values.
US10841736B1	Notifications in a tracking device environment A mobile device determines based on a signal strength threshold when tracking devices communicatively coupled to the mobile device are lost or left behind. The mobile device communicatively couples to a tracking device and receives a first signal transmitted by the tracking device with a signal strength greater than a signal strength threshold. The mobile device receives a second signal transmitted by the tracking device and determines a measure of signal strength based on the second signal. While the mobile device is still communicatively coupled to the tracking device, and responsive to determining that the measure of signal strength of the second signal is less than the signal strength threshold, the mobile device generates a notification that the tracking device may be lost or left behind to alert the user of the mobile device.
US10841735B1	Proximity based shared configuration of systems and devices Systems and methods for adapting a service provided based on a local taxonomy defining a local community of individuals are disclosed. The systems and methods involve a close proximity protocol used to detect and/or communicate with various mobile devices located within a certain range of a site location, and include a device that requests information from the mobile devices and a device that provides a service to the one or more users within range of the service-providing device. A local taxonomy is generated and evolved based on the dynamics of the local community of individuals (i.e. as individuals enter and exit the range of the system), and the service(s) provided is adapted as the local taxonomy changes.
US10841734B2	Systems and methods for defining and implementing rules for three dimensional geofences The present invention is directed to methods and systems for enforcing at least one rule within a geofence. The rule is enforced by a fencing agent on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The geofence is defined by a plurality of geographic designators, with the plurality of geographic designators each being associated with an Internet Protocol (IP) address, preferably an IPv6 address.
US10841733B1	Display control based on location of vehicle A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display screen, and control circuitry that is coupled with the display screen. The control circuitry is configured to detect at least one physical space based on a geographical location of a vehicle which includes the display apparatus. The control circuitry is configured to establish a communication connection with at least one electronic device associated with the detected at least one physical space. The control circuitry is further configured to receive at least one image frame associated with at least one activity being performed within the at least one physical space based on the established communication connection. The at least one image frame is received from the at least one electronic device. The control circuitry is further configured to control the display screen to display the received at least one image frame associated with the at least one activity.
US10841718B2	Acoustic testing apparatus An acoustic testing apparatus includes a box body, a machine frame, a door frame, a door body, a rotary mechanism and linear displacement mechanisms. The box body has a feed-discharge port. The machine frame has a first opening and a second opening opposite to each other, and is disposed on the box body. The first opening communicates with the feed-discharge port. The door frame is disposed on the machine frame. The door body is disposed on the door frame. The rotary mechanism is disposed on the door frame and is connected to the door body to drive the door body to rotate. The linear displacement mechanisms are disposed on the machine frame and are connected to the door frame to drive the door frame to displace between the first opening and the second opening linearly, thus delivering an object to come in and out of the box body.
US10841716B2	Hearing device with two-half loop antenna A hearing device includes a wireless communication unit, such as a radio frequency transceiver, and a two-half loop antenna. The antenna includes a conductor defining a first half loop and a second half loop configured to be fed in series with a radio signal from a radio frequency transceiver. The first half loop and the second half loop have mirror images forming respective half loops of the two-half loop antenna. Transverse segments of the first half loop and second half loop join the first half loop and the second half loop at a mid-point of the antenna near a feeding point. The physical antenna length of the antenna is less than ¾ of the wavelength of the radio frequency signal to be transmitted or received through the antenna. An electrical length of the antenna is approximately equal to the wavelength of the radio frequency signal to be transmitted or received.
US10841714B2	Programmable hearing device and method of programming a hearing device The invention relates to a hearing device that comprises a data interface for receiving data and a memory unit for storing data. The memory unit comprises a non-static section and a static section. The static section comprises a unique key that is unique for the specific hearing device. The hearing device further comprises a verifier that is configured to process the unique key and a second key contained in first type data received via the data interface in order to determine whether the second key needs a verification criterion with respect to the unique key. The verifier is further configured to discard received first type data in the non-static section of the memory unit if the second key contained in received data does not meet the verification criterion with respect to the unique key stored in the static section of the memory unit.
US10841712B2	Signal to noise ratio using decentralized dynamic laser microphones A communication system includes a processor and a computer readable medium, coupled with the processor, comprising instructions that program the processor to: cause an electromagnetic emitter to irradiate a location on a selected object in proximity to a speaker; determine, from radiation reflected by the selected object at the irradiated location, an audio characteristic of the irradiated location; and when the audio characteristic is acceptable, assigning an electromagnetic microphone to collect audio information from radiation reflected by the selected object at the irradiated location.
US10841708B2	Vehicle speaker and method of controlling the same A speaker system includes a speaker configured to output sound from an electric signal, a sensing unit configured to measure at least one of current or a voltage of the speaker, an amplifier configured to supply current to the speaker, and a control unit configured to measure inductance of the speaker on the basis of the at least one of the current or the voltage of the speaker, to determine a current temperature on the basis of the inductance, and to adjust current to be applied to the speaker by the amplifier on the basis of the current temperature such that a variation in output of the speaker with respect to a temperature is compensated for.
US10841707B2	Precision audio speaker coil assembly and method for making same The present invention relates generally to audio speakers, and systems and methods for making audio speakers. More specifically, the present invention relates to reliable precision audio speaker coil assemblies, and systems and methods for manufacturing reliable precision audio speaker coil assemblies.
US10841703B2	Connectors for data transfer Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for peripheral device discovery, the detection of orientation of a connector having multiple degrees of rotational symmetry, and the provision of appropriate signal paths between a host device and a peripheral device. Some embodiments provide a characteristic impedance within the peripheral device that is coupled between rotationally symmetric contacts of the connector and thus enables detection of the connector orientation. The value of the characteristic impedance may be used in some embodiments to determine the type or model of peripheral device. Some embodiments are concerned with the enablement of appropriate signal paths to a peripheral device having a transducer (e.g. a loudspeaker) coupled only to rotationally symmetric contacts of the connector, such as headphones implemented in a “balanced” configuration.
US10841691B2	Sound system for video screens A sound system for use with a non-acoustically transparent video screen (1) is disclosed, comprising at least one loudspeaker enclosure (10) comprising a loudspeaker (15) arranged so that the main direction of propagation of the sound (33) which it emits is directed towards said screen, the sound being reflected by the surface of the screen towards an audience (2). The enclosure (10) further comprises a second sound emitter (16/20) situated at the rear of said loudspeaker (15), whereby the loudspeaker enclosure has a directivity of the cardioid type. The second sound emitter may, for example, comprise an opening, combined with a defined quantity of acoustically absorbent material (17) arranged inside the enclosure (10) between the rear of the loudspeaker (15) and the opening (16); alternatively, it may comprise at least one second loudspeaker (20) situated so as to be substantially directed towards the audience (2), said second loudspeaker (20) being connected with a reversed polarity with respect to the principal loudspeaker (15).
US10841690B2	Sound reproducing apparatus, sound reproducing method, and computer readable storage medium A sound reproducing apparatus and a sound reproducing method are provided. The apparatus includes a noise assessment unit configured to assess an intensity of ambient sound, a processor that determines an omnidirectional audio output level based on the intensity of ambient sound, an omnidirectional speaker configured to reproduce a desired sound at the omnidirectional audio output level, and a directional speaker configured to reproduce the desired sound simultaneously with the omnidirectional speaker. The method includes the steps of assessing an intensity of ambient sound, determining an omnidirectional audio output level based on the intensity of ambient sound, and reproducing a desired sound simultaneously from an omnidirectional speaker and a directional speaker. The omnidirectional speaker is controlled to reproduce the desired sound at the omnidirectional audio output level.
US10841689B2	Loudspeaker and tower configuration The present disclosure relates to loudspeaker systems and configurations. In one embodiment, a loudspeaker includes a housing, a mount coupled to the housing, and a coaxial speaker fixed with the housing, wherein coaxial speaker is fixed with an angular offset from a horizontal plane of the housing. The coaxial speaker may be fixed with an angular offset from a horizontal plane of the housing to project sound to position behind a marine vehicle, such as a desired rider position. The loudspeaker may also include at least one multicolor element and connections to receive audio data and lighting control signals for the multicolor element.
US10841686B2	Accommodating ear pads A novel ear pad includes a lateral surface and a medial surface. The lateral surface is adapted to be coupled to a headset and the medial surface includes a recess that accommodates the passage of an article between the ear pad and a user's head. In a particular embodiment, the recess is contoured to receive an eyeglass temple. In another embodiment, an ear pad includes an annular wall having an inferior portion and a superior portion wherein the wall thickness of the inferior portion is greater than the wall thickness of the superior portion.
US10841675B2	Loudspeakers and related components and methods A loudspeaker includes an acoustic enclosure, and an electro-acoustic transducer that is supported by the acoustic enclosure. A grille covers the electro-acoustic transducer, and a weather-resistant member is disposed between the acoustic enclosure and the grille. A spring member is disposed between the weather-resistant member and the acoustic enclosure. The spring member is configured to apply a force to the weather-resistant layer thereby to hold the weather-resistant member against the grille.
US10841673B2	Intelligent subsystem An intelligent subsystem coupled with a system-on-chip (comprising a microprocessor/graphic processor), a radio transceiver, a voice processing module/voice processing algorithm, a foldable/stretchable display, a near-field communication device, a biometric sensor and an intelligent learning algorithm is disclosed. The intelligent subsystem can respond to a user's interests and/or preferences. Furthermore, the intelligent subsystem is sensor-aware or context-aware.
US10841671B1	Method and apparatus for loss-aware optical routing A method and apparatus for operating an optical switching fabric or other optical device are provided. The device has multiple input and output ports to be selectably connected together via optical paths. For a requested configuration, an optical device configuration is determined based on a loss metric, which is based on one or both of: a number of crossings of the optical paths; and a length of the optical paths. The crossings can be waveguide crossings within the switching fabric. The configuration can be obtained by selecting particular intermediate stages of the switching fabric for carrying particular optical paths. The number of waveguide crossings, or the variation in the number of waveguide crossings, can be limited or minimized in the selected configuration. In one embodiment, an initial solution is determined, and the intermediate stages of the switch are re-ordered to obtain an improved solution in terms of the loss metric.
US10841668B2	System, method and apparatus for remote monitoring A monitoring unit for security and automation in a premises are described. The monitoring unit uses remote configuration and control to enable monitoring of a premises. The monitoring unit provides multiple monitoring functions to respond to events within the space and alert a user at a remote device like a smartphone. An image sensor provides a wide field of view which can be segmented on the mobile device to enable specific areas to be viewed enabling the user to view the area and be alerted when an event occurs based upon a rules based configuration.
US10841667B2	Producing video data A method of incorporating additional video objects into source video data to produce output video data. The method includes retrieving source video data and data defining a segment size used by a distributor, into which video data is divided when transmitted. The method includes analyzing the source video data to identify selected frames of video material which include insertion zones which correspond to regions which are suitable for receiving an additional video object. The method includes identifying a boundary point of the source video data. The method includes embedding additional video objects into the selected frames, creating output video data which has a boundary which corresponds with the identified boundary point. The method includes generating metadata including information on said boundary point of the source video data to be replaced by the created output video data; and transmitting the output video data and the metadata to the distributor.
US10841666B1	Generation of points of insertion of directed content into a video asset Technologies are provided for generation of points of insertion of directed content into a video asset. In some embodiments, multiple time offsets within an interval spanned by the video asset can be determined using audio data corresponding to the video asset. A time offset defines a boundary between first and second segments of the video asset. Using image data corresponding to the video asset, respective pairs of video clips for the multiple time offsets can be generated. Visual features, aural features, and language features pertaining to the respective pairs of video clips can then be generated. Scores for the multiple time offsets can be generated using the visual features, the aural features, and the language features. A score represents an assessment of suitability to insert directed content into the video asset at a time offset. A file that contains specific time offsets can be generated.
US10841663B2	Methods and systems for managing content on multiple devices Embodiments for managing content by one or more processors are described. A rendering of a first content portion by a first computing node is detected. A second content portion is received. The second content portion is associated with the first content portion. A second computing node is selected based on at least one of a location of the second computing node, an activity of an individual, and the second content portion. The second content portion is caused to be rendered by the second computing node.
US10841661B2	Interactive method, apparatus, and system in live room The present disclosure discloses an interactive method and apparatus in a live room. The method includes: receiving, from a live backstage, a live video stream sent by a first client; displaying a live interface on a display screen according to the live video stream; receiving, from the live backstage, an interactive video sent by a second client, the second client and the first client belong to a same live room, and the interactive video being a video whose video duration is less than a preset threshold; and playing, in picture-in-picture mode (PIP), the interactive video on a PIP area of the live interface.
US10841660B2	System and method for multi-user digital interactive experience Described herein is a methods and systems for providing a digital interactive experience. Interactive experiences include, but not limited to, synchronized video playback, video and text chat between two or more participants, and interactive live event participation combining synchronized video, text and video chatting. The system comprises persistent and non-persistent components to which a plurality of participants in the interactive experience may connect.
US10841659B2	Video encoding apparatus and video encoding system A video encoding apparatus may include a memory storing interest region information for each of a plurality of scenarios and a neural processing unit (NPU) extracting interest region information corresponding to a scenario of an input video from the memory or updating the interest region information stored in the memory based on an user input.
US10841654B2	Apparatus and method for displaying images and passenger density The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for displaying images and a passenger density. The apparatus includes a receiver receives original images obtained by a plurality of cameras respectively installed in a plurality of passenger cars and a passenger density calculated from the original images; a thumbnail generator for determining the sizes of thumbnail images corresponding to the original images according to the number of cameras and generating thumbnail images according to the determined sizes; and a screen for collecting the thumbnail images and displaying the thumbnail images together with information indicating the density.
US10841653B2	Method and system for preventing upload of multimedia content with objectionable content into a server The present invention relates to the field of content identification and more particularly to detection and identification of objectionable content present in a multimedia content. The objectionable content is detected before the upload of the content to a server or social media and it alerts the user about the presence of objectionable content based on the intelligent analytics. Further, during the alerting process the proposed mechanism is configured to consider the consequences of publishing or uploading the given content to a server or social media. Further, it also analyses the potential viewers, their profile, profile of the characters in the multimedia content.
US10841651B1	Systems and methods for determining television consumption behavior In one embodiment, a method includes determining television content that a particular user is currently watching on a television. The method further includes determining, using one or more of a plurality of sensors, an attention level for the particular user. The attention level indicates an amount of attention paid by the particular user to the television content on the television. The method further includes determining, using one or more of the plurality of sensors, demographic information for the particular user. The method further includes storing the determined demographic information for the particular user and the particular user's attention level for the television content in the storage media.
US10841647B2	Network aggregation of streaming data interactions from distinct user interfaces Concepts and technologies directed to network aggregation of streaming data interactions from distinct user interfaces are disclosed herein. Embodiments can include a network server that includes a processor and a memory that has computer-executable instructions. Upon execution, the processor can cause the network server to perform operations. The operations can include retrieving a content package from a content data store. The operations also can include splicing video content of the content package into a plurality of content segments and assigning a boundary time marker to each of the plurality of content segments. The operations can include creating a segment overlay field for each of the plurality of content segments, where each segment overlay field can be configured to receive a client generated metric corresponding to the boundary time marker for each of the content segments. The operations can include providing the content package to a plurality of user equipment.
US10841645B1	Storage system and method for video frame segregation to optimize storage A storage system and method for video frame segregation to optimize storage are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system is presented comprising a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to: receive a video stream from a host; identify a plurality of video frame types from the video stream; and store video frames of different video frame types in the memory using different storage options. Other embodiments are provided.
US10841643B2	Method of recording adaptive to the degree of wear of the storage medium Method for recording a received stream such as an audio and/or video stream, the recording method including the steps: of evaluating the wear of a storage medium intended to record the received stream; of calculating as a function of the wear an optimal stream bitrate making it possible to increase a lifetime of the storage medium; of adapting the received stream so as to record it at the optimal stream bitrate.
US10841641B2	Program information display terminal device A program information display terminal device includes a communication component, a display component and a controller. The communication component receives data of an electronic program guide from an external server. The display component displays the electronic program guide based on the data of the electronic program guide received by the communication component. The controller divides the data of the electronic program guide for each of a plurality of sections. The controller performs display control of the electronic program guide by using divided data of the electronic program guide that corresponds to one of the sections including program information that is displayed on the display component.
US10841630B2	Video encoding and transcoding for multiple simultaneous qualities of service A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: splitting a video stream into a plurality of sub-streams, and encoding each of the sub-streams. A packet is also transmitted to a receiver, where the packet includes a number of the encoded sub-streams. Moreover, the number of the encoded sub-streams that are included in the packet transmitted to the receiver corresponds to a quality of service associated with a service cost incurred by the receiver. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments.
US10841626B2	Selective picture-based encryption of video streams A method for encrypting a video stream in a video encoder is provided that includes receiving the video stream and encrypting randomly selected pictures in the video stream as the video stream is encoded.
US10841617B2	Methods and apparatus for successive intra block prediction Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise methods and apparatus for successive intra block prediction. Methods and apparatus for successive intra block prediction may comprise a matching decoder to generate data that replicates the internal state and/or the decompressed data at the decoder. The apparatus may further comprise a prediction module that utilizes the replicated data to make predictions. The apparatus may then utilize the predicted data and the original, input source data to determine a difference value and encode the difference value.
US10841615B2	Systems and methods for model parameter optimization in three dimensional based color mapping Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for performing adaptive color space conversion and adaptive entropy encoding of LUT parameters. A video bitstream may be received and a first flag may be determined based on the video bitstream. The residual may be converted from a first color space to a second color space in response to the first flag. The residual may be coded in two parts separated by the most significant bits and least significant bits of the residual. The residual may be further coded based on its absolute value.
US10841609B1	Modification of motion vector with adaptive motion vector resolution Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes motion vector predictor derivation and signaling for affine mode with adaptive motion vector resolution (AMVR), are described. An exemplary method for video processing includes determining, for a conversion between current video block and a bitstream representation of the current video block using a coding tool that adaptively selects a resolution for each motion vector associated with the current video block, a final motion vector, wherein a precision of the final motion vector is identical to a precision of a stored motion vector of the current video block; and performing, based on the final motion vector, the conversion between the bitstream representation and the current video block.
US10841607B2	Inter prediction method and apparatus based on history-based motion vector An image decoding method according to the present disclosure includes deriving a history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) buffer for a current block, deriving motion information of the current block based on an HMVP candidate included in the HMVP buffer, generating prediction samples for the current block based on the motion information, and generating reconstructed samples based on the prediction samples, and the HMVP buffer is initialized when processing a first-ordered CTU in a CTU row in which a current CTU is located, and the current block is included in the current CTU.
US10841606B2	Image encoding method and image decoding method A method of dividing an input image signal into pixel blocks, and performing inter-prediction on the divided pixel blocks. This method includes selecting predicted motion information from a motion information buffer storing motion information in an encoded region, and predicting motion information of an encoding target block by using the predicted motion information. The method further includes acquiring representative motion information from a plurality of items of motion information in an encoded region in accordance with first information indicating a method of selecting the predicted motion information, thereby obtaining only the representative motion information.
US10841605B2	Apparatus and method for video motion compensation with selectable interpolation filter The present disclosure relates to a video coder for predictive coding a video stream of subsequent frames according to motion compensation into an encoded video bit stream, comprising a frame buffer configured to store at least one reference frame of the video stream, a prediction unit configured to generate a prediction block of a current block of a current frame from a reference block of the reference frame according to a motion vector having fractional-pel resolution, the fractional-pel resolution defining an integer-pel position and fractional-pel positions. The prediction unit is configured to interpolate the reference block according to the fractional-pel resolution via one of the at least three following interpolation filters: a blurring interpolation filter, a tap filter, and the tap filter followed by a sharpening filter.
US10841600B2	Image decoding device, an image encoding device and a decoding method Even in a case in which a color format is a format other than 4:2:0, an image coding device and an image decoding device capable of accurately locating a reference pixel position in inter-layer image prediction are realized.A hierarchical moving image decoding device (1) includes a parameter set decoding section (12) that decodes a scaled reference layer offset syntax that is coded in a chroma pixel unit and a predicted image generation section (1442) that derives a scale based on a scaled reference layer offset which is a product of the scaled reference layer offset syntax and a luminance chroma size ratio of a target layer picture and generates a predicted image.
US10841599B2	Method, apparatus and system for encoding video data for selected viewing conditions A method for encoding video data into a video bitstream using a video capture device having a brightness range limited output determines capture conditions for the capture device, the capture conditions including an ambient capture light level and a measured light level of captured video data. The method adjusts a brightness adaptation model using at least the measured light level and the ambient capture light level, the brightness adaption model defining a temporally variable peak luminance for a viewer of video captured using the capture device, and then determines a tone map such that where the measured light level exceeds a determined maximum light level the tone map is modified to reduce brightness, the maximum light level is determined using the brightness adaptation model. The captured video data is then encoded into the video bitstream using the determined tone map.
US10841597B2	Encoding a pixel of an input video sequence A method of encoding a pixel comprises encoding second and third color component values of the pixel in a first color space. A first color component value in a second color space is obtained for the pixel. A first color component value in the first color space is determined based on minimizing an error computed based on a difference between the first color component value in the second color space and a test color component value in the second color space derived based on the encoded second and third color component values. The first color component value in the first color space is then encoded. The target value for coding of the first color component is thereby adapted given encoding of the second and third color components. As a result the visual quality of the pixel is improved.
US10841595B2	Methods and apparatus for transform coefficient encoding and decoding Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise methods and apparatus for transform coefficient encoding and decoding. Methods and apparatus for transform coefficient encoding and decoding may comprise an entropy encoder configured to encode each transform coefficient as a symbol, wherein the symbol comprises a context, a magnitude, and a mantissa. The context may be one of four contexts and the symbol may be encoded using a subset of Huffman codes, wherein the subset is determined based on the context.
US10841594B2	Method, apparatus and system for encoding and decoding the significance map for residual coefficients of a transform unit Disclosed is a method of decoding residual coefficients of a transform unit from a bitstream of video data. The method receives the transform unit (1500) from the bitstream of video data in which the transform unit has upper (1503) and lower (1502) level square layers. The upper level layer represents a square arrangement of at most four significant coefficient group flags with each of the significant coefficient group flags representing a non-overlapping region of the lower level layer. The method determines determining the significant coefficient group flags of the square upper level layer for the received transform unit, and determines values of residual coefficients of the square lower layer according to the determined significant coefficient group flags to decode the transform unit of the bitstream of video data. Corresponding encoding methods are also disclosed.
US10841589B2	Bidirectional inter prediction method and terminal based on motion vector difference reduction An inter prediction method includes obtaining predicted motion information of a current image block, where the predicted motion information is used to obtain one or more motion vectors of the current image block, the motion vectors include a forward MV and a backward MV for a bidirectional inter prediction, determining a motion vector difference for the current image block, and calculating the motion vectors based on the predicted motion information and the motion vector difference, where the motion vector difference is shared by the forward MV and the backward MV.
US10841588B2	Video encoding device, video decoding device, video encoding method, video decoding method, and program using inter prediction A video encoding device includes encoding control means 11 for controlling an inter-PU partition type of a CU to be encoded, based on the maximum number (PA) of motion vectors allowed for an image block having a predetermined area and the number (PB) of motion vectors of an encoded image block contained in the image block having the predetermined area. A video decoding device includes decoding control means for controlling an inter-PU partition type of a CU to be decoded, based on the maximum number (PA) of motion vectors allowed for an image block having a predetermined area and the number (PB) of motion vectors of a decoded image block contained in the image block having the predetermined area.
US10841587B2	Method and apparatus for processing video signal A method for decoding a video according to the present invention may comprise: deriving a reference sample for a current block, determining an intra prediction mode of the current block, and obtaining a prediction sample for the current block by using the reference sample and the intra prediction mode.
US10841586B2	Processing partially masked video content A technique for processing video includes receiving a pixel array, such as a block or layer of video content, as well as a mask that distinguishes masked, “don't-care” pixels in the pixel array from unmasked, “care” pixels. The technique encodes the pixel array by taking into consideration the care pixels only, without regard for the don't-care pixels. An encoder operating in this manner can produce a simplified encoding of the pixel array, which represents the care pixels to any desired level of precision, without regard for errors in the don't-care pixels, which are irrelevant to reconstruction. Further embodiments apply a polynomial transform in place of a frequency transform for encoding partially-masked video content, and/or video content meeting other suitable criteria.
US10841581B2	Region specific encoding and SAO-sensitive-slice-width-adaptation for improved-quality HEVC encoding A method provides for encoding a frame of video using an edge map made up of one or more edge-blocks detected in the frame. When the edge-blocks are contiguous, at least one slice partition is formed using the edge-blocks and the slice partition is encoded using a sample adaptive offset (SAO) filter, wherein the slice partition is formed with an adaptive slice width, and the sample adaptive offset (SAO) filter is turned on or off during the encoding based on whether the edge-blocks are being encoded. When the edge-blocks are not contiguous, edge-block processing is performed around edges in the frame during encoding of the edge-blocks. The edge-block processing involves configuring one or more of: an intra block size, a transform block size, an inter prediction block size, a quantization parameter, candidate modes for intra prediction, pyramid level for motion estimation, and fractional pixel motion estimation search.
US10841578B2	Method and apparatus for using an intra prediction coding tool for intra prediction of non-square blocks in video compression A method for video decoding includes determining whether an angular intra prediction mode for a current block is a wide angle mode that is spaced apart from a vertical mode and a horizontal mode by an angular distance that is more than a predetermined threshold. The method further includes, in response to the determination that the angular intra prediction mode is the wide angle mode, determining a non-wide angle mode that corresponds to the wide angle mode, the non-wide angle mode being spaced apart from the vertical mode or the horizontal mode by an angular distance that is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold. The method includes determining whether a coding tool is specified for the determined corresponding non-wide angle mode, and, in response to the determination that the coding tool is specified for the determined corresponding non-wide angle mode, using the coding tool in a decoding process.
US10841572B2	Intra prediction mode derivation for chrominance values A video coding or decoding method in which luminance and chrominance samples are predicted from other respective reference samples according to a prediction direction associated with a current sample to be predicted, the chrominance samples having a lower horizontal and/or vertical sampling rate than the luminance samples so that the ratio of luminance horizontal resolution to chrominance horizontal resolution is different than the ratio of luminance vertical resolution to chrominance vertical resolution, so that a block of luminance samples has a different aspect ratio to a corresponding block of chrominance samples, the method including: detecting a first prediction direction defined in relation to a first grid of a first aspect ratio in respect of a set of current samples to be predicted; and applying a direction mapping to the prediction direction to generate a second prediction direction defined in relation to a second grid of a different aspect ratio.
US10841570B2	Calibration device and method of operating the same A calibration method is provided. The calibration method includes capturing an image of a target, acquiring image information of the target, acquiring motion information of a calibration target device by measuring an acceleration of the calibration target device and determining a rotation direction of the calibration target device, matching a first coordinate system corresponding to a camera configured to capture the image of the target and a second coordinate system corresponding to a measurer configured to acquire the motion information of the calibration target device to a third coordinate system, simultaneously performing, based on the third coordinate system, an image calibration operation with respect the image information and a motion calibration operation with respect the motion information, generating calibration motion information via the image calibration operation with respect to the image information, and generating calibration image information via the motion calibration operation with respect to the motion information.
US10841564B2	Three dimensional scan system that can increase the effective scan depth A three dimensional scan system includes a projection device, an image capturing module and an image formation device. The projection device includes a lighting module for providing a light beam, and a pattern generator for receiving the light beam and project a predetermined pattern. The image capturing module is used to capture images. The image formation device is used to form a projected pattern by projecting the predetermined pattern onto an object, and to project an image of the object and the projected pattern to the image capturing module. An optimal image formation focal plane of the image formation device for forming the predetermined pattern is different from an optimal image capturing focal plane of the image formation device for projecting the projected pattern.
US10841563B1	Smart sensor and its system for autonomous system This invention relates to a sensor and sensor platform, for an autonomous system. The sensor and its platform sense, perform signal or data processing, and make the decision locally at the point of sensing. More specifically, the sensor along with its platform simulates the human-like or human capacity to make decisions by combing the data from several sensors that detect different data sets, and combine them in a series of data processes that allows autonomous decisions to be made. Additionally, the sensor platform combines multiple sensors in one metasensor with the functionality of multiple sensors placed on a common carrier or platform.
US10841562B2	Calibration plate and method for calibrating a 3D measurement device A calibration plate and a method of calibrating a 3D measurement device is provided. The calibration plate includes a planar body having a surface. A plurality of marks are arranged on the surface. The plurality of marks being configured to be recorded by the camera and can be identified in the resulting recorded images during operation of the 3D measurement device. A mirror is positioned on the surface that reflects incident beams from the 3D measurement device.
US10841556B2	Augmented reality guidance for spinal procedures using stereoscopic optical see-through head mounted displays with display of virtual surgical guides Embodiments disclose a real-time surgery method and apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic augmented view of a patient from a static or dynamic viewpoint of the surgeon, which employs real-time three-dimensional surface reconstruction for preoperative and intraoperative image registration. Stereoscopic cameras provide real-time images of the scene including the patient. A stereoscopic video display is used by the surgeon, who sees a graphical representation of the preoperative or intraoperative images blended with the video images in a stereoscopic manner through a see-through display.
US10841554B2	Method and system for recording recommended content within a user device and playback content from an earlier position when live content is selected A user device and method for operating the same includes a memory and a controller storing a recommended recording list in the memory. The controller stores recommended content from the recommended recording list in the memory. In response to selecting the live content title corresponding to recommended content stored in the memory, a screen display query at the user device is generated for determining when an earlier position of the content is desired and displaying the content from the earlier position within the recommended content when the query is affirmative.
US10841553B2	Circuit for controlling image capturing device and associated control method A control method for an image capturing device is disclosed. The image capturing device includes a sensing circuit, an analog gain adjustment circuit using an analog gain, and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The control method includes: using a digital gain adjustment circuit to adjust, according to a digital gain, a digital image generated by the ADC to generate an adjusted digital image; generating the analog gain and the digital gain according to the digital image, and calculating intensity information of an infrared component in the digital image; and determining an image adjustment parameter according to the analog gain, the digital gain and the intensity information of the infrared component to perform image processing on the adjusted digital image.
US10841551B2	User feedback for real-time checking and improving quality of scanned image A smartphone may be freely moved in three dimensions as it captures a stream of images of an object. Multiple image frames may be captured in different orientations and distances from the object and combined into a composite image representing an image of the object. The image frames may be formed into the composite image based on representing features of each image frame as a set of points in a three dimensional point cloud. Inconsistencies between the image frames may be adjusted when projecting respective points in the point cloud into the composite image. Quality of the image frames may be improved by processing the image frames to correct errors. Distracting features, such as the finger of a user holding the object being scanned, can be replaced with background content. As the scan progresses, a direction for capturing subsequent image frames is provided to a user as a real-time feedback.
US10841550B2	Imaging apparatus and method of calculating white balance gain An interchangeable-lens imaging apparatus includes a color-temperature-information calculation circuit and a white-balance-gain calculation circuit. The color-temperature-information calculation circuit calculates color-temperature information on the basis of a first white balance gain associated with a first lens unit and first lens information of the first lens unit. The first white balance gain is calculated on the basis of a signal output from an image sensor. The white-balance-gain calculation circuit calculates a second white balance gain associated with a second lens unit that is different from the first lens unit on the basis of the color-temperature information and second lens information acquired from the second lens unit.
US10841536B2	Special effects communication techniques A special effects communication system may include a camera system at a first location that generates a first dataset based on one or more images or impressions of a first user at the first location. The special effects communication system may also include a control system communicatively coupled to the camera system and a special effects system. The control system may receive a second dataset corresponding to a second user present at a second location or to one or more users at one or more locations while the first user is present at the first location. The control system may also provide one or more control signals to cause the special effects system at the first location to generate special effects to present a visual and/or auditory likeness of the second user using special effects material and/or mediums.
US10841534B2	Real-world awareness for virtual reality Techniques and systems for providing real-world awareness for virtual reality are disclosed. In response to determining that a virtual reality application is in use, an awareness module can begin monitoring for external signals by at least accessing an available sensor of a computing device. In response to detecting the at least one external signal, the awareness module can determine a level of notification for an interruption notification of the virtual reality application based on the at least one external signal. The awareness module can receive context of the virtual reality application. A type for the interruption notification of the virtual reality application can be determined based on the determined level of notification and the context of the virtual reality application. The interruption notification may be provided to the virtual reality application based on the determined type.
US10841533B2	Telepresence system with virtual reality A telepresence system that provides a 360 degree video of a remote location to user through a head mounted display, thus providing a virtual reality experience of the remote location. The present system detects the head movement of the user and basis that moves a camera to record video of a corresponding part of the remote location in high resolution. The high resolution images from the camera is overlaid with the 360 degree video of the remote location and provided to the user. Thus, the user can view of a high resolution video of the remote location wherein only a part of the remote location that the user is viewing is provided in high resolution and rest are in low resolution. Thus the telepresence system as discussed in this invention helps in reducing bandwidth required for providing a high resolution telepresence system.
US10841529B2	Mobile terminal adjusting image quality of display, and method of operating the same Provided is a mobile terminal including a communicator configured to communicate with a display, the display comprising a plurality of panels and being configured to output optical information; an image capturing device configured to obtain an image of the display; and a processor configured to compensate the obtained image using a response characteristic of the image capturing device, and generate, using the compensated image, an adjustment signal to adjust the output of the optical information, wherein the communicator is further configured to transmit the adjustment signal to the display to permit the display to adjust the output of the optical information.
US10841521B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and program The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that enable generation of stable PUFs. The information processing device includes: a reading unit that reads output data from a predetermined element a plurality of times; an average value calculation unit that calculates average values of the output data read by the reading unit; a median calculation unit that calculates the median of the average values calculated by the average value calculation unit; and a PUF generation unit that generates a physical unclonable function (PUF) by comparing the median with the average values. The predetermined element is an image sensor, and the reading unit reads output data from the image sensor when the image sensor is shielded from light. The present technology can be applied to imaging devices, for example.
US10841513B2	Efficient blending using encoder A controller and method therein for controlling encoding of a set of images to enable blending of an overlapping area, where a first image and a second image overlap each other are disclosed. The controller encodes macroblocks of the non-overlapping area in the first image using a set of base quantization parameter values, QP-values, and adds the same set of base QP-values to a header of each macroblock. The controller encodes macroblocks of the overlapping area in the first image using a set of first QP values, and adds a modified set of the first QP-values to a header of each macroblock. The controller encodes macroblocks of the overlapping area in the second image using a set of second QP values, and adds a modified set of the second OP-values to a header of each macroblock.
US10841511B1	Electronic device and method for image processing A method for displaying images is provided, including displaying, by an electronic device, a first image obtained from an image sensor; displaying, by the electronic device, a plurality of second images together with the first image, wherein each second image is generated based on the first image and a respective image filter; and responsive to a selection of at least one second image, generating a third image based on the first image and the selected second image's respective image filter and displaying the third image in place of the first image.
US10841509B2	Camera array orchestration The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to camera array orchestration. In accordance with one aspect disclosed herein, a camera array orchestration system can learn, based upon a trigger received from a camera array including at least two camera nodes, of at least one media object to be captured during an event. The trigger can include data that identifies the media object. The camera orchestration system can generate an inference with regard to an action to be taken by at least one camera node in the camera array with respect to capturing the media object during the event. The camera orchestration system can send the inference to the camera array. The camera orchestration system can check a camera orchestration database for a policy associated with the media object identified by the data included in the trigger. The inference can be generated, at least in part, based upon the policy.
US10841508B2	Electrical cabinet infrared monitor systems and methods Various techniques are provided to monitor electrical equipment. In some implementations, a monitoring system for a cabinet may include an infrared camera and a non-thermal camera. The infrared camera may be configured to capture one or more thermal images of at least a portion of electrical equipment positioned in an interior cavity of the cabinet. The non-thermal camera may be configured to capture one or more non-thermal images such as visible light images of the portion of electrical equipment. In some implementations, combined images may be generated that include characteristics of the thermal images and the non-thermal images for viewing by a user. In some implementations, the cameras may receive electrical power through a physical coupling to an electrical connector within the cabinet and/or through electromagnetic energy harvesting techniques. Other implementations are also provided.
US10841507B2	Imaging a well of a microplate An imaging system and method are provided in which a well of a microplate 050 is imaged by a camera 110 comprising magnification optics 112. The camera is controlled to acquire a series of images of the well with different exposures. The series of images comprise a base image with a base exposure and at least one further image with a larger exposure than the base exposure. The series of images are then merged into an output image which comprises in a center region of the well image content from the base image and at a peripheral region of the well image content from the at least one further image. Advantageously, the output image may allow for better assaying or analysis of the samples in the well than any of the individual images.
US10841499B2	Image display apparatus, image-taking apparatus and image display method The image display apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: an image input device which inputs an image signal; a particular target detection device which detects a particular target included in the image signal based on a particular target evaluation value indicating the feature of the particular target; a frame display information generation device which generates frame display information indicating a frame surrounding the detected particular target and which causes the frame to change continuously or by stages according to the particular target evaluation value; and a display device which displays the frame based on the generated frame display information. That is, by causing the frame to change continuously or by stages according to the evaluation value of a particular target, it is possible to avoid sudden change in the frame display.
US10841496B2	Lidar to camera calibration based on edge detection A system performs calibration of sensors mounted on a vehicle, for example, lidar and camera sensors mounted on a vehicle, for example, an autonomous vehicle. The system receives a lidar scan and camera image of a view and determines a lidar-to-camera transform based on the lidar scan and the camera image. The system may use a pattern, for example, a checkerboard pattern in the view for calibration. The pattern is placed close to the vehicle to determine an approximate lidar-to-camera transform and then placed at a distance from the vehicle to determine an accurate lidar-to-camera transform. Alternatively, the system determines edges in the lidar scan and the camera image and aligns features based on real-world objects in the scene by comparing edges.
US10841484B2	Devices and methods for capturing and interacting with enhanced digital images An electronic device displays a representative image. While displaying the representative image, the device detects a first input. In response to the first input, the device transitions from displaying the representative image to displaying a respective image that was acquired by a camera before acquiring the representative image. After transitioning from displaying the representative image to displaying the respective image, the device displays, in sequence starting with the respective image, at least some images acquired by the camera before acquiring the representative image and at least some of images acquired by the camera after acquiring the representative image. The device detects termination of the first input. In response to detecting termination of the first input, the device displays the representative image.
US10841481B2	Control apparatus, method of controlling the same and program The present invention enables one to easily set an image capturing condition, and to easily grasp a state of a captured image. For doing so, an instruction of either a zooming-in control or a zooming-out control of the image capturing apparatus, is determined based on a position relation of a first coordinate and a second coordinate instructed with respect to an image from the image capturing apparatus displayed on a display unit. The image capturing apparatus is controlled based on the result of that determination, the first coordinates and the second coordinates.
US10841477B2	Accessory apparatus, camera system having the same, and storage medium An accessory apparatus attachable to and detachable from a camera, the accessory apparatus includes an accessory controller configured to control a communication with the camera using a notification channel used to transmit a signal between the camera and the accessory apparatus and a data communication channel used for a data communication between the camera and the accessory apparatus. The accessory controller switches between a first communication method used for communications between the camera and all accessory apparatuses connected to the camera and a second communication method used for an individual communication with the camera. The accessory controller switches, in the second communication method, from the second communication method to the first communication method when detecting a start of the data communication in the first communication method in the communication.
US10841476B2	Wearable unit for selectively withholding actions based on recognized gestures A wearable apparatus and method are provided for selectively disregarding triggers originating from persons other than a user of the wearable apparatus. The wearable apparatus comprises a wearable image sensor configured to capture image data from an environment of the user of the wearable apparatus. The wearable apparatus also includes at least one processing device programmed to receive the captured image data and identify in the image data a trigger. The trigger is associated with at least one action to be performed by the wearable apparatus. The processing device is also programmed to determine, based on the image data, whether the trigger identified in the image data is associated with a person other than the user of the wearable apparatus, and forgo performance of the at least one action if the trigger identified in the image data is determined to be associated with a person other than the user.
US10841472B2	Lighting system and control thereof The present invention relates to a method for controlling a lighting device, the method comprising: receiving data relating to settings on a camera; determining an illuminance for at least one lighting device in dependence on said data; and modifying the illuminance of a lighting device to said determined illuminance.
US10841471B1	Camera module and electronic device A camera module includes a housing, a unitary element, an optical lens assembly, an image-side light blocking assembly and a driving device. The unitary element is one-piece formed from a lens carrier and a lens barrel and movably disposed in the housing. The optical lens assembly is disposed in the unitary element. The image-side light blocking assembly includes at least one light blocking sheet, and the image-side light blocking assembly does not contact the optical lens assembly. The driving device is disposed between the housing and the unitary element. The driving device drives the unitary element, the optical lens assembly and the image-side light blocking assembly to move in an optical axis direction parallel to an optical axis of the optical lens assembly by electromagnetic force. A minimal inner opening of the unitary element is located between the optical lens assembly and the image-side light blocking assembly.
US10841465B1	Self leveling camera heads with inductive and capacitive coupling Self leveling camera heads are described. The camera heads can be used in a range of applications including drain inspection systems. The camera heads include inductive and capacitive coupling to transfer signals from and electrical power to an image sensor assembly in the camera head. Also described are drain inspection systems using the camera heads.
US10841463B2	Imaging device with two-stage dial An imaging device includes a body case formed with a through-hole that extends in a vertical direction, a substrate disposed below the through-hole and fixed to the body case, a support portion disposed inside the through-hole, a lower dial supported to the support portion so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis parallel to the vertical direction, and an upper dial supported to the support portion so as to be rotatable about the rotation axis independently of the lower dial. The support portion has a connection portion that constitutes a part of an outer periphery of the support portion and that is connected to the body case, and a fixing portion disposed to protrude downward on a side opposite to the connection portion across the rotation axis, wherein the support portion is fixed to the substrate via the fixing portion.
US10841458B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium An image processing apparatus includes a conversion unit configured to convert an image in a first color space into an image in a second color space in such a manner that the image in the second color space has a bit depth smaller than a bit depth of the image in the first color space, a first recognition unit configured to perform first recognition processing using the image in the second color space, and a second recognition unit configured to perform second recognition processing on an image area that is determined to be the image area in which the second recognition processing is performed on the image in the first color space based on a result of the first recognition processing.
US10841457B2	Image forming apparatus with density correction and edge smoothing, method, and storage medium storing program to perform the method To make it possible for image processing to control the thickness of a character or a line to be applied similarly as long as input image data is the same even in the case where the setting of color conversion processing or density correction processing is changed. An apparatus that forms an image on a printing medium by using a color material, the apparatus including: a first image processing unit configured to perform first image processing to change a density of the color material for an input image; a second image processing unit configured to perform second image processing to control a thickness of a text object or a line object included in the input image; and a setting unit configured to acquire a setting of information representing characteristics of the first image processing and to set a parameter in the second image processing in accordance with the acquired setting, and the second image processing unit controls the thickness of the text object or the line object in accordance with the set parameter.
US10841455B2	Information management system and information management server Use of a replacement image forming apparatus is immediately performed.When a first system control unit of a first MFP is instructed to start backup of data stored in a first HDD and a first EEPROM, the first system control unit transmits the data to an information management server, and when a second system control unit of a second MFP is instructed to start setting, the second system control unit issues a download request including a storage capacity of the second HDD and the second EEPROM to the information management server, and a third system control unit of the information management server stores data from the first MFP in a third HDD, reads data from the third HDD according to a storage capacity of the second HDD and the second EEPROM, and transmits the data to the second MFP.
US10841453B2	Image file creation apparatus, image file creation method, recording medium storing image file creation program, and content creation system An image file creation apparatus includes an acquisition circuit configured to acquire a picked-up image, and a processor configured to create an image file in recording the acquired image, in which the processor includes cooperation participation information for clarifying a relationship between the picked-up image and a cooperation image cooperating with the picked-up image as metadata in the image file, and the cooperation participation information includes at least one of (a) request information for requesting to provide the cooperation image cooperating with the picked-up image, and (b) provision information indicating whether or not the picked-up image can be provided as the cooperation image.
US10841450B2	Image forming apparatus acquiring application processing information at a determined processing time An image forming apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method are provided. The image forming apparatus is communicably connected to a server and acquires application processing information which has been reserved in the server in advance, indicating an application from among one or more applications that are installed or not installed on the image forming apparatus and which are determined to require application processing and controls the application processing of the application indicated by the application processing information acquired from the server.
US10841449B2	Image forming apparatus and control method of image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus and a control method of an image forming apparatus which offers high convenience are described. An image forming section forms a toner image in a print medium, and fixes the toner image by a heated fixing device. A power circuit supplies power to the image forming section to heat the fixing device. A communication interface receives a facsimile call signal and a facsimile image signal. A system controller controls the image forming section and the power circuit such that, when the facsimile call signal and the facsimile image signal are received, the image forming section and the power circuit are controlled to form an image by the image forming section on the basis of the facsimile image signal and, when the facsimile call signal is received and the facsimile image signal is not received, the power circuit supplies power to the image forming section to heat the fixing device.
US10841447B2	Image forming system for communicating with mobile terminal and setting mode of image forming apparatus An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a mobile terminal. The image forming apparatus forms an image on paper. The mobile terminal communicates with the image forming apparatus through a communication network. Mode information is inputted to the image forming apparatus from an external device. The mode information indicates a quiet mode in which an image is formed at a predetermined formation speed, or a normal mode in which the image is formed at a faster formation speed than the quiet mode. The quiet mode is settable on the mobile terminal. The image forming apparatus forms an image in the quiet mode when the mode information inputted from the external device indicates the normal mode and setting information indicating the quiet mode is acquired from the mobile terminal.
US10841445B2	Multifunction peripheral capable of properly executing a plurality of processes, method of controlling same, and storage medium A multifunction peripheral that is capable of performing, in parallel, a plurality of processes including a scanning process on an original using a scanner section. A RAM holds image data generated by the scanner section. A scanner transfer section transfers data from the scanner section to the RAM. A transfer rate of data from the scanner section to the RAM is set by switching at least between a first transfer rate and a second transfer rate lower than the first transfer rate. In a case where a plurality of processes including the scanning process are executed in parallel, a data transfer rate is switched by switching the data transfer rate based on a user's operation performed on a console section.
US10841440B2	Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a supply tray which support sheets and includes a movable plate configured to move in correspondence to reduction in a number of the sheets supported on the supply tray, a discharge tray which is located below the supply tray and supports discharged sheets, a conveyance guide which guides a sheet conveyed from the supply tray toward the discharge tray, a reading sensor which reads an image on the sheet conveyed along the conveyance guide, and a discharge unit having a discharge opening for discharging the sheet to the discharge tray and moves from a third position to a fourth position in correspondence to reduction in the number of the sheets supported on the supply tray. A first timing for which the movable plate is to move and a second timing for which the discharge unit is to move are different.
US10841434B2	Image forming system, recording medium, and printed matter providing a visual representation of the density of an image An image forming system includes an image forming device configured to form an image on a recording medium, a reading device configured to read the image formed on the recording medium by the image forming device, and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to control the reading device; calculate a density of each predetermined unit area of the read image; determine whether the read image includes a region satisfying a predetermined density condition based on the calculated density; and output an image of a first region of the read image not satisfying the predetermined density condition, an image of a second region satisfying the predetermined density condition, and a visual representation associated with the second region in response to a determination that the read image includes the second region.
US10841428B2	System and method for managing contact center system In a method for managing a contact center, the method includes: receiving, by a processor, a first incoming communication from a communication device associated with a customer; determining, by the processor, the first incoming communication should not be routed to any agents from among a first group of agents; routing, by the processor, the first incoming communication to an electronic device operated by an agent from among a second group of agents; monitoring, by the processor, an outcome of an interaction between the agent and the customer; determining, by the processor, a quality level for the agent in handling the interaction with respect to the first incoming communication; and routing, by the processor, a second incoming communication to the second agent based on the quality level for the agent in handling the interaction with respect to the second incoming communication.
US10841426B2	Interaction management system and methods of use A communication transaction management system has a computerized appliance executing software from a digital medium for a particular enterprise, a holding function of the software tracking received transactions initiated by associated persons, and selecting individual transactions for connection to live agents, and a monitoring function for determining behavior of the persons associated with individual transactions on hold relative to an interactive presentation. Individual transactions on hold are prioritized for connection to live agents at least in part depending on the behavior determined by the monitoring function.
US10841425B1	Systems and methods for electronically predicting future customer interactions A computer-implemented method and system for streamlining interactions between a customer and a company representative. Information related to a customer is received by a company representative. A predicted future action by the customer is then calculated by a computer process wherein the calculation is based on the received information. The predicted future action is then caused to be displayed on a computer operated by a representative of the company. A conversation plan may be generated according to the information and a business rule which may be displayed on the representative's computer.
US10841422B2	Multi-SIM call management method and apparatus, managed device, and server A method applicable to a multi-subscriber identity module (SIM) call management process includes parsing, by a managed device, an incoming call to obtain call information, determining a communications circuit corresponding to a called identifier, and when the managed device has performed an incoming call shielding setting on the communications circuit in response to a remote management instruction sent by an entitlement server (ES), skipping responding, by the managed device, to an incoming call event, or receiving, by the server, a remote management instruction from the ES, and deleting or freezing routing information corresponding to an identifier in response to the remote management instruction such that a communications circuit corresponding to the identifier in the managed device is unable to respond to an incoming call event.
US10841421B2	System and method for determining and communicating presence information A system and method for communicating presence information that can include at a first server of a communication platform, receiving an authorization token of a first client application; verifying at least one permission associated with the authorization token; registering a presence status of the first client application upon verifying the at least one permission of the authorization token; at a second server of the communication platform, accepting an incoming communication request; retrieving communication instructions according to the incoming communication request; identifying an instruction to communicate with a communication destination of the first client application; accessing the presence status resource of the first client application; establishing communication with the first client application according to the accessed presence status resource.
US10841417B2	Camera opening for smartphone battery case to reduce flash glare A case for portable electronic devices including smartphones includes a feature to prevent glare from a flash from affecting images and video captured by a camera lens and also a battery to extend battery life of the electronic device. Smartphones have telephony, Internet connectivity, and camera and video features. Photos and video can be uploaded through the Internet or sent to other phones. The case has a hole for a camera flash of the smartphone to pass through. The edging of the hole is colored black or another dark color to prevent glare from appearing in the photos or video taken by the smartphone when using the camera flash.
US10841412B2	Method and apparatus for enabling context-based voice responses to always-on-display notifications For responding to a notification displayed in an Always on Display (“AoD”) mode with a voice command, a method displays notifications in at least one of a full power mode or an AoD mode, parses a notification to determine a notification type. The method also determines, while in the AoD mode, if the notification supports voice responses. If the notification supports voice response, the method receives a voice command from a user and authorizes the user based on the voice command, bypasses a screen lock, in response to the user being authorized, and executes the voice command.
US10841411B1	Systems and methods for establishing a communications session Systems, methods, and devices for establishing communications sessions with contacts are disclosed. In some embodiments, a first request may be received from a first device. The first request may be to communicate with a contact name. A user account associated with the first device may then be identified, and a contact list associated with the user account may be accessed to determine contacts associated with the contact name. Based on the contact list, a first contact and a second contact associated with the contact name may be identified. It may be determined, from memory, that the first contact is a first preferred contact. However, based on an intervening event, the second contact, rather than the preferred contact, may be selected for communicating with the contact.
US10841410B2	Spinning accessory for a mobile electronic device An expandable spinning accessory for a portable media player. The accessory includes a platform for attaching the spinning accessory to the portable media player or a case for the portable media player. The accessory also includes a skin operably coupled to the platform, a button operably coupled to the skin opposite the platform, and a bearing assembly operably coupled to the skin and to the button. The bearing assembly is configured to facilitate rotation of the button relative to the skin.
US10841405B1	Data compression of table rows A system may include a storage device configured to store a plurality of database tables. The system may further include a processor in communication with the storage device. The processor may receive a request to transmit a database table from the plurality of database tables. The database table may have a plurality of rows. The processor may determine if contents of each column row of each row of the database table are eligible to be compressed. For each column row that contains eligible contents, the processor may generate compressed data representative of the contents of a respective column row. The processor may remove the contents of the respective column row from the associated row. The processor may transmit the compressed data and the database table without content of the column rows represented by the compressed data. A method and computer-readable medium may also be implemented.
US10841404B2	Events discovery context In one embodiment, a method includes identifying one or more social network events that satisfy a query condition in a social-networking system, determining an event score for each of the identified events, where the event score is based on one or more signals that are each related to a first interaction between a target user and the social-networking system, and the first interaction associates the target user with the identified event, and presenting one or more of the identified events to the target user in an order based on the event score of each identified event. The interaction may establish an association between the target user and an entity associated with the event.
US10841402B2	Agent-based publisher mobility for ICN The invention relates to methods and devices for distributing data content in an Information Centric Networking (ICN) network. In an aspect of the invention, there is provided a method performed at a wireless communication device of distributing data content in an ICN network. The method comprises submitting a request to distribute the data content to an agent device in the ICN network assigned to distribute the data content on behalf of the wireless communication device, the request comprising an identifier associated with the wireless communication device, an identifier of the request configured to enable delivery of the request to the agent device via intermediate ICN nodes of the ICN network, and the content to be distributed.
US10841400B2	Request processing in a content delivery framework A node in a content delivery network (CDN) receives a request for content and determines information about the request. When sufficient information about the content is determined, the request is assigned to an appropriate CD service to process the request; and when insufficient information about the content is determined, the request is assigned to a generic CD service to process the request. The generic CD service processes the request; and provides updated information about the content to be used for processing future requests. An appropriate CD service processing a request may also provide updated information about the content to be used for processing future requests.
US10841399B2	System and method for guaranteeing quality of experience of a user in an online environment by implementing a required change in the mobile network based on quality of experience requirements and received quality of experience parameters A guaranteed quality of experience system (GQES) for delivering quality of experience for an internet application running on an end user device is provided. GQES receives quality of experience parameters related to a type of internet application running on the end user device, an information related to a quality the end user device is experiencing along with resource utilized in a mobile network and a content provider server by the internet application running on the end user device. GQES determines a quality of experience requirements for the internet application running on the end user device based on the received parameters, and provides instructions to the mobile network and the content provider server to implement the required change in the mobile network to improve quality of experience for the internet application running on the end user device.
US10841392B2	System and method for redundant API linked microservice communication A global architecture (GLP), as disclosed herein, is based on the thin server architectural pattern; it delivers all its services in the form of web services and there are no user interface components executed on the GLP. Each web service exposed by the GLP is stateless, which allows the GLP to be highly scalable. The GLP is further decomposed into components. Each component is a microservice, making the overall architecture fully decoupled. Each microservice has fail-over nodes and can scale up on demand. This means the GLP has no single point of failure, making the platform both highly scalable and available. The GLP architecture provides the capability to build and deploy a microservice instance for each course-recipient-user combination. Because each student interacts with their own microservice, this makes the GLP scale up to the limit of cloud resources available—i.e. near infinity.
US10841391B2	Proxy-managed checkpoint identifiers Information access can include: generating a checkpoint identifier for each of a set of data streams associated with a listening session for a client of an information access system; and merging the checkpoint identifiers associated with the listening session into a unified checkpoint identifier according to a set of checkpoint merge parameters configured for the listening session.
US10841389B2	Increasing reliability of push notification-based authentication or authorization Techniques related to authentication and authorization are disclosed. In some embodiments, an access management system is provided for increasing the reliability of notification-based authentication and/or authorization. Push notifications, for example, may be used as part of multifactor authentication processing or authorization processing. In certain embodiments, in response to an event triggering an authentication or authorization flow for a user, multiple different ways are provided for delivering notifications related to the authentication or authorization flow to the user's device (e.g., a client device registered for push notification-based authentication or authorization). By providing multiple ways for communicating notifications related to the authentication or authorization to the user's device, the chance that an authentication-related or authorization-related notification is missed or not delivered to the user's device is dramatically reduced. This, in turn, increases the reliability of using notifications for authenticating or authorizing the user.
US10841387B2	Preferred contact channel for user communications In one embodiment, a method includes sending a request from a first user for communication-channel information associated with a second user to a computing device, and receiving one or more user-selectable elements corresponding to each communication channel of a plurality of communication channels from the computing device, wherein the plurality of communication channels are determined based on an affiliation coefficient between the first user and the second user, wherein each communication channel is associated with a score calculated based on a social proximity between the first user and the second user, and wherein the one or more user-selectable elements corresponding to each communication channel of the plurality of communication channels are presented in an order ranked based on the respective score associated with the communication channel.
US10841384B2	Network service system and network service method A network service method includes the following steps. A multi-access edge computing cloud server receives a service request from a terminal device and records the internal Internet protocol address of the terminal device. And, the internal Internet protocol address transmitted from the terminal device or the multi-access edge computing cloud server is received by a core cloud server, and correspondence between the internal Internet protocol address and the external Internet protocol address of the terminal device is recorded by the core cloud server.
US10841381B2	Security system with networked touchscreen Methods and systems for monitoring a premises are described. A touchscreen device may receive data from a security system that comprises a sensor, a video camera, or other devices. The touchscreen device determines one or more actions to perform by analyzing the data. The touchscreen device may determine to output, via a user interface, a message associated with the data. The message may comprise an indication of video associated with the data. If user input requesting the video is received, then video associated with the data may be output to a user.
US10841373B2	Optimizing data transmission between a first endpoint and a second endpoint in a computer network A computer-implemented method is provided for transparently optimizing data transmission between a first endpoint and a second endpoint in a computer network. The endpoints have a directly established data session therebetween. The data session is identified by each endpoint at least to itself in the same way throughout the session. The method includes the steps of: relaying data between the endpoints transparently in the session using a network optimization service; and transparently modifying or storing at least some of the data transmitted from the second endpoint to the first endpoint using the network optimization service in order to optimize data communications between the endpoints, wherein transparently modifying at least some of the data comprises changing the data, replacing the data, or inserting additional data such that the first endpoint receives different data than was sent by the second endpoint.
US10841371B2	Method and system of organizing a mesh network The claimed solution relates to the field of organizing a data network between a group of devices, in particular, by organizing a mesh network. The technical result is an increase in flexibility and speed of the organization of the mesh network without connection to an external network or the Internet, by assigning network devices as node repeaters, providing the construction of network levels. The claimed result is achieved due to the method of organizing a mesh network for communication between many devices that do not require connection to an external global network, such as the Internet, the key feature of which is the ability to change the status of devices connected thereto, to organize the network cells formed with the help of node devices that are activated as routers when the limit for the number of devices connected to the network nodes is reached.
US10841368B2	Method for presenting schedule reminder information, terminal device, and cloud server The present disclosure relates to methods, terminal devices, and cloud servers for presenting schedule reminder information. One example method includes after a second terminal logs in to a cloud server by using a first group account, acquiring schedule information stored in the cloud server, where the schedule information is information that is created by a first user who registers a first personal account, and is transmitted to the cloud server by a first terminal that logs in, by using the first personal account, to the cloud server, when reminder time of the schedule information arrives, acquiring second biometric characteristic information of a second user who is using the second terminal, and when it is determined that the second biometric characteristic information is the same as first biometric characteristic information of the first user, presenting reminder information of the schedule information.
US10841365B2	Mapping application dependencies in a computer network This application is directed to a mapping method performed at a computational machine in a linear communication orbit. The computational machine receives an application definition the linear communication orbit. The application definition specifies criteria for establishing whether the computational machine executes a specified application, a component of the specified application, or communicate with another node executing the specified application or a component of the specified application. While a plurality of events are occurring locally at the computational machine, the computational machine identifies one or more operations meeting the application definition in real-time. The identified one or more operations meeting the application definition, and associated metadata are stored in a local mapping database of the computational machine and returned to the server system through the linear communication orbit in response to a map request received through the linear communication orbit.
US10841354B2	Custom content insertion Provided are methods and systems for inserting custom content. An example method can comprise receiving, at a first computing device, an insertion instruction over a first non-packet-switching protocol information stream. The method can also comprise querying, by the first computing device, a second computing device in response to receiving the insertion instruction. The method can further comprise receiving, at the first computing device, content over a packet-switching protocol information stream in response to querying the second computing device. The content can be customized for an end-user associated with the first computing device.
US10841349B2	Data feed resource reservation system An embodiment of a method includes receiving a subscription request specifying one or more destination sites to receive a video feed and respective times at which to deliver the video feed to each of the one or more destination sites over a terrestrial network, wherein respective delivery times are within a publication time range in which the video feed will be available, and configuring available resources to deliver the requested video feed to the one or more destination sites at the respective times.
US10841348B2	Organizing a synchronous communication session according to context Organizing a synchronous communication session can include determining, using a processor of a data processing system, a context responsive to detecting a trigger event. The context specifies a foreground application executing within the data processing system. Candidate participants can be determined from the context. A user interface is displayed separate from the foreground application. The user interface lists the candidate participants. Further, responsive to a user input received within the user interface, an invite to the candidate participants is sent. The invite specifies access information for the synchronous communication session.
US10841346B2	Content disposition system and method for processing message content in a distributed environment In one embodiment, a wireless mobile User Equipment (UE) device comprises a message generator configured to send a SIP request message via a first IP network and a processor configured to process a SIP response message received from a network node via the first IP network, the processor further configured to process instructions to provide a treatment for at least one message body content of the SIP response message based on a value of a content type indicator independent of at least one of an absence of a content disposition indicator, a content disposition indicator without a value and a content disposition indicator having a value. The treatment, applied by the UE device, may comprise one of: (i) performing an Emergency Services (ES) call effectuated via a CS network and (ii) performing a registration and an ES call effectuated via an IP network.
US10841345B2	Processing of signalling messages in a system comprising several core networks The invention relates to a processing method, implemented by an application server (AS) capable of transmitting and receiving signalling messages via a first communication link (L1) established with a first core network (CR1). According to the invention, the processing method is suitable for obtaining, depending on a first received signalling message, a second signalling message comprising an identifier of a destination terminal, in order to determine, depending on said identifier, if the destination terminal is connected to a second core network (CR2) and to transmit the second message via a second communication link established with the second core network (CR2). The invention also relates to a method for managing a signalling message, capable of receiving, via the second link, the second signalling message, and transmitting it to the destination terminal. The invention relates to an application server (AS) and to a server (S-CSCF) of a core network (CR2) implementing the processing and managing methods respectively.
US10841339B2	Normalized indications of compromise Threat detection instrumentation is simplified by providing and updating labels for computing objects in a context-sensitive manner. This may include simple labeling schemes to distinguish between objects, e.g., trusted/untrusted processes or corporate/private data. This may also include more granular labeling schemes such as a three-tiered scheme that identifies a category (e.g., financial, e-mail, game), static threat detection attributes (e.g., signatures, hashes, API calls), and explicit identification (e.g., what a file or process calls itself). By tracking such data for various computing objects and correlating these labels to malware occurrences, rules can be written for distribution to endpoints to facilitate threat detection based on, e.g., interactions of labeled objects, changes to object labels, and so forth. In this manner, threat detection based on complex interactions of computing objects can be characterized in a platform independent manner and pre-processed on endpoints without requiring significant communications overhead with a remote threat management facility.
US10841335B1	Detecting malicious code received from malicious client side injection vectors There are disclosed devices, system and methods for detecting malicious scripts received from malicious client side vectors. First, a script received from a client side injection vector and being displayed to a user in a published webpage is detected. The script may have malicious code configured to cause a browser unwanted action without user action. The script is wrapped in a java script (JS) closure and/or stripped of hyper-text markup language (HTML). The script is then executed in a browser sandbox that is capable of activating the unwanted action, displaying execution of the script, and stopping execution of the unwanted action if a security error resulting from the unwanted action is detected. When a security error results from this execution in the sandbox, executing the malicious code is discontinued, displaying the malicious code is discontinued, and execution of the unwanted action is stopped.
US10841332B2	System and method for passive assessment of industrial perimeter security A computer-implemented method for assessing and managing network security for a network includes retrieving topology data and network traffic data with a processor, where the topology data is indicative of a topology of the network. The method may further include retrieving, via the processor, network flow data from a plurality of network data collectors, generating, via the processor, an attack tree based on the topology data and the network flow data, updating a customer model database with the attack tree and the topology data, and outputting a security assessment based on the attack tree and the topology data.
US10841328B2	Intelligent container resource placement based on container image vulnerability assessment Determining placement of cloud resources and containers relative to nodes in a cloud managed platform by using placement criteria and leveraging image vulnerability input. Based on the vulnerability input and resource management, containers with similar vulnerabilities are placed on a same node.
US10841327B2	Mining attack vectors for black-box security testing Black-box security testing for a Web application includes identifying infrastructure supporting the Web application, obtaining vulnerability data for the Web application from an external data source according to the infrastructure, deriving a test payload from the vulnerability data using a processor, and determining a type of vulnerability exploited by the test payload. An existing validation operation of a testing system is selected for validating a response from the Web application to the test payload according to the type of vulnerability.
US10841324B2	Method and system for uniquely identifying a user computer in real time using a plurality of processing parameters and servers A method is provided for identifying a compromised client device from a masquerading device. The method includes capturing a plurality of attributes from a network device connecting to a web service. In a specific embodiment, each of the attributes represents a parameter, and the plurality of parameters uniquely identifying the network device from a plurality of other networks devices. The method maintains the network device substantially free from any software programs associated with the capturing of the plurality of attributes. That is, in a specific embodiment, the method does not rely on installing executable code in the network device to capture the attributes. Based on information associated with the attributes, the method can determine if the network device is compromised.
US10841320B2	Identifying command and control endpoint used by domain generation algorithm (DGA) malware A command endpoint used by Domain Generation Algorithm (DGA) malware is identified using machine learning-based clustering. According to this technique, at least one attribute associated with a candidate resolved DNS name is identified. The candidate resolved DNS name has associated therewith a set of names that are failed DNS lookups but that cluster with the candidate resolved DNS name. A set of additional names that share the at least one attribute with the candidate resolved DNS name are then identified. For the set of additional names, an extent to which the set of additional names also clusters with the set of names that are failed DNS lookups is then determined. The candidate resolved DNS name is characterized as associated with the command endpoint when the set of additional names cluster with the set of names that are failed DNS lookups to a configurable degree.
US10841318B2	Systems and methods for providing multi-user level authorization enabled BIOS access control In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor and a program of instructions embodied in computer-readable media and configured to, when read and executed by the processor: responsive to administrator input associated with the information handling system or a second information handling system managed by the information handling system, set user permissions for one or more users with respect to basic input/output system (BIOS) settings of the information handling system or the second information handling system; and in accordance with the user permissions, create keys for securing BIOS settings of the information handling system or the second information handling system.
US10841317B2	Processing content sharing system data from a plurality of remotely connected computing devices in physical or virtualized space An information handling system includes a processor that executes instructions for a content sharing system that has mixed operating system capabilities. The processor detects pre-paired wireless connectivity for at least one of a plurality of remotely connected computing devices and implements a role-based policy to partially limit content sharing system operation, the operation is based on a role classification. The processor also auto-initiates navigation accessibility within authorized remotely connected computing devices via the content sharing system.
US10841314B2	Identifying and blacklisting problem clients using machine learning in wireless networks In one embodiment, a network assurance service that monitors a wireless network receives data regarding connection failures of a wireless client of the wireless network. The network assurance service forms a behavioral profile for the wireless client based on the received data regarding the connection failures of the wireless client. The network assurance service uses machine learning to determine whether the behavioral profile of the wireless client is an outlier in relation to behavioral profiles of other wireless clients of the wireless network. The network assurance service causes performance of a mitigation action with respect to the wireless client, when the wireless client is determined to be an outlier.
US10841308B2	Secure document storage system A system is provided for the storage of data, the system having: an encrypted host platform disposed in a specific territory and upon which export controlled data is stored; a controller configured to allow a primary user to set permission settings and identify authorized end users and degrees of access granted to each the authorized end user, the authorized end user being pre-cleared for compliance with export controls pertaining to the export controlled data; the controller configured to permit access to the encrypted host platform only if the host platform is located within a specific territory and if the hosting platform is in compliance with predefined data security protocols the controller configured to allow the authorized end user access to the export controlled data, and the controller configured to exclude access to both a provider of the system for storage and a system host platform provider; at least one individual computing device accessible by at least one the authorized end user, disposed within an authorized territory, the individual computing device configured to provide authorized end user identification data to the controller and receive permissions from the controller for access to the host platform; and the host platform only communicates with individual user devices if the devices have received permission from the controller.
US10841304B2	Device-to-device communication method including device-to-device authentication using hash chain A device-to-device (D2D) communication method is provided. According to an inventive concept, the method comprises, storing, by a first device, first authentication data including a hash chain, which is a sequential concatenation of hash values, and storing, by a second device, second authentication data including an initial hash value of the hash chain, transmitting, by the first device, a final hash value of the hash chain to the second device, determining, by the second device, whether authentication between the first and second devices has succeeded by repeatedly hashing the initial hash value stored in the second device until a hash value identical to the final hash value is returned, and if a determination is made that authentication between the first and second devices has succeeded, performing, by the first and second devices, a connection establishment process for establishing a connection between the first and second devices.
US10841302B2	Method and apparatus for authenticating UE between heterogeneous networks in wireless communication system A method for performing a security procedure by a terminal in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus thereof. The method includes transmitting a first access request message for accessing a first network of a core network to a first radio access network (RAN) node, performing an authentication procedure for mutual authentication with a node performing an authentication server function (AUSF) of the core network, generating a common key commonly used in one or more networks included in the core network based on an authentication vector obtained through the mutual authentication procedure, generating a first base key of the first network based on the common key and a network code corresponding to a type of the first network, and receiving an access accept message indicating an access accept of the first network from the first RAN node.
US10841300B2	System, method and computer programs for user authentication and/or authorization The system includes a passive card (10) configured to store a first portion of an authentication or authorization code via a set of capacitive points (11) included on its surface; and a portable computing device (20) having a capacitive screen and being configured to store a second portion of said authentication or authorization code. Such that, once the user (1) has requested access to a specific service or to a specific operation and when the passive card (10) is in contact with the capacitive screen, the portable computing device (20) is further configured to read at least some of the set of capacitive points (11), decoding the first portion, and cryptographically signing the decoded first portion using said stored second portion, providing the authentication or authorization code, which is used as cryptographic key to grant access to said specific service or specific operation to the user (1).
US10841296B2	Virtual network system, virtual network control method, orchestration apparatus, control apparatus, and control method and control program of control apparatus A system according to this invention is directed to a virtual network system that prevents unauthorized registration, alteration, or occurrence of erroneous registration when registering a virtual network function produced by a third party or system vender. The virtual network system includes an acceptor that accepts a virtual network function performing one of functions included in a virtual network service and information of a provider providing the virtual network function from the provider, a first authenticator that authenticates, based on the virtual network function and the provider information, that the provider is a valid provider, and a registration unit that registers the virtual network function when the first authenticator authenticates that the provider is a valid provider.

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