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| US10857158B2 |
Anordrin compositions and methods for treating diseases
The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating cancer, reducing side effects, and reducing postmenopausal symptoms comprising anordrin or analog thereof (such as anordrin) alone or in combination with at least one other agent selected from the group consisting of tamoxifen, raloxifene or functional equivalent thereof, and an aromatase inhibitor. |
| US10857157B2 |
Treatment of cerebral cavernous malformations and cerebral aneurysms with rho kinase inhibitors
Provided are methods of treating a cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) and methods of treating cerebral aneurysm in a mammal with certain rho kinase inhibitors. |
| US10857154B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition containing keratin 8 phosphorylation inhibitor for preventing or treating macular degeneration, and method for screening macular degeneration medicine
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating macular degeneration containing trametinib or gefitinib, and to a method of screening a therapeutic agent for macular degeneration. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention is capable of inhibiting the phosphorylation of keratin 8 and the reorganization thereof around nuclei in retinal pigment epithelial cells under oxidative stress conditions, increasing the expression of E-cadherin, and reducing the expression of vimentin, and can thus be efficiently useful for the prevention or treatment of macular degeneration. |
| US10857149B2 |
Liquid formulations of salts of 1-[2-(2,4-dimethylphenylsulfanyl)phenyl]-piperazine
Liquid formulations of lactic acid addition salts of 1-[2-(2,4-dimethylphenylsulfanyl)-phenyl]piperazine are provided. |
| US10857148B2 |
Methods for the administration of certain VMAT2 inhibitors
Provided are methods of administering a vesicular monoamine transport 2 (VMAT2) inhibitor chosen from valbenazine and (+)-α-3-isobutyl-9,10-dimethoxy-1,3,4,6,7,11b-hexahydro-2H-pyrido[2,1-a]isoquinolin-2-ol, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or isotopic variant thereof, to a patient in need thereof wherein the patient is also being administered digoxin. |
| US10857147B2 |
SN-38 loaded iron crosslinked micelle and methods thereof
The present invention provides SN-38 compositions for treating cancer. |
| US10857142B2 |
Methods of treating Fabry patients having renal impairment
Provided are methods for treatment of Fabry disease in patients having HEK assay amenable mutations in α-galactosidase A. Certain methods comprise administering migalastat or a salt thereof every other day, such as administering about 150 mg of migalastat hydrochloride every other day. |
| US10857136B2 |
Compounds for use in the prevention and/or treatment of non-alcoholic fat liver disease and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
Compounds of formula I, and their pharmaceutical and food grade acceptable salts, for use in the prevention and/or treatment of NAFLD (non-alcoholic fat liver disease) or NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis), and related symptoms and/or associated pathologies thereof are described. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions or nutraceutical compositions comprising said compounds of formula I, and their pharmaceutically, or food grade, acceptable or allowable, salts and combinations thereof, optionally with any inert ingredient, carrier, excipient or alike for use in the prevention and/or treatment of NAFLD or NASH, and related symptoms and/or associated pathologies thereof. Additionally described are methods for the prevention and/or treatment of NAFLD or NASH, and related symptoms and/or associated pathologies thereof comprising the administration to a subject in need thereof, of any compound of formula I, and pharmaceutical and food grade acceptable salts thereof, or any pharmaceutical compositions, functional food additives or nutraceutical compositions comprising the same. |
| US10857133B2 |
Secnidazole for use in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis
Embodiments are directed to a secnidazole formulations and the use of a secnidazole formulation for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis (BV). |
| US10857132B2 |
Stable amorphous form of sacubitril valsartan trisodium complex and processes for preparation thereof
The present invention relates to stable amorphous form of sacubitril valsartan trisodium complex and its solid dispersion compounds, processes for their preparation and pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. The present invention also relates to an improved process for the preparation of sacubitril sodium and its use in the preparation of sacubitril valsartan trisodium complex. |
| US10857127B2 |
Vaginal delivery systems containing selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) and uses thereof
The present disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions that include one or more selective estrogen receptor modulator(s) (SERM(s), e.g., Lasofoxifene) and four or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. The pharmaceutical compositions may be able to form nanodroplets (e.g., by self-nanoemulsifying) in vaginal fluid and to deliver the one or more SERM(s) to the vagina of a female subject. The pharmaceutical compositions may be useful in treating or preventing vulvovaginal atrophy, dyspareunia, sexual dysfunction, osteoporosis, or breast cancer in a female subject. |
| US10857123B2 |
NLRP3 inhibitors for the treatment of inflammatory skin disorders
The use of an NLRP3 inhibitor compound is described in the treatment of inflammatory skin disorders, in particular psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. |
| US10857114B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating severe pain
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. |
| US10857104B2 |
Method for manufacturing bubbles and bubbles
A method for manufacturing bubbles of the present invention includes: injecting an aqueous liquid 10 into a container 20 to a predetermined height; and vibrating the container at the number of revolution of equal to or high than 5,000 rpm such that the aqueous liquid 10 repeatedly collides with an inner surface of the container 20. According to the manufacturing, simply by vibrating the container 20 at a predetermined number of revolution, a large amount of bubbles 1 having a uniform size can be stably generated in the aqueous liquid 10. Furthermore, the vibrating the container 20 is preferably performed in a state where an internal pressure of the container 20 is higher than 1.0 atm. |
| US10857103B2 |
Colonic drug delivery formulation
A delayed release drug formulation includes a core and a coating. The coating includes a mixture of a first material selected from starch; amylose; amylopectin; chitosan; chondroitin sulfate; cyclodextrin; dextran; pullulan; carrageenan; scleroglucan; chitin; curdulan and levan, and a second material which has a pH threshold at about pH 5 or above. The delayed release drug formulation is used to target release of a drug from a core to the intestine, particularly the colon. |
| US10857098B2 |
Gastroretentive dosage forms for sustained drug delivery
The present disclosure is directed to floating gastroretentive dosage forms with prolonged gastric residence time. The disclosure also provides rapidly expanding sustained release or combined immediate release and sustained release formulations comprising drugs that require targeted release in the proximal gastrointestinal tract for maximum therapeutic benefit. The rapidly expanding floating gastroretentive dosage forms comprise a permeable elastic membrane providing desired characteristics for drug release and mechanical strength to maintain tablet integrity. |
| US10857097B2 |
Solid dosage form
There is provided a solid dosage form adapted for the release of a biologically active material in the oral cavity wherein the dosage form includes at least one biologically active material, and at least one matrix forming agent, wherein the dosage form substantially dissolves in the oral cavity. A method of producing the same and a kit including the same are also provided. |
| US10857095B1 |
Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using the same
Novel pharmaceutical compositions including cocaine hydrochloride and methods of treating patients using those pharmaceutical compositions are described. |
| US10857090B2 |
Oral compositions
Compositions for use in oral hygiene contain a Lactobacillus helveticus strain. Compositions further containing a Lactobacillus plantarum strain, especially Lactobacillus plantarum SD5870, are particularly effective. The combination of Lactobacillus helveticus LAFTI L10 and Lactobacillus plantarum SD5870 synergistically improves oral hygiene. The compositions are particularly useful against dental caries. |
| US10857088B2 |
Hair care system concentrate
A hair care system concentrate is provided, comprising: 9 to 15 wt % of a cellulose based cationic polymer; 39 to 60 wt % a polyalkylene glycol; 9 to 15 wt % a film forming nonionic polyethylene glycol polymer; 2.5 to 20 wt % a linear polypropylene glycol; and, 10 to 35 wt % a polyethylene glycol diester of stearic acid. Also provided is a method of making a hair care system concentrate. |
| US10857084B2 |
Composition
A solid surfactant cosmetic composition includes (i) insoluble vegetable fibre, insoluble fruit fibre or mixture thereof; (ii) surfactant; and (iii) hydrocolloid. The solid surfactant cosmetic composition is prepared by dehydrating a liquid composition. The liquid composition includes (i) a vegetable pulp containing insoluble vegetable fibre, a fruit pulp containing insoluble fruit fibre or a mixture thereof, wherein the vegetable pulp, fruit pulp or mixture thereof is in an amount of 55 to 99 wt. %; (ii) surfactant in an amount of 0.9 to 40 wt. %; and (iii) hydrocolloid in an amount of 0.1 to 15 wt. %, the amounts being based on the total combined amount of pulp, surfactant and hydrocolloid. |
| US10857083B2 |
Amino acid carbamate complexes
Disclosed herein are amino acid carbamate complexes, methods of synthesis thereof, oral care compositions comprising the same, and methods of making and using thereof. |
| US10857081B2 |
Stable color-protecting hair treatment agent comprising lanthanide salt
A hair treatment agent for reducing and/or preventing the bleeding out and/or fading of artificially produced hair colors is provided herein. The hair treatment agent has a pH value in the range of from about 4 to about 5. The hair treatment agent includes, relative to the total amount of the hair treatment agent, from about 0.01 to about 10% by weight of a lanthanum and/or lanthanide salt, at least one anionic surfactant selected from the group of alkyl (ether) sulfates, sulfosuccinates, ether carboxylic acids, N-acylamino acids having 8 to 24 C atoms in the acyl group, (acyl) isethionates having 8 to 24 C atoms in the acyl group, and mixtures of these surfactants, and from about 0.01 to about 10% by weight of an organic acid selected from the group of maleic acid, lactic acid, acetic acid, propanoic acid, amino acids, and mixtures thereof. |
| US10857079B2 |
Mascara formulation
Disclosed is an oil-in-water anionic emulsion for eyelashes, and methods for its use, comprising a continuous phase comprising 35 to 55% by weight of water based on the total weight of the emulsion, a discontinuous phase comprising 15 to 25% by weight of a combination of waxes, wherein the combination of waxes comprises paraffin wax, carnauba wax, beeswax, and candelilla wax based on the total weight of the emulsion, and 5 to 15% by weight of the emulsion of an anionic surfactant system comprising stearic acid, palmitic acid, myristic acid, polyethylene glycol-40 (PEG-40) stearate, and stearyl stearate, wherein the oil-in-water anionic emulsion is capable of thickening the appearance of eyelashes. |
| US10857077B2 |
Sunscreen compositions comprising uniform, rigid, spherical, nanoporous calcium phosphate particles and methods of making and using the same
Aspects of the invention include sunscreen formulations that include uniform, rigid, spherical nanoporous calcium phosphate particles. Also provided are methods of making the sunscreen formulations. The sunscreen formulations find use in sunblocking applications. |
| US10857076B2 |
Barrier patch with soluble film and methods of improving skin appearance
A multilayer beauty care product or method is provided. The beauty care product has a water soluble film zone that includes a water soluble film forming polymer and a cosmetic composition with an effective amount of a skin active agent. The product also has a barrier patch having a backing layer and a pressure sensitive adhesive zone. The adhesive zone and the water soluble film zone are continuous, discontinuous, or a combination thereof. The product exhibits a dynamic modulus. |
| US10857075B2 |
Wet wiper articles and methods for cleaning removable dental appliances
A wet wiper for cleaning accumulated oral debris from removable dental appliances. The wet wiper comprises (a) a water insoluble substrate; and (b) a physiologically acceptable cleansing composition, said cleansing composition comprising: a solution of water and a flavorant, wherein said water is up to about 97% by weight of said cleansing composition; and said flavorant is about 0.001% to about 5% by weight of said cleansing composition. Methods for cleaning removable dental appliances are also provided, such methods comprising the step of contacting, for a time sufficient to reduce oral debris, the removable dental appliances, with a wet wiper of the present invention. |
| US10857065B2 |
Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat includes a seat back having a foot massage system. The seat back includes a front side and rear side, the rear side receiving the foot massage system. The foot massage system is configured to pivot around an axis that is fixed relative to the seat back between a first in-use position, wherein the massage system pivots down to receive a passenger's feet, and a second folded-away position wherein the massage system is retracted along the backrest rear side. The foot massage system includes a registration area for guiding the passenger's foot to proper massage position and can be equipped with a pressure detection system having pressure sensors that, when pressed, allow the foot massage system to work. |
| US10857063B2 |
Stimulation device
A stimulation device is provided in accordance with one embodiment. The stimulation device includes a chamber which has a flexible wall portion. A drive unit of the stimulation device is in physical communication with the flexible wall portion so as to cause deflections of the flexible wall portion in opposing directions, thereby resulting in a changing volume of the chamber. The changing volume of the chamber results in modulated positive and negative pressures with respect to a reference pressure. An opening of the stimulation device is for applying the modulated positive and negative pressures to a body part. The stimulation device includes a control device for controlling the drive unit. |
| US10857062B2 |
Spring bed device with heating function
There is provided a bed device comprising: a support plate; a spring mattress provided on the support plate; a mat provided on the spring mattress; and a hot-air supply device for supplying hot air into the spring mattress, wherein the hot-air supply device is received in the spring mattress, wherein the hot-air supply device includes: a hot-air generation unit for generating hot-air; a hot-air discharge tube protruding from the hot-air generation unit by a predetermined length to discharge the hot-air generated in the hot-air generation unit into the spring mattress; and two hot-air guide members symmetrically disposed about the hot-air discharge tube, wherein the two air guide members are configured to guide the hot-air such that the hot air discharged from the hot-air discharge tube is distributed uniformly over an entire area of the spring mattress. |
| US10857059B1 |
Walker with a vertical extension for assisting a user in moving from a walking position to a more-erect position
A walker with a vertical extension for assisting a user in moving from a walking position to a more-erect position is provided. In one embodiment, the vertical extension has secondary hand grips that can assist a user in standing more erect after being in a hunched-over position while using the walker. For example, the plurality of secondary hand grips can be arranged along the vertical extension to allow a user to climb the plurality of secondary hand grips to progressively stand more erect. |
| US10857057B2 |
Walker
Disclosed is a collapsible walker that is movable between an upright and a collapsed position. The walker includes a visible indication that the walker is in the upright position. The indicator device includes a visual indicator affixed to the collapsible walker, wherein the visual indicator includes a first section and a second section, and a window disposed on the body. The walker is configured such that when the walker is in the upright position the first section of the visual indicator is visible via the window, and when the walker is not in the upright position at least a portion of the second section of the visual indicator is visible via the window, the visibility of at least a portion of the second section signifying that the walker is not ready for use. |
| US10857056B2 |
Foldable walker
A walker is provided that is movable between a compact, folded configuration and an expanded configuration. The walker includes a pair of side frames, each with a forward leg and a rearward leg. The legs are joined at their top portions by an upper support member. A cross member extends between the forward legs of each of the pair of side frames. The cross member has a hinge disposed between the forward legs. The components of the cross member can be folded relative to one another about the hinge to move the walker between the expanded and folded configurations, which allows for the frames to be positioned in an adjacent and generally aligned orientation when folded. The hinge has a locking mechanism for locking the hinge in the expanded configuration. |
| US10857055B2 |
Portable device for facilitating medical examination
A medical examination device is provided with a pair of foot support assemblies, a patient support mat, and a U-shaped support frame with an attached pair of legs. Wheel assemblies are attached to the legs and facilitate the transportation of the device to and from a bed whereby the support assemblies, patient support mat, and legs are extended and adjusted to support a patient on the bed to facilitate a medical examination. The foot support assemblies are foldable, and the patient support mat and legs are collapsible so that the device is transported and stored in a small, compact size. |
| US10857054B2 |
Person support apparatuses for subject repositioning
Support pad assemblies and person support apparatuses are disclosed. A person support apparatus includes a base frame, a longitudinal frame coupled to the base frame, and a support deck supported on the longitudinal frame. The longitudinal frame extends in a longitudinal direction and the support deck is adjustable from a planar configuration to a concave configuration or a convex configuration. |
| US10857053B2 |
Robotic operating table and robotic operating table operation apparatus
A robotic operating table may include: a table on which to place a patient; and a robotic arm including a plurality of joints, and having a first end supported on a base fixed to a floor, and a second end supporting the table; and an operation device including: a mode-set operation receiving unit that receives a set operation to set a rotation mode for rotating the table; a move operation receiving unit that receives a move operation to move the table; and a display. When the mode-set operation receiving unit receives the set operation to set the rotation mode, the display may display setting information for setting a rotation center position of the table. When the move operation receiving unit receives the move operation in a state where the rotation center position is set, the robotic arm may rotate the table about a rotation axis at the rotation center position. |
| US10857052B1 |
Treatment table for therapeutic treatment, physical rehabilitation and training and method of use
A Treatment Table for Therapeutic Treatment, Physical Rehabilitation and Training and Method of Use for providing optimal anatomical patient positioning and range of motion to support a wide range of activities using a single stable platform. The Treatment Table includes adjustable thigh and calf support members, adjustable back support, and adjustable height for optimal positioning of the patient for the desired treatment or activity. |
| US10857050B2 |
Hospital bed control and charting
A patient support apparatus, such as a hospital bed, communicates with an electronic medical record (EMR) system in healthcare facility. The hospital bed includes a patient support structure to support a patient, a graphical user interface coupled to the patient support structure, and control circuitry coupled to the graphical user interface. The graphical user interface displays at least one input that may be used by a caregiver to chart data into an electronic medical record (EMR) of a patient supported by the patient support structure. |
| US10857047B2 |
Variable speed patient transfer apparatus
A patient transfer apparatus is provided and includes a frame, a seat assembly coupled to the frame, and a track assembly coupled to the frame. The track assembly includes a moveable track for traversing stairs and a motor configured to drive the track. The apparatus further includes a control system. The control system includes a controller configured to control the motor and to adjust a speed of the apparatus based on at least one of an occupancy of the seat assembly upon traversing the stairs and a condition of the stairs. |
| US10857044B2 |
Method for preparing superabsorbent polymer
The present invention relates to a method for a superabsorbent polymer. The preparation method controls the time from the addition of a foaming agent to the initiation of a polymerization reaction, thereby forming an appropriate pore structure in a superabsorbent polymer. The superabsorbent polymer produced through the preparation method can exhibit a remarkably improved absorption rate while exhibiting excellent absorption performance. |
| US10857039B2 |
Hemostatic device
A hemostatic device for treatment of a gunshot wound includes a barrel, which has a first end that is open, and a plunger. The barrel is arcuate adjacent to a second end to define a tip section. A clotting medium and a gauze are positioned in the barrel proximate to the tip section and between the clotting medium and the first end, respectively. A plurality of slits that is positioned in the tip section defines a plurality of petals, which comprise plastic and are resiliently deformable. The plunger, which has a head that is sealably positioned in the barrel adjacent to the first end, is configured to be pushed into the barrel to apply pressure to the gauze and the clotting medium so that the petals separate. The clotting medium and the gauze are sequentially expelled from the barrel into a wound to induce clotting and to pack the wound. |
| US10857035B2 |
Removable spoiler for ski goggles
The invention is directed to ski goggles having a frame with a frame back side directed toward the wearer's face during use. A frame front lies opposite the frame back side and a frame edge is directed laterally outward with an upper frame-edge portion. A goggle lens is supported by the frame and a retaining strap, during normal use, holds the ski goggles on the wearer's head. A spoiler can be releasably connected to the upper frame-edge portion. |
| US10857033B2 |
Systems and methods for corneal laser ablation
Systems and methods for corneal laser ablation for primary vision correction include topographic guided ablation. A laser ablation pattern is derived at least in part from corneal topographic data and epithelial thickness data. The laser ablation pattern may limit post-surgical non-uniformity of the thickness of the epithelial layer. |
| US10857028B2 |
Method and device for treating and managing diseased ocular tissue
A method of treating and managing diseased ocular tissue in the bulbar conjunctiva comprises providing a device comprising a plurality of microneedles arranged on a substrate contacting the device with a diseased ocular tissue region formed in the bulbar conjunctiva stroma to form a plurality of micro-injury sites therein. A device comprises a contact lens substrate comprising a substantially elliptical corneal portion and a limbus portion located radially about the corneal portion. A scleral portion is located radially about the substrate. The device is at least partially degradable and/or comprises a therapeutic compound. At least a portion of the scleral portion is configured to overlay, and deliver the therapeutic compound to a diseased ocular tissue located adjacent to the cornea of a patient. |
| US10857026B2 |
Coated condom
A condom comprises, on one or more surfaces thereof, a self-lubricating coating comprising a dry powder having a particle size of 300 microns or less. The self-lubricating coating becomes lubricious when the coating comes into contact with a liquid environment. A method of making a self-lubricating condom comprises providing a dry condom and coating said condom, on one or more surfaces thereof, with a self-lubricating coating comprising a dry powder. The invention also provides the use of a dry powder such as xanthan gum to provide a self-lubricating coating for a condom. |
| US10857024B2 |
Pocketed arm sling assembly
A pocketed arm sling assembly for stowing personal items of a user includes a sleeve that is configured to insert a forearm of the user. A first strap is coupled to and extends between a first end and a second end of the sleeve to define a loop. Each of a plurality of panels is coupled by a lower edge and opposing side edges to a respective opposing side of the sleeve to define a pocket. An opening is defined by an upper edge of the panel and the sleeve. The loop is configured to position around a neck of the user to couple the sleeve to the user to support the forearm that is positioned in the sleeve. The pockets are positioned on the sleeve so that each pocket is positioned to stow a respective personal item of the user. |
| US10857021B2 |
Device for supporting both arms of a user
The invention relates a device for supporting two arms 4 of a user 2 wherein the device has two arm support elements 6, each of which has an arm shell 10 for placing on an arm 4, at least one passive actuator 26, which is configured to apply a force to at least one of the arm support elements 6, and at least one counter bearing 14 for the force to be applied, which comprises at least one counter bearing element 16 and at least two force transmission elements 18, which are configured to transfer a counter force from each of the arm support elements to the counter bearing element 16, wherein the force transmission elements 18 are arranged on the counter bearing element 16 such that they can be moved relative to the counter bearing element 16, in particular they can be rotated about at least one rotational axis. |
| US10857020B2 |
Gastrointestinal track constricting method
A gastrointestinal tract constricting method according to the present invention aims to constrict the gastrointestinal tract by contracting a desired region of the gastrointestinal tract by a simple and low-invasive procedure. The method includes forming spreading blocks while observing the gastrointestinal tract with an endoscope inserted into the gastrointestinal tract, the spreading blocks being formed at a position between a mucosa layer and a muscle layer and on both sides of a target region, which is to be damaged by a substance, in a circumferential direction of the gastrointestinal tract so that the spreading blocks block spreading of the substance in the circumferential direction of the gastrointestinal tract to prevent spreading of the substance to an outer side of the target region, and supplying the substance to a mucosal surface of the target region or to the position between the mucosa layer and the muscle layer after formation of the spreading blocks. |
| US10857018B2 |
Apparatus for treating obesity
An volume filling device for treatment of obesity is placed outside the stomach wall of the patient to reduce the inner volume of the stomach, thereby affecting the patient's appetite. By providing the volume filling device outside the stomach wall, contact with stomach acids is avoided, thereby increasing the life of the device. |
| US10857017B2 |
Stent insertion device for connecting human digestive organs
A stent insertion device for connecting human digestive organs includes a first handle being connected to one side of an outer tube, the first handle including a first inner passage communicating with the outer tube, a second handle being connected to a first side of an inner tube, the second handle including a second inner passage communicating with the inner tube, wherein a mounting space is provided between the outer tube and the inner tube at a second side of the inner tube, a stent for connecting human digestive organs being compressed and mounted to the mounting space, a third handle being connected to a first side of an insulation tube, the third handle including a third inner passage communicating with the insulation tube, and a needle knife being connected to a second side of the insulation tube. |
| US10857005B2 |
Positioning system for a bone resecting instrumentation and positioning kit
This positioning system (100) for a bone resecting instrumentation comprising a resection driver (2), comprises at least one of a gyroscopic sensor (8) integral in motion with the resection driver (2) and adapted to sense a deviation angle (θ) with respect to a reference direction (X), and at least one positioning marker (12; 140) marking a fixed position on the reference direction (X), and a depth sensor (10; 18) integral in motion with the resection driver (2), for detecting a resection depth (d) based on the relative longitudinal positions of the positioning marker (12; 140) and the depth sensor (10).The invention also concerns a positioning kit including such a positioning system and a separate electronic device. |
| US10857004B2 |
Devices and methods for minimally invasive spinal stabilization and instrumentation
Described herein are devices and methods for fusion of adjacent vertebral bones using distractor platforms for exposure and resection of at least a portion of a facet joint, such as in performance of a TLiF procedure. In one embodiment, the distractor platform contains at least a first receptacle and/or extension adapted to couple to the implanted screw/bone marker, and the method includes advancing a threaded segment of a bone fastener assembly into the identified first pedicle of the first vertebral bone, the bone fastener assembly further comprises a second segment adapted to couple with a distraction platform, which is adapted to concurrently attach onto at least one tissue retention blade, and retain the tissue retention blade in the displaced position. Stabilization of a spinal segment is also provided by advancing a substantially concave orthopedic implant through an opening made in a posterior aspect of a disc space. |
| US10857003B1 |
Devices and methods for vertebral stabilization
Devices, systems and methods for the treatment of spinal instability and/or stenosis of the spinal canal and neural foramina. In one embodiment, a functional spinal unit (FSU) of a subject is approached through a lateral or antero-lateral corridor, and both an anterior and posterior column of the FSU are manipulated, implanted and/or otherwise surgically treated through the same intra-abdominal surgical corridor. A method is disclosed to reach the posterior aspect of the FSU, wherein the intra-abdominal surgical corridor is extended posterior to the psoas major muscle and through the thoraco-lumbar fascia in order to reach the transverse process and/or facet joint. Multiple trajectories for bone screw fixation of the vertebral bone are additionally disclosed. In another embodiment, the FSU is approached through the above corridor and a second posterior skin incision and corridor. The combination of the corridors provided circumferential access to the FSU. |
| US10856998B2 |
Vertebral implants and related methods of use
A vertebral insert may include a first linkage, a second linkage, and a third linkage. The first, second, and third linkages may at least partially defining a cavity. The insert may be movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, and the movement of the first and second linkages with respect to one another may be configured to reciprocally move the insert between the collapsed and expanded configurations. |
| US10856997B2 |
Expandable spinal implant system and method of using same
An expandable spinal implant is provided having first and second endplates hinged along one end or otherwise connected by pins, protrusions and channels, or similar mechanisms and an expansion mechanism(s) disposed therebetween configured to expand the first and second endplates from each other. Also provided are expandable spinal implants that may be expanded in a parallel manner to increase the height of the device while maintaining a lordotic angle. Other spinal implants may provide dual expansion whereby both height and lordotic angle are adjusted. Various implants, systems and methods are disclosed. |
| US10856996B2 |
Disc replacement device and method of use
A disc replacement device including a first body member with a convex articulation surface and a second body member with a concave articulation surface is disclosed. When operably positioned, the convex articulation surface engages the concave articulation surface to provide for movement therebetween. The disc replacement device also includes a first opening in the first body member and a second opening in the second body member, wherein the openings are angled and extends from the front aspects of the body members through the external surfaces. The disc replacement device further includes at least two bone fasteners for insertion into the first and second openings to secure the disc replacement device to a first and second vertebra. An interbody motion device and fusion implant, as well as a surgical method for implantation are also disclosed. |
| US10856988B2 |
Self-aligning radiopaque ring
An intravascular device configured to be recaptured within a guide catheter has a ring located at the distal end of a delivery catheter. The ring has an outer diameter greater than that of the delivery catheter and a sloped guide surface near the outer edge of the ring to urge the ring and delivery catheter toward a radially centered position within the guide catheter. |
| US10856986B2 |
Adjustable annuloplasty devices and adjustment mechanisms therefor
Apparatus is provided for adjusting at least one dimension of an implant. The apparatus includes a rotatable structure having a channel extending between first and second openings of the rotatable structure. The channel is configured for passage therethrough of an elongate tool. The rotatable structure has a lower surface that is shaped to define a first coupling. The apparatus includes a mechanical element having a surface coupled to the lower surface of the rotatable structure. The mechanical element is shaped to provide a second coupling configured to engage the first coupling during a resting state of the mechanical element, in a manner that restricts rotation of the rotatable structure. The mechanical element has a depressible portion that is disposed in communication with the second opening, and is configured to disengage the first and second couplings in response to a force applied thereto by the elongate tool. |
| US10856982B2 |
Transapical mitral valve delivery system
A delivery device for a prosthetic heart valve includes a catheter assembly and an operating handle. The catheter assembly may include an inner shaft around which a compartment for the heart valve is defined, and a distal sheath having proximal and distal segments configured to enclose the compartment. The handle may include a first lead screw coupled to the proximal segment and a second lead screw coupled to the distal segment. Actuation of the first lead screw operates to move the proximal segment of the distal sheath proximally and actuation of the second lead screw operates to move the distal segment of the distal sheath distally to uncover the compartment and deploy the heart valve. |
| US10856981B2 |
Expandable sheath and methods of using the same
The expandable sheath and methods of use disclosed herein are used to deliver a prosthetic device through a patient's vasculature. The sheath is constructed to be expandable in the circumferential direction, while maintaining sufficient stiffness in the longitudinal direction to withstand pushing and resist kinking. The sheath includes a plurality of curved arms extending outwardly from a longitudinally extending spine. The curved arms move away from the longitudinal axis of the sheath when pushed radially outwardly by a passing prosthetic device, and move back toward the longitudinal axis once the prosthetic device has passed. |
| US10856979B2 |
Valve suturing and implantation procedures
A prosthesis for implantation at a native semilunar valve includes a prosthetic distal valve, which includes a pliant material configured to collapse inwardly towards a longitudinal axis of the prosthesis during diastole, and to open outwardly during systole, and a distal fixation member configured to be positioned in a downstream artery of the subject. The apparatus also includes a proximal fixation member coupled to the distal fixation member, and configured to be positioned at least partially on a ventricular side of the native semilunar valve. The proximal fixation member is shaped so as to define a lattice that is shaped so as to define an intermediary portion that is coupled to the pliant material of the valve and diverges outwardly from the longitudinal axis, and a distal portion that is distal to the intermediary portion and diverges outwardly from the intermediary portion of the lattice. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US10856971B2 |
Sealing members for prosthetic heart valve
An implantable prosthetic valve can include a radially expandable and collapsible annular frame comprising an inflow end and an outflow end. The frame can have a plurality of struts forming a plurality of cells, wherein each of the plurality of cells defines an opening in the frame. A leaflet structure can be positioned within the frame and secured thereto. A plurality of sealing members can be positioned within the openings of a plurality of the cells of the frame and secured thereto. Each of the plurality of sealing members can be positioned within a respective one of the openings. |
| US10856967B2 |
Implant having adjustable filament coils
A device having one or more adjustable loops or coils associated with an implant body for use in soft tissue reconstructions is provided. One exemplary embodiment of a device includes a body and a suture filament, with the filament being used to form a self-locking sliding knot disposed on a top side of the body and a plurality of adjustable coils that are substantially disposed on the body's bottom side. Terminal ends of the filament located above the body's top side can be passed through an opening of a Lark's Head knot from opposite sides, thus forming a self-locking sliding knot, and then the terminal ends can be tensioned to adjust a circumference of the coils. Changing a coil's circumference changes a location of a ligament graft disposed on the coil. Other configurations of devices and systems, as well as methods for performing ACL repairs, are also provided. |
| US10856950B2 |
Medical sterilization container
A medical sterilization container has a tub-like first container part, a cover-like second container part, a filter device which is disposed or mounted, particularly from outside, on at least one of the container parts, and a sterilization container closure, which includes at least one closing flap that can be disposed on one of the container parts between a closed position and an open position for the purpose of closing the two container parts one to the other. When in the closed position, the closing flap locks and/or fastens and/or secures the filter device to the container part on which the filter device is disposed or mounted. |
| US10856949B2 |
Sterile container comprising a gas-permeable filter cassette
A filter cassette which is part of a filter system can be fastened to a sterile container lid. The sterile container lid serves to close a sterile container and to make a gas exchange possible between the container exterior and the container interior, without recontaminating the container material. In addition, the filter system fulfils a valve function. In order to center the filter cassette with respect to the sterile container lid, a first centering portion is provided on the filter cassette. The first centering portion interacts with a second centering portion on the sterile container wall section when the filter cassette is inserted into the sterile container lid. |
| US10856948B2 |
Cart for robotic arms and method and apparatus for registering cart to surgical table
In some embodiments, an apparatus can include a cart for a surgical robotic arm having a coupler releasably coupleable to a coupling site on a surgical table. The cart can include a base and a first engagement feature. The base can be freely movably on a support surface between a first location remote from the surgical table and a second location adjacent the surgical table. The first engagement feature can be configured for engagement with a second engagement feature associated with the surgical table such that, when the first engagement feature and the second engagement feature are engaged, the coupler of the robotic arm is disposed in a position in which the coupler of the robotic arm can be engaged by the coupler of the surgical table. |
| US10856945B2 |
Industrial robot and method of operating the same
To provide an industrial robot and a method of operating the same which are capable of appropriately handling, when an abnormal state occurs during an automatic operation of the robot, the abnormal state without significantly degrading the work efficiency. The industrial robot includes a robot main body (1) having a robot arm, a robot control device (7) configured to control operation of the robot main body (1) and an abnormal state detecting device (8) configured to detect abnormality in a work state of the robot main body (1). The robot control device (7) includes an automatic operation performing means (9) for controlling the operation of the robot main body (1) to perform an automatic operation based on a given operation program, and an automatic operation correcting means (10) for correcting the operation of the robot main body (1) in the automatic operation based on a manual control performed by an operator according to a detection result of the abnormal state detecting device (8). |
| US10856944B2 |
Triaxial motion device
A triaxial motion device includes first, second and third bases, first and second power sources, and a workpiece positioning member. The first power source is disposed on the first base and has a first driving shaft. The second base is connected with the first driving shaft through a cannular rotary shaft in a way that the second base is rotatable about a first axis. The second power source is disposed on the first base and has a second driving shaft penetrating through the cannular rotary shaft. The third base is connected with the second driving shaft in a way that the third base is rotatable about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The workpiece positioning member is disposed on the third base and rotatable about a third axis perpendicular to the second axis. Therefore, the triaxial motion device has small volume and performs highly precise motion. |
| US10856935B2 |
Fluid-assisted medical devices, systems and methods
Surgical devices, systems and methods for treating tissue are provided. Also provided are systems for treating tissue and methods of treating tissue. An exemplary surgical device comprises a handle (20a) having a proximal end and a distal end; a shaft extending distally beyond the distal end of the handle, the shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; an electrode tip (45), at least a portion of the electrode tip extending distally beyond the distal end of the shaft, the electrode tip extending distally beyond the distal end of the shaft comprising a spherical end surface portion (25) and a cylindrical side surface portion, the spherical end surface portion located distal to the cylindrical side surface portion and comprising at least a portion of the distal end surface of the surgical device; and a fluid passage directed to provide a fluid towards the cylindrical side portion of the electrode tip. |
| US10856934B2 |
Electrosurgical instrument with electrically conductive gap setting and tissue engaging members
An end effector includes a grasping portion that includes a first jaw member having a first electrode, a second jaw member having a second electrode, a first electrically conductive member located either on the first jaw member or the second jaw member, and a gap setting portion having a second electrically conductive member located at the distal end of either the first jaw member or the second jaw member. The electrically insulative member is sized and configured to engage tissue and the second electrically conductive member sized and configured to define a minimum distance between the first and second electrodes. |
| US10856929B2 |
Harvesting energy from a surgical generator
Various embodiments are directed to methods for use with a surgical device to harvest energy from a surgical generator. The surgical device in use in conjunction with the surgical generator may comprise an energy storage device in electrical communication with a surgical generator to provide energy to charge the energy storage device. The method may comprise the steps of receiving a drive signal from the generator. The method may also comprise directing at least a portion of the drive signal to the energy storage device in a first mode. The method may further comprise directing at least a portion of the drive signal to at least one energy element in a second mode. |
| US10856927B2 |
Tissue welding and cutting apparatus and method
A surgical apparatus and methods for severing and welding tissue, in particular blood vessels. The apparatus includes an elongated shaft having a pair of relatively movable jaws at a distal end thereof. A first heating element on one of the jaws is adapted to heat up to a first temperature and form a welded region within the tissue, while a second heating element on one of the jaws is adapted to heat up to a second temperature and sever the tissue within the welded region. The first and second heating elements may be provided on the same or opposite jaws. A control handle provided on the proximal end of the elongated shaft includes controls for opening and closing the jaws, and may include an actuator for sending current through the first and second heating elements. The first and second heating elements may be electrically connected in series, and the first heating element may be bifurcated such that it conducts about one half of the current as the second heating element. A force-limiting mechanism provided either within the control handle, in the elongated shaft, or at the jaws limits the pressure applied to the tissue by the jaws to ensure that the tissue is severed and the ends effectively welded within a short amount of time. |
| US10856918B2 |
Moveable bone plate implantation system and method of use
The present invention discloses a moveable bone plate implantation system, controlled movement assembly, and method. The moveable bone plate implantation system includes a movement instrument, translation member removeably coupled to the movement instrument, and a bone plate detachably connected to the translation member. The controlled movement assembly includes a translation member and a bone plate. The translation member includes a shaft with a first end and a second end and a head portion at the first end. The head portion includes an engagement groove recessed into the head portion and a lip extending out from a bottom portion of the engagement groove. The bone plate includes an engagement aperture for receiving the engagement groove and the lip engages a bottom surface of the bone plate during translation of the bone plate. A method for moving bones is also disclosed. |
| US10856917B2 |
Arthrodesis implant
A resorbable implant for osteosynthesis for stiffening in a central joint (e.g., the proximal interphalangeal joint referred to as PIP) during arthrodesis or for stiffening in an end joint (e.g., the distal interphalangeal joint referred to as DIP) during arthrodesis and for osteosynthesis and stabilization of fractures of small bones of the human skeleton includes two shafts placed against each other. At least one fixing aid is located between the shafts. The fixing aid protrudes beyond a diameter of the shafts. Each shaft may have longitudinal grooves and transverse grooves. The implant is a magnesium-based material which can be resorbed by the human body. The disclosed implant has a relatively high tensile strength, excellent stability, optimal healing properties, and an optimally adapted resorption speed. |
| US10856909B2 |
Bone anchor insert with rotation blocking extensions and tool forced displacement
A polyaxial bone screw assembly includes a threaded shank body having an integral upper portion receivable in an integral receiver, the receiver having an upper channel for receiving a longitudinal connecting member and a lower cavity cooperating with a lower opening. The receiver can have crimp tabs, but is devoid of spring tabs and collet-like flexible structures. A down-loadable compression insert (some with lock and release feature), a down-loadable friction fit split retaining ring and an up-loadable shank upper portion cooperate to provide for pop- or snap-on assembly of the shank with the receiver either prior to or after implantation of the shank into a vertebra. The shank and receiver once assembled cannot be disassembled. The receiver and insert include aligned tool receiving apertures for lock and release of the polyaxial mechanism. |
| US10856908B2 |
External bone fixation systems
The present application provides external bone fixation systems. The systems include one or more pairs of bone fixation platforms in the form of rings or partial rings. The platforms may be coupled to corresponding bone segments. The pair of platforms are configured to accept a plurality of struts extending therebetween. The struts are configured to attach to the platforms via joints that provide three degrees of rotation. The struts are also configured such that their longitudinal length extending between the joints/platforms can be incrementally adjusted while attached to the platforms. The struts are further configured such that their total range of length adjustment can be increased by coupling at least one add-on component to the struts in situ. The lengths of each of the plurality of struts may be adjusted to arrange the platforms, and thereby the bone segment coupled thereto, in particular relative positions and orientations. |
| US10856905B2 |
Catheter-based system for delivery and retrieval of a leadless pacemaker
Catheter-based delivery systems for delivery and retrieval of a leadless pacemaker include features to facilitate improved manipulation of the catheter and improved capture and docking functionality of leadless pacemakers. Such functionality includes mechanisms directed to deflecting and locking a deflectable catheter, maintaining tension on a retrieval feature, protection from anti-rotation, and improved docking cap and drive gear assemblies. |
| US10856904B2 |
Flexible introducer
An introducer for facilitating implantation of a therapy element into a patient defines a lumen configured to receive the therapy element. At least a portion of the introducer is configured to preferentially flex in at least a first direction over at least a second direction. That is, at least a portion of the introducer is predisposed to bend in a particular direction. In some embodiments, the introducer may also resist bending in one or more directions. |
| US10856900B2 |
Pixel array medical systems, devices and methods
Systems, instruments, and methods for minimally invasive procedures including one or more of fractional resection, fractional lipectomy, fractional skin grafting, and/or fractional scar revision are described. Embodiments include instrumentation comprising a scalpet assembly coupled to a carrier, and the scalpet assembly includes a scalpet array. The scalpet array includes one or more scalpets configured for fractional resection, fractional lipectomy, fractional skin grafting, and/or fractional scar revision. The system includes a vacuum component coupled to the scalpet assembly and configured to evacuate tissue from the a site. The carrier is configured to control application of a rotational force and/or a vacuum force to the scalpet assembly. |
| US10856893B2 |
Lithotripsy angioplasty devices and methods
Medical devices and method for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example method for treating a blood vessel may include disposing a medical device within the blood vessel at a position adjacent to a lesion. The medical device may include an elongate shaft having a distal end region, a balloon coupled to the distal end region, and a cavitation member disposed within the balloon. The method may also include inflating the balloon to a first pressure, activating the cavitation member, and inflating the balloon to a second pressure greater than the first pressure. |
| US10856892B2 |
Catheter systems, kits, and methods for gaining access to a vessel
Some of the present methods include, and some embodiments of the present systems are configured for gaining access to a patient's vessel by way of the vessel (i.e. from the inside out). Some embodiments facilitate gaining access to an occluded vessel, where part of the access path is through the occlusion. |
| US10856891B2 |
Customized patient-specific orthopaedic surgical instruments
An orthopaedic surgical instrument is provided having a first customized patient-specific surgical instrument and a second customized patient-specific surgical instrument configured to be removably coupled to the first customized patient-specific surgical instrument. The second customized patient-specific surgical instrument includes a body positioned in a gap defined between posteriorly-extending arms of the first customized patient-specific surgical instrument. |
| US10856888B2 |
Offset reamer driver
A system, method and/or reamer driver device provides a fully closed tube which prevents the invasion of debris and minimizes abrasion of soft tissue during use. The reamer device includes a minimum number of component assemblies, so as to permit easy replacement and minimize wear. |
| US10856887B2 |
Surgery device for performing surgery on the human knee
A surgery device for operating on the human knee. The surgery device comprises a guide component and a tensioning component. The guide component comprises a base body having a base surface for disposing on a tibial end face and comprises guide elements extending from the base surface. The tensioning component is set up for tensioning the guide component such that the ligaments of the knee are uniformly tensioned in the flexed state of the knee. A truing and drilling component for truing and drilling a femoral end face can be pushed onto the guide elements and fixed at various positions relative to the base surface. The risk of injury and misuse during the surgery on a human knee is reduced and the duration of surgery is shortened by means of the surgery device according to the invention. |
| US10856886B2 |
Alignment guides, cut guides, systems and methods of use and assembly
Guides, systems, and methods for maintaining, correcting and/or fusing joint deformities are disclosed. The guide system including a cut guide, an alignment guide, and at least one directional wire. The cut guide including a base portion, an extension member extending away from a bottom surface of the base portion, and at least one arm extending away from an end of the base portion. The alignment guide, including a base portion, a first extension member extending away from a bottom surface of the base portion in a first direction, and a second extension member extending away from the bottom surface of the base portion in a second direction. Methods of using a guide system for maintaining, correcting and/or fusing joint deformities are also disclosed. |
| US10856885B2 |
Surgical cutting instrument with near-perimeter interlocking coupling arrangement
A blade coupling mechanism for a hand-held surgical cutting instrument includes a first coupling member including a first blade-contacting surface and a first outer perimeter sidewall adjacent the first blade contacting surface. It also includes a second coupling member including a second blade-contacting surface facing the first blade-contacting surface of the first coupling member. The second coupling member includes a second outer perimeter sidewall adjacent the second blade contacting surface. The second blade-contacting surface and the second outer perimeter sidewall meet to define an outer edge. The second coupling member including a bore through the second blade contacting surface. The bore and the second blade contacting surface meeting to define an inner edge. Blade-engaging protrusions project from at least one of the first and second blade-contacting surfaces. The protrusions are spaced closer to the outer edge than the inner edge. |
| US10856884B2 |
Wearable emergency hemorrhage cessation systems
A wearable system comprises tourniquets. Each of the tourniquets comprises an inflatable chamber, and is configured to occlude blood flow in an artery of a wearer. The wearable system comprises compressed gas sources in fluid communication with the inflatable chamber of the tourniquets. The wearable system comprises valves. Each of the valves comprises an input in fluid communication with one of the compressed gas sources, and an output in fluid communication with the inflatable chamber of one of the tourniquets. The wearable system comprises fixed pressure regulators. Each of the fixed pressure regulators is in fluid communication with the valves, and is configured to regulate a pressure of the compressed gases delivered to the inflatable chamber of at least one of the tourniquets. The wearable system comprises switches. Each of the switches is configured to operate one of the valves. |
| US10856880B1 |
Systems and methods for treating aneurysms
A vaso-occlusive system configured for embolizing an aneurysm, includes an implantable vaso-occlusive device coupled to a distal end of an elongate pusher and having a collapsed delivery configuration and an expanded, deployed configuration, wherein the vaso-occlusive device includes a proximal end configured to seat against the aneurysm adjacent the neck of the aneurysm, a distal end configured to extend in the sac and away from the neck of the aneurysm, and a central longitudinal axis, and wherein the vaso-occlusive device is configured to be releasably coupled to the distal end of the pusher at a releasable joint including either one or both of the configurations in the list consisting of: (1) the distal end of the pusher extends from the releasable joint at an angle formed with the central longitudinal axis of between about 30 degrees and about 120 degrees, and (2) the releasable joint is coupled at a location on the proximal end of the vaso-occlusive device that is radially offset from the central longitudinal axis. |
| US10856879B2 |
System for and method of treating aneurysms
An apparatus for treating an aneurysm in a blood vessel includes a wire to be advanced within a tube and an occlusion element disposed on the wire. The occlusion element includes a cover and an inner anchoring member. The occlusion element is configured to fit within the tube and slide out of an opening at a distal end of the tube in response to movement of the wire. The cover is configured to expand to an expanded configuration when advanced into the aneurysm, wherein the cover has a diameter that is greater than the diameter of a neck portion of the aneurysm and is configured such that a first portion of the cover contacts an interior surface of the aneurysm and a second portion covers the neck portion of the aneurysm. The inner anchoring member extends from the cover portion and is configured to contact the interior surface of the aneurysm. |
| US10856868B2 |
Firing member pin configurations
A surgical instrument comprising a first jaw, a second jaw, and a firing member is disclosed. The firing member comprises one or more cams configured to position the first jaw relative to the second jaw. The cams are configured to reduce the strain experienced by the cams, the firing member, and the first and second jaws. |
| US10856861B2 |
Lateral retractor system for minimizing muscle damage in spinal surgery
A lateral retractor system for forming a surgical pathway to a patient's intervertebral disc space includes a single dilator and a retractable dual-tapered-blade assembly. The single dilator may feature a narrow rectangular body for insertion at an insertion orientation parallel to the fibers of the patient's psoas muscle and at an approximate 45-degree angle to the patient's spine. The retractable dual-tapered-blade assembly consists of only two blade subassemblies, each having a blade bordered by adjustable wings, along with built-in lighting and video capabilities. The dual-tapered-blade assembly may be passed over the single dilator at the insertion orientation and rotated approximately 45-50 degrees from the insertion orientation to a final rotated orientation parallel to the intervertebral disc space before the two blade subassemblies are retracted away from one another to create the surgical pathway. Other embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US10856860B2 |
Trocar sleeve, trocar system and method of manufacturing a trocar sleeve
A trocar sleeve comprises a flexible hollow shaft comprising a distal end and a proximal end, and a handling head that is formed at the proximal end of the hollow shaft. The trocar sleeve is manufactured from an elastomer material. The hollow shaft comprises an inner contour that is adapted to an outer contour of a trocar mandrel in such a way that the trocar sleeve and the trocar mandrel are arranged to be coupled to one another while generating a defined preload to stabilize the trocar sleeve. A trocar system comprises a trocar sleeve and a trocar mandrel that is arranged to be inserted in the trocar sleeve, while generating a defined preloading in the trocar sleeve. A method of manufacturing a trocar sleeve involves integrally forming a hollow shaft and a handling head in a common mold by molding. |
| US10856859B1 |
Retractor device and methods for using the same
The present disclosure relates generally to a retractor device for allowing visible access to the surgical site. According to particular embodiments, the present retractor may include two portions: an integral arm portion at one end and a textured surface potion at the opposite end. In some embodiments, the integral arm portion may be positioned inside the body cavity of the patient to restrain and/or occlude targeted organs during surgery to allow for increased visibility of other organs and/or portions of a patient during surgical procedures. |
| US10856848B2 |
Augmented reality interface for assisting a user to operate an ultrasound device
Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject. |
| US10856845B2 |
Ultrasound probe and ultrasound diagnosis device using the same
An ultrasound diagnosis device includes: an ultrasound probe which transmits an ultrasound wave toward a examinee and receives a reflected wave from the examinee; and a main device which controls the transmitting and receiving of the ultrasound waves from the ultrasound probe and is operated to receive a receiving signal obtained by receiving the reflected wave from the examinee by the ultrasound probe, to generate an ultrasound image of the examinee, and to display the ultrasound image on a display screen, wherein the ultrasound probe includes a plurality of subarrays having a plurality of element circuits transmitting and receiving ultrasound signals and a plurality of reference voltage sources, and the plurality of subarrays and the plurality of reference voltage sources have a one-to-one correspondence. |
| US10856841B1 |
Ultrasonic imaging probe
The ultrasonic imaging probe includes a proximal handle, a shaft extending distally from the handle, and an ultrasonic transducer attached to the distal end of the shaft. The shaft may define multiple bends to assist in properly positioning the transducer when the probe is inserted through the sinus of a patient. An ultrasound communications fiber extends through the probe to the transducer. A tube that may be used for dispensing an ultrasound gel extends out from the handle and follows the length of the shaft for dispensing ultrasound gel on the transducer and surrounding tissue. The ultrasonic transducer transmits ultrasonic waves and detects reflected ultrasonic waves for creating an image of structures within the tissue. A data cable extending proximally out from the handle is adapted to transmit the data from the reflected waves to a monitor, which produces a real-time image from the data. |
| US10856838B2 |
Methods and systems for controlled deployment of needle structures in tissue
A system for deploying needles in tissue includes a controller and a visual display. A treatment probe has both a needle and tines deployable from the needle which may be advanced into the tissue. The treatment probe also has adjustable stops which control the deployed positions of both the needle and the tines. The adjustable stops are coupled to the controller so that the virtual treatment and safety boundaries resulting from the treatment can be presented on the visual display prior to actual deployment of the system. |
| US10856837B2 |
Micro-mechanical adjustment system for piezoelectric transducers
A system for detecting blood velocity within a blood vessel includes a transducer array including a plurality of transducers. Each of the transducers includes a carrier substrate, at least one spacer extending upwardly from the substrate, a transducer element attached to the spacer such that the piezoelectric transducer is spaced apart from the substrate, and setting electrodes positioned on the upper surface of the substrate under the piezoelectric transducer. The system also includes a tilt control system that is configured to apply a bias voltage to the setting electrodes which causes the transducer element to pivot about a pivot axis between a first tilted position and a second tilted position. |
| US10856835B2 |
Phantoms and methods of calibrating dual energy imaging systems therewith
Phantoms for use in calibrating a dual energy imaging system and methods for their use. The phantoms include a body having at least first and second portions arranged in a through-thickness direction of the body. The first portion defines an anterior surface of the body and contains a first material simulating soft tissue and a second material simulating bone. The second portion contains a third material simulating lung tissue and at least a first object embedded in the third material and formed of a fourth material simulating tumor tissue. The first and second portions of the body are configured such that the second material in the first portion superimposes the first object in the second portion in the through-thickness direction of the body relative to the anterior surface thereof. |
| US10856834B2 |
Radiation imaging apparatus, method of controlling radiation imaging apparatus, radiation imaging system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
A radiation imaging apparatus acquires image data by detecting radiation emitted by a radiation generation apparatus, manages a time in the radiation imaging apparatus, generates a synchronization control message to be transmitted to synchronize a time managed by an irradiation control apparatus configured to control radiation irradiation by the radiation generation apparatus with the managed time, and transmits the image data and the synchronization control message, wherein the synchronization control message is transmitted with priority over the image data. |
| US10856832B2 |
Imaging systems and methods thereof
The present disclosure relates to a method, system and non-transitory computer readable medium. In some embodiments, the method includes: acquiring image data of a target subject positioned on a scanning table; determining, by a processor, first position information of the target subject based on the image data; determining, by the processor, second position information related to a scan region of the target subject based on the image data; and scanning, using an imaging device, the target subject based on the first position information and the second position information. |
| US10856830B2 |
Radiation imaging system, radiation imaging apparatus, radiation imaging method, and storage medium
A radiation imaging system includes: an imaging unit configured to transfer a radiation image generated based on received radiation; and a control unit configured to determine, based on a transfer status of the radiation image, whether to continue or interrupt to transfer the radiation image. |
| US10856828B2 |
Support information-generation apparatus, warning information-notification apparatus, and support information-generation method
According to one embodiment, a support information-generation apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry extracts a vertebral body region from a medical image and calculates a first volume of a vertebral body targeted for treatment by percutaneous vertebroplasty. The processing circuitry estimates a second volume of the targeted vertebral body related to an estimated shape. The processing circuitry calculates, based on a difference between the first volume and the second volume, a volume of an object to be inserted so as to deform the targeted vertebral body into the estimated shape. |
| US10856826B2 |
Method and system for determining virtual outputs for a multi-energy x-ray imaging apparatus
The disclosure is directed at a method and apparatus for determining virtual outputs for a multi-energy x-ray apparatus. Based on the application that the x-ray apparatus is being used for, a general algorithm can be determined or selected. Inputs received from the x-ray apparatus can be substituted into the general algorithm to generate a virtual output algorithm for the x-ray apparatus. Virtual outputs can then be calculated using the virtual output algorithm. |
| US10856825B2 |
Radiographic imaging apparatus
[Purpose] To provide a radiographic imaging apparatus capable of quickly acquiring three-dimensional image data of a target-of-interest when performing an operative procedure such as interventional treatment[Solving Means] A region-of-interest extraction unit 39 extracts a predetermined region as a region-of-interest from each of a series of two-dimensional images. The reconstruction unit 41 reconstructs a three-dimensional image of a region including a stent based on each of the images of the portion corresponding to the region-of-interest. That is, since the reconstruction unit 41 reconstructs each of a series of two-dimensional images P using an image of the region-of-interest corresponding to a part of the whole, the time required to reconstruct the three-dimensional image of the region including the stent can be shortened. As a result, since three-dimensional image data can be quickly obtained for the region requiring the reconstruction, the time required for diagnosis can be greatly shortened, which can reduce the burden on a surgeon and a subject. |
| US10856823B2 |
X-ray device, electronic device and method for operating the x-ray device
An X-ray device includes a casing, an X-ray generator, a zoom ring-like object and an elastic connecting assembly. The casing has a storage space. The X-ray generator is disposed on the casing and located in the storage space. One end of the zoom ring-like object is connected to the X-ray generator. One end of the elastic connecting assembly is connected to the X-ray generator or the zoom ring-like object, and another end of the elastic connecting assembly is connected to the casing, such that the zoom ring-like object or both the zoom ring-like object and the X-ray generator are inclinable relative to the casing. |
| US10856818B2 |
Systems and methods for estimating irradiation dose for patient application based on a radiation field model and a patient anatomy model
Systems and methods for estimating irradiation dose for patient application based on a radiation field model and a patient anatomy model are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes providing a database of patient anatomy models. The method also includes providing a radiation field model of an X-ray system. Further, the method includes receiving a measure of an anatomy of a patient. The method also includes determining a patient anatomy model among the patient anatomy models that matches or is similar to the anatomy of the patient based on the measure of the patient and a corresponding measure of each of the patient anatomy models. The method also includes estimating an irradiation dose for application to the patient by the X-ray system based on the radiation field model and the determined patient anatomy model. |
| US10856815B2 |
Generating natural language representations of mental content from functional brain images
By way of introduction, the present embodiments described below include apparatuses and methods for generating natural language representations of mental content from functional brain images. Given functional imaging data acquired while a subject reads a text passage, a reconstruction of the text passage is produced. Linguistic semantic vector representations are assigned (1301) to words, phrases or sentences to be used as training stimuli. Basis learning is performed (1305), using brain imaging data acquired (1303) when a subject is exposed to the training stimuli and the corresponding semantic vectors for training stimuli, to learn an image basis directly. Semantic vector decoding (1309) is performed with functional brain imaging data for test stimuli and using the image basis to generate a semantic vector representing the test imaging stimuli. Text generation (1311) is then performed using the decoded semantic vector representing the test imaging stimuli. |
| US10856813B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating assessments using physical activity and biometric parameters
The methods and apparatuses presented herein determine and/or improve the quality of one or more physiological assessment parameters, e.g., response-recovery rate, based on biometric signal(s) and/or motion signal(s) respectively output by one or more biometric and/or motion sensors. The disclosed methods and apparatuses also estimate a user's stride length based on a motion signal and a determined type of user motion, e.g., walking or running. The speed of the user may then be estimated based on the estimated stride length. |
| US10856812B2 |
Methods and apparatus for detecting motion via optomechanics
Methods and apparatus are described for facilitating the extraction of cleaner biometric signals from biometric monitors. A motion reference signal is generated independently from a biometric signal and then the motion reference signal is used to remove motion artifacts from the biometric signal. |
| US10856797B2 |
Method and system for monitoring the autonomic nervous system of a subject
Method and system for monitoring the autonomic nervous system (ANS) of a subject, comprising acquiring at least one physiological signal having W heartbeats, generating data which is a function of the variability of the heart rate on the W heartbeats, with the HRV having W−1 RR intervals separating two consecutive heartbeats detected respectively at the moments tk−1 and tk, each RR interval having a duration of value aκ=tκ−tκ−1 with k=(X−W+2) . . . X; calculating at least one parameter taken from the parameter TAS(tx) representing the level of activity of the sympathetic system and/or the parameter TAP(tx) representing the level of activity of the parasympathetic system; and/or other parameters such as the parameter SL(tx) representing stress level of the subject at the moment tx and calculated using the equation such that SL(tx)=100+TAS(tx)−TAP(tx); and supplying data representative of at least one parameter. |
| US10856796B1 |
Force measurement system
A force measurement system is disclosed herein. The force measurement system includes a force measurement assembly configured to receive a subject thereon, and one or more data processing devices operatively coupled to the force measurement assembly. In one or more embodiments, the one or more data processing devices are configured to generate a first image portion comprising a primary screen image for viewing by the subject and display the first image portion using the at least one visual display device, and the one or more data processing devices are further configured to generate a second image portion comprising a virtual screen surround and display the second image portion using the at least one visual display device. The virtual screen surround of the second image portion is configured to at least partially circumscribe three sides of a torso of the subject and to substantially encompass a peripheral vision of the subject. |
| US10856787B2 |
System and methods for processing analyte sensor data for sensor calibration
Systems and methods for processing sensor analyte data are disclosed, including initiating calibration, updating calibration, evaluating clinical acceptability of reference and sensor analyte data, and evaluating the quality of sensor calibration. The sensor can be calibrated using a calibration set of one or more matched sensor and reference analyte data pairs. Reference data resulting from benchtop testing an analyte sensor prior to its insertion can be used to provide initial calibration of the sensor data. Reference data from a short term continuous analyte sensor implanted in a user can be used to initially calibrate or update sensor data from a long term continuous analyte sensor. |
| US10856783B2 |
Electronic device and system
An electronic device includes a sensor that acquires a pulse wave and a controller that calculates an index based on the acquired pulse wave. The controller estimates the subject's state of glucose metabolism or lipid metabolism using the calculated index. |
| US10856781B2 |
Method and a device for monitoring a human brain's sub-cognitive activity using Oto-acoustic Emissions
The present invention relates to a method for monitoring the brain's sub-cognitive activity through otoacoustic emissions. More specifically, the present invention deals with a method and device for monitoring the brain's functions that are manifested by sub-cognitive activities. The sub cognitive activities are monitored by matching to the spectrograms of a standard evoked oto-acoustic emissions signals to monitor mismatches as indicators of normal or malfunctioning sub cognitive neurological functions. The invention relates also to a device for monitoring the brain's sub-cognitive activity through otoacoustic emissions. More specifically, the present invention deals with a method and device for monitoring the brain's functions that are manifested by sub-cognitive activities. The sub cognitive activities are monitored by matching to the spectrograms of a standard evoked oto-acoustic emissions signals to monitor mismatches as indicators of normal or malfunctioning sub cognitive neurological functions. |
| US10856773B2 |
Hair diameter measurement
A method of measuring indications of hair type of a user, the method comprising the steps of: providing a mobile device; providing a reference card, the reference card including one or more reference markers; providing one or more of the user's hairs at the surface of the reference card; acquiring one or more images of said one or more hairs using the mobile device; identifying the path of each of the one or more hairs along the reference card; and calculating the diameter of each hair from the acquired image. |
| US10856772B2 |
Calculation device, calculation method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium
A calculation device, a calculation method, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium including a calculation program with which a length of a target region required for a body model can be determined by means of a simple motion are provided. This calculation device configures a wearable device to initiate measurement of a measurement target region. After the measurement of the measurement target region is initiated, a worker wearing the wearable device performs a motion such as rotation of an arm, for example, etc. The calculation device acquires measured information two or more times over time and calculates a body model on the basis of the acquired measured information. During calculation of the body model, calculation is performed to determine a length of a calculation target region by approximately determining a circle or sphere having the length from the rotation center to the calculation target region as a radius using a mathematical method such as a least-squares method on the basis of the measured information acquired over time. Then, the calculation device records the calculated body model in a body model recording unit. |
| US10856768B2 |
Intra-cardiac scar tissue identification using impedance sensing and contact measurement
A system includes an electrical interface and a processor. The electrical interface is configured for communicating with a probe inserted into a heart of a patient. The processor is configured to receive, via the electrical interface, (i) a first indication of an electrical impedance measured by the probe at a given location on an inner surface of the heart, and (ii) a second indication of a quality of mechanical contact between the probe and the inner surface of the heart during measurement of the electrical impedance. The processor is further configured, based on the first and second indications, to classify tissue at the given location as scar tissue. |
| US10856765B2 |
Hybrid electromagnetic field signal detection system for human bioelectrical signal monitoring
The present disclosure includes an electromagnetic field detection and monitoring system. The system includes passive detection, active detection, and signal processing capabilities. At least one embodiment includes a body worn system with sensing, processing, communications, and data storage capabilities. The system provides wearable antennas to transfer the EMF energy in its electrical or magnetic forms into the sensor efficiently. A specially designed processing algorithm can process the collected data and generated the results for medical professionals to read and make decisions. |
| US10856763B2 |
Personalized ECG monitoring for early detection of cardiac abnormalities
A method of detecting abnormal heartbeats includes providing a library of abnormal beat synthesis (ABS) filters, wherein each ABS filter corresponds to a specific cause of a cardiac problem. The method further includes obtaining an ECG of a normal heartbeat of a person and applying an ABS filter from the library of ABS filters to the ECG of the normal heartbeat of the person to generate a potential abnormal ECG. The method further includes monitoring a heartbeat of the person and classifying each heartbeat as either normal or abnormal. |
| US10856760B2 |
Method and system for detection of biological rhythm disorders
A system for processing cardiac activation information associated with a complex rhythm disorder identifies a location of the heart rhythm disorder by determining activations within cardiac signals obtained at neighboring locations of the heart and arranging the activations to identify an activation trail. The activation trail may define a rotational pattern or radially emanating pattern corresponding to an approximate core of the heart rhythm disorder. |
| US10856759B2 |
Iterative coherent mapping of cardiac electrophysiological (EP) activation including reentry effects
A method includes receiving an input mesh representation of a cardiac chamber, a set of measured locations on a wall tissue of the cardiac chamber, and a respective set of local activation times (LATs) measured at the locations. The input mesh is re-meshed into a regular mesh including regularized polygons. The set of measured locations and respective LATs is data fitted to the regularized polygons. Respective LAT values are iteratively calculated for the regularized polygons, so as to obtain a cyclic EP activation wave solution over the regular mesh that take account of reentry of an EP wave. An electroanatomical map including the cyclic EP activation wave overlaid on the regular mesh is presented. |
| US10856758B2 |
Intracardiac localization and guidance system and method
In the present invention, a system that has a navigation signal delivered by one of a signal or navigation catheter or treatment catheter as directed by a controller for detection by the other of the navigation catheter or the a treatment catheter to navigate the treatment catheter to a specific point or area of interest using the detected navigation signal is provided. The system is operable in a method to perform the above utilizing the mapping function of the electrophysiology mapping and/or recorder system to energize electrodes on either the navigation catheter or treatment catheter to direct the treatment catheter to the area, region or point of interest. |
| US10856753B2 |
Central cavity perfusion calculation
A system, method and non-transitory computer readable storage medium for monitoring a perfusion of a patient. The system, method and computer readable storage medium receive an indication of a voltage applied across a chest of the patient via a first electrode, receive a measurement of a current across the chest of the patient, resulting from the applied voltage via a second electrode, generate an impedance-based respiratory rate waveform based on the applied voltage and the measured current, generate a Fourier Transform of the respiratory rate waveform relative to a heartbeat of the patient, isolate cardiac artifacts in the Fourier Transform and generate a perfusion waveform indicating a perfusion of a chest cavity of the patient based on the isolated cardiac artifacts. |
| US10856751B2 |
Blood-vessel recognition blood-flow measurement method
A blood-vessel recognition blood-flow measurement method including: obtaining a real-time Doppler spectrum by performing a Fourier transform on a temporal waveform of the intensity of scattered light of laser light in a living body; calculating a normalized real-time Doppler spectrum and a normalized zero spectrum; calculating a region spectrum from a subtracted spectrum that is calculated through subtraction of these calculated spectra; calculating a PS reference spectrum by subtracting, from the region spectrum, the maximum value of the region spectrum in a predetermined PS reference region; calculating an average frequency on the basis of a computational spectrum that is obtained by replacing an element of which the PS reference spectrum is negative with zero; and determining a blood flow velocity by comparing the calculated average frequency with a predetermined threshold. |
| US10856750B2 |
Spot check measurement system
A portable spot-check system configured to assess the validity of a measured physiological parameter. The spot-check device can take into consideration a variety of factors to determine whether a valid measurement exists. For instance, the considerations can include signal stability, interference, signal IQ, patient movement, sensor position, timing of that measurement, comparison to previous or acceptable measurements, cancellation of measurement by the patient, confidence of the measurement, etc. The spot-check device can track a number of valid measurements. In some instances, the spot-check device is configured to provide a specified number of available measurements. If a valid measurement is recorded, the spot-check device can decrement the remaining number of available measurements. |
| US10856748B2 |
Heart beat identification and pump speed synchronization
A method for synchronizing operation of a heart assist pump device to a patient's cardiac cycle includes obtaining a signal from a motor of a heart assist pump device and filtering the signal to remove noise. The method also includes determining a speed synchronization start point at which time the motor of the heart assist pump device will begin a change in speed of operation based on the filtered signal. The method further includes modulating a speed of the motor of the heart assist pump device to a target speed at the speed synchronization start point, thereby synchronizing the change in speed of operation with a patient's cardiac cycle. |
| US10856740B2 |
Coherent frequency-domain microwave-induced thermoacoustic imaging
A thermoacoustic imaging device is provided having a transmitter configured to provide an electromagnetic transmit signal (e.g. a continuous sinusoidal signal) to an object being imaged. The transmit signal is a modulated continuous-wave signal based on a carrier frequency signal fc modulated at a modulation frequency at or near fm. The detector is further configured to receive an acoustic signal from the object being imaged, and is responsive to acoustic frequencies at or near 2fm. A non-linear thermoacoustic effect in the object being imaged generates the acoustic signal from the object being imaged. Spectroscopic maps could be generated and imaged object could be analyzed. The device enhances signal-to-noise ratio of the reconstructed image and reduces the requirement of peak power in thermoacoustic imaging systems. In addition, the generated pressure of the imaged object is separated from microwave leakage and feedthrough in frequency through the nonlinear thermoacoustic effect. |
| US10856739B2 |
System and method for monitoring of objects with increased sensitivity
A system for monitoring parameters of an object is described. The system comprising: a monitoring unit configured for performing one or more monitoring sessions on an object and collecting data from an inspection region on the object over time and generating monitored data indicative of the inspected region, a stimulation unit configured and operable for applying at least one selected external stimulation field on the object during said one or more monitoring sessions, and a control unit configured for receiving the monitored data from the monitoring unit and determining one or more selected parameters. The stimulation unit is configured for providing said at least one selected external stimulation field directed toward said inspection region from two or more different directions. The control unit being configured for utilizing said monitored data in accordance with data on the two or more different directions of the stimulation field applied to the inspection region for determining one or more selected parameters of the object. |
| US10856736B2 |
Remote monitoring of analyte measurements
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for remote monitoring. In some example implementations, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a remote monitor, a notification message representative of an event detected, by a server, from analyte sensor data obtained from a receiver monitoring an analyte state of a host; presenting, at the remote monitor, the notification message to activate the remote monitor, wherein the remote monitor is configured by the server to receive the notification message to augment the receiver monitoring of the analyte state of the host; accessing, by the remote monitor, the server, in response to the presenting of the notification message; and receiving, in response to the accessing, information including at least the analyte sensor data. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. |
| US10856733B2 |
Methods and systems for testing aspects of vision
The invention provides an advantageous system and corresponding method for measuring a plurality of aspects of vision. It is a computer-implemented, user-interactive system which can be used by practitioners such as opticians to measure and assess a patient's visual acuity. It comprises a handheld computing device arranged and configured to present at least one optotype to a user (patient) within a gamified environment. This aspect of the invention provides the advantage that it is more easily used by certain types of patients, such as children, the elderly or those suffering from medical/clinical conditions who would typically struggle to use traditional measuring tools. In a preferred embodiment, the optotype has at least one characteristic selected to facilitate the measurement of at least one, or preferably at least two, aspects of visual function; and the invention is arranged to detect the user's response to the optotype to provide a measurement of at least one or at least two aspects of visual function. Advantageously, this can be achieved in one ‘sitting’. The plurality of aspects of visual function can include visual acuity, central visual field, contrast sensitivity, stereopsis and/or colour vision, detection acuity of vision, resolution acuity of vision (spatial resolution or identification of static of dynamic directionality), recognition acuity of vision, hyperacuity of vision, temporal acuity of vision, spectral acuity of vision. The at least one optotype is repeatedly presented to the user, and the at least one characteristic is altered upon each repetition. The repetition may continue until a threshold or limit is reached. The at least one characteristic relates to the level of detail, contrast, colour, position or movement of the at least one optotype. |
| US10856732B2 |
Endoscope system with processor side connector
An endoscope system includes an endoscope having an image pickup section and a processor device for an endoscope, and optically communicates signals through a scope-side connector and a processor-side connector. In the endoscope system, an optical communication section is constituted by an image signal transmission section and an image signal reception section, and windows and are arranged. An optical communication section is constituted by a scope-side signal transception section and a processor-side signal transception section, and windows and are arranged. The endoscope system includes: a first air blowing section and a second air blowing section for removing dirt adhered on the windows; and a control section that controls the first air blowing section and the second air blowing section. |
| US10856728B2 |
Tracheoscope catheter bending structure
The tracheoscope catheter bending structure mainly includes a main elastic spring ring, two small elastic spring rings and a fixed seat, wherein the main elastic spring ring is arranged inside a hose at the far end of a tracheoscope catheter; the two small elastic spring rings are arranged at the internal opposite two side positions of the main elastic spring ring; two pull wires provided for a tracheoscope are respectively penetrated through the two small elastic spring rings; the fixed seat is held at the farthest end of the hose; the far ends of the two pull wires respectively pass through penetration holes at the two sides of the fixed seat and are fixed; the other ends of the pull wires are extended and are combined with a control mechanism inside a handle. |
| US10856724B2 |
Endoscope accessory with angularly adjustable exit portal
A medical device comprising an endoscope accessory for attachment to the working end of an endoscope. The coupler device provides a flexible working channel extension from the endoscope so that instruments can exit the endoscope at various angles. The device also provides a protective cover to reduce the ingress of debris, fluid, bacteria, or other unwanted matter from the working end of the endoscope which could lead to infection. |
| US10856723B2 |
Medical circuit board and medical device
A medical circuit board includes a substrate on which a wiring pattern is formed, a plurality of electronic components mounted in a mounting area on the substrate, a resinous sealing member covering the plurality of electronic components, with which the plurality of electronic components are sealed to the substrate, and a detection unit provided in an area other than the mounting area on the substrate and detecting an infiltration of a liquid from an interface between the substrate and the sealing member into the mounting area. At least a part of the detection unit is covered with the sealing member and sealed with the sealing member to the substrate. |
| US10856720B2 |
In basin cleaning apparatus
The inventive in basin cleaning apparatus comprises a body with an outer cleaning surface and a cleaning slot, a base, and bristles attached to the body which is particularly useful for cleaning dishes. |
| US10856719B2 |
Cleaning device and method for cleaning articles to be cleaned
The invention proposes a cleaning device (110) for cleaning articles (116) to be cleaned. The cleaning device (110) comprises at least one cleaning chamber (114) and at least one application device (120) for applying at least one cleaning fluid to the articles (116) to be cleaned in the cleaning chamber (114). The cleaning device (110) further comprises at least one controller (157) which is designed to actuate the cleaning device (110) for carrying out at least two operating modes. The controller (157) is further designed to detect at least one utilization variable. The utilization variable characterizes a current utilization of the cleaning device (110). The controller (157) is further designed to assign at least one weighting to the at least one utilization variables. The controller (157) further has at least one counting device (170) which is designed to cumulate utilization times of the cleaning device (110) which are weighted with the weighting and to generate at least one item of use information about a use of the cleaning device (110) therefrom. |
| US10856713B2 |
Cleaner head for vacuum cleaner, and vacuum cleaner
A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner includes: a body having a proximal end and a distal end; an agitator, an axis of rotation R1 of the agitator being substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the body; a motor configured to cause the agitator to rotate; and a joint configured to turnably connect a suction pipe to the body. The joint is positioned closer to the proximal end than to the distal end. The body includes a second suction channel configured to communicate with a first suction channel inside the joint, and a bulkhead configured to separate an agitator chamber and the second suction channel from each other. The second suction channel extends substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the agitator. The bulkhead includes at least one air vent from the agitator chamber to the second suction channel. |
| US10856711B2 |
Vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner, including a cleaner body; and a dust collector provided in the cleaner body, wherein the dust collector includes a first cyclone provided within an outer case to filter foreign matter and dust from air introduced into the dust collector; a second cyclone accommodated within the first cyclone to separate fine dust from the air introduced into the first cyclone; a screw provided at a lower side of and surrounding the first cyclone, and having at least one vane spirally extended along a flow direction of the air introduced into the outer case to induce the inflow of foreign matter and dust filtered by the first cyclone into a first storage section. |
| US10856709B2 |
Evacuation station system
A cleaning system includes a robotic cleaner and an evacuation station. The robotic cleaner can dock with the evacuation station to have debris evacuated by the evacuation station. The robotic cleaner includes a bin to store debris, and the bin includes a port door through which the debris can be evacuated into the evacuation station. The evacuation station includes a vacuum motor to evacuate the bin of the robotic cleaner. |
| US10856708B2 |
Portable toilet
A portable toilet including: a bowl made of soft material; and a resilient loop integrated with the bowl, the resilient loop forming a rim of the bowl; wherein the bowl comprises a chamber at the bottom of the bowl. The chamber holds a bag which is taken out to cover the bowl during use. |
| US10856706B2 |
Toilet paper holster charging station
A toilet paper holster charging station. The toilet paper holster charging station includes a housing having a top portion with opposing arms extending from a bottom thereof. A support shaft spans between the opposing arms and is rotatably attached thereto. The support shaft is removably affixed to the opposing arms and can hold a roll of toilet paper thereon. An electrical outlet is disposed in an arm of the housing and includes standard sockets as well as Universal Serial Bus (USB) outlets for plugging in and charging devices. The electrical outlet is configured to be connected to the electrical grid of a house through wired connection running through the walls. A shelving portion is included on the top surface of the housing to allow a user to rest an electrical device thereon while charging. |
| US10856705B2 |
Skin cleanser
A skin cleanser includes a surface, such as a silicone surface, with at least one textured portion for transmitting vibrational tapping to the skin. The skin cleanser includes at least one oscillating motor for generating the tapping motion to the skin. The textured portion includes touch-points or a wave that transmit the tapping motion to skin in contact with the textured portions. The touch-points may include thicker and thinner formations of the touch-points to provide firmer or softer vibrations to the skin. The touch-points are within about 0.5 to 2.5 mm in diameter. One configuration includes multiple oscillating motors configured to provide different vibration frequencies at around 50-300 Hertz and operable simultaneously. |
| US10856696B2 |
Apparatus for cooking foods
Apparatus for cooking foods includes an external container, an internal container, open at the top, a heating device and a rotating mixing device. The mixing device is selectively removable and comprises at least one mixing blade driven by the rotation motion. |
| US10856695B2 |
Selector unit and coffee machine
The present invention relates to a selector unit (10) for selectively feeding beans (20), in particular coffee beans, from a plurality of storage containers (16, 18) to an outlet opening (22). The selector unit comprises a shutter (26) associated to the outlet opening, wherein the shutter is movably mounted and movable in at least two different positions for feeding the beans from at least one selected storage container of the plurality of storage containers to the outlet opening. The selector unit further comprises a lever (30) including an actuation portion (36, 38) associated to the shutter for actuating the shutter in order to move the shutter in the at least two different positions, wherein the lever is formed separately from the shutter and movable with respect to the shutter. |
| US10856692B2 |
Thin profile multi-tube burner for gas grill
A burner assembly for a gas grill has a venturi tube for conveying gas to a burner. A burner tube has front and back manifolds, with the venturi tube connected to the front and back manifolds. A flow restrictor is placed at a connection interface between the burner tube and front manifold. |
| US10856689B2 |
Process for preparing a drink and method for preparing a drink using such a machine
An infusion chamber (2) for housing a dose of product and means for supplying a liquid under pressure to said infusion chamber, said supply means comprising a hydraulic accumulator device (4a, 4b) susceptible of storing under pressure a liquid from liquid injection means (8, 8a, 8b, 9, 25) of said machine (1, 1′), characterised in that said liquid injection means (8, 8a, 8b, 9, 25) and said hydraulic accumulator device (4a, 4b) are configured and disposed interconnected to the infusion chamber (2), so that a first fraction of injected liquid is susceptible of being stored under pressure in a cavity (5) of said accumulator device (4a, 4b), while a second fraction of the injected liquid is simultaneously distributed or supplied to the exterior through the infusion chamber (2) of the machine (1, 1′), allowing said accumulator device (4a, 4b) to store a fraction of liquid configured to ensure the continuous supply of a certain flow (Qc) during a predetermined beverage preparation time or distribution time (te). The process comprises the steps of retracting the distribution cylinder (4a) piston (4b) or an element of said accumulator device to its active position through the injection of a liquid from an independent storage reservoir (9), and simultaneously supplying the liquid injected under pressure. |
| US10856686B2 |
Systems and methods for thermal soft start control
A temperature regulation device for warming or maintaining the temperature of food items includes a food pan configured to hold a food item, an induction coil configured to warm the food item via inductive heating of the food pan, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the food pan, a temperature control system coupled to the induction coil and the temperature sensor. The temperature control system is configured to control the induction coil in response to at least the temperature of the food pan detected by the temperature sensor and initiate a soft start control mode in response to pan placement on the device and detecting the temperature of the food pan below a minimum preset temperature. |
| US10856683B2 |
Wood-made straw
A wood-made straw includes a hollow tube formed by a wood sheet wound and an adhesive film wrapping the outer surface and the inner surface of the hollow tube. The adhesive film includes an edible glue made of natural material. The edible glue can improve the hardness of the hollow tube and have flexible, soft, and moistureproof properties. The wood sheet further includes two log sheets and a paper sheet therebetween to improve the whole strength and waterproof properties. The wood-made straw is made of natural material which is rapidly biodegradable. It costs 1-6 months to naturally decompose the wood-made straw. Thus, the wood-made straw has a vale for environment protection. |
| US10856681B2 |
Lid for beverage containers
Lids for a container having an external peripheral rim at the upper end thereof, the lid comprising a top wall; a peripheral skirt depending downward from the top wall and having a bottom-most edge larger in diameter than the rim of the container and an inside surface with a locking mechanism disposed between the bottom-most edge and the top wall and being adapted to receive and engage the rim; and a plurality of slots defined in skirt extending upward from the bottom-most edge to divide the skirt into individually resiliently flexible skirt portions. |
| US10856680B2 |
Glass vessel comprising an accommodated metal element and method of production thereof
The invention relates to a glass vessel which accommodates a metal element in its base, wherein the glass vessel comprises a lower recess in the base which accommodates the metal element, wherein the metal element is bonded to the base by means of a transparent adhesive at the bottom of the recess and is embedded by a transparent plastic which fills up a remaining area of the recess. The invention further relates to a method for producing a glass vessel. |
| US10856676B2 |
Disposable vase
A vase including sidewalls; an open upper end; a vase bottom; and at least one water-receiving compartment. The water receiving compartment is substantially located proximal to the vase bottom, configured to hold water, and includes at least one flower support base including at least one aperture which is spaced apart from the vase bottom. The at least one aperture is configured to allow water to pass there-through and configured or disposed to prevent stems of the flowers to pass through. As a result, when in use, flowers in the vase are prevented from consuming the water in the compartment, while water held in the receiving compartment provides weight to stabilize the vase. |
| US10856675B2 |
Picture frame hanging assembly and method of installation
A picture frame hanging assembly that includes a pair of brackets each respectively directly coupled at least one of a horizontally and a vertically oriented frame elements and each bracket enclosing and defining hook-receiving aperture superimposed over a frame cavity of the picture frame and with an aperture width. The assembly includes a pair of hook components directly coupled to a building wall surface and with a cantilevered hook member extending therefrom an offset length from a front surface of the hook components to define a bracket placement zone with one of the pair of brackets disposed therein and having an inner surface with an inner surface hook width spanning from terminal opposing lateral sides thereon and at least partially supporting an upper wall of the respective one of the pair of hook components, the aperture width at least approximately twice or greater than the inner surface hook width. |
| US10856673B2 |
Stationary wheelchair storage apparatus
A stationary wheelchair storage apparatus includes a floor mounted enclosure, an entrance, at least one guard rail, and a wheelchair stopper. The floor mounted enclosure includes a base floor, a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall. The first wall, the second wall, and the third wall are perpendicularly mounted onto the base floor. The third wall is terminally positioned to the first wall and the second wall. The third wall is perpendicularly connected to the first wall and the second wall thus defining a specific storage area for wheelchairs. The entrance is delineated by the first wall and the second wall and provides an opening to enter the floor mounted enclosure. The at least one guard rail internally connected to the floor mounted enclosure to eliminate damages from the wheelchairs. The wheelchair stopper is integrated into the enclosure to secure the wheelchairs within. |
| US10856671B2 |
Retail merchandise tray and display incorporating same
A retail merchandise tray and display incorporating the same are provided. The display includes a shelf and the tray mounted to the shelf. The tray includes a pair of opposed mounting rails with at least one tray section situated between the first and second mounting rails. A support leg is mounted to the first mounting rail and elevates a back end of the retail merchandise tray relative to a front end. |
| US10856667B2 |
Bed safety rail
Bed safety rails with added structures for added functionality are shown and described. The added structures may provide additional functionality, aside from safety and security, of electrical power access, a shelf, a cup-holder, a writing-implement-holder, a light-source, a dry erase board, and/or a magnet board for a given bed safety rail. A given bed safety rail may include at least one vertical-safety-rail-member and at least one horizontal-anchor-member that is attached to the vertical-safety-rail-member. The at least one vertical-safety-rail-member may provide the safety and security features; as well as the additional functional features. The at least one horizontal-anchor-member may have structure permitting the given bed safety rail to be removably anchored to a given bed. |
| US10856666B1 |
Treasure chest bed housing apparatus
A treasure chest bed housing apparatus for creating a decorative and functional bed housing includes a base having an access aperture extending through a base back side to a base interior. A top structure is coupled to the base and a door track is coupled to a foot side and a head side of the top structure and beneath a cover side. A principal door is slidably coupled within the door track to move between a closed position extending from the base adjacent the front section of the top structure and an alternate open position overlapping with the cover side of the top structure. The base, the top structure, and the principal door in the closed position resemble a treasure chest. A bed is coupled to the base and is disposed on the base top side within the top interior. An HVAC unit is coupled within the base interior. |
| US10856665B2 |
Seating furniture with height-adjustable headrest
The invention relates to seating furniture, in particular an armchair or sofa, with at least one backrest, at least one headrest, and at least one headrest adjustment. The headrest is held adjustable relative to the backrest by means of the headrest adjustment. The headrest adjustment has two height-adjustable positioning struts bearing the headrest and each is guided via a separate guide for adjusting the at least one headrest from the lower position into the upper position and back so that the headrests or the headrest adjustments are less prone to jamming or wedging, without disproportionate manufacturing costs. The guides each have a gear rack element and a gear wheel element meshing with the gear rack element when adjusting the headrest from the lower position to the upper position and back. The gear wheel elements are connected to one another in a torsion-resistant manner via a synchronous strut. |
| US10856663B2 |
Cover for outdoor furnishings
A semi-fitted outdoor furniture cover with interior topline flange and weighted hems. The flange is intended to lay between the cushion(s) and frame of the furniture item while the cover is deployed. The weight of the cushion(s) hold(s) the flange in position against the frame, allowing the flange to act as an internal anchor for the furniture cover. With the cover anchored in this manner, the user can draw aside only the front portion of the cover, use the furniture item while not needing to completely remove the rest of the cover, and easily return the front portion of the cover to its fully deployed position. While fully deployed, the weighted hems keep the cover in place and eliminate the need for other more complicated fittings. The result is continuous protection of the furniture item and ultimate ease-of use. The cover is made of weather-resistant fabric and has pleated corners with reinforced tabs. |
| US10856661B2 |
Sofa seat cushion core
An apparatus and method are provided for a sofa seat cushion comprising a cushion core including a multiplicity of pocketed springs enclosed within an upholstery foam envelope. The pocketed springs are positioned side by side in a spring layer arrangement and are independently operable. A memory foam layer positioned above the upholstery foam envelope comprises a material capable of molding to a person's body sitting on the sofa seat cushion and then quickly returning to an original shape once the person leaves the sofa seat cushion. The memory foam layer comprises a gel-infused visco-elastic memory foam with a polyethylene terephthalate layer positioned there above. Directly below the upholstery foam envelope is an upholstery-grade polyurethane foam layer with a polyethylene terephthalate layer positioned directly thereunder. An exterior upholstery surrounding the cushion core provides a plush seating surface. |
| US10856656B2 |
Foldable collapsible packing organizer
A travel organizer stand having a base, a tower pivotably attached to the base and the tower having a tower storage position in which the tower is parallel to the base and a tower use position in which the tower is perpendicular to the base, a shelf is pivotably mounted to the tower, the shelf having a shelf storage position in which the shelf is parallel to the tower and a shelf use position in which the shelf is perpendicular to the tower, and a second shelf pivotably mounted to the tower having a second shelf storage position, in which the second shelf is parallel to the tower and a second shelf use position in which the second shelf is perpendicular to the tower and on an opposite side of the tower than the shelf disposed in the shelf use position, and a third shelf pivotably mounted to the tower having a third shelf storage position in which the third shelf is parallel to the tower and a third shelf use position in which the third shelf is perpendicular to the tower and on a same side of the tower as the shelf disposed in the shelf use position. |
| US10856644B2 |
Washing brush capable of washing variously sized containers
A washing brush to wash a container having a long length. The washing brush includes a handle part, a shaft part connected to the handle part, a sliding part configured to slide along the shaft part, a strip part coupled to the lower end part of the shaft part and lower part of the sliding part, a brush part attached to the outside of the strip part; and a position adjusting part configured to adjust a relative position of the shaft part. The sliding part is pressed to spread the strip part and the spread can be varied by the position adjusting part by adjusting the relative position of the sliding part with respect to the shaft part. A washing brush is provided that can simply and quickly wash a cylindrical container by allowing a washing part to be spread according to the shape of a container. |
| US10856636B2 |
Ponytail securing device
An elongated thin strand of an elastic material resembles human hair and is wound around and around to form a loop made up of a plurality of revolutions of the strand. A fastener holds the windings together to retain the loop configuration. In the preferred embodiment, the material from which the device is made should be sufficiently elastic that it can stretch at least twice its relaxed length. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the thickness of the strand from which the present invention is made should be in the range of 0.1 mm to 1.5 mm, most preferably approximately 0.7 mm. The material that is made is able to receive and retain a coloring dye that enables the manufacturer or user to dye it to match the color of their natural hair. |
| US10856633B2 |
Bistable spring stand and housing for a handheld device
A bistable spring stand and housing for a handheld device which can be reliably mounted in environments where users commonly mount handheld devices is disclosed. Embodiments include a housing and a bistable spring stand coupled to the housing. The bistable spring stand is moveable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the bistable spring stand is substantially flat between its first and second ends and in the second position the bistable spring stand defines a longitudinal curve outward from the housing between its first and second ends. At least one embodiment includes a plurality of raised members forming a perimeter around the bistable spring stand, the raised members defining a planar support surface to provide a stable resting surface for the housing and handheld device when the bistable spring stand is in the first position. |
| US10856627B2 |
Labor-saving connection structure and luggage binding strap with the same
The invention discloses a labor-saving connection structure and a luggage binding strap with the same. The labor-saving connection structure comprises a first connection portion and a second connection portion, and the first connection portion is capable of coupled with the second connection portion. An auxiliary closing mechanism is further arranged on the first connection portion to snap in the second connection portion during coupling connection between the first connection portion and the second connection portion, and drive the first connection portion and the second connection portion to move towards each other to realize the coupling connection therebetween. The labor-saving connection structure is simple in structure, and the first connection portion and the second connection portion are capable of being easily coupled through the auxiliary closing mechanism. |
| US10856626B2 |
Belt buckle
A buckle according to the present invention has a fixed loop end and an adjustable loop end. The adjustable loop end includes two belt strap openings separated by a central bar with a pair of guiding tabs on opposite ends of the central bar that extend outward from the central bar. Other embodiments of the buckle include a protrusion extending from a lower surface of the fixed loop end. In other embodiments, the adjustable loop end and central bar are configured to have male and female joint portions to aid in preventing unnecessary rotation of the buckle. Optionally the adjustable loop end may include a scalloped lip along its leading edge of the lower surface. |
| US10856624B2 |
Button ornament
The present disclosure relates to novelty and promotional buttons capable of being hung for display. The button includes an insert with an integral tab having an aperture or a button back with integral tab having an aperture for hanging the button. |
| US10856623B2 |
Method of using efficient die cutting pattern for footwear manufacture
A cutting die for cutting a plurality of parts of an article of footwear from a bulk material. The cutting die includes a first cutting member that cuts a first part of the article of footwear from the bulk material. The cutting die also includes a second cutting member that cuts a second part of the article of footwear from the bulk material. The second cutting member is fixed to the first cutting member to cut the first and second parts together with a single stroke of the cutting die relative to the bulk material. The first and second parts are separate and distinct from each other and have different shapes. |
| US10856619B2 |
Article of footwear having knit upper with edging
A footwear article, comprising a single-piece knit upper that includes a medial portion and a plurality straps. The footwear article may further comprise one or more openings formed into the knit upper, a perimeter of the one or more openings defined at least in part by an edge of the knit upper, and a pipe edging may be fixed to the edge of the knit upper defining the openings. Further, a sole may be coupled to the knit upper. In at least one example, the footwear article may additionally comprise a lacing system that includes a plurality of cords, and strap of the knit upper may have a separate cord section of the lacing system attached therein. A plastic overlay may be positioned over the cords of the lacing system that are attached to the knit upper, in at least one example. |
| US10856615B2 |
Ground-engaging structures for articles of footwear
Ground-engaging components for articles of footwear include: (a) an outer perimeter boundary rim that at least partially defines an outer perimeter of the ground-engaging component, wherein the outer perimeter boundary rim defines an open space at least at a forefoot support area of the ground-engaging component, wherein the outer perimeter boundary rim is shaped such that the outer perimeter of the ground-engaging component tapers or curves inward moving from a forefoot support area to an arch support area, and wherein a narrowest dimension from a lateral side edge to a medial side edge of the outer perimeter boundary rim (across the open space) is located in a heel support area of the ground-engaging component; and (b) a support structure extending into or at least partially across the open space. The ground-engaging component may have a narrower width dimension in a central heel or rear heel support area than in the arch support area. |
| US10856610B2 |
Manual and dynamic shoe comfortness adjustment methods
Disclosed herein are various methods and devices for modifying the comfort and performance characteristics of a shoe. In various embodiments, the devices are soles, insole or outsoles, of a shoe comprising one or more shocks. The shocks may be defined by shock cavities positioned within one or more surfaces of a sole. In some embodiments the shock cavity may be configured to receive one or more shock cavity inserts. |
| US10856608B2 |
Sole system having movable protruding members
An article of footwear with a sole system includes a sole member and a protruding member assembly. The sole system provides tactile sensation. Protruding members of the protruding member assembly can translate through holes in the sole member to facilitate tactile sensation. Some embodiments can include an inner member that is configured to accommodate the movement of a protruding member. Other embodiments can include a plurality of recessed portions or nub portions formed along an outwardly facing surface of the sole member. |
| US10856603B2 |
Footwear for use in specialized activities
Footwear for use during a specialized activity such as skiing, cycling, skating and many other sports or industrial uses, and provides a dorsal element engaging the dorsal aspect of the foot for enabling the user to control relative to the plantar aspect the maximum height of the arch of the foot at substantially all times during the activity regardless of the position or orientation of the foot. A pivotal arm is mounted on a frame attached to the planter aspect for pivotal movement about an axis transverse to the foot and is compressed by an adjustable element operable by the user. |
| US10856598B2 |
Fiber for artificial hair
Provided is an artificial hair fiber which can prevent detachment between core and sheath, having superior texture close to human hair, and having superior curl retention. An artificial hair fiber has a core-sheath structure, including: a core; and a sheath covering the core; and: the core includes a core resin composition including polyester; the sheath includes a sheath resin composition including polyamide; the core and the sheath have a core/sheath mass ratio of 40/60 to 90/10; and when a melt viscosity of the polyester of the core is expressed as a, and a melt viscosity of the polyamide of the sheath is expressed as b, a viscosity ratio a/b is 0.5 to 2.5. |
| US10856594B2 |
Magnetic zipper
A magnetic zipper includes two elongate units, each attached to edges of material. One elongate unit includes a series of magnets positioned within a tube. The other elongate unit includes a ferromagnetic material that is attracted by the magnetic field of the series of magnets in the other elongate unit. The ferromagnetic material may also be positioned with a tube. The magnetic attraction between the two elongate units allows them to join to bring the edges of material together and be held together by the strength of the magnetic force. |
| US10856591B2 |
Breathable mask capable of transmitting sound
Disclosed is a breathable mask capable of transmitting sound; the body of the mask comprises a breathable structure having a plurality of breathable holes and a sound transmission structure without the breathable holes; the sound transmission structure is prepared as follows: selecting a sound transmission area on the breathable mask and seal-pressing and hot-melting the inner and outer portion of the mask, then melting the plurality of breathable holes of the sound transmission area into a non-porous structure through the seal-pressing and hot-melting process; the breathable mask can further comprise a speaker edge, wherein the speaker edge is a circle non-porous structure outside the sound transmission structure, having an effect of expanding the sound. |
| US10856584B2 |
Cartridge for an aerosol-generating system
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system may comprise a liquid storage portion, which includes a housing holding a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The housing has a first and a second opening. The cartridge may further comprise a first and a second permeable planar heater assembly, wherein the first permeable planar heater assembly is fixed to the housing and extends across the first opening of the housing, and the second permeable planar heater assembly is fixed to the housing and extends across the second opening of the housing. The first and second permeable planar heater assemblies are arranged opposite each other such that they face each other and form an airflow channel in between. |
| US10856580B2 |
Vaporizing device
An electronic cigarette comprises nicotine without harmful tar. The cigarette includes a shell, a cell, nicotine solution, control circuit, and an electro-thermal vaporization nozzle installed in the air suction end of the shell. The advantages of the present invention are smoking without tar, reducing the risk of cancer, the user still gets a smoking experience, the cigarette is not lit, and there is no fire danger. |
| US10856574B2 |
Machine for producing substantially cylindrical articles
Machine and method for producing a substantially cylindrical article, which comprises a tubular body, a container element, arranged in the area of one end of the tubular element, a heat generating element, partially housed inside the container element, and loose material for generating flavour; in use, the loose material is inserted into the container element, vertically oriented, and the heat generating element is partially inserted into the container element by being moved downwards, so as to obtain a combined element; subsequently, the combined element is at least partially inserted into the tubular body. |
| US10856573B2 |
Tobacco sachet for use in a tobacco vaporizer
A sachet of aerosol-forming substrate for electrically heated aerosol-generating device is provided, including a porous container; and an aerosol-forming substrate within the container, the substrate having a porosity of between about 0.2 and about 0.35, the porosity being the volume fraction of void space within the container. An electrically heated aerosol-generating system is also provided, including a sachet of aerosol-forming substrate; and an aerosol-generating device, the device including an outer housing having a cavity configured to receive the sachet, and an electrical heater including at least one heating element configured to heat the sachet in the cavity to generate an aerosol from the aerosol-forming substrate for inhalation by a user. |
| US10856572B2 |
No-heat, no-burn smoking article
An aerosol delivery device is provided that includes at least one housing, a nozzle, a piezoelectric or piezomagnetic material, a control component, and a transport element. The at least one housing may enclose a reservoir configured to retain an aerosol precursor composition. The nozzle may be coupled to the housing to discharge aerosol precursor composition from the reservoir. The control component may include a microprocessor coupled to and configured to drive the piezoelectric or piezomagnetic material to vibrate and cause a discharge of components of the aerosol precursor composition and thereby produce an aerosol for inhalation by a user. And the transport element may be configured to control an amount of aerosol precursor composition delivered from the reservoir. |
| US10856568B2 |
Inhalation device with heating, stirring and leak preventing components
A device including a water chamber for filtering smoke or vapor prior to inhalation of the smoke or vapor. The device including a vaporization chamber that contains a substance to be heated or burned. The device including an air flow chamber, herein the air flow chamber connects the vaporization chamber, wherein the air flow chamber is configured to provide a tunnel between an upper edge and a lower edge of the air flow chamber, for passage of air/vapor from an air/vapor entry port to a filtered air exit port for air/vapor at the water chamber, in a snake like manner; wherein the air/vapor entry port is located at a point where the vaporization chamber is joined to the water chamber. The air flow chamber is configured to prevent leakage of water from the water chamber to the vaporization chamber. |
| US10856567B2 |
Baby food products containing allergenic proteins and methods of delivering same
Baby food products containing allergenic protein and methods of delivering the products are provided as a source of early introduction for prevention of food allergy in children. The product may be a solid or semi-solid product and includes an allergenic protein, one or more of a prebiotic or a probiotic, and a foodstuff. A method of feeding a baby food product to a child involves providing the child with a serving of the baby food product such that the child ingests a pre-defined amount of an allergenic protein. The serving may be provided on a periodic basis such that the child ingests a constant amount of the allergenic protein per week over an extended period. |
| US10856563B2 |
N-acyl-amino acid derivatives for improvement of the flavor profile of edible compositions
The use of a compound according to formula (I) or the edible salts thereof in an edible composition to mask or modulate an undesired taste or off-taste contained in the edible composition wherein R1 is an alkyl residue containing 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkene residue containing from 9 to 25 carbon atoms with 1 to 6 double bonds, R1 together with the carbonyl group to which it is attached is a residue of a carboxylic acid, and NR2R3, in which R3 is H or together with R2 and the N-atom to which they are attached, a 5-membered ring, is a residue of an amino acid, in particular a proteinogenic amino acid, ornithine, gamma-aminobutyric acid or beta alanine, or a 1-amino cycloalkyl carboxylic acid. |
| US10856562B2 |
Flavor composition and edible compositions containing same
A flavor composition comprising a peptide which comprises pyroglutamic acid or γ-glutamic acid, a second amino acid and optionally a third amino acid. The peptides can be added to a food product to increase saltiness, umami, bitterness, astringency or sourness intensity. |
| US10856554B2 |
Food cutting tool
A food cutting tool. The food cutting tool has a body with an outer perimeter wall and an inner perimeter wall. The inner perimeter wall defines an open central area with a channel opening towards the open central area. The channel is sized to receive a plurality of wires which are utilized to cut through a piece of food. The plurality of wires is disposed diametrically across the open central area and each end of a wire is affixed in the channel of the inner perimeter wall. The plurality of wires is adjustably secured to the inner perimeter wall thereby enabling a user to selectively adjust the spacing between individual wires. In operation, the user places the food cutting tool over a piece of food and press down on the body, forcing the plurality of wires through the piece of food to divide the food into even portions. |
| US10856552B2 |
Stable inoculant compositions and methods for producing same
The present disclosure provides non-aqueous inoculant compositions and methods for enhancing the survival and/or stability of microbial spores in an inoculant composition. In some embodiments, inoculant compositions of the present disclosure comprise microbial spores, one or more dispersants, one or more protectants and a non-aqueous liquid carrier. |
| US10856550B2 |
Ceramic glaze having antimicrobial property
An antimicrobial ceramic glazing composition contains one or more antimicrobial agents disposed therein. Methods for making and using the glazing composition are disclosed, as well as substrates having a fired antimicrobial glaze thereon. The antimicrobial agents comprise metallic oxides, with a subset of the disclosed combinations exhibiting synergistic effect in fired glazes. |
| US10856546B2 |
Hypersensitive response elicitor peptides and use thereof
Disclosed are hypersensitive-response eliciting peptides that exhibit improved solubility, stability, resistance to chemical degradation, or a combination of these properties. Use of these peptides or fusion polypeptides, or DNA constructs encoding the same, for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed. |
| US10856541B2 |
Agricultural crop application system
A movable agricultural product applicator system for dispensing various agricultural-related products along the ground surface of agricultural crops is provided. The application system provides a hose assembly interconnecting a supporting boom and an applicator, wherein the applicator drags along the ground surface dispensing product as the supporting boom moves by a carrier. The application system may include a swivel connection facilitating a rotational and pivotal connection of the hose assembly to the supporting boom, wherein a mounting assembly removably mounts the application system to the supporting boom. The hose assembly is designed with bending properties that enable the applicator to self-center and locate rows between crops as it is being dragged along the ground surface, as well as enable the applicator to surf above obstacles. |
| US10856540B2 |
Devices and methods for controlling insects
Devices and methods for controlling insects are generally described. Typically, the devices include a fiber web comprising a plurality of glass fibers or other substrate made of non-absorptive material impregnated or otherwise loaded with an insect control composition comprising an active insecticidal species (e.g., a pyrethroid such as Transfluthrin). The devices provide protection against arthropods or other insects over prolonged periods of time. Such devices may be lightweight, low-cost, reusable, and disposable, and can be used for both indoor and outdoor purposes. |
| US10856539B2 |
Rod holder assembly and method of using the same
Herein described is a rod holder assembly that holds an object such as a rod receiver for a fishing rod in a desired orientation that is manually and singlehandedly adjustable about the horizontal and/or vertical axes. The rod holder assembly can be set to lock in positional orientation or clutch in response to an external force, A method for using the rod holder assembly is also described. |
| US10856537B1 |
Quick drop line management system for fishing outriggers
Quick drop halyard line roller guides for removable attachment to existing outriggers to allow the user to quickly drop the halyard rigging lines from the outriggers. Quick release roller line guides are provided for removable attachment to the existing eyelet-type circular outrigger line guides. Quick and installation and removal of outrigger halyard lines permits the lines to be safely stored away from harsh environmental conditions when not use thereby extending line life. |
| US10856536B2 |
Dual-bearing reel
A dual-bearing reel includes a reel body and an attachment/detachment mechanism. The attachment/detachment mechanism includes an attachment/detachment operation portion, a first locking member and a second locking member. The first locking member is located on a side plate of the reel body. The second locking member is swingable relative to the first locking member. The attachment/detachment mechanism is configured to permit or restrict rotation of the attachment/detachment operation portion relative to the side plate by using the first locking member and the second locking member. When the attachment/detachment operation portion is operated to rotate while the second locking member is at a rotation-restricting position, an engagement portion presses an engaged portion such that swinging of the second locking member from the rotation-restricting position to a rotation-permitting position is restricted. |
| US10856534B2 |
Fishing tool
The fishing tool includes an elongated member having a handle disposed at a first end thereof. The handle includes an open lower end. Indicia indicating various length measurements are disposed along the length of the elongated member. A scale is disposed within the elongated member, wherein the scale includes a hook operably affixed thereto, the hook extending through the open lower end. A mounting member is removably affixed to an exterior surface of the elongated member, wherein the mounting member can secure the elongated member to a mount. |
| US10856533B2 |
Electroreceptor six senses fishing attractor
A fishing attractor that communicates through a fish's electroreceptor lateral line that is used in water to attract nearby fish by appealing to the fish's six senses. The fishing attractor includes a wire shaft, a copper bead, a propeller having one or more blades and a central portion with a first magnet inside and a second magnet arranged in reverse polarity to the first magnet. Embodiments include a fishing attractor that when moved, the blades of the propeller begin to rotate and the copper bead and propeller move in a linear motion as well causing the first magnet to rotate and move up and down along the wire shaft, producing an electric potential pulse from the electromagnetic field created by the first and second magnets in opposing relation and from exciting electrons in the wire. |
| US10856523B2 |
Animal ear tag
An animal ear tag is anchorable on an animal's ear by means of a dome and has a housing enclosing an electronics assembly and a battery, and a panel surface on which identification data relating to the animal are directly visible in clearly legible characters, wherein the panel surface is located below the housing when the ear tag is placed on the animal. The center of gravity of the housing and of the parts enclosed by the latter lies inside an area protruding downwards from the spike axis, which area is not higher and 2 cm and, in the horizontal lying normal to the spike axis, is not wider than 1 cm. |
| US10856519B2 |
Multi-functional pet crate
A crumplable rollable collapsible pet crate, comprises: a top panel; a bottom panel; a left panel pivotably attached to the bottom panel; a right panel pivotably attached to the bottom panel; a rear panel pivotably attached to the top and the bottom panels; a front panel pivotably attached to the bottom panel; four top corner connectors respectively attached to the top, the left, the right, the rear, and the front panel; four bottom corner connectors respectively attached to the bottom, the left, the right, the rear, and the front panel; two wheels respectively rotatably attached to the bottom panel; a tray attached to the bottom panel; an outer crumple-zone-ramp-and-door swingably attached to the front panel; an inner rumple-zone-ramp-and-door slid inside the outer drying-grooming-platform-patio-crumple-zone-ramp-and-door; a housing attached to the top panel; a processor secured within the housing; a memory connected to the processor; a display connected to the processor and the memory; a software installed inside the processor; a temperature sensor connected to the processor; an alert speaker connected to the processor; and an alert light connected to the processor. |
| US10856511B2 |
Cotton variety 16R036
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 16R036. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 16R036. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 16R036 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 16R036 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods. |
| US10856510B2 |
Cotton variety 16R032
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 16R032. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 16R032. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 16R032 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 16R032 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods. |
| US10856509B1 |
Soybean variety 01073199
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01073199. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01073199. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01073199 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01073199 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10856507B1 |
Soybean variety 01073444
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01073444. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01073444. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01073444 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01073444 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10856501B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH942779
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH942779. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH942779, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH942779 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH942779. |
| US10856500B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH942935
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH942935. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH942935, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH942935 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH942935. |
| US10856497B1 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH100268
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH100268. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH100268, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH100268 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH100268. |
| US10856494B1 |
Maize inbred PH46DZ
A novel maize variety designated PH46DZ and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH46DZ with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH46DZ through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH46DZ or a locus conversion of PH46DZ with another maize variety. |
| US10856492B1 |
Maize inbred PH41W7
A novel maize variety designated PH41w7 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH41W7 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH41W7 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH41W7 or a locus conversion of PH41W7 with another maize variety. |
| US10856491B1 |
Maize inbred PH48FR
A novel maize variety designated PH48FR and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH48FR with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH48FR through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH48FR or a locus conversion of PH48FR with another maize variety. |
| US10856489B2 |
Wheat cultivar 01071589
The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated 01071589. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar 01071589. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar 01071589 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar 01071589 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10856486B2 |
Rippled double flowered new guinea impatiens varieties and method of breeding the same
Provided herein are double flowered New Guinea Impatiens cultivars comprising rippled, twisted, incurved petals. Methods for breeding the disclosed Impatiens are also provided. |
| US10856483B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH974617
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH974617. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH974617, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH974617 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH974617. |
| US10856479B2 |
Hydroponic growing unit
Various embodiments include a container for hydroponically growing plants. The container has a bottom surface and an open top surface and a fluid reservoir having at least a portion of the volume between the bottom surface and the top surface. A pump is positioned at a bottom portion of the fluid reservoir. A length of tubing connects the pump to a valve that is further connected to additional tubing. A plurality of jets are connected to the additional tubing to spray fluid internal to the fluid reservoir. Further, there is a support structure, configured to fit into the open top surface, that has support components for interconnecting a plurality of openings and supporting the plurality of jets. Finally, a cover plate is configured to fit over the support structure in the open top surface. |
| US10856476B2 |
Robotic agricultural irrigation and analysis system
An agricultural irrigation control system including a pump, a dual port and on/off diverter in fluid communication with the pump, a multi-port diverter in fluid communication with the dual port and on/off diverter, a controller board in electronic communication with the dual port and on/off diverter and the multi-port diverter, the controller board controlling the operation of the dual port and on/off diverter and the multi-port diverter, and a plurality of environmental sensors in electronic communication with the controller board, where the agricultural irrigation control system is configured for individualized administration of one or more substances to one or more agricultural products based on real-time analysis of the one or more agricultural products and/or a surrounding environment of the one or more agricultural products provided by one or more environmental sensors of the plurality of environmental sensors. |
| US10856473B1 |
Weed barrier and method of use
A weed barrier includes a rigid body defining a plurality of basins. The basins have bottoms with holes therethrough for planting garden plants. In a particular embodiment the bottom surface of the weed barrier includes a plurality of hose channels configured be positioned over a hose. Several example configurations of rigid weed barriers are disclosed. |
| US10856471B2 |
Systems, devices, and/or methods for covering structures
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, and/or manufacture adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method configured for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, installing a support system for a green wall, the support system comprising a plurality of trays that are configured to interface with a securement system. |
| US10856468B2 |
Drop handle mower
A walk-behind mower includes a deck. The deck includes a rear portion, a power source attached to the deck, a plurality of wheels attached to the deck, a handle attached to the rear portion of the deck. Structure is included to enable a distal end of the handle to be selectively located in a plurality of positions. The handle extends upward and rearward from the rear portion of the deck. |
| US10856467B2 |
Autonomous mower cutting systems
An autonomous mobile work system (20) includes a drive wheel (34) that is connected to a frame (24) and a rotating blade assembly (36). The rotating blade assembly (36) includes a blade assembly axis of rotation (38) and is connected to the frame (24) within a housing (26). The mobile work system (20) further includes a single motor (40) operably connected to the blade assembly (36). The motor (50) includes a motor output shaft (44) and the motor output shaft (44) includes an output shaft axis of rotation (46). The mobile work system (20) still further includes a gear box (50) operably connected to the drive wheel (34) and the motor output shaft (44). The single motor (50) urges rotation of both the rotating blade assembly (36) and the drive wheel (34). The gear box (50) can include a planetary gear set (104) including a ring gear (110) defining cavities (120) at its outside diameter (124). A locking shaft (126) can rotate between an engaged position and a disengaged position with one of the cavities (120). |
| US10856464B2 |
Systems and methods for suppressing vaporization of volatile fluids in agricultural fluid application systems
Systems and methods for suppressing vaporization of a volatile fluid dispensed from a pressure vessel are provided. The system includes an evaporator coupled in thermal communication with a first flow of volatile fluid from the pressure vessel and in fluid communication with a second flow of volatile fluid from the pressure vessel. The evaporator includes at least one channel therein for channeling the second flow of volatile fluid therethrough. In addition, the system includes a compressor coupled in fluid communication with and downstream from the at least one channel. Moreover, the system includes a return line coupled in fluid communication with an outlet of the compressor. The compressor is configured to compress the second flow of volatile fluid and channel the compressed second flow of volatile fluid to the pressure vessel via the return line. |
| US10856462B2 |
Land clearing attachment and rotor for the same
A land clearing attachment for a tractor device includes semi-helically oriented teeth, knives, or blades radially outward from an outer surface of a rotor. Each tooth, knife, or blade is part of a row of independent teeth, knives, or blades. Each row is oriented with an offset angle such that the spirally orientation completes angular offset of about 90° or less. |
| US10863658B2 |
Method and apparatus for use in the manufacture of a display element
Methods and apparatus for use in the manufacture of a display element. Some embodiments include a method for selective pick up of a subset of a plurality of electronic devices adhered to a handle layer. The method comprises modifying a level of adhesion between one or more electronic devices of the plurality of electronic devices adhered to the handle layer, such that the subset of the plurality of electronic devices has a level of adhesion to the handle layer that is less than a force applied by a pick up tool, PUT. This enables selective pick up of the subset of the plurality of electronic devices from the handle layer by the PUT. |
| US10863655B2 |
Crossflow heat-exchangers
A crossflow heat-exchanger has first and second sets of fluid-flow channels arranged such that each set crosses the other to afford heat-exchange between cooling air in the first set and hot air in the second set, without the cooling air and the hot air contacting one another. A first series of fans causes flow of the external cooling air through the rows. A second series of fans causes flow of the internal hot air through the columns. External and internal fan controllers control the speed of each fan independently such that external cooling air flows through different rows at different rates and internal hot air flows through different columns at different rates. |
| US10863649B2 |
Air generating system for reservoir tank, immersion cooling apparatus having the same, and method for operating the same
The disclosure relates to an air generating system for reservoir tank, an immersion cooling apparatus having the same and a method for operating the same. The air generating system is adapted for a reservoir tank. The reservoir tank has a liquid accommodation space and an opening connected to each other. The air generating system includes a first air generating assembly configured to be disposed on the reservoir tank and to generate an airflow distribution at the opening or between the opening and the liquid accommodation space. |
| US10863647B1 |
Assist mechanism for information handling system
A mechanism for servicing a sled installed in a server includes a grip bar, and a four-bar linkage connected to the grip bar. The four-bar linkage has a first position that engages the sled to a chassis of the server, and a second position that disengages the sled from the chassis of the server. Movement of the grip bar moves the four-bar linkage from the first position to the second position, thus disengaging the sled from the chassis and allowing the sled to be removed from the chassis for service. |
| US10863645B2 |
Dual server chassis
In another aspect, a server chassis is configured to mount to a server rack. The server chassis includes a first housing that includes a first sidewall, where the first housing is configured to mount to the server rack and house a first electronic component, and a second housing that includes a second sidewall, the second housing configured to mount to the server rack and house a second electronic component. The first housing includes a first bracket mounted to the first sidewall of the first housing, and the second housing includes a second bracket mounted to the second sidewall of the second housing. The second bracket of the second housing is engagable to the first bracket of the first housing to secure the first housing and the second housing to each other. |
| US10863643B2 |
Implantable medical device having an improved architecture
An implantable medical device including a hermetic housing, at least one electronic board housed in the housing, a module for heat dissipation and shock absorption, housed in the housing and arranged between the electronic board and an internal wall of the housing, the module having a first layer of thermal paste placed in the internal space of the housing and deposited on the electronic board, a second, metal layer of high thermal conductivity deposited on the first layer, a third layer of thermal paste deposited on the second layer and positioned so as to come into contact with the internal wall of the housing, the third layer having a structure with a plurality of cavities distributed over the entire area of contact of the third layer with the internal wall of the housing. |
| US10863639B2 |
Freeze-resistant accelerometers
In some examples, the disclosure describes an accelerometer including a proof mass, and a housing enclosing the proof mass. The accelerometer includes a cold temperature sink defining a condensing surface. In some examples, the disclosure describes a technique for making an accelerometer. The example technique includes forming a cold temperature sink defining a condensing surface, and enclosing a proof mass in the housing. The condensing surface is configured to promote at least one of condensation or ice formation in an interior of the housing. The condensing surface is spaced from the proof mass to divert at least one of condensate or ice away from the proof mass. |
| US10863638B2 |
Moisture control systems for enclosures
An enclosure system can include an enclosure comprising at least one wall forming a first cavity. The enclosure system can further include a moisture control system in communication with the enclosure, wherein the moisture control system controls at least one condition within the cavity of the enclosure, where the at least one condition affects an amount of moisture within the first cavity. The moisture control system can include a sensor that measures an amount of moisture in desiccant disposed within a desiccant vessel. The moisture control system can include a structural filter and a desiccant vessel, where the structural filter is coupled to an enclosure and disposed within a cavity formed by the enclosure, where the desiccant vessel is removably coupled to the structural filter, and where the desiccant vessel is accessible from outside the enclosure. |
| US10863637B1 |
Adjustable facial-interface systems for head-mounted displays
A facial-interface system for a head-mounted-display device may include a facial interface and a facial-interface adjustment apparatus. The facial-interface adjustment apparatus may include (1) an interface-mounting member for mounting the facial-interface adjustment apparatus to a display housing, and (2) a pivot member coupled to the facial interface and rotatably coupled to the interface-mounting member such that that the facial interface is rotatable between a plurality of positions relative to the interface-mounting member. A head-mounted-display device may include a facial interface, a display housing, and a facial-interface adjustment apparatus. The facial-interface adjustment apparatus may include (1) an interface-mounting member disposed in an interior of the display housing, and (2) a pivot member coupled to the facial interface and rotatably coupled to the interface-mounting member such that that the facial interface is rotatable between a plurality of positions relative to the display housing. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed. |
| US10863635B2 |
Portable information device
A portable information device that can stably support a display is disclosed. The portable information device includes a first chassis member; a second chassis member; a hinge mechanism; a display whose back surface is supported by front surfaces of a first support plate and a second support plate; an alignment part that aligns the front surfaces between one edge of the first support plate and one edge of the second support plate adjacent to each other, in a flat form; a first support part that supports the first support plate relative to the first chassis member; and a second support part that supports the second support plate relative to the second chassis member. At least one of the first support part and the second support part includes a floating part that supports a corresponding support plate relative to a corresponding chassis member in a floating state. |
| US10863633B2 |
Display device
An exemplary embodiment provides a display device including: a display panel configured to include a first area, and a second area and a third area respectively disposed at opposite sides of the first area in a first direction; a first roller unit configured to wind the second area thereon; and a second roller unit configured to wind the third area of the display panel in an opposite direction to that of the first roller unit, wherein a distance between the first roller unit and the second roller unit which are separated from each other in the first direction can be adjusted. |
| US10863632B2 |
Display device
The present disclosure provides a display device that include: a display panel that includes a display area and a peripheral area that is provided at the periphery of an edge of the display area; a window that is provided on one side of the display panel to protect the display panel; and an adhesive film that is provided between the display panel and the window to bond the display panel and the window to each other, wherein the adhesive film in an area that corresponds to the peripheral area and the adhesive film in an area that corresponds to the display area have different properties. |
| US10863628B2 |
Clearance size reduction for backdrilled differential vias
A printed circuit board (PCB) may include a plurality of horizontally disposed signal layers. The PCB may include a first vertically disposed differential via electrically connected to a first horizontally disposed signal layer, of the plurality of horizontally disposed signal layers, and a second horizontally disposed signal layer of the plurality of horizontally disposed signal layers. The PCB may include a second vertically disposed differential via electrically connected to the first signal horizontally disposed layer and the second horizontally disposed signal layer. The PCB may include a first set of clearances encompassing the first vertically disposed differential via and the second vertically disposed differential via, a second set of clearances encompassing the first vertically disposed stub, and a third set of clearances encompassing the second vertically disposed stub. |
| US10863624B2 |
Camera module with reduced light leakage and electronic device using same
A camera module with reduced light leakage includes a printed circuit board and a mounting bracket mounted on the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes a first surface and at least one side surface perpendicularly connected to the first surface. A step is defined at the printed circuit board. The step passes through the first surface and at least one side surface. A flange is defined on the mounting bracket. The flange is received and fixed in the step and this structure places less reliance on the strength and opacity of the particular adhesive used. |
| US10863623B2 |
Circuit configuration for controlling a power semiconductor device with two circuit carriers and a plastic molded body and arrangement having said configuration
A circuit configuration for controlling a power semiconductor device has a first circuit carrier and a second circuit carrier arranged parallel to and spaced apart from the first, and having a plastic molded body arranged in an intermediate space between the first and second circuit carrier, wherein the first circuit carrier has a first conductor track with a first contact point, which can be implemented in particular as a contact pad or as a contact receptacle, which is arranged on a main side of the first circuit carrier facing the plastic molded body, wherein the second circuit carrier has a second conductor track with a second contact point, which is arranged on a main side of the second circuit carrier facing the plastic molded body, wherein the plastic molded body has a first holder for a first component with a first and a second contact device, and wherein the first contact device is electrically conductively connected to the first contact point and the second contact device is electrically conductively connected to the second contact point. |
| US10863618B2 |
Composite substrate structure and manufacturing method thereof
A composite substrate structure includes a circuit substrate, a first anisotropic conductive film, a first glass substrate, a dielectric layer, a patterned circuit layer and a conductive via. The first anisotropic conductive film is disposed on the circuit substrate. The first glass substrate is disposed on the first anisotropic conductive film and has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first glass substrate includes a first circuit layer, a second circuit layer and at least one first conductive via. The first circuit layer is disposed on the first surface. The second circuit layer is disposed on the second surface. The first conductive via penetrates the first glass substrate and is electrically connected to the first circuit layer and the second circuit layer. The first glass substrate and the circuit substrate are respectively located on two opposite sides of the first anisotropic conductive film. |
| US10863615B2 |
Electronic apparatus
An electronic apparatus includes a conductive member and a printed circuit board, wherein the printed circuit board includes a printed wiring board having a signal wiring formed thereon, a first semiconductor device configured to output a digital signal to the signal wiring, and a second semiconductor device configured to input the digital signal output from the first semiconductor device via the signal wiring, wherein the signal wiring has a signal wiring pattern formed on a surficial layer located opposite the conductive member in the printed wiring board, and wherein the conductive member has an aperture formed therein and located opposite the signal wiring pattern or includes a flat plate portion and a recessed portion recessed in a direction more away from the printed wiring board than the flat plate portion. |
| US10863613B2 |
EUV light generator
An EUV light generator including the following components: A. an electron storage ring including a first linear section and a second linear section; B. an electron supplier configured to supply the electron storage ring with an electron bunch; C. a high-frequency acceleration cavity disposed in the first linear section and configured to accelerate the electron bunch in such a way that a length Lez of the electron bunch satisfies “0.09 m≤Lez≤3 m;” and D. an undulator disposed in the second linear section and configured to output EUV light when the electron bunch enters the undulator. |
| US10863612B2 |
System for generating a plasma jet of metal ions
A system for generating a plasma jet of metal ions is provided. This system includes a tube made of electrically insulating material containing a metal that is in the solid phase at room temperature and an anode making contact with this metal, a generator connected to this anode that is capable of producing a positive electrical potential at this anode, a heating element that is capable of heating a portion of the metal to a heating temperature Tc that is high enough to vaporize this portion of the metal, an electron source located on the outside of the tube and out of the longitudinal axis of the tube, and being capable of generating an electron stream that is able to ionize the vapor of the metal so as to form metal ions, such that the metal ions thus produced are capable of being accelerated by this potential and ejected out of the tube via the downstream end of the tube, and a portion of which are neutralized by electrons so as to form a plasma stream, the system operating without magnets and without an acceleration grid. |
| US10863608B2 |
Light-emitting diode driving system for transmitting signal based on power line
A light-emitting diode driving system for transmitting a signal based on a power line comprising a switch unit, a control unit, a main power supply, and a secondary power supply, wherein the switch unit comprises a main input end, a secondary input end, an output end, and a controlled end. When the control unit is in an operating state, the switch unit is turned on. When the control unit outputs a high level signal to control the switch unit to be turned on, the main power supply outputs a main direct current power source to the switch unit, and when the control unit outputs a low level signal to control the switch unit to be turned on, the secondary power supply outputs a secondary direct current power source to the switch unit. The system can make the light emission effect of the light string more stable. |
| US10863603B2 |
Power supply applied to multiple loads, integrated power supply and lighting fixture
The present disclosure provides a power supply applied to multiple loads, an integrated power supply and a lighting fixture. The power supply includes a first connector, at least one isolated power supply and at least one non-isolated power supply. The first connector is electrically connected with the at least one isolated power supply and the at least one non-isolated power supply, and is electrically connected with a controller, in order to adjust power states of the at least one isolated power supply and the at least one non-isolated power supply by receiving a power supply control signal from the controller. The at least one isolated power supply and the at least one non-isolated power supply are respectively connected with corresponding load circuit, to supply power to the load circuits, and control working states of the connected load circuits according to the power states thereof. |
| US10863602B2 |
Methods and apparatus for detecting connection or disconnection of an auxiliary load to a driver
There is provided a driver having a primary output, for a primary load, and an auxiliary output, for an auxiliary load. A power supply of the driver supplies power to both outputs. Connection or disconnection of an auxiliary load is determined by detecting a change in power consumption at the auxiliary output, and an action is performed by a driver controller in response to this change in power consumption. |
| US10863590B2 |
Battery cell manufacturing device using induction heating
A battery cell manufacturing apparatus for forming a sealing surplus portion includes a cradle configured to fix and mount a battery cell; one or more induction heating coils formed by winding an electrical wire at least one time at a position corresponding to an outer periphery of a pouch type case to generate an induced current in the outer periphery on which the sealing surplus portion is to be formed; a power supply configured to supply an alternating current to the induction heating coils; and at least two pressing members configured to press both sides of the outer periphery on which the sealing surplus portion is to be formed, wherein the outer periphery is induction-heated by a magnetic field generated in the induction heating coils and up to a temperature at which heat fusion is possible to form the sealing surplus portion. |
| US10863588B2 |
Heater cable having a tapered profile
A self-regulating heater cable includes a PTC core formed of positive temperature coefficient material and disposed in electrical contact with at least two bus wires. The PTC core may encapsulate the bus wires and space the bus wires apart a predetermined distance via a connecting portion of the PTC core. The connecting portion has a tapered profile, and is thinner at the ends approximate the bus wires and thicker in a portion between the ends, which portion may be toward or at the center of the connecting portion. The thicknesses of the ends and the thicker portion are selected to produce a ratio that is within a range at which the heater cable produces heat at its outer surface with a substantially uniform profile, and primary heat generation of the heater cable has not shifted from the center of the connecting portion to the ends of the connecting portion. |
| US10863583B2 |
Communication device
A communication device may execute a specific wireless communication of object data via a first wireless network with a mobile device using a second type of interface after executing a specific process of sending a first wireless setting for causing the mobile device to belong to the first wireless network using a first type of interface in a first case where the communication device operates in a first state which is a parent station state or a child station state in the first wireless network and execute the specific wireless communication of the object data with the mobile device using the second type of interface after executing another process different from the specific process in a second case where the communication device operates in a second state which is different from the first state. |
| US10863581B2 |
Method and system for communicating between private mesh network and public network
A network node (MR/BR node) is configured as a mesh router node in a first wireless network comprised of a plurality of first nodes and as a border router node in a second wireless network comprised of a plurality of second nodes, the second wireless network distinct from the first wireless network. The MR/BR node has a unique first address in the first wireless network and a unique second address in the second wireless network. In this way, the MR/BR node can receive a first communication in the first wireless network via the first address, and transmit the received first communication to at least one of the second nodes in the second wireless network. The MR/BR node can also receive a second communication in the second wireless network via the second address, and transmit the received second communication to at least one of the first nodes in the first wireless network. |
| US10863579B2 |
Method and apparatus for accelerating ciphering and deciphering in wireless communication system
An apparatus and a method capable of effectively providing services in a mobile communication system, and a data processing method of a data reception apparatus are provided. The apparatus and method includes obtaining, by a first lower packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer and a second lower PDCP layer, a plurality of PDCP packet data units (PDUs) based on data received from a first base station (BS) and a second BS, parallel deciphering, by the first and second lower PDCP layers, the plurality of PDCP PDUs, transmitting, from the first and second lower PDCP layers to an upper PDCP layer, the plurality of deciphered PDCP PDUs, and reordering, by the upper PDCP layer, the plurality of deciphered PDCP PDUs. |
| US10863578B2 |
Data transmission method, device and system
A data transmission method includes: acquiring n RLC PDUs transmitted from an RLC layer, n being an integer greater than 1; encapsulating the indication information corresponding to the n RLC PDUs as a packet header of a MAC PDU and the n RLC PDUs as a packet body of the MAC PDU, to generate the MAC PDU, the indication information corresponding to the n RLC PDUs comprising an LCID, a sequence number, and a length corresponding to each RLC PDU; and sending the MAC PDU to a communication peer. |
| US10863574B2 |
Method and apparatus for establishing bearer
Provided are method for a distributed unit (DU) of a base station establishing a bearer in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus for supporting the same. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving a first message including a signaling radio bearer (SRB) identity (ID) from a central unit (CU) of the base station; and establishing a SRB corresponding to the received SRB ID. |
| US10863573B2 |
Method and apparatus for sequential forwarding considering multi-flow in dual connectivity system
The present invention provides a method for user equipment receiving multi-flow data with respect to one evolved packet system (EPS) bearer through a macro base station (macro eNB) and a small base station (small eNB) in a wireless communication system supporting dual connectivity. The method comprises the steps of: a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity of the user equipment receiving PDCP packet data units (PDU) through the macro base station and the small base station from a PDCP entity of the macro base station; obtaining PDCP service data units (SDU) corresponding to PDCP PDUs; and receiving from the macro base station information related to a sequence timer for the PDCP SDUs through a radio resource control (RRC) message, wherein the PDCP SDUs are indicated by a predefined PDCP sequence number (SN). |
| US10863567B2 |
Communication system, control device, communication terminal, communication device, and communication method
In order to provide a communication system capable of charging control in accordance with a bearer used by a UE even when the UE performs dual connectivity, a communication system according to the present disclosure includes a communication terminal (11) configured to communicate with a communication device (12) and a communication device (13) by using a different radio bearer for each of the communication device (12) and the communication device (13), and a control device (14) configured to determine whether to cause the communication device (12) to measure the traffic of each radio bearer. |
| US10863565B2 |
Communication device and method therein for connection management in wireless communication network
A wireless communication device (140) and method therein for managing connection states in a wireless communication system (100) are disclosed. The wireless communication device (140) comprises at least two Subscriber Identity Modules, SIMs, in which a first SIM is associated to a first original connection state towards a first network node (111), a second SIM is associated to a second original connection state towards a second network node (121). The wireless communication device (140) obtains a position of the wireless communication device (140) and determines a priority list for the at least two SIMs based on the obtained position. The wireless communication device (140) further determines whether the respective connection states of the first and second SIMs have conflicting needs in radio resources. When the respective connection states of the first and second SIMs have conflicting needs in radio resources, the wireless communication device (140) performs a connection state change for the SIM that has lower priority from its original connection state to a third connection state. |
| US10863562B2 |
Peripheral device pairing
Examples monitor a communication network to detect a peripheral device. Examples pair with the peripheral device responsive to detecting the peripheral device. Examples generate a peripheral application query corresponding to the peripheral device responsive to pairing with the peripheral device, and examples query a peripheral application server with the peripheral application query to retrieve a peripheral application corresponding to the peripheral device. |
| US10863555B2 |
Access method, apparatus, device, and system
The present application discloses an access method, apparatus, device, and system, and belongs to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: receiving, by a selection function entity SFE, an access request of user equipment UE sent by a radio access network node RAN node; determining a usage type of the UE based on the access request of the UE; and selecting, for the UE based on the usage type of the UE, a node that is in a dedicated core network and that can serve the UE, where the node that is in the dedicated core network and that can serve the UE corresponds to the usage type of the UE. Therefore, a node accessed by the UE is the node in the dedicated core network corresponding to the UE, and this ensures that the node can complete security verification of the UE. |
| US10863554B2 |
Signal sending method and apparatus, and resource notification method and apparatus
Provided are a signal transmitting method and apparatus, and a resource notification method and apparatus. The signal transmitting method includes: transmitting one or more random access signals. A tail end of the one or more random access signals is aligned with a t−Δt position of a signal transmission region in transmission resources of the one or more random access signals, t is a tail end time point of the signal transmission region and Δt is an advance. Alternatively, a transmitting start time point of the one or more random access signals is a result obtained by subtracting the length of the one or more random access signals and the advance from the tail end time point of the signal transmission region in the transmission resources. |
| US10863548B2 |
Group CSI feedback for multicast/broadcast transmission
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive configuration information identifying at least one random access channel resource to be used for channel state information (CSI) feedback regarding a multicast or broadcast (multicast/broadcast) signal; and transmit a signal based at least in part on the CSI feedback using the at least one random access channel resource. In some aspects, a base station may transmit configuration information identifying at least one random access channel resource to be used for CSI feedback regarding a multicast or broadcast (multicast/broadcast) signal to be provided to a plurality of user equipment (UEs); and determine the CSI feedback based at least in part on a signal received on the at least one random access channel resource. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US10863546B2 |
Apparatus and method for adaptive contention window (ACW)
Some embodiments enable improved aggregated throughput and average latency in a wireless communication channel. Wireless electronic devices may implement adaptive contention window (ACW) channel access that improves channel capacity and enables latency sensitive applications (e.g., video streaming), especially when all wireless electronic devices operating on the channel as well as those in proximity utilize ACW channel access. Some embodiments detect when wireless stations on the communication channel as well as wireless stations in proximity are utilizing ACW channel access to obtain a transmit opportunity (TXOP). Based on the detection, an access point (AP) can instruct an associated wireless station to: use ACW channel access to obtain a TXOP, use a different channel access method obtain a TXOP as needed, disassociate and associate with a different AP, or use a different channel access method to obtain a TXOP. |
| US10863532B2 |
Method for transmitting data in a communication system and device therefor
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting data in a wireless communication system. According to an aspect of the present invention, the method comprising: receiving, from an enhanced Node B (eNB), a grant with an indication that indicates at least one radio bearer (RB) of which data should be transmitted using the received grant, wherein each of RBs configured to the UE is associated with a respective logical channel priority; generating a medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU) including data of the indicated at least one RB; and transmitting the MAC PDU using the grant. |
| US10863531B2 |
Method and system for delay aware uplink scheduling in a communication network
This disclosure relates generally to telecommunication networks, and more particularly to a method and system for delay aware uplink scheduling in a communication network. The telecommunication network performs data uplink and data downlink associated with data communication between multiple transmitter-receiver pairs connected to the network, by using specific scheduling schema as part of the data processing. Disclosed are method and system for performing a delay-aware uplink scheduling in the communication network. For an uplink request received from a transmitter, the system estimates downlink delay at the corresponding receiver side. The system further estimates a processing delay for the received uplink request. Based on the estimated downlink delay and the processing delay, the system determines an uplink delay budget for the transmitter. Further, based on the uplink delay budget and an achievable data rate computed for the transmitter, the system schedules uplink for the transmitter. |
| US10863530B2 |
Method and apparatus for adjusting timing in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for operating a terminal, which includes receiving timing advance (TA) information related to an interference, determining whether to apply the TA information related to the interference, and transmitting uplink data based on the TA information related to the interference, and the terminal performing the same. Further, the present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for operating a base station operating with the terminal. |
| US10863528B2 |
Scheduling communications in a wireless network
A wireless device is configured to receive scheduling information at a predetermined time interval from a wireless node. The scheduling information includes a plurality of reception definitions. Each reception definition indicates a reception start time, a reception duration, and assigned frequency information. Each reception definition is derived from a wireless device identification associated with the reception definition. The wireless device is configured to receive data associated with at least one of the reception definitions. |
| US10863527B2 |
System and method for HARQ acknowledgement
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method that includes: transmitting, by a base station, scheduling information for a first uplink transmission to a user equipment with a first beam; receiving, by the base station, a first transmission of the first uplink transmission from the user equipment; and modifying, by the base station, transmission of an acknowledgment for the first uplink transmission in response to receiving an indication from the user equipment that the first beam has failed. |
| US10863526B2 |
System and method for prioritizing data traffic
Described embodiments provide a method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying a first geo-location of a user. A first object associated with a second geo-location may be identified. An estimated travel time of the user between the first geo-location and the second geo-location may be identified. A rate of transmission may be prioritized for the first object based upon, at least in part, the estimated travel time of the user between the first geo-location and the second geo-location. |
| US10863525B1 |
Overcoming carrier aggregation signaling overhead when FirstNet QoS policies are enforced
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, initiating emergency QoS measures in a RAN cell responsive to detecting an emergency condition applicable to the RAN cell, identifying, among a plurality of wireless communication devices served by the RAN cell, a set of non-emergency devices, identifying, among the set of non-emergency devices, one or more carrier aggregation (CA)-prone devices, and applying an updated buffer threshold value for a CA-prone device among the one or more CA-prone devices, to reduce a likelihood of initiation of carrier aggregation for the CA-prone device. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10863522B2 |
System and method for coexistence of low latency and latency tolerant communications
Systems and methods are provided for transmitting and receiving pre-emption indications. The pre-emption indication is transmitted every K symbols or slots, on a group-common physical downlink control channel. The pre-emption indication is in respect of a group of K symbols or slots preceding a symbol or slot containing the group-common pre-emption indication. The group-common pre-emption indication indicates, for the group of K symbols or slots, which resources are pre-empted. The base station schedules resources for first downlink traffic, and transmits the scheduled first downlink traffic subject to pre-emption, and transmits second downlink traffic by pre-empting resources for the first downlink traffic. On the UE side, the UE receives the pre-emption indication. The UE receives its scheduled traffic taking into account the pre-emption indication. |
| US10863520B2 |
Reference signal tone location shift
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a tone satisfying an impairment value. The UE may select configuration information for communicating with a base station based on the tone. The UE may selectively transmit a signal to the base station indicating the configuration information. The UE may receive a configuration signal from the base station indicating a reference signal tone pattern for communicating reference signals between the UE and the base station. |
| US10863518B2 |
Method for handling interference in Bluetooth device having other wireless technology
A method for adjusting frequency channels in a Bluetooth device is provided. The method includes the following steps: providing Bluetooth circuitry and wireless-technology circuitry of the Bluetooth device, wherein the wireless-technology circuitry implements wireless technology other than Bluetooth; and responsive to a band used by the wireless-technology circuitry, replacing a plurality of in-band frequencies of a predetermined train by a plurality of out-of-band frequencies of another predetermined train by the Bluetooth circuitry. |
| US10863515B2 |
Pilot sequences in data streams
A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, an apparatus is configured to determine a plurality of resource units for communication. The apparatus is configured to generate a set of pilot signals in at least one resource unit of the plurality of resource units. The apparatus is configured to transmit the generated set of pilot signals in the at least one resource unit of the plurality of resource units. |
| US10863512B2 |
Power control signaling for multiuser superpostion transmission
Methods of enabling multiuser superposition transmission (MUST) in LTE systems are proposed. MUST operation allows simultaneous transmission for multiple co-channel users on the same time-frequency resources. A higher-layer signaling is used for configuring a UE to enable MUST. When a UE is configured by higher layer to enable MUST, the UE will monitor physical-layer control signaling carrying scheduling information and MUST-related information. Depending on whether MUST exists in each subframe, the UE derives the power allocation between the UE and its co-channel UE on allocated resource blocks. The UE also derives the power allocation based on whether it is configured for CRS-based transmission mode or DMRS-based transmission mode. |
| US10863508B1 |
Techniques for subband based resource allocation for NR-U
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify a subband configuration for a plurality of subbands configured for the UE, the subband configuration including one or more guard bands for the plurality of subbands. The UE may identify one or more resource blocks, in which to transmit a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) communication, based at least in part on the subband configuration. The UE may transmit, to a base station (BS), the PUSCH communication in the one or more resource blocks. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US10863507B2 |
WiFi management interface for microwave radio and reset to factory defaults
WIFI management interfaces for microwave radio and reset to factory defaults are provided herein. Methods may include transmitting or receiving, on a dedicated management interface antenna of the wireless radio management signals, signals in a dedicated band for controlling operations of the wireless radio, and transmitting or receiving, on at least one additional antenna of the wireless radio management signals, signals that are not used for controlling operations of the wireless radio. The dedicated management interface antenna and the at least one additional antenna being physically separated from one another. |
| US10863506B2 |
Virtual multicarrier design for orthogonal frequency division multiple access communications
Embodiments of the present invention provide a virtual multicarrier design for orthogonal frequency division multiple access communications. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US10863502B1 |
Methods and apparatus for carrying out backoff operations
A method is carried out on a device capable of utilizing a high efficiency wireless local area network (HEW) communication protocol and a legacy communication protocol, and includes wirelessly receiving a communication frame; when the measured energy level of the frame exceeds a static clear channel assessment (CCA) energy level, identifying the BSS to which the frame corresponds, wherein identifying the BSS to which the frame corresponds comprises utilizing a BSS identifier included in the frame when the frame is an HEW frame or utilizing a MAC address included in the frame when the frame is a legacy frame; when the frame corresponds to the same BSS as the device, processing the frame utilizing the static CCA energy level; and when the frame corresponds to an overlapping OBSS, processing the frame utilizing a dynamic CCA energy level. |
| US10863497B2 |
Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to phase-continuous frequency selective precoding
Methods, apparatuses, systems, devices, and computer program products directed to phase-continuous frequency selective precoding are provided. Included among these classes are methods for use in connection with dynamic precoding resource block group (PRG) configuration and with codebook based transmission configuration. A representative of such methods may include any of receiving signaling indicating transmit precoding information; determining a candidate PRG size using any of the transmit precoding information, a rule for determining a PRG size and configured PRG sizes; and configuring or reconfiguring a wireless transmit/receive device in accordance with the candidate PRG size. Another of the representative methods may include reporting a transmission coherence capability of a wireless transmit/receive unit; receiving a codebook subset restriction (CB SR) commensurate with the transmission coherence capability; determining a transmit precoding matrix indices (TPM1) size based on the CB SR; receiving a TPM1; and detecting or decoding the TPM1 based on the determined TPM1 size. |
| US10863494B2 |
Control signaling for uplink multiple input multiple output, channel state information reference signal configuration and sounding reference signal configuration
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for time domain resource allocations in wireless communications systems. Disclosed embodiments include time-domain symbol determination and/or indication using a combination of higher layer and downlink control information signaling for physical downlink shared channel and physical uplink shared channel; time domain resource allocations for mini-slot operations; rules for postponing and dropping for multiple mini-slot transmission; and collision handling of sounding reference signals with semi-statically or semi-persistently configured uplink transmissions. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US10863489B2 |
Method for transmitting uplink control information in wireless communication system and device therefor
A method for transmitting an uplink control channel in a wireless communication system and a device therefor are disclosed. In detail, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes generating a third sequence by aggregating a first sequence with a second sequence, generating a fourth sequence by using the generated third sequence and a specific cyclic shift index corresponding to specific uplink control information, and transmitting the uplink control channel by using the generated fourth sequence, wherein the fourth sequence may be transmitted in at least one symbol constituting a resource region allocated for transmission of the uplink control channel, and wherein the fourth sequence may indicate the specific uplink control information transmitted through the uplink control channel. |
| US10863488B2 |
PUCCH transmission method by MTC device
Disclosed is a method for transmitting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) by a machine type communication (MTC) device. The PUCCH transmission method comprises the steps of: receiving configuration for independent PUCCH resources at each repetition level of PUCCH; determining a PUCCH resource corresponding to a repetition level, on the basis of the configuration; and repeatedly transmitting the PUCCH, on the determined resource. |
| US10863487B2 |
Uplink control channel sending method, uplink control channel receiving method, and apparatus
Embodiments of the present invention provide an uplink control channel sending method, an uplink control channel receiving method, and an apparatus. The sending method includes: receiving, by terminal device, downlink data from a network device in each subframe in a first subframe set; obtaining, by the terminal device, first downlink control information from the network device; and sending, by the terminal device, a target physical uplink control channel in a first uplink subframe according to an indication of the first downlink control information. |
| US10863486B2 |
Method and system for handling of special scell selection in dual connectivity
Method and system for handling of special SCell selection in dual connectivity. The present invention relates to the field of wireless communication networks and more particularly to a User Equipment (UE) operating in dual connectivity mode in wireless communication networks. The principal object of the embodiments herein is to provide a method and system for handling of special SCell (PSCell) change by extending Event A3 or Event A5 to PSCell for relative comparison. Another object of the invention is to provide a method and system for handling of special SCell (PSCell) change with a new Event Ax. |
| US10863484B2 |
Indication of random-access channel MSG3 resource duration via random-access channel MSG2
In one aspect, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a base station. The apparatus may determine a duration of an uplink message that is to be sent from a UE. The apparatus may inform the UE regarding the duration of the uplink message through a random-access response message. |
| US10863483B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a electronic device in a communication system
A method and apparatus is provided that controls other electronic devices through one electronic device in a communication system. The electronic device for executing control commands includes a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one of other electronic devices, a memory configured to store identification information about other electronic devices to execute a group control command, and a controller configured to execute, when receiving the control command, the received control command, determine whether the received control command is a group control command that other electronic devices need to execute in the same way as the electronic device, read, when the received control command is a group control command, identification information about at least one of other electronic devices as group control objects from the memory, and transmit the identification information to other electronic devices. |
| US10863482B2 |
Wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication system, and processing method
A wireless communication apparatus, for performing wireless communication with a first wireless communication apparatus based on a discovery signal, includes: a control circuit configured to control a probability of using a radio resource for the discovery signal; and a communication circuit configured to transmit the discovery signal to the first wireless communication apparatus through the radio resource in accordance with the probability. |
| US10863479B2 |
Exchanging group communications over family radio service (FRS) channels
A group communication service establishes a communication group comprising a plurality of user nodes configured to receive and transmit user node communications between group communication members over a wireless network. A Family Radio Service (FRS) channel configuration is embedded into each of the plurality of user nodes within the communication group which identifies a designated FRS channel to exchange user node communications. The group communication service detects a trigger to activate an FRS mode and transfers an instruction to each of the plurality of user nodes to identify the FRS channel for the user node communications based on the FRS channel configuration. In response to transferring the instruction to each of the plurality of user nodes, the group communication service receives user node communications from and distributes user node communications to members of the communication group over the designated FRS channel. |
| US10863478B2 |
Base station, mobility management apparatus, radio terminal, and network apparatus
A user equipment, method, and chipset use a first formula to determine a paging frame which is a radio frame including a paging occasion for the user equipment after the user equipment is configured with an idle mode extended DRX (Discontinuous Reception) cycle, a second formula to determine a subframe from among the paging frame, as the paging occasion, and a third formula to determine a paging hyper-frame. DRX parameters are applied to the first formula and the second formula, but not to the third formula. An idle mode extended DRX cycle is applied to the third formula, which is represented by H-SFN mod TeDRX=α mod TeDRX, where the H-SFN represents a hyper-frame number of the paging hyper-frame, the TeDRX represents the number of the hyper-frames corresponding to the idle mode extended DRX cycle, and the α represents a value specific to the user equipment. |
| US10863476B2 |
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for paging enhancements for low complexity user equipment
Embodiments described herein relate generally to techniques for paging in a wireless network. In some embodiments, a mobility management entity (MME) may determine a user equipment (UE) is associated with a predetermined category and adjust paging mechanisms based on said determination. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US10863473B2 |
Methods, network, integrated circuitry and apparatus for telecommunications device location
A method for use in a wireless telecommunications network comprising a core network, two or more base stations each providing wireless connectivity within a base station cell, and a terminal device configured to communicate wirelessly with the base stations by a communication mode, and the method being a positioning method for determining a position of the terminal device, comprises sending one or more positioning signals between the base stations and the terminal device during a transmission phase of the method, and using measured arrival times of the positioning signals to triangulate a position of the terminal device, wherein during the transmission phase the terminal device is in an energy saving communication mode. |
| US10863465B2 |
Synchronized wireless signal transmission by endpoints controlled by a central controller
Techniques are disclosed to synchronize wireless signal transmission by endpoints controlled by a central controller. For example, an example method of wireless communication includes receiving, at a first device, over a wired medium between the first device and a second device, a plurality of packets from the second device. Each of the plurality of packets comprises data representative of a portion of a signal corresponding to a wireless medium. The method further includes receiving, at the first device, from the second device over the wired medium a synchronization signal based on a common master clock at the second device. The method further includes synchronizing, at the first device, a local clock of the first device to the common master clock based on the synchronization signal. The method further includes reconstructing the signal corresponding to the wireless medium based on the plurality of packets and the synchronized local clock. |
| US10863461B2 |
Method and apparatus for receiving a synchronization signal
A method for a terminal to receive a synchronization signal is disclosed in the present invention. The method receives a message including a synchronization signal block indicator indicating one or more synchronization signal block groups including at least one transmission synchronization signal block among a plurality of synchronization signal block groups grouped by the prescribed number of candidate synchronization block positions of a synchronization signal block including a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal, and a physical broadcast channel signal, and can receive the at least one transmission synchronization signal block based on the message. |
| US10863457B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling antennas in wireless communication system
The disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as long-term evolution (LTE). A method of operating a terminal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor are provided. The method includes detecting one or more states associated with antennas arranged in the terminal, activating a first antenna, among the antennas, based on the one or more states associated with antennas and deactivating a second antenna, among the antennas, based on the one or more states associated with the antennas. |
| US10863454B2 |
Method and device for transmitting power headroom information in communication system
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique which combines IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than existing 4G systems, and a system thereof. The present disclosure can be applied to an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, and services related to health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety, etc.) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The present method provides a power headroom information transmission method of a terminal, the headroom information transmission method including: a step of determining whether to transmit second power headroom information, on the basis of information about each beam included in first power headroom information, in a wireless communication system supporting beamforming; and a step of transmitting the second power headroom information to a base station when the transmission of the second power headroom information is determined. |
| US10863449B2 |
Uplink channel sending method and apparatus
The present invention relates to the communications field, and provides an uplink data sending method and apparatus, so as to adapt to uplink channel sending in a case of a shortened transmission cycle. The method includes: performing, by a terminal, power control depending on whether a time domain resource on which an uplink channel is located carries a reference signal (RS) of the uplink channel; determining first transmission power of a first uplink channel; and sending, by the terminal, the first uplink channel at the first transmission power. The foregoing method improves accuracy of uplink channel demodulation by a base station. |
| US10863447B2 |
Method and apparatus for multi-antenna transmission in vehicle to vehicle communication
A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a base station (BS), configuration information for a power control of a sidelink and a downlink reference signal (RS) to measure a downlink channel from the BS, wherein the sidelink is established between the UE and another UE; receiving, from the BS, the downlink RS based on the configuration information; calculating a first pathloss for the downlink channel between the UE and the BS based on the configuration information; identifying a second pathloss for the sidelink between the UE and the other UE; and transmitting, to the other UE, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) based on the first pathloss and the second pathloss. |
| US10863444B2 |
Power configuration method and related device
A power configuration method and a related device are provided. The method includes: receiving a first power configuration parameter and a second power configuration parameter from a network device; and when receiving a reference signal and data of a first antenna port group and a reference signal and data of a second antenna port group, determining, based on the first power configuration parameter and the reference signal of the first antenna port group, a power of the data that is from the first antenna port group, and determining, based on the second power configuration parameter and the reference signal of the second antenna port group, a power of the data that is from the second antenna port group, so that data sent by a corresponding antenna port group can be separately demodulated based on an obtained power, thereby improving accuracy for demodulating data of a plurality of antenna port groups. |
| US10863442B2 |
System, method, and computer program for adapting power usage of a mobile unit
The present invention relates to a system (100), a method (200) and a computer program for adapting power usage of a mobile unit (110) that is configured to communicate data to a base unit (120). In wearable/portable modules, the power needed by an ISM radio link between the wearable/portable mobile unit (110) and the (quasi-)stationary base unit (120) is determined primarily by the attenuation of the transmitted wave between transmitter and receiver. By monitoring the power setting needed for the transmitter to maintain the link, that information can be used to optimize the position of the base unit (120) for achieving lowest power consumption in the battery operated mobile unit (110). |
| US10863441B2 |
Bluetooth low power node latency optimization
A system and method for optimizing battery life in Bluetooth low power nodes without appreciably affecting latency is disclosed. The low power node may vary its PollTimeout value based on certain criteria, including time of day, ambient conditions or input from other devices. In this way, power consumption is minimized during those times when latency is not anticipated to be problematic, while latency is reduced during other times. In another embodiment, the low power node may save preconstructed messages before going into a low power or sleep mode to minimize the time required to transmit those messages. |
| US10863440B2 |
Mobile device for power reduction and method thereof
A device and a method for saving power in a mobile electronic device are provided. A mobile electronic device includes a plurality of antennas and a transceiver, wherein the transceiver includes a control unit configured to switch to a low power mode to operate in the low power mode, or to operate at least one of the plurality of antennas in the low power mode when a data non-transmission period occurs for a predetermined time in an active state. |
| US10863433B2 |
Power saving on UE reports
A method of wireless communication of a UE is provided. The UE determines a first value of one or more parameters indicating a reception condition of a channel from a base station. The UE determines to adjust channel state information (CSI) reporting based on the first value. The UE transmits UE-assisted information to the base station, and the UE-assisted information includes the one or more parameters or an indication of an adjusted reporting schedule of the CSI reporting. Alternatively, the UE refrains from transmitting a CSI report scheduled in accordance with an existing reporting schedule of the CSI reporting. |
| US10863430B2 |
Method and device for connecting single AP device among multiple AP devices on same network to terminal
A method of connecting an access point (AP) device is provided. The method includes receiving media access control (MAC) address information of a terminal from the terminal through an external device, registering the received MAC address information, and determining whether the registered MAC address information corresponding to MAC address information registered to another AP device. In response to the registered MAC address information corresponding to the MAC address information registered to the other AP device, an AP device managing the registered MAC address information is determined among the AP device and the other AP device. A connection request is received from the terminal, and the terminal is connected to the AP device based on whether MAC address information of the connection request is corresponding to the registered MAC address information. |
| US10863428B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for optimized tune away procedures
A user equipment and a method performed by the user equipment that has a transceiver configured to enable the user equipment to establish a connection with a first network and a second network. The method including establishing a connection to each of the first network and the second network, tuning away from the first network to the second network, tuning back to the first network from the second network and determining whether to perform a network operation with the first network after tuning back to the first network. |
| US10863426B2 |
Terminal associated with a first base station accessing a network via a second base station
The present disclosure provides a terminal, a base station and methods for communications between the terminal and the base station, and for the terminal to access a network. According to one exemplary method, a terminal sends a first message to a base station via a first channel, the first message being used to request access to a network. The terminal receives a second message from a first base station via a second channel, the second message including channel plan information for determining a first network connection plan. The terminal determines the first network connection plan according to the channel plan information and accesses the network via a second base station according to the first network connection plan. Channel use plan of the base station can be obtained through signaling interactions in the process of network connection. The terminal can determine whether the network can be accessed and access the network accordingly. |
| US10863425B2 |
Information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and program
A technique by which a user such as an administrator can appropriately manage activation and stoppage of services that enables performance from an external apparatus of setting for connecting an information processing apparatus to a particular network is provided. A printer (information processing apparatus) activates a wireless LAN setting service in a state in which a wireless network I/F is caused to operate in an access point mode. The printer, via the wireless network I/F, receives network setting information transmitted from the mobile terminal for setting using the wireless LAN setting service. When the network setting information is received, the printer stops the wireless LAN setting service. |
| US10863424B2 |
Technique for transmitting discovery-related signals from a transmission point to a user equipment
A technique for transmitting discovery-related signals from a transmission point to a UE is disclosed, wherein the transmission point (TP) is adapted to transmit at least two distinct discovery-related signals to be received by the UE. A method aspect (in the TP) comprises transmitting the first discovery-related signal by applying a first beamforming, and transmitting the second discovery-related signal by applying a second beamforming, wherein the steps of transmitting are performed simultaneously in a time domain and/or a space domain, and wherein the first and second beamforming are different. A further method aspect (in the UE) comprises detecting, in the received discovery-related signalling, at least one discovery-related signal in at least the first beam and/or the second beam from the transmission point based on a received distinction between discovery-related signals on the first beam or the second beam, wherein the first beam is different from the second beam. |
| US10863415B2 |
Unified access control
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for configuring a user equipment (UE) to perform access control, for example, applying rules that differentiate between states (e.g., idle, inactive, and connected states) of the UE. |
| US10863414B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for authorizing utilization of enhanced coverage
According to certain embodiments there is disclosed herein a method for authorizing utilization of enhanced coverage. The method comprises receiving a first message indicating that a first wireless device supports one or more enhanced coverage features. The method additionally includes obtaining an identification of the first wireless device. The method further includes obtaining, based on the identification of the first wireless device, an indication of whether the first wireless device is authorized to access the one or more enhanced coverage features or the first wireless device is not authorized to access the one or more enhanced coverage features. |
| US10863409B2 |
Mobile communication device and communication medium information generating device
A mobile communication device includes: a monitoring unit that monitors conditions of communication media; a control unit that controls switching communication media based on information indicating a communication medium having a good condition in each of a plurality of travel sections; and a switching unit that switches the communication medium to be used, wherein when a mobile object moves from a first section to a second section, the control unit causes the monitoring unit to monitor, in an area including a boundary between the first and second sections, radio wave conditions of a first communication medium having a good radio wave condition in the first section and a second communication medium having a good radio wave condition in the second section, and instructs the switching unit to perform switchover from the first communication medium to the second communication medium, based on results from the monitoring unit. |
| US10863406B2 |
Cell change method, terminal, and network device
The present disclosure discloses a cell change method, a terminal, and a network device. By implementing this application, a problem that a receiving success rate of the change command cannot be improved when the another intra-frequency measurement event except the event 1D is triggered can be resolved. |
| US10863404B2 |
Satellite load balancing
A system includes a computer that is programmed to actuate to switch from a first satellite link between a terminal and a first satellite to a second satellite link upon determining that a data throughput of the first satellite relative to a first satellite throughput capacity exceeds a threshold. |
| US10863403B2 |
System and method for enhanced client roaming
An access point is provided for use with a neighboring access point and a client. The access point includes: a receiving component that receives a neighbor report request; a transmitting component that transmits a second neighbor report request and a soft resource request to the neighboring access point; and a report generating component that generates a neighbor report. The receiving component also receives resource response data of the neighboring access point associated with the second neighbor report request and receives soft resource response data of the neighboring access point associated with the soft resource request. The report generating component generates the neighbor report based on the resource response data and the soft resource response data of the neighboring access point. The transmitting component transmits the neighbor report to the client. |
| US10863402B2 |
Session initiation protocol (SIP) based user initiated handoff
Method and apparatus for providing a solution to the handoff problem includes negotiation of new media codes (coders/decoders) for utilization in cases where the two devices involved in the handoff are incompatible. Although mobile IP (MIP) is presently utilized to perform handoff procedures, this technique lacks a trigger mechanism to initiate handoff between two different devices which communicate with two different networks or one common network. In addition, MIP does not address the issue of compatibilities between media types, codes and supported bit rate. The handoff utilizes a session protocol (SIP) message for handoff. |
| US10863401B2 |
V2X communication over multiple radio access types
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for V2X communication over multiple radio access types. One method includes establishing, via a remote unit, multiple network connections for communication with a mobile network and multiple network connections for V2X communication with other remote units over multiple radio access types. The method includes receiving a request to transmit a V2X communication. The method includes determining whether the V2X communication is to be transmitted via a communication with a mobile network or a V2X communication with other remote units. The method includes determining a radio access type of the multiple radio access types for transmitting the V2X communication via V2X communication. The method includes selecting a cell that supports V2X resource management for the V2X communication. The method includes requesting resources via the cell for transmitting the V2X communication. |
| US10863398B2 |
Device and method of handling a handover
A network comprising a first BS for handling a handover comprises at least one storage device for storing instructions and at least one processing circuit coupled to the at least one storage device. The at least one processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the at least one storage device. The instructions comprise the first BS receiving a Handover Request message from a second BS, wherein the Handover Request message comprises a first plurality of UE capabilities, and the first plurality of UE capabilities indicate a first maximum reception (RX) bandwidth (BW) (RX_BW) for a frequency band; the first BS obtaining a first RX_BW and a first location of the first RX_BW at a first carrier; the first BS generating a handover command configuring the first communication device; and the first BS transmitting a Handover Request Acknowledge message comprising the handover command, to the second BS. |
| US10863397B2 |
Opportunistic use of the cellular capabilities of a paired device
A device, system and method for a user equipment (UE) to opportunistically utilize the wireless capabilities of a paired device. The UE is configured to establish a first cellular network connection based on a first subscription, a second cellular network connection based on a second subscription and a connection to a further UE based on a short-range communication protocol. The UE identifies a predetermined condition and transmits an indication to the further UE based on the predetermined condition. The further UE establishes a further cellular network connection in response to the indication and the further cellular network connection is based on one of the first subscription or the second subscription. The UE then declares no service for one of the first cellular network connection or the second cellular network connection based on the further cellular network connection. |
| US10863393B2 |
State switching method, state keeping method, devices and user equipment
The disclosure relates to a state switching method, a state keeping method and devices. The method includes determining whether a user equipment (UE) is in an inactive state, wherein the inactive state is an intermediate state between a connect state and an idle state; determining whether the UE meets a predetermined condition; and switching the UE from the inactive state to the idle state when it is determined that the UE is in the inactive state and meets the predetermined condition. |
| US10863388B2 |
Spectrum sharing with switching of tier levels between networks and/or devices
In a device including a processor and a memory in communication with the processor, the memory includes executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the device to perform functions of receiving, from a first network assigned to a first tier level, a request for tier level switch from the first tier level to a second tier level; determining that a second network assigned to the second tier level is capable of switching from the second tier level to another tier level; assigning, to the second network, a channel of the first tier level; and assigning, to the first network, a channel of the second tier level. |
| US10863386B1 |
State machine handling at a proxy node in an ethernet-based fronthaul network
Techniques are described to provide for state machine handling at a proxy node in an Ethernet-based fronthaul network. In one example, a method includes performing, by a proxy node of a fronthaul network, negotiation operations associated with establishing a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) communication link between radio devices of the fronthaul network, wherein the negotiation operations comprise Layer 1 synchronization operations and Radio over Ethernet (RoE) validation operations for one or more link bit rates; and facilitating communications between the radio devices at a matching link bit rate upon completion of the negotiation operations. |
| US10863384B2 |
Interface method between central aggregate apparatus and extension apparatus, and radio control system
An interface method between a central-aggregate apparatus and an extension apparatus is provided, which includes: transmitting, by the central-aggregate apparatus, uplink signal indication information for a user equipment and an identifier of the user equipment to the extension apparatus; retaining, by the extension apparatus, the identifier and uplink signal information extracted from the received uplink signal indication information and transmitting an uplink signal indication to the user equipment; receiving an uplink signal transmitted from the user equipment based on one or both of the retained uplink signal information and identifier; extracting data information from the uplink signal, estimating uplink communication quality based on the uplink signal, and transmitting one or both of the extracted data information and the estimated uplink communication quality to the central-aggregate apparatus; and receiving, by the central-aggregate apparatus, one or both of the data information and the uplink communication quality from the extension apparatus. |
| US10863376B2 |
Measurement job creation and performance data reporting for advanced networks including network slicing
Various embodiments herein define a performance data and measurement job creation solutions for advanced networks including network slicing, based on a service-based framework. The embodiments allow different kinds of consumers to flexibly use performance management services and performance data services, to collect real-time performance data and/or periodical performance data. |
| US10863372B2 |
Packet analysis program, packet analyzing apparatus, and packet analysis method for estimating wireless quality according to a packet analysis
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing therein a packet analysis program for causing a computer to execute a process comprising detecting, from a plurality of received ACK packets, a successive ACK packet group including a plurality of ACK packets for which each reception interval is smaller than a first reference value and in which a round-trip time of each ACK packet becomes shorter in order of reception, and estimating wireless quality based on the number of ACK packets constituting the successive ACK packet group. |
| US10863362B2 |
Interference avoidance in unlicensed band
Provided is a communication method for interference avoidance in an unlicensed band. A transmission node transmits in the unlicensed band a preemption signal to a target reception node. Upon receiving a ready signal from the target reception node, the transmission node transmits in the unlicensed band a data signal to the target reception node. The preemption signal is transmitted by means of a narrow beam having substantially the same width and direction as the data signal. |
| US10863361B2 |
Electronic device, wireless communication method and computer readable medium
The disclosure relates to an electronic device for wireless communication, a wireless communication method and a computer readable medium. According to an embodiment, an electronic device for wireless communication includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a parameter related to a behavior characteristic of a mobile access point. The processing circuitry is further configure to determine a spectrum allocation manner for the mobile access point based on the parameter. |
| US10863360B2 |
Cellular telecommunications network
A method of operating a cellular telecommunications network having a plurality of base stations, wherein each base station of the plurality of base stations has an operational parameter being one of a set of values, wherein the set includes k values, the method including defining a first graph comprising a first plurality of nodes and a first plurality of edges, wherein a node of the first plurality of nodes represents a first base station of the plurality of base stations, and an edge of the first plurality of edges represents a first neighboring relationship between two base stations of the plurality of base stations, wherein each edge of the first plurality of edges has an associated first weight value; partitioning the first graph into k sub-first graphs, each having a first subset of the plurality of nodes and a first subset of the plurality of edges, such as to minimize a first sum value of the first weight values of the first subset of the plurality of edges in all k sub-first graphs; calculating a first conflict value for the k sub-first graphs based on the first sum value; determining whether to initiate a change relating to the operating parameter to one or more base stations in the plurality of base stations based on the first conflict value. |
| US10863353B2 |
Method and arrangement for detecting subscriber identity
Method and arrangement for detecting subscriber identity. The method includes: capturing in a fake base station at least one wireless message transmitted from a mobile subscriber apparatus interoperable with a mobile phone system; detecting an encrypted subscriber identity from the at least one captured wireless message; and retrieving an unencrypted subscriber identity from an entity inside an infrastructure of the mobile phone system based on the encrypted subscriber identity. |
| US10863348B1 |
Spread spectrum signature reduction
A system and method for secure communications is disclosed which includes a processor(s) of a first appliqué spreading an uplink signal of a user from user equipment, where the first appliqué is coupled to the user equipment, and where the user equipment is connected to a mobile network. The processor(s) frequency shifts the spread uplink signal to maintain orthogonality over the mobile network. |
| US10863346B2 |
Wireless profile sharing method
Disclosed is a method feasible for a hidden non-ASCII SSID. The method is carried out by a to-be-set wireless device and includes: broadcasting a beacon signal carrying predetermined data detectable to an already-set wireless device; wirelessly connecting to the already-set wireless device; receiving the profile data of a target wireless device from the already-set wireless device and then wirelessly disconnecting the already-set wireless device, wherein the SSID of the target wireless device is a hidden non-ASCII SSID; acquiring packets for establishment of connection between the already-set wireless device and the target wireless device according to the profile data; obtaining the raw data of the SSID according to the content of the packets and then connecting to the target wireless device according to the profile data and the raw data; and transmitting a connection success message to the already-set wireless device via the target wireless device. |
| US10863339B1 |
Safety notification service
An automated safety notification system is proposed herein in which one or more safe zone access points may be physically deployed to one or more safe zones associated with a disaster area. If a person with a mobile phone or other mobile device enters the safe zone, the safe zone access point may detect the presence of the mobile device and perform certain functions in response to the detection. For example, the safe zone access point may initiate contact of a predetermined plurality of contacts that the person may have already designated before the disaster. The safe zone access point may also be used to initiate an insurance claim. |
| US10863335B2 |
Vehicle trailer angle detection system using short range communication devices
A communication system for vehicles includes a first communication device disposed at a trailer and a second communication device disposed at a vehicle. The communication device wirelessly transmits a communication to the second communication device, and the second communication device receives the transmitted communication from the first communication device. Responsive to processing of the transmitted communication received by the second communication device, the communication system determines an angle of the trailer relative to the vehicle. The first and second communication devices may include first and second dedicated short range communication devices. One of the devices may include spaced apart antennae, whereby the system may determine the angle of the trailer via triangulation based on an antenna of one of the communication devices and the spaced apart antennae of the other of the communication devices. |
| US10863333B2 |
Federated insertion of 3rd party software as a service for network slices
Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums for federating an enterprise and a SaaS provider across one or more network slices of a network service provider. A SaaS provided by a SaaS provider for provisioning to an enterprise can be recognized. One or more network slices within a network of a network service provider between the enterprise and the SaaS provider can be identified. The one or more network slices can be used to provision the SaaS to the enterprise. As follows, the SaaS provider can be federated with the enterprise across one or more network service providers, including the network service provider. Specifically, the SaaS provider can be federated with the enterprise by uniquely associating the one or more network slices provided by the network service provider with the SaaS provisioned by the SaaS provider to the enterprise. |
| US10863332B2 |
Roadside communication apparatus and in-vehicle communication apparatus
An object of the present invention is to provide a roadside communication apparatus and an in-vehicle communication apparatus capable of reducing an increase in a traffic amount in a roadside-to-vehicle communication. A roadside communication apparatus according to the present invention includes: an inter-vehicle transmission-and-reception service processing unit transmitting and receiving a roadside-to-vehicle message and an inter-vehicle message; a communication transfer unit providing a transaction service and a transfer service; a roadside-to-vehicle application processing unit; an inter-vehicle application processing unit; a transmission-and-reception condition management unit managing a transmission-and-reception condition of an inter-vehicle message which the inter-vehicle application processing unit transmits to and receives from the communication device; and a roadside communication management unit managing a connection state with the communication device, wherein the roadside communication management unit manages a connection state with the communication device based on a reception condition of the inter-vehicle message notified by the transmission-and-reception condition management unit. |
| US10863326B2 |
Wireless service provider system and process for providing customizable wireless service for a wireless device
A wireless service provider system for authorizing wireless service on a wireless device includes a backend system. The backend system configured receive a request for the wireless service along with a monetary value of the wireless service in any requested amount from the connected device, receive a payment authorization or a verification of payment for the wireless service in the requested amount from the connected device, and receive a request from the connected device for allocating the wireless service. |
| US10863321B2 |
Method and device for transmitting and receiving data using Bluetooth technology
The present invention relates to a method and device for transmitting and receiving, by a first device, data using Bluetooth. The present invention provides a method and device wherein the first device: generates a group for group communication with a plurality of devices; exchanges, with the plurality of devices, first configuration information of the group for the group communication; establishes Bluetooth connection to the plurality of devices on the basis of the first configuration information, the Bluetooth connection being established using a broadcasting channel or a time division technique for establishing simultaneous connection to the plurality of devices; and transmits and receives voice data to and from the plurality of devices by using a specific channel. |
| US10863320B2 |
Transmission/reception method for MTC apparatus
A method for receiving a signal of a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), includes receiving first information specifying a plurality of subframes used for the wireless device, determining multiple downlink subframes, to receive a signal of a first PDSCH, based on the plurality of subframes specified in the first information, receiving the signal of the first PDSCH which is repeated over the determined multiple downlink subframes and based on that the signal of the first PDSCH includes a first system information block (SIB), determining that a signal of a second PDSCH including a data other than the first SIB is not transmitted in the determined multiple downlink subframes, wherein the first SIB is dedicated for the wireless device and different from a SIB for a user equipment (UE) used by a user. |
| US10863313B2 |
Network architecture and methods for location services
UE location determined by collecting and preprocessing signal data at a detector and sending extracted data to a remote locate server. The detector buffers samples from signals provided by receive channels, detects known reference signals from receive channels based on reference signal parameters, isolates symbols carrying the reference signal from frames, extracts data from symbols, and sends extracted data to locate server. The locate server receives the extracted data, estimates locate observables based on the extracted data and calculates the UE location based on the estimated locate observables, the reference signal parameters and the extracted data. The detector and/or the server may also generate correlation coefficients between reference signals carrying spectrum received from a serving cell and utilize the correlation coefficients to cancel a serving cell signal in symbols that include known in advance reference signals from the serving cell and one or more neighboring cells of the wireless system. |
| US10863309B2 |
Message sending method in local area network, local area network gateway, and wearable device
A method includes: after receiving a service request that is sent by a first device connected in a local area network and that includes a called object identifier and a service type, sending, by a local area network gateway, a prompt message including a list of second devices supporting the service type to a wearable device corresponding to the called object identifier, then obtaining information about a second device selected by a user by using the wearable device, and establishing a communication connection that is between the first device and the second device and that supports the service type, so that the first device communicates with the second device. |
| US10863308B2 |
Assistance data transmission method, device, and system
An assistance data transmission method, a device, and a system are provided. The method includes: obtaining, by a network device, assistance data from a positioning data center; and sending the assistance data to a terminal device in a broadcast manner, where the assistance data is data used by the terminal device to perform positioning. The assistance data is broadcast to the terminal device in the broadcast manner. |
| US10863306B2 |
Auto-configuring radio beacons
Various embodiments each include at least one of systems, methods, devices, and software for auto-configuring of radio beacon devices. One embodiment includes a method that detects a beacon device has been connected to a computing device and retrieving beacon identifying data from the beacon device. The method may then query a backend system based on the beacon identifying data to determine whether the beacon identifying data has been previously configured in the backend system. When the beacon device has been previously configured in the backend system, the method includes issuing a command to the backend system to remove the previous configuration of the beacon device then issuing a data write command to the backend system to configure the beacon device in the backend system in association with the computing device. |
| US10863304B2 |
Signal processing apparatus for determining location of mobile terminal and method thereof
A method of determining a location of a mobile terminal location is provided. The method includes respectively receiving, by two antennas, first and second reception signals from the mobile terminal, calculating, by a communication module, a reception strength value (hereinafter referred to as RSSI_1) of the first reception signal and a reception strength value (hereinafter referred to as RSSI_2) of the second reception signal, and determining, by a location determination module, a region where the mobile terminal is located, based on a result obtained by comparing one RSSI of the RSSI_1 and the RSSI_2 with a reference value set based on a decision tree technique and a result obtained by comparing the one RSSI with a detailed reference value set based on a hysteresis technique. |
| US10863300B2 |
Spatial audio for interactive audio environments
Systems and methods of presenting an output audio signal to a listener located at a first location in a virtual environment are disclosed. According to embodiments of a method, an input audio signal is received. For each sound source of a plurality of sound sources in the virtual environment, a respective first intermediate audio signal corresponding to the input audio signal is determined, based on a location of the respective sound source in the virtual environment, and the respective first intermediate audio signal is associated with a first bus. For each of the sound sources of the plurality of sound sources in the virtual environment, a respective second intermediate audio signal is determined. The respective second intermediate audio signal corresponds to a reflection of the input audio signal in a surface of the virtual environment. The respective second intermediate audio signal is determined based on a location of the respective sound source, and further based on an acoustic property of the virtual environment. The respective second intermediate audio signal is associated with a second bus. The output audio signal is presented to the listener via the first bus and the second bus. |
| US10863295B2 |
Indoor/outdoor playback device calibration
Techniques described herein may involve calibration of playback devices in indoor and outdoor environments. An example implementation may involve a playback device applying a first equalization profile that at least partially offsets acoustic characteristics of a first zone in a media playback system, the first zone corresponding to an indoor environment. The playback device may play back audio content using the first equalization profile and record, via one or more microphones, at least a portion of the played back audio content. Based on the recorded audio content, the playback device may detect that the playback device has been moved to an outdoor environment. Responsive to detecting that the playback device has been moved to the outdoor environment, the playback device applies a second equalization profile that calibrates the playback device to the outdoor environment. |
| US10863294B1 |
Method and system for vision-based defect detection
A method and a system for vision-based defect detection are proposed. The method includes the following steps. A test audio signal is outputted to a device-under-test (DUT), and a response signal of the DUT with respect to the test audio signal is received to generate a received audio signal. Signal processing is performed on the received audio signal to generate a spectrogram, and whether the DUT has a defect is determined through computer vision according to the spectrogram. |
| US10863293B2 |
Electro-acoustic conversion device and terminal
The present disclosure discloses an electro-acoustic conversion device and a terminal. The electro-acoustic conversion device includes a housing, an electro-acoustic component, and a vibration element. The housing is provided with a sound chamber and a sound outlet communicating with the sound chamber. The electro-acoustic component is arranged in the sound chamber. The vibration element is fixed to the housing and configured to generate sound waves to atomize liquid in the sound chamber, so that the atomized liquid is discharged outside the sound chamber through the sound outlet. |
| US10863290B1 |
Charging and drying station for hearing aid device
A charging and drying station for a hearing aid device includes a hearing aid charger, a main casing, and a drying arrangement. The main casing has a drying platform, a charger accommodating cavity, a supporting compartment and a drying compartment. The drying arrangement includes a thermal dryer provided in the supporting compartment for generating heat in the drying platform. The hearing aid charging is detachably attached on the main casing in the charger accommodating cavity so that the housing of the hearing aid device is capable of being disposed on the hearing aid charger while the earplug of the hearing aid device is arranged to be disposed on the drying platform so as to allow the hearing aid device is capable of being simultaneously recharged and dried by the hearing aid charger and the drying arrangement respectively. |
| US10863287B2 |
Scene and state augmented signal shaping and separation
Scene and/or state information may be used to facilitate processing an input to separate one or more signals within the input, to shape the signal within the input, and/or for other processing of the input or signal(s) within the input. A scene determination may be made based upon location data, time data, data describing the received input, or other basis. A state determination may be made based upon the scene determination, properties of a signal itself, or other information such as location, time, etc. By determining an appropriate scene and/or state, processing of an input and/or a signal within an input may proceed in a fashion determined to provide the most valuable information for output. Systems and methods in accordance with the invention may be implemented in a wide variety of baseband processing systems, such as hearing aids and energy consumption monitoring systems. |
| US10863286B2 |
Multifunction system and method for integrated hearing and communication with noise cancellation and feedback management
Systems, devices, and methods for communication include an ear canal microphone configured for placement in the ear canal to detect high frequency sound localization cues. An external microphone positioned away from the ear canal can detect low frequency sound, such that feedback can be substantially reduced. The canal microphone and the external microphone are coupled to a transducer, such that the user perceives sound from the external microphone and the canal microphone with high frequency localization cues and decreased feedback. Wireless circuitry can be configured to connect to many devices with a wireless protocol, such that the user can receive and transmit audio signals. A bone conduction sensor can detect near-end speech of the user for transmission with the wireless circuitry in a noisy environment. Noise cancellation of background sounds near the user can be provided. |
| US10863285B2 |
Modular hearing instrument comprising electro-acoustic calibration parameters
A hearing instrument includes: a first portion shaped and sized for placement at a pinna of a user's ear; and a second portion having an earpiece for placement in the user's ear canal; wherein the second portion also comprises a connector assembly configured for electrically coupling to the first portion, the connector assembly having a plurality of connector wires, the plurality of connector wires comprising a first connector wire; wherein the second portion also comprises a receiver or miniature loudspeaker for receipt of an audio drive signal through at least the first connector wire; and wherein the second portion also comprises a non-volatile memory circuit having a data interface configured for receipt and transmittal of module data, the non-volatile memory circuit configured to store the module data, wherein the stored module data at least comprises electroacoustic calibration parameter(s) of the receiver or the miniature loudspeaker. |
| US10863281B2 |
Display apparatus for generating sound by panel vibration type
A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image; a plate on a rear surface of the display panel; a rear structure on a rear surface of the plate and configured to support the display panel; a vibration member configured to vibrate the plate; and a first supporting member between a periphery of the plate and the rear structure. |
| US10863276B2 |
Soundbar
A soundbar includes a housing, at least two transducers of a first group and at least one transducer of a second group. The at least two transducers of the first group are arranged at the front side of the housing and configured to emit sound in a first direction in accordance with two first audio signals so as to reproduce a two dimensional sound field. The at least one transducer of a second group is arranged at second side of the housing and configured to emit sound in a second direction in accordance with a second audio signal such that the sound emitted by the at least one transducer of the second group reaches a predefined listener's position in a reflected manner to extend the two dimensional sound field in a height direction. The reflection reflecting the sound emitted by the at least one transducer of the second group has an order of at least two. |
| US10863273B2 |
Modified directional effect
An example method is performed by a media playback system comprising a plurality of audio drivers configured to output audio content according to a first radiation pattern that produces an inherent directional effect. Based on data representing positions of one or more listeners in a listening area, the system determines first and second transfer functions corresponding to the first and second audio drivers, respectively. One or both of the transfer functions configure the first and second audio drivers to output audio content according to a second radiation pattern that produces a modified directional effect relative to the first radiation pattern. The system applies the transfer function to audio content thereby causing the first and second audio drivers to play back audio content according to the second radiation pattern. |
| US10863272B2 |
System identification device, system identification method, system identification program, and recording medium recording system identification program
A system identification device for performing fast real-time identification for a system from input/output data includes a filter robust to disturbance, by setting the maximum energy gain from the disturbance to a filter error, as an evaluation criterion, smaller than a given upper limit. The filter estimates a state estimation value of a state of the system. |
| US10863270B1 |
Beamforming for a wearable computer
A wearable computer is configured to use beamforming techniques to isolate a user's speech from extraneous audio signals occurring within a physical environment. A microphone array of the wearable computer may generate audio signal data from an utterance from a user's mouth. A motion sensor(s) of the wearable computer may generate motion data from movement of the wearable computer. This motion data may be used to determine a direction vector pointing from the wearable computer to the user's mouth, and a beampattern may be defined that has a beampattern direction in substantial alignment with the determined direction vector to focus the microphone array on the user's mouth for speech isolation. |
| US10863269B2 |
Spatial double-talk detector
Double-talk detection systems and methods are provided that include a plurality of microphones and array processing to detect when a vehicle occupant is speaking. One or more array processors combine the microphone signals to provide a primary signal and a reference signal. The responses of the primary signal and the reference signal are different in the direction of an occupant location. A comparison of energy content is made between the primary signal and reference signal to selectively indicate double-talk based on the comparison. |
| US10863265B2 |
Audio loudspeaker array and related methods
An audio speaker includes a frame or manifold supporting a plurality of drivers electrically connected to operate in common acoustic phase. The plurality of drivers includes an inner group of drivers and an outer group of drivers at least partially surrounding the inner group of drivers. An electrical input of the outer group of drivers may be delayed relative an electrical input of the inner group of drivers depending on several factors including the selected frame on which the plurality of drivers is mounted. |
| US10863263B2 |
Acoustic lens and speaker system
Acoustic lens includes a plurality of fins arranged at a predetermined interval. At least one fin among the plurality of fins includes: first notch portion provided on a front side of a path of a sound; and second notch portion provided on a rear side of the path of the sound. Second notch portion has a shape corresponding to a shape of a diaphragm of a speaker disposed in proximity to the fin. |
| US10863252B2 |
Steam quality process monitor
A steam quality process monitor system and method includes a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a processor and memory configured: to determine a steam quality value of an input steam supply based on a reading of the temperature sensor and a reading the pressure sensor; continuously update the steam quality value; and a machine that accepts the input steam supply and is at least partially controlled by the steam quality value. A steam quality process monitor system and method includes a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a processor and memory configured: to determine a steam quality value of an input steam supply based on a reading of the temperature sensor and a reading the pressure sensor; continuously update the steam quality value; and a machine that accepts the input steam supply and is at least partially controlled by the steam quality value. |
| US10863251B2 |
Stackable wall mount enclosure
A telecommunications enclosure having a door hingedly attached to a chassis. The chassis has a first through-hole configured to have at least one patching panel installed therein. A different enclosure, like the telecommunications enclosure, is mountable on the door. The door is rotatable relative to the chassis between closed and open positions when the different enclosure is mounted thereto. The door allows access to an interior of the chassis when the door is in the open position. The chassis and/or the door may have a second through-hole configured to allow a telecommunications cable connected to the at least one patching panel to pass therethrough and exit the interior of the chassis. |
| US10863247B2 |
Receiving device and data processing method
A configuration capable of performing a process of presenting the emergency information to the viewer promptly and reliably is implemented. Middleware of a receiving device that performs a broadcasting content output process receives an emergency information delivery notification transmitted by a transmitting device and generates emergency information event notification data including configuration data of the received emergency information delivery notification. An output data control unit acquires event notification data and executes a process of acquiring or displaying emergency information on the basis of the acquired event notification data. For example, in a case where emergency information overlaid on an image is delivered, application presentation content is deleted in accordance with an event notification, and in the case of signaling emergency information delivery, a process of acquiring and outputting the emergency information promptly is executed. |
| US10863246B2 |
Network services platform systems, methods, and apparatus
Methods, apparatus, and system to provide network services, including to manage and or produce a media stream, including by a party who is in a location that is remote relative to the live media streaming apparatus, and including to provide the network services to users of a local area network (“LAN”), including users of the LAN who may not have an Internet connection, as well as to users who connect with the network service over a wide area network, such as the Internet. |
| US10863243B2 |
Video streaming playback system and method
A video streaming playback system is provided that enables video hosting website operators and content creators to obtain revenue. The system includes a video playback module, a tipping module, a video download button/link display module, an ad module, and a video provision options control module. The video provision options control module provides options regarding (1) whether to operate the tipping module to accept tips, (2) whether to operate the download button/link display module to permit videos to be downloaded, and (3) whether to operate the ad module to display ads to the user who is a video provider. |
| US10863239B2 |
Methods and apparatus for software provisioning of a network device
Methods and apparatus for provisioning or updating software over a network. In one embodiment, the network comprises a cable network, and each particular client device (e.g., set-top box) on the network is identified by an address or other unique descriptor. A version association file stored on a server or downloaded to the device maps particular application versions to one or more addresses corresponding to individual client devices. When the version association file is modified or created, the server transmits an upgrade message over the network (optionally along with the current version association file). Upon receiving an upgrade message, a set-top box accesses the version association file, and compares a designated application version to that of the application currently in use. If the designated version is not present on the set-top, the box will terminate any old version of the application currently running and download and install the designated version. |
| US10863235B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting and reproducing content in virtual reality system
Disclosed is a technology for a sensor network, Machine to Machine (M2M) communication, Machine Type Communication (MTC), and Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure can be used for intelligent services based on the technology (services related to smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security, and safety). A method of reproducing content by a virtual reality device is provided. The method includes transmitting parameters related to functions of a user device; receiving interest metadata related to content that matches a set of the transmitted parameters; receiving and decoding the content corresponding to a version that matches the set of transmitted parameters in a unit of at least one tile corresponding to a view area to be displayed in accordance with a user's viewpoint based on the interest metadata; and rendering the decoded tile based on the interest metadata. |
| US10863234B2 |
System and method for secure appliance operation
Secure control of network appliances uses a central hub connected to a plurality of network appliances or multiple hubs in a short-range wireless mesh network. The central hub controls communication with the appliances and also includes a cellular link for communication with a cellular network. Only the central hub can communicate with the Internet via the cellular link. User equipment (UE) contains an application program that works in conjunction with the central hub to control the appliances. Commands generated by the UE are sent either directly to the central hub or via the mesh network. Upon receipt of an authenticated command, the central hub propagates commands via the short-range wireless mesh network to the intended network appliance either directly or via the mesh network. |
| US10863233B2 |
Wireliss docking system for audio-video
A host device (300) provides wireless docking to a dockee device (250). The host has a remote client unit (210) for providing at least one audio/video (AV) rendering function to an application (252) via remote server unit (251) in a dockee device. The host has transfer units (211,212,213,214) arranged for enabling transmitting a downstream of first AV data to the dockee device, and receiving an upstream of second AV data to be rendered from the dockee device. The host device has an AV router (310) for processing the downstream and the upstream so as to replace first AV data in the downstream by a predetermined pattern before transmitting the downstream to the dockee device, and replace at least part of second AV data in the upstream by at least part of the first AV data after receiving the upstream from the dockee device and before rendering the AV data. Advantageously required bandwidth is reduced in the wireless communication. |
| US10863230B1 |
Content stream overlay positioning
Techniques described herein include systems and methods for identifying areas of a user interface to position overlay content without obscuring primary content. A scene in a content stream may be identified based on one or more user interface elements included in the content stream. Boundaries and positions of the one or more user interface elements may be identified in the scene based on an edge detection algorithm. A prominence value may be determined for a container that corresponds to an area of a user interface that includes the one or more user interface elements based on aggregate user input for the scene. Instructions for updating the scene may be transmitted to a user device to incorporate an overlay that includes containers that correspond to areas of the user interface that enables a user to place an overlay user interface element in a particular container based on the prominence value. |
| US10863227B2 |
Event conditioned views for communication sessions
Systems and methods for displaying a teleconference session are described. Teleconference data including display streams is transmitted to a number of client computers. Each of the streams may include at least a video and an audio component. A user interface includes a first display area rendering a first stream and a second display area rendering a second stream. An event may occur that removes a video component from the first stream. In response to the event, the rendering of the first stream may be removed from the first display area, and one or more streams of the plurality of streams may be displayed in at least a portion of the first display area. Such techniques for modifying user interface displays based on the actions of select users that have transitioned to an audio-only mode can optimize the use of a display area. |
| US10863226B1 |
Out-of-home transmissions for digital video recorder
Devices and methods are provided for out-of-home transmissions for digital video recorders. The device may receive, at a first port of the device, a first packet from a second device using a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection between the device and a second device, first packet including a first session identifier associated with a first socket based on the first port and a second port of the second device. The device may receive a second packet from the second device using the P2P connection, the second packet including a second session identifier. The device may determine a second socket based on the second session identifier, the second socket based on the first port and a third port of the second device. The device may send a third packet using the second socket, the third packet including the second session identifier. |
| US10863223B2 |
Digital overlay offers on connected media devices
A computing device includes memory for storing commercial metadata and offer metadata harvested from within an offer distribution network. A processor compares the commercial metadata related to a broadcast commercial to be streamed to a client media device with the offer metadata related to available offers from offer providers, to generate a comparison. The processor then selects an offer from the available offers based on the comparison; determines when and over what video stream the broadcast commercial is to be streamed; detects that a screen device is paired to the client media device; and delivers the offer to a display of the screen device during streaming of the broadcast commercial over the video stream to the client media device. When a user of the screen device selects an indicia of the offer, the offer is collected into a virtual wallet from which the offer can be redeemed in various ways. |
| US10863217B2 |
Method and system for smart adaptive video streaming driven by perceptual quality-of-experience estimations
The present invention is a system or method that facilitates smart decision makings at the client side for adaptive video streaming over a video delivery network by making use of perceptual video quality-of-experience predictions performed during the video preparation stage, at the video hosting or cache server side, or inside the video delivery network, and then transmitted to the client. Compared with prior art approaches of adaptive bitrate video streaming, the present invention can result in one or more of the following benefits: 1) save the overall bandwidth for the delivery of the video content without scarifying the client users' quality-of-experience; 2) create better overall visual quality-of-experience of the client users; 3) create smoother visual quality-of-experience of the client users; and 4) reduce the probability of rebuffering or stalling events at the client user side. |
| US10863216B2 |
Terminal using intelligent analysis for decreasing playback time of video
Terminal using intelligent analysis for decreasing playback time of video. The terminal includes a controller configured to store, in the memory, use pattern information of a user and select an object to be used as an editing criterion of a first video, based on the stored use pattern information. The controller also identifies in the first video one or more first playback sections which include the object and one or more second playback sections which do not include the object. In addition, the controller is configured to delete from the first video the one or more second playback sections to generate a second video, decrease a playback time of the second video to a predetermined playback time, and cause the display to display the second video having the predetermined playback time according to a video playback request. |
| US10863215B2 |
Content providing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and recording medium thereof
Disclosed are a content providing apparatus, a method of controlling the same, and a recording medium thereof, the content providing apparatus including: a transmitter configured to transmit data to a display apparatus; and a processor configured to control the transmitter to transmit content data and additional data, relating to image attributes of the content data and having a fixed value corresponding to at least one section, among a plurality of sections of the content data, to the display apparatus based on a command received from a user to playback image content at a predetermined speed. Thus, it is possible to solve a problem of flickering or an error in brightness of a screen at a variable-speed playback of dynamic HDR content. |
| US10863213B2 |
Method and device for controlling frame rate of electronic device, storage medium, and electronic device
A method and device for controlling a frame rate of an electronic device, and an electronic device are provided. The method includes the following. A frame rate of rendering and a priority of each of target objects currently running on the electronic device are obtained. A synthesizing frame rate of the electronic device is determined according to the frame rate of rendering and the priority of each of the target objects. According to the synthesizing frame rate, respective images rendered by the target objects are synthesized to generate a to-be-displayed image. |
| US10863207B2 |
Method and apparatus of entropy coding and context modelling for video and image coding
A method and apparatus for applying entropy coding to a symbol associated with a block are disclosed. According to the present invention, context-based entropy coding is applied to source symbols associated with blocks having variable block sizes generated by partitioning an initial block using a quadtree structure, a binary-tree structure or a combined quadtree plus binary-tree structure. Contexts according to the present invention are based on some information derived from neighbouring blocks and also based on at least one of the shape, the size and the depth of the current block since the statistics of the symbols associated with the current block may be correlated with how the current block has been partitioned through a tree structure. A current symbol to be encoded or decoded may correspond to split flags and modes associated with the tree structure, skip flag or prediction mode flag. |
| US10863204B2 |
Method and apparatus for adaptively reducing artifacts in block-coded video
Apparatus, systems and methods for adaptively reducing blocking artifacts in block-coded video are disclosed. In one implementation, a system includes processing logic at least capable of deblock filtering at least a portion of a line of video data based, at least in part, on edge information and texture information to generate at least a portion of a line of deblocked video data, and an image data output device responsive to the processing logic. |
| US10863200B2 |
Techniques for performing a forward transformation by a video encoder using a forward transform matrix
Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus, method and other techniques for storing, in memory, at least one master forward transform matrix comprising signed constants having a defined number of precision bits and a sign bit and determining, by processing circuitry, which forward transform matrix to use to perform a transformation based on at least a transform unit size. Further, various techniques may include performing, by the processing circuitry, the transformation on residuals of pixel values of a frame using one of the at least one master forward transform matrix or a forward transform matrix derived from one of the master forward transform matrix at least partially based on the determination. |
| US10863198B2 |
Intra-prediction method and device in image coding system for 360-degree video
An intra-prediction method executed by a decoding device, comprising the steps of receiving 360-degree video information, on the basis of the 360-degree video information, deriving a prediction mode of a target block in a target face of a projected picture, deriving reference samples for the target block in a reference face of the projected picture, and deriving prediction samples of the target block on the basis of the reference samples in the reference face. |
| US10863197B2 |
Intra-prediction apparatus for extending a set of predetermined directional intra-prediction modes
An intra-prediction apparatus extends a set of predetermined directional intra-prediction modes of a rectangular video coding block. The intra-prediction apparatus determines an aspect ratio of the rectangular video coding block, and determines a complementary angle range based on the aspect ratio. The apparatus then selects a complementary direction within the complementary directional range, and adds an extension directional intra-prediction mode associated with the complementary direction to the set of predetermined directional intra-prediction modes. Based on the extension directional intra-prediction mode, the apparatus intra-predicts pixel values of pixels of the rectangular video coding block. |
| US10863190B2 |
Techniques for memory bandwidth optimization in bi-predicted motion vector refinement
A method and apparatus for encoding of a video sequence in an encoder or decoding of the video sequence in a decoder includes parsing an initial motion vector from the video sequence associated with a block. A plurality of samples are determined and pre-fetched to permit both motion vector refinement and motion compensation based on parsing the initial motion vector. Motion vector refinement is performed to determine a final motion vector using a first subset of the plurality of samples, and motion compensation is performed using a second subset of the plurality of samples. |
| US10863186B2 |
Image decoding apparatus and image coding apparatus
An image decoding apparatus is provided with a CT information decoding unit that decodes division information indicating a division method for binary tree division with respect to a coding node of a coding tree unit, and performs the binary tree division with respect to the coding node by referring to the division information of another decoded coding node. |
| US10863185B2 |
Systems and methods for hybrid video encoding
Systems and methods are provided for hybrid video encoding. An example method includes: acquiring image information; extracting a background image based at least in part on the image information; detecting whether the background image is stable; and performing encoding switching between a background-based encoding method and a non-background encoding method based at least in part on the detection. |
| US10863174B2 |
Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method
An encoder includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry: generates a reconstructed image by encoding and decoding an original image; performs, on a current block included in the reconstructed image, filter processing that is applied to all pixels in the current block, when an edge intensity of the current block is lower than a threshold; and skips the filter processing on the current block when the edge intensity of the current block is higher than the threshold. |
| US10863171B2 |
Using a current picture as a reference for video coding
An example method for encoding or decoding video data includes storing, by a video coder and in a reference picture buffer, a version of a current picture of the video data, including the current picture in a reference picture list (RPL) used to predict the current picture, and coding, by the video coder and based on the RPL, a block of video data in the current picture based on a predictor block of video data included in the version of the current picture stored in the reference picture buffer. |
| US10863170B2 |
Apparatus, a method and a computer program for video coding and decoding on the basis of a motion vector
Methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided in which a set of valid motion vector values for encoding and decoding may depend on a reference picture used. A current block of a frame is selected for encoding, and a reference block for the current block is selected. On the basis of the selected reference block a reference type is determined. On the basis of the reference type and the reference block a motion vector for the current block is determined. Motion vector information is encoded and decoded on the basis of the determined motion vector. |
| US10863164B2 |
Stereo camera and method of controlling stereo camera
A first wide angle image, a second wide angle image, a first telephoto image, and a second telephoto image are acquired from a first imaging unit 11L and a second imaging unit 11R at the same time, and particularly, optical axes of the wide angle optical system and the telephoto optical system constituting the first imaging optical system 12L match each other, and the second imaging optical system is similarly configured, and therefore, it is possible to position the main subject at a center position of the first telephoto image and the second telephoto image by independently performing pan and tilt control on the first and the second imaging unit so that the main subject is captured on the respective optical axes of the first imaging optical system and the second imaging optical system on the basis of the first wide angle image and the second wide angle image. |
| US10863163B2 |
Vision enhancing system and method
A digital vision system for use in turbid, dark or stained water is disclosed. Turbid water is opaque to the optical wavelengths viewable by humans but is transparent to near infrared (NIR) light. Using NIR wavelength illumination in turbid water allows viewing of objects that would otherwise not be visible through turbid water. NIR light is used to illuminate an area to be viewed. Video cameras comprising optical filters receive the NIR light reflected from objects in the camera field of view, producing camera video signals that may be processed and communicated to projector that convert the video signals to independent optical output video that is projected to the eye of the at optical frequencies viewable by humans. The user is thus provided with a real time vision system that allows the diver to visualize objects otherwise not visible using white light illumination. |
| US10863162B2 |
Three-dimensional model distribution method and three-dimensional model distribution device
A three-dimensional model distribution method includes: distributing a first model, which is a three-dimensional model of a target space in a target time period, in a first distribution mode; and distributing a second model, which is a three-dimensional model of the target space in the target time period and makes a smaller change per unit time than the first model, in a second distribution mode different from the first distribution mode. |
| US10863160B2 |
Conditional forced perspective in spherical video
A processor-implemented method in a digital media player includes receiving data defining a user's viewport in relation to spherical video frames displayed by the digital media player; and where a forced perspective event is to be triggered at the time of display of a spherical frame, triggering the forced perspective event conditionally based at least on the orientation of the user's viewport in relation to the spherical video frames. A digital media player includes processing structure for receiving data defining a user's viewport in relation to spherical video frames displayed by the digital media player; and processing structure for, where a forced perspective event is to be triggered at the time of display of a spherical frame, triggering the forced perspective event conditionally based at least on the orientation of the user's viewport in relation to the spherical video frames. A processor-readable medium embodying a computer program for a digital media player is provided. The computer program includes program code for receiving data defining a user's viewport in relation to spherical video frames displayed by the digital media player; and program code for, where a forced perspective event is to be triggered at the time of display of a spherical frame, triggering the forced perspective event conditionally based at least on the orientation of the user's viewport in relation to the spherical video frames. |
| US10863155B2 |
Reduction of banding artifacts in image processing
An image capture device may detect and repair banding artifacts in a video. The image capture device may include an image sensor and an image processor. The image sensor may capture a frame that includes a sinusoidal light waveform banding artifact. The image processor may detect a sinusoidal light waveform in the frame. The image processor may perform a sinusoidal regression. The image processor may obtain an inverted gain map. The image processor may apply the inverted gain map to the frame. The image processor may output the frame. |
| US10863152B2 |
Projector
A projector includes a light source apparatus, light modulator, projection optical apparatus, exterior enclosure, and heat sink. The light source apparatus includes a substrate having first and second substrate surfaces, light emitters at the side facing the first substrate surface, a frame at the side facing the first substrate surface surrounding the light emitters, and a lid facing the first substrate surface. The light emitters are in an accommodation space formed by the substrate, frame, and lid. The exterior enclosure has a first surface, a second surface that intersects the first surface, and a third surface that intersects the first and second surfaces, and the area of the first surface is greater than the areas of the second and third surfaces. The first or second substrate surface faces the first surface, and the lengthwise direction of the heat dissipation fin extends along the first surface of the exterior enclosure. |
| US10863150B2 |
Color filter array and image sensor
A color filter array includes color filter units each of which is a square array formed by four square pixels. The first color pixel and the second color pixel are arranged to form a row, the two third color pixels are arranged to form another row, and a row pixel direction of the color filter unit relative to a horizontal direction is inclined by 45° to left or right. The color filter array is an inclined rectangular array, pixels from an intermediate row to a first row or to a last row in a same direction is progressively decreased with a decrement of 1 or 2, and pixels in the first row and the last row is 1 or 2. The application can significantly increase the area of pixels of the unit color filter, and improve the sensitivity of the image sensor without reducing the resolution of the image sensor. |
| US10863147B2 |
Communication and monitoring system
An audio-video communication system comprises a wireless exterior module located proximate an entrance, a computerized controller running a software application, and a remote peripheral device. The wireless exterior module includes a proximity sensor for detecting a person at the entrance, a video camera for recording an image of the person at the entrance, a microphone for recording the person at the entrance, a speaker for playing audio to the person at the entrance, a transmitter for communicating sounds and images of the person at the entrance, and a receiver for receiving communications at the wireless exterior module. The computerized controller is disposed in wireless electronic communication with the wireless exterior module via the transmitter and the receiver of the wireless exterior module. The remote peripheral device is configured to electronically communicate with the computerized controller for viewing an image from the video camera communicated from the wireless exterior module. |
| US10863144B2 |
System and method for protecting critical data on camera systems from physical attack
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for protecting critical data on cameras from physical attacks. In some examples, a camera at a particular site monitors data captured by the camera and, based on the data, detects one or more predetermined conditions indicating a threat to the camera. Based on the one or more predetermined conditions indicating the threat to the camera, the camera determines a threshold risk of damage to data stored at the camera. In response to determining the threshold risk of damage to the data stored at the camera, the camera selects, from a plurality of content items in the data stored at the camera, a subset of content items based on respective priorities associated with the plurality of content items, and sends, via a network, the subset of content items to one or more destinations to yield a prioritized backup of the plurality of content items. |
| US10863140B2 |
Road vertical contour detection
Various driver assistance systems mountable in a host vehicle and computerized methods for detecting a vertical deviation of a road surface. The driver assistance system includes a camera operatively connectible to a processor. Multiple consecutive image frames are captured from the camera including a first image of the road and a second image of the road. Based on the host vehicle motion, the second image is warped toward the first image to produce thereby a warped second image. Image points of the road in the first image and corresponding image points of the road in the warped second image are tracked. Optical flow is computed between the warped second image to the first image. The optical flow is compared with an optical flow based on a road surface model to produce a residual optical flow. The vertical deviation is computed from the residual optical flow. |
| US10863139B2 |
Privacy preserving monitoring
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus (160, 170) comprising a receiver configured to receive anonymized sensor information, at least one processing core configured to convert the anonymized sensor information into personal sensor information based at least partly on personal information, and a memory interface configured to, under control of the at least one processing core, access the personal information. |
| US10863138B2 |
Single pass parallel encryption method and apparatus
Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with single pass parallel encryption are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus for computing may comprise an encryption engine to encrypt a video stream. The encryption engine may comprise a plurality of encryption pipelines to respectively encrypt a plurality of video sub-streams partitioned from the video stream in parallel in a single pass as the video sub-streams are being generated. The plurality of encryption pipelines may use a corresponding plurality of multi-part encryption counters to encrypt the corresponding video sub-streams as the video sub-streams are being generated. Each of the multi-part encryption counters used by one of the encryption pipelines may comprise a sub-portion that remains constant while encoding the corresponding video sub-stream, but the sub-key is unique for the one encryption pipeline, and differs from corresponding sub-portions of the multi-part encryption counters used by the other encryption pipelines. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed. |
| US10863132B2 |
Solid-state image pickup device and image pickup apparatus
A solid-state image pickup device includes: a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels each outputting a photoelectric conversion signal are disposed; a reference voltage generator that generates a temperature detection voltage changing in accordance with a change in temperature and a reference voltage not depending on a change in temperature; a read circuit that performs signal processing of the photoelectric conversion signal output by the pixel array and the temperature detection voltage generated by the reference voltage generator and reads the photoelectric conversion signal and the temperature detection voltage that are processed; an output circuit that outputs both the photoelectric conversion signal and the temperature detection voltage for which the signal processing has been performed by the read circuit to the outside; and a bias generator that supplies a bias voltage generated based on the reference voltage to both the read circuit and the output circuit. |
| US10863127B1 |
Compressive sensing based image capture using multi-lens array
Some embodiments provide a novel compressive-sensing image capture device and a method of using data captured by the compressive-sensing image capture device. The novel compressive-sensing image capture device includes an array of sensors for detecting electromagnetic radiation. Each sensor in the sensor array has an associated mask that blocks electromagnetic radiation from portions of the sensor. In some embodiments, an array of passive masks is used to block a particular set of areas of each sensor in the sensor array. In some embodiments, the image capture device also includes an array of lenses corresponding to the sensors of the sensor array such that each sensor receives light that passes through a different lens. Some embodiments of the invention provide a dynamic mask array. In some embodiments, a novel machine trained network is provided that processes image capture data captured by the compressive-sensing image capture device to predict solutions to problems. |
| US10863125B2 |
High-precision system for time-stamping the passage of an object, in particular a satellite
A system for time-stamping the passage of a moving object is provided. The system includes a telescope, a satellite geolocating system and an electronic processor, the telescope comprising a focusing optic, a mechanical shutter and a CCD sensor comprising the function referred to as “time delay and integration”. When the moving object passes through the field of the telescope during a period wherein the mechanical shutter is open, the shift of the charge of a pixel in the rows of the CCD sensor ensured by the TDI function is carried out at least once at a time defined by the satellite geolocating system, shifting the trace of light left by the image of the moving object along a column of pixels, the electronic data processor determining the exact position of the moving object at the defined time depending on knowledge of this column and of the position of the telescope. |
| US10863119B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system providing an imager with pixels having extended dynamic range
The dynamic range of a pixel is increased by using selective photosensor resets during a frame time of image capture at a timing depending on the light intensity that the pixel will be exposed to during the frame time. Pixels that will be exposed to high light intensity are reset later in the frame than pixels that will be exposed to lower light intensity. |
| US10863116B2 |
Solid-state image capture device, image capture system, and object identification system
A solid-state image capture device and an image capture system capable of photographing a color image with high sensitivity in a wide illuminance environment from normal illuminance to darkness. A solid-state image capture device is provided with a first detection portion in which a first visible light pixel receiving first visible light and a first near-infrared pixel receiving first near-infrared light are provided adjacent to each other, a second detection portion in which a second visible light pixel receiving second visible light different in wavelength from the first visible light and a second near-infrared pixel receiving second near-infrared light are provided adjacent to each other, and a third detection portion in which a third visible light pixel receiving third visible light different in wavelength from the first visible light and the second visible light and a third near-infrared pixel receiving third near-infrared light are provided adjacent to each other. |
| US10863109B2 |
Real time video special effects system and method
The present technology is a graphical user interface for a video recording system and method of recording a video while applying special effects in real time prior to and/or while recording. The interface is associated with an electronic device including a processor in communication with a camera and a memory unit. Inputs from the interface are utilized by the processing unit to determine if the native speed rate of the raw video data is to be changed, and if so then modifies at least one frame in the raw video data to create a modified video data at a modified speed rate that is different to the native speed rate. The system then generates an output video feed that is displayed in the graphical user interface. This allows for the continuous recording of video from the camera or video feed at different speed rates without altering camera operations or settings. |
| US10863103B2 |
Setting apparatus, setting method, and storage medium
A setting apparatus comprises a setting unit that sets a virtual light parameter for applying an effect of irradiating virtual light on a plurality of subjects included in an image; and a classification unit that classifies the plurality of subjects into a plurality of groups based on a state of shadow. The setting unit sets the virtual light parameter for each group classified by the classification unit. |
| US10863102B2 |
Blade opening/closing apparatus and image pickup apparatus to secure favorable photographing states by use of a biasing spring and magnetic driving portion for setting a rotation position associated with locked/unlocked states
To secure a favorable photographing state without causing an increase of power consumption. A blade opening/closing apparatus includes a magnetic driving portion including a coil to which a driving current is supplied and a magnet that is rotated along with energization to the coil; a driving body that includes a to-be-locked portion and is operated by the magnetic driving portion; an opening/closing blade that opens/closes an aperture by an operation of the driving body; and a lock portion that sets a locked state of the opening/closing blade by engaging with the to-be-locked portion, the setting of the locked state and a release of the locked state being carried out in accordance with a rotation position of the magnet. Accordingly, since the lock portion engages with the to-be-locked portion to thus set the locked state and unlock the locked state in accordance with the rotation position of the magnet and locking with respect to the opening/closing blade is not performed by a magnetic force of the magnet, a favorable photographing state can be secured without causing an increase of power consumption. |
| US10863101B2 |
Image capturing apparatus and method of controlling the same
An image capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor in which a plurality of pixels are arranged two-dimensionally, wherein each of the pixels have a photoelectric conversion portion, a holding portion that holds a charge obtained by the photoelectric conversion portion, an amplification portion that outputs a signal based on a charge outputted from the holding portion, a first transfer switch that transfers the charge from the photoelectric conversion portion to the holding portion, and a second transfer switch that transfers the charge from the holding portion to the amplification portion; and a controller that controls a number of times that the first transfer switch is turned on in relation to the second transfer switch being turned on one time. |
| US10863099B2 |
Electronic apparatus and control method for notifying of a change in processing if an operation amount changes from one range to another range
An electronic apparatus includes a processing unit configured to execute processing using a first processing amount for a predetermined item, in a case where the operation amount is included in a range of a first operation amount of the operation member, and to execute processing using a second processing amount for the predetermined item, in a case where the operation amount is included in a range of a second operation amount next to the range of the first operation amount, and a control unit configured to perform control for providing a notification about a function to be executed by the processing unit or the operation amount, in a case where a predetermined condition that the operation amount is continuously included in the range of the first operation amount for a predetermined time or more is satisfied. |
| US10863098B2 |
Multimodal image sensing for region of interest capture
An imaging sensor system includes a control system that helps save energy, computing, and communication resources by capturing evaluation images with a gating image sensor and processing the evaluation images to determine whether there is a region of interest (ROI) present that warrants capturing a subsequent image with a gated image sensor for additional image processing. That is, the gating image sensor and preliminary processing operates as a gate for turning on the gated sensor for the additional image capturing and processing. The additional image captured by the gated sensor may include only the ROI, which is provided to an image processing algorithm for further image processing. In addition, a gating sensor may include infrared sensing to help determine whether the ROI includes thermal data indicative of human features. |
| US10863096B2 |
Flying camera and a system
There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit. |
| US10863093B2 |
Image shake correction device and imaging device
An image shake correction device (3) includes a movable member (2), a support member (1) including a movement prevention member (1B, 1C) for preventing the movable member (2) from being lifted, and a movement restriction unit that restricts a movement range of the movable member (2). The movement restriction unit includes a hole portion (11a) formed in the support member (1) and an insertion member (28a) inserted into the hole portion (11a) formed in the movable member (2). The insertion member (28a) has an abutting portion (283a) that moves in the hole portion (11a) in directions X, Y, and θ with the movement of the movable member (2), and a wide width portion (281a) which is wider than the abutting portion (283a). |
| US10863090B2 |
Control apparatus, image capturing apparatus, control method, and computer-readable storage medium
A control apparatus obtains the moving speed of an object, and controls, based on the moving speed of the object, an image capturing unit configured to capture the object such that first image capturing for performing image capturing without following the object or second image capturing for performing image capturing while following the object is performed. |
| US10863088B2 |
Image capturing apparatus and control method for capturing still images without interrupting video recordings
An image capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor, a readout circuit capable of performing a first readout operation of reading out a first image signal and a second readout operation of reading out a second image signal for which the number of pixels is larger than the number of pixels for the first image signal, a compression circuit that generates a first compressed image signal by compressing the first image signal, and generates a second compressed image signal by compressing the second image signal, a decoding unit configured to decode the first compressed image signal and second compressed image signal, and a control unit configured to perform control so as to transfer the second compressed image signal to the decoding unit during a period during which the decoding unit is not decoding the first compressed image signal. |
| US10863086B2 |
Communication terminal, image communication system, display control method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
A communication terminal for displaying a predetermined-area image, which is an image of a part of a whole image, includes circuitry. The circuitry receives first predetermined information specifying a first predetermined area, the first predetermined information being transmitted from another communication terminal displaying a first predetermined-area image, which is an image of the first predetermined-area. The circuitry calculates a position of the first predetermined area with respect to a second predetermined area, based on the first predetermined information received and second predetermined information specifying the second predetermined area, the second predetermined area being an area of a second predetermined-area image being displayed by the communication terminal. The circuitry controls a display to display the second predetermined-area image including at least one of relative position information indicating the position calculated and direction information indicating a direction of the first predetermined area with respect to the second predetermined area. |
| US10863085B2 |
Positioning and orienting cameras to extend an angle of view
In one embodiment, a camera system includes a first camera that has a first camera angle of view and a second camera that has a second camera angle of view. The first camera is positioned and oriented to have a first coverage area and the second camera is positioned and oriented to have a second coverage area that at least partially overlaps the first coverage area. An angle between a center axis of the first camera angle of view and a center axis of the second camera angle of view exceeds the first camera angle of view. |
| US10863076B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling auto focus function in electronic device
An apparatus and a method for performing an Auto Focus (AF) function in an electronic device which does not perform the AF function while performing a camcorder function are provided. The apparatus includes a camera for receiving a photographing data, a camera processing unit for performing any one of a still picture acquisition function and an AF function, a recording processing unit for performing a function for recording the photographing data, a camera driver for operating the camera under control of the camera processing unit and the recording processing unit, and a processor for controlling the camera processing unit and the recording processing unit when detecting an AF request while photographing a moving picture to focus on the photographing data automatically and to record the focused photographing data. |
| US10863075B2 |
Interchangeable lens and camera body
An interchangeable lens includes: a mount unit on which a camera body can be mounted; a driven member; a drive unit that drives the driven member; a storage unit that stores lens data related to driving of the driven member by the drive unit; and a transmitter that sends lens-side judgment data, based on which whether the lens data is properly stored in the storage unit can be judged at the camera body, to the camera body. |
| US10863074B2 |
Communication apparatus, control method of the same, electronic apparatus, and system
A communication apparatus comprises a communication unit that wirelessly communicates with an electronic apparatus present within a predetermined range, a detection unit that detects a wireless signal transmitted from the electronic apparatus at a predetermined frequency, and a control unit that performs a function to control the electronic apparatus via the communication unit. The control unit changes the predetermined frequency according to the state of the function. |
| US10863072B2 |
Image processing system, method, apparatus and device of processing image data
A method of processing image data performed by an image capturing end includes receiving an image control instruction from a control end, performing, in response to the image control instruction, an image processing operation based upon the image control instruction to obtain image data, and providing the image data to the control end. |
| US10863070B2 |
Flash control device, flash control method, flash, image capture apparatus, and image capture system
A flash control device repeatedly informs a firing timing during an exposure period of the image capture apparatus. The device stops informing the firing timing if a condition for ending the exposure period of an image capture apparatus is satisfied. The disclosed flash control device can control the firing timing even in a case where a shooting mode of the image capture apparatus is a shooting mode with an indefinite exposure period. |
| US10863069B2 |
Image processing system and setting method
An image processing system and a setting method capable of performing lighting setting of illumination in a simpler manner are provided. The control device (100) evaluates evaluation lighting patterns (xi) one by one to calculate evaluation values (Pi), and uses coefficients (1i) determined based on the evaluation values (Pi) to linearly combine each evaluation lighting pattern (xi) to determine a lighting pattern for measurement (L). |
| US10863068B2 |
Camera module
A camera module to retain a smooth and easy focusing movement through components connected together by threads includes a lens bracket and a lens barrel. The lens bracket carries an optical lens and includes sidewall with a first internal thread. The optical lens includes sensor end. The sensor end includes a lateral surface with an external thread which corresponds to the first internal thread. The lateral surface defines several notches extending from the end of the lateral surface down through the external threads to reduce any clamping or high turning resistance between the internal and the external threads. |
| US10863067B2 |
Image pickup unit that allows optical adjustment
An image pickup unit that is capable of simplifying an optical adjustment work for an image pickup surface. A holding plate holds an image sensor. A lens barrel includes an optical system that forms an object image on the image sensor. A removable shim plate is inserted between the lens barrel and the holding plate and has a shape to avoid the image sensor. An energizing mechanism is inserted between the shim plate and the lens barrel to energizes the shim plate and the holding plate in a direction away from the lens barrel. Three adjusting screws fix the holding plate and shim plate to the lens barrel. Each of the adjusting screws displaces corresponding portions of the shim plate and holding plate toward the lens barrel when being fastened and displaces the corresponding portions away from the lens barrel in cooperation with the energizing mechanism when being loosened. |
| US10863061B2 |
Image sensor
The disclosure provides a structure for suppressing occurrence of dew condensation on a cover member in an image sensor for industrial use. An image sensor includes an illumination part for illuminating a subject, a lens part for forming an optical image of the subject, an imaging part for generating an image based on the optical image, and a housing for accommodating the illumination part, the lens part, and the imaging part. A light-transmissive cover member covering a front side of the lens part and the illumination part is attached to the housing. A wall member partitioning a space where the lens part is arranged and a space where the illumination part is arranged is provided inside the housing, and the housing has a heat transfer structure for transferring heat generated inside the housing to the cover member. |
| US10863059B2 |
Environmental-based spatial color uniformity correction by using statistical distribution of camera modules
A method of manufacturing an imaging system includes selecting a golden sample camera module, an upper sample camera module, and a lower sample camera module from a population of camera modules; measuring a golden sample non-uniformity profile at a plurality of CCTs for the golden sample camera module; measuring an upper sample non-uniformity profile at the plurality of CCTs for the upper sample camera module; measuring a lower sample non-uniformity profile at the plurality of CCTs for the lower sample camera module; calculating an anchor non-uniformity profile at each CCT for the population of camera modules by a weighted average of the golden sample non-uniformity profile, the upper sample non-uniformity profile, and the lower sample non-uniformity profile at each CCT; and storing a plurality of anchor non-uniformity profiles in a hardware storage device of the imaging system including a first camera module of the population of camera modules. |
| US10863055B2 |
Printing apparatus, control method for printing apparatus, and storage medium
In a case where a setting of a function is changed from enabled to disabled, a printing apparatus stops transmission of a Bluetooth Low Energy packet in a format compatible with the function. |
| US10863054B2 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
An image forming apparatus includes a display, a communication unit, and a controller. Information is displayed on the display. The communication unit performs communication with a first display apparatus, which is an external apparatus. The controller performs control, if an error occurs during an image forming process, in such a manner that different error information is displayed on the display and on the first display apparatus on the basis of a communication status with the first display apparatus and statuses of operations performed by a user of the first display apparatus and a user of the image forming apparatus. |
| US10863051B2 |
Image forming apparatus which detects an overrun
An image forming apparatus includes first storage, a writing controller, a reading controller, a conveyance section, a detector, and a main controller. The conveyance section conveys a recording medium. The detector detects an overrun. Write addresses are designated in a predefined sequence from among addresses. Read addresses are designated in the predefined sequence from among the addresses. The writing process and the reading process are performed in storage areas included in the first storage in a first order. The overrun indicates that the writing and reading processes are performed in the storage areas included in the first storage in a second order that is opposite to the first order. While the conveyance section conveys the recording medium, the main controller controls the writing controller or the reading controller based on a detection result of the detector. |
| US10863045B2 |
Mobile printer
A three-dimensional printer for providing additive material to an object in need thereof includes a non-transitory computer memory; a processor in data communication with the computer memory; a material reservoir; an output device in communication with the material reservoir; a scanning device for obtaining existing contour information about the object; and a contour database accessible by the processor which has contour information about the object. The scanning device is in data communication with the processor. Programming causes: (1) the scanning device to obtain the existing contour information; (2) the computer memory to store the obtained existing contour information; and (3) the processor to create a print file based on data from each of: (a) the obtained existing contour information, and (b) the contour database. Further programming selectively actuates the output device, utilizing the print file, to apply the material from the material reservoir to the object in need thereof. |
| US10863034B2 |
Method and system for processing interactive voice response input in a call setup message
A method and apparatus for processing IVR input in a call setup message are provided herein. The method includes receiving at an IVR system a call setup message including information associated with one or more data fields; parsing the information included in the call setup message; and directing the call based on the information included in the call setup message. |
| US10863029B2 |
Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system
Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; and outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact. |
| US10863028B2 |
Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system
Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; and outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact. |
| US10863027B1 |
System and method for distributing an agent interaction for evaluation based on the quality of service
A computerized system in a cloud-based computing environment for preventing an evaluation of agent recording segments having bad customer sentiment due to low network Quality of Service (QoS), is provided herein. The system may include a Session Border Controller to send metadata related to a regulated network QoS to a database; a media server to store the call interaction; an Interaction Manager (IM) module to extract metadata related to the regulated network QoS; an Indexer Micro-Service to listen to real-time data streaming service and to index and store the metadata related to the regulated network QoS, when new metadata arrives; a Multi-Channel Recording unit to retrieve: an interaction call; and indexed metadata from the document-oriented database; a Quality Planner Micro-Service to: read MOS score for the call interaction; distribute a call interaction for evaluation when the read MOS score is above a predefined threshold, according to a predefined quality plan. |
| US10863020B1 |
Systems and methods for determining the driver of a vehicle
A system and method for disabling distracting apps on a driver's personal devices while allowing passengers travelling in the same vehicle to have full use of their personal devices. The system works by first identifying all the personal devices that are in the vehicle and then establishing a loose mesh network between those devices. Once the mesh network is established, the system identifies which of the personal devices is associated with the driver, and ensures that any distracting apps on the driver's personal device are disabled, while allowing full functionality for any passenger's personal devices. |
| US10863017B2 |
Apparatus and method for automatic call receiving and sending depending on user posture in portable terminal
A method of receiving a call by recognizing a posture of a user in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes identifying whether a call reception event occurs, detecting a motion in which the user brings the portable terminal to an ear by using a posture detecting sensor, when the call reception event occurs, and connecting the call upon detecting the motion. |
| US10863016B2 |
Display controlling method, terminal, information processing apparatus, and storage medium
A display controlling method includes displaying content in a first display area on a screen of a terminal; determining whether the content is viewed; and moving the content from the first display area to a second display area in order to display the content if it is determined that the content is not viewed. |
| US10863015B2 |
Electronic device and method for controlling call function
An electronic device according to various embodiments in the present disclosure may comprise a modem, at least one sensor, and at least one processor which is connected with the modem and the at least one sensor and configured to control: determining the distance between the electronic device and a user thereof during the execution of a call application; determining the output intensity of sound data received from another electronic device connected through the call application, as an output intensity corresponding to the determined distance; and outputting the sound data at the determined output intensity. |
| US10863012B2 |
Portable electronic device holder with assistance request button and method of powering portable electronic device
A portable electronic device (PED) holder assembly and related methods. A PED holder assembly includes a PED holder assembly to which a PED is detachably attachable, an output connector adapted for connection to an input port of a PED held by the PED holder assembly, an assistance request button attached to the PED holder assembly, a connection cable assembly operatively connected to the output connector and the assistance request button, and a bed-side connector assembly adapted to be connected to a bed-side end of a multifunctional assistance request cable. The bed-side connector assembly is operatively connected to the output connector, via the connection cable assembly, to transmit power received from the multifunctional assistance request cable to the PED. The bed-side connector is operatively connected to the assistance request button to transmit an assistance request signal generated via a pressing of the assistance request button through the multifunctional assistance request cable. |
| US10863006B2 |
Interface gateway and method of facilitating communication between a property management system and a guest service device
An interface gateway facilitates communication between a first device and a second device serving a hospitality establishment. The first device is one of a property management system (PMS) and a guest service device, and the second device is the other of the property management system (PMS) and the guest service device. One or more communication ports perform data communications with the first device and the second device. One or more processors receive a message from the first device, determine that the message is in a first format, determine that the message is applicable to the second device, determine that the second device supports a second format, convert the message to the second format, store the message in a transmit queue with an indication of whether a confirmation reply is expected from the second device, and send the message in the second format to the second device. |
| US10863003B2 |
Methods, devices, and systems for determining a subset for autonomous sharing of digital media
Methods, systems, and devices for determining a subset of user devices (115, 120) from among a complete set of user devices (110, 115, 120) based on a set of received information, i.e., attributes (513, 516) associated with a photograph (514) or user device (110) that transmitted the photograph (514) and attributes (513, 516), where the disposition of the information may be used to determine the subset and then perform facial recognition (265) on the subset of user associated photographs in order to accurately identify each user or users present in the photograph (514). |
| US10863002B2 |
System for providing a continuous communication link with a symbol reading device
The disclosure embraces a system and method for providing a continuous communication link between a server computer and a symbol reading device, and a novel symbol reading device adapted for use in such a system. The system greatly simplifies the remote management, diagnostic evaluation, and monitoring of symbol reading devices, especially those devices connected to host devices that are not PC-based or running a complete operating system. |
| US10862997B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing system
There is provided an information processing method that effectively executes a plurality of mutually relating functions in a plurality of devices. An information processing device which uses the method includes a functional information acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a first device that executes a first function and a second function that relate to each other, functional information related to the second function; and a function transmission unit that transmits the functional information acquired from the first device to a second device in a manner that the second function among the first function and the second function that have been executed in the first device is executed in the second device. |
| US10862996B2 |
Characterization of network latency using boxcarring of action requests from component-driven cloud applications
Method embodiments are disclosed for characterizing network latency for a component of a webpage provided by an application server device, using boxcarring of action requests. The method comprises measuring the network latency for a component provided by an application server device. A latency category is established based on the network latency. An action request of a user occurring within a queue wait time is associated with the latency category. The action request of the user associated with the latency category is enqueued into an enqueued action request, which is batched in a boxcar to create a batched action request. The batched action request is dispatched in the boxcar to the application server device. The queue wait time is adapted based on an updated network latency and a transmission status of the action request of the user and the batched action request. System and computer program product embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US10862987B2 |
System and method for collaborative telepresence amongst non-homogeneous endpoints
A telepresence system which includes at least one display device and a beacon coupled to the display device. The beacon emits a signal so as to be discoverable by electronic devices nearby such as in a meeting location. The system also includes a receiver-controller coupled to the beacon, the receiver-controller configured to enable such electronic devices to be recognized and to join a collaborative session in which content from one electronic device can be shared with other electronic devices. The receiver-controller can and will share some or all of its functions with one or more of the joined devices simultaneously, if security and identity protocols are satisfied. |
| US10862984B2 |
Methods and apparatus to monitor usage of virtual computing environments
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to monitor usage of virtual computing environments. An example method involves obtaining usage records from a probe manager. The example usage records associate users to occurrences of the users consuming a service. The example method also involves determining an association of the user identifiers with respective ones of the business units. The example method also involves creating aggregate usage records for the respective ones of the business units by assigning the usage records to the respective ones of the business units. Additionally, the example method involves transmitting the aggregate usage records to an infrastructure manager, the infrastructure manager to calculate total monetary costs of the service for the respective ones of the business units based on aggregate usage records. |
| US10862970B2 |
Call-ahead downloading to vehicles
A vehicle controller communicates with a cellular communication system to request content. The content is transmitted to one or more road side units with storage (RSS) lying on the vehicles known or inferred trajectory. When the vehicle passes by the RSS some or all of the content is transmitted to the vehicle using a short-range, high-bandwidth communication protocol. The content may be divided into segments and each segment sent to an RSS. The segments are sized according to a capacity of the RSS and the amount of time the vehicle is expected to spend traversing a range of the RSS. Content may be cached in the RSS for use by other vehicles. |
| US10862966B2 |
Storage area network attached clustered storage system
A storage area network (SAN)-attached storage system architecture is disclosed. The storage system provides strongly consistent distributed storage communication protocol semantics, such as SCSI target semantics. The system includes a mechanism for presenting a single distributed logical unit, comprising one or more logical sub-units, as a single logical unit of storage to a host system by associating each of the logical sub-units that make up the single distributed logical unit with a single host visible identifier that corresponds to the single distributed logical unit. The system further includes mechanisms to maintain consistent context information for each of the logical sub-units such that the logical sub-units are not visible to a host system as separate entities from the single distributed logical unit. |
| US10862965B2 |
System and method for topics implementation in a distributed data computing environment
A system and method for providing store and forward messaging on a partitioned cache provided by a distributed data grid. The store and forward message system implements publish and subscribe semantics in a way that distributed messages over the partitions of the distributed cache, reduces contention and makes efficient use of processor and network resources. |
| US10862960B2 |
Blockchain-based property management
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for blockchain-based property management are described herein. According to a first embodiment of the disclosure, a plurality of computing systems may be established at a plurality of points along a supply chain associated with the manufacture, shipment, and sale of a physical property item. At each of the plurality of points, the plurality of computing systems may identify data corresponding to the physical property item, which may be stored on a blockchain associated with a decentralized peer-to-peer (e.g., P2P) network. According to a second embodiment of the disclosure, content creator computing devices may transmit digital property item upload requests to a digital property management computing device, which may generate smart contracts corresponding to the requests. Through execution of the smart contracts, access may be granted to digital property items and fees may be provided to the content creator computing devices. |
| US10862958B1 |
Flexible associativity in multitenant clustered environments
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes for determining a rigidity associated with a dependent application, wherein the rigidity can be a hard rigidity, a firm rigidity, or a soft rigidity, and wherein these rigidities refer to the dependency between the dependent application and a dependee application. In response to detecting a failure of the dependee application, the disclosure provides for performing an appropriate action with respect to the dependent application, wherein that action is based, at least in part, on the rigidity associated with the dependent application. In certain embodiments, the appropriate action can further be based on a locality parameter associated with the dependent application. |
| US10862955B2 |
Distributing service sessions
Provided are methods and systems for dynamically distributing a service session from a client device. The method may commence with receiving a packet associated with the service session from the client device by a gateway node. The method may include determining that the packet matches a service address in a forwarding policy. The method may continue with selecting one of a plurality of forwarding nodes for sending the packet to the one of the plurality of forwarding nodes. The method may include receiving the packet of the service session by the one of the plurality of forwarding nodes. The method may continue with determining that the packet matches the service address serviced by a servicing node of a plurality of servicing nodes. The method may further include sending the packet to the servicing node for forwarding the packet to a server by the servicing node. |
| US10862954B2 |
Soliciting and creating collaborative content items
A method for soliciting and creating collaborative content items is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a user device of a first user, a request to contribute a content item for a personalized message to a second user, the personalized message for an event unique to the second user, wherein the first user is selected to receive the request to contribute the content item based on an affinity score between the first user and the second user, presenting the request to contribute the content item, receiving input from the first user identifying the content item to contribute for the personalized message to the second user, and causing the content item to be added to a collaborative content product generated for the second user, the collaborative content product comprising other content items of other users of the social network. |
| US10862953B2 |
Techniques for prediction of popularity of media
An article of manufacture for predicting the popularity of media may include at least one processor readable storage medium and instructions stored on the at least one medium. The instructions may be configured to be readable from the at least one medium by at least one processor and may thereby cause the at least one processor to operate so as to determine a publication time associated with digital media, set a predetermined time threshold based on the publication time, analyze the digital media to determine at least one feature associated with the digital media, compile the determined at least one feature, predict a popularity associated with the digital media based on the compiled at least one feature, and output the predicted popularity. The at least one feature associated with the digital media may be determined before the predetermined time threshold. |
| US10862952B1 |
Migration of operational computing hardware to a data center
Migration techniques are described. In an example, a computing system sends instructions associated with operational computing hardware to a client device. The instructions are sent based on a client request for relocating the operational computing hardware from a client location. This hardware is configured to provide client compute operations and store client data. The computing system provisions a private network within a data center of a provider. Based on an arrival of the portable enclosure with the operational computing hardware from the client location to a provider location associated with the data center, the computing system establishes a network connection between the private network and the operational computing hardware stored in the portable enclosure. The computing system provides remote access to the operational computing hardware via the private network based at least in part on the network connection. |
| US10862949B2 |
Resending a hypertext transfer protocol request
Technologies related to resending hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) requests are disclosed. One or more operations performed on a first web page is monitored. One or more HTTP requests that include the monitored one or more operations are sent to a server. Information associated with the one or more HTTP requests are recorded. Upon determining that an HTTP request of the one or more HTTP requests has failed to be sent, the HTTP request is recorded to a list of HTTP requests that failed to be sent. The HTTP request recorded to the list is deleted after receiving a normal response message from the server, and whether the list of HTTP requests that failed to be sent is empty is determined when redirecting from the first web page to a second web page. |
| US10862945B2 |
Adaptive restful real-time live media streaming
Conventional protocols for live media streaming are not lightweight and hence not suitable for constrained video transmitting devices. The protocols are poor in terms of delay performance under lossy conditions and need to maintain a lot of states at the constrained transmitting end leading to load on the memory and draining energy of the devices. The conventionally used protocols do not perform well for intermittent connectivity. Usually the existing streaming solutions act either in completely reliable manner, using reliable transport protocol like TCP, or in completely unreliable manner using best effort unreliable transport protocol like UDP. The present disclosure provides a single streaming solution which can change the protocol semantics and maintains a balance between reliability and delay-performance, thereby optimizing the overall system goodput. The protocol does this intelligently by inferring the criticality of the segment in flight and enable live video streaming for Internet of Things (IoT). |
| US10862940B1 |
Low latency live video on a communication session
A video sender loads sender video processing JavaScript into a browser, the sender video processing JavaScript being configured to receive video from a source connected to the first computer, encode images of the video into a H.26x encoded video format, package the encoded video into WebM or FMP4 format, and output the packaged/encoded video on the communication network. A video receiver loads receiver video JavaScript in its browser, the receiver video JavaScript comprising a video format detector, a WebM deboxer, a FMP4 deboxer, a H.26x video decoder, and a rendering engine. The video format detector determines whether received video is packaged using WebM or FMP4 and sends the video to the respective deboxer. The deboxed video is then decoded using the H.26x decoder and the images are rendered by the rendering engine. Timestamps and byte counts are inserted into the video packages, and acknowledgments are used to determine excess latency. |
| US10862939B2 |
Customized and extremely low latency streaming from the network edge
Streaming improvements are provided by using computing, caching, and/or other resources that are provided at different network edges in a Multi-access Edge Computing (“MEC”) enhanced network. A MEC device, at a network edge, may customize a stream passing to a client device via the network edge by identifying a break in an original stream manifest passing to the client device, and by inserting a link for the client device to request and play content that is selected by the MEC device during the break. The MEC device then passes the modified stream manifest, instead of the original stream manifest, to the client device. The MEC device may also be triggered, via a prioritization message from a host in the network, to prefetch, cache, and serve a stream from the network edge to a client device accessing the network via that network edge. |
| US10862938B1 |
Bandwidth-dependent media stream compression
In general, this disclosure describes media stream transmission techniques for a computing device. The computing device captures a first media item and identifies a primary portion of the first media item and a secondary portion of the first media item different than the primary portion. The computing device applies a first compression algorithm to the primary portion of the first media item to generate a compressed primary portion. The computing device applies a second compression algorithm to the secondary portion of the first media item to generate a compressed secondary portion, where a data compression ratio of the second compression algorithm is greater than a data compression ratio of the first compression algorithm. The computing device transmits, to a central computing device, the compressed primary portion of the first media item and the compressed secondary portion of the first media item. |
| US10862936B2 |
Unified playback position
Improved techniques for interacting with media content so as to provide a unified experience of media content across different client devices in a client-server environment are disclosed. Media content may be displayed on first display of a first client device. Using a server computer, a status of the media content may be communicated from the first client device to a second client device. The media content may be displayed on a second display of the second client device, in accordance with the status of the media content from the first client device. |
| US10862934B2 |
Vehicle entertainment system
Methods and systems for a vehicle entertainment system are provided. One method includes receiving an input for a media file at a smart monitor on an aircraft, the aircraft having a plurality of smart monitors and a plurality of seat boxes communicating via a network that includes a first sub-network to connect a first group of the seat boxes, and a computing device that stores a plurality of media files, and a second sub-network to connect a second group of seat boxes and the computing device. The method further includes identifying by the smart monitor, a priority associated with the input for selecting a source for streaming the media file; streaming the media file from a first source located at the first data sub-network of the first sub-network, based on the priority, and if the media file is available from the first source; and streaming the media file from a second source coupled to the first source within the first sub-network, based on the priority, and if the media file is unavailable from the first source and available from the second source. |
| US10862933B2 |
Systems and methods to manage multicast traffic
In various example embodiments, a system, a method, and a machine readable medium to manage multicast traffic are disclosed. The system includes a controller server for receiving first multicast group member information and for providing centralized control of a network. The first multicast group member information is received from a first end-host computer and received at the controller server responsive to a first packet forwarding system identifying the first end-host computer is joining a first multicast group on a first virtual network. The controller server generates a first multicast tree and communicates a first network configuration message to at least one packet forwarding system of the first plurality of packet forwarding systems. The first network configuration message includes a packet flow table entry enabling configuration of a flow table to enable communication of multicast traffic for the first multicast group over a portion of the first multicast tree. |
| US10862932B2 |
Implementing push-to-talk in a multimedia conferencing system
Systems and methods of providing push-to-talk communication techniques in a multimedia conferencing session are provided. For instance, a push-to-talk mode can be implemented in a conferencing session associated with a conferencing system comprising a plurality of endpoints. At least one of the endpoints can be a full duplex endpoint. A request for transmission capabilities can be received from a first endpoint. Transmission capabilities can be granted to the first endpoint based at least in part on one or more floor control parameters associated with the conferencing session. Subsequent to granting transmission capabilities to the first endpoint, audio data can be provided from the first endpoint to at least one endpoint of the plurality of endpoints in the conferencing session. |
| US10862931B1 |
Servicing group-based communication workspace add requests within a group-based communication system
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for servicing a group-based communication workspace add request within a group-based communication system. |
| US10862927B2 |
Dividing events into sessions during adaptive trust profile operations
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for generating an adaptive trust profile via an adaptive trust profile operation. In various embodiments the adaptive trust profile operation includes: monitoring a plurality of electronically-observable actions of an entity, the plurality of electronically-observable actions of the entity corresponding to a respective plurality of events enacted by the entity; converting the plurality of electronically-observable actions of the entity to electronic information representing the plurality of actions of the entity; and generating the adaptive trust profile based upon the plurality of actions of the entity, the adaptive trust profile being generated by an adaptive trust profile system. |
| US10862926B2 |
Cybersecurity threat detection and mitigation system
Apparatus and methods are provided for graphically defining a real-world cybersecurity protocol of an entity. The graphical platform includes searchable, manipulatable, graphs mapping cybersecurity threats. Manipulating nodes and relationships within the graphs translates into real-time modification of a cybersecurity protocol in effect for the entity. An ability to map known cybersecurity threats and analyze them (even according to known frameworks) may streamline and integrate efforts of cybersecurity defense teams. Graphical representation of a security protocol facilitates proactive threat hunting as well as expediting incident response activities by providing evidence-based pathways to inform impact analysis and source event analysis. |
| US10862923B2 |
System and method for detecting a compromised computing system
A digital security threat management system is disclosed. The system detects the presence of a computing system, on a network, that has been compromised by an undetected and/or unknown digital security threat. The digital security threat management system recognizes characteristic emanations from a computer system that has been compromised. Because the characteristic emanations that result from a known threat can be the same as the characteristic emanations that result from an undetected and/or unknown threat, the digital security threat management system can learn to detect a computing system that has been compromised by an unknown threat if the security threat management system recognizes characteristic emanations from a previous attack, based on a known threat, of the computing system. In this way, the system can detect the presence of a compromised computing system, even if the cause of the compromise remains undetected and/or unknown. Appropriate remedial action may be taken upon detection. |
| US10862920B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamic network security control and configuration
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes identifying, by a computer system, an asset associated with a group; detecting a change in an attribute of the asset; and in response to detecting the change in the attribute of the asset, modifying, by the computer system, a configuration setting for a firewall. Among other things, the embodiments of the present disclosure can perform dynamically configure and control security features in response to changes in the computing environment, including asset attribute changes, security events, operational events, user input and environmental changes. Embodiments of the present disclosure thereby help to quickly maintain or change the security posture of a system and maintain the level of compliance with set of predefined security benchmarks or codified best practices. |
| US10862919B2 |
Methods and systems for evaluating effects of cyber-attacks on cyber-physical systems
Described are systems and methods for evaluating cyber effects in a cyber-physical system (CPS). In some embodiments, a simulation model of the CPS is built and includes an attacked component set and an evaluated component set. A control component is inserted into the simulation model. One or more direct connections between the attacked component set and the evaluated component set are disconnected. One or more indirect connections are identified and then disconnected from the simulation model with disconnected direct connections. The one or more direct connections and indirect connections are routed through the control component. A cyber-attack on the attacked component set can be simulated by configuring the control component to control outputs transmitted via a routed connection, the routed connection being one of the routed direct or indirect connections. The simulated components of the simulation model can be progressively and iteratively replaced by corresponding components from the CPS. |
| US10862918B2 |
Multi-dimensional heuristic search as part of an integrated decision engine for evolving defenses
A decision engine includes: a genetic algorithm framework including a knowledge base of standard configurations, a candidate selector generator and a selector to select a candidate configuration from a plurality of preferred standard configurations in response to the candidate selector generator; a parallelized reasoning framework including an attack surface reasoning algorithm module to compute the security and cost tradeoffs of an attack surface associated with each candidate configuration; and a user interface framework including a web service engine where users can interact and provide feedback on direction of an evolution used in a genetic algorithm search for evolving defenses. |
| US10862917B2 |
Network resource implementation prioritization
Techniques for providing dynamic resource implementation prioritization for a network are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a user of a selected device and assigning a user value based on the user's identity. The method includes determining related devices on the network by evaluating user behavior information to identify devices in the network that are in communication with the selected device. The method includes calculating a composite device value based on a value of the selected device, the user value, and values of the related devices. The method includes determining a probability factor for potential security vulnerabilities affecting the selected device and calculating a risk score based on the composite device value and the probability factor. Security measures may be implemented based on a comparison of the calculated risk score for the selected device with a plurality of risk scores for other devices in the network. |
| US10862916B2 |
Simulation and visualization of malware spread in a cloud-based collaboration environment
The technology disclosed simulates and analyzes spread of malware through an organization as a result of sharing files using cloud-based services. This analysis is based on actual user and file sharing characteristics collected on a user-by-user and file-by-file basis. The technology disclosed traces connections among the users by traversing a directed graph constructed from the user-by-user data and the file-by-file data. It then simulates the spread of malware, from an entry point user zero through the organization, via the cloud-based services, using the directed graph to simulate user exposure to, infection by, and transmission of the malware within the organization. It then produces a visualization of the spread from the entry point user zero, to users within a user partition to which the user zero belongs, at varying transmission distances from the user zero. |
| US10862912B2 |
Tracking host threats in a network and enforcing threat policy actions for the host threats
A device receives network segment information identifying network segments associated with a network, and receives endpoint host session information identifying sessions associated with endpoint hosts communicating with the network. The device generates, based on the network segment information and the endpoint host session information, a data structure that includes information associating the network segments with the sessions associated with the endpoint hosts. The device updates the data structure based on changes in the sessions associated with the endpoint hosts and based on changes in locations of the endpoint hosts within the network segments, and identifies, based on the data structure, a particular endpoint host, of the endpoint hosts, that changed locations within the network segments. The device determines a threat policy action to enforce for the particular endpoint host, and causes the threat policy action to be enforced, by the network, for the particular endpoint host. |
| US10862911B2 |
System, device, and method of adaptive network protection for managed internet-of-things services
System, device, and method of adaptive network protection for managed Internet-of-Things (IoT) services. A network traffic monitoring unit monitors data traffic, operations-and-management traffic, and control messages, that relate to cellular communication between an IoT device and a core cellular network. An IoT grouping unit groups multiple IoT devices into a particular IoT group. A baseline behavior determination unit determines a Regular Baseline Cellular Communication Behavior (RBCCB) profile that characterizes the cellular communications that are outgoing from and incoming to each member of the particular IoT group. An outlier detector subsequently detects that a particular IoT device of that particular IoT group, exhibits cellular traffic characteristics that are abnormal relative to the RBCCB profile that was characterized for that particular IoT group. An enforcement actions generator is triggered to selectively perform one or more enforcement operations, notification operations, and quarantine operations. |
| US10862907B1 |
Techniques for detecting domain threats
An inventory of Internet-facing assets related to a target domain is generated using network data gathered from network data sources. Using data sources of known threats, such as malware, phishing attempts, scam pages, blacklisted sites, and so on, a network analytic system generates analytical information about domains, sub-domains, and components that are owned, managed, and/or controlled by a target entity. A measure of domain identity threat is generated based on a classification model using the analytical information. |
| US10862906B2 |
Playbook based data collection to identify cyber security threats
A comprehensive security operation platform with artificial intelligence capabilities which may collaborate and/or automate tasks, including complex and/or redundant security tasks. An automated system may assist security analysts and security operations center managers in discovering security incidents. A comprehensive security operations platform may combine intelligent automation scale and collaborative human social learning, wisdom and experience. An automated system may empower security analysts to resolve incidents faster and reduce redundancy through collaboration with peers in virtual war rooms. An automated system may automate security analyst work by executing tasks from the war room or by following playbooks defined by the security analysts. |
| US10862905B2 |
Incident response techniques
Providing are incident response techniques useful for personas with a variety of experience levels are described. The incident response techniques include a graphical user interface (GUI) for providing a variety of different views for different personas. The graphical user interface may provide a landing page for providing a queue of risk-score prioritized incidents, an incident playbook for providing default or customizable instructions for resolving a particular incident to lesser-experienced personas, an explore container for facilitating efficient navigation of data associated with a particular incident by more-experienced personas, and an activity stream container for providing an overview of activities that have been performed with regard to a particular incident to more-experienced or supervising personas. The explore container may also be integrated with tools for performing actions with the data without leaving the graphical user interface. |
| US10862903B2 |
State grouping methodologies to compress transitions in a deterministic automata
A hardware system for signature matching in a distributed network is disclosed. The hardware system comprises a network processor and a memory. The network processor is configured to perform horizontal compression on a state table using bitmaps, wherein the state table has a plurality of states and state transitions. The processor is also configured to perform a first grouping of states of the state table using the bitmaps to generate a first one or more sets of states, perform a second grouping of states of the state table based on the first one or more sets of states and a transition threshold to generate a second one or more sets of states, perform a conquer step grouping of the states of the state table based on the second one or more sets of states and conquer criteria to generate third one or more sets of states, and generate a two dimensioned compressed state table based on the third one or more sets of states. The memory circuit is configured to store the two dimensioned compressed state table. |
| US10862898B2 |
Polymorphic network interface
An address for a protected resource of a device is randomized at configurable intervals of time as a randomized address. The randomized address is pushed to the Operation System (OS) for mapping the randomized address to an OS identifier for the protected resource. Other devices of a network produce a same randomized address for the protected resource based on a time-based synchronization. |
| US10862897B2 |
Real-time authorization of initiated data exchanges based on dynamically generated tokenized data
The disclosed exemplary embodiments include computer-implemented systems, apparatuses, and processes that, among other things, authorize initiated exchanges of data in real-time based on dynamically generated tokenized data. For example, an apparatus may receive first positional data identifying a first geographic position of a client device and based on the first positional data, the apparatus may determine a value of a parameter characterizing an exchange of data between the client device and a terminal device disposed proximate to the client device during a temporal interval. The apparatus may transmit data requesting a pre-authorization of the data exchange to a computing system, which perform operations that pre-authorize the data exchange in accordance with the parameter value and transmit a digital token representative of the pre-authorized data exchange to the terminal device. The digital token may be valid during the temporal interval and may include a cryptogram associated with the client device. |
| US10862890B2 |
Method and system related to authentication of users for accessing data networks
A system and method for authenticating a user that requests access to services of a computer network, including using a unique communication address for authentication and identification. One of the methods includes globally assigning unique communication addresses to users and devices, the devices being uniquely associated with respective users. Unique communication addresses associate with the users are used for authenticating and identifying the users. A login function is used through the devices, the devices each being mapped to a unique communication address using a hardware identity configured for sending and receiving information over a network. |
| US10862888B1 |
Linking a forwarded contact on a resource to a user interaction on a requesting source item
Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a method for providing content. An initial request for a resource is received. A determination is made when fixed or recyclable contact information should be provided with the resource, wherein the contact information is associated with a content sponsor that sponsored the resource. When recyclable contact information should be provided, first recyclable contact information for the content sponsor and time-out information are identified. The first recyclable contact information and the time-out information are combined in an identifier. The identifier is stored on the requesting device and the resource is provided including the first recyclable contact information responsive to the initial request. |
| US10862885B2 |
Device identification
Systems, methods, and related technologies for device identification are described. In certain aspects, packet data associated with a device can be analyzed and a score determined. The score and the threshold can be compared to determine a device identification for the device. |
| US10862881B2 |
Method of managing shared files and device for authenticating subscriber by using same
A method of managing a file of a subscriber authenticating module embedded in a terminal device and a module for authenticating a subscriber by using the method. The method of managing the file includes configuring a file structure for one or more profiles and managing one or more files included in the file structure in response to a request. Thus, the method is efficient for a multiple-profile environment. |
| US10862874B2 |
Apparatus for use in a can system
A CAN device is provided with an encryption function and a decryption function. The encryption function allows messages to be encrypted and put onto a CAN bus. The decryption function allows the messages on the CAN bus to be decrypted. The encryption and decryption functions share keys which change over the course of time. |
| US10862873B1 |
Message-based database replication
A networked device communication system can configure network devices (e.g., a primary and secondary database) to send and receive sequences of messages, such as replicated data, using one or more keypairs and wrapping keys. The sequences of messages can include an initial set of messages that are encrypted by a wrapping key, and further include another set of messages that are encrypted by a replaced staggered key. The sequence of messages can be configured to be decrypted without exporting keys of hardware security modules. |
| US10862869B2 |
System and method for decoding traffic over proxy servers
Methods and systems for applying surveillance to client computers that communicate via proxy servers. A decoding system accepts communication packets from a communication network. Based on the received packets, the decoding system identifies that a certain client computer conducts a communication session with a target server via a proxy server. The decoding system processes the packets so as to correlate the identity of the client computer with the identity of the target server. The correlated identities may comprise, for example, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses or Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). |
| US10862867B2 |
Intelligent graphical user interface
In one embodiment, a method, system, and apparatus is described for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for a network security system. Data is stored for use by a hardware processor in a memory. The hardware processor executes a graphics engine. A GUI is output by the graphics engine, the GUI including a first portion of the GUI comprising a user entry field for receiving a user input for configuring behavior of a network security system, a second portion of the GUI, for displaying a translation of the user input in a tabular form, and a third portion of the GUI, for displaying a translation of the user input in a graphical form. Related methods, systems, and apparatus are also described. |
| US10862859B2 |
Highly available DHCP service by running DHCP servers on a blockchain network
Example embodiments in the disclosure relate to providing a highly available DHCP service using a plurality of DHCP servers running on a blockchain network. The highly available DHCP service may be provided by running a blockchain network of DHCP servers that: i) share a common pool of IP addresses that are assigned to client devices; and ii) maintain a copy of a blockchain containing a record of communications between servers and clients relating to allocation of IP addresses to clients from the common IP address pool. |
| US10862858B2 |
Information centric approach in achieving anycast in machine type communications
The disclosure relates to technology for machine type communication (MTC) in an information centric network. A record is stored that identifies multiple MTC devices having one or more of the same functions. The multiple MTC devices form a group with a unique name. The group of MTC devices is managed to add one or more other connected MTC devices to the information centric network, where the one or more other connected MTC devices have one or more of the same functions as the MTC devices already included in the group. A message is then published in the information centric network, where the message includes a unique name of the group of MTC devices and an address of a next hop towards the group of MTC devices. |
| US10862857B2 |
System and method of using a global discovery service to enable routing of packets from a source container to a destination container
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided to populate databases with routing data for containers to eliminate the need for continuously accessing a global discovery service. An example method includes initiating, from a source container operating on a first machine in a first rack, a communication with a destination container operating on a second machine on a second rack, wherein a local database on the first machine does not know an address of the destination container. The method includes accessing a global discovery service to provide the address of the destination container, populating the local database on the first machine with the address of the destination container and routing a packet from the source container to the destination container according to the address of the destination container. |
| US10862852B1 |
Resolution of domain name requests in heterogeneous network environments
Systems and methods are for domain name system (DNS) resolutions in heterogeneous network environments including a virtual private cloud (VPC). An administrator of a virtual private cloud (VPC) specifies rules identifying sources for resolving DNS resolution requests. The rules may include routing a request to a source outside the VPC such as to an on-premises DNS resolver through an outbound IP endpoint. |
| US10862849B2 |
Address resolution system
An address resolution system a host device, a first networking device, and a second networking device that is coupled to the host device and the first networking device. The second networking device is configured to send a first address resolution communication to the first networking device. The second networking device may then receive a second address resolution communication from the first networking device in response to the first address resolution communication. The second address resolution communication includes networking device identification data that identifies the first networking device as having a networking type. The second networking device may then allocate, in an address resolution database in response to the networking device identification data identifying the first networking device as having the networking type, a first address resolution entry for the first networking device that includes an egress object. |
| US10862844B2 |
Merged message storage data structure
A data processing system, including non-volatile memory storing a plurality of messages included in a group discussion among a plurality of users. The non-volatile memory may further store metadata including an ordering of the messages. The data processing system may further include a processor configured to, for a first message storage data structure and a second message storage data structure, each associated with a first user of the plurality of users, determine that the one or more messages of the first message storage data structure and the second message storage data structure are contiguous in the ordering. The processor may generate a merged message storage data structure including each message included in the first message storage data structure and the second message storage data structure. The processor may generate a receipt based on the merged message storage data structure and transmit the receipt to a second user. |
| US10862843B2 |
Computerized system and method for modifying a message to apply security features to the message's content
Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content providing, generating and/or hosting systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the security and quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods provide added security features and functionality to messaging platforms. Message content within communicated or to be communicated messages can be subject to such security functionality through the identification of selected message portions having an identifier applied therewith that not only hides the selected message portions from being viewed within a message interface, but also modifies the message thereby rendering the selected message portion as unreadable and/or inaccessible by a user or computing device without the required security credentials. |
| US10862840B2 |
Inline message composing with visible list view
A compose form for drafting a message is presented inline within a window along with a message list. For example, instead of overlaying the message application's user interface (UI) with a new window for composing a message, the compose form is displayed within a portion of the window reserved for viewing content of messages. While composing the message using the compose form, the rest of the message application's UI remains visible and accessible to the user. For example, the user may navigate to another folder and/or move to another message/conversation by interacting with the tree view/message list view. A draft of the message being composed may be automatically saved when the user navigates away from the compose form (e.g. by selecting another conversation in the list view). |
| US10862839B2 |
Technology for managing previously-transmitted electronic communications
Systems and methods for managing and storing electronic communications are disclosed. According to certain aspects, the systems and methods may receive a request to classify a previously-sent electronic communication with a certain designation. The systems and methods may transmit a notification to the participants of the electronic communication, where the notification indicates the classification of the electronic communication. The systems and methods may store the electronic communication appropriately for later analysis and retrieval. |
| US10862835B2 |
Media item attachment system
Disclosed are media attachment systems to enable a user to embed a first media item with a link to a second media item, and distribute the first media item in a message to one or more recipient client devices. For example, the first media item may include a picture or video captured by a user at a client device. The user may generate a message that includes the first media item. In response, a media attachment system may cause display of an interface at the client device that includes an option to attach an address to a second media item to the message. For example, the second media item may include a web page, social media post, picture, or video identified by an address such as a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). |
| US10862834B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating descriptive texts corresponding to chat message images via a condition probability model
A chat message processing method is provided for a server. The method includes receiving a chat message sent by a sending terminal, where the chat message carries information about a receiving terminal, and forwarding the chat message to the receiving terminal. The method also includes, when determining that the chat message comprises an image, generating at least one group of descriptive texts used for describing the image; and sending the at least one group of descriptive texts of the image to the receiving terminal to cause the receiving terminal to, when displaying the image, simultaneously display the at least one group of descriptive texts as at least one candidate entering-item associated with the image. |
| US10862831B2 |
System, method, and computer program product providing end-to-end security of centrally accessible group membership information
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for end-to-end security of centrally accessible group membership information. In use, membership information defining a user group in a messaging system is accessed from a central server, where the membership information includes (1) at least one change to members of the user group, and (2) for each change of the at least one change, a digital signature of a user that made the change. Additionally, a verification process on the membership information is performed, including: for each change of the at least one change, verifying the digital signature of the user that made the change. Further, members of the user group are determined, as a result of the verification process, and at least one action is performed in association with the members of the user group. |
| US10862829B2 |
Capacity-based scaling of queue-based services
Capacity-based scaling of queue-based resources is described. Initially, a scaling system measures capacity of service processors that are instantiated at a cloud computing service system to provide a service on behalf of a service provider, and also measures a load on these processors. In contrast to conventional scaling systems—which base scalings on a number of queued messages which the instantiated service processors process to provide the service—the scaling system measures the load in terms of not only the number of messages held in a queue but also an input rate of the messages to the queue. The described scaling system then determines whether and by how much to scale the instantiated processors based on this number of messages and input rate. Given this, the scaling system instructs the cloud computing service system how to scale the instantiated service processors to provide the service. |
| US10862825B1 |
Token-based device access restrictions based on system uptime
Systems and methods are described herein for token-based access to an intelligent electronic device (IED) resource in a power delivery system. A token server and an IED resource may be communicatively connected via a communication network. The token server may generate a token associated with access privileges to one or more IED resources. The token server associates an access duration time with the generated token. The user presents the IED resource with the token as part of an access attempt. The IED resource grants access at a first time defined with reference to the device uptime of the IED resource until a second time defined with reference to the device up time. The difference between the first time and the second time corresponds to the access duration time of the token. |
| US10862823B2 |
Method for service implementation in network function virtualization (NFV) system and communications unit
Embodiments provide a method, which can implement establishment of an network function virtualization (NFV) network service chain. The method includes obtaining, by a first communications unit, a service chain rule, where the service chain rule is used to indicate service processing that needs to be performed. The method also includes obtaining, according to the service chain rule, information about a service chain through which a service route passes, where the information about the service chain is used to indicate information about a virtualized network function (VNF) through which the service route passes, and the VNF is configured for the service processing; and sending a route and resource configuration request message, where the route and resource configuration request message carries the information about the service chain, to request to perform, according to the information about the service chain, route and resource configuration for the VNF included in the service chain. |
| US10862821B1 |
Managing processor load in a multi-tenant environment
Approaches are described for managing workload, or other tasks in a data center, shared resource environment or other such electronic environment. In particular, a customer (or other end user, etc.) is able to use a computing device to submit a request to process information across at least one appropriate network to be received by a provider environment. The provider environment includes a set of resources (e.g., computing devices) operable to process the information for any of a variety of different purposes. Code can be deployed and executed at one or more of the host machines, wherein when executed, can enable the host machines to perform operations to process a workload in a distributed self-organizing manner, without a master server or other management device, to distribute work, handle situations where host machines go offline, etc. |
| US10862820B2 |
Method for prioritizing network packets at high bandwidth speeds
The embodiments are directed to methods and appliances for scheduling a packet transmission. The methods and appliances can assign received data packets or a representation of data packets to one or more connection nodes of a classification tree having a link node and first and second intermediary nodes associated with the link node via one or more semi-sorted queues, wherein the one or more connection nodes correspond with the first intermediary node. The methods and appliances can process the one or more connection nodes using a credit-based round robin queue. The methods and appliances can authorize the sending of the received data packets based on the processing. |
| US10862817B2 |
Congestion control method, apparatus, and system
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a congestion control method, an apparatus, and a system. The method includes receiving, by a first device, an acknowledgement packet that is from a second device and that includes an ECE identifier. Based on an indication of the ECE identifier the first device starts monitoring a plurality of sub streams on a plurality of transmission paths between the first device and the second device, and grouping, into one set, sub streams that meet a congestion control condition. Additionally, intra-set congestion control is performed on the sub streams in the set. Separately congestion control is performed on a sub stream that is not in the set. The congestion control method is applied to a scenario in which data transmission is performed between the first device and the second device by using the MPTCP. |
| US10862815B2 |
Method for managing packets for V2X communication and apparatus therefor
A method for discarding at least one packet by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes steps of storing the at least one packet received from an upper layer in a buffer; determining whether or not a number of packets in the buffer is equal to or greater than a threshold value; and discarding the at least one packet from the buffer when the number of packets in the buffer is equal to or greater than the threshold value. |