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| US10872508B2 |
Collection box for point-of-sale printed matter
A collection apparatus for organizing paper-based transaction items collected at a store checkout comprises a housing including a front section, rear section, left side, right side, top region, and bottom region; and an interior of the housing that is constructed and arranged into three regions. Each region includes a cavity; a removable container positioned in each cavity; three slot-shaped openings in the front section. Each slot-shaped opening is aligned with an opening in a removable container for providing a path for the paper-based transaction items to the removable container. A sensor in each cavity or container senses the paper-based transaction items received via a slot-shaped opening into the container. |
| US10872507B2 |
Systems and methods for using transparent surfaces in an automated teller machine
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for using transparent surfaces at an automated teller machine. In one implementation, a method of visualizing a deposit at an automated teller machine includes receiving a command to deposit at least one depository element; determining an amount associated with the command; displaying, on a transparent surface of the automated teller machine configured to allow a user of the automated teller machine to view the at least one depository element, a visual representation of the determined amount; and receiving, concurrent with or after displaying, a verification of the amount. |
| US10872505B2 |
Electronic gaming devices for playing a card game having multiple wagering opportunities
A method of playing and presenting a game, such as at an electronic gaming device, offers players the opportunity for multi-tier wagering and side or proposition bets. In one embodiment a card game offers an ante, secondary, tertiary and quaternary wagering options on a player hand against a dealer hand and proposition bets on the player and/or dealer hands. The game may comprise a card game in which initial cards are dealt to each player and the dealer and then community flop, river and turn cards are dealt, with each player and the dealer forming a best five card poker hand from seven cards. |
| US10872503B2 |
Method, system, and computer program product for interactive sports game
A computer implemented game involving analytics and real time data analysis. The game can allow players to predict and wager on the types of plays that have yet to occur, for example, in a football game. The game may utilize an algorithm that compares situational data in a game to stored data regarding similar situations in past games. The game can then provide a likelihood that a certain type of play can be performed, which may be interpreted as odds of a certain type of play. Users can then utilize this information to predict and wager on the upcoming play. Depending on the results of the play, users may win or lose their wager. |
| US10872501B1 |
Gaming device and system including a timed, skilled-based bonus game and method of using the same
A gaming system including multiple gaming devices (e.g., slot machines) forming a network. The network includes a common bonus game, which when activated, is played by all players on the network. The bonus game may be skill based and played in accordance with time credits earned during play of a primary game. The multiple gaming devices may comprise linked standalone gaming devices, mobile gaming devices (e.g., smart devices), server-based gaming devices, etc. Individual gaming devices may also benefit from the timed, skill-based bonus game. |
| US10872500B2 |
Slot machine implementing a symbol lock operation
The present disclosure relates generally to computational devices and, in particular, toward a computational device, system, and method of operating a computational device. The method may include determining that a re-spin operation is available with a symbol lock feature and then implementing the re-spin for symbols in an array of symbols that are unlocked or otherwise not identified as being locked. |
| US10872495B2 |
Transferring awards via optical machine readable data representation images
In some embodiments, a method includes: requesting, from a player at the gaming machine, player account credentials associated with the player; receiving, at the gaming machine, the player account credentials, wherein the player account credentials are associated with a player's account on the account server and enable linking game play on the gaming machine to the player's account, and wherein the player account credentials are provided to the player's mobile phone in response to joining a players club prior to detection of the initiation event; transmitting, via the gaming machine, the player account credentials to the account server; receiving, from the account server, validation of the player account credentials based on comparing the received player account credentials with credentials stored on the account server; upon receipt of the validation, linking a wagering game session on the gaming machine with the player account. |
| US10872494B2 |
System capable of adding multi-currency function
Provided is a system that is capable of adding a multi-currency function to an existing ticket/cashless server. The system according to the present application communicates information to issue a barcode ticket for taking out a credit from a gaming machine via a path connected with a game controller and, in the case of receipt of a bill, sends information on the bill to the ticket/cashless server via a path different from the path. |
| US10872492B2 |
Skillful casino multi-level games and regulated gaming machines in which progressively higher game levels enable progressively higher returns to player (RTP)
A computer-implemented method of operating a regulated gaming machine may comprise accepting, in the regulated gaming machine, funds from a player and enabling the player to play a multi-level wager-based game, the game comprising a plurality of wagering opportunities, a successful player interaction with each of which generates a wager. A current return to player (RTP) percentage may then be established for wagers placed. Game play may be enabled at a current level of the game and player input may be received from a user interface to cause player interactions with the wagering opportunities. For at least some of the wagering opportunities with which the player interacted, a wager may be placed at the current RTP and a predetermined number of points associated with the wagering opportunity may be collected. When the number of points collected reaches one of plurality of predetermined number of points, the game may move to a next level in the multi-level game, at which point this next level becomes the current level. When the current level reaches one of a plurality of predetermined levels in the multi-level game, a next RTP may be implemented, and this next RTP becomes the current RTP. Game play may then be continued at the current level. |
| US10872484B1 |
Mobile digital locking technology
Techniques for using a mobile station to open the doors of buildings and vehicles, instead of a dedicated physical key. The mobile station is configured to provide the operating power to a lock without a power cord. A mobile station app is then configured to communicate with the lock via a short-range wireless communication connection, and open and close the lock. This can provide an electronic software-based key and lock system that is cheaper and easier to use than the physical key. |
| US10872478B2 |
Embedded on-board diagnostic (OBD) device for a vehicle
Embodiments described herein provide various examples of a low cost, low power, fully automated, unobtrusive, and vehicle-independent radio frequency (RF) communication device to be plugged into a standard on-board diagnostic (OBD) port inside a vehicle to access OBD diagnostic data. According to one aspect, an OBD device for a vehicle is disclosed. This OBD device includes: an OBD adapter configured to be plugged into an OBD port of a vehicle and a first RFID module electrically coupled to the OBD adapter. The first RFID module is further configured to receive OBD data of a vehicle from an associated OBD port via the OBD adapter and communicate at least a portion of the received OBD data to a first RFID reader when the first RFID module is queried by the first RFID reader. |
| US10872475B2 |
3D mobile renderer for user-generated avatar, apparel, and accessories
This disclosure describes example techniques for personalized virtual look, fit, and animation of apparel, accessories, and cosmetics on a virtual representation of a user. The disclosure describes dividing an image to be rendered into n containers, wherein the image represents an avatar of a user, determining a respective category of content, from among a plurality of categories of content, for each of the n containers, determining a respective shader program for respective containers of the n containers based on the respective category of the respective container, independently rendering the n containers using the determined respective shader programs to create the avatar, and displaying the avatar. |
| US10872474B2 |
Method and system for dynamic adjustment of a model
A method and system for manipulating a 3D model during treatment planning and automatically adjusting the 3D model based on a localized area of the 3D model proximate to a location of said manipulation. The 3D model is automatically adjusted during the course of treatment planning such that a user has an unobstructed view of the surface. The 3D model may be for example, a 3D model of a tooth or teeth or dental anatomy. |
| US10872472B2 |
Systems for augmented reality visual aids and tools
Adaptive Control Driven System/ACDS 99, supports visual enhancement, mitigation of challenges and with basic image modification algorithms and any known hardware from contact lenses to IOLs to AR hardware glasses, & enables users to enhance vision with user interface based on a series of adjustments that are applied to move, modify, or reshape image sets and components with full advantage of the remaining useful retinal area, thus addressing aspects of visual challenges heretofore inaccessible by devices which learn needed adjustments. |
| US10872470B2 |
Presentation of content at headset display based on other display not being viewable
In one aspect, a headset includes a housing, a processor coupled to the housing, a first at least partially transparent display coupled to the housing and accessible to the processor, and storage coupled to the housing and accessible to the processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the processor to determine that a user cannot view at least a portion of a second display and, based on the determination, present at least a first portion of content on the first display. |
| US10872469B2 |
System and method for subdividing large polygon mesh datasets into hierarchical subsets for level-of-detail use
Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory media of various embodiments enable subdividing large polygon meshes with diverse materials into a hierarchy of separate components, such as tiles. In various embodiments, the components may in aggregate represent the entire mesh. In the hierarchies of separate components as provided by the various embodiments, the components may be loaded as-needed based on importance, culled due to lack of importance to a given view, and/or replaced with higher or lower detail variants depending on importance to a given view. The ability to load components, such as tiles, on-demand provided by the various embodiments may provide improved rendering performance of a large polygon mesh with diverse materials, especially when the rendering leverages data transmission over a network. |
| US10872467B2 |
Method for data collection and model generation of house
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for data collection and model generation of a house. According to the method, when a model of a house is to be established, both collected depth images of the house and pictures of the house are acquired. A virtual three-dimensional model of the house is created by using the depth images, and a panoramic image of a functional space is generated by using the pictures. When a user needs to learn about the structure of the house, the user can view the virtual three-dimensional model created from the depth images; and when the user needs to learn about specific details of a functional space, the user can view the panoramic image of the functional space. The details of a functional space of the house can be displayed, and the structure of the house can be displayed as well, which helps the user to fully learn about the house. |
| US10872466B1 |
Creating improved 3D models from 2D data
Techniques for displaying underground assets using a portable electronic device. A camera image of a ground having a ground surface may be captured. A placement of a virtual pit in the camera image may be determined. A pit view comprising the virtual pit and a virtual representation of an underground asset, and a superimposed image comprising the camera image and the pit view may be generated. A top opening of the virtual pit may align with the ground surface in the camera image. A portion of the virtual representation of the underground asset may be shown inside the virtual pit and below the top opening of the virtual pit such that a distance between the top opening and the portion of the virtual representation of the underground asset inside the virtual pit may provide a visual indication of a depth of the underground asset relative to the ground surface. |
| US10872463B2 |
Depth-compressed representation for 3D virtual scene
A method for compressing depth information for a three-dimensional virtual scene includes, at a computing device, recognizing a three-dimensional virtual scene including one or more locally-maintained virtual objects. Positioning information for one or more remotely-maintained virtual objects to be included in the three-dimensional virtual scene are received from a remote device. For a virtual view of the three-dimensional virtual scene having a virtual perspective, different portions of the virtual view are classified as belonging to one of a plurality of different occlusion classes, each of the plurality of different occlusion classes specifying an occlusion relationship between locally-maintained virtual objects and remotely-maintained virtual objects in the virtual view. A depth-compressed representation indicating the occlusion class for each of the different portions of the virtual view is output to the remote device. |
| US10872459B2 |
Scene recognition using volumetric substitution of real world objects
Techniques are provided to estimate of location or position of objects that are depicted in an image of a scene. Some implementations include obtaining an image of a scene; identifying an object within the image of the scene; obtaining a three-dimensional model that corresponds to the object that was identified within the image of the scene, the three-dimensional model being obtained from the database of three-dimensional models; determining, based on data from the three-dimensional model, an estimated depth of the object within the scene; generating or updating a three-dimensional representation of the scene based at least on the estimated depth of the object within the scene; and providing the three-dimensional representation of the scene, including at least a portion of the three-dimensional representation of the scene that was generated or updated based on the three-dimensional model of the object, to the scene analyzer. |
| US10872458B1 |
Graphics surface addressing
Techniques are disclosed relating to memory allocation for graphics surfaces. In some embodiments, graphics processing circuitry is configured to access a graphics surface based on an address in a surface space assigned to the graphics surface. In some embodiments, first translation circuitry is configured to access one or more entries in a set of multiple translation entries for pages of the surface space (where the translation entries are stored using addresses in a virtual space and map pages of the surface space to the virtual space) and translate address information for the surface space to address information in the virtual space based on one or more of the translation entries. In some embodiments, the graphics processing circuitry is configured to provide an address for the access to the graphics surface based on translation by the first translation circuitry and second translation circuitry configured to translate the address in the virtual space to an address in a physical space of a memory configured to store the graphics surface. The disclosed techniques may allow sparse allocation of large graphics surfaces, in various embodiments. |
| US10872453B2 |
Rendering of virtual hand pose based on detected hand input
A method is provided, including the following operations: receiving, from a controller device, controller input that identifies postures of at least two fingers of the user's hand; determining a similarity of the controller input to a predefined target input; rendering in a virtual space a virtual hand that corresponds to the controller device, wherein when the similarity exceeds a predefined threshold, then, in response the virtual hand is animated so that a pose of the virtual hand transitions to a predefined hand pose, such that postures of fingers of the virtual hand transition to predefined finger postures of the predefined hand pose, and wherein when the similarity does not exceed the predefined threshold, then the virtual hand is rendered so that the pose of the virtual hand dynamically changes in response to changes in the controller input. |
| US10872447B2 |
Topology specifying method, topology specifying apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
A topology specifying method includes: acquiring object information that shows a shape of a visible object viewed by a user, and viewing position information that shows a position or movement of the user's view in a visual recognition area viewed by the user, and specifying a topology of the visible object that is associated with the user's impression of the visible object on the basis of a shape of the visible object included in the object information, and outputting information associated with the visible object and topology information that shows the specified topology in association with the each other. |
| US10872445B2 |
Apparatus for tomosynthesis image reconstruction
The present invention relates to an apparatus for tomosynthesis image reconstruction. It is described to provide (210) a first projection image data set and a second projection image data set acquired after acquisition of the first projection image data set, wherein, the first projection image data set comprises first projection data, and the second projection image data set comprises second projection data, and wherein the first projection image data set is useable for the reconstruction of a tomosynthesis image of at least a region of interest of a body part and wherein the second projection image data set is useable for the reconstruction of a tomosynthesis image of at least the region of interest of the body part. A subset of the first projection data is selected (220). An enhanced image of at least the region of interest of the body part is reconstructed (230) on the basis of the subset of the first projection data and second projection reconstruction data comprising at least a first subset of the second projection data. Information is output (240) relating to the enhanced image of at least the region of interest of the body part. |
| US10872444B2 |
Display apparatus and control method thereof
A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a touch display, a camera, and a processor configured to control the camera to capture an image including the touch display, based on an object being identified from an image captured through the camera, obtain a first position of the object on the touch display based on the image, identify whether the first position is within a predetermined distance from a second position where the touch input is sensed based on a touch input of the object being sensed on the touch display, and based on the first position being within the predetermined distance from the second position, control the touch display to display a touch trajectory corresponding to the touch input based on the identified object. |
| US10872441B2 |
Mixed reality coding with overlays
A system includes a camera to capture real world content and a semiconductor package apparatus. The semiconductor package apparatus includes a substrate and logic. The logic includes a graphics pipeline to generate rendered content, a base layer encoder to encode real world content into a base layer and a first layer encoder to encode rendered content into a first non-base layer, a multiplexer to interleave the base layer with the first non-base layer to obtain a single output signal having mixed reality content, and a transmitter to transmit the single output signal. The system further includes a second layer encoder to encode map data into a second non-base layer. The multiplexer to interleave the second non-base layer with the first non-base layer and the base layer. The first and second layer encoders encode the rendered content and the map data into overlay auxiliary pictures. |
| US10872435B2 |
Method and apparatus for iteratively establishing object position
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for iteratively establishing an optimized position of a feature from a plurality of images of the feature. Methods may include: receiving sensor data from at least one image sensor; processing the plurality of images to detect features within each of the plurality of images; for every combination of two images including the first feature, determining an estimated first feature position based on a triangulated position; establishing a spread of estimated first feature positions for the plurality of combinations of two images; determining a best-fit line passing through the spread of estimated first feature positions; iteratively minimizing a perpendicular error projection of each estimated first feature position relative to the best-fit line to obtain a reduced spread of optimized estimated first feature positions; and establishing from the reduced spread of optimized estimated feature positions an optimized estimated first feature position. |
| US10872434B2 |
Image processing apparatus and method
Provided is an image processing apparatus and a method to improve the robustness of posture estimation during viewing of contents with respect to a projected image. Similarity between a captured image obtained by imaging a projected image by an imaging unit, the projected image having been projected by a projection unit, and a simulation image simulating a captured image supposed to be obtained by imaging a projected image by the imaging unit, the projected image having been projected by the projection unit, is evaluated, and a posture of the projection unit or the imaging unit or postures of both of the projection unit and the imaging unit on the basis of an evaluation result of the similarity are set. |
| US10872433B2 |
Vehicle environment modeling with a camera
System and techniques for vehicle environment modeling with a camera are described herein. A time-ordered sequence of images representative of a road surface may be obtained. An image from this sequence is a current image. A data set may then be provided to an artificial neural network (ANN) to produce a three-dimensional structure of a scene. Here, the data set includes a portion of the sequence of images that includes the current image, motion of the sensor from which the images were obtained, and an epipole. The road surface is then modeled using the three-dimensional structure of the scene. |
| US10872431B2 |
Estimating distance to an object using a sequence of images recorded by a monocular camera
A method for monitoring headway to an object performable in a computerized system including a camera mounted in a moving vehicle. The camera acquires in real time multiple image frames including respectively multiple images of the object within a field of view of the camera. An edge is detected in in the images of the object. A smoothed measurement is performed of a dimension the edge. Range to the object is calculated in real time, based on the smoothed measurement. |
| US10872430B2 |
Active illumination 3D zonal imaging system
An active illumination range camera comprising illumination and imaging systems that is operable to provide a range image of a scene in the imaging system's field of view (FOV) by partitioning the range camera FOV into sub-FOVs, and controlling the illumination and imaging systems to sequentially illuminate and image portions of the scene located in the respective sub-FOVs. |
| US10872429B2 |
Method for characterising the anisotropy of the texture of a digital image
This characterizing method comprises: estimating (28) the scalar coefficients τm of an even function τ(θ) defined in [0; 2π] that minimizes the following criterion C: C = ∑ j = 1 n i ( β j - τ * Γ ( α j ) ) 2 where: βj are terms estimated from an acquired digital image, τ(θ) is a π-periodic function defined in the interval [0; 2π], Γ(θ) is the function defined by the following relationship: Γ ( θ ) = ∫ ℝ + v ^ ( ρ θ ) 2 ρ - 2 H - 1 d ρ where: {circumflex over (V)} is the discrete Fourier transform of a convolution kernel v, H is an estimated Hurst exponent of the acquired image, f) then, calculating (30), depending on the estimate of the scalar coefficients τm, an anisotropy index that characterizes the anisotropy of the image, this index varying monotonically as a function of the statistical dispersion of the values of the function τ(θ) for θ varying between 0 and π. |
| US10872428B2 |
Display apparatus and image processing method thereof
An image processing apparatus and method are provided. The image processing apparatus includes: a memory configured to store at least one instruction, and a processor electrically connected to the memory, wherein the processor, by executing the at least one instruction, is configured to: apply an input image to a training network model; and apply, to a pixel block included in the input image, a texture patch corresponding to the pixel block to obtain an output image, wherein the training network model stores a plurality of texture patches corresponding to a plurality of classes classified based on a characteristic of an image, and is configured to train at least one texture patch, among the plurality of texture patches, based on the input image. |
| US10872426B2 |
Guide-assisted capture of material data
A material data collection system allows capturing of material data. For example, the material data collection system may include digital image data for materials. The material data collection system may ensure that captured digital image data is properly aligned, so that material data may be easily recalled for later use, while maintaining the proper alignment for the captured digital image. The material data collection system may include using a capture guide, to provide cues on how to orient a mobile device used with the material data collection system. |
| US10872425B2 |
System and method to improve object tracking using tracking fingerprints
A method includes receiving image data at a first tracking system. The image data represents a region in an image of a sequence of images. The method also includes generating a first tracking fingerprint based on the image data. The method further includes comparing the first tracking fingerprint and a second tracking fingerprint. The method also includes providing an output from the first tracking system to a second tracking system based on a result of the comparison of the first tracking fingerprint and the second tracking fingerprint. The output includes an instruction associated with an object model stored at the second tracking system. |
| US10872423B2 |
Image detection device, image detection method and storage medium storing program
Provided are an image detection device, an image detection method and a program, which are capable of improving correspondence to a target deformation by optimizing a template shape, when performing target detection using template matching. An image detection device 100 for detecting a target from an input image comprises: a template generation unit 10 that generates a template for detecting a target; a mask generation unit 20 that generates a mask which shields a portion of the template, on the basis of temporal variations of a feature point extracted from an area including the image target; and a detection unit 30 that detects the target from the image using the template a portion of which is shielded by the mask. |
| US10872422B2 |
Information processing device, imaging device, information processing method, and storage medium
An information processing device that can accurately estimate the waiting time in a queue even if the queue is extended is provided. The information processing device includes a calculator that performs a first calculation process for calculating the waiting time of a subject person in the queue on the basis of the time when the subject person detected by a first detector passes through a first line and the time when the subject person detected by a second detector passes through a second line or a second calculation process for calculating the waiting time of a subject person in the queue on the basis of the time when the number of people lined up in the queue including the subject person is acquired by the acquirer and the time when the subject person detected by the second detector passes through the second line. |
| US10872421B2 |
Object tracking method and object tracking device
The present application provides an object tracking method and system. The method includes: receiving an object tracking request and characteristic information of an object to be tracked sent from an object management server; determining a search area indicating a potential position area of the object based on the received characteristic information and establishing a search terminal group within the search area, the search terminal group comprising one or more search terminals located within the search area; performing an object position information acquisition process thereby acquiring object position information indicating a position of the object from object information sent from a search terminal in the search terminal group; and determining a trace of the object based on the acquired object position information. |
| US10872418B2 |
Edge detection device, an edge detection method, and an object holding device
According to one embodiment, an edge detection device includes a light source, an imaging part, and a detector. The light source includes at least three light-emitting parts for irradiating a plurality of objects adjacent with a light. The imaging part images a surface of the objects irradiated by each of the light-emitting parts, and generates a plurality of image data of the surface. The detector detects edges of the surface imaged, based on at least two different combinations of the plurality of image data. |
| US10872416B2 |
Object oriented image editing
Implementations generally relate to object based image editing. In some implementations, a method includes segmenting an image into object data by identifying one or more object classifications in the image and storing at least one locator for one or more regions of the image corresponding to each instance of the object classification. The method further includes receiving a selection of a representative portion of the segmented image from a user, and matching the representative portion with the object data to determine at least one matched object classification associated with the representative portion. The method further includes presenting the user with one or more of the matched object classifications for the user to instruct one or more edit operations to be applied to at least one object represented by the matched object classification. |
| US10872413B2 |
Method for data management and machine learning with fine resolution
A method for obtaining a probability in a 3D probability map, includes: obtaining at least one value of at least one parameter for each stop of a 3D moving window, wherein a first, second, third and fourth of the stops are partially overlapped, the first and second stops are shifted from each other by a distance equal to a first dimension of a computation voxel, the first and third stops are shifted from each other by a distance equal to a second dimension of the computation voxel, and the first and fourth stops are shifted from each other by a distance equal to a third dimension of the computation voxel; matching the at least one value to a classifier to obtain a first probability for each stop of the 3D moving window; and calculating a second probability for the computation voxel based on information associated with the first probabilities for the first through fourth stops. |
| US10872411B2 |
Diagnostic imaging assistance apparatus and system, and diagnostic imaging assistance method
A diagnostic imaging assistance apparatus according to the present invention performs a process of inputting images of a tissue and a cell, a process of extracting feature amounts of a wide view and a narrow view from a target image to be processed, a process of classifying whether the target images having different views are normal or abnormal from the feature amounts, and a process of classifying a lesion likelihood using a classification result. |
| US10872403B2 |
System for predicting properties of structures, imager system, and related methods
A method of predicting virtual metrology data for a wafer lot that includes receiving first image data from an imager system, the first image data relating to at least one first wafer lot, receiving measured metrology data from metrology equipment relating to the at least one first wafer lot, applying one or more machine learning techniques to the first image data and the measured metrology data to generate at least one predictive model for predicting at least one of virtual metrology data or virtual cell metrics data of wafer lots, and utilizing the at least one generated predictive model to generate at least one of first virtual metrology data or first virtual cell metrics data for the first wafer lot. |
| US10872394B2 |
Frequent pattern mining method and apparatus
Disclosed is a frequent pattern mining method and apparatus, the frequent pattern mining apparatus that may copy relative memory addresses of candidate itemsets, from a main memory to device memories of graphic processing units (GPUs), copy at least one same block required for calculating supports of the candidate itemsets, from the main memory to the device memories, and update the supports of the candidate itemsets by synchronizing partial supports processed by the GPUs. |
| US10872393B2 |
Image processor with high throughput internal communication protocol
A processor is described. The processor includes a network. A plurality of processing cores are coupled to the network. The processor includes a transmitter circuit coupled to the network. The transmitter circuit is to transmit output data generated by one of the processing cores into the network. The transmitter circuit includes control logic circuitry to cause the transmitter circuit to send a request for transmission of a second packet of output data prior to completion of the transmitter circuit's transmission of an earlier first packet of output data. |
| US10872392B2 |
Generating artistic designs encoded with robust, machine-readable data
Artwork carrying machine readable data is generated by editing artwork according to a data signal or transforming the data signal into artwork. The machine-readable data signal is generated from a digital payload and converted into an image tile. Artwork is edited according to the image tile by moving graphic elements, adapting intersections of lines, or altering line density, among other techniques. Artwork is generated from the data signal by skeletonizing it and applying morphological operators to a skeletal representation, such as a medial axis transform. Artistic effects are introduced by filtering the data signal with directional blurring or shape filters. |
| US10872390B2 |
Dealer and gaming apparatus control system for gaming establishments
Embodiments disclosed herein concern dealer control for gaming establishments, such as casinos. Using an electronic management system, authentication and authorization of dealers can be provided in a controlled manner that complies with predetermined rules. The predetermined rules can implement business or governmental restrictions on dealers, gaming apparatus or gaming. Gaming devices that are operated by dealers can also be controlled by an electronic management system. Through such electronic control, gaming apparatus can be controlled to be placed in a locked or unlocked condition. The electronic control system can also provide or facilitate monitoring of dealer status and actions and/or gaming apparatus status and events. Further, the electronic control system can provide notification, such as alerts, to dealers, managers and/or players. |
| US10872388B2 |
Global disease surveillance platform, and corresponding system and method
A computer-implemented method for identifying and assessing public health events, and a corresponding system and apparatus, includes capturing public health-related information from structured and unstructured sources, where the information is contained in one or more documents, extracting meta-data from the captured public health-related information, creating an index of the extracted meta-data; archiving the meta-data and the documents, where the index links meta-data to its associated document, processing the extracted meta-data according to one or more detection algorithms to determine if an anomaly exists, and where an anomaly exists, providing a public health event notification, and monitoring and evaluating the responses to the public health events. |
| US10872386B2 |
Predictive segmentation of customers
A computer system receives customer records listing customer attributes and an adoption status of the customer, such as whether the customer has enrolled in a particular energy efficiency program. An initial set of patterns are identified among the customer records, such as according to a decision tree. The initial set is pruned to obtain a set of patterns that meet minimum support and effectiveness and maximum overlap requirements. The patterns are assigned to segments according to an optimization algorithm that seeks to maximize the minimum effectiveness of each segment, where the effectiveness indicates a number of customers matching the pattern of each segment that have positive adoption status. The optimization algorithm may be a bisection algorithm that evaluates a linear-fractional integer program (LFIP-F) to iteratively approach an optimal distribution of patterns. |
| US10872385B2 |
Time data analysis
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for analyzing amounts of time spent in medical records. Time data may be analyzed by clinician, by specialty, by location, by patient, by activity, and the like. Such analysis will provide, among other things, an insight into how much total time is spent in medical records, how the time is spent, when the time is spent, etc. By breaking down the time data it may be possible to identify modifications to reduce the amount of time spent in medical records. |
| US10872382B2 |
Systems and methods for reconciliation of various lottery transactions
Described are systems, methods, and computer readable medium for a lottery reconciliation system. Exemplary embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer readable medium for reconciling online lottery game transactions. Exemplary embodiments also provide systems, methods, and computer readable medium for reconciling instant lottery game transactions. Exemplary embodiments also provide systems, methods, and computer readable medium for reconciling lottery game transaction at an interactive vending machine. |
| US10872380B2 |
Route risk mitigation
A method is disclosed for mitigating the risks associated with driving by assigning risk values to road segments and using those risk values to select less risky travel routes. Various approaches to helping users mitigate risk are presented. A computing device is configured to generate a database of risk values. That device may receive accident information, geographic information, vehicle information, and other information from one or more data sources and calculate a risk value for the associated road segment. Subsequently, the computing device may provide the associated risk value to other devices. Furthermore, a personal navigation device may receive travel route information and use that information to retrieve risk values for the road segments in the travel route. An insurance company may use this information to determine whether to adjust a quote or premium of an insurance policy. This and other aspects relating to using geographically encoded information to promote and reward risk mitigation are disclosed. |
| US10872378B2 |
Diverse options order types in an electronic guaranteed entitlement environment
An enhanced system and method for handling, matching and executing a diverse group of limit-priced orders in an electronic options environment is disclosed. Most of the order types disclosed are automatically repriced and reposted as the NBBO changes to increase their execution opportunities. Market maker entitlements are integrated with the order processing, so that the market maker is guaranteed an allocation of the trade if the market maker is at the NBBO when an order priced at or better than the NBBO is received. Once posted to the order book, the displayed price of an order may be eligible for preferential execution in a market maker entitlement process, regardless of whether the displayed price is original or has been automatically repriced. |
| US10872376B2 |
Systems and computer-implemented processes for occupational risk assessment
Systems and methods are disclosed for determine creditworthiness based on the stability of the customer's occupation. Occupational risk scores may be used to group stable or unstable occupations and may be used in conjunction with other indicators of creditworthiness. Risk band scores may also be used to determine creditworthiness. Other aspects of the disclosed embodiments are described herein. |
| US10872373B1 |
Virtual salesperson system and method
A virtual salesperson system and method for tablet computers such as Apple's iPad can be used by the customer (as opposed to most applications which are for the dealer, or on a central kiosk) to provide the customer a tour of a showroom and each vehicle, highlighting key features and other content at the discretion of the OEM, such as videos tours conducted by their spokesperson. In at least one embodiment, the customer can also search inventory, potentially at this dealer and other ‘friendly’ dealerships with whom this dealer has a trading relationship. Other sales tools such as build and price, payment estimation, etc are available as well. |
| US10872371B2 |
Techniques for package bundling and interfaces
An operating-facing interface is provided with a mobile application for scanning a product code of a product. The product code is processed to generate a product package bundle that includes the product code and a plurality of other product codes that identify compatible products that have a relationship to the product. The operating-facing interface provides options for obtaining product information regarding the compatible products from the application. |
| US10872368B2 |
System and method for browsing a product catalog and for dynamically generated product paths
A computer device such as a tablet computer accesses a server to search a product catalog. The catalog is displayed as a broad classifications of products, which when selected result in the display of sub-classifications within the classification. Levels of searching are provided to the product level, and movement within each level is possible. |
| US10872364B2 |
Building containers of uncategorized items
Methods and systems to build containers of uncategorized items are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems collect information from titles of items available for purchase within a network-based publication system, generate a title for a container of uncategorized items available for purchase within the network-based publication system that is based on the collected information, and associate two or more uncategorized items available for purchase within the network-based publication system to the container based on a comparison of titles of the two or more uncategorized items and the generated title for the container of uncategorized items. |
| US10872363B2 |
Systems and methods for a centralized gift registry with automatic retailer-specific registry creation
Systems and methods for that allow for the creation and management of a centralized gift registry are described. Gifts are added to the centralized gift registry from retailer-specific registries. A gift registrant may select one or more retailers. The centralized gift registry system may automatically submit a request for the creation of retailer-specific registries at each of the retailers selected by the gift registrant, based in part on information provided to the centralized gift registry by the gift registrant. This creation may involve the use of APIs at the centralized gift registry or the retailer-specific registries. A gift list is created and displayed. Gift givers may select a gift from the centralized gift registry. |
| US10872356B2 |
Methods, systems, and media for presenting advertisements during background presentation of media content
In accordance with some embodiments, methods for presenting advertisements during video presentation are provided, the methods comprising: receiving a media content item to be presented, wherein the media content item comprises video content that includes audio data to be presented during presentation of the video data; determining that a video presentation application is in a presentation mode that inhibits video data; receiving an advertisement to be presented during presentation of the media content item; causing the media content item to be presented in the presentation mode; causing the advertisement to be presented during presentation of the media content; detecting a user action indicative of user attention to at least a portion of the presented advertisement; and performing a further action in response to detecting the user action, which causes information other than the advertisement to be presented by the user interface. |
| US10872354B2 |
System and method for personalized preference optimization
A system and method is provided for using biometric data from an individual to determine at least one emotion, mood, physical state, or mental state (“state”) of the individual, which is then used, either alone or together with other data, to provide the individual with certain web-based data. In one embodiment of the present invention, a Web host is in communication with at least one network device, where each network device is operated by an individual and is configured to communicate biometric data of the individual to the Web host. The Web host is then configured to use the biometric data to determine at least one state of the individual. The determined state, either alone or together with other data (e.g., interest data), is then used to provide the individual with certain content (e.g., web-based data) or to perform a particular action. |
| US10872351B2 |
Method and device for providing advertisement
The present invention relates to a method and device for providing an advertisement, in which a service device extracts a list of customers to be targeted based on authentication based information, and a user terminal device corresponding to the extracted list of customers collects non-authentication based information to provide an advertisement to an advertisement target application operated by a third party, and a recording medium in which a computer program for performing the method is recorded. |
| US10872349B1 |
Redeeming rewards points
Techniques for redeeming accumulated rewards points at a service provider that is independent from a provider of the accumulated rewards points are described herein. The service provide may authenticate a user having an account at the service provider and then associate the user account with a user account at one or more points providers. The service provider may then determine a number of accumulated and available rewards points for the user account(s) at the points provider(s). The service provider may then allow the user to redeem one or more of the rewards points when conducting a transaction with the independent service provider. |
| US10872337B2 |
Payment device and system
A payment method and a payment system are disclosed. After a biological body enters a predetermined range of a payee device, a communication connection is established by a payee device with a payer device through the biological body, and transaction information is transmitted to the payer device. The transaction information is received by the payer device, key information is extracted and is prompted, and authentication information is transmitted to the payee device after receiving a confirmation instruction. The authentication information is received by the payee device and biological feature information about the biological body is acquired during a time duration when the biological body is within the predetermined range. An authentication result for authenticating the digital authentication information and the biological feature information is acquired by the payee device, and payment transaction is performed when the authentication result is a successful authentication. |
| US10872325B2 |
Commodity sales data processing apparatus and control program
A commodity sales data processing apparatus registers, if a code obtained by a receiver is a first code for identifying a commodity, sales data of the commodity identified by the first code. The apparatus acquires, if the code input by the receiver is a second code for identifying a commodity group ordered via a network, data of the commodity group identified by the second code from a saving destination where data of ordered commodities is saved. The apparatus registers, based on the data acquired from the saving destination, sales data of a commodity included in the commodity group identified by the second code. The apparatus executes settlement processing based on the sales data of the commodity identified by the first code and the commodity included in the commodity group identified by the second code. |
| US10872322B2 |
System and method for collaborative shopping, business and entertainment
The methods and systems described herein relate to online methods of collaboration in community environments. The methods and systems are related to an online apparel modeling system that allows users to have three-dimensional models of their physical profile created. Users may purchase various goods and/or services and collaborate with other users in the online environment. |
| US10872318B2 |
Reduced size user interface
Techniques for a displaying user interfaces screens of a calendar application include displaying different screens based on an input modality. The calendar application may respond differently to inputs from a touch-sensitive screen, inputs from a rotatable input mechanism, inputs having higher intensities, inputs having lower intensities, and so forth. |
| US10872317B2 |
Biometric-based punch-in/punch-out management
For managing a biometric punch-in system, a method captures training biometrics for a plurality of users. The method further trains a biometric algorithm with the training biometrics. The method presents a threshold user interface to an administrator that compares one or more identification biometrics that do not satisfy a match threshold for the plurality of users and a match threshold control for adjusting the match threshold. The method further adjusts the match threshold in response to the match threshold control. The method determines a match level for the identification biometric based on the biometric algorithm. In response to the match level not satisfying the match threshold, the method presents an attendance user interface including punch-in/punch-out times, corresponding identification biometrics and match levels, and attendance information for the first user, wherein suspect identification biometrics are highlighted. |
| US10872309B2 |
System and method for root cause analysis and early warning of inventory problems
A system and method is disclosed for root cause analysis and early warning of inventory problems. The system includes a server coupled with a database and configured to access the data describing inventory policy parameters of a supply chain network, the data describing one or more demand patterns and one or more replenishment patterns of the supply chain network, and the data describing the supply chain network comprising a plurality of entities, each entity configured to supply one or more items to satisfy a demand. The server is further configured to optimize the inventory policy parameters for each of the one or more items according to the one or more demand patterns and the one or more replenishment patterns and store the optimized inventory policy parameters in the database for each of the one or more items. |
| US10872308B2 |
System and method of transferring textile-tool information
A method and an equivalent system of transferring information (9, 12) relating to textile tools—preferably to knitting-machine and felting needles—from a tool sales organisation (1) to the tool user (2) is described and claimed. With this system, each type of textile tool is provided with a name (5) by the tool sales organisation (1), wherein •a software system books orders (4) from tool users (2), •at least one identification device (27) is provided with which quantities of textile tools are provided with labels (8), •the software system can activate the identification device (27), which assigns labels (8) that do not contain the name (5), •a forwarding system (7) is provided, •an information carrier (10) is provided, which is accessible to the tool user (2) and on which information (9, 12, 19) concerning the quantity of textile tools is assigned to the label (8). |
| US10872307B2 |
System and method for blood component supply chain management
Systems and methods for managing inventories of blood components are disclosed. Such systems and methods are configured to improve the predictability, efficiency, and/or automation of blood component supply chains. Tools are provided for tracking blood component inventories, forecasting blood component demand, and coordinating donations to meet current and anticipated demand. Some embodiments of the systems and methods identify when blood component units at a health care facility are beginning to run low or are approaching expiration, before the need for additional units becomes critical. Some embodiments of the systems and methods coordinate new donations and modify existing scheduled donations to meet real-time and forecasted demand for blood components. |
| US10872304B1 |
Pre-flight fabrication and assembly of aerial vehicles
Systems and methods for pre-flight fabrication and/or assembly of various configurations of aerial vehicles are described. Operations of various configurations of aerial vehicles may be analyzed using models based on various inputs, which inputs may be related to routes, environments, vehicles, components, or other factors. A particular configuration may be selected for a selected route and associated task based at least in part on a desired optimization parameter. Then, the particular configuration of the aerial vehicle may be fabricated and/or assembled to complete the associated task via the selected route. |
| US10872299B2 |
Memory augmented generative temporal models
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating sequences of predicted observations, for example images. In one aspect, a system comprises a controller recurrent neural network, and a decoder neural network to process a set of latent variables to generate an observation. An external memory and a memory interface subsystem is configured to, for each of a plurality of time steps, receive an updated hidden state from the controller, generate a memory context vector by reading data from the external memory using the updated hidden state, determine a set of latent variables from the memory context vector, generate a predicted observation by providing the set of latent variables to the decoder neural network, write data to the external memory using the latent variables, the updated hidden state, or both, and generate a controller input for a subsequent time step from the latent variables. |
| US10872298B2 |
Machine learning and prediction using graph communities
Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods and devices for predicting interactions. One embodiment is directed to a method comprising receiving, by one or more computers, interaction data for a plurality of known interactions between resource providers and users, and creating a topological graph based on the plurality of known interactions. The method may further comprise determining, by the one or more computers, a plurality of communities to form a predictive model, and receiving a request for a prediction. In addition, the method may comprise applying the request to the predictive model, by the one or more computers, by identifying a community in the plurality of communities corresponding to the request, determining a node within the identified community, and providing information regarding the node as the requested prediction. |
| US10872296B2 |
Training neural networks using a variational information bottleneck
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training a neural network. One of the methods includes receiving training data; training a neural network on the training data, wherein the neural network is configured to: receive a network input, convert the network input into a latent representation of the network input, and process the latent representation to generate a network output from the network input, and wherein training the neural network on the training data comprises training the neural network on a variational information bottleneck objective that encourages, for each training input, the latent representation generated for the training input to have low mutual information with the training input while the network output generated for the training input has high mutual information with the target output for the training input. |
| US10872295B1 |
Residual quantization of bit-shift weights in an artificial neural network
A neural network accelerator reads encoded weights from memory. All 1 bits in a weight except the first three are discarded. The first three leading 1 bits in the weight are encoded as three bit-shift values to form the encoded weight. The three bit-shift values are applied to a bit shifter to shift a node input to obtain three shifted inputs that are accumulated to generate the node output. Node complexity is reduced since only 3 shifts are performed rather than up to 15 shifts for a 16-bit weight. The bit shifter and accumulator for a node can be implemented by Look-Up Tables (LUTs) without requiring a Multiply-Accumulate (MAC) cell in a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). Quantization bias is reduced using a histogram analyzer that determines a weighted average for each interval between quantized weights. The third bit-shift value is incremented for weights in the interval above the weighted average. |
| US10872294B2 |
Imitation learning using a generative predecessor neural network
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training an action selection policy neural network. In one aspect, a method comprises: obtaining an expert observation; processing the expert observation using a generative neural network system to generate a given observation-given action pair, wherein the generative neural network system has been trained to be more likely to generate a particular observation-particular action pair if performing the particular action in response to the particular observation is more likely to result in the environment later reaching the state characterized by a target observation; processing the given observation using the action selection policy neural network to generate a given action score for the given action; and adjusting the current values of the action selection policy neural network parameters to increase the given action score for the given action. |
| US10872287B2 |
Closure member
The invention provides a closure member (10, 110) for covering and/or closing a container (100, 200), in particular a bottle, the closure member (10, 110) comprising: a shell element (13, 113) comprising an opening (13d, 113d), the shell element (13, 113) being at least partially made of a conductive material, and a transponder (20, 120) comprising an antenna, the antenna being arranged at the opening (13d, 113d). |
| US10872285B2 |
Radio-frequency identification wristband with surface acoustic wave sensor
An apparatus for automatic radio-frequency identification (RFID). In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises a flexible strap comprising a plurality of holes and a buckle configured to buckle to any one of the plurality of holes, such that, when the buckle is buckled to one of the plurality of holes, the strap forms a closed loop. The apparatus further comprises one or more tag enclosures. Each tag enclosure comprises one or more buckles and a RFID tag configured to communicate identifying data to a reader device. The one or more buckles of each tag enclosure are each configured to buckle to any one of the plurality of holes on the strap such that the tag enclosure may be attached to the strap at any one of a plurality of positions on the strap. |
| US10872284B2 |
Smartcard
A smartcard includes contact pads for electrical connection to an external power source for provision of power to the smartcard in a contact mode of the smartcard, a contactless power harvesting system for provision of power to the smartcard in a contactless mode of the smartcard, and a main circuit on-board the smartcard for receiving and managing the power provided from the contact pads or from the contactless power harvesting system, where the main circuit includes components requiring power in order to provide the smartcard with required functionality, and where the main circuit is connected to the contact pads via a current limiting circuit for controlling the levels of current drawn via the contact pads, the current limiting circuit having an integrator. |
| US10872283B2 |
Wireless communications device with concealed value
A wireless communication device is disclosed. The wireless communication device has a near field communications transmitter system. The device has an outer chassis that can be sized, dimensioned and decorated to resemble common household items that lack any apparent value. The wireless communication device can also include an indicia that is invisible to an unaided human eye. |
| US10872282B2 |
RFID systems and methods
A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag according to one embodiment includes a housing configured for coupling to an object, control circuitry coupled to the housing, a first power source for providing power to the control circuitry, a secondary power source physically coupled to the first power source that generates energy from light for recharging the first power source, and a memory for storing information. |
| US10872280B2 |
Grouping objects of a compound document and compressing the group using a compression method corresponding to the group
A method of encoding print data performed by a host device is described in which a print request for a compound document is received; objects included in the compound document is classified into predetermined groups based on object attribute information; each of the predetermined groups is compressed according to a preset compression method; and the compressed groups is merged and the merged groups is transmitted to an image forming apparatus. |
| US10872279B2 |
Image processing apparatus, printing system, printing apparatus, method of detecting print image, and storage medium
A width in a first direction of a line in image data corresponding to an image to be printed by a printing apparatus is corrected, based on information on a print result of line-width detection images printed based on line-width detection image data in a raster format that is generated by performing rasterization processing on line-width detection image data in a vector format. In the line-width detection image data in the vector format, a distance between centers of the widths in the first direction of two lines adjacent in the first direction in each line-width detection image is an integral multiple of a rasterization resolution in the rasterization processing. |
| US10872277B1 |
Distributed classification system
A computing system classifies distributed data. A first computation request is sent to worker computing devices. A first response is received from each worker computing device. Each first response includes a first matrix computed as a second order derivative of a logarithm of a predefined likelihood function on a subset of training data distributed to each respective worker computing device. A global first matrix is defined by concatenating the first matrix from each worker computing device. A kernel matrix is computed using the training data and a predefined kernel function. A second computation request is sent to the worker computing devices. The second computation request indicates that each worker computing device compute a classification probability for each observation vector distributed to a respective worker computing device using the defined global first matrix and the computed kernel matrix. The determined classification probability is output for each observation vector. |
| US10872276B2 |
Neural network for object detection in images
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for identifying and categorically labeling objects within a set of images. The systems and methods receive an image depicting an object of interest, detect at least a portion of the object of interest within the image using a multilayer object model, determine context information, and identify the object of interest included in two or more bounding boxes. |
| US10872275B2 |
Semantic segmentation based on a hierarchy of neural networks
Aspects described herein relate to various methods, systems and apparatuses that may improve the accuracy of object classifications and object boundary definitions for a semantic segmentation technique. For example, the semantic segmentation technique may be based on a hierarchy of two or more layers. The two or more layers may include neural networks that analyze image data at different resolution scales. Each layer of the hierarchy may determine object boundary features and object class features. Each layer of the hierarchy may share its object boundary features and/or its object class features with one or more other layers in the hierarchy. In turn, each of other layers of the hierarchy may determine its object boundary features and/or its object class features based on the shared features. |
| US10872274B2 |
Character recognition method and device
A character recognition method and apparatus are disclosed, relate to the field of image recognition technologies, reduce a calculation time, and increase character recognition efficiency. The method includes: obtaining picture data (110); performing calculation on the picture data by using calculation layers shared by a first classifier and a second classifier, to obtain a first result, where the first classifier is a classifier for recognizing a specific character in the picture data, and the second classifier is a classifier for recognizing whether the picture data is a character picture (120); performing calculation by bringing the first result into remaining calculation layers other than the shared calculation layers in the first classifier, to obtain a first probability corresponding to each character (130); performing calculation by bringing the first result into remaining calculation layers other than the shared calculation layers in the second classifier, to obtain a second probability (140); calculating, based on the first probability and the second probability, a confidence value that the picture data is recognized as each character (150); and outputting a character recognition result based on the confidence (160). |
| US10872269B2 |
Methods and systems for the fast estimation of three-dimensional bounding boxes and drivable surfaces using LIDAR point clouds
The present invention relates to methods and systems for generating annotated data for training vehicular driver assist (DA) and autonomous driving (AD) active safety (AS) functionalities and the like. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods and systems for the fast estimation of three-dimensional (3-D) bounding boxes and drivable surfaces using LIDAR point clouds and the like. These methods and systems provide fast and accurate annotation cluster pre-proposals on a minimally-supervised or unsupervised basis, segment drivable surfaces/ground planes in a bird's-eye-view (BEV) construct, and provide fast and accurate annotation cluster pre-proposal labels based on the feature-based detection of similar objects in already-annotated frames. The methods and systems minimize the expertise, time, and expense associated with the manual annotation of LIDAR point clouds and the like in the generation of annotated data for training machine learning (ML) algorithms and the like. |
| US10872267B2 |
Method for identification of characteristic points of a calibration pattern within a set of candidate points in an image of the calibration pattern
A method for identification of characteristic points of a calibration pattern within an image includes: (i) overlaying a template arrangement of template points over the candidate point such that a principal point of the template points coincides with the candidate point, wherein the template arrangement corresponds to the calibration pattern or to a sub-pattern of the calibration pattern, (ii) for each template point of the template arrangement, except the principal point, identifying from the set of candidate points the candidate point closest to the template point, and (iii) determining a degree of deviation by summing the distances between each template point of the template arrangement, except the principal point, and the candidate point closest to this template point; and identifying as characteristic points of the calibration pattern all those candidate points of the set of candidate points with a degree of deviation below a deviation threshold. |
| US10872261B2 |
Dynamic binning of sensor pixels
Some dynamic pixel binning methods may involve identifying ROI optical sensor data corresponding to optical sensor pixels in a region of interest (ROI). Some such methods also may involve identifying non-ROI optical sensor data corresponding to optical sensor pixels outside the region of interest and determining a first binning factor for the non-ROI optical sensor data. The first binning factor may be based on a number of pixels in the region of interest and a target output data rate. Some such methods also may involve applying the first binning factor to the non-ROI optical sensor data and outputting optical sensor data, including the binned non-ROI optical sensor data, at the target output data rate. |
| US10872260B2 |
Collation device, collation method, and recording medium
A collation device includes: a storage that stores a search target image showing a search target; an acquisition unit that acquires a captured image generated by an imaging device; and a controller that determines whether the search target is included in the captured image. The controller searches out a collation area in the captured image, the collation area including a subject similar to at least a part of the search target, and selects, depending on the collation area, at least one of a whole of the search target image and a part of the search target image, and collates the selected at least one with the captured image so as to determine whether the search target is included in the captured image. |
| US10872259B2 |
Image production from video
Implementations generally relate to producing a still image from a video or series of continuous frames. In some implementations, a method includes receiving the frames that a capture device shot while moving in at least two dimensions. The method further includes analyzing the frames to determine changes of positions of objects in at least two of the frames due to movement of the objects in the scene relative to changes of positions of objects due to the movement of the capture device during the shoot time. The method further includes determining, based at least in part on the variability of the objects, one or more target subjects which the capture device captures during the shoot time. One or more still images are generated from the plurality of frames having at least a portion of the target subject. |
| US10872256B2 |
Implementation of biometric authentication
An electronic device performs techniques related generally to implementing biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for a biometric enrollment process tutorial. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for aligning a biometric feature for enrollment. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for enrolling a biometric feature. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for providing hints during a biometric enrollment process. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for application-based biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for autofilling biometrically secured fields. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for unlocking a device using biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for retrying biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for managing transfers using biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides interstitial user interfaces during biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for preventing retrying biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for cached biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for autofilling fillable fields based on visibility criteria. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for automatic log-in using biometric authentication. |
| US10872253B2 |
Method and apparatus for vehicle interior evaluation and situational servicing
A vehicle may be configured to detect an object within an interior of the vehicle using a vehicle sensor. The vehicle may further determine whether the object should be removed, based on a determined object value, such as may be determined by comparison of an object characteristic to a database of objects. Also, responsive to determining the object should be removed, the vehicle may schedule removal at an automated object-removal center. The vehicle may also wirelessly notify the object-removal center of vehicle arrival when the vehicle arrives at the object-removal center, including sending identification of the object, receiving indication from the object-removal center that the object has been removed, and confirming removal of the object by attempting to detect the object using the vehicle sensor, the confirmation occurring based on non-detection of the object by the vehicle that originally detected the object and requested removal. |
| US10872252B2 |
Exterior camera services for vehicle-sharing fleet
A method and system are disclosed and include obtaining sensor data from at least one sensor of a subject vehicle. The method also includes determining whether the sensor data indicates one of (i) a first vehicle has contacted the subject vehicle and (ii) the first vehicle is located within a threshold distance of the subject vehicle. The method also includes selectively activating, in response to one of (i) the first vehicle contacting the subject vehicle and (ii) the first vehicle being located within the threshold distance, at least one camera of the subject vehicle. The method also includes obtaining image data of the first vehicle from the at least one camera. The method also includes transmitting the image data to a remote computing system. |
| US10872247B2 |
Image feature emphasis device, road surface feature analysis device, image feature emphasis method, and road surface feature analysis method
According to one embodiment, an image feature emphasis device, a road surface feature analysis device, an image feature emphasis method, and a road surface feature analysis method which can improve the accuracy of detection of features of a road surface in a road surface image are provided. The image feature emphasis device includes a region acquirer and an image feature emphasis processor. The region acquirer acquires a region of a road surface portion from an image that has been captured. The image feature emphasis processor emphasizes a feature of the acquired region of the road surface portion by changing brightness values in the region of the road surface portion on the basis of a maximum brightness value and a minimum brightness value in the region of the road surface portion. |
| US10872244B2 |
Road marking extraction from in-vehicle video
A two-stage pipeline includes a first stage that is a static filter applied to an inverse perspective mapping (IPM) image. A SLAT (Symmetrical Local Adaptive Threshold) method, according to some embodiments, is more adaptive to environment changes. Additional geometry restrictions in the static filter remove clutter. The second stage of the pipeline is a dynamic filter. The motion of blobs is analyzed to find regions that look and behave like road marking. |
| US10872237B2 |
Image processing system, processing method, and storage medium
An image processing system includes: an analysis unit configured to obtain information indicating a degree of curvature of a retina from a tomographic image of an eye to be examined; and an obtaining unit configured to obtain a category of the eye to be examined based on an analysis result. |
| US10872234B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein an information processing program for causing a computer to execute a process includes: calculating, by using an image including an object having a plurality of joints and having a plurality of frames consecutive in time, a probability distribution of a joint position of the object in each frame; calculating a transition score by evaluating a consistency of a transition of a joint of the plurality of joints using transition information of the joint among different frames; and estimating a pose of the object from a score of the probability distribution and the transition score. |
| US10872231B2 |
Systems and methods of activity based recording for camera applications
Systems and methods for activity based recording by a smart camera system are described herein. Activity based recording provides a smart and automated method to enable and disable the camera recording, such that potentially significant events or activities are detected and recorded. A camera located in a physical space detects a triggering event and begins recording video and/or audio for a predetermined time period, resulting in a captured video. The triggering event may be detected by one or more sensors associated with the camera, including but not limited to, a camera sensor, a passive infrared sensor, and a microphone. A metadata file is added to the captured video. Certain video frames are added to the beginning of the captured video, resulting in a finalized video recording. The finalized video recording is transmitted and presented to a user computing device. |
| US10872230B2 |
Low-cost face recognition using Gaussian receptive field features
Methods and systems may provide for facial recognition of at least one input image utilizing hierarchical feature learning and pair-wise classification. Receptive field theory may be used on the input image to generate a pre-processed multi-channel image. Channels in the pre-processed image may be activated based on the amount of feature rich details within the channels. Similarly, local patches may be activated based on the discriminant features within the local patches. Features may be extracted from the local patches and the most discriminant features may be selected in order to perform feature matching on pair sets. The system may utilize patch feature pooling, pair-wise matching, and large-scale training in order to quickly and accurately perform facial recognition at a low cost for both system memory and computation. |
| US10872228B1 |
Three-dimensional object detection
A method for detecting objects in an environment includes obtaining, from one or more sensors, distance measurements from the one or more sensors to portions of the environment, generating a representation of a three-dimensional space using the distance measurements, identifying object features in the representation of the three-dimensional space using a neural network, comparing the object features to pre-defined three-dimensional templates to generate scores that represent correspondence of the object features to the pre-defined three-dimensional templates, and determining a location and a rotational orientation for a three-dimensional object based on the scores. |
| US10872216B2 |
Image output device, image output method, and output image data production method
An image output device includes an acquisition unit that acquires original image data indicating an original image, a storage unit that certifies, for each of blocks, whether the original image is a barcode area and that stores output image data for outputting the original image, and an output unit that performs output based on the output image data using methods that are different between an area indicated to be the barcode area and an area indicated not to be the barcode area, wherein the output image data is JPEG data compressed for the each block. |
| US10872214B2 |
Wearable metrological apparatus
An apparatus for measuring dimension and weight is provided. In one implementation, the apparatus comprises a dimensioner, a force sensing device, and a portable control module. The dimensioner, which is mounted on headgear or body wear to be worn on the head or body of a user, is configured to determine dimensions of an object. The force sensing device, which is incorporated into footwear to be worn on at least one foot of the user, is configured to measure a force acting on a bottom portion of the footwear. The portable control unit includes a dimension input module configured to receive signals from the dimensioner indicative of the dimensions of the object and further includes a weight input module configured to receive signals from the force sensing device indicative of the weight of the object. |
| US10872212B2 |
Microchip denture implant and reader system and method
A microchip denture implant and reader system includes a microchip having a transceiver 1150 or transmitter-receiver pair for transmitting a wireless signal containing information relating to a user, and an external reader scanner 130 in communication with the microchip. The microchip mounts in a dental prosthetic item for oral use. The external reader when activated can scan and display or otherwise provide access to the information relating to the user. The microchip and dental prosthetic item, when installed in the mouth of the user, are configured to provide access to the information relating to the user at a given time. |
| US10872211B2 |
Method of writing and reproducing multimedia service by using tag and apparatus therefor
Provided are method and apparatus for writing and reproducing a multimedia service using a tag in order to provide an intuitive interface for a user using a multimedia service. The method includes selecting a multimedia service to be written; generating tag information identifying the selected multimedia service; and writing the generated tag information to a tag. Accordingly, multimedia service information and content information can be stored in a tag by being written to tag information using a common format, and thus the user can later execute a service operation by easily writing information of a desired service operation to a tag and then simply connecting the tag to a tag reading device. |
| US10872206B2 |
System and framework for dynamic regulatory change management
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for dynamic regulatory change management for an enterprise. The system continuously monitors multiple regulatory data sources to identify regulatory change management documentation. The system then scans descriptive fields within each identified regulatory change documentation for coverage area indicator terms and phrases. A machine learning system then determines an impact value for each identified regulatory change documentation for one or more regulatory inventories of the enterprise by analyzing the coverage area indicator terms and phrases. If the impact value is above a predetermined threshold, the system alerts a user dashboard associated with a particular regulatory inventory to the regulatory change documentation. If the impact value is below the predetermined threshold, the system tags the regulatory change documentation as not being relevant to the regulatory inventory. |
| US10872205B2 |
Process for identifying completion of domain adaptation dictionary activities
An apparatus comprising a memory and a processor configured for semi-autonomous natural language processing domain adaptation related activities. The processor coupled to the memory and configured to identify a corpus of documents of an evaluation domain and generate a first lexicon based on the corpus of documents of the evaluation domain, and determine a threshold that indicates a sufficiency of domain adaptation of the evaluation domain based at least in part on the first lexicon. The processor is further configured to identify a corpus of documents of a client domain, generate a second lexicon based on the corpus of documents of the client domain, determine a metric associated with the corpus of documents of the client domain and the second lexicon, and determine that domain adaptation of the client domain is complete when the metric exceeds the threshold. |
| US10872204B2 |
Generating natural language recommendations based on an industrial language model
Systems, methods, and a computer readable medium are provided for generating natural language recommendations based on an industrial language model. Input data, including a plurality of natural language input units is received from a first computing device and transmitted to a second computing device. The second computing device can determine an output including a plurality of natural language outputs using a predictive model trained to generate the output corresponding to an energy exploration lexicon. The second computing device can provide the output to the first computing device for display. |
| US10872202B2 |
Generating style sheets during runtime
Style sheets for resources are generated during runtime. Style sheets may be generated using current values for attributes of a resource. A new style sheet may be generated, at runtime, after a request for the resource has been received. The resource is modified to reference the new style sheet and the modified resource is transmitted to the client device. The new style sheet is transmitted to the client device in response to another request, from the client device, for the new style sheet identified in the modified resource. |
| US10872201B1 |
Generation and presentation of electronic books for consumption in skim mode
Providing an electronic document for consumption in a first mode of operation wherein a prominent component of the content of the electronic document is presented at a first resolution. In a second mode of operation, a modified version of the prominent component having a lower resolution than the first resolution is generated. |
| US10872193B2 |
Method for publishing composite media content and publishing system to perform the method
A publishing system generates and provides webpage data to a client device via a network in response to a request from the client device for experiencing primary media content. The webpage data includes a primary media presentation interface to reproduce the primary media content, and a secondary media presentation interface to present secondary media content having a predefined correspondence with the primary media content. The secondary media presentation interface presents the secondary media content when a predefined time point is reached during reproduction of the primary media content. |
| US10872190B2 |
Method and system for latch-up prevention
An integrated circuit design method includes receiving an integrated circuit design, and determining a floor plan for the integrated circuit design. The floor plan includes an arrangement of a plurality of functional cells and a plurality of tap cells. Potential latchup locations in the floor plan are determined, and the arrangement of at least one of the functional cells or the tap cells is modified based on the determined potential latchup locations. |
| US10872186B2 |
Tool to create a reconfigurable interconnect framework
Embodiments are directed towards a method to create a reconfigurable interconnect framework in an integrated circuit. The method includes accessing a configuration template directed toward the reconfigurable interconnect framework, editing parameters of the configuration template, functionally combining the configuration template with a plurality of modules from an IP library to produce a register transfer level (RTL) circuit model, generating at least one automated test-bench function, and generating at least one logic synthesis script. Editing parameters of the configuration template includes confirming a first number of output ports of a reconfigurable stream switch and confirming a second number of input ports of the reconfigurable stream switch. Each output port and each input port has a respective architectural composition. The output port architectural composition is defined by a plurality of N data paths including A data outputs and B control outputs. The input port architectural composition is defined by a plurality of M data paths including A data inputs and B control inputs. |
| US10872178B2 |
Processing 3D objects
In an example implementation, a method of processing a 3D object includes receiving a 3D object model representing a new 3D object to be processed. The method includes computing attributes of the object and comparing the object attributes with stored object attributes from previously processed 3D objects. When the comparison provides a match between the object attributes and stored object attributes, then a print recipe associated with the matching stored object attributes is retrieved. |
| US10872177B2 |
Embedded security elements for digital models used in additive manufacturing
A method for securing a computer-aided design (CAD)-based shape to prevent shape counterfeiting by unauthorized three-dimensional (3D) printing includes creating and embedding a security element in the CAD-based shape itself. In some embodiments, the method includes splitting (slicing) a first solid of a three-dimensional 3D model into at least two parts, such that the 3D model comprises at least two distinct solids. The shape of the distinct solid(s) may be specified by a plurality of curved surfaces, which are defined by performing a finite element analysis on the CAD-based shape to determine an optimal shape for each curved surface. The method further includes converting the 3D model to a digital surface geometry schema according to a first resolution. The digital surface geometry schema describes the surface geometry of the at least two distinct solids. The first resolution is part of the security controls of the CAD-based shape. The first resolution may be selected based on a shape of the split of the first solid, a location of the split of the first solid, a 3D printer type, an anticipated horizontal print direction, an anticipated vertical print direction, an anticipated slicer software scheme, an anticipated slice thickness, and/or an anticipated slice location. |
| US10872174B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, and computer program product
According to an embodiment, an information processing device operates while switching between a secure mode and a non-secure mode. The information processing device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to function as a switching unit. The switching unit switches a mode from the secure mode to the non-secure mode at the time when the information processing device is operating in the secure mode. |
| US10872168B1 |
Method and system for providing user notification when personal information is used in voice control device
Disclosed are a method and system for providing user notification when personal information is used in a speech controller. A method of providing user notification may include receiving information monitored for reference to personal information in a process of processing a user's query in a voice service, storing a personal information utilization history for each user and for each service based on the monitored information, determining the suitability of the reference to the personal information based on the monitored information, determining whether the personal information is included in a response when generating the response to the user's query, generating and providing guide information indicating that the personal information is included in the response if the personal information is included in the response, and providing the response to the user's query based on feedback from the user for the guide information. |
| US10872166B2 |
Systems and methods for secure prediction using an encrypted query executed based on encrypted data
There is provided a method for computing an encrypted prediction in response to an encrypted query, comprising: obtaining an encrypted dataset comprising encrypted records for respective encrypted entities, each record storing encrypted parameter values of parameters and an associated indication of the respective entity, computing abnormality clusters according to the records of the encrypted dataset, wherein each of the abnormality clusters stores indications of entities of records of the encrypted dataset having mathematically significant common abnormal feature(s) that statistically differentiates records of the respective abnormality cluster from other records of the encrypted dataset, receiving a query comprising target indications of respective target entities associated with common feature(s), and analyzing the query according to the abnormality clusters to identify at least one encrypted result entity indication according to a likelihood of the encrypted result entity indication predicted to correlate to the common feature(s) at a future time interval. |
| US10872165B2 |
Apparatus and method for providing a secure database access
A system and method for providing a secure database access from an application program implemented on a client device located in a first to a database located in a second zone, which is outside of the first zone, applying a traditional database access application programming interface, wherein implementing an database access driver on the client device in the first zone and implementing an access proxy in a second zone, which is connected to the database, performing an authentication of a user of the application program via an authentication agent located on the database access driver and an authentication server, delivering a credential from the authentication server to the database access driver in case of a successful authentication, and enabling database access to the user of the application program, if the credential is accepted by the database access proxy. |
| US10872161B2 |
Printer identity and security
A system and method for establishing a secure identity for a printing device at the time of manufacturing is provided. The method includes obtaining a first private key for use with a first operation of the printing device and obtaining a second private key for use with a second operation of the printing device. The method also includes loading the first private key into a secure memory portion of the printing device during manufacturing of the printing device, and loading the second private key into the secure memory portion of the printing device during manufacturing of the printing device. |
| US10872154B2 |
Secure device state apparatus and method and lifecycle management
A semiconductor chip device include device state fuses that may be used to configure various device states and corresponding security levels for the semiconductor chip as it transitions from wafer manufacturing to provisioned device. The device states and security levels prevent the semiconductor chip from being accessed and exploited, for example, during manufacturing testing. A secure boot flow process for a semiconductor chip over its lifecycle is also disclosed. The secure boot flow may start at the wafer manufacturing stage and continue on through the insertion of keys and firmware. |
| US10872153B2 |
Trusted cyber physical system
A secure terminal configured to support a trusted execution environment that utilizes policy enforcement to filter and authorize transmissions received from a host device and destined for a remote device. Upon receiving a transmission from the host device, the secure terminal verifies that the instruction, message, or request contained within the transmission satisfy parameters set by a policy. If the transmission satisfies the parameters, then the secure terminal signs the transmission with a key unique to the trusted platform module associated with the secure terminal and forwards the signed transmission to the remote device. If the transmission fails one or more parameters within the policy, a message that details the instruction or operation contained within the transmission is exposed to a user at an output device, in which the user can authorize or reject the transmission using an input device. |
| US10872149B1 |
Anomaly detection based on side-channel emanations
A computer program product, a computer-implemented method, and a computer system include a processor(s) that obtains side channel emanations from a device. The processor(s) analyzes the side channel emanations to identify distinct emanation patterns and timing characteristics, wherein the timing characteristics are associated with transitions between the distinct emanation patterns. The processor(s) generates a non-deterministic finite automaton (NFA) by correlating the distinct emanation patterns with states of the device, where the NFA captures states and state transitions of the device. The processor(s) identifies an anomaly in the device, based on deviation in emanations from the device. |
| US10872147B2 |
Software attack detection device, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and software attack detection method
A software detection device, the device including a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to execute a process, the process including generating at least one notification in response to at least one countermeasure process applied to a program to address a vulnerability to a software attack, each of the at least one notification including a countermeasure identifier to identify a countermeasure process performed, monitoring the at least one generated notification, and determining presence of the software attack based on the monitoring. |
| US10872146B2 |
Software integrity checking systems and methods
This disclosure relates to systems and methods generating and distributing protected software applications. In certain embodiments, integrity checking mechanisms may be implemented using integrity checking code in software code prior to compilation into machine code. Following compilation and execution of the application, the introduced code may check the integrity of the application by determining whether the application behaves and/or otherwise functions as expected. By introducing integrity checking in this manner, integrity checking techniques may be injected into the application prior to compilation into machine code and/or independent of the particular manner in which the application is compiled. |
| US10872140B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for validating supply chain for electronic devices using side-channel information in a signature analysis
Some embodiments described herein include a method to validate supply chains for electronic devices using side-channel information in a signature analysis. The method includes sending, to a target device, a first signal associated with a set of codes to be executed by the target device, and then receiving first side-channel information associated with the target device in response to the target device executing the set of codes. The method also includes determining second side-channel information associated with a simulated device in response to the set of codes. The method further includes comparing a discriminatory feature of the first side-channel information with a discriminatory feature of the second side-channel information to determine a characteristic of the target device based on a pre-determined characteristic of the simulated device. Finally, the method includes sending, to a user interface, a second signal associated with the characteristic of the target device. |
| US10872135B2 |
User authentication method and authentication system using match with junk data
The present invention relates to a technique of authenticating a user by using junk data randomly generated when a password is inputted. According to the present invention, a password is received from a user and is stored, and it is determined whether a password matches with an original password stored in a memory among junk data and a password inputted together in a user authentication step. At this time, if a password including the junk data matches, by at least a certain length or more, a password including junk data inputted in a previous authentication step, user authentication fails even if the separately extracted passwords match each other, such that security can be further enhanced. |
| US10872132B2 |
Systems and methods for distinguishing information handling system provider-supported information handling resource via system license
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system comprising a processor, at least one information handling resource communicatively coupled to the processor, and a BIOS comprising a program of instructions executable by the processor and configured to cause the processor to initialize one or more information handling resources of the information handling system. The BIOS may be configured to record information regarding the at least one information handling resource, compare the information to a license for the information handling system to determine if the at least one information handling resource is supported by a provider of the information handling system, and responsive to determining that the information handling system is unsupported by the provider, initiate a remedial action with respect to at least one information handling resource. |
| US10872131B2 |
Progression analytics system
A method of identifying insights related to the occurrence of an adverse health outcome of interest, comprises extracting electronic clinical data associated with historical healthcare encounters. The method also comprises defining patient groups based upon similar data patterns present in the extracted electronic clinical data wherein the patient groups have varying likelihood for the adverse health outcome. Still further, the method comprises deriving hypothesized etiological explanations for why one or more patient groups have higher likelihood when compared to other patient groups. Optionally, the method comprises identifying clinical interventions that are intended to reduce the likelihood of the adverse outcome for certain patient groups. |
| US10872129B2 |
Methods for providing automated scalable strategic modelling and devices thereof
Various methods, apparatuses, and media for producing a report are provided. A first input that includes raw data and derived data is received, and mathematical relationships between the derived data and the raw data are determined. The mathematical relationships are used for generating executable code, which is then applied to newly inputted raw data to produce the report. |
| US10872128B2 |
Custom responses for resource unavailable errors
A proxy server receives from a client device a request for a network resource hosted at an origins server for a domain. The request is received at the proxy server as a result of a DNS request for the domain resolving to the proxy server. The origin server is one of multiple origin servers that belong to different domains and resolve to the proxy server and are owned by different entities. The proxy server requests the network resource from the origin server. The proxy server receives a response from the origin server that indicates that the network resource is unavailable. The proxy server transmits a custom error page to the client device that indicates that the requested resource is unavailable. |
| US10872126B2 |
Electronic newspaper delivery platform
A system for preparing and delivering digital information, particularly digital newspaper editions, to mobile application users. The system includes mobile applications (apps) for both mobile phone and tablet devices, with content display and interactivity of each app optimized for device type. The system also includes a suite of back-office software modules which allow writers and editors to prepare stories, images and other content for delivery to the apps. One such module is a story creator, which includes an interface to a content management system allowing plain text stories and images to be imported, formatted and made interactive for delivery to the apps. The story creator module also includes interfaces to providers of data such as obituaries, classified ads and weather, and functionality for publishing daily editions of the digital newspaper using the imported content. Other features of the system include breaking news alerts, paywall integration, and interfaces to social media. |
| US10872125B2 |
Concept networks and systems and methods for the creation, update and use of same to select images, including the selection of images corresponding to destinations in artificial intelligence systems
Systems and methods for concept based searching or recommendation are disclosed. More particularly, embodiments of a concept based approach to the search and analysis of data, including the creation, update or use of concept networks in searching and analyzing data are disclosed, including embodiments of the usage of such concept networks in artificial intelligence systems that are capable of utilizing concepts expressed by users to return or evaluate associated images. |
| US10872120B2 |
Visualizing data center inventory and entity relationships
A system can provide a visual representation of an inventory of data entities for a distributed computing system. Inventory data including cost and operational data for data entities such as data centers, servers, and virtual machines, can be converted into a format file. The format file can be used to create a tree of nodes and node summaries corresponding to the data entities. A user interface can display hierarchical and isolated views of the tree revealing parent child relationships between data entities within a computing system infrastructure. Node summaries including cost and utilization data can be displayed to reveal how specific sub-costs such as labor and licensing, are driven by data entities in one level of the infrastructure and pushed to respective parent or child data entities in other levels. Views of the tree can be used to determine areas of inefficiency or reduced value within the computing system. |
| US10872117B2 |
Short-term and long-term memory on an edge device
Systems and methods are provided for distributed video storage and search over edge computing devices having a short-term memory and a long-term memory. The method may comprise caching a first portion of data on a first device. The method may further comprise determining, at a second device, whether the first device has the first portion of data. The determining may be based on whether the first piece of data satisfies a specified criterion. The method may further comprise sending the data, or a portion of the data, and/or a representation of the data from the first device to a third device. |
| US10872116B1 |
Systems, devices, and methods for contextualizing media
Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods for contextualizing media. In some variations, a method of organizing audio may comprise generating first graph data nodes from structured text data comprising a predetermined audio data model and generating second graph data nodes from unstructured data. The first and second graph data nodes may be associated with the audio. The one or more first graph data nodes may be linked to the one or more corresponding second graph data nodes using a natural language processing model. |
| US10872114B2 |
Image processing device, image retrieval interface display device, and method for displaying image retrieval interface
An image processing device includes a processor, a storage unit coupled to the processor and storing an image database, and a display unit coupled to the processor. The processor obtains arrangement information of a first object on the display unit when the processor accepts an input of the first object via the display unit. The processor obtains first co-occurrence information using the first object and the arrangement information of the first object. The first co-occurrence information indicates a correlation relationship with the first object based on the image database. The processor outputs a candidate for a second object based on the first co-occurrence information to the display unit. |
| US10872112B2 |
Automatic suggestions to share images
Some implementations can include a computer-implemented method and/or system for automatic suggestions to share images containing people of importance to a user. The method can include determining, based on pixels of an image associated with a user account, one or more clusters associated with the image. The method can also include determining a share probability score for the image based on a probabilistic model and determining that the share probability score meets a threshold. The method can further include, in response to determining that the share probability score meets the threshold, providing a suggestion to a user associated with the user account to share the image. |
| US10872111B2 |
User generated data based map search
An apparatus for presenting search results includes a content module that gathers user-generated content from a plurality of users of a social networking service, the user-generated content relating to one or more of an event and an activity, a cluster module that identifies a cluster of related user-generated content from the location information of the gathered user-generated content, the cluster comprising a plurality of items of user-generated content relating to one or more of a common event and an activity that have a geographically similar location, an area module that determines an area containing the cluster of related user-generated content, a search module that receives a search query, the search query related to one or more of the common event and activity of the cluster, and a map display module that presents, on an electronic map, a boundary for the determined area. |
| US10872109B2 |
Generating customized content
Example techniques for generating customized content may include the following operations: receiving a search query from a computing device associated with a user; performing a search of electronic content based on the search query; obtaining a search result based on the search of electronic content; obtaining configurable content that relates to the search query, where the configurable content includes a field that is configurable; identifying user-specific content based on the search query; configuring the field of the configurable content based on the user-specific content to thereby produce configured content; and outputting data corresponding to the search result and the configured content for use in generating a Web page containing the search result and the configured content. |
| US10872105B2 |
Method to identify and extract fragments among large collections of digital documents using repeatability and semantic information
A corpus of documents is processed using, for example, algorithms including deep learning and deep neural networks (“DNN”), to extract fragments across the corpus of documents. The extracted fragments can then be edited individually and referenced by a plurality of documents so that changes to the fragments are reflected universally across a corpus of documents efficiently. In one example case, a computer-implemented method is provided for extracting fragments in a digital document. The method includes indexing said document to generate a document element ID sequence; processing said document element ID sequence to generate at least one fragment candidate; processing said at least one fragment candidate to generate at least one respective fragment; and utilizing said at least one fragment to perform a reconstruction of said document. |
| US10872101B2 |
Distributed database processing method and device
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of storage technologies, and provide a distributed database processing method. A database processing device receives an access request; obtains, from a partition routing table of the data table according to the query index field and the value of the query index field, partition information and a value that correspond to the query index field; and sends, according to the partition information and the value of the partition information that correspond to the query index field and the value of the query index field, the access request to a database corresponding to the partition information and the value of the partition information. |
| US10872093B2 |
Dynamically switching between data sources
In various embodiments, a data integration system is disclosed which enables dynamically switching between sources for loading data into a data warehouse by utilizing a source-dependent data store at the data warehouse. |
| US10872090B2 |
Generating test data based on data value rules of linked data nodes
The disclosure herein describes generating test data based on a set of linked data nodes and associated data value rules. A plurality of data fields of a data structure is identified. A plurality of linked data nodes is generated based on the identified data fields, wherein each data node comprises a probability value and data value rules for generating data values for the data fields. Parent nodes of the linked data nodes are collapsed into associated child nodes to form combined data nodes. Test data values for the plurality of data fields are generated based on the combined data nodes and a data structure instance is populated with the generated test data values. The populated data structure instance is provided for use in executing tests. The generation of test data based on the data value rules of linked data nodes provides a realistic data environment for testing. |
| US10872089B2 |
Automated occupant tracking systems and methods
An occupancy database is in electronic communication with a plurality of location-specific distributed computing entities to maintain real-time update occupancy data for various entities. As those entities relocate from one location to another (e.g., moving from one apartment to another), distributed computing entities associated with both the prior and new location of the entity transmit information to the occupancy database to reflect the changed location for the entity. The occupancy database also maintains communication data for the entities and/or locations associated with the entities, and the occupancy database may share that communication data with authorized mobile/user computing entities to enable communication between those authorized mobile/user computing entities and the particular entity or devices located at the entity's location. |
| US10872084B2 |
Systems and methods for subpopulation size estimation and uncertainty quantification
A computer implemented method and a subpopulation size estimation and uncertainty quantification system (SE system) for estimating size of a target subpopulation size and quantifying size estimation uncertainty are provided. The SE system constructs an entity database including unique entities mapped to contacts retrieved from a contact database. The SE system receives a query defining target attributes of entities of the target subpopulation from a user device. The SE system estimates size of the target subpopulation delimited by the query by determining a first estimate of the size of the target subpopulation matching the target attributes by performing a mark and recapture estimation, and by determining a second estimate of the size of the target subpopulation matching the target attributes by performing a catch per unit effort estimation. The SE system quantifies the uncertainty of the target subpopulation size obtained from the determined estimates by determining and adjusting variances of the determined estimates. |
| US10872083B2 |
Constructing structured database query language statements from natural language questions
Computer-implemented techniques for constructing structured database query language statements from natural language questions are disclosed. In some embodiments, a knowledge graph-based approach is employed to construct a structured database query language statement such as, for example, a Structure Query Language (SQL) statement, from a natural language question. The approach encompasses a domain knowledge graph model and a database schema wiring model. The domain knowledge graph model represents domain-specific knowledge about the underlying database data in the form of a graph having nodes and directed edges between the nodes. The database schema wiring model maps routes in the domain knowledge graph to database schema elements. The techniques allow a natural language interface system to accurately translate domain-specific natural language questions posed by users to structured database query language statements that can be executed against a structured database to answer the natural language question. |
| US10872078B2 |
Intelligent feed switch
Various techniques are disclosed for offloading the processing of data packets. For example, incoming data packets can be processed through an offload processor to generate a new stream of outgoing data packets that organize data from the data packets in a manner different than the incoming data packets. Furthermore, in an exemplary embodiment, the offloaded processing can be resident in an intelligent switch, such as an intelligent switch upstream or downstream from an electronic trading platform. |
| US10872077B2 |
Management of entitlements using blockchain
Methods for managing entitlements of products and services using blockchain are described. One method includes the steps of storing by a blockchain fabric a ledger that stores transaction data, smart contracts that process transactions, creating an entitlement, receiving by the blockchain a create entitlement transaction request, adding, by the smart contract, an entitlement block to the ledger, issuing by the entitled product a usage transaction that reports usage of the entitled product, upon receiving the usage transaction, adding, by a smart contract, a usage block to the ledger, and determining, by the smart contract, that an entitlement limit has been reached. Another method describes a container mechanism that provides a way to identify all blocks associated with a base entitlement. |
| US10872075B2 |
Indexing flexible multi-representation storages for time series data
Time series data may be represented with multiple representations, optionally using a variety of storage approaches, and the plurality of representations may be indexed using a representation index, which includes a start row identifier, a representation identifier, and an offset within the representation for each segment of one or more rows in the time series data column. |
| US10872063B2 |
Local terminal and synchronization system including the same
In a synchronization system including a local terminal, latest metadata of a file in a local storage and latest metadata of a file in the server storage are managed in a first tree database, which is a virtual database in a local terminal, and each of the local terminals is allowed to upload or download a changed file on the basis of the metadata in the first tree database so that a conflict that may occur due to multiple users simultaneously changing files can be minimized. |
| US10872061B2 |
Systems and methods for document search and aggregation with reduced bandwidth and storage demand
Methods and systems are disclosed for reducing bandwidth and storage demands during document search and aggregation. A method for accomplishing these objects may comprise deduplicating files on a local content repository, deNISTing files on the local content repository; and sending the deduplicated and deNISTed files to a cloud facility for storage. Documents stored in the cloud facility may be deduplicated again, assigned one or more flags, and managed according to active matters. |
| US10872054B2 |
Wide programmable gain receiver data path for single-ended memory interface application
An apparatus includes an interface and a plurality of impedance branches. The interface may be configured to receive a data signal and a plurality of selection signals. The plurality of impedance branches may comprise a group of branches and a separated branch. The plurality of impedance branches may be configured to adjust an impedance value and a gain of a data path for the data signal in response to the selection signals. The group of branches may be controlled in response to the selection signals to select the impedance value and a first gain value in a first mode. The separated branch may replace one of the plurality of impedance branches in the group of branches in response to the selection signals to select a second gain value in a second mode. |
| US10872053B2 |
PCIe switch for aggregating a large number of endpoint devices
An apparatus includes a root port for coupling to a root complex, and a plurality of endpoint ports for coupling to endpoint devices, wherein each endpoint port is associated with a function number. A downstream buffer queues transaction layer packets (TLPs) received from the root port, wherein each TLP in the downstream buffer is directed to an endpoint port associated with the identified function number. An upstream buffer queues TLPs received from each endpoint port, and directs the queued TLPs to the root port. A method includes associating a function number with each endpoint port of a switch, wherein each endpoint port is adapted for coupling to an endpoint device. The method further includes receiving a first TLP from a root complex, identifying a function number within the first TLP, and directing the first TLP to an endpoint device through the endpoint port associated with the identified function number. |
| US10872050B1 |
Bit-mapped DMA transfer with dependency table configured to monitor channel between DMA and array of bits to indicate a completion of DMA transfer
In an embodiment of the invention, a method comprises: A method, comprising: issuing, by a Direct Memory Access (DMA) engine, an update request to a dependency table if the DMA engine has finished executing a first descriptor; and issuing, by the DMA engine, a monitoring request if the DMA engine is executing a second descriptor that depends on a completion of a data transfer so that the DMA engine can monitor a status of a selected subindex related to the data transfer, wherein the subindex is in the dependency table. In another embodiment of the invention, an apparatus comprises: a Direct Memory Access (DMA) engine configured to issue an update request to a dependency table if the DMA engine has finished executing a first descriptor, and configured to issue a monitoring request if the DMA engine is executing a second descriptor that depends on a completion of a data transfer so that the DMA engine can monitor a status of a selected subindex related to the data transfer, wherein the subindex is in the dependency table. |
| US10872046B2 |
Remote power cycling of computing device via network packet
Network hardware of a computing device receives a network packet over a network to which the network hardware is connected. The network hardware determines that the network packet includes a power-cycling command. The network hardware, in response to determining that the network packet includes the power-cycling command, triggers a physical line between the network hardware and a power supply of the computing device. The power supply is connected to a power source and currently provides power from the power source to the computing device. In response to the network hardware triggering the physical line, the power supply interrupts providing the power to the computing device for a length of time to cause the computing device to restart and cold reboot. |
| US10872043B2 |
Systems and methods for integrity checking of code or data in a mixed security system while preserving confidentiality
A microcontroller configured to provide secure integrity checking of code or data stored in the microcontroller is provided. The microcontroller may include a processor, memory devices defining a microcontroller memory space, a security attribution unit defining secure memory region(s) and non-secure memory region(s) in the memory space, integrity check tables indicating storage locations of various code within the microcontroller memory space, and an integrity checking unit. The integrity checking unit may be configured to receive an integrity check request for checking the integrity of a first piece of code stored in the microcontroller memory space, access a first integrity check table that indicates a storage location of the first piece of code, determine whether the first integrity check table and first piece of code are stored in the same memory region; and determine whether to perform the requested integrity check based at least on this determination. |
| US10872041B2 |
Method and apparatus for journal aware cache management
An intelligent journal-aware caching manager for journaled data is provided. The caching manager ensures that data is not duplicated in a write-ahead-log (“journal”) and volatile cache memory (“cache”). The caching manager maintains first-in-first-out (“FIFO”) policy for the journal as needed and includes an alternate caching policy for non-journaled data. |
| US10872040B2 |
Magnetic disk device and recording method of the same
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes heads and a controller. The heads write data in a recording region of the magnetic disk. The controller divides in order, by a track group with a constant size, an entire region of the recording region where management regions indicating physical positions corresponding to the heads, respectively, creates the track groups so as to straddle the management regions at boundaries of the management regions, and controls writing of the data for each of the track groups. The controller assigns unique and logically consecutive numbers to the track groups and manages information on the management regions to which the track groups belong. |
| US10872036B1 |
Methods for facilitating efficient storage operations using host-managed solid-state disks and devices thereof
Methods, non-transitory machine readable media, and computing devices that facilitate efficient storage operations using host-managed solid-state disks (SSDs) are disclosed. With this technology, a direct memory access (DMA) transfer is initiated of a data block from a location indicated in an application write request to a write buffer in a device memory of an SSD. A determination is made when write rule(s) are satisfied based on content of the write buffer including at least the data block and other data block(s) previously transferred to the write buffer. A copy request is issued to transfer a portion of the content to flash media of the SSD, when the write rule(s) are satisfied. This technology does not require host memory for write buffering or processor cycles for copying data from application data buffers to a write buffer in host memory, and thereby significantly improves resource utilization of host devices managing SSDs. |
| US10872035B1 |
Systems and methods for managing an artificially limited logical space of non-volatile memory
Systems and methods for managing non-volatile memory devices are provided. Embodiments discussed herein define a native logical space to manage relatively high volume data write operations and define an artificially limited logical space to manage relatively low volume data write operations. The native logical space may include native logical bands that are mapped to a native number of physical blocks to enable high volume, high data transfer of data. The artificially limited logical space may include artificially limited logical bands that are mapped to an artificially limited number of available physical blocks. The artificially limited logical bands are better suited for low volume, low data transfer of data and do not unnecessarily tie up a native number of physical blocks. |
| US10872034B2 |
Method, device and computer program product for executing test cases
A method and device for executing test cases includes obtaining a set of test cases to be executed, and determining a test platform type and a test script associated with each test case in the set of test cases based on a knowledge base. The set of test cases may be divided into a plurality of test subsets or test suites based on the test platform type, and test cases in each test subset executed using the respective test environment and test script. The test suites may be generated automatically based on the knowledge base, and the respective test environment and test script are used for executing each test suite. Automatic generation and execution of the test suites can improve the operation efficiency for test cases. |
| US10872033B2 |
System and method for determining test coverage
A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and system is provided for determining test coverage. In an implementation, a method may include identifying at least one change in source code. The method may also include instrumenting object code of at least one class file associated with a source file of the source code associated with the identified at least one change. The method may further include testing the instrumented object code with at least one test case. The method may further include generating a coverage report associated with the instrumented object code, wherein the coverage report includes a proportion of the at least one change in the source code covered by the at least one test case. |
| US10872028B2 |
Methods and systems for identifying duplicate jobs in a continuous integration environment
Methods and systems are provided for comparing and identifying job definition files that are hard copies and soft copies of one another. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving and splitting a first job definition file into a first plurality of stages. The method further comprises comparing the first plurality of stages with a second plurality of stages from a second job definition file. Corresponding stages may be identified and used to determine whether the first and second job definition files are hard or soft copies of one another. If the first and second job definition files are hard copies, one of the job definition files may be deleted from a continuous integration environment. If the first and second job definition files are soft copies, a generic job definition file may be generated based on the first and second job definition files. |
| US10872025B1 |
Automatic performance testing and performance regression analysis in a continuous integration environment
A performance testing and analysis environment performs tests on programming code and identifies any performance regressions. Tests exhibiting performance regressions are rerun, and the initial regressions are confirmed as genuine regressions or not. Analysis of the code under test and the performance under the tests are analyzed. The root causes of the performance regressions are identified. The process is fully automated and is performed quickly. |
| US10872024B2 |
User interfaces for controlling or presenting device usage on an electronic device
In some embodiments, an electronic device presents indications of usage metrics for the device. In some embodiments, an electronic device sets, configures and/or enforces device usage limits. In some embodiments, an electronic device limits access to certain applications during certain periods of time. In some embodiments, an electronic device suppresses auxiliary functions of certain applications when an application usage limit or restriction criteria associated with those applications is reached. In some embodiments, an electronic device manages restriction settings with permission optionally provided by another electronic device. |
| US10872021B1 |
Testing hardware in a quantum computing system
In a general aspect, quantum computing system performance is tested. Systems and methods for testing hardware in a quantum computing system are described. The methods may include certification/decertification of data produced by the quantum computing system, detection of faults, correction of errors and/or recalibration/replacement of the quantum computing system or a quantum computing subsystem. |
| US10872010B2 |
Error identification in executed code
The present disclosure includes apparatuses, methods, and systems for error identification on executed code. An embodiment includes memory and circuitry configured to read data stored in a secure array of the memory, identify a different memory having an error correcting code (ECC) corresponding to the read data of the memory, execute an integrity check to compare the ECC to the read data of the memory; and take an action in response to the comparison of the read data of the memory and the ECC, wherein the comparison indicates that the ECC identified an error in the read data of the memory. |
| US10872009B2 |
Mitigating a voltage condition of a memory cell in a memory sub-system
A number of operations that have been performed on one or more memory cells that are proximate to a particular memory cell of the memory component can be identified. A determination as to whether the particular memory cell has transitioned from a state associated with a decreased error rate to another state associated with an increased error rate can be made based on the identified number of operations. In response to determining that the particular memory cell has transitioned from the state associated with the decreased error rate to the another state associated with the increased error rate, an operation can be performed on the particular memory cell to transition the particular memory cell from the another state associated with the increased error rate to the state associated with the decreased error rate. |
| US10872006B2 |
Ensuring thread affinity for interprocess communication in a managed code environment
A remote procedure call channel for interprocess communication in a managed code environment ensures thread-affinity on both sides of an interprocess communication. Using the channel, calls from a first process to a second process are guaranteed to run on a same thread in a target process. Furthermore, calls from the second process back to the first process will also always execute on the same thread. An interprocess communication manager that allows thread affinity and reentrancy is able to correctly keep track of the logical thread of execution so calls are not blocked in unmanaged hosts. Furthermore, both unmanaged and managed hosts are able to make use of transparent remote call functionality provided by an interprocess communication manager for the managed code environment. |
| US10872005B1 |
Fixed length message generation tool
A method of building a fixed length message by a software tool. The method comprises presenting a fixed length message creation screen by the software tool in a user interface based on a parser definition (PDEF) file associated with an application programming interface (API), receiving a selection of a sequence button presented in the fixed length message creation screen by the software tool, in response to receiving the selection of the sequence button, presenting a plurality of add element screens by the software tool in the user interface, receiving data input into each of the add element screens by the software tool, and creating a fixed length message by the software tool based on the data input into each of the add element screens and on data in other fields of the fixed length message creation screen. |
| US10872000B2 |
Late connection binding for bots
Technology for implementing a system for customizing software recipes or applets is described. In some implementations, a method, implemented using a computing device, may include receiving request to execute a software recipe from a first software application operated by a first user and determining whether the software recipe includes a connection placeholder for a recipe connection to a second software application. The method may then determine whether a first connection to the second software application exists for the first user, retrieve first connection details of the first connection to the second software application from a recipe connection data store, and execute the software recipe using the first connection details in place of the connection placeholder for the recipe connection to the second software application. In some implementations, interaction with and execution of the software recipes is performed using bots in a chat environment. |
| US10871998B2 |
Usage instrumented workload scheduling
Usage instrumented workload scheduling is disclosed. For example, a plurality of nodes host first and second pluralities of guests. An orchestrator includes a usage monitor, a workload classifier, and a scheduler, and executes on a processor to track, by the usage monitor, respective usage patterns of a plurality of accounts including a first account. A first workload is received from the first account, which has a first account factor based on the respective usage patterns of the first account. The first workload is assigned by the workload classifier to a first workload type of a plurality of workload types. The first workload is assigned by the scheduler to the first plurality of guests based on the first account factor and the first workload type. |
| US10871995B2 |
Managed container instances
Techniques for instantiating container instances from a pool of available container instances are described herein. An instance type is determined from a container description such that the instance type satisfies the resource parameters in the container description. An instance of the instance type is selected from a pool of running container instances, the instance is provisioned, and a container is instantiated on the instance. |
| US10871992B2 |
Level two first-in-first-out transmission
A hardware state machine connected to a processor, the hardware state machine configured to receive operational codes from the processor; a multiplexer connected to the processor, the hardware state machine and a checksum circuit, the multiplexer configured to receive data from the processor; and a transmit circuit connected to the multiplexer, the transmit circuit configured to receive data from the multiplexer for transmission to a far end device, wherein the hardware state machine is further configured to, responsive receiving one or more operational codes from the processor: cause the checksum circuit to alter a checksum value of a first data packet being transmitted by the transmit circuit; and cause the transmit circuit to preempt transmission of the first data packet and begin transmitting a second data packet once the checksum value so altered has been transmitted from the transmit circuit. |
| US10871987B1 |
Distributed execution of tasks on client devices
A communication system and method for the utilization of a job management system to provide computing devices operational information. The job management system obtains a job definition from a user via a user device. The job management system processes the job definition to create job task workflow to be implemented by one or more identified client devices. The job management system can then monitor the implementation of the job task workflow. |
| US10871981B2 |
Performing logical network functionality within data compute nodes
Some embodiments provide a method for a managed forwarding element (MFE) operating within a first data compute node (DCN) that executes on a first host machine. The MFE is for implementing a logical network that logically connects the first DCN to a plurality of other DCNs. At the MFE, the method receives several packets generated within the first DCN to be forwarded to a second DCN that is logically connected to the first DCN. The method determines whether the second DCN executes on the first host machine or on a second, different host machine. When the second DCN executes on the first host machine, the method stores the packets in a memory space of the first host machine that is shared between the first and second DCNs. |
| US10871980B2 |
Execution of a script based on properties of a virtual device associated with a virtual machine
An occurrence of an event associated with a computing device is identified. A script associated with the identified event is identified. A property of a component that is associated with the computing device is received, wherein the property includes an operating status of the component associated with the computing device. The script is executed for the computing device in view of the operating status of the component. |
| US10871978B2 |
Server apparatus, image forming apparatus, information processing apparatus, image forming control method, and image forming control program
A server apparatus provides a social networking service (SNS). The server apparatus stores a specific relation between a terminal apparatus and a printer that are allowed for communication using the SNS. The server apparatus stores relations between one or more icons and commands each corresponding to a respective one of the icons and including an image forming condition and an image forming instruction. Upon receiving a selected icon having been selected on the terminal apparatus, information indicating a selected printer having been selected on the terminal apparatus out of printers in specific relations with the terminal apparatus, and a piece of image data from the terminal apparatus, the server apparatus transmits a command corresponding to the selected icon and the piece of image data to the selected printer. |
| US10871977B2 |
Automated software script remediation methods and systems
A method for real-time remediation of a software script includes, during execution of the script, attempting to identify a first user interface (UI) object. In response to failing to identify the first UI object, similarity scores are calculated based on the data of the plurality of UI objects and historical data associated with the first UI object. A second UI object is identified, from the plurality of UI objects, based on the calculated similarity scores. The script and/or an object repository referenced by the script are then automatically modified so that subsequent execution of the script includes attempting to identify the second UI object instead of the first UI object. |
| US10871976B2 |
Method and apparatus for identifying hotspot intermediate code in language virtual machine
The present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for identifying hotspot intermediate code. The method for identifying hotspot intermediate code includes: when a language virtual machine executes a to-be-identified function, obtaining an instruction address in an instruction counter, and determining whether a native instruction corresponding to the instruction address is a native instruction of the to-be-identified function; when the native instruction corresponding to the instruction address is the native instruction of the to-be-identified function, increasing a current hotness value of the to-be-identified function by a preset value; and determining whether an updated hotness value of the to-be-identified function is greater than or equal to a hotness threshold of the to-be-identified function, and when the updated hotness value of the to-be-identified function is greater than or equal to the hotness threshold of the to-be-identified function, using intermediate code of the to-be-identified function as hotspot intermediate code. |
| US10871971B2 |
Method, electronic device and computer program product for dual-processor storage system
In accordance with certain techniques, at a first processor of a dual-processor storage system, a change in an initial logical unit corresponding to a storage area in a physical storage device of the storage system is detected. Based on the change in the initial logical unit, a plurality of update operations to be performed on a mapped logical unit driver mapping a plurality of initial logical units including the initial logical unit to a plurality of mapped logical units are determined. An indication of the plurality of update operations is sent to a second processor of the storage system, to cause the second processor to perform the plurality of update operations on a peer mapped logical unit driver associated with the mapped logical unit driver. |
| US10871965B2 |
System and method to control the number of active vector lanes in a processor
In one disclosed embodiment, a processor includes a first execution unit and a second execution unit, a register file, and a data path including a plurality of lanes. The data path and the register file are arranged so that writing to the register file by the first execution unit and by the second execution unit is allowed over the data path, reading from the register file by the first execution unit is allowed over the data path, and reading from the register file by the second execution unit is not allowed over the data path. The processor also includes a power control circuit configured to, when a transfer of data between the register file and either of the first and second execution units uses less than all of the lanes, power down the lanes of the data path not used for the transfer of the data. |
| US10871964B2 |
Architecture for sparse neural network acceleration
A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus for a sparse neural network are provided. The apparatus may include a hardware accelerator. The apparatus may determine, for each pair of operands to be processed by a MAR unit, whether both operands of the pair are non-zero. The apparatus may prevent a pair of operands to be processed by the MAR unit from being loaded to a multiplier of the MAR unit when an operand of the pair of operands is zero. The apparatus may place the pair of operands into one of a plurality of queues when both operands of the pair of operands are non-zero. |
| US10871962B2 |
Zero downtime maintenance in constrained systems
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for deploying upgrade packages during zero downtime upgrade of production systems include actions of receiving an upgrade package, the upgrade package defining one or more changes to be deployed to a system that has already undergone partial deployment during a zero downtime upgrade, and including one or more objects having respective object types, receiving a deployment configuration, the deployment configuration providing a plurality of lists of object types for respective constraints and, for each list of object types, specifying a deployment option for object types in the respective list of object types, determining a set of object types included in the upgrade package, the set of object types comprising one or more object types, and selectively permitting deployment of the upgrade package to execute the one or more changes based on the set of object types and the plurality of lists of object types. |
| US10871961B2 |
Security system with smart connection module
Systems and techniques are described for a sensor designed to connect to and monitor devices in an ecosystem. In some implementations, a system monitors a property that includes the sensor configured to generate sensor data reflecting an attribute of the property. The sensor includes a host board that generates the sensor data and a core board connected to the host board. The core board identifies a type of the host board and communicates with a monitor control unit. The monitor control unit receives a request for firmware associated with the type of the host board from the sensor. In response, the monitor control unit accesses the firmware and transmits the firmware to the sensor. The core board of the sensor receives the firmware and stores the firmware. The core board receives the sensor data from the host board and transmits the sensor data to the monitor control unit. |
| US10871960B2 |
Upgrading a storage controller operating system without rebooting a storage system
An apparatus in one embodiment is configured to extract a set of components utilized in a first version of a storage controller operating system (OS) to a designated partition of a storage system on which the first version of the storage controller OS is to be installed, and to identify changes to be applied for installing the first version of the storage controller OS by comparing content of the extracted set of components utilized in the first version of the storage controller OS with content of components utilized in a second version of the storage controller OS that is currently installed. The apparatus is also configured to apply, utilizing at least one rule corresponding to at least one component utilized in the first version of the storage controller OS, at least one of the identified changes to upgrade to the first version of the storage controller OS. |
| US10871959B2 |
Vehicle control device and program update system
The present invention provides a vehicle control device and a program update system capable of effectively suppressing erroneous execution and update of a plurality of control programs stored in a nonvolatile memory. A vehicle control device according to the present invention has a flash ROM and an operation unit. In addition, the flash ROM has a first area and a second area which store a control program executable by the operation unit and a plurality of management data areas which store management data including current program area information representing one storage area of the first area and the second area as a storage area storing a current control program to be executed by the operation unit. |
| US10871956B2 |
Methods and systems for packaging and deployment of applications in a multitenant platform
Systems, methods and computer program products for providing a multi-tenant application execution environment that provides an object metadata service for managing application configuration in the multi-tenant environment. In one embodiment, a system has an application manager, a bundle manager, and a deployment manager. The application manager captures application metadata for a corresponding version of an application and defines a corresponding bundle which contains metadata that configures the version of the application. The bundle manager validates each bundle and stores the validated bundle in a bundle library in a data storage device. The deployment manager retrieves a master schema and one or more of the bundles from the bundle library and installs the retrieved master schema and the retrieved bundles, generating a tenant schema which is accessible by a corresponding tenant of the multi-tenant environment that has subscribed to the version of the application. |
| US10871955B2 |
System and method for providing firmware data updates
A system and method for updating firmware data on a computing platform in response to a firmware update request received in the form of a signed capsule file received via a runtime service is discussed. The firmware update request may be a request to update UEFI firmware and be received using the UpdateCapsule runtime service. The firmware data may include data associated with UEFI protected variables, SMBIOS data, logo data, microcode update data and pre-operating system security policy data. |
| US10871954B2 |
Controlled deployment of application feature
Controlled deployment of an application feature is provided. A deployment service initiates operations to control deployment of the application feature by receiving a definition of a feature of a mobile application and a group of tenants of the mobile application from a developer. The definition is used to allow the mobile application associated with the group of tenants to activate the feature. Next, a tenant identification is received from the mobile application. The tenant identification is compared to the group of tenants to detect the tenant identification as within the group of tenants. In response, an instruction is transmitted to the mobile application associated with the tenant identification to activate the feature. |
| US10871951B2 |
Code correction
A method, performed by processors, includes providing code representing a plurality of data processing elements of an executable data transformer, the data processing elements being configured to receive datasets and to produce transformed datasets. The method may include executing a sub-portion of the code up to an inserted breakpoint and displaying a result of the executed code sub-portion up to the breakpoint on datasets in an analysis window, receiving test code in a console window and executing the test code to apply a transformation on the data sets transformed by the code sub-portion up to the breakpoint to generate an updated result of a test transformation in the analysis window, and/or inserting the test code received in the console window to the code of the data transformer, responsive to user selection, the test code being inserted after the breakpoint. |
| US10871949B2 |
Integration of learning models into a software development system
The subject technology transforms a machine learning model into a transformed machine learning model in accordance with a particular model specification when the machine learning model does not conform to the particular model specification, the particular model specification being compatible with an integrated development environment (IDE). The subject technology generates a code interface and code for the transformed machine learning model, the code interface including code statements in the object oriented programming language, the code statements corresponding to an object representing the transformed machine learning model. Further, the subject technology provides the generated code interface and the code for display in the IDE, the IDE enabling modifying of the generated code interface and the code. |
| US10871948B1 |
Smart contract blockchain abstraction API
A system, method, and apparatus for creating and managing smart contracts on a blockchain is provided. A method includes receiving smart contract code; detecting a code language of the smart contract code; determining an optimal blockchain platform to deploy the smart contract onto; compiling the smart contract code so as to generate smart contract byte code and metadata; storing the smart contract byte code and the metadata; deploying the smart contract byte code to the optimal blockchain platform; receiving an address of the smart contract deployed to the optimal blockchain platform; assigning a name to the address; and storing the assigned name and the address in a smart contract naming directory; wherein a smart contract computing system is configured to identify the address of the deployed smart contract in response to receiving the name from a user. |
| US10871947B2 |
Converting a boolean masked value to an arithmetically masked value for cryptographic operations
A first input share value, a second input share value, and a third input share value may be received. The first input share value may be converted to a summation or subtraction between an input value and a combination of the second input share value and the third input share value. A random number value may be generated and combined with the second input share value and the third input share value to generate a combined value. Furthermore, a first output share value may be generated based on a combination of the converted first input share value, the combined value, and additional random number values. |
| US10871946B2 |
Methods for using a multiplier to support multiple sub-multiplication operations
Integrated circuits with digital signal processing (DSP) blocks are provided. A DSP block may include one or more large multiplier circuits. A large multiplier circuit (e.g., an 18×18 or 18×19 multiplier circuit) may be used to support two or more smaller multiplication operations sharing one or two sets of multiplier operands, a complex multiplication, and a sum of two multiplications. If the multiplier products overflow and interfere with one another, correction operations can be performed. Partial products from two or more larger multiplier circuits can be used to combine decomposed partial products. A large multiplier circuit can also be used to support two floating-point mantissa multipliers. |
| US10871945B2 |
Resumable merge sort
A method may include receiving a database command to sort an unsorted dataset; dividing a sort operation, for sorting the unsorted dataset, into a plurality of portions; performing a first portion of the sort operation; persisting intermediate results from the first portion of the sort operation; and persisting a state of the sort operation identifying the portions of the sort operation have been performed. |
| US10871942B2 |
Audio command interface for a multimedia device
System, method, and computer product embodiments for processing audio commands are described. A multimedia device receives a digitized audio sequence from a control device. The digitized audio sequence is associated with a display command for controlling a display device. Then, the digitized audio sequence is converted into an audio signature that corresponds to the digitized audio sequence. The multimedia device sends the audio signature to a platform server configured to use the audio signature to process the display command. After, the multimedia device receives content information from the platform server resulting from processing the display command. Then, the multimedia device causes the display device to provide media content related to the content information. |
| US10871934B2 |
Virtual content displayed with shared anchor
Methods, computing devices and display devices are disclosed for displaying virtual content at a target location that is determined relative to a shared anchor. Image data of a physical environment may be captured. A shared anchor tag may be identified in the image data. Based on identifying the shared anchor tag, shared anchor tag image data may be transmitted to a server. Based at least on data retrieved by the server, a data packet comprising a shared anchor associated with a second display device is received, wherein the shared anchor defines a three-dimensional location in the physical environment. A hologram is displayed at a target location determined relative to the location of the shared anchor. |
| US10871932B2 |
Modular display panels
An embodiment modular light-emitting diode (LED) display panel includes attachment points for use in attachment as part of a multi-panel modular LED display, a printed circuit board including a first side and an opposite second side, and a plastic casing attached to the opposite second side of the printed circuit board. A perimeter of the plastic casing is substantially rectangular and has a height and a width. The modular LED display panel further includes a display surface including a plurality of LEDs arranged as pixels and attached to the first side of the printed circuit board. The pixels are arranged in a rectangular array including at least fifty pixels. Each of the pixels of the rectangular array is spaced from each respective adjacent pixel of the rectangular array by a pitch. The pitch is a predetermined constant number. The pitch does not depend on the height and the width. |
| US10871928B2 |
Information terminal with a calling unit configured to enable communication with another information terminal, image processing system, and program
An information terminal includes: a communication unit; and a control unit configured to control the communication unit, wherein the control unit is configured to establish a communication channel with another terminal by using the communication unit, and the communication unit is configured to receive device information containing an address of an image processing device positioned on the periphery of the another terminal, and transmit the device information of the image processing device positioned on the periphery of the another terminal to an image processing device positioned on the periphery of the information terminal. |
| US10871925B2 |
Provisioning data volumes for containers running in virtual machines
A computer system has a virtualization software that supports execution of a virtual machine in which a container is run. A method of provisioning a data volume for the container in this computer system includes the steps of monitoring a designated virtual socket, detecting, based on the monitoring, a request from a plug-in of the container to create a data volume, and upon detecting the request, communicating the request to the virtualization software to cause the virtualization software to create the data volume. |
| US10871924B1 |
Method and computer program product and apparatus for handling sudden power off recovery
The invention introduces a non-transitory computer program product for handling a sudden power off recovery (SPOR) to include program code to: drive a flash access interface to read pages of a current block in sequence after a power restart subsequent to a sudden power off (SPO); mark the last correct page of the current block according to page read statuses for the current block; drive the flash access interface to read protection information of pages of a temporary block in sequence, so as to mark the first incorrect page of the temporary block; and drop data of the first incorrect page and pages thereafter of the temporary block. |
| US10871919B2 |
Memory system and wear-leveling method using the same
A memory system may include a memory device comprising a plurality of memory banks, and a memory controller suitable for allocating data of successive logical addresses to the respective memory banks, and controlling read/write operations of the data, wherein the memory controller groups pages of the respective memory banks, and performs a wear-leveling operation based on the read/write operations of the data on each group of the pages. |
| US10871918B2 |
Writing composite objects to a data store
This disclosure relates to optimizing write requests based on an object dependency graph. An example method generally includes receiving, from a client device, a write request specifying an object to be written to the data store. A gateway server determines, based on an object dependency graph associated with the specified object and identifying relationships between the specified object and one or more dependency objects, one or more dependency objects to be written to the data store. The gateway server generates a plurality of write requests for the specified object and the one or more dependency objects and generates an execution plan for the plurality of write requests based on the object dependency graph. The gateway server executes the plurality of write requests based on the execution plan. |
| US10871915B2 |
Data processing system and operating method thereof
A data processing system and a method of operating the same may include a host system and a memory system. The host system may include a host memory and a host controller, and the memory system may include a memory controller and a nonvolatile memory device. The memory controller may include a data attribute determination circuit and a memory selection circuit. The data attribute determination circuit may be configured to determine an attribute of write data received from the host controller. The memory selection circuit may be configured to select, based on the determined attribute of the write data, any one of the host memory and the nonvolatile memory device as a location where the write data is to be stored. |
| US10871913B1 |
Method and system for processing data in a replication system
In general, embodiments of the invention relate to a method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and system for managing replication system processing. More specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to managing the dedicated set of computational resources in a replication system during runtime in order to, among other things, improve the performance of the replication system. |
| US10871912B2 |
Techniques for facilitating processing checkpoints between computing devices
The embodiments set forth techniques for facilitating processing checkpoints between computing devices. A method can be performed by at least one first computing device configured to interface with a first server computing device cluster, and include (1) processing objects managed by the first server computing device cluster, where the objects are stored across at least two first partitions associated with the first server computing device cluster, (2) detecting a condition to facilitate a processing checkpoint with at least one second computing device configured to interface with a second server computing device cluster, where the objects are mirrored—but stored differently across at least two second partitions associated with the second server computing device cluster, (3) gathering, from each partition of the at least two first partitions, information associated with a particular number of last-processed objects, and (4) providing the information to the at least one second computing device. |
| US10871904B2 |
Secondary storage editor
Systems and methods for storage pruning can enable users to delete, edit, or copy backed up data that matches a pattern. Storage pruning can enable fine-grain deletion or copying of these files from backups stored in secondary storage devices. Systems and methods can also enable editing of metadata associated with backups so that when the backups are restored or browsed, the logical edits to the metadata can then be performed physically on the data to create a custom restore or a custom view. A user may perform operations such as renaming, deleting, modifying flags, and modifying retention policies on backed up items. Although the underlying data in the backup may not change, the view of the backup data when the user browses the backup data can appear to include the user's changes. A restore of the data can cause those changes to be performed on the backup data. |
| US10871902B2 |
Adaptive look-ahead configuration for prefetching data in input/output operations based on request size and frequency
Techniques are provided for adaptive look-ahead configuration for data prefetching based on request size and frequency. One method comprises performing the following steps: estimating an earning value for a particular portion based on an average size and frequency of past input/output requests for the particular portion; calculating a quota for the particular portion by normalizing the earning value for the particular portion of the storage system based on earning values of one or more additional portions of the storage system; obtaining a size of a look-ahead window for a new request based on the quota for the particular portion over a prefetch budget assigned to the storage system; and moving a requested data item and one or more additional data items within the look-ahead window from the storage system to the cache memory responsive to the requested data item and/or the additional data items within the look-ahead window not being in the cache memory. |
| US10871893B2 |
Using gestures to deliver content to predefined destinations
Disclosed are various embodiments for using gestures to deliver content to predefined destinations. After a user designates a content item, a flick gesture is detected, where the flick gesture has a point of origin and crosses a trip line surrounding the point of origin. A destination associated with the flick gesture is identified from a plurality of predefined destinations. Each predefined destination is associated with a region in a predefined plurality of display regions. The content item is delivered to the determined destination. |
| US10871878B1 |
System log analysis and object user interaction correlation system
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for system log analysis and object-user interaction. Log data generated by network accessible systems can describe user interactions with objects maintained by the network accessible systems. A system can correlate log data to determine user access of objects. The system can generate user interfaces describing access to objects, and further determine objects being accessed with a greater frequency than other objects. The system can cause the objects to be stored by more than one network accessible system. |
| US10871875B2 |
Cursor identification on an IHS display
An IHS (Information Handling Systems) supports pointing devices such as a mouse. To use a pointing device, a user must identify the displayed location of the cursor. Depending on factors such as the resolution and size of a display, a user may have difficulty in immediately locating a cursor. Embodiments support various cursor activation modes that allow a user to quickly locate the cursor. A cursor activation mode is initiated by an entry condition and is associated with a modified cursor appearance. Upon detecting an entry condition, the cursor appearance is modified. Upon detecting the exit condition, the appearance of the cursor is restored. The appearance of the cursor may be modified by changing the size and/or color of the cursor. The cursor may be positioned at a default screen location or a screen location corresponding to a direction of the user's gaze. |
| US10871872B2 |
Intelligent productivity monitoring with a digital assistant
A digital assistant supported across devices such as smartphones, tablets, personal computers (PCs), wearable computing devices, game consoles, and the like is configured to interact with a productivity system so that various user experiences, content, or features that enhance a user's productivity can be integrated with the digital assistant and rendered as a native digital assistant user experience. The digital assistant is configured to actively participate with the user to set and achieve productivity goals for example, by determining the user's intent, maintaining awareness of context, performing tasks and actions, providing productivity status and notifications, and interacting with the user to help the user stay productive and avoid distractions. |
| US10871866B2 |
Touch sensor and display including the same
A touch sensor is disclosed to include a first mesh touch electrode formed in a first direction and transmitting a first touch signal, a first supplementary mesh touch electrode formed on the same layer as the first mesh touch electrode, an insulating layer covering the first mesh touch electrode and the first supplementary mesh touch electrode and having a contact cutout, a second mesh touch electrode formed in a second direction crossing the first direction and transmitting a second touch signal, and a second supplementary mesh touch electrode formed on the same layer as the second mesh touch electrode. In this touch sensor, the first mesh touch electrode is connected to the second supplementary mesh touch electrode through the contact cutout and the second mesh touch electrode is connected to the first supplementary mesh touch electrode through the contact cutout. |
| US10871865B2 |
Display device
A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display panel; a touch sensor located on the display panel; and a pointer made of a conductive material that moves on a region where the touch sensor is provided below the touch sensor; wherein the pointer is electrically connected to a lower electrode of the touch sensor. |
| US10871864B2 |
Sensing apparatus
A sensing apparatus for determining relative amounts of force applied to a sensing surface at a plurality of locations, the sensing apparatus comprising: a capacitive sensor element comprising the sensing surface, wherein the capacitive sensor element is moveably mounted; a displacement sensor element for detecting changes in the displacement of the capacitive sensor element; capacitive sensing circuitry coupled to the capacitive sensor element and configured to determine locations for a plurality of objects capacitively coupled to the sensing surface; displacement sensing circuitry coupled to the displacement sensor element and configured to determine changes in the displacement of the capacitive sensor element at a plurality of different locations; and processing circuitry configured to determine a location at which a net displacement load acts on the sensing surface from the determined changes in displacement of the sensor element, and to establish relative amounts of the net displacement load on the determined locations. |
| US10871859B2 |
Touch control device, electronic apparatus and control method of electronic apparatus
A touch control device, electronic apparatus and control method thereof. The touch control device includes a processor and a plurality of transceivers disposed in an array. The transceivers is used to transmit ultrasonic waves and receive ultrasonic waves that are reflected back, and directions in which the plurality of transceivers transmits the ultrasonic waves are parallel to one another. The processor is connected to each transceiver and used to determine a touch control signal in accordance with at least one of a time difference between time at which each transceiver transmits the ultrasonic waves and time at which each transceiver receives the ultrasonic waves and an intensity difference between the transmitted and received ultrasonic waves, and to control the touch control device in accordance with the touch control signal, in which the touch control signal comprises at least one of an operation instruction and user fingerprint information. |
| US10871857B2 |
Touch panel being able to realize force touch and touch detection method thereof and display device
A touch panel, a display device and a touch detection method are provided. The touch panel includes a base substrate, a plurality of transmitter groups and a receiver. The base substrate has a touch surface configured to receive a touch operation, each of the plurality of transmitter groups includes a plurality of transmitters. The transmitters are configured to emit light, the receiver is configured to receive light emitted by the transmitters. the base substrate is configured to produces a deformation upon receiving the touch operation, the light received by the receiver corresponds to the deformation. |
| US10871856B2 |
Display device for vehicle
According to at least one embodiment, a display device for a vehicle includes: a display module configured to be installed in the vehicle and configured to display a GUI (Graphical User Interface); and a processor configured to change a touch area corresponding to the GUI according to a motion of the vehicle. |
| US10871853B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a plurality of first electrodes arranged in a display region for displaying an image; a second electrode opposed to the first electrodes; a plurality of switching elements that are arranged in the display region and coupled to the first electrodes or the second electrode; a gate line for supplying a scanning signal for scanning the switching elements; a data line for supplying a signal to the switching elements that are coupled to the switching elements; and conductive wire that is opposed to the second electrode via an insulating layer and is coupled to the switching elements. |
| US10871847B2 |
Sensing force and press location in absence of touch information
Disclosed are electronic devices and methods of their operation that use force sensors to detect user applied forces on an input surface and determine their locations on the input surface, using only force sensors. The locations may be determined using weighted averages of the positions of the force sensors and their values. The methods may compare dynamically updated baseline force values to received force sensor values to distinguish user applied forces from changes in the force sensor values caused other sources. After detection of a user applied force, the baseline force values are frozen, and the force sensor values used to find the location on the input surface where the user applied the force. The electronic device can operate according to a state space model, with a first state in which there is no user applied force, and a second state in which there is user applied force. |
| US10871845B2 |
Touch display panel and touch display device
Disclosed are a touch display panel and a touch display device. In a touch display panel and a touch display device, a shielding pattern is arranged between a data link line and a touch link line in a non-active area of the touch display panel, and a signal corresponding to the touch driving signal is applied to the shielding pattern. Parasitic capacitance between the data link line and the touch link line is prevented in order to reduce noise on the touch sensing signal caused by voltage fluctuation on the data link line. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the influence of display driving on touch sensing, thereby improving touch sensing during display driving. |
| US10871844B1 |
Display panel and method of fabricating thereof
The present application provides a display panel and a method of fabricating thereof. The display panel includes a light emitting layer and a touch layer. The touch layer includes a touch trace layer and a filter structure, and the touch trace layer includes a plurality of gaps. The touch trace layer includes a first metal layer, a light shielding layer and a second metal layer, and an area of the light shielding layer is greater than an area of the first metal layer. Projections of the plurality of gaps on a light emitting surface of the display panel separates with a projection of the first metal layer and the second metal layer on the light emitting layer. |
| US10871838B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display panel having a display area where subpixels for emitting light in different colors are arranged in a matrix shape, the display panel having a peripheral area where terminals and a drive circuit are formed; and metal lines for touch sensing on the display panel. The display panel has a non-rectangular shape with a curve part of a contour in a plan view. The metal lines extend in at least two directions and cross at portions to form a mesh shape. The subpixels include some subpixels arranged stepwise in an outline area of the display area next to the curve part of the contour. None of the metal lines is formed on the subpixels arranged stepwise. |
| US10871837B2 |
Wearable electronic devices having a rotatable input structure
Wearable electronic devices having rotatable input manipulable are described herein. The wearable electronic devices include a body defining an aperture that is sized and shaped to receive a finger of a user. The wearable electronic devices also include a processor housed by the body, a first input structure rotatably coupled to the body and controllably rotatable about the body by a second finger of the user and manipulable thereby, a detector system carried by the body and communicatively coupled to the processor to detect rotations of the first input structure about the body, a transmitter communicatively coupled to the processor to transmit signals to an external electronic device in response to rotations of the first input structure about the body, and, optionally, a power source communicatively coupled to the processor, the detector system, and the transmitter to provide power to at least the processor, the detector system, and the transmitter. |
| US10871834B1 |
Mouse with air levitation sliding device
A mouse with an air levitation sliding device is disclosed. The mouse body has a top surface, a bottom surface, an internal chamber and a signal line. The main feature is that the mouse is further provided with an air levitation sliding device, including an air supply source, an air supply pipeline and an air injection channel, the air injection channel is disposed on the bottom surface of the mouse body, and the air supply source is disposed outside the mouse body, and two ends of the air supply pipeline are respectively connected to the air supply source and the air injection channel. Thereby, the air pressure generated by the air supply source is transmitted to the air injection channel through the air supply pipeline to eject out from the bottom surface of the mouse body, so that the mouse the mouse can be in the air levitation sliding state. |
| US10871831B2 |
Customizable and reconfigurable virtual instrument panel
The invention provides an instrument control panel that is easily customized and reconfigured, and yet provides the familiar tactile sensation of physical knobs, sliders, and buttons. The instrument control panel comprises one or more interface components that are removably coupled to an interface display wherein the interface components communicate with one or more control components disposed behind the interface display. The present invention lends itself particularly well to an instrument panel. |
| US10871830B2 |
Proximity detection for an input mechanism of an electronic device
Disclosed herein is an electronic device having a proximity sensor for determining whether an object, such as a user's finger, is in proximity to or in contact with an input mechanism of the electronic device. |
| US10871827B2 |
Tactile interface module and method for generating haptic feedback
The invention relates to a haptic-feedback tactile interface module, including: a tactile surface capable of detecting at least one characteristic of a pressure exerted by a user; at least one haptic-feedback actuator configured to transmit haptic feedback to the tactile surface; and a processing and control unit connected to the tactile surface and to said at least one actuator. The processing and control unit is configured so as to activate the haptic-feedback actuator in a first time window (T1) so as to induce at least one mechanical wave propagating over the tactile surface, capable of being perceived as haptic feedback, and in a second time window (T2) so as to generate at least one mechanical pulse (202-1, 202-2, 202-3) which is phase-shifted relative to the mechanical wave in order to dampen said mechanical wave. |
| US10871826B2 |
Haptic feedback remote control systems and methods
Haptic feedback remote control systems and methods are provided. A method for providing haptic feedback to a user of a haptic feedback remote control device includes receiving, by a receiving device, an electronic command issued from the haptic feedback remote control device. The receiving device transmits a haptic feedback command to the haptic feedback remote control device. Based on the received haptic feedback command, the haptic feedback remote control activates a haptic feedback device, within the haptic feedback remote control, to provide a haptic feedback effect to a user of the haptic feedback remote control device. |
| US10871823B1 |
Systems and methods for using scene understanding for calibrating eye tracking
A system can include one or more processors that determine a first position of an object in view of a user of a head mounted display (HMD) and a first gaze direction towards the first position. The object can be detected by one or more sensors. The one or more processors detect that the user is gazing at the object. The one or more processors determine, responsive to detecting that the user is gazing at the object, a second gaze direction based on at least a second position of one or more eyes of the user of the HMD provided via an eye tracking operation of the HMD. The one or more processors calibrate, based at least on a difference between the first gaze direction and the second gaze direction, the eye tracking operation of the HMD. |
| US10871819B2 |
Timing controller, display driving circuit and control method as well as electronic component thereof, and display device
A timing controller, a display driving circuit and a control method as well as an electronic component thereof, and a display device are provided. The timing controller is for a display device including a display driving circuit, the timing controller including at least one of electronic components; wherein the timing controller includes a first transmitting circuit, configured to transmit a sleep signal to the at least one of electronic components after the end of a display scanning period in each display cycle to enable the electronic component receiving the sleep signal to enter a sleep state; and a second transmitting circuit, configured to transmit a waking-up signal to each of the electronic components in the sleep state before the start of each display cycle to wake up each of the electronic components in the sleep state. |
| US10871813B2 |
Temperature increasing device and temperature increasing method
The application provides a temperature increasing device and a temperature increasing method. The temperature increasing device is arranged on a motherboard including at least one system element. The temperature increasing device includes a power supply module and a controller After the power supply module is triggered, the power supply module outputs an enable signal to the system element and the controller, the controller detects whether the system element operates according to a preset power-on action, if the controller determines that the system element does not operate according to the preset power-on action, the controller outputs an electric signal to enable the temperature of the system element to increase, and when the temperature of the system element is increased to an extent that the controller determines that the system element is capable of operating according to the preset power-on action, the controller stops outputting the electric signal. |
| US10871812B2 |
Power supply circuit and electronic device
A power supply circuit includes a first power supply line that couples a first input node from which first input power is input and an output node to each other, a second power supply line that couples a second input node from which second input power is input and the output node to each other, a power limit of the second input power being higher than that of the first input power, a converter that is inserted in the first power supply line and that converts a voltage of the first input power input from the first input node to a higher voltage or a lower voltage, an adjustment circuit that adjusts an output voltage of the converter to a voltage higher than a voltage of the second input power input from the second input node. |
| US10871811B2 |
Power chip
A power chip includes: a first power switch, formed in a wafer region and having a first and a second metal electrodes; a second power switch, formed in the wafer region and having a third and a fourth metal electrodes, wherein the first and second power switches respectively constitute an upper bridge arm and a lower bridge arm of a bridge circuit, and the first and second power switches are alternately arranged along a first direction; and a metal region, at least including a first metal layer, a second metal layer and a third metal layer that are stacked, each metal layer including a first to a third strip electrodes, and strip electrodes with the same voltage potential in two adjacent metal layers are electrically coupled, wherein a routing direction of the strip electrode in the first metal layer is substantially perpendicular to the first direction. |
| US10871804B2 |
Tree computer kiosk system and method
A tree computer kiosk is provided that includes a tree-shaped housing having a trunk and at least one limb and limb stub, where the limb stub is configured to accommodate a display screen. The tree-shaped housing accommodates a computer system including a processor and at least one electronic component. A power supply provides power to the computer processor and other electronic components. The tree-shaped housing includes mounting and mechanisms for securing one or more speakers, cameras, and display screens. |
| US10871801B2 |
Tabletizable auxiliary monitor
According to an aspect of the disclosure, an auxiliary monitor is provided. The auxiliary monitor includes a mount including at least one rail, one or more coupling elements coupled to the mount and configured to be coupled to a computer, and a display portion. The display portion includes a communications interface configured to be communicatively coupled to the computer, at least one display screen configured to display output information, and at least one hinge configured to be slidably coupled to the at least one rail, and configured to allow the display portion to rotate relative to the mount. |
| US10871799B2 |
Video glasses
Video glasses include a headband body, a glasses body configured to rotate relative to the headband body to be at one of a plurality of positions including a use position and at least one open position, and a rotating shaft mechanism rotatably coupling the glasses body to the headband body. The glasses body is configured to be position limited at one of the at least one open position. |
| US10871790B2 |
Operatorless particle processing systems and methods
The present disclosure provides improved particle processing (e.g., cytometry and/or cell purification) systems and methods that can operate in an autonomous fashion. More particularly, the present disclosure provides for assemblies, systems and methods for analyzing, sorting, and/or processing (e.g., purifying, measuring, isolating, detecting and/or enriching) particles (e.g., cells, microscopic particles, etc.) where human intervention is not required and/or is minimized. The systems, assemblies and methods of the present disclosure advantageously improve run performance of particle processing systems (e.g., cell purification systems, cytometers) by significantly reducing and/or substantially eliminating the burden of operation for human intervention by automating numerous functions, features and/or steps of the disclosed systems and methods. |
| US10871788B2 |
Systems, apparatus, and methods for reducing fluid pressure in a fluid line
In some embodiments, a tube portion can be configured to be fluidically coupled to a patient access component. A source of pressurized fluid can be coupled to the tube portion and can be configured to deliver fluid to the tube portion at a source pressure. A fluid pressure regulating device can include an expandable reservoir and can be coupled to the tube portion such that the expandable reservoir is in fluidic communication with the tube portion. The fluid pressure regulating device can be configured such that, when fluid is delivered from the source of pressurized fluid to the lumen of the tube portion at the source pressure, the expandable reservoir of the fluid pressure regulating device can receive fluid such that the expandable reservoir of the fluid pressure regulating device expands and fluid is delivered from the lumen of the tube portion to the patient via the patient access component. |
| US10871785B2 |
Method and system for controlling attitude of rotor unmanned aerial vehicle
A method for controlling an attitude of a rotor UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) includes judging whether the rotor UAV is in a first attitude on a support base; and starting a first thrust generating device which is offset from a first side of a center of gravity of the rotor UAV, the first thrust generating device generating a thrust that faces away from the support base while working, the first side moving away from the support base, flipping the rotor UAV and switching the rotor UAV from the first attitude to a second attitude. Also, a system for controlling the attitude of the rotor UAV is provided. According to the method and the system, the rotor UAV can be switched between different attitudes without artificially assisting in adjusting a current attitude of the rotor UAV, so that the convenience in use and the satisfaction of experience are improved. |
| US10871784B2 |
Method and system for providing remote robotic control
A virtualized environment corresponding to a physical environment currently surrounding a robot is displayed. The virtualized environment is updated in accordance with streaming environment data received from sensors collocated with the robot. A first user input inserting a first virtual object at a first location in the virtualized environment is detected. The virtualized environment is modified in accordance with the insertion of the first virtual object at the first location. The first virtual object at the first location causes the robot to execute a first navigation path in the physical environment. A second user input is detected that moves the first virtual object along a movement path to a second location in the virtualized environment. The movement path is constrained by simulated surfaces in the virtualized environment, and the first virtual object at the second location causes the robot to execute a modified navigation path in the physical environment. |
| US10871778B2 |
Robot charging control method, apparatus, and robot thereof
The present disclosure provides a robot charging control method, apparatus, and robot thereof. The method includes: obtaining a linear distance between a charging portion of the robot and a charging station of a charging device, if a charging instruction is detected; determining polar coordinate information of a preset target position in a polar coordinate system taking the position of the charging portion as a pole based on the linear distance; moving the robot to the preset target position according to the polar coordinate information; rotating the robot in situ at the preset target position to a position the charging portion matching the charging station; and moving the robot from the preset target position to the charging station to establish an electrical connection for charging the robot between the charging portion and the charging station. The present disclosure realizes that a navigation route is unnecessary to be made in advance. |
| US10871774B1 |
Three-dimensional analytic tools and methods for inspections using unmanned aerial vehicles
In various embodiments, three-dimensional models of terrestrial structures are developed and scaled utilizing images acquired during the flight path of an unmanned aerial vehicle. |
| US10871773B2 |
Vehicle travel control apparatus
A vehicle travel control apparatus including a road surface condition detector, a drive mode instruction switch instructing a manual drive mode or a self-drive mode and, an electric control unit having a microprocessor and a memory. The memory stores a driving characteristic of a driver during traveling in the self-drive mode, and the microprocessor performs generating an action plan including a target path of the vehicle, controlling an actuator so that the vehicle travels in self-driving in accordance with the action plan, and the generating including restricting a target value of a physical quantity for traveling of the vehicle included in the action plan, based on the detected road surface condition and the driving characteristic stored in the memory, when a switching from the manual drive mode to the self-drive mode is instructed by the drive mode instruction switch. |
| US10871768B2 |
Apparatus, device and computer implemented method for automatic generation of SCADA slave interface
A computer implemented method at an energy management system (EMS) controller apparatus for automatic generation of a SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) slave interface for an energy management system (EMS), includes storing a SCADA configuration file mapping SCADA data points to EMS data objects; providing the EMS data objects coded in statically typed programming language; providing site configuration information of the energy management system (EMS); scanning, by an object access framework (OAF), EMS data objects with EMS annotations and combining them with the site configuration information to generate an object binding repository (OBR); and compiling the SCADA configuration file to combine the SCADA data points mapping with the object binding repository to generate SCADA bindings information as part of the SCADA slave interface for the energy management system (EMS). |
| US10871765B2 |
Device for controlling additive manufacturing machinery
A computing device for controlling the operation of an additive manufacturing machine comprises a memory element and a processing element. The memory element is configured to store a three-dimensional model of a part to be manufactured, wherein the three-dimensional model defines a plurality of cross sections of the part. The processing element is in communication with the memory element. The processing element is configured to receive the three-dimensional model, determine a path across a surface of each cross section, wherein the path includes a plurality of parallel lines, calculate a power for a radiation beam to scan each of the lines, such that the power varies from line to line non-linearly according to a length of the line, and calculate a scan speed for the radiation beam for each of the lines, such that the scan speed varies line to line non-linearly according to the power of the radiation beam. |
| US10871764B2 |
Machining based on strategies selected from a database
A method and a corresponding system and computer program product are provided. A model of an object to be manufactured is obtained. Information about one or more available machine tools and one or more available cutting tools is obtained. A geometric feature to be machined as part of manufacturing the object is identified. A database including strategies for machining different geometric features is accessed. The database includes a plurality of strategies defining different ways of machining the identified geometric feature. One or more strategies are selected from the plurality of strategies based on the obtained information. A computer simulation is performed for the one or more selected strategies, and user instructions responsive to the computer simulation are received. Instructions for causing one or more machine tools to manufacture the object via subtractive manufacturing are provided based on the user instructions and a strategy of the one or more selected strategies. |
| US10871762B2 |
Real time analysis of fluid properties for drilling control
Techniques are described for controlling drilling operations based on real time measurement and analysis of fluid properties in a drilling environment. Sensor data can be collected that provides measurement(s) of fluid properties (for example, density and rheology) of the drilling fluid (in other words, downhole mud) around the drill. The measurements can be provided to a hydraulic model that calculates downhole pressure loss in the annulus. Based on this calculation, a calculation of equivalent circulating density (ECD) can be performed. In some implementations, the calculations are performed in real time with respect to the collection of the sensor data. The real time pressure loss and ECD calculations can be used to control bottom hole circulating pressures. The results of the calculations may be used to automatically control drilling operations. |
| US10871753B2 |
Feedback loop driven end-to-end state control of complex data-analytic systems
A system provides feedback driven end-to-end state control of a data model. A data model may be used to model the behavior of a monitored system to predict future events. The system may be used to ensure proper operation of the data model. Contingency data models may be executed when a failure is detected. Further, when the system detects accuracy that is out of tolerance, the system may initiate retraining of the data model being currently used. |
| US10871751B2 |
Antenna for wearable device
A wearable device mountable on a user's wrist is provided. The wearable device includes a housing having a metal structure, a display disposed in the housing and including a metal layer, the metal layer being disposed so as to be surrounded by the metal structure and to be spaced apart by a gap, a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the housing and including a ground area, and a control circuit disposed on the PCB and feeding a first point of the metal structure. Here, the metal layer is electrically connected with the ground area of the PCB at a second point spaced apart by an angle with respect to the first point. |
| US10871748B2 |
Safety valve for a timepiece
A crown head for a timepiece includes a cap, a tube secured in a timepiece case, a central pipe engaged with the tube, and a safety valve with a discharge channel in fluid communication with the inside of the case when the valve is in an open configuration, to discharge excess fluid. The safety valve also includes a piston fitted inside the central pipe and an elastic member to cooperate with the piston, which can be displaced axially according to the pressure variations inside the case. The crown head also includes a blockage which prevents separation of the cap and the tube. The blockage includes a shoulder arranged on the inner wall of the tube, and includes a support surface against which part of the piston can abut, and a rim provided at the base of the central pipe to abut against a shoulder on the piston. |
| US10871747B2 |
Safety valve for a timepiece
An automatic safety valve for a timepiece, especially for a diving watch. The valve includes a valve head, a tube designed to be secured in a case of the timepiece, and an evacuation channel arranged so as to be in fluidic communication with the inside of the case when the safety valve is in an open configuration so as to evacuate an excess of fluid. The safety valve further includes a pressure regulator arranged inside the evacuation channel to maintain the outlet speed of the fluid. |
| US10871746B2 |
Method of displaying a hologram on a display device comprising pixels
There is provided a holographic projector comprising a hologram engine and a controller. The hologram engine is arranged to provide a hologram comprising a plurality of hologram pixels. Each hologram pixel has a respective hologram pixel value. The controller is arranged to selectively-drive a plurality of light-modulating pixels so as to display the hologram. Displaying the hologram comprises displaying each hologram pixel value on a contiguous group of light-modulating pixels of the plurality of light-modulating pixels such that there is a one-to-many pixel correlation between the hologram and the plurality of light-modulating pixels. |
| US10871743B2 |
Cleaning device for removing a developer, process cartridge and image forming apparatus
A cleaning device, including: a cleaning frame; a cleaning member having one end and the other end, an image bearing member being capable of rotating and bearing a developer image formed of a developer so as to remove the developer remaining on the image bearing member after transfer of the developer image from the image bearing member; and a sheet member having flexibility and having one end and the other end; wherein a work function W (D) of the developer and a work function W (S) of the sheet member satisfy 0≤W(D)−W(S)≤0.23 and the developer includes inorganic particles, and at least one kind of the inorganic particles has an average primary particle diameter of 50 nm or larger. |
| US10871740B2 |
Image forming apparatus with an electrical wire bundle having a branching and winding electrical wire
An electric wire bundle in which a plurality of electric wires are bundled without using a wire bundling tool is provided. The electric wire bundle, formed by bundling a plurality of the electric wires, connects devices. The electric wire connecting two devices positioned farthest from each other is wound by the other electric wire. Other electric wires branch in order at branch points provided between the two devices positioned farthest from each other and are connected to a corresponding device. |
| US10871738B2 |
Flicker control
An example system includes a varying resistive device, a controllable resistive device, a power supply to power the varying resistive device and the controllable resistive device, and a controller to control operation of the varying resistive device and the controllable resistive device. The varying resistive device changes a power level used during operation. The controller includes a flicker control portion, wherein the flicker control portion is to control a power level at the controllable resistive device based on changes in the power level used by the varying resistive device to maintain a flicker level below a predetermined flicker threshold. |
| US10871732B2 |
Deviation detection device, belt device, and image forming apparatus including same
A deviation detection device to detect a deviation of a rotator includes a contact member disposed in contact with the rotator and configured to move, following a deviation of the rotator in a width direction of the rotator. The deviation detection device further includes a deviation detector configured to detect a direction of the deviation and a deviation amount of the rotator based on a displacement of the contact member, and a wear detector configured to detect a state in which an amount of wear of the contact member has reached a threshold. |
| US10871728B1 |
Cleaning device having a roller scraping member and guide portion
A cleaning device for a rotational body is provided. The cleaning device includes a scraping portion whose edge is pressed against a rotational body to which toner adheres. The scraping portion scrapes the toner off the rotational body. The cleaning device also includes a guide portion that guides a recording medium toward the rotational body, and a guide support portion that supports the guide portion. The guide support portion is disposed at a position separated from the scraping portion in a state in which the guide support portion is pressed by the guide portion that is guiding the recording medium. |
| US10871727B2 |
Image forming apparatus and image forming method
An image forming apparatus includes an oscillator configured to oscillate a laser beam, an irradiation portion configured to radiate the laser beam oscillated by the oscillator to an outside, a light absorption unit configured to absorb the laser beam and to convert the laser beam to heat, and a control unit including at least one processor and at least one memory. The control unit is configured to control the irradiation portion to press the irradiation portion against a workpiece via the light absorption unit and irradiating the workpiece with the laser beam via the light absorption unit, so as to perform image forming processing. |
| US10871723B2 |
Electrophotographic photosensitive member and image forming apparatus
An electrophotographic photosensitive member (1) includes a conductive substrate (2) and a photosensitive layer (3) disposed directly or indirectly on the conductive substrate (2). The photosensitive layer (3) has a charge generating layer (3a) and a charge transport layer (3b) disposed in order from the conductive substrate (2). The charge generating layer (3a) contains a charge generating material. The charge transport layer (3b) contains a charge transport material, a binder resin, and a pigment that absorbs light having an irradiation wavelength. The binder resin includes a polyarylate resin including a repeating unit represented by general formula (1): In general formula (1), X and Y each represent, independently of one another, a divalent group represented by chemical formula (1-1), (1-2), (1-3), or (1-4): The pigment is a naphthalocyanine compound represented by general formula (2) or (3): |
| US10871714B2 |
Lithographic apparatus, cover for use in a lithographic apparatus and method for designing a cover for use in a lithographic apparatus
A lithographic apparatus having a fluid handling structure configured to contain immersion fluid in a space adjacent to an upper surface of a substrate table and/or a substrate located in a recess of the substrate table, a cover including a planar main body that, in use, extends around a substrate from the upper surface to a peripheral section of an upper major face of the substrate in order to cover a gap between an edge of the recess and an edge of the substrate, and an immersion fluid film disruptor configured to disrupt the formation of a film of immersion fluid between an edge of the cover and immersion fluid contained by the fluid handling structure during movement of the substrate table relative to the fluid handling structure. |
| US10871713B2 |
Method of controlling reticle masking blade positioning to minimize impact on critical dimension uniformity and device for controlling reticle masking blade positioning
A method of controlling reticle masking blade positioning to minimize the impact on critical dimension uniformity includes determining a target location of a reticle masking blade relative to a reflective reticle and positioning the reticle masking blade at the target location. A position of the reticle masking blade is monitored during an imaging operation. The position of the reticle masking blade is compared with the target location and the position of the reticle masking blade is adjusted if the position of the reticle masking blade is outside a tolerance of the target location. |
| US10871711B2 |
Resist composition and patterning process
A resist composition is provided comprising a base polymer containing an iodized polymer, and an acid generator containing a sulfonium salt and/or iodonium salt of iodized benzene ring-containing fluorosulfonic acid. When processed by lithography, the resist composition exhibits a high sensitivity, low LWR and improved CDU independent of whether it is of positive tone or negative tone. |
| US10871709B2 |
Imprint apparatus and method of manufacturing article
The present invention provides an imprint apparatus which forms a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate by using a mold, the apparatus including a mold holding unit configured to hold the mold, a substrate holding unit configured to hold the substrate, an image capturing unit configured such that a field of view of the image capturing unit includes a pattern region of the mold held by the molding unit, and a control unit configured to determine, based on an image obtained by capturing at least one of the mold and the substrate by the image capturing unit after a mold separating operation for separating the mold from a cured imprint material on the substrate, whether an abnormality is generated in the mold separating operation. |
| US10871707B2 |
Reflective mask blank, reflective mask and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
Provided is a reflective mask blank having a phase shift film for which there is little dependency of phase difference on film thickness. The reflective mask blank has a multilayer reflective film and a phase shift film, which causes a shift in the phase of EUV light, formed on a substrate in that order, wherein the phase shift film has an uppermost layer and a lower layer other than the uppermost layer and satisfies the following relationships: n2 |
| US10871703B2 |
Multi-lens camera
The present application discloses a multi-lens camera, comprising a camera body and a light supplementing device; wherein, the camera body comprises a body shell assembly, lenses, an lens regulator and a transparent cover that is installed on the body shell assembly; the lens regulator is installed within a space formed by the body shell assembly and the transparent cover; the transparent cover comprises a flat portion and a curved portion surrounding the flat portion; the lenses are located within a space covered by the curved portion; the lens regulator comprises a fixing disc and at least two lens brackets; each of the lens brackets comprises a first bracket configured for mounting a lens; the first bracket is movably provided on the fixing disc, and is movable along the circumference of the fixing disc; the light supplementing device surrounds and is located outside of the camera body to provide fill light. |
| US10871696B2 |
Electrochromic device
The present invention relates to an electrochromic device, and according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electrochromic device comprising: a first electrode layer; a first electrochromic layer provided on the first electrode layer; an electrolyte layer provided on the first electrochromic layer; a second electrochromic layer provided on the electrolyte layer; and a second electrode layer provided on the second electrochromic layer, wherein it comprises a first auxiliary electrode layer and a second auxiliary electrode layer each provided on each opposite surface of the first electrochromic layer and the second electrochromic layer opposed to each other with the electrolyte layer interposed therebetween. |
| US10871691B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a substrate including pixel electrodes, a first data line extending in the first direction and through which a data signal is supplied to the pixel electrodes in a first region that is close to one ends of the pixel electrodes in the first direction, and a second data line extending in the first direction and through which a data signal is supplied to the pixel electrodes in a second region that is closer to another ends of the pixel electrodes in the first direction than the first region is, and a driver circuit disposed close to the one ends of the pixel electrodes and configured to supply a data signal to each of the pixel electrodes through the first data line and the second data line. The first data line and the second data line are overlapped with each other in the first region. |
| US10871690B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: pixels; gate lines for connecting to the pixels; a first gate driving block for connecting to first and second gate lines that are adjacent to each other; and a second gate driving block for connecting to the first gate line and the second gate line, wherein the first gate driving block includes: a first gate signal generating portion; a first transistor connected between a first output terminal of the first gate signal generating portion and the first gate line; and a second transistor connected between the first output terminal and the second gate line, wherein the second gate driving block includes: a second gate signal generating portion; a third transistor connected between a second output terminal of the second gate signal generating portion and the first gate line; and a fourth transistor connected between the second output terminal and the second gate line. |
| US10871689B2 |
Display substrate, display panel, display device and bonding method
A display substrate, a display panel, a display device and a bonding method are provided. The display panel substrate includes: a transparent substrate comprising a display area and a bonding area located at the periphery of the display area. The bonding area is provided with a first bonding pad connected with a touch electrode, and a second bonding pad connected with a display electrode. One of the touch electrode and the display electrode is located in the display area, and the other electrode is located on another transparent substrate facing to the transparent substrate. |
| US10871687B2 |
Display device
The present invention provides a display device, including a first display panel, a second display panel, and a plurality of first lenses. The first display panel has a light emitting surface and includes a plurality of first sub-pixels. Each of the first sub-pixels has a first sub-pixel width. The second display panel is located at one side of the light emitting surface of the first display panel and includes a plurality of second sub-pixels. Each of the second sub-pixels has a second sub-pixel width. The first lenses are disposed between the first display panel and the second display panel. Each of the first lenses has a first diameter, and the first diameter is smaller than the second sub-pixel width. |
| US10871686B2 |
Display, display system, image projection system, and movable object
The display includes a liquid-crystal panel, a heat-transfer member, and a light-diffusion structure. The liquid-crystal panel includes a display screen. The heat-transfer member is light-transmissive. The heat-transfer member is on an opposite side of the liquid-crystal panel from the display screen. The light-diffusion structure is between the liquid-crystal panel and the heat-transfer member. |
| US10871684B1 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a display region, a color film substrate, and an array substrate. The display region includes transmissive regions each including color sub-pixels, and reflective regions each including black-and-white sub-pixels. A first common electrode is configured in the color film substrate corresponding to all of the transmissive regions and the reflective regions. A plurality of first pixel electrodes is configured in a portion of the array substrate corresponding to the transmissive regions. A plurality of second pixel electrodes, a reflective layer and a plurality of first thin-film transistors are configured in a portion of the array substrate corresponding to the reflective regions. One first thin-film transistor is electrically connected to one first pixel electrode. A second common electrode is configured in the array substrate corresponding to all of the transmissive regions and the reflective regions. |
| US10871682B2 |
Method for manufacturing display panel, display panel and display device
A method for manufacturing a display panel, a display panel and a display device are provided. The method for manufacturing a display panel includes: mixing a liquid crystal material and a spacer preparation material, and injecting them between an array substrate and a color filter substrate which are assembled; performing a UV irradiation on the assembled array substrate and the color film substrate with ultraviolet rays by using a mask plate to polymerize the spacer preparation material to form spacers, the spacers connecting the array substrate and the color film substrate. |
| US10871675B2 |
Display device using light reflector
A display device includes a display panel including a display surface, a light transmission mode converter configured to convert light transmission mode, a light reflective portion disposed on an opposite side of the light transmission mode converter from the display surface and configured to reflect light entered through the display surface toward the display surface, a light transmissive portion disposed on the opposite side of the light transmission mode converter from the display surface and configured to transmit light, and a color filter that is disposed closer to the display surface than the light reflective portion and the light transmissive portion are, and a light storing portion configured to store light to emit light having a complementary color of a color exhibited by the color filter, the light storing portion being disposed on an opposite side of the light transmissive portion from the display surface. |
| US10871668B2 |
Light control device
A light control device includes: a light control element including first and second base members, first and second electrodes, a liquid crystal layer, and first and second terminals electrically connected to the first and second electrodes; and a drive circuit that applies a first drive voltage to the first terminal and applies a second drive voltage having a polarity different from that of the first drive voltage to the second terminal. The first drive voltage is set to a first voltage in a first period, is set to a second voltage lower than the first voltage in a second period, is set to a third voltage lower than the second voltage in a third period, and is set to a fourth voltage lower than the second voltage and higher than the third voltage in a fourth period. |
| US10871667B2 |
Display substrate, method of manufacturing the same and display device having the same
A display substrate has first and second conductive layers separated from one another by an insulation layer. The first and second conductive layers are used to integrally form on the display substrate, pixel units in a relatively central display area of the substrate and integrated gate driving circuitry as well as associated wirings thereof in one or more peripheral areas. The first and second conductive layers are covered by a first protection layer made of a first electrically insulative material. A second and supplementing protection layer is provided on top of the first protection layer. The supplementing protection layer (buffer layer) is formed of a material different from that of the first protection layer so as to provide supplemental resistance against corrosive chemical agents and supplemental resistance against formation of cracks. In one class of embodiments, the supplementing protection layer is made of a same material as used form at least one of an alignment layer, sealing layer and spacer layer of the display substrate. |
| US10871666B2 |
Display device comprising a viewing angle switching element having a first linear polarizer, an optically anisotropic layer, a viewing angle control cell, and a second linear polarizer
A display device includes an image display panel, and a viewing angle switching element includes a first linear polarizer, an optically anisotropic layer, a viewing angle control cell, and a second linear polarizer, in which an angle formed between transmission axes of the first linear polarizer and the second linear polarizer is 45°, the optically anisotropic layer has a function of changing an azimuth of a polarization axis of linearly polarized light emitted from the first linear polarizer and causing the light to be emitted toward the viewing angle control cell, the viewing angle control cell is formed of a vertically aligned liquid crystal cell in which vertically aligned liquid crystals are tilted in one direction by voltage application, and an angle formed between a tilt azimuth of the vertically aligned liquid crystal of the viewing angle control cell and the transmission axis of the second linear polarizer is 45°. |
| US10871652B2 |
Vision aid device
A wearable device that aids vision of a person is disclosed that includes a display system including a display device, a first polarizer parallel to the display device, a quarter waveplate, and a mirror. The display device, the first polarizer, the quarter waveplate, and the mirror are arranged sequentially such that the display device is disposed at a first end of the display system and the mirror is disposed at a second, opposite end of the display system. The display system has a length corresponding to a focal length of the mirror. A camera system includes a camera and an image stabilization system with a zoom magnification configured to provide up to at or about 60 times zoom. The display system and the camera system are secured to a mount and are movable relative to each other about the mount. The mount is secured to a frame. |
| US10871649B2 |
Display with a waveguide coated with a meta-material
An apparatus is disclosed for producing an optical display comprising an optical waveguide including a first diffractive part arranged to receive display light and to diffract the display light into an angle for guided propagation along the optical waveguide. A second diffractive part of the waveguide is optically coupled to the first diffractive part by the optical waveguide and is arranged to receive and to diffract light from the first diffractive part to an angle for output from the optical waveguide. Those external surfaces of the waveguide against which guided light reflects internally are coated with a meta-material having a refractive index of value less than 1.0 (one). |
| US10871648B2 |
Optical fiber design method
An optical fiber design method according to the present invention is a design method of a photonic crystal fiber having a plurality of holes arranged in the optical fiber along a longitudinal direction, in which a required effective cross-sectional area is calculated from a light wavelength, a transmission distance, and output power such that, in a cross section, a hole ratio which is an area of the holes per unit area is larger in a central side than in an outer side in a portion corresponding to a cladding, and a fiber structure (hole diameter and hole interval) corresponding to the effective cross-sectional area is calculated. |
| US10871647B2 |
Apparatus and method for prevention of contamination on collector of extreme ultraviolet light source
An EUV collector mirror for an extreme ultra violet (EUV) radiation source apparatus includes an EUV collector mirror body on which a reflective layer as a reflective surface is disposed, a trajectory correcting device attached to or embedded in the EUV collector mirror body and a trajectory correcting device to adjust the trajectory of metal from the reflective surface of the EUV collector mirror body to an opposite side of the EUV collector mirror body. |
| US10871643B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel includes: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; a waveguide layer disposed on a surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate for coupling incident light into the waveguide layer; a first electrode layer disposed on the waveguide layer, the first electrode layer including a plurality of independently controllable first electrodes; a second electrode layer disposed on a surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate; and a light emission control layer disposed between the first and the second electrode layers, the light emission control layer defining a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array. The light emission control layer controls respective amounts of light to be coupled out of the waveguide layer to respective ones of the plurality of sub-pixels based on respective voltages applied between the plurality of first electrodes and the second electrode layer. |
| US10871638B2 |
Imaging optical system, projection display device, and imaging apparatus
The imaging optical system consists of, in order from the magnification side, a first optical system forming an intermediate image and a second optical system re-forming the intermediate image, and is configured to be telecentric on the reduction side. The imaging optical system satisfies predetermined conditional expressions relating to a ray height on a lens surface closest to the magnification side in the second optical system, a ray height on a lens surface closest to the reduction side in the first optical system, and heights of rays at a position where a principal ray with the maximum angle of view intersects with the optical axis in the second optical system. |
| US10871634B2 |
Lens module
A lens module may include a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having refractive power; a fifth lens having refractive power; a sixth lens having negative refractive power; and a seventh lens having refractive power and one or more inflection points formed in locations thereof not crossing an optical axis, wherein the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, the fifth lens, the sixth lens and the seventh lens are disposed in a sequential order from the first lens to the seventh lens. |
| US10871625B2 |
Camera module and camera for vehicle
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a camera module comprising: a lens a heater disposed on a surface of the lens; and a switch electrode which selectively comes into contact with the heater, wherein a current is supplied to the heater through the switch electrode when the switch electrode and the heater are in contact with each other, the current supply to the heater is cut off when the switch electrode and the heater are spaced apart from each other, and the switch electrode is spaced apart from the heater when the lens reaches a predetermined temperature or higher. |
| US10871619B2 |
Cassette assembly for a plural of fiber optic receptacles
A cassette with a first and second end. Each end may have a plural of receptacles capable of accepting one or more connector types. The cassette may have a pair of latches on opposing sides, or a latch and flange to secure cassette within a panel or support structure. The cassette is configured to accept a first connector type on the first side and a second connector type on the second side of the cassette, so the first and second connector are opposing and in communication. |
| US10871611B2 |
Weakly coupled few-mode fibers for space-division multiplexing
A few mode optical fiber that includes an optical core and an optical cladding surrounding the optical core. The FMF has a step-index profile. The optical core has a core outer radius R1≥7.5 μm and a core refractive index difference Δn1 such that 14.5×10−3<Δn1<24×10−3. The optical cladding comprises: an index ring with: a ring inner radius Rr1 between 12 μm and 19 μm; a ring refractive index difference Δnr such that Δn1/Δnr is between 2 and 4; a ring volume Vring=πΔnr(Rr22−Rr12) between 1.8 μm2 and 4.1 μm2 where Rr2 is the ring outer radius; an inner cladding between the optical core and the index ring, with an inner cladding inner radius Ri1 and an inner cladding outer radius Ri2, the inner cladding having an inner cladding refractive index difference Δnclad1 between −1.0×10−3 and 1.0×10−3. |
| US10871609B2 |
Backlight module and display device
A backlight module and a display device are provided. The backlight module includes a light guide plate and a light collection component. The light collection component includes a light capturing device, the light capturing device has a connection opening, and the connection opening of the light capturing device is configured to introduce the captured light into the light guide plate. |
| US10871607B2 |
Lighting device and display device
A lighting device includes light sources arranged in a row direction and a column direction, and a reflector through which at least a part of light rays emitted by the light source. The reflector includes unit light source regions disposed at an interval from the light sources, a light reflecting pattern disposed in the unit light source regions and reflecting light, and a light transmitting pattern disposed in the unit light source regions and transmissive to the part of the light rays. The unit light source regions are disposed such that the unit light source regions adjacent to each other with respect to at least one of the row direction and the column direction have different distributions of at least one of the light reflecting pattern and the light transmitting pattern. |
| US10871606B2 |
Light diffusing component, backlight component and display device
The present disclosure relates to a field of display technologies and provides a light diffusing component, a backlight component having the same, and a display device. The light diffusing component may include a main body, a protruding portion, and a reflecting portion. The protruding portion is disposed on a side of the main body and protruded from the main body; the reflecting portion is disposed on the protruding portion and an edge region of the main body portion connected to the protruding portion, so as to reflect light incident from a lower portion of the light diffusing component. Light transmittance of the reflecting portion gradually increases in a direction away from a center of the diffusing component. |
| US10871604B2 |
Display device and image forming apparatus
A display device includes a light guide member, a light source substrate and a liquid crystal panel. The light guide member has a first incidence surface, and an emission surface orthogonal to the first incidence surface. The light source substrate has a light source emitting light toward the first incidence surface, and a substrate on which the light source is arranged. The liquid crystal panel has a second incidence surface arranged to be inclined relative to a surface of the substrate in a position where the liquid crystal panel faces the emission surface of the light guide member. A second angle between the emission surface and the surface of the substrate is greater than 0°, and is equal to or smaller than a first angle between the second incidence surface and the surface of the substrate. |
| US10871600B2 |
Window for reducing bird collisions
A window is designed to prevent or reduce bird collisions therewith. In certain example embodiments, the window may be an insulating glass (IG) window unit, or alternatively a monolithic window. In IG window unit embodiments, the IG window unit includes first and second substrates (e.g., glass substrates) spaced apart from one another, wherein at least one of the substrates supports both a patterned ultraviolet (UV) absorbing coating for absorbing UV radiation, and a UV reflecting coating for reflecting UV radiation, so that a more contrasting UV image is emitted/seen and birds are capable of more easily seeing the window and avoiding collisions therewith. By making the window more visible to birds, bird collisions therewith and bird deaths can be reduced. |
| US10871598B2 |
Solid-state imaging device, production method, and electronic apparatus
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, a production method, and an electronic apparatus that can prevent sensitivity unevenness from generating. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit having a plurality of pixels, a microlens formed by laminating a plurality of lens layers for the every pixel, and a film formed between the lens layers with a uniform film thickness having a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the lens layer. The present technology is applicable to an amplification type solid-state imaging device such as a surface irradiation type or rear irradiation type CMOS image sensor, and a charge transfer type solid-state imaging device such as a CCD image sensor. |
| US10871596B2 |
Antireflection film, antireflection product, polarizing plate, image display device, module, liquid crystal display device with touch panel, and method of manufacturing antireflection film
An antireflection film including: a plastic substrate; and an antireflection layer, where the antireflection layer includes a metal oxide particle and a binder resin, the antireflection layer has a moth eye structure including an uneven shape formed by the metal oxide particle, a total light transmittance of the antireflection film where light is incident from a side of the antireflection layer opposite the plastic substrate is 88% or more, and where transmittances of light at wavelengths of 480 nm and 580 nm of the antireflection film where the light is incident from a side of the antireflection layer opposite the plastic substrate are respectively T480 and T580, T580−T480≤3.5% is satisfied, and a method of manufacturing the antireflection film, and an antireflection product, a polarizing plate, an image display device, a module, and a liquid crystal display device with a touch panel, containing the antireflection film. |
| US10871595B2 |
Polymers and nanogel materials and methods for making and using the same
Provided are compositions comprising a block copolymer of the following formula: [A]-B-[Q], wherein [A] is a polymer that has an affinity for a substrate; B is a linking group comprising an optionally-substituted, polyvalent linking group having a molecular weight of no more than 1000 g/mole; and [Q] comprises a semi-crosslinked, ungelled polymer derived from copolymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer with a poly-functional ethylenically unsaturated monomer. Such block copolymers are cross-linked via the [Q] segment, but not macroscopically gelled. The [Q] segment is hydrophilic and has a degree of polymerization in the range of about 10 to about 10,000. The [A] segment is located on at least one terminal end of said block copolymer, comprises between about 1 and about 200 repeating units. The block copolymer is associated, via the linear substrate associative segment with a surface comprising at least one hydrophobic site, such as a silicone hydrogel. The polymers may be incorporated into a formulation from which the silicone hydrogel is made or may be contacted with the silicone hydrogel post-formation. |
| US10871594B2 |
Methods and systems for climate forecasting using artificial neural networks
Methods and systems for generating a neural network (NN)-based climate forecasting model are disclosed. The methods and systems perform steps of generating a multi-model ensemble of global climate simulation data by combining simulation data from at least two global climate simulation models; pre-processing the multi-model ensemble of global climate simulation data, where the pre-processing comprises at least one action of spatial re-gridding, temporal homogenization, and data augmentation; training the NN-based climate forecasting model on the pre-processed multi-model ensemble of global climate simulation data; and validating the NN-based climate forecasting model using observational historical climate data. Embodiments of the present invention enable accurate climate forecasting without the need to run new dynamical global climate simulations on supercomputers. Also disclosed are benefits of the new methods, and alternative embodiments of implementation. |
| US10871593B2 |
Method for increasing the spatial resolution of a weather forecast
In a method for increasing the spatial resolution of a weather forecast, in which forecast predicted meteorological parameters are available for grid points of a first grid and the predicted meteorological parameters are interpolated to grid points of a second grid so as to obtain interpolated meteorological parameters, wherein the grid points of the second grid have a higher spatial resolution than the grid points of the first grid, a statistical postprocessing method is used to predict at least one output quantity of an analysis method by which forecast meteorological parameters can be interpolated to the grid points of the second grid. |
| US10871586B2 |
Device and method for multi-shot wavefield reconstruction
Method for reconstructing seismic data. The method includes receiving at a computing device an input seismic data set d related to plural shots emitted by one or more seismic sources; receiving at the computing device a positional data set dp relating to recording locations of the receivers that recorded the input seismic data set d; receiving at the computing device a receiver target location; calculating an adjusted receiver location based on (i) the positional data set dp and (ii) the receiver target location, wherein the adjusted receiver location substantially coincides with a receiver location from the positional data set dp; calculating reconstructed seismic data dr at the adjusted receiver location using the input seismic data set d and the positional data set dp; and correcting the seismic wave paths from the one or more seismic sources to the receivers based on the reconstructed seismic data dr. |
| US10871584B2 |
Seismic data processing
Disclosed herein are implementations of various technologies for a method for seismic data processing. The method may receive seismic data for a region of interest. The seismic data may be acquired in a seismic survey. The method may determine an exclusion criterion. The exclusion criterion may provide rules for selecting shot points in the acquired seismic data. The method may determine sparse seismic data using statistical sampling based on the exclusion criterion and the acquired seismic data. The method may determine simulated seismic data based on the earth model and shot points corresponding to the sparse seismic data. The method may determine an objective function that represents a mismatch between the sparse seismic data and the simulated seismic data. The method may update the earth model using the objective function. |
| US10871582B2 |
Detection panel, manufacturing method thereof and detection device
The present disclosure relates to a detection panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a detection device. The detection panel comprises: a base substrate and a photoelectric conversion structure located on the base substrate, and a display structure located on a side of the photoelectric conversion structure facing away from the base substrate and electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion structure; wherein the photoelectric conversion structure is configured to convert an optical signal into an electrical signal, and the display structure is configured to perform image display according to the electrical signal. |
| US10871568B2 |
Distance measurement device
The processing unit causes a light source unit to emit modulated light in one or more emission periods in a plurality of charge transfer cycles within a frame period from connection of an accumulating region to a reset potential to next connection of the accumulating region to the reset potential by controlling a reset switch, and increases the number of emission periods per charge transfer cycle within one frame period. The processing unit obtains, from a sensor unit, a plurality of read values corresponding to a charge amount accumulated in the accumulating region at an alternate point with the plurality of charge transfer cycles, in each of a plurality of read cycles corresponding to each of the plurality of charge transfer cycles. The processing unit calculates the distance based on the plurality of obtained read values. |
| US10871560B2 |
Radar satellite and radar satellite system using radar satellite
A radar satellite of the present invention comprises a radar unit including a plurality of radar panels coupled to each other in a single flat plate shape, each of the plurality of radar panels including a plurality of antennas which transmit and receive radar waves, and a solar cell; and a communication/control unit which performs communications with a spot on an earth or a spacecraft. The radar unit includes: a radar panel array which is a plate-shaped structure including the plurality of radar panels; and a deployable truss structure including a plurality of side frame members supporting the plurality of radar panels, respectively, and coupled to each other in such a manner that the side frame members are foldable and deployable. |
| US10871559B2 |
Dual purpose millimeter wave frequency band transmitter
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a dual-purpose millimeter-wave frequency band transmitter are disclosed. A system includes a dual-purpose transmitter sending a video stream over a wireless link to a receiver. In some embodiments, the video stream is generated as part of an augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) application. The transmitter operates in a first mode to scan and map an environment of the transmitter and receiver. The transmitter generates radio frequency (RF) signals in a first frequency range while operating in the first mode. Additionally, the transmitter operates in a second mode to send video data to the receiver, and the transmitter generates RF signals in the first frequency range while operating in the second mode. |
| US10871553B2 |
Position detecting device
A position detecting device used for positional adjustment of a radar sensor serving as an object detector mounted in a vehicle includes a connecting structure connected to the radar sensor, and a position reference holder that is supported by the connecting structure in a state in which a biasing force toward an initial position is applied, that is displaced against the biasing force in a state in which the connecting structure is connected to the radar sensor and that is pushed against a position reference of the radar sensor in a floating support state. |
| US10871548B2 |
Systems and methods for transient acoustic event detection, classification, and localization
A system is described that comprises a plurality of sensor nodes and at least one remote server, wherein each sensor node of the plurality of sensor nodes and the at least one remote server are communicatively coupled, wherein the plurality of sensor nodes receive at least one acoustic signal, process the at least one acoustic signal to detect one or more transient events, classify the one or more transient events as an event type, and determine geometry information and timing information of the one or more transient events. The system comprises at least one of the plurality of sensor nodes and the at least one remote server identifying the source of the one or more transient events. |
| US10871547B1 |
Radiofrequency based virtual motion model for localization using particle filter
System is built using the particle filter (PF) framework which utilizes data from round trip time (RTT) ranging or BLE signal strength to perform both (1) sensing the environment by using the scan data during measurement phase and (2) detect motion state of the user which it utilized during the motion update phase of PF. To detect the motion state of the user the temporal difference of the received ranging scans is used over which is utilized within the PF framework. The primary advantage of the described technique is that the velocity parameter of the PF can dynamically be updated based on the motion state as estimated using ranging scans. |
| US10871545B2 |
Radio network node, location node, wireless device and methods performed therein for reporting measured positioning information
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a wireless device (10) for handling positioning of the wireless device in a wireless communications 5 network (1). The wireless device (10) receives assistance data from a location node (15), or a radio network node (12), in the wireless communications network, wherein the assistance data comprises a positioning configuration comprising a start and/or stop information indicating when positioning reference signal, PRS, transmissions from the radio network node are started and/or ended. The wireless device measures, based on the assistance data, a positioning information of PRSs; and transmits the measured positioning information to the location node or the radio network node. |
| US10871542B2 |
Direction estimating device that estimates radiowave arriving direction, direction estimating method, flying device, flying method, and non-transitory recording medium
A direction estimating device includes a plurality of antennas placed on a front surface of a board to have different main lobe directions of directivities, at least one antenna placed on a back surface of the board, a radiowave intensity obtainer that obtains a received signal strength indication (RSSI) of a radiowave received by the plurality of antennas placed on the front surface of the board, and by the at least one antenna placed on the back surface of the board, and an estimator that estimates an arriving direction of the radiowave based on the RSSI of the radiowave obtained by the radiowave intensity obtainer. |
| US10871541B2 |
Positioning system and method with multipath mitigation
The present invention proposed a weighted Centroid Localisation (WCL) algorithm, which does the location estimation based on the known positions of the gateways and the measurements times of arrival (TOA) at the gateways. The algorithm computes the weight of the gateway based on their rank when the gateways are sorted by their TOA. Simulations have demonstrated the algorithm's robustness under different multipath/fading channel conditions and its good location performance. |
| US10871539B2 |
Determination of a joint probability distribution of radius and length of anisotropic pores from double pulsed field gradient MRI data
Described herein are exemplary methods for estimating a nonparametric joint radius-length (R-L) distribution of an ensemble of porous elements represented generally by finite cylinders. Some described methods comprise estimating an eccentricity distribution of a group of anisotropic porous elements. For example, disclosed methods can be applied to estimate a nonparametric joint R-L distribution of injured axons in nervous tissue, muscle tissue, plant elements, or other porous materials. Employing a novel three dimensional (3-D) double pulsed-field gradient (d-PFG) magnetic resonance (MR) acquisition scheme, both the marginal radius and length distributions of a population of generally cylindrical porous elements can be obtained. The marginal radius and length distributions can then b e used to constrain and stabilize the estimate of the joint radius-length distribution. Using the marginal distributions as constraints allows the joint R-L distribution to be reconstructed from an underdetermined system (i.e., more variables than equations). |
| US10871538B2 |
Planning support for selective arterial spin labeling MR imaging methods
The invention relates to a method of MR imaging of at least a portion of a body (10) placed in a main magnetic field within the examination volume of a MR device (1). It is an object of the invention to facilitate the planning of an arterial spin labeling (ASL) MR imaging session and to improve the image quality in perfusion weighted MR imaging. The method of the invention comprises the following steps: acquiring angiographic MR signal data by subjecting the portion of the examined body (10) to one or more MR angiography scans; deriving quantitative blood flow parameters from the angiographic MR signal data; —computing a labeling efficiency of an ASL sequence from the sequence parameters of the ASL sequence and from the quantitative blood flow parameters; optimizing the sequence parameters by maximizing the labeling efficiency; acquiring perfusion weighted MR signal data by subjecting the portion of the body to the ASL sequence; and—reconstructing a MR image from the perfusion weighted MR signal data. Moreover, the invention relates to a MR device (1) and to a computer program for a MR device (1). |
| US10871536B2 |
Automated cardiac volume segmentation
Systems and methods for automated segmentation of anatomical structures, such as the human heart. The systems and methods employ convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to autonomously segment various parts of an anatomical structure represented by image data, such as 3D MRI data. The convolutional neural network utilizes two paths, a contracting path which includes convolution/pooling layers, and an expanding path which includes upsampling/convolution layers. The loss function used to validate the CNN model may specifically account for missing data, which allows for use of a larger training set. The CNN model may utilize multi-dimensional kernels (e.g., 2D, 3D, 4D, 6D), and may include various channels which encode spatial data, time data, flow data, etc. The systems and methods of the present disclosure also utilize CNNs to provide automated detection and display of landmarks in images of anatomical structures. |
| US10871534B2 |
Accelerated magnetic resonance imaging using a tilted reconstruction kernel in phase encoded and point spread function encoded K-space
Systems and methods for accelerated magnetic resonance imaging using a tilted reconstruction kernel to synthesize unsampled k-space data in phase encoded and point spread function (“PSF”) encoded k-space data are provided. Images reconstructed from the data have reduced B0-related distortions and reduced T2* blurring. In general, data are acquired with systematically optimized undersampling of the PSF and phase encoding subspace. Parallel imaging reconstruction is implemented with a B0 inhomogeneity informed approach to achieve greater than twenty-fold acceleration of the PSF encoding dimension. A tilted reconstruction kernel is used to exploit the correlations in the phase encoding-PSF encoding subspace. |
| US10871530B2 |
Radio-frequency coil signal chain for a low-field MRI system
Methods and apparatus for reducing noise in RF signal chain circuitry for a low-field magnetic resonance imaging system are provided. A switching circuit in the RF signal chain circuitry may include at least one field effect transistor (FET) configured to operate as an RF switch at an operating frequency of less than 10 MHz. A decoupling circuit may include tuning circuitry coupled across inputs of an amplifier and active feedback circuitry coupled between an output of the amplifier and an input of the amplifier, wherein the active feedback circuitry includes a feedback capacitor configured to reduce a quality factor of an RF coil coupled to the amplifier. |
| US10871526B2 |
Apparatus and method for detecting faulty charge pump capacitor
A light emitting diode (LED) lighting system for an automobile includes a switch block, a capacitor, a charge pump, and a capacitor detector. The charge pump includes an output to provide power to a gate driver of the switch block at a nominal voltage level. The capacitor detector circuit includes a detector input and a detector output. The detector input is connected to the charge pump output and to the charge pump capacitor to detect a voltage level on the charge pump capacitor. The capacitor detector circuit provides a first indication on the detector output that the charge pump capacitor is present and undamaged when the voltage level is greater than the nominal voltage level. The capacitor detector circuit further provides a second indication on the detector output that the charge pump capacitor is not present or is damaged when the voltage level is less than the nominal voltage level. |
| US10871525B2 |
Wire detection device and method
A wire detection device and a wire detection method are provided. The wire detection device includes: a chamber body including a first side and a second side arranged opposite to each other; an electrode arranged at the second side of the chamber body; particles arranged within the chamber body; and a signal applying circuit configured to apply an electric signal to at least one wire to be tested arranged at the first side. |
| US10871523B2 |
Battery monitoring apparatus
A battery monitoring apparatus includes a first voltage detector provided to a first short circuit connected to a target cell, a second voltage detector connected to the target cell and provided to a second short circuit, a switch forming a closed circuit connected to an assembled battery and including a resistor, a third voltage detector detecting an inter-terminal voltage between positive and negative electrode terminals of the assembled battery, a switch abnormality determination section determining, in a state where the switch is driven in a closing direction, presence or absence of abnormal opening of the switch based on a difference between detection voltages obtained by the first and second voltage detectors, and a disconnection determination section determining, in the state where the switch is driven in the closing direction, presence or absence of disconnection at the assembled battery based on a detection voltage obtained by the third voltage detector. |
| US10871520B2 |
System and method for sensing battery capacity
One embodiment of the invention includes a battery sense system. The system includes a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of a battery and a memory configured to store predetermined data associated with steady-state and transient behaviors of the battery relative to a depth of discharge (DOD) of the battery. The system also includes a controller configured to measure a voltage of the battery and to calculate a state of charge (SOC) of the battery based on the voltage, the predetermined data, and the temperature. |
| US10871515B2 |
Method of measuring Fe concentration in p-type silicon wafer
Provided is a method of measuring the Fe concentration in a p-type silicon wafer by the SPV method, by which the detection limit for the Fe concentration can be lowered, and the measurement can be performed in a short time. The measurement by the SPV method is performed in a measurement mode in which irradiation with a plurality of lights having mutually different wavelengths is performed during the same period under conditions where (i) Time Between Readings is 35 ms or more and 120 ms or less and Time Constant is 20 ms or more, or Time Between Readings is 10 ms or more and less than 35 ms and Time Constant is 100 ms or more, and (ii) Number of Readings is 12 times or less. |
| US10871514B2 |
High-voltage isolator testing
A handler for holding an electronic device during high voltage testing includes conductive lead guides for shorting leads on one side of the isolator together and connectors connecting the lead guides to conductors. |
| US10871513B2 |
Differential protection method in an electrical power supply system and protective apparatus for carrying out a differential protection method
A differential protection method for generating a fault signal. Current measurement values are acquired at different measuring points of a component. Differential current values and stabilizing values are formed using the current measurement values, and the fault signal is generated when a tripping range test indicates that a measured value pair formed from one of the differential current values and a respective associated stabilizing value lies in a predetermined tripping range. Differential current values are estimated from successive differential current values and associated stabilizing values and associated estimated stabilizing values are formed. A value of an expected future trend of the differential current values and of the stabilizing current values is estimated. A tripping range test finds the position of a measured value pair formed from an estimated differential current value and the respective associated estimated stabilizing value. An electrical protective device has a corresponding evaluation unit. |
| US10871505B2 |
Data processing device for scanning probe microscope
A data processing device for a scanning probe microscope, the data processing device processing biaxial data indicating a change in a second physical quantity with respect to a change in a first physical quantity, the biaxial data being acquired for each of a plurality of measurement points on a sample surface by scanning the sample surface with a probe using a scanning probe microscope, the data processing device includes: a feature amount calculator 41 that acquires one or a plurality of types of feature amounts from the biaxial data at each measurement point; a feature amount selector 42 that causes a user to select one of the one or the plurality of types of feature amounts; a two-dimensional mapping image display unit 43 that displays the feature amount on a screen as a two-dimensional mapping image with each measurement point as one pixel based on selection of the feature amount by the user; and a biaxial data display unit 44 that, when the user selects one of the pixels in the two-dimensional mapping image, displays on the screen the selected pixel and the biaxial data of the measurement point corresponding to one or a plurality of pixels adjacent to the selected pixel. |
| US10871499B2 |
Reagent cartridge, reagent cartridge set, and pathological specimen preparation device
A reagent cartridge includes a drug solution storage section which has a first window section and a drug solution chamber, a case section which holds the drug solution storage section movably in the negative Z-axis direction and has a second window section and a nozzle section, a spring which biases the drug solution storage section, and a discharge mechanism for discharging a predetermined amount of the drug solution from the nozzle section by the moving motion of the drug solution storage section within a predetermined range. |
| US10871491B2 |
Use of circulating cell biomarkers in the blood for detection and diagnosis of diseases and methods of isolating them
A new sensitive cell biomarker of solid tumors and viral infection is identified in blood. This biomarker can be used to determine presence of carcinomas, sarcomas, and viruses, rapid determination of treatment response, early detection of cancer, early detection of cancer recurrence, and may be used to determine therapy. |
| US10871490B2 |
Assay for detection of chimeric antigen receptor T cells
The invention is directed to a detection reagent for CAR expressing cells according to general formula (1) Xn—Sm—Do wherein X is a polypeptide comprising at least 20 amino acids of which at least two amino acids are connected by at least one disulfide group S is a spacer comprising at least 15 carbon atoms D is a detection moiety m, o are integers independently between 1 and 200 n is an integer between 4 and 200 with the provisio that X binds to the antigen binding domain of a chimeric antigen receptor of a cell. The detection agent can be used in a method to detect cells having an antigen binding domain of a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) binding the detection reagent and preferable to remove the detection moiety D from the detected cell. |
| US10871489B2 |
Immunologically active polypeptide
Disclosed are immunomodulatory polypeptides that elicit an unusual induced cytokine profile, compositions comprising such polypeptides, compositions comprising antibodies that specifically bind to such polypeptides, and methods of using the same, including in cancer treatment, in the treatment of autoimmune diseases, in organ transplantation and for reducing graft rejection, for promoting fertility, and for identifying a neutrophil subset and/or other cellular subset including by flow cytometry. Pharmaceutical compositions and kits, and treatment methods are also disclosed. |
| US10871488B2 |
Crossover analytical systems and methods using an immunosensor and magnetic immunosensor
The present invention relates to systems and methods that utilize a combination of immunoassay and magnetic immunoassay techniques to detect an analyte within an extended range of specified concentrations. In particular, a method includes determining a first concentration of an analyte at a first immunosensor from a reaction of a signal agent with a first complex of signal antibodies, the analyte, and capture antibodies immobilized on a surface of the first immunosensor, determining a second concentration of the analyte at a second immunosensor from a reaction of the signal agent with a second complex of the signal antibodies, the analyte, and capture antibodies immobilized on magnetic beads that are localized on or near a surface of the second immunosensor via a magnetic field, determining a weighted average of the first concentration and the second concentration, and comparing the weighted average to a predetermined crossover concentration point or zone. |
| US10871485B2 |
Kits for labeling of biomarkers and methods of using the same
Kits, compositions, and methods for labeling target materials or target analytes are considered. The composition can include one or more affinity molecules indirectly conjugated to one or more detection moieties. The kit can be used to detect a single biomarker or multiple biomarkers. The kit can be used to perform a single round of labeling or multiple rounds of labeling. |
| US10871483B2 |
Bottled glucose sensor with no handling
A device and system for automatic handling of a sensor strip by a part of a meter that includes a sensor strip having a first section, a second section, and an intermediate section. The sensor strip includes at least a first opening about a first end thereof and a second opening about a second end thereof. A meter part includes a pair of pivoting catches configured to engage and grasp a sensor strip from a container containing a plurality of sensor strips. The sensor strip may thus be removed from a container for testing without need for manual handling of the strip by a user. |
| US10871480B2 |
Multi-sensor platform for crop health monitoring
A multi-sensor device comprises a housing containing multiple sensor modules for capturing and transmitting sensor data for plants in a crop. A control unit within the housing is operable to control the sensor modules, and a communications interface is connected to the control unit for transmitting data from said plurality of sensor modules. The sensor modules can include a physiological sensor, a surface analysis sensor, and chemical sensor. The multi-sensor device can be used as a hand-held device or mounted to a mobile platform for use in an automated crop monitoring system. |
| US10871477B2 |
Contaminant cleaning systems and related methods using one or more reactive substances, reaction byproduct measurements, and differential pressure or vacuum transfer of the reactive substances and reaction byproducts
Contaminant cleaning systems and related methods are provided. Exemplary embodiments include a reactive substance generator to produce or transfer reactive substance(s) that react with contaminant(s) on an item into a cleaning chamber. An analysis section can be attached to the cleaning chamber to perform gas analysis on gas samples brought into the analysis chamber that measure reaction byproducts from the reactive substance(s) interaction with the contaminants. An exemplary valve system can selectively couple the reactive substance generator, the analysis section, and the cleaning chamber. An exemplary pumping system, in combination with the valve system, can selectively generate differential pressure/vacuum levels between the reactive substance generator vs cleaning chamber as well as between the cleaning chamber and analysis section. For example, the analysis chamber can be configured to have a higher vacuum than the cleaning chamber to facilitate passage of gas test samples into the analysis chamber. |
| US10871474B2 |
System and method for analyzing biological fluid in multiple cuvettes
Disclosed is a station, for testing an analyte in a sample, enabling accurate and quick reaction and analysis of the sample and a reagent in one apparatus. To this end, the present disclosure provides a station, which is for testing a sample by means of inserting a cuvette, having a standby chamber on which a collecting member is placed, a sample chamber, a reagent chamber and a detection unit. The station comprises: a housing which has an input/output part into which a cuvette is inserted; a driving unit which is provided inside the housing, horizontally moves the cuvette, vertically moves a collecting member, reacts a sample in a sample chamber and a reagent in a reagent chamber, and injects a reaction result thereof into a detection unit; and an optical reader which is provided on the horizontal movement path of the cuvette and is for analyzing the reaction result. |
| US10871467B2 |
Cannabinoid profiling using nanopore transduction
Embodiments profile cannabinoids using a nanopore detector. Embodiments use an applied potential to electrophoretically draw a nanopore blockade reporter molecule into a nanopore channel to establish an electrophoretic molecular channel-capture for the reporter molecule. The reporter molecule includes one of an aptamer or a monoclonal antibody and has a specific binding to at least one of: a specific cannabinoid, a particular cannabinoid isoform; or a specific cannabinoid family. Embodiments receive a blockade channel current signal in response to a nanoscale membrane channel of the nanopore detector being partially blockaded by a presence of the reporter molecule non-covalently bonded to the membrane channel. Embodiments receive a blockade signal for the reporter molecule that is toggling between more than one level. |
| US10871463B2 |
Preparation method based on simultaneous package of target substance and synthesis of MOFs with redox activity
A preparation method based on simultaneous package of a target substance and synthesis of MOFs with redox activity, wherein methylene blue is selected as an organic target molecule, the methylene blue is packaged in the MOFs when the MOFs are synthesized by using a one-pot method to obtain ZIF-8 modified by the methylene blue. The drawback that above-mentioned MOFs material does not have electrical conductivity is overcome, the method is simple, rapid and low in cost, and the prepared product can accurately, sensitively, simply and quickly detect dopamine, and a new development direction is provided for researches in the fields of biological detection and chemical analysis, etc. |
| US10871455B2 |
Inspection method
A method of inspecting the inside of a vessel. The method includes the step of obtaining a visual image of the inside of the vessel using a camera. The method includes using a first three-dimensional scanner to obtain a low-resolution image of one or more surfaces of the inside of the vessel; and using a second three-dimensional scanner to obtain a high-resolution image of one or more objects inside of the vessel. |
| US10871454B2 |
Inspection method and apparatus
A method includes generating a primary radiation beam from a radiation source; splitting the primary beam into a first radiation beam and a second radiation beam; directing the first radiation beam onto a front side of a wafer; directing the second radiation beam onto a back side of a wafer; generating an image of the front side of the wafer by receiving a reflection of the first radiation beam reflected from the wafer; and generating an image of the back side of the wafer by receiving a reflection of the second radiation beam reflected from the wafer. |
| US10871450B2 |
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy system and method, and detection system and method therefor
Described are various embodiments of a system, method and device for laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). In some embodiments, the LIBS system comprises a silicon photomultiplier (Si PM) operated in a time-gated photon counting mode. Some such embodiments allow for the provision of a portable LIBS device. Also provided are embodiments for the measurement of constituent carbon, gold and/or other precious metal group elements in a target sample. |
| US10871446B2 |
Measurement device, electronic apparatus and measurement method
A measurement device includes a plurality of light sources configured to emit light toward a measurement object, and having a same emission spectrum, a spectroscopic measurement section configured to perform spectroscopic measurement on the light reflected by the measurement object, a light source switching section configured to switch a combination of the light sources to be put on or off out of the plurality of light sources, and an arithmetic section configured to calculate the spectral reflectivity of the measurement object based on a spectroscopic measurement result obtained by the spectroscopic measurement section when putting on or off the plurality of light sources with a plurality of the combinations. |
| US10871444B2 |
Inspection and failure detection of corrosion under fireproofing insulation using a hybrid sensory system
A system for predicting and detecting of corrosion under fireproof insulation (CUF) in an infrastructure asset comprises a first detection apparatus adapted to capture thermal images of the asset, a second detection apparatus adapted to receive THz radiation from the asset, and at least one ambient condition sensor for detecting environmental conditions at a location of the asset, a communication device coupled to the first and second detection apparatus and at least one ambient condition sensor to receive data therefrom and adapted to communicate the received data, and a computing device communicatively coupled to the communication device and configured with instructions for executing a machine learning algorithm taking as inputs the thermal image, THz and ambient condition data received from the communication device, and to output a CUF prediction regarding the asset. |
| US10871441B2 |
Deterioration detection sensor of printed wiring board
An object is to provide a deterioration detection sensor of a printed wiring board in which the accuracy of detection is enhanced. A deterioration detection sensor of a printed wiring board is a circuit board which is vertically provided on a printed wiring board, and is soldered to the printed wiring board with a soldering portion at a lower end. The deterioration detection sensor includes a detection surface for detecting a foreign material. The detection surface forms an intersection surface which intersects the planar direction of the printed wiring board. In the deterioration detection sensor as described above, a wiring in the detection surface is broken, and thus the foreign material is detected. |
| US10871439B2 |
Enhancement of sensitivity of fountain flow cytometry by background attenuation
Methods and apparatus for reducing the background light intensity measured by a Fountain Flow cytometer. One approach includes constraining an interrogated volume of the sample (e.g., by adding a light absorbing reagent to the sample or introducing a bend into a flow cell through which the sample flows). Another approach includes minimizing Raman scattering from the sample by choosing an excitation filter and an emission filter configured to narrowly encompass light at wavelengths within system excitation and emission peaks. |
| US10871437B2 |
Apparatus and method for dispensing particles in free-flying drops aligned using an acoustic field
An apparatus for dispensing particles in free-flying liquid drops includes a fluid chamber fluidically coupled to a nozzle, a sound source configured to generate, in the fluid chamber, an acoustic field by which particles in a liquid in the fluid chamber may be aligned in an arrangement, and a drop-on-demand mechanism configured to, at a selected point in time, selectively dispense from the nozzle an individual liquid drop containing one or several particles. |
| US10871433B2 |
Optical device for quantitative determination of the concentration of an analyte in a liquid sample comprising a mask member between first and second chambers
An optical device for the quantitative determination of the concentration of at least one analyte in a liquid sample comprises a housing (52) defining a first chamber (56) and a second chamber (60). A sample port (64) is defined in the first chamber (56). The sample port (64) receives light from a plurality of test regions of an assay device when the optical device is engaged with the assay device. The optical device further comprises a plurality of optical detectors (75, 76, 77) provided in the second chamber (60) and a mask member (66) interposed between the first chamber (56) and the second chamber (60) and having an aperture (68) defined therein and configured to direct light from the sample port (64) onto the optical detectors (75, 76, 77). |
| US10871432B1 |
Tubular sensors for inline measurement of the properties of a fluid
An inline fluid properties measurement device that includes a tube defining an interior space that includes at least one non-cylindrical volume, and having a fluid entrance and exit, and capable of conducting fluid from the fluid entrance to the fluid exit, through the at least one non-cylindrical volume. An excitation and sensing transducer assembly is positioned to torsionally drive the tube and to sense torsional movement of the tube and a controller is programmed to drive the excitation and sensing transducer to drive the tube in torsion, thereby translating the fluid in the at least one non-cylindrical volume, and to sense torsional movement of the tube, thereby producing a sense signal. Finally, a signal analysis assembly responsive to the sense signal to form a measurement of at least one property of the fluid. |
| US10871430B2 |
System and method for extracting a target moiety from a sample using acoustic droplet ejection
A method and system are provided for extracting a target analyte from a sample using acoustic ejection technology. The method involves applying focused acoustic energy to a fluid reservoir housing a fluid composition that contains a target analyte and comprises an upper region and a lower region, where the concentration of the target analyte in the upper region differs from that in the lower region. The focused acoustic energy is applied in a manner that is effective to result in the ejection of a fluid droplet from from the fluid composition into a droplet receiver, wherein the concentration of the analyte in the droplet corresponds to either the concentration of the analyte in the upper region or the concentration of the analyte in the lower region, and wherein the concentration of the analyte is substantially uniform throughout the droplet. The fluid composition may comprise an ionic liquid, used in the extraction of ionic target analytes. Related methods and an acoustic extraction system are also provided. |
| US10871426B2 |
Assessment and control of reagents in automated slide preparation
The present disclosure provides methods for the automated control of aspects of slide preparation in an automated slide preparation instrument. Aspects of the methods include automated assessments of reagent amounts, quality and performance as well as automated adjustments of reagents based on such assessments, including the adjustment of reagent amounts, e.g., as present in reagent baths, the adjustment of reagent compositions and the replacement of reagents. Devices and systems useful in performing the described methods are also provided herein. |
| US10871425B2 |
Systems and methods for meso-dissection
The subject disclosure presents systems and methods for improved meso-dissection of biological specimens and tissue slides including importing one or more reference slides with annotations, using inter-marker registration algorithms to automatically map the annotations to an image of a milling slide, and dissecting the annotated tissue from the selected regions in the milling slide for analysis, while concurrently tracking the data and analysis using unique identifiers such as bar codes. |
| US10871420B2 |
Particulate matter/number synchronization measurement device
An emissions measurement system capable of providing an accurate, real-time estimate of particle number (PN)/particulate matter (PM) within exhaust is disclosed. The system is capable of accurately differentiating the size and composition of PM/PN by synchronizing dissimilarly configured sensors. The exhaust may be generated by an internal combustion engine, in which case the system may be sequentially connected to the exhaust from the internal combustion engine. |
| US10871409B2 |
SMD-coil-based torque-sensor for tangential field measurement
According to some embodiments, system and methods are provided, comprising an installed product including a drive shaft; a magnetostrictive sensor having a sensor probe comprising: a substrate; a drive coil operative to receive a drive current and to emit a magnetic field through the drive shaft, wherein the drive coil is mounted on the substrate; one or more sense coils operative to receive the magnetic field and to transmit a signal based on the received magnetic field, wherein the one or more sense coils are mounted on the substrate; and wherein the magnetic field is emitted from the drive coil in a transverse direction to a radius of the drive shaft. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US10871403B1 |
Aircraft temperature sensor
Disclosed is a sensor for detecting temperature of an aircraft. The sensor comprises a temperature sensor elongated with respect to an axis. The temperature sensor comprises a sheath elongated with respect to the axis. The temperature sensor comprises a central conductor disposed within the sheath and elongated with respect to the axis having a conductor material defining a conductor temperature coefficient having a conductor coefficient magnitude. The temperature sensor comprises an optical fiber disposed within the sheath. The temperature sensor comprises a thermistor disposed within the sheath and surrounding the central conductor, the thermistor having thermistor material defining a thermistor temperature coefficient defining a thermistor coefficient magnitude greater than the conductor coefficient magnitude. |
| US10871401B1 |
System, device, and method for triggering motion detector
A motion sensor trigger system includes: a motion detector with a motion sensor that can be a passive infrared sensor; an external system; a trigger device including a trigger assembly, which includes a trigger body, a trigger transmitter assembly, at least one connector patch; and a control unit; and a remote control device; such that the trigger transmitter assembly emits a moving trigger signal that can be a moving thermal signal, which activates the motion detector. Also disclosed is a method of motion sensor activation, including positioning trigger device, sending moving trigger signal, activating motion detector, and activating external system. |
| US10871400B2 |
Retardation profile for stress characterization of tubing
Provided herein are systems and methods for monitoring radial stresses in glass tubing. In some embodiments, a measurement system includes a light source delivering a light to a tube, and a polarizer receiving the light after the light is refracted through a wall of the tube. The measurement system may further include a detector receiving the light from the polarizer, the detector operable to capture a first image of the light at a first polarization state and a second image of the light at a second polarization state. The system may further include a controller operable to determine a retardation profile related to the stress profile of the wall of the tube by determining a retardation magnitude of the light refracted through the wall of the tube based on a difference between the first image of the light and the second image of the light. |
| US10871393B2 |
Dynamic sensor performance adjustment
Systems are provided for optimizing system overhead when handling multiple input streams of sensor data is configured to identify a set of sensors that are configured to communicate sensor data to the computer system. The systems are configured to receive sensor data from each sensor within the set of sensors and to categorize the sensor data received from each sensor within the set of sensors. Additionally, the systems are configured to identify an overhead attribute associated with each sensor within the set of sensors and to adjust a state of at least one sensor within the set of sensors based upon both a category and an overhead attribute associated with each of the sensors. |
| US10871388B2 |
System and device for measuring fluid flow within a conduit
There is described a system for measuring fluid flow within a conduit. The system comprises a conduit for conveying a fluid, a mount attached to the conduit which may define a high-pressure zone in an interior of the conduit and a low-pressure zone in an exterior of the conduit, and a flow sensing device attached to the mount and configured to move relative to the mount in response to flow of the fluid within the conduit. The flow sensing device is attached to the mount via a coupling which may be located within the high-pressure zone. The system further includes a sensor configured to measure movement of the flow sensing device. The flow sensing device may comprise a paddle and a straight arm extending from the paddle to the coupling. |
| US10871383B2 |
Capacitive detection, energy transfer, and/or data transfer system
A system is disclosed, comprising a base and at least a first moveable entity, the first moveable entity being moveable with respect to the base and positionable in at least a first position with respect to the base. The base comprises a first base electrode and a second base electrode, and the movable entity comprises a first moveable entity electrode and a second moveable entity electrode. The electrodes are arranged such that when the moveable entity is in the first position the first base electrode and the first moveable entity electrode align to form a first capacitor and the second base electrode and second moveable entity electrode align to form a second capacitor. The first moveable entity further comprises a first resistor connecting the first moveable entity electrode to the second moveable entity electrode, and the base further comprises: signal supply means arranged to supply a time-varying electrical signal to the first base electrode; and signal detection means arranged to detect an electrical signal from the second base electrode. |
| US10871382B2 |
Measurement-driven electronic device design environment and techniques
Various examples are directed to configuring a configurable hardware module to perform a measurement of a physical quantity. A configuration manager may receive an indication of the physical quantity and performance factor data describing the measurement of the physical quantity. The configuration manager may generate a hardware configuration of the hardware based at least in part on the indication of the physical quantity and the performance factor data. The hardware configuration may comprise instruction data to configure the hardware module to execute a dynamic measurement of the physical quantity. The configuration manager may also generate configuration data describing the hardware configuration, wherein the configuration data comprises simulation data comprising input parameters for a simulation of the hardware configuration and hardware configuration data for configuring a hardware module to implement at least a portion of the hardware configuration. |
| US10871380B2 |
Vehicle control device
The present invention enhances estimation accuracy of a travel distance to estimate a position of a host vehicle. A vehicle control device 1 includes front and rear cameras 7 and 8 and a measurement control unit 23. The front and rear cameras 7 and 8 are provided at front and rear of a vehicle 10 to acquire information on an external world. The measurement control unit 23 calculate a travel distance of the vehicle 10 during traveling of the vehicle 10 in a predetermined driving state based on the information of an identical characteristic object 30 acquired by the front camera 7 and the rear camera 8, the rear camera 8 acquiring the information of the identical characteristic object 30 after the front camera 7 acquires the information. |
| US10871378B2 |
Detecting changes in map data based on device location data
In some implementations, a computing device evaluates map data used by a mapping application to determine whether the map data represents a current road. The computing device gets probe data from mobile devices including probe points representing location and compares probe data against the stored map data (e.g., for the road segment corresponding to the probe points). A vector field is generated across the probe points and road segment to induce directionality. The computing device calculates a normal distance from probe points to the road segment. The computing device calculates map accuracy values from the comparison and normal distance. The values include a vector shift and a cosine similarity value between the stored road segment and the actual road. In some implementations the values are used to conform the map data to the actual road. Road segment data is updated to reflect probe data. |
| US10871372B2 |
Laser level
A laser level including a control mechanism housing which houses a control mechanism, the control mechanism including at least a top surface and a bottom surface. A protective structure extends from the control mechanism housing configured to protect the control mechanism from impact and including an upper structure which extends from a top surface of the control mechanism housing and a lower structure which extends from a bottom surface of the control mechanism housing. |
| US10871365B2 |
Angle detection device and electric power steering apparatus
Included are: a sensor magnet which rotates integrally with a rotating shaft centering on the rotating shaft, and generates a magnetic field for angle detection which is for detecting the angle of rotation; a first sensor and a second sensor each of which is arranged opposite to the sensor magnet at a position separated in angle by 90 degrees on the circumference centered on the rotating shaft, and outputs a signal corresponding to the magnetic field for angle detection; and an angle calculator that calculates a rotation angle by using the signals from the first sensor and the second sensor. |
| US10871361B2 |
Metal injection molded cased telescoped ammunition
Disclosed is a cartridge case for various caliber ammunition that can consist essentially of a powdered metal and/or powdered metal alloy(s) that is formed into the cartridge case through an injection mold processing. Also disclosed is a method for forming a cartridge case, which may include use of Metal Injection Molding (“MIM”) processes to produce the cartridge case which retains a primer, propellant, and/or a bullet. Also disclosed are embodiments related to a case telescoped cartridge that may include a cap and a body. The body can consist essentially of or consists entirely of a powdered metal and/or powdered metal alloy(s) that has been formed through MIM. The cap can comprise plastic that has been formed through plastic molding or comprise powdered metal and/or powdered metal alloy(s) that has been formed through MIM. |
| US10871360B1 |
Method for cooling missiles
A system and method for cooling a missile includes an assembly of Peltier tiles configured to be reversibly attached to the skin of the missile with the cold sides of the Peltier tiles against the skin. The Peltier tiles are electrically powered to cool a portion of the missile skin. A thermally conductive paste or sheets of a heat conductive material may be placed between the Peltier tiles and missile skin. When the missile is launched, the assembly of Peltier tiles detach from the missile. |
| US10871355B2 |
Metal cellular structures for composite structures reinforcement
A munition includes a triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) structure attached to an inner surface of a cylindrical tube. The TPMS structure is formed by an additive manufacturing process to promote fluid permeability and to reduce pressure drop to prevent trapped air and maximize surface area contact at a structure and liquid interface. An explosive material is introduced into one or more upper apertures of the TPMS in a flowable state to fill the TPMS structure n a compartmentalized arrangement that provides stiffness to the munition. |
| US10871351B2 |
Tactical shoulder garment
A tactical shoulder garment with a ballistic carrier and a removably attachable shoulder strap. |
| US10871350B1 |
Sight mounting system for a firearm
A sight mounting system can include an accessory mounting plate that can be removably coupled to the firearm. The accessory mounting plate can include a mounting slot along a bottom side and an accessory mounting surface along the top side for receiving a removable sight thereon. The accessory mounting surface can include one or more projections that extend up from the mounting surface and one or more threaded apertures extending into the mounting surface for coupling a sight to the plate. The plate can also include an alignment pin cavity extending from one side to the other of the plate and another threaded aperture extending into the top side of the plate. The threaded aperture and the pin cavity can both be in fluid communication with the mounting slot. A pin can be inserted into the pin cavity and pushed into place by a screw through the threaded aperture. |
| US10871345B2 |
Pistol chassis and firearm apparatus
A pistol chassis is disclosed which may include a lower housing, an upper housing, a proximal enclosure, a distal sleeve, and a proximal accessory. The distal sleeve, lower housing, and upper housing may be secured together to form a tubular member for receiving a pistol. The lower housing further may include a distal segment, a proximal segment and an intermediate segment. Time distal segment may include a pistol frame receptacle and a trigger guard enclosure. The proximal accessory may be a folding stock. The pistol chassis may house a pistol to produce a firearm apparatus. |
| US10871342B2 |
Bedding block for a rifle
A bedding block for mounting a barreled action for a rifle to a stock can include an elongated body configured to receive the barreled action for the rifle in a semicircular channel defined in top surface of the elongated body. The semicircular channel can have a first radius, the barreled action can have a second radius, and the first radius can be less than the second radius. |
| US10871341B2 |
Universal percussion trigger mechanism for firearms
A universal percussion trigger mechanism, comprising a trigger housing (22) with a magazine (1), safety catch (3), magazine latch (7), firing pin (8), trigger bar (23), spring (12) of the trigger bar, universal percussion mechanism (38), which is fixed in the receiver (20), and consists of a bracket for universal percussion mechanism (16), cocking piece (17) with a cocking indicator mounted on the axis of the cocking piece (18) and spiral mainsprings (19), sear (11) and a single-shot sear (27). |
| US10871340B2 |
Fire control group
A fire control group has a receiver having opposed sidewalls defining a space configured to receive a fire control group, the opposed sidewalls each defining a pivot pin aperture, the pivot pin apertures being registered with each other, a fire control group including a trigger received in the space, the fire control group defining a transverse pivot pin passage configured to be registered with the pivot pin apertures of the receiver, the fire control group including a pivoting operational element, the fire control group including a pivot pin supporting the pivoting operational element and received in the transverse pivot pin passage and the pivot pin apertures, the firearm having a hand grip aft of the trigger and defining a screw aperture, and a grip screw engaging the hand grip and engaging the fire control group. The grip screw may occupy a medial plane of the firearm. |
| US10871335B2 |
Heat exchanger
A heat exchanger may include a first collecting tank and a second collecting tank. The first collecting tank may include a first collecting pipe having a first collecting pipe opening for letting in a fluid and a second collecting pipe having a second collecting pipe opening for discharging the fluid. The second collecting tank may be arranged opposite the first collecting tank and may include a third collecting pipe and a fourth collecting pipe. The heat exchanger may also include a plurality of heat exchanger pipes fluidically connecting the first collecting pipe to the third collecting pipe and the second collecting pipe to the fourth collecting pipe. The heat exchanger may also include a separating wall arranged in each of the first collecting pipe and the second collecting pipe respectively dividing each into a first pipe section and a second pipe section. |
| US10871334B2 |
Heat exchangers with multi-layer structures
A heat exchanger includes a pair of opposed, spaced apart heat exchanger plates defining a heat exchanger volume therebetween having an inlet and opposed outlet. A plurality of heat exchanger ribs are included within the heat exchanger volume. Each rib defines a rib body spanning the heat exchanger volume. Each rib body includes a plurality of slits therethrough to define a flow path through the heat exchanger ribs from the inlet to the outlet of the heat exchanger volume. The ribs and slits can be formed using ultrasonic additive manufacturing (UAM), for example. |
| US10871331B2 |
Cooling device and motor utilizing a heating element to circulate cooling
A cooling device and a motor are provided. The cooling device that cools a heating element is provided with: a cooling chamber for cooling the heating element with a first cooling medium; a radiator chamber for releasing the heat of the first cooling medium to the outside; and a first connection path and a second connection path for connecting the cooling chamber and the radiator chamber. When part of the first cooling medium in the cooling chamber is gasified, at least part of the gasified first cooling medium moves into the first connection path, thus causing a circulation in which the first cooling medium in the cooling chamber flows into the radiator chamber via the first connection path, and the first cooling medium in the radiator chamber flows into the cooling chamber via the second connection path. |
| US10871330B2 |
Plate heat exchanger
A plate heat exchanger includes heat exchanger plates forming first, second and third plate interspaces. The plates extend between a top plane and a bottom plane. First inlet and outlet ports communicate with the first plate interspaces. Second inlet and outlet ports communicate with the second plate interspaces. Third inlet and outlet ports communicate with the third plate interspaces. A porthole of the second and third ports is surrounded by an outer flat area surrounded by an inner flat area. The outer flat area is located at one of the top and bottom planes. The inner flat areas of the second ports of the plates, enclosing the second plate interspaces, are located at a distance from each other. The inner flat areas of the second ports of the plates, enclosing the third plate interspaces, adjoin each other. |
| US10871323B2 |
Method of liquefying a CO2 contaminated hydrocarbon-containing gas stream
The present invention provides a method of liquefying a contaminated hydrocarbon-containing gas stream: (a) providing a CO2 contaminated hydrocarbon-containing gas stream (20); (b) cooling the contaminated hydrocarbon-containing gas stream to obtain a partially liquefied stream (70); (c) separating the partially liquefied stream obtaining a liquid stream (90); (d) cooling the liquid stream (90) in a direct contact heat exchanger (200) obtaining a multiphase stream (201) containing at least a liquid phase and a solid CO2 phase; (e) separating the multiphase stream in a solid-liquid separator (202) obtaining a CO2 depleted liquid stream (141); (f) passing the CO2 depleted liquid stream (141) to a further cooling, pressure reduction and separation stage to generate a further CO2 enriched slurry stream (206); (g) passing at least part of the further CO2 enriched slurry stream (206) to the direct contact heat exchanger (200) to provide cooling duty to and mix with the liquid stream (90). |
| US10871321B2 |
Refrigerator
The present invention provides a refrigerator comprising a cabinet having a storage chamber; an inner case forming the exterior of the storage chamber; a first door pivotally provided to the cabinet and opening and closing one side of the storage chamber; a second door having a pillar rotated so as to come into contact with the first door, pivotally provided to the cabinet, and opening and closing the other side of the storage chamber; and a driving member provided at a lower end of the second door so as to move together with the second door, and operating the pillar so as to fold or unfold the pillar, wherein the pillar has a first catching protrusion and a second catching protrusion, which are selectively caught by the driving member. |
| US10871314B2 |
Heat pump and water heater
An embodiment of the instant disclosure comprises a reversible heat pump and water heating system for conditioning a space and heating water. The system comprises a refrigerant circuit that includes a compressor, a source heat exchanger, a space heat exchanger, and an expansion device. A 4-way reversing valve alternates between heating and cooling modes of operation. The system includes a heat exchanger for heating water in the water heating loop, and a 3-way valve that either actuates the refrigerant flow through the water heater heat exchanger or bypasses at least a portion of the refrigerant flow around the water heater heat exchanger. The heat pump system is operable in at least five modes—space heating only, space cooling only, water heating only, and either space heating or space cooling combined with water heating. Use of a modulating 3-way valve allows the amount of the refrigerant flow through the water heating heat exchanger to be adjusted to precisely match space conditioning and water heating demands and stable operation of the heat pump system. Either of the space and source heat exchangers may be bypassed and deactivated to reduce the heat pump system power consumption. |
| US10871301B2 |
Air conditioner and control method thereof
Disclosed is an air conditioner and a control method thereof, the air conditioner where a plurality of units is connected wirelessly to receive and transmit data with each other, and the control method in which an address is set in a wireless communication method using an initially set basic channel, a group is set in response to a response signal, and communication is performed with an indoor unit belonging into the same group through a new channel. Accordingly, the plurality of units in the air conditioner is able to receive and transmit data with each other wirelessly, and a group is set with respect to multiple units so that the multiple units are able to communicate with each other directly. Additionally, because a group is able to be easily set with respected to units connected via a pipe by setting a channel, it is possible to reduce a time for setting wireless communication and make the communication setting accurate. The present disclosure allows units to communicate using a different channel according to which group each unit belongs to, thereby preventing intervention between groups and malfunction of units. |
| US10871300B2 |
Operating heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems using occupancy sensing systems
Operating HVAC systems using occupancy sensing systems is described herein. One device includes instructions to receive information defining a plurality of spaces of a building, occupancy sensing system information describing a location of each of a plurality of occupancy sensing system fixtures with respect to a representation of the building, and HVAC system information describing a relationship between the plurality of spaces and a plurality of HVAC devices in the building, create a mapping between a space, a fixture, and an HVAC device based on the building information, and modify an operation of the HVAC device based on the mapping and responsive to a determination of occupancy in the space by the fixture. |
| US10871297B2 |
Humidifier utilizing filtered water
A humidifier is provided that typically includes a water filtration unit and a pump that draws filtered water from the water filtration unit, typically a carbon nanotube filter. The humidifier further includes a nozzle having an outlet orifice, wherein the nozzle is connected to the pump, where the pump forces the filtered water through the nozzle, thereby expelling the filtered water into an atmosphere in the form of a purified vapor or mist. |
| US10871294B2 |
Heating device and method for operating a heating device
A heating device, including at least one heating unit, which is configured to heat at least one fluid; at least one fluid supply line, which is provided for supplying the fluid to the heating unit for heating; at least one fluid discharge line, which is provided for discharging the fluid from the heating unit after the heating; and a control and/or regulating unit, which is configured to operate the heating unit in a pulsed manner, in at least one operating state, in order to set a particular temperature. The heating device includes a valve unit, which is configured to mix the fluid in the fluid discharge line with fluid from the fluid supply line, upstream from an outlet. |
| US10871291B2 |
Cooking appliance
A cooking appliance includes a main body that defines a cooking chamber configured to receive one or more objects, a steam generator configured to generate steam to heat the one or more objects in the cooking chamber by steam, a water tank configured to store water and to supply water to the steam generator, a water supply pipe configured to cause supply of water from the water tank to the steam generator, a steam supply pipe configured to supply steam generated by the steam generator to the cooking chamber, and a return pipe that is connected to the steam supply pipe and to the steam generator. The return pipe is configured to allow water discharged to the steam supply pipe to return to the steam generator. |
| US10871283B2 |
Watertight LED arrangement
A watertight LED arrangement is provided that extends in a longitudinal direction (L). The arrangement includes a strip-shaped LED board (3) provided with a multiplicity of LEDs (2) on its upper side and at least one cable (4) electrically connected to the LED board (3). A one-piece, elastically formed watertight sheath (6) which surrounds the LED board (3) and defines a light emission wall (5) at least on its upper side opposite the LEDs (2) receives the LED board (3) in a form-fitting manner. The sheath bears directly against the underside of the LED board (3), and a cavity (7) extending in the longitudinal direction (L) is provided between the upper side of the LED board (3) and the light emission wall (5). |
| US10871281B2 |
Lighting device with light guide
A lighting device (100, 500) is provided which comprises a light guide (110, 510), a metal strip (120, 520), a solid state light source (130, 530) and a base (160, 170, 540, 550) for mounting the lighting device. The base includes an electrical interface. The light guide extends along a plane (140). The metal strip extends at least partly around the light guide along a surface (111) of the light guide. The metal strip is arranged in thermal contact with the surface of the light guide. The solid state light source is arranged in thermal contact with the metal strip and is arranged to emit light into the light guide. The light guide serves to increase a light emitting area of the lighting device and to dissipate heat. The metal strip allows heat generated by the solid state light source to be transferred to the light guide. |
| US10871280B2 |
Connection terminal and illumination device
A connection terminal is provided, including at least one impedance branch circuit, where each impedance branch circuit includes one or more impedance elements and two first conductive connectors, each first conductive connector has a first end and a second end, first ends of the two first conductive connectors are configured to be coupled with a driving power supply and an illumination lamp, and second ends of the two first conductive connectors are configured to be coupled with two ends of the one or more impedance elements. An illumination device is provided, including a driving power supply, an illumination lamp and the connection terminal in the present disclosure, input ends of the driving power supply are coupled with an AC power grid, its out ends are coupled with two ends of the illumination lamp to form a driving circuit, and the connection terminal is connected to the driving circuit. |
| US10871279B1 |
Ultraviolet LED module and container having the same
An ultraviolet LED module and a container having the same are disclosed. The container includes a container cover, a container main body, and an ultraviolet LED module disposed on the container cover. The ultraviolet LED module includes: a case body, having a penetrated hole and not provided with a concave cup; an ultraviolet LED main body, having a LED die exposed in the penetrated hole; a waterproof and dustproof adhesive, filled in a gap between the ultraviolet LED main body and the case body for waterproofing and dustproofing; and an enclosing lens, enclosing the LED die; wherein ultraviolet generated by the LED die emits out from the penetrated hole through the enclosing lens. Accordingly, a power impairment of ultraviolet emitted by the LED die can be as lower as possible. |
| US10871276B1 |
Simple watertight lamp and string lamp
A simple watertight lamp and string lamp, including: lamp housing set with a mounting groove and two mounting blocks, containing a mounting hole connecting the mounting groove which is used for mounting the luminous module; hanger loop which is back on one side of the mounting groove together with the lamp housing and connects with the lamp housing to form a hanger loop mouth; two watertight covers set with a wire hole and can be dismounted and connected with mounting block, enabling that the watertight cover and the mounting block fit each other to seal the wire which goes through the wire hole; and lampshade which is mounted to the lamp housing in the sealed mounting groove. This realizes relatively independent wires and lamp by virtue of two watertight covers and the lamp housing of a removable structure, improving the mounting and maintenance efficiency of string lamp. |
| US10871275B2 |
Lighting system family with modular parts and standardized extruded elements
A family of lighting systems uses a small number of standard parts or extrusions. The extrusions include end elements, spars, and heat sinks. Lightbars and uplights, having heat sinks, LED arrays, and lenses, use heat sinks with the same extrusion profile. The extruded parts can be slid together and then held in place by screws holding side panels to form a housing. Conditioned electrical power can drive the LED arrays. The conditioned power can be produced by power conditioners mounting on the housing. IP65, or better, components can be used to produce a rugged outdoor system. |
| US10871269B2 |
Lighting equipment
The present invention provides a lighting equipment, which successively includes a lamp head portion, a connecting portion and a tail portion; the lighting equipment further includes a short distance light source, a long distance light source, a power supply and a control switch. The short distance light source and the long distance light source are arranged inside the lamp head portion, and the light emitting direction of the short distance light source is consistent with that of the long distance light source. The power supply is provided inside the connecting portion, a positive electrode and a negative electrode of which are electrically connected to two ends of the short distance light source and two ends of the long distance light source respectively. The control switch is used for controlling a light and shade state of the short distance light source and the long distance light source. |
| US10871266B2 |
Light guide, lighting device and vehicle part
This relates to a light guide for a lighting device for a vehicle, including at least one woven flat body and a plurality of optical fibers, which at least partly build the flat body. All or some of the optical fibers comprise at least one coupling section. Each coupling section is disposable or disposed in a socket of the lighting device to receive light from a light source of the lighting device. The optical fibers include at least one light decoupling section being part of at least one illumination section of the woven flat body. The woven flat body and/or the at least one light decoupling section of the optical fibers include at least one reflecting element to decouple light from the optical fibers. |
| US10871260B2 |
Monolithic pressure regulator
A monolithic pressure regulator may comprise a boding comprising a base wall, an end wall, and a side wall, a cavity within the body, an input port in fluid communication with the cavity, an output port in fluid communication with the cavity, a first vesicle configured to regulate a flow of fluid through the input port into the cavity at a source pressure to exit through the output port at a regulated pressure, wherein the first vesicle comprises a first vesicle wall contiguous with a bulkhead and at least one of the base wall or the end wall. |
| US10871258B2 |
Method and system for controlling gimbal
A method for controlling a gimbal includes obtaining an image recorded by an image sensor that is carried by the gimbal, extracting a reference object from the image, determining an offset attitude angle of the image sensor according to position information of the reference object in a preset coordinate system, and adjusting the attitude of the image sensor by the gimbal according to the offset attitude angle. |
| US10871256B2 |
Property enhancement of surfaces by electrolytic micro arc oxidation
Embodiments of the present technology may include a tubular product for oilfield applications. The tubular product may include a tubular substrate, which may include a ferrous alloy. The tubular substrate may have an inner surface characterized by an inner diameter and an outer surface characterized by an outer diameter. The tubular product may also include a first layer deposited over at least one of the inner surface or the outer surface. The first layer may include aluminum. The tubular product may further include a second layer, which may include aluminum oxide formed by micro arc oxidation of a portion of the first layer. |
| US10871251B2 |
Waterproof quick coupler
A waterproof quick coupler which closes a port of a pressure vessel in an air-tight state during a water leakage inspection of a welding portion of the pressure vessel of a compressor. The quick coupler comprises: an outer body having an opening formed at a distal end portion thereof, an inner body flexibly disposed to be rotatable and linearly movable in the outer body; a cap coupled to the distal end portion of the outer body, and a fixing lever flexibly disposed between the inner body and the cap to clamp and unclamp a port of a pressure vessel when the inner body moves forward and backward, wherein the inner body may be locked in the outer body when moving backward, and may be unlocked from the outer body when the outer body rotates in one direction. |
| US10871247B2 |
Compression couplings
A compression coupling includes a sealing joint for sealingly coupling a pipe to the compression coupling and a restraining joint separate from the sealing joint for restraining the pipe to the compression coupling. |
| US10871246B2 |
Universal connector or cap for male and female threaded fittings
A cap is described for connection to a medical connector, the cap includes a housing having a top wall and sidewall forming a first cavity, and a removable or integrally formed protrusion. The protrusion includes an inner thread on an inner surface, the inner thread being sufficient to interlock with a mating feature of a female needleless connector. The inner surface of the protrusion defines a second cavity. The protrusion includes an outer thread on an outer surface, the outer thread being sufficient to interlock with a mating feature of a male needleless connector. The second cavity configured to define a chamber to contain an absorbent material and disinfectant or antimicrobial agent. The cap may also include a peel seal and/or septum to prevent the disinfectant or the antimicrobial agent from exiting the second cavity. An exterior sidewall surface of the housing may include a plurality of grip members. |
| US10871243B2 |
Throttle body with a plurality of channels extending three-dimensional spiral-shaped
In a throttle body for reducing the fluid pressure, particularly at a control valve, preferably for arranging in a process fluid line, of a process plant, such as a chemical plant, particularly a petrochemical plant, a power plant, a brewery or the like, with a plurality of channels extending from an upstream channel inlet to a downstream channel outlet, it is foreseen that an at least section-wise curved course of at least one of the plurality of channels between the channel inlet and the channel outlet deviates from a two-dimensional extension. |
| US10871240B2 |
Mechanical stop for actuator and orifice
A valve includes a valve cover, the valve cover including a solenoid attachment portion defining a threaded solenoid attachment sink and a valve cover mechanical stop; and a solenoid, the solenoid including a solenoid body, a valve cover attachment portion defining a threaded attachment portion engageable with the threaded solenoid attachment sink, the solenoid body including a solenoid mechanical stop, the solenoid mechanical stop engageable with the valve cover mechanical stop; wherein the valve cover mechanical stop and the solenoid mechanical stop are configured to create a sound upon engagement with each other. |
| US10871238B2 |
Removable valve guard for ampoules
A fully removable chime or valve guard that can support the container on its top, side and bottom is provided. The removable chime or valve guard provides protection if the container is dropped on its side or top. The protection provided allows the containers to pass a drop test per 49 CFR section 178.603, so the containers can be certified per 49 CFR 178.504. |
| US10871232B2 |
Aircraft gap seal
An aircraft assembly including: first and second external skin panels having opposing edge faces separated by a gap, the gap having a width in a first direction extending between the opposing edge faces and a depth in a second direction generally orthogonal to the first direction; and a gap seal arranged in the gap to at least partially fill the gap, wherein the gap seal is formed of a material configured such that compression of the gap seal in the first direction results in substantially no expansion of the gap seal in the second direction. |
| US10871225B2 |
Electromechanical, active dual-redundancy, twin-motor actuator to operate a component of a vehicle
Electromechanical actuator to operate a component of a vehicle provided with a housing formed by a lower element and a lid; a transmission arranged inside the housing and comprising an output shaft provided with a first symmetry axis and an intermediate shaft, which meshes with the output shaft and is provided with a second symmetry axis transverse to the first symmetry axis; and a pair of electric motors also arranged inside the housing; wherein each of the two electric motors rotates the output shaft through the intermediate shaft and wherein the two electric motors are provided with respective rotation axes parallel to each other and transverse to the first symmetry axis. |
| US10871224B2 |
Control device for continuously variable transmission and control method for continuously variable transmission
A controller executes a feedback control of a transmission so that an actual speed ratio reaches a target speed ratio. The controller includes first and second phase lead compensators configured to perform phase lead compensation of a feedback primary command pressure, a lead compensation on/off determination unit configured to determine to set on or off the phase lead compensation, and an advance amount filter unit configured to smooth a change of a gain according to on/off determination of the phase lead compensation when the phase lead compensation is on/off-switched. |
| US10871223B2 |
Shift range control device
A shift range control device switches a shift range by controlling driving of a motor in a shift range switching system, in which a play exists between a motor shaft which is a rotation shaft of a motor and an output shaft to which the rotation of the motor is transmitted. A parameter calculation unit calculates a motor angle, a motor speed and a motor acceleration based on a motor rotation angle signal acquired from a motor rotation angle sensor which detects a rotation position of the motor. An idling check unit checks an end of idle rotation, in which the motor rotates within a range of the play, based on the motor speed and the motor acceleration. A target setting unit sets a motor angle target value related to drive control on the motor, by using an angle correction value which is a value corresponding to the motor angle at the end of the idle rotation. A drive control unit controls the driving of the motor such that the motor angle becomes the motor angle target value. |
| US10871220B2 |
Shifter mechanism with manual shift function
An automatic transmission shifter mechanism that is selectable between an automatic transmission mode and a manual shifting mode, including a shifter assembly configured to move in a first range of movement to be positioned in the automatic transmission mode, and to move in a second range of movement to selectively shift gears up and down in the manual shifting mode, a first sensor configured to sense that the shifter assembly is in the automatic transmission mode in response to the shifter assembly being in the first range of movement, and at least a second sensor configured to sense gear changes in the manual shifting mode, wherein the shifter assembly is configured to be selectively moved laterally from the first range of movement to the second range of movement when in a drive mode in the first range of movement. |
| US10871218B2 |
Injection molded retention method for power transfer devices
A drive axle unit for use in a motor vehicle having a multi-piece axle housing assembly including at least two housing components interconnected via at least one in-situ molded retainer component. A method for securing at least two housing components of an axle housing assembly by injecting a molten material into a pair of aligned mold indentations formed in the two housing components which solidifies to create an in-situ molded retainer component. |
| US10871216B2 |
Gear unit having a first and a second housing part
A gear unit is described as having a first and a second housing part, an intermediate shaft of the gear unit being mounted via two bearings in a bushing accommodating the bearings, the bushing centering the first housing part against the second housing part. |
| US10871212B2 |
Gearbox for vehicles
A gearbox for vehicles that includes a split gearbox, a main gearbox and a range gearbox, which is shiftable into a low range gear position and a high range gear position. The range gearbox includes a planetary gear with a ring gear wheel, a sun gear wheel and a planet carrier, on which at least one planet gear wheel is rotatably mounted. A gearbox housing surrounds the planetary gear. A first axially movable coupling sleeve engages the planet carrier with the gearbox housing. A second axially movable coupling sleeve engages the ring gear wheel with an output shaft to shift into a reverse gear. A crawler gear in the main gearbox is arranged to transfer torque through the gearbox when the range gearbox is shifted into the reverse gear. |
| US10871210B2 |
Gear drive assembly for actuator system
A gear drive assembly is used with an actuator of an actuator system. The gear drive assembly includes a housing and a gear arrangement disposed in the housing and including at least three gear stages having at least three driven gears. The at least three driven gears alternate between a plastic material and a metal material for each gear of the at least three driven gears. |
| US10871209B2 |
Chain and chain transmission device
An object of the present invention is to provide a chain and a chain transmission device capable of reducing sliding resistance of the chain to a guide lip portion and stably maintaining an oil film between the guide lip portion and an outer plate. Provided is a chain 20 wherein a plurality of link plates 40 and 60 include outer plates 60, each of the outer plates 60 has a pair of front and rear pin holes 61 into which connecting pins 50 are inserted, a guide-side end surface 62 that faces a traveling guide surface 81a side of a chain guide 80, and a contact convex portion 63 that protrudes from an outer surface of the outer plate 60, and the contact convex portion 63 is formed in an area between the pin holes 61 and the guide-side end surface 62 in a plate height direction. |
| US10871207B2 |
Hydraulic tensioner expandable clip lock
A clip lock for securing an expandable clip of a chain tensioner includes an elongated member having a first surface configured to engage an exterior surface of the chain tensioner and a second surface, spaced apart from the first surface, that is configured to engage the expandable clip and maintain the expandable clip in contact with an annular groove of a chain tensioner component preventing radially-outward expansion and axial movement of the expandable clip with respect to the chain tensioner component while the first surface engages that exterior surface of the hydraulic tensioner and the second surface engages the expandable clip. |
| US10871206B2 |
Torque transmission device
The present invention relates to a torque transmission device (2) comprising a planetary gear train (22), which has a rotatable component (28), a stationary housing (18), and a clutch device (32) for selective coupling of the component (28) with the stationary housing (18). The clutch device (32) has a friction-locking first clutch (34) and a positive-locking second clutch (36), wherein the component (28) may be coupled to the stationary housing (18) via the first clutch (34) before a coupling by means of the second clutch (36). |
| US10871205B2 |
Transmission for vehicle
A transmission may include a compound planetary gear set; a first clutch provided to transmit power of an input shaft to a second rotation element of the compound planetary gear set; a third clutch provided to transmit the power of the input shaft to a third rotation element of the compound planetary gear set; an overdrive provided to increase the power of the input shaft; a second clutch provided to transmit the power through the overdrive from the input shaft to the second rotation element of the compound planetary gear set; a fourth clutch provided to transmit the power through the overdrive from the input shaft to a fourth rotation element of the compound planetary gear set; a first brake provided to selectively stop rotation of the third rotation element of the compound planetary gear set; and a second brake provided to selectively stop rotation of the fourth rotation element of the compound planetary gear set. |
| US10871202B2 |
Inverted roller screw reduction gear
A roller reducer comprises: an input member, a support member, an output member, and rollers, wherein the output member comprises output member nuts having a number of thread starts different from the number of thread starts on the support member nuts, wherein the rollers are arranged around the at least two support member nuts and the at least two output member nuts in such manner that each roller portion out of at least one pair of roller portions engages at least one of at least one of the support member nuts and at least one of the output member nuts. |
| US10871199B2 |
Vibration isolator
Any one of a bracket and a first attachment tool includes a press-fit portion. Another one of the bracket and the first attachment tool includes a tubular press-fitted portion. The press-fit portion is press-fitted to the press-fitted portion. The press-fitted portion includes a tubular rigid portion having an inner surface with recesses depressed and an elastic film portion made of an elastic body bonded to an inner surface of the rigid portion. The press-fit portion includes: a first protrusion portion projecting in a direction perpendicular to the press fitting direction, the first protrusion portion biting into the elastic film portion; and a second protrusion portion that partially overlaps with the rigid portion as viewed in the press fitting direction with the second protrusion portion located inside the recess. |
| US10871194B2 |
Switchable ratcheting wedge clutch
A clutch, including: an inner race including a pocket; an outer race; and a pawl including a portion disposed in the pocket and pivotable within the pocket. In a locked mode of the switchable ratcheting clutch: the pawl contacts the outer race; and the pawl, the inner race, and the outer race are non-rotatably connected. In a one-way mode of the switchable ratcheting clutch: the pawl contacts the outer race; and relative rotation of the inner race around the axis of rotation and with respect to the outer race is enabled only in a first circumferential direction. In a freewheel mode of the switchable ratcheting clutch: the pawl is free of contact with the outer race; and the inner race is rotatable around the axis of rotation and with respect to the outer race in the first circumferential direction and in a second circumferential direction, opposite the first circumferential direction. |
| US10871191B2 |
Rolling bearing and bearing structure including same
A rolling bearing including a cage is provided. The cage includes, on its outer peripheral surface, a plurality of ridges protruding radially outwardly, and circumferentially spaced apart from each other. The ridges extend in the axial direction or in an oblique direction or directions relative to the circumferential direction. The ridges are capable of coming into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the outer ring through lubricating oil. |
| US10871188B2 |
Control method and control device for magnetic bearing
A control method for a magnetic bearing includes following steps: acquiring a suspension stopping instruction for the magnetic bearing, and respectively applying a control current to one or more control coils of the magnetic bearing to subject a rotor to a vertically or obliquely upwards electromagnetic force, a vertical component of the electromagnetic force is less than the gravity of the rotor. A control device for a magnetic bearing is also disclosed, including a suspension stopping instruction acquiring unit and a control current applying unit. The control method and control device for a magnetic bearing can control a falling velocity of the rotor to be lower than that of the rotor being subjected only to the gravity, and have higher control efficiency. |
| US10871186B1 |
Slide rail mechanism
A slide rail mechanism includes a rail member, a reinforcing member and a bracket. The reinforcing member is connected to the rail member. The bracket is movable along a length direction of the rail member and the reinforcing member. The bracket, the rail member and the reinforcing member are able to support each other when the bracket is moved to an arbitrary position. |
| US10871184B2 |
Journal bearing and rotary machine
A journal bearing including a plurality of bearing pads having pad surfaces which configured to slidably come into contact with an outer circumferential surface of a rotating shaft and disposed at intervals, a key member provided a part of a pad rear surface which faces radially outward in the bearing pad, having a curved surface which is curved around an axis parallel to the central axis, configured to extend to have the same cross-sectional shape, and formed of a material having a hardness higher than that of a material forming the pad rear surface of the bearing pad, and a housing having a support surface in contact with a part of the curved surface of the key member in the circumferential direction and configured to support the key member and the bearing pad to be swingable from an outer side in a radial direction. |
| US10871180B2 |
Wall-mounted hook
An anchor assembly for use with hollow panels, comprises a holding member, such as a hook, and an anchor. The anchor is adapted to penetrate a hollow panel, such as a wall, and, once the anchor assembly has been installed to the wall, the anchor is firmly secured thereto while the hook, which is joined to the anchor, is located on a visible side of the wall. The anchor includes a first anchor portion and a second vice portion. The anchor portion, when the anchor assembly is installed to the wall, extends through the hole defined in the wall while the vice portion is located behind the wall. An elbow portion is provided on the anchor between the anchor and vice portions for allowing the anchor to be pivoted when being installed in the wall from a first position where the vice portion is inserted though the wall to form the hole therein and a second position where the vice portion extends behind the wall and in abutment therewith and the anchor portion is lodged in the hole. |
| US10871174B2 |
Prime mover system and methods utilizing balanced flow within bi-directional power units
Systems, methods and devices are described providing a selective hydraulic or electrically powered prime mover that is a bi-directional power unit system, including movement within a device used to compress and/or expand a fluid and provide fluid movement. The use of a hydraulic power unit is involved and comprises at least a pump or other fluid moving device, a first set of selective control valves delivering pressurized fluid to the device(s), and a second set of selective control valves returning unpressurized fluid from the device(s), a reservoir comprising a compensator tank, a port for operation at ambient pressure, and a pressure measuring device measuring ambient pressure allowing for unbalanced flow to and from the device as well as thermal expansion or compression. The use of a multiport and in some cases a swashplate pump that incorporates the features and functions of several valves for the system is also described. |
| US10871166B2 |
Air shutter and radiating fan including the same
An air shutter comprises a holder, two compressible elastic members, a plurality of blades, and two cover plates. The holder comprises a central hub, an outer frame and a plurality of connecting pieces, and the outer frame has two annular grooves for receiving the two compressible elastic members. Each of the plurality of blades locates between two adjacent connecting pieces and one end is pivotally connected to the central hub and the other end is pivotally connected to the two compressible elastic members. In a windless state, a gap between two adjacent connecting pieces is closed by one of the blades, and when the windless state changes to a windy state, each blade is rotated by a wind force and area of the gap expands with the increase of the wind force. A radiating fan comprising the air shutter is also provided. |
| US10871164B2 |
Centrifugal compressor
The present invention provides a centrifugal compressor (1) including: a first casing (19); a second casing (20) which is disposed on a downstream side of the first casing (19) and has an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the first casing; a first impeller (3a) which is disposed on a radially inner side of the first casing; a first return flow path (29a) which is disposed on a radially inner side of the first casing; a second impeller (3b) which is disposed on a radially inner side of the second casing and connected to a downstream side of the first return flow path (29a); an intermediate suction flow path (10) which is disposed on the radially inner side of the second casing and additionally supplies the fluid to a flow path between the first return flow path (29a) and the second impeller (3b); and a second return flow path (29b) which is disposed on the radially inner side of the second casing (20), wherein an outer diameter of the intermediate suction flow path (10) and an outer diameter of the second return flow path (29b) are larger than the outer diameter of the first casing (19). |
| US10871160B2 |
Volumetric lobe compressor for equipment collecting waste material
Volumetric compressor (1) for collection and/or treatment equipment of material in liquid, solid, dusty or muddy form. The compressor (1) comprises an operative chamber (50), defining a suction section and an exhaust section of a first fluid, a first header (61) and a second header (62), which delimit said chamber (50) on opposite parts along a longitudinal axis (101). The compressor further comprises at least two rotors (80′, 80″) with lobes (81′, 81″) housed in the chamber (50), each rotor (80′, 80″) rotating about a rotation axis (108′, 108″) substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis (101). The lobes of each rotor develop according to a helical profile. Furthermore, each of the headers (61,62) defines at least one injection opening (71′, 71″,72′,72″) communicating with a feeding device (150) of a second fluid. |
| US10871158B2 |
Pump assembly for a pump, pump, and method for reducing or eliminating disturbing noises and / or vibrations in pumps
What is illustrated and described is a pump assembly (1) for a pump, particularly for a miniature pump, with an electric motor (2) and with a housing unit (3), wherein the electric motor (2) has a motor shaft (5) passing freely through a motor housing of the electric motor (2) and the motor housing is connected to the housing unit (3), and wherein the motor shaft (5) is supported in the motor housing with an axial shaft play. According to the invention, at least one stabilizing element (6, 13, 14, 16) arranged outside of the motor housing is provided in order to reduce or eliminate the axial play of the motor shaft (5), with an axial compressive force or axial tensile force acting on the motor shaft (3) being applied by the stabilizing element (6, 13, 14, 16) to the motor shaft (5). |
| US10871157B2 |
Fluid pumping systems, devices and methods
Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to certain types of reciprocating positive-displacement pumps (which may be referred to hereinafter as “pods,” “pump pods,” or “pod pumps”) used to pump fluids, such as a biological fluid (e.g., blood or peritoneal fluid), a therapeutic fluid (e.g., a medication solution), or a surfactant fluid. The pumps may be configured specifically to impart low shear forces and low turbulence on the fluid as the fluid is pumped from an inlet to an outlet. Such pumps may be particularly useful in pumping fluids that may be damaged by such shear forces (e.g., blood, and particularly heated blood, which is prone to hemolysis) or turbulence (e.g., surfectants or other fluids that may foam or otherwise be damaged or become unstable in the presence of turbulence). |
| US10871155B2 |
Gas transportation device
A gas transportation device is provided and includes a first flow guiding unit and a second flow guiding unit, each of which includes an inlet and an outlet. While the first flow guiding unit and the second flow guiding unit are actuated, gas is inhaled through the respective inlets and discharged out through the respective outlets. A gas-collection chamber is disposed between the first flow guiding unit and the second flow guiding unit and includes a discharging opening. The gas is inhaled through the inlets of the first flow guiding unit and the second flow guiding unit, and transported to the gas-collection chamber through the outlets thereof. The gas in the gas-collection chamber is discharged out through the outlets of the first flow guiding unit and the second flow guiding unit, to achieve an adjustment of gas transportation amount. |
| US10871149B2 |
Floating marine wind turbine
Multiple horizontal axis type rotors are coaxially attached along the upper section of an elongate torque transmitting tower/driveshaft, The tower/driveshaft projects upward from a cantilevered bearing means, and is bent downwind, until the rotors become sufficiently aligned with the wind to rotate the entire tower/driveshaft, Power is drawn from the shaft at the base. Surface mount, subsurface mount, and marine installations, including a sailboat, are disclosed. Blade-to-blade lashing, and vertical axis rotor blades may also be included. Vertical and horizontal axis type rotor blades may be interconnected along the length of the tower/driveshaft to form a structural lattice, and the central shaft may even be eliminated. Aerodynamic lifting bodies or tails, buoyant lifting bodies, buoyant rotor blades, and methods of influencing the tilt of the rotors, can help elevate the structure. This wind turbine can have as few as one single moving part. |
| US10871145B2 |
System and method for preventing voltage collapse of wind turbine power systems connected to a power grid
A system and method for preventing voltage collapse of a wind turbine power system includes receiving a power input value and a voltage input value from a point of common coupling of the wind turbine power system. The method also includes determining a limit cycle reference point of the wind turbine power system as a function of the input values. The method further includes comparing the limit cycle reference point to at least one predetermined threshold. If the limit cycle reference point is greater than the at least one predetermined threshold, the method includes determining a delta value for the real and reactive voltage commands of the wind turbine power system. Further, the method includes determining updated real and reactive voltage commands based on the delta value. As such, the method also includes operating the wind turbine power system based on the updated real and reactive voltage commands. |
| US10871140B1 |
Systems and methods for reducing engine torque utilizing split lambda fueling
Methods and systems are provided for cycle-to-cycle torque reductions under exhaust component temperature constraints. In one example, a method may include, responsive to a torque reduction request, introducing a lambda split between two sets of cylinders over a plurality of engine cycles while maintaining an average of stoichiometry between the two sets of cylinders, and, responsive to reaching a lambda split threshold, introducing differentially delayed ignition timing in both sets of cylinders. In this way, fast torque reduction may be provided while maintaining a globally stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, thereby decreasing vehicle emissions, and reducing heat-related degradation to exhaust components. |
| US10871139B2 |
Electronic ignition system for an internal combustion engine and control method for said electronic ignition system
An electronic ignition system for an internal combustion engine. The system includes an ignition coil provided with at least a primary winding and a secondary winding, a switch connected to the primary winding and drivable to be in an opened and/or closed position according to a value of a driving signal, a control unit associated to the switch and configured to drive the switch to be in the open position and/or closed position according to the value of the driving signal (G). The system may also include current detection means associated with the secondary winding, in which the control unit is associated with the detection means for receiving a signal representative of at least a current value in the secondary winding, and configured to control the switch according to said signal. |
| US10871134B2 |
Valve assembly for an injection valve and injection valve
The present disclosure relates to valves. Some embodiments may include solenoid injection valves with a valve body; a valve needle with a needle shaft, an upper retaining element, and a lower retaining element; an electro-magnetic actuator comprising a pole piece and an armature spaced from the pole piece by a first axial gap when de-energized. The armature slides on the valve needle between the upper retaining element and the lower retaining element. The valve may include a calibration spring and a spring element arranged between the armature and the upper retaining element. The armature compresses the spring element and travels at least 50% of the first axial gap before an opening force of the valve assembly becomes larger than a total needle closing force. An opening force for displacing the valve needle away from the closing position is transferred from the armature to the valve needle completely through the spring element and a second axial gap between the armature and the upper retaining element is maintained throughout the operation of the valve assembly. |
| US10871132B2 |
Coalescence element and filter element having a coalescence element
A coalescence element is provided with at least one coalescence medium configured to coalesce water contained in a fluid. The at least one coalescence medium is made of a material with a packing density of at most 10%. The coalescence element is embodied as a single layer formed as a cylindrical jacket and has a fluid path for a fluid between an inlet side and an outlet side of the cylindrical jacket. A filter element with a filter bellows and a support pipe arranged coaxially inside the filter bellows is provided with such coalescence element that is arranged between the filter bellows and the support pipe in the flow direction so as to surround the support pipe at a radial outer side. |
| US10871127B2 |
Extended expander cycle system
An extended expander cycle system comprising a rocket engine having a plurality of channels; a plurality of fuel supplied one-wheel-turbopumps; a plurality of oxidizer supplied one-wheel-turbopumps; wherein utilization of the plurality of channels for both fuel and oxidizer and utilization of plurality of fuel and oxidizer supplied one-wheel-turbopumps provides adequate energy for fuel and oxidizer pressurization. |
| US10871126B2 |
Engine piston and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing an engine piston may include performing upper-body formation for forming an upper body as an upper portion of a piston body by pressing a powder-type sintered material, performing lower-body formation for forming a lower body as a lower portion of the piston body by pressing a powder-type sintered material, performing bonding for forming the piston body by providing a brazing material between the upper body and the lower body and brazing the upper body and the lower body to each other while sintering a sintered material, performing machining for removing pores from the surface of the piston body by machining the surface, and performing heat treatment for forming a passive film by performing at least one of nitriding heat treatment or oxidation heat treatment on the surface of the piston body. |
| US10871120B2 |
Method, system and apparatus for detecting injector closing time
A control unit, controller and non-transitory machine-readable medium for detecting a closing time of an injector valve are disclosed. The control unit is configured to receive a valve current profile of the injector valve, process the valve current profile using at least a slope discriminator, and determine a stuck status and a closing time (if applicable) of the injector valve based on an output of the slope discriminator. |
| US10871117B2 |
Sensor control apparatus
After an engine is started, an ECU performs first regeneration processing of a PM sensor through heating by a heater and, after the first regeneration processing, applies a voltage continuously to detection electrodes for a predetermined voltage application period. The ECU causes PM to adhere to an insulating substrate due to the voltage application and, at a time point after the predetermined time period has elapsed, determines the amount of PM that is adhering to the insulating substrate. When a predetermined condition is satisfied outside the voltage application period, the ECU determines whether the amount of adhering PM on the insulating substrate is equal to or greater than an excess determination threshold value. If the amount of adhering PM is determined to be equal to or greater than the excess determination threshold value, the ECU performs second regeneration processing of the PM sensor, through heating by the heater. |
| US10871115B2 |
Method for controlling internal combustion engine and device for controlling same
When atmospheric pressure (Pa) which varies according to altitude is higher than a predetermined pressure threshold (Path) during idle operation in which catalyst warm-up request is issued, an intake pressure is controlled, through a throttle valve (19), to an intake pressure at which an intake air amount required to promote the warm-up of a catalyst converter (26) is obtained. When the atmospheric pressure (Pa) is lower than the predetermined pressure threshold (Path), the intake pressure is controlled, through a throttle valve (19), to an intake pressure (Pa−Pb) at which a differential pressure (Pb) required by a brake booster (8) is obtained. Accordingly, negative pressure in the brake booster (8) can be secured while promoting the warm-up of the catalyst during the idle operation. |
| US10871114B1 |
Active purge system and active purge method
An active purge system includes a canister in which a vaporized gas produced in an fuel tank is collected and a purge line that connects the canister to an intake pipe. A purge pump is mounted in the purge line, a purge valve is mounted in the purge line to be positioned between the purge pump and the intake pipe, and a cylinder is connected to the intake pipe. A valve controller changes the operation timing, operation maintenance time, and the operation degree of an intake valve and an exhaust valve disposed at the upper portion of the cylinder. A compression ratio variation device is mounted on a connecting rod and a crankshaft that are connected to a piston to change the top dead center or the bottom dead center of the piston reciprocating in the cylinder. |
| US10871108B2 |
Orientation feature for swirler tube
A cooling structure for a gas turbine engine comprises a gas turbine engine structure defining a cooling cavity. A cooling component is configured to direct cooling flow in a desired direction into the cooling cavity. A bracket supports the cooling component and has an attachment interface to fix the bracket to the gas turbine engine structure. A first orientation feature associated with the bracket. A second orientation feature is associated with the gas turbine engine structure. The first and second orientation features cooperate with each other to ensure that the cooling component is only installed in one orientation relative to the gas turbine engine structure. A gas turbine engine and a method of installing a cooling structure are also disclosed. |
| US10871105B1 |
Rotating internal combustion engine
An engine design of a rotating pistonless, non-reciprocating internal combustion engine having an engine block having a drive chamber formed in an interior combustion surface having a drive surface and a sloped transitionary portion, and a rotor rotatably supported within the engine block. The rotor having a radially extending disc portion having a plurality of rotor combustion chambers. Each of the rotor combustion chambers has a pyramidal-shaped volume having a driven surface and a sloped transitionary portion, wherein combustion pressure in the rotor combustion chamber and drive chamber is exerted upon the drive surface of the drive chamber and the driven surface of the rotor combustion chamber resulting in driven rotation of the rotor. |
| US10871104B2 |
Systems and methods for a split exhaust engine system
Methods and systems are provided for operating a split exhaust engine system that provides blowthrough air and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) to an intake passage via a ported scavenge manifold. In one example, the ported scavenge manifold includes a first scavenge manifold coupled to a plurality of exhaust runners and a second scavenge manifold coupled to the plurality of exhaust runners via ports. The location of the ports on the exhaust runners combined with adjustments to a bypass valve coupled between the first scavenge manifold and an exhaust passage and an EGR valve coupled between the second scavenge manifold and the intake passage enables exhaust gas to be preferentially flowed to the exhaust passage and blowthrough air to be preferentially flowed to the intake passage under select operating conditions. |
| US10871096B1 |
Reactive cyclic induction system and method for reducing pollutants in marine diesel exhaust
A system and method for reduction of Nitrogen Oxide emissions from marine engines by converting Nitrogen Oxide into Nitrogen is disclosed. The modular reactive cyclic induction apparatus connects to the exhaust of a conventional diesel marine engine and uses air pressure and the sodium chloride in seawater to create a molecular reaction to break down Nitrogen Oxide into Nitrogen by use of an induction apparatus. The system can also include a loop for removing Carbon Dioxide through electrolysis, and removes other environmental pollutants as well, including for example Sulphur oxides, hydrocarbons, and particulate matter during the process. |
| US10871091B2 |
Power system
A power system includes: a rotating body; a housing that accommodates the rotating body; and a storage portion that is provided in a bottom of the housing to store a liquid medium. The rotating body is partially located in the storage portion, and an inner surface of the housing includes a protrusion that extends above the rotating body to intersect with a rotation direction of the rotating body. |
| US10871090B1 |
Engine oil pressure regulation system
Methods and systems are provided for a lubricant system for an engine. In one example, the system includes external delivery lines coupling an oil reservoir of the engine to a plurality of cylinder head oil galleries, the engine also having internal oil passages. An amount of hydraulic fluid delivered via the external delivery lines is controlled by a pressure control valve having a vent line. |
| US10871087B2 |
Switchable rocker arm
A rocker arm includes a body having a first wall and a second with a central opening provided therebetween, the first wall having a first aperture extending therethrough and the second wall having a second aperture extending therethrough. An inner follower within the central opening selectively reciprocates along a reciprocation axis relative to the body, the inner follower extends through the first aperture and the second aperture. A lost motion spring biases the inner follower to move relative to the body along the reciprocation axis in a first direction. A lock member is moveable along a lock member axis between a coupled position which prevents the inner follower from moving past a predetermined position in a second direction which is opposite of the first direction and a decoupled position which permits the inner follower to move past the predetermined position in the second direction. |
| US10871080B2 |
Steam turbine valve drive apparatus
A steam turbine valve drive apparatus in an embodiment includes a piston, a cylinder, a bidirectional pump, a servo motor, and a quick closing mechanism. The cylinder houses the piston in an inner space thereof, the inner space being partitioned by the piston into a first hydraulic chamber and a second hydraulic chamber. The quick closing mechanism executes a quick closing operation of closing the steam valve unit more quickly than the closing operation. Here, the quick closing mechanism executes the quick closing operation by feeding the working oil accumulated in an accumulator to the second hydraulic chamber and draining the working oil from the first hydraulic chamber. |
| US10871077B2 |
Turbomachine auxiliary lead-through device
Auxiliary lead-through device for a turbomachine, including two coaxial annular shell rings, respectively an inner and an outer one, between which there extend radial arms, through at least one of which auxiliaries (20) are led through. An auxiliary retention unit is housed inside the arm, on one wall, the arm includes an aperture that can be closed off by a cover that is attached and fixed to the arm. The retention unit includes at least one first member fixed to the internal surface of the arm and at least one second member fixed to the internal surface of the cover. The fixing of the cover to the arm causes the auxiliaries to be clamped and retained between the first and second members. |
| US10871076B2 |
Rotating unit and steam turbine including the same
A rotating unit of a steam turbine includes a rotor; a bucket coupled to the rotor to convert fluid energy into mechanical work, the coupled bucket being pre-twisted at a predetermined angle, the bucket having a base surface facing a point of coupling between the rotor and the bucket; and bucket support means, provided at the point of coupling between the rotor and the bucket, for supporting a twisted state of the bucket based on the coupling between the rotor and the bucket, thereby enabling the twisting of the bucket to be maintained during operation. In a steam turbine including the rotating unit, it is possible to reduce vibration occurring during operation and to increase the contact force between a cover formed at the blade tip of the bucket and a cover of another bucket to prevent a leakage of steam between adjacent covers. |
| US10871075B2 |
Cooling passages in a turbine component
A turbine component has a plurality of cooling passages each extending through a body of a structure between opposite hot and cold surfaces of the structure. According to one embodiment, at least one of the cooling passages includes a plurality of upstream paths defining respective inlet openings on the cold surface and merging into a number of downstream paths defining respective outlet openings on the hot surface. |
| US10871073B2 |
Turbine blade, turbine including same turbine blade, and gas turbine including same turbine
A turbine blade is provided with a rotatable leading edge to reduce pressure loss as a flow direction of combustion gas varies. The turbine blade includes an airfoil including as separate bodies a trailing-edge portion and a leading-edge portion being linked to the trailing-edge portion and disposed upstream of the trailing-edge portion, the leading-edge portion including a front surface arranged on an upstream side of the leading-edge portion; and a rotary unit connected to the leading-edge portion and configured to rotate the leading-edge portion according to an inflow angle of the combustion gas such that the front surface faces a flow of the combustion gas. A barrier wall extends from a side surface of the leading-edge portion toward an open end of the trailing edge portion, and when the leading-edge portion is rotated, the barrier wall portion prevents formation of a gap between the side surface and the open end. |
| US10871072B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamic balancing of steam turbine rotor thrust
The present application provides a steam turbine system. The steam turbine system may include a rotor, a high pressure section positioned about the rotor, one or more high pressure extraction conduits extending from the high pressure section, a high pressure control valve positioned on each of the high pressure extraction conduits, an intermediate pressure section positioned about the rotor, one or more intermediate pressure extraction conduits extending from the intermediate pressure section, an intermediate pressure control valve positioned on each of the intermediate pressure extraction conduits, and a controller in communication with the high pressure control valves and the intermediate pressure control valves and operable to selectively adjust respective positions of the high pressure control valves and the intermediate pressure control valves to balance thrust acting on the rotor. |
| US10871069B2 |
Flow testing wellbores while drilling
A well testing tool mounted on a drill string is positioned within a zone of interest in a wellbore. An RFID tag with a density between 400 and 500 pounds per square foot is dropped through the drill string to activate the well testing tool. An uphole packer positioned at an uphole end of the well testing tool and a downhole packer positioned at a downhole end of the well testing tool are expanded to isolate a portion of the zone of interest between the expanded uphole packer and the expanded downhole packer. A three-way valve positioned between the uphole packer and the downhole packer is adjusted to allow fluid to flow from the isolated portion of the zone of interest into the drill string. One or more sensors within the well testing tool are activated. |
| US10871067B2 |
Method for extracting downhole flow profiles from tracer flowback transients
A method of estimating an influx profile for at least one well fluid to a producing petroleum well with two or more influx zones or influx locations to a production flow, wherein the well comprises tracer sources with distinct tracer materials in known levels of the well, at least one of said tracer sources arranged downstream and exposed to the fluids in at least one of said influx zones, wherein each said tracer source has an even release rate to said well fluid, characterised in that one or more of the tracer sources is provided in one or more delay chambers for ventilating out fluid with leaked tracer material at a time constant which is significantly longer than the diffusion rate from the tracer source to the well fluid, wherein the method further comprises: providing samples, the samples collected from the production flow at a location downstream of the tracer sources during a time period in which the tracer transient is detectable at the downstream location, analysing said samples for concentration and type of tracer material from said possible tracer sources as a function of sampling time or cumulative produced volume; and based on said measured concentrations and their sampling time or cumulative produced volume, calculating said influx volumes. |
| US10871066B1 |
Molecular tracers and modified proppants for monitoring underground fluid flows
The present invention relates to modified proppants and methods of using the modified proppants that use metal ligand tracers to characterize subterranean fluid flow. The metal and ligands are best chosen to be a strongly-coordinating, chelating ligand with a functional group for the chosen flow environment. |
| US10871062B2 |
Skid mounted wellhead desanders and flowback systems
Small footprint, portable skid mounted wellhead desander systems are disclosed. In one version, two systems are mounted on the skid, one system being a single well system for testing various properties of well fluids, and the other being a combined bulk system for desanding comingled flow from a plurality of wells. In another version, the skid mounted system has three independent desanders together with all essential equipment, including e.g., plug catcher, hydrocyclone desander, solids accumulator, choke manifold, and all necessary sensors, valving and control equipment. |
| US10871061B2 |
Treatment of kerogen in subterranean zones
Technologies relating to increasing hydraulic fracturing efficiencies in subterranean zones by degrading organic matter, such as kerogen, are described. A method for treating kerogen in a subterranean zone includes placing a composition in the subterranean zone, and the composition includes an oxidizer including sodium bromate and an additive including a tetrasubstituted ammonium salt. |
| US10871059B2 |
Modular system and manifolds for introducing fluids into a well
An illustrative modular manifold disclosed herein includes, among other things, a low-pressure manifold comprising a frac fluid outlet valve, wherein a fracturing fluid is adapted to be supplied from the low-pressure manifold via the frac fluid outlet valve to a suction side of a frac pump, and a high-pressure manifold comprising at least one frac fluid inlet valve, wherein the high-pressure manifold is adapted to receive, via the frac fluid inlet valve, a fracturing fluid discharged from the frac pump. In this example, the modular manifold also includes a support structure for mechanically supporting the low- and high-pressure manifolds and a plurality of height-adjustable support legs operatively coupled to the support structure. |
| US10871055B2 |
Subsea level diversion of a gas entrainment with incorporated emergency measures upon a well blow out
A Subsea Diversion of a pressured Gas Entrainment from the riser pipe, by a ‘Gas Entrainment Diversion Tubing’ (GDT) prevents rig-fire upon a well blow-out, wherein the giant bubbles emerging from water and rising to the atmospheric air are neither ‘pressured’ nor ‘explosive’, however precluded to enter the air-gap. A ‘Sea Level Gas Separator of Oil Well Effluent’ (SLGOE) unit working in conjunction instantly separates gas from the down-flowing oil-gas effluent, whereas the unit's voluminous top outlets for gas are subject to attenuating the pressured elements (volume and pressure being inversely related). Another model of SLGOE unit diverts pressured gaseous elements into oceanic waters, obviating an explosive gas-fire by its oxygen-free ‘milieu’. Upon a breach to the drilling conductor, an ‘oil-separator’ tank isolates oil from oceanic waters, while precluding oceanic waters entering the oil-containment, the latter, otherwise a brewing danger of mounting pressure culminating into a spewing geyser. |
| US10871053B2 |
Downhole assembly for selectively sealing off a wellbore
Downhole assemblies and methods for isolating a wellbore. A downhole tool can include a body having a bore or flowpath formed therethrough, and one or more sealing members disposed therein. The one or more sealing members can include an annular base and a curved surface having an upper face and a lower face, wherein one or more first radii define the upper face, and one or more second radii define the lower face, and wherein, at any point on the curved surface, the first radius is greater than the second radius. The sealing members can be disposed within the bore of the tool using one or more annular sealing devices disposed about the one or more sealing members. |
| US10871052B2 |
Degradable plug for a downhole tubular
An apparatus and related method of assembling a degradable plug adapted to selectively permit fluid communication through a flow path of a downhole tubular. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes providing a housing defining an internal flow passage and one or more internal annular grooves adjoining the internal flow passage; positioning a generally cylindrical core within the internal flow passage; applying a first axially compressive force against the core so that respective exterior portions of the core expand or flow into the one or more internal annular grooves of the housing and the housing elastically deforms in a radially outward direction; and removing the first axially compressive force from the core so that the housing recoils in a radially inward direction, which is opposite the radially outward direction, thus placing a first stress on the core. |
| US10871050B2 |
Nano-thermite well plug
A composition and methods for setting a plug for well bores undergoing plugging and abandonment operations. Methods include placing a blocking device below the plug location and creating a void space above the blocking device; placing a heat resistant base plate above the blocking device and introducing nano-thermite clusters and expandable bismuth alloy pellets into the void space; igniting the thermite and cooling the melted alloy to form a permanent plug in the void space. |
| US10871048B2 |
Controlled bypass plug and method
A composite plug for sealing a well includes a mandrel having an internal bore, the mandrel having a first end and a second end, opposite to the first end, and the bore extending from the first end to the second end; plural elements distributed along the mandrel in a given order and configured to seal the well; and a bypass mechanism, different from the bore, built into the composite plug and configured to allow a controlled leak of a fluid from the well, past the composite plug. |
| US10871047B2 |
Drilling plant machine and method of operation
A method for operating a drilling plant machine includes providing a drilling plant machine which includes a sensor which measures a parameter which is indicative of a jarring load acting on the drilling plant machine from a drill string, providing a set of values representing readings from the sensor, identifying a jarring event, and determining a magnitude of the parameter from the set of values. |
| US10871044B2 |
System and method for providing drilling fluid for earth drilling
It is described how to provide a drilling fluid for earth drilling, wherein the drilling fluid comprises a liquid and at least one mineral. A recycling device preconditions supplied drilling fluid. At least one drilling fluid analyzer is provided for determining the state of drilling fluid that comes out of the borehole. There is also a mixing device for mixing drilling fluid reconditioned by the recycling device with liquid and/or mineral, wherein the mixing device is coupled to the drilling fluid analyzer in order to perform mixing according to the state of the drilling fluid. |
| US10871040B2 |
Connector assembly
A penetrator connector assembly is suitable for connecting two parts of an electrical conductor across a pressure barrier in an oil or gas well. The assembly includes a body with a bore for an electrical conductor, a sealing boot that seals an annular space between the conductor and the bore, and a port that transmits a pressure differential between the exterior of the body and the annular space, so that the pressure differential acts on one side of the sealing boot to apply a compressive force and enhance the seal. The assembly also has a spring that can be resiliently energised to apply a compressive force to the sealing boot independently of fluid pressure differentials. |
| US10871038B2 |
Drill bit for drilling and method for manufacturing same
Disclosed are a drill bit for drilling and a method for manufacturing same, in which the hardness of a body part of a shank can be selectively improved by performing rapid cooling in a forced cooling method after performing rapid heating selectively only on the body part of the shank in a high-frequency induction heating method after completing infiltration. |
| US10871028B2 |
Portable window insert for utility distribution
Several embodiments of a portable window insert for the temporary distribution of utilities, e.g., heat, air-conditioning, electricity, internet cables, water, and telephone cables through a window opening are described. All the devices are foldable for ease of portability and can be expanded to be secured in the window opening while minimizing air leakage through the window. In one embodiment a main panel has a pass-through opening through the panel for the utility lines, a handhold opening and a slider panel slidably engaged with the main panel. A flexible sealing member surrounds the pass through opening. A sealing panel is slidably mounted to the rear face of the main panel that may be selectively positioned to cover the pass-through opening or to uncover the pass-through opening. When the slider panel is in a retracted position the pass-through opening is covered by the slider panel and the hand hold is exposed for use and ease of portability. When the slider panel is in the extended position the edges of the main panel and slider panel abut the sides of the window opening to secure the portable window insert in the window opening and to expose the pass-through opening for use. The sealing panel may be selectively positioned to cover the pass-through opening to inhibit the passage of air and utility lines there through or to uncover the pass-through opening to permit the passage of utility lines there through. |
| US10871025B2 |
Two in one door hanger bracket
A door assembly, a hanger bracket therefor and the method of using the bracket to hang the door jamb assembly, in which the door hanger bracket has an elongated body configured to provide a wall mounting tab at each end, such that said bracket can be secured to a door jamb as a unitary bracket and provide a wall mounting tab on each wall at each side of the jamb. The bracket also includes a break line such that it can be broken in two and used either on two different jambs or two different locations on the same side of a single jamb or can be located on opposite sides of the same jamb, where the jamb is too wide for the unitary bracket. |
| US10871024B2 |
Frame system
A window and door frame system comprising members that fit together to enable a wide variety of window and door frame configurations and sizes to be constructed. The system comprises interlocking components that can be arranged in a variety of spacing combinations to enable building of frames in different configurations with a small set of components. |
| US10871023B1 |
Portable locker and docking station system
A system includes a plurality of portable lockers. Each of the portable lockers includes a lockable compartment configured to contain contents. The system also includes a docking station that includes a vault configured to secure the plurality of portable lockers, a user input device configured to receive a request from a user to take a first portable locker of the plurality of portable lockers, a biometrics sensor configured to collect a biometric from the user, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to determine, based on the biometric, whether the user has permission to take the first portable locker and control the vault to release the first portable locker to the user in response to a determination that the user has permission to take the first portable locker. |
| US10871021B2 |
Cupboard door balance system
A balance system used with a door of a cupboard comprises a transmission shaft, a first pulley on the transmission shaft, and a balance component. The first pulley is connected to a door belt, one end of the door belt is secured to the first pulley, and the other end of the belt is connected to the door. The balance component comprises a balancing member, a balancing belt and a second pulley on the transmission shaft. One end of the balancing belt is connected to the second pulley, and the other end of the balancing belt is connected to the balancing member, such that the balancing member is hung on the second pulley. The first pulley and the second pulley rotate synchronously, and the door belt and the balancing belt are wound oppositely. With the balance system, a small driving force can open/close the door. |
| US10871018B1 |
Reversible doors for auotmobiles such that the door can electively be opened in a traditional orientation or in the suicide orientation
A car door that is affixed to an automobile that can be opened from one or more hinges that attach and allows opening and closing of the door toward the front end of the car that can also be electively chosen through a computerized module inside the automobile to open from one or more hinges that attach and allows opening and closing of the door toward the rear end of the car, i.e., in the suicide orientation. A door latch assembly is attached to either side that allows for a pin to close the side not in use when activated and when de-activate allows for the opening in the chosen orientation. The computer module is programmed such that only one side can be open at a time. Manual override from inside the vehicle is provided in the event of an electrical system failure. |
| US10871016B2 |
Protective case for tablet computer and two-in-one computer
A protective case for a tablet computer includes a first support plate, a second support plate, and a cover plate that are located in a same horizontal plane and that are sequentially arranged in a first direction, where the first support plate is hinged to the second support plate by using a damping rotating shaft, the second support plate is rotatably connected to the cover plate, a bottom support is disposed on an edge of one end that is close to the cover plate and that is of an upper surface of the second support plate, the first support plate and the second support plate are configured to support and protect a rear surface of a tablet computer, the bottom support is configured to be detachably connected to a side wall of the tablet computer. |
| US10871014B2 |
Hook for opening and closing console box
A hook device for opening and closing a console box with a console lid includes a hook body, a hinge shaft formed in the hook body and adapted to engage a lower front of the console lid, a knob protruding from the hook body in one direction at a center front where the hinge shaft is formed at the upper part, and a latch protrusion formed at a lower part of the hook body and protruding in a direction opposite to the one direction in which the latch protrusion is arranged to engage with and release from a latch formed at a front end of an upper surface of the console body. The hinge shaft protrudes to left and right sides at an upper part of the hook body. |
| US10871008B2 |
Electromechanical lockset
An exemplary lockset is configured for installation in a standard door preparation, and includes an exterior assembly, an interior assembly, and a center assembly connecting the exterior and interior assemblies. The exterior assembly includes an exterior escutcheon which houses a credential reader assembly including a multi-tech credential reader. The interior assembly includes an interior escutcheon which houses a control system. The center assembly includes a chassis, an outer surface of which may define a channel. The credential reader assembly is in communication with the control assembly via a wire harness, a portion of which may pass through the channel. |
| US10871006B1 |
Collapsible mosquito net assembly
A collapsible mosquito net assembly includes a frame that has a plurality of members collapsibly coupled together. Thus, the frame is positionable between a collapsed position for storage and a deployed position has the frame defining a quonset. Additionally, the frame is positionable on top of a carriage when the frame is positioned in the deployed position. A mosquito net is coupled to the frame and the mosquito net covers the quonset defined by the frame when the frame is positioned in the deployed position. Thus, the mosquito net can protect an occupant of the carriage from mosquitoes. A border is coupled around the frame and a plurality of fasteners is each of the fasteners is coupled to the border. Each of the fasteners releasably engages the carriage when the frame is positioned on the carriage. |
| US10871004B2 |
High-intensity, telescoping light tower with safety features
A mobile lighting device is disclosed with extendable boom sections. The boom sections are stored in a horizontal position and then pivot to a vertical position before being extended upward. A light section is positioned at the uppermost end of the last extendable boom section. A variety of safety features are also disclosed. |
| US10870997B2 |
Lap siding product with snap break
A lap siding product with a central face cut or medial groove, allowing an installer or user to break the lap siding product in half manually, without tools, resulting in two pieces of lap siding. The central face cut or groove extends for the length of the product, and its depth is a substantial portion of the thickness of the lap siding product. A central back cut or medial groove opposite to the central face cut or groove may be provided, as well as a pair of back spacing cuts or rabbets along the edges of the back face of the product. A pair of machined nail lines on the face of the product assist in determining locations for nailing the post-break pieces of lap siding during installation. |
| US10870995B1 |
Lower edge finish for drywall
A wall assembly and a lower edge finish for a drywall. The wall assembly comprises a stud wall forming a support frame, a lower edge finish installed on the bottom of the stud wall, and a drywall sheet having a lower edge in the channel with its weight supported by the base secured to the stud wall. The lower edge finish has a channel formed from a first sidewall and a second sidewall receiving a drywall sheet, and a base underneath the channel supports the drywall sheet above a surface. The second sidewall and the base are surface mounted on the stud wall. |
| US10870991B2 |
Truss member connector, reinforced truss, and truss reinforcing method
The present disclosure provides in various embodiments a truss member connector including a first attachment section, a second attachment section, a connection section connecting the first attachment section to the second attachment section, and one or more guide pins. The present disclosure provides in various embodiments a reinforced truss and a method for reinforcing a truss member of a truss with the additional reinforcing member which includes attaching an additional reinforcing member to the truss member with a plurality of truss member connectors to enable rotation of the additional reinforcing member relative to the truss member such that the additional reinforcing member adds support and rigidity to the truss member and the entire truss. |
| US10870989B2 |
Directly printed panel having a two-layer design
A panel and a method for manufacturing of such a panel with a carrier plate, comprising a front side and a back side, and wherein the carrier plate comprises a layer system at least at the front side that is built from various polymer layers with different hardness values. |
| US10870987B1 |
Isocyanate-based foam construction boards
A construction board comprising (i) a foam body having a generally planar shape with first and second planar surfaces, where said foam body is a closed-cell foam body including pentane and a blowing agent additive that has a Hansen Solubility Parameter that is greater than 17 MPa−0.5 contained within the foam body; and (ii) first and second facers attached to said first and second planar surfaces, respectively. |
| US10870983B2 |
Foam measuring and insulating covers for wood and steel framing members
An insulation cap for wall framing members comprising a base section; a first side wall extending outwardly from said base section; a second side wall laterally spaced from said first side wall and extending outwardly from said base section complementary to said first side wall; a generally U-shaped channel defined by said base section, said first side wall and said second side wall define for receiving a framing member so that at least a portion of an exterior surface of said framing member is encased by said base section, said first side wall and said second side wall; whereby a thermal break is provided between an exterior and interior sheathing around framing members and creates an airtight arrangement with insulation material for improved R values. |
| US10870981B1 |
Thermally insulated roofing device
One subject of the present invention is a roofing device (1) comprising an area support (2) made up of panels of wood particles on which a vapor barrier first layer (3), an insulating second layer (4) and a third layer (5) that is impermeable to liquid water are laid.Said device (1) is one wherein the second layer (4) is a composite layer formed by the superposition of two distinct homogeneous elementary layers (6 and 6′), namely a lower elementary layer (6) of wood fiber and an upper elementary layer (6′) made up of a material that is at least partially bio-sourced, that has hygroscopic, antifungal and thermal-insulation properties and that has a low resistance to the diffusion of water vapor. |
| US10870980B2 |
Modular building connector
A connector assembly, having an upper connector coupled to a lower connector and a gusset plate sandwiched between the upper and lower connectors. The upper and lower connectors allow for coupling to adjacent upper and lower connectors, respectively, allowing for addition of a modular unit to a pre-existing modular structure. Also, ways of coupling adjacent upper connectors and coupling of adjacent lower connectors when coupling a modular unit to a pre-existing modular structure are provided. |
| US10870978B2 |
Reinforced stud-framed wall
A reinforced stud-framed wall, including a bottom plate; first and second vertical studs; a member supported on the bottom plate, the member having a compression strength greater than a compression strength of the bottom plate; the first vertical stud having a bottom end supported on the member with a first contact area, whereby a load on the first contact area is spread over a first area on the bottom plate larger than the first contact area; and the second vertical stud having a bottom end supported on the member with a second contact area, whereby a load on the second contact area is spread over a second area on the bottom plate larger than the second contact area. |
| US10870969B2 |
Hydraulic system for working machine
A hydraulic system for a working machine, includes a first hydraulic pump to output an operation fluid, a hydraulic device to be operated by the operation fluid, an operation member to be operated, a control valve to control the hydraulic device based on an operation extent of the operation member, a holding member to set a held operation extent that is the operation extent held in the operation of the operation member, and a pedal to be operated to change the held operation extent set by the holding member. |
| US10870967B2 |
Medium voltage room for a mining shovel
A mobile mining machine includes a base with a deck and a counterweight box, a hoist drum supported on the deck, a motor drivably coupled to the hoist drum, a main transformer configured to supply power to the motor, an auxiliary transformer, and an electrical room coupled to the base. The main transformer and the auxiliary transformer are positioned inside the electrical room, and the electrical room contains at least one unguarded electrical connection. |
| US10870961B1 |
Storm surge and tsunami mitigation by generation of offshore Taylor columns
Offshore apparatus generating artificial Taylor columns for the purpose on interfering with oncoming storm surge and/or tsunamis. A series of solid bodies are anchored relative to the ocean floor to provide structures capable of generating Taylor columns in response to water flow and/or currents. The strategic placement of a series of cylindrical bodies creates a corresponding series of Taylor columns in response to hydrodynamic flow, such as current flow or tsunami related flow. The presence of a series of strategically located Taylor columns is intended to inhibit or disrupt the devastating effects of storm surge and/or tsunamis. |
| US10870960B2 |
Snow and debris removal apparatus
A debris removal apparatus (e.g., for moving snow) can include a frame configured to attach to a prime mover. The frame can include one or more rails that extend from a first side of the frame to a second side of the frame. Additionally, the debris removal apparatus can include a carriage configured to translate along the one or more rails of the frame. Further, the debris removal apparatus can include a blower configured to intake a fluid and discharge the fluid at a blower outlet. The blower can be coupled with the carriage. Still further, the debris removal apparatus can include a nozzle configured to couple with the blower outlet. |
| US10870959B1 |
Snowplow blade assembly
A snowplow blade assembly provides a snowplow blade that attaches to a vehicle for clearing residue from a pathway. The snowplow blade is configured to minimize structural damage caused by a pathway edge barrier, or a stationary object disposed on, or along, the pathway. A break-away section of the snowplow blade hingedly pivots, and potentially detaches with respect to a remainder of the snowplow blade when a predetermined shear stress from the pathway edge barrier or stationary object is applied. The break-away section includes a wheel roller that facilitates rolling advancement of the snowplow blade along or on the pathway edge barrier. The break-away section also forms an outer edge recess on a first side-blade end of snowplow blade. The outer edge recess is sized to enable passage of stationary objects, which prevents damage to the snowplow blade or stationary objects. |
| US10870958B2 |
Robotic feces collection assembly
A robotic feces collection assembly for automatically collecting pet feces in a yard includes a robot that travels along ground. The robot has a storage chamber therein and a plurality of grabbers. Each of the grabbers selectively engages animal feces on the ground and positions the animal feces in the storage chamber. A guidance unit is coupled to the robot for visually detecting the animal feces on the ground. The guidance unit is electrically coupled to the robot such that the guidance unit guides the robot to the animal feces for collecting the animal fees. |
| US10870957B2 |
Barrier stand
A barrier stand for a barrier comprising an elastic cable, has an elongate member (2) of generally tubular form and being adapted to be mounted on a base so as to stand in a vertical position. The stand has a hollow top section, and at least one slot (6) extending downwardly from the top of the top section and being open at its upper end, the slot (6) being adapted to receive a cable. A clamping device (4) is located in the hollow section and is biased resiliently to a clamping position for clamping a cable securely to the stand. |
| US10870956B1 |
Traffic channelizer
A modular system for separating traffic into discrete zones includes a plurality of rail segments pivotally secured to rail mounts. The mounts are configured for rapid and straightforward coupling of rail segments thereto. Moreover, the mounts may be quickly installed and de-installed from a road surface. The overall system therefore provides a physical barrier system that is easily installed and easily modifiable into desired arrangements. Its modular construction of any number of a plurality of distinct rail segments further facilitates customized channelizing design. |
| US10870953B2 |
Sustainably constructed pavement, and methods and apparatus for constructing the same
A sustainable pavement is constructed by creating a construction structure for a hot mix asphalt (HMA) pavement according to a pavement project; calculating a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission of the HMA pavement; performing a sustainable construction on the HMA pavement to modify one or more layers in the HMA pavement to form a sustainably constructed pavement; calculating a GHG emission of the sustainably constructed pavement; and obtaining a carbon reduction by comparing the GHG emissions of the HMA pavement and the sustainably constructed pavement. |