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| US10891644B2 |
Method, system and apparatus for reinforcing desirable consumer behaviors with surprise rewards
In some embodiments, a fulfillment entity receives over an electronic interface from a merchant website associated with a third-party online user community an order from a member of the user community for an item from the merchant website. During order processing, a set of rules for rewarding members of the third-party online user community based on the past behaviors of one or more members of the user community is evaluated. Responsive to a condition fulfilling one of the rules, the member order is modified to provide an incentivizing reward to the member of the online user community. |
| US10891641B2 |
Transaction processing system
The transaction processing system and method provide an efficient and effective way to authorize promotion redemption. The transaction processing system may receive an indication of a request for authorization, the indication comprising a merchant identifier, an account number, and a transaction amount. The transaction processing system may determine whether the request for authorization corresponds to a promotion. The system may further transmit a transaction authorization based on whether the request for authorization corresponds to the promotion. The transaction processing system may cause a promotion database to designate the promotion as redeemed. In this fashion, the transaction processing system improves the consumer experience and minimizes the transaction time needed to identify and redeem a promotion. |
| US10891640B2 |
Adaptive representation of a price/volume relationship
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed at adaptive representation of a price/volume relationship. In embodiments, a method may include receiving, from a campaign control system, a request for price/volume information. The request may include an identifier of an audience which is targeted by the campaign control system. The method may continue by generating a representation of a price/volume curve based on previously collected price/volume data for the target audience. In some embodiments, adjacent prices included within the representation are determined based on a change in volume between the adjacent prices. The representation can then be output to the campaign control system to enable the campaign control system to determine an initial bid calculated to achieve a desired pacing based on the representation. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed herein. |
| US10891634B2 |
Advertising venues and optimization
A system for providing an online advertising platform includes a first non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions executable by one or more data processors to group impression inventory units based at least in part on performance characteristics of the impression inventory units. |
| US10891625B1 |
Secure card not present transactions using chip-enabled cards
Techniques are described for performing secure card not present (CNP) transactions using integrated circuit chip-enabled cards. The techniques include continually or periodically tracking a location of a user's card by a user computing device, e.g., a “smart” phone, and storing a log of datasets relating to the location of the user's card at a server device. Based on the tracking, the user computing device may alert the user via a push notification or other message when the user's card is not within a preset range of the user computing device. In addition, an authentication server determines a location of a purchaser computing device attempting to perform a CNP transaction using the user's card information, and compares the location of the purchaser computing device with a most recent location of the user's card retrieved from the log of datasets to determine whether to approve the CNP transaction. |
| US10891622B2 |
Providing online cardholder authentication services on-behalf-of issuers
Methods and systems for providing cardholder authentication services on-behalf-of (OBO) issuers utilizing a payment card authorization network to bridge cardholder authentication and transaction authorization processes. In some embodiments, the process includes an OBO issuer service computer receiving an authentication message, storing the authentication message in a transaction database and then receiving a purchase transaction authorization request message from a payment network. The OBO issuer service computer then determines that an authentication value of the received purchase transaction authorization request message matches the authentication value of the stored authentication message, stores a record of the match, and transmits the purchase transaction authorization request to the payment network for purchase authorization processing. |
| US10891621B2 |
Systems and methods of providing security in an electronic network
This disclosure relates to systems and methods of risk detection in an electronic network. The method may include receiving a first portion of session context information for an interaction of an individual over a limited bandwidth network, the first portion including a session identifier for the interaction. The method may include retrieving a second portion of session context information for the interaction over a cloud data pipe using the session identifier, in response to receiving the first portion. The method may include accessing, a data structure representing connected knowledge of the individual. The method may include receiving, via a distributed system, security reputation data including aggregated information from a plurality of members. The method may include analyzing the session context information using the security reputation. The method may include generating a security risk score for the interaction based on the session context information, data structure, and the security reputation data. |
| US10891618B2 |
Protecting online payments through one-time payment cards
A system and method for a secure remote payments process and for generation of one-time only remote payment cards is presented. Use of the one-time payment (OTP) cards can use multi-factor authentication where one factor is a biometric technique. A process can include generating an OTP card number based on a first encryption algorithm, an expiry date, and a security code based on a second encryption algorithm. A purchase amount, and the OTP card information are decrypted by an issuer to approve payment for a remote payment, after which the OTP card is no longer valid. |
| US10891613B1 |
Methods and systems for governing usage-based leases utilizing blockchain capital
A method and system comprise leasing of proprietary digitized items, or items containing digital processing components, where usage of items is enabled through digital processing means. Fungible blockchain currency amounts determine the degree of usage of items, where a finite amount of blockchain currency is available to lessors. Lessors may adjust their level of capitalization, allowing usage of items by lessees, by acquiring or disposing of blockchain currency in order to adjust to varying market demand for said items. In the case where blockchain currency represents cryptocurrency-based securities, owners of items or investors may profit by buying, selling and/or distributing said securities during varying market conditions. |
| US10891610B2 |
Network token system
Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods, apparatuses, computer readable media and systems for providing, along with a token, a token assurance level and data used to generate the token assurance level. At the time a token is issued, one or more Identification and Verification (ID&V) methods may be performed to ensure that the token is replacing a PAN that was legitimately used by a token requestor. A token assurance level may be assigned to a given token in light of the type of ID&V that is performed and the entity performing the ID&V. Different ID&Vs may result in different token assurance levels. An issuer may wish to know the level of assurance and the data used in generating the level of assurance associated with a token prior to authorizing a payment transaction that uses the token. |
| US10891602B2 |
Merchant point of sale security system
A point of sale (POS) security system includes a POS device including a non-transitory memory, one or more hardware processors, and one or more environment sensors. A plurality of POS instructions are located on the non-transitory memory in the POS device and executable by the one or more hardware processors in the POS device to provide a POS engine that is configured to receive and transmit payment information for conducting a payment transaction associated with a purchase. A plurality of security instructions are located on the non-transitory memory in the POS device and are executable by the one or more hardware processors in the POS device to provide a security engine that is configured to receive environment signals from the one or more environment sensors in the POS device and analyze those environment signals to determine a security breach. |
| US10891601B2 |
Multi-slot automated teller machine
Embodiments disclosed herein generally related to an automated teller machine (ATM) and a method of operating the same. In one embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a body, a display, two or more currency dispensing components, two or more currency cartridges, two or more tracks, and a controller. Each currency dispensing component is dedicated to a specific currency denomination. The two or more currency cartridges are configured to store currency. Each currency cartridge dedicated to a specific currency denomination. Each track extends between a currency dispensing component and a currency cartridge. The two or more tracks are configured to transmit currency from the two or more currency cartridges to the two or more currency dispensing components. The controller is in communication with the display, the two or more currency dispensing components, the two or more currency cartridges, and the two or more tracks. |
| US10891598B2 |
Enhanced communication platform and related communication method using the platform
Pre-authorized communication services and/or transactions are provided via a plurality of networks in response to a request received from a user to provide at least one of a communication service, a transaction and user account information via a plurality of networks of different types. Prior to processing the request, there is verification of the user's authorization to receive the at least one of the communication service, the transaction, and the user account information, and that an account associated with the user has a sufficient amount currently available for payment of the at least one of the communication service and the transaction. After verification, an authorized account associated with the user is charged in real time as the at least one of the communication service and the transaction is provided. |
| US10891597B2 |
Method and system for generating vehicle service content
Methods and systems for using natural language processing and machine-learning algorithms to process vehicle-service data to generate metadata regarding the vehicle-service data are described herein. A processor can discover vehicle-service data that can be clustered together based on the vehicle-service data having common characteristics. The clustered vehicle-service data can be classified (e.g., categorized) into any one of a plurality of categories. One of the categories can be for clustered vehicle-service data that is tip-worthy (e.g., determined to include data worthy of generating vehicle-service content (e.g., a repair hint). Another category can track instances of vehicle-service data that are considered to be common to an instance of vehicle-service data classified into the tip-worthy category. The vehicle-service data can be collected from repair orders from a plurality of repair shops. The vehicle-service content generated by the systems can be provided to those or other repair shops. |
| US10891596B2 |
Work shift scheduling for smart dispensers in multiple washroom facilities
A method of managing a plurality of washrooms in a facility for servicing by service personnel and, more particularly, for establishing servicing operations which provide for service of at least selected of the dispensers before their consumable product supply falls below a pre-selected refill value. |
| US10891584B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for storing items
The subject matter described herein includes devices, systems, and methods for intelligently storing, sending, and receiving items such as packages for storage. The devices, systems and methods include providing a mechanism for storing, locking, unlocking, accessing, and monitoring the process of sending an item for delivery or receiving an item for delivery. The secure storage of items in the disclosed device facilitates remote maintenance and diagnostics, secure delivery and retrieval of items, the sharing of resources, and a reduction in consumer and delivery interaction. |
| US10891583B1 |
Systems and methods for automated merging of split deliveries to a single customer
Disclosed embodiments are generally directed to computerized system for delivery wave scheduling. The methods may comprise at least: receiving, from a remote system, order information comprising a plurality of products and associated identifiers; determining fulfillment centers and delivery waves, from a plurality of delivery waves, for each product in the plurality of products, based on the associated identifier and the remote system; storing the determined delivery waves in association with the products in a database; determining that at least one delivery wave is associated with an earlier time period than a later delivery wave, and responsive thereto: modifying the database so that the products originally associated with the earlier delivery waves are associated with the later delivery wave; and forwarding computer instructions to at least one mobile device to generate a graphical user interface displaying the products and information associated with the second delivery wave. |
| US10891582B2 |
Smart inventory for logistics
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for using a smart shipping to track one or more products contained therein. An embodiment operates by a transporting unit comprising a microcontroller, a transceiver, and a reliever, each of which is in communication with each other. The microcontroller is also in communication with a server external to the transporting unit. The transceiver is configured to o detect a transmitter attached to a product when the product is inside of the transporting unit. The receiver is configured to receive identifying information and a geographical location pertaining to the product. The microcontroller is then configured to send a message containing the identifying information and the geographical location pertaining to the product to the server. |
| US10891581B2 |
Intraocular lens storage cart and methods
Systems, apparatuses, and methods include an intraocular lens (IOL) cart that may assist with inventory management and may help users identify an IOL for use in a particular surgical application. The IOL cart may include sensors and indicators that provide information to a user and may update IOL inventory automatically whenever the IOL cart is accessed by a user. |
| US10891580B2 |
Service design assistance system and service design assistance method
A service design assistance apparatus includes an input apparatus, a storage, a display, and an arithmetic apparatus. The arithmetic apparatus, in response to a specific request received via an input apparatus, placing objects for a service of a new design target in corresponding areas on the design screen, the objects representing a relevant business, a problem with the business, a value to be obtained by solving the problem, a service to provide the value, and an apparatus or technology needed for the service. |
| US10891578B2 |
Predicting employee performance metrics
Embodiments for predicting employee performance metrics in a computing environment by a processor. An employee performance is predicted over a selected period of time using a dynamic probabilistic model based on historical data, a time window, current and historical observations of the one or more performance metrics, or a combination thereof. |
| US10891575B2 |
Facility configuration creation support system and facility configuration creation support method
A facility configuration creation support method which supports creation of a facility configuration of a component mounting line which includes a component mounter includes a facility configuration creation step of creating a new facility configuration in which a total cost is reduced as compared to a current total cost in continuing production with a current facility configuration when producing in a specific period in the component mounting line. |
| US10891571B2 |
Task management platform
A device may receive, from a user device, a request for a recommendation identifying one or more tasks to be performed, of a set of tasks that are part of a job for an organization and associated with managing a set of applications for a product or a service. The device may generate the recommendation by using a data model that has been trained using one or more machine learning techniques to process data identifying a set of application status metrics based on application status data for the set of applications, and events data identifying real-time events associated with the group of sites. The device may provide the recommendation for display on an interface of the user device. The device may perform one or more actions associated with assisting in performance of at least one of the one or more tasks. |
| US10891570B2 |
Connection multiplexing for a parallel processing environment
Systems and methods are disclosed for connection multiplexing in a parallel processing environment. An example method includes requesting, responsive to a request to perform multiple database operations in a single transaction, a connection identifier for a physical connection to the database, providing the connection identifier to each of a plurality of workers, and performing the multiple database operations using the plurality of workers. Each worker may obtain a work item from a work queue, initiate a database request for the work item, and provide the database request to a database server. The database request represents one of the multiple database operations and includes the connection identifier. The database server may determine that the connection identifier corresponds to the physical connection, add the request to a connection queue associated with the physical connection, and execute requests from the connection queue against the database via the physical connection. |
| US10891569B1 |
Dynamic task discovery for workflow tasks
Dynamic task discovery may be implemented for performing workflow tasks. Input may be received from a workflow engine via static interface upon which a task may be performed that is part of a workflow. A version of the task may be dynamically determined according to dynamic task configuration data. The discovered version of the task may be performed and output notification of completion may be sent to the workflow engine. In some embodiments, the dynamic configuration for a task may be modified such that one performance of the task in a workflow may be according to a different version of the task than another performance the same task in the same workflow. In some embodiments, task templates with dynamically discoverable tasks may be generated by a workflow engine service in order to be implemented as tasks in a workflow. |
| US10891567B2 |
System and interfaces for managing workplace events
A system and associated interfaces are provided that permit the monitoring of workers within the workplace environment. In one aspect, a monitor having various sensing capabilities may be assigned to a monitored subject that records various parameters that are personal to the worker. For instance, it is appreciated that there may be sensor that can be attached to the monitored subject that is adapted to monitor certain parameters associated with the worker's environment. For instance, a sensor assigned to the monitored subject may be capable of determining the location of the subject, along with motion, impacts, altitude, and other environmental parameters that could affect the health or other condition of the worker. |
| US10891565B2 |
Works timing
The system and/or processes described herein are configured to help an entity operating one or more service facilities manage the timing of service jobs across work stations. The entity manages the timing based on receiving, and tracking, job status information received from the work stations. For instance, after receiving the job status information, the entity may implement timing mechanisms to estimate or predict a time when a service job is likely to begin. The entity may also use the timing mechanisms to estimate or predict a time when the service job is likely to be completed. |
| US10891563B2 |
Systems and methods for event admissions based on fingerprint recognition
Systems and methods for fingerprint recognition-based event admission are provided. A user may use a user device to purchase a ticket for an event and provide a fingerprint scanned on the user device to a fingerprint validation system. The fingerprint validation system may associate the purchased ticket with the user and store the fingerprint template associated with the user as a reference template. When the user arrives at an entrance of the event, the user may scan a fingerprint at a fingerprint scan device at the entrance. Fingerprint validation system may compare the received fingerprint template with stored fingerprint reference templates, validate that the user is associated with a purchased ticket, and grant access to the event. |
| US10891562B1 |
Paperless venue entry and location-based services
When attending an event at a venue, the attendee typically presents ticket information that is scanned by a venue scanner. In conventional systems, once validated, the scanner prints a paper stub that typically includes seat location data. Production of this paper stub can be dispensed with, and the associated data conveyed by the paper stub as well as additional information not contemplated or possible with paper stubs can be conveyed by an electronic stub or e-stub that resides on a device of the attendee, generally the same device employed to present the ticket information. |
| US10891561B2 |
Image processing for item recognition
Cameras capture time-stamped images of predefined areas. Occluded images that represent obstructed views of items are processed using a combination of machine-learning and a probabilistic approach based on a planogram for the items and the items' location within a store. Output from the machine-learning and probabilistic approach are item identifiers that identify the items as known items to the store. |
| US10891560B2 |
Supervised learning system training using chatbot interaction
An apparatus comprises a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to receive input from a cloud service data source, wherein the input comprises at least one data point, analyze the data point via a machine learning model to determine characteristics indicated by the data point, determine whether the characteristics indicated by the data point meet an alert threshold that indicates a problem in a network, generate an alert ticket when the characteristics indicated by the data point meet the alert threshold, wherein the alert ticket indicates the problem in the network, communicate with a user based on contents of the alert ticket, receive feedback from the user relating to the alert ticket, and train the machine learning model according to the feedback received from the user. |
| US10891559B2 |
Classifying test data based on a maximum margin classifier
Systems and methods for classifying binary data based training data having a predefined sample size is obtained. The training data is composed of separable binary datasets. An exact bound on Vapnik-Chervonenkis (VC) dimension of a classifier for the training data is determined. The exact bound is based one or more variables defining the hyperplane. The exact bound may be minimized for generating a classifier for predicting one class to which a given data sample of the training data belongs. |
| US10891557B2 |
Quantum computer hardware with reflectionless filters for thermalizing radio frequency signals
A quantum computer hardware apparatus may include a first stage, which is connected to one or more signal generators, and a second stage adapted to be cooled down at a lower temperature than the first stage. Superconducting qubits are arranged in the second stage. The signal generators are configured, each, to generate radio frequency (RF) signals to drive the qubits, in operation. The apparatus may further include an intermediate stage between the first stage and the second stage, wherein the intermediate stage comprises one or more coolable filters, the latter configured for thermalizing RF signals from the signal generators. Related methods for thermalizing radio frequency signals in a quantum computer hardware apparatus are also disclosed. |
| US10891555B2 |
Universal quantum computer, communication, QKD security and quantum networks using OAM Qu-dits with digital light processing
A quantum computing system includes an input port for receiving a data stream comprising a plurality of bits. Orbital angular momentum processing circuitry receives the data stream and applies at least one of a plurality of orbital angular momentum function modes to each of the plurality of bits of the data stream. Each of the plurality of orbital angular momentum function modes comprises separate orbital angular momentum states that are orthogonal to each other. DLP processing circuitry associated with the orbital angular momentum processing circuitry generates a hologram for applying the at least one of the plurality of orbital angular momentum function modes to each of the plurality of bits of the data stream. At least one quantum gate receives each of the of the plurality of bits of the data stream having at least one of the plurality of orbital angular momentum functions applied thereto via at least one gate input and generates a quantum circuit output via at least one gate output responsive thereto. An output port outputs the generated quantum circuit output. |
| US10891552B1 |
Automatic parser selection and usage
The automatic selection and usage of a parser is disclosed. Raw data is obtained from a first remote device. At least a portion of the raw data is evaluated using a plurality of rules. A confidence measure is determined for at least some of the rules. An indication that the raw data pertains to a source is provided as output when the confidence measure exceeds a threshold. |
| US10891551B2 |
Projecting data trends using customized modeling
Systems and methods for projecting one or more trends in electronic data and generating enhanced data. A system includes a data forecasting system is in electronic communication with one or more electronic data sources via an electronic network. The data forecasting system is configured to: monitor the electronic data source(s) for data that meet one or more predetermined criteria; obtain at least a portion of the monitored data from electronic data source(s) based on the predetermined criteria; create a data set from the obtained data; derive one or more data values associated with the data set over a predetermined period according to a forward-looking term methodology; and utilize the data set and the derived value(s) over the predetermined period to derive at least one data forecast metric associated with the data set. |
| US10891550B2 |
Systems and methods for processing images to classify the processed images for digital pathology
Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving a target image corresponding to a target specimen, the target specimen comprising a tissue sample of a patient, applying a machine learning model to the target image to determine at least one characteristic of the target specimen and/or at least one characteristic of the target image, the machine learning model having been generated by processing a plurality of training images to predict at least one characteristic, the training images comprising images of human tissue and/or images that are algorithmically generated, and outputting the at least one characteristic of the target specimen and/or the at least one characteristic of the target image. |
| US10891544B2 |
Event-driven universal neural network circuit
The present invention provides an event-driven universal neural network circuit. The circuit comprises a plurality of neural modules. Each neural module comprises multiple digital neurons such that each neuron in a neural module has a corresponding neuron in another neural module. An interconnection network comprising a plurality of digital synapses interconnects the neural modules. Each synapse interconnects a first neural module to a second neural module by interconnecting a neuron in the first neural module to a corresponding neuron in the second neural module. Corresponding neurons in the first neural module and the second neural module communicate via the synapses. Each synapse comprises a learning rule associating a neuron in the first neural module with a corresponding neuron in the second neural module. A control module generates signals which define a set of time steps for event-driven operation of the neurons and event communication via the interconnection network. |
| US10891542B2 |
Ising device and control method thereof
An individual neuron circuit calculates a first value based on a sum of products each obtained by multiplying one of weight values, each representing connection or disconnection between a corresponding neuron circuit and one of the other neuron circuits, by a corresponding one of output signals of the other neuron circuits and outputs 0 or 1, based on a result of comparison between a second value obtained by adding a noise value to the first value and a threshold. An arbitration circuit allows, when first output signals of first neuron circuits interconnected among the neuron circuits simultaneously change based on the weight values, updating of only one of the first output signals of the first neuron circuits and allows, when second output signals of second neuron circuits not interconnected simultaneously change, updating of the second output signals. |
| US10891541B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for feature encoding
Devices, systems, and methods obtain data in a first modality; propagate the data in the first modality through a neural network, thereby generating network outputs, wherein the neural network includes a first-stage neural network and a second-stage neural network, wherein the first-stage neural network includes two or more layers, wherein each layer of the two or more layers of the first-stage neural network includes a plurality of respective nodes, wherein the second-stage neural network includes two or more layers, one of which is an input layer and one of which is an output layer, and wherein each node in each layer of the first-stage neural network is connected to the input layer of the second-stage neural network; calculate a gradient of a loss function based on the network outputs; backpropagate the gradient through the neural network; and update the neural network based on the backpropagation of the gradient. |
| US10891537B2 |
Convolutional neural network-based image processing method and image processing apparatus
This application discloses a convolutional neural network-based image processing method and image processing apparatus in the artificial intelligence field. The method may include: receiving an input image; preprocessing the input image to obtain preprocessed image information; and performing convolution on the image information using a convolutional neural network, and outputting a convolution result. In embodiments of this application, the image processing apparatus may store primary convolution kernels of convolution layers, and before performing convolution using the convolution layers, generate secondary convolution kernels using the primary convolution kernels of the convolution layers. |
| US10891536B1 |
Artificial neural network for reservoir computing using stochastic logic
An artificial neuron includes a signal mixer that combines input signals to provide a first stochastic bit-stream as output and a stochastic activation function circuit configured to receive the first stochastic bit-stream from the signal mixer and to generate therefrom a second stochastic bit-stream. The first stochastic bit-stream is representative of a first output value. In the stochastic activation function circuit, n independent stochastic bit-streams, each representative of the first output value, are summed to provide a selection signal that is provided to a multiplexer to select between n+1 coefficient bit-streams and provide the second stochastic bit-stream. The activation function has a characteristic determined by the proportion of ones in each of the n+1 coefficients bit-streams. One or more artificial neurons may be used in an Artificial Neural Network, such as a Time Delay Reservoir network. |
| US10891535B1 |
Secure multi-server stabilized data packet exchange systems
The SECURE MULTI-SERVER STABILIZED DATA PACKET EXCHANGE SYSTEMS (IRFI) provide efficient, secure data communication for data communication and exchange servers. The IRFI provides increased data exchange system security and efficiency for time-rate based data package communicators. The IRFI can use artificial neural networks that include three or more layers, with at least one input layer, a hidden layer and an output layer. The IRFI can obtain listing data relating to a data package, obtain characteristic parameters associated with the data package, determine a BP metric for the data package, calculate an exposure offset value based on the BP metric for the data package, receive evaluation data from an data packet exchange system, including a SY metric and a DV metric, calculate a delivery metric for the data package based on the evaluation data, and facilitate a communication of the delivery metric. |
| US10891533B2 |
Non-transferable radio frequency identification label or tag
A Non-transferable Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) assembly for attachment to an article comprises a RFID module; and a antenna module coupled with the RFID module, the antenna module comprising a conductive layer, a substrate, and an adhesive modification layer between the conductive layer and the substrate, the adhesive modification layer configured such that when the assembly is attached to the article and attempt to remove the assembly will cause the substrate to release and leave the conductive layer intact. |
| US10891532B2 |
Tray
A tray is insertable forward in a front-rear direction into a connector main of a card connector. The tray has a first card accommodation portion and a second card accommodation portion. The first card accommodation portion is positioned at a position different from a position of the second card accommodation portion in an up-down direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction. The first card accommodation portion has a first elastic beam portion, a first facing portion and a first bulge. The second card accommodation portion has a second elastic beam portion, a second facing portion, and a second bulge. The first elastic beam portion and the second elastic beam portion are positioned at positions different from each other in the front-rear direction. The first elastic beam portion and the second elastic beam portion are elastically deformable independently of each other. |
| US10891531B1 |
Tear element for magnetic stripe of transaction card
Provided are approaches for deactivating an identification chip of a transaction card using a tear element. In some approaches, the transaction card may include a body, the identification chip coupled to the body, and the tear element disposed between the identification chip and the body. The tear element is operable to decouple the identification chip from the body when the tear element is pulled or otherwise moved away from the body. |
| US10891526B2 |
Functional image archiving
Some implementations related to archiving of functional images. In some implementations, a method includes accessing images and determining one or more functional labels corresponding to each of the images and one or more confidence scores corresponding to the functional labels. A functional image score is determined for each of the images based on the functional labels having a corresponding confidence score that meets a respective threshold for the functional labels. In response to determining that the functional image score meets a functional image score threshold, a functional image signal is provided that indicates that one or more of the images that meet the functional image score threshold are functional images. The functional images are determined to be archived, and are archived by associating an archive attribute with the functional images such that functional images having the archive attribute are excluded from display in views of the images. |
| US10891522B2 |
System for support vector machine prediction
A computer-implemented method is disclosed for image recognition and other applications. The method employs an SVM model and can reduce false negatives and increase recognition accuracies by raising the sample-to-support-vector ratio. |
| US10891510B2 |
Method and system for evaluating an object detection model
Disclosed herein are computer-implemented methods, computer-implemented systems, and non-transitory, computer-readable media for evaluating performance of an object detection model. One computer-implemented method includes generating a predicted bounding box representing an object based on the object detection model, where the object is positioned proximate to one or more adjacent objects. An area of intersection is determined between the predicted bounding box and a groundtruth bounding box of the object. A modified area of union is determined between the predicted bounding box and the groundtruth bounding box of the object. A score equal to the area of intersection between the predicted bounding box and the groundtruth bounding box of the object divided by the modified area of union is determined, where the score represents the performance of the object detection model. |
| US10891506B2 |
System and method for subdermal imaging
A subdermal imaging system which may determine whether a person's body is in contact with a display, and perform a subdermal imaging process to determine subdermal characteristics by a photoacoustic imaging process. Ultrasonic emissions emitted from the photoacoustic process may be received with an ultrasonic receiver array. The subdermal imaging system may adjust the wavelength and/or intensity of the photoacoustic process in order to image desired subdermal features. |
| US10891504B2 |
Passenger rest compartments for remote aircraft spaces
A system may include a vestibule disposed in a passenger cabin of an aircraft, the vestibule including a staircase for accessing a passenger rest cabin, the passenger rest cabin implemented above or below the passenger cabin of the aircraft. The system may also include a plurality of passenger rest compartments implemented in the passenger rest cabin, each of the plurality of the passenger rest compartments including a bed and a passenger service unit (PSU). |
| US10891503B2 |
Method and device for classifying eye opening data of at least one eye of an occupant of a vehicle, and method and device for detecting drowsiness and/or microsleep of an occupant of a vehicle
A method for classifying eye opening data of an occupant's eye in a vehicle, to detect drowsiness/microsleep, including generating a first eye opening data record at a first measuring time in a sliding time window, the first record including a measuring point, representing a first eye opening degree, a first eyelid speed and/or acceleration of motion of the occupant's eye at the first measuring time; acquiring a second eye opening data record at a second measuring time, the second record including at least one acquisition point, representing a second eye opening degree, a second eyelid speed of motion and/or acceleration of motion of the occupant's eye; and executing a cluster analysis, using the measuring point and the acquisition point to assign at least the first and/or second record to a first data cluster, to classify the eye opening data; the first cluster representing an opening state of the occupant's eye. |
| US10891498B2 |
Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and readable storage medium
A vehicle control system including a recognizer that is configured to recognize a surroundings status of a vehicle and a driving controller that is configured to control at least steering of the vehicle on the basis of the surroundings status recognized by the recognizer, and, in a case in which a obstacle present in an advancement direction of the vehicle and traffic participants present near the obstacle are recognized by the recognizer, and the vehicle is caused to avoid the obstacle, the driving controller is configured to control the vehicle on the basis of advancement directions of the traffic participants. |
| US10891497B2 |
Traffic boundary mapping
The present disclosure provides devices, systems and methods for mapping of traffic boundaries. |
| US10891496B2 |
Information presentation method
A step of determining, by a presentation mode determining unit (205), a presentation mode different from a presentation mode of first road sign information, as a presentation mode of second road sign information, is included. This step is performed when a determination result indicates that traveling according to a road sign was not performed, the determination result being associated with a set of the first road sign information and first classification information that coincides with a set of the second road sign information and second classification information. |
| US10891495B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
The object is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of appropriately handling a difference between detection results of sensors. The solution is an information processing apparatus including: a detection section configured to detect first information regarding a mobile object; an acquisition section configured to acquire second information regarding the mobile object, the second information being detected by an external apparatus; and a control section configured to control processing based on a comparison result of the first information and the second information detected for the same mobile object. |
| US10891492B2 |
Method and a system for providing privacy enabled surveillance in a building
The present invention relates to methods and systems for providing privacy enabled surveillance for a portion of a building with a building automation system. The building automation system comprises sensors communicatively coupled to a controller. The controller detects a number of persons based on information from a first set of sensors, authenticates the number of persons detected with the first set of sensors by comparing the information from the first set of sensors with registered information of the building automation system, determines a number of authenticated persons, detects the number of persons based on information from a second set of sensors for detecting physical parameters associated with the portion of the building, and activates a sensor for surveillance based on a difference between the number of authenticated persons in the portion of the building and the number of persons detected by the second set of sensors. |
| US10891490B2 |
Passive approaching object recognition for enhancing security systems
Methods and systems for passive approaching object recognition are disclosed. A method includes: detecting, by a computing device, an object in an area monitored using a camera; determining, by the computing device, whether the object is a known object or an unknown object; and in response to determining that the object is the unknown object, the computer device sending an unmanned aerial vehicle to monitor the object. |
| US10891487B2 |
Appliance and method for creating and monitoring a safety area in a working space
The application relates to an appliance (1) for creating and monitoring a safety area (2) in a working space (3). The suggested appliance (1) comprises a recording device (4). The recording device (4) is configured to record images in a monitoring area (8) which encompasses the safety area (2). The appliance (1) further comprises an illumination device (5) which is configured to project lines or patterns which define the safety area (2), into the working space (3). Furthermore, the appliance (1) comprises an evaluation device (9) which is configured to evaluate the images which are recorded by the recording device (4), with respect to a violation of the safety area (2). The illumination device (5) is configured to project a temporally coded sequence (11, 11′, 11″, 11′″, 11′″″) of the lines (6) or patterns into the working space (3). Furthermore, the evaluation device (9) is configured to compare images of the temporally coded sequence (11, 11′, 11″, 11′″, 11′″″) of the lines (6) or patterns with the expected sequence and to output a violation signal if the images of the temporally coded sequence (11, 11′, 11″, 11′″, 11′″″) do not correspond to the expected sequence. |
| US10891483B2 |
Texture classification of digital images in aerial inspection
Unmanned aerial inspection systems and associated methods. In one embodiment, an aerial platform (e.g., an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)) navigates to a location of a geographic region, and captures a digital image of the geographic region with an imaging device. The aerial platform segments the digital image into superpixels, selects a region of interest from the digital image to define one or more patches associated with the superpixels, assigns terrain texture categories to the patches, and assigns the terrain texture categories to the superpixels based on the terrain texture categories of the patches to generate a texture classified representation of the digital image. The aerial platform determines whether a site contamination is present at the geographic region based on the texture classified representation of the digital image, and reports an alert upon identifying that the site contamination is present. |
| US10891480B2 |
Image zone processing
Cameras capture time-stamped images of predefined areas. The predefined areas are assigned to one or more zones. The images are processed to recognize items and persons within the zones. Custom metrics with respect to each zone relative to at least time durations, items, and persons are logged in a data store. An interface is provided to custom define queries that are processed against the data store. In an embodiment, the data store is mined to discover relationships between the metrics for each zone, and real-time actions are processed when predefined conditions are discovered from the metrics. |
| US10891478B2 |
Method for correction of the eyes image using machine learning and method for machine learning
The present invention refers to automatics and computing technology, namely to the field of processing images and video data, namely to correction the eyes image of interlocutors in course of video chats, video conferences with the purpose of gaze redirection. A method of correction of the image of eyes wherein the method obtains, at least, one frame with a face of a person, whereupon determines positions of eyes of the person in the image and forms two rectangular areas closely circumscribing the eyes, and finally replaces color components of each pixel in the eye areas for color components of a pixel shifted according to prediction of the predictor of machine learning. Technical effect of the present invention is rising of correction accuracy of the image of eyes with the purpose of gaze redirection, with decrease of resources required for the process of handling a video image. |
| US10891476B2 |
Method, system, and neural network for identifying direction of a document
A method, system, and neural network for identifying direction of a document where the method comprises: extracting a text line in the document; calculating a first normal direction result indicative of the text line probably being in a normal direction and a first upside-down direction result indicative of the text line probably being in a direction upside-down with respect to the normal direction; calculating a second normal direction result indicative of the text line after being rotated by 180 degrees probably being in the normal direction and a second upside-down direction result indicative of the text line after being rotated by 180 degrees probably being in the direction upside-down with respect to the normal direction; and determining the direction of the document according to the first normal direction result, the first upside-down direction result, the second normal direction result and the second upside-down direction result. |
| US10891472B2 |
Automatic body movement recognition and association system
An automatic body movement recognition and association system that includes a preprocessing component and a “live testing” engine component. The system further includes a transition posture detector module and a recording module. The system uses three dimensional (3D) skeletal joint information from a stand-alone depth-sensing capture device that detects the body movements of a user. The transition posture detector module detects the occurrence of a transition posture and the recording module stores a segment of body movement data between occurrences of the transition posture. The preprocessing component processes the segments into a preprocessed movement that is used by a classifier component in the engine component to produce text or speech associated with the preprocessed movement. An “off-line” training system that includes a preprocessing component, a training data set, and a learning system also processes 3D information, off-line from the training data set or from the depth-sensing camera, to continually update the training data set and improve a learning system that sends updated information to the classifier component in the engine component when the updated information is shown to improve accuracy. |
| US10891461B2 |
Live fingerprint detection utilizing an integrated ultrasound and infrared sensor
Facilitating live fingerprint detection utilizing an integrated ultrasound and infrared (IR) sensor is presented herein. A fingerprint sensor can comprise a first substrate comprising the IR sensor, and a second substrate comprising an ultrasonic transducer. The second substrate is attached to a top portion of the first substrate, and a temperature output of the IR sensor facilitates a determination that a fingerprint output of the ultrasonic transducer corresponds to a finger. The IR sensor can comprise polysilicon comprising a thermopile and an array of photonic crystals thermally coupled to the thermopile. |
| US10891456B2 |
Barcode reader
The present invention relates to a barcode reader comprising a casing, a pane, the pane and casing defining an interior volume; a reading head, and a light source that is able to emit light beams.Each light source and the pane are arranged so that all the transmitted light beams emerge from an outer face of the pane with an angle (α) smaller than or equal to 35 degrees with said outer face. An inner face of the pane includes a peripheral entry face for incident beams, each light source being arranged opposite said peripheral face with its illumination direction perpendicular to said peripheral face, said peripheral face being inclined with respect to a direction normal to a plate of the pane and making up an angle (β) strictly larger than 48.19 degrees with said normal direction. |
| US10891454B2 |
Information reading apparatus and information reading system
An information reading apparatus includes an information reading section, a communication section, a memory, a first determination section, a second determination section, and a control unit. In the apparatus, every time data is determined to be unread data (i.e., data read by one information reading apparatus but not shared yet by all of a plurality of information reading apparatuses) by the first determination section, the control unit records the unread data in the memory, while transmitting the unread data to other information reading apparatuses through the communication section. The control unit also records data determined to be unread data by the second determination section in the memory. A plurality of such information reading apparatuses are employed in an information reading system in which each information reading apparatus can easily keep track of the entire progress of reading tasks. |
| US10891452B2 |
Radio frequency control system for preventing occupational hazards
The invention relates to a radio frequency based control system for preventing occupational hazards, comprising a communication network that connects one or more workers with one or more managers via the Internet or a mobile network, and one or more servers and databases connected to that communication network, further comprising: a plurality of RF tags attached to objects or tools used by workers during their work activity, said tags comprising means for data transmission through radio frequency; and one or more portable mobile terminals, configured for being equipped by workers and for receiving data transmitted by the RF tags, said mobile terminals comprising Internet connectivity and/or mobile network connectivity; and one or more management devices connected to the Internet and/or to a mobile network for receiving transmitted data by mobile terminals and/or recorded or analysed by the servers. |
| US10891451B2 |
RFID-based rack inventory management systems
An asset management system comprises a memory storing software instructions enabling control of a set of network devices having a corresponding allocated rack space, the set being sparsely distributed over multiple cabinets, wherein an aggregate rack space occupied by the set of network devices does not exceed the allocated rack space. A processor coupled with the memory and that executes, based on the software instructions stored in the memory, operations comprising generating a virtual representation representing the set of network devices residing in at least one virtual cabinet corresponding to the allocated rack space. The virtual representation is used to enable configuration of a functionality of at least one network device in the set of network devices residing in the virtual cabinet based on asset data of the at least one network device. |
| US10891449B2 |
Self-monitoring wireless computing device
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a system and method for a wireless computing device monitoring data stored in a data memory store by a monitoring function executed by a set of instructions stored on the wireless computing device, the wireless computing device comprising an antenna, an analog block for receiving and transmitting an RF signal through the antenna wherein energy from the received RF signal provides power to the wireless computing device, and a data processing and controller block adapted to store the set of instructions. |
| US10891446B2 |
Bidirectional call translation in controlled environment
A call translation system and a method for operating the management system in a controlled environment is disclosed. The call translation system includes a calling device and a call translation server. The calling device receives authorization from the call translation server to conduct call sessions within the controlled environment. The calling device further receives a call session application from the call translation server that enables the calling device to initiate and establish call sessions through the call translation server. The call session application allows a user of the calling device to select outside parties to add to the call session. |
| US10891443B2 |
Message tone evaluation between entities in an organization
A method, computer program product and system for message tone evaluation. A message or a group of messages are retrieved between a sender entity and a recipient entity. Text content for the message or group of messages is extracted and the analysis of the tone of the text content is obtained. A graph is referenced in which nodes represent entities and edges between the nodes have tone weightings for a tone for a communication relationship between the entities. The graph is updated with a tone weighting for the retrieved message or group of messages by setting or updating an edge tone weighting between the nodes for the sender entity and the recipient entity. The graph is analyzed to obtain analysis of one or more entities and the tone weightings of their communication relationships. |
| US10891439B2 |
Signal analysis in a conversational scheduling assistant computing system
A software agent, that is used to assist in providing a service, receives communications from a set of users that are attempting to use the software agent. The communications include communications that are interacting with the software agent, and communications that are not interacting with the software agent. The software agent performs natural language processing on all communications to identify such things as user sentiment, user concerns or other items in the content of the messages, and also to identify actions taken by the users in order to obtain a measure of user satisfaction with the software agent. One or more action signals are then generated based upon the identified user satisfaction with the software agent. |
| US10891436B2 |
Device and method for voice-driven ideation session management
An idea recognition tool utilizes natural language processing techniques to capture, understand, and identify ideas that are mentioned by speakers during a conversation involving multiple speakers, and tag ideas attributed to their speaker accordingly. The idea recognition tool also autonomously triggers search operations to obtain supplemental information for enriching the underlying identified ideas. The identified ideas and supplemental information are grouped, classified, and formatted into a dedicated format for further analysis, as well as considered for implementing relevant actions. |
| US10891435B1 |
Bootstrapping multilingual natural language understanding via machine translation
Machine translation is used to leverage the semantic properties (e.g., intent) already known for one natural language for use in another natural language. In a first embodiment, the corpus of a first language is translated to each other language of interest using machine translation, and the corresponding semantic properties are transferred to the translated corpuses. Semantic models can then be generated from the translated corpuses and the transferred semantic properties. In a second embodiment, given a first language for which there is a semantic model, if a query is received in a second, different language lacking its own semantic model, machine translation is used to translate the query into the first language. Then, the semantic model for the first language is applied to the translated query, thereby obtaining the semantic properties for the query, even though no semantic model existed for the language in which the query was specified. |
| US10891431B2 |
Populating electronic form data
Populating user data into an electronic form includes a first device receiving cell information indicative of a touch input by a user to a selected cell of an electronic form within a display of a second device using a first human-body near-field communication from the second device to the first device. An information repository associated with the user is searched for user data associated with the selected cell based upon the cell information. The first device receives one or more search results from the information repository. The first device sends the one or more search results to the second device using a second human-body near-field communication from the first device to the second device. The first device is configured to populate the selected cell with user data based upon the one or more search results. |
| US10891430B2 |
Semi-automated methods for translating structured document content to chat-based interaction
A method of converting a document from a first structure to a second structure, includes extracting data of the document to associate a field and a label in the first structure to generate a field/label association, receiving operator input indicative of associating a field/label association with one or more other field/label associations to generate a grouping, and based on the operator input and a spatial arrangement of the first structure, providing the grouping in the second structure as a natural conversational unit. |
| US10891429B2 |
Device and method for managing table
A method includes receiving a designation of one or more first items that are to be included in a new table from a user, specifying, based on metadata related to second items included in each of a plurality of existing tables, an existing table from among the plurality of existing tables, the existing table including at least one of the designated one or more first items in the second items, specifying, based on other metadata related to an input item and an output item accompanied with execution of each of a plurality of programs, a program from among the plurality of programs, the program causing the designated one or more first items to be output as the output item when one of the second items included in the specified existing table is input as the input item, and outputting the specified existing table and the specified program. |
| US10891425B2 |
Systems and methods for presentation of a terminal application screen
A method for automatic presentation of a terminal application screen is described. The method includes receiving terminal application screen data from a server. The method also includes selecting a transformation template based on a comparison of text in the terminal application screen data to identification text in the transformation template. The transformation template includes instructions for transforming the terminal application screen data into an HTML page. The method further includes transforming the terminal application screen data into the HTML page using the selected transformation template. The HTML page is displayed in a web interface on a client device. |
| US10891422B1 |
Visual tag builder
A tag manager system provides access to a domain in a container in the tag manager system. A tag user navigates to elements in the domain (such as site pages, text elements, graphic elements, or video elements) and selects elements for tagging from within the container. The user selects tag options from within the tag manager system. The tag manager system uses the selected tag options to generate the corresponding tag codes for insertion in the domain HTML code. The tag manager saves previously defined tag codes and the tag user updates stored tag options in the tag manager system. The tag manager system provides pointer codes to insert in the HTML code so the user can update stored tag codes without updating the HTML code. The tag manager further highlights elements of the domain in the container for suggested tagging, and automatically selects option based on the element type. |
| US10891415B1 |
Method, system, and product for generating radial bump patterns
An approach is described for a method, system, and product for generating radial bump patterns. According to some embodiments, the approach includes determining parameters for radial pattern generation in a precomputing phase, creating a radial pattern in a second stage, and generating a layout from the radial pattern in the second stage before manufacture a device embodying the radial pattern. In some embodiments, the radial pattern comprises rings having a number of rows where bump instances are placed and rotated such that they are perpendicular to a radius from a common center line. Furthermore, in some embodiments, the number of rows in a ring is generated pursuant to a set value or dynamically generate based on one or more optimization metrics. |
| US10891403B2 |
Occlusion estimation in dental prosthesis design
Herein are provided methods, systems, computer-readable media, techniques and processes for occlusion estimation in dental prosthesis design. These include determining a first contact point between antagonist teeth, then simulating motion in order to determine additional contact points. Various of the determined contact points may not be used in the simulated motion, based on the simulated physics. When one or more predetermined stopping criteria have been met, then the contact points may be used to define the relative occlusal positions of antagonists. In some embodiments, sets of teeth in a bridge or crown, e.g., may be simulated as moving separately and a new state for each set of teeth may be determined. |
| US10891402B2 |
Active shield for detecting an intrusion on an integrated circuit
A method and a device for detecting an attack on an integrated circuit. Attacks which are detectable using an active shield as described herein include physical and electrical contacting using a probe and modification of interconnect routing, including modification through the use of focused ion beam technology. |
| US10891401B2 |
Mobile terminal having security function
Disclosed is a mobile terminal having a security function. The mobile terminal having a security function according to the present invention comprises: a case unit having a keypad for inputting data; a substrate unit, disposed inside the case unit, having a data input switch part operated by a keypad; and a tamper-resistant unit, disposed between a keypad and the data input switch part, having a tamper-proof conductive track part electrically connected to the substrate unit, wherein the tamper-proof unit includes a switch shielding part for shielding the data input switch part, and a connecting part for connection, connected to the switch shielding part and electrically connected to the substrate unit. |
| US10891396B2 |
Electronic circuit performing encryption/decryption operation to prevent side- channel analysis attack, and electronic device including the same
An electronic circuit includes an operator including logic gates configured to perform either one or both of encryption and decryption operations. The electronic circuit further includes a controller configured to control the operator to operate in a first mode in which each of the logic gates outputs a first logic value during a first time period of a clock signal, and operate in a second mode in which a number of first logic gates, each of which outputs the first logic value, among the logic gates, and a number of second logic gates, each of which outputs a second logic value, among the logic gates, are maintained constant during a second time period of the clock signal, in response to a control value indicating that either one or both of the encryption and decryption operations are performed. |
| US10891392B2 |
System and method for implementing domain based access control on queries of a self-describing data system
A method for implementing access controls for items of data belonging to a self-describing data structure including obtaining a query definition specifying a requested item of data in the self-describing data structure, determining domains associated with the requested item, the domains including a set of items within the self-describing data structure on an execution path of a query executed according to the query definition. For each respective domain associated with the requested item, the method includes determining subdomains associated with the requested item, determining a role of the user for the respective domain, the role is associated with a set of access permissions to items of data within the domain, and generating an output corresponding to whether access to the requested item is granted based on a policy for each of the subdomains associated with the requested item and the role of the user for the domain. |
| US10891389B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program product
According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to function as a start process control unit, a file read detection unit, a determination unit, and a file reading unit. The start process control unit is configured to register at least a specific process of started processes in an identifiable manner into a first list. The file read detection unit is configured to detect a request to read a file by the specific process registered in the first list. The determination unit is configured to determine whether to allow reading of the requested file based on a first condition. The file reading unit is configured to control reading of the file in accordance with a determination result of the determination unit. |
| US10891381B2 |
Detecting vulnerabilities in a web application
Examples relate to detecting vulnerabilities in a web application. One example enables identifying a set of inputs in a web application input form. The set of inputs may be categorized based on a set of predetermined conditions. The set of inputs may be scored based on the categorization. A subset of the set of inputs may be determined to be a set of parameters of interest for the web application based on the scored set of inputs. |
| US10891380B1 |
Framework to quantify deviations in app permissions using application description
Methods, systems, and media for determining application permissions are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving a description of an application to be installed on a user device and a group of permissions required by the application; identifying a subset of words in the description of the application; determining an expected group of permissions based on the subset of words; comparing the group of permissions required by the application and the expected group of permissions; determining a privacy score associated with the application based on the comparison of the group of permissions required by the application and the expected group of permissions; and causing the application to be installed on the user device based on the privacy score associated with the application. |
| US10891375B1 |
Document behavior analytics—abnormal document flows to identify suspicious exfiltration utility patent
Systems and methods for efficiently detecting and monitoring transmitted documents. The invention provides efficient, scalable, and accurate means to identify anomalous or suspicious access patterns, and related and similar documents based upon their content and their structural characteristics. Transmitted documents that are encrypted may be monitored without revealing the encrypted information. |
| US10891369B2 |
Dynamic switching between pointer authentication regimes
Embodiments described herein enable the interoperability between processes configured for pointer authentication and processes that are not configured for pointer authentication. Enabling the interoperability between such processes enables essential libraries, such as system libraries, to be compiled with pointer authentication, while enabling those libraries to still be used by processes that have not yet been compiled or configured to use pointer authentication. |
| US10891365B2 |
CAPTCHA generation based on environment-specific vocabulary
Approaches presented herein enable restricting access to a locked computing resource in a web browser with a user-tailored CAPTCHA. More specifically, a request for a CAPTCHA is obtained from a web browser of a user attempting to access a resource. A set of terms associated with the user are selected from a pool of terms collected from an environment of the user within a pre-determined time period. A familiarity value of the selected terms indicating a recognizability of the terms by the user is determined. A CAPTCHA of the selected set of terms is generated having a level of graphic noise corresponding to the familiarity value. The generated CAPTCHA is then sent to the web browser. When a response to the CAPTCHA is received from the web browser, it is analyzed to determine whether the response matches the selected set of terms. If so, the web browser is instructed to grant the user access to the resource. |
| US10891358B2 |
Industrial control system management
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for industrial control software execution management. For example, there is provided a method for enabling a software module included in a plurality of software modules of an application package installed on a computing device configured to control a turbomachine of an industrial plant. The method can include receiving, by a processor of the computing device, a request for executing the software module. The method can include generating and sending an activation request to a remote server. The method can include generating, by the remote server, an activation code if a verification protocol is successfully completed. The method can include forwarding the activation code to the computing device. The method can include activating the software module when the activation code is received by the processor. |
| US10891355B2 |
Pharmacy authentication methods and systems
An electronic image that includes information related to a pharmacy prescription of a user of a first account (e.g., a store account) is received from a client device. The pharmacy prescription information is electronically extracted from the electronic image, and a second account (e.g., a pharmacy account) is identified based thereon. Additional authentication information is received from the client device (sometimes in response to a prompt for additional information based on information contained in the first or second accounts), and the first and second accounts are linked if the additional authentication information is consistent with the user. |
| US10891353B2 |
Apparatus and methods for matrix addition and subtraction
Aspects for matrix multiplication in neural network are described herein. The aspects may include a controller unit configured to receive a matrix-addition instruction. The aspects may further include a computation module configured to receive a first matrix and a second matrix. The first matrix may include one or more first elements and the second matrix includes one or more second elements. The one or more first elements and the one or more second elements may be arranged in accordance with a two-dimensional data structure. The computation module may be further configured to respectively add each of the first elements to each of the second elements based on a correspondence in the two-dimensional data structure to generate one or more third elements for a third matrix. |
| US10891350B2 |
Method and device for establishing webpage quality model
A web page quality model establishment method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: excavating, from a search engine log, a selected user behavior indicator of each web page included in the search engine log, and calculating, according to the excavated selected user behavior indicator of each web page, web page quality of a corresponding web page; extracting, from the search engine log, a selected quality feature of each web page included in the search engine log; and establishing a web page quality model according to the web page quality and the selected quality feature of each web page included in the search engine log. Accuracy of a web page quality model established by means of this solution is relatively high, and accuracy of calculated web page quality is relatively high, thereby ensuring accuracy of a web page sorting result and user experience. |
| US10891349B2 |
Resource locator remarketing
Methods, systems, and apparatus for resource locator remarketing are presented. In one aspect, a method includes receiving visitation data from a publisher, the visitation data specifying a device identifier and a resource locator specifying a resource that was provided to a user device; identifying a content feed that includes regular expressions, each regular expression specifying matching character strings and a set of content items that are eligible to be provided to user devices corresponding to visitation data including a resource locator matching one of the regular expressions; identifying, a first matching regular expression that matches the resource locator specified by the visitation data; selecting a content item from the content items that correspond to the first matching regular expression; and providing data that causes presentation of the selected content item to the user device. |
| US10891344B2 |
Content delivery system
There is disclosed a content delivery computer system arranged to recommend content items to a user of the system having at least one predetermined characteristic, the content delivery system comprising: a social media analyser configured to receive and analyse social media communications from multiple consumers; a grouping component for grouping at least some of the consumers according to the analysed social media communications into respective groups; and a recommendation module configured to receive the at least one predetermined characteristic of the user, compare it with group characteristics of the respective groups to identify a group that shares the at least one predetermined characteristic, and generate a recommendation comprising one of more selected content items for the user based on the identified group of consumers; and an interface for delivering the recommendation to the user. |
| US10891341B2 |
Searching of real-time internet content responsive to a structured search query generated based on user-specified search terms/phrases and private database records matching initial user-selected constraints
Systems and methods for an improved Internet search engine are provided. According to one embodiment, a search request is received from an end user via a browser based interface. The search request includes (i) initial constraint(s) to be used by the Internet search engine to constrain a search of real-time Internet content and (ii) user-specified search terms. A structured search query is generated based on company records of a company database matching the initial constraint(s). The search of real-time Internet content is performed and search results are returned by, for each web site domain specified in the structured search query, applying the search term(s) to a predetermined number of web pages for the domain. The search results, including a list of companies associated with the search results, is locally stored and presented to the end user. Interactive filtering and/or ranking of the locally stored search results is then facilitated. |
| US10891339B2 |
Categorized social opinions as answers to questions
A question is analyzed to determine a set of categories, a category corresponding to a type of possible answers responsive to the question. A set of opinions is extracted from social media data. Each opinion is from a corresponding responder on a social media platform to which the question is sent. An opinion from the set of opinions is categorized into a category from the set of categories. A strength of the opinion is computed using a subset of a set of strength parameters. The opinion is ranked according to the strength of the opinion. The opinion, the strength, and the category are presented in a filterable presentation. |
| US10891338B1 |
Systems and methods for providing information
Systems and methods are provided for providing information. A given document that includes structured information (e.g., properties, attribute-value pairs, etc.) and/or unstructured information (e.g., narratives, blobs of text, etc.) may be accessed. Connections between the document and other documents may be determined based on the structured information. Connections between the document and other objects may be determined based on the structured information. The unstructured information may be formatted into formatted information. Formatting of the unstructured information may facilitate users' comprehension/utilization of the information. An interface (e.g., user interface, API) enabling presentation of (1) the formatted information and (2) the connections of the document may be provided. |
| US10891331B1 |
Skin tone filter
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for receiving a set of images at a social media system, wherein each image includes one or more recognized features associated with one or more lightness values; indexing each image using the one or more recognized features and the associated range of lightness values; receiving a query; determining a first group of images that is responsive to the query; determining that the query triggers a lightness filter to be displayed on the user device; providing the first group of images for display on a user interface with one or more lightness filter indicators; and in response to a user selection of one of the one or more lightness filter indicators: filtering the first group of images to determine a filtered group of images, and updating the images provided for display according to the filtered group of images. |
| US10891329B2 |
Image recognition method and image recognition apparatus
An image recognition apparatus is provided which comprises a first extracting means for extracting, from every registration image previously registered, a set of registration partial images of a predetermined size, and a second extracting means for extracting, from an input new image, a set of new partial images of a predetermined size. The apparatus further comprises a discriminating means for discriminating an attribute of the new partial image based on a rule formed by dividing the set of the registration partial images extracted by the first extracting means, and a collecting means for deriving a final recognition result of the new image by collecting discrimination results by the discriminating means at the time when the new partial images as elements of the set of the new partial images are input. |
| US10891320B1 |
Digital content excerpt identification
Described herein are techniques for identifying and displaying key excerpts of a digital work and related key excerpts of other digital works. Key excerpts are identified by evaluating (a) the number of interactions by human readers within each of the key excerpts and (b) the number of reviews that reference each of the key excerpts. Related excerpts from other books can be identified by comparing the key excerpts of the other books. Excerpts can be displayed by subject, and links are provided to move from one subject to another. |
| US10891318B2 |
Temporal logic fusion of real time data
A method for temporal logic fusion can include steps of: receiving a plurality of inputs for a plurality of behavior classes, the inputs consisting of single- or multi-dimensional states sampled over time; computing a distance metric pairwise among the inputs, the computing being performed using dynamic time warping; mapping the high-dimension input signals into a 2-dimensional (2-D) space using t-distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding, the pairwise computation from the computing step being used as the distance metric required to perform this mapping; clustering the high-dimension input signals in the 2-D space via a k-means clustering algorithm; generating a signal temporal logic (STL) expression that distinguishes between a cluster in a behavior class and all high-dimension input signals not in that behavior class; and repeating the generating step for each cluster in that behavior class. The resulting STL expressions are combined via an “or” operator in Inference Parametric Signal Temporal Logic (iPSTL). |
| US10891316B2 |
Identifying homogenous clusters
Homogeneous clusters are generated from a first plurality of documents for generation of regular expressions. Documents that share similar characteristics are clustered, and for each cluster, features are generated for use by a homogeneity model to determine a homogeneity score for the cluster. Clusters determined to be homogenous are sent to a regular expression generator. |
| US10891310B2 |
Method and apparatus for modifying an object social network
A system for knowledge capture and discovery that overcomes the disadvantages of prior art solutions. In an embodiment, data is stored in at least one storage device as a plurality of objects and relationships between the plurality of objects where the relationships between the plurality of objects establish an object social network. Root cause analysis is performed on at least a portion of the object social network to identify a potential causal relationship between a first object of the plurality of objects and a second object of the plurality of objects. Thereafter, the object social network is modified based on the potential causal relationship between the first object and the second object. At least one of the first and second objects may be representative of a plurality of other objects. |
| US10891308B2 |
Automated self-scaling database system for automatically scaling out write operations and method for implementing the same in a multi-tenant, cloud-based computing environment
A method and system are provided for automatically scaling out write operations in an automated self-scaling database system. The database system initially includes a first primary database (PD) and a first standby database. Telemetry information from the first PD is analyzed to determine whether the first PD has reached its maximum computation and storage capacity. If so, a write scaling process is automatically initiated so storage capacity and computation resources of the system can be upscaled for write operations. To write scale, a new PD can be automatically provisioned, and once it is active, tenants of the system can be distributed among the first PD and the new PD (e.g., equally distributed or distributed based on workload, etc.) such that the first PD handles requests that originate from a first group of the tenants, and the new PD handles requests that originate from a second group of the tenants. |
| US10891307B2 |
Distributed data synchronization in a distributed computing system
Various embodiments, methods and systems for implementing distributed data synchronization in a distributed computing system, are provided. In operation, a data record of a first data set is accessed. The data record is encoded to generate, for a first distributed invertible bloom filter (“DIBF”) data structure, a first DIBF record. The first DIBF record comprises a data field and a quantifier field that includes a quantifier value, which represents a reference count for the first DIBF record. The first and second DIBF data structures are accessed and decoded based at least in part on computing a difference between a quantifier value in the first DIBF data structure and a quantifier value in the second DIBF data structure. A determination whether a match exists between the first DIBF data structure and second DIBF data structure is made based on computing the difference between the first and second DIBF data structures. |
| US10891297B2 |
Method and system for implementing collection-wise processing in a log analytics system
Disclosed is a system, method, and computer program product for implementing a log analytics method and system that can configure, collect, and analyze log records in an efficient manner. In addition, a method and system is provided for implementing collection-wise processing within a log analytics system. |
| US10891295B2 |
Methods and systems using linear expressions for machine learning models to rank search results
Methods and systems are disclosed using linear expressions for machine learning (ML) models for ranking search results. In one example, a method for a computer trains a ML model into a decision tree for ranking search results. The decision tree is converted into a linear expression including Boolean terms. The linear expression is transmitted to one or more search computers that use the linear expression to rank search results for a search query. According to another example, a method for a computer having a search engine includes receiving a linear expression including Boolean terms representing a decision tree. The search engine processes a search query and uses the linear expression to rank search results for the search query. |
| US10891294B1 |
Automatically migrating computer content
A user provided content provided via the Internet is identified. The user provided content belongs to a previous version content item of a content page accessible via the Internet. A previous version content item identifier for the previous version content item is generated including by combining a content from a title of the previous version content item and a content from a description text of the previous version content item. A new version content item identifier for each content item of a plurality of content items belonging to a new version of the content page are generated, including by combining a content from a title of the corresponding content item belonging to the new version and a content from a description text of the corresponding content item belonging to the new version. Measures of similarity between the previous version content item identifier and each of the new version content item identifiers are calculated. The calculated measures of similarity are used to identify which of the new version content item identifiers most closely matches the previous version content item identifier. It is determined whether the calculated measure similarity corresponding to the most closely matched new version content item identifier meets a threshold. In the event the calculated measure similarity corresponding to the most closely matched new version content item identifier meets the threshold, the user provided content is identified for automatic migration to the new version's content item corresponding to the most closely matched new version content item identifier. |
| US10891293B2 |
Parameterized continuous query templates
Techniques for managing parameterized continuous query templates are provided. In some examples, a continuous query may be generated based at least in part on one or more selections of one or more business logic templates and business event parameters associated with a user. The continuous query may also be configured to retrieve business event data of the user. In some examples, a service provider may receive selection of one or more business logic templates. The service provider may also receive the business event parameters associated with the user. The business event parameters may be received via the selected template. The continuous query may then be generated using the information received via the template. |
| US10891290B2 |
Query plan searching and optimization
Search spaces for obtaining query execution plans for a query are identified. The search spaces are subdivided into sub-search spaces. Searches are initiated within the sub search spaces and plan costs for competing query execution plans are noted along with search costs associated with continuing to search the sub-search spaces. A decision is made based on the plan costs and search costs for utilizing search resources as to when to terminate the searching and to select the then-existing lowest cost query execution plan as an optimal query execution plan for executing the query. |
| US10891288B2 |
Data sharing and materialized views in multiple tenant database systems
Systems, methods, and devices for generating and updating cross-account materialized views in multiple tenant database systems. A method includes defining a share object in a first account wherein the share object includes data associated with the first account. The method includes granting cross-account access rights to the share object to a second account such that the second account has access to the share object without copying the share object. The method includes generating a materialized view over the share object. The method includes updating the data associated with the first account. The method includes identifying whether the materialized view is stale with respect to the share object by merging the materialized view and the share object. |
| US10891283B2 |
System and method for preserving interdependent corporate data consistency in a globally distributed environment
A system and method that preserves consistency of corporate data including interdependent corporate data in a globally distributed environment. The system comprises: a network; a user interface in communication with the network; at least one local data storage in communication with the network, wherein the local data storage comprises a plurality of local data records pertaining to business entities; a global data storage in communication with the network, wherein the global data storage comprises a plurality of global data records generated from local data records received from the at least one local data storage; a computer comprising a processor and memory in communication with the network, wherein the processor: determines the latest update point of an update record and a global data record; and if the latest date reference for the update record differs from the global data record, the computer determines which record will take precedence, thereby producing at least one precedence record element; an assembler; and a distributor which distributes the final update record to the user. |
| US10891282B1 |
Mutations with immediate feedback
A technology is provided for mutations with immediate feedback. A mutation may be received at a data proxy from an application. The mutation may be sent to a data source via a data access resolver associated with the data proxy. Results of the mutation may be received from the data source. A subscription may be triggered based on receiving the results of the mutation. A message may be sent via a topic provided by the subscription by using a messaging service such that the messaging service publishes the message with the mutation to devices subscribed to the topic. |
| US10891280B2 |
Controller for improved time-series data collection
A controller controls a control target. The controller includes a time-series database that stores a record including data about the control target in chronological order, a data generator that generates data to be included in the record to enter the time-series database in every predetermined cycle, and a nonblocking queue included in a volatile main memory that sequentially stores the data generated by the data generator. |
| US10891278B2 |
Universal delta set management
The different advantageous embodiments provide a method for identifying changes in data sets. An ending version for a data set is received. A beginning version for the data set is identified. The ending version for the data set is compared with the beginning version for the data set. A number of differences is calculated between the ending version and the beginning version. A data structure is created that identifies the number of differences between the ending version and the beginning version. |
| US10891277B2 |
Iterative widening search for designing chemical compounds
Techniques facilitating iterative widening search for designing chemical compounds are provided. A computer-implemented method can comprise receiving, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, an indication of a constrained structure portion of a chemical compound and a first unconstrained structure portion of the chemical compound. The method can also comprise determining, by the system, a second unconstrained structure portion for the chemical compound based on a determination that the second unconstrained structure portion satisfies a defined condition related to a difference between the first unconstrained structure portion and the second unconstrained structure portion. |
| US10891276B2 |
Enforcing referential integrity for database columns
Methods and apparatuses are described for enforcing referential integrity of database columns across a plurality of tables in a database. A server periodically captures a database schema comprising relationships between a primary key column in a first table and a foreign key column in a second table. The server executes a first procedure call to determine a discrepancy between the primary key column and the foreign key column with respect to a data length value or a data type value. The server executes database queries against data in the first table or second table to confirm the discrepancy. The server executes a second procedure call to change the data length value or the data type value. After the second procedure call finishes, the data length value and the data type value of the primary key column and the foreign key column match. |
| US10891275B2 |
Limited data enricher
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for enriching data. A computer receives a limited dataset and a target insight. In addition, the computer identifies an applicable richer dataset and determines a population relatedness between the limited dataset and the applicable richer dataset. Moreover, the computer calculates estimators of features using the richer dataset as well as calculates estimators for features using the limited dataset. The computer then updates the estimators of the limited dataset using estimators of the richer dataset and evaluates the updated estimators. Lastly, the computer provides a data collection recommendation as it relates to the limited dataset based on the evaluation. |
| US10891274B2 |
Data shuffling with hierarchical tuple spaces
Methods and systems for shuffling data to generate a dataset are described. A first map module may generate first pair data, and a second map module may generate second pair data, from source data. The first map module may insert the first pair data into a first local tuple space accessible to the first map module. The second map module may insert the second pair data into a second local tuple space accessible to the second map module. A shuffle module may request pair data that includes a particular key. The first and second pair data may be inserted into a global tuple space accessible by the first and second map modules. The shuffle module may identify the requested pair data in the global tuple space, and may fetch the identified pair data from a memory. The shuffle module may shuffle the fetched pair data to generate the dataset. |
| US10891273B2 |
Database container delivery infrastructure
In an example embodiment, software objects of a first database type are delivered to a first schema having a first physical name and stored in the software object database. A definition is created for the first schema including a logical name for the first schema. The first schema is activated by replacing, at a time subsequent to the first schema being delivered to the software object database, the logical name for the first schema stored in the definition with a physical name for the first schema. |
| US10891272B2 |
Declarative language and visualization system for recommended data transformations and repairs
The present disclosure relates generally to a data enrichment service that extracts, repairs, and enriches datasets, resulting in more precise entity resolution and correlation for purposes of subsequent indexing and clustering. As the data enrichment service can include a visual recommendation engine and language for performing large-scale data preparation, repair, and enrichment of heterogeneous datasets. This enables the user to select and see how the recommended enrichments (e.g., transformations and repairs) will affect the user's data and make adjustments as needed. The data enrichment service can receive feedback from users through a user interface and can filter recommendations based on the user feedback. |
| US10891266B2 |
File handling in a hierarchical storage system
A user virtual file system within a hierarchical storage system performs file handling. A user virtual file system scans, reads and analyses data or user behavior to create or modify at least one rule or metadata. The user virtual file system identifies logical or temporal relationships of files based on the at least one rule or the metadata. The user virtual file system groups identified related files in the at least one container. The user virtual file system moves the at least one container to different tiers of storage based on the at least one rule or the metadata. |
| US10891265B2 |
Local networked storage linked to remote networked storage system
Disclosed are various embodiments for a local networked storage that is linked to a remote networked storage system. In one embodiment, among others, a computing device obtains a request from a client device to read a file stored in a remote networked storage system. The computing device determines whether the file is stored in a local cache. The file is sent to the client device through a local network when the file is stored in the local cache. The computing device obtains the file from the remote networked storage system when the file is not stored in the local cache, where an indication of a user account is provided to the remote networked storage system. The file is sent to the client device in response to the file being obtained from the remote networked storage system. |
| US10891264B2 |
Distributed, scalable key-value store
Techniques for implementing a distributed, scalable key-value store (DSKVS) across a plurality of nodes are provided. In one embodiment, each node in the plurality of nodes can store: (1) a hash table in a nonvolatile storage of the node, where the hash table is configured to hold a partition of a total set of key-value data maintained by the DSKVS; (2) a logical log in the nonvolatile storage, where the logical log is configured to hold transaction log records corresponding to key-value update operations performed on the node; and (3) a cache in a volatile memory of the node, where the cache is configured to hold key-value data that has been recently updated on the node via one or more of the key-value update operations. |
| US10891252B2 |
Method and apparatus for pushing electronic book
A method and device for pushing an electronic book. the method comprises: obtaining reading duration information sent by multiple terminals (210), the reading duration information comprising identity information of the terminals, identifier information of electronic books read by users of the terminals, and reading time information corresponding to the identifier information; determining, according to the reading time information, reading preference information of the terminals corresponding to the identity information and average reading durations of the electronic books corresponding to the identifier information (220); and pushing a first electronic book to a first terminal according to the reading preference information and the average reading durations (230), the average reading duration of the first electronic book matching the reading preference information of the first terminal. By means of the method and the device, targeted pushing of electronic books is implemented. |
| US10891248B2 |
Configuring wireless communications according to multiple communication protocols
A method for communicating between a combo-endpoint device, wireless router and a wireless communication device includes monitoring communication patterns of wireless data communications between a wireless router and radio-communication circuitry of a combo-endpoint device, and storing data indicative of communication times of the wireless router based on the monitored communication patterns. The method further includes configuring a frequency-hopping(FH)-based protocol by defining connection periods according to time windows and selected frequencies for wireless communication of data between the wireless communication device and the radio-communication circuitry, and by establishing the time windows to not substantially conflict with the communication times of the wireless router. |
| US10891242B2 |
Embedded USB2 (eUSB2) repeater operation
A method of operating an embedded USB2 (eUSB2) repeater includes receiving a downstream packet at a USB2 port and transitioning a USB transmitter from an idle state to a standby state responsive to receiving the downstream packet. The method further includes transitioning the USB transmitter from the standby state to an active state if an upstream packet is received at an eUSB2 port within a first time period of receiving the downstream packet and transmitting the upstream packet. The method also includes transitioning the USB transmitter from the active state to the standby state after transmission of the upstream packet. The method also includes transitioning the USB transmitter from the standby state to the idle state if more upstream packets are not received at the eUSB2 port within a second time period. |
| US10891241B2 |
Cache memory that supports tagless addressing
The disclosed embodiments relate to a computer system with a cache memory that supports tagless addressing. During operation, the system receives a request to perform a memory access, wherein the request includes a virtual address. In response to the request, the system performs an address-translation operation, which translates the virtual address into both a physical address and a cache address. Next, the system uses the physical address to access one or more levels of physically addressed cache memory, wherein accessing a given level of physically addressed cache memory involves performing a tag-checking operation based on the physical address. If the access to the one or more levels of physically addressed cache memory fails to hit on a cache line for the memory access, the system uses the cache address to directly index a cache memory, wherein directly indexing the cache memory does not involve performing a tag-checking operation and eliminates the tag storage overhead. |
| US10891239B2 |
Method and system for operating NAND flash physical space to extend memory capacity
One embodiment facilitates operation of non-volatile memory. During operation, the system determines, by a flash translation layer module, a physical block address associated with a first request which indicates data to be read, wherein the non-volatile memory is divided into separate physical zones, wherein the physical block address is associated with a first physical zone, and each separate physical zone has a dedicated application to read or write data thereto. The system obtains a free page frame in a volatile memory by writing data from a cold page in the volatile memory to a second physical zone, wherein a cold page is a page with a history of access which is less than a predetermined threshold. The system loads, based on the physical block address, data from the non-volatile memory to the free page frame. The system executes the request based on the data loaded into the free page frame. |
| US10891238B1 |
Dynamically joining and splitting dynamic address translation (DAT) tables based on operational context
An aspect includes determining, via a processor, context attributes of a storage. Data address translation (DAT) tables are created, via the processor, to map virtual addresses to real addresses within the storage. When detecting, via the processor, that a context attribute of the storage has changed, and the DAT tables are updated based at least in part on the changed context attributes of the storage. |
| US10891237B2 |
Apparatus and method for mediate pass through and shared memory page merge
An apparatus and method are described for mediate pass through and shared memory page merging. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: generating a page identifier (PI) for each of a set of guest memory pages, wherein equivalent PIs indicate that the corresponding memory pages are the same; upon detecting that a first guest memory page and a second guest memory page have PIs that are equal, merging the first and second guest memory pages into a single memory page; detecting that the first guest memory page is to be used for a direct memory access (DMA) operation; and responsively unmerging the first and second guest memory pages. |
| US10891232B2 |
Page-based memory operation with hardware initiated secure storage key update
Methods and systems for secure storage protection for memory operations are provided. Aspects include providing a drawer comprising a plurality of clusters, each of the plurality of clusters comprising a plurality of processors, wherein each of the plurality of clusters share a first cache memory, providing a cluster shared cache integrated circuit to manage a second cache memory shared among the plurality of clusters, providing a system memory associated with each of the plurality of clusters, receiving, by a memory controller, a memory operation request from one of the plurality of processors, wherein the memory operation includes a store command, and wherein the memory controller is configured to perform the memory operation and atomically write a secure storage key for the memory operation with the store command of the memory operation. |
| US10891226B1 |
Virtual address space dump in a computer system
A method, computer system, and computer program product for operating a computer system to carry out a data dump of a data image of memory contents. Computer operations are temporarily suspended to service the dump request in order to dump the volatile memory contents required for the data image and to generate a record of the non-volatile memory pages which need to be dumped. Computer operations are then resumed under supervision of a monitoring process which screens access requests to the non-volatile memory against the dump record. A request relating to a page contained in the dump record is acted upon by writing the contents of that page to the dump storage space, so the page contents is dumped before it is modified. The dump record in continually updated to keep track of what is still outstanding to complete the dump until such time as the dump is complete. |
| US10891223B2 |
Storage class memory status
Devices and techniques for storage class memory status are disclosed herein. A storage portion characteristics data structure is maintained. Here, the data structure includes an array of elements—where each element is sized to contain a reference to a storage portion in a storage class memory storage device, a first pointer to a first element in the array of elements, a second pointer to a second element in the array of elements, and a third pointer to a third element in the array of elements. The data structure includes a direction of pointer motion in which the second pointer precedes the third pointer and the first pointer precedes the second pointer with respect to the direction of pointer motion. A write request is performed to a storage portion reference retrieved from the first element. The first pointer is then advanced. |
| US10891222B2 |
Memory storage device and operation method thereof for implementing inner product operation
A memory storage device includes: a memory array for generating a cell current dependent to an input and transconductance of memory cells of the memory array; a reference array for generating a reference current; an ADC for performing analog-digital-conversion on the cell current based on the reference current to generate a digital output; and a memory controller for generating an output based on the input and the digital output of the ADC. The output of the memory controller indicates an inner product of the input and a weight, the weight including a positive weight and a negative weight. The positive weight is implemented by the transconductance of the memory cells of the memory array. The negative weight is implemented by transconductance of reference cells of the reference array or implemented by a shifting number of a shifter in the memory controller. |
| US10891219B1 |
Code failure prediction system
Target testing code based on failure paths can improve hit rates and reduce memory consumption. Aggregating failure signatures into clusters can help to identify additional tests to perform. Further, the signature clusters can be used to automate testing of a video game by, for example, identifying tests that test elements of the video game that are common to the signatures within a cluster and automatically executing the tests without user involvement. The results of the tests can be used to modify the video game state. The process of testing and modifying the video game can be performed iteratively until a signature for the video game no longer matches the cluster. |
| US10891215B2 |
System and method for using an unobtrusive and discreet embedded barcode for debugging
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, devices, and the like for generating an unobtrusive and discrete barcode used for debugging. In one embodiment, a system is introduced that enables the tracking of application interactions on a user device. The tracking can include the generation of a debug id which can include a discrete string used to describe locations, preferences, and interactions with a user device application. The string may then be converted into a corresponding barcode which can be discretely displayed on the user interface of the application. In another embodiment, the barcode may be captured and/or retrieved for use in debugging the application, in an instance where an application malfunction is encountered. |
| US10891207B2 |
Processor with debug pipeline
A processor includes an execution pipeline that includes a plurality of execution stages, execution pipeline control logic, and a debug system. The execution pipeline control logic is configured to control flow of an instruction through the execution stages. The debug system includes a debug pipeline and debug pipeline control logic. The debug pipeline includes a plurality of debug stages. Each debug pipeline stage corresponds to an execution pipeline stage, and the total number of debug stages corresponds to the total number of execution stages. The debug pipeline control logic is coupled to the execution pipeline control logic. The debug pipeline control logic is configured to control flow through the debug stages of debug information associated with the instruction, and to advance the debug information into a next of the debug stages in correspondence with the execution pipeline control logic advancing the instruction into a corresponding stage of the execution pipeline. |
| US10891202B2 |
Recovery of in-memory databases using a backward scan of the database transaction log
Data recovery in a database includes performing a backward scan of a transaction log that records transactions made on the database. The backward scan includes traversing log records starting from a latest-in-time log record toward the beginning of the transaction log. Each log record can be replayed to recover data for a database row associated with the log record. An earlier-in-time log record is skipped if the associate database row has been recovered by later-in-time log record. |
| US10891199B2 |
Object-level database restore
According to certain aspects, a system may include a computing device configured to: intercept a request from a database application to read a portion of a database file, where a secondary copy of the database file resides on a secondary storage device(s) and is organized as a plurality of first blocks, wherein the request includes a database file offset(s) corresponding to the requested portion; and map the database file offset(s) to a subset of the first blocks that correspond to requested database object(s). The system may include a secondary storage controller computer(s) configured to: access a table that maps the plurality of first blocks to storage locations on the secondary storage device(s); using the table, locate and retrieve the subset of the first blocks on the secondary storage device(s); and forward the retrieved first blocks for storage in a primary storage device(s). |
| US10891197B2 |
Consolidated processing of storage-array commands using a forwarder media agent in conjunction with a snapshot-control media agent
The illustrative systems and methods consolidate storage-array command channels into a media agent that executes outside the production environment. A “snapshot-control media agent” (“snap-MA”) is configured on a secondary storage computing device that operates apart from client computing devices. A “forwarder” media agent operates on each client computing device that uses the storage array, yet lacks command channels to the storage array. Likewise, a “forwarder” proxy media agent may operate without command channels to the storage array. No third-party libraries or storage-array-command devices are installed or needed on the host computing device. The forwarder media agent forwards any commands directed at the storage array to the snap-MA on the secondary storage computing device. The snap-MA receives and processes commands directed at the storage array that were forwarded by the forwarder media agents. Responses from the storage array are transmitted to the respective forwarder media agent. The snap-MA advantageously pools any number of storage-array-command devices so that capacity limitations in regard to communications channels at the storage array may be avoided. As a result, the snap-MA operating in conjunction with the forwarder media agents enable the illustrative system to consolidate the communication of storage-array commands away from client computing devices and/or proxy media agent hosts and into the secondary storage computing device that hosts the snap-MA. |
| US10891195B2 |
Storage system with differential scanning of non-ancestor snapshot pairs in asynchronous replication
An apparatus is configured to generate a current snapshot set for a consistency group comprising a plurality of storage volumes subject to replication from a source storage system to a target storage system, and to schedule a differential scan of the current snapshot set relative to a previous snapshot set generated for the consistency group. For each of one or more snapshot trees maintained for the consistency group, a determination is made as to whether or not a first node corresponding to the previous snapshot set is an ancestor of a second node corresponding to the current snapshot set, and a manner in which an instance of the differential scan is performed for the snapshot tree is altered responsive to a result of the determination. |
| US10891194B2 |
Versioned file system using structured data representations
A versioned file system comprises a set of structured data representations. At a first time, an interface creates and exports to a cloud data store a first structured data representation corresponding to a first version of the local file system. The first structured data representation is an XML tree having a root element, one or more directory elements associated with the root element, and one or more file elements associated with a given directory element. Upon a change within the file system, the interface creates and exports a second structured data representation corresponding to a second version of the file system. The second structured data representation differs from the first structured data representation up to and including the root element of the second structured data representation. The interface continues to generate and export the structured data representations to the data store. |
| US10891187B2 |
Memory devices having differently configured blocks of memory cells
A memory device has a plurality of individually erasable blocks of memory cells and a controller configured to configure different blocks of the plurality of blocks of memory cells in different configurations, which can include blocks configured to include only groups of user data memory cells for storing user data, blocks configured to include only groups of overhead data memory cells for storing error correction code (ECC) data, and blocks configured to include groups of user data memory cells and groups of overhead data memory cells. |
| US10891186B2 |
Semiconductor device and semiconductor system including the same
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an ECC decoder which performs diagnosis on data using an error detection code for the data, an ECC encoder which generates an error detection code for a first data piece equivalent to a bit range accounting for a part of plural bits configuring the data and generates an error detection code for a second data piece equivalent to a bit range accounting for a remaining part of the bits, and a diagnosis circuit which, when no error in the data has been detected by the ECC decoder, compares a part of the data corresponding to the first data piece with the first data piece used in generating the first error detection code and compares a part of the data corresponding to the second data piece with the second data piece used in generating the second error detection code. |
| US10891185B2 |
Error counters on a memory device
Example implementations relate to tracking memory unit errors on a memory device. In example implementations, a memory device may include on-die error-correcting code (ECC) and a plurality of error counters. One of the plurality of error counters may count errors, detected by the on-die ECC, in a memory unit on the memory device. A post package repair (PPR) may be initiated on the memory device in response to a determination that a value of the one of the plurality of error counters equals a threshold value. |
| US10891181B2 |
Smart system dump
Techniques are disclosed for performing dump collection on a computing system. One technique includes detecting an error event on the computing system. After detecting the error event, a subset of hardware registers associated with the error event are determined. One or more hardware units within the computing system to capture data from are determined from a set of rules that specify an association between the one or more hardware units and the subset of hardware registers associated with the error event. Data is captured from each of the one or more hardware units. |
| US10891172B2 |
Modifying an operating system
A method includes modifying a basic input/output system (BIOS) to load a virtual general purpose input/output (GPIO) driver in an operating system, the virtual GPIO driver comprising at least one control method to monitor a system control interrupt (SCI) (202). The method can also include detecting the system control interrupt invoking the virtual GPIO driver (204) and executing the control method corresponding to the system control interrupt, the control method to be identified in the modified BIOS (206). Furthermore, the method can include detecting an error from the execution of the control method (208) and modifying an operating system to prevent the error (208), the modification comprising a modification to the control method. |
| US10891168B2 |
Automatically scaling up physical resources in a computing infrastructure
Implementations of the disclosure describe automatically scaling up physical resources in a computing infrastructure. A method of the disclosure includes determining a change to implement in a physical configuration of a cluster in view of utilization of individual virtual resources and individual physical resources in the cluster, the change indicating one or more actions to be performed to modify a non-provisioned physical resource in view of a cluster type of the cluster, and performing, by a processing device without user interaction, an action to implement the change, wherein the change comprises adding the non-provisioned physical resource to the cluster. |
| US10891158B2 |
Task scheduling method and apparatus
Data contention caused by multiple threads accessing one data block at the same time when used to execute tasks concurrently may be avoided, and difficulty in detecting and debugging a concurrent error may be reduced. A solution is: adding, according to correspondences between multiple tasks and M data blocks that are accessed by the multiple tasks, each of the multiple tasks to a task queue of a data block corresponding to the task; using N threads to execute tasks in N task queues of M task queues concurrently, where each of the N threads executes a task in a task queue of the N task queues, different threads of the N threads execute tasks in different task queues, and 2≤N≤M. |
| US10891157B2 |
Performance towards completion of a task list through employment of a swarm
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with swarm management are described. One example system comprises a communication component configured to establish a communication link with at least one element, where the at least one element is part of a swarm. The example system also comprises a management component configured to manage performance of a task list by the swarm through the communication link. |
| US10891154B2 |
Hosting virtual machines on a secondary storage system
At least a portion of a virtual machine is hosted on at least one node of a first subset of a plurality of nodes of a secondary storage system. The virtual machine comprises a plurality of portions that can be distributed between the plurality of nodes and is configured into a first state of a plurality of states, such that, in the first state, the plurality of portions is distributed between a first subset of the plurality of nodes and each of the first subset of nodes stores a portion of the virtual machine in its corresponding storage device. A node from the second subset of the plurality of nodes to host the virtual machine in a second state of the plurality of states is selected based on at least one of storage, memory or processing resources of one or more nodes of a second subset of the plurality of nodes. |
| US10891152B2 |
Back-end task fulfillment for dialog-driven applications
A determination is made as to whether a value of a first parameter of a first application is to be obtained using a natural language interaction. Based on received input, a first service of a plurality of services is identified. The first service is to be used to perform a first task associated with the first parameter. Portions of the first application to determine the value of the first parameter and to invoke the first service are generated. |
| US10891150B2 |
Storage control method and storage controller for user individual service environment
Disclosed are a storage control method and a storage controller for a virtualization environment with which to provide a virtualization service. The disclosed storage control method may include adjusting an over-provisioning proportion for a virtual storage device allotted to each virtual machine according to an I/O workload pattern for each of the virtual machines; and allotting an over-provisioning space for each of the virtual storage devices according to the over-provisioning proportion. |
| US10891148B2 |
Methods and systems for identifying application components in distributed computing facilities
The current document is directed to automated methods and systems that employ unsupervised-machine-learning approaches as well as rule-based systems to discover distributed applications within distributed-computing environments. These automated methods and systems provide a basis for higher-level distributed-application administration and management tools and subsystems that provide distributed-application-level user interfaces and operations. In one implementation, the currently disclosed methods and systems employ agents within virtual machines that execute routines and programs and that together comprise a distributed application to continuously furnish information about the virtual machines to a pipeline of stream processors that collect and filter the information to provide for periodic application-discovery. The stream processors generate data representations of the processes currently running on the virtual machines and data representations of the communications connections between the virtual machines. An application-discovery subsystem periodically employs these data representations, and additional data derived from them, to identify the different distributed applications running within a distributed-computing facility and to identify tiers of virtual-machine nodes within each identified distributed application. This, in turn, allows the application-discovery subsystem to generate sets of delta changes for the discovered applications after each periodic application discovery. |
| US10891142B2 |
Method and device for preloading application, storage medium, and terminal device
A method for preloading an application, a storage medium, and a terminal device are provided. The method includes the following. In response to a target application being detected to be closed, current state feature information of a terminal device is acquired. The current state feature information is compared with historical state feature information of the terminal device when the target application was closed. Target historical state feature information closest to the current state feature information is determined from within the historical state feature information according to a comparison result. The target application is preloaded, in response to determining that the target application is about to be launched again according to a historical usage regularity corresponding to the target historical state feature information. |
| US10891141B2 |
Plugin loading method and apparatus, terminal, and storage medium
The present disclosure discloses a method for plugin loading. The method includes obtaining an identifier of a plugin component of a plugin from a threading module, recording the identifier of the plugin component, and replacing the identifier of the plugin component with an identifier of a host component of an application program. The method also includes sending the identifier of the host component to a threading module, to perform system permission verification and receiving runnable notification information when passing the verification. The method further includes in response to the received runnable notification information, replacing the identifier of the host component with the identifier of the plugin component according to the recorded identifier of the plugin component; and sending the identifier of the plugin component to the threading module, to load the plugin. The present invention further discloses an apparatus and a storage medium for plugin loading. |
| US10891134B2 |
Method and apparatus for executing instruction for artificial intelligence chip
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for executing an instruction for an artificial intelligence chip. A specific embodiment of the method comprises: receiving descriptive information for describing a neural network model sent by a central processing unit, the descriptive information including at least one operation instruction; analyzing the descriptive information to acquire the at least one operation instruction; determining, for an operation instruction of the at least one operation instruction, a special-purpose execution component executing the operation instruction, and locking the determined special-purpose execution component; sending the operation instruction to the determined special-purpose execution component; and unlocking the determined special-purpose execution component in response to receiving a notification for instructing the operation instruction being completely executed. |
| US10891127B2 |
Configuring data collection
Configuration data collection at a device is disclosed, including: detecting, with respect to a device, a data collection event, wherein the data collection event is specified by a configuration file, wherein the configuration file further specifies a set of target data information and a corresponding set of target data information providers from which to collect target data in response to a detection of the data collection event; in response to the detection of the data collection event, collecting the target data based at least in part on the set of target data information and the corresponding set of target data information providers; and controlling the device based at least in part on the collected target data. |
| US10891125B2 |
Videogame patch data compilation system
The present disclosure provides a system and method for updating a game application during runtime of a game application. The game application is executed on a client computing device using application code that includes a function store. During runtime of the game application, a function asset is received and stored in the function store. The function asset includes either precompiled code or code written in a scripting language and includes a version identifier. To execute a particular game function of the game application, the function asset is identified from other function assets in the function store based at least in part on its version identifier, and the game function is executed using the function asset. |
| US10891113B2 |
Source code rewriting during recording to provide both direct feedback and optimal code
Systems and methods are disclosed for developing an application on a development device. The application is built on a development device, then installed and run on a test device. Installation includes installing an event tap to intercept events generated by a user interacting with the application. In response to a call from the event tap, a test manager daemon snapshots the user interface elements of the application and packages the snapshot and event for transmission to the development device. A development environment on the development device receives the package, then generates and displays optimized source code in response to the received events and snapshots. Generated source code can be optimized to minimize a number identifiers, minimize a length of identifiers, minimize a generated number of lines of code, or optimize the generated source code for readability. |
| US10891108B2 |
Calculation device
A calculation device includes: M coefficient storage units provided corresponding to the M coefficients, each of the M coefficient storage units including a positive-side coefficient and a negative-side coefficient representing a coefficient corresponding to a sign of a difference; M multiplication units provided corresponding to the M input values, each of the M multiplication units calculating a positive-side multiply value obtained by multiplying the positive-side coefficient included in the corresponding coefficient storage unit by a sign inverted according to the corresponding input value and a negative-side multiply value obtained by multiplying the negative-side coefficient included in the corresponding coefficient storage unit by a sign inverted according to the corresponding input value; and an output unit outputting an value according to a difference between a positive-side sum value obtained by summing the M positive-side multiplication values and a negative-side sum value obtained by summing the M negative-side multiplication values. |
| US10891107B1 |
Processing multiple audio signals on a device
At least one processor that performs at least one of determine at least two audio signals, determine at least one directionality of at least one audio source from the at least two audio signals, determine at least one timing of the at least one audio source from the at least two audio signals, generate at least one context for the at least two audio signals based on the at least one directionality and the at least one timing of the at least two audio signals, and provide at least one user interface based on the generated at least one context. |
| US10891104B2 |
Prioritizing media content requests
Example techniques relate to prioritizing media content requests. An example implementation involves a computing system receives an explicit request to play back a playlist on one or more playback devices of a media playback system. The computing system causes the playback devices to play back a given audio track of the playlist. While the playback devices are playing back first tracks of the playlist, the computing system receives one or more implicit requests for second audio tracks in the playlist. While the playback devices are playing back the second audio tracks of the playlist, the computing system receives an explicit request to play back audio content on a mobile device. The computing system determines that the request to play back the audio content on the mobile device is a higher priority than the requests for second audio tracks and switches playback from the playback devices to the mobile device. |
| US10891101B2 |
Method and device for adjusting the displaying manner of a slider and a slide channel corresponding to audio signal amplifying value indicated by a position of the slider
A method and device for displaying a control belongs to the field of audio adjustment. At least one adjustment control is displayed on an equalizer displaying interface, with the adjustment control including a slide channel and a slider, and with the adjustment control being used for adjusting an audio signal amplifying value at a frequency band according to a position of the slider on the slide channel. The position of the slider on the slide channel is obtained when a sliding signal of the slider is received. A displaying manner of the adjustment control is adjusted according to the position of the slider. |
| US10891097B2 |
Receiving device and image forming apparatus
A receiving device includes a display, a communication unit, and a protrusion portion. The display displays an image and receives an operation corresponding to the image in such a manner that a user comes into contact with the image. The communication unit communicates with a wireless communication apparatus performing near-field wireless communication. The protrusion portion is disposed at least between the display and the communication unit and protrudes from a surface on which the display is provided. |
| US10891095B2 |
Image forming apparatus, printing system, and job control method
An image forming apparatus includes a first memory and one or more processors. The first memory stores a copy of information of at least a part of a print job transmitted from an information processing apparatus such that the copy of the information is associated with identification information of a user corresponding to the print job. The processors determine, in response to an operation performed by a logged-in user logged in to the image forming apparatus, whether the first memory stores a copy of information of at least a part of a print job associated with identification information of the logged-in user, acquire the copy of the information associated with the identification information of the logged-in user from the first memory based on a result of the determination, and display the acquired copy of the information on a display of the image forming apparatus. |
| US10891092B2 |
Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium to present a setting content
In an image processing apparatus, in a case where a mode for executing, by pressing a second software key, a function based on a setting content of the second software key without displaying a first screen with which a setting content of an application is changeable is set and a setting content identical to the setting content displayed on the pressed second software key is displayed on a third software key, a second screen that enables a user to check the setting content corresponding to the second software key is displayed. |
| US10891091B2 |
Image-forming apparatus and image-forming method
The invention provides an image-forming apparatus that includes a printer that performs printing, and a controller that determines, on a basis of settings related to a print job, whether to execute the print job as a print job related to test printing or execute the print job as a normal print job, and causes the printer to perform printing, in which the settings related to the print job include a plurality of items, and one or more combinations of a setting of another item with respect to a setting of one item are set as recommended settings, and, when the print job includes a setting of the another item other than the recommended settings with respect to the setting of the one item, the controller determines that the print job is a print job related to test printing. |
| US10891089B1 |
System and methods for using an authentication token with a cloud-based server
A cloud-based server and a port monitor on a device provide authentication of a user to access print jobs on the server. An application may print or perform other operations from the cloud-based server to a printing device. The port monitor uploads data for a document to the cloud-based server. Once the data for the document is uploaded, a claim code is generated by the cloud-based server. The port monitor receives the claim code. The port monitor initiates the launch of a browser having a uniform resource locator (URL) address for the server along with the claim code. The user is authenticated using a login page and the claim code associated to the user to allow access to the document on the server. |
| US10891088B2 |
Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium for transmitting a request initiated in a first network to a second network
An information processing system includes: a first information processing apparatus connected to first network; a second information processing apparatus connected to second network different from the first network; a user terminal connectable to the first network; and a storage apparatus communicable with the first information processing apparatus and the second information processing apparatus, wherein the first information processing apparatus receives a processing request from the user terminal via the first network, and then transmits the processing request to the storage apparatus when connection of the user terminal to the first network is terminated. |
| US10891086B2 |
Job ticket conflict resolution for print jobs
Embodiments described herein manage conflicts between media descriptions in a print job, and media descriptions in a job ticket associated with the print job. One embodiment comprises a print controller. The print controller identifies a logical page having an unmodifiable media attribute, directs a Raster Image Processor (RIP) of the print controller to rasterize the logical page based on the unmodifiable media attribute, and modifies the raster data generated by the RIP for the logical page based on a media attribute specified in a job ticket for the logical page. |
| US10891083B2 |
System and method for randomizing data
A method and associated system for randomizing data to be stored in a memory storage device including, receiving a plurality of data bytes to be randomized at a memory controller and written to a page of a memory storage device, wherein the page comprises a plurality of data sectors and wherein each of the plurality of data sectors are configured to store a plurality of data bytes, randomizing a first portion of the plurality of data bytes using a first randomizer initialized by a first seed to generate a first portion of randomized data bytes and randomizing a second portion of the plurality of data bytes using a second randomizer initialized by a second seed to generate a second portion of randomized data bytes, wherein the first seed is uncorrelated with the second seed. |
| US10891082B2 |
Methods for accelerating compression and apparatuses using the same
The invention introduces a method for accelerating compression, performed by configuration logic of a compression accelerator, containing: obtaining an input parameter from a processor core; obtaining a configuration setting from a compression parameter table according to the input parameter; configuring hardware coupled between a first buffer and a second buffer to form a data transmission path according to the input parameter, wherein the first buffer stores raw data; and transmitting the configuration setting to devices on the data transmission path for processing the raw data to generate compressed data and storing the compressed data in the second buffer. |
| US10891081B1 |
Systems and methods for asynchronous writing of synchronous write requests based on a dynamic write threshold
An asynchronous storage system may perform asynchronous writing of data from different sets of received non-consecutive synchronous write requests based on a dynamic write threshold that varies according to parameters of the storage device and/or synchronous write request patterns. The asynchronous writing may include coalescing data from a set of non-consecutive write requests in a plurality of received write requests that contain different data for a particular file, issuing a single asynchronous write request with the data that is coalesced from each write request of the set of non-consecutive write requests to the storage device instead of each write request of the set of non-consecutive write requests, and writing the data that is coalesced from each write request of the set of non-consecutive write requests to the storage device with a single write operation that is executed in response to the single asynchronous write request. |
| US10891077B2 |
Flash memory device and controlling method thereof
A flash memory device and a controlling method are provided. The flash memory device includes a memory array, an in-place update module, an out-of-place update module and a latency-aware module. The in-place update module is used for performing a program procedure or a garbage collection procedure via a bit erase operation or a page erase operation on the memory array. The out-of-place update module is used for performing the program procedure or the garbage collection procedure via a block erase operation or a migration operation on the memory array. The latency-aware module is used for determining a relationship between a first overhead of the in-place update module and a second overhead of the out-of-place update module. |
| US10891071B2 |
Hardware, software and algorithm to precisely predict performance of SoC when a processor and other masters access single-port memory simultaneously
A method, system, program control code, and hardware circuit are provided for predicting performance of an system-on-chip (SoC) (100) having a processor (105) and a master device (106) having shared access to a single-port memory (104) by activating a timer (102) in a Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) (101) to measure a specified number of cycles of the processor in a defined measure instance and by activating a memory access counter (103) in the PMU to measure a first count of memory access requests to the single-port memory by the processor in the defined measure instance and to measure a second count of memory access requests to the single-port memory by the master device in the defined measure instance, so that the first and second counts are stored in memory. |
| US10891068B2 |
Temporary relocation of data within local storage of a dispersed storage network
A method for execution by a storage unit includes identifying, from a plurality of memory devices of the storage unit, a first memory device that is designated for storage of a first data slice to be written of the storage unit based on determining a slice name of the first data slice compares favorably to a namespace assigned to the first memory device. A function is performed on the slice name of the first data slice to identify a second memory device from the plurality of memory devices of the storage unit for temporary storage the first data slice in response to determining that the first memory device is unavailable and the first data slice is stored in the second memory device in response. The first data slice is migrated to storage in the first memory device in response to determining that the first memory device is available. |
| US10891066B2 |
Data redundancy reconfiguration using logical subunits
Example storage systems, storage controllers, and methods provide data redundancy reconfiguration using logical subunits. Storage devices are configured in a storage group with a first data redundancy configuration. A second data redundancy configuration is selected and the space available in the storage group is determined. For each logical data unit, logical data subunits are selected, written to the space available in the second data redundancy configuration, and deleted from the logical data unit. Storage operations using the storage group may be maintained during the migration process. |
| US10891062B2 |
Managing host communication with a regulator in a low power mode
A solid-state drive (SSD) includes a connector communicatively coupling the SSD to a host device, a controller coupled to the connector, and a memory device. The SSD also include a regulator configured to receive an instruction to enter a low power mode of the SSD, enter the low power mode upon receipt of the instruction, receive an indication to exit the low power mode, and exit the low power mode upon receipt of the indication. |
| US10891060B2 |
Data storage system binding virtual volumes to host-specific protocol endpoints
Data storage systems of a cluster associate virtual volumes (VVols) with protocol endpoints (PEs) organized into host-specific initiator groups. From the perspective of the hosts, the PEs are specialized SCSI LUNs that aggregate the VVols bound thereto. In operation, a host directs VVol access requests to the host-specific PEs, and a data storage system processes the VVol requests as received via the corresponding PEs. |
| US10891058B2 |
Encoding slice verification information to support verifiable rebuilding
A method includes storing, by a set of storage units, a set of appended encoded data slices, where an appended encoded data slice of the set of appended encoded data slices includes an encoded data slice of a set of encoded data slices and slice verification information. The method further includes identifying, by a rebuilding agent, one of the set of appended encoded data slices for rebuilding, rebuilding the encoded data slice, generating current slice verification information, and sending an appended rebuilt encoded data slice that includes the rebuilt encoded data slice and the current slice verification information to a storage unit. The method further includes verifying, by the storage unit, the current slice verification information corresponds to the slice verification information, and when the current slice verification information corresponds to the slice verification information, storing the appended rebuilt encoded data slice as a trusted rebuilt encoded data slice. |
| US10891056B2 |
Virtualization of memory compute functionality
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for virtualizing memory compute function resources to improve resource utilization and system performance are disclosed. A virtualized hypervisor may be provided that is configured to instantiate a respective memory function controller of each memory controller present in a system/device. The virtualized hypervisor may be further configured to maintain the memory function controllers and their corresponding memory compute functionality as shareable resources that can be allocated to system components upon request. The virtualized hypervisor may allocate a memory function controller and its corresponding memory compute functionality to a system component, and may further provide the system component with an exclusive grant of memory compute pages that can be utilized by the allocated memory function controller to execute a memory compute function to perform one or more operations (e.g., one or more computations) on behalf of the system component. |
| US10891046B2 |
Wireless device having a rear panel control to provide advanced touch screen control
An electronic device including a housing including a front panel and a rear panel, the rear panel arranged on a side of the housing opposite the front panel, a processor configured to execute instructions and the processor being arranged within the housing, a display device configured to generate an interface based in part in response to the processor, where the display device is arranged in the front panel, a touchscreen associated with the display device and configured to sense a user input, where the user input is provided to the processor and where the touchscreen include part of the front panel, and a rear input arranged on the rear panel of the housing and configured to provide a dedicated input to the processor, the processor providing advanced user controls on the interface in response to operation of the rear input. |
| US10891045B2 |
Application inspector
An application is installed on a device that includes a user interface comprising multiple elements organized in a hierarchy. The application communicates with an inspector tool that accesses the hierarchy. The inspector tool may be integrated into the application or separate from the application. During execution of the application, the inspector identifies an element in the hierarchy and presents information regarding the element. For example, a display region corresponding to the element may be highlighted or text regarding the element may be displayed. The hierarchy may be navigated by selection of items in the user interface itself, by selection of an item in the displayed information, by directional inputs, or any suitable combination thereof. Information displayed in the inspector may be configured by the application based on the identified element. |
| US10891044B1 |
Automatic positioning of content items in a scrolling display for optimal viewing of the items
Systems and methods are described that include providing, on a touchscreen display of an electronic device, a stream of content items, at least some of which are associated with a corresponding display anchor. Inputs are detected at the touchscreen display and the inputs are associated with a scroll speed. The scroll speed may be based on a detected distance between the inputs on the touchscreen and an elapsed time between at least two of the inputs. In response to determining a lack of input for a predefined time period, a display anchor can be determined and selected. The display anchor may correspond to a content item to be used as a pause location for the stream. The scrolling of the stream of content items can be paused at the pause location to use the selected display anchor to display the content item in a top viewable portion of the display. |
| US10891041B1 |
Data preparation user interface for aggregate comparison of datasets at different nodes in a process flow
A method compares data sets in a data preparation application. The method displays a user interface including a data flow pane and a profile pane. The data flow pane displays a flow diagram with nodes, each node corresponding to a data set. When a user selects a first node, the method displays distributions of data values for data fields from a first data set for the first node. When a user selects a second node, the method: (1) forms a composite data set comprising a union of (i) the first data set and (ii) a second data set for the second node; (2) groups data values for each data field to form sets of bins; and (3) displays data value distributions for each data field using the bins. Each bin depicts counts of data values in the bin originating from the first data set and the second data set. |
| US10891038B1 |
Cloud-based tool for creating video interstitials
An interstitial creator provides an interstitial creation interface for display on a user device, the interstitial creation interface facilitating addition of an interstitial to a playlist comprising pointers to media files of media items to be played one after another on the user device without user interaction. The interstitial creator receives, through the interstitial creation interface, user input specifying interstitial configuration parameters for the interstitial, and creates the interstitial based on an interstitial template and the received interstitial configuration parameters, wherein the created interstitial is supplemental content to be added before or after one of the media files of the media items. |
| US10891037B1 |
User interfaces and system including same
An information graphic displayable via an electronic user interface to integrate information from accounts held at a financial institution. In one embodiment, the information graphic includes a first graphic element to display first information associated with at least one first account and a second graphic element to display second information associated with at least one second account. A dimension of the first graphic element is representative of the first information and a dimension of the second graphic element is representative of the second information. A first portion of the second graphic element is selectable to alternately virtually hide and display a second portion of the second graphic element. |
| US10891036B1 |
User interfaces and system including same
A method for displaying an information graphic via an electronic user interface to integrate information from accounts held at a financial institution. In one embodiment, the method includes displaying a first graphic element to display first information associated with at least one first account and displaying a second graphic element to display second information associated with at least one second account. A dimension of the first graphic element is representative of the first information and a dimension of the second graphic element is representative of the second information. Displaying the second graphical element includes displaying a first portion of the second graphic element that is selectable to alternately virtually hide and display a second portion of the second graphic element. |
| US10891035B2 |
Laser finishing design tool
A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the user will be able to create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before burning by a laser. Input to the tool includes fabric template images, laser input files, and damage input. The tool allows adding of tinting and adjusting of intensity and bright point. The user can also move, rotate, scale, and warp the image input. |
| US10891034B2 |
Apparatus and method of operating wearable device
A method of operating a wearable device and a wearable device are provided. The method includes hierarchically displaying a plurality of icon sets arranged along a plurality of virtual closed loops on a display of the wearable device, obtaining a first input to a bezel ring of the wearable device, determining at least one icon in the plurality of icon sets based on the first input to the bezel ring, and executing a preset function corresponding to the determined at least one icon. |
| US10891025B2 |
Apparatus and method for managing operations of accessories
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device having a controller to present a plurality of associable actions and a plurality of accessories of distinct operational types, associate an action with an input function of a select one of the plurality of accessories, monitor the selected accessory for a stimulation of the input function, and transmit the action to an operating system to launch a first software application or to convey to a second software application the action or an aspect of the action. Additional embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10891022B2 |
System and method for interfacing with a display device
The present method and system provides for interacting with a display device including accessing an external content database having images stored therein, and storing a plurality of the images to a local memory device associated with the display device and therein displaying one or more of the images on an output display. The method and system includes displaying a user interface screen on the output display of the display device and detecting, via at least one of a plurality environmental sensors, a user gesture external to the display device, the user gesture relating to gesture-based control of the display device. The method and system determines a gesture context value relating to the detected gesture and accesses a gesture library to retrieve an interface command. The method and system thus updates the output display of the at least one of the plurality of images based on the interface command. |
| US10891019B2 |
Dynamic thumbnail selection for search results
The present disclosure is drawn to methods and systems for providing a representative image for a search result in a search result listing of a searching system. At least one search result based on a search query is received. Each search result has a plurality of images. For each search result, a similarity score for at least some of the images is computed, based on a similarity with the search query. Then, at least one of the images is selected, on the basis of the similarity score, and the selected image is assigned as the representative image of the search result. A number of modification steps may be performed on the search result prior to computing the similarity score. The search result and assigned representative image may also be presented in a search result listing. |
| US10891016B2 |
Graphical representation showing information to a user
A device, system, and method generate a graphical interface including a map for a set of items. The method includes identifying the items in the set of items. For each item, the method includes measuring a usage characteristic for the item at a predetermined time and generating an icon for the item, a display characteristic of the icon based on the usage characteristic. The method includes generating the map including the icons. |
| US10891009B2 |
Touch substrate, method for manufacturing the same, and touch control device
A touch substrate, a method for manufacturing the same and a touch control device are provided. The touch substrate includes a touch region, and a wiring region arranged adjacent to the touch region and covered with a protection structure. The protection structure includes at least two organic layers and at least two inorganic layers arranged alternately one on another. |
| US10891006B2 |
Panel driving device and panel driving method
The present invention provides a panel driving device: supplying a first signal to a first sensor electrode by using a first amplifier, so as to detect a change in the capacitance of the first sensor electrode; supplying a second signal, having the same waveform as that of the first signal, to a second sensor electrode adjacent to the first sensor electrode by using a second amplifier; and detecting the proximity or a touch of an external object toward the sensor electrodes according to the change in the capacitance of the first sensor electrode. |
| US10891005B2 |
Electronic device with bent display and method for controlling thereof
A electronic device and a display method thereof are provided. A control method of the electronic device includes: detecting a touch input on an auxiliary display area; in response to a touch input being detected on a first area of the auxiliary display area in a and the electronic being in a state in which the electronic is gripped by a user, processing the touch input as a user input; and, in response to the touch input being detected on a second area of the auxiliary display area different from the first area and the electronic being in the state in which the electronic is gripped by the user, disregarding the touch input. |
| US10890997B2 |
Display device
A display device including a display panel including a light emitting element and an encapsulation layer covering the light emitting element; and an input sensing unit disposed on the display panel. The input sensing unit includes a first conductive pattern disposed on the encapsulation layer, and including a first portion and a second portion extend from the first portion; an insulation layer covering the first conductive pattern; and a second conductive pattern disposed on the insulation layer, and including a third portion overlapping the at least a portion of the first portion of the first conductive pattern and a fourth portion extend from the third portion. A width of the first portion is less than a width of the second portion. |
| US10890996B2 |
Transparent displays with capacitive touch
Transparent displays with capacitive touch are disclosed herein. Some embodiments include a rear transparent layer having light emitting elements, an intermediate transparent structural layer disposed on the rear transparent layer, a top transparent layer having capacitive touch elements that receive touch input, and a microprocessor that receives the touch input from the capacitive touch elements and controls illumination of the light emitting elements in response to the touch input, the microprocessor being configured to use a pulse skipping scheme applied to control illumination of the light emitting elements. |
| US10890990B2 |
Rotation input device for a capacitive sense cord
This document describes techniques and devices for a rotation input device for a capacitive sense cord. A cord may be constructed that includes a cable, a plurality of sensing wires, and a rotation input device. The sensing wires are twisted around one another within a cable jacket of the cable throughout an insensitive portion of the cord that is insensitive to touch input. The rotation input device includes the plurality of sensing wires disposed proximate to a surface of the cord and positioned lengthwise along the cord to provide a capacitively sensitive portion of the cord. The plurality of sensing wires are independently sensitive to touch input. Also, the rotation input device is configured to enable rotational input based on a pattern of change in capacitance values corresponding to at least a subset of the plurality of sensing wires in the rotation input device. |
| US10890986B2 |
Electronic pen, position detection apparatus, and information processing apparatus
An electronic pen includes: a receiver that receives tag information transmitted from an electronic tag transmitter; a transmitter that transmits a position detection signal for detecting an instruction position in a sensor of a position detection apparatus to the position detection apparatus; and a control circuit that controls the transmitter to transmit the tag information to the position detection apparatus along with the position detection signal when the receiver receives the tag information. The position detection apparatus receives a signal transmitted from the electronic pen, the signal including the tag information and the position detection signal from the electronic tag transmitter, and stores information of the position instructed by the electronic pen detected by the detection circuit in a storage device in association with the tag information from the electronic pen received by the sensor. |
| US10890984B2 |
Computer input apparatus, pointing device and setting method thereof
Disclosed are a computer input apparatus including a mouse pad and a pointing device, and a setting method. The pointing device includes a displacement sensing part, a light sensing part, a memory and a processing part. The displacement sensing part detects a displacement of the pointing device. The memory stores at least a set of predetermined parameters. The processing part is connected to the displacement sensing part, the light sensing part and the memory. The mouse pad includes an indicating unit. When the pointing device is operated on the mouse pad, the light sensing part detects a light mode of the indicating unit, and the processing part selects and sets one of the predetermined parameters as a working parameter of the pointing device according to the detected light mode of the indicating unit. |
| US10890978B2 |
Electronic device with an input device having a haptic engine
An electronic device is configured to provide haptic feedback to a user based on an input action associated with an input device. The electronic device includes a haptic engine operably connected to a processing device. The haptic engine includes an electromagnetic actuator that detects an input action associated with the input device. The electromagnetic actuator also produces a haptic output in response to the detection of the input action. |
| US10890972B2 |
Prefrontal-based cognitive brain-machine interfacing apparatus and method thereof
Provided are prefrontal-based brain-machine interfacing apparatus and a method thereof. The apparatus includes a brainwave measurement device configured to measure a prefrontal brainwave signal of a subject, and a processor configured to execute a cognitive brain-machine interface program stored in a memory, the processor pinpoints a brain cortical region generating the corresponding prefrontal brainwave signal among previously assigned multiple subdivisions of a prefrontal area, measures the sensor-level brain activity, extracts a prefrontal cortical-level activity pattern by computing source localization and calculating causal connectivity among two or more previously assigned brain regions on the basis of the degree of corresponding sensor-level brain activities, inputs the prefrontal activity pattern into a classifier which is previously generated by machine learning of multiple prefrontal activity patterns of the subject to identify one of the preset control conditions, and generates and outputs a preset machine regulating signal on the basis of a result of identification. |
| US10890969B2 |
Invoking automated assistant function(s) based on detected gesture and gaze
Invoking one or more previously dormant functions of an automated assistant in response to detecting, based on processing of vision data from one or more vision components: (1) a particular gesture (e.g., of one or more “invocation gestures”) of a user; and/or (2) detecting that a gaze of the user is directed at an assistant device that provides an automated assistant interface (graphical and/or audible) of the automated assistant. For example, the previously dormant function(s) can be invoked in response to detecting the particular gesture, detecting that the gaze of the user is directed at an assistant device for at least a threshold amount of time, and optionally that the particular gesture and the directed gaze of the user co-occur or occur within a threshold temporal proximity of one another. |
| US10890967B2 |
Systems and methods for using eye gaze to bend and snap targeting rays for remote interaction
A method for improving user interaction with a virtual environment includes presenting the virtual environment to a user on a display, measuring a gaze location of a user's gaze relative to the virtual environment, casting an input ray from an input device, measuring an input ray location at a distal point of the input ray, and snapping a presented ray location to the gaze location when the input ray location is within a snap threshold distance of the input ray location. |
| US10890964B2 |
Intent based inputs and forced feedback system for a virtual reality system
The present disclosures relate to virtual reality systems that can be used to fully immerse a user in a virtual environment. In particular, it relates to a system that can sense the intent of movement of some or all parts of a user's body by measuring the force and direction of the force applied by that part of the user's body, can provide force feedback to the user and can provide inputs to the VR system that can be used to replicate the intended action of the user in the Virtual Reality environment and provide visual and/or aural feedback to the user; without the user's body parts actually moving. |
| US10890962B2 |
Power management in a configurable bus
A system includes a bus and a component interconnected via the bus. The component may enter a sleep mode during a period of no data transmission involving the component. |
| US10890961B2 |
Method, power monitor microcontroller, and apparatus of non-linear compensation and monitoring of power for power supply units
A power monitor is used to estimate the amount of input power that is supplied to a power supply. The power monitor is protected by an EMI filter within the power supply. The power monitor measures a line frequency and a line voltage within the power supply and it also retrieves empirically derived coefficient values from memory where the coefficient values are used in formulas that have been determined to model the non-linear behavior of voltage and current in the power supply. The formulas are used to estimate the discrepancy between input power to the power supply and observed power values at a power monitor. The formulas used by the power monitor calculate power compensation factors based on the measured line frequency, the measured line voltage and the retrieved formula coefficient values. The power compensation factors are used to estimate the input power supplied to the power supply. |
| US10890960B2 |
Method and apparatus for limiting rack power consumption
A method and an apparatus for limiting rack power consumption are provided. The method includes: determining a rack power consumption limitation threshold; determining a current power consumption limitation mode; calculating a total power consumption limit for nodes in a rack; calculating a power consumption threshold for each of the nodes based on the current power consumption limitation mode, the rack power consumption limitation threshold and the total power consumption limit for the nodes in the rack; and transmitting the power consumption threshold for each of the nodes to the node, to enable the node to limit power consumption according to the received power consumption threshold. |
| US10890958B2 |
Centralized power meter and centralized power calculation method
The present disclosure provides a centralized power meter for a signal processing circuit, comprising: M sample buffers, each configured to buffer samples respectively from at least one of N sources, and trigger a request for power calculation of the buffered samples in response to the buffered samples, the request having a corresponding priority; a switch, configured to route the requests from the M sample buffers to one or more power calculation cores; the one or more power calculation cores, each configured to retrieve the samples from the sample buffer in an order of their corresponding priorities, in response to the routed requests, and to perform power calculation of the retrieved samples, wherein N and M are integers no less than 1, and N is no less than M. The present disclosure further provides a centralized power calculation method. |
| US10890957B2 |
Low-power type-C receiver with high idle noise and DC-level rejection
Techniques for low-power USB Type-C receivers with high noise rejection are described herein. In an example embodiment, a USB-enabled device comprises a receiver circuit coupled to a Configuration Channel (CC) line of a USB Type-C subsystem. The receiver circuit is configured to reject the incoming signal even when the incoming signal includes noise with a magnitude of more than 300 mVpp, and to operate in the presence of a VBUS charging current that is compliant with a USB-PD specification. |
| US10890955B2 |
System for controlling environmental conditions within an automated data storage library
A system for controlling at least one environmental condition within at least one data storage library. The system may include at least one enclosure surrounding at least a portion of at least one data storage library. The system may also include at least one environmental conditioning unit fluidly connected to the at least one enclosure via at least one duct, wherein the at least one environmental conditioning unit is configured to control at least one environmental condition (e.g., temperature and/or humidity) within the at least one enclosure and within the at least one data storage library. |
| US10890954B2 |
Computing devices with formed edges and methods of manufacturing thereof
A computing device includes a support structure with at least one edge. The computing device includes a cover connected to the support structure. The cover extends to or beyond the at least one edge of the support structure by no more than between 0 and 100 microns over an edge length of at least 100 mm. A fabric cover includes a cover edge and a cover surface. The cover edge and/or the cover surface include an edge feature. A method of manufacturing a computing device is described. The method includes determining an edge of a computing device and based on the edge that was determined, cutting the fabric cover between 0 and 100 microns of the edge of the computing device over an edge length of the computing device of at least 100 mm. |
| US10890951B1 |
Portable information device with a foldable chassis
A portable information device includes a hinge device rotatably connecting one edge portions of a first chassis and a second chassis, a display, and a cover member covering a side of the hinge device. The hinge device connects the first chassis and the second chassis so as to be foldable from a usage form in which a top surface of the first chassis and a top surface of the second chassis are on substantially the same plane to a storage form in which the top surfaces of the first chassis and the second chassis face each other. The cover member is contained inside the first chassis and the second chassis in the usage form and covers a side of a gap formed by separation of the one edge portions of the first chassis and the second chassis in the storage form. |
| US10890950B2 |
Dual-torque hinge mechanism and related electronic device
A dual-torque hinge mechanism applied to an electronic device includes a rotary shaft, a first bridging component, a second bridging component, a first resistance component, a second resistance component and a torque generating component. The first and second bridging components are connected to the rotary shaft. The first and second resistance components are rotatably disposed on the rotary shaft. A stretching portion of the second resistance component is engaged with a positioning portion of the second bridging component. The torque generating component is fixed to the rotary shaft. A first driving portion of the first resistance component is not rotated when being pushed by a second driving portion of the torque generating component moving in a first rotation direction. The first driving portion is rotated when being pushed by the second driving portion moving in a second rotation direction different from the first rotation direction. |
| US10890947B2 |
Display device
A rollable displace device is provided. The rollable display device includes a flexible display assembly coupled to a roller that is configured to be wound and unwound around the roller. When the display panel is wound around the roller, the display panel is received in a housing. When the display panel is unwound from the roller, the display panel extends from the housing. The display device includes at least one support link coupled to the display panel and configured to extend and contract in response to the unwinding and winding of the display panel, respectively. The at least one support link supports the display panel in the unwound state and reduces or prevents overturning of the display panel in the unwound state. |
| US10890936B1 |
Collective control system for a rotorcraft
The control system for attachment to a collective lever in a rotorcraft which comprises a body with an extended horn portion which is generally contoured to provide for a place to rest the palm and grip the collective lever at the end in the form of an open spherical grip as opposed to the more traditional cylindrical grip used to grasp the throttle and/or collective lever directly. The control system generally includes a plurality of controls which can be manipulated by any or all of the four fingers of the hand and the thumb without need to substantially move the palm. The collective lever can also be moved without having to remove the hand from the control system or the fingers or thumb from the controls. |
| US10890933B2 |
Voltage regulator error detection and correction
The disclosure relates to voltage regulators and more specially voltage regulators including error detection and correction mechanisms. Example embodiments include a voltage regulator comprising: an input arranged to receive a trim signal used to specify a target voltage at an output of the regulator; a comparator arranged to compare a voltage derived from the trim signal to the voltage at the output of the regulator; a filter arranged to filter an output of the comparator; a checksum module comprising first and second portions arranged to calculate first and second checksums respectively from a plurality of states associated with the voltage regulator and to provide an error signal equal to the difference between the first and second checksums; and an adjustment module arranged to receive the error signal and adjust one or more of the plurality of states if the error signal is non-zero. |
| US10890931B2 |
Memory module thermal management
A method is disclosed for implementing a scheme to configure thermal management control for a memory device resident on a memory module for a computing platform. A method is also disclosed for implementing the configured thermal management control. In a run-time environment for a computing platform a temperature is obtained from a thermal sensor monitoring the memory module. The memory module is in a given memory module with thermal sensor configuration that includes the memory device. An approximation of a temperature for the memory device is made based on thermal information associated with the given configuration of the memory module and the obtained temperature. The configured thermal management control for the memory device is implemented based on the approximated temperature. Other implementations and examples are also described in this disclosure. |
| US10890927B2 |
Persistent surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle and launch/recovery platform system and method of using with secure communication, sensor systems, targeting systems, locating systems, and precision landing and stabilization systems
Apparatus and methods are provided for providing persistent aerial vehicle surveillance capabilities, including launch and recovery platforms, secured communication, sensor systems, targeting systems, locating systems, and precision landing and stabilization systems for such uses as assisting with base defenses, monitoring parking lots or facilities, providing security monitoring, assisting farmers, performing recon of enemy beaches or use by mortar teams in hostile fields of operations. One embodiment can include an aerial surveillance system using an aerial short wave infrared surveillance system platform for use when quick response in reaction to real-time conditions is preferred while relaying the geo-location and other monitoring assistance via a wireless, fiber optic type link, or an ADHOC GPS system. Embodiments of this disclosure provides a user with precise targeting, without manned air assets, and a highly mobile base of operations with swift relocation possibilities in a denied or hostile environment. |
| US10890924B2 |
System and method for rotorcraft offshore approach
An embodiment rotorcraft includes a rotor system including a plurality of blades; a control assembly operable to receive commands from a pilot; a flight control system (FCS), the flight control system operable to control flight of the rotorcraft by changing an operating condition of the rotor system; and a flight management system (FMS) in signal communication with the control assembly and the FCS. The FMS is operable to receive a target location and a plurality of approach parameters from the control assembly; generate a plurality waypoints between a current location of the rotorcraft and a missed approach point (MAP) based on the target location and the plurality of approach parameters; receive a command to engage in an approach maneuver from the control assembly; and in response to the command to engage in the approach maneuver, instruct the FCS to fly to the MAP. |
| US10890923B2 |
Methods and systems for charge control
A charge control system includes a lithium battery configured to provide lithium battery power to a set of electrical loads, a user signaling device, and control circuitry coupled with the lithium battery and the user signaling device. The control circuitry is operative to: (A) detect availability of charge from an external charger, (B) in response to detection of the availability of charge from the external charger and prior to controlling the external charger to adjust the amount of charge stored by the lithium battery, perform a set of pre-charging assessment operations, and (C) based on the set of pre-charging assessment operations, provide a user notification via the user signaling device, the user notification indicating whether the lithium battery is properly setup for charge adjustment. When the user signaling device generates the user notification, the user is informed that the utility vehicle is properly connected to the external charger. |
| US10890922B2 |
Automated multi-vehicle alignment steering
A navigation system aids a driver of a collection vehicle in keeping pace and distance with a lead harvester while collecting grain. The navigation system can be used for any leader-follower vehicle drive formation. A navigation system steers the head vehicle based on a continuously known position and attitude. Navigation data for the lead vehicle is broadcast to a following collection vehicle. A navigation system in the following vehicle processes the lead vehicle navigation data to determine a relative position and attitude. The navigation system in the following vehicle generates steering and speed commands based on the relative position and attitude to automatically drive to a designated target position alongside the lead vehicle. In one example, an artificial oscillation is induced into the target position to more evenly distribute material in the following vehicle. |
| US10890916B2 |
Location-specific algorithm selection for optimized autonomous driving
A learning method for performing a seamless parameter switch by using a location-specific algorithm selection for an optimized autonomous driving is provided. And the method includes steps of: (a) a learning device instructing a K-th convolutional layer to apply a convolution operation to K-th training images, to thereby generate K-th feature maps; (b) the learning device instructing a K-th output layer to apply a K-th output operation to the K-th feature maps, to thereby generate K-th estimated autonomous driving source information; (c) the learning device instructing a K-th loss layer to generate a K-th loss by using the K-th estimated autonomous driving source information and its corresponding GT, and then to perform backpropagation by using the K-th loss, to thereby learn K-th parameters of the K-th CNN; and (d) the learning device storing the K-th CNN in a database after tagging K-th location information to the K-th CNN. |
| US10890913B1 |
Differential drive robotic platform and assembly
A robotic platform may include a chassis, left and right wheel assemblies, and a controller. The left and right wheel assemblies may include a caster wheel, a motor, a shaft, and a bevel gear. The wheel may be mounted to an axle for rotation about a drive axis and steering about a steering axis. The drive shaft may have one end coupled to the axle and another end wrapped by a respective belt to control rotation of the shaft about the steering axis. The bevel gear may couple the shaft to the axle so rotation of the shaft about the steering axis controls rotation of the wheel about the drive axis to drive the platform in a substantially horizontal direction. The controller may control the left and right drive motors independently, to provide differential drive. Various other assemblies, robots, and methods are also disclosed. |
| US10890912B2 |
Robotic platform and method for performing multiple functions in agricultural systems
An autonomous vehicle platform and system for selectively performing an in-season management task in an agricultural field while self-navigating between rows of planted crops, the autonomous vehicle platform having a vehicle base with a width so dimensioned as to be insertable through the space between two rows of planted crops, the vehicle base having an in-season task management structure configured to perform various tasks, including selectively applying fertilizer, mapping growth zones and seeding cover crop within an agricultural field. |
| US10890909B2 |
Automobile driving mode determination
A method and system enabling an automated vehicular mode switching improvement is provided. The method includes receiving detected road conditions, weather related data, and current GPS coordinates associated with a vehicle in motion. The detected road conditions and weather related data are analyzed. In response, it is determined that the vehicle is currently operating in an autonomous driving mode and should be switched to a manual driving mode. A resulting alert is generated. The alert is presented to the user and it is determined if the vehicle has been switched to manual driving mode. |
| US10890906B2 |
Electronic device and control method thereof
Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a display and a processor to provide a first UI for setting a reconnaissance target of an unmanned aerial vehicle, and based on the reconnaissance target being selected through the first UI, control the display to provide a second UI for selecting a flight path for reconnoitering the reconnaissance target, and the second UI includes image information regarding each of different flight paths for reconnoitering the reconnaissance target. |
| US10890905B1 |
Advanced arresting gear controller
The design of a novel digital controller for a motor driven aircraft arrestment system of the type used on aircraft carriers is described. The unique control and feedback design of the described controller has many advanced features, which provide many advantages over existing designs for controlling advanced arresting gear systems. |
| US10890903B2 |
Real-time gas turbine simulation system and execution method thereof
Disclosed herein are a real-time gas turbine simulation system and an execution method thereof, capable of verifying input and output signals of an actual gas turbine control system (GTCS) by simulating a gas turbine in real time to reduce trial and error in power plant operation in a gas turbine power generation system. The real-time gas turbine simulation system simulates a gas turbine to verify a GTCS for controlling a gas fuel through an actuator/sensor module and a safety integrity level (SIL) protection function through a protection module for the gas turbine, and includes a hardwire-in-the-loop (HIL) simulator connected to the actuator/sensor module and the protection module through one or more hardwires to simulate a time critical portion of the gas turbine in real time, and a network simulator connected to the GTCS through a network to simulate a non-time critical portion of the gas turbine in real time. |
| US10890901B2 |
Control unit and method for operating an industrial automation system communication network comprising a plurality of communication devices
A control unit and method for operating an industrial automation system communication network that includes a plurality of communication devices, wherein a plurality of control units redundant with respect to each other controls functions of a plurality of associated communication devices, where the communication devices transmit communication-specific input variables to all associated redundant control units, output variables (produced by the control units redundant with respect to each other are checked for deviations from each other, and where if there are deviations, then a switchover is made to reserve control units or control units having output variables that deviate with respect to a majority of control units redundant to each other are deactivated. |
| US10890899B2 |
Method of semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program of causing computer to execute design method of semiconductor manufacturing apparatus
A design method of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus which can satisfy a specification required by a user is disclosed. The design method of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes creating a program setting file; creating a program installer from the program setting file; operating a processing unit of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus; specifying a sensor corresponding to the processing unit based on the operation of the processing unit; creating a sensor setting file storing information obtained by specifying the sensor; comparing a content of a requirement specification and a content of the sensor setting file to confirm a consistency between the content of the requirement specification and the content of the sensor setting file; and introducing a program into a memory of a controller by the program installer when the content of the requirement specification and the content of the sensor setting file are consistent with each other. |
| US10890895B2 |
Position or velocity control system and method
In described examples of methods and control systems to control a position and/or velocity of a machine, control circuitry is coupled to receive and dither a control signal, and to compute a control output value according to the dithered control signal and a control function. An inverter is coupled to the control circuitry, to control the position and/or velocity according to the control output value. |
| US10890893B2 |
Method and apparatus for generating geometric data for use in additive manufacturing
An apparatus and methods for generating geometric data for use in an additive manufacturing process. The apparatus includes a processing unit. The processing unit may be arranged for receiving data defining surface geometry of a plurality of objects to be built together in an additive manufacturing process, providing a user interface that allows a user to define a location of each object within a common build volume and carrying out a slicing operation on at least one of the objects located in the common build volume independently from another one of objects located in the common build volume. The slicing operation determines sections of the at least one object to be built in the additive manufacturing process. In one embodiment, the objects are defined in a hierarchical data structure. Supports for supporting the objects during the build may be defined with reference to a 2-dimensional support cross-section. |
| US10890889B2 |
Method of monitoring and assessing the operation of an industrial installation driven by a programmable controller and equipment implementing said method
A method of monitoring and assessing program variables of an industrial installation driven by a controller (C) by instructions programmed in a user program. Specific monitoring modules (MS1 to MSt) are implanted, as close as possible in time to the variable(s) (V1 to Vt) to be monitored to monitor evolution in real-time. During execution, each specific monitoring module (MSy) reads, in real-time, the logic state of each of variables which it monitors in an instantaneous cycle turn (TCi) of the controller (C), compares this logic state with the previously recorded logic state, and, only in the case of a state change, records the new logic state read as well as the real-time time-stamp of this event in a global memory unit (UM_G). The recorded metadata is analyzed in order to check behavior of the installation, use this production data and identify a possible malfunction of program and/or the installation. |
| US10890888B2 |
Control apparatus, control program, control system, and control method
A control apparatus for controlling a control target includes: an acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a delay time adding unit. The acquisition unit acquires at least first and second measurement values related to a control target, such as a machine. The determination unit determines whether the control target is in a predetermined state, such as a normal state or an abnormal state, based on the measurement values acquired by the acquisition unit. The delay time adding unit adds delay to at least one of the first and second measurement values. |
| US10890887B2 |
Platform for continued use of existing software for the actuation of industrial field devices
A platform for actuation of at least one industrial field device in an industrial installation having control software includes: an execution environment, in which the control software is runnable; and an external interface for communicating between the control software and the at least one industrial field device. The execution environment has virtual hardware which, from a point of view of the control software, behaves in a manner of the at least one industrial field device. A switching unit is connected between the virtual hardware and the external interface. The switching unit bidirectionally translates data, interchanged between the control software and the virtual hardware, for communication with the at least one industrial field device via the external interface. |
| US10890883B2 |
Battery monitoring
An EMS (200) receives at least one of a message indicating a rated output of the storage battery (141) and a message indicating number of charged and discharged times of the storage battery (141), from the power storage apparatus (140). |
| US10890878B2 |
Strike mode and tune selector for a watch or timepiece
A striking mechanism for a watch including an hour snail driven by a movement, a strike wheel set including a detent ratchet and a repeating rack pinion, a pivoting hour-rack for reading the snail and driving the pinion, a click set in motion at each passing strike to drive the detent ratchet, with a mode selector mechanism for selection by the user of a particular strike mode, among distinct modes including a silent mode, defining the angular position of a cam having an external profiled surface, wherein, in silent mode, the largest radius pushes back a beak of a silencing lever, to orient it into a position where its main arm moves the click away from the ratchet in order to disable every passing strike function. |
| US10890876B2 |
Image forming apparatus, toner container
An image forming apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an apparatus body, a toner container, a container supporting portion, and an exterior member. The toner container is configured to be attached at an attachment position that is specified inside the apparatus body. The container supporting portion is configured to support the toner container such that the toner container is movable between the attachment position and a pull-out position that is separated from the attachment position by a specific distance toward a specific first surface of the apparatus body. The exterior member is provided on the toner container, and constitutes an exterior of the first surface when the toner container is in an attached state, where the toner container is held at the attachment position by the container supporting portion. |
| US10890875B2 |
Connecting member
A connecting member includes a tube portion, a bottom portion provided at an end of the tube portion, an opening provided at the other end of the tube portion, two resilient arms spacedly extending from the bottom portion toward the opening in a way that each of the resilient arms is distanced from an inner wall surface of the tube portion, and two pin holes disposed in the two resilient arms, respectively. The connecting member is adapted to be coupled with a rotational force receiving member in a way that the rotational force receiving member is freely swingable within an angle range relative to the connecting member without being detached from the connecting member. |
| US10890873B2 |
Process unit and image forming apparatus
A process unit includes a photosensitive drum on which an electrostatic latent image is to be formed, a charger that charges an outer circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum to a predetermined polarity and a predetermined potential, a cleaner that removes residual toner from the outer circumferential surface of the photosensitive drum, a process frame that holds the photosensitive drum and is provided with the cleaner, and a charger cover that holds the charger and is rotatably supported on the process frame so as to move the charger away from or closer to the photosensitive drum. |
| US10890872B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes a mechanism configured to bring an intermediate transfer member into a first state contacting first and second drums and a second state separating from the first drum and contacting the second drum. The image forming apparatus is operable in a first mode of using the first and second drums in the first state, a second mode of using only the second drum in the second state, and a third mode of using only the second drum in the first state. If an image forming retry involving cleaning a transfer portion due to a recording medium conveyance delay in the third mode is to be performed, a controller changes over the third mode to the second mode without stopping rotation of the second drum to perform image formation on a recording medium fed by restart of a feeding operation. |
| US10890868B2 |
Fixing member, fixing unit, and image forming apparatus
A fixing member includes: a substrate layer including a resin; a first metal layer that is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the substrate layer and includes Cu; a second metal layer that is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the first metal layer so as to be in contact with the first metal layer and includes Ni, and has crystal orientation indexes of from 1.0 to 1.8 for a (111) plane, from 0.5 to 1.3 for a (200) plane, and from 1.0 to 1.6 for a (311) plane; and an elastic layer that is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the second metal layer. |
| US10890867B2 |
Image forming apparatus capable of increasing gloss of an image
An image forming apparatus includes an image former which forms an image on a recording medium, a pressure member, a fixing member which is pressed against the pressure member to form a nip portion and comes into contact with the image formed on the recording medium conveyed at the nip portion, and a hardware processor. The hardware processor causes one member, either the pressure member or the fixing member, to function as a driving member which conveys the recording medium in a normal mode and causes the other member of the pressure member and the fixing member to perform an assist operation for reducing torque of the driving member compared to the normal mode to increase gloss of the image in a high-gloss mode. |
| US10890865B2 |
Intermediate transfer medium
An object of the present invention is to provide an intermediate transfer medium having high durability, as well as high smudge resistance and image stability. The intermediate transfer medium of the present invention includes: a substrate, and a transfer layer including a first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer and a receiving layer; in which the first intermediate layer contains a (meth)acrylic polyol resin with a glass transition temperature of 80° C. or higher; in which the second intermediate layer contains a polyester with a glass transition temperature of 45° C. or higher and a filler with a mean particle diameter of 2 μm or more and 5 μm or less; and in which the content of the filler in the second intermediate layer is 0.5% by mass or more and 5% by mass or less. |
| US10890857B2 |
Developing cartridge having electrode contactable with another electrode by pivot motion of the cartridge
A developing cartridge includes a casing having an outer surface, a developing roller, a first electrode, and a boss. The developing roller is movable together with the casing and includes a developing roller shaft extending along a first axis extending in a first direction. The developing roller is rotatable about the first axis. The first electrode is positioned at one end portion in the first direction of the developing roller shaft, and electrically connected to the developing roller shaft. The boss is positioned at one end portion in the first direction of the outer surface. The boss extends in the first direction and is engageable with the drum unit. A part of the first electrode is configured to contact with a second electrode of the drum unit as a result of pivotal movement of the developing cartridge about the boss relative to the drum unit. |
| US10890854B2 |
Electrophotographic photoreceptor, process cartridge, image forming apparatus, and imide compound
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive substrate; and an undercoating layer that is provided between the conductive substrate and the photosensitive layer and includes a charge transport material containing at least one of imide compounds represented by Formula (1) or (2): (in Formulas (1) and (2), R10, R11, R20 or R21 independently represents a group represented by Formula (3) or (4) where X represents a monovalent organic group having at least one of an alkyl group, an alkylene group, an ether group, an ester group, and a keto group, a halogen atom, a nitro group, an aralkyl group, or an aryl group, Y represents a sulfur atom or an oxygen atom, n represents an integer of 0 to 2, and when n represents 2, two X's may be the same or different), and an imide compound is represented by Formula (1A) where Ar represents an aromatic group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms except for a tetravalent perylene group, X1 and X2 each independently represent a nitrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted carbon atom, Y1 and Y2 each independently represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a selenium atom, or NH, and R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group: |
| US10890849B2 |
EUV lithography system for dense line patterning
Extreme ultra-violet (EUV) lithography ruling engine specifically configured to print one-dimensional lines on a target workpiece includes source of EUV radiation; a pattern-source defining 1D pattern; an illumination unit (IU) configured to irradiate the pattern-source; and projection optics (PO) configured to optically image, with a reduction factor N>1, the 1D pattern on image surface that is optically-conjugate to the 1D pattern. Irradiation of the pattern-source can be on-axis or off-axis. While 1D pattern has first spatial frequency, its optical image has second spatial frequency that is at least twice the first spatial frequency. The pattern-source can be flat or curved. The IU may include a relay reflector. A PO's reflector may include multiple spatially-distinct reflecting elements aggregately forming such reflector. The engine is configured to not allow formation of optical image of any 2D pattern that has spatial resolution substantially equal to a pitch of the 1D pattern of the pattern-source. |
| US10890846B2 |
Photosensitive resin composition and cured film prepared therefrom
Disclosed herein are a photosensitive resin composition and a cured film prepared therefrom. The photosensitive resin composition introduces a siloxane polymer containing a fluorine atom which has strong water-repellency into a composition including a common siloxane polymer and an epoxy compound, and fluorine groups may be present in the whole region of the cured film so that the water-repellency due to a fluorine component may be maintained even after removing the surface of the cured film is removed via a dry etching process. As a result, the resistance (chemical resistance) to chemicals used in a post-processing can be maximizes to provide a cured film having excellent stability. |
| US10890844B2 |
Embossed film, sheet film, transfer copy, and method for producing embossed film
There is provided an embossed film in which the frequency of loss of concavities is smaller, the embossed film including: a film main body; and a plurality of concavities formed on a surface of the film main body. A diameter of an opening surface of the concavity is larger than a visible light wavelength, an arrangement pattern of the concavities has periodicity along a length direction of the film main body, and the difference between the rate of loss of concavities in one end portion of the film main body and the rate of loss of concavities in the other end portion of the film main body is 10 ppm or less. |
| US10890843B2 |
Fast imprint lithography
Methods and systems for imprint lithography are described. In an embodiment, a method may include receiving a substrate in an imprint lithography chamber. Such a method may also include applying a deformable layer to a surface of the substrate. The method may further include injecting a gas that dissolves into the deformable layer more quickly than air into the chamber. Additionally, the method may include pressing a mold into the deformable layer. The method may also include controlling one or more processing parameters in order to achieve device formation objectives. |
| US10890842B2 |
Reflective mask blank, reflective mask, and process for producing reflective mask blank
A reflective mask blank includes, on/above a substrate in the following order from the substrate side, a reflective layer which reflects EUV light, and an absorber layer which absorbs EUV light. The absorber layer contains Sn as a main component and Ta in an amount of 25 at % or more. |
| US10890841B2 |
Camera module testing fixture
A camera module testing fixture for testing a performance of a camera module includes a mounting body, a fixture block set detachably mounted to the mounting body, an actuating module, a cover fixed on the actuating module, and a base. The mounting body and the actuating module are disposed on a same first side of the base. The actuating module is configured to move the cover along a first direction to above the fixture block set and further configured to move the cover along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and perpendicular to the mounting body. |
| US10890840B2 |
Projection optical system unit, projection optical system, and projection optical apparatus
A projection optical system satisfies θ1≥15 (deg) and 3 |
| US10890839B1 |
Structured light imaging device
The structured light imaging device includes a projector including a diffractive optical element, an image sensor, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to control the projector to emit a beam having a special pattern, and alter an amplitude of the beam during a sensing period. The image sensor is configured to capture an image corresponding to the beam during the sensing period, and transmits the image to the processing circuit. The processing circuit calculates a depth according to the image and a predetermined image having the special pattern. Therefore, the interference phenomenon is reduced. |
| US10890838B2 |
System and methods of fluorescence microscope calibration
The described embodiments are directed to a system and methods of calibrating a fluorescence microscope and/or light detection device using a calibrating apparatus. The apparatus may comprise a main body housing, a sensor head, and a microcontroller assembly disposed within the housing. The housing may include an adapter to mechanically couple the housing to a microscope. The sensor head may comprise (i) an optical power sensor to produce a power signal representative of an optical power magnitude of light applied to the optical power sensor, (ii) an optical wavelength sensor configured to produce wavelength information associated with the light applied to the optical wavelength sensor, and (iii) a light source configured to direct light toward a detection device associated with the microscope. The microcontroller assembly may be configured to generate an optical power magnitude value based on the power signal and adjusted according to the wavelength information. |
| US10890836B1 |
Projector
A projector having a cooling target includes a light source configured to emit light, a light modulator configured to modulate the light emitted from the light source, a projection optical device configured to project the light modulated by the light modulator, a cooler configured to cool the cooling target based on transformation of a refrigerant into a gas, and a controller configured to control the cooler. The cooler includes a refrigerant generator configured to generate the refrigerant, and a refrigerant sender configured to transmit the generated refrigerant toward the cooling target. The controller controls the refrigerant generator based on at least one of temperature of the cooling target and ambient humidity of the projector. |
| US10890829B2 |
Movable object and method for manufacturing photographing device
A movable object includes a photographing device, a support member supporting the photographing device, and a propulsion system configured to propel the movable object. The photographing device includes an image sensor, a housing accommodating the image sensor, a heat conductor configured to transmit heat generated by the image sensor to the housing, and a heat radiator provided on an outer surface of the housing. |
| US10890827B2 |
Camera accessory
A camera accessory, at which light from a subject enters, detachably mountable at a camera body, includes: a communication unit that communicates with the camera body; and a first storage unit that stores a discriminating signal indicating whether or not another device capable of communicating with the camera body is mountable on a subject side of the camera accessory, wherein: the communication unit transmits the discriminating signal to the camera body. |
| US10890825B2 |
Camera system
A camera system is provided and includes a lens module, a photosensitive module and a fixed frame. The lens module includes a first lens and a lens barrel. The lens barrel is for accommodating the first lens. The photosensitive module includes a photosensitive element and a base. The photosensitive element corresponds to the lens module, and the photosensitive element is disposed on the base. The lens module and the photosensitive module are disposed on the fixed frame, and the lens barrel is made of a material with a thermal expansion coefficient less than 50 (10−6/K @ 20° C.). |
| US10890818B2 |
Pixel structure
A pixel structure is provided. The pixel structure has a first substrate, a scan line, a data line, an active device, a pixel electrode, and a conductive strip-shaped pattern. The scan line and the data line are located on the first substrate. The active device is electrically connected to the scan lines and the data line. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device. The conductive strip-shaped pattern is correspondingly disposed over the data line. The conductive strip-shaped pattern has an opening at least partially overlapped with the data line in a vertical projection at the first substrate. |
| US10890816B2 |
Display device
A display device in one embodiment includes a display panel configured to display an image in first and second display areas, a plurality of first gate lines corresponding to the first display area, and a plurality of second gate lines separated from the first gate lines and corresponding to the second display area. Accordingly, the distance between the first gate lines of the first display area and the second gate lines of the second display area is maximized to prevent static electricity from occurring between the electrodes, thereby increasing product yield. |
| US10890813B2 |
Electronic device having a first electronic component and a second electronic component connected by wiring, and manufacturing method therefor
Provided are an electronic device and a manufacturing method therefor such that, when connecting a first electronic component configured to have a step difference near an external connection terminal to a second electronic component via wiring, the size increase of a manufacturing device can be avoided, wiring can be carried out at a low-cost, and the reliability of the wiring connections can be improved. An LCD (10) and an IC (20) are embedded and exposed in a resin molding (30) in such a manner that a connection electrode (13a) of the LCD (10) and an electrode of the IC (20) are positioned on the same plane. |
| US10890809B2 |
Display substrate and display device
A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a display region and a non-display region located at a periphery of the display region. The non-display region includes a plurality of conductive poles arranged on a base substrate, and the plurality of conductive poles is grounded and is distributed at the periphery of the display region to transfer static electricity out. |
| US10890808B2 |
Cell assembly, display panel and display device
A cell assembly, including a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes: a color resist layer and a first passivation layer. The first support protrudes from the color resist layer. The first passivation layer covers the color resist layer. The first passivation layer and the first support together form a first support assembly, and the first support assembly is in surface contact with the second substrate. Compared with the use of the silicon ball and the gold ball independent of the first substrate to support the second substrate, the present construction is much stable and has better support effect, thereby realizing the uniform thickness of the peripheral region of the cell. |
| US10890807B2 |
Display substrate, manufacturing method of the display substrate, and display panel
The disclosure provides a display substrate, including: a transparent substrate which includes a side surface and an edge; a transparent electrode layer formed on the side surface of the transparent substrate and covering the full side surface; and an alignment layer formed on the transparent electrode layer and covering the full surface of the transparent electrode layer; the alignment layer including a connecting region and a photosensitive region, and the photosensitive region including a photosensitive material. The disclosure also provides a manufacturing method of a display substrate, and a display panel. |
| US10890803B2 |
Head-up display
A head-up display including a display element illuminated by a plurality of light emitting elements. A lenslet is between a TIR lens array and the display element. The lenslet includes a first side facing the display element and a second side facing the TIR lens array. At least one of the first side and the second side includes a plurality of horizontal lenses or a plurality of vertical lenses configured to evenly distribute light from the TIR lens array across an eyebox generated by the head-up display and balance luminous uniformity and luminous intensity across the eyebox. |
| US10890801B2 |
Backlight module, display device and fabricating method for backlight module
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and provides a backlight module, a display device, and a fabricating method for the backlight module. Specifically, the backlight module includes a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, a plurality of light emitting units arranged in an array on the first surface of the first substrate, a metal wire grid polarizer on the second surface of the first substrate, and a driving circuit. The driving circuit is electrically connected to the plurality of light emitting units to drive the plurality of light emitting units to emit light toward the first substrate. |
| US10890795B2 |
Touch display device
The present disclosure provides a touch display device, including an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a liquid crystal layer placed between the upper and lower substrates. The upper substrate includes a touch detection structure, and a plurality of pixel units arranged in a matrix. Each pixel unit includes a switch element and a pixel electrode. The lower substrate includes a common electrode and a reflection layer. The reflection layer is used for reflecting external light, and the external light refers to light from outside and sequentially emitting to the upper substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and then being incident to the reflection layer. In the touch display device, no whole or large area display electrode such as the common electrode is placed between the touch detection structure and the users. Thus, external touch signals will not be shielded, and the touch function can be better realized. |
| US10890794B2 |
Display device
A device with a display uninterrupted by a camera includes a display panel and the camera. The display device defines a display area for displaying images and a light transmission area surrounded by the display area. The camera is in the light transmission area and can collect light for images through the light transmission area. |
| US10890792B2 |
Auto darkening filter capable of achieving high light-shielding number
An auto darkening filter, comprising: a first positive liquid crystal (LCD1) a second positive liquid crystal (LCD2); a first liquid crystal control circuit (A) configured to control the first positive liquid crystal (LCD1) and the second positive liquid crystal (LCD2) based on a received control signal; a negative-phase liquid crystal (LCD3) provided between the first positive liquid crystal (LCD1) and the second positive liquid crystal (LCD2); a second liquid crystal control circuit (B) configured to control the negative-phase liquid crystal (LCD3) based on a received control signal; a UV/IR filter configured to filter a welding arc; a light control circuit configured to detect the welding arc, generate a corresponding control signal based on the detected intensity of the welding arc, and output the corresponding control signal to a main control circuit. |
| US10890786B2 |
Method and system for determining an adaptive parameter for a spectacle lens accommodated in a spectacle frame
In a method for determining at least one fitting parameter for a spectacle lens received in a spectacle frame, an image, lying in an image plane, of at least one portion of a spectacle frame worn by a subject is acquired. When acquiring the image, the inclination of the image plane about a horizontal axis which is parallel to the image plane is established and, in the process, the at least one fitting parameter is established from the acquired image of the portion of the subject with the spectacle frame worn by the subject and the established inclination of the image. |
| US10890784B2 |
Methods, devices, and computer program for determining a near-vision point
Methods, devices, and computer programs for determining a near-vision point of a person are disclosed. The person under examination looks at a movable near-vision target, and an image of the person is captured with a camera device incorporated into the near-vision target. The orientation and/or position of the near-vision target is determined. The near-vision point is then determined from the orientation and/or position of the near-vision target. |
| US10890778B2 |
Optical system having an improved signal-to-noise ratio of eye-tracking
An optical system includes a grating including at least one substrate and a grating structure coupled to the at least one substrate. The grating structure is configured to diffract a first light having an incidence angle within a predetermined range. The optical system also includes a polarizer configured to transmit the first light diffracted by the grating structure and block a second light reflected by a surface of the at least one substrate. |
| US10890775B2 |
Head mounted display device
A head mounted display device includes a spectacles frame, two temples, an optomechanical module, a lens and a circuit board module. The temples are connected to the opposite ends of the spectacles frame, respectively. The lens is fixed to the spectacles frame. The optomechanical module is loaded on the spectacles frame, jointed to the lens, and configured for outputting signals to the lens. The circuit board module is disposed on the frame and electrically connected to the optomechanical module. |
| US10890773B2 |
Virtual and augmented reality systems and methods having unequal numbers of component color images distributed across depth planes
Images perceived to be substantially full color or multi-colored may be formed using component color images that are distributed in unequal numbers across a plurality of depth planes. The distribution of component color images across the depth planes may vary based on color. In some embodiments, a display system includes a stack of waveguides that each output light of a particular color, with some colors having fewer numbers of associated waveguides than other colors. The stack of waveguides may include by multiple pluralities (e.g., first and second pluralities) of waveguides, each configured to produce an image by outputting light corresponding to a particular color. The total number of waveguides in the second plurality of waveguides is less than the total number of waveguides in the first plurality of waveguides, and may be more than the total number of waveguides in a third plurality of waveguides, in embodiments where three component colors are utilized. |
| US10890770B2 |
Waveguide having partial reflector
A waveguide, e.g. an image-replicating waveguide, is provided. The waveguide includes a substrate having two outer surfaces, for propagating a beam of image light in the substrate by reflecting the beam from the outer surfaces. A diffraction grating is supported by the substrate and configured for diffracting the impinging beam. A partial reflector is disposed in the substrate between and parallel to the first and second surfaces. The partial reflector is configured for splitting the impinging beam, increasing the number of beam portions in the waveguide, thereby improving output pupil density. |
| US10890765B2 |
Systems, articles, and methods for integrating holographic optical elements with eyeglass lenses
Systems, articles, and methods that integrate photopolymer film with eyeglass lenses are described. One or more hologram(s) may be recorded into/onto the photopolymer film to enable the lens to be used as a transparent holographic combiner in a wearable heads-up display employing an image source, such as a microdisplay or a scanning laser projector. The methods of integrating photopolymer film with eyeglass lenses include: positioning photopolymer film in a lens mold and casting the lens around the photopolymer film; sandwiching photopolymer film in between two portions of a lens; applying photopolymer film to a concave surface of a lens; and/or affixing a planar carrier (with photopolymer film thereon) to two points across a length of a concave surface of a lens. Respective lenses manufactured/adapted by each of these processes are also described. |
| US10890761B2 |
Photoreactive sensor including optical amplification phototransistor, and display panel and vehicle control system including photoreactive sensor
Disclosed is a photoreactive sensor including an optical amplification phototransistor, in which a non-overlapping region that does not overlap with a local gate electrode between a source electrode and a drain electrode is formed and which senses an optical image through the non-overlapping region for amplify photoconductivity; and a contact light emitting device that is formed on the optical amplification phototransistor and generates the optical image corresponding to a contacted surface upon contact with an object. |
| US10890757B2 |
Optical imaging lens
An optical imaging lens includes a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, and a fourth lens element from an object side to an image side in order along an optical axis. The first lens element to the fourth lens element each include an object-side surface facing the object side and allowing imaging rays to pass through and an image-side surface facing the image side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through. The object-side surface of the second lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis. The image-side surface of the second lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of a periphery of the second lens element. The object-side surface of the third lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of a periphery of the third lens element. The fourth lens element has negative refracting power. |
| US10890754B2 |
Observation optical system
An observation optical system 10 is provided with an objective optical system LO, an inversion optical system PR provided in the objective optical system LO or immediately posterior to the objective optical system LO to invert an inverted image to an erected image, and an eyepiece optical system LE arranged so as to be the closest to a pupil EP to observe the erected image, the observation optical system satisfying following conditional expressions 1.6 |
| US10890751B2 |
Systems and applications for generating augmented reality images
The systems and applications for generating the augmented reality (AR) images are disclosed. The system includes a processing module and a digital microscope module having a plurality of camera units, and the processing module tracks and parses the user's motions to generate the related control signals, the virtual objects composed to form the AR images according to the received instant images of the observed objects captured by the digital microscope module. Moreover, the processing module generates and outputs the AR images composing of the instant images and the user interface (UI), icons, objects, video and/or information related to the interactive applications while the display mode switch or the real-time tutorial and sharing is triggered. |
| US10890748B2 |
Automated substrate loading
This disclosure is directed to system for transferring a substrate, such as a microscope slide, and holding the substrate within at least one device. The system includes a holder for holding the substrate and a gripper for transferring the substrate, such as between a cassette or stack and the holder. A method is also discussed herein. |
| US10890739B2 |
Optical image capturing lenses
An optical image capturing lenses includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a front lens group, a stop, and a rear lens group. The front lens group includes, in order from the object side to the image side, at least a first lens element and a second lens element. The first lens element has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. The rear lens group includes, in order from the object side to the image side, at least a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element. The sixth lens element is made of plastic material. The object-side surface and the image-side surface of the sixth lens are aspheric. The sixth lens element has at least one inflection point formed on at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof. |
| US10890734B1 |
Camera actuator for lens and sensor shifting
Some embodiments include a camera voice coil motor (VCM) actuator configured to shift a lens and/or an image sensor along multiple axes. The VCM actuator may include a bottom flexure and a top flexure that connect one or more dynamic members to one or more static members. The VCM actuator may include stationary magnets and coils held by dynamic members. In some cases, the VCM actuator may be configured to move the image sensor along an optical axis, to move the image sensor in directions orthogonal to the optical axis, and/or to tilt the image sensor relative to the orthogonal axis. In some examples, the VCM actuator may be configured to move the image sensor in directions orthogonal to the optical axis, to move the lens along the optical axis, and/or to tilt the lens relative to the optical axis. |
| US10890731B2 |
Adapter with LC-type two-core shutter
An adapter includes an upper lid housing provided in right and left wall surfaces with locking projections and provided in an upper wall surface with an arm, a shutter plate arranged in an opening side of the upper lid housing in a rising direction, a sleeve holder constructed by a first cylinder and a second cylinder holding a split sleeve therebetween, a lower lid housing provided in right and left wall surfaces with locked hole portions for fitting the locking projections and provided in an upper wall surface with a locking concave portion locking the arm, and a through hole for inserting a fitting projection provided in a protruding manner in a leading end of a bottom plate of the lower lid housing into a lower end of the upper lid housing. Thus, a guiding performance is improved and an LC-type optical connector plug can be housed compactly. |
| US10890729B2 |
Fiber drop terminal and bracket
A drop terminal mounting system includes a fiber drop terminal having a housing and a base attached to the housing. The housing includes an outer surface containing a plurality of receptacles and cooperatively defines an inner cavity with the base. The drop terminal mounting system further includes a bracket having a first fastening region and a second fastening region adapted to secure the drop terminal to the bracket. |
| US10890728B2 |
On chip wavelength multiplexing and demultiplexing in multimode waveguide
Example methods, devices, and systems for optical transmission are disclosed. An example method can comprise coupling a plurality of optical filters to a substrate. The method can comprise coupling a polymeric waveguide to the plurality of optical filters. The polymeric waveguide can be configured to guide a free space optical signal along the polymeric waveguide and communicate, via the plurality of optical filters, one or more components of the free optical space signal to an integrated chip. |
| US10890727B2 |
Light module for illuminating an outer component of a vehicle, and process for manufacturing such light module
A light module for illuminating an outer component of a vehicle, including: a housing for fastening the light module to the vehicle; a cover mounted on the housing; an inner space delimited between the housing and the cover; a printed circuit board in the inner space; a light source on the printed circuit board and configured for emitting an illumination beam; and a light guide in the housing facing the light source and extending outside the inner space for guiding the illumination beam along the outer component; wherein the housing and the printed circuit board are provided with complementary indexing means tightly fitted relative to each other, for directly positioning the light source mounted on the printed circuit board relative to the light guide in the housing. A process for manufacturing such light module is also described. |
| US10890726B2 |
Pluggable optical module and optical communication system
A pluggable optical connector is configured to be insertable into and removable from an optical communication apparatus, and to be capable of communicating a modulation signal and a data signal with the optical communication apparatus. A wavelength-tunable light source is configured to output an output light and a local oscillation light. An optical transmission unit is configured to output an optical signal generated by modulating the output light in response to the modulation signal. An optical reception unit is configured to demodulate an optical signal received by using the local oscillation light to the data signal. Pluggable optical receptors are configured in such a manner that an optical fiber is insertable into and removable from the pluggable optical receptors, and configured to be capable of outputting the optical signal to the optical fiber and transferring the optical signal received thorough the optical fiber to the optical reception unit. |
| US10890722B2 |
Fiber optic connector
A method of providing fiber optic connectivity including gripping a rotatable coupler of a fiber optic connector at a grip portion thereof, inserting the rotatable coupler into a bulkhead adapter in a straight direction, turning the rotatable coupler in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction to increase a tension of the spring while pushing the rotatable coupler forward, and releasing the rotatable coupler such that the rotatable coupler rotates in a counter clockwise direction and locks the fiber optic connector into the bulkhead adapter. |
| US10890720B2 |
Method of measuring a time-varying signal emission
A method of measuring a time-varying signal emission, the method including subjecting the contents of a receptacle to a thermal cycling process. During the thermal cycling process, measuring a signal emission from the contents of the receptacle at regular time intervals and recording the measured signal emission and a time stamp at each time interval. Also during the thermal cycling process, determining a temperature of the thermal cycling process at regular time intervals and recording the determined temperature and a time stamp at each time interval. The measured signal emissions are synchronized with a specific temperature of the thermal cycling process by comparing the time stamps of the measured emission signals with the time stamps of the determined temperatures. |
| US10890719B2 |
Optical interconnect for switch applications
A switch module includes a switch integrated circuit (IC), a silicon photonics chips, and an interface having removably coupled first side and second side. The first side includes a lens array optically coupled to a SiP chip and the second side includes a connector having a plurality of planar lightwave circuits (PLCs) optically coupled to another lens array. |
| US10890718B2 |
Silicon photonic integrated system in a switch
A silicon photonic integrated system in a switch includes a multi-wavelength laser module, a first multiplexer, an optical channel, and a light signal generating element. The multi-wavelength laser module is configured to emit n laser beams with different peak wavelengths, and n is an integer greater than 2. The first multiplexer is optically coupled to the multi-wavelength laser module and configured to receive the laser beams and combine them into a combined beam. The optical channel is configured to receive a combined beam. The light signal generating element receives the combined beam through the optical channel and modulates the combined beam to emit a plurality of light output signals. |
| US10890715B1 |
Light guide module with a plurality of light guide columns and a plate with protrusions connected to the light outlet end of each column
A light guiding module includes a light guiding assembly and a plate. The light guiding assembly comprises a base, plural light guiding columns and plural first connection portions. The light guiding column comprises a light inlet end and a light outlet end. The first connection portions are connected between the light guiding columns. The plate comprises a first surface and plural extending portions. The first surface is abutted against the light outlet ends. The extending portions are extended from the first surface. The extending portion includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion. The second protrusions are disposed between the first protrusions and the first surface. A part of the first protrusions and the second protrusions of the extending portions are extended along a first direction, and a rest are extended along a second direction. The first connection portions are disposed between the first protrusions and the second protrusions. |
| US10890712B2 |
Photonic and electric devices on a common layer
Photonic devices having Al1-xScxN and AlyGa1-yN materials, where Al is Aluminum, Sc is Scandium, Ga is Gallium, and N is Nitrogen and where 0 |
| US10890711B2 |
Insulation detection circuit and method, and battery management system
The present disclosure provides an insulation detection circuit and method, and a battery management system. The circuit includes a first isolation module, a voltage division module, a signal generation module, first and second sampling points and a processor. A first end of the first isolation module is connected to a power battery, and a second end of the first isolation module is connected to the second sampling point. The signal generation module is connected to the first sampling point and configured to inject an AC signal into the power battery and provide the first sampling point with a first sampled signal. A first end of the voltage division module is connected to the first sampling point, and a second end of the voltage division module is connected to the second sampling point. The processor is configured to calculate an insulation resistance of the power battery. |
| US10890710B2 |
Display device and backlight module thereof
A display device and a backlight module thereof are provided. The backlight module includes a collimated light source and a light guide plate. The collimated light source configured to generate a collimated light. The light guide plate has a bottom surface and a top surface opposite to each other, and a light entrance surface connected to ends of the bottom and top surfaces respectively for receiving collimated light from the collimated light source. The bottom surface inclines toward the top surface from the end of the bottom surface connected to the light entrance surface. A plurality of first grooves are disposed side by side on the bottom surface and respectively extend along the light entrance surface. The first groove has a first light receiving surface with a first end extending toward the top surface and inclining away from the light entrance surface. Compared to the first end of the first light receiving surface closer to the light entrance surface, the first end of the first light receiving surface farther from the light entrance surface has a vertical projection position on the light entrance surface that is closer to the top surface. |
| US10890707B2 |
Holographic waveguide apparatus for structured light projection
A structured light projector comprising: a light source emitting light of a first wavelength; at least one switchable grating switchable between a non-diffracting and a diffracting state; and at least one passive grating. At least one of the switchable and passive gratings provides a first grating configuration for projecting uniform illumination in a first interval of time. At least one of the switchable and passive gratings provides a second grating configuration for projecting structured illumination in a second interval of time. |
| US10890706B2 |
Optical device
An optical device has a light guide plate configured to guide light within a plane parallel to an emission surface thereof, and a plurality of optical deflectors arranged two-dimensionally within a plane parallel to the emission surface. Each of the optical deflectors deflects light propagating through the light guide plate, and causes the emission surface to output light forming an image in a space. Each of the optical deflectors is configured to spread the light incident thereon that has an intensity distribution corresponding to an image in a direction orthogonal to the light guide direction of the light guide plate in a plane parallel to the emission surface, and cause the emission surface to output the light which groups the light from the plurality of optical deflectors arranged along a direction orthogonal to the light guide direction, such that light radiating from the image is formed. |
| US10890698B2 |
Diffraction optical element, optical system, and imaging apparatus
A diffraction optical element includes a first diffraction grating having a first grating surface and a first grating wall surface, a second diffraction grating having a second grating surface and a second grating wall surface, and a thin film configured to contact the first grating wall surface and the second grating wall surface. The predetermined conditions are satisfied. |
| US10890692B2 |
Optionally transferable optical system with a reduced thickness
An optionally transferable optical system with a reduced thickness is provided. The inventive optical system is basically made up of a synthetic image presentation system in which one or more arrangements of structured image icons are substantially in contact with, but not completely embedded within, one or more arrangements of focusing elements. The focusing element and image icon arrangements cooperate to form at least one synthetic image. By way of the subject invention, the requirement for an optical spacer to provide the necessary focal distance between the focusing elements and their associated image icon(s) is removed. As a result, overall system thicknesses are reduced, suitability as a surface-applied authentication system is enabled, and tamper resistance is improved. |
| US10890691B2 |
Imaging optical system, projection display device, and imaging apparatus
The imaging optical system consists of, in order from a magnification side, a first optical system and a second optical system. The first optical system consists of, in order from the magnification side, a first A lens group having a positive refractive power and a first B lens group having a positive refractive power with the maximum air gap interposed between the lens surfaces in the first optical system. The second optical system consists of, in order from the magnification side, a second A lens group having a positive refractive power and a second B lens group having a positive refractive power with the maximum air gap interposed between the lens surfaces in the second optical system. |
| US10890689B2 |
Silicone hydrogels comprising polyamides
Described are silicone hydrogels that are more biocompatible than current ocular materials. The silicone hydrogels are formed from a reactive monomer mixture comprising: a mixture of hydroxyl substituted silicone containing components, at least one polyamide; and at least one hydrophilic monomer. The silicone hydrogels also display a desirable balance of properties, including clarity, oxygen permeability, wettability and desirable protein uptake. |
| US10890688B2 |
Method for generating secondary data in geostatistics using observed data
A method of generating secondary data in geostatistics using observed data that: receiving prepared spatial correlation data, primary data, and observed data; generating initial models by performing a geostatistical technique using the spatial correlation data and the primary data; extracting a best representative model using the observed data from the initial models; and creating final models by converging candidate models. The initial models are created using geostatistics from the spatial correlation data and primary data, the representative models are determined using a distance-based clustering method, the best representative model is selected using the observed data, the candidate models near the best representative model are selected as final models depending on a convergence determination criterion, and uncertainty quantification and prediction of future performances may be conducted using the final models. |
| US10890680B2 |
Use of external driver to energize a seismic source
Disclosed are seismic sources that may utilize an external driver to energize the air in the seismic source for generation of acoustic energy. An apparatus for generating acoustic energy may comprise a seismic source comprising an internal cavity configured to contain a fluid. The apparatus may further comprise a piston external to the seismic source and in fluid communication with the internal cavity, wherein the piston operable to energize the fluid in the internal cavity of the seismic source. The apparatus may further comprise a linear motor coupled to the piston. |
| US10890677B2 |
System and method for soil moisture monitoring and irrigation mapping
To address the shortcomings presented in the prior art, the present invention provides a system and method to provide improved irrigation management through the detection of fast neutrons. According to a preferred embodiment, the fast neutron detector of the present invention includes a 4-He based noble gas detector, a power source, a signal processing circuit, and a resistor in series with a preamplifier and a shaping amplifier to produce a processed signal. According to a further preferred embodiment, the present invention preferably further includes a signal channel analyzer and a pulse counter/rate meter. According to a further preferred embodiment, the present invention includes a controller which receives a count of detected fast neutrons and translates the detected number of fast neutrons into an irrigation map indicating the required levels of irrigation needed for selected areas of a given field based on the detected moisture levels. |
| US10890675B2 |
System for processing beam position monitor signal
Provided are a system and method for processing a beam position monitor signal using an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) sampler corresponding to an analog part and an FPGA corresponding to a digital signal processing part. The ADC sampler measures signal intensity through an optimization of an ADC sampling rate and bits using a radio frequency (RF) switch and a low noise amplifier (LNA), and converts an analog signal into a digital signal. The FPGA extracts only an optimized harmonic signal among multiple harmonic signals of the digital signal converted by the ADC sampler, through a digital band pass filter; and performs beam position measurement, beam phase measurement and relative beam current measurement on the extracted digital signal through a digital circuit. |
| US10890674B2 |
Dynamic noise shaping in a photon counting system
In described examples, a charge sensitive amplifier (CSA) generates an integrated signal in response to a current signal. A high pass filter is coupled to the CSA and receives the integrated signal and an inverse of an event signal, the high pass filter generates a coarse signal. An active comparator is coupled to the high pass filter and receives the coarse signal and a primary reference voltage signal, the active comparator generates the event signal. |
| US10890673B2 |
X-ray detector having a carrier element with protective element along the side faces
An X-ray detector, including a stacking arrangement, includes an evaluation unit and a carrier unit. The evaluation unit and the carrier unit are electrically conductively connected via a plurality of connecting elements. An interspace is formed between the evaluation unit, the carrier unit and the plurality of connecting elements. A protective element is formed on side faces of the carrier unit, arranged essentially parallel to a stacking direction of the stacking arrangement. The protective element is formed in at least one section of the side faces along the entire outer circumference and along the edges of the side faces, facing the evaluation unit. |
| US10890671B2 |
Time-based signal acquisition apparatus and method using sawtooth-shaped threshold voltage
Disclosed herein are a time-based signal acquisition apparatus and method using sawtooth-shaped threshold voltage. The signal acquisition apparatus for acquiring the information of a scintillation signal includes a sawtooth-shaped voltage generation unit and a signal comparison unit. The sawtooth-shaped voltage generation unit generates a sawtooth-shaped threshold voltage which increases when the threshold voltage is smaller than a voltage value of the scintillation signal and which decreases to an initial value when the threshold voltage is larger than the voltage value of the scintillation signal. The signal comparison unit receives the scintillation signal, compares the voltage value of the scintillation signal with the threshold voltage, and generates a digital pulse train. |
| US10890667B2 |
Cubature Kalman filtering method suitable for high-dimensional GNSS/INS deep coupling
The present invention discloses a cubature Kalman filtering method suitable for high-dimensional GNSS/INS deep coupling, including: S1, constructing a high-dimensional GNSS/INS deep coupling filter model; S2, generating an initialization cubature point for the constructed filter model by using standard cubature rules; S3, performing CKF filtering by using novel cubature point update rules. The present invention is suitable for high-dimensional GNSS/INS deep coupling filtering with high precision and high stability. |
| US10890665B2 |
Method and apparatus in a global navigation system
Embodiments relate to a location server, a wireless device and methods performed therein for positioning the wireless device. The wireless device (120) is arranged to perform measurements associated to estimating the position of the wireless device (120), wherein the wireless device (120) is configured to: perform a code phase measurement on a satellite signal between a satellite and the wireless device (120), wherein the code phase measurement indicates a number of cycles of a code phase of the satellite signal, the number comprising a first integer part and a first fractional part; perform a carrier phase measurement on the first fractional part; and send to a location server (130) a report of the code phase measurement and the carrier phase measurement, for estimating the position of the wireless device (120). |
| US10890663B2 |
Loading multi-resolution maps for localization
Techniques are discussed for using multi-resolution maps, for example, for localizing a vehicle. Map data of an environment can be represented by discrete map tiles. In some cases, a set of map tiles can be precomputed as contributing to localizing the vehicle in the environment, and accordingly, the set of map tiles can be loaded into memory when the vehicle is at a particular location in the environment. Further, a level of detail represented by the map tiles can be based at least in part on a distance between a location associated with the vehicle and a location associated with a respective region in the environment. The level of detail can also be based on a speed of the vehicle in the environment. The vehicle can determine its location in the environment based on the map tiles and/or the vehicle can generate a trajectory based on the map tiles. |
| US10890662B2 |
Higher pixel density histogram time of flight sensor with higher pixel density
A distance from an apparatus to at least one object is determined by generating a first signal and generating light modulated by the first signal to be emitted from the apparatus. Light reflected by the at least one object is detected using a Time-of-flight detector array, wherein each array element of the Time-of-flight detector array generates an output signal from a series of photon counts over a number of consecutive non-overlapping time periods. The output signals are compared to the first signal to determine at least one signal phase difference. From this at least one signal phase difference a distance from the apparatus to the at least one object is determined. |
| US10890661B2 |
Scattering and reflection identification system and method
A method of forming an image of a region of interest using a pulse-echo imaging device is described. The method includes the steps of transmitting a pulse, discriminating an echo of the pulse by comparison to a plurality of Hermite polynomials, and determining a color for display based on the comparison. A system for forming an image of a region of interest is also described. The system includes a pulse-echo imaging device for transmitting a pulse and a control unit in communication with the pulse-echo imaging device. The control unit is configured to discriminate an echo of the pulse by comparison to a plurality of Hermite polynomials and determine a color for display based on the comparison. |
| US10890659B2 |
Light-weight radar system
Disclosed is a light-weight radar system (“LWRS”) for sense and avoid applications in a vehicle. The LWRS includes a plurality of receivers, a plurality of transmitters, an obstacle database, and a processing device. The processing device is in signal communication with the plurality of receivers, plurality of transmitters, and the obstacle database. The processing device includes at least one processor and a computer computer-readable medium (“CRM”) having encoded thereon computer-executable instructions. |
| US10890658B2 |
Vehicle group control device
A vehicle group control device includes: a first vehicle-to-vehicle distance estimation unit configured to estimate a first vehicle-to-vehicle distance which is a vehicle-to-vehicle distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle; a second vehicle-to-vehicle distance recognition unit configured to recognize a second vehicle-to-vehicle distance which is a vehicle-to-vehicle distance between a reference interruption vehicle and the first vehicle; and the number of interruption vehicles estimation unit configured to estimate the number of interruption vehicles between the first vehicle and the second vehicle based on the first vehicle-to-vehicle distance and the second vehicle-to-vehicle distance. |
| US10890657B2 |
ADS-B transponder system and method
An ADS-B transponder system is associated with a vehicle including a transponder. The system includes a universal access transceiver (UAT) subsystem configured for detecting and responding to an interrogation signal by broadcasting a signal representing a vehicle parameter. The interrogation signal can be detected by monitoring current fluctuations in a power bus on the vehicle. The UAT subsystem is connected to a smart antenna configured for transmitting and receiving ADS-B signals. In an aircraft (A/C) application the vehicle parameter can comprise squawk code, altitude, heading vector, airspeed and other flight data. |
| US10890653B2 |
Radar-based gesture enhancement for voice interfaces
This document describes techniques and systems that enable radar-based gesture enhancement for voice interfaces. The techniques and systems use a radar field to accurately determine three-dimensional (3D) gestures that can be used instead of, or in combination with, a voice interface to enhance interactions with voice-controllable electronic devices. These techniques allow the user to make 3D gestures from a distance to provide a voice input trigger (e.g., a “listen” gesture), interrupt and correct inaccurate actions by the voice interface, and make natural and precise adjustments to functions controlled by voice commands. |
| US10890652B2 |
Radar apparatus
A radar apparatus includes: a radar transmitter that transmits a plurality of radar signals while switching among a plurality of transmitting subarrays; and a radar receiver that receives reflected-wave signals produced by the plurality of radar signals being reflected by a target, the plurality of radar signals being transmitted from the respective transmitting subarrays. In the radar apparatus, each of the plurality of transmitting subarrays includes a plurality of transmitting antennas, and adjacent ones of the plurality of transmitting subarrays share at least one of the plurality of transmitting antennas with each other. |
| US10890651B2 |
Transmit/receive system for imaging devices
A transmit/receive system for an imaging device includes a transmit circuit configured to generate and output test pulses to a transducer of a probe to cause the probe to propagate an ultrasonic wave through an object. A receive circuit is configured to receive, from the transducer, a composite signal that includes the test pulses output by the transmit circuit and a reflected signal corresponding to reflected waves sensed by the transducer in response to the ultrasonic wave propagated through the object and filter the test pulses from the composite signal and output the reflected signal in accordance with a predetermined minimum frequency of the reflected signal. |
| US10890649B2 |
System and method for measuring reference and returned light beams in an optical system
Disclosed herein are techniques for measuring a reference beam and a corresponding returned beam from a target in a measurement system using a single sensor array. The system is configured such that the location of the reference beam is space apart from the location of the returned beam on the sensor array. A first set of sensor elements on the sensor array corresponding to the reference beam is dynamically activated based on a laser beam scanning control signal. The detection signal from the first set of sensor elements is used to determine a location and/or a pattern of the reference beam, which are then used to estimate a location and/or a pattern of the corresponding returned beam on the same sensor array and dynamically select and activate a second set of sensor elements on the sensor array based on the estimated location and/or pattern of the corresponding returned beam. |
| US10890645B2 |
Dual axis tracking method
The disclosure relates to a tracking device configured to track an object in space, such as the sun, as the object moves across the sky. The tracking device may further be configured to direct a payload toward the object or toward an angle relative to the object. The tracking device may continuously or intermittently determine the location of the moving object, and adjust the position of the payload accordingly. The tracking device may calculate the position of the moving object based on GPS information, such as triangulated coordinates of the tracking device, date, and time. Generally, the tracking device may be capable of tracking an object such as the sun from anywhere on the earth's surface. The tracking device may employ one or more actuation assemblies to position the payload toward or relative to the moving object. The one or more actuation assemblies may operate through linear motion. |
| US10890635B2 |
Stand assembly for RF coil, RF coil assembly and magnetic resonance imaging system
A stand assembly for an RF coil has a base, a slide carriage and a connection assembly. The slide carriage is slidably disposed on the base. The connection assembly comprises a first connecting member and a second connecting member. A first slide groove is formed in the first connecting member. The second connecting member comprises a first slider, the first slider being slidable along the first slide groove in a sliding direction and fixable at a preset position. One of the first connecting member and the second connecting member is in fixed connection with the slide carriage, and the other is in fixed connection with the RF coil. The stand is capable of being used universally for multiple types of RF coils. |
| US10890634B2 |
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. |
| US10890633B2 |
Phase-domain detection apparatus for MIT application and method thereof
There is provided a phase-domain detection apparatus for MIT application. The phase-domain detection apparatus includes a phase-locked loop unit configured to generate a plurality of reference clock signals having different phases and a phase-domain detection unit. The phase-domain detection unit is configured to receive the reference clock signals from the phase-locked loop unit, receive a response clock signal that is a phase-shifted reference clock signal of a reference clock signal inputted and passed through to a target object among the reference clock signals, and detect a phase difference between the reference clock signal inputted to the target object and the response clock signal. |
| US10890624B2 |
Testing fixture, testing system for cell temperature probe and method for testing cell temperature probe
A testing fixture for a cell temperature probe includes a microcomputer, a temperature probe, a measurement case, a temperature instrument and heaters. The microcomputer configured to receive a control command for executing a testing process. The measurement case has an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface includes a probe-contacting area used for being contacted by the cell temperature probe within a formation device in the testing process. The temperature instrument is electrically connected to the microcomputer and has a sensing terminal disposed on the inner surface of the measurement case. The location of the sensing terminal is aligned with the probe-contacting area in a direction of a thickness of the measurement case. The heaters are electrically connected to the microcomputer and thermally to the measurement case. |
| US10890623B1 |
Power saving scannable latch output driver
Techniques for a power saving scannable latch output driver in an integrated circuit (IC) are described herein. An aspect includes receiving, by a circuit comprising a scannable latch, a scan signal. Another aspect includes, based on the scan signal being enabled, turning on a scan output driver of the scannable latch, wherein a scan input of the scannable latch propagates through the scannable latch to a scan output based on the scan output driver being turned on. Another aspect includes, based on the scan signal being disabled, turning off the scan output driver, wherein the scan output driver comprises a first p-type field effect transistor (PFET) and a first n-type field effect transistor (NFET), wherein a gate of the first PFET and a gate of the first NFET are connected to an output of a latch of the scannable latch. |
| US10890621B2 |
Systems and methods for testing an embedded controller
Systems and methods described herein provide for testing and debugging different subsystems of an embedded controller using a testing architecture. The testing architecture can simulate messaging interfaces between internal subsystems of the embedded controller and external subsystems the controllers interacts with to integrate various types of software. A method includes generating test support models for one or more subsystems and establishing a communications network between the test support models and a control module of the embedded controller. A clock signal is generated to initiate processing within the testing architecture between the control module and the test support models. An event model is executed at the test support models using the clock signal and data is generated at one or more of the test support models responsive to the event model. The data can correspond to operational parameters of a respective system the embedded controller. |
| US10890618B2 |
Terahertz plasmonics for testing very large-scale integrated circuits under bias
Various embodiments are described that relate to failure determination for an integrated circuit. An integrated circuit can be tested to determine if the integrated circuit is functioning properly. The integrated circuit can be subjected to a specific radiation such that the integrated circuit produces a response. This response can be compared against an expected response to determine if the response matches the expected response. If the response does not match the expected response, then the integrated circuit fails the test. If the response matches the expected response, then the integrated circuit passes the test. |
| US10890617B2 |
Electronic component characteristic detection apparatus
A characteristic detection apparatus includes: a characteristic detector that detects an electrical characteristic of an electronic component placed on a substrate; and a pressing member that is provided separately from the characteristic detector, and generates a pressing force to press the characteristic detector to the substrate, causing the characteristic detector to be electrically connected to the electronic component. |
| US10890616B2 |
Self-check system and method thereof
A self-check system and a method thereof are disclosed. In the self-check system, a memory stores a safety check program, a main application program and a predetermined checksum data. The safety check program include a circuit check program, a watchdog circuit reset program and a checksum check program. When a chip system is powered on, a processing unit executes the main application program, and then executes an interrupt call to generate an interrupt, so as to execute the safety check program and the circuit check program to check a to-be-checked circuit. The processing unit also executes the watchdog circuit reset program to reset a counting value of a watchdog circuit. The processing unit also executes the checksum check program to calculate a checksum data of the first safety check program, and reset the chip system when the calculated checksum data is not equal to the predetermined checksum data. |
| US10890615B2 |
Sensor with self diagnostic function
A sensor system for providing a main signal and an error signal, comprising: a sensor unit providing a sensor signal; a first signal processor downstream of the sensor unit, adapted for receiving a second signal equal to or derived from a sensor signal, and for performing a first operations on the second signal so as to provide a first processed signal; a second signal processor for receiving the first processed signal and for performing second operations inverse of the first operations, so as to provide a second processed signal; and an evaluation unit for receiving the second signal and the second processed signal, and for evaluating whether the second signal matches the second processed signal within a predefined tolerance margin, and for providing the error signal. |
| US10890604B2 |
Monitoring device under test waveform on signal generator
A test and measurement instrument having a signal generator circuit and a waveform monitor circuit for monitoring a waveform received at a device under test (DUT). The signal generator circuit generates a waveform based on an input from a user, while the waveform monitor circuit sends captured signals to a processor to determine a waveform received at the DUT. The waveform monitor captures a signal at a first test point and a second test point, via a switch, and the processor receives the captured signals and using linear equations determines both an incident waveform and a reflected waveform from the DUT. |
| US10890603B2 |
Advanced radio frequency sensing probe
A radio-frequency probe system with a transmitting or receiving element integrated into a cable assembly is disclosed. In some embodiments a preferred configuration may contain one or more sensing elements integrated into the transmitting or receiving element. In another embodiment, the radio frequency probe comprises an antenna body fixed to a coaxial cable, in which the center conductor of the coaxial cable serves as the transmitting or receiving element. A method for monitoring, transmitting, or detecting one or more parameters using a single radio frequency probe is also disclosed. |
| US10890602B2 |
Universal probing assembly with five degrees of freedom
A universal multi-pin, adjustable probing assembly or manipulator for use in parametric and reliability testing of devices on a semiconductor wafer. The probing assembly can be mounted and adjusted on a metal platen using a magnetic field. The strength of the magnetic field can be adjusted by a switchable magnetic slab to which a block is connected via an arm. A probe head can be attached to a side face of the block, which includes a tilt control mechanism for tilting the probe head to ensure that probe tips land simultaneously on pads of dies. The probe head also includes four adjusting mechanisms for translation in the X, Y, and Z directions, as well as rotation about the Z axis. |
| US10890594B2 |
Automated analyzer
The automated analyzer equalizes the temperature inside a reagent container storage apparatus. The automated analyzer is provided with a reagent container storage apparatus that cools a reagent container, the reagent container storage apparatus being provided with: a reagent storage chamber for storing the reagent container, the reagent storage chamber having at least one of the bottom surface and the side surface thereof cooled by a first cooling source; and a transfer member which is arranged to cover the reagent container stored in the reagent storage chamber, and which is thermally connected to the reagent storage chamber. |
| US10890589B2 |
Metabolic biomarkers for memory loss
The present invention relates to methods of determining if a subject has an increased risk of suffering from memory impairment. The methods comprise analyzing at least one plasma sample from the subject to determine a value of the subject's metabolite profile and comparing the value of the subject's metabolite profile with the value of a normal metabolite profile. A change in the value of the subject's metabolite profile, over normal values is indicative that the subject has an increased risk of suffering from memory impairment compared to a normal individual. |
| US10890587B2 |
Method and compositions for detecting an adenoma-adenocarcinoma transition in cancer
Methods and kits for detecting alternating spatial expression of PTEN and, optionally, SMAD4, CD44, and/or TP53 in colonic tumors are described. The methods and kits are useful for identifying a cancer stem cell (CSC)-like zone within a colonic tumor, identifying an adenoma-adenocarcinoma (Ad-ACA) transition zone in a colorectal cancer (CRC) tumor, identifying a CRC tumor that contains high-grade adenoma and/or early adenocarcinoma regions, identifying CSCs in a CRC tumor, diagnosing a subject with high-grade colon adenoma and/or early adenocarcinoma, and determining the likelihood that a colonic tumor in a subject will undergo invasive transformation if left untreated. |
| US10890584B2 |
Devices for detecting analytes using thermal waves and related methods
A device (100) for detecting an analyte (132) includes a polymer material (112) over a substrate (110); a heat transfer element (114) thermally coupled to the substrate; a temperature modification device (118) thermally coupled to the heat transfer element; a controller (121) to produce a thermal (202) wave emanating from the heat transfer element; a flow cell (122) located and configured to pass a liquid (124) over the polymer material; a temperature sensor (134) to detect a temperature (T2) of the liquid passing over the polymer material; and a processor (123) to calculate a concentration of an analyte (132) in the liquid based at least in part on a phase shift between the thermal wave at the heat transfer element and an attenuated thermal wave (204) in the liquid. Related methods of forming such a device and detecting analytes are also disclosed. |
| US10890582B2 |
Sensor for detecting analytes
A sensor for detecting an analyte can include a photoluminescent nanostructure embedded in a sensor hydrogel. The sensor hydrogel can be supported by a substrate hydrogel. |
| US10890580B2 |
Reversible cell labelling with conjugates having two releasable binding sites
The invention is directed to a Method for detecting a target moiety in a sample of biological specimens by: a) providing at least one conjugate with the general formula (I) An-P-Bm-Cq-Xo (I) with A: antigen recognizing moiety; P: enzymatically degradable spacer; B: first binding moiety C second binding moiety X: detection moiety; n, m, q, o integers between 1 and 100, wherein B and C are non-covalently bound to each other and A and B are covalently bound to P b) labelling the target moiety recognized by the antigen recognizing moiety A with at least one conjugate c) detecting the labelled target moiety via detecting moiety X d) cleaving Cq-Xo by disrupting the non-covalent bond between Bm and Cq from the labelled target moiety e) cleaving the binding moiety Bm from the labelled target moiety by enzymatically degrading spacer P. The method is useful to identify target moieties on the biological specimens. The biological specimens detected by the conjugate can be subsequently removed from the sample. |
| US10890578B2 |
Using liquid crystal to detect endotoxin in the presence of one or more potential masking agents
Devices and methods for using changes in the configuration of micrometer sized dispersed liquid crystal domains to detect or quantify analytes in a test sample, including endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS), are disclosed. The test sample includes one or more potential masking agents, such as a non-ionic surfactant, a chelating agent, a divalent cation, a protein, or a nucleic acid, and may also include a buffer. The dispersed liquid crystal microdomains are exposed to the test sample, and any changes in the configuration in the liquid crystal microdomains, such as from the bipolar to radial configuration, are detected. Such changes in configuration signal the presence of analyte in the test sample, and the proportion of liquid crystal microdomains exhibiting the change in configuration is correlated with the quantity of analyte in the test sample. |
| US10890569B2 |
Colorimetric sensor arrays based on nanoporous pigments
A colorimetric array includes a substrate, a first spot on the substrate, and a second spot on the substrate. The first spot includes a first nanoporous pigment that includes a first nanoporous material and a first immobilized, chemoresponsive colorant. The second spot includes a second nanoporous pigment that includes a second nanoporous material and a second immobilized, chemoresponsive colorant. The first nanoporous pigment is different from the second nanoporous pigment. |
| US10890568B2 |
Gas chromatograph
Where an abnormal state is detected, an abnormality notification screen to that effect is displayed on a display unit. The abnormality notification screen is non-displayed in a case where hold of the abnormal state is selected in a state where the abnormality notification screen is displayed on the display unit. Where a warning icon is displayed on the display unit to indicate the detection of the abnormal state and the warning icon is selected, the abnormality notification screen is redisplayed on the display unit. The abnormality notification screen is not redisplayed on the display unit until the warning icon is selected after the abnormal state is held and the abnormality notification screen becomes non-displayed. Accordingly, the abnormal state can be confirmed by the warning icon being selected when necessary without the work that is performed by a worker being interrupted by redisplay of the abnormality notification screen. |
| US10890567B2 |
Method and chromatograph to acquire and display real-time chromatogram using time-stamped messages
A chromatograph and a method of acquiring and displaying a real-time chromatogram using time-stamped asynchronous messaging are provided. The method includes generating a chromatogram of a sample, acquiring segments of data points of the chromatogram in real-time, annotating in real-time the segments of data points of the chromatogram with timing stamps of cycle events of an analysis cycle using time-stamped event messages, receiving the time-stamped event messages asynchronously and displaying each cycle event of the cycle events of the analysis cycle and each segment of the segments of data points of the chromatogram in a display module as being received. |
| US10890559B2 |
Method and device for accelerated surface-based reactions
An ITP-based system and a method are provided. ITP is used to focus a sample of interest and deliver a high concentration target to a pre-functionalized surface comprising immobilized probes, thus enabling rapid reaction at the sensor site. |
| US10890556B2 |
Electrochemical deposition of nanowires on nanoparticles, lithographical patterns and electronic devices and their use as chemical sensors
Materials and methods for generating nanowires are described. Krogmann salt potassium tetracyanoplatinate sesquihydrate (K(def)TCP) nanowires are synthesized as interconnects on metal lithographic patterns in which the K(def)TCP nanowires grow across the metal lines. The chemical sensing capability of the K(def)TCP chips is demonstrated by impedance measurements. |
| US10890555B2 |
Robust GMOs
A gas sensing device, that may include a suspended gas sensing element, a frame that supports the suspended gas sensing element, and one or more traps for trapping at least one out of Siloxane and silicon dioxide. The suspended gas sensing element may include a gas reactive element that has a gas dependent temperature parameter, and a semiconductor temperature sensing element that is thermally coupled to the gas reactive element, and is configured to generate detection signals that are responsive to a temperature of the gas reactive element. The gas reactive element and the semiconductor temperature sensing element are of microscopic scale. |
| US10890552B2 |
Gas sensor
A gas sensor includes a pump cell unit that regulates the oxygen concentration of a measured gas using a pump electrode, a monitor cell unit that detects the residual oxygen concentration of the measured gas using a monitor electrode, and a sensor cell unit that detects the concentration of a specific gas component in the measured gas using a sensor electrode. Between a pump electrode lead part and the sensor electrode, there is arranged the monitor electrode. Between an upstream portion of the pump electrode lead part and a monitor electrode lead part, there is provided an interval w1 of 0.5 mm or more. |
| US10890550B2 |
High sensitivity broad-target porous graphene oxide capacitive vapor sensor
The present invention discloses a novel capacitive vapor sensor comprising porous immobilized graphene oxide (pGO) on an electrode surface. Also disclosed is an in-situ process for the preparation of this sensor and various uses thereof. |
| US10890547B2 |
Method for determining a switching status of an impedance sensor and impedance sensor
A method for determining a switching status of an impedance sensor comprising a measuring probe, which can be influenced in its capacity by a medium surrounding the measuring probe, a measuring oscillator circuit in which the measuring probe is arranged as a capacity-determining element, an electronic unit with a signal generator to excite the measuring oscillator circuit, and a signal detector to determine a response signal of the measuring oscillator circuit, and an evaluation and control unit which is connected to the electronic unit, with the signal generator being addressed with an input signal, the response signal of the measuring oscillator circuit being determined, a switching status being issued based on the output value, and a plurality of amplitude minima of the frequency response being determined, whereby in the event that precisely one minimum is determined, here the minimum being issued as the output value. |
| US10890545B2 |
Apparatus for combined stem and EDS tomography
The disclosed technology relates to an apparatus for tomographic analysis of a specimen based on STEM images of the specimen, as well as for tomographic analysis of the chemical composition of the specimen based on X-ray detection by EDS detectors. In one aspect, the apparatus comprises an elongated specimen holder that is rotatable about a longitudinal axis and is configured to hold a pillar-shaped specimen at the end of the holder. The longitudinal axis is positioned in a sample plane which is perpendicular to the beam direction of an electron beam produced by an electron gun. The apparatus also comprises at least two EDS detectors, each EDS detector having a detecting surface oriented perpendicularly to the sample plane and intersecting with the sample plane, wherein the two EDS detectors are positioned on opposite lateral sides of the specimen. |
| US10890543B2 |
Book digitization apparatus and book digitization method
A book digitization apparatus includes an emitter that applies an energy ray to a book, a detector that detects an energy ray radiated from the book in response to a material existing in the book, and a three-dimensional data generator that generates data of a plurality of space points in accordance with the detected ray. The data of the space points associates position information of a position in a three-dimensional space within the book with a physical property value used to identify a layout pattern of the material at the position in a direction of thickness of the book. |
| US10890542B2 |
Fluid sensor comprising a composite cavity member
A fluid sensor has a core defining a fluid flow path and a cavity member located externally of the core. The cavity member includes an electrically-conductive composite material including a matrix and one or more reinforcing elements embedded within the matrix. The cavity member is configured so as to provide confinement for an electromagnetic field and the core is configured so as to permit transmission therethrough of electromagnetic radiation at a frequency of the electromagnetic field. The electromagnetic field may be a radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic field. The fluid sensor can be used in the measurement of the composition and/or flow characteristics of fluid in the fluid flow path. |
| US10890540B2 |
Object identification and comparison
A method including selecting a shaped feature from a set of shaped features, each shaped feature of the set of shaped features having a set of points on a perimeter of the shape of the shaped feature, creating a plurality of shape context descriptors for the selected shaped feature, wherein each shape context descriptor provides an indication of a location in a shape context descriptor framework of a first focus point of the set of points in relation to a second point of the set of points, and identifying a shaped feature from the set of shaped features having a same or similar shape as the selected shaped feature based on data from the plurality of shape context descriptors. |
| US10890536B2 |
Gemstone handling and analysis system
A gemstone cleaning and analysis system and a method for cleaning and analyzing one or more gemstones using the system. The system includes a platform and an automated positioning system connected to the platform. The automated positioning system selects a gemstone from a plurality of gemstones, deposits the gemstone onto a cleaning stand connected to the platform, cleans at least one side of the gemstone by rubbing at least one side of the gemstone with at least one cleaning tool, and moves the gemstone to a gemstone imaging device connected to the platform. The gemstone imaging device has a plate, and the automated positioning system deposits the gemstone onto the plate. The gemstone imaging device identifies the gemstone. The automated positioning system moves the gemstone to a holding plate that is connected to the platform and deposits the gemstone at a particular location of the holding plate. |
| US10890532B2 |
Compositions and methods for performing assays
The disclosure relates to compositions for use in assays, the compositions comprising at least one latent fluorophore including at least one enzyme-reactive quenching group and a conjugative group; and a support connectable to the latent fluorophore by the conjugative group. The disclosure further relates to methods of measuring the presence and/or concentration of an analyte, as well as methods of measuring the relative activity of at least two enzymes. |
| US10890530B2 |
Image acquisition device and image acquisition method
An image acquisition apparatus includes a spatial light modulator, an optical scanner, a detection unit, a control unit. The spatial light modulator performs focused irradiation on irradiation regions on a surface or inside of an observation object with modulated excitation light. The detection unit has imaging regions in an imaging relation with the irradiation regions on a light receiving surface, each of the imaging regions corresponds to one or two or more pixels, and a pixel that corresponds to none of the imaging regions exists adjacent to each imaging region. The control unit corrects a detection signal of a pixel corresponding to each imaging region on the basis of a detection signal of the pixel that exists adjacent to the imaging region and corresponds to none of the imaging regions, and generates an image of the observation object on the basis of the corrected detection signal. |
| US10890527B2 |
EUV mask inspection apparatus and method, and EUV mask manufacturing method including EUV mask inspection method
Provided are a method and an apparatus for inspecting an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask at a high speed with high optical efficiency, and a method of manufacturing the EUV mask, wherein the method of inspecting the EUV mask is included in the method of manufacturing the EUV mask. The apparatus for inspecting the EUV mask includes a light source configured to generate and output light, a linear zone plate configured to convert the light from the light source to light having a linear form, a slit plate configured to output the light having the linear form by removing a higher-order diffracted light component from the light having the linear form, a stage on which the EUV mask is located, and a detector configured to detect the light reflected from the EUV mask, in response to the light being irradiated onto and reflected from the EUV mask. |
| US10890526B2 |
Cleanable flat-faced conductivity sensor
Provided is a cleanable conductivity sensor and related methods having a distal sensing end in which active sensing elements are positioned and an outer fin specially configured to minimize unwanted interference without impacting the ability for automated cleaning of the distal sensing end. A rotatable wiper or brush may be periodically rotated over the distal sensing end, thereby removing unwanted biological build-up and avoiding fouling, thereby increasing the sensor deployment time without active intervention and maintenance. |
| US10890525B2 |
Infrared analytical sensor for soil or water and method of operation thereof
An infrared (IR) sensor and a method of detecting molecular species in a liquid. In one embodiment, the IR sensor includes: (1) an IR light source configured to emit IR light, (2) a sensing element configured to receive the IR light, the IR light generating an evanescent field about the sensing element as the IR light propagates therethrough, molecules in a subject liquid interacting with the evanescent field and affecting a characteristic of the IR light and (3) an IR light detector configured to receive the IR light from the sensing element and detect the characteristic. |
| US10890523B2 |
Multi-temperature optical spectrometer modules, systems and methods of using the same
An optical spectrometer module for analysing samples. The optical spectrometer module comprises two or more sample holders. Each sample holder is adapted to receive and reproducibly position a sample in fixed locations within the optical spectrometer module. Each sample holder is also adapted to receive a light beam to thereby enable a sample contained in the sample holder to be exposed to the received light beam. Each sample holder is further adapted to enable light transmitted through the sample holder to exit the sample holder. The optical spectrometer module also comprises two or more electro-thermal components. Each electro-thermal component is thermally coupled to a respective sample holder to control the temperature of the sample holder. |
| US10890521B2 |
Method of tracking a plurality of point-shaped objects in a three-dimensional space
For tracking a plurality of objects in a three-dimensional space two-dimensional pictures objects are recorded with two black and white cameras out of two different imaging directions. Both first pictures and second pictures of the two cameras are simultaneously exposed at two points in time in equal ways, a point in time at which the second pictures are exposed for a first time following to a point in time at which the first pictures are exposed for a last time at a much shorter interval than the two points in time of exposure of both the first and second pictures. First and second distributions of real positions of the individual objects are determined from their images in the first and second pictures, respectively; and temporally resolved trajectories of the individual objects in the three-dimensional space are determined from the first and second distributions of real positions. |
| US10890518B2 |
Substrate seal test method and apparatus
A method for testing whether a sealing method is effective may include the steps of testing a flow characteristic of the substrate, sealing the substrate, re testing the flow characteristic of the substrate, then comparing the before and after flow characteristics of the substrate to determine whether the sealing step was effective or to quantify a sealing effectiveness to the sealing step. |
| US10890512B2 |
Tire gripping device and tire inspection method
A tire gripping device includes a chuck mechanism having a pair of chuck portions adjacent in a width direction of a tire and contact members disposed on each of the chuck portions in a circumferential manner. The contact members are able to be brought into contact with an open end portion of a bead portion of the tire. The contact members are able to enter a state of allowing relative movement with a contact surface of an open end portion in a first contact stage and enter a state of non-relative movement with the contact surface in a second contact stage subsequent to the first contact stage. The tire gripping device further includes a first driving mechanism for moving the contact members in a radial direction of the tire and a second driving mechanism for moving the pair of chuck portions in the width direction of the tire. |
| US10890506B2 |
Connection end fitting of a flexible line, measurement device for measuring the integrity of the line, and method of measuring the integrity of the line with the measurement device
An end fitting including an end part of the tubular sheath, an end section of each elongate element, an end vault, and a cover defining a chamber for receiving each end section. The end fitting includes at least one transducer for generating an ultrasonic wave guided in the elongate element, the generation transducer being placed on the elongate element in the receiving chamber, the generation transducer having a volume of less than 200 mm3, in particular comprised between 20 mm3 and 50 mm3. |
| US10890503B2 |
Position sensor malfunction determination apparatus
A position sensor malfunction determination apparatus includes a determination unit and a controller. The determination unit is configured to perform a determination relating to electricity supply failure in a position sensor. The controller is configured to perform a fail-safe control. The determination unit is configured to determine whether each of conditions (A) and (B) is established, in a preliminarily determination before occurrence of the electricity supply failure in the position sensor is finally determined. The determination unit is configured to determine that the position sensor has a probability of the electricity supply failure when both the conditions (A) and (B) are determined to be established in the preliminarily determination. The controller is configured to execute, when the determination unit determines that the position sensor has the probability of the electricity supply failure, the fail-safe control before the occurrence of the electricity supply failure in the position sensor is finally determined. |
| US10890502B2 |
Pressure sensor device
A pressure sensor device including: an absolute pressure sensor unit; a sensor case to accommodate the absolute pressure sensor unit; and an adhesive provided between the absolute pressure sensor unit and the sensor case to fix the absolute pressure sensor unit and the sensor case together, is provided. The sensor case has protrusions on the bottom surface, the absolute pressure sensor unit is provided above the protrusions, and there is space free of the adhesive at a part of a region between the absolute pressure sensor unit and the sensor case, and under the absolute pressure sensor unit. |
| US10890499B2 |
System and method for predicting strain power spectral densities of light machine structure
A machine includes a frame, an engine supported on the frame, ground-engaging elements supported on the frame and driven by the engine to propel the machine, a machine light structure supported on the frame, a multiple-axis accelerometer positioned to generate an acceleration signal relative to a base of the machine light structure, and a controller. The controller is programmed to receive the acceleration signal, partition the acceleration signal into overlapped window periods, transform the acceleration signal of each overlapped window period into a power spectral density, and pass the power spectral densities of each overlapped window period through a strain power spectral densities prediction model to generate predicted strain power spectral densities of the machine light structure. A health monitor receives the predicted strain power spectral densities and is configured to generate a notification responsive to the predicted strain power spectral densities. |
| US10890498B2 |
Sensor for a physical feature, preferably comprising a multilayer structure
The invention relates to a sensor for a physical feature, comprising a structure, preferably a multilayer structure, comprising: at least one electrically conductive layer, comprising nanofillers in a polymer matrix including at least one polymer, and electrical connection means, said structure being thermosetting, thermoplastic, or being a cross-linkable elastomer, characterised in that, when the structure is thermosetting, the degree of cross-linking thereof is higher than 80%, better still higher than 90%, or even 95%; when the structure is a cross-linkable elastomer it includes an amount of cross-linking agent ranging from 5 mol. % to 20 mol. % relative to the number of moles in the structure; and when the structure is thermoplastic, it has a constant resistivity value and preferably a degree of crystallinity ranging from 0% to 60%. |
| US10890497B2 |
Active pressure sensing toilet gasket and methods of use
The pressure pad which pressure-sensing fabric which is within a gasket and which measures the distribution of pressure on the gasket. Thus, the gasket protects the pressure-sensing fabric from damage due to water or mechanical trauma. The pressure pad includes multiple piezoresistive depositions of piezoresistive depositions ink or paste which act as individual pressure-sensing points. Conductive tracks between the piezoresistive depositions transmit the pressure measurements in the form of electrical signals. The pressure-sensing fabric is connected to a controller and transmits pressure measurements to the controller. Algorithms stored on the controller create a map of absolute mechanical loading to each pressure-sensing point of the pressure pad. The gasket may be mounted beneath a toilet or between plumbing joints. The pressure pad may detect weaknesses in the gasket, a toilet user's weight, a weight of excrement added to the toilet, or a toilet user's posture. |
| US10890491B2 |
Optical detector for an optical detection
The invention relates to an optical detector (110) for an optical detection, in particular, of radiation within the infrared spectral range, specifically, with regard to sensing at least one optically conceivable property of an object (112). More particular, the optical detector (110) may be used for determining transmissivity, absorption, emission, reflectance, and/or a position of at least one object (112). Further, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing the optical detector (110) and to various uses of the optical detector (110). The optical detector (110) comprises —an optical filter (114) having at least a first surface (116) and a second surface (118), the second surface (118) being located oppositely with respect to the first surface (116), wherein the optical filter (114) is designed for allowing an incident light beam (120) received by the first surface (116) to pass through the optical filter (114) to the second surface (118), thereby generating a modified light beam (122) by modifying a spectral composition of the incident light beam (120); —a sensor layer (128) comprising a photosensitive material (130) being deposited on the second surface (118) of the optical filter (114), wherein the sensor layer (128) is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the sensor layer (128) by the modified light beam (122); and —an evaluation device (140) designed to generate at least one item of information provided by the incident light beam (120) by evaluating the sensor signal. The optical detector (110) constitutes an improved simple, cost-efficient and, still, reliable detector for detecting optical radiation, especially within the infrared spectral range, specifically with regard to sensing at least one of transmissivity, absorption, emission and reflectance. Hereby, the optical detector (110) is capable of effectively removing stray light as far as possible. |
| US10890489B2 |
Infrared sensor and phononic crystal
An infrared sensor according to the present disclosure includes base substrate, infrared receiver, and beam. The beam includes connective portion connecting with the base substrate and/or a member on the base substrate, and separated portion separated from the base substrate. The infrared receiver and the beam are joined with each other at the separated portion. The infrared receiver is supported by the beam in a state where the infrared receiver is separated from the base substrate. The beam includes junction part joined to the infrared receiver, and section positioned between junction part and the connective portion, and section includes a phononic crystal structure defined by a plurality of through holes orderly arranged. The crystal structure includes a first domain and a second domain that are phononic crystal domains. The first domain includes, in a plan view, a plurality of through holes arranged orderly in a first direction, while the second domain includes, in a plan view, a plurality of through holes arranged orderly in a second direction that is different from the first direction. The infrared sensor according to the present disclosure has enhanced responsivity. |
| US10890487B2 |
Integrated polarization interferometer and snapshot specro-polarimeter applying same
An integrated polarization interferometer includes a polarization beam splitter for separating incident complex waves, a first mirror attached to a first surface of the polarization beam splitter, for reflecting a first polarization transmitted through the polarization beam splitter to the polarization beam splitter, and a second mirror attached to a second surface of the polarization beam splitter, for reflecting a second polarization transmitted through the polarization beam splitter to the polarization beam splitter. Accordingly, it is possible to measure dynamic spectroscopic polarization phenomenon with extremely high robustness disturbances due to an external vibration and the like by using the integrated polarization interferometer, thereby improving measurement repeatability and accuracy of measurement. |
| US10890484B2 |
Wavelength measuring device
A wavelength measuring device configured to detect a wavelength of ultraviolet laser light outputted from a laser resonator with at least one etalon, the wavelength measuring device includes: a first housing having an interior space being sealed and accommodating the etalon, an input window through which the ultraviolet laser light enters to the first housing, the input window being provided at a first opening of the first housing, a first sealing member configured to seal a gap between a rim part of the input window and a circumferential portion of the first opening, a shielding film provided between the rim part of the input window and the first sealing member and configured to shield the first sealing member from the ultraviolet laser light coming from the input window, and a diffusing element provided outside of the first housing and configured to diffuse the ultraviolet laser light before being incident on the input window. |
| US10890482B2 |
Pixel circuit for generating an output signal in response to incident radiation
A pixel circuit is provided. The pixel circuit may comprise a photodiode, a comparator circuit, a capacitor, a first switch circuit, a second switch circuit and a third switch circuit. The photodiode is arranged to accumulate charges in response to incident radiation, to generate a photodiode signal. The comparator circuit is arranged to generate an output signal according to a voltage level of a specific node within the pixel circuit during a read-out phase of the pixel circuit. The capacitor is coupled between a control voltage terminal of the pixel circuit and the specific node, the first switch circuit is coupled between the photodiode and the specific node, the second switch circuit is coupled between the specific node and an output terminal of the pixel circuit, and the third switch circuit is coupled between the output terminal and the comparator circuit. |
| US10890481B2 |
Ultrasonic microphone and ultrasonic acoustic radio
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to an ultrasonic microphone and an ultrasonic acoustic radio. In one aspect a system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The receiver comprises a membrane. The membrane comprises a single layer or multiple layers of a two-dimensional material. The receiver is operable to receive sound waves in a frequency range, with the frequency range being the ultrasonic frequency range. |
| US10890480B2 |
Systems and methods for finding and solving wet gas venturi meter problems in real-time
Systems and methods for finding and solving problems with wet gas venturi meters in one or more gas well sites include one or more gas well sites configured to supply gas to a gas plant, each gas well site comprising a gas well connected to a piping, one or more valves installed on the piping, one or more pressure sensors, one or more temperature sensors, one or more venturi meters configured to measure a differential pressure of the gas in the piping, and one or more programmable logic controllers configured to receive the measured data from the pressure sensors, temperature sensors, and the venturi meters, receive a plurality of dimensions of the one or more venturi meters, receive a plurality of fluid properties values and, determine a first gas rate and first condensate rate for each of the well sites. |
| US10890479B2 |
Vibratory flowmeter and methods and diagnostics for meter verification
A vibratory flowmeter (5) for meter verification is provided, including meter electronics (20) coupled to the first and second pickoff sensors (170L, 170R) and coupled to a driver (180), with the meter electronics (20) configured to: vibrate the flowmeter assembly (10) in a single mode using the driver (180), determine a single mode current (230) of the driver (180) and determine first and second response voltages (231) generated by the first and second pickoff sensors (170L, 170R), respectively, compute frequency response functions for the determined first and second response voltages (231) from the determined single mode current (230), fit the generated frequency response functions to a pole-residue model, and verify proper operation of the vibratory flowmeter (5) using the meter stiffness value (216), residual flexibility (218), and the meter mass (240) in embodiments. |
| US10890478B2 |
Level indicator
The present disclosure reveals a level indicator for use with storage tanks on motorhomes or campers. The level indicator comprises a sensor attached to the bottom of a storage tank in order to allow easy access to replace the sensor in case of failure. The sensor is calibrated to indicate the amount of liquid above the sensor in the tank. As the level of the tank changes, a readout meter indicates the volume of liquid present by percentage. |
| US10890476B1 |
Storage container with measuring spout
A storage container (1) having a pour spout (7) that doubles as a measuring cup for dispensing a set amount of contents from the storage container. A user may manipulate the storage container to force the contents into the spout. The contents are prevented from falling or spilling out of the spout while the storage container is in an upright position. |
| US10890474B2 |
Fluid monitoring module arrangements
A fluid monitoring module includes a flow sensing device and a controller disposed in an enclosure. The flow sensing device includes a body including an inlet port, an outlet port, an upstream sensor port, a downstream sensor port, and a flow passage disposed between the inlet port and the outlet port, and between the upstream sensor port and the downstream sensor port. A first fluid sensor is assembled with the upstream sensor port, and a second fluid sensor is assembled with the downstream sensor port. The controller is in circuit communication with the first and second fluid sensors for receiving at least one of pressure indicating signals and temperature indicating signals from each of the first and second fluid sensors, and for measuring fluid data based on the received signals. |
| US10890473B2 |
Off-resonance cycling for coriolis flowmeters
A method is provided comprising the steps of exciting a vibration mode of a flow tube (130, 130′), wherein first and second drivers (180L, 180R) are amplitude modulated out of phase from each other, and wherein a drive command provided to the first and second drivers (180L, 180R) comprises a sum of N+1 independent signals. The first and second drivers (180L, 180R) are excited with a plurality of off-resonance frequencies and the effective phase between a modal response and the drivers (180L, 180R) at each of the off-resonance frequencies is inferred. A left eigenvector phase estimate is generated for each of the off-resonance frequencies. A phase of a left eigenvector at a resonant drive frequency is estimated based on off-resonance frequency phase estimates. The method also comprises measuring the phase between a first pickoff (170L) and a second pickoff (170R) and determining a phase of a right eigenvector for the flow tube (130, 130′). |
| US10890471B2 |
Method and assembly for ultrasonic clamp-on flow measurement, and bodies for implementing off-center flow measurement
A method and an arrangement for ultrasonic clamp-on flow measurement with the aid of an off-center sound path measurement via clamp-on ultrasonic transducers being fastened to an intermediate piece of a process pipe. Center sound paths as well as off-center sound paths are taken into account for the flow measurement via the arrangement and method. The arrangement for measuring flow includes a process pipe, through which a liquid or gaseous process medium flows, and an acoustic transducer pair and second clamp-on ultrasonic transducer operating in receive mode is disposed on the process pipe where two bodies are disposed on the inner wall of the process pipe to aid the off-center measurement. |
| US10890470B2 |
Ultrasonic fluid meter and method for determining the flow rate and/or volume of a flowing medium
An ultrasonic fluid meter for determining the flow rate and/or volume of a flowing medium includes a housing, an inlet, an outlet, a first ultrasound measurement path including at least one ultrasound transducer, and a second ultrasound measurement path including at least one ultrasound transducer. The ultrasound measurement paths extend at an angle to one another inside the housing and intersect. The first ultrasound measurement path and the second ultrasound measurement path extend at an angle to one another and intersect in a common region, as seen in a projection plane of a flow cross section. A method for determining the flow rate and/or volume of a flowing medium is also provided. |
| US10890468B2 |
Light ring assembly and method of using the same
A light ring assembly that is designed to provide bright, uniform and homogenized illumination and that can be used with any number of vehicle and non-vehicle lighting applications. According to one embodiment, the light ring assembly includes a housing, a circuit board with a number of individual light sources, a light ring and a lens. Light emitted by the light sources enters an optical input surface on a bottom side of the light ring, is reflected within the body of the light ring so as to mix and become more distributed, and then exits an optical output surface on a top side of the light ring. |
| US10890466B2 |
Angular sensor with annular waveguide as material measure
A rotating element is mounted in a base body for rotation about an axis of rotation. An excitation circuit generates an excitation signal. A divider circuit divides the excitation signal into a base signal supplied to an evaluation circuit and into an outgoing signal supplied to a transceiving antenna. A waveguide circulates in an annular manner about the axis of rotation. The rotating element comprises a termination element protruding into the waveguide and has a reflective side. The transceiving antenna emits an electromagnetic signal into the waveguide propagating in two directions which is reflected from the reflective side and returned to and received by the transceiving antenna which generates in response a receiving signal supplied to the evaluation circuit which determines a position of rotation of the rotating element in relation to a reference position of rotation by evaluating the base signal and receiving signal in a resolution region. |
| US10890465B2 |
Dual composite light field device
An apparatus is disclosed for capturing image information. The apparatus includes a waveguide having opposed planar input and output faces. A diffractive optical element (DOE) is formed across the waveguide. The DOE is configured to couple a portion of the light passing through the waveguide into the waveguide. The light coupled into the waveguide is directed via total internal reflection to an exit location on the waveguide. The apparatus further includes a light sensor having an input positioned adjacent the exit location of the waveguide to capture light exiting therefrom and generate output signals corresponding thereto. A processor determines the angle and position of the coupled light with respect to the input face of the waveguide based on the output signals. |
| US10890464B2 |
Rotation detecting device and correction method therefor
A rotation detecting device includes first and second magnetic detection elements that output first and second signals and a detection circuit having the first and second signals input thereto. The detection circuit includes an automatic correction circuit that performs generating and updating of a correction value for correcting the and second signals. The automatic correction circuit is configured to stop the generating or the updating of the correction value in at least one of a case where a rotation direction of an object is changed to a reverse rotation direction from a normal rotation direction and a case where a rotation direction of the object is changed to the normal rotation direction from the reverse rotation direction. |
| US10890462B2 |
Traffic notification system and method
There is provided a system, method, and a computer program product that, when implemented, provides a user a notification about one or more road conditions. The system may include one or more sensors that may be configured to detect the presence and absence of one or more road markings, and a processing unit in operable communication with the one or more sensors configured to receive and process a plurality of sensor readings provided by the one or more sensors. A display in operable communication with the processing unit may be configured to display audio, visual, and audiovisual notification messages to a user. |
| US10890461B2 |
Map enriched by data other than metadata
A method for enriching map functions of a digital geographical map is provided. Additional data are stored in a storage unit outside map data of the digital geographical map and direct related map metadata. Elements of the additional data are correlated to coordinates of the digital geographical map. Further, access is provided to the additional data via an authentication service while navigating the geographical map. |
| US10890460B2 |
Navigation and location validation for optimizing vehicle-based transit systems
Methods and systems are provided for navigating to a pre-scheduled vehicle. A code is analyzed for a user including location information pertaining to the pre-scheduled vehicle, wherein the location information indicates a destination for the user. A location of the user is determined based on a GPS sensor. The user is directed to traverse a route between the location of the user and a location of the pre-scheduled vehicle. A destination of the pre-scheduled vehicle is verified as being consistent with the destination for the user indicated by the location information of the code. |
| US10890459B2 |
Systems and methods for variable energy routing and tracking
A method for generating navigation routes for a vehicle includes: receiving an origin position, in a road network, of the vehicle; receiving a destination position, in the road network; receiving a user preference from a user interface device, the user preference indicating a tradeoff value having one of a plurality of values between travel time and energy efficiency; computing a time value for each of a plurality of road segments of the road network using a time consumption model; computing an energy consumption for each of the plurality of road segments of the road network using an energy consumption model; identifying a weighted route from the origin position to the destination position based on the time value and the energy consumption for the road segments and based on the user preference; and supplying the identified weighted route to a navigation system of the vehicle. |
| US10890458B2 |
System and method for attributing deviation from predicted travel distance or time for arranged transport services
A network computer system attributes deviation from a predicted travel distance or trip time for arranged transport services. A network computer system monitors a service provider of an arranged transport service to determine a distance traveled, as well as an expended duration. The network computer system compares the determined distance traveled and/or the expended duration with a predicted distance and/or duration of travel to determine if a deviation exists. An adjustment value for the service value may be determined and communicated, based the traveled distance and the expended duration as compared to the predicted distance and/or duration of travel. |
| US10890453B2 |
Vehicle localization device
A vehicle localization device includes: a target database; a target recognition unit configured to recognize, based on a detection result of an in-vehicle sensor, a relative position of the first target relative to a vehicle and a relative position of the second target relative to the vehicle; a lateral position estimation unit configured to estimate a lateral position of the vehicle and a direction of the vehicle based on the relative position of the first target relative to the vehicle and the position information on the first target on the map; and a longitudinal position estimation unit configured to estimate a longitudinal position of the vehicle by reflecting the lateral position of the vehicle and the direction of the vehicle. |
| US10890452B2 |
Method and apparatus for navigation based on route reuse
A mobile device includes processor(s) coupled to memory, an input device, an output device, and a wireless transceiver. The mobile device can determine whether a destination is in a no wireless network coverage area. If so, then the route data used to provide navigation instructions to the destination is retained in the memory of the mobile device. In subsequent navigation, the mobile device can use the route data for navigation to a subsequent destination. |
| US10890450B1 |
Infrastructure re-purposed magnetic signature in mobile device localization
A method and system of infrastructure re-purposed magnetic signatures for mobile device indoor navigation and positioning. The method comprises determining a common spatial region in accordance with a first spatial region partially superimposed upon an at least a second spatial region, the first and at least a second spatial regions associated with a first and an at least a second magnetic signatures respectively; and generating, based at least in part on the first and at least a second magnetic signatures, a re-purposed magnetic signature associated with the common spatial region. |
| US10890445B2 |
Ground plane estimation in a computer vision system
Estimation of the ground plane of a three dimensional (3D) point cloud based modifications to the random sample consensus (RANSAC) algorithm is provided. The modifications may include applying roll and pitch constraints to the selection of random planes in the 3D point cloud, using a cost function based on the number of inliers in the random plane and the number of 3D points below the random plane in the 3D point cloud, and computing a distance threshold for the 3D point cloud that is used in determining whether or not a 3D point in the 3D point cloud is an inlier of a random plane. |
| US10890440B2 |
3D floating support system and related geometry-detecting machine of slender articles
A support system of a slender article in a geometry-detecting machine includes a plurality of vertical constraint points with which the slender article is in contact, wherein the vertical constraint points are coupled in pairs by interconnection arms in turn including a constraint joint provided with a universal joint mechanism which leaves, to the arms, two rotational degrees of freedom along two orthogonal axes passing in the proximity of the longitudinal axis of the article, the constraint joints possibly being themselves similarly coupled in pairs until converging, in a multiple-layer sequence, towards a single constraint point. |
| US10890429B2 |
Automatic calibration optical interferometer and automatic calibration method of optical interferometer
An automatic calibration optical interferometer comprises: a light source; an optical interference assembly, which divides a low coherent light into a first and a second incident light; an optical sampling assembly, with a first end receiving the first incident light and a partially reflective window at the second end being configured to divide the first incident light into a first reflected light and a first penetrating light configured to be emitted to the test sample; an optical reference assembly, with a reference mirror and an actuator, wherein the optical sampling assembly emits the second incident light to the reference mirror to generate a second reflected light, and the actuator moves the reference mirror; a polychromator, which outputs a displacement signal according to an optical path difference variation between the first and second reflected lights; and a displacement controller, which controls the actuator according to the displacement signal. |
| US10890427B2 |
Nozzle inspection method and apparatus
A method for inspecting a nozzle includes producing a jet from the nozzle, moving the nozzle to cause the jet to approach a stylus of a touch probe, generating a contact signal under a force acting on the stylus, and determining that the jet is appropriate in response to a contact signal received first after the jet has an axis at a distance from the stylus that is equal to or less than a first normal distance calculated from a normal jet shape. |
| US10890425B1 |
Releasable erosion enhancing mechanism
Embodiments are directed to a vented torque release device including hollow fuze well having a proximal end, a distal end, an inner surface, and an outer surface. A wall is defined by the inner surface and the outer surface. A plurality of vents are axially spaced at equal distance about the outer surface. |
| US10890424B2 |
Biocompatible ammunition
The disclosure describes, in various example embodiments, a small arms or firearm projectile including a shell and a hemostatic material retained within the shell. The hemostatic material has a mechanical modulus above 25,000 Pa. In some embodiments, the shell includes a plurality of perforations. In some embodiments, the plurality of perforations are configured to provide, upon an impact of the projectile, fluid communication between the hemostatic material and the exterior of the shell via the plurality of perforations. In some embodiments, the hemostatic material includes a polymer core configured to provide a scaffold for inducing hemostasis in a local wound volume. In some embodiments, the projectile includes a contrasting agent. In some embodiments, the projectile includes a lubricating agent retained in the interior of the shell. In some embodiments, the projectile further includes 0.5 to 3 grains of Kaolin retained in the interior of the shell. |
| US10890423B2 |
Projectile with penetrator
The invention relates to a projectile (1, 1′) comprising a retaining element (2, 2′) and a penetrator (3). The penetrator (3) is at least partly received in a retaining element (2, 2′) receiving opening (12, 12′) which runs centrally relative to the projectile axis (A) and has a penetrator front (4) and a penetrator rear (5). The penetrator rear (5) has a cylindrical shape, and the penetrator front (4) runs in a conical manner from the penetrator rear (5) in the direction of a penetrator tip (6) with respect to the projectile axis (A). The length ratio of the length (LPF) of the penetrator front (4) to the length (LPH) of the penetrator rear (5) is approximately 1 to 1, preferably approximately 1 to 1.5, particularly preferably approximately 1 to 2.2. |
| US10890415B2 |
Firearm electronic system
Man portable weapons include integrated electronics that calculate orientation and movement in addition to providing that data to a user's heads-up displays (HUD) as well as to group and area networks. By passing data to a HUD, the user is able to see, virtually, the flight path, point of impact and other ballistic data as well as data representing the condition and performance of the weapon for any rounds fired. The HUD also displays the relative position of other members of the team, last known enemy area of operation and other useful parameters from the man portable weapons of the other team members through the network. The electronics may be integrated within the main components of any suitable man portable weapon in a non-intrusive way as to have no effect on the firing mechanism of the small arm when it is fully assembled. |
| US10890414B2 |
Collapsible reflective sight for a firearm
A collapsible reflective optical sight for a firearm, including a base configured to mount the collapsible reflective optical sight to a firearm; a lens attached to and able to rotate with respect to the base, wherein the lens includes an optic with a reflective surface, and the lens is able to be folded with respect to the base to store the lens in a collapsed configuration and is able to be angled with respect to the base to aim the firearm with the lens in a deployed configuration; a light source on the base that reflects a light off the reflective surface of the optic to aim the firearm; and a mechanical sight adjustably mounted to the base to aim the firearm. Additionally, the collapsible reflective optical sight can include a firearm and a hood. |
| US10890408B2 |
Simulated training ammunition automatic launching system
The invention provides an automatic launching system for simulated training ammunition. It can mimic the effect of explosive detonation in close quarters battles without causing any casualties, and can ignite the fuze and launch the simulated training ammunition without gunpowder involved. The technical solution of the invention is that: the automatic launching system for simulated training ammunition comprises a launcher, a controller and a simulated training ammunition loaded inside the launcher. The Simulated training ammunition comprises an outer shell, a core and a fuze structure at the bottom of the simulated training ammunition. The piston cylinder of the launcher comprises vents in the cylinder sidewall for communicating the cylinder cavity with the launcher cavity. The lower part of the cylinder is connected to a high-pressure gas holder through a pipeline and a normally closed solenoid valve. This invention can automatically identify the target and ignite the fuze and launch the simulated training ammunition after identifying the target, and mimic explosion effects. It uses no gunpowder, thus has no potential safety risks, and is safe, reliable, easy to operate, simple in structure, and suitable for civil production and manufacturing. |
| US10890407B1 |
Dual remote control and crew-served weapon station
Several examples of a dual remote control and crew-served weapon station are described herein that uniquely provide at least three operating modes, any one of which can be quickly and efficiently selected based on outputs from various system sensors (e.g., switches and buttons). For example, the first operating mode is a mode in which the weapon is remotely steered and fired (e.g., remote controlled). The second operating mode is a mode in which a weapon cradle is stabilized by a gimbal and the weapon is aimed and fired by a local operator (e.g., crew-served stabilized). The third operating mode is a mode in which the cradle is manually steered and the weapon is fired by the local operator (e.g., full manual). |
| US10890405B1 |
Non-tilting outer barrel for toy gun
A non-tilting outer barrel for a toy gun may include a first housing configured to accommodate at least a portion of an inner barrel through which a bullet is discharged, a second housing configured to accommodate at least a portion of a chamber coupled to one end of the inner barrel, a plurality of fixing members disposed in a bore of the first housing thereby restricting vertical movement of the first housing in relation to the inner barrel. |
| US10890403B2 |
Suppressor with blowout panel
Methods and systems are provided for a firearms suppressor adapted with blowout panels. In one example, the blowout panels may be configured to have a lower tolerance for pressure than the materials from which outer components of the suppressor are formed. During over pressure events of the suppressor, the blowout panels may rupture, thereby dissipating pressure in the suppressor. |
| US10890402B2 |
Firearm suppressor system and associated quick release mount and lock
A firearm suppressor assembly that includes a quick connect mounting methodology that allows the suppressor to be quickly and repeatably associated with the muzzle end of a firearm. In a preferred embodiment, the mounting methodology includes a plurality of lobes that facilitate less than 90 degree rotation between the muzzle of the firearm and the suppressor and provide a tactile indication of a secured engagement therebetween. |
| US10890400B2 |
Fastening device for weapon accessory
A fastening device is provided for fastening a weapon accessory to a firearm, in particular a hand-held firearm, and to a weapon accessory having a fastening device according to the invention. The weapon accessory is in particular a silencer or a tactical light. The fastening device has a fastening rail, wherein at the rear end of the fastening rail a support surface is formed which rests at least partially on the front end of the trigger of the firearm when the fastening device is fastened to the firearm. |
| US10890397B2 |
Apparatus to minimize short stroke in a revolver
An apparatus to minimize short stroke in a revolver is provided wherein a first end of the transfer bar is pivotably disposed on the trigger adjacent to the first end of a hand, the second end of the transfer bar disposed adjacent to the firing pin of the hammer, wherein during a firing cycle, prior to the revolver being brought back to the ready-to-fire position, the trigger cannot be depressed until the trigger is first fully undepressed, wherein the second end of the transfer bar engages a transfer bar blocking surface of the hammer slot in the hammer to prevent the trigger from being fully depressed. |
| US10890396B2 |
Slotted trigger actuation
An apparatus and method for a slotted trigger actuation mechanism for a firearm are described herein. The slotted trigger actuation mechanism may be a slotted trigger bar interface. The slotted trigger bar interface may serve to increase a distance of trigger pull required to execute firing ammunition. A trigger body may comprise a trigger bias for increasing trigger work. The apparatus and method described herein may help to improve results during drop safety testing. |
| US10890395B2 |
Apparatus and method for energy harvesting round counter for firearms
An energy harvesting device for accurately counting rounds fired by a firearm comprises a piezoelectric element for mechanical coupling to the barrel of the firearm. The piezoelectric element may produce a voltage waveform in response to the mechanical vibrations from a round passing through the barrel, which may power a microcontroller. The microcontroller may determine the rate of change of the voltage waveform to determine if a live round was fired. The microcontroller may be in communication with an RFID chip. The microcontroller may read the value on the RFID chip, increment the value of the RFID chip in response to being turned on by the voltage waveform, and then store the incremented value on the RFID chip. An armorer may remotely check the value of the RFID chip. |
| US10890394B2 |
Last round hold open apparatus
A last round hold open (LRHO) apparatus comprising a first lever having a first end and a second end, a mag stop component to which the first lever is pivotally affixed at the second end, a second lever disposed proximate the second end of the first lever, the second lever pivotally affixed to the mag stop, a bolt catch affixed to the mag stop and the second lever, and a magazine release extending from the first end of the first lever. |
| US10890386B2 |
Evaporator unit including distributor tube and method thereof
An evaporator for an air conditioning system includes an inlet manifold, an outlet manifold and a plurality of refrigerant tubes. The refrigerant tubes hydraulically communicate with the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold for a refrigerant flow. The inlet manifold includes a distributor tube with a plurality of orifices for equally aliquoting two phase refrigerant inside the inlet manifold. A mandrel is provided inside the distributor tube and a portion of the distributor tube with the inserted mandrel is flattened and bent toward an inlet port of the distributor tube for fitting the distributor tube within the inlet manifold. The mandrel is inserted into the distributor tube for preventing the distributor tube from collapsing when the distributor tube is flattened and bent. |
| US10890385B2 |
Apparatus and system for exchanging heat with a fluid
An apparatus for exchanging heat with a fluid includes a heat exchanger having first and second opposing surfaces and a plurality of flow passages permitting axial fluid flow between the surfaces. A manifold having an interface surface is in thermal contact with the first surface and includes a thermally conductive body for conducting heat in an axial direction between the interface surface and a heat transmitting surface. A plurality of feed passages extend through the thermally conductive body in a transverse direction, the passages having an inlet for receiving or discharging fluid. A plurality of distribution passages have ends in fluid communication with at least one of the feed passages and openings distributed over the interface surface. The distribution passages are configured to cause a change in fluid flow direction between a transversely directed flow in the feed passages and an axially directed flow at the openings. |
| US10890381B2 |
Cross-flow heat exchanger
A heat exchanger including a plurality of tubes, a header, and a plurality of flow voids. The plurality of tubes extends in a first direction through which a first fluid is configured to flow. Each of the plurality of tubes have waves that repeat at regular intervals along the first flow direction and are spaced from one another vertically and laterally in the second direction. The header extends in the first direction and is attached to each of the plurality of tubes. The header is configured to convey the first fluid to each of the plurality of tubes. The plurality of flow voids are formed between the plurality of tubes. The plurality of flow voids extend in a second direction through which a second fluid is configured to flow such that the second fluid is in thermal contact with the plurality of tubes. |
| US10890374B2 |
Door and home appliance including the same
The present invention relates to a door and a home appliance including the door. More particularly, the present invention relates to a door including a see-through region and a home appliance comprising the door. According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a home appliance comprising: a cabinet; an object receiving chamber defined in the cabinet to receive an object therein; a door pivotally coupled to the cabinet to open and close the object receiving chamber, wherein the door has a see-through window; a lighting device for illuminating an interior of the object receiving chamber; a sensor disposed in the door for detecting an acoustic wave, wherein the acoustic wave is generated by an application of a knock input to the door; and a controller configured to activate the lighting device upon detecting the knock input, such that the object receiving chamber may be visible to an outside through the see-through window. |
| US10890373B2 |
Panel cooling device and buffer tank for the same
A buffer tank for panel cooling device is provided and includes a tank body and a carry mechanism provided in the tank body. The carry mechanism has a first slide rail, a second slide rail and a plurality of supporting frames, the first slide rail and the second slide rail are opposite to each other and fixed in the tank body, the supporting frames are arranged on the first slide rail and the second slide rail, and the supporting frames are configured to be moveable relative to the first slide rail and the second slide rail. In the disclosure, the fixed supporting frame in the buffer tank is changed to be a supporting frame intelligently driven to scroll. When cleaning and maintaining the buffer tank or handling the buffer tank fragments, the supporting frames are rolled together and are all abutted to provide enough working space to enhance operation safety. |
| US10890372B2 |
Refrigerated oven and system for cooking food items
A refrigerated oven and system for cooking food items to be ready to eat at a desired time. The oven has a cooking compartment attached to or integral with a refrigerator unit. An interior chamber of the cooking compartment is in fluid flow communication with the refrigerator unit and configured to receive a food item therein. The food item can be kept refrigerated until cooked. Air flow doors allow or prevent cold air from the refrigerator unit flowing into the interior chamber and hot air from the cooking compartment flowing into the refrigerator unit. A control device opens and closes the doors to cool or cook the food item, start the cooking process at the desired temperature and stop cooking at the desired time. The control device is remotely accessed by a smart phone or other electronic device. The cooking compartments can be removably connected to the refrigerator unit. |
| US10890371B2 |
Freezing refrigerator
A freezing refrigerator heats an entrance side pipe of evaporator, which is difficult to heat in the related art, with the condensation latent heat of refrigerant that builds up in a lower portion of evaporator in a liquid state while being vaporized with the heat of defrosting heater so as to warm the outlet pipe by a second thermal coupling part thermally coupling an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe of evaporator, whereby temperature variation of the entire evaporator in a defrosting operation can be suppressed, and the power consumption of defrosting heater can be reduced. |
| US10890364B2 |
Refrigerator with ice maker
The present disclosure relates to the field of household appliances technologies, and discloses a refrigerator with an ice maker, at least comprising: a refrigerating compartment and an ice-making chamber disposed inside the refrigerating compartment, wherein an ice maker is arranged inside the ice-making chamber, the ice-making chamber is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air duct, and an ice-making fan, the ice-making evaporator is communicated with the ice maker through the ice-making air duct to form a refrigerating circulation loop, the ice-making fan is arranged in the ice-making air duct, and the ice-making evaporator is disposed outside the ice-making chamber and located inside the refrigerating compartment. |
| US10890359B2 |
Heating and hot water supply device
In a heating and hot water supply device including a burning means, a first heat exchanger, a circulation passage for circulating a heating thermal medium, a circulation pump, a first bypass passage, a second heat exchanger for hot water supply, a hot water supply passage, a second bypass passage bypassing the second heat exchanger, a control unit, and an operating terminal, a distribution means is provided at a branching portion of the first bypass passage and is capable of adjusting its distribution ratio for heating, or hot water supply, or simultaneous heating/hot water supply, a display means of the operating terminal is capable of providing displays corresponding to various types of operation. |
| US10890358B2 |
System and method for furnace fluid flow management
A furnace has a primary heat exchanger tube, a secondary heat exchanger comprising a plurality of secondary heat exchanger tubes, a hot header configured to provide a fluid flow path between an output of the primary heat exchanger tube to an input of the secondary heat exchanger, and a perforated fluid flow plate disposed at least partially within the hot header. |
| US10890357B2 |
Water heater with self-centering bottom cover
A water heater appliance is provided that includes features that facilitate centering a tank within a casing of the water heater while also diminishing heat loss through the bottom of the water heater. More particularly, a water heater is provided that includes a bottom cover that has an integral centering feature that facilitates centering of the tank within the casing. A method for assembling a water heater appliance is also provided. |
| US10890356B2 |
Heat exchange device and heat source machine
The heat exchange device (200) includes a primary heat exchanger (10), a secondary heat exchanger (20), and a connecting pipe (60). The connecting pipe connects the primary heat exchanger and the secondary heat exchanger. The primary heat exchanger (10) includes a primary heat exchange part (11), a shell plate (12) surrounding the primary heat exchange part, and a body pipe part (13) for cooling the shell plate. The body pipe part (13) is disposed closer to a burner than the primary heat exchange part (11) and is connected to the connecting pipe (60). The primary heat exchange part (11) includes a first heat transfer tube part (111) connected to the body pipe part (13), and a second heat transfer tube part (112) connected to the first heat transfer tube part and disposed on a side opposite to the body pipe part with respect to the first heat transfer tube part. |
| US10890355B2 |
Heat pump apparatus
A heat pump apparatus includes a use-side heat exchanger that causes heat exchange to be performed between a heat medium flowing from a heat-storage heat exchanger and a heat usage medium, and a flow-passage switching device that switches a flow passage for the heat medium to a first flow passage that circulates through a heat-reception-side heat exchanger and the heat-storage heat exchanger without extends through the use-side heat exchanger or a second flow passage that circulates through the heat-reception-side heat exchanger and the heat-storage heat exchanger via the use-side heat exchanger. Even when the temperature of the heat storage medium rises, heat received from a heat source can be stored in the heat storage medium by a heat pump, while a decrease of the efficiency of the heat pump can be reduced. |
| US10890352B2 |
Air handling unit
This air handling unit (1) comprises a structural frame (3, 5), and air handling components (15) enclosed within a housing (7), at least one of said components (15) having a rectangular shape arranged orthogonally to an air flow direction (F1, F2), and mounted by its edges (151, 153) on the structural frame. The at least one of the components (15) is mounted by one of its edges (151) on at least one movable rail (17) which is mounted in a sliding manner in a stationary rail (19) integral with the structural frame (3, 5) or the housing (7), the movable rail (17) being extractable with respect to the stationary rail (19) out of the housing (7) so that the component (15) can be extracted from the air handling unit (1). |
| US10890345B2 |
System and methods for a commissioning a sensor system
A method of facilitating configuration of at least one sensor with a data transmitter communicatively coupled to an analysis engine for a building management system, wherein the application is configured to be run on a mobile device and interact with the at least one sensor during the installation. The method includes communicating, by the application, with the at least one sensor to display a visual indicator, capturing, by a camera of the mobile device, visual data representative of the visual indicator, and associating the at least one sensor with a circuit of a building power system based on the captured visual data. |
| US10890341B2 |
Multi-zone variable refrigerant flow heating/cooling unit
A method for air conditioning including installing an air conditioning unit at a desired location. The air conditioning unit includes a housing that has air supply inlets and exhaust air outlets. The housing encloses a mode control unit that switches a zone coil associated with a zone from a cooling mode to a heating mode by switching from a cooling medium to a heating medium flowing through the zone coil. The zone coil receives the heating or cooling medium and conditions incoming air from a supply fan to be exhausted in a zone associated with the zone coil. A variable refrigerant flow cooling/heating unit provides a cooling medium or a heating medium at varying rates to control a temperature of a zone. |
| US10890337B1 |
Retractable stovetop shielding screen
The retractable stovetop shielding screen is a wire mesh screen that may be deployed from an above-stove support such as a range hood or microwave oven to prevent children and pets from contacting the stovetop. The screen mounts to the front of the above-stove support using a pair of L-shaped mounting brackets. When not deployed, a spring loaded roller retracts the screen to a position above the stovetop. The screen is deployed by pulling a grip and the screen unwinds from the roller, stretching between the roller and the handle of the oven door below. The screen removably couples to the oven door handle using a loop kept closed by hook and loop fasteners. The screen is non-opaque, allowing items on the stovetop to be seen even when the screen is deployed. |
| US10890334B2 |
Hinge assembly with slow close and/or slow open characteristics
A hinge assembly for an associated appliance door includes an arm and a lever pivotally connected to the arm. The lever and arm are adapted to pivot relative to each other about a main pivot axis between a first position that corresponds to a closed position of the associated appliance door and a second position that corresponds to an opened position of the associated appliance door. A slide link is located adjacent the lever. A damper engagement structure is connected to the slide link. A biasing system urges the arm and lever toward the first position. A damper system includes a damper that damps pivoting movement between the arm and the lever for at least part of the movement between the arm and the lever when the arm and lever pivot relative to each other from the first position toward the second position. |
| US10890333B2 |
Cooking appliance cooling fan with optical speed sensor
An optical sensor is used in a cooling system of a cooking appliance to sense rotation of the cooling fan. For example, in one aspect a cooking appliance is disclosed as including a housing with a cooking enclosure and cooling passage for venting heat generated within the cooking enclosure; a cooling fan in fluid communication with the cooling passage in order to provide a directed airflow within the cooling passage; and an optical sensor to sense rotation of the cooling fan. |
| US10890331B2 |
Cooking appliance
A cooking appliance includes a knob assembly to emit light to improve an aesthetic feel and user convenience. The cooking appliance includes a main body having at least one heating source, a panel disposed in the main body and provided with a through hole, and a knob assembly coupled to the panel. The knob assembly includes a knob, at least one light source configured to emit light, a first light guide passing through the through hole and arranged to guide the light emitted from the light source, and a second light guide configured to guide the light guided by the first light guide to an outside of the knob. |
| US10890330B2 |
Knob assembly with display device and cooking apparatus having knob assembly
A knob assembly with a display that displays information such as power level and a timer time, and a cooking apparatus including a knob assembly are provided. The knob assembly may include a knob coupled to an adjustment shaft configured to adjust power level and a knob ring configured to surround a periphery of the knob, configured to be rotatable independent of the knob, and provided with a display. The display may be provided at the knob ring, and information may be displayed on the display so that a user may easily manipulate the knob assembly. |
| US10890329B2 |
Fuel injector assembly for gas turbine engine
The present disclosure is directed to a fuel injector including a centerbody defining an air inlet opening defined substantially radially through the centerbody; an outer sleeve surrounding the centerbody, and an end wall coupled to the centerbody and the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve defines a radially oriented first air inlet port defined radially outward of the air inlet opening at the centerbody. A mixing passage is defined between the outer sleeve and the centerbody. A first fuel injection port is defined substantially axially through the end wall to the mixing passage. The first fuel injection port defines a first fuel injection opening at the mixing passage between the first air inlet port at the outer sleeve and the air inlet opening at the centerbody. |
| US10890326B2 |
Flame rectification circuit using operational amplifier
A method for detecting a flame is provided. The method includes the step of providing alternating current to a flame rectification probe to produce a first voltage as an input for a sense circuit, wherein the flame rectification probe is placed in proximity to the flame. The method further includes the step of conditioning the first voltage using the sense circuit to produce a second voltage. Additionally, the method includes the steps of outputting the second voltage to a microcontroller, and determining with the microcontroller whether the flame is present based on a magnitude of the second voltage. |
| US10890323B2 |
Circulating fluidized bed boiler with a loopseal heat exchanger
A circulating fluidized bed boiler is described, comprising a furnace, a loopseal, and a loopseal heat exchanger arranged in the loopseal. The loopseal heat exchanger comprises walls limiting an interior of the loopseal heat exchanger, a first particle outlet for letting out particulate material from the loopseal heat exchanger, an inlet for receiving bed material, heat exchanger tubes arranged in the interior of the loopseal heat exchanger, and a first ash removal channel configured to let out ash from the loopseal heat exchanger. An ash cooler is configured to receive ash from the first ash removal channel. In the loopseal heat exchanger the first ash removal channel is arranged at a lower level than the first particle outlet. |
| US10890317B2 |
Module for motor vehicle comprising an optical element fixed to a heatsink with posts and a light source fixed to a fixing zone of a heatsink
A light module for a motor vehicle including a light source, an electronic support, a driver device driving the electrical power supply of the one light source arranged on the electronic support, a heatsink including an obviously in which the driver device is housed, characterized in that the light source is fixed onto the heatsink. |
| US10890314B2 |
In-room illumination apparatus for movable structure, and movable structure
An in-room illumination apparatus for a movable structure includes: a light source; a holder that holds the light source; and a bridge that presses the light source against the holder. The light source includes a spherical housing and a light emitting element. The bridge includes, at a center part, a first contact region which is configured to be in contact with an outer surface of the light source at all times. The light source includes, at the outer surface, a light source-side contact region that is configured to be in contact with the first contact region. At least one recess and at least one protrusion are in the first contact region and in the light source-side contact region. A number of recesses and protrusions in the first contact region is different than a number of recesses and protrusions in the light source-side contact region. |
| US10890312B2 |
Display device including protruding plate
A display device including a protruding-plate includes the protruding-plate, a thin-film-layer, a transparent-base-material, a first-concealing-layer, a light-diffusion-layer, a light-color-toning-layer, and a second-concealing-layer. The first-concealing-layer is disposed closer to the protruding-plate than the second-concealing-layer and the light-color-toning-layer to the protruding-plate. The protruding-plate, the transparent-base-material, the thin-film-layer, and the second-concealing-layer include a greater thickness in this order. The second-concealing-layer, the first-concealing-layer, and the light-diffusion-layer have a same thickness. The light-diffusion-layer is thicker than the light-color-toning-layer. The transparent-base-material and the thin-film-layer have a same light transmittance. The thin-film-layer, the protruding-plate, the light-diffusion-layer, the light-color-toning-layer, the first-concealing-layer, and the second-concealing-layer have a higher light transmittance in this order. |
| US10890307B2 |
Multi-focal collimating lens and bi-function headlight assembly
The embodiments of the invention provide a multi-focal collimating lens and a bi-function headlight assembly. With the relative positions referring to the mounting position of the multi-focal collimating lens within the bi-function headlight assembly, the multi-focal collimating lens includes a lower collimating lens part and an upper collimating lens part located on top of the lower collimating lens part. One focal point of the lower collimating lens part is located on a vertical symmetry plane of the lower collimating lens part, and two focal points of the upper collimating lens part are symmetrically located on both sides of a vertical symmetry plane of the upper collimating lens part, so that a cut-off line of a low beam can be generated in a far-field light pattern of the multi-focal collimating lens. |
| US10890305B2 |
Lamp for vehicle and vehicle
A lamp for a vehicle includes an array module comprising a plurality of micro Light Emitting Diode (LED) chips that are arranged in one or more patterns and that are configured to generate light, where the array module has a shape that is concave in a first direction. |
| US10890304B2 |
Hybrid headlamp systems and methods
A headlamp assembly includes a low beam assembly configured to generate a low beam distribution. The low beam assembly includes a first low beam solid state light source module having a first laser solid state light source optically configured to emit a first luminous intensity distribution and a second laser solid state light source optically configured to emit a second luminous intensity distribution, and a second low beam solid state light source module having a solid state light source optically configured to emit a third luminous intensity distribution which at least partially overlaps at least one of the first and second luminous intensity distributions. The headlamp assembly also has a high beam assembly configured to generate a high beam distribution. |
| US10890302B2 |
Lighting arrangement with battery backup
A lighting arrangement can include a luminaire, a driver circuitry assembly, and a battery backup portion. The luminaire can have light emitting diodes in an array string positioned in a first housing and a first wiring extending from the array string to a first plug connector. The driver circuitry assembly can drive the plurality of light emitting diodes and include circuitry with a rectifier and an IC chip positioned in a second housing and a second wiring extending from the circuitry to a second plug connector engageable with the first plug connector. The battery backup portion can be selectively positionable between the driver circuitry assembly and the external AC grid and have one or more batteries and a converter portion with a DC-AC inverter positioned in a third housing. The third housing and the second housing are interconnectable. |
| US10890300B2 |
LED tube lamp
An LED tube lamp includes a lamp tube; an LED light strip disposed inside the lamp tube and comprising a mounting region and a connecting region, a plurality of LED light sources mounted on the mounting region and at least two first connecting pads arranged on the connecting region; a fixing structure disposed inside the lamp tube and extending along the longitudinal direction of the lamp tube, the fixing structure comprising a first end fixedly connected to an inner circumferential surface of the lamp tube and second end fixedly connected to the LED light strip; a power supply module disposed on the fixing structure and electrically connecting to the LED light strip via the two first connecting pads, the power supply module comprising a circuit board separate from the light strip and a plurality of electronic components mounted on the circuit board; and two end caps attached to two ends of the lamp tube respectively. The power supply module comprises at least a rectifying circuit and a filtering circuit, wherein the rectifying circuit is coupled to two pins to receive an external signal, and the filtering circuit is coupled to the rectifying circuit and is configured to receive a signal from the rectifying circuit. |
| US10890299B2 |
LED filament lamp
The present invention belongs to the technical field of lighting devices, in particular to an LED filament lamp. The LED filament lamp comprises a transparent hood with an opening at the lower end, and a lamp cap connected to the transparent hood, and a light emitting source is arranged in the transparent hood. The LED filament lamp also comprises a support base; the support base is arranged in a space enclosed by the transparent hood and the lamp cap; the light emitting source is fixed on the support base, and the lower end of the light emitting source is connected with the lamp cap through a current limiting resistor. The light emitting source comprises a single strip-shaped substrate, and a plurality of LED wafers; the two ends of the strip-shaped substrate are conductive electrical connecting ends; the plurality of LED wafers are connected in turn and arranged on the strip-shaped substrate at an interval to form a strip-shaped LED wafer set; a rectifying unit electrically connected with the strip-shaped LED wafer set is arranged at each one of the two ends of the strip-shaped LED wafer set; and each one of the rectifying units is fixed on the strip-shaped substrate and is electrically connected with each corresponding one of the electrical connecting ends. The present invention provides an LED filament lamp which is conveniently assembled and can be directly connected with an alternating current. |
| US10890298B2 |
Liquid detection device with wireless communicator
Devices, systems, and methods of detecting and providing an alert regarding the presence of liquid contamination in a pneumatic supply line and/or in a pneumatic instrument are described. A liquid detection device configured to be coupled to the pneumatic supply includes an electronic liquid sensor configured to detect the presence of liquid in the pneumatic supply and a wireless communicator configured to transmit data from the electronic liquid sensor to a wireless communication node. The liquid detection device may be installed at different locations along a pneumatic supply in a plant. The plant network can forward the transmitted message from the communication node onto a plant computer, where and alert or other message may be provided to an operator or other computer system when water or other liquid is detected. |
| US10890297B2 |
Assembly, system and method for directed high-pressure fluid delivery
The application is directed to a system for conveying fluid to one or more downstream locations including a plurality of downstream locations severally. The system includes one or more upstream fluid sources, a fluid routing system in fluid communication with the one or more upstream fluid sources via an upstream fluid line and each of the downstream locations via separate downstream fluid lines. The fluid routing system includes fluid connections corresponding to each of the downstream fluid lines and is operationally configured to fluidly connect with a particular fluid connection while remaining fluidly disconnected from the remaining fluid connections. |
| US10890295B2 |
Tube-array type nitrogen canister
A tube-array-type liquid nitrogen container includes a container body having a mouth; a tube array component received in the container body; and a top cap sealing the mouth from above. The top cap is rotatable in the mouth. The tube array component is composed of a plurality of holding tubes. The holding tube is opened at one end thereof, wherein the opening thereof faces the top cap. The top cap has at least one tube access passing therethrough. Each tube access is atop covered by a tube access cover. The tube-array-type liquid nitrogen container uses a tube-array component composed of the a plurality of holding tubes to store the freezing tubes, and is cooperated with the rotatable top cap and an external robotic arm, thereby improving space utilization and thermal insulation, effectively ensuring safety of the freezing tubes, and facilitating automatic storage of freezing tubes. |
| US10890291B2 |
Adjustable mounting device for a pole
A device for mounting a support apparatus or item to a pole-like structure includes a support item for use by a user to store a personal-use article, a mounting bracket configured to slideably engage the pole-like structure in a plurality of user-selectable mounted positions, and a rotatable clamping arm of the support item. The clamping arm is pivotably coupled to the bracket and rotatable into and out of locking engagement therewith between locked and unlocked positions. The support item may include a stopping surface which comes into contact with an upper edge of the bracket when the clamping arm is in the unlocked position to prevent damaging the pole-like structure. |
| US10890288B2 |
Systems and methods of providing a multipositional display
A device for supporting an electronic display includes a base, a display mount having a first position and a second position relative to the base, and a connection mechanism positioned between the base and the display mount. The connection mechanism is configured to rotate and translate the display mount from the first position to the second position according to a torque curve. The torque curve includes a discovery stage adjacent the first position, an initiation stage rotationally after the discovery stage, and an approach stage rotationally after the initiation stage. The connection mechanism applies a force toward the first position in the discovery stage. The connection mechanism having an initiation force applied toward the first position that is greater than the force in the discovery stage. The approach stage having an approach force applied toward the second position. |
| US10890287B2 |
System of flexible pipes and coupling elements and method of producing such a flexible pipe
The invention relates to a system of flexible pipes (1) and coupling elements (6) for coupling the flexible pipes. The flexible pipes each comprise an inner conduit and multiple cavities running substantially parallel over the outer surface of the inner conduit. The coupling elements each comprise an inner opening and multiple outer openings surrounding the inner opening, such that, in the coupled state, the inner conduits of adjacent flexible pipes are connected by means of the inner opening of the intermediate coupling element and the cavities of adjacent flexible pipes are connected by means of the outer openings of the intermediate coupling element.The invention further relates to a method of producing a flexible pipe as described as part of the system. |
| US10890282B2 |
Face sealed fittings
Face-sealed fittings are described for joining flanged tubes. These fittings utilize unique designs for pairing rings, nipples, and nuts to provide several advantages over prior art designs. Face-sealed fittings provided herein are symmetrical and genderless, and are field attachable/removable over previously welded glands. Moreover, they are torque free and have footprints comparable or smaller than legacy assemblies. |
| US10890281B2 |
Adjustable length pipe connector for connecting to a pipe connection
An adjustable length pipe connector having an axially extending and hollow pipe body with internal threads provided therein. The pipe body includes external threads provided on outer portion thereof for coupling the connector to a pipe connection. Further, the pipe body includes a washer provided within the pipe body. The washer is adapted to be moved axially within the interior portion. Also, a first and a second length adjustor peg is provided within the pipe body. The first and the second length adjustor pegs can be moved and positioned adjacent to the washer so as to achieve a desirable length of the adjustable length connector. Upon achieving the desirable length, the washer is juxtaposed relative to the first peg and an excess portion of the pipe body adjacent the second end is removed. The washer may be cylindrical. The washer may have a wire mesh to block impurities. |
| US10890272B1 |
U-shaped fairing with hinged blocks
A vortex-induced vibration (VIV) suppression device comprising: a fairing comprising a fairing body dimensioned to partially encircle an underlying tubular and a first arm and a second arm extending from the fairing body, the fairing body comprises a first section and a second section that each have first ends that are interfacing one another to form a gap in between and a second end, and the first arm and the second arm are attached to the second ends such that they extend radially outward from the underlying tubular, and the first arm and the second arm are spaced a distance from one another; and an interior block member to facilitate an opening or a closing of the fairing body around an underlying tubular, the interior block member having a first block section and a second block section movably coupled to one another. |
| US10890268B2 |
Valve and valve arrangement
A valve includes a flow chamber and an actuating chamber, and a connecting valve opening. An actuating element can close or open the valve opening. An SMA element and a restoring element move the actuating element in opposite directions. A first area of the flow chamber is attachable to an air supply unit, and a second area of the flow chamber is attachable to a media reservoir and to atmosphere to release air from the flow chamber via an opening. An actuator coupled with the actuating element selectively connects the opening to atmosphere or closes the opening. A first check valve prevents fluid from flowing back from the second area of the flow chamber through the valve opening into the first area of the flow chamber when the actuating element is in the opening position. |
| US10890259B2 |
Poppet valve system and process
Aspects herein include a valve to provide regulated fluid flow. The valve comprises a valve housing having an inlet and an outlet. The valve further comprises a valve seat disposed between the inlet and the outlet of the valve. The valve seat has a seat opening defined by a seat opening dimension and is fixed in relation to the valve housing. The valve further comprises a poppet disposed between the valve seat and the outlet of the valve, the poppet having a seat face opposing the valve seat. The seat face tapers from a poppet large dimension larger than the seat-opening dimension disposed toward the inlet end to a poppet small dimension smaller than the seat-opening dimension disposed toward the outlet end. The valve further comprises a plunger operatively coupled with the poppet as well as a solenoid within the valve chamber operatively coupled with the plunger. |
| US10890256B2 |
Seal structure of high-pressure tank
A seal structure of a high-pressure tank including: the first member in which a tank chamber is formed inside; and the second member which is fitted into the opening hole of the first member and provided with an annular groove formed on an outer peripheral surface, the seal structure includes: a seal member, having an annular shape, configured to be disposed on the tank chamber side in the groove; and a first back-up member and a second back-up member configured to be disposed further to the side opposite to the tank chamber side than the seal member in the groove, to include inclined surface parts respectively opposite to each other. The inclined surface part of the first back-up member includes a crest folding corner part in which a first low angle inclined part and a first high angle inclined part are connected to each other. |
| US10890244B2 |
Power transmission device
A power transmission device (100) includes: a rotary shaft (4) extending in the vehicle width direction to transmit power to drive wheels of the vehicle; a rotary parts housing chamber (16) disposed on the end section or in its vicinity of the rotary shaft (4) in the axial direction and adapted to house rotary parts including a clutch (5R); and a breather chamber (81) disposed on the outside (the upper side) of the rotary shaft (4), wherein a first communication passage (80) is provided to communicate with the breather chamber (81) and the rotary parts housing chamber (16). The oil intruded into the breather chamber (81) is discharged from the breather chamber (81) through the first communication passage (80) and is led to the rotary parts housing chamber (16) by the negative pressure due to the pull-in to the rotary parts housing chamber (16) accompanying rotation of the rotary parts. |
| US10890243B2 |
Motor with deceleration mechanism
The motor with deceleration mechanism includes: a motor shaft (11), which is accommodated in a motor case (21) and in which an axial end portion (11a) is formed into a spherical shape; a worm, arranged on the motor shaft (11); a worm wheel, accommodated in a gear frame and engaging with the worm; a radial bearing (41), rotatably supporting the motor shaft (11); and a first thrust bearing (42), which is disposed inside the motor case (21), and in which a shaft facing surface (42s) facing the axial end portion (11a) of the motor shaft (11) and a counter shaft facing surface (42c) on the opposite side are respectively formed spherically; an average sliding radius between the first thrust bearing (42) and the motor case (21) is larger than an average sliding radius between the first thrust bearing (42) and the motor shaft (11). |
| US10890242B2 |
Gear box, driving device, and electronic apparatus
A gear box includes a casing, a gear that is accommodated in the casing and transmits the power of a motor, an output gear that is connected to the gear in the casing, and a collar that is externally inserted to the output shaft of the output gear and is rotatable relative to both the output shaft and the casing. |
| US10890240B2 |
Power transmission apparatus
Provided is a power transmission apparatus. The power transmission apparatus includes a rectilinear rack allowing a pinion to perform a rectilinear motion by interacting with the pinion, a curvilinear rack allowing the pinion to perform a curvilinear motion by interacting with the pinion, and a rectilinear-curvilinear conversion rack connected to the rectilinear rack and the curvilinear rack between the rectilinear rack and the curvilinear rack, and converting the rectilinear motion and the curvilinear motion of the pinion. |
| US10890239B2 |
Externally toothed gear for strain wave gearing
In a silk hat-shaped external gear for a strain wave gearing, t(A)>t(C)>t(D)>t(B) is satisfied, where the thicknesses of the inner circumferential end (A), the middle part (B) and the outer circumferential end (C) of the diaphragm body portion of a diaphragm are t(A), t(B) and t(C), and where the thickness of the barrel-side end part (D) of the curved portion of the diaphragm is t(D). With reference to the thickness of the middle part (B), the thickness of the inner circumferential end (A) of the diaphragm is set so as to be thicker than conventional silk hat-shaped external gears. It is possible to realize an externally toothed gear capable of preventing diaphragm rupture due to thrust force at high load torque and having high fatigue strength. |
| US10890237B2 |
Actuator with ball nut
An actuator includes a drive assembly, a ball screw, and a ball nut. The ball nut may include a first nut member, a second nut member; and first arm extending from the first nut member. The first arm may include a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may extend radially outward from the first nut member. The second portion may extend substantially axially from the first portion such that at least some of the second portion is disposed radially outward of the second nut member. A second arm may extend from the second nut member, and the second arm may include a first portion and a second portion. In embodiments, at least part of the second portion of the first arm is disposed radially outward of at least a part of the second portion of the second arm. |
| US10890233B2 |
Vehicle power unit
A vehicle power unit is disclosed which prevents a transmission apparatus from becoming large in size and promotes reduction in size by reducing the number of parts. A transmission shift drum has a driven gear mounted on a shift drum rotary shaft portion on one end of the shift drum. An extended support wall is formed to extend to outside in a vehicle width direction in parallel with a first case side wall of a crankcase. The case side wall supports the first drum rotary shaft portion on which the driven gear is mounted. The extended support wall and the first case side wall support thereon gears of a reduction gear train between a drive gear of a shift motor mounted on the extended support wall and the driven gear. |
| US10890232B2 |
Socket assembly
A socket assembly includes a socket. The socket defines a first interior space. The socket includes a first frame and a second frame disposed opposite to the first frame. The first frame is coupled with the second frame using at least one fastening member. The socket assembly includes a locking member disposed within the first interior space of the socket. The locking member includes a first portion and a second portion. The first and second portions define a second interior space for holding a rope. |
| US10890229B2 |
Power tool
A power tool includes a housing, an auxiliary handle, and a vibration damping assembly. The auxiliary handle includes a front end and a gripping portion. The vibration damping assembly includes a mass member and an elastic element. The auxiliary handle further includes an end cap arranged at a rear end of the gripping portion where the rear end is far away from the housing relative to a front end of the gripping portion. An accommodating cavity for accommodating the vibration damping assembly is formed around the gripping portion. The elastic element is arranged between a mass member and a cavity wall of the accommodating cavity. A ratio of a natural frequency W1 of the vibration damping assembly to a rotation frequency W2 of an output shaft in rotation is greater than or equal to 0.7 and less than or equal to 1.3. |
| US10890227B2 |
Wear liner with unidirectional notch
A friction disk of a braking system may include a friction disk core and a first wear liner. The friction disk core has an outer surface that defines a recess extending gradually inward from the outer surface, according to various embodiments. The wear liner mates to the outer surface of the friction disk core and includes a wear surface and a first non-wear surface, according to various embodiments. The first wear liner further includes a notch extending gradually outward from the first non-wear surface of the wear liner, according to various embodiments. In an installed state, the notch is received within the recess, according to various embodiments. |
| US10890220B2 |
Vehicle braking unit, brake pad and associated methods
A vehicle braking unit comprising a support designed to be positioned in use close to an element to be braked, braking elements which are carried in a movable way by the support, actuation elements which are carried by the support for pushing the braking elements against the element to be braked and first and second guide surfaces that are integral, respectively, to the braking elements and to the support, and that cooperate together to guide and support the braking elements when they are moved towards the element to be braked by the activation of the actuation elements; the first and/or the second guide surfaces are covered by a sliding coating consisting of a polymeric resin layer with solid lubricants and/or anti-friction materials being dispersed therein, that has been cured at a temperature greater than 300° C. |
| US10890219B2 |
Integrated fan braking mechanism
A fan system is disclosed that includes a braking mechanism for physically stopping rotation of a fan rotor. The braking mechanism is activated when the fan system is at least partially removed from a chassis or enclosure or when the chassis or enclosure including the fan system is opened. The fan rotor, of the fan system, may include a rotating blade assembly configured to rotate around an axis. A fan motor, of the fan system, is configured to cause rotation of the rotating blade assembly around the axis. The braking mechanism, of the fan system, is configured to apply friction to at least one component of the fan rotor when the braking mechanism is engaged. Application of friction to the at least one component of the fan rotor may stop rotation of the rotating blade assembly around the axis. |
| US10890215B2 |
Sealed roller bearing
A roller bearing for a wind turbine includes a first inner ring with an axial protrusion, a second inner ring, an outer ring arranged coaxially over the first inner ring and the second inner ring, and first and second pluralities of rolling elements. The rolling elements roll on respective inner ring and outer ring raceways. The roller bearing also has a bearing interior at least partially filled with a lubricant, an additional ring arranged radially outwardly on the axial protrusion, an axial extension connected to the outer ring and includes a cylindrical inner sealing face, and a radial shaft sealing ring installed on the additional ring in a radially outward manner. The radial shaft sealing ring has a radially outwardly directed sealing lip in radial contact with the cylindrical inner sealing face. |
| US10890210B1 |
Articulated support arm
An articulated arm includes an arm segment, the segment attachable to at least one other segment of the arm; a ball-and-socket joint at a distal end of the arm segment, a ball of the joint including a plurality of indentations that are distributed over at least part of the surface of the ball; a rod that is slidable within the arm segment, the rod including at least one pin at its distal end, each pin of said at least one pin being configured to be inserted into an indentation of the plurality of indentations that is aligned with that pin; and an actuator mechanism that is configured to apply a distal force to slide the rod distally to insert each pin of said at least one pin into an indentation of the plurality of indentations. |
| US10890209B2 |
Gimbal system using grooved rotatable ball, orthogonally oriented gears, and socket casing
A gimbal system is provided. The gimbal system includes a grooved, rotatable ball, including a plurality of grooves, wherein two or more of the plurality of grooves are configured to be complimentary with a plurality of teeth of a first gear, and wherein two or more of the plurality of grooves are configured to be complimentary with a plurality of teeth of a second gear. The gimbal system further includes the first gear and the second gear, wherein the first gear and the second gear are approximately perpendicular to each other. |
| US10890207B2 |
Connection to a suction disc
The connection of an accessory to a suction disc module comprises a lever mounted to the suction disc module; a latch bar on each side of that lever, and a raised shoulder on a top surface of the lever. The accessory has a pair of inclined latch blocks for engagement with the latch bars and a square-edge boss for engagement with the raised shoulder. The lever is urged away from the suction disc module by a spring. The lever has an overrun in a displacement thereof while a displacement of the spring remains constant. The lever is selectively movable along this overrun for engaging the latch bars with the inclined latch blocks and for engaging the raised shoulder with the square-edge boss. This latter engagement of the raised shoulder with the square-edge boss prevents an excess movement of the connecting direction, and urges the accessory in the release direction. |
| US10890201B2 |
Upright support bar
An upright support bar includes a mount disposed at the pivotal joint between an outer tube and an inner tube, a button pivoted to the mount and providing an actuation end, a finger grip and a latching portion so arranged that when the actuation end is biased downward, the latching portion is engaged in one of a series of holes of the inner tube, and a sliding block with a locking piece mounted on the mount movable relative to the mount between a first position where the locking piece is abutted against the finger grip to lock the button and a second position where the locking piece is released from the finger grip to unlock the button. |
| US10890197B2 |
Hydraulic actuator with a frequency dependent relative pressure ratio
Disclosed herein are hydraulic actuators and methods for the operation of actuators having variable relative pressure ratios. Further disclosed are methods for designing and/or operating a hydraulic actuator such that the actuator exhibits a variable relative pressure ratio. In certain embodiments, the relative pressure ratio of the hydraulic actuator may be dependent on one or more characteristics (such as, for example, frequency or rate of change) of an oscillating input to the hydraulic actuator. |
| US10890193B2 |
Multiphase pump
A multiphase pump for pumping a multiphase mixture containing hydrocarbon includes a separation system and a supply system. The separation system has a first separation stage configured to at least partly separate at least one portion of the multiphase mixture into a plurality of phase-enriched components, the first separating stage including an impeller attached to a pump shaft of the multiphase pump and being having an inlet side formed by a seal. The supply system is configured to supply a liquid-enriched liquid component as a lubricant to a pump element to be lubricated. |
| US10890187B2 |
Scroll compressor witha lubricant supply system and refrigeration cycle apparatus having the scroll compressor
A scroll compressor includes a crank shaft 6, an orbiting scroll 32, and a second plug part 329. The crank shaft 6 has a lubricant channel 63 which allows lubricant 9 to flow therethrough. The orbiting scroll 32 is attached to the crank shaft 6 and has a second inner channel 327 that allows the lubricant supplied thereto through the crank shaft 6 to outwardly flow therethrough. The second plug part 329 serving as an adjustment part is provided in the second inner channel 327 of the orbiting scroll 32 and adjusts a flow amount of the lubricant 9 flowing through the second inner channel 327. |
| US10890186B2 |
Compressor
A compressor may include a shell, a compression mechanism, a driveshaft, a motor assembly, and a stator support member. The compression mechanism is disposed within the shell. The driveshaft drivingly is engaged with the compression mechanism. The motor assembly may be disposed within the shell and is drivingly engaged with the driveshaft. The motor assembly includes a rotor and a stator. The stator is fixed relative to the shell. The rotor may include an axially extending portion and a radially extending portion. The axially extending portion may be disposed radially outward relative to the stator. The radially extending portion may engage the driveshaft and may be disposed axially between the stator and the compression mechanism. The stator support member may be fixed relative to the shell and the stator. The stator support member may extend longitudinally through at least a portion of the stator. |
| US10890185B2 |
Scroll compressor having a central main discharge port and an auxiliary discharge port
The scroll compressor comprises a fixed scroll element comprising a fixed end plate (13) and a fixed spiral wrap (14); an orbiting scroll element comprising an orbiting end plate and an orbiting spiral wrap (16), the fixed and orbiting spiral wraps (14, 16) being intermeshed with each other to define pairs of compression pockets, a radial inner pair of compression pockets comprising a direct pocket (17.1) and an indirect pocket (17.2); a central main discharge port (18) formed in the fixed end plate (13) and configured to communicate the direct pocket (17.1) with a discharge pressure volume; and an auxiliary discharge port (26) formed in the fixed end plate (13) at a position close to an outer wall side (14.2) of the fixed spiral wrap (14) and adjacent the inner end (14.4) of the fixed spiral wrap (14). The auxiliary discharge port (26), during orbiting movement of the orbiting scroll element (12), is at least partially uncovered by the orbiting spiral wrap (16) to communicate the indirect pocket (17.2) with the discharge pressure volume. |
| US10890182B2 |
Scroll compressor having check valve and passage that communicates a discharge port with a discharge space when the check valve is closed
A scroll compressor is provided that may include a casing, a drive motor, a rotational shaft, a frame provided at a lower side of the drive motor, a first scroll provided at a lower side of the frame, a second scroll provided between the frame and the first scroll and including a compression chamber provided between the first scroll and the second scroll, and a first check valve provided at an exit end of the discharge port to prevent refrigerant discharged to the inner space of the casing from flowing back to the compression chamber. A communication path may be provided at the exit end of the discharge port to communicate the inner space of the casing with the compression chamber when the first check valve is closed to cause refrigerant to flow back to the compression chamber, enabling a quick flat pressure state to be made. |
| US10890177B2 |
Fuel pump for pressurizing low pressure fuel suctioned into a pressurizing chamber and discharging high pressure fuel pressurized in the pressurizing chamber
A metering valve is installed in a feed passage that supplies low pressure fuel, which is fed from a feed pump, to a pressurizing chamber. The metering valve adjusts a discharge amount of the low pressure fuel discharged from the pressurizing chamber. A first pressure regulating valve is opened in a case where a pressure of the low pressure fuel becomes equal to or larger than a first preset pressure. A second pressure regulating valve is opened in a case where the pressure of the low pressure fuel becomes equal to or larger than a second preset pressure. The first pressure regulating valve and the second pressure regulating valve are configured such that a degree of responsiveness of valve opening and closing of the second pressure regulating valve is higher than a degree of responsiveness of valve opening and closing of the first pressure regulating valve. |
| US10890175B2 |
Direct drive pumping unit
This disclosure relates to a direct drive pumping unit having a reciprocator for reciprocating a sucker rod string and a sensor for detecting position of a polished rod. The reciprocator includes a tower for surrounding a wellhead. The polished rod is connectable to the sucker rod string and has an inner thread open to a top thereof and extends along at least most of a length thereof. A screw shaft extends into the polished rod and interacts with the inner thread. A motor is mounted to the tower, torsionally connected to the screw shaft, and operable to rotate the screw shaft relative to the polished rod. |
| US10890173B2 |
Operation of pump stations with additive pumps
An additive pump is configured to collect migrant additive that penetrates into its reciprocating shaft. These configurations may include a pump head, an actuator that penetrates into the pump head, a sealed region disposed about the actuator to form a fluid-free zone, and a fluid sensing unit coupled with the sealed region, the fluid sensing unit comprising a receptacle that is configured to retain fluid that transits from inside the sealed region. |
| US10890170B2 |
Replacement tube for a cellular suction stabilizing manifold
A replacement tube for a manifold is provided. The replacement tube includes a closed cell foam and a reinforcement strip. The closed cell foam is formed in a cylindrical tube and flexible to absorb pressure pulsations in a chamber of a suction manifold or in another device. The reinforcement strip is fixed along a length of the closed cell foam to support the closed cell foam from flexing and collapsing along the length of the closed cell foam. |
| US10890168B2 |
Linear compressor
A linear compressor is provided. The linear compressor may include a cylinder that defines a compression space, a piston having a plurality of suction holes through which a refrigerant is introduced into the compression space, and a muffler connected to the piston and through which the refrigerant supplied to the piston flows. The muffler may include a seat seated on one side of the piston, and a protrusion arranged inside the piston. The protrusion may include plurality of flow pipes that extends from the seat to an inside of the piston to guide the refrigerant to the plurality of suction holes and a resonator arranged at one side of the plurality of flow pipes and having a resonance space therein. |
| US10890167B2 |
Method for operating a piston pump, control device of a piston pump, and piston pump
The invention relates to a method for operating a piston pump, which is driven by means of a coil (1) of an electromagnet, wherein a piston (2) of the piston pump can be moved against a restoring force by means of the electromagnet, wherein a voltage (U) is applied to the coil (1) during a switch-on duration such that a current (I) flows through the coil (1) and the piston (2) is accelerated, wherein two different quenching methods are used for the current (I) in the coil (1). |