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| US10987297B2 |
Cosmetic agent formed by galactomannans obtained from Caesalpinia spinosa and cross-linked sulphated galactans obtained from Kappaphycus alvarezii
A cosmetic or dermocosmetic agent consisting of galactomannans with molecular masses in a range from 1 to 150 kDa obtained from Caesalpinia spinose and cross-linked sulfated galactans with molar masses in a range from 1 to 150 kDa obtained from Kappaphycus alvarezii. Non-therapeutic cosmetic methods in which the agent is applied on the skin in order to tens the skin and/or to form a film on the skin. |
| US10987293B2 |
Composition for skin external application
The present invention relates to a composition for skin external application. Specifically, a composition for skin external application comprising a stably formed lamella liquid crystal phase can be provided according to the present invention. In addition, according to the present invention, the composition can provide excellent skin moisturizing and skin barrier strengthening effects upon application on the skin, as well as act effectively as an agent for a cannabinoid type 1 receptor, such that it is expected that the present invention can provide a very effective effect for treatment or improvement of skin diseases and mental disorders associated with skin diseases. |
| US10987291B2 |
Gentle agents and methods for oxidative dyeing using selected dicarboxylic acids
The present disclosure concerns colouring agents for keratinous fibres, in particular for human hair, which—with respect to its weight—contain at least one compound selected from the group formed by oxidative dye precursors, direct dyes and mixtures thereof, from about 0.1 to about 5% by weight of dicarboxylic acid(s) containing from about 2 to about 10 carbon atoms and/or salt(s) of this(these) acid(s), from about 20 to about 95% by weight of water, and less than about 0.1% by weight of peroxy compound(s), to produce oxidative colouring agents with improved protection of fibres. |
| US10987289B2 |
Agent for bleaching hair with an initially red or red-blonde hair color
A subject of the present disclosure is a cosmetic agent to lighten keratinous fibers containing—relative to its total weight— (A) from about 12.0 to about 23.0 wt. % potassium peroxodisulfate and (B) from about 10.0 to about 20.0 wt. % ammonium peroxodisulfate and (C) from about 5.0 to about 15.0 wt. % sodium peroxodisulfate. A second subject of the present disclosure is a method for lightening keratinous fibers, particularly red and/or reddish-blond keratinous fibers, wherein an agent of the first subject of the present disclosure is mixed with at least one additional component containing hydrogen peroxide and applied to the hair. |
| US10987288B2 |
Deep-sea water concentrate skin application kit and use thereof
A deep-sea water concentrate skin application kit of deep-sea active concentrate and skincare formula is provided. The deep-sea water concentrate skin application kit has the following properties of micronizing the skincare formulas immediately, and decreasing the surface tension of the deep-sea active concentrate immediately; furthermore, the deep-sea active concentrate can become a driving force for the permeability of the micronized skincare formulas. Therefore, the deep-sea water concentrate skin application kit can be more easily absorbed into the skin (dermis). A manufacturing method of the deep-sea water concentrate skin application kit is also provided to improve skin appearance. |
| US10987285B2 |
Method of reclaiming formula components of antiperspirant compositions
Methods for reclaiming formula components of an antiperspirant composition and recycling formula into its component parts for recycling into an antiperspirant composition. |
| US10987280B2 |
Methods, compositions, and devices for supplying dietary fatty acid needs
Nutritional formulas comprising long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) are provided, along with methods and devices for preparing and/or administering nutritional formulas. In some embodiments, a percentage of the LC-PUFAs in the nutritional formula are in the form of monoglycerides and/or free fatty acids. In some embodiments, the nutritional formulas do not comprise added lipase. Also provided are methods for providing nutrition to a subject, methods for improving fat absorption, methods for improving cognitive ability, methods for preventing chronic lung disease, and methods for reducing the length of time a patient requires total parenteral nutrition. |
| US10987279B2 |
Systems and methods for manual countables
Systems and methods for manually filling a prescription order. A manual fill device may be incorporated into a manual fill center of a pharmacy operated by one or more pharmacists and/or pharmacist technicians to manually fill certain prescription containers. The manual fill device may include a control unit which may operate at the direction of the order processing device. The manual fill device may also include a distribution section automating distribution of containers for manual fulfillment, and a manual section in which a pharmacist may utilize available pharmaceuticals to manually fill orders. |
| US10987276B2 |
Device for storing elements
A device is provided for storing elements, each element including a first wireless communication unit. The device includes at least two drawer units each including: a drawer including a bottom defining at least one location for receiving an element; for each location, at least one second wireless communication unit including an antenna having a radiation-zone field, each antenna having a first state in which the antenna is activated and a second state in which the antenna is deactivated; and a data-processing unit able to control the activation and deactivation of the antenna of each second communication unit according to a control law. |
| US10987275B2 |
Determining return of spontaneous circulation during CPR
A device for supporting determination of return of spontaneous circulation, ROSC, during an associated cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, procedure which is being performed on an associated patient. A sensor is used to sense a physiological signal of the patient. Frequency analysis of the signal is carried out to extract dominant fundamental frequency components in the signal. From this analysis it is possible to determine that there has been a potential ROSC. |
| US10987271B2 |
Upper limb exoskeleton rehabilitation device with man-machine motion matching and side-to- side interchanging
An upper limb exoskeleton rehabilitation device having man-machine motion matching and side-to-side interchanging, includes a chassis bracket assembly, a shoulder girdle abduction assembly, a side-to-side interchanging assembly and a mechanical arm coupling member. The chassis bracket assembly includes a frame and a lifting unit mounted on the frame. The shoulder girdle abduction assembly is mounted on the lifting unit to be driven by the lifting unit to move up and down. The side-to-side interchanging assembly is rotatably connected to the shoulder girdle abduction assembly and the mechanical arm coupling member, and the mechanical arm coupling member is configured to mount the mechanical arm and drive the mechanical arm to rotate with the respective rotating joints. Through an upper locking assembly and a lower locking assembly mounted on the side-to-side interchanging assembly, the side-to-side interchanging assembly is fixed or rotated relative to the shoulder girdle abduction assembly and the mechanical arm coupling member. |
| US10987267B2 |
Patient transport apparatus
An inflatable device includes a top sheet of material and a bottom sheet of material, wherein the top sheet of material is connected to the bottom sheet of material thereby defining a cavity therebetween to be inflated. The device further includes a plurality of passages in the bottom sheet extending from the cavity to an exterior of the device, wherein the passages are configured to permit air to pass from the cavity to the exterior of the device and to flow between a bottom surface of the device and a supporting surface upon which the device is configured to rest. The inflatable device further includes a plurality of inflation-limiting members connecting the top sheet to the bottom sheet, and an input configured for receiving air to inflate the device. |
| US10987265B2 |
Patient/invalid handling support
A patient support for supporting a patient includes an inflatable mattress defining a support surface and a pneumatic system for inflating the inflatable mattress. The pneumatic system includes a pressurized reservoir for holding pressurized air and selectively releases pressurized air from the reservoir to the mattress. |
| US10987259B2 |
Step system for patient stretcher
A step system including a patient support member having a deployable step assembly including a deployable step. The deployable step assembly is fixed and integral to the patient support member and is configured to deploy as needed to provide a sturdy platform for at least one medical professional in a standing position while performing medical procedures on a patient. The deployable step assembly may include deployable steps on both a right-side and a left-side of the patient support member. |
| US10987256B2 |
Absorbent article in the form of pants, such as nappy pants, sanitary pants or incontinence pants
An absorbent article in the form of pants includes: an absorbent core having two longitudinal edges and two transverse edges, and a pant part. The pant part includes a covering layer, a front section, a back section and an intermediate crotch section, wherein the front and back sections are connected to one another along two opposing longitudinal lateral edges to form a waist opening and a pair of leg openings. The absorbent core is arranged at least in the crotch section and connected to the covering layer on the side of the covering layer that is intended to face the wearer. The pant part includes at least one low-opacity area, which has an opacity that is lower than 50%. The article also includes a liquid-tight coloured barrier layer placed between said absorbent core and covering layer. |
| US10987255B2 |
Stretchable and contractible sheet and absorbent article
A stretchable/contractible sheet having an up-down direction and a left-right direction intersecting each other includes a first sheet; a second sheet; welded portions; and elastic members. Elastic members are arranged between the first sheet and the second sheet by welded portions and with a space in the up-down direction. The welded portions include a first welded portion; and a third welded portion. The welded portions further include a second welded portion; and a fourth welded portion. The first welded portion and the third welded portion have portions that overlap in the up-down direction. A length of a portion where the first welded portion and the third welded portion overlap in the up-down direction is larger than a length in the up-down direction between a lowermost end of the first welded portion and a lowermost end of the third welded portion. |
| US10987253B2 |
Beamed elastic laminate properties
The present disclosure relates to one or a combination of an absorbent article's chassis, inner leg cuffs, outer leg cuffs, ear panels, side panels, waistbands, and belts that may comprise one or more pluralities of tightly spaced (less than 4 mm) and/or low Average-Dtex (less than 300 dtex) and/or low Average-Pre-Strain (less than 300%) elastics to deliver low Pressure Under Strand (less than 1 psi), while providing adequate Section-Modulus (between about 2 gf/mm and 15 gf/mm) to make the article easy to apply and to comfortably maintain the article in place on the wearer, even with a loaded core (holding at least 100 mls of liquid), to provide for the advantages described above. Further, the elastomeric laminates of the present disclosure outperform existing laminates currently used for disposable absorbent articles as it relates to one or more key parameters. |
| US10987252B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for treating a tissue site on a mammal having hair proximate the tissue site
Systems, methods, and devices are presented for treating a tissue site and managing hair proximate the tissue site. A composition is provided for inhibiting, removing, or weakening hair proximate the tissue site and for providing an improved fluid seal by a flexible film drape over the tissue site. In some example embodiments, a hair-modification agent is disposed at least proximate a peripheral edge of a treatment manifold between a drape and epidermis proximate a tissue site. The hair-modification agent can be configured to flow over imperfections on the epidermis and to form a fluid seal against the epidermis, and can further be configured to at least substantially weaken hair on the epidermis as the hair encounters the hair-modification agent. |
| US10987251B2 |
Electronic hearing protector with switchable electrical contacts
The present application relates to a battery-powered electronic device, such as an electronic hearing protector, with switchable electrical contacts. The device includes a housing enclosing the battery and an electronics assembly. The electronics assembly is powered by the battery, and the electronics assembly comprises a processor controlled by updatable software. The device further includes a first electrical contact that is a ground line; a second electrical contact that is a data programming line in a first state, and that is a charging voltage line in a second state; and a third electrical contact that is a clock line in a first state, and that is a charge enable line in the second state. The first, second and third electrical contacts are accessible from outside the housing. A switch enclosed by the housing changes the second electrical contact between the first state and the second state. |
| US10987249B2 |
Method and system for generation of customised sensory stimulus
A tinnitus treatment system is provided. The system includes a sound processing unit, a haptic stimulus unit and an audio delivery unit. The sound processing unit includes a processor input for receiving an audio signal; and a digital signal processor to analyze the audio signal and generate a plurality of actuation signals therefrom which are representative of the audio signal. The digital signal processor may spectrally modify the audio signal in accordance with a predetermined modification profile to generate a modified audio signal. The haptic stimulus unit includes an array of stimulators each of which independently apply a tactile stimulus to a subject; and a stimulus unit input receives the plurality of actuation signals generated by the digital signal processor and directs individual actuation signals to individual stimulators. The audio delivery unit includes an audio delivery unit input for receiving the modified audio signal generated by the digital signal processor. |
| US10987248B2 |
Devices and methods useable for treatment of glaucoma and other surgical procedures
A device and method for cutting or ablating tissue in a human or veterinary patient includes an elongate probe having a distal end, a tissue cutting or ablating apparatus located adjacent within the distal end, and a tissue protector extending from the distal end. The protector generally has a first side and a second side and the tissue cutting or ablating apparatus is located adjacent to the first side thereof. The distal end is structured to be 0 into tissue or otherwise placed and positioned within the patient's body such that tissue adjacent to the first side of the protector is cut away or ablated by the tissue cutting or ablation apparatus while tissue that is adjacent to the second side of the protector is not substantially damaged by the tissue cutting or ablating apparatus. |
| US10987246B2 |
Vibrating surgical device for removal of vitreous and other tissue
An ophthalmic surgical device includes a housing having a distal end and a proximal end. A cannula is attached to the housing distal end and has a distal tip with at least one port in communication with a lumen extending through the cannula and in communication with an aspiration path in the housing. A vibration source is held within the housing for vibrating the distal tip of the cannula for assisting in vitreous and other tissue removal from a patient's eye. The vibration source creates a peak velocity of the distal tip equal to or less than a potential maximum flow velocity of water through the at least one port for a pressure differential between an intraocular pressure of the eye and a pressure within the cannula lumen that is less than the intraocular pressure. |
| US10987245B2 |
Temperature providing device
Disclosed is a temperature providing device including a housing body, a plurality of temperature transmitters transmitting different temperatures to an outside of the housing body, and a temperature adjusting unit adjusting a temperature of each of the plurality of temperature transmitters. |
| US10987244B2 |
Inserter
The invention relates to an inserter for an intrauterine system, comprising a handle (3) having a longitudinal opening (8) at its first end, said opening (8) having a longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the inserter, a first end (8a) and a second end (8b), a movable slider (5) arranged in said longitudinal opening (8) and having a first end (5a) and a second end (5b), a plunger (2) attached to the handle (3), an insertion tube (6) arranged around the plunger (2) having a first end and a second end, with its second end attached to the slider (5), wherein the inserter further comprises locking means for reversibly locking the intrauterine system in relation to the plunger (2) via a removal string of the intrauterine system, said locking means being controllable by the slider (5) and/or the insertion tube (6). |
| US10987241B1 |
Suprapubic region compression plate and related methods
A compression plate for compressing a suprapubic region of a user. The compression plate can include a base portion and an upper portion positioned above the base portion. The upper portion can include a left-side upper arm, a right-side upper arm, and a notch positioned between the left- and right-side upper arms. The notch can be configured to receive a penis of the user. The base portion and the upper portion can be contoured to apply pressure to and compress the suprapubic region of the user such that a measurable, visible, or usable length of the penis is increased. Other embodiments are described. |
| US10987238B2 |
Systems and methods for guidewire crossover for bifurcated prostheses
An endovascular delivery system an elongate outer tubular sheath, an elongate inner tubular member releasably disposed within the elongate outer tubular sheath and an elongate crossover guidewire slidably disposed within the elongate outer tubular sheath. |
| US10987236B1 |
Transcatheter aortic valve repair having improved paravalvular seal
A transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) device includes a paravalvular seal that includes outwardly extending fibers that create a seal with the aortic annulus when the TAVR is deployed. |
| US10987233B2 |
Device and kit for positioning an implant for intervertebral fusion
A device for positioning an implant for intervertebral fusion, comprising: a handle; a rod protruding from the handle along a main direction of extension of the device up to a free end; a coupler which couples with an implant for intervertebral fusion operatively active at the free end; wherein said coupler comprises: an axial retention assembly provided with a gripper arranged at said free end of the rod and selectively operable between a clamping and a releasing configuration, and an anti-rotational constraint assembly selectively movable between a locking position, in which it is arranged around said axial retention assembly and abuts said implant to prevent its rotation, and a disengagement position, in which it leaves the implant free to rotate in the gripper; and wherein the axial retention assembly and the anti-rotational constraint assembly are structurally different and complementary. |
| US10987232B2 |
Artificial knee joint replacement operation instrument
When using an artificial knee joint replacement operation instrument, the amount of labor required to attach a tibial insert trial to a patient is further reduced. An artificial knee joint replacement operation instrument has a tibial trial attachment instrument assembly used in an operation for replacing a patient's knee joint with an artificial knee joint. The tibial trial attachment instrument assembly includes a template to be attached to a tibia, a keel punch guide to be joined to the tibia via the template, a keel punch to be inserted into the tibia through the keel punch guide, a keel punch handle for operating the keel punch, and a tibial insert trial to be placed on the template, the tibial insert trial being separate from the template. |
| US10987227B2 |
Expandable interbody spacer
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices and methods for treating one or more damaged, diseased, or traumatized portions of the spine, including intervertebral discs, to reduce or eliminate associated back pain. In one or more embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an expandable interbody spacer. The expandable interbody spacer may comprise a first jointed arm comprising a plurality of links pivotally coupled end to end. The expandable interbody spacer further may comprise a second jointed arm comprising a plurality of links pivotally coupled end to end. The first jointed arm and the second jointed arm may be interconnected at a proximal end of the expandable interbody spacer. The first jointed arm and the second jointed arm may be interconnected at a distal end of the expandable interbody spacer. |
| US10987223B2 |
Penile implant
Penile implant and system comprising such an implant. The penile implant comprises a number of features which improves the function of the penile implant, e.g. a certain surface structure end portions with specific functions. |
| US10987216B2 |
Prosthetic valve
A prosthetic valve has fluoroscopic properties for precise placement of the prosthetic valve in a human stenosed aortic orifice. The prosthetic valve comprises a support frame having a distal and a proximal end, and three adjacently placed rows of hexagonal cells (namely an upper, middle and a lower row). The upper row occupies 50-55% of total length of the support frame. The support frame of the prosthetic valve under fluoroscopy comprises a plurality of light bands and dark bands alternating with each other along the length of the support frame. Further, a second dark band from the distal end of the support frame is bisected by aortic annular plane on placement in orthotopic position of a human stenosed aortic orifice. The prosthetic valve offers advantages such as minimal protrusion in left ventricle and minimal obstruction of prosthetic valve to ostia of coronary arteries. |
| US10987214B2 |
Surface treatments for accommodating intraocular lenses and associated methods and devices
An accommodating intraocular lens (AIOL) for implantation within a capsular bag of a patient's eye comprises first and second components coupled together to define an inner fluid chamber and an outer fluid chamber. The inner region of the AIOL provides optical power with one or more of the shaped fluid within the inner fluid chamber or the shape of the first or second components. A surface treatment or coating may be applied to one or more surfaces of the first and second components. The surface treatment is expected to decrease the roughness of the machined surfaces of the boundary surfaces of the first and second components, and thereby reduce the mass of water coalescing at such boundary surfaces. The disclosed surface treatments are also expected to increase the hydrophobicity (i.e., decrease the surface energy) of the corresponding surface(s), thereby decreasing the “wettability” of these surfaces. |
| US10987211B1 |
Tissue removing
Devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure are directed to efficient and accurate removal of tissue from a three-dimensional anatomic structure, such as a breast, of a patient. For example, a cup can be positioned on the patient's breast to conform the breast (e.g. via suction) to a known three-dimensional contour, and a cutting tip can be moved along the three-dimensional contour at one or more predetermined distances from at least one surface of the cup. The cutting tip can remove tissue along the three-dimensional contour to form a skin envelope. As compared to a manual process performed by a surgeon, formation of the envelope through controlled movement of the cutting tip along the three-dimensional contour can improve control over dimensions of the envelope, thus, facilitating achievement of consistent outcomes by reducing the likelihood of complications associated with an envelope that is too thick, too thin, or uneven. |
| US10987209B2 |
Tissue use for repair of injury
The present disclosure describes methods of treating an injury in a subject using placental tissue streamers, engineered tissue placental tissue hybrids, suture placental tissue hybrids, placental tissue patch hybrids, and tissue hybrids, and the use of these compositions to repair, treat, or support an injury or degenerative process in a subject. |
| US10987208B2 |
Devices and methods for treating an aneurysm
A system and method are provided for treating an aneurysm or other vessel disease or defect. The present disclosure includes an expandable device for placement in a vessel, where the mechanically expandable device includes a membrane. Also disclosed is a delivery device constructed and arranged to position the expandable device such that the exterior surface of the expandable device engages with the inner surface of the vessel and maintains a fluid pathway through said vessel. |
| US10987204B2 |
Oral care implement
Oral care implement that can be detachably coupled to a handle having a motor. The oral care implement includes a drive assembly to operably engage the motor, a head portion that includes a body, a first carrier comprising a plurality of bristle tufts extending from the first carrier, the first carrier comprising a central passageway; and a second carrier disposed within the central passageway of the first carrier, the second carrier comprising an elastomeric cleaning element extending from the second carrier. The drive assembly may be operably coupled to each of the first and second carriers and configured to: (1) produce a first oscillatory motion of the first carrier about a first rotational axis; and (2) produce a second oscillatory motion of the second carrier, the second oscillatory motion being counter to the first oscillatory motion. |
| US10987202B2 |
Unitary dental model
Improved dental models for use in dental procedures are provided. In one aspect, a unitary dental model of an intraoral cavity of a patient having a dental implant comprises a physical surface representative of gingival tissue of the patient. The model can comprise a channel shaped and oriented to receive an abutment corresponding to a physical abutment to be connected to the dental implant, in which the channel extends to an opening in the physical surface. The channel can comprise a first portion shaped to receive and constrain a corresponding structure of the abutment to a position and orientation and a second portion shaped to receive a fastener to couple the abutment to the unitary dental model. In many embodiments, the first portion comprises a shoulder shaped to receive the corresponding structure of the abutment in order to position the abutment along the channel. |
| US10987201B2 |
Dental implant
A dental implant having a central longitudinal axis at a bone-entry portion thereof is provided. The dental implant includes a threaded elongate fixture, at the bone-entry portion of the dental implant, shaped and sized for insertion into a bone of a subject, and a non-threaded emergence collar coronal to the fixture and smoother than the fixture. The emergence collar has a non-circular cross-section at least in a plane that is at least 1 millimeter coronal to the fixture and that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the emergence collar and the fixture being formed of, and adjacently disposed along, a single piece of metal. Other applications are also described. |
| US10987197B2 |
Intraradicular anchor pin
The invention relates to an odontological biomaterial called “ANCLA Post”. The post is used as a reconstruction means in anterior and posterior teeth, the cylindrical, conical design of the extension and anchor-shaped design of the apical end allowing forces to be adequately distributed to prevent the fracturing of the tooth and to keep same repairable and usable for a long time. The post is characterized in that it is made of fiberglass, resin or polymer, and is white and radiopaque. |
| US10987196B2 |
Drill guide
Apparatus is provided for use with a dental handpiece, an oral surgical guide, and a bushing disposed in the oral surgical guide. The apparatus includes a drill bit having, a shank and a rigid guide-sleeve. A proximal end of the guide-sleeve couples to the dental handpiece, such that a lumen of the guide-sleeve and a drill bit coupled to the dental handpiece are coaxial along a central longitudinal axis of the drill bit. An inner diameter of the guide-sleeve is 0.03-0.06 mm greater than a diameter of the shank. The distal end of the guide-sleeve is slidably couplable with the bushing, such that upon the guide-sleeve being advanced into the bushing the dental handpiece is forced to align the axis of the drill bit to be coaxial with a central longitudinal axis of the bushing. Other applications are also described. |
| US10987192B2 |
Hyperdexterous surgical system
A hyperdexterous surgical system is provided. The system on include one or more surgical arms coupleable in a fixture and configured to support one or more surgical tools. The system can include an electronic control system configured to communicate electronically with the one or more robotic surgical tools. The control system can electronically control the operation of the one or more surgical tools. The system can include one or more portable handheld controllers actuatable by a surgeon to communicate one or more control signals to the one or more surgical tools via the electronic control system to operate the one or more surgical tools. The one or more portable handheld controllers can provide said one or more control signals from a plurality of locations of an operating arena, allowing a surgeon to be mobile during a surgical procedure and to remotely operate the one or more surgical tools from different locations of the operating arena. |
| US10987190B2 |
Generation of augmented reality image of a medical device
This document relates to a medical application of augmented reality in which areal image shows a medical device, or at least a part thereof. In an exemplary application, the real image further shows at least a part of a patient's body which is (to be) treated using the medical device. A part of the medical device might not be visible in the real image, for example because it extends into or behind the patient's body. In this case, the virtual image can comprise an augmentation of the medical device, which, for example, represents at least the part of the medical device which is invisible in the real image. This document in particular addresses a correct alignment of the augmentation with the medical device. |
| US10987189B2 |
Moveable MRI moving apparatus
Apparatus for imaging during surgical procedures includes an operating room for the surgical procedure and an MRI for obtaining images periodically through the surgical procedure by moving the magnet up to the table. The magnet wire is formed of a superconducting material such as magnesium di-boride or Niobium-Titanium which is cooled by a vacuum cryocooling system to superconductivity without use of liquid helium. The magnet weighs less than 1 to 2 tonne and has a floor area in the range 15 to 35 sq feet so that it can be carried on the floor by a support system having an air cushion covering the base area of the magnet having side skirts so as to spread the weight over the entire base area. The magnet remains in the room during surgery and is powered off to turn off the magnetic field when in the second position remote from the table. |
| US10987186B2 |
Sterilization packaging systems
Sterilization packaging systems with features for sealing a volume against an ingress of contaminants are provided. Such features include a frame including a plurality of vertical members and a plurality of horizontal members, each vertical member and horizontal member having an inner side and an outer side; a sterilization wrap, a first portion of the sterilization wrap positioned adjacent the inner side of each vertical member and each horizontal member to define a volume and an opening to access the volume; and a lid for sealing the volume against an ingress of contaminants. Additionally, a sterility gauge for signaling whether the volume is sealed against contaminants also may be provided. Exemplary sterilization packaging systems may include other features as well. |
| US10987185B2 |
Sterility breach detection system and controller system for a sterilization container
The present disclosure provides sterilization containers with features for sealing a volume against an ingress of contaminants. The present disclosure also provides a sterility breach detection system for detecting whether the sterilization container seal has been breached, which potentially could compromise the sterility of any contents of the container. Further, the present disclosure provides a controller system for detecting, tracking, and alerting a user to the state of a sterilization container, such as whether the container seal has been breached. The sterility breach detection system and/or the controller system may utilize a smart gasket to detect breaches in a seal of a sterilization container, and a controller in operative communication with the smart gasket may activate an indicator to alert a user to a detected breach in the seal. |
| US10987179B2 |
Systems and methods to correct for uncommanded instrument roll
Certain aspects relate to systems, methods, and techniques for correcting for uncommanded instrument roll. A method for adjusting a controller-feedback system in a medical instrument may comprise receiving data from a sensor at or near a distal end of the instrument, determining a tip frame of reference based on the data from the sensor, the tip frame of reference representing a current orientation of the distal end of the instrument, obtaining a desired frame of reference, determining an adjustment to a visual frame of reference or a control frame of reference based on the tip frame of reference and the desired frame of reference, and transforming the visual frame of reference or the control frame of reference. |
| US10987176B2 |
Virtual guidance for orthopedic surgical procedures
An example method includes displaying, via a visualization device and overlaid on a portion of an anatomy of a patient viewable via the visualization device, a virtual model of the portion of the anatomy obtained from a virtual surgical plan for an orthopedic joint repair surgical procedure to attach a prosthetic to the anatomy; and displaying, via the visualization device and overlaid on the portion of the anatomy, a virtual guide that guides at least one of preparation of the anatomy for attachment of the prosthetic or attachment of the prosthetic to the anatomy. |
| US10987175B2 |
Robotic shoulder repair and reconstruction
Methods and surgical system for performing a surgical procedure. The surgical system includes a robotic system with a robotic arm having a surgical instrument attached thereto. A computer system of the robotic system receives at least one image and forms a model of a surgical area. A computer operated tracking system of the robotic system obtains position data related to a patient's bone from tracking elements. Based on the model of the surgical area and the tracked bone position, the robotic arm then performs the surgical procedure with the surgical instrument, and the robotic system adjusts the procedure as a result of the tracked bone position. |
| US10987172B2 |
Adaptive image registration for ophthalmic surgery
An ophthalmic surgical system includes a first imaging system configured to generate a first image of an eye, a second imaging system configured to generate a second image of the eye, and an image registration system to receive the first image generated by the first imaging system, receive the second image generated by a second imaging system, track a location of a distal tip of a surgical instrument in the first image, define a priority registration region in the first image, register the priority registration region in the first image with a corresponding region in the second image, and update the registration of the priority registration region in the first image with the corresponding region in the second image in real time, without registering portions of the first or second images that are outside the registration regions. |
| US10987170B2 |
Systems and methods for routing a vessel line such as a catheter within a vessel
Systems and methods enabling a personalized solution for allowing more efficient access to the carotid artery (or vertebral arteries) m patients needing endovascular/neurointervention procedures using catheter systems. |
| US10987169B2 |
Systems and methods for spinal correction surgical planning
A system for surgical planning and assessment of spinal deformity correction is provided that has a spinal imaging system and a control unit. The spinal imaging system is configured to collect at least one digitized position of one or more vertebral bodies of a subject. The control unit is configured to receive the at least one digitized position, and calculate, based on the at least one digitized position, an optimized posture for the subject. The control unit is configured to receive one or more simulated spinal correction inputs, and based on the inputs and optimized posture, predict an optimal simulated postoperative surgical correction. |
| US10987165B2 |
Reflective power monitoring for microwave applications
A system and method for supplying microwave energy to tissue for microwave therapy includes an electrosurgical generator having an output for coupling to a surgical instrument. The electrosurgical generator includes a microwave energy source and a controller for controlling the operation of the electrosurgical generator. The surgical instrument, coupled to the electrosurgical generator, includes a microwave antenna for delivering microwave energy from the microwave energy source. The controller of the electrosurgical generator is operable for causing the electrosurgical generator to apply at least two pulses of microwave energy. |
| US10987163B2 |
Treatment of atrial fibrillation using high-frequency pacing and ablation of renal nerves
An ablation catheter is equipped with an irrigated tip electrode that can stimulate tissue in, e.g., a renal artery to help identify the location of a renal nerve. High-frequency stimulation of the renal nerve causes a decrease in the blood pressure of the patient thereby indicating that a renal nerve is nearby. The ablation catheter is used to ablate the renal nerve using radiofrequency, ultrasound, microwave energy or cryogenic cooling. Irrigation from the irrigated tip electrode may be used to decrease damage to cells in the wall of the lumen of the renal artery other than the renal nerve, such as the endothelial cells. In order to treat atrial fibrillation an ablation catheter would be used to isolate one or more pulmonary veins. |
| US10987160B2 |
Vessel sealing instrument with cutting mechanism
An end effector assembly for use with an instrument for sealing vessels and cutting vessels includes a pair of opposing first and second jaw members which are movable relative to one another from a first spaced apart position to a second position for grasping tissue therebetween. Each jaw member includes a pair of spaced apart electrically conductive tissue contacting surfaces which each have an insulator disposed therebetween, the conductive surfaces are connected to an electrosurgical energy source. The first jaw member includes an electrically conductive cutting element disposed within the insulator which extends towards the second tissue contacting surface to create a gap therebetween. The cutting element is inactive during the sealing process while the two pairs of electrically conductive surfaces are activated to seal tissue. During the cutting process, the cutting element is energized to a first potential and at least one electrically conductive tissue contacting surface is energized to a different potential to effect a tissue cut through the tissue held between the jaw members along the already formed tissue seal. |
| US10987148B2 |
Bone clamp with adapter for measurement aids
A bone clamp for securing of a measurement aid to a bone comprises a first clip and a second clip and an adapter. The adapter comprises a pulling mechanism and a locking mechanism, whereby the position of the first clip relative to the second clip can be altered by actuation of the pulling mechanism, wherein the position of the first clip relative to the second clip can be fixed by actuation of the locking mechanism. The first clip and the second clip each have an inner face which is oriented in the direction of the bone, wherein the first clip has one or more spikes on the inner face and wherein the second clip has a sliding edge on the inner face. |
| US10987142B2 |
Pelvic wedge
A surgical implant assembly includes a surgical implant, a bone plate, and fixation devices. The surgical implant includes a top surface, a bottom surface disposed in opposed relation relative to the top surface, first and second surfaces interconnecting the top and bottom surfaces, and a front surface. First ends of the first and second side surfaces define a back surface extending across a first end of the surgical implant, and the front surface extends across a second end of the surgical implant and interconnects second ends of the first and second side surfaces. At least one cavity is defined in the surgical implant. The bone plate includes an elongate body extending between first and second end portions. The elongate body is positionable adjacent the front surface of the surgical implant. The fixation devices are configured to secure the surgical implant or the bone plate to osseous tissue. |
| US10987138B2 |
Locking compression members for use with bone anchor assemblies and methods
Various exemplary methods and devices are provided for fixing bone anchors to bone. In general, the methods and devices can allow for a bone anchor to be fixed to a bone at a desired angle to a surface of the bone. In an exemplary embodiment, a bone anchor assembly is provided that includes a bone anchor configured to engage bone, a receiver member for seating a head of the bone anchor, and a compression member for securing the bone anchor at fixed angle with respect to the receiver member when the compression member is seated within the receiver member. Corresponding engagement features of the compression member and the receiver member can be engaged in a secured configuration to inhibit or prevent removal of the compression cap from the receiver member and optionally to substantially prevent longitudinal and/or rotational movement of the compression member with respect to the receiver member. |
| US10987137B2 |
Pivotal bone anchor assembly with independent lock via insert compressing tool
A pivotal bone screw assembly includes a bone anchor having an integral shank head receivable in a one-piece receiver having an upper channel for receiving an elongate rod and a central bore cooperating with a lower opening. The assembly includes a compression insert receivable within the central bore and having an upper surface configured for engagement with the elongate rod, a central opening, and upward-facing surfaces on tool engagement structures positioned radially outward from the central opening. The tool engagement structures are configured for direct engagement by an insert compressing tool to temporarily lock a position of the bone anchor with respect to the receiver prior to the elongate rod being secured within the upper channel in a locked arrangement. |
| US10987136B2 |
System comprising a medical apparatus and a medical device, medical apparatus and surgical method
A system for establishing an anchorage in an operation site of a human or animal patient with the aid of a material having thermoplastic properties and vibration energy. The system includes a transmitting piece connected or connectable to an energy source for generating vibration energy, and a housing with an opening. The transmitting piece is arranged moveably within the housing, the opening being adapted to the transmitting piece for a distal portion of the transmitting piece to be able to protrude from the opening. The system also includes a driver being activatable for exerting a compression force on the transmitting piece, and a thermoplastic element arranged to be compressible between the transmitting piece and a counter element by the compression force. Furthermore, the system is equipped for shock-free initial positioning and pre-pressing of the transmitting piece against the thermoplastic element. |
| US10987127B2 |
Transection device
A transection device including a hollow tubular body extending from a proximal end to a distal end. A plurality of stabilizing members extend from the distal end of the tubular body and define a reduced diameter opening into a receiving chamber adjacent the distal end of the tubular body. A blade is positioned within the tubular body and moveable between an initial position within the tubular body to an extended position wherein at least a portion of the blade extends into the receiving chamber. A depressible member extends from the proximal end and is configured to move the blade between the initial position and the extended position. A compression member may be positioned between the plunger member and the blade. |
| US10987126B2 |
Tissue-removing catheter with guidewire isolation liner
A tissue-removing catheter for removing tissue in a body lumen includes an elongate body and a handle mounted to a proximal end portion of the elongate body. The handle is operable to cause rotation of the elongate body. A tissue-removing element is mounted on a distal end portion of the elongate body. The tissue-removing element is configured to remove the tissue as the tissue-removing element is rotated by the elongate body within the body lumen. An inner liner is received within the elongate body and is coupled to the handle at a proximal end portion of the inner liner. The inner liner defines a guidewire lumen. The inner liner is coupled to the tissue-removing element at a distal end portion of the inner liner such that translational movement of the inner liner in the body lumen causes a corresponding translational movement of the tissue-removing element. |
| US10987123B2 |
Surgical instruments with articulating shafts
Various example embodiments described herein are directed to articulating surgical instruments for treating tissue comprising an end effector and a shaft extending proximally from the end effector along a longitudinal axis. In certain embodiments, the shaft comprises a plurality of transverse spacer members as well as first and second rotatable members extending through at least a portion of the plurality of transverse spacer members. The first and second rotatable members may both be biased away from the longitudinal axis such that their respective directions of bias vary with rotation of the first rotatable member. When the respective directions of bias of the first and second rotatable members oppose one another, the shaft may be substantially straight. When the respective directions of bias of the first and second rotatable members are aligned with one another, the shaft may articulate away from the longitudinal axis in the direction of the alignment. |
| US10987122B2 |
Ultrasonic probe
An ultrasonic probe includes a treatment portion that has a through-hole or concave portions. The through-hole extends from a first outer surface to a second outer surface facing in an opposite direction to that of the first outer surface. The concave portions include a first concave portion on the first outer surface, and a second concave portion on the second outer surface. The treatment portion includes a blade formed along an edge of an opening of the through-hole or the first concave portion. An outer relay surface extends from the blade to the second outer surface and faces away from a center axis of the through-hole or the concave portions. A distance from the center axis to the blade is greater than or equal to a distance from the center axis to the outer relay surface at a position between the blade and the second outer surface. |
| US10987120B2 |
Multifunction surgical instrument for use in laparoscopic surgery
The present invention is directed toward devices and methods for use in minimally invasive needlescopic procedures whereby an improved bowel grasper incorporates a means for measuring the pressure applied to a body part is translated to a visual representation. In addition, in an embodiment a rubberized bowel grasper device having a chevron style surface which is used to facilitate grabbing and manipulating body parts is provided. In another embodiment of the present invention and system a device and method for measuring distances inside the abdomen is provided. Further embodiments include bowel graspers with a combination of the above features and functions. |
| US10987117B2 |
Electrically enhanced retrieval of material from vessel lumens
Retrieval of material from vessel lumens can be improved by electrically enhancing attachment of the material to the removal device. The removal device can have a core assembly that includes a hypotube coupled to a first electrical terminal and a pushwire coupled to a second electrical terminal, the pushwire extending through the hypotube lumen. An insulating layer separates the hypotube and the pushwire, and an interventional element is coupled to a distal end of the pushwire. The interventional element can be disposed adjacent to a thrombus. An electrical signal is delivered to the interventional element to promote adhesion of the thrombus to the interventional element. The electrical signal can optionally be a periodic waveform, and the total energy delivered can be between 0.75-24,000 mJ and the peak current delivered via the electrical signal can be between 0.5-5 mA. |
| US10987114B2 |
Instrument for intra-operative implant templating using fluoroscopy
A surgical instrument having a first assembly with a first radio-opaque portion providing a profile of a first portion of an intramedullary implant or canal in a bone, and a second assembly having a second radio-opaque portion providing a profile of a second portion of the intramedullary implant or canal. The surgical instrument may also include a third radio-opaque portion providing an alignment feature to provide a fluoroscopic planar check for the surgical instrument. |
| US10987113B2 |
Sensing of surgical instrument placement relative to anatomic structures
Systems and methods related to use of a measurement system in conjunction with a powered instrument for determination of the placement of a tool portion relative to the anatomy of a patient utilizing the powered instrument. The measurement system may include a displacement sensor that indicates the relative displacement of the tool portion relative to the anatomy. The system may also include a sensor for monitoring a tool drive signal representative of a tool drive parameter that is characteristic of the tool portion acting on the anatomy. The tool drive signal may be analyzed relative to a given amount of axial displacement as measured by the displacement sensor to avoid false indications of placement based on noise and or other artifacts in the tool drive signal that may result from characteristics of the anatomy and/or operational behaviors of the surgeon utilizing the instrument. |
| US10987111B2 |
Surgical drill bit
A drill bit (1) for creating a tubular hole in a bone (9), comprises: a longitudinal body (2) extending along an axis (21) and having a proximal end and a distal end (22); a main cutting edge (3) formed at the distal end (22) of the body (2); a main cutting face (4) extending from the main cutting edge (3) and defining a rake angle (α); and a spiral flute (5) formed around the body (2) and extending from the main cutting face (4) along the axis (21) of the body (2). The main cutting edge (3) is the only single main cutting edge (3) of the drill bit (1). The spiral flute (5) is the only single spiral flute (5) of the drill bit. The rake angle (α) is at least 25°. The drill bit (1) according to the invention drill bit allows for minimizing heat production when drilling a hole into the bone. |
| US10987110B2 |
Surgical instrumentation and methods of use for implanting a prosthesis
A tissue resection guide for use with a datum includes a base releasably engagable with the datum. The tissue resection guide has a first frame fixed relative to the base and the first frame has at least one integral first guide path that is sized and configured to at least partially capture and guide a first tissue resection tool relative to the first frame. |
| US10987109B2 |
Method of transradial catheterization, device for ulnar artery compression, and method of use
Disclosed are methods and devices for obtaining hemostasis. The device comprises a band having an inflatable bladder for applying a pressure to an artery. The method comprises applying a pressure to the homolateral ulnar artery and applying a pressure to the radial artery at the access site to obtain hemostasis at the access site. |
| US10987105B2 |
Surgical apparatus
A surgical apparatus including an electrical conductor with a strain relief is provided. A tool assembly is supported on a body portion and is articulable relative to the body portion. The tool assembly includes an identification assembly in electrical communication with a powered handle assembly. An electrical conductor extends from a connection assembly in the body portion to the identification assembly. The electrical conductor includes a strain relief portion for accommodating the articulation of the tool assembly relative to the body portion. |
| US10987104B2 |
Apparatus for endoscopic procedures
A surgical device includes a jaw assembly, an articulating assembly and a drive shaft. The jaw assembly includes first and second jaws. The articulating assembly is removably coupled to a proximal end of the jaw assembly and includes a distal joint member, a proximal joint member, and a pivot pin. The pivot pin is fixedly coupled to the distal joint member and is rotatably coupled to the proximal joint member. The jaw assembly and the distal joint member together define a first longitudinal axis. The proximal joint member defines a second longitudinal axis. The drive shaft includes a gear element that is meshingly engaged with a pivoting gear element that is fixedly coupled to the pivot pin. Longitudinal movement of the first drive shaft pivots the jaw assembly relative to the proximal joint member about a pivot axis defined by the pivot pin. |
| US10987097B2 |
Devices and methods for tissue graft fixation in glenohumeral instability repair
A surgical fastener comprising a generally flat, circular body and a generally cylindrical post fixedly coupled to a center of the body extending perpendicular to the body. Both of the body and the post include through holes configured for passage of a suture. A length of the post is selected to extend through both of a bone graft and at least a portion of bone for providing shear and/or anti-rotational support to the surgical fastener across a fracture line in the bone. |
| US10987091B2 |
System and method for catheter connections
A console for performing a medical procedure has connection ports for electrically coupling equipment. Each connection port may have an associated indicator that signals whether a piece of equipment should be connected to the respective connection port. The indicators may be selectively activated depending on the procedure being performed with the console. |
| US10987088B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting intracranial pressure and volume
It has been discovered that even mild changes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure or intracranial pressure (ICP) can be detected immediately as evidenced by distortions in the ONS surface structure. Further, the changes in the ONS persist after the CSF pressure has returned to normal. The stability of ONS distortions provides a method of detecting transient changes in brain pressure even when the use of the diagnostic ultrasound is delayed. One embodiment provides systems and methods for detecting or diagnosing brain injury by detecting distortions or deformations of the ONS, preferably using ultrasound. |
| US10987086B2 |
Intravascular ultrasound system for co-registered imaging
An intravascular ultrasound imaging system comprises a catheter having an elongated body having a distal end and an imaging core arranged to be inserted into the elongated body. The imaging core is arranged to transmit ultrasonic energy pulses and to receive reflected ultrasonic energy pulses. The system further includes an imaging engine coupled to the imaging core and arranged to provide the imaging core with energy pulses to cause the imaging core to transmit the ultrasonic energy pulses. The energy pulses are arranged in repeated sequences and the energy pulses of each sequence have varying characteristics. The reflected pulses may be processed to provide a composite image of images resulting from each different characteristic. |
| US10987083B2 |
Ultrasound transducer holder
Described herein are devices and methods useful in automating ultrasound imaging. The device include a base coupled with soft robotics, which may be attached to an ultrasound transducer probe in order to robotically manipulate the probe to perform an ultrasound scan. The device has an adjustable structure configured to hold the probe on a walking soft robot. The device can be configured to be attached to, or worn by, the patient. With soft robotic actuation and locomotion, the holder can move and position the probe during a real time ultrasound scanning procedure. Furthermore, the holder may be equipped with sensors to sense and map pressure and location. The position of the holder can be robotically monitored and controlled so as to achieve consistency and reproducibility between ultrasound scans. Due to the wearable nature of the holder, the scans may be conducted while the patient is in motion, thereby providing a portable solution for ultrasonic imaging. The holder is cost effective and may be used in conjunction with various ultrasound probes. |
| US10987082B2 |
Wireless stethoscope and method of use thereof
A wireless stethoscope is described, having wireless sensors that are enclosed in disposable pads so that the same pads are not used on more than one patient, preventing cross-infection of patients associated with conventional stethoscopes. The present wireless stethoscope also detects pulmonary sounds and cardiac sounds, allowing the user to monitor one or the other without interference. Also described is a method for diagnosing a pulmonary condition using the wireless stethoscope. |
| US10987079B2 |
Radiation imaging system, method of controlling the same, control apparatus, and storage medium
A radiation imaging system includes a plurality of imaging apparatuses configured to generate images based on radiation emitted from radiation generating apparatuses configured to perform radiation irradiation and a control apparatus configured to communicate with the plurality of the imaging apparatuses. The control apparatus comprises: an obtainment unit configured to obtain imaging information from each of the plurality of imaging apparatuses, a selection unit configured to select one imaging apparatus from the plurality of imaging apparatuses based on the imaging information obtained by the obtainment unit, and an image obtainment unit configured to obtain an image from the imaging apparatus selected by the selection unit, and the control apparatus further comprises a setting unit configured to set an imaging apparatus from which imaging information is obtained by the obtainment unit. |
| US10987075B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program
An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a radiographic image of a breast and information indicating a thickness of the breast in capture of the radiographic image; and a derivation unit that derives a percentage of mammary glands of a breast image in the radiographic image acquired by the acquisition unit using different methods in a case in which the thickness of the breast is equal to or greater than a predetermined thickness and a case in which the thickness of the breast is less than the predetermined thickness. |
| US10987072B2 |
Portable sterile C-arm cover
A sterile X-ray imaging C-arm cover is provided. The sterile X-ray imaging C-arm cover includes an enclosure configured to be secured to a medical table and to cover a portion of a C-arm, two sidewalls extending from a rotation end to a bottom end. The enclosure may include a front wall extending between the two sidewalls, enabling a medical professional to move around the enclosure to access a patient on the medical table. The enclosure may include a bottom wall coupled to the front wall and the two sidewalls, wherein the two sidewalls, the front wall, and the bottom wall form an envelope configured to receive the portion of the C-arm. The sterile X-ray imaging C-arm cover may include one or more securing mechanisms configured to secure the C-arm cover to the medical table, wherein the one or more securing mechanisms are positioned at the rotation end of the enclosure. |
| US10987069B2 |
Nuclear medicine tomography systems, detectors and methods
An N-M tomography system comprising: a carrier for the subject of an examination procedure; a plurality of detector heads; a carrier for the detector heads; and a detector positioning arrangement operable to position the detector heads during performance of a scan without interference or collision between adjacent detector heads to establish a variable bore size and configuration for the examination. Additionally, collimated detectors providing variable spatial resolution for SPECT imaging and which can also be used for PET imaging, whereby one set of detectors can be selectably used for either modality, or for both simultaneously. |
| US10987068B2 |
Multi-directional x-ray imaging system
An imaging system and methods including a gantry defining a bore and an imaging axis extending through the bore, and at least one support member that supports the gantry such that the imaging axis has a generally vertical orientation, where the gantry is displaceable with respect to the at least one support member in a generally vertical direction. The imaging system may be configured to obtain a vertical imaging scan (e.g., a helical x-ray CT scan), of a patient in a weight-bearing position. The gantry may be rotatable between a first position, in which the gantry is supported such that the imaging axis has a generally vertical orientation, and a second position, such that the imaging axis has a generally horizontal orientation. The gantry may be displaceable in a horizontal direction and the system may perform a horizontal scan of a patient or object positioned within the bore. |
| US10987067B2 |
Wearable earpiece oxygen monitor
An apparatus for monitoring an oxygen saturation level of a wearer of the apparatus includes a processor, a memory operably coupled to the processor, a first housing portion, a second housing portion, and a connection member. The first housing portion includes at least one light-emitting diode (LED), and the second housing portion includes a photodetector. The connection member is mechanically coupled to each of the first housing portion and the second housing portion. The apparatus is sized and shaped to be worn about a portion of an ear of a wearer of the apparatus. During operation, the at least one LED emits light in a direction toward the photodetector. A portion of the emitted light passes through the portion of the ear prior to arriving at the photodetector. The photodetector detects a signal in response to the portion of the emitted light, and the memory stores instructions to cause the processor to calculate an oxygen saturation level of the wearer based on the detected signal. |
| US10987065B2 |
Medical monitoring system, method of displaying monitoring data, and monitoring data display device
A medical intensive care system includes one or more signal sampling devices to detect at least one physiological parameter and parameter data corresponding thereto; memory to store the parameter data, and provide historical parameter data by storing the parameter data in a chronological order; a processor to process the historical parameter data to obtain a plurality types of data in an intensive care time interval; a display to display the plurality types of the data and current parameter data, comparatively, and update, when a historical intensive care time interval is adjusted, the plurality types of the data according to a change in the time interval. |
| US10987061B2 |
Patient table for NMR mammography
There is disclosed a patient table for NMR mammography comprising a test subject for and two openings with are intended for inserting a breast in each case, coils being present in the immediate vicinity thereof, characterised in that in the region of an opening, below the table, a band (3) is attached, which is guided medially inwardly from the outside of the table or of the test subject, here surrounds the breast cranially or caudally, and then runs from the medial side, bearing against the breast for caudal or cranial contact with the breast, the ends of the band (13) being guided laterally outwardly, where they run adjacent to one another. |
| US10987058B2 |
Apparatus and methods for optimizing volume status and cardiac output
Systems and methods are provided for optimizing hemodynamics within a patient. Specifically, the system incorporates invasive sensor data (e.g., pressure measurements) combined with mechanisms to dynamically change the loading conditions of the heart and/or heart rate, in order to understand hemodynamic parameters. Computational analyses on dynamic sensor data are used to understand and guide heart rate, filling pressures, and/or volume resuscitation in critically ill patients. By pacing the heart or inducing tricuspid regurgitation, the system may cause dynamic changes in sensor data to understand optimal loading conditions and heart rates. While determining optimal hemodynamic parameters, the system may then automatically optimize the heart rate and/or filling pressures in critically ill patients. |
| US10987055B2 |
Substance concentration NIR monitoring apparatuses and methods
A substance concentration monitoring method includes inserting a temperature probe noninvasively into a volume of a body in which a concentration of a substance is to be measured. An internal temperature of the volume is measured and an internal temperature signal is produced. An incident first near infrared beam in a first wavelength band is directed from a light source into a portion of the volume, the first wavelength band including a wavelength at which an absorption peak exists in a NIR absorption spectrum of the substance. An incident second NIR beam in a second wavelength band is directed from the light source into the portion of the volume, the substance exhibiting no absorption or negligible absorption in the second wavelength band. Substance concentration is calculated based on values corresponding to the internal temperature signal, a first and second initial power signal, and a first and second material absorption signal. |
| US10987054B2 |
Wearable electronic device with electrodes for sensing biological parameters
An electronic device, such as a watch, has a housing to which a carrier is attached. The carrier has a first surface interior to the electronic device, and a second surface exterior to the electronic device. A set of electrodes is deposited on the exterior surface of the carrier. An additional electrode is operable to be contacted by a finger of a user of the electronic device while the first electrode is positioned against skin of the user. The additional electrode may be positioned on a user-rotatable crown of the electronic device, on a button of the electronic device, or on another surface of the housing of the electronic device. A processor of the electronic device is operable to determine a biological parameter of the user based on voltages at the electrodes. The biological parameter may be an electrocardiogram. |
| US10987053B2 |
Method and system for measuring and displaying data linked to a person's physical activity
The invention relates to a method for measuring and displaying data linked to a person's physical activity, comprising: measuring data linked to the person's physical activity using a mechanical sensor in a wrist watch worn by the person; displaying the measured data on the watch face; taking an image of the watch face using a camera in an electronic device; analysing the image in order to determine the data; processing the data so as to process the analysed data; and displaying the processed data on a screen of the electronic device. |
| US10987050B2 |
System and method for laparoscopic nerve identification, nerve location marking, and nerve location recognition
A method and system for nerve identification, monitoring, location marking, and location recognition system used during laparoscopic surgery. |
| US10987049B2 |
System and method for quantifying pigmented lesion using OCT
Disclosed herein is a method for quantifying a pigmented lesion using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). The method includes (a) irradiating light and receiving an interference signal produced by reflection of the light from first and second boundary layers of a pigmented lesion; and (b) calculating size information of the pigmented lesion using phase information of the interference signal. According to embodiments of the present invention, there is an advantage of allowing calculation of size information of a pigmented lesion using OCT, by increasing a measurement range in the axial direction to which beams are irradiated. |
| US10987048B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices to incentivize inhaler use
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices that may be used to incentivize inhaler use. |
| US10987047B2 |
System and method for analyzing progress of labor and preterm labor
Systems and methods for monitoring uterus contraction activity and progress of labor. The system of the subject invention can comprises (1) a plurality of sensors; (2) an amplifying/filtering means; (3) a computing means; and (4) a graphical user interface. Accurate clinical data, which can be extracted and provided to the user in real-time using the system of the invention, include without limitation, progress of labor, prediction and monitoring of preterm labor, and intrauterine pressure prediction. In a preferred embodiment, the system of the invention includes an intelligence means, such as a neural network system, to analyze and interpret clinical data for use in clinical diagnosis as well as delivery strategy. |
| US10987031B2 |
Method of performing real ear measurements by placing a probe element at an intended position from a tympanic membrane of an individual's ear canal and a measuring system configured to carry out such method
A method of performing real ear measurements by a measuring system is described herein. The measuring system comprises a probe element adapted to be inserted in the ear canal of an individual; a loudspeaker configured to deliver a sample sound signal to the ear canal; at least one microphone configured to detect a response to the sample sound signal, wherein the probe element is in acoustic communication with the loudspeaker and cooperates with the at least one microphone; and a signal processing unit for performing an acoustic measurement of a response to the sample sound signal, based on an electrical input signal from the microphone. |
| US10987029B1 |
Graphical user interface of mobile device for improving interaction with a prosthetic or orthotic device
Systems and methods for improving an interaction between a prosthetic and/or orthotic device (POD) and a user of the POD are described. In some cases, the POD monitors various parameters during gait and communicates the gait parameters to a remote monitoring device. The remote monitoring device can analyze the gait parameters in real-time to provide various indications of user-POD interactions including, but not limited to, symmetric weight bearing, rolling over the toe, sitting down, stair descent, and/or stair ascent. The remote monitoring device can further provide indications to improve the user-POD interactions. |
| US10987027B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamically identifying a patient support surface and patient monitoring
Various patient monitoring systems can include a sensor configured to collect three dimensional information. The systems can identify a location of a patient support surface based on the three dimensional information. The systems can set a two dimensional planar threshold based on the patient support surface. The systems can identify a patient location above the patient support surface based on the three dimensional information and compare the patient location to the two dimensional planar threshold. Exceeding the threshold can be indicative of a high risk of a patient fall. An alert can be generated based on the threshold being exceeded. The systems can repeat the identification of the patient support surface location and the setting of the threshold to account for changes in the patient area. |
| US10987026B2 |
Capnography module with automatic switching between mainstream and sidestream monitoring
A capnography module for a patient monitoring system includes a hardware switching mechanism and a software mechanism for switching the capnography module automatically between a mainstream monitoring mode and a sidestream monitoring mode. The hardware switching mechanism along with software detection is capable of detecting the connection of a mainstream capnography sensor and a sidestream sampling line and generates flags to notify the software switching mechanism which sensor or line is connected. The software switching mechanism notifies a controller board in the module which monitoring system is available and the controller board operates the module in the respective mode. The capnography module also includes a connector latching mechanism for securing the mainstream capnography sensor to the module and preventing accidental disconnection. |
| US10987025B2 |
Systems and methods for a respiratory sensor
Systems and methods are provided for a respiratory sensor for a medical monitoring system that does not require an internal power source. The systems and methods adjust an electrical characteristic of a respiratory sensor based on a property of interest of an airflow path, receiving an excitation signal, and generating a response based on the excitation signal and the electrical characteristic. |
| US10987016B2 |
Visualization system for deep brain stimulation
A system, method, and apparatus for a visualization system for deep brain stimulation. The visualization system comprises a camera system, a display system, and an information analyzer. The information analyzer is configured to display a group of electrodes for the deep brain stimulation on a head of a patient on the display system such that a visualization of the group of electrodes is displayed overlaid on the head of the patient in real time in a position corresponding to an actual position of the group of electrodes in a brain in the head of the patient. An operation of the group of electrodes sending an electrical signal into the head of the patient is displayed in the visualization, enabling visualizing a physical reaction of the patient to the deep brain stimulation in conjunction with the visualization of the operation of the group of electrodes. |
| US10987015B2 |
Dry electrodes for electroencephalography
An electroencephalography (EEG) system includes a dry electrode design having a jagged, angular, comb, etc. shaped support housing. Each dry electrode housing includes multiple electrodes where each electrode has multiple contacts for scalp placement with minimal interference from hair. Signals from individual contacts may be disregarded and each housing may provide one or more aggregated signals for data analysis. Each electrode may be placed in close proximity with neighboring electrodes as no conductive gel is required and may be attached to the scalp using straps, elastic cap, spring-type materials, tape, etc. The dry electrode design effectively measures bio-signals including neurological activity. |
| US10987012B2 |
Vector-based shock indication
A system for managing care of a person receiving emergency cardiac assistance includes one or more capacitors arranged to deliver a defibrillating shock to a person; one or more electronic ports for receiving a plurality of signals from sensors for obtaining indications of an electrocardiogram (ECG) for the person; and a patient treatment module executable on one or more computer processors using code stored in non-transitory media and to provide a determination of a likelihood of success from delivering a future defibrillating shock to the person with the one or more capacitors, using a mathematical computation applied to a vector value defined by signals from at least two of the plurality of signals. |
| US10987011B2 |
Assessing circulatory failure
The present invention relates to a method of identifying or monitoring circulatory failure in a subject, which method comprises assessing the subject's microcirculation in respect of the following parameters: (a) functional capillary density (FCD); (b) heterogeneity of the FCD; (c) capillary flow velocity; (d) heterogeneity of capillary flow velocity; (e) oxygen saturation of microvascular erythrocytes (SmvO2); and (f) heterogeneity of SmvO2; wherein parameters (a) to (d) are assessed visually by microscopy and parameters (e) and (f) are assessed by diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS); well as apparatus and software designed for performance of such a method. |
| US10987005B2 |
Systems and methods for presenting personal health information
Wearable apparatus for monitoring various physiological and environmental factors are provided. Real-time, noninvasive health and environmental monitors include a plurality of compact sensors integrated within small, low-profile devices, such as earpiece modules. Physiological and environmental data is collected and wirelessly transmitted into a wireless network, where the data is stored and/or processed. |
| US10987003B2 |
Method and system for classifying an individual as having or not having disposition for formation of cerebral aneurysm
Methods and systems for controlling aneurysm initiation or formation in an individual are presented; the technique comprises receiving morphological data of an artery being indicative of at least first and second geometrical parameters of the artery along its trajectory; analyzing the data to identify at least one flow-diverting location along the artery satisfying first and second predetermined conditions of the geometrical parameters; classifying the individual as having or not having disposition for future formation of an aneurysm, depending respectively on whether the at least one flow-diverting location is identified or not and generating classification data; and generating prediction data for the individual with regard to future aneurysm formation. |
| US10987002B2 |
Biological information measurement device, and biological information measurement device operating method
A biological information measurement device operates using a battery as a power source, and enables the continuous measurement of biological information. The biological information measurement device is provided with: a battery charge level detection unit for detecting the charge level of the battery; a measurement control unit that ends measurement of biological information when the charge level of the battery falls below a threshold value during biological information measurement; and an information output unit that, when biological information measurement has been ended by the measurement control unit, outputs, to a display unit, information indicating the length of time over which biological information was measured. |
| US10987001B2 |
Heating/sensing catheter apparatus for minimally invasive applications
Catheter apparatus comprises a coaxial cable having proximal and distal ends. The cable includes a hollow center conductor, an outer conductor and an electrically insulating layer between the conductors. An antenna is at the distal end of the cable, and a diplexer is connected to the cable, the diplexer including a transmit path for connecting the antenna to a transmitter which transmits first frequency signals and a receive path for connecting the antenna to a receiver which detects second frequency signals the diplexer isolating the signals on the two paths from one another. A transmission line connects the cable to the diplexer, the transmission line having a segment with a tubular inner conductor one end of which is connected to the center conductor and a second end of which is adapted for connection to a coolant source, the center and inner conductors forming a continuous coolant pathway. |
| US10986997B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatus for multichannel imaging of fluorescent sources in real time
Presented herein is a multichannel imaging system capable of detecting and distinguishing multiple fluorescent light sources simultaneously. Also described herein are methods of using the system to image disease or cellular abnormalities, e.g., for diagnostic and/or intraoperative purposes. |
| US10986988B2 |
Electronic endoscope
An electronic endoscope has a light source configured to emit normal light toward an object and a rotating filter configured to be positioned in the path of light that passes from the light source to an image sensor. The rotating filter has an optical band-pass filter and a ND filter. The electronic endoscope has further a rotation controller that synchronizes a light-path traverse-interval of the band-pass filter and a light-path traverse-interval of the ND filter with a field/frame interval; and an image generator that generates a normal image from broadband image-pixel signals and generates a spectral image from specific-band image-pixel signals. The image generator has a brightness adjuster that increases a brightness level of the spectral image. Then, the ND filter reduces an amount of light emitted from the light source to an amount of light that corresponds to an increased brightness of the spectral image. |
| US10986987B2 |
Processor device and endoscope system
A processor device and an endoscope system capable of calculating an optimal index value in accordance with a diagnosis purpose is provided. A processor device includes an image acquisition unit, a diagnosis purpose acquisition unit, an index value storage unit, an index value selection unit, and an index value calculation unit. The image acquisition unit acquires an endoscope image obtained by an endoscope image-capturing an observation object. The diagnosis purpose acquisition unit acquires a diagnosis purpose. The index value storage unit stores correspondence between the diagnosis purpose and a plurality of index values relating to a structure of the observation object. The index value selection unit refers to the index value storage unit and selects the index value that is used for the acquired diagnosis purpose. The index value calculation unit uses the endoscope image and calculates the selected index value. |
| US10986984B2 |
Surgical tissue protection sheath
A surgical sheath adapted for use in the nasal cavity has an elongated hollow body made of a braided material having interstitial spaces with a dimension of 0.25 mm to 1.50 mm. The interstitial spaces filled with a filling material, such as silicone. The sheath has a low profile configuration during placement into the naris, and may be stretched into an expanded configuration. In methods of placing the sheath in the naris, the sheath is folded and then pulled into the naris using a surgical tool. |
| US10986982B2 |
Lens cover modification
The invention encompasses devices and methods used to keep the objective lens of a viewing or illuminating device, specifically an endoscope, free from obstructive fluid and dirt; specifically a device having a hollow body designed to fit over an endoscope, a transparent lens cover film that is retained within the device and that is threaded in front of the objective lens of an endoscope, thereby maintaining a clear and unobstructed transparent window in front of the endoscope lens, and an endcap configured to engage opposing edges of the lens cover film in a sealing manner. |
| US10986981B2 |
Medical imaging apparatus with rotatable manipulation ring
A medical imaging apparatus includes: a casing configured to form an exterior; an imaging unit housed in the casing and configured to capture a subject image; a manipulation ring rotatably provided on an outer surface of the casing; a detection unit configured to detect rotation of the manipulation ring; a manipulation calculation unit configured to calculate a rotation direction and a rotation angle of the manipulation ring based on a detection result of the detection unit; a function execution unit configured to execute a first or second function depending on the rotation direction and the rotation angle of the manipulation ring calculated by the manipulation calculation unit; and a function switch unit configured to switch a function executed by the function execution unit to the first or second function. |
| US10986980B2 |
Image processing device, method for operating same, endoscope processor device, and method for operating same
Provided are an image processing device and a method for operating the same, and an endoscope processor device and a method for operating the same that accurately measure the blood vessel depth of blood vessels in an observation target. A data set including a plurality of items of measurement data in which blood vessel index values, such as blood vessel contrast and a plurality of blood vessel index value variation factors including the blood vessel depth are associated with each other is stored in a data set storage unit 97. A specific blood vessel index value variation factor other than the blood vessel depth is measured. The data set is narrowed to a sub-data set having the specific blood vessel index value variation factor. A blood vessel depth corresponding to a blood vessel index value calculated by the blood vessel index value calculation unit is found from the sub-data set. |
| US10986979B2 |
Scrub sponge with selectively accessible abrasive region
The present invention is a new type of scrub sponge which includes a soft sponge portion and an abrasive pad. According to one embodiment of the invention, the abrasive pad is bonded to the sponge in a recess formed in the sponge so that during normal use, only the surface of the soft sponge will contact the surface of the item being cleaned. Should, during cleaning, the user require a more aggressive scrubbing action, the user may press into the upper side of the soft sponge on an upper side to force the abrasive pad out from its protective recess on the opposing side. The now protruding abrasive pad will contact the surface of the item being cleaned. The action of pushing out the abrasive pad is intuitive to the user since the user will typically push hard on any cleaning implement when they need more aggressive scrubbing action. With the present invention, as the user pushes hard, the more abrasive pad will reveal itself and offer its scrubbing texture to help in the cleaning process. |
| US10986976B2 |
Dishwasher with door latch assembly
A dishwasher includes a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber with an access opening and having a top wall. A door is movable between opened and closed positions to selectively close the access opening. A receiving collar is coupled to one of the tub or the door and has an opening and a deflecting surface accessible through the opening. A strike plate is coupled to the other of the tub or the door and received within the opening in the receiving collar in an insertion direction. The strike plate has at least one biasing element. |
| US10986974B2 |
Floor cleaning machine
A floor cleaning machine including a handle that pivots relative to a base about a pivot axis. A recovery tank is coupled to the handle in fluid communication with a suction motor assembly to receive and store fluid and dirt drawn through a suction nozzle. The floor cleaning machine further includes an expandable hose fluidly communicating the recovery tank and the suction nozzle. The hose is in an expanded configuration when the handle is pivoted about the pivot axis to a reclined position. The hose is in a retracted configuration when the handle is pivoted about the pivot axis to a substantially upright position. The hose at least partially wraps around the pivot axis with the pivot axis being between a portion of the hose wrapped around the pivot axis and the surface being cleaned in the expanded and the retracted configurations. |
| US10986967B2 |
Sanitary bathroom organizer
A sanitary bathroom organizer is an apparatus that stores and houses bathroom cleaning tools and bathroom cleaning supplies in an organized and hygienic manner. The apparatus includes a reservoir, at least one slot, a toilet paper roll mount. The reservoir contains disinfectant solution and houses bathroom cleaning tools. The at least one slot allows bathroom cleaning tools to enter the reservoir. The toilet paper roll mount connects a roll of toilet paper with the apparatus. The reservoir includes a base plate, a lateral wall, and a lid. The base plate is positioned adjacent the lateral wall. The lateral wall is perimetrically connected with the base plate, effectively containing disinfectant solution. The lid is removably coupled with the lid, allowing the interior environment of the reservoir to be accessible. The at least one slot traverses through the lid in order for bathroom cleaning supplies to be housed within the reservoir. |
| US10986965B1 |
Atmospheric vegetable dish
An improved dish for displaying and storing vegetables at room temperature. A transparent dome component rests on a planar base. An opening in the apex of the dome components allows vegetable to be readily placed and removed from the dish. The opening is closed by a loose-fitting lid so that sufficient humidity is maintained to keep the stored vegetables from becoming flaccid. Yet sufficient air exchange is allowed by the edges of the lid to retard senescent and spoiling of the vegetables. |
| US10986964B2 |
Dual speed manual stand mixer
A dual speed manual stand mixer. The mixer has a bowl with a cover fixed to the bowl. The cover includes a ring selectively mounting to the rim of the bowl, and a turntable mounted for rotation within the ring. Multiple whisks extend downward from the turntable into and within the bowl. Gearing is provided to cause both rotation of the turntable, as well as rotation of each individual whisk. A transmission is also provided to selectively connect a manual crank arm in one of two possible limit positions. The gearing ratios differ between these two position to thus drive the turntable and whisk rotation at two different speeds. |
| US10986962B2 |
Firetable, accessories and method of cooking thereon
A fire table provides an aesthetic table surface while allowing for cooking over the fire using a removable cooking mount. The removable cooking mount is placed in a pan in an opening in the top of the fire table. The pan has a filler material to hide the burner assembly and acts to secure the removable cooking mount. A lazy susan can be used to cover the opening in the fire table when not in use for aesthetic and functional purposes. |
| US10986959B2 |
Hot-air cooker
A hot-air cooker includes a housing including an internal ventilation conduit provided with an inlet and an outlet; an outer container, installed inside the housing; an upper cover, installed above the outer container; the outer container and the upper cover constituting a cavity, the air inlet and outlet of the ventilation conduit communicating with the cavity; an inner container, located inside the cavity; a fan, installed inside the ventilation conduit; a resistor, installed inside the ventilation conduit and adjacent to the fan. |
| US10986957B2 |
Automatic cooking machine
An automatic cooking machine includes a base (11), a cooking pot (12) mounted on the base (11), a pot lid (21), a stirring chamber enclosed by the cooking pot (12) and the pot lid (21), a stirring mechanism (26) rotatably mounted in a rotating cavity and configured to stir a food material, a food material box (42), and a film tearing assembly (51); the stirring mechanism (26) includes a control arm (27), a connecting arm (28), and a stirring blade (29) disposed between the control arm (27) and the connecting arm (28); in the stirring chamber, the stirring mechanism (26) rotates around a rotating axis; the food material box (42) includes a box body (42) and a sealing film (44) for sealing; and the film tearing assembly (51) is configured to tear the sealing film (44) of the food material box (42) during automatic feeding. |
| US10986956B2 |
Method and machine for preparing beverages
Method and machine for preparing beverages, in particular infusions, such as coffee or tea, having a liquid supply source supplying a liquid, in particular water, an infusion chamber and an infusion circuit, which connects said supply source to said infusion chamber; the machine having an infusion circuit with a heat exchanger and a dispensing assembly, which is configured to heat the liquid at a predetermined temperature that is lower than the boiling temperature of the liquid, for example at approximately 90°, before the infusion of the liquid itself on the inside of the infusion chamber. |
| US10986954B2 |
Automatic cooking apparatus
An automatic cooking apparatus includes a main housing, a drinking water supply unit, a cooking apparatus and a controller. The drinking water supply unit includes a drinking water tank and a drinking water supplying apparatus including a water delivering unit connected to the drinking water tank. At least one drinking water outlet is provided on the main housing and is connected to the water delivering unit. The cooking apparatus includes a food storage tank and a cooking unit. The cooking unit includes a pot and a heater thermally communicated with the pot. The controller is electrically connected to the drinking water supply unit and the cooking apparatus, and operates the automatic cooking apparatus on at least one of a water supplying mode and a cooking mode. |
| US10986953B2 |
Infusion group for machines for the dispensing of beverages in the form of infusion
An infusion group for machines for the dispensing of beverages in the form of infusion is disclosed. The infusion group has a capsule-holder configured to receive a capsule for the preparation of an infusion beverage, a dispensing head adapted to cooperate with the capsule-holder to form a chamber for the infusion of the capsule. The dispensing head has a dispensing channel, a perforation disc and an associated supporting member mounted on the dispensing head. The dispensing head also has a discharge channel upstream of the dispensing channel. The configuration of the dispensing head is such that the discharge channel is closed when the perforation disc and the supporting member are in the dispensing position and open when they are in the rest position. |
| US10986949B1 |
Steamer stand system and method of use
A steamer stand includes a telescoping vertical shaft extending from a first end to a second end; a foldable tripod stand removably attached to the first end adjustably attached to the telescoping vertical shaft; a telescoping horizontal rod removably attached to the telescoping vertical shaft, the telescoping horizontal rod with a first section having a first knob and a second section having a second knob; a hanger removably attached to the second end of the telescoping vertical shaft; a vertical extension secured to the telescoping vertical shaft. |
| US10986947B2 |
Beverage utensil with identification component
The present invention is a beverage utensil which contains a receptacle component on one end and an identification component on the opposite end. The utensil is designed such that the receptacle component is capable of stirring the beverage and also for removing solid edible elements from the beverage for consumption by the imbiber of the beverage. |
| US10986940B2 |
Modular point-of-purchase (POP) display
There is described is described a modular point-of-purchase display, system and method. The modular point of purchase display includes a back wall and a front wall, a bottom wall, at least one side wall, and at least one shelf. A printed electronic device is affixed to a surface of the back wall, the front wall, the bottom wall, the at least one side wall, and the at least one shelf. The display includes a microcontroller electrically coupled to the printed electronic device. The display includes a power supply electrically coupled to the printed electronic device. The display includes a connection device coupled to the printed electronic device. The display includes a modular component coupled to the connection device, wherein the modular component can be removed and replaced with an alternate modular component compatible with the connection device. |
| US10986936B2 |
Tiered void cells
The disclosed technology includes tiered void cells which provide protection, comfort, and stability during compression. The tiered void cells may be arranged in vertically stacked columns and include a stroke whereby tiers of a void cell can telescope into adjacent tiers of that void cell, as well as telescope into adjacent tiers of adjacent void cells in a column. Implementations described and claimed herein include a cushioning system comprising an array of tiered void cells, wherein each tiered void cell includes a base portion, a plunger portion, the plunger portion to collapse into the base portion under compression of the cushioning system, and a living hinge elastically connecting an inner perimeter of the base portion to an outer perimeter of the plunger portion. |
| US10986935B2 |
Non-linear springs and mattresses including the same
A pocketed spring, such as that used in a mattress, comprises: a compression spring having an upper end convolution and a lower end convolution opposite the upper end convolution, and a plurality of helical intermediate convolutions between the upper end convolution and the lower end convolution; a flexible enclosure including a top wall positioned adjacent to the upper end convolution of the compression spring, a bottom wall positioned adjacent to the lower end convolution of the compression spring, and a side wall that extends from the top wall to the bottom wall; and a tension member connected to the flexible enclosure. The tension member acts in opposition to the compression spring until the pocketed spring is compressed to a point at which the tension member no longer applies any force. Thus, the pocketed spring exhibits a non-linear response when compressed. |
| US10986934B1 |
Multi-zone temperature modulation system for bed or blanket
A temperature modulation system for a bed, blanket, or other furniture includes a fluid for moderating temperature change, a number of conduit circuits for directing the fluid through respective zones, a control unit including a thermoelectric device for modulating temperature of the fluid, and a pump. Each of the conduit circuits selectively and independently directs fluid through its respective zone in order to produce a temperature within the zone that is independent of the temperature outside the zone. The system also includes an arrangement of one or more zones in an arrangement in which the control unit is programmed to vary the zone temperature over time according to a schedule. |
| US10986932B2 |
Adjustable bed system with foldable connection mechanism
An adjustable bed system includes first and second frames; a back lifting assembly having a back lifting bracket pivotally connected to the first frame and a back lifting actuator pivotally connected between the back lifting bracket and the first frame for operably driving the back lifting bracket to pivotally move in an upward or downward rotating direction relative to the first frame; a leg lifting assembly having a leg lifting bracket pivotally connected to the second frame structure and a leg lifting actuator pivotally connected between the leg lifting bracket and the second frame for operably driving the leg lifting bracket to pivotally move in an upward or downward rotating direction relative to the second frame; and a foldable connection mechanism connecting the first and second frames such that the first and second frames are pivotally foldable relative to one another at the connection mechanism. |
| US10986931B2 |
Electric adjustment device for sofa headrest and sofa support device
An electric adjustment device for sofa headrest includes a first fixing member, a second fixing member, and a drive device having an output end that linearly reciprocates. One end of the second fixing member is pivotally connected to the first fixing member, and the drive device is pivotally connected to the first fixing member and arranged flush with the first fixing member. A sliding direction of the output end is perpendicular to a pivotal axis about which the second fixing member is pivotable to the first fixing member. Specifically, the second fixing member is extended downward to form a fixed end for fixing to a backrest support frame. The electric adjustment device is installed in the headrest support frame instead of the backrest support frame, so that other functional parts are installed inside internal space of the backrest support frame which improves the function of the sofa. |
| US10986924B2 |
Chair and seat support mechanism
To provide a chair in which the seated person can perceive a comfortable sitting feeling even if sitting for a long time, and furthermore a high work efficiency can stably be maintained, a chair according to the present invention includes a support mechanism 2 interposed between a leg 1 and a seat 3, wherein the support mechanism 2 includes: a seat inclining mechanism Q as a seat inclining function configured to downwardly incline a tip side in an operation direction of the seat 3 when the seat 3 operates from a predetermined reference position (S), and further includes: a return-force generation mechanism configured to generate, in accordance with an amount of movement, a return force in a direction of returning the seat 3 having moved from a reference position (S) in a front-rear or left-right direction, to the reference position (S). |
| US10986923B2 |
Motorized zero gravity chair
A motorized tilting mechanism for a reclining chair allows the chair be placed in a zero gravity position. A base frame comprising 2 sub-frames pivot in relation to each other to provide simple tilting mechanism. |
| US10986920B1 |
Apparatus for attaching an inclination-monitoring device to a table
A table assembly includes tiltable board, an inclination-monitoring module and an attaching apparatus. The inclination-monitor device includes an electronic module and a power supply. The electronic module includes a sensor for detecting the inclination of the tiltable board and a display for showing the inclination. The power supply includes a battery, a holder and a cover. The battery is located in the holder and electrically connected to the electronic module. The cover is engaged with the holder to keep the battery in the holder. The attaching apparatus includes a shell, an upper frame and a lower frame. The shell is located in a bore made in the tiltable board, and receives the inclination-monitoring device. The upper frame extends on the shell, contacts an upper face of the tiltable table, and includes a window to expose the display. The lower frame covers the holder. |
| US10986918B2 |
Lifting table
The present disclosure discloses a lifting table, has a tabletop plate, a table-supporting frame connected with the tabletop plate, a base, an X-shaped supporting leg for connecting the table-supporting frame and the base, and a power driving device controlling the open-and-close of the X-shaped supporting leg to achieve the lifting of the tabletop plate, the power driving device is connected to the table-supporting frame, and the power output end of the power driving device is connected with the X-shaped supporting leg; the lifting table further comprises an inclined connecting rod mechanism which always applies an oblique force to the X-shaped supporting leg; one end of the inclined connecting rod mechanism is connected to the X-shaped supporting leg, and the other end of the inclined connecting rod mechanism is connected to the power driving device. |
| US10986917B2 |
Multifunctional dental appliance and toothbrush cleaner
A cleaning device includes a body, a cover, a germicidal lamp, and a vibration mechanism. The body includes a cavity configured receive a fluid, a first dental appliance, and a first portion of a second dental appliance. The cover is coupled to the body and configured to selectively move between an open position and a closed position. The cover includes two holes that can each retain the second dental appliance so the first portion of the second dental appliance is positioned within the cavity and a second portion of the second dental appliance is positioned external to the cavity and the cover. The germicidal lamp is coupled to the cover and configured to provide a sanitizing light to the first dental appliance and the first portion of the second dental appliance positioned within the cavity. The vibration mechanism is configured to vibrate the body and the dental appliances. |
| US10986916B2 |
Power hairbrush with improved sebum-removing brushhead
A power hairbrush which oscillates in operation with a frequency in the range of 55 Hz-120 Hz and an amplitude in the range of 8-20°, with a brushhead adapted to remove sebum and other material from the scalp and hair of a user, the brushhead including a plurality of lines or rows of filament tufts, wherein each filament in the filament tufts at its distal end is split into several portions. The brushhead further includes a plurality of lines of solid tuft members positioned adjacent to the lines of filament tufts. The filament tufts are approximately 1-3 mm taller than the solid tuft members. |
| US10986915B2 |
System, method and apparatus for paint brush accessory
A paint brush accessory for a paint brush having a handle with an axis, a ferrule mounted to the handle, bristles extending from a heel of the ferrule, the bristles comprise a belly and a toe that is distal to the belly. The accessory can include a sleeve configured to be slidably mounted to the paint brush in an axial direction about the ferrule. The sleeve can include a continuous body that is hollow in the axial direction. The hollow can be configured to receive and conform to a shape of the ferrule, frictionally engage the ferrule, and be slidably repositionable on the ferrule along the axial direction. A distal end of the hollow can be configured to engage the belly of the bristles to conform an outer shape of the belly of the bristles to a desired uniform pattern. |
| US10986914B2 |
Electric utility brush having a flexible drive shaft
The present invention is concerned with an electric utility brush having a flexible drive shaft, and in particular an electric toothbrush having a substantially spherical head mounted on the flexible drive shaft and which can be driven rotationally in at least two different orientations in order to provide comprehensive brushing capabilities. |
| US10986913B1 |
Stethoscope holder
The present invention provides an improved stethoscope holder for receiving a stethoscope during movement from various medical locations which includes a holder, an elongated strap secured to the holder and operable between an open and a closed position, a conical pocket, a fastening mechanism including a pair of fasteners, the fastening mechanism releasably securing the elongated strap in the closed position, the pair of fasteners aligned along an axis of symmetry and a clip. |
| US10986910B2 |
Cosmetic container for preventing mirror from being contaminated
The present invention relates to a cosmetic container for preventing a mirror from being contaminated, which includes an outer container (10) having an open upper portion, an outer container cover (20) coupled to one side of the outer container (10) and having a mirror (22) attached to an inner side thereof, an inner container (30) counted in the outer container (10), and an inner container cover (60) coupled to one side of the inner container (30) to seal the inner container (30). The inner container cover (60) has a puff receiving space (63) formed therein as a sidewall surface (62) integrally extends downward from an upper surface (61), a sealing member (66) extends downward from the sidewall surface (62), and a puff (70) is received in the puff receiving space (63). |
| US10986906B2 |
Heated equipment bag
A heated equipment bag includes: a housing providing a first compartment configured to receive a first piece of footwear, the housing further providing a second compartment configured to receive a second piece of footwear, the first compartment being separate from the second compartment; a first heater disposed in the first compartment and configured to produce heat; and a second heater disposed in the second compartment and configured to produce heat. |
| US10986902B2 |
Timepiece or piece of jewellery
A timepiece or piece of jewelry includes a structure with a set of horns carrying a bar receiving a removable snap-hook fixed to a strand. The bar includes, at a distance from each of the points of attachment to the set of horns, a notch including two sides which limit the lateral travel of a curved beak portion of the snap-hook and limit the angular travel of the snap-hook with respect to the bar, so as to prevent any contact between the snap-hook and the set of horns to which the bar is fixed. |
| US10986901B2 |
Snap button
Provided is a snap button in which a swaged portion of a to-be-swaged pin is not visible from users. The snap button comprises a snap button body and a cap to be connected to the snap button body with a cloth interposed between them. The snap button body includes a base; a pin to be swaged, which protrudes from an inner surface of the base, the inner surface being placed to face the cloth; and an engaging portion provided on an outer surface opposite to the inner surface of the base. The cap comprises a cap body including a cap base; and a metal eyelet attached to an inner surface of the cap base, the inner surface being placed to face the cloth. The eyelet comprises a cylindrical portion for receiving the pin which has pierced the cloth and swaging the pin on the inner surface of the cap base. |
| US10986900B2 |
Hand fixation band
A hand fixation band includes a fastening band, a sliding arm and a damping element. The fastening band has a connecting portion. A bottom surface of the connecting portion is defined as a contact surface. The sliding arm is connected with the fastening band. A top surface of one end of the sliding arm is recessed downward to form an accommodating groove. Several portions of a top surface of a bottom wall of the accommodating groove protrude upward to form a plurality of buckling blocks. The damping element is disposed in the accommodating groove and contacts with the contact surface. Several portions of a bottom surface of the damping element are recessed upward to form a plurality of buckling holes. The plurality of the buckling blocks are buckled in the plurality of the buckling holes. |
| US10986897B1 |
Adhesive footwear and devices
Footwear used for high performance activities such as running can be adhesively attached to the plantar surface of feet rather than uppers or straps. The upper surface of the protective layer of the footwear can have adhesive regions that secure the foot to the footwear and other regions that are not adhesively coupled to the foot. The adhesive regions can be under the heel, along the lateral side of the foot, under the first through fifth metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joints and around the perimeter of the foot above the plantar surface. |
| US10986895B2 |
Compressible sole for compressible footwear and method of manufacturing compressible footwear
A compressible footwear that may include a compressible sole and a compressible upper part that is mechanically coupled to the compressible sole. The compressible sole consisting essentially of multiple compressible cells that are made of a flexible material and have top openings and bottom openings. The multiple compressible cells span over at least a majority of the compressible sole and are configured to undergo a compression while substantially maintaining a thickness of the compressible sole. |
| US10986894B2 |
Auxetic structures and footwear with soles having auxetic structures
A material that includes at least one layer made of an auxetic structure and articles of footwear having soles comprising the materials. When the material is under tension, it expands in both the direction under tension and in the direction orthogonal to the direction under tension. The articles of footwear have soles that have at least one layer made of a material that has a pattern of apertures to provide the auxetic structure. The apertures are surrounded by sole portions that can rotate or pivot to change the size of the apertures. An outer covering can be mated with an outsole structure formed by the auxetic structure. The outer covering includes features that mate with the apertures in the outsole structure. The outer covering is elastic and can stretch to accommodate expansion of the auxetic structure. |
| US10986886B2 |
Stretch belt with pockets
A belt winch may be formed from stretchy fabric, includes a front panel joined to a rear panel. Flaps may be provided to form interior pockets, which are further formed by stitching or other joining techniques. Internal stiffening and resilient members may be incorporated between the panels at each end, aiding in the structure of the opposing ends of the belt which tie together. |
| US10986885B1 |
Hand warming pocket
A hand warming having an open end for receiving a player's hand, a closed end, and a generally cylindrical interior chamber that is located between the open and closed ends. The interior chamber is insulated and surrounded by a water-proof outer covering. A flexible collar having an elastic band closure extends from the perimeter edge of the open end. A looped panel is attached to the outer covering. The panel is attached to the outer covering so as to form first and second tunnels for selectively receiving a belt for vertical mounting. First and second belt loops are attached across the panel for horizontal mounting. A flap that can be closed and the first and second belt loops can be used to retain the hand warmer in place when the hand warmer is horizontally positioned. |
| US10986884B2 |
Protective sports guard
A protective sports guard can include a lower component that includes a hard shell outer layer attached atop a flexible padding layer; an upper component that includes a hard shell outer layer attached atop a flexible padding layer; a central component attached to and straddling the lower component and the upper component and that includes a hard shell outer layer; and an elongate strap. The elongate strap can be fixedly attached at one end to the flexible padding layer of the lower component, releasably and variably attached at another end to itself, and configured to wrap around the lower component in excess of one full revolution and to envelop and compress a human body part for a compression fit. |
| US10986883B2 |
Low drag garment
A low drag garment is made from a fabric having a textured region with a texture height H, wherein the texture height H increases substantially continuously with the surface angle θ in said textured region. Optionally, the substantially continuous increase in texture height H comprises a plurality of incremental increases in texture height, and wherein each incremental increase in texture height is less than 200 μm. |
| US10986879B2 |
Hands-free adjustable bib for securing a container
A hands-free adjustable bib includes a bib, a support plate, a pair of hand shaped holders, and a container adjustment assembly. The pair of hand shaped holders is adjustably connected to the container adjustment assembly. The container adjustment assembly is adjustably mounted to the support plate, opposite of the pair of hand shaped holders. The support plate, which functions as a platform for the pair of hand shaped holders and the container adjustment assembly, is connected to a chest portion of the bib so that the pair of hand shaped holders can be extended towards a neck loop of the bib. Consequently, the pair of hand shaped holders secures a container while the neck loop secures the bib the user's neck. |
| US10986875B2 |
Vaporizer device heater control
A system includes a current source circuit; a system power input; and load switching circuitry coupling the current source circuit and the system power input to an output configured to couple to a vaporizer heating element. The current source circuit, the system power input, and the load switching circuitry form part of an integrated circuit. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described. |
| US10986873B2 |
Electronic cigarette
An electronic cigarette includes a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, a fourth surface, a fifth surface, and a sixth surface. The first and the second surfaces are parallel to each other, the third and the fourth surfaces are parallel to each other, the fifth and the sixth surfaces are parallel to each other. The two opposite sides of the third surface are respectively connected to the first surface and the sixth surface. The side of the sixth surface away from the third surface is connected to the second surface. The two opposite sides of the fifth surface are respectively connected to the first surface and the fourth surface. The side of the fourth surface away from the fifth surface is connected to the second surface. The angle between the first surface and the third surface and the angle between the first surface and the fifth surface are both obtuse angles. |
| US10986872B2 |
Vaporizer and vaporizer cartridges
Disclosed herein are methods and systems to vaporize extract, plant material containing organic material and the like, including utilizing a cartridge with a heaty transfer body which may be disposable. The cartridge may be heated in zones or portions. The cartridge may form the inhalation pathway thereby reducing the accumulation of dirt and odor in the heating device. One disclosed vaporizer system has a base with a cartridge interface, a heater element, an on/off switch, a battery, a temperature sensor in proximity to the heater element; a controller in signal communication with the heater element, battery, temperature sensor and the on/off switch; that mates with a disposable cartridge. |
| US10986871B2 |
Electronic vaporizer and sealed capsule
The disclosed subject matter relates to various components or elements of an electronic vaporizing device and related elements. For example, a sealed capsule that can mitigate escape of vaping contents included therein can be formed. Different sealed capsules can comprise different vaping contents having different types (e.g., liquids, plant materials, etc). The sealed capsule can be loaded into a heating chamber of the electronic vaporizing device in which the heating chamber can be configured specifically for the sealed capsules. As with the sealed capsule, there can be different types of vapor delivery portions of the device. The electronic vaporizing device can comprise a power source portion that can be configured to attach to many different types of vapor delivery portions. |
| US10986868B2 |
Electronic atomizing device with a liquid guiding effect and atomizer
An electronic atomizing device, comprising a body and an atomizing element; the body is provided with an e-liquid storage cavity and an air suction channel; the atomizing element comprises a porous body and a heating structure; the porous body comprises an e-liquid suction surface, an atomizing surface and a side surface; the e-liquid suction surface is used for drawing e-liquid from the liquid storage cavity, and the heating structure is located on the atomizing face; at least one section of the airflow channel extends to the interior of the porous body from the side surface. |
| US10986866B2 |
Electronic cigarette liquid supply device and method
An electronic cigarette liquid supply device includes the piezoelectric substrate, the insulating film, the first interdigital transducer, the second interdigital transducer, the liquid storage chamber, the flow channel and the liquid outlet. A liquid inlet is provided on the liquid storage chamber. One end of the flow channel is hermetically connected to the liquid storage chamber, and the other end of the flow channel is the liquid outlet. The first interdigital transducer and the second interdigital transducer are attached to a surface of the piezoelectric substrate and located between the piezoelectric substrate and the insulating film. The liquid storage chamber, the flow channel and the liquid outlet are provided outside and above the insulating film. |
| US10986864B1 |
Chilled water pipe and a retrofit apparatus for chilling a water pipe
Disclosed is a water pipe comprising an inner heat sink positioned within a water chamber of the water pipe, an outer heat sink positioned outside the water chamber of the water pipe, a thermoelectric cooler (TEC) having a heat absorbing side connected to the inner heat sink and a heat rejecting side connected to the outer heat sink, an electric power source for supplying power to the TEC and a controller configured to adjust power supply from the electric power source to the TEC. |
| US10986863B2 |
Filter material for a filter element of a smoking article, and associated system and method
A method and associated system are provided for forming a biodegradable filter material for a filter element of a smoking article, wherein the method involves combining cellulose acetate fibers with regenerated cellulose fibers, drawing the combined cellulose acetate fibers and regenerated cellulose fibers to form drawn combined fibers, and crimping the drawn combined fibers to form a mixed fiber tow. An associated filter material for the filter element of a smoking article is also provided. |
| US10986860B2 |
Smoking article with manually releasable odorant
A smoking article has an outer surface and a plurality of frangible microcapsules provided on the outer surface, wherein the microcapsules are capable of being manually ruptured by a consumer to release an odorant encapsulated therein. The smoking article preferably comprises a wrapped tobacco rod; and a filter attached to the wrapped tobacco rod by tipping paper, a mouth end portion of which is “over tipped” with a band or strip of “Peel and Sniff” microcapsules and/or a band or strip of “Scratch and Sniff” microcapsules. |
| US10986858B2 |
Plant trimming machine
A plant-trimming apparatus comprises two spaced-apart end plates, a rotatable tumbler, a rotatable reel comprising a reel shaft and reel blades, two bearing blocks, each detachably connected to a respective end plate and rotatably supporting a respective end of the reel, a motor arranged to drive the reel and the tumbler, a bed bar assembly comprising a bed bar and a bed knife, the bed knife being in operative engagement with the reel blade for cutting of plant material from the tumbler, and a manually-operated locking mechanism operable to secure the bearing blocks and the bed bar assembly to the end plates. The apparatus can be easily disassembled for cleaning and re-assembled, without using tools. |
| US10986856B2 |
Human and non-human animal use of microbial anaplerotic oil
Disclosed are techniques and systems for producing microbials having anaplerotic oils that are rich in odd-chain fatty acids, and other beneficial components, at higher concentrations than those present in other natural dietary sources of OCFA, at lower cost, and higher production yield. Further, disclosed are examples of incorporation of these higher concentration OCFA products into food for human and non-human animal consumption. |
| US10986855B1 |
Popcorn popping and dispensing apparatus
A popcorn kernel popping machine permits a user to insert a popcorn kernel/flavor pod therein and obtain an evenly flavored popcorn product. The popcorn pod can include not only the popcorn kernels, but also liquid and/or solid flavorings which can be distributed to the popped kernels as they exit the popper, thereby coating the popped kernels evenly with the desired flavoring(s). In some embodiments, a popped kernel collection container can be rotated to evenly collect the popped kernels therein during operation of the popcorn popper. |
| US10986851B2 |
Control of pathogenic bacteria in foods
Methods of making coated pet food kibble and the kibble product by coating kibble with a composition that include at least one of: (i) lecithin and chicken fat; (ii) lecithin, a glycerol monoester of a fatty acid, a sugar monoester of a fatty acid, and chicken fat; (iii) lecithin, Nα—(C8-C18) acyl arginine alkyl (C1-C8) ester, and chicken fat; or (iv) Nα—(C8-C18) acyl arginine alkyl (C1-C8) ester-thymol and chicken fat. When the pet food kibble coated with a composition as described above, exhibits amounts of Salmonella sp. that are reduced by about 99%. This reduction is effective for at least 60 days post coating when compared to pet food kibble coated with a composition lacking one of (i)-(iv). The compositions are also used in a method for treating raw beef or poultry prior to grinding where the ground meat exhibits amounts of Salmonella sp. that are reduced by about 99%. |
| US10986845B2 |
Bakery products
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the improvement of bakery products, in particular for the improvement of the texture of cakes and the tolerance of bakery doughs. |
| US10986843B2 |
Combination drain system for multizone oven
A multi-compartment oven provides a side directed drainage system permitting moisture removal from the cavities without interference with the integrity of lower cavity volumes and permitting removability of cavity dividers. |
| US10986842B2 |
Microbial pesticidal composition and production thereof
The present invention relates to a process for harvesting biomass of a bacterium, and/or a lipoprotein produced by a bacterium, which exhibit antifungal and antibacterial activity against various phytopathogenic agents. |
| US10986836B2 |
Mating disruption method using acetate-containing mating disruptant
Provided is a mating disruption method capable of bringing a stable and effective mating disruption result. Specifically provided is a mating disruption method comprising a step of starting to apply a mating disruptant after mating and oviposition of imagoes of the first generation of an insect pest are substantially over and before imagoes of the second generation of the insect pest emerge, the mating disruptant targeting at least one kind of insect pest which contains one or more kinds of acetates as a natural sex pheromone. |
| US10986834B2 |
Peptide-containing composition and stabilizer, stabilizing method, and storage method for peptide
A peptide-containing composition includes a peptide and an alkaline mineral carrier, wherein an amount of the alkaline mineral carrier is 8 parts by mass or more based on 100 parts by mass of the peptide. A method for cultivating a plant includes applying a peptide-containing composition to the plant, a method for improving stability of a peptide includes mixing an alkaline mineral carrier with the peptide, and a method for storing a peptide includes storing the peptide in coexistence with an alkaline mineral carrier. |
| US10986833B2 |
Hull and keel for a buoyant hunting decoy
A waterfowl decoy includes an upper portion configured to appear as a waterfowl and a lower portion that extends from the upper portion. A first keel that extends from the lower portion defines a first surface extending from the lower portion and sloping downwardly. A second keel that extends from the lower portion defines a second surface extending from the lower portion and sloping downwardly. The first keel further defines a third surface that extends from the lower portion, slopes downwardly, and is opposite the first surface, and the second keel further defines a fourth surface that extends from the lower portion, slopes downwardly, and is opposite the second surface. The first keel is spaced from the second keel, defines a first recess that is configured to receive a first weight, and includes a first aperture while the second keel includes a second aperture. |
| US10986832B2 |
Animal-proof hooded barrier, related enclosure systems and method of maintaining an animal-proof domain
The present invention provides a substantially animal-proof barrier that includes (a) two or more supports laterally spaced apart to define a substantially vertical plane between each support, (b) fencing material that is attached to each of the supports and spans the plane between each support to form a simple barrier, wherein the simple barrier divides a domain into a first area and second area, (c) a hood having a first section originating from a top edge of the simple barrier that forms an angle of about 10 degrees to about 80 degrees with the simple barrier, and a second section extending from a lower end of the first section in a direction towards the simple barrier, and optionally (d) a hood corner assembly to provide a hood at a corner formed by the simple barrier, that includes an upper corner section, a lower corner section, and a pair of brackets. |
| US10986831B2 |
Systems and methods for reducing the risks of bird strike
A combination of a visual warning cue and a conspicuous auditory warning cue acts synergistically to reduce bird strike frequency against a man-made structure. Methods and systems are described for providing said combination of warning cues when a bird is within a warning zone. The auditory warning cue entails at least two separate sonic pulses within one second when the bird is within the warning zone, and is defined by an intensity-weighted frequency average of between 6 kHz and 18 kHz, and an intensity at a location within the warning zone of at least 70 decibels. |
| US10986828B1 |
LED lamp for insect trap
Problems associated with the use of fluorescent tubes in insect traps are resolved by providing a replacement lamp employing multiple sets of light emitting diodes that each emit light at different specific wavelengths each positioned within a translucent sleeve have a surface coated with an environmentally safe light diffusion material creating a pattern on the surface comprising areas of more intense light dominated by the light cast by a single LED separated by areas of less intense light where light cast by adjacent LEDs is more mixed. |
| US10986826B2 |
Container for storing spinnerbait fishing lure
A durable and waterproof spinnerbait storage container having storage bags secured to a rod extending across the length of an internal compartment of the storage container such that each storage bag may hold a spinnerbait lure separately from other spinnerbait lures. |
| US10986820B2 |
Common light chain mouse
A genetically modified mouse is provided, wherein the mouse is incapable of rearranging and expressing an endogenous mouse immunoglobulin light chain variable sequence, wherein the mouse expresses only one or two human light chain variable domains encoded by human immunoglobulin sequences operably linked to the mouse kappa (κ) constant gene at the endogenous mouse κ locus, wherein the mouse expresses a reverse chimeric antibody having a light chain variable domain derived from one of only two human light chain variable region gene segments and a mouse κ constant domain, and a human heavy chain variable domain and a mouse heavy chain constant domain, from an endogenous mouse heavy chain locus. Bispecific epitope-binding proteins that are fully human are provided, comprising two different heavy chains that associate with an identical light chain that comprises a variable domain derived from one of two different human light chain variable region gene segments. |
| US10986816B2 |
Livestock location system
In a headlock system having a plurality of n headlock cells, each of the n cells being adapted to enclose at least one animal; n is an integer greater than 1; a system for locating the position of at least one animal, the system comprising: at least one identification means adapted to transmit at least one identification signal associated with said at least one animal; at least one locating means adapted to generate at least one location signal associated with said at least one animal; and, a data processing system in communication with said at least one identification means and said at least one locating means, adapted to analyze said signals, said analyzed signals comprising the position within a predetermined region in said headlock system of each of said at least one animals as a function of time. |
| US10986814B2 |
Spinnable pet toy
A spinnagle pet toy is taught which comprises at least three equally displace appendages projecting out from a central hub. The pet toy appendages may include weighted ends to facilitate angular rotation of the pet toy. The pet toy weighted ends may include cavities, but all preferably weighted equally. |
| US10986813B2 |
Method and apparatus for applying, monitoring, and adjusting a stimulus to a pet
A device is described comprising at least one processor, a storage component, a power source, a switch, a primary electrode, and a secondary electrode, the at least one processor for directing the power source to charge the storage component, for controlling a switch to provide an electrical pathway from the storage component to a resistive load at the earliest when the voltage reaches a first value, and for controlling the switch to disable the electrical pathway from the storage component to the resistive load. The device includes the at least one processor for directing the power source to recharge the storage component, for determining a time of recharge, wherein the time of recharge is the time required to restore the voltage to the first value, for comparing the time of recharge with time values, and for using information of the comparing to adjust the first value. |
| US10986812B2 |
Pad-n-paw
The present invention describes a training and communicating device for the domestic animals to allow the pets to signal their owners/trainers that they need to go outdoors for fresh air or toileting needs. The training and communicating device for the domestic animals comprises of a paw shaped device having pads containing the sensors inside which when touched by the pets, sends the signal to a voice activated monitor, which in turn transmits the signal to the owners/trainers that the pets need them. The device can also be used along with the smartphone for remotely operating the pet doors. A mobile application has to be installed in the smartphone and the pet's paw has to be registered with the device, which sends notification to smartphones whenever the pets send signals. The device also provides facilities like warming, massaging or even cleaning the paws of the pets. |
| US10986811B1 |
Water dispenser apparatus for providing fresh water to animals
An animal water dispenser apparatus has a container with an interior defined by wall and a bottom, a tubular member connected to an inlet of the container, and a water hose connected to the inlet. The tubular member has a plurality of openings that open to the interior of the container. The water hose is adapted to pass fresh water into the tubular member, outwardly of the plurality of openings of the tubular member, and into the interior of the container. The outlet is adapted to allow water from the interior of the container to be released outwardly of the container. A fresh water source can be connected to the water hose so as to pass fresh water under pressure through the water hose. |
| US10986810B2 |
Feed bin monitoring system
A bin monitoring system is useable with an elevated feed bin having a plurality of legs that support the bin above a pad so that each leg is connected to the pad through a load cell. The system includes an inner leg mount configured to be attached to a leg, the inner leg mount having an upper portion, and an outer bracket mounted on the load cell. The outer bracket receives the inner leg mount such that a bolt aperture in the outer bracket aligns with a bolt aperture in the upper portion of the inner leg mount and is secured with a threaded bolt. Rotation of the threaded bolt moves the inner leg mount toward the outer bracket to lift the leg so that the leg is supported by the load cell. |
| US10986807B2 |
Mold having measurement marks
A mold for forming materials such that the formed materials include measurement markings is disclosed herein. The mold includes multiple cavities, each of which has indentations for forming measurement markings on a material that is formed in the respective cavity. Each of the cavities may be further supported by one or more cavity-to-cavity support structures. The mold may also include a detachable lid for covering the contents of the mold during and after solidification. |
| US10986801B1 |
Soybean variety 5PLTM45
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PLTM45 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PLTM45, cells from soybean variety 5PLTM45, plants of soybean 5PLTM45, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PLTM45. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PLTM45 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PLTM45, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PLTM45, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PLTM45. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PLTM45 are further provided. |
| US10986796B1 |
Maize hybrid X15N058
A novel maize variety designated X15N058 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X15N058 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X15N058 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X15N058, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X15N058 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X15N058 and methods of using maize variety X15N058 are disclosed. |
| US10986792B2 |
Rotomolded vertical farming apparatus and system
A growing system is provided that includes a rotomolded chassis that defines (i) an “interior” where plants are/may be located, and (ii) an “exterior” that at least partially defines a perimeter around the interior. The chassis generally includes stacking elements which allow one chassis to be stacked one upon the other. The disclosed growing system also generally includes (i) means for delivering liquid into the chassis, (ii) means for draining liquid from the chassis, and (iii) means for supporting plants that is conducive to their growing within the chassis. |
| US10986788B2 |
Systems and methods for providing temperature control in a grow pod
A control system includes a shell including an enclosed area, one or more carts moving on a track within the enclosed area, an air supplier within the enclosed area, one or more vents connected to the air supplier and configured to output air within the enclosed area, and a controller. The controller is configured to: identify a plant on the one or more carts; determine a humidity recipe for the identified plant; control the air output from the one or more vents based on the humidity recipe for the identified plant; receive an image of the plant the in one or more carts captured by the imaging sensor; and update the humidity recipe for the plant based on the captured image of the plant. |
| US10986785B2 |
Continuous round baler and methods of using the same
A crop harvesting system for continuous round baling is described that comprises a first and second bale chamber and a conveyor system in operable communication with the first and second bale chambers. The crop harvesting system can comprise a first bale chamber comprising a variable shape, defined by a first serpentine system comprising one or a plurality of endless belts in operable contact with one or a plurality of movable rollers to facilitate movement of the bale out of the first and into the second bale chamber. The second bale chamber comprises a fixed shape defined by a plurality of stationary rolls operably attached to a second set belt or belts. The crop harvesting system can be integrated into an agricultural harvester such as a baler or combine. |
| US10986779B2 |
Agricultural produce billet chopper
An apparatus comprising a pair of associated chopper drums, including a top chopper drum and a lower chopper drum. The chopper drum defines an axial cylindrical bore having a rotational axis into which is mounted a drive shaft (not shown) that is keyed radially to drive the chopper drum. Radially spaced from the rotational axis are a plurality of outwardly facing recesses defined by walls of a body of the chopper drum. Each recess extends longitudinally along the periphery of the chopper drum end-end to provide a recess for mounting a corresponding plurality of cutting blades. Each recess is defined by a longitudinally extending lower wall and an opposed and circumferentially spaced. The cross sectional profile of the chopper drum is generally consistent throughout its length and includes a plurality of ridges and troughs with the ridges built up to define therein the recesses, the ridges being interposed by the troughs. A higher side wall provides support for the cutting blade and is inclined relative to a plane extending radially outwardly from the rotational axis. The opposed smaller side wall supports a wedge clamp. |
| US10986778B2 |
Weed seed devitalizer control
An example harvester that may include a weed seed devitalizer and a controller that automatically adapts or adjusts the weed seed devitalizer. The controller is to receive data from at least one sensor indicating forthcoming weed seeds and to output control signals controlling the weed seed devitalizer based on the data. |
| US10986775B2 |
Ground working system with an endless boundary wire
A ground working system includes at least one self-driving ground working device having a drive, a control unit and a battery. An operating region is determined by a boundary wire, wherein the ground working device travels over a traveling path determined by the control unit in the operating region. Connected to the boundary wire is a first base station, which transmits a signal on the boundary wire. The electromagnetic field of the signal induces a reception signal in the reception coil of the ground working device. The reception signal is processed in the control unit. In order to make a stable signal available over the entire length of the boundary wire, it is provided that the boundary wire is electrically connected to a further base station configured as a repeater, which receives the signal transmitted by the first base station, processes it and passes it on. |
| US10986772B2 |
Working element of an agricultural machine having a system for adjusting the down-pressure
A working element is mounted on an agricultural machine having a deformable connecting structure including upper arms and lower arms. The connecting structure includes a system for adjusting the down-pressure having a movable mechanism and a reference member. The mechanism includes a lever and a resilient member that are articulated about a first axis. The mechanism allows an engaged state in which it is held against the reference member in a working position, subjecting the working element to a down-pressure, and an adjusting state in which it is movable about a lower axis with respect to the reference member. The mechanism includes a second axis about which the lever is pivotable in an intermediate state. |
| US10986768B2 |
Agricultural product application in overlap areas
A method, system and an apparatus minimize over-seeding and disruption of previously placed seed in an overlap area, when applying an agricultural product to a field with an agricultural product delivery arrangement having row units, by dispensing a predetermined first product amount equal to one hundred percent of a desired application to the field in a first pass through the entire field including the overlap area, and then dispensing a second product amount in a subsequent pass through the overlap area without raising row units out of the soil during the subsequent pass. The second product amount is determined as a function of a percentage the predetermined first product amount applied to the overlap area during the first pass that is disturbed by operative engagement of the row units with the soil during the subsequent pass over the overlap area. |
| US10986763B2 |
Method and apparatus for extending the service life of an agricultural planter
An agricultural planter and tractor combination which has a connection therebetween which comprises a stationary support arm coupled to the tractor and a pivoting support arm coupled to the agricultural planter with a connecting threaded member extended therethrough and a rotation-limited intermediate member with two protrusions extending into voids in the pivoting support arm so that the pivoting support arm will not rotate around the connecting threaded member and the connecting threaded member further translated through a portion of a hex-headed bushing and rotationally advanced through another portion, and a terminal nut also rotationally advanced over the connecting threaded member. The rotation-limited intermediate member is made of a harder more durable material than the connecting threaded member, the stationary support arm and the pivoting support arm. |
| US10986762B2 |
Beach umbrella hole digging device
A device for excavating a precise plug of sand from a sand surface and umbrella assemblies are shown and described. In particular embodiments, a plunger includes a distal portion having a cavity, an elbow, and an elongated body separating said distal portion and the elbow. The result is a plunger and umbrella assemblies for excavating a precise, uniform hole substantially equivalent to the pole diameter. |
| US10993361B2 |
Setup support device
A setup support device capable of editing a setup list in accordance with a change in a production schedule or the like, thereby enabling more efficient setup of a component mounter. The setup support device includes a list editing section for performing editing to increase or decrease production jobs included in a setup list in accordance with a request from an operator who performs setup at the component mounter or a change in a production schedule, and a guidance section for issuing setup guidance for the production jobs to the operator based on the edited setup list. |
| US10993358B1 |
Device for removing portion of cover and method of removing portion of cover
A device for removing a portion of cover is provided, which includes a lower platform and an upper platform oppositely disposed, a cover jig between the lower and upper platforms, a feed roller and a receiving roller oppositely disposed, and an adhesive film. The upper platform includes a plurality of protrusions, and each of the protrusions extends toward the lower platform. The cover jig includes a plurality of through holes, and each of the through holes is disposed opposite to each of the protrusions, so that each of the protrusions can be inserted through each of the through holes. One end of the adhesive film is connected to the feed roller, and the other end of the adhesive film is connected to the receiving roller, and a portion of the adhesive film between the two ends is located between the upper platform and the cover jig. |
| US10993351B2 |
One mixed heat sink fins for better thermal dissipation used on electrical products
An electronic device and a heat-dissipation device for an electronic device are provided. The heat-dissipation device comprises an airflow channel; an airflow source located in the airflow channel; a plurality of elongated heat-dissipation fins arranged in the airflow channel; and a plurality of heat-dissipation flow-guiding devices arranged in the airflow channel and between the airflow source and the plurality of elongated heat-dissipation fins, wherein the plurality of heat-dissipation flow-guiding devices include a first heat-dissipation flow-guiding device in a central position of the airflow channel and a second heat-dissipation flow-guiding device on two sides of the airflow channel, and a longitudinal distance between the first heat-dissipation flow-guiding device and the airflow source is less than the distance between the second heat-dissipation flow-guiding device and the airflow source. |
| US10993345B2 |
Peripheral storage card with offset slot alignment
A storage card insertable into a host system is provided that includes a plurality of storage devices connectors. The storage card include slot offset features to offset a circuit board of the storage card from a host system slot alignment. This offset provides for storage device connector placement on both sides of the storage card. The storage card also can include a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) switch circuit configured to communicatively couple the PCIe signaling of the plurality of storage device connectors and PCIe signaling of a host connector of the storage card, where the PCIe switch circuit is configured to receive storage operations over the PCIe signaling of the host connector of the storage card and transfer the storage operations for delivery over the PCIe signaling of selected ones of the plurality of storage device connectors. |
| US10993343B2 |
Sealing structure
In a sealing structure that seals a gap between a pressed wall and a pressing wall with a sealing member, the pressed wall and the pressing wall are coupled to each other in an orthogonal direction that is orthogonal to an opposing direction in which the pressed wall and the pressing wall are opposed toward each other so that the sealing member is kept in a state held between the pressed wall and the pressing wall. The sealing member includes a first inclined surface inclined relative to the orthogonal direction. The first inclined surface is pressed by the pressing wall in the orthogonal direction so that the sealing member is pressed at least in the opposing direction. |
| US10993342B2 |
Electronic device
The disclosure discloses an electronic device, and the electronic device includes: a housing, a waterproof structure, a functional module, and a driving member. The housing has an inner surface and an opening connected to each other. The waterproof structure has a first end surface, a second end surface, and a side wall connecting the first end surface and the second end surface. The first end surface tightly connected with the inner surface in a sealing manner. The functional module is disposed inside the waterproof structure. The driving member is located in the housing, and is configured to drive the functional module to move toward or away from the opening. |
| US10993339B2 |
Devices and accessories employing a living hinge
A device incorporating both a magnet and a living hinge may be employed to construct cases to protect electronic devices and to function as a closure for cases and lidded containers. Such cases often can be bent three 360° allowing the cases to be either closed protecting devices therein are closed upon themselves allowing the case to function to secure an electronic device to a substrate such as an article of clothing. The devices of the disclosure can also be used to organize and hold loose items together. |
| US10993338B2 |
Flexible display device
A flexible display device including a first body; a second body; a flexible display unit arranged on a front surface of the first body and the second body; and a hinge unit connecting the first body and the second body to each other such that the first body and the second body can be folded and unfolded with respect to each other. Further, the hinge unit includes a plurality of hinge segments such that in a folding state of the flexible display unit, the second body is arranged to cover a rear surface of the first body as an interval between the hinge segments is increased, and in an unfolded state of the flexible display unit, the first body and the second body are arranged in parallel with the interval between the hinge segments being decreased. |
| US10993337B2 |
Display device
A disclosed display apparatus may include a display panel configured to display an image, and a first back cover at a rear surface of the display panel and supporting the display panel. The display apparatus may additionally include a roller configured to wind or unwind the display panel, and an adhesive part between the display panel and the first back cover and fixed to the roller. |
| US10993333B2 |
Methods of manufacturing ultra thin dielectric printed circuit boards with thin laminates
A method for making an ultra-thin dielectric printed circuit board (PCB) is provided. A first side of a first conductive layer is removably coupled to a disposable base. A first ultra-thin dielectric layer and a second conductive layer are laminated to a second side of the first conductive layer, where the first ultra-thin dielectric layer is positioned between the first and second conductive layers, and the first ultra-thin dielectric layer is thinner than at least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The second conductive layer may then be patterned to form electrical paths. The patterned second conductive layer is then filled with a dielectric filler. One or more conductive layers and one or more ultra-thin dielectric layers may then be coupled to the second conductive layer. The disposable base may then be detached from the first conductive layer. |
| US10993332B2 |
Circuit substrate
A circuit substrate includes a substrate, a wire build-up layer structure, and an insulating layer. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposites to the first surface. The substrate includes a plurality of patterned pads. The patterned pads are disposed on the first surface of the substrate, and having contact openings. The wire build-up layer structure is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The wire build-up layer structure includes an interconnect build-up layer and a plurality of conductive pillars. The conductive pillars electrically connect to the interconnect build-up layer and the patterned pads. The insulating layer is disposed between the substrate and the wire build-up layer structure. |
| US10993331B2 |
High-speed interconnects for printed circuit boards
High-speed interconnects for printed circuit boards and methods for forming the high-speed interconnects are described. A high-speed interconnect may comprise a region of a conductive film having a reduced surface roughness and one or more regions that have been treated for improved bonding with an adjacent insulating layer. Regions of reduced roughness may be used to carry high data rate signals within PCBs. Regions treated for bonding may include a roughened surface, adhesion-promoting chemical treatment, and/or material deposited to improve wettability of the surface and/or adhesion to a cured insulator. |
| US10993327B2 |
Circuit board and method for manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing a circuit board with a small size a communication unit comprising a radio frequency (RF) component, an antenna, and an encapsulation layer. The RF component is embedded in the encapsulation layer, the antenna is positioned on the encapsulation layer and electrically connected to the RF component. A rigid substrate is formed on a flexible substrate, and a receiving groove is defined in the rigid substrate to expose the flexible substrate. The communication unit is in the receiving groove, thus causing connection between the RF component and the flexible substrate, thereby the circuit board is formed. |
| US10993324B2 |
Computer system with modified module socket
A modified socket mechanism comprises a printed circuit board and a connector component located on a first face of the printed circuit board. The modified socket mechanism may comprise a first region of electrical contacts located on the first face. The first region of electrical contacts may be designed to interface with a processor module. The modified socket mechanism may also comprise a second region of electrical contacts located on a second face of the printed circuit board. The second region of electrical contacts may be designed to interface with a motherboard. The modified socket mechanism may also comprise a first electrical connection between the connector component and the first region of electrical contacts through the printed circuit board. Finally, the modified socket mechanism may also comprise a second electrical connection between the first region of electrical contacts and the second region of electrical contacts through the printed circuit board. |
| US10993323B2 |
Stackable printed circuit board
A first stackable printed circuit board with at least a two sets of set of male and female connectors each arranged inline with each other, and each configured in a mirrored pin configuration is arranged along opposing sides of an equilateral geometric shape on both the top and bottom face of the first board in order to attach, by the connectors, to a second stackable printed circuit board with the same male and female connector configuration and arrangement as the first board on at least one face regardless of the axial rotation of first stackable printed circuit board about the X or Y axis by 180 degrees and/or by axial rotation about the Z axis by n/360 degrees where n is the amount of sides of the geometric shape which contain a connector set, thereby allowing for up to n*2 different connection configurations between the first and second printed circuit boards. |
| US10993320B2 |
Population of metal oxide nanosheets, preparation method thereof, and electrical conductor and electronic device including the same
An electrical conductor includes a substrate; and a first conductive layer disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of metal oxide nanosheets, wherein adjacent metal oxide nanosheets of the plurality of metal oxide nanosheets contact to provide an electrically conductive path between the contacting metal oxide nanosheets, wherein the plurality of metal oxide nanosheets include an oxide of Re, V, Os, Ru, Ta, Ir, Nb, W, Ga, Mo, In, Cr, Rh, Mn, Co, Fe, or a combination thereof, and wherein the metal oxide nanosheets of the plurality of metal oxide nanosheets have an average lateral dimension of greater than or equal to about 1.1 micrometers. Also an electronic device including the electrical conductor, and a method of preparing the electrical conductor. |
| US10993317B2 |
Wafer level optical module
An optical module may be formed on a wafer. The wafer may include a substrate and one or more optical components encapsulated, at least partially, by the substrate. Each of the optical components are configured to emit or sense light. The wafer may also include one or more printed circuit board (PCB) bars encapsulated, at least partially, by the substrate allowing electrical conductivity from a first side of the substrate to a second side of the substrate. The wafer may also include at least one redistribution layer to electrically couple at least one of the optical components to at least one of the PCB bars. |
| US10993316B2 |
Protective film of conductive adhesive, circuit board, and method for assembling display device
A protective film of a conductive adhesive, a circuit board and a method for assembling a display device are provided. The protective film of conductive adhesive includes: a basic material layer; and a photoinduced peelable adhesive and a protective layer which are arranged on a first surface of the basic material layer in sequence, and the photoinduced peelable adhesive has a low adhesive force in the exposure of light with a first wavelength. The protective film further includes a light-shielding film located on a second surface of the basic material layer opposite to the first surface. |
| US10993315B2 |
Printed circuit via for KA satcom circuit boards
A compensated via structure is utilized in a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) stackup to improve the radio frequency (RF) transmission performance of the PCB. The compensated via structure includes a compensating structure and a central via surrounded by multiple grounding posts, wherein both ends of the central via are connected to the input and the output transmission lines through pads. The compensating structure is within a ground plane located in between of the two layers within which the input and output transmission lines are. The increased coupling between the central via and the grounding posts and between the compensating structure and the ground plane results in reductions in both return and insertion losses and contributes to the improved RF transmission performance. |
| US10993313B2 |
Non-uniform magnetic foil embedded in component carrier
A component carrier including a stack with a plurality of electrically insulating layer structures and/or a plurality of electrically conductive layer structures, and a non-uniform magnetic foil integrated in the stack. |
| US10993310B2 |
Compact SRF based accelerator
An accelerator comprising at least one accelerator cavity, an electron gun, at least one cavity cooler configured to at least partially encircle the accelerator cavity, a cooling connector, an intermediate conduction layer formed between the at least one cavity cooler and the at least one accelerator cavity configured to facilitate thermal conductivity between the cavity cooler and the accelerator cavity, a mechanical support connected to the accelerator cavity via at least one endplate and configured for stabilizing the accelerator cavity, and a refrigeration source for providing refrigerant via the cooling connector to the at least one cavity cooler. |
| US10993309B2 |
Torches and methods of using them
Certain embodiments described herein are directed to a torch that includes a lanthanide or actinide material. In some embodiments, the torch can include one or more other materials in combination with the lanthanide or actinide material. In some embodiments, the torch can comprise cerium, terbium or thorium. In other embodiments, the torch can comprise a lanthanide or actinide material comprising a melting point higher than the melting point of quartz. |
| US10993305B2 |
Wireless receiving circuit and wireless control device
A wireless receiving circuit and a wireless control device. The wireless receiving circuit includes a signal receiving module, a Bluetooth signal processing module, a voltage stabilization module, and an output control module. An output end of the signal receiving module is connected with an input end of the Bluetooth signal processing module, and a voltage end of the Bluetooth signal processing module is connected with an output end of the voltage stabilization module. An output end of the Bluetooth signal processing module is connected with an input end of the output control module. The signal receiving module is to receive an external Bluetooth signal and is to transmit the signal to the Bluetooth signal processing module. The Bluetooth signal processing module is to process the external Bluetooth signal and is to transmit a control signal to the output control module. |
| US10993303B2 |
Power supply circuit, lighting system, and method of operating a power supply circuit
A power supply circuit may include at least a first and a second current generator. Each current generator is implemented with an electronic converter comprising a switching stage, a current sensor generating a feedback signal, and a regulator circuit configured to drive the switching stage as a function of the feedback signal. Specifically, each current sensor is a low-side current sensor configured to generate a feedback signal indicative of the current received via the negative terminal of the respective current generator. The power supply circuit may include also include a control circuit configured for various tasks pertaining to the first and second generators. |
| US10993302B2 |
Power regulation for lighting fixtures
A device can include multiple light loads, where each light load includes at least one light source. The device can also include multiple switches coupled to the light loads. The device can further include a controller coupled to the switches, where the controller actively operates the switches multiple times within each cycle to control delivery of power to the light loads. Active operation of the switches by the controller is performed on a dynamic schedule, where the dynamic schedule is based on multiple environmental conditions, and where the controller bypasses a forward voltage of the light loads when actively operating the switches. |
| US10993300B1 |
Low power consumption LED constant current drive circuit
A low power consumption LED constant current drive circuit includes a power source input circuit, a constant current source circuit, an output voltage detection circuit, and a reference current control circuit, having the advantage of lower power consumption. |
| US10993296B2 |
Light-emitting module and integrated light-emitting module
A light-emitting module includes: a base body including electrical conductor wirings; a light-emitting element disposed on the base body and electrically connected to the electrical conductor wirings; a light reflection film disposed on an upper surface of the light-emitting element; and a half mirror disposed on a light extraction surface side of the light-emitting element and spaced apart from the light-emitting element. A spectral reflectance of the half mirror under perpendicular incidence at a wavelength longer than a peak emission wavelength of a light emitted from the light-emitting element is greater than a spectral reflectance of the half mirror under perpendicular incidence at the peak emission wavelength. |
| US10993295B2 |
Microwave mode stirrer apparatus with microwave-transmissive regions
A microwave mode stirrer apparatus having a stirring member with microwave-transmissive regions is disclosed, along with methods of performing microwave stirring using the microwave mode-stirring apparatus. The microwave-transmissive regions can be in the form of holes or can include microwave-transmissive material. The stirring member can have a variety of configurations, and the microwave-transmissive regions can have a variety of sizes and shapes. A microwave oven that uses the mode stirrer apparatus for drying green ceramic-forming bodies is also disclosed. |
| US10993289B2 |
Additive manufacturing system for fabricating custom support structure
An additive manufacturing system is disclosed. The additive manufacturing system may include a plate having a plurality of print heads arranged in a grid and each configured to discharge a curable material, and at least one shuttle having a plurality of print heads arranged in a row and each configured to discharge a curable material. The additive manufacturing system may also include at least one cure enhancer associated with at least one of the plate and the at least one shuttle. The at least one cure enhancer may be configured to cure the curable material as the curable material is being discharged. The additive manufacturing system may further include at least one actuator configured to move at least one of the plate and the at least one shuttle during discharge of the curable material. |
| US10993285B2 |
Heterogeneous mobile radio arrangement for supplying at least one mobile radio cell with mobile radio services
A heterogeneous mobile radio arrangement comprises an antenna arrangement. There is provision for at least one shielded supply cable having a first and a second end, said supply cable being designed to supply the antenna arrangement with electric power, wherein an AISG signal and mobile radio signals are transmittable via the at least one shielded supply cable. There is provision for a first and a second IP converter and a first IP device, wherein both IP converters have a respective IP connection and at least one respective signal line connection. The first IP converter is connectable by its IP connection to a superordinate IP network, and the second IP converter is connected by its IP connection to the at least one first IP device. The signal line connections of the first and second IP converters are electrically connected by means of the shielded supply cable. |
| US10993283B2 |
Enhancements on random access for NR-unlicensed
A network device (e.g., a user equipment (UE), or a new radio NB (gNB)) can process or generate a configuration of a physical random access channel (PRACH) over physical resource blocks (PRBs) that are interlaced in an unlicensed band in an NR unlicensed (NR-U) communication. The PRBs in the PRACH can be based on an occupied channel bandwidth (OCB) of the unlicensed band in the NR-U communication. A random access channel transmission in the PRACH can then be generated by interlacing the PRBs defining the PRACH. |
| US10993278B2 |
Method and apparatus for recovering from radio downlink failure
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies, and disclose a method and an apparatus for recovering from a radio downlink failure. The method includes: monitoring a first radio link to determine whether a radio downlink failure occurs on the first radio link, where the first radio link is a currently connected radio link; if it is detected that the radio downlink failure occurs on the first radio link, starting a physical-layer-monitored automatic-recovery process for the first radio link and starting a Radio Link Control RRC connection re-setup process to set up a second radio link; and recovering from the radio downlink failure through either of the physical-layer-monitored automatic-recovery process and the RRC connection re-setup process. |
| US10993276B2 |
Radio communication device, radio communication system, radio communication method, and program
There is provided a radio communication device including a reception unit which receives information indicating a connection state or a communication capability of another radio communication device which the radio communication device attempts to connect to, and a selection unit which selects, depending on the information received by the reception unit, which communication is to be performed from among first communication in which a direct connection to such other radio communication device is established and direct communication with such other radio communication device is performed, second communication in which a connection to such other radio communication device via a base station is established and direct communication with such other radio communication device is performed, and third communication in which a connection to such other radio communication device via the base station is established and indirect communication with such other radio communication device via the base station is performed. |
| US10993274B2 |
Pairing devices by proxy
In some implementations a system can be configured to reduce the burden of pairing user devices with playback devices. For example, all users (or user devices) who commonly operate within a particular environment (e.g., a home) can be configured as authorized users of playback devices within the particular environment. When one of the authorized users pairs a user device with a playback device, all of the user devices for all authorized users can be automatically paired with the playback device as a result of the single pairing. Thus, only a single authorized user is burdened with the pairing process in order to pair all authorized users with the playback device. |
| US10993273B2 |
Method and device for downlink data transmission
A method and a device for downlink data transmission are provided. The method includes: in the case that a network side has downlink data needing to be sent to a terminal in an inactive connection state, sending, to the terminal, by one or more access devices, an indication message carrying an inactive connection state terminal identification of the terminal; and receiving, by the one or more access devices, an uplink feedback initiated by the terminal based on the indication message. The terminal in the Inactive state may perform a fast downlink data transmission. |
| US10993268B2 |
Random access procedure for unlicensed cells
A user equipment includes circuitry which selects a random access preamble sequence, and a transmitter which transmits the random access preamble sequence to a base station in a frequency bandwidth of an unlicensed band, and performs at least one of a first operation and a second operation. In the first operation, the circuitry selects a first sequence as the random access preamble sequence, the first sequence having a length longer than a length of a random preamble sequence used for a licensed band, and the transmitter transmits the first sequence in the frequency bandwidth of the unlicensed band. In the second operation, the circuitry selects a second sequence as the random access preamble sequence, the second sequence having a length equal to the length of a random preamble sequence used for the licensed band, and the transmitter transmits the second sequence with repetitions in the frequency bandwidth of the unlicensed band. |
| US10993266B2 |
Method for performing random access in wireless communication system and device for supporting same
The present invention relates to a method for user equipment to perform random access in a wireless communication system and a device therefor. The present invention can provide a method and device which: select a predetermined preamble among multiple preamble sets configured according to predetermined conditions; repeatedly transmit the selected predetermined preamble to a base station via one or multiple mutually different neighboring beams; and receive, from the base station and in response to the preamble, a response message containing a temporary identifier of user equipment, wherein the selected predetermined preamble is repeatedly transmitted on resources which constitute a subframe and are distinguished according to the one or multiple mutually different beams. |
| US10993262B2 |
Method for transmission and reception in parallel on dual channels, and apparatus
A method for transmission and reception in parallel on dual channels includes, when detecting that a first channel is occupied by CSMA contention, determining, by an AP, first transmission duration of a first channel data packet; determining, by means of CCA detection, that a second channel is idle, where the second channel is used to transmit a second channel data packet whose transmission direction is opposite to a transmission direction of the first channel; determining, using the first transmission duration, second transmission duration for transmitting the second channel data packet, and transmitting the second channel data packet according to the second transmission duration, where an end time of transmission of the second channel data is not later than an end time of transmission of the first channel data. |
| US10993261B2 |
User terminal and radio communication method
To perform listening for uplink transmission at an appropriate timing, on a carrier with setting of listening. A user terminal according to an aspect of the present invention has a transmission section that transmits a signal on a carrier where a listening is performed prior to uplink transmission, a reception section that receives timing information, and a control section that controls execution timing of the listening, on the basis of the timing information. |
| US10993258B2 |
Random access response information transmission method, base station, and user equipment
The present disclosure provides an information transmission method, a base station, and user equipment. The method includes: receiving a random access preamble sent by user equipment (UE); generating first information according to the received random access preamble, where the first information is random access response information, and the first information includes at least one of the following information: narrowband indication information used for transmission of a control channel, initialization parameter indication information of a demodulation reference signal scrambling sequence initialization parameter used for transmission of the control channel, coverage enhancement level indication information used for transmission of the control channel, or resource allocation information used for transmission of second information, where the second information is response information to the first information; and sending the first information to the UE. |
| US10993255B2 |
Method for performing sub-band unit downlink scheduling in next generation wireless communication system and apparatus for same
Disclosed in the present application is a method for a terminal transmitting an uplink signal in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method comprises the steps of: receiving, from the base station, allocation information for resource blocks in a wideband and information on precoders indicated in sub-band units; configuring the allocated resource blocks into sub-bands including two or more continuous resource blocks; and transmitting the uplink signal through the sub-bands to the base station by applying the precoders to corresponding sub-bands. |
| US10993250B2 |
Apparatus and method for transmitting data in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), data in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving an uplink grant including first transmission time interval (TTI) duration information; transmitting a Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) using the uplink grant, wherein the MAC PDU includes data associated with at least one radio bearer supporting a TTI duration indicated by the first TTI duration information. |
| US10993247B2 |
Method for configuring resources, for direct D2D communication, on basis of congestion control in wireless communication system and device therefor
Disclosed is a method for a terminal transmitting a sidelink data channel in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method comprises a step for transmitting a sidelink data channel having a first priority. The sum if resources which can be used for all sidelink data channels having a priority equal to or lower than the first priority is equal to or less than a threshold corresponding to the first priority. |
| US10993240B2 |
Signaling of IDC problems
The present disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems for signaling of In-Device Coexistence (IDC) problems in uplink (UL) Carrier Aggregation (CA). Embodiments of a method in a User Equipment (UE) in communication with an Evolved Node B (eNB) are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method in the UE comprises sending an IDC indication to the eNB including information of problematic UL CA combinations. In this manner, the eNB is provided an indication from which the eNB can deduce which frequencies need to be avoided for UL CA. |
| US10993238B2 |
Apparatus and method for radio communication
A processing apparatus (3A) acquires the number of one or more neighbor cells (31B) to which one or more neighbor-cell D2D radio terminals (2G), located in proximity to a first D2D communication pair (2E) belonging to a first cell (31A), belong. In addition, depending on the acquired number of the one or more neighbor cells (31B), the processing apparatus (3A) determines, from D2D radio resources that are shared among three or more cells (31A, 31B, 31E), a first part allocatable to the first D2D communication pair (2E). It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to efficient use of D2D radio resources shared among at least three cells adjacent to one another. |
| US10993237B2 |
Method and device in user equipment and base station for wireless communication
The disclosure discloses a method and device in user equipment and a base station for wireless communication. The user equipment transmits a first radio signal in a first air interface resource pool, then receives first control information, and transmits a second radio signal in a second air interface resource pool; the first control information is physical layer signaling, the second air interface resource pool is associated with the first air interface resource pool; the first control information comprises at least one of the first information and the second information; the timing advance of the second radio signal is related to the first information, a first transmission parameter set for transmitting the second radio signal is related to the second information; and the transmission of the second radio signal is grant-free. |
| US10993235B2 |
BWP switching method and apparatus, and terminal device
The implementations of the present disclosure provide a BWP switching method and apparatus, and a terminal device. The method comprises: a terminal device acquiring first configuration information, wherein the first configuration information comprises first resource information and identifier information of a first search space, the first resource information is used for initiating a random access process, the identifier information of the first search space is used for detecting a downlink control channel, the first configuration information corresponds to a first BWP, and the first search space corresponds to a second BWP; and where the first BWP is in an activated state, the terminal device switching the second BWP to an activated state or maintaining the second BWP in an activated state, and executing the random access process on the first BWP and the second BWP. |
| US10993233B2 |
Inserting virtual carrier in conventional OFDM host carrier in communications system
A network element for use in a mobile communications system and a method of using a network element for communicating data to/from mobile communications devices in a mobile communications system. The network element can provide a wireless access interface for communicating data to/from the mobile communications devices, the wireless access interface including: on a downlink a host carrier, the host carrier providing plural resource elements across a first frequency range; transmit data for a first group of mobile communications devices, wherein the data is distributed within the plural resource elements across the first frequency range; a virtual carrier via the wireless access interface, the virtual carrier providing one or more resource elements within a second frequency range which is within and smaller than the first frequency range; and transmit data for a second group of mobile communications devices via the virtual carrier. |
| US10993226B2 |
Subframe indication method and device
Embodiments of the present invention provide a subframe indication method and a device. A first device determines subframe indication information that indicates at least one of uplink control signaling, downlink control signaling, and data of a first subframe, and sends the subframe indication information to a second device, so that the second device determines a type of the first subframe based on the subframe indication information. In this process, the first device needs to send, to the second device, only the subframe indication information that indicates at least one of parts of the first subframe, and the second device may determine the type of the first subframe based on the subframe indication information, so as to reduce overheads of the subframe indication information. |
| US10993222B2 |
Floating links
An access point including a memory; at least one network interface configured to interface over a network with one or more of a other access point and a user equipment (UE); and a processor configured to, establish, via the at least one interface, a virtual link with the UE based on the respective one of the at least one virtual address, and transfer the virtual link to the other access by transmitting a command to the other AP to set, after a time period, at least one network interface associated therewith to be addressable via the respective one of the at least one virtual address, and disassociating the at least one network interface and the respective one of at least one virtual address after the time period. |
| US10993219B2 |
System and method for allocating resource blocks
A system and method for allocating network resources are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system and method are configured to perform: determining a resource indication value based on at least a first parameter and a second parameter, the resource indication value indicative of a number of resource blocks to be allocated to a communication node, wherein a number of possible different values of the resource indication value is limited by a predefined relationship between the first parameter and the second parameter; and transmitting the resource indication value to the communication node. |
| US10993216B2 |
Flexible slot format indication (SFI) monitoring for new radio unlicensed communications
User equipment (UE) includes processing circuitry, where to configure the UE for New Radio (NR) communications in an unlicensed spectrum, the processing circuitry is to decode radio resource control (RRC) signaling including configuration information identifying a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) search space set. The configuration information includes a PDCCH monitoring periodicity, a PDCCH monitoring offset, and a PDCCH monitoring duration associated with the PDCCH search space set. The PDCCH search space set is monitored for downlink control information (DCI) using the PDCCH monitoring periodicity, the PDCCH monitoring offset, and the PDCCH monitoring duration. Upon detecting the DCI within the monitored PDCCH search space set, a DCI format within the DCI is decoded. |
| US10993215B2 |
SPDCCH reuse indication constraint under DMRS sharing
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device such as a user equipment (UE) may receive a first downlink shared channel transmission over a first set of frequency resources in a first transmission time interval (TTI); receive a downlink control transmission including a grant of a second set of frequency resources of a second TTI for a second downlink shared channel transmission, the downlink control transmission including an indication that a demodulation reference signal of the first downlink shared channel transmission is reused for the second downlink shared channel transmission; determine to rate match the second downlink shared channel transmission around resources of the second set of frequency resources that are not part of the first set of frequency resources, and receive the second downlink shared channel transmission over a subset of the second set of frequency resources. |
| US10993213B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling secondary carriers in asymmetric uplink carrier aggregation
The invention provides a method and an apparatus for controlling secondary carriers in an asymmetric uplink carrier aggregation, the method includes: an eNB transmits configuration information of uplink secondary carriers configured for a UE to the UE, wherein the configuration information includes carrier-specific common configuration information and/or UE-specific configuration information; furthermore, the eNB schedules the uplink secondary carriers via a physical downlink control channel PDCCH of the downlink primary carrier, so that the UE performs a scheduling of a PUSCH to the eNB via the uplink secondary carriers, thus realizing a control of the secondary carriers in the asymmetric uplink carrier aggregation and greatly improving the uplink throughput. |
| US10993206B2 |
Paging scheme for new radio technology in unlicensed spectrum
A paging method for a user equipment in an NR-U system is provided, wherein the user equipment is configured with a paging monitor window comprising paging plurality of monitor occasions. The paging method includes determining locations of the plurality of monitor occasions based on at least one NRUP rule; and receiving a paging message at the plurality of monitor occasions within the paging monitor window. |
| US10993203B2 |
Commissioning electronic devices for use in a tracking system
An electronic device can be commissioned with an identifier for use in a centralized tracking system. The electronic device is assigned an interim unique identifier and authentication key, for instance by a manufacturer of the electronic device. The electronic device and the centralized tracking system each separately generate a permanent unique identifier and a permanent authentication key based on the interim unique identifier and interim authentication key, without requiring the permanent unique identifier and permanent authentication key from being transmitted between the electronic device and the central tracking server. Upon generating the permanent unique identifier and permanent authentication key, tracking device functionality can be enabled within the electronic device, enabling the electronic device to function as a tracking device within the centralized tracking system. |
| US10993202B2 |
Method for receiving or transmitting reference signal for location determination in wireless communication system and device for same
A method of reporting information for positioning by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, includes receiving, from a location server, assistant data related to plurality of cells including a reference cell and one or more neighbor cells; receiving, from the location server, quasi-co-location (QCL) information on the PRS of the plurality of cells and the CRS of the plurality of cells; calculating a reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement value using a positioning reference signal (PRS) of the plurality of cells and a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) of the plurality of cells based on the assistant data; and reporting the RSTD measurement value to the location server, wherein the assistant data includes information on a cyclic prefix (CP) length of the PRS of the plurality of cells, a CP length of the CRS of the plurality of cells, and a multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe configuration of the plurality of cells. |
| US10993199B2 |
Radio network node, UE and methods performed therein for handling communication in a wireless communication network
A method by a UE is provided to handle communication in a network, wherein the UE is capable of receiving a registration area configuration including area identifiers associated with different cells of different RATs. The UE receives, from a network node, a first mobile identifier and a second mobile identifier in a message during a transition of states of the UE, wherein the first mobile identifier is of a first length and the second mobile identifier is of a second length different than the first length. Furthermore, the UE uses the first mobile identifier to resume to a first network node of a first RAT in the registration area configuration of the UE, and the second mobile identifier to resume to a second network node of a second RAT in the registration area configuration of the UE. |
| US10993198B2 |
Out-of-synchronization determining method and apparatus
An out-of-synchronization determining method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a control network element, interference metrics sent by N base stations; determining, by the control network element based on the interference metrics, M first to-be-inspected base stations in the N base stations and/or neighboring stations of the N base stations; determining, by the control network element, P second to-be-inspected base stations, where the P second to-be-inspected base stations are base stations meeting a detection condition that are selected from the M first to-be-inspected base stations, and the detection condition is that a characteristic sequence broadcast by the first to-be-inspected base station at a specified position in a radio frame is not received by any neighboring station at the specified position; and determining, by the control network element, an out-of-synchronization base station in the P second to-be-inspected base stations. |
| US10993197B2 |
Distributed MIMO based on access point collaboration
A method for communication in a WLAN includes associating a client station (STA) with a basic service set (BSS) of a first access point (AP), having first antennas, in a wireless local area network (WLAN). A second AP, having second antennas, in the WLAN is synchronized with the first AP. Distributed beamforming parameters are computed over a group of the first antennas and the second antennas. Data for transmission to the STA are distributed to both the first AP and the second AP. The distributed data are distributed to the STA from the first AP via the first antennas in the group and the second AP via the second antennas in the group in synchronization in accordance with the distributed beamforming parameters. |
| US10993192B2 |
Method and apparatus for triggering power headroom report for beam operation in a wireless communication system
Methods and apparatuses for triggering a power headroom report for beam operation in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein. In one method, a user equipment (UE) uses multiple beams for transmission. The UEtriggers a power headroom report due to a change of a pathloss being larger than a threshold, wherein the pathloss is associated with a specific beam or a set of beams. |
| US10993190B2 |
Power control for spatial multiplexing of uplink channels
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may determine that multiple uplink channels are to be transmitted contemporaneously via different antennas on a component carrier. The user equipment may determine a respective transmit power for multiple uplink communications associated with the multiple uplink channels based at least in part on a set of priority rules that identifies a respective priority for the multiple uplink communications. The user equipment may transmit the multiple uplink communications using the respective transmit power. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US10993189B2 |
Method and apparatus having power control for grant-free uplink transmission
A method and apparatus is provided, wherein configuration information for a transmission is determined based on a configured uplink grant. Information of an assigned one of a plurality of different received by a network entity power levels for each user equipment for a given transmission instance is received. A transmit power offset is determined, based on the received information of the assigned one of the plurality of different received by the network entity power levels. A transmit power for transmission is determined, based on the configuration information of the configured uplink grant and by applying the determined transmit power offset. An uplink transmission is performed using the determined transmit power for transmission. |
| US10993185B2 |
Apparatus and method for reducing power consumption in portable terminal
An apparatus and method for reducing power consumption of a portable terminal are provided. More particularly, an apparatus and method for reducing power consumption generated in an idle state in order to solve a power consumption problem in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a state determination unit which is configured independently from an application processor for controlling applications and which wakes up when entering an idle mode to allow the application processor to sleep, and thereafter determines a state of the portable terminal, and if it is determined that the portable terminal escapes from the idle mode, allows the application processor to wake up. |
| US10993183B2 |
Wake up procedure using pseudo-omni beam
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may identify that data is available to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) that is operating in a discontinuous reception mode. The base station may transmit, based at least in part on identifying that the data is available to be transmitted to the UE, a wakeup message to the UE using a first transmit beam. The base station may initiate a beam management procedure based at least in part on identifying that the data is available to be transmitted to the UE, to identify a second transmit beam for the base station to use to transmit the available data to the UE, wherein the second transmit beam comprises a narrower beam width than the first transmit beam. |
| US10993178B2 |
Method and apparatus for selecting an access and mobility management function in a mobile communication system
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique of fusing a 5G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology and a system thereof, and provides an intelligent service based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology. A method of a terminal in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from an AMF, a first message including first information for identifying the AMF, the first information being assigned upon a successful registration to a first access; determining whether a second access is located in a same PLMN of the first access; and transmitting, to an access network entity of the second access, a second message requesting registration to the second access and including second information for identifying the AMF, in case that the second access is located in the same PLMN of the first access. |
| US10993175B1 |
Spectrum information query system and a secured query proxy device
A spectrum information query system, a method of querying a database storing spectrum information and a secured query proxy device are provided, the spectrum information query system comprising a database storing spectrum information; one or more spectrum utilising devices forming a first communications network; and a secured query proxy device, the secured query proxy device configured to communicate at its front-end with the database storing spectrum information, wherein the secured query proxy device is configured at its back-end for a one-way downlink to the first communications network; a decoupled source that is decoupled from the first communications network, the source being coupled to the secured query proxy device, wherein the secured query proxy device is configured to obtain information associated with the first communications network via the decoupled source, the secured query proxy device being further configured to perform encryption of obtained information associated with the first communications network obtained from the decoupled source; and wherein the secured query proxy device is further configured to apply one or more security data preservation measures to the received spectrum information prior to transmission of the received spectrum information to the first communications network via the one-way downlink. |
| US10993174B2 |
User apparatus, base station, and preamble transmission method
A user apparatus in a radio communication system including a base station and the user apparatus, including: a reception unit configured to receive a plurality of predetermined signals transmitted from the base station using a plurality of beams; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a preamble using a plurality of resources corresponding to the plurality of beams, wherein the reception unit receives, from the base station, system information including information of the plurality of resources corresponding to the plurality of beams, and the transmission unit obtains the information of the plurality of resources from the system information. |
| US10993172B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing access barring check
Provided are a method for a user equipment (UE) to perform access barring check in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus supporting the same. The method may include: receiving a list of barring information, wherein each of the barring information includes a barring factor and a barring time; receiving information on an access category related to barring information included in the list; performing the access barring check for the access category, based on the barring information related to the access category; and performing uplink transmission, if an access attempt is allowed for the access category. |
| US10993170B2 |
Method for operating a wireless device in a cellular network
The present invention relates to a method for operating a wireless device in a cellular network, the wireless device operating with a base node of the cellular network, the method comprises upon noticing a barring indication received from the base node at the wireless device the step of suppressing access to the base node under the conditions: the wireless device is operating in an intensive use mode and the wireless device is operating in a non-privileged service. |
| US10993168B2 |
Methods of and device for autonomous configuration of a relay node device in mesh network
A method for deactivating a relay feature of a relay node in a mesh network comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein said relay node formulates a connectivity report comprising routing information to a beacon node in said mesh network, said routing information being based on connectivity control messages received from said beacon node. The method comprises the steps of transmitting, by said relay node, said connectivity report to neighbouring nodes, transmitting, by said relay node, a query message to said neighbouring nodes for querying whether said relay feature of said relay node may be deactivated receiving, by said relay node, response messages from said neighbouring nodes, in response to said query message, wherein each of said response messages indicates that said relay feature of said relay node may be deactivated, and deactivating, by said relay node, said relay feature of said relay node based on said response messages from all of said neighbouring nodes. Complementary methods and devices for performing a method according to the present disclosure are also presented herein. |
| US10993165B2 |
Flexible support of multi-homing in networks of moving things including autonomous vehicles based networks
Methods and systems are provided for supporting and using of multi-homing in a communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., a network of moving things, which may be a vehicle network, a network of or including autonomous vehicles, etc.). |
| US10993164B1 |
Path selection between wireless mesh network devices
Technologies for path selection in wireless mesh network of wireless network devices are described. One method includes receiving a first response from a second mesh network device and a second response wirelessly from the second mesh network device, the first response associated with a first request to establish a first wireless path with a third mesh network device and the second response associated with a second request to establish a second wireless path with a fourth mesh network device. The method determines that the first response and the second response include a same sequential number (SN) for the second mesh network device. The method forwards the first response to the third mesh network device and forwards the second response to the fourth mesh network device. |
| US10993161B2 |
Authenticating user equipments through relay user equipments
In some examples, a first user equipment (UE) sends an indication to an application server that the first UE is to use a relay UE to access a network. The first UE receives, from the application server, a first identity different from a second identity of the first UE. The first UE uses the first identity to register with the network to authenticate the first UE. |
| US10993159B2 |
Communication apparatus, method for controlling communication apparatus, and storage medium
Whether a detected wireless network is capable of connection using a Fast Initial Link Setup (FILS) method is determined, and handover processing for switching a connection destination to the detected wireless network is performed based on the result of determination. |
| US10993154B2 |
Optimizing new radio standalone and dual connectivity access
A cell site of a cellular communication network may have both a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) base station and a New Radio (NR) base station to support NR Standalone connectivity and Non-Standalone (NSA) dual connectivity. The NR base station broadcasts system information from which a cellular device can determine relative service qualities of a NR Standalone connection and an NSA connection. The cellular device receives these qualities and compares them to determine whether to initially attach to the LTE base station or to the NR base station. Similarly, during cell reselection, the cellular device receives service quality information from a target LTE base station so that the cellular device can determine whether to attach to the target LTE base station or to an associated NR base station. |
| US10993149B2 |
Operating a terminal device in a cellular mobile communication network
The present application relates to a method for operating a terminal device (17) in a cellular mobile communication network (10). The cellular mobile communication network (10) comprises a first base station (11) using a first radio resource, and a second base station (12, 13) using a second radio resource. The terminal device (17) comprises a first transceiver unit (25) for communicating via the first radio resource and a second transceiver unit (26) for communicating via the second radio resource. According to the method, a radio resource control information for the second radio resource is determined and received at the terminal device (17) via the first transceiver unit (25). As defined by the radio resource control information, user data communication (19) between the second base station (12) enter the terminal device (17) is established via the second transceiver unit (26). The first transceiver unit (25) is set in an idle mode. |
| US10993145B2 |
Communication device, communication method, and program
A communication device, including: a processing unit configured to generate a first protocol data unit (PDU) including first sequence number information specifying a first sequence number of a data unit set for each multicast group, multicast group information specifying a multicast group, and a data unit; and a wireless communication unit configured to transmit the first PDU generated by the processing unit. The communication device provides a mechanism capable of improving efficiency of wireless communication even in a case in which a plurality of types of multicast communication which differ in a multicast group serving as a destination are performed. |
| US10993142B2 |
Method and apparatus for CIoT device data transfer
A non-access stratum (NAS) control protocol includes procedures for control plane cellular internet of things (CP-CIoT) service requests and attach request. UE in idle mode may transmit an NAS service request message including user data to a mobility management entity (MME) over the control plane. The MME extracts the user data from the NAS service request message and determines a type of the user data. The MME may forward non-IP data to a Service Capability Exposure Function (SCEF) and forward IP data to a packet gateway. |
| US10993139B2 |
Quality of service management for interworking between different communication architectures
Procedures, systems, and devices for addressing quality of service (QoS) during an intersystem change of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are discussed herein. A WTRU may send a protocol data unit (PDU) modification request to a network node, such as a session management function (SMF) device, indicating support for reflective quality of services (RQoS). In response to the modification request, the WTRU may then receive an acknowledgement, after which the WTRU may then be able to send data for a PDU of a specific RQoS. The RQoS may be specific to a single PDU or a plurality of PDUs. The modification request may include Session Management (SM) and/or Mobility Management (MM) information. The modification request may be included in an attach procedure or a tracking area update (TAU). |
| US10993138B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling data flow in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides apparatus and method for controlling data flow in wireless communication system. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of managing a data flow in a wireless communication system comprises controlling a quality of service (QoS) flow to be transferred from a first data radio bearer (DRB) to a second DRB. Herein, the QoS flow is a flow of data carried by a DRB between a terminal and at least one network entity. |
| US10993134B2 |
Radio resource measurement method, radio resource selection method, and apparatus
This application discloses a radio resource measurement method, a radio resource selection method, and an apparatus. A terminal obtains a measurement result of a beam; and the terminal sends, to a network device, first indication information used to instruct to deactivate or delete a beam, where the beam satisfies a first quality condition. In addition, the terminal may further obtain a measurement result of the beam, and send, to the network device, second indication information used to instruct to activate or add the beam, to instruct the network device to activate or add a beam having relatively good communication quality, for communication with the terminal. |
| US10993132B2 |
Generalized mobility scheduling framework
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device such as a user equipment (UE) may determine a set of scheduled synchronization signal transmission times. A first subset of the set of scheduled synchronization signal transmission times may be allocated for dynamic measurement. The wireless device may select at least one candidate beam from a set of candidate beams for a dynamic measurement during one of the transmission times in the first subset. The at least one candidate beam may be selected based at least in part on a fairness metric, a signal strength metric, a timing metric, or a combination thereof. The wireless device may perform a measure procedure on the selected at least one candidate beam and may transmit a measurement report based at least in part on the measure procedure to another wireless device (e.g., a base station). |
| US10993131B2 |
Method for performing logging by terminal in wireless communication system and terminal using same
The present invention provides a method for performing logging by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: determining whether a downlink has been affected by interference; when it is determined that whether the downlink has been affected by interference is unclear, determining whether to perform logging of measurement for the downlink; and performing the logging according to the determination as to whether to perform the logging. |
| US10993130B2 |
Measurement method and apparatus
The present invention provides a measurement method and an apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by served user equipment UE accessing a serving base station, restrictive measurement resources of at least two neighboring cells that are respectively sent by base stations serving the at least two neighboring cells; and performing, by the served UE based on the restrictive measurement resources, RRM measurement on a neighboring cell, in the at least two neighboring cells, whose measurement resource needs to be limited, and/or performing radio link monitoring RLM on a serving cell of the UE based on the restrictive measurement resources. According to the method, the served UE can learn the restrictive measurement resource of the neighboring cell, and according to the restrictive measurement resource learnt by the served UE, the served UE performs neighboring-cell RRM measurement and/or performs RLM on the serving cell of the served UE. |
| US10993128B2 |
Evolved buffer status report supporting multiple numerology factors
A user equipment (UE) includes one or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to receive a logical channel group (LCG) list having a plurality of logical channels in one or more LCGs, where grouping of the plurality of logical channels is based at least in part on a mapping policy between each of the plurality of logical channels and one or more numerology factors. The at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to request for a numerology-specific uplink radio resource for one of the one or more LCGs through a buffer status report (BSR), wherein the BSR includes a LCG ID identifying the one of the one or more LCGs. |
| US10993127B2 |
Network slice instance management method, apparatus, and system
A network slice instance management method, an apparatus, and a system. The method includes: determining, by a first network device, that a configuration parameter of a first network slice subnet instance needs to be modified, where the first network device is configured to manage the first network slice subnet instance; modifying, by the first network device, the configuration parameter of the first network slice subnet instance; and sending, by the first network device, report information to a second network device, where the report information is used to indicate a result of modifying the configuration parameter of the first network slice subnet instance, the second network device is configured to manage a first network slice instance, and the first network slice instance includes the first network slice subnet instance. |
| US10993125B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving signal in wireless LAN system, and apparatus therefor
The present specification proposes a method for transmitting and receiving a signal, and an apparatus therefor, and more specifically, a method for transmitting, by a first station (STA), a signal to a second STA in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system, the method comprising the steps of: generating a training field including a basic training subfield for each spatial-temporal stream and a training subfield for each spatial-temporal stream on the basis of the total number of spatial-temporal streams, wherein the basic training subfield for each spatial-temporal stream is composed of M (M is a natural number) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols on the basis of the information indicated by a header field; and transmitting a signal including the header field and the training field to the second STA through a corresponding spatial-temporal stream. |
| US10993124B2 |
Beam-steering satellite communication terminal for field environments
A satellite communication terminal for a field environment includes: a broadband interface that creates a broadband link with a device in the field environment and that manages communication over the broadband link; a satellite antenna that creates a satellite backhaul link with a satellite in orbit; a satellite interface that manages communication over the satellite backhaul link; and a processor that controls a beam direction of the satellite antenna, performs broadband services on data exchanged with the device over the broadband link and the satellite backhaul link, and provides access to the exchanged data to the device. |
| US10993123B2 |
Data sending method and apparatus
A data sending method and a base station is provided. The method includes: determining a coverage zone set to a covered state in a cell at a current moment, where the cell includes multiple coverage zones, at least one set to the covered state in the cell at one moment, and coverage zones set to the covered state at different moments are different; obtaining a common channel beam of the cell at the current moment, where the common channel beam of the cell at the current moment points to the coverage zone set to the covered state in the cell at the current moment; and sending the common channel beam of the cell at the current moment to the coverage zone set to the covered state in the cell at the current moment. |
| US10993119B1 |
Multi user MIMO and power management for Wi-Fi and cellular communication
The device may be enabled to be connected to a first and second cellular network at two different towers simultaneously to provide more reliable connections, or to split voice and data traffic. The devices may further be enabled to selectively turn off radios and place such radios in wait states or low power listen states based on the network connectivity, application rules and application hierarchies. Sensors may forward packets to a mobile device when in the vicinity and these packets may be synchronized selectively with a network server when the mobile device is connected to a network and has sufficient or cheap bandwidth. Various IoT and sensor devices may use non reliable transmit and receive protocols in addition to TCP/IP for uncritical data. |
| US10993117B2 |
Unlicensed band management control indicators
An evolved Node B (eNB) serves as a primary serving cell (PCell) providing a primary component carrier (PCC) in a licensed spectrum to a user equipment (UE) in a carrier aggregation (CA) scheme. A secondary component carrier (SCC) is provided in an unlicensed spectrum. The eNB monitors parameters of bandwidths in the unlicensed spectrum, when at least one of the parameters indicates a change in availability of a select one of the bandwidths, the eNB generates a control indicator defining the change in availability of the bandwidth and broadcasts the control indicator to the UE, wherein the control indicator affects a modification in a transceiver of the UE associated with the bandwidth. |
| US10993107B2 |
Multi-factor autonomous SIM lock
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, initializing a secure timer in a wireless device, determining whether a subscriber identification module (SIM) card installed in the wireless device comprises a carrier identity that matches a carrier identity stored in the machine-readable medium, establishing a network connection with a trusted server, starting the secure timer if the SIM card and network connection are satisfactory, periodically checking the network connection and SIM card until expiry of the secure timer, penalizing the secure timer responsive to a failure of the network connection or SIM card check, and responsive to expiry of the secure timer, unlocking a SIM lock. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10993104B2 |
Temporary handling of wireless communication device capabilities
A wireless communication device (UE) may provide information pertaining to one or more operating capabilities of the UE to LTE and 5G-NR networks. The UE may transmit information to an LTE base station directly, and to a 5G-NR base station directly, or indirectly via the LTE base station. The information may include preferred values corresponding to any number of different operating parameters associated with wireless communications or wireless communication capabilities of the UE in both LTE and 5G-NR networks, to inform and/or request the LTE and 5G-NR networks to make provisions based on the transmitted information for the wireless communications of the UE on those networks. The UE may thereby provide assistance information to LTE and 5G-NR networks in a multi-radio-access-technology dual-connectivity setting to request the respective networks to adjust certain operating capabilities of the UE in order to alleviate one or more operating issues that may be affecting the UE. |
| US10993102B2 |
Localized routing in mobile networks
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for localized routing. In some example embodiments, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, by a target base station, localized routing context information for a user equipment, wherein the localized routing context is received from at least one of a user gateway or a controlling mobility gateway; and sending, by the target base station, updated localized routing context information to at least one other base station, wherein the updated localized routing context information is sent via a local interface between the target base station and the at least one other base station. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. |
| US10993101B2 |
Discovery of network resources accessible by internet of things devices
Apparatuses and methods for initiating a discovery of accessible network resources between Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices upon detection of a user and in advance of a user command are disclosed. A detector is to detect the presence of a user prior to the user issuing a command to an IoT device, and a resource discoverer is to discover and connect to accessible network resources. User commands may be processed following discovery and connection. The detector and resource discoverer may be part of a device controller, and may be part of an IoT device. |
| US10993099B2 |
Heterogeneous internet of things environment device communication solution
Aspects of the present invention provide a software defined radio (SDR) system and/or an approach for enabling heterogeneous device communications using a SDR device in an internet of things (IoT) environment. In an embodiment, the SDR device (e.g., a network adapter thereof) obtains a set of communications sent by an IoT device. Based on an analysis of the set of communications by an SDR bot running on the SDR device, a protocol of the set of communications is determined. The SDR bot interprets a communication of the set of communications, and, based on the interpreted communication, a notification is forwarded by the SDR device (e.g., by the network adapter). This notification can include an instruction to another IoT device to perform a task, a report based on communications from multiple IoT devices, or the like. |
| US10993097B1 |
System, method and apparatus for the distribution of wireless sensor network information
The presentation of sensor network information can be provided to a user via a customized dashboard web interface. The dashboard web interface can be based on customized transformation and alert functions that can be applied to one or more sensor channels of data produced from sensors at a monitored location. The customized alerts can provide real-time monitoring of targeted conditions at the monitored location. |
| US10993095B2 |
Method for selecting, in selection period, subframe excluding subframe relating to subframe in which transmission has been performed during sensing period in wireless communication system, and terminal using same
The present invention provides a vehicle-to-X (V2X) operation method performed by a V2X terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: selecting, in a selection period, a subframe excluding a subframe relating to a subframe in which transmission has been performed during a sensing period; and performing a V2X communication on the basis of the selected subframe. |
| US10993094B2 |
Method for performing V2X communication in wireless communication system and apparatus for same
Disclosed are a method for performing V2X communication in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for the same. Specifically, a method for performing vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes: receiving a transmission request of a V2X message of a V2X service identified by a V2X service identifier from an upper layer by using V2X communication through a PC5 interface, the transmission request including the V2X message and the V2X service identifier; requesting or selecting a resource for the V2X communication through the PC5 interface to a base station based on whether the UE is serviced by an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) for the V2X communication; and transmitting the V2X message through the PC5 interface by transferring the V2X message to a lower layer, and when mapping between the V2X service identifier and a transmission parameter is configured, the transmission parameter associated with the V2X service identifier may be transferred to the lower layer together with the V2X message. |
| US10993092B2 |
Method for selecting, in selection period, subframe excluding subframe relating to subframe in which transmission has been performed during sensing period in wireless communication system, and terminal using same
The present invention provides a vehicle-to-X (V2X) operation method performed by a V2X terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: selecting, in a selection period, a subframe excluding a subframe relating to a subframe in which transmission has been performed during a sensing period; and performing a V2X communication on the basis of the selected subframe. |
| US10993078B2 |
Tracking system for tracking and rendering virtual object corresponding to physical object and the operating method for the same
A tracking system and a computer-implement operating method for the same are provided. The method includes transmitting a plurality of request wireless signals; in response to receiving the request wireless signals by the tag device, transmitting a plurality corresponding response wireless signals by the tag device; in response to receiving the corresponding response wireless signals by the anchor array, calculating a plurality of distances between the tag device and each of a plurality of anchor devices of the anchor array according to the request wireless signals and the response wireless signals, and accordingly calculating an absolute coordinate of the tag device; and in response to the absolute coordinate of the tag device is identified as being in a seen space of the virtual space by the processor, rendering a virtual object corresponding to the physical object into the seen space according to the absolute coordinate of the tag device. |
| US10993073B2 |
Systems and methods for geofence security
Systems and methods for geofence information delivery are disclosed. A multiplicity of devices constructed and configured in network communication in a region of interest via a peer-to-peer network. The multiplicity of devices store cached geofence information for the region of interest. The multiplicity of devices on the peer-to-peer network are operable to convert between an IP address and a geographic location. Each of the multiplicity of devices is operable to query peer devices on the peer-to-peer network for geofences associated with an IP address or a geographic location. At least one peer device is operable to deliver one or more geofences associated with the IP address to the querying device via zero-configuration networking or web service. |
| US10993071B2 |
Information offering apparatus, information offering system, and non-transitory computer readable medium
An information offering apparatus includes an offering unit that offers target information concerning a target of a user's action to the user; and a changing unit that changes the target information in accordance with history information concerning the user's action. |
| US10993070B2 |
Electronic apparatus and method for providing identification information
The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus, and relates to an electronic apparatus and a method for providing service information. To this end, the present invention provides an electronic apparatus comprising: a first communication module; a second communication module; a memory for storing location information of the electronic apparatus; and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to: acquire identification information corresponding to a place where a first external electronic apparatus is located, from the first external electronic apparatus located near the electronic apparatus, using the first communication module; transmit the identification information and the location information to a second external electronic apparatus, using the second communication module; and receive service information corresponding to the identification information from the second external electronic apparatus, using the second communication module. |
| US10993066B2 |
Apparatus and associated methods for presentation of first and second virtual-or-augmented reality content
An apparatus comprising means configured to: receive first information indicative of a reference location; provide for presentation of audio content as spatial audio to be perceived, from the reference location, as originating from a direction of at least one virtual audio source, the at least one virtual audio source associated with a real-world location; receive second information indicative of at least the presence of a real-world object between the real-world location of the at least one virtual audio source and the reference location; modify, based on the second information, the audio content to indicate aurally the location of the real-world object; and provide for presentation of the modified audio content as spatial audio. |
| US10993063B2 |
Method for processing 3D audio effect and related products
A method for processing a 3D audio effect and related products are provided. The method includes the following. In a VR scenario, eight first positions of eight monaural sound sources and eight pieces of monaural data corresponding to the eight monaural sound sources are obtained, where the eight monaural sound sources correspond to a target object, and each eight monaural sound source locates at a position with unique 3D coordinates. A second position of a target object in the VR scenario is obtained, where the second position has 3D coordinates, and the eight first positions and the second position are based on the same coordinate origin. A distance between each of the eight first positions and the second position is determined to obtain eight distances. The eight pieces of monaural data are adjusted according to the eight distances. The eight pieces of monaural data adjusted are synthesized to 7.1-channel data. |
| US10993058B2 |
Manufacturing method for diamond-like carbon vibrating diaphragm and loudspeaker
The present invention relates to a manufacturing method for a diamond-like carbon diaphragm, comprising the steps of: placing a base material in the air; a step of depositing a composite diamond-like carbon diaphragm comprises: importing a carbon-containing gas from one end of an atmospheric pressure plasma chemical vapor deposition device, importing a main gas from the other end of the atmospheric pressure plasma chemical vapor deposition device; bringing the ionized carbon-containing gas out of the atmospheric pressure plasma chemical vapor deposition device by the main gas and depositing the same on the surface of the base material to form a composite diamond-like carbon diaphragm; a step of forming a diamond-like carbon vibrating diaphragm comprises: cutting from the composite diamond-like carbon diaphragm a diamond-like carbon vibrating diaphragm having the required diameter, forming a diamond-like carbon vibrating diaphragm having the required shape by means of a compressing process. |
| US10993053B2 |
Hearing device including antenna unit
A hearing device includes: an input transducer for providing an electrical signal representing ambient sound, a sound processor for processing the electrical signal, an output transducer, an extractor cord, attached to the housing, for removing and/or inserting the hearing device in the ear canal of the wearer, an antenna unit for reception and/or emission of electromagnetic energy, the antenna unit being at least partly disposed within the extractor cord, a communication unit, and a coaxial cable configured as a transmission line connecting the communication unit and the antenna unit. The coaxial cable is configured to transfer a signal from the communication unit to the antenna unit and/or from the antenna unit to the communication unit, so as to minimize parasitic effects on the antenna unit. The coaxial cable includes a shield and the shield of the coaxial cable is terminated at a battery inside the housing. |
| US10993048B2 |
Speech intelligibility-based hearing devices and associated methods
A hearing device includes: an antenna for receiving a first wireless input signal from an external device and providing an antenna output signal; a transceiver configured to provide a transceiver input signal; an input module for provision of a first input signal, the input module comprising a first microphone; a processor; a receiver configured to provide an audio output signal; a pre-processor for provision of a pre-processor output signal based on the first input signal; and a controller comprising a speech intelligibility estimator for determining a speech intelligibility indicator indicative of speech intelligibility based on the transceiver input signal and a first controller input signal, wherein the controller is configured to provide a controller output signal based on the speech intelligibility indicator; wherein the pre-processor is configured to apply, based on the controller output signal, a pre-processing scheme to the first input signal and/or the transceiver input signal. |
| US10993045B1 |
Hearing devices and methods for implementing automatic sensor-based on/off control of a hearing device
An exemplary hearing device includes a first sensor, a second sensor, an audio processing component, and a power management processor. The power management processor may be configured to determine, while the hearing device is in a first low power mode, that the first sensor detects a first state change associated with the hearing device, direct, based on the first sensor detecting the first state change, the hearing device to enter a second low power mode in which the second sensor is active and the audio processing component is inactive, determine, while the hearing device is in the second low power mode, that the second sensor detects a second state change associated with the hearing device, and direct, based on the second sensor detecting the second state change, the hearing device to enter a full power mode in which the audio processing component is active. |
| US10993044B2 |
MEMS device with continuous looped insert and trench
The present invention provides a MEMS device such as a capacitive MEMS microphone that comprises a new design of air flow restrictor having a pair of continuous looped insert and trench. An air channel/space includes a first internal wall and a second internal wall for air to flow between. A continuous looped trench is recessed from the first internal wall, and a continuous looped insert is extended from the second internal wall and inserted into the trench. The spatial relationship between the insert and the trench can vary or oscillate. Air resistance of the channel/space may be controlled by the trench's depth. The invention has a significant effect on, for example, keeping the sound frequency response plot more flat on the low frequency part ranging from 20 Hz to 1000 Hz. |
| US10993041B2 |
MEMS microphone and method of manufacturing the same
A MEMS microphone includes a substrate having a cavity, a back plate being disposed over the substrate and having a plurality of acoustic holes, a diaphragm disposed between the substrate and the back plate, the diaphragm being spaced apart from the substrate and the back plate, covering the cavity to form an air gap between the back plate, and being configured to generate a displacement with responding to an acoustic pressure and a plurality of anchors extending from an end portion of the diaphragm to be integrally formed with the diaphragm, the anchors being arranged along a circumference of the diaphragm to be spaced apart from each other, and having lower surfaces making contact with an upper surface of the substrate to support the diaphragm. Thus, the MEMS microphone may have improved rigidity and flexibility. |
| US10993040B2 |
Piezoelectric microphone
The present application provides a piezoelectric microphone, and it includes a substrate having a back cavity and a piezoelectric cantilever diaphragm fixed to the substrate. The piezoelectric cantilever diaphragm includes a plurality of diaphragm flaps, and each of the diaphragm flaps has one end fixed to the substrate and another end suspended above the back cavity. Every two adjacent ones of the diaphragm flaps are spaced apart to form a gap. The piezoelectric microphone further comprises an elastically stretchable member connecting the two adjacent diaphragm flaps, and the elastically stretchable member is provided between at least one set of two adjacent ones of the diaphragm flaps. The piezoelectric microphone of the present disclosure has better performance. |
| US10993037B2 |
Acoustic converter and sound output device
A projection-type display apparatus includes a driver unit and a diaphragm unit. The diaphragm unit includes a holding frame that has an opening, a film that is bonded to a film bonding surface as one surface of the holding frame with the opening being covered with the film, a diaphragm that is held on an inner side of the holding frame while being bonded to the film, and a transmission beam that transmits vibration of the vibrating portion to the diaphragm. The film has a first film surface and a second film surface on the opposite side to the first film surface, the film bonding surface and the diaphragm being bonded to the first film surface. |
| US10993036B2 |
Sound generating device, display apparatus including the same, and automotive apparatus including the sound generating device
A sound generating device includes a magnet and a center pole on a yoke, a bobbin around the center pole, a coil wound around the bobbin, a frame outside the yoke, a damper between the frame and the bobbin, and a spacer in the bobbin. |
| US10993031B2 |
Transducer vibrating diaphragm structure, flat panel speaker and earphone therewith
An earphone comprising a transducer vibrating diaphragm structure is described herein. The transducer vibrating diaphragm structure comprises a diaphragm including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a first frame and a second frame disposed at two sides of the diaphragm and coupled to a periphery of the diaphragm, a first magnetic element and a second magnetic element disposed to correspond to the first surface and the second surface, respectively. A total area of the diaphragm is less than or equal to 120 square millimeters and a sensitivity of the diaphragm is greater than 105 dB. |
| US10993022B2 |
Electronic device including vibration damping member
An electronic device includes a housing including a front plate forming a first surface, a back plate forming a second surface, and a side member forming a side surface surrounding a space between the first and second surfaces; a sound output device disposed in the housing; an electrical component disposed in the housing and having a variable thickness; and a vibration damping member disposed on at least part of the electrical component or formed between the electrical component and the back plate. The vibration damping member is disposed in a variable space having a thickness varying depending on a thickness variation of the electrical component. The vibration damping member has a height varying in a thickness direction of the variable space to correspond to the thickness of the variable space and divides the variable space into a plurality of sub-spaces when the variable space has a specified thickness or more. |
| US10993018B2 |
Speaker apparatus
Generation of a secondary sound source is inhibited, and a sound quality is improved. Included are a support fixed to a mount base, a speaker unit including a portion to be fixed, and a base casing holding the speaker unit, and the speaker unit is fixed to the support and the base casing with the portion to be fixed being sandwiched between the support and the base casing. With this configuration, the speaker unit will be held stably, a great oscillation from a diaphragm of the speaker unit is less transmitted to the parts other than the diaphragm of the speaker unit, to the member holding the speaker unit, or the like. Generation of a secondary sound source is inhibited, and a sound quality can be improved. |
| US10993013B2 |
Magnetic earphones holder
A set of headphones and audio system comprises a first set of buttons for controlling a volume level of transmitted audio to the headphones and a second set of buttons for controlling a volume level of external audio played by the headphones. The transmitted audio comprises audio received from an audio source such as an electronic device and the external audio comprises surrounding ambient noise received by a microphone coupled to the headphones. With the first set of controls and the second set of controls a user is able to adjust the volume level of the transmitted audio and the volume level of the external audio in order to listen to the transmitted audio while still interacting with the surrounding environment. |
| US10993010B2 |
Open-air earbuds and methods for making the same
Open-air earbuds and methods for making the same are disclosed. The earbud has a neck, which is open to the ambient environment in order to improve bass response. In order to prevent debris from entering the interior of the earbud, a filter is incorporated into the neck. |
| US10993003B2 |
Forty channel optical communications module link extender related systems and methods
This disclosure describes devices related to multiplexing optical data signals. A system may be disclosed for multiplexing one or more optical data signals. The system may comprise a forty channel dense wave division multiplexer (DWDM) configured combine one or more optical data signals. The system may comprise a booster optical amplifier configured to amplify the combined one or more optical data signals and output a first amplified optical data signal. The system may comprise a variable optical amplifier (VOA) communicatively configured to receive the amplified first optical data signal, adjust the power of the amplified first optical data signal to a first level, and output a second optical data signal. The system may comprise a WDM communicatively coupled to the VOA, the WDM configured to output a combined second optical data signal and one or more third signals to a primary fiber. |
| US10993001B2 |
Gas meter fault prompting system of compound internet of things (IoT)
The present invention provides a gas meter fault prompting method and Internet of Things (IoT) system based on a compound IoT, and relates to the field of an IoT. Each of object sub-platforms is configured to check its own operation state information in real time for a fault; a management platform is configured to inquire a fault type and a fault solution according to the operation state information and preset fault inquiry table, and send the fault type and solution to a corresponding user sub-platform via the service platform to display, so that a user can know and view the fault type and solution of a gas meter at the user sub-platform in a timely manner and thus may repair some simple faults of the gas meter independently; and therefore, the time cost and the labor cost are saved. |
| US10993000B2 |
System and method for optimizing playlist information for ultra low latency live streaming
The present invention provides a major innovative development in low latency live streaming at scale which includes a Viewer to transmit a series of requests for Media Segments ahead-of-time the Media Segment data is expected to exist and a Server capable of delivering Media Segment data, as it is being generated, to one or more Viewers. Specifically, the invention incorporates a method of embedding Playlist Data into Media Segment data to enhance ultra-low latency playback, while providing an immediate transferring of essential Playlist Data to the Viewer. |
| US10992998B2 |
Method and system for adaptive virtual broadcasting of digital content
The virtual broadcast system of the present invention optimizes the routing of digital content among nodes along overlay networks that are dynamically reconfigured based upon forecasts of frequently-changing congestion levels of component interconnections within an underlying network. In the context of delivering streaming video over the Internet to large numbers of concurrent users, the present invention makes efficient use of the limited capacity of congested ASN peering points by employing deep learning techniques to forecast congestion levels across those ASN peering points and, based on those forecasts, to optimize the routing of video content along dynamically reconfigured overlay networks. The virtual broadcast system handles unscheduled as well as scheduled events, streams live as well as pre-recorded events, and streams those events in real time with minimal delay in a highly scalable fashion that maintains a consistent QoE among large numbers of concurrent viewers. |
| US10992994B2 |
Aggregating media content in non-temporal format
A video content source includes a processor and a media module executed by the processor. The media module identifies available on-demand media content, organizes on-demand media content by provider and associates on-demand media content by category. Aggregated on-demand media content is formed in a non-temporal grid organized by provider and category. The non-temporal grid may include various combinations of providers, categories and on-demand media content instances. |
| US10992992B2 |
Systems and methods for reconciling playback using progress point information
The systems and methods are described herein for playback of content based on progress point information. The systems and methods detect nearby media devices to transmit or request progress point information. Based on the communicated progress point information, the system may generate an option to play back content at a point within the content up to which content was last consumed. When content providers offer different versions of one content item and the user does not select to play back content from the content provider associated with the progress point information, the system determines a proper playback point in other content providers. |
| US10992987B2 |
Maintaining a user profile based on dynamic data
The present invention allows users to interact with people, who have interacted with other people, and obtain media files and recommendations from those having common interests, thereby creating interactive media communities and spawning electronic social networks based on media and other types of electronic entertainment. |
| US10992981B2 |
Dynamic control of fingerprinting rate to facilitate time-accurate revision of media content
A computing system identifies a media stream being received by a client, based on fingerprint matching conducted with query fingerprints generated by the client at a frame rate. The computing system then causes the client to increase the frame rate, in order to facilitate establishment by the computing system of synchronous lock between true time within the media stream and client time according to a clock of the client. The computing system then uses the established synchronous lock as a basis to map a true-time point at which a content revision should be performed in the media stream to a client-time point at which the client should perform the content revision. And the computing system causes the client to perform the content revision at the determined client-time point. |
| US10992979B2 |
Modification of electronic messaging spaces for enhanced presentation of content in a video broadcast
Methods, systems and computer program products for providing modifications to an electronic messaging space to enhance presentation of content in a video broadcast are provided. Aspects include receiving electronic messaging space data including a location and a message content for each of a plurality of electronic messaging spaces. Aspects also include determining that a target electronic messaging space is visible in a video broadcast. Responsive to determining a location depicted by the video broadcast, aspects include determining a location of the target electronic messaging space and a message content displayed by the target electronic messaging space. Aspects also include causing the target electronic messaging space to modify the display of the message content for improved presentation via the video broadcast. |
| US10992978B2 |
Method and system for controlling smart television
A method for controlling a smart television is disclosed. The method includes establishing a WiFi Aware connection with a mobile terminal when the smart television receives a subscription request of the mobile terminal; and sending a message by the mobile terminal to the smart television through the WiFi Aware connection to control the smart television. |
| US10992974B2 |
System and method for video automation
Plural content items are managed via a central user interface, configured to allow selection and modification of plural content items. The interface may include alternate channel and property icons, allowing one control to display and modify what used to take plural rooms and stations to broadcast content. |
| US10992973B2 |
Publishing a plurality of disparate live media output stream manifests using live input streams and pre-encoded media assets
A media packaging and distribution system that issues a plurality of first instructions into an instruction queue, allocates each of the plurality of first instructions to a corresponding first worker based on instruction type and priority level, determines a first and second manifest metadata based on validation and parsing of a first and second manifest data read from locations of corresponding input manifests, and ingests the determined first manifest metadata of a plurality of live input streams and a second manifest metadata of a plurality of pre-encoded media assets with corresponding indices in manifest metadata storage system. Further, a plurality of second instructions are issued to the instruction queue, allocate a second instruction from the plurality of second instructions to a second worker, and generate the plurality of disparate live media output stream manifests for a plurality of channels to be viewed on a plurality of consumer devices. |
| US10992971B2 |
In-stream controls for national video distribution
Systems and methods are described for delivering regional content for a lineup over a national network. A content provider may select a particular regional broadcast for inclusion in a regional service lineup. The content provider may be able to broadcast multiple, or even all, services nationally. At regional distribution centers, a multiplexer may select only those services that are desired for the region in response to in-stream signals. In some instances, a single region-specific version of a given service may be selected from multiple versions broadcasted nationally. The regional lineup, including the selected services, can then be multiplexed and transmitted to customers throughout the region. |
| US10992963B2 |
Intra sharpening and/or de-ringing filter for video coding
A decoder for decoding a block of a current frame of a video from a bitstream, the decoder comprising a reference sample selection unit configured to select reference samples of a reconstructed part of the current frame, a filter unit configured to filter the reference samples, and a block generation unit configured to generate a prediction of the block based on the filtered reference samples, wherein the filter unit comprises a sharpening filter and/or a de-ringing filter. |
| US10992961B2 |
High-level signaling for fisheye video data
An example method includes processing a file including fisheye video data, the file including a syntax structure including a plurality of syntax elements that specify attributes of the fisheye video data, wherein the plurality of syntax elements includes: a first syntax element that explicitly indicates whether the fisheye video data is monoscopic or stereoscopic, and one or more syntax elements that implicitly indicate whether the fisheye video data is monoscopic or stereoscopic; determining, based on the first syntax element, whether the fisheye video data is monoscopic or stereoscopic; and rendering, based on the determination, the fisheye video data as monoscopic or stereoscopic. |
| US10992960B2 |
Accelerated video exportation to multiple destinations
Systems and methods described herein provide a new mechanism of video exportation which ensures that the process is done faster and that a single video can be exported to two or more destination at the same time. This document explains the steps involved in the creation of the video, processes involved in encoding, rendering, transmission/exportation, and playing the video. Figures are used in explaining or illustrating the flow of processes and showing the different devices used in accomplishing various activities in the exporting processes. The application will receive commands to perform the exporting from the destination. Overall, the application will be able to facilitate faster exportation of a video, almost twice the basic speed of the known video exportation systems and to multiple destinations unlike in exportation by the basic applications in use today. |
| US10992959B2 |
Data processing apparatuses, methods, computer programs and computer-readable media
First and second pluralities of residual elements useable to reconstruct first and second respective parts of a representation of a signal are obtained. A transformation operation is performed to generate at least one correlation element. The transformation operation involves at least one residual element in the first plurality and at least one residual element in the second plurality. The at least one correlation element is dependent on an extent of correlation between the at least one residual element in the first plurality and the at least one residual element in the second plurality. The transformation operation is performed prior to the at least one correlation element being encoded. |
| US10992958B2 |
Video coding using mapped transforms and scanning modes
A video encoder may transform residual data by using a transform selected from a group of transforms. The transform is applied to the residual data to create a two-dimensional array of transform coefficients. A scanning mode is selected to scan the transform coefficients in the two-dimensional array into a one-dimensional array of transform coefficients. The combination of transform and scanning mode may be selected from a subset of combinations that is based on an intra-prediction mode. The scanning mode may also be selected based on the transform used to create the two-dimensional array. The transforms and/or scanning modes used may be signaled to a video decoder. |
| US10992957B2 |
Media data processing method and apparatus
This application provides a media data processing method and apparatus. A media processing device receives a media stream. The media stream includes media data recorded at a plurality of viewpoints. The device obtains metadata information of the media stream. The metadata information includes viewpoint identification information of the viewpoints. The device displays media data of a first viewpoint based on the viewpoint identification information. The device also displays indications of other viewpoints when displaying the media data of the first viewpoint, so that a user of the device can switch to display media data of other viewpoints. |
| US10992936B2 |
Encoding, decoding, and representing high dynamic range images
Techniques are provided to encode and decode image data comprising a tone mapped (TM) image with HDR reconstruction data in the form of luminance ratios and color residual values. In an example embodiment, luminance ratio values and residual values in color channels of a color space are generated on an individual pixel basis based on a high dynamic range (HDR) image and a derivative tone-mapped (TM) image that comprises one or more color alterations that would not be recoverable from the TM image with a luminance ratio image. The TM image with HDR reconstruction data derived from the luminance ratio values and the color-channel residual values may be outputted in an image file to a downstream device, for example, for decoding, rendering, and/or storing. The image file may be decoded to generate a restored HDR image free of the color alterations. |
| US10992935B2 |
Residual coding method and device for same
A method for decoding a picture performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure includes receiving a bitstream including residual information, deriving a quantized transform coefficient for a current block based on the residual information included in the bitstream, deriving a transform coefficient from the quantized transform coefficient based on a dequantization process, deriving a residual sample for the current block by applying an inverse transform to the derived transform coefficient, and generating a reconstructed picture based on the residual sample for the current block. |
| US10992932B2 |
Method and system for reducing slice header parsing overhead in video coding
A method for encoding a picture of a video sequence in a bit stream that reduces slice header parsing overhead is provided. The method includes determining weighting factors that may be used for weighted prediction in encoding at least one slice of the picture, wherein a total number of the weighting factors is constrained to not exceed a predetermined threshold number of weighting factors, wherein the threshold number is less than a maximum possible number of weighting factors, and signaling weighted prediction parameters including the weighting factors in a slice header in the bit stream. |
| US10992928B1 |
Calibration system for concurrent calibration of device sensors
A calibration system includes a grid assembly, a platform, and a controller. The grid assembly includes at least one planar grid. The platform couples to a device under test (DUT) and move the DUT to a plurality of test positions in accordance with a motion sequence. Each test position is reached by a rotation about at most two different axes, and as the DUT moves through the motion sequence, at least one camera on the DUT captures image information describing portions of the grid assembly and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) on the DUT captures IMU information. The controller determines calibration information for the at least one camera on the DUT and for the IMU based in part on a parameterized model of the motion sequence of the DUT, the captured image information, and the captured IMU information. |
| US10992927B2 |
Stereoscopic image display apparatus, display method of liquid crystal display, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing program of liquid crystal display
A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes an illumination unit in which a plurality of light sources are disposed, a transmission unit that transmits light arriving from the illumination unit for each pixel based on an input image, and changes transmittance of the light for each pixel; a barrier unit that allows the light transmitted through the transmission unit to be viewed as a right-eye image and a left-eye image; and a control unit that divides an area of the illumination unit based on the input image and controls emission luminance of the light source for each area. |
| US10992921B1 |
Self-calibrating stereo camera pairs provided aboard aerial vehicles
An aerial vehicle is outfitted with two or more digital cameras that may be continuously calibrated. The aerial vehicle may include one or more markings provided on portions of a frame, a control surface or another component that are within fields of view of the digital cameras. Based on an initial calibration of the digital cameras, intrinsic and extrinsic parameters of the digital cameras may be determined. Using the intrinsic and extrinsic parameters, locations of the markings may be determined. Subsequently, after the aerial vehicle has engaged in flight operations, images captured of the marking may be used to determine whether the digital cameras remain properly calibrated, and whether images captured using the imaging devices may be relied upon in determining ranges to objects or for any other purpose. A correction factor may be generated based on any differences between projections of the markings within the respective images. |
| US10992918B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing 360-degree image
A communication technique for merging, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system is provided. The communication technique can be applied to an intelligent service (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, and security and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. A method for processing a 360-degree image is provided. The method includes determining a three-dimensional (3D) model for mapping a 360-degree image; determining a partition size for the 360-degree image; determining a rotational angle for each of the x, y, and z axes of the 360-degree image; determining an interpolation method to be applied when mapping the 360-degree image to a two-dimensional (2D) image; and converting the 360-degree image into the 2D image. |
| US10992914B2 |
Image processing method for providing virtual reality, and virtual reality device
Provided is a virtual reality (VR) device including a receiver configured to receive, from a three-dimensional (3D) camera being a polyhedron, images captured by cameras arranged at each vertex of the polyhedron; a memory storing the images; a processor configured to generate a complex view by synthesizing the images; and a display configured to display the complex view. |
| US10992913B2 |
Image processing apparatus, method, and storage medium storing program for transforming distortion of image projected by projection apparatus
An image processing apparatus that transforms distortion of an image projected by a projection apparatus includes an obtaining unit and a transformation unit. The obtaining unit is configured to obtain a captured image acquired by capturing a projected image including a pattern image projected by the projection apparatus. The pattern image contains at least three objects having different appearances from one area to another. The transformation unit is configured to specify a local area in the captured image and transform the local area based on a positional relationship among the at least three objects in the local area. The transformation unit transforms the local area by using a positional relationship between an object of a first appearance and an object of a second appearance in the local area and a positional relationship between the object of the first appearance and an object of a third appearance in the local area. |
| US10992912B2 |
Illumination device, projection apparatus, lens array, and optical module
An illumination device has a plurality of first lens elements to collect incident light beams, and a field lens to guide each of the light beams that have passed through the plurality of first lens elements to an entire region of a specific area. The plurality of first lens elements include at least two first lens elements having different lens diameters from each other. When one of the two first lens elements has a lens diameter d and a focal length f, another of the two first lens elements has a lens diameter k×d (where k is a value larger than zero but other than 1) and a focal length k×f. |
| US10992910B2 |
Directional control of audio/video recording and communication devices in network communication with additional cameras
Direction control of audio/video (A/V) recording and communication devices in network communication with additional cameras is provided. In one embodiment, an A/V recording and communication device comprises: a first camera configured to capture first image data, wherein the first camera is pointed in a first direction; a communication module; and a processing module comprising: a processor; and a camera application that configures the processor to: maintain the first camera in a low-power state; receive a power-up command signal from the backend server based on an output signal from a second camera; receive an orientation signal from the backend server based on the output signal from the second camera; point the first camera in a second direction in response to the orientation signal; power up the first camera in response to the power-up command signal; and capture the first image data in response to the power-up command signal. |
| US10992908B2 |
Vehicular vision system with dual processor control
A vehicular vision system includes a plurality of cameras including a forward viewing camera and multiple color cameras, and includes a display device operable to display video images derived from image data captured by the color cameras. A processing unit includes a first processing chip that has an image processor for machine-vision processing of captured image data, and a second processing chip that receives vehicle data and receives image data captured by the color cameras. The first processing chip machine-vision processes image data captured by the cameras for object detection and classification of objects. The first processing chip controls operating parameters of the color cameras to enhance object detection based on machine-vision processing by the first processing chip of image data captured by the color cameras. The second processing chip controls operating parameters of the color cameras for display at the display device of video images. |
| US10992906B2 |
Visual cues in web conferencing recognized by a visual robot
A web conferencing system includes web conferencing server for outputting a visual presentation which includes a visual cue. The visual cue is linked with an executable action. A visual robot operated by the web conferencing server graphically recognizes the visual cue when the visual presentation is displayed in a web conference, and associates the visual cue with the executable action. The executable action is then executed. |
| US10992905B1 |
Motion detection triggered wake-up for collaboration endpoints
In various embodiments, a collaboration endpoint transmits an ultrasonic signal into an area. The collaboration endpoint receives a reflected signal that comprises the ultrasonic signal reflected off an object located in the area. The collaboration endpoint detects, based on the reflected signal, the object as being a potential user. The collaboration endpoint determines, based on the reflected signal, a distance from the collaboration endpoint to the potential user. The collaboration endpoint initiates, based on the distance from the collaboration endpoint to the potential user, a wake-up sequence of the collaboration endpoint to exit a standby mode. |
| US10992900B1 |
Oscillating video refresh
A system and a method are disclosed describing a mechanism for preventing recording of security sensitive media content when that content is displayed on a screen. The mechanism includes selecting two refresh rates for a display and oscillating between those two refresh rates thereby preventing a recording device's recording frame rate from synchronizing with the display device's refresh rate. As a result, anything recorded by the recording device will be distorted. |
| US10992899B1 |
Systems and methods for sharing capture settings for visual content capture
An image capture device may capture visual content using a capture setting. A machine-readable optical code conveying the capture setting may be generated. The machine-readable optical code may convey the capture setting such that an image capture device capturing an image including the machine-readable optical code: (1) identifies the machine-readable optical code within the image; (2) determines the capture setting conveyed by the machine-readable optical code; and (3) stores the capture setting for use in visual content capture. A graphical user interface may enable a user to associate the machine-readable optical code with the visual content. The association of the machine-readable optical code with the visual content may cause subsequent presentation of the visual content to include presentation of the machine-readable optical code. |
| US10992895B2 |
Rolling subframe pulsed bias microbolometer integration
Methods and systems for enabling an approximation of true snapshot integration by lowering total power requirements, total detector bias current, integrated charge per detector and detector impedance while allowing for higher ROIC input noise through the use of microbolometer photodetectors, super-pixels, and techniques for their use are herein provided. |
| US10992885B2 |
Radiographic image detection device and method for operating the same
A control unit of an electronic cassette has a function of switching a power supply state to an ADC between an operating state corresponding to a first state in which first power is supplied and a non-operating state corresponding to a second state in which second power that is lower than the first power per unit time is supplied. The control unit reduces the number of ADCs in the operating state per unit time T in an AED operation for detecting the start of the emission of X-rays to be less than that in an image reading operation for outputting an X-ray image provided for diagnosis. |
| US10992873B2 |
Systems and methods for color matching for realistic flash images
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for transferring color information from a no-flash image of a scene to a flash image of the scene using a localized tonal mapping algorithm. In some aspects, an example method can include obtaining a no-flash image and a flash image, mapping color information from the no-flash image to the flash image, and generating an output image including the flash image modified based on the mapping to include at least a portion of the color information from the no-flash image. |
| US10992872B2 |
Imaging control device, imaging apparatus, imaging control method, and storage medium
An imaging control device includes: a controller that causes an imager to perform first imaging and further perform second imaging a plurality of times; and a dark image signal acquirer, the controller causes the imager to perform the second imaging in each of a plurality of exposure states where a quantity of light incident on the imager is greater than 0 and is different for each of the exposure states, by controlling the optical element, and the controller obtains, by controlling the movable lens at a time of the second imaging, a state where a first imaging condition value determined by a control state of the movable lens at the time of the second imaging is different from a second imaging condition value determined by a control state of the movable lens at a time of the first imaging. |
| US10992871B2 |
Method and apparatus for protecting device under strong light
A method and an apparatus for protecting a device under powerful light are disclosed. It is determined whether there is a powerful light source in an image captured by a camera device based on the number of target pixels (pixels whose gray values are larger than the first preset threshold) in the image. If so, it is indicated that the photosensitive element in the camera device is aligned with the powerful light source. In this case, the light avoidance instruction is sent, so as to cause a photosensitive element of the camera device to avoid the light source, thereby reducing the damage caused by the powerful light to the photosensitive element in the camera device. |
| US10992870B1 |
Intelligent zoom method and video system implementing same
A video system is provided. The video system, comprising: a plurality of imaging sensors each including an image signal processor; an image stitching engine analyzes un-stitched images generated by each of the plurality of imaging sensors. The un-stitched images are analyzed for a presence of face and then divided into a plurality of zones. A mapping function is implemented for each of the plurality of zones based on a number of consecutive frames in which presence of a face is analyses and a minimum number of frames in which a face was detected. A zoom engine determines a region of interest which includes a left edge and a right edge, wherein said left edge is set based on coordinates associated with a face detected in a left most zone of the unstitched images, and said right edge is set based on coordinates associated with a right most face detected in a right most zone of the unstitched images. |
| US10992868B2 |
Electronic device, image display method, non- transitory computer-readable recording medium storing program, and image capturing system
An electronic device includes a receiver that receives image data of an image taken with a camera by wireless communication, a touchscreen that displays a camera image of the camera, and a controller that, when the touchscreen is tapped, gives the camera instructions on a capturing direction so that a tapped position of the image displayed on the touchscreen moves to the center of the touchscreen, and displays on the camera image an operation image for receiving an operation to instruct the capturing direction of the camera. |
| US10992864B2 |
Image capturing control apparatus, display control apparatus, and method for controlling the same
A control apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to measure an elapsed time after start of recording movie, a set movie creation unit configured to create a set of movies from a plurality of movies, a display control unit configured to perform control so as to display a plurality of sections respectively corresponding to the set of movies, and to display a section corresponding to a recorded movie in a first display appearance, and to display a section corresponding to a not-recorded movie in a second display appearance, wherein the display control unit is further configured to perform control to display, a portion indicating a rate of an elapsed time in the first display appearance, and a remaining portion in the second display appearance. |
| US10992863B2 |
Control device, control method, and recording medium
There is provided a control device including a display control unit that causes display of a display unit to shift between a first display mode in which a first kind of image having a predetermined relation with an electric-to-electric (EE) image acquired by an imaging unit and a second kind of image different from the first kind of image are displayed and a second display mode in which the first kind of image is not displayed and the second kind of image is displayed, and a power control unit that controls power supply to the imaging unit in the shift between the first and second display modes. |
| US10992860B2 |
Dynamic seam adjustment of image overlap zones from multi-camera source images
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to providing a more accurate presentation of a vehicle's surroundings when the presentation combines images from multiple cameras. Cameras may capture the same portion of the environment. If an object is within view of at least two cameras, each camera produces a portion of an overall view, such as a 360 degree synthetic top-down view. The seam, angle and/or geometry, angle between any two images is dynamically determined, such as due to proximity (or lack thereof) to an object. As a result the synthetic top-down view may present an image of an object more prominently and/or avoid having the seam between camera images fall on the image of the object, which may otherwise result in the image of the object being omitted from both camera images. |
| US10992857B2 |
Input control device, input control method, and operation system
The present technology relates to an input control device, an input control method, and an operation system, which enable achievement of a highly flexible input operation without a burden on a user. A target point determination unit determines a target point to be a display reference in an operative field image in a display, on the basis of a user's line-of-sight position with respect to the operative field image displayed in the display and of a characteristic point detected in the operative field image. The present technology can be applied to an input device for an operation system. |
| US10992855B2 |
Electronic apparatus having display device, method of controlling same, and storage medium
An electronic apparatus including a casing and a display device held on the casing at a holding position and including display sections each capable of independently displaying an image. The display sections include a first display section farthest from the holding position and at least one second display section including a display section held on the casing at the holding position. The display device is in one of a first state in which all angles each formed between adjacent display sections are larger than a first angle, a second state in which all the angles are smaller than a second angle smaller than the first angle, and a third state other than these states. When in the third state, an image is displayed on the first display section, and is not displayed on at least one of the second display sections. |
| US10992852B2 |
Medical observation device and control method
[Object] To provide a medical observation device and a control method.[Solution] Provided is a medical observation device including: an imaging optical system including an objective optical system that condenses light from a subject and two image-forming optical systems which have optical axes different from an optical axis of the objective optical system and which cause light condensed by the objective optical system to form an image; and a control unit configured to cause an autofocus operation to be executed by causing a focusing optical member included in the objective optical system to move. |
| US10992851B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, with image processing based on image processing condition and information equivalent to distance from focal plane
According to an embodiment of the present invention, an image processing apparatus capable of properly controlling sharpness of an output image and outputting the image is provided. More specifically, the image processing apparatus comprises: a setting unit configured to set an image processing condition for performing image processing to image data of an input photographic image based on an output characteristic of an output apparatus that influences sharpness of an image output from the output apparatus; an obtaining unit configured to obtain information equivalent to a distance from a focal plane in the photographic image; and an image processing unit configured to perform image processing to the image data based on the information obtained by the obtaining unit and the image processing condition set by the setting unit. |
| US10992841B2 |
Color management system having color varification of custom color and standard color
An information processing apparatus for managing a printing apparatus in a print site including at least one printing apparatus includes a memory that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the instruction to determine a custom color that is used in a color verification operation of the at least one printing apparatus, obtain an input profile of a color verification setting of the determined custom color, display a screen for selecting whether or not to add a standard color corresponding to the obtained input profile to the color verification operation, and according to having received an instruction, via the screen, for adding the standard color to the color verification operation, instruct the at least one printing apparatus to perform printing in accordance with the color verification setting, including the input profile, for the custom color and the standard color. |
| US10992835B2 |
Image reading device, image forming device, and control method capable of reducing user burden in case of read error
An image forming device includes a CPU. The CPU causes an image reader to collectively read a plurality of documents placed in each divided area of a document placement table and acquire individual images according to a user operation. Furthermore, the CPU generates, for each divided area, an image file that includes the image. In addition, if document reading is executed in a state where a document is placed in an inappropriate position, a notification screen for notifying the user that the document is not appropriately placed is displayed on a display before the image file data is generated. |
| US10992832B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet, a rotating unit disposed above the apparatus body and rotatably supported around a first rotary shaft with respect to the apparatus body, and a cover portion rotatably supported around a second rotary shaft extending in parallel to the first rotary shaft with respect to the apparatus body. The rotating unit and the cover portion are opened from a front side of the image forming apparatus to a rear side of the image forming apparatus. The second rotary shaft is disposed on the rear side of the first rotary shaft. |
| US10992827B2 |
Information processing system, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium to execute layout processing
An information processing apparatus includes an analysis image generation unit configured to generate an analysis image in such a manner that the size of an image selected by a user is reduced in a client, an analysis image upload unit configured to upload the analysis image generated by the analysis image generation unit from the client to a server, and a print image upload unit configured to upload a print image to the server after uploading of the analysis image by the analysis image upload unit is completed. |
| US10992825B2 |
Image forming apparatus, method for controlling image forming apparatus, and storage medium
According to some embodiments, an image forming apparatus includes at least one storage device, a detection unit, and a control unit. The at least one storage device is logically dividable into a plurality of storage areas each capable of construction of a file system. The detection unit detects an abnormal access to the storage device. The control unit, in response to detection of the abnormal access, performs, for a storage area in which the abnormal access is detected, a recovery action corresponding to the storage area. If the storage area in which the abnormal access is detected does not correspond to a predetermined storage area, the control unit checks and fixes the storage area as the recovery action for the storage area in which the abnormal access is detected. |
| US10992821B2 |
Vibration method, mobile terminal, and computer-readable storage medium
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of communication technology, and disclose a vibration method, a mobile terminal, and a computer-readable medium. A corresponding relation between music parameters and vibration signals is pre-stored in the mobile terminal. The vibration method is applied to a mobile terminal and includes: acquiring, according to the a preset ringtone, a music parameter of the ringtone; searching for a vibration signal corresponding to the music parameter according to the music parameter of the ringtone; generating a driving signal matching the ringtone according to the found vibration signal, where the driving signal is used to drive a motor inside the mobile terminal to produce a vibration matching the ringtone; and when the ringtone is played, driving the motor to vibrate according to the generated driving signal. In this way, the mobile terminal vibrates according to the rhythm of music, meeting users' personalized requirements. |
| US10992819B2 |
System and method for provisioning temporary telephone numbers
Systems, methods, and computer program products for provisioning a temporary disposable number are described. A user can be provided with a pool of available temporary disposable numbers that have a limited shelf life. The user can select one of the available temporary disposable numbers while submitting a permanent phone number associated with a communications device (e.g., mobile phone, home phone, business phone, etc.). Prior to activating the selected temporary disposable number, the temporary disposable number is linked to the permanent phone number. After activation, when an incoming call to the temporary disposable number is received, the permanent phone number is identified to be associated with the temporary disposable number being called. The incoming call is then forwarded to the communications device on which the permanent phone number is established. |
| US10992814B1 |
Variable phone selection options based on location
A computing device can detect that a first call has taken place on a desk phone, which triggers recording of location-specific information indicating a location of the computing device. The location-specific information can be established as the base of the desk phone. Later, the computing device can again record location-specific information indicating a current location of the computing device and compare the current location of the computing device with the location-specific information for the location of the desk phone. When the current location of the computing device is substantially the same as the location of the desk phone, the computing device can enable computer telephony integration (CTI) controls on the computing device to control the desk phone. |
| US10992813B1 |
Routing of calls based on analysis of digital voice data in a data-communications server system
Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to apparatuses and methods involving a data-communication apparatus that includes a data-communications server and processing circuitry in communication therewith. The data-communication server interfaces with a plurality of remotely-situated client entities for providing data communication services. The processing circuitry accesses an archive of digital voice data indicative of transcribed audio conversations for at least one of the plurality of remotely-situated client entities, calendar information, and a client data-communications server for geographic information of the agents and system parameters. The processing circuitry analyzes the digital voice data associated with the agents, the calendar information, and the system parameters to predict a call answer rate for agents of a geographic region of the at least one remotely-situated client entity for a period of time and reroutes incoming calls based on the predicted call answer rate. |
| US10992812B2 |
Call mapping systems and methods using variance algorithm (VA) and/or distribution compensation
Method, system and program product, comprising obtaining agent performance data; ranking, agents based the agent performance data; dividing agents into agent performance ranges; partitioning callers based on criteria into a set of partitions; determining for each partition an outcome value for a first agent performance range and a second agent performance range; calculating for the partitions a respective outcome value difference indicator based on the outcome value for the first agent performance range and the outcome value for the second agent performance range for the partition; matching a respective agent to a respective caller in one of the partitions, based on the outcome value difference indicators for the partitions. |
| US10992808B1 |
Upfront customer time consideration along with optimized agent desktop in a contact center
A computerized-method using a cloud-based computing environment for improving client service, in a contact center is provided herein. The computerized-method includes: retrieving a context of a query and a time-limit from a CT event and attempting to retrieve data to evaluate average resolution time for the received context. When the data is found, comparing the evaluated average resolution time with the received time-limit and when the received time-limit is below the evaluated average resolution time, sending a delay notice and providing the client a menu of options for querying through other channels. When the data is not found, or when the received time-limit is above the evaluated average resolution time, presenting on an agent dashboard, the time-limit of the client and accordingly updating parameters in the agent dashboard during the inbound call, thus, improving client service, by considering the time-limit of the client before the agent addresses a query. |
| US10992801B2 |
Systems and methods for providing caller identification over a public switched telephone network
A system and method of providing caller identification (ID) over a public switched telephone network (PSTN). For outbound calls, the system and method enable a caller to provide a caller ID that differs from the native caller ID of their mobile phone. The system and method enable multiple phones tied to a single account to display the same caller ID for outbound calls. For forwarded inbound calls, such as calls being forwarded from an office, the system and method inform the recipient of the identification of the call as well as that the call is being forwarded. The system and method enable the recipient to have calls forwarded from more than one number and identify the identity of the caller as well as the specific number the call is being forwarded from. |
| US10992800B2 |
Telecommunications network calling-party context-based identification
A control device of a telecommunications network can receive a session-initiation message and determine a context identifier associated with at least one of a calling-party identifier and a called-party identifier of the message. The control device can retrieve calling-party identification information from an information server based at least in part on the calling-party identifier and the context identifier. The control device can determine a second session-initiation message comprising the calling-party identification information based at least in part on the session-initiation message and send the second session-initiation message via the telecommunications network. An information server can receive a query and select, based at least in part on context information thereof, a calling-party identification information value associated with a calling-party identifier in the query. The information server can send, via the network, a response comprising the calling-party identification information value. |
| US10992799B2 |
Caller identification trust
Disclosed are example methods, systems, and devices for allowing caller computing devices to authenticate calls via a service provider computing system. Users may opt to have entities register to contact the user with a positive ID, icon, or other notification on the user's computing device transmitted by the service provider computing system. A caller computing device may use a unique security token of the user to activate the notification on the user's device. The user device may be used to exert control over the security token via a service provider client application running on the user device. The caller computing device may initiate authentication via an API call to the service provider computing system. The caller computing device is able to have items (text, images, documents, etc.) delivered to the user computing device if authenticated. |
| US10992798B1 |
Configuration of telephone ring list based on mobile device location
Proximity of a user/device to a designated location or other user/device can be determined and used to trigger automatic reconfiguration of a telephone ring list associated with the user/device. Accordingly, there is no need for manual reconfiguration to accommodate changes in the user's location or schedule. Specific phone numbers may be added or removed from a user's ring list based on the user's location, and the ring list may be reconfigured as the user enters or leaves a location. The user's desired phones will automatically ring for incoming calls based on the ring list and/or an identification of the incoming call. |
| US10992796B1 |
System for device customization based on beacon-determined device location
A system for device customization based on beacon-determined device location is provided. The system comprises: a memory device with computer-readable program code stored thereon; a communication device connected to a network; a processing device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute the computer-readable program code to: establish a beacon device at a beacon location, the beacon device defining a communication range covering an area; determine a device location of a user device; determine that the device location of the user device is within the area of the beacon device at the beacon location; based on determining the user device is within the area, generate a data stream for the user device tailored for the beacon location; and present the data stream to the user device. |
| US10992795B2 |
Methods and interfaces for home media control
The present disclosure generally relates to interfaces and techniques for media playback on one or more devices. In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device includes a display, one or more processors, and memory. The electronic device receives user input and, in response to receiving the user input, displays, on the display, a multi-device interface that includes: one or more indicators associated with a plurality of available playback devices that are connected to the device and available to initiate playback of media from the device, and a media playback status of the plurality of available playback devices. |
| US10992787B2 |
Safety networking protocol and method
A distributed networking system and protocol is provided to a networking system with a modular design. The distributed networking system may include a networking system, modules, control module, user interface module, input/output module, network module, data transmission network, hybrid modules and composite modules. A method to interface with accessories of a system with a modular design using the distributed networking system and protocol is also provided. |
| US10992786B2 |
Apparatus, method and system for a tunneling client access point
The disclosure details the implementation of au apparatus, method, and system comprising a portable device configured to communicate with a terminal and a network server, and execute stored program code in response to user interaction with an interactive user interface. The portable device contains stored program code configured to render an interactive use interface on a terminal output component to enable the user the control processing activity on the portable device and access data and programs from the portable device and a network server. |
| US10992785B2 |
Managing edits of content items
One or more embodiments provide features for managing and editing content items. In particular, one or more embodiments enable one or more users to access and modify content items from one of multiple client devices without requiring storage of the content item locally on the client device. Additionally, one or more embodiments enable storing reduced resolution content items on multiple client devices in a way that saves storage space on the client devices while providing access to a content item without requiring constant network access to a central system. Further, one or more embodiments enable globally applying local edits to a content item and corresponding reduced resolution content items on multiple client devices. |
| US10992784B2 |
Communication protocols over internet protocol (IP) networks
A system and methods comprise a touchscreen at a premises. The touchscreen includes a processor coupled to a security system at the premises. User interfaces are presented via the touchscreen. The user interfaces include a security interface that provides control of functions of the security system and access to data collected by the security system, and a network interface that provides access to network devices. A camera at the premises is coupled to the touchscreen via a plurality of interfaces. A security server at a remote location is coupled to the touchscreen. The security server comprises a client interface through which remote client devices exchange data with the touchscreen and the security system. |
| US10992783B2 |
Method, device and wearable part embedded with sense core engine utilizing barcode images for implementing communication
A method and a device to communicate between a mobile terminal and at least two backend servers, and the method of the present invention includes the following steps: registering a user of the mobile terminal as a user of the first backend server; obtaining the coding information by the barcode image taken through decoding the mobile terminal; the first backend server parsing the coding information to determine whether the barcode image is generated according to a preset coding rule, if the barcode image is generated according to the preset coding rule, executing subsequent steps; if the barcode image is not generated according to the preset coding rule, stopping executing the method after the mobile terminal is connected to a webpage corresponding to the coding information; the mobile terminal extracting service information corresponding to the coding information according to the coding information; the second backend server providing a service to the mobile terminal. The method and device of the present invention include multiple backend servers which cooperate to provide services for users of mobile terminal. |
| US10992780B1 |
Microservices as a microservice
A microservice platform may receive a request to configure a microservice for use by a microservices as a service (MaaS) client platform and may determine, based on a microservice type of the microservice, one or more parameters for the microservice. The microservice platform may process the request using a natural language processing machine learning model to determine one or more values for the one or more parameters. The microservice platform may configure, using a microservice template, a reusable microservice to satisfy the request to configure the microservice. The reusable microservice may be hosted by the microservice platform and may be configured based on the microservice type, the one or more parameters, and the one or more values. The microservice platform may communicate, using the reusable microservice, with one or more backend services to perform various actions associated with one or more application-specific microservices of the MaaS client platform. |
| US10992779B2 |
Limiting alerts on a computing device
A computing device is described that receives, at a first particular time, first notification data. Responsive to receiving the first notification data, the computing device outputs, at a first intensity level, a first alert associated with the first notification data. The computing device receives, at a second particular time after the first particular time, second notification data. Responsive to the computing device receiving an indication of user interaction with the computing device between the first particular time and the second particular time, the computing device outputs, at the first intensity level, a second alert associated with the second notification data. Conversely, responsive to the computing device not receiving the indication of user interaction with the computing device, the computing device either outputs, at a second intensity level that is less than the first intensity level, the second alert, or refrains from outputting the second alert entirely. |
| US10992776B2 |
System for offline processing of organizational networks
A method may include presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to define a network for analysis, the GUI including: a first portion configured to define a network boundary of an organizational network graph (ONG) in a dataset; a second portion configured to define a beginning time and ending time for the network analysis; and a third portion configured to define a set of one or more graph metrics for vertices in the ONG; retrieving a portion of the dataset based on the network boundary, beginning time, and ending time; transmitting instructions to a distributed computing platform to generate the set of graph metrics on the portion of the dataset; and storing the generated set of graph metrics as associated with the network analysis. |
| US10992774B2 |
Device-free activity identification using fine grained WiFi signatures
A system includes a device that is disposed within an environment and is adapted to communicate over a radio frequency communication link. The system also includes a wireless access point disposed within the environment, including a wireless transceiver in communication with the device over a radio frequency communication link using a plurality of channels, and recording a channel state information data set for the radio frequency communication link. The system also includes a monitoring device including a memory storing a plurality of activity profiles, each of which includes an activity and a channel state information profile corresponding to the activity, and a processor receiving, from the wireless access point, the channel state information data set and determining, based on a comparison of the channel state information data set to the channel state information profile of each of the plurality of activity profiles, the activity of the person in the environment. |
| US10992771B2 |
System and method for improved opt-out recognition for a mobile device
A technique for identifying an opt-out status for a user's mobile or other computing device without relying exclusively on client-side storage or primarily on the use of non-determinative mechanisms is discussed. Embodiments provide server-based or otherwise hosted techniques of accurately identifying devices of users that wish to opt-out of having their device activity tracked. These techniques enable accurate identification of a device's opt-out status even in the absence of a client-side opt-out indicator. |
| US10992769B2 |
Data transmission method, apparatus and system
Data transmission method, apparatus and system, for broadening MEC application scenarios, are disclosed, so service data cannot only be terminated at a local service platform, but also can be processed by the local service platform and then delivered to a remote service platform for processing; alternatively the service data is processed by the remote service platform and then delivered to the local service platform for processing. The data transmission method includes an MEC server determining, when receiving a service data packet sent by a local service server, a service data packet forwarding mode corresponding to the local service server according to a pre-set data forwarding information table; and the MEC server processing, according to the service data packet forwarding mode corresponding to the local service server, the service data packet by adopting a processing manner corresponding to the service data packet forwarding mode, and then sending the service data packet. |
| US10992768B1 |
Resuming copying of snapshots from a storage system to cloud storage
An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to detect a request to resume copying of a snapshot of a storage volume from a storage system to cloud storage, to determine an original snapshot differential for the snapshot comprising differential data of the storage volume on the storage system, and to obtain checkpointing information for the snapshot characterizing a status of copying portions of the snapshot to the cloud storage. The processing device is also configured to generate a resume snapshot differential for the snapshot comprising portions of the snapshot to be copied to the cloud storage determined based at least in part on a comparison of the original snapshot differential with the checkpointing information characterizing the status of copying the one or more portions of the snapshot to the cloud storage. The processing device is further configured to resume copying of the snapshot utilizing the resume snapshot differential. |
| US10992766B2 |
Adaptive compression of stored data
Systems, devices and methods for adaptive compression of stored information includes a memory management computing device programmed to monitor a size of a plurality of data structures stored in a data repository. The computing device compares the size of each of a plurality of data structures to a predetermined threshold. When a size of an uncompressed data structure meets the threshold, the memory management computing device calculates a value of a first compression parameter based on a value of a first parameter and a value of a second parameter of each data element of the uncompressed data structure, calculates a value of a second compression parameter based the value of the first parameter of each data element of the uncompressed data structure, generates a compressed data structure based on the value of the first compression parameter and the second compression parameter; and replaces, in the data repository, the uncompressed data structure with the compressed data structure. |
| US10992763B2 |
Dynamic interaction optimization and cross channel profile determination through online machine learning
A system and method for dynamically optimizing channel interactions and account security are provided. A controller configured for analyzing user interactions is configured to determine an interaction pattern of a user during an interaction with the user over a communication channel; calculate a weighted confidence function for subsequent interactions with the user based on the determined interaction pattern, wherein the weighted confidence function defines authentication and response procedures for the subsequent interactions with the user; and merge the weighted confidence function into a custom user profile for the user across a plurality of communication channels, wherein the user profile maps account vulnerabilities based on the weighted confidence function. |
| US10992759B2 |
Web application session security with protected session identifiers
Various examples are directed to systems and methods for secure communication sessions between a web application and a server. A session vault routine executing at a computing device may receive a first request message directed to a server computing device. The first request message may comprise a client session identifier at a session identifier field of the first request message. The session vault routine may access supplemental session identifier data from a session vault persistence at the data storage. The session vault routine may write the supplemental session identifier data to a second field of the first request message, and initiate sending the first request message to the server computing device. |
| US10992757B2 |
Edge-computing-based forensic feedback architecture
Aspects of the disclosure relate to systems and methods for maintaining situational stability at a target location. The systems may include a database of machine-learning (“ML”)-derived event profiles. The systems may include a plurality of edge-nodes that are proximal to the target location. Each edge-node may generate a data stream of situational data pertaining to the target location. Each edge-node may transmit its data stream to the other edge-nodes. Each edge-node may conglomerate its own data stream with the data streams received from the other edge-nodes to create a conglomerated data stream. Each edge-node may monitor its conglomerated data stream for data that matches one of the event profiles. When a consensus is determined among the edge-nodes that a match occurred, the systems may execute a pre-determined response. |
| US10992756B2 |
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium generating a notification including a warning
An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit and a notification unit. The reception unit receives a function of an apparatus. The notification unit transmits a notification indicating a warning in a case where when the function is executed, it is presumed that electric power exceeds a threshold and at least one of the function received by the reception unit and a function does not operate normally. |
| US10992755B1 |
Smart vehicle
Smart car operations are detailed including capturing a point cloud from a vehicle street view and converting the point cloud to a 3D model; applying a trained neural network to detect street signs, cross walks, obstacles, or bike lanes; and updating a high definition (HD) map with the neural network output. |
| US10992750B2 |
Service request interrupt router for virtual interrupt service providers
A service request interrupt router having an interrupt controller mapped to an Interrupt Service Provider (ISP) having virtual ISPs; Service Request Nodes (SRNs) configured to convert respective interrupt signals to corresponding service requests, wherein each of the SRNs is configured to direct its service request to one of the virtual ISPs; and an arbitrator configured to arbitrate among the virtual ISPs in a time-sliced manner, and for each of the virtual ISPs, to arbitrate which of the service requests directed thereto has a highest priority. |
| US10992749B2 |
Synchronization between virtual network functions and host systems
A network function virtualization (NFV) platform may include one or more processors to identify a condition associated with the NFV platform, where the condition may affect operation of at least one virtual network function (VNF) hosted by or associated with the NFV platform; determine, based on the condition, information that may be provided or an action that may be performed with regard to the at least one VNF, and/or generate or transmit a message identifying the information and/or that may cause the action to be performed with regard to the at least one VNF. |
| US10992747B2 |
Data storage system with removable device and method of operation thereof
A data storage system, and a method of operation thereof, includes: an interface module for creating a login credential for storing on a removable storage device; a backup module, coupled to the interface module, for transferring data for an automatic backup of the removable storage device to a remote backup system based on the login credential and a status of the removable storage device; and a close module, coupled to the backup module, for disconnecting an application from a cloud backup service for closing a connection between a computing device and the remote backup system with the data from the automatic backup. |
| US10992744B1 |
Allocation of server resources in remote-access computing environments
The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method and a system to perform the method that includes receiving a request from a client device to execute an application, selecting servers that provide remote desktop environment and host the requested application, determining, based on a priority level for a client session to be established, a capacity of system resources and a current utilization level of each server, that the client device is to be directed to a first server, the first server having an expected utilization level that satisfies a threshold condition, and directing the request to the first server to establish the client session and to execute the requested application as part of the client session. |
| US10992741B2 |
System and method for providing a configuration file to client devices
A solution for circumventing censorship is disclosed. A first device connects to a first server hosted in a content delivery network (CDN). The CDN routes the first device's connection request to the first server. The first server responds by providing the first device with a configuration file that contains a plurality of secondary servers for the first device to access. Accordingly, the first device disconnects from the first server and hops between one or more of the plurality of secondary servers contained in the configuration file. By distributing the configuration file from a first server hosted in a CDN, the first device is able to obfuscate the true endpoint of the connection. Thus, the first device is able to obtain the configuration file without drawing the ire of censors. By hopping from server-to-server, the first device is able to stay one-step ahead of censors. Accordingly, the present disclosure describes a multi-prong approach to staying a step ahead of eavesdroppers, sniffers, and censors. |
| US10992740B2 |
Dynamically balancing partitions within a distributed streaming storage platform
Described is a system that improves the performance of brokers that store partitions of data within a distributed data streaming platform by performing an efficient data redistribution process. The system may obtain data (e.g. metadata) describing the distribution storage partitions amongst storage brokers and determine the current (or initial) distribution may negatively impact the performance of the platform. Accordingly, the system may perform an efficient redistribution by performing a particular sequence of partition reassignments amongst brokers. |
| US10992736B2 |
Information processing method, apparatus, terminal, and server
The present invention discloses an information processing method, apparatus, terminal, and server. The method includes: detecting a predefined user operation on a web bookmark application installed in a web browser at a first terminal; in response to the user operation, obtaining address and link information of a current webpage in the web browser and sending the address and link information to a remote server; receiving an information transmission notification message from the remote server after the remote server forwards the address and link information and a plurality of thumbnail images associated with the webpage to a second mobile terminal; in response to the information transmission notification message, generating an information sharing prompt message identifying a total number of webpages the first terminal has shared with the second mobile terminal; and sending the information sharing prompt message to the second mobile terminal for display. |
| US10992729B2 |
Endpoint configuration for a communication session
Techniques for endpoint configuration for a communication session are described. According to various implementations, a cloud-based connectivity service maintains network path information that identifies routing paths for routing communication sessions across different networks. The connectivity service is also able to determine configuration information for configuring endpoint devices to participate in a communication session. According to various implementations, configuration information is determined based on a packet quality of a routing path. Thus, an endpoint device can apply the configuration information to attempt to increase packet quality across a routing path, and thus increase media quality for a communication session at the endpoint device. |
| US10992727B2 |
Transmission apparatus, transmission method, reception apparatus, and reception method
It is possible to perform favorable content reproduction on a reception side. An encoded stream including a plurality of pieces of encoded data having degree-of-priority information is acquired. Among the plurality of pieces of encoded data, decoding processing is performed with respect to a piece of encoded data having a predetermined or more degree of priority, and a decoded stream including decoded data is generated. Further, among the plurality of pieces of encoded data, an encoded stream including a piece of encoded data having less than the predetermined degree of priority is generated. The decoded stream and the encoded stream are simultaneously transmitted as a partially decoded stream to the reception side via a digital interface. |
| US10992726B2 |
Detecting sensor-based interactions with client device in conjunction with presentation of content
A content replacement system sends a content item with one or more content replacement parts to be consumed by a user of a client device. The content item is further associated with an interaction pattern that corresponds to a particular user interaction and a defined action that is to be executed by the client device when the particular user interaction is performed on the client device. While the content replacement part is played on the client device, one or more sensors of the client device acquire data regarding user interactions performed by the user on the client device. The acquired data is processed to determine whether the user has performed a user interaction that matches the interaction pattern. Upon detecting a match, the client device sends a notification to the content replacement system indicating that the match has occurred and further executes the defined action. |
| US10992722B2 |
High efficiency distributed device-to-device (D2D) channel access
Techniques for facilitating device-to-device (D2D) communications using a high efficiency distributed channel access scheme are generally described herein. In some examples, a communication zone allocated for wireless D2D communications is divided into resource contention and scheduled transmission portions. The resource contention segment may be used to transmit a request message from a transmitting device to a receiving device (a request-to-send message), and transmit a response to the request message from the receiving device to the transmitting device (a clear-to-send message). The response can indicate a time for the data transmission to occur during the scheduled transmission segment. During the scheduled transmission segment, the scheduled data transmission and other D2D data transmissions among the various devices will be performed. In further examples, contention access techniques may be used during the resource contention segment to manage access to the resource channel. |
| US10992721B2 |
Tiered content streaming
Techniques for providing live content at different quality levels to a user device include advertising content availability at multiple quality levels for selection by the user device, receiving a quality level selection from the user device, wherein the quality level selection matches one of the advertised multiple quality levels, determining whether the received quality level selection differs from a currently used quality level, when it is determined that the received quality level selection is different from the currently used quality level, reconfiguring a transcoder to transcode the live content to only the received quality level, and updating a metafile to include a first quality level at a first bitrate lower than a bitrate for the received quality level selection and a second quality level at a second bitrate higher than the bitrate for the received quality level selection. |
| US10992719B2 |
Systems and methods for establishing a voice link between users accessing media
Systems and methods for establishing a voice communications link between multiple users accessing a media asset are provided. A media asset is accessed using a first user device, the first user device being associated with a first user at a first location. A second user who is accessing the media asset using a second user device is identified, wherein the second user is associated with the first user and is at a second location. A voice communications link between the first and second user devices that enables the first and second users to speak to each other while accessing the media asset is established. A volume level of audio received via the voice communications link is set based on content of the media asset, causing the audio received via the voice communications link from the second user to be presented to the first user at the set volume level. |
| US10992718B2 |
Methods for providing continuity in chatbot communications
The embodiments herein relate to a method in a user device and a method in a chatbot capable framework for providing continuity in chat communications between the user device and the chatbot capable framework. The method in the user device comprises: establishing a session with the chatbot framework over a first chat platform associated with a first chat application; starting a dialogue with the framework; initiating a transfer of the dialogue to a second chat platform associated with a second chat application and initiating a new session with the framework over the second chat platform and inputting identification information for continuing the dialogue where it stopped at the first chat platform. |
| US10992712B2 |
Multipath subflow anchoring for security policy enforcement
A policy server determines and explicitly provides a source host with a multipath access policy. The policy server obtains a notification that the source host is connected to an access network. The notification includes authentication credentials of a user of the source computing device. The policy server determines a multipath policy based on the authentication credentials. The multipath policy determines whether data flows from the source host are transmitted over multiple network connections. The policy server determines a set of one or more multipath proxy devices based on the authentication credentials, and provides an access policy to the source host. The access policy includes the multipath policy and network addresses associated with the multipath proxy devices. |
| US10992711B2 |
Network aware data driven internet of things service engine
A network aware data driven Internet of things (IoT) service engine is presented herein. A method can comprise receiving a policy rule from a network device of respective network devices—the policy rule corresponding to a sensor of a group of sensors that have been configured to transmit information of respective services to the respective network devices using an Internet protocol, and the policy rule defining an action to be performed by the system in response to a behavior of the sensor being determined to satisfy a defined condition specified by the policy rule with respect to a service of the respective services; based on the policy rule, monitoring the behavior of the sensor; and in response to determining that the behavior of the sensor satisfies the defined condition, performing the action on behalf of the network device. |
| US10992702B2 |
Detecting malware on SPDY connections
In example implementations, a method is provided that is executed by a processor. A multiplexed data stream is received over a single transmission control protocol (TCP) connection that uses a SPDY protocol. The multiplexed data stream contains data packets associated with a plurality of different data streams. A plurality of sub-contexts are generated. Each one of the sub-contexts is associated with a different one of the plurality of different data streams. The data packets are demultiplexed from the multiplexed data stream into a respective one of the plurality of sub-contexts. The plurality of different data streams in the respective one of the plurality of sub-contexts are examined to detect a malware. |
| US10992701B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamic targeting of secure repurposed cross-channel electronic communications
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for dynamic targeting and training via repurposing malicious electronic communications via scrubbing for transmission within the entity. In this way, the invention may receive malicious electronic communications, block those communications, scrub the malicious data from the communication, and repurpose the now clean electronic communication as repurposed malicious electron communications configured for facilitating training and authentication escalation of user application access. |
| US10992699B1 |
Systems and methods for determining a job score from a job title
Embodiments disclosed herein describe a server, for example a security awareness server or an artificial intelligence machine learning system that establishes a job score for a user based on the user's job title. In embodiments, the vulnerability of a user to malicious cybersecurity attacks, the propensity for the user to engage with a malicious attack, and the severity of a malicious attack likely to be sent to the user and the severity of the harm to the user's organization is the user engages with the malicious attack is represented in a user risk score. The risk score for a user of a security awareness system, or for a group of users of a security awareness system, may be calculated based on one or more of a frequency score for the user, a propensity score for the user, a severity score for the user, and a job score for the user. |
| US10992698B2 |
Device vulnerability management
A computer-implemented process of remediating device security vulnerabilities is carried out by determining identifications of electronic devices associated with an entity and calculating, for each device, a security cyber-vulnerability score. For instance, the cyber-vulnerability score is calculated by generating a device cyber-vulnerability score based upon known threats and vulnerabilities, generating a device level cyber-vulnerability score by augmenting the generated device cyber-vulnerability score based upon at least one device level parameter, generating an environmental cyber-vulnerability score, and computing an overall cyber-vulnerability score based upon the device level cyber-vulnerability score and the environmental cyber-vulnerability score. The computer-implemented process also comprises prioritizing the electronic devices based upon the computed overall cyber-vulnerability score, identifying whether a patch is available for at least one electronic device, and initiating a remediation/mitigation workflow to patch at least one electronic device. |
| US10992690B1 |
Network traffic inspection
Techniques for inspecting network traffic are disclosed. An application executing as an operating system extension that uses a virtual private network (VPN) stack of the operating system intercepts an Internet protocol (IP) packet for delivery to a remote computer system. A determination is made of an action to take in response to intercepting the packet. The determined action is taken. |
| US10992686B2 |
System, method and computer readable medium for determining users of an internet service
An internet service provider (ISP) is configured to analyze data sent by a user to determine a subscriber account associated with the data and a user associated with the data. A database is then queried to determine the number of users of the subscriber account, with a number above a threshold indicating a likely theft of service. This automatic process is accompanied by automated messaging to the user with information as to the measures taken and remedial options. The messaging may be different dependent on whether the user is deemed to be an authorized user having subscriber account administration rights. |
| US10992683B2 |
System and method for authenticating, storing, retrieving, and verifying documents
Disclosed herein is a method for electronic authentication, validation, storage, and third party verification of documents by a document service. The method provides a system for authenticating a user by a process that includes presentation of photo identification by the user and generation of an authenticated user code. The user then requests transfer of a document to the document service. The document service then validates, encrypts, and stores the document and associated metadata. A request for verification by a third party is responded to by the document service if the user sends the authenticated user code to confirm permission for verification by the document service. |
| US10992681B2 |
Authentication using blockchains
An authentication device that includes a memory operable to store a behavior signature for a user and a distributed ledger comprising information for a private blockchain and a semi-private blockchain associated with the user. The network device further includes an authentication engine implemented by a processor. The authentication engine is configured to receive an authentication request for a network resource and to determine a resource classification type based on the network resource. The authentication engine is further configured to identify one of the private blockchain and the semi-private blockchain based on the resource classification type and to extract data from one or more blocks in the identified blockchain. The authentication engine is further configured to determine at least a portion of the extracted data matches the stored behavior signature for the user and to provide access to the network resource in response to the determination. |
| US10992677B2 |
Reputation-based device registry
A distributed system and method for associating reputation to device registration is disclosed herein. The systems and methods can include receiving a request for a device interaction from a requesting device. A blockchain registry can then be accessed in response to the request. An approval threshold can be prepared for an approval of the request. Input votes regarding the approval can be received from one or more acting member devices. In response to achieving the approval threshold, the device interaction can be established between the requesting device and one or more connected devices. Then, the device interaction can be recorded in the blockchain registry. |
| US10992673B2 |
System and method for decentralized-identifier creation
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for blockchain-based decentralized-identifier creation, are provided. One of the methods includes: obtaining a request for creating a decentralized identifier (DID), wherein the request comprises a public key of a cryptographic key pair; creating, based on the public key, a blockchain account associated with a blockchain; creating the DID based on information associated with the blockchain account; and returning a confirmation message comprising the created DID. |
| US10992668B2 |
Three-way authentication apparatus and method in cloud environment and 3D printing apparatus and method using three-way authentication in cloud environment
Disclosed herein are a three-way authentication apparatus and method in a cloud environment. The three-way authentication method in a cloud environment includes performing, by a control device and a service device, mutual authentication through an IF-1 interface, performing, by the control device and a function server, mutual authentication through an IF-2 interface, requesting, by the control device, the function server to issue an authentication token for authentication between the service device and the function server, and delivering an authentication token issued by the function server to the service device, and performing, by the service device, mutual authentication with the function server using the delivered authentication token through an IF-3 interface. |
| US10992660B2 |
Authentication and authorization of a privilege-constrained application
Methods and systems are provided for managing access to a client account related (CAR) resource. When a privilege-constrained (PC) application requests access to an individual client account, a single use authorization (SUA) code is created that is associated with the individual client account. The SUA code is routed to, and returned from, the privilege-constrained (PC) application to authenticate the PC application. The PC application, once authenticated, receives a permitted action token that identifies a limited set of privileges that the PC application is authorized to perform in connection with the CAR resource. The PC application provides the permitted action token to an access service. The access service limits access, by the PC application, to the CAR resource based on the permitted action token. |
| US10992659B2 |
Multi-factor authentication devices
A device may receive a request from a first user device to access a protected device. The device may verify a user identity of a user of the first device based on user credentials and determine that an authentication code is needed to authenticate the request to access the protected device. The device may dynamically generate multiple codes and transmit the multiple codes to a second user device associated with the user identity of the user of the first device. A first code, of the multiple codes, may correspond to a correct authentication code needed to authenticate the request to access the protected device. The device may transmit a message including an instruction for identifying the correct authentication code from among the multiple codes, receive a second code from the first device, compare the second code and the first code, and selectively authenticate the request to access the protected device. |
| US10992655B2 |
Core network, user equipment, and communication control method for device to device communication
A communications system is provided. A network device controls the setting up of a device to device communication link, as sent between a device in the core network and the base station(s) servicing the relevant mobile devices, including disclosure of the common security information for two mobile devices to communicate securely over the direct device to device communications link. |
| US10992654B2 |
Secure WAN path selection at campus fabric edge
A method is performed by an access router of an enterprise network including a first edge router to communicate with a second edge router over a wide area network (WAN). The method includes receiving a packet from a first endpoint, receiving from a mapping service a network location of a second edge router for which the packet is destined and a security association (SA) to encrypt the packet from the access router to the second edge router, and generating for the first edge router one or more path selectors for WAN path selection. The method includes encrypting the packet using the SA, and adding to the encrypted IP packet, in clear text, the path selectors and outer encapsulation including the network location, to produce an encrypted tunnel packet. The method also includes forwarding the encrypted tunnel packet to the second edge router via the first edge router and the WAN. |
| US10992647B2 |
System and method for anonymous data exchange between server and client
Disclosed are systems and methods for exchanging data in a client-server architecture. At the client side, a first data structure intended for dispatch to a server is divided into at least two substructures including a first substructure and a second substructure. The substructure is dispatched from the client to the server across a first network node with an anonymization module, wherein data of the first substructure is transformed by the anonymization module. The second substructure from the client is dispatched to a second network node with a storage module. The second substructure is received by the server from the network node with the storage module, and the obtained data substructures are combined into a second data structure by the server. |
| US10992646B2 |
Data transmission method and data transmission apparatus
The present invention discloses a data transmission method and a data transmission apparatus. The method includes: sending, by a first computer, first data to a first image capture apparatus through an image output port of the first computer; receiving, by the first image capture apparatus, the first data; and sending, by the first image capture apparatus, the first data to a second computer; or processing, by the first image capture apparatus, the first data to generate second data, and sending, by the first image capture apparatus, the second data to a second computer; where the first image capture apparatus has an image input port, the image input port is connected to the image output port of the first computer, and the image output port of the first computer includes an output port of a display card of the first computer. The present invention can effectively reduce leakage of corporate data. |
| US10992645B2 |
Mitigating communication risk by detecting similarity to a trusted message contact
At least one of a measure of trust or a measure of spoofing risk associated with a sender of a message is determined. A measure of similarity between an identifier of the sender of the message and an identifier of at least one trusted contact of a recipient of the message is determined. The measure of similarity is combined with at least one of the measure of trust or the measure of spoofing risk to at least in part determine a combined measure of risk associated with the message. The sender of the message is not included in the at least one trusted contact of the recipient of the message. Based at least in part on the combined measure of risk associated with the message, the message is modified to alter content of a data field that includes an identification of the sender of the message. |
| US10992642B2 |
Document isolation
Methods and systems are disclosed for document isolation. A host computer system may be configured to implement document isolation via one or more of a host-based firewall, an internet isolation firewall, and/or a segregation of a trusted memory space and an untrusted memory space. The host computer system may be configured to access one or more files using a first set of one or more applications and/or processes operating within the trusted memory space and/or a second set of one or more applications and/or processes operating within an untrusted memory space. The host computer system may be configured to open (e.g., always open) the one or more accessed files in the trusted memory space of the host computer system. |
| US10992638B1 |
Network address translation based on logical channel implementation in a shared wireless network
Technologies directed to network address translation based on logical channels in a shared private network with a single ingress to an ISP and multiple customer devices are described. One method receives a first public IP address assigned to an endpoint device by an ISP. The method creates a sub-interface on a WAN interface and adds a first rule that translates the first public IP address to a first private IP address assigned to the customer STA and a second rule that translates the first private IP address to the second public IP address. The first customer STA creates a second sub-interface between the customer STA and the endpoint device, adds a third rule that translates the first private IP address to a second private IP address assigned to the first endpoint device, and adds a fourth rule that translates the second private IP address to the first private IP address. |
| US10992633B1 |
Methods and systems for determining an unread message count
Exemplary embodiments relate to techniques for providing more accurate counts relating to unread messages in a communications system. Conventionally, the unread count for an app may be inaccurate, because the local application does not synchronize its understanding of the unread messages with the server. In the described embodiments, both the server and the application inform each other of what they understand the unread count to be. The client also informs the server of when the local application is backgrounded and foregrounded. With this information, the server is able to update its badge count more accurately, and the local client is able to estimate how far off the server's count is. Using the techniques described herein, the server may inform the client of its badge-count understanding in a way that does not cause the application to wake up on the local device, thereby resulting in less battery consumption. |
| US10992620B2 |
Methods, systems, and media for generating a notification in connection with a video content item
Methods, systems, and media for generating a notification in connection with a video content item are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: causing a video content item and a message interface to be presented on a plurality of user devices, wherein the video content item is created by a content creator; receiving, from at least a portion of the plurality of user devices, a plurality of messages via the message interface; identifying at least one topic included in a portion of the plurality of messages within a given period of time; causing a notification that indicates the at least one topic to be superimposed on the presentation of the video content item on the plurality of user devices; determining that the at least one topic is no longer included in more than a predetermined number of the plurality of messages; and causing presentation of the notification to be inhibited on the plurality of user devices. |
| US10992619B2 |
Messaging system with avatar generation
A system comprises one or more processors of a machine and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the machine to perform operations. The operations comprise: receiving an image; generating an avatar with a trained neural network based on the image, the trained neural network predicting multiple trait values for the avatar; and sending a message with the generated avatar. |
| US10992612B2 |
Contact information extraction and identification
A database server may identify mentioned names in a body of a message and extract the names using name identification heuristics and algorithms. The service retrieves or utilizes a distributed connection graph to identify contacts associated with the parties to the conversation that may match or be similar to the mentioned name. Contacts may be scored based on similarities between the extracted name the names associated with nodes of the graph, as well as other factors. The highest scoring contact may be surfaced or displayed to one or more of the parties to the communication message. |
| US10992607B2 |
Contextual message delivery
Examples are disclosed herein that relate to delivering electronic messages to intended recipients based on detected contextual events. One example provides a computing system, comprising a logic subsystem, and a storage subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to receive an input of a message, store the message in a data store for delivery to an intended recipient, determine contextual information for the message and store the contextual information for the message in the data store, detect a contextual event that matches a triggering condition for delivery of the message based upon the contextual information for the message, and based upon the contextual event matching the triggering condition, send the message to a device associated with the intended recipient. |
| US10992603B2 |
Block acknowledgement with out-of-order packets
A wireless device can perform Out-of-Order packet processing and block acknowledgement. Multiple packets may be received at a lower layer of the wireless device. Identifying information may be determined for the received packets. It may be determined that the packets were received out of sequential order, based at least in part on the identifying information. Despite being received out of sequential order, payload information from the packets may be provided to a higher layer of the wireless device in a non-sequential order, such as the order of receipt. |
| US10992602B2 |
Sequential storage of collected data from heterogeneous intervals
A method performed by a node includes writing normal records to a buffer. Each normal record is associated with a respective time interval having a respective start time and end time according to network time, and each normal record includes respective collected data describing an activity. The method includes detecting that access to network time has become unavailable as well as detecting that access to network time has become available after having been unavailable. The method includes determining information describing an incomplete period during which network time was unavailable, where the incomplete period includes at least one of a skipped interval and a standby interval. During each skipped interval, no collected data describing the activity is collected. Each standby interval is associated with respective collected data describing the activity during the incomplete period. The method includes writing to the buffer a placeholder record including the information describing the incomplete period. |
| US10992600B2 |
Virtual network element and methods for use therewith
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a virtual network element that includes a plurality of virtual machine modules configured to process a plurality of control packets in a virtualized telecommunication network. A classifier module is configured to receive telecommunications traffic that includes the plurality of control packets and a plurality of data packets, to separate the plurality of control plane data from the at least one data packet, and to forward the plurality of control packets to selected ones of the plurality of virtual machine modules. A forwarding device, coupled to the classifier module and separate from the plurality of virtual machine modules, is configured to forward the plurality of data packets in the virtualized telecommunication network. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10992597B2 |
Fast scheduling and optimization of multi-stage hierarchical networks
Significantly optimized multi-stage networks including scheduling methods for faster scheduling of connections, useful in wide target applications, with VLSI layouts using only horizontal wires and vertical wires to route large scale partial multi-stage hierarchical networks having inlet and outlet links, and laid out in an integrated circuit device in a two-dimensional grid arrangement of blocks are disclosed. The optimized multi-stage networks in each block employ one or more slices of rings of stages of switches with inlet and outlet links of partial multi-stage hierarchical networks connecting to rings from either left-hand side or right-hand side; and employ hop wires or multi-drop hop wires wherein hop wires or multi-drop wires are connected from switches of stages of rings of slices of a first partial multi-stage hierarchical network switches of stages of a rings of slices of the first or a second partial multi-stage hierarchical network. |
| US10992595B2 |
Resource pushing method, device, and storage medium for smart device
The present disclosure provides a resource pushing method, a device and a storage medium for a smart device, the method includes: acquiring a first pushing resource according to a preset rule, where the first pushing resource is used by the smart device to interact with a user, pushing the first pushing resource to the user. In the solution, relevant resources are actively acquired according to behavior information of the user, triggering and hotspots, and are pushed to the user, thereby saving the cost in resource querying by the user, and increasing the exposure of platform resources. |
| US10992594B2 |
Optimization of network resources
A method may include, by a network resource optimization system, receiving from a network node a resource request, determining a plurality of network resources based on the resource request, and determining a subset of network resources from the plurality of network resources and a network resource from the subset based on a score of each network resource. The score of each network resource may be based on a rate of acceptance of communication requests received or a number of communication sessions established. The method may include, by the network resource optimization system, transmitting a communication request to the determined network resource and receiving an acceptance from the network resource. The method may include, by the network resource optimization system, causing a selection mechanism to be activated at the network node, receiving from the network node a selection, and initiating the communication session in response to the selection. |
| US10992586B2 |
Rate limiter
Systems and methods of rate limiting are disclosed herein. In some example embodiments, a rate limiter service receives a request from an online application to access an online resource, and the rate limiter service transmits an indication of the request to a back end system, and an enforcement decision corresponding to the online resource is received from the back end system, with the enforcement decision comprising an instruction to either permit or deny access to the online resource, and the receiving of the enforcement decision from the back end system being performed asynchronously with the receiving of the request and the transmitting of the indication. In some example embodiments, the enforcement decision received from the back end system is stored, the stored enforcement decision is accessed in response to the receiving of the request, and the request is responded to using the accessed enforcement decision. |
| US10992580B2 |
Ingress rate limiting in order to reduce or prevent egress congestion
A method performed by a network device comprises egressing data from a port of the network device at an egress rate over a link connected to the port, ingressing data into the port at an ingress rate over the link, monitoring at least one indication with respect to the egressing data in order to determine whether the at least one indication is indicative of egress congestion at the port of the network device, and upon determining that the at least one indication is indicative of the egress congestion at the port, limiting the rate of ingress via the port. |
| US10992575B2 |
Assignment of internet protocol addresses to services
In an example, a first Internet Protocol (IP) address is assigned to a first service. The first service includes a plurality of pods and is to operate on a first port. A first node on which the first IP address is to be configured is selected from among a plurality of nodes based on a number of IP addresses configured on each of the plurality of nodes. Further, the first IP address is configured on the first node. The first IP address is assigned to a second service as well. The second service comprises a plurality of pods and is to operate on a second port. |
| US10992574B2 |
Packet forwarding method and device
The present invention provides a packet forwarding method and device. The method comprises: a first node receiving a packet for forwarding, wherein a destination address of the packet is a second node; the first node identifying, from topologies generated in advance, a target topology corresponding to the packet, wherein the topologies generated in advance comprise a first topology and a second topology generated according to an MRT algorithm, and a third topology obtained according to an SPF algorithm, wherein the first topology, the second topology and the third topology are different from one another; and the first node identifying, from the target topology, a next hop node for forwarding to the second node, and forwarding the packet to the next hop node. The present invention achieves an object of combining a segmented routing network and an MRT function. |
| US10992573B2 |
Multi-layer LSP control method and apparatus
Disclosed are a multi-layer LSP control method and apparatus. The method comprises: acquiring a label switched path (LSP) addition request, wherein the LSP addition request carries identifier information for identifying a layer associated group that the LSP is to be added to; and in response to the LSP addition request, adding the LSP to the layer associated group, wherein the layer associated group comprises: an upper-layer LSP and several lower-layer LSPs. |
| US10992566B1 |
Apparatus, system, and method for improved memory consumption in network devices via efficient route management
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) receiving, at a network device, a route update for one or more routes that direct traffic within a network that supports BGP, (2) identifying, within the route update, a BGP prefix and a plurality of protocol next-hop addresses that (A) identify a plurality of neighbors of the network device and (B) each correspond to the BGP prefix, (3) maintaining a single copy of the BGP prefix and each of the protocol next-hop addresses, (4) receiving a packet destined for a computing device that is reachable via at least one of the neighbors of the network device, and then (5) forwarding the packet to the one of the neighbors of the network device in accordance with the BGP prefix and the protocol next-hop address that identifies the one of the neighbors. Various other methods, systems, and apparatuses are also disclosed. |
| US10992560B2 |
Time series anomaly detection service
An anomaly detection system includes a plurality of signals. Each of the signals is associated with an anomaly detection procedure that will be used to identify anomalies within the signal. Anomaly detection is performed by applying the anomaly detection procedure to a sequential set of data points of a signal. The signals are updated based on incoming data streams. The data streams are analyzed, and the sequential set of data points for each signal is updated based on data points extracted from the data streams. |
| US10992557B1 |
Traffic analyzer for network device
Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms facilitate actionable reporting of network state information and real-time, autonomous network engineering directly in-network at a switch or other network device. A data collector within the network device collects state information and/or data unit information from various device components, such as traffic managers and packet processors. The data collector, which may optionally generate additional state information by performing various calculations on the information it receives, is configured to then provide at least some of the state information to an analyzer device connected to an analyzer interface. The analyzer device, which may be a separate device, performs various analyses on the state information, depending on how it is configured. The analyzer device outputs reports that identify statuses, errors, misconfigurations, and/or suggested actions to take to improve operation of the network device. In an embodiment, some or all actions that may be suggested therein are executed automatically. |
| US10992556B2 |
Disaggregated resource monitoring
Particular embodiments described herein provide for a network element that can be configured to receive a request related to one or more disaggregated resources, link the one or more disaggregated resources to a local counter, receive performance related data from each of the one or more disaggregated resources, and store the performance related data in the local counter. In an example, the one or more disaggregated resources comprise a software defined infrastructure composite node |
| US10992555B2 |
Recording, replay, and sharing of live network monitoring views
Network monitoring views can be recorded, replayed and shared. A monitoring system receives monitoring data, in response to which a monitoring view can be constructed. The monitoring data is maintained in memory or mass storage. One or more monitoring views can later be constructed in response to user preferences, even if those users would not have known to select those particular preferences or construct those particular monitoring views at the time. The monitoring views constructed in response to that monitoring data can be presented to users in a simulation of the problem, as if it were occurring at that time. Users can send particular monitoring views to others, with both the effects that the monitoring view can be preserved as part of a trouble report, and the persons receiving the monitoring view can have useful insight into what problem the user has pointed to. |
| US10992554B2 |
Intelligent data analytics collectors
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating a instruction set according to a data analytics collection strategy and identifying first and second network devices adapted to perform first and second types of network functions, respectively, within a communications network, wherein the first and second types of network functions are different. First and second collectors are instantiated in association with the first and second network devices, respectively, and the instruction set is provided to each of the first and second collectors. The first and second collectors are adapted to autonomously execute first and second segments of the instruction set according to the first and second types of network function to obtain first and second collection results, respectively, wherein network analytic functions are adapted to process the first and second collection results. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10992552B2 |
Device and method for adding an M2M service
The present application is directed to a device on a network that is configured to add a service. The device includes a memory that is operably coupled to the processor. The processor is adapted to configure a service enablement policy. The processor is also adapted to receive a request to add the service from a service provider. The processor is adapted to check the service enablement policy for adding the service. The processor is also adapted to collaborate with another device to harmonize the service enablement policy and the host selection criteria. Further, the processor is adapted to send a reply to the service provider. The present application is also directed to a method for adding a service. |
| US10992551B2 |
Software proof-of-concept platform, including simulation of production behavior and/or data
A system comprising a platform configured for communicating with enterprise end-users and for allowing the enterprise end-users to perform proof-of-concept testing for startups which provide respective enterprises with software products to be evaluated by the respective enterprises, the platform including processor functionality configured to analyze available information on enterprise data and, accordingly, generate metadata characterizing the enterprise data; generate artificial enterprise data conforming to the metadata; analyze available information on enterprise APIs and, accordingly, generate metadata characterizing the enterprise APIs; and generate at least one artificial API conforming to that metadata. |
| US10992543B1 |
Automatically generating an intent-based network model of an existing computer network
Collectors are provided to network devices of an existing computer network. A reference network type associated with the existing computer network is determined. Based at least in part on telemetry and configuration information received from the collectors and the reference network type, an intent-based network model of the existing computer network is generated. The existing computer network is validated using the generated intent-based network model. |
| US10992539B2 |
Methods and systems for neighbor-acknowledged graceful insertion/removal protocol
Presented herein are systems, and methods thereof, that is configured to enter a maintenance mode to isolate itself from its neighbor and to gracefully cause neighbor devices to isolate themselves from the system, as to cause minimal or “zero” service disruption with its neighbors. The system broadcasts a maintenance-related message, via a standard transport layer, over routing protocols, to counter parts protocols at the neighbor device and waits for an acknowledgement message from the neighbor network devices. The broadcast and acknowledgement, through standard transport layer messaging, ensures that traffic generated by such protocols at the neighbor devices, regardless of manufacturer, are redirected before the system fully enters into the maintenance mode. |
| US10992538B2 |
System and method for using InfiniBand routing algorithms for ethernet fabrics in a high performance computing environment
Systems and methods for using InfiniBand routing algorithms for Ethernet fabrics in a high performance computing environment. The method can provide, at a computer comprising one or more microprocessors, a plurality of switches, a plurality of hosts, a topology provider (TP) module, a routing engine (RE) module, and a switch initializer (SI) module. The method can perform a discovery sweep, by the TP, of the plurality of hosts and the plurality of switches and assigns an address to each of the plurality of hosts and the plurality of switches. The method can calculate, by the routing engine, a routing map, based upon a routing scheme, for the plurality of hosts and the plurality of switches, the routing map comprising a plurality of forwarding tables. The method can configure, each of the plurality of switches with a forwarding table of the plurality of forwarding tables calculated by the routing engine. |
| US10992537B2 |
Automatic grouping of similar applications and devices on a network map
An embodiment may involve a managed network containing computing devices. The computing devices may be respectively associated with unqualified domain names. One or more server devices may be disposed within a remote network management platform that manages the managed network. These server devices may be configured to: probe the managed network, by way of a proxy server application disposed within the managed network, to obtain information related to applications operating on the computing devices, network connectivity of the computing devices, and representations of the unqualified domain names; obtain a regular expression; determine a subset of the computing devices in the managed network on which a particular application is operating and for which the respectively associated unqualified domain names match the regular expression; and generate a map of the managed network in which the subset of the computing devices is represented as a grouped node instead of individual nodes. |
| US10992530B2 |
Dashboard overview navigation and search system
Systems and methods for a dashboard overview showing dashboards available for a user, a visual key of available dashboards and simplified access to most recently used dashboards are disclosed. A dashboard represents a user-defined display of key performance indicators (KPIs) in a manner perceived convenient by the user creating the dashboard. As dashboards have evolved a sharing aspect of dashboards has been determined to be a mechanism to promote reuse of dashboards. Including a visual clue on a dashboard selection page as to the underlying display presentation method has been determined to be an important aid in allowing for navigation amongst a plurality of dashboards available in an enterprise system. Sharing and retrieval techniques for dashboards are disclosed. |
| US10992529B2 |
In-vehicle ethernet communication system and communication method thereof
A first device, which is any one of a plurality of devices communicating with each other using an Ethernet scheme in the in-vehicle Ethernet communication system includes: a central processor, and a physical layer processor to connect the central processor to a second device which is another one of the plurality of devices, wherein the physical layer processor includes a counter to output a first counting end signal, a signal transmitter to demand that the first device continuously operate in response to receiving at least one of a mode signal and the first counting end signal, a signal receiver to output a master sensing signal, and an operation mode controller to determine an operation mode of the first device in response to receiving at least one of the first counting end signal and the master sensing signal and to generate the mode signal. |
| US10992527B2 |
Subframe configuration method and device
Provided are a subframe configuration method and device. The method includes: determining a configuration of second type subframes according to a configuration of first type subframes and a bitmap sequence of subframe configuration of a resource pool, where the second type subframes are reserved subframes, and mapping of the bitmap sequence is not performed on the reserved subframes; and mapping the bitmap sequence according to the configuration of the first type subframes and the configuration of the second type subframes. |
| US10992524B2 |
User defined objects for network devices
Provided are systems and methods for configuring a network servicing node with user-defined instruction scripts. A method for configuring a network servicing node with user-defined instruction scripts may commence with receiving, from a user of the network servicing node, a user loadable program. The user loadable program may include at least the user-defined instruction scripts. The method may continue with receiving a data packet from a data network associated with the user. The method may further include determining a condition associated with the data packet. The method may continue with identifying, in a name table, a program name associated with a program using the condition. The program may be the user loadable program. The method may further include processing the data packet by getting an instruction of the user-defined instruction scripts from a storage module and applying the instruction to the data packet. |
| US10992522B2 |
Network configuration method and network device
Disclosed are a network configuration method and a network device for dynamically selecting a mobility state machine and a tunnel type matching a terminal and increasing resource utilization efficiency. The method comprises: when a terminal accesses a network, determining an attribute of the terminal; determining, on the basis of the attribute of the terminal, a configuration parameter corresponding to the terminal; and directing or configuring, on the basis of the configuration parameter, the terminal and/or directing or configuring a related network function entity or node at a network side. |
| US10992521B2 |
Remote storage gateway shadow or cache configuration
A storage gateway serves as an interface between processes on a customer network and a service provider. The storage gateway is located on-premise with the customer processes. To customer processes, it appears that data is stored locally. However, the storage gateway interfaces with a remote storage service to store the data. For cached gateways, the primary data store is a remote data store, while frequently accessed data may be locally cached by the gateway. Reads may be satisfied from the local cache or from virtual data storage; writes are handled so as to appropriately update data blocks in the local cache and/or in virtual data storage. For shadowing gateways, the primary data store is the local data store; reads are passed through to a local data store, and writes are shadowed to virtual data storage as well as being sent to local data store. |
| US10992520B2 |
Network policy graphs
Example implementations disclosed herein can be used to generate composite network policy graphs based on multiple network policy graphs input by network users that may have different goals for the network. The resulting composite network policy graph can be used to program a network so that it meets the requirements necessary to achieve the goals of at least some of the network users. In one example implementation, a method can include receiving multiple network policy graphs, generating composite endpoint groups based on relationships between endpoint groups and policy graph sources, generating composite paths based on the relationships between the endpoints and the network policy graphs, generating a composite network policy graph based on the composite endpoint groups and the composite paths, and analyzing the composite network policy graph to determine conflicts or errors. |
| US10992516B2 |
Efficient self-checking redundancy comparison in a network
In an embodiment, a computing node includes a computing circuit, a comparing circuit, and an indicator circuit. The computing circuit is configured to generate a first redundant message that corresponds to, and that is independent of, a source message propagating over a network during at least one time period. The comparing circuit is configured to compare information content of one or more corresponding portions of the source message and the first redundant message during each of the at least one time period to generate a comparison result. And the indicator circuit is configured to indicate whether the source message is valid or invalid in response to the comparison result. For example, such computing node can determine the validity of a redundant result with reduced processing overhead, reduced message delay, and reduced message latency as compared to existing computer nodes. |
| US10992515B1 |
Link state tracking for virtual interfaces
Presented herein are methodologies for tracking a link state of a physical network connection and selectively reporting the link state to virtual machines that rely on the physical network connection. A method includes receiving an indication, at a hypervisor, which is running on a host computer and which instantiates a virtual switch, that a physical link interconnecting the host computer to a network has failed; determining that the physical link serves the virtual switch; determining whether link state tracking is enabled for the physical link; and when link state tracking is enabled for the physical link, notifying a virtual machine, which is running on the host computer and which is being served by the virtual switch, that a connection between the virtual machine and the network has failed. |
| US10992513B1 |
Systems and methods for reestablishing communication to resume a process based on inferred intent
A system may include a communication device that may enable a user to complete a digital form via a first communication session. The system may include a processor that may determine that the user has not completed the digital form, determine one or more issues associated with the user not completing the digital form based on a progress point associated with the digital form, determine a communication channel to use to follow up with the user regarding the digital form based on a data profile associated with the user, the one or more issues, or both, and establish a second communication session with the user via the communication channel to present the digital form at the progress point, such that the user can continue to complete the digital form using the second communication session. |
| US10992508B2 |
NR broadcast channel transmission
The disclosure relates to a method performed by a wireless device, for receiving system information from a network node of a wireless communication system. The system information is received in a synchronization signal (SS) block of an SS burst set comprising at least one SS block. The system information is multiplexed with information providing a time index indicating which SS block of the SS burst set that is being received. The method comprises receiving the information providing the time index, and receiving the system information, which comprises descrambling the system information using a scrambling sequence generated based on the information providing the time index. The method also comprises determining an accuracy of the information providing the time index, based on an error-detection code related to the received system information. The disclosure also relates to corresponding network node method and apparatus. |
| US10992502B2 |
Method for sending downlink control information, terminal device, and network device
Embodiments of this application provide a method for sending downlink control information, a terminal device, and a network device, and relate to the communications field, to resolve problems of low flexibility and low reliability of a system DCI configuration. The method includes: receiving DCI for scheduling downlink data to be transmitted as one codeword, wherein the DCI comprises a value of a set of values each indicating a corresponding quantity of layers of the one codeword and one or more antenna ports used for sending the one codeword, and wherein the set of values comprises: a first value indicating that the quantity of layers of the one codeword is 2, and a first antenna port and a second antenna port are used for sending the one codeword, and a second value indicating that the quantity of layers of the one codeword is 2 and a third antenna port and a fourth antenna port are used for sending the one codeword. |
| US10992489B2 |
Electronic device for providing notification message and method thereof
An electronic device includes a display, communication circuitry performing wireless connection with an external electronic device, a processor operatively coupled with the display and the communication circuitry, and a memory operatively connected with the processor. Based on executing instructions stored in the memory, the processor is configured to control the electronic device to receive information on a first notification message generated within the external electronic device using the communication circuitry. Based on instructions stored in the memory being executed, the processor controls the electronic device to display the first notification message through the display. Based on the instructions stored in the memory being executed, the processor is configured to control the electronic device to receive one or more second notification messages which have been generated within the external electronic device prior to the first notification message. Based on instructions stored in the memory being executed, the processor is configured to control the electronic device to display, in response to an input, the second notification message in at least a portion of the display. |
| US10992486B2 |
Collaboration synchronization
Synchronizing collaboration times for members of a team includes extracting emotive content and topical indicia from conversation data generated from multiple electronically captured conversations involving the team members. A model for generating time-based collaboration profiles for each member with respect to a specific topic can be constructed based on the emotive content and topical indicia. A synchronized collaboration time for the members of the team can be determined based on comparisons of each team member's respective collaboration profile. |
| US10992485B2 |
Network device having interface capable of operating in independent mode
The present disclosure relates to a Network Interface Card (NIC) that is operatively coupled with a network device and comprises at least one network interface/port, wherein the NIC further comprises a processing unit; a non-volatile memory operatively coupled with the processing unit; and a power input connected to a decoupled power supply, wherein the NIC is configured in a manner that allows the NIC to work in an independent mode by decoupling from the main processor of the network device such that the NIC performs one or more programmed operations even when the network device is non-operational or when the network device undergoes a network change event. |
| US10992484B2 |
Power management for distributed communication systems, and related components, systems, and methods
Power management techniques in distributed communication systems in which the power available at a remote unit (RU) is measured and compared to the power requirements of the RU. Voltage and current are measured for two dummy loads at the RU and these values are used to solve for the output voltage of the power supply and the resistance of the wires. From these values, a maximum power available may be calculated and compared to power requirements of the RU. |
| US10992483B2 |
Physically unclonable function device for use in user authentication system and operation method thereof
A physically unclonable function (PUF) device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, a selecting circuit configured to select one or more memory cells among the plurality of memory cells in response to a challenge, and a sense amplifier and quantizer configured to generate a quantize signal from the selected memory cell. The number of quantization sections for generating the quantize signal may be different from the number of resistance state distributions generated from the selected memory cell. One or more quantization sections may exist in one resistance state distribution section. |
| US10992480B2 |
Method and system for performing a transaction and for performing a verification of legitimate access to, or use of digital data
A method for performing an electronic transaction is disclosed. The method provides authentication data and authentication software to an electronic device and preferably stored in a secure storage location or other location inaccessible to the user or the operating system of the device. The authentication software is activated to generate a digital signature from the authentication data. Next, the digital signature is provided to the other transaction party. |
| US10992478B2 |
Blockchain-based digital identity management method
A digital identity management method based on a blockchain-based technology is provided. In some exemplary embodiments, the method comprises: performing a first process for storing identity identification information of a subscription request in a first block of a blockchain in response to the subscription request from a service request device and then obtaining a block hash value of the first block as a result of performing the first process, performing a second process for storing the block hash value of the first block and data of authentication information of the subscription request in a second block of the blockchain and then obtaining a block hash value of the second block as a result of performing the second process, and inserting the block hash value of the second block into a digital identity data structure as a result of processing the subscription request. |
| US10992476B1 |
Verifying asset identity
Methods and systems for verifying asset identity. The system includes a rules engine executing a corpus of rules to analyze received fingerprint data regarding one or more assets in a network. The rules engine may execute the rules to create a synthetic fingerprint to provide more accurate and helpful information regarding a network asset. |
| US10992474B2 |
Proactive user authentication for facilitating subsequent resource access across multiple devices
Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for proactive user authentication for facilitating subsequent resource access across multiple devices are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes validating an authentication result received via a first user device; generating, in response to validating the authentication result, a proof of authentication that relates to the authentication performed via the first user device; outputting the proof of authentication to the first user device; receiving, via a second user device in connection with a request to access a protected resource, cryptographic information comprising at least a portion of the proof of authentication output to the first user device; validating the cryptographic information received via the second user device against the proof of authentication; and granting, to the second user device, access to the protected resource in response to validating the cryptographic information against the proof of authentication. |
| US10992473B2 |
Secure single sign on and conditional access for client applications
Methods and systems for implementing single sign on (SSO) and/or conditional access for client applications are described herein. The system may comprise an identity provider gateway, and the system may authenticate a user of the client application using the identity provider gateway. In some aspects, a secure communication tunnel may be established between the client application and the identity provider gateway, and the secure communication tunnel may use, for example, a client certificate. The identity provider gateway may grant or deny the client application access to one or more resources based on information associated with the client certificate. |
| US10992471B2 |
Hidden subject identification system
A method determines whether another party has information about a person without disclosing personal identification information of the person. The method includes receiving, at a third computer system, a first set of data comprising personal identification information of a first person and encrypting the first set of data to generate a third set of data. The method also includes transmitting, to a second computer system, the third set of data. The method further includes receiving, at the third computer system from the second computer system, a message indicating the third set of data matches a fourth set of data encrypted from a second set of data comprising personal identification information of a second person. The method still further includes transmitting, from the third computer system, a message indicating the second person matches the first person when the fourth and third set of data matches. |
| US10992470B2 |
System and method for efficient and secure implementation of LS-Designs
The invention provides implementations of the block cipher in resource-constrained ARM devices that may be applied to both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of side-channel resistant and vectorized code and provides improves both efficiency and compactness by using of algorithmic techniques and features specific to a target platform. Specifically, an unprotected 32-bit implementation improves speed while reducing code size and a vectorized implementation improves performance and speed the implementation of block cipher. |
| US10992469B2 |
Seed splitting and firmware extension for secure cryptocurrency key backup, restore, and transaction signing platform apparatuses, methods and systems
The Seed Splitting and Firmware Extension for Secure Cryptocurrency Key Backup, Restore, and Transaction Signing Platform Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“SFTSP”) transforms transaction signing request, key backup request, key recovery request inputs via SFTSP components into transaction signing response, key backup response, key recovery response outputs. An offline transaction signing request message for a transaction is received by a first cold HSM and includes an encrypted second master key share from a second cold HSM and an encrypted third master key share from a hot HSM. A first master key share is retrieved. The encrypted master key shares are decrypted and, along with the first master key share, used to recover a master private key. A keychain path is determined. A signing private key for the keychain path is generated using the master private key. The transaction is signed using the signing private key, and the generated signature is returned. |
| US10992467B2 |
System and method for encrypting information with polynomial distributed strings
An encryption system is provided. The system includes a plurality of communication devices, one or more processors, one or more memory components, one or more network connections, and a data repository. The data repository is stored by the plurality of communication devices on the one or more memory components thereof. A polynomial function is developed to point to message data within the data repository, wherein the polynomial function is transmitted between the plurality of communication devices to exchange the message data. |
| US10992461B2 |
Secure layered encryption of data streams
Technology permitting secure storage and transmission of data stream as well as tiered access to multiple data stream according to permission. Data streams may be encrypted using symmetric encryption performed with varying symmetric keys according to a key stream of symmetric keys. Native data may be discarded for safety. Whole or partial key streams may be encrypted using the public keys of authorized entities having permission to access respective data streams or portions thereof. Only the corresponding private keys can decrypt the encrypted key streams required to decrypt the encrypted data streams. Thus rigorous access control is provided. IT personnel accessing data stream files on a server or intruders maliciously obtaining files will not be able to derive the data stream. Sensitive data streams may be stored using cloud services despite inherent risks. |
| US10992457B2 |
System and method for blockchain-based cross-entity authentication
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for blockchain-based cross-entity authentication are provided. One of the methods includes: obtaining an authentication request by a first entity for authenticating a user, wherein the authentication request comprises a decentralized identifier (DID) of the user; in response to determining that the first entity is permitted to access authentication information of the user endorsed by a second entity, generating a blockchain transaction for obtaining an authentication result of the user by the second entity, wherein the authentication result is associated with the DID; and transmitting the blockchain transaction to a blockchain node for adding to a blockchain. |
| US10992451B2 |
Audio and video playback system and method for playing audio data applied thereto
An audio and video playback system includes an audio and video playback device having a local audio device, and a secondary audio device. A method for playing audio data includes: allocating a local audio buffer space and a secondary audio buffer space to the local audio device and the secondary audio device, respectively; processing obtained multimedia data to generate local audio data and secondary audio data; writing the local audio data and the secondary audio data to the local audio buffer space and the secondary audio buffer space, respectively; reading the local audio data and the secondary audio data buffered in the local audio buffer space and the secondary audio buffer space to the local audio device and the secondary audio device, to have the local audio device and the secondary audio device play the local audio data and the secondary audio data, respectively. |
| US10992445B2 |
Signal processing method and device
The present disclosure provides a signal processing method and device. The method includes: sending a first data signal and receiving a second data signal in a first Resource Block (RB) of a first subframe; and further sending a first reference signal according to first reference information and receiving a second reference signal according to second reference information in the first RB, where: the first reference information is different from the second reference information; the first reference information includes: a time-frequency resource location occupied by the first reference signal, and sequence information of the first reference signal; and the second reference information includes: a time-frequency resource location occupied by the second reference signal, and sequence information of the second reference signal. The present disclosure ensures correct receiving of the reference signal. |
| US10992442B2 |
System and method for communicating time and frequency tracking signals using configurations for one port CSI-RSs
A network controller may configure one or more channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configurations for transmitting RSs to user equipments (UEs) for tracking. A CSI-RS configuration may specify a set of CSI-RS resources for transmitting RSs in two consecutive slots. The set of CSI-RS resources may include a plurality of one-port CSI-RS resources configured according to the CSI-RS configuration. The CSI-RS configuration may specify a quasi co-location (QCL) configuration including a set of QCL parameters, where a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) has a QCL relationship with the RS with respect to the set of QCL parameters. The network controller may signal the one or more CSI-RS configurations to UEs. |