US10475092B1
A system and method host an electronic marketplace in which the initial product prices are set by the selling party and the final purchase price is determined by the time between product posting and payment from a buyer. Gamification is implemented using purchasable powerups to allow users to manipulate the prices during a product listing. The seller has two options for the increment or decrement rate of the price of the product: automatic or manual. In the automatic incrementation, the system increments or decrements the final price by cross-referencing the time and the product seller's inputted choice of UP or DOWN at the time of posting. In the manual incrementation, the seller selects the speed in which the price is increased or decreased from the start to the end of the product listing based on the seller's inputted choice of UP or DOWN at the time of posting.
US10475091B2
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a virtualized communication device dynamic provisioning system includes a computer-based set of instructions that are executed to generate a user interface for receiving selection of one or more virtualized communication devices. The instructions may then receive provisioning information associated with the selected virtualized communication devices from the user interface, and provision the virtualized communication devices in accordance with the received provisioning information to prepare and equip the virtualized communication devices according to the financial transaction.
US10475079B2
Application integrated advertising display control techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a request is detected, which is received by the one or more computing devices from a client device via a network, for receipt of one or more image editing content packages that are branded to correspond to one or more advertisers. The one or more image editing content packages include functionality usable as part of an image editing process to alter appearance of pixels in an image but not replace the pixels or functionality usable to supplement additional pixels to the image without replacing the pixels in the image. Responsive to the detecting by the one or more computing devices, streaming is controlled of the one or more content packages that are branded to correspond to the one or more advertisers via the network for receipt by the client device.
US10475078B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to monitoring and using telemetry information in various ways. For example, a system that monitors telemetry information may include a user that gathers telemetry information of a device and transmits the information to a monitored room. A manager may join a monitored room and monitor the monitored room for particular types of telemetry information. In one example, a manager may determine whether a downstream device is experiencing a network problem, such as a low bitrate. A manager may also transmit commands to the player via the monitored room, which causes the downstream device to operate in accordance with the transmitted command. In one example, a manager may transmit a command that causes a player to decode a particular service.
US10475067B2
Methods and systems for attributing contributions to digital marketing campaigns in achieving an action are described. In one or more implementations, first, second, and third order probabilities of a user taking the action are computed for each of a plurality of campaigns of a campaign path. Based on the probabilities, contributions are attributed to the campaigns of the campaign path in achieving the action.
US10475061B2
A device may receive transaction information related to a transaction that an individual is completing. The transaction information may identify a location of the transaction and the individual that is completing the transaction. The device may determine, prior to completing the transaction and based on data from a sensor of a transaction terminal or from a user device associated with the individual, that the individual did not use a benefit account associated with the location in association with completing the transaction. The benefit account may be a rewards account, a loyalty account, or a discount account. The device may perform an action to facilitate use of the benefit account in association with completing the transaction. The action may be performed prior to completing the transaction. The device may perform another action to complete the transaction after performing the action to facilitate use of the benefit account.
US10475048B2
This invention discloses a novel system and method for implementing an electronic customer loyalty rewarding service that awards credits for continued patronage of a vendor, where the credits can be spent at the vendor or with other vendors that participate in the service. The disclosure further includes an embodiment where the system automatically calculates a discount voucher deal for a vendor with a guarantee spend amount per customer that uses the voucher. The system automatically trades these transactions in order to either electronically pay the guarantee or collect a commission on the overspend above the guarantee.
US10475045B2
A network device associated with a database management system receives information associated with a customer support ticket. Based on information in the database management system, a direct relationship between the received customer support ticket and a customer support ticket in the database may be determined. A graph including nodes representing customer support tickets is generated based on information in the database. Edge prediction is performed on the graph to derive relationships among the nodes in the graph. A predictive relationship between customer support tickets is derived. A relationship data set based on the direct relationship between the customer support tickets and based on the predictive relationship between the customer support tickets is generated. The relationship data set associated with the customer support ticket is communicated to the user device.
US10475042B2
Users may post issues and questions on public social media websites and other public forums. A business or product of the business may be the subject of the post. With a properly trained system the business can determined if another community member is likely provide and accurate, sufficient, and timely response to the post. If so, the business can avoid allocating resources to respond to such posts. However, if it is determined that an appropriate response is not likely, or not likely within an acceptable timeframe, the business may notify an agent to provide an appropriate response. As a benefit, the business may leverage a community of knowledgeable users to provide assistance to other users and thereby not expend resources unnecessarily.
US10475040B2
A service chain visualization system graphically displays diverse supply chain information such as demand information, new buy information, defective returns information, out for repair information, good inventory information and bad inventory information. The display includes historical, present, and future supply chain information. In at least one embodiment, the system allows a user to change a supply chain attribute and observe the potential impact on other supply chain attributes. In at least one embodiment, the system graphically collectively displays results that are readily understandable by the user.
US10475033B2
Methods and systems for managing transactional risk involve, for example, receiving and assessing, using a processor coupled to memory, entity payment transaction information for a predetermined level of risk based at least in part on a payment transaction history of the entity. Likewise using the processor, a report of the predetermined level of risk may be generated, and the payment transaction may be processed for the entity according to predefined processing instructions of the entity.
US10475032B2
A computer-implemented method for tokenless authentication of a paying consumer during a payment transaction uses a computing device having a processor and a memory. The method includes receiving a plurality of biometric data sets for a plurality of consumers. Each biometric data set includes at least a biometric image of a consumer and an associated payment account identifier. The method also includes receiving, from a first biometric input device communicatively coupled to the processor, a first biometric image of the paying consumer including an iris image. The method further includes determining a payment account associated with the paying consumer based on at least the first biometric image and the plurality of biometric data sets. The method also includes authenticating use of the payment account by the paying consumer for a payment transaction at the retail location by comparing the first biometric image to the plurality of biometric data sets.
US10475030B2
Embodiments enable a system operatively connected with a block chain distributed network to use the block chain distributed network for validation (i.e., authorization) of a payment transaction. The system receives a transaction record associated with a payment transaction, wherein the transaction record comprises transaction data indicating a payor, a payee and an amount; accesses a distributed ledger stored in the memory device, wherein the distributed ledger is updated based on communications from a block chain distributed network; and, using payment transaction logic, determines whether the transaction record represents a valid transaction by, e.g., communicate the transaction record to a validating node for validation of the transaction record. Once validated, the system (or validating node) communicates validation of the transaction record to the block chain distributed network, e.g., by updating the distributed ledger with information indicating validation of the transaction record and providing access to the distributed ledger to the network.
US10475022B2
Systems and methods are provided for displaying account information. The systems and methods may include a portable smart display device in short-range communication with a mobile device. The smart display device may be configured to provide a user with quick and easy yet secure access to account information, without the need for multi-step login and verification processes. The smart display device may be sized to fit within a wallet and within quick, easy reach of a user. The smart display device may receive up-to-date account information from the mobile device, and display the account information on-demand upon detecting an activation event, thereby providing an enjoyable user experience and a useful tool for quickly informing the user of their financial situation.
US10475019B2
Various embodiments each include at least one of systems, methods, devices, and software for operating mobile devices as beacon devices. One embodiment in the form of a method includes retrieving data, from a backend system by a mobile device app that executes on a first mobile device, of an open bill associated in the backend system with a first customer account. This method further includes receiving a radio signal via a transceiver of the mobile device. The radio signal in such embodiments includes an identifier encoded therein. The method also includes transmitting the identifier encoded in the received radio signal to the backend system to associate a second customer account with the open bill in the backend system, the second customer account associated with the identifier.
US10475016B2
A system and method to use quick response (QR) codes encoded with a bill from a merchant, such as, for example, provided by a restaurant. A code scanner (106) can scan a QR code that encodes a merchant identification code that identifies a merchant. A user can select a payment instrument on the code scanner for paying the bill. The code scanner can transmit to an application server (102) data pertaining to the payment instrument. The code scanner can receive from the application server status data indicating whether the bill was successfully or unsuccessfully paid.
US10475014B1
This disclosure is directed, in part, to providing payment device security by storing security information in a payment device that, when received by a point-of-sale (POS) device, initiates a security request by the POS device that is used to protect the payment device against fraudulent use or misuse by unauthorized people. The payment device may store a code that, when received by the POS device, may allow the POS device to determine a security request associated with the code. The POS device may determine the security request by converting the code locally or the POS device may transit the code to a security provider that returns the security request. The POS device may then implement and/or enforce the security request. In some embodiments, the authorized user of the payment device may specify at least part of the security request, thereby enabling customization the security request.
US10475010B2
This document describes tools capable of managing digital content from multiple content providers based on a user's identity. By so doing, the tools may free people from the limitations of their storage media and devices. The tools may perform these and other actions through an indirect relationship with users, such as when third-party content providers use the tools but provide their own direct interface with users.
US10475008B1
Enhanced graphical user interfaces and methods for interacting with graphical user interfaces are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method may include: (1) receiving a selection of a transaction from a user; (2) presenting a first selection row comprising first selection row options associated with the selected transaction; (3) receiving a selection of one of the first selection row options; (4) presenting a second selection row comprising second selection row options; (5) receiving a selection of one of the second selection row options; (6) receiving an indication to execute the transaction using the selected first selection row option and the selected second selection row option; and (7) executing the transaction using the selected first selection row option and the selected second selection row option. The first selection row and the second selection row may remain presented on the display screen until the indication to execute the transaction is received.
US10475007B2
There are provided systems and methods for tokenized data having split payment instruction for multiple accounts in a chain transaction. A user may provide a payment to a merchant that sells one or more items to the user. In order to sell items, the merchant may utilize a partner service that provides resources for the merchant to sell the items, such as an online marketplace. The partner service may require a payment for each transaction by the merchant using the partner service. Thus, when a payment request is generated to the merchant for items sold to the user, the partner service may attach to the payment request and provide a split payment request for a split payment from the payment request. The payment between the user and merchant may be processed, and a separate transaction may provide the split payment automatically to the partner service from the merchant.
US10475001B1
Systems and methods for managing accident events are disclosed. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may access sensor data associated with operation of a vehicle, and analyze the sensor data to determine that an accident event has occurred, where the accident event may have one or more effects such as damage or injury. The electronic device may also interface with a server to identify one or more providers who may be capable of addressing the effects of the accident event. The electronic device or the server may automatically schedule an appointment(s) with the one or more providers, resulting in an effective handling of the accident event.
US10474994B2
A computer-implemented method includes displaying a plurality of fill group identifiers and a map on a user interface. Each fill group identifier represents a separate collection of products that are restocked as a group, and the map has a plurality of flags, each flag indicating the location of a product that needs to be restocked. A request is received through the user interface to set a restocking task for one of the fill groups. When the restocking task is completed, the user interface is updated so that the fill group identifier associated with the request is removed from the user interface and the flags for any products in the fill group associated with the request are removed from the map.
US10474991B2
Systems and techniques are provided for tracking inventory items in an area of real space. A plurality of cameras, or other sensors, produce respective sequences of images in corresponding fields of view in the real space. The field of view of each camera overlaps with the field of view of at least one other camera. The system is coupled to the plurality of cameras and uses the sequences of images produced by at least two cameras in the plurality of cameras to identify inventory events. The inventory event includes an item identifier, a location and a timestamp. A plurality of cells having coordinates in the area of real space are stored as a data set in the memory. The processing system calculates scores at a scoring time, for inventory items having locations matching particular cells using respective counts of inventory events.
US10474990B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for enabling mobile device-based item acquisition and tracking. One exemplary method performed on a mobile device comprises entering a wireless scan mode, detecting a signal from a tag associated with an item in a first area and in proximity to the tag, presenting information associated with the tag, and adding the information to a list. The method further comprises detecting a second tag in a second area, and sending the list to a second device. A second exemplary method performed by a processing terminal comprises receiving the list from a mobile device, entering a wireless scan mode, detecting a signal from a tag associated with an item in proximity to the tag, determining whether the item associated with the detected tag is present on the received list, and enabling the mobile device to complete a transaction to purchase the item. User interfaces are also provided for presenting information related to the above methods and receiving inputs from users to accomplish one or more related methods.
US10474977B2
Technical solutions are described for interactively executing a workflow that includes multiple workflow steps. An example method includes pulling a preliminary update for the workflow from a data source and modifying the workflow dynamically. The method further includes selecting a workflow step, and pulling updated information from the data source and modifying the workflow step dynamically. Further, the method includes retrieving, from the data source, first results information, indicative of results of executing the updated workflow step by other users, and based on the first results information, executing the updated workflow step. The method further includes accumulating a second results information based on the execution of the workflow step. Further, the execution includes pushing the second results information to the data source upon completion of the workflow step.
US10474974B2
Embodiments are directed to managing data models for managing resource allocation. A data model portion may be provided. Allocation information based on resource allocations associated with pass-through objects that may be included in the data model portion. A memory buffer may be configured to include allocation ratio information and fixed resource value information. A reciprocal model based on the memory buffer and the data model portion may be provided. Providing the reciprocal model may include providing an effective resource value engine based on solving a linear system corresponding to the allocation ratio information and the fixed resource value information. If resource information for a pass-through object associated with the reciprocal model may be requested, the reciprocal model may be employed to provide the resource information to the data model.
US10474971B2
Mechanisms are provided for matching patients with care providers. Patient information for a current patient, from at least one patient information source, is analyzed and a medical need of the current patient is determined. Patient information for a plurality of other patients associated with a plurality of care providers is analyzed and, for each care provider in the plurality of care providers, a measure of strength for a type of medical care corresponding to the at least one medical need is determined, based on results of the analysis of patient information for the plurality of other patients associated with the care provider. At least one care provider is selected for inclusion in a care team for the current patient based on the determined strengths of each care provider in the plurality of care providers. A care team data structure comprising information about the at least one care provider is output.
US10474967B2
A method, a computer program product, and an information handling system is provided for labeling unlabeled utterances given a taxonomy of labels utilizing topic word semi-supervised learning.
US10474963B1
Described is a system for discriminating between individual accounts and organization accounts in a social media network. The system processes data from a social media network comprising a set of user accounts. A directed mention network, a bi-directed mention network, and a set of computer-observable network metrics are generated. A classification model is trained using the set of computer-observable network metrics and a set of ground-truth user accounts. The trained classification model is used to classify each user account in the set of user accounts as an individual account or an organization account, resulting in a set of classified user accounts.
US10474961B2
A dynamically evolving cognitive architecture system based on prompting for additional user input is described. A system forms an intent based on a user input, and creates a plan based on the intent. The plan includes a first action object that transforms a first concept object associated with the intent into a second concept object and also includes a second action object that transforms the second concept object into a third concept object associated with a goal of the intent. The first action object and the second action object are selected from multiple action objects. The system executes the plan, and outputs a value associated with the third concept object.
US10474943B2
A method of manufacturing a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag assembly (10) includes: forming an elastomeric body (12) made of an elastomeric material; providing an RFID tag (14); forming a patch (16) made of an elastomeric material; locating the RFID tag on a surface of the elastomeric body; overlaying the patch onto the RFID tag to cover the RFID tag with the patch; and bonding the patch to the elastomeric body, wherein the RFID tag is embedded within elastomeric material encompassed by the elastomeric body and the patch that overlays the RFID tag. The patch may be formed by die cutting the patch from the same elastomeric material component that is used to form the elastomeric body. The patch alternatively is formed separately from the elastomeric body from a dedicated source of elastomeric material, or formed by overlapping and bonding two ends of the elastomeric body to overlay the RFID tag embedded between the two ends.
US10474939B2
A dynamic transaction card that is manufactured using conductive plastic jumpers that will dissolve when in contact with a solvent used to tamper with the dynamic transaction card. Internal components of a dynamic transaction card may be manufactured using a synthetic or semi-synthetic organic material, such as, for example, plastics. These materials may be conductive to provide functionality to a dynamic transaction card, such as a connection between an integrated circuit and other card components such that when the materials dissolve, the connections are broken and the dynamic transaction card may be inactive due to the loss of various connections.
US10474936B2
This disclosure is directed to improving the precision of color reproducibility in a whole image region of any product provided with a base layer(s) regardless of any form of the base layer(s). The RIP (Raster Image Processor) device includes a color conversion processor that applies a color conversion process adapted for presence or absence of a base layer and for a base color to content data representing part or all of details of an image layer at a respective one of positions in an image region indicated by the image layer, and an image layer data generator that generates image layer data representing ejection-related information of ink droplets of a plurality of colors using the content data that has been subjected to the color conversion process.
US10474935B2
The present disclosure provides a method for target detection, including: obtaining an image captured by a camera, and zoning the image based on a mounting angle of the camera to obtain at least one image block; determining target-detection algorithms for the at least one image block based on positions of the at least one image block in the image; and performing target detection on the at least one image block based on the target-detection algorithms.
US10474930B1
A learning method of a CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) for monitoring one or more blind spots of a monitoring vehicle is provided. The learning method includes steps of: a learning device instructing a detector to output class information and location information on a monitored vehicle in a training image; instructing a cue information extracting layer to output cue information on the monitored vehicle by using the outputted information, and instructing an FC layer to determine whether the monitored vehicle is located on the blind spots by neural-network operations with the cue information or its processed values; and learning parameters of the FC layer and parameters of the detector, by backpropagating loss values for the blind spots by referring to the determination and its corresponding GT and backpropagating loss values for the vehicle detection by referring to the class information and the location information and their corresponding GT, respectively.
US10474924B2
A non-limiting example information processing apparatus includes a processor, and an infrared LED and an imaging device are connected to the processor. The processor controls on/off of the infrared LED, and an image sensor images infrared images according to switching timings thereof. An image processing circuit estimates an influence (situation) of noise such as sunlight etc. based on respective infrared images at times when the infrared LED is turned on and off, and determines at least advisability of use of the imaging device (infrared sensor). A determination result about the advisability of use is applied to the processor from the image processing circuit, and when it cannot be used, a message to that effect is displayed on an LCD.
US10474923B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can acquire an image that depicts at least one character. A set of pixels, within the image, through which the at least one character is depicted can be identified. At least one linear portion, within the image, can be identified based on the set of pixels. For each sub-portion within the at least one linear portion, a respective first confidence score representing a respective first likelihood that a respective sub-portion depicts the at least one character can be determined.
US10474916B2
Systems and methods to improve performance, reliability, learning and safety and thereby enhance autonomy of vehicles. Human sensors are used to capture human eye movement, hearing, hand grip and contact area, and foot positions. Event signatures corresponding to human actions, reactions and responses are extracted form these sensor values and correlated to events, status and situations acquired using vehicle and outside environment sensors. These event signatures are then used to train vehicles to improve their autonomous capabilities. Human sensors are vehicle mounted or frame mounted. Signatures obtained from events are classified and stored.
US10474908B2
A method in a vehicle for performing multiple on-board sensing tasks concurrently in the same network using deep learning algorithms is provided. The method includes receiving vision sensor data from a sensor on the vehicle, determining a set of features from the vision sensor data using a plurality of feature layers in a convolutional neural network, and concurrently estimating, using the convolutional neural network, bounding boxes for detected objects, free-space boundaries, and object poses for detected objects from the set of features determined by the plurality of feature layers. The neural network may include a plurality of free-space estimation layers configured to determine the boundaries of free-space in the vision sensor data, a plurality of object detection layers configured to detect objects in the image and to estimate bounding boxes that surround the detected objects, and a plurality of object pose detection layers configured to estimate the direction of each object.
US10474907B2
An apparatus and a method capable of accurately recognizing that a person will appear on a road and certainly notifying the person that an autonomous moving body has recognized a place where the person will appear are disclosed. An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure detects, as a recognition target, a person appearance area, in which a person will appear, formed by a recognition target presentation apparatus on a road and presents, to the person, a result of recognition indicating that the autonomous moving body has recognized the person appearance area as a result of the detection of the recognition target.
US10474905B2
The method includes collecting people counting data, fitting one or more distributions to the collected people counting data, determining a value from the one or more distributions, and setting the value as a key parameter of the people counting system.
US10474904B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for parking a vehicle in a camera's field of view. The method may include actions of determining that a vehicle is parked within a predetermined distance of a property, obtaining data from a monitoring system component, determining, based on the obtained data, that the vehicle is not parked within a field of view of a camera, determining that (i) the vehicle should be parked within a field of view of the camera and (ii) that an image captured by the camera should include a representation of the vehicle, and performing an operation to instigate movement of the vehicle to a different location that is (i) within a field of view of a camera and (ii) where an image captured by the camera includes a representation of the vehicle.
US10474903B2
Systems and methods for segmenting video. A segmentation application executing on a computing device receives a video including video frames. The segmentation application calculates, using a predictive model trained to evaluate quality of video frames, a first aesthetic score for a first video frame and a second aesthetic score for a second video frame. The segmentation application determines that the first aesthetic score and the second aesthetic score differ by a quality threshold and that a number of frames between the first video frame and the second video frame exceeds a duration threshold. The segmentation application creates a video segment by merging a subset of video frames ranging from the first video frame to an segment-end frame preceding the second video frame.
US10474900B2
A mobile device can generate real-time complex visual image effects using asynchronous processing pipeline. A first pipeline applies a complex image process, such as a neural network, to keyframes of a live image sequence. A second pipeline generates flow maps that describe feature transformations in the image sequence. The flow maps can be used to process non-keyframes on the fly. The processed keyframes and non-keyframes can be used to display a complex visual effect on the mobile device in real-time or near real-time.
US10474893B2
An electronic device, an iris recognition method and a non-volatile computer-readable medium are provided. A processor in the electronic device obtains a first and second iris images, and calculates a plurality of first and second feature mark boxes that are non-uniformly arranged according to the first and second iris images. The processor uses the first feature mark boxes to obtain a first and second image features from the first and second iris images respectively, and compares the first and second image features to obtain a first recognition result. The processor uses the second feature mark boxes to obtain a third and fourth image features from the second and first iris images respectively, and compares the third and fourth image features to obtain a second recognition result. The processor determines a similarity degree of the first and second iris images according to the first and second recognition results.
US10474887B2
First object model data from a first application state generated in a first browser mode may be collected. The first object model data may comprise a code-based representation of a first layout element and a second layout element of the first application state. According to a layout detection rule, a first attribute of the first layout element may be compared with a second attribute of the first layout element or of a second layout element. A layout error corresponding to the first layout element may be identified based on the comparison of the first attribute with the second attribute.
US10474881B2
A video retrieval system is provided that includes a server for retrieving video sequences from a remote database responsive to a text specifying a face recognition result as an identity of a subject of an input image. The face recognition result is determined by a processor of the server, which estimates, using a 3DMM conditioned Generative Adversarial Network, 3DMM coefficients for the subject of the input image. The subject varies from an ideal front pose. The processor produces a synthetic frontal face image of the subject of the input image based on the input image and coefficients. An area spanning the frontal face of the subject is made larger in the synthetic than in the input image. The processor provides a decision of whether the synthetic image subject is an actual person and provides the identity of the subject in the input image based on the synthetic and input images.
US10474877B2
Various embodiments relate generally to a system, a device and a method for automating effects generation for media content. A media content item is received in a media content management system. Data representing one or more static regions associated with the media content item are determined. A canvas mapping object comprising the data representing the one or more static regions of the media content item is generated based on the frames of the media content item. The media content item is stored in a database in the media content management system in association with the canvas mapping object, and the media content item and the canvas mapping object are provided in response to a search request associated with the media content item.
US10474874B2
Both pixel-oriented analysis and the more accurate yet slower object-oriented analysis are used to recognize patterns in images of stained cancer tissue. Images of tissue from other patients that are similar to tissue of a target patient are identified using the standard deviation of color in the images. Object-oriented segmentation is then used to segment small portions of the images of the other patients into object exhibiting object characteristics. Pixelwise descriptors associate each pixel in the remainder of the images with object characteristics based on the color of pixels at predetermined offsets from the characterized pixel. Pixels in the image of the target patient are assigned object characteristics without performing the slow segmentation of the image into objects. A pixel heat map is generated from the target image by assigning pixels the color corresponding to the object characteristic that the pixelwise descriptors indicate is most likely associated with each pixel.
US10474873B2
Fingerprint sensing using measuring configurations with different principal directions of extensions
A method of determining a representation of a fingerprint pattern of a finger using a fingerprint sensor comprising a two-dimensional measuring arrangement including a plurality of measuring elements, each comprising a finger electrode spaced apart from the finger by a dielectric structure. For each measurement position, the method comprises the steps of: providing a first measuring element configuration with an elongated first measuring arrangement portion having a first principal direction of extension; and a first peripheral measuring arrangement portion; acquiring a first measurement value for the measurement position; providing a second measuring element configuration having an elongated second measuring arrangement portion having a second principal direction of extension; and a second peripheral measuring arrangement portion; and acquiring a second measurement value for the measurement position. The representation of the fingerprint pattern is determined based on the first measurement value and the second measurement value for each of the measurement positions.
US10474842B2
The present disclosure relates to an information processing system, a storage medium and a control method through which a user privacy level in a telepresence system can be set depending on a counterpart. The information processing system includes a setting unit that automatically sets a privacy level depending on a user of a communication destination device; a communication unit that transmits a picture of a user of a communication source device to the communication destination device; and a controller that performs control to mask the picture of the user of the communication source device depending on the automatically set privacy level.
US10474831B1
Techniques for storing encrypted data using a storage service system are described herein. A computer system of a computation layer of the storage service system receives an encrypted key manifest, which is then decrypted using a cryptoprocessor of the computer system of the computation layer to produce a partition key. The partition key is then provided to a file system abstraction layer so that, as data is provided to the computation layer for storage, the file system abstraction layer can use the partition key to encrypt data and store the encrypted data in the storage layer.
US10474825B1
Techniques for configurable compute instance resets are described. A user can issue a request to securely reset one or more compute instances implemented within a service provider system. Each compute instance is reset to a previous point in time, such that any activity of the compute instance or effects thereof occurring since that point in time are completely eliminated. Each compute instance reset can include removing an existing volume of the compute instance, obtaining a volume, attaching the obtained volume to the compute instance, and rebooting the compute instance. Configuration data of the compute instance, such as an instance identifier or network addresses, can be maintained after the reset.
US10474820B2
Systems and methods associated with domain name system (DNS) based infection scores. One example method includes maintaining query profiles for members of a set of clients in a network. The query profiles may be maintained based on DNS queries sent from the members of the set of clients, and on DNS responses received by the members of the set of clients. The method also includes generating infection scores for the members of the set of clients based on their respective query profiles. The method also includes prioritizing a vulnerable member of the set of clients for remedial action. The vulnerable member may be prioritized based on infection scores of members of the set of clients.
US10474817B2
A device may identify a set of features associated with the unknown object. The device may determine, based on inputting the set of features into a threat prediction model associated with a set of security functions, a set of predicted threat scores. The device may determine, based on the set of predicted threat scores, a set of predicted utility values. The device may determine a set of costs corresponding to the set of security functions. The device may determine a set of predicted efficiencies, associated with the set of security functions, based on the set of predicted utility values and the set of costs. The device may identify, based on the set of predicted efficiencies, a particular security function, and may cause the particular security function to be executed on the unknown object. The device may determine whether another security function is to be executed on the unknown object.
US10474811B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for detecting malicious computer code are provided. Instructions, such as HTML or JavaScript instructions may be received from a server, parsed, and executed. During execution of the instructions, one or more functions of a software application, such as a web browser, may be hooked, and an event object may be created for each called function that is hooked, resulting in a collection of event objects. Rules may be matched with event objects of the collection of event objects to detect malicious code. Attributes from the matched event objects may then be used to locate original malicious script or code injected into a web page.
US10474809B1
In some embodiments, securing device commands includes a first electronic device receiving a command authorization request message from a second electronic device, including a device command to be performed by the second electronic device, a command argument, and a first message authentication code (MAC) generated by applying a hash function to the device command, the command argument and a first counter value. The first electronic device generates a second MAC by applying the hash function to the device command, the command argument and a second counter value synchronized with the first counter value. The first electronic device compares the first MAC and the second MAC to authenticate the device command and transmit a command approval message or a command denial message. The command approval message causes the second electronic device to perform the device command and the command denial message causes the second electronic device to reject the device command.
US10474803B2
A device and method, the purpose of which is to secure digital fingerprint reading by sequential optical captures with optimization of the exposures to light. At least one of the illumination and detection parameters is adjusted as a function of the acquisition conditions (physiological condition of the epidermis, exposure to ambient light) owing to the means of control.
US10474798B2
An information processing apparatus includes a registration unit, a display control unit, a login processing unit, and a restricting unit. The registration unit registers, as user information about a user who can log into the apparatus, user identification information for identifying the user as well as a display name displayed instead of the user identification information. When a list of user information registered is displayed, the display name as for a user whose display name has been registered and the user identification information as for a user whose display name is not registered is displayed. When the display name or the user identification information displayed is selected, login processing is executed through which a user corresponding to the thus selected name or information can log into the apparatus. The restricting unit restricts registration of the display name so that identical names are not displayed on the list of user information.
US10474795B2
A method includes issuing a digital certificate to a licensee, the digital certificate identifying a licensed product and the licensee to enable the licensee to enable the licensed product. The method involves receiving a request to enable the licensed product from an entity, the request including the digital certificate and determining whether the entity is the licensee of the licensed product based on the digital certificate. A system includes a relational structure having associations among authorized entities and digital certificates within an organization. Each to digital certificate identifies a licensed product licensed to the organization. A certificate distribution module distributes the digital certificates to associated authorized entities.
US10474794B2
Embodiments of a method and/or system for facilitating event-based vehicle operation can include determining a vehicle route; determining geographic regions for the vehicle route; monitoring the determined geographic regions for events; determining an event of interest from the detected events; and/or dynamically facilitating modification of vehicular operation of the vehicle based on the event of interest, such as in response to determination of the event of interest.
US10474790B2
A system and method for large scale distributed simulation for realistic multiple-agent interactive environments are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: generating a vicinal scenario for each simulated vehicle in an iteration of a simulation, the vicinal scenarios corresponding to different locations, traffic patterns, or environmental conditions being simulated; assigning a processing task to at least one of a plurality of distributed computing devices to generate vehicle trajectories for each of a plurality of simulated vehicles of the simulation based on the vicinal scenario; and updating a state and trajectory of each of the plurality of simulated vehicles based on processed data received from the plurality of distributed computing devices.
US10474783B2
A method of designing a layout of a semiconductor device includes designing layouts of cells, each layout including first conductive lines, the first conductive lines extending in a first direction and being spaced apart from each other in a second direction crossing the first direction, disposing the layouts of the cells to be adjacent to each other in the first direction, such that the first conductive lines in adjacent layouts of the cells are connected to each other, and disposing insulation blocks at a boundary area between adjacent ones of the layouts of the cells or in areas of the layouts of the cells adjacent to the boundary area, such that the insulation blocks block connections between some of the first conductive lines.
US10474773B2
Characteristics of a reinforced concrete structure are received. FEA model is created in a computer system accordingly. FEA model contains solid elements defined solid nodes and beam elements defined by master beam nodes. Beam elements representing reinforcing steel bars are embedded inside solid elements representing concrete. Each beam element straddles one or more solid elements. Slave beam nodes along the at least one beam element are created such that each of the solid elements houses at least one slave beam node. Numerically-simulated structural behaviors of the reinforced concrete structure are obtained at each solution cycle of the time-marching simulation. Proper coupling of solid elements and at least one beam element are ensured. Exchanges of masses and momentums between a slave beam node and corresponding solid element nodes is conducted with both consistent and non-consistent portions. Reinforced concrete structure is adjusted to alleviate weakness indicated in the numerically-simulated structural behaviors.
US10474772B2
A system and method for determining surface contact fatigue life may use a finite element method to determine when components, such as a power transmission component, may fail in operation. The method may generate a finite element model based on the material parameters related to a power transmission component, generate a surface pressure time history for a loading event based on one or more loading parameters, determine, based on the surface pressure time history for a loading event, a finite element solution that describes stress in the grain structure, calculate damage in the finite element solution using a damage model, and determine whether a damage threshold is exceeded.
US10474770B2
A simulation device includes a system model, a data selection processing unit, a plurality of observation models, a post-distribution creating unit, a post-distribution unifying unit, and a determining unit. The system model calculates a time evolution of a state vector. The data selection processing unit selects multiple items of observation data. The observation model converts the state vector from the system model on the basis of the relationship with the observation data. The post-distribution creating unit creates, on the basis of the state vector from the observation model and the selected observation data, a first post-distribution based on all pieces of the observation data or a second post-distribution based on absent observation data. The post-distribution unifying unit unifies the first and second post-distributions. The determining unit determines which of the second post-distribution or the unified post-distribution is to be used.
US10474769B2
A chronostratigraphic database comprising a plurality of discrete data points, wherein each data point comprises an x, y, z and T value, wherein x, y, and z are Cartesian coordinates describing a position and T is a geologic time event relative to said position; a method to produce a chronostratigraphic database and to utilize the database; and a modeling system wherein the database includes data formatted and arranged for use with a computer-implemented method or web-based method for controlling serving of an advertisement or public service message using its relevancy to a request.
US10474762B2
Systems and methods to communicate information are described. The system receives a query and retrieves a set of data items from a database based on the query. The system generates a distribution based on a count of data items from the set of data items that were retrieved for each domain in a set of domains and a count of requests to view data items from another set of data items for each domain in the set of domains. The system identifies whether the distribution exhibits a type of a distribution by comparing the distribution with at least one of a peak distribution and a hills distribution. Finally, the system generates interface information based on the type of distribution.
US10474751B2
Technology is disclosed for building correction models that correct natural language snippets. Correction models can include rules comprising pairs of word sequences identified from viable correction snippet pairs, where a first sequence of words in the pair should be replaced with a second sequence of words in the pair. Viable correction snippet pairs can be identified from among pairs of language snippets, such as a post to a social media website and a subsequent update to that post. Viable corrections can be the snippet pairs that both have no more unaligned words than a word alignment threshold and have no aligned word pair with a character edit difference above an edit distance threshold. In some implementations, word alignments can be found by aligning all the characters between a pair of language snippets, and identifying aligned words as those that have at least one aligned letter in common.
US10474749B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a method and device for live text broadcasting of a match. The method for live text broadcasting of a match comprises: receiving match data for a current match in real time; generating real-time utterances for live broadcasting used for describing the current match data with more human-like sentiment according to historical live broadcasting utterances used for describing match data in historical matches with human-like sentiment; and outputting the real-time live broadcasting utterances. The disclosed embodiments can conduct live text broadcasting of a match with human-like cadence, thus improving the quality of the live text broadcasting of a match.
US10474743B2
A method for selecting a display characteristic for a video annotation notification on a destination display device interconnected across a communications network to at least one source device that generates a video annotation includes receiving, determining, and selecting. An annotated video content is received from the at least one source device, wherein the annotated video content is associated with a source position in a video production hierarchy. A destination position is determined in the video production hierarchy for video content displayed on the destination display device. A correspondence is determined between the determined destination position and the source position associated with the annotated video content to define a relevance value. A content complexity value is determined based on the annotated video content. For the destination display device, one or more display characteristics of the video annotation notification is selected based on the relevance value and the determined content complexity value.
US10474738B2
An editing device includes an adjuster configured to, with respect to a specific one of adjustment methods for each of blocks, determine a reduction rate at which a character size specified by setting size information associated with the specific adjustment method is reduced when the setting size information is changed to size information specifying a character size one-level smaller than the setting size information, among a plurality of pieces of size information associated with the specific adjustment method for each block in adjustment information, identify, as a reference reduction rate, a smallest one of the determined reduction rates for the character sizes each specified by the setting size information associated with the specific adjustment method for a corresponding block, and adjust the character size of one or more characters in each block with a specific reduction rate equal or approximated to the identified reference reduction rate.
US10474725B2
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for expanding a job search that includes an industry by adding other similar industries. A method accesses, by a social networking server, a plurality of job applications, with each job application being submitted by a member for a job in a company, the member and the job having a respective industry from a plurality of industries. Semantic analysis of the job applications is performed by a machine-learning program to identify similarity coefficients among the plurality of industries. A job search query is received from a first member, the job search query including a query industry, and the job search query is expanded with industries that are similar to the query industry. The social networking server executes the expanded job search query to generate a plurality of job results. Presentation is provided on a display of one or more of the top job results.
US10474717B2
According to an implementation, a computing device for automatically creating video highlights for video broadcast streams shared in a social media platform includes at least one processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having executable instructions that when executed by the at least one processor are configured to execute a video broadcasting service having a video highlight creator. The video highlight creator is configured to obtain a video broadcast stream that was previously broadcasted to a plurality of viewing devices of the social media platform, create video highlights based on an analysis of the video broadcast stream, and provide the video highlights for selection within a user interface of an interactive streaming application configured to communicate with the video broadcasting service over a network.
US10474707B2
In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a regular expression (regex) and input data. One or more spans are identified representing one or more matches in which the regex matches at least a portion of the input data. Each span corresponds to a corresponding match and includes a start offset of the corresponding match in the input data and an end offset of the corresponding match in the input data. The one or more matches are identified in a sequence. An order of the sequence of the one or more spans is modified. One or more filtered spans are generated, by a computer processor, by filtering out a subset of the one or more spans that are each contained by at least one other span in the one or more spans. The identifying, the modifying, and the filtering are performed at streaming rate.
US10474702B1
Various embodiments provide, to a user, a representation of a debt capital structure of an enterprise that graphically identifies corporate relationships of companies within the enterprise, financial instruments issued by a company within the enterprise, and for a user-selected financial instrument, of a set of companies that are guarantors of financial obligations associated with the user-selected financial instrument, or for a user-selected company, a set of financial instruments the financial obligations of which are guaranteed by the user-selected company.
US10474697B2
An update to a partitioning column for a partitioned table in a database can be performed by handling rows for which the update will not require moving to a different partition separately (e.g. “locally”) for each partition followed by re-inserting those rows that will require moving to a different partition and deleting them from the original partition. The re-inserted rows are directed to a correct partition by application of the partitioning criteria for the table. Methods, articles, and systems are described.
US10474695B1
An automated method is provided for replacing a currently operating data replication engine with a new data replication engine. A currently operating data replication engine reports its audit trail position upon stopping. The new data replication engine starts and is positioned at an audit trail position which is prior to the reported stopped audit trail position by an amount of the audit trail which corresponds to time that is equal to or greater than a source database transaction abort timer. The position of the new data replication engine to the stopped audit trail position defines a position window. Audit trail transactions are processed in the position window by the new data replication engine by ignoring transactions which committed or aborted in the position window, and replicating remaining transactions in the position window from the source database to the target database. The new data replication engine replicates all transactions that are started after the stopped audit trail position.
US10474688B2
A system and method of recommending a bundle of content items to a user, including storing a plurality of content items in a computer system, determining a respective co-selection score for each pair of content items among the plurality of content items, the co-selection score indicating a probability that a given pair of content items among the plurality of content items will both be downloaded by a user of the computer system, and outputting, to a first user, a plurality of content items comprising a sub-set of the plurality of content items.
US10474687B2
A system and method is disclosed for aggregating networked content, and allowing user to obtain an unlimited number of engagements relating to networked content. The system may publish a ranking of users based on the number of engagements obtained by the users. Such ranking may facilitate highlighting or otherwise setting apart those users who have obtained more engagements relating to content, thereby allowing a user or user's content to be noticed by others, even among a vast number of networked content that is available.
US10474680B2
Methods are disclosed to take advantage of the early collection of machine data from a new or changed entity in a computing environment in order to update the definitional information about entities used by a service monitoring system. In some embodiments, the process undertaken to recognize new or changed entities in an IT environment from collected machine data may be informed by the expertise of a particular subject matter area by installing that intelligence in a codified form packaged as a domain add-on to the service monitoring system.
US10474675B2
As disclosed herein a method, executed by a computer, for enabling a SPARQL explain tool that provides query execution statistics via an explain plan includes initiating a database query comprising a SPARQL query pattern, optimizing the database query according to query semantics and database metadata to produce an optimized query, and generating an explain plan for the optimized query. The explain plan may include a sequence of operations and an execution time, an input, and an output for each operation of the sequence of operations. A computer system, and a computer program product corresponding to the method are also disclosed herein.
US10474670B1
Techniques for providing category predictions may be provided. For example, a process may attempt to improve a user experience when the user provides a search query. The process can predict the category associated with the search query, even when the category is not a keyword in the search query. Once the category is determined, data may be provided for the particular category, including data that enables an adjustment of a user experience. For example, when the category is apparel, the user experience may include an image-heavy layout and, when the category is books, the user experience may provide more text.
US10474668B2
A query is received from a client that specifies at least one database operation implicating data within a first database and within a second database. The first database can have a first transaction manager and the second database can have a second transaction manager. Thereafter, a plurality of transactions responsive to the query are initiated to access the data within the first database and the second database. Execution of the plurality of transactions is then coordinated using the first transaction manager and the second transaction manager. All changes specified by the at least one database operation are logged in a distributed log in the first database including changes implicating data stored within the second database. The distributed log is configured such that it is accessible by both of the first transaction manager and the second transaction manager.
US10474665B2
Systems and methods for generating a blueprint for an enterprise is provided. The system obtains information pertaining to an enterprise from data sources, extracts entities from the information, and identifies relationships across the entities, performs conflict resolution check on the information received from the data sources based on pre-defined rules, identifies one or more missing links in the information. The system further computes a completeness score for the information based on at least one of the conflict resolution check and the missing links, and generates a blueprint of the information and the one or more entities for the enterprise. Authentic data sources are identified from the data sources based on at least one of assigned weight, and one or more instances of, and contribution by, the data sources in the information. The completeness score is computed based on the instances and contribution of the sources in the information.
US10474662B2
An electronic processor including a programmable processing device and a processor, optimizes processing of data structures by carrying out operations on coded data in the data structures. The programmable processing device autonomously carries out predetermined basic operations on data structures, so that each basic operation is managed as a pre-programmed primitive operation. The processor receives flow of coded data belonging to a data structure, and an operation request on the coded data; then, recognizing the data structure of the received data flow and the requested operation; then, determining whether to perform the requested operation or have the programmable processing device carry out the requested operation. If performed by the programmable processing device, the processor sends coded data and information about the recognized data structure and requested operation to the programmable processing device. The requested operation is executed autonomously on the received data flow and a result is obtained.
US10474660B2
A system for aggregating and managing PIM data from multiple sources is provided. By aggregating various sources of data, the present system allow for the bridging of networked communities and organizations. Limitations of data aggregation as a result of proprietary and/or protocol concerns are overcome through the development of trusted relationships amongst users of the data aggregation and management system.
US10474658B2
As part of managing the loading of data from a source onto a database, according to an example, an interface through which a user is to define logic related to the loading of the data onto the database is provided. The user-defined logic pertains to at least one of a user-defined location identification of the source, a user-defined filter to be applied on the data, and a user-defined parsing operation to be performed on the data to convert the data into an appropriate format for the database. In addition, the user-defined logic is received and the user-defined logic is implemented to load the data onto the database.
US10474647B2
Techniques for customizing knowledge representation systems including identifying, based on a plurality of concepts in a knowledge representation (KR), a group of one or more concepts relevant to user context information, and providing the identified group of one more concepts to a user. The KR may include a combination of modules. The modules may include a kernel and a customized module customized for the user. The kernel may accessible via a second KR.
US10474631B2
A digitally signed file system in which data, metadata and files are objects, each object having a globally unique and content-derived fingerprint and wherein object references are mapped by the fingerprints; the file system has a root object comprising a mapping of all object fingerprints in the file system, such that a change to the file system results in a change in the root object, and tracking changes in the root object provides a history of file system activity.
US10474628B2
A processor has functional units that fetch and decode architectural instructions of an architectural instruction set at a first rate, a register that stores a value of an indicator programmable by execution of an architectural instruction of the architectural instruction set, and an execution unit. The execution unit includes a first memory that holds data, a second memory that holds instructions of a program, and a plurality of processing units that execute the program instructions at a second rate to perform operations on data received from the first memory to generate results to be written to the first memory. The instructions are of an instruction set that is distinct from the architectural instruction set. The second rate is the first rate when the indicator is programmed with a first value and the second rate is less than the first rate when the indicator is programmed with a second value.
US10474626B2
Configuring compute nodes in a parallel computer using remote direct memory access (‘RDMA’), the parallel computer comprising a plurality of compute nodes coupled for data communications via one or more data communications networks, including: initiating, by a source compute node of the parallel computer, an RDMA broadcast operation to broadcast binary configuration information to one or more target compute nodes in the parallel computer; preparing, by each target compute node, the target compute node for receipt of the binary configuration information from the source compute node; transmitting, by each target compute node, a ready message to the target compute node, the ready message indicating that the target compute node is ready to receive the binary configuration information from the source compute node; and performing, by the source compute node, an RDMA broadcast operation to write the binary configuration information into memory of each target compute node.
US10474620B2
An information handling system (IHS) and a method of transmitting data in an IHS. The method includes detecting, via a hardware logic device, a first memory transaction request from a first peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) device to a system memory. The first memory transaction request includes a first system memory address. A second memory transaction request is detected from a second PCIe device to the system memory. The second memory transaction request includes a second system memory address. The method further includes determining if the first system memory address and the second system memory address are the same system memory address. In response to the first and second system memory addresses being the same, the first memory transaction request and the second memory transaction request are coalesced into a common memory transaction request. The common memory transaction request is issued to the system memory.
US10474619B2
A method for managing communications involving a lockstep processing comprising at least a first processor and a second processor can include receiving, at a data synchronizer, a first signal from a first device. The method can also include receiving, at the data synchronizer, a second signal from a second device. In addition, the method can include determining, by the data synchronizer, whether the first signal is equal to the second signal. When the first signal is equal to the second signal, the method can include transmitting, by the data synchronizer, the first signal to the first processor and the second signal to the second processor. Specifically, in example embodiments, transmitting the first signal to the first processor can occur synchronously with transmitting the second signal to the second processor.
US10474615B2
A hub including a first connection interface, a second connection interface, and a signal bypass circuit is provided. The first connection interface has a first pin to receive a first connection message. The second connection interface has a second pin to transmit the first connection message. The signal bypass circuit is coupled to the first pin and the second pin to decide whether to bypass the first pin and the second pin based on the first connection message.
US10474610B1
An integrated circuit can include programmable circuitry configured to implement an overlay circuit specified by an overlay. The overlay circuit can include a trace buffer configured to receive a probed signal from circuitry within the overlay circuit. The trace buffer can be configured to generate trace data from the probed signal and store the trace data in a runtime allocated memory. The integrated circuit also can include a processor coupled to the programmable circuitry and configured to control operation of the trace buffer. The processor can be configured to read the trace data from the runtime allocated memory.
US10474604B2
An example includes an apparatus for transmitting Universal Serial Bus (USB) packets. The apparatus includes a transmitter adapter to receive a USB packet from a USB device. The transmitter adapter can further generate one or more alternate mode packets based on the USB packet. The transmitter adapter can also transmit the alternate mode packets via an alternate mode connection.
US10474600B2
An apparatus may include a heterogeneous computing environment that may be controlled, at least in part, by a task scheduler in which the heterogeneous computing environment may include a processing unit having fixed logical circuits configured to execute instructions; a reprogrammable processing unit having reprogrammable logical circuits configured to execute instructions that include instructions to control processing-in-memory functionality; and a stack of high-bandwidth memory dies in which each may be configured to store data and to provide processing-in-memory functionality controllable by the reprogrammable processing unit such that the reprogrammable processing unit is at least partially stacked with the high-bandwidth memory dies. The task scheduler may be configured to schedule computational tasks between the processing unit, and the reprogrammable processing unit.
US10474594B2
Apparatuses and methods for asymmetric bi-directional signaling incorporating multi-level encoding are disclosed. An example apparatus may include first and second channels, a receiver coupled to the first and second channels, and first and second transmitters coupled to the first and second channels, respectively. The receiver may be configured to receive differential data signals to receive write data at a rate, and each of the first and second transmitters may be configured to encode a plurality of bits into a respective data signal and provide the respective data signals at the data rate.
US10474593B2
An electronic device includes a memory and a system on chip (SoC). The memory device includes a first memory cell area assigned to a first channel and a second memory cell area assigned to a second channel. The SoC includes a first processing unit and a second processing unit. The first processing unit is configured to transmit a first command for accessing the first memory cell area to the memory device through the first channel. The second processing unit is configured to transmit a second command for accessing the second memory cell area to the memory device through the second channel. The memory device is configured such that a bandwidth of the first channel and a bandwidth of the second channel are different from each other.
US10474583B2
An information handling system may implement a method for controlling cache flush size by limiting the amount of modified cached data in a data cache at any given time. The method may include keeping a count of the number of modified cache lines (or modified cache lines targeted to persistent memory) in the cache, determining that a threshold value for modified cache lines is exceeded and, in response, flushing some or all modified cache lines to persistent memory. The threshold value may represent a maximum number or percentage of modified cache lines. The cache controller may include a field for each cache line indicating whether it targets persistent memory. Limiting the amount of modified cached data at any given time may reduce the number of cache lines to be flushed in response to a power loss event to a number that can be flushed using the available hold-up energy.
US10474582B2
NAND flash storage devices and methods are provided that use a non-NAND cache to store write data until a substantially complete storage unit is available. An exemplary solid state storage device comprises a NAND flash memory device; a non-NAND cache; and a controller configured to obtain write data from a remote host for storage in the NAND flash memory device; store the write data in the non-NAND cache; and transfer the write data from the non-NAND cache to the NAND flash memory device when a predefined storage criterion is satisfied. The predefined storage criterion comprises, for example, a storage unit of the write data stored in the non-NAND cache, where the storage unit comprises a block of data erased in a single garbage collection cycle. The predefined storage criterion is optionally established to reduce open block degradation in NAND flash memory devices.
US10474579B2
A drive controller associated with a data storage medium may receive a command from a host to write a set of data to a storage space of the data storage medium. The drive controller may determine that insufficient space is available in a cache space of the data storage medium to write the set of data to the cache space and may dynamically convert an available portion of the storage space into a dynamic cache space associated with the cache space. The dynamic cache space may remain visible to the host as the available portion of the storage space. The drive controller may then write the set of data to the cache space and report to the host that the set of data is written to the storage space of the data storage medium.
US10474577B2
Enabling a prefetch request to be controlled in response to conditions in a receiver of the prefetch request and to conditions in a source of the prefetch request. One or more processors identify, based on a prefetch tag, a prefetch request that is associated with a prefetch instruction that is executed by a remote processor. The one or more processors generate the prefetch request in a remote processor according to a prefetch protocol. The prefetch request includes i) a description of at least one prefetch request operation and ii) a prefetch request information. A local processor, of the one or more processors, receives the prefetch request from the remote processor.
US10474570B2
In one embodiment, a memory control process of a device receives a plurality of program/erase (P/E) requests for a flash memory of the device. The memory control process then stores data associated with the plurality of P/E requests in a random access memory (RAM) of the device, and aggregates the plurality of P/E requests into a single P/E operation. The memory control process may then send the single P/E operation to the flash memory at a given interval to update the flash memory with the data stored in the RAM.
US10474568B2
Embodiments of this disclosure allow non-position-independent-code to be shared between a closed application and a subsequent application without converting the non-position-independent-code into position-independent-code. In particular, embodiment techniques store live data of a closed application during runtime of the closed application, and thereafter page a portion of the live data that is common to both the closed application and a subsequent application back into volatile memory at the same virtual memory address in which the portion of live data was stored during runtime of the closed application so that the paged lived data may be re-used to execute the subsequent application in the managed runtime environment. Because the paged live data is stored at the same virtual memory address during the runtimes of both applications, non-position-independent-code can be shared between the applications.
US10474559B2
Provided is a system for building and validating an application (including e.g., various software versions and revisions, programming languages, code segments, among other examples) without any scripting required by a system user. In one embodiment, an SDLC system is configured to construct a build and test environment, by automatically analyzing a submitted project. The build environment is configured to assemble existing user code, for example, to generate an application to test. Code building can include any one or more of code compilation, assembly, and code interpretation. The system can include a user interface provided to clients, users, and/or customer environments to facilitate user interaction and control of build and test validation. The system can accept user specification of configurations that controls the way the system runs the user's tests. The system can also provide flexible billing models for different customers.
US10474556B2
A system executes multiple ruleset version scanning, warning and correction using a Software Deployment Management (SDM) environment such as Pega®. The system presents a code scanning interface to a user; receives input from the user selecting input rulesets comprising at least one ruleset and at least one version of the ruleset for scanning; accesses a guiderail database comprising a plurality of guiderails configured as best practices for SDM application development; scans the input rulesets comprising applying at least a portion of the plurality of guiderails to each of the input rulesets; and determining which of the input rulesets comprise compliance issues and a severity of each of the compliance issues; and presents an indication of severity of compliance issues for each of the input rulesets to the user using the code scanning interface.
US10474555B2
A code testing system identifies possible code errors that may generate unexpected application behaviors. The code testing system identifies function calls in the system by identifying function call sites that do not specify a receiver object but may invoke a function that uses a receiver object. To identify these call sites, the code testing system analyzes function operation to determine receiver functions that use a receiver object, and may exclude functions that use the receiver object in a pro forma way or that does not rely on or affect properties of the object. A callgraph is generated for the functions in the code to identify possible functions called from a call site. When a call site, based on the callgraph, may invoke a receiver function, the call site is analyzed to determine whether it specifies a receiver object for the called function and identifies an error when the call site does not specify a receiver object.
US10474554B2
The present disclosure is related to devices and systems for immutable file storage. An example device can include instructions to hash a log file received from a log source to produce a hash value, store the hash value and information describing the log file, communicate the hash value and the information to a third party service, wherein the third party service maintains the communicated hash value and the communicated information such that the communicated hash value and the communicated information are immutable, access the communicated hash value and the communicated information, and compare the stored hash value and the stored information with the communicated hash value and the communicated information to determine whether the log file is unmodified.
US10474537B2
Utilizing an incremental backup in a decremental backup system. In one example embodiment, a method for utilizing an incremental backup in a decremental backup system includes creating a base backup that includes all original allocated blocks in a source storage at a first point in time. Next, an incremental backup is created that includes allocated blocks in the source storage that were newly allocated or were changed between the first point in time and a second point in time. The changed allocated blocks in the incremental backup are identified. During a third time period, a decremental backup is created and the incremental backup is ingested into the base backup by copying, into the decremental backup, original allocated blocks from the base backup that correspond to the changed allocated blocks in the incremental backup. Lastly, the newly-allocated blocks and the changed allocated blocks from the incremental backup are added to the base backup.
US10474536B2
Determining the bandwidth required for data replication for disaster recovery. Given a specified recovery point objective (RPO), bandwidth requisitioning and usage is determined according to meet the RPO based on observed factors.
US10474534B1
In a block-based backup system, a technique allows indexing changed files between backups so that files not changed are not re-indexed. Block identifiers specifying backed-up blocks are received. A file table record is accessed to determine a location of a file table zone. Records in the file table store last modified timestamps for files associated with the records. The file table zone location is compared with the block identifiers to select a subset of records. Each record in the subset is associated with a block from the file table zone that corresponds to a block identified by the block identifiers. The subset is parsed to extract timestamps. The timestamps are compared with a next-to-last backup date. If the associated file was modified after the next-to-last backup date, a determination is made that the file blocks were backed up in the last backup and the file should be indexed.
US10474533B2
Apparatus adapted for exascale computers are disclosed. The apparatus includes, but is not limited to at least one of: a system, data processor chip (DPC), Landing module (LM), chips including LM, anticipator chips, simultaneous multi-processor (SMP) cores, SMP channel (SMPC) cores, channels, bundles of channels, printed circuit boards (PCB) including bundles, floating point adders, accumulation managers, QUAD Link Anticipating Memory (QUADLAM), communication networks extended by coupling links of QUADLAM, log 2 calculators, exp2 calculators, log ALU, Non-Linear Accelerator (NLA), and stairways. Methods of algorithm and program development, verification and debugging are also disclosed. Collectively, embodiments of these elements disclose a class of supercomputers that obsolete Amdahl's Law, providing cabinets of petaflop performance and systems that may meet or exceed an exaflop of performance for Block LU Decomposition (Linpack).
US10474520B2
A method is provided for clustering events. Messages are received at an extraction engine from managed infrastructure that includes managed infrastructure physical hardware that supports the flow and processing of information. Events are produced that relate to the managed infrastructure. The events are converted into words and subsets used to group the events that relate to failures or errors in the managed infrastructure, including the managed infrastructure physical hardware. One or more common characteristics of events are determined and clusters of events are produced relating to the failure or errors in the managed infrastructure. A source address is used for each event as is a graph topology of the managed infrastructure to assign a graph coordinate to the event. Membership in a cluster indicates a common factor of the events that is a failure or an actionable problem in the physical hardware managed infrastructure directed to supporting the flow and processing of information. In response to production of the clusters one or more physical changes are made in the managed infrastructure hardware.
US10474518B1
A device may receive information related to an operation of the device during each of multiple time intervals. The device may store, for each time interval of the multiple time intervals, the information in a respective slot of a circular buffer that includes multiple slots. The circular buffer may be used to store a historical record of the information in one or more of the multiple slots. The historical record may be provided from the circular buffer during a dump of the device. The device may provide the historical record during the dump of the device based on storing the historical record of the information in the one or more of the multiple slots.
US10474511B1
Systems and methods for sending an in-application message to a user of a software application makes use of templated messages. User-specific information is added to the template to create the message delivered to the user. The user-specific information is added to the template to create the message immediately before the message is to be delivered to the user to ensure the user-specific information is as up-to-date as possible.
US10474492B2
Methods and systems for automating deployment of applications in a multi-tenant database environment
In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided mechanisms and methods for automating deployment of applications in a multi-tenant database environment. For example, in one embodiment, mechanisms include managing a plurality of machines operating as a machine farm within a datacenter by executing an agent provisioning script at a control hub, instructing the plurality of machines to download and instantiate a lightweight agent; pushing a plurality of URL (Uniform Resource Locator) references from the control hub to the instantiated lightweight agent on each of the plurality of machines specifying one or more applications to be provisioned and one or more dependencies for each of the applications; and loading, via the lightweight agent at each of the plurality of machines, the one or more applications and the one or more dependencies for each of the one or more applications into memory of each respective machine.
US10474491B2
Provided is a method for managing a cloud server by using a manager server in a cloud environment, the method including receiving server template information of a first cloud server in a cloud domain, to which the manager server pertains, from the first cloud server, generating server setting information for a cloud server in the cloud domain based on the server template information of the first cloud server, and transmitting the server setting information for the cloud server to the first cloud server to drive the first cloud server.
US10474479B1
Embodiments described herein provide for system and methods to enable an operating environment that supports multi-OS applications. One embodiment provides for a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that cause a data processing system to perform operations to detect conflicts during a build process for a dynamic library, the operations comprising loading program code for the dynamic library to build for a first platform, determining a set of interfaces and data structures exported by the dynamic library for the first platform, determining a set of interfaces and data structures exported by the dynamic library for a second platform, parsing the set of interfaces and data structures to verify consistency of a build contract for the dynamic library, and generating a build error during a build process for the dynamic library upon detecting an inconsistent build contract specifying at least an application binary interface (ABI) for the dynamic library.
US10474478B2
Disclosed are techniques for implementing software products or services with dynamic conditions and dynamic actions. These techniques identify a plurality of flow nodes for a software application. One or more dynamic conditions may be identified or determined for the plurality of flow nodes; and one or more dynamic actions may be identified or determined for the one or more dynamic conditions. A dynamic flow may be determined with the plurality of flow nodes, the one or more dynamic conditions, and the one or more dynamic actions, without hard coded inter-dependency between two or more flow nodes of the plurality of flow nodes.
US10474475B2
Techniques for restarting a task manager without affecting running and scheduled tasks are disclosed. The system includes an operating system which receives a request to restart a task manager with a first worker, wherein the first worker is actively processing a first task. The operating system transmits a signal to the first worker to continue processing the first task and terminate when the first task is complete. The operating system starts a new task manager with a new worker. The operating system updates an availability status of the new task manager to be available and an availability status of the task manager to be unavailable. The operating system assigns a new task to the new task manager based on the availability status associated with the new task manager.
US10474472B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an operating system establishing method and apparatus. The operating system establishing method in the present invention includes: starting a just enough operating system and enabling a basic application service; acquiring a data selection instruction input by a user, determining a profile providing server according to the data selection instruction, and acquiring operating system information from the profile providing server; and accessing an operating system providing server according to the operating system information, acquiring an operating system copy, and deploying the operating system copy in an operating system container to establish an operating system. In the embodiments of the present invention, hardware and an operating system that are of a terminal are decoupled, which achieves a purpose that a terminal may establish an operating system according to a user preference.
US10474464B2
Disclosed herein is a processor for deep learning. In one embodiment, the processor comprises: a load and store unit configured to load and store image pixel data and stencil data; a register unit, implementing a banked register file, configured to: load and store a subset of the image pixel data from the load and store unit, and concurrently provide access to image pixel values stored in a register file entry of the banked register file, wherein the subset of the image pixel data comprises the image pixel values stored in the register file entry; and a plurality of arithmetic logic units configured to concurrently perform one or more operations on the image pixel values stored in the register file entry and corresponding stencil data of the stencil data.
US10474452B2
A mobile terminal, a power adapter, and an upgrade method are disclosed. The method includes: downloading firmware upgrade information data of the power adapter by a mobile terminal; and sending the firmware upgrade information data to a processor of the power adapter by the mobile terminal through a data line in a charging port when the mobile terminal is coupled to the power adapter through the charging port to facilitate the processor to upgrade the firmware of the power adapter according to the firmware upgrade information data. The mobile terminal downloads the firmware upgrade information data, and the most updated firmware upgrade information data is transmitted to the power adapter during the process that the mobile terminal connects to the power adapter, the power adapter is upgraded to solve the problem that the power adapter is difficult to upgrade.
US10474441B1
A method for performing a high-level compilation of a computer program language (CPL) description of a system to generate a hardware description language (HDL) of the system includes inserting one or more compression/decompression units into the HDL in response to detecting a user inserted term in a kernel definition of an argument in the CPL description to indicate that the argument requires compression.
US10474437B2
A system may receive a request from a user to build a custom application specific to an operating system (OS) platform. The system may include an application gateway and the custom application may be a user-customized variation of an application gateway client. The system may prepare a build request and send it to a bonding client running on a work station specific to the OS platform. The bonding client may execute build scripts with user-provided configuration information to create the custom application. Instead of submitting the custom application to a third-party digital distribution platform, the bonding client may store the custom application in a storage location accessible by the system. The system, responsive to the request from the user, may send a response to the computing device, the response containing a link to the storage location of the custom application.
US10474436B1
A system transmits a request for an integrated development environment (IDE) user interface for creating an application to a server computing device, receives and displays the IDE user interface on a display, adds at least one script to the application, the at least one script one of manually entered into a code section by the user and selected from a script section displaying a list of at least one pre-written scripts, and generates machine-readable and executable code for the application based on at least one workflow when the user selects an execution user interface element.
US10474434B1
A memory stores a first automation script and a second automation script. A hardware processor performs a first task and a second task by executing the first automation script and performs a third task and a fourth task by executing the second automation script. The processor isolates first and second portions of the first automation script that correspond to the first and second tasks and isolates third and fourth portions of the second automation script that correspond to the third and fourth tasks. The processor also generates a third automation script that includes one or more of the first portion and the second portion and one or more of the third portion and the fourth portion and executes the third automation script to perform one or more of the first task and the second task and one or more of the third task and fourth task.
US10474432B2
Repeatable distributed pseudorandom number generation is disclosed. For example, a system has a plurality of pseudorandom number generators (“PRNGs”) including a first and second PRNGs and a randomization engine including a seed engine configured to control the plurality of PRNGs by executing to generate a plurality of seed values equal in quantity to the plurality of PRNGs, including first and second seed values. The first seed value is assigned to the first PRNG and the second seed value to the second PRNG. A first pseudorandom number (“PRN”) set is received from the first PRNG and a second PRN set from the second PRNG. A plurality of PRN sets from the plurality of PRNGs is combined into a combined number set.
US10474431B2
A device for multiplying two bit sequences has a controller that selects and activates exactly one multiplier unit from a plurality of parallel multiplier units, according to a random signal. A partial multiplier unit shared by all the multiplier units receives and multiplies operands formed by the respectively activated multiplier unit. Each multiplier unit implements a different multiplication method with a respective selector unit that selects segments of the bit sequences to be multiplied, in accordance with a selection plan adapted to the respective multiplication method, to form operands from one or more segments and outputs the operands. The respective accumulation unit receives step by step partial products from the partial multiplier unit, accumulates the partial products in accordance with an accumulation plan adapted to the implemented multiplication method and matching the selection plan, and outputs the calculated product of after accumulation has been completed.
US10474427B2
There is provided an apparatus and method for comparing wide data types. The apparatus comprises processing circuitry to perform a plurality of comparison operations in order to compare a first value and a second value, each of the first value and the second value having a length greater than N bits, and each comparison operation operating on a corresponding N bits of the first and second values. The plurality of comparison operations are chained to form a sequence such that each comparison operation is arranged to output an accumulated comparison result incorporating the comparison results of any previous comparison operations in the sequence, and such that for each comparison operation other than a final comparison operation in the sequence the accumulated comparison result is provided for use as an input by a next comparison operation in the sequence.
US10474423B2
Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. A method of soundscape selection in a vehicle includes receiving a number of biometric parameters from sensors provided within an interior of the vehicle, and determining a state-of-mind of an occupant within the interior of the vehicle based on the biometric parameters. The method further includes selecting, with a soundscape determination module including a processor, a soundscape responsive to the state of mind of the occupant, and providing to the vehicle a set of vehicle parameters based on the selected soundscape.
US10474422B1
A music-based social networking application for computers and mobile devices displayed on a user interface that provides users with a variety of social networking tools and functions. The user interface displays media content shared by associated users on the user interface. The application allows users to pair their own video/photos to musical works available on any streaming source to share within the app or on external media outlets. The application connects data through the use of a server and media is either streamed from server-held content or an external streaming source. A user's social activity is stored in the server and music listening history in app or on external streaming source is made available to said user for later use. The application utilizes a proprietary algorithm that suggests music and users based on actual in app activity and music/media play history.
US10474420B2
A speaker system includes a case, an audio input, speakers, an accelerometer, and a computer processor. The audio input is structured to receive a program audio signal from an audio device. The speakers are configured to play an audio output based on the program audio signal, the audio output causing a vibration of the case. The accelerometer is configured to detect the vibration of the case as well as a user tap on the case. The computer processor is configured to identify a user gesture that includes the tap on the case, to identify the tap apart from the case vibration by processing the detected vibration of the case and the detected user tap on the case based on information from the program audio signal to separate the detected user tap from the detected vibration, and to commence a particular function associated with the user gesture.
US10474414B2
An image display system includes at least one display device and at least one information processing apparatus connected to the display device. The information processing apparatus includes an input unit which receives a plurality of image data items and parameters related to a display image, a determination unit which determines areas of an image indicated by the image data items, which areas are displayed by the display device as partial images of the display image, based on the parameters, a setting unit which sets up a switching condition for switching the image data items, a switching unit which switches the image data items when the switching condition is met, and a transmission unit which transmits data indicating the areas to the display device. The display device is configured to display the areas determined by the determination unit at intervals of a predetermined time.
US10474413B2
There are provided a display structure, a display method, a display device and an operating system. The display structure includes: a first display buffer configured to store a first user display interface; a second display buffer configured to store a second user display interface; and a display cache, the second user display interface is a user display interface that is obtained by processing the first user display interface and has a resolution conforming to a resolution of the display cache.
US10474409B2
A response control method and an electronic device are provided according to the disclosure. The response control method includes: acquiring a first operation input by an operator to an input apparatus of the electronic device, wherein the input apparatus corresponds to a display screen of the electronic device; determining an input position of the first operation based on the first operation; acquiring a motion parameter of the input apparatus relative to the electronic device, in the case where the input position of the first operation is maintained, wherein at least a one-dimensional motion is supported for the input apparatus relative to the electronic device; and determining and responding to an executive instruction based on the input position and the motion parameter, wherein different motion parameters correspond to different executive instructions.
US10474406B2
Method of printing content shared between applications and computing apparatus to perform the method
A method of printing at least one of contents shared between applications installed in an operating system (OS), and a computing apparatus to perform the method. According to the method, a printing application is executed by activating a companion window according to a share action requested to share the content being used in a source application, and a printing operation is performed through the activated companion window.
US10474401B2
An information processing system includes an apparatus and a server system. The server system includes an apparatus information receiving unit, a content generation unit, a content information request receiving unit, a content information transmitting unit, a content request receiving unit, and a content transmitting unit. The apparatus information receiving unit receives apparatus information. The content generation unit generates a content based on the apparatus information. The content information request receiving unit receives a content information request from the apparatus. The content information transmitting unit transmits content information that can identify one or more contents generated by the content generation unit to the apparatus. The content request receiving unit receives a content request from the apparatus. The content transmitting unit transmits the content to the apparatus.
US10474386B1
A memory management method is provided. The method includes selecting a target physical programming unit among a plurality of physical programming units of a rewritable non-volatile memory module; identifying a target storage status and a target read voltage according to a memory type of the rewritable non-volatile memory module; using the target read voltage to read the target physical programming unit to obtain a bit value ratio; and identifying a storage pattern of the target physical programming unit according to the bit value ratio.
US10474381B2
A system includes a network interface, a processing device, and a memory device. The memory device stores instructions for accessing a first log file of a first format type from a first server and converting the first log file to a first record in a shared data-interchange format. A second log file of a second format type is accessed from a second server. The second log file is converted to a second record in the shared data-interchange format, and instances of the first and second record are collected over a period of time. A resource allocation of the first server and the second server is analyzed based on the instances of the first record and the second record. A resource allocation adjustment request is transmitted to one or more of the server systems based on a predicted trend of the resource allocation of the first and second server.
US10474379B2
Provided herein are controlled access data storage systems including a plurality of data storage units housed in a support enclosure; a port multiplier for providing data access to the plurality of data storage units; and a power control module for providing programmatic activation of one or more of the plurality of data storage units according to a time-based schedule, wherein the programmatic activation schedule operates independently of data transfer operations accessing one or more of the plurality of data storage units.
US10474374B2
A storage device (220) is described. The storage device (220) may store data in a storage memory (445), and may have a host interface (420) to manage communications between the storage device (220) and a host machine (110, 115, 120, 125, 130). The storage device (220) may also include a translation layer (430) to translate addresses between the host machine (110, 115, 120, 125, 130) and the storage memory (445), and a storage interface (440) to access data from the storage memory (445). An in-storage monitoring engine (425) may determine characteristics (605, 610, 615) of the storage device (220), such as latency (605), bandwidth (610), and retention (615).
US10474364B2
A memory control device and method are provided in the invention. The controller of the memory control device includes a static random access memory (SRAM) which has a first buffer. The controller receives a command from a host device, determines the operation type indicated by the command, and obtains data parameters corresponding to data stored in the SRAM. The DRAM is coupled to the controller and has a second buffer. The controller determines whether the first buffer is enough to store data corresponding to the command according to the data parameters. When the first buffer is not enough to store data corresponding to the command, the controller backs up data corresponding to another operation type to the second buffer, and the controller temporarily stores the data corresponding to the command, and updates the data parameters.
US10474354B2
A writing gesture notification method is provided. The writing gesture notification method, applied to an electronic device of an electronic system, the electronic system includes the electronic device and an input device, the writing gesture notification method comprising: obtaining input information from the input device; obtaining first contact information and orientation information of the input device from the input device; sensing second contact information via the electronic device; comparing the input information, the first contact information, the orientation information and the second contact information with preset information to generate a comparison result; and providing a notification via the electronic device according to the comparison result.
US10474351B2
An accessibility method is performed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: displaying a plurality of user interface elements on the display; in response to detecting a first user interface navigation gesture by a finger on the touch-sensitive surface, navigating in the plurality of user interface elements in accordance with a current navigable unit type; in response to detecting a first user interface navigation setting gesture on the touch-sensitive surface: changing the current navigable unit type from the first navigable unit type to a second navigable unit type; and outputting accessibility information about the second navigable unit type; after changing the current navigable unit type, in response to detecting a second user interface navigation gesture by the finger on the touch-sensitive surface, navigating in the plurality of user interface elements in accordance with the current navigable unit type.
US10474347B2
Information that describes one or more touch events performed on a touchscreen display to interact with a graphical user interface (GUI) of a software application is received. A touch event density map based on a frequency of touch events on the touchscreen display as a function of touch event position on the touchscreen display is generated. One or more portions of the touchscreen display that received the highest density of touch events are identified. At least one of: dimension of the one or more graphical elements of the GUI associated with the one or more identified portions of the touchscreen display, a dimension of a touchscreen display area that corresponds to the one or more graphical elements, and a position relative to the one or more graphical elements of the touchscreen display area are modified.
US10474343B2
An image processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to scroll a plurality of pieces of content data, a prediction unit configured to predict which content data among the plurality of pieces of content data moves from a hidden area to a display area according to a scroll display control condition controlled by the display control unit, and a decoding unit configured to decode the content data predicted by the prediction unit before the predicted content data moves to the display area.
US10474340B2
A process, and corresponding system for performing the process, is described herein for visual identification of label collision for a digital map. The process determines a set of labels to be rendered in a visual map corresponding to a digital map. For each label in the set, a label boundary is created around the label. If any of the label boundaries in the set of labels overlap, the process determines a display priority for each of the first label and the second label in an overlapping label pair. In response to the first label in the pair having a higher display priority than the second label in the pair, the boundary for the first label is rendered in a first visual style and the label boundary for the second label in a second visual style. As priorities or properties are changed, the visual map is updated to reflect the changes.
US10474334B2
A system for navigating and visualizing the progression of selectably presentable video content includes a progress indicator module for dynamically displaying the progression status of video content paths made up of selectably presentable video content segments. The system further includes an interactive control module for facilitating navigation along the video content paths. The progression status may be graphically represented in the form of a tree structure having linked video content segments forming the content paths. The control module may be used to navigate the video within this tree structure.
US10474330B1
Some implementations include identifying conflicts between multiple layers of supplementary content associated with a digital work (e.g., an electronic book). For individual conflicts between layers of supplementary content at one or more locations within the digital work, conflicts between layers may be resolved in favor of a higher priority layer. Upon resolution of the conflict, information associated with the higher priority layer for supplementing content at a particular location in the digital work may be determined. A visual identifier of the higher priority layer may be displayed along with content associated with the digital work at the particular location.
US10474329B2
A user device may provide, for display in a first area of a graphical user interface (GUI), a first link to a first predicted interface within a website or a program. The first predicted interface may be an interface to which a user is predicted to navigate. The first link may be a graphical representation of at least a portion of the first predicted interface. The user device may provide, for display in a second area of the GUI, additional links to additional predicted interfaces within the website or the program. The first link may be more prominently displayed in relation to the additional links. The additional predicted interfaces may be interfaces to which the user is predicted to navigate. The additional links may be graphical representations of at least a portion of the additional predicted interfaces.
US10474328B2
An operating assistant controls device units and is configured such that elements of a selected functionality are clearly presented to the operator for selection in an operator-specific manner within an overview presentation. The elements are stored in a first or subsequent hierarchy level and further elements can likewise be depicted for selection on the visual display unit and selected operating functions and/or control functions can be executed.
US10474318B2
A system comprises a display unit rendering a document in a user interface, a selection tool receiving information selecting an arrangement of invocable actions, and an association unit associating the document with the selected arrangement.
US10474315B2
According to an embodiment, a method includes detecting, at a computing device, a sustained repetitive actuation of an input device operatively connected to the computing device, the sustained repetitive actuation being above a first predetermined threshold period of time and magnitude, the input device being associated with a cursor on a display screen of one or more output devices in a first condition and operatively connected to the computing device, and activating one or more cursor enhancement effects associated with the one or more output devices into a second condition, wherein at least one property of the one or more cursor enhancement effects is based on at least one attribute of the detected sustained repetitive actuation.
US10474313B2
A system comprising at least one hardware processor configured to perform: accessing a software robot computer program for controlling at least one application program to perform a task comprising a first sub-task to be performed by a first application program; generating an object hierarchy comprising a plurality of objects corresponding to active graphical user interface (GUI) elements of the first application program; and controlling the first application program to perform the first sub-task. The controlling includes identifying, using the software robot computer program, a first action to perform in furtherance of the first sub-task; automatically accessing, in the object hierarchy, a first object corresponding to a first active GUI element of the first application program, the accessing comprising refreshing the object hierarchy; and automatically using the first object to cause the first application program to at least partially perform the first action.
US10474308B2
A terminal, in which terminal conductors are disposed, is preliminarily formed on one surface of a substrate. Electrode conductors including covered lead wires are disposed in a region on the one surface of the substrate that does not overlap the terminal, the electrode conductors being bonded to the substrate by an adhesive material to form a predetermined conductor pattern, whereby a sensor pattern is disposed on the substrate. The lead wires of the electrode conductors are exposed due to the covering being removed at ends of the covered lead wires, the exposed lead wires are disposed while being aligned with and connectable to the corresponding terminal conductors of the terminal. The terminal conductors of the terminal and respective exposed lead wires of the electrode conductors of the sensor pattern are then electrically connected.
US10474299B2
Disclosed is a touch window including a substrate, and an electrode layer on the substrate. A retardation difference is 0.2% or less depending on an incident angle of light in the substrate.
US10474294B2
A display device includes: a plurality of first signal lines, a plurality of second signal lines, and a plurality of sensing pads. The first signal lines are disposed in a first direction, and are parallel to each other. The second signal lines are disposed in a second direction, and are parallel to each other. The second signal lines are substantially perpendicular to the first signal lines. A first row and a second row of the sensing pads are disposed in zigzag in the second direction.
US10474271B2
A touch input device capable of detecting a pressure of a touch on a touch surface may be provided that includes a substrate and a display module. The touch input device further includes an electrode which is disposed at a position where a distance between the electrode and a reference potential layer is changed by the touch on the touch surface. The distance may be changed depending on a magnitude of a pressure of the touch. The electrode outputs an electrical signal according to the change of the distance. A spacer layer is disposed between the reference potential layer and the electrode.
US10474264B2
A display device, including: a substrate; an electrode unit provided on the substrate; an emission layer driven by the electrode unit; a capacitive touch sensor provided on the electrode unit; and a conductive layer provided on the touch sensor.
US10474263B2
A display device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a first substrate including a touch sensor in the display area and a touch sensor pad in the non-display area, and a second substrate opposing the first substrate, the second substrate including a pixel in the display area and a connection pad in the non-display area. An interlayer in the display area is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, a plurality of conductive balls electrically connects the touch sensor pad and the connection pad, and an inter-bar in the non-display area is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The inter-bar is disposed adjacent to the connection pad, and the conductive balls have an average diameter that is greater than the height of the inter-bar.
US10474258B2
Apparatus for determining user operation of an actuator, based on determining a time constant of a state circuit coupled to the actuator.
US10474255B2
An electronic device is disclosed. In some examples, the electronic device includes an input element configured to move in a first direction in response to an input at the input element. The input element can include circuitry configured to perform a first functionality, and process data resulting from the performance of the first functionality and output the processed data from the input element. In some examples, the electronic device includes a processor electrically coupled to the circuitry and configured to process the movement of the input element as an input to the electronic device, and receive the processed data and perform an action based on the processed data.
US10474251B2
An ambidextrous mouse is disclosed. The ambidextrous mouse is configured for both left and right handed use. The mouse may include right handed buttons on the front side of the mouse and left handed buttons on the back side of the mouse. The user may change the handedness of the mouse by rotating the mouse about a vertical axis of the mouse such that the left hand can use the left hand buttons and the right hand can use the right hand buttons. The mouse may include a handedness selection system for configuring the mouse for right handed or left handed use even though the mouse has the capability for both right and left hands.
US10474250B2
An input device includes a detection unit, a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, and a compensation unit. The detection unit is configured to detect an operation by a user for controlling an electronic device and output an operation signal corresponding to the operation. The first acquisition unit is configured to acquire the detected operation signal and a differential value of the operation signal. The second acquisition unit is configured to acquire a function defined by the differential value to compensate for a delay in response of the operation signal with respect to the operation by the user. The compensation unit is configured to compensate the operation signal with the acquired function.
US10474239B2
A touch sensing device including a vibratable plate, a touch sensor, a vibration generator including a plunger, an operation face, an opposed part opposed to the vibratable plate in a first direction, and a cushioning member. The plunger is configured to reciprocate in the first direction so as to vibrate the vibratable plate in the first direction. The operation face is to be touched by a detection object for inputting to operate the touch sensing device, and is vibratable as a result of vibration of the vibratable plate. The cushioning member is interposed between the opposed part and the vibratable plate in the first direction. The cushioning member is configured to reduce an amount of displacement in the first direction of the vibratable plate arising from the vibration in the first direction such that the amount is smaller than an amount of movement in the first direction of the plunger.
US10474237B2
A method for providing haptic feedback to a user of a rotary wing aircraft that includes receiving, by a computing device, a signal indicative of a user input selecting a control system state for a rotary wing aircraft, where, upon selection, the control system state modifies one or more operational parameters of the rotary wing aircraft, and in response to receiving the signal, outputting, by the computing device, a signal to a shaker system coupled to a collective stick, where the signal is configured to cause the shaker system to provide a haptic feedback via the collective stick, and where the haptic feedback includes a signature that indicates that the control system state has been activated.
US10474235B1
Described are various embodiments of a light field display, adjusted pixel rendering method and computer-readable medium therefor, and vision correction system and method using same. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method is provided to automatically adjust user perception of an input image to be rendered on a digital display via a set of pixels thereof, wherein the digital display has an array of light field shaping elements.
US10474233B2
Methods and apparatus relating to enabling augmented reality applications using eye gaze tracking are disclosed. An exemplary method according to the disclosure includes displaying an image to a user of a scene viewable by the user, receiving information indicative of an eye gaze of the user, determining an area of interest within the image based on the eye gaze information, determining an image segment based on the area of interest, initiating an object recognition process on the image segment, and displaying results of the object recognition process.
US10474232B2
An information processing method, an information processing apparatus and a user equipment are provided. A method comprises: acquiring sight line information of at least one user in a space; and determining, at least according to the sight line information, at least one mirror object existing in the space. Accordingly, a mirror object in a space is determined according to sight line information of at least one user, providing a basis for mirror-object-based applications, for example, modeling the mirror object.
US10474224B2
A method for reducing power in a system is provided according to aspects of the present disclosure. The system includes a chip, and a volatile memory. The method includes entering a sleep state, and exiting the sleep state. Entering the sleep state includes placing the volatile memory in a self-refresh mode, wherein the volatile memory stores one or more binary images and the volatile memory is powered in the sleep state, and collapsing multiple power supply rails on the chip. Exiting the sleep state includes restoring power to the multiple power supply rails on the chip, taking the volatile memory out of the self-refresh mode, and running the one or more binary images on one or more sub-systems on the chip.
US10474223B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for improved powerline communication (PLC) are described. In one embodiment, a system comprises power down hardware coupled to internal wiring of a premises to selectively power down a portion of the internal wiring on request, and at least one hardware device to transmit a request to the power down hardware to selectively power down a portion of the internal wiring on request and to transmit data using power line communication hardware of the at least one hardware device while the portion of the internal wiring is powered down.
US10474220B2
Systems and methods are provided for reliable redundant power distribution. Some embodiments include micro Automatic Transfer Switches (micro-ATSs), including various components and techniques for facilitating reliable auto-switching functionality in a small footprint (e.g., less than ten cubic inches, with at least one dimension being less than a standard NEMA rack height). Other embodiments include systems and techniques for integrating a number of micro-ATSs into a parallel auto-switching module for redundant power delivery to a number of devices. Implementations of the parallel auto-switching module are configured to be mounted in, on top of, or on the side of standard equipment racks. Still other embodiments provide power distribution topologies that exploit functionality of the micro-ATSs and/or the parallel micro-ATS modules.
US10474217B2
A control apparatus for controlling a device having a power-saving mode includes a processing unit, a reset control unit configured to control reset of the processing unit, a power control unit configured to control supply of power to the processing unit, a memory configured to store reset instructions for causing the reset control unit to perform reset of the processing unit and power control instructions for causing the power control unit to cause to stop supply of power to the processing unit, and a memory control unit configured to perform a refresh operation of the memory, and the processing unit acquires the reset instructions and the power control instructions from the memory after performing processing to restrict the memory control unit from performing the refresh operation until the processing unit acquires the reset instructions and the power control instructions from the memory.
US10474211B2
A data processing system includes a power manager for providing a power event depth signal in response to a power event request signal. A plurality of real-time clients is coupled to the power manager. Each real-time client includes a client buffer that has a plurality of entries for storing data. The real-time client also includes a register for storing a watermark threshold for the client buffer, as well as logic for providing an allow signal when a number of valid entries in the client buffer exceeds the watermark threshold. A power management state machine is coupled to each of the plurality of real-time clients. The power management state machine provides a power event start signal in response to all of the plurality of real-time clients providing respective allow signals.
US10474209B2
In one example embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a memory configured to store a first table listing a plurality of clip frequencies respectively corresponding to a plurality of reference temperatures, and a second table listing one or more of the plurality of clip frequencies and a plurality of timestamps each respectively corresponding to the one or more of the plurality of clip frequencies. The integrated circuit further includes a cooling frequency adjustor configured to select one of the plurality of clip frequencies stored in the first table as a first clip frequency, and store a current timestamp of the first clip frequency in the second table. The integrated circuit further includes a central processing unit (CPU) configured to control an operation of the cooling frequency adjustor.
US10474204B2
Disclosed are an electrical power supply expansion card and a computer case. The electrical power supply expansion card comprises a housing and a circuit board. The circuit board is arranged on the housing, and the housing is installed in the computer case. The circuit board is provided with at least one peripheral interface, and is further provided with at least one power source interface. The at least one power source interface is detachably connected to a power source in the computer case so as to obtain electric power and output electric power via the at least one peripheral interface. The technical solution provided in the present invention can enable the expansion card to be an expanded power source of the power source in the computer case, thus supplying power to an external device, thereby improving the usability of the expansion card.
US10474203B2
The description relates to devices, such as computing devices that have hinged portions. One example can include a first portion that includes a first display and a second portion that includes a second display. This example can also include a determinative hinge assembly that rotatably secures the first and second portions around first and second hinge axes. The determinative hinge assembly can have a first unflexed configuration when the first and second portions are parallel or perpendicular to one another and a second flexed configuration when the first and second portions contact one another when oriented at an oblique angle.
US10474202B2
An electronic device includes: a first housing and a second housing provided to be capable of being displaced between a first state in which the first major surfaces thereof face each other and a second state in which the second major surfaces thereof face each other; a magnetic detection part provided in the first housing; a magnet provided in the second housing; and a control part configured to determine the first state and the second state based on an output of the magnetic detection part. The magnet is disposed such that a magnetization direction thereof is orthogonal to the first major surface and the second major surface of the second housing, and the magnetic detection part includes a first magnetic sensor and a second magnetic sensor arranged along a direction normal to the first major surface and the second major surface of the first housing.
US10474192B2
A wearable smart device of the present invention comprises: a main body on which a basic module is mounted; a band on which at least one auxiliary module is mounted, which is selectively attached and detached to the main body made of a polymer material or a rubber material to be bent; a connector electrically connecting the main body and the band; and a coupler physically connecting the main body and the band. According to a configuration of the present invention, the present invention is possible in realizing a high-capacity and high-performance smart device.
US10474189B2
A top case assembly for a portable computer is disclosed. The assembly may include an integral unified (e.g., homogenous) top case formed from a single part. The integral top case provides an enclosure, frame and cosmetic exterior of the portable computer. The integral top case also serves as the primary structure of the portable computer. The assembly may include a variety of subassemblies such as keyboards, touchpads, circuit boards, and drives that are carried by the underside of the integral top case. The integral top case may be formed from aluminum slab that has been machined to form walls, openings, attachment areas and cosmetic areas of the top case.
US10474182B2
A rotary controller locking cap including a cap body having a longitudinal axis, a bore extending partially through the cap body along the longitudinal axis such that the cap body has an opening on a first side and is closed on an opposite second side, and an internally threaded portion arranged in the bore at least at the opening. The internally threaded portion is structured and arranged for threaded engagement with a threaded collar of a rotary controller. The bore is structured and arranged to accommodate an output shaft of the rotary controller therein while not contacting the output shaft when the cap body is engaged with the threaded collar. The cap body when engaged with the threaded collar is operable to preclude adjustability of the output shaft of the rotary controller.
US10474177B2
A system and method for stability monitoring, analysis, and control of energy systems, such as electric power systems, is provided. Specifically, the system and method described herein use a Koopman mode analysis to represent the operation of individual components in an energy system and/or to determine and rank a level of stability of the individual components in the energy system. The system and method described herein also use a Koopman mode analysis to determine optimal and/or safe times to release energy stored in storage systems.
US10474173B2
A voltage regulator is equipped with the first and the second source-grounded amplifier circuits connected to an output terminal of a differential amplifier circuit; a phase compensation circuit having a resistor part and a capacitor part, and connected between an output terminal of the first source-grounded amplifier circuit and an output terminal of the second source-grounded amplifier circuit; and an output transistor connected to the output terminal of the second source-grounded amplifier circuit. At least one of the resistor part and the capacitor part of the phase compensation circuit has a filter.
US10474156B2
A method for ascertaining data for an autonomous driving operation of a motor vehicle within a parking facility using one or multiple surroundings sensor system(s). The method includes detecting present surroundings of the motor vehicle during a manually guided trip of the motor vehicle within the parking facility with the aid of the surroundings sensor system(s) to ascertain the surroundings data corresponding to the surroundings, and ascertaining the data for an autonomous driving operation of the motor vehicle within the parking facility based on the surroundings data so that the motor vehicle may autonomously drive within the parking facility based on the ascertained data.
US10474151B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle system which is designed to guide the motor vehicle in different driving situation classes in a fully automated manner. The method includes ascertaining a current driving situation class from multiple specified driving situation classes using at least some of driving situation data, each driving situation class is assigned at least one analysis function. The method further includes retrieving configuration parameter sets assigned to the analysis functions of the current driving situation class from a database and producing analysis units which carry out the analysis function and which have not yet been provided by configuring configuration objects using the retrieved configuration parameter sets.
US10474149B2
An autonomous vehicle, a system and method of operating the autonomous vehicle. An environmental sensor obtains one or more parameters of external agents of the vehicle. A processor of the vehicle obtains a route having a destination at the autonomous vehicle, builds a Markov state model of the route that includes a plurality of states for the autonomous vehicle and one or more parameters of the external agents, generates a plurality of driving policies for navigating the route, selects a policy for navigating the route from the plurality of driving policies using a Markov Decision Process, and executes the selected policy at the autonomous vehicle to navigate the vehicle along the route towards the destination.
US10474139B2
Disclosed is substrate processing apparatus including a plurality of processing units, each of which processes a substrate, and a controller that causes each of the processing units to execute a substrate processing. The controller is configured to cause a processing unit with a detected abnormality to execute an improvement processing based on abnormality detection information including a content of abnormality detected by a substrate surface measurement after causing the substrate processing to be performed in each of the processing units. The improvement processing is specified from improvement processing information in which the content of abnormality and the improvement processing are correlated with each other.
US10474131B2
A numerical controller includes a data table on which data in which a size of a machining area and a setting value of a parameter, which is influenced by a size of a machining area, are associated with each other is registered. Further, the numerical controller estimates a size of a machining area based on a setting value of a parameter used for control of a machine tool. In the case where data corresponding to the estimated size of the machining area is registered on the data table, the numerical controller acquires a parameter setting value corresponding to the size of the machining area from the data table so as to set the parameter setting value.
US10474120B2
A system includes a control device that coordinates within the system to control one or more operations of industrial automation equipment. The system also includes a terminal base that couples to the control device, wherein the terminal base includes a circuit. The system further includes a first input module and a second input module that couple to the terminal base. The first input module includes a first resistor and a first measuring device, and the second input module includes a second resistor and a second measuring device. The terminal base electrically couples the first resistor to the circuit and electrically isolates the second resistor from the circuit when the first input module and the second input module are coupled to the terminal block.
US10474118B2
Methods and systems relating to the monitoring and control of heating devices in multiple units in one or more buildings. An intelligent node, containing a monitoring module and a controlling module, is installed for each unit in a building. The monitoring module monitors the activation and deactivation of the heating device or, alternatively, directly measures the amount of power used by the heating device. This monitoring data is transmitted to a central server and is sent to a user. The user can control the duty cycle of the heating device and, as such, can directly cause savings in energy. The duty cycle for each heating device is adjusted by the controlling module based on the user's commands. The system can also be used so that the duty cycle is set such that energy settings for adjacent units are similar.
US10474117B2
A control apparatus and the like may include a time allocation setting unit that sets a time allocation for steps in the total driving time, and an operation value calculation unit that calculates minimum operation values for the times set by the time allocation setting unit, and the time allocation setting unit sets the time allocation of the steps in the total driving time such that the difference between the minimum operation values of the steps falls within a predetermined range.
US10474099B2
A main object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing a volume hologram laminate which can regenerate a hologram image in an arbitrary wavelength by a simple process. To attain the object, the present invention provides a method of producing a volume hologram laminate using a volume hologram forming substrate which comprises: a substrate, a volume hologram layer formed on the substrate and containing a photopolymerizable material, a resin layer, formed on the substrate so as to contact to the volume hologram layer, containing a resin and a polymerizable compound, characterized in that the producing method comprises processes of: a hologram recording process to record a volume hologram to the volume hologram layer, a substance transit process of transiting the polymerizable compound to the volume hologram layer, and an after-treatment process of polymerizing the polymerizable compound.
US10474090B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a switchback roller, and a re-conveying device. The re-conveying device includes a guide configured to change a conveying direction of a sheet conveyed by the switchback roller from a vertical direction to a horizontal direction and to guide the sheet in a width direction. The guide has a first guide surface and a second guide surface. The first guide surface and the second guide surface define a conveying path therebetween. The second guide surface is located closer to a center of a curvature of the conveying path than the first guide surface in a radial direction of the curvature. The first guide surface has a first area being planar and a second area downstream of the first area. The first area is configured to be contacted by a leading end of the sheet.
US10474086B2
The image forming apparatus includes: a paper feed unit; a print unit; a registration roller; a sheet leading end sensor provided downstream, in a transport direction of the recording paper, of the registration roller; a time measuring unit for measuring a time from a start point of transportation of the recording paper by the registration roller to a point of detection of the leading end of the recording paper by the sheet leading end sensor; a memory unit for storing a reference image forming time and a reference time; a print control unit; and an arithmetic unit for obtaining a difference between the reference time and the time detected by the time measuring unit. The print control unit adjusts the length of the image forming period in accordance with the adjusted image forming time determined based on the difference obtained by the arithmetic unit and the reference image forming time.
US10474083B2
An image forming apparatus includes a causal member identifying section, and a judgement section. The causal member identifying section identifies the causal member as a cause of the periodic unevenness based on the period of the periodic unevenness which has been detected by the periodic unevenness detector. The judgement section judges whether or not the periodic unevenness is transient based on the information of the causal member identified by the causal member identifying section, the information of at least one of a resting time in which the image forming apparatus has been left inoperative, an operating time of the causal member, and the image forming condition for image formation, and the information of a temperature and a humidity inside the image forming apparatus.
US10474075B1
According to one embodiment, a fixing device includes a circulating member for fixing, a pressure member, a heater, a reflector, a heat storage section, and a driving device. The circulating member for fixing includes an annular peripheral wall circularly movable. The pressure member is arranged to face an outer peripheral surface of the circulating member for fixing and forms a nip with the circulating member for fixing. The heater is arranged inside the circulating member for fixing and heats the circulating member for fixing. The reflector is arranged inside the circulating member for fixing and reflects radiant heat of the heater to the circulating member for fixing. The heat storage section is provided integrally with the reflector or connected to the reflector. The driving device causes the heat storage section to abut on or separate from an inner peripheral surface of the circulating member for fixing.
US10474071B2
A fixing device is configured to fix a toner image to a sheet by heat and includes: a heating rotator; a pressurizing roller contacting with the heating rotator; a heater configured to heat the heating rotator such that the heat is transferred to the sheet passing through a contact portion between the heating rotator and the pressurizing roller; a plurality of separation claws configured to separate the sheet from the heating rotator such that the sheet passing through the contact portion is not caught in the heating rotator, the separation claws being provided opposite to the heating rotator; and an adjustor configured to adjust positions of the separation claws relative to the heating rotator such that distances between the separation claws and the heating rotator are equal to each other.
US10474069B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a drum unit including a photosensitive drum; a belt unit; and a secondary transfer member. The belt unit includes: a first roller; a second roller spaced apart from the first roller; an intermediate transfer belt supported by the first roller and the second roller; and a primary transfer member. The intermediate transfer belt includes: a first portion; and a second portion. The first portion has an upstream end and a downstream end in a first direction. The second portion has an upstream end and a downstream end in a second direction. The primary transfer member is configured to transfer a toner image from the photosensitive drum to the first portion. The secondary transfer member is capable of contacting the downstream end of the second portion, and is configured to transfer the toner image from the intermediate transfer belt to a sheet.
US10474067B2
An example developer unit includes a developer roller. The developer unit also includes a set of electrodes proximate to the developer roller. The set of electrodes form a cavity. The developer unit includes an inlet to the cavity. The inlet is to receive printing fluid. The developer unit includes an insert in the inlet. The insert is to distribute the printing fluid evenly in the cavity.
US10474065B2
A toner case includes a case main body, a rotator, a transmitter and a cover. The case main body stores a toner. The rotator is stored in the case main body and rotates around a rotation axis. The transmitter transmits rotation to the rotator. At least apart of the transmitter is arranged outside the case main body. The cover moves along a rotation axis direction of the rotator between a covering position where the cover covers an outer circumference of the transmitter and an exposing position where the cover exposes the transmitter.
US10474064B2
A developing apparatus includes a developer carrier configured to carry developer, a developer container having a first chamber and a second chamber, a first conveying member provided in the first chamber, and including a first conveying unit and, on a downstream side in a first direction, a reverse conveying unit, a second conveying member, a discharge unit configured to discharge the developer, and a partition wall having a first communication port and a second communication port and configured to partition the first chamber and the second chamber. In addition, a plurality of protruding portions are provided so as to oppose the first conveying member at a position above a region between the first conveying unit and the reverse conveying unit in a vertical direction, each of the protruding portions extending along the first direction, wherein the plurality of protruding portions are arranged in a row in a direction orthogonal to the first direction.
US10474063B2
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a photosensitive member unit including a photosensitive member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, and a developing unit including a developer carrying member configured to carry a developer toward a position for developing the electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive member with the developer. A moving mechanism moves a shutter member from a shielding position to an open position in conjunction with pressurization of the developing unit mounted to the apparatus body in a pressurizing direction so that a transition is made from a state in which a developer receiving portion is shielded to a state in which the developer receiving portion is opened after the developing unit is guided in a mounting direction and then mounted to the apparatus body.
US10474062B2
The powder container includes a container body containing a powder for image formation, the powder being to be supplied to a powder replenishing device; a conveyor configured to convey the powder from one end in a longitudinal direction to the other end at which a cylindrical container opening is formed, the conveyor being provided inside the container body; a gear configured to rotate the conveyor with an external driving force; a container cover configured to cover the gear, the container cover having a gear exposing hole for partially exposing a gear tooth; and a nozzle receiver configured to guide the conveying nozzle inside of the container body, the nozzle receiver being provided on the container opening. The container cover includes a container engaged portion provided outer than the tooth of the gear in a radial direction.
US10474054B2
In an example, a method of controlling voltage applied to a print blanket within a printing device includes printing a print job. During the printing, a null cycle trigger is received. In response to the trigger, a print blanket bias voltage is reduced from a print bias level to a null bias level.
US10474051B2
Provided is a carrier for a developer of an electrostatic latent image, the carrier including a core particle, and a resin layer covering the core particle, where the resin layer includes metal compound particles, wherein the metal compound particles include magnesium compound particles or barium compound particles, and an exposed amount B (atomic %) of the magnesium or the barium on a surface of the carrier particle satisfies a relationship below: 10.0≥B ≥1.2.
US10474049B2
By controlling the migration to the toner particle surface of the crystalline polyester present in the toner particle, a toner is provided that exhibits an excellent durability in long-term use, a stable charging performance after holding in a high-temperature, high-humidity environment, and an excellent low-temperature fixability, in which the toner having a toner particle that contains an amorphous resin, a crystalline polyester, and a wax, wherein the toner particle includes, at the surface thereof, a coat layer containing a cyclic polyolefin resin.
US10474048B2
A toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a core, a shell layer, and an external additive. The core contains a first thermoplastic resin as a binder resin. The shell layer partially covers a surface of the core. The external additive is attached to regions of the surface of the core that are not covered with the shell layer. The external additive includes external additive particles. The external additive particles protrude outward in radial directions of the core further than a surface of the shell layer. At least part of surfaces of the external additive particles is exposed from the shell layer. The shell layer contains a second thermoplastic resin or a thermosetting resin. The second thermoplastic resin has a higher softening point than the core. The shell layer has a thickness of at least 5 nm.
US10474041B1
The present disclosure generally relates to lithography devices comprising an autofocus system. The autofocus system is configured to individually focus and adjust a plurality of digital micromirror devices. The autofocus system comprises a single light beam and a diffractive optical element configured to split the single light beam into two or more split beams. The two or more split beams are directed to a beam splitter. The two or more split beams are then reflected off the surface of a substrate to at least one position sensor. The position sensor is configured to measure the position of each of the two or more split beams. At least one digital micromirror device is then individually adjusted based on the measured position to adjust the focus of the at least one digital micromirror device with respect to surface height and tilt variations of the substrate.
US10474035B2
Systems and methods are provided that combine an amplitude modulation SLM with a phase modulating SLM in the same optical illumination system. The combination of the amplitude modulation SLM and the phase modulation SLM allows the optical illumination to compensate for the limitations of amplitude modulation SLM by using phase modulating SLM and conversely to compensate for the limitations of phase modulation SLM by using amplitude modulating SLM.
US10474034B2
A phase shift mask includes a substrate, a second phase shift pattern on the substrate, the second phase shift pattern extending to an outermost perimeter of the substrate, the second phase shift pattern being formed of a material that is semi-transmissive to light of a first wavelength and the substrate being substantially transparent to the light of the first wavelength such that the mask transmits about 2 to about 10% of the light of the first wavelength at the second phase shift pattern, and a first phase shift pattern on the substrate, the second phase shift pattern being disposed between the outermost perimeter of the substrate and the first phase shift pattern.
US10474025B2
A display device includes a screen, first and second projectors, a detector, and a controller. The screen has first and second surfaces. The first projector projects a first horizontally non-inverted image as viewed from the first surface. The second projector projects a second horizontally non-inverted image as viewed from the second surface. The detector detects a person viewing the first surface and a person viewing the second surface. The controller controls switching of an operation between the first and second projectors and also performs control, when the detector has detected a person viewing the first surface and a person viewing the second surface, so that the person viewing the first surface and the person viewing the second surface are able to see each other through the screen.
US10474023B2
A light source apparatus, an illuminator, and a projector that output a reduced light beam flux in a direction roughly the same as the direction of the optical axis of an incident light beam flux. The light source apparatus includes a light source unit that outputs a light beam flux and a reduction system that includes a plurality of optical elements and reduces the cross section of the light beam flux. The optical elements each have first and second surfaces and first and second reflection surfaces and allow a corresponding light beam of the light beam flux to pass through the first surface, to be incident on the first reflection surface, to be sequentially reflected off the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface, and then to exit through the second surface to shift the optical path of the light beam in a first direction.
US10474019B2
The phosphor disc disclosed here includes the following structural elements: a disc-shaped metal plate; a phosphor layer disposed circumferentially on the metal plate; and a bonding layer for bonding the phosphor layer to the metal plate. The metal plate curves convexly toward the phosphor layer.
US10474017B1
A projection apparatus includes a casing, a light source module, an optical engine module, a heat dissipation module and a projection lens. The casing has multiple air inlets and an air outlet. The light source module is disposed in the casing, and is configured to provide an illumination beam, wherein the light source module includes multiple light sources. The optical engine module is disposed in the casing, and is located on a transmission path of the illumination beam, and is configured to convert the illumination beam into an image beam. The heat dissipation module is disposed in the casing, and is connected to the light sources, where the heat dissipation module includes multiple heat sinks located close to the air inlets, respectively. The projection lens is disposed in the casing, and is connected to the optical engine module, and is configured to project the image beam out of the casing.
US10474011B2
A plate provides clearance between a camera and a quick-release receiver securing the camera to a support.
US10473996B2
A liquid crystal display device comprises: a first liquid crystal cell being a lateral electric field driven type; a second liquid crystal cell being a lateral electric field driven type; a first polarizing plate and a second polarizing plate, which are disposed so as to sandwich the first liquid crystal cell; and a third polarizing plate and a fourth polarizing plate, which are disposed so as to sandwich the second liquid crystal cell. The liquid crystal display device is configured such that rotation of a liquid crystal molecule of the first liquid crystal cell and rotation of a liquid crystal molecule of the second liquid crystal cell cancel and compensate for a hue change of the first liquid crystal cell or the second liquid crystal cell when viewed from a predetermined direction.
US10473995B2
A liquid crystal device and the use thereof are provided. The liquid crystal device has an advantage in terms of power consumption since a normally transparent mode may be realized in a state in which an external electric field is not applied, and can exhibit an excellent light blocking characteristic when an external electric field is applied.
US10473993B2
The present invention provides a pixel electrode and a liquid crystal display panel. The pixel electrode includes a first enclosure frame (15) that is connected to distal ends of all pixel electrode branches (13) and a trunk (11) and at least a second enclosure frame (17) that is set around an outer circumference of the first enclosure frame (15) and connected to the trunk (11) so that electric fields at edges of the pixel electrode are made regular and uniform by means of the arrangement of the first enclosure frame (15) and the second enclosure frame (17) and thus, liquid crystal molecules located around edges of a sub-pixel could be oriented in a more consistent or more uniform manner, making it possible to eliminate dark patterns at the edges of the sub-pixel and increasing the optical transmission rate of the liquid crystal display panel. Further, a new domain is formed and delimited between the first enclosure frame (15) and the second enclosure frame (17) to thereby further improve view angle at low grey levels of the liquid crystal display panel.
US10473990B2
A manufacture method of a low temperature poly-silicon array substrate is provided. A halftone mask is utilized to realize a patterning process applied to a polysilicon layer and an N type heavy doping process of a polysilicon section of an NMOS region. In comparison with prior art, one mask is saved, and thus, the production cost is reduced, and a low temperature poly-silicon array substrate manufactured with such a process possesses excellent electronic property.
US10473984B2
At a corner of a TFT substrate where sealants are coated overlapping each other, a phenomenon that the sealants protrude into the display region is prevented by a structure that: the TFT substrate having an organic passivation film is formed as far as the outside of the display region. A groove-like organic passivation film removed portion is formed surrounding the display region. Since the sealants are coated overlapping each other at the corner, when a TFT substrate and a counter substrate are superposed at a predetermined gap, the width of the groove-like organic passivation film removed portion is made larger at the corner than the side in order to prevent the sealant from extending. Since an excessive sealant is absorbed in the groove-like organic passivation film removing portion of a larger width at the corner, the sealant can be prevented from protruding to the inside of the display region.
US10473979B2
Color conversion films for a LCD (liquid crystal display) having RGB (red, green, blue) color filters, as well as such displays, formulations, precursors and methods are provided, which improve display performances with respect to color gamut, energy efficiency, materials and costs. The color conversion films absorb backlight illumination and convert the energy to green and/or red emission at high efficiency, specified wavelength ranges and narrow emission peaks. For example, rhodamine-based fluorescent compounds are used in matrices produced by sol gel processes and/or UV (ultraviolet) curing processes which are configured to stabilize the compounds and extend their lifetime—to provide the required emission specifications of the color conversion films. Film integration and display configurations further enhance the display performance with color conversion films utilizing various color conversion elements.
US10473977B2
Provided is a surface light source apparatus that improves homogeneity of surface illumination light, using both light rays passing through a light emitting surface of a light-distribution control element and the reflected light rays. A surface light source apparatus according to the present invention includes: a light source; a holding substrate having a main surface on which the light source is held; a light-distribution control element disposed on the main surface of the holding substrate to cover the light source, the light-distribution control element changing distribution of light emitted from the light source; and a diffuser that diffuses light emitted from the light-distribution control element. The light-distribution control element includes a diffusion part disposed at an installation surface that can abut the main surface of the holding substrate.
US10473968B2
Color conversion films for a LCD (liquid crystal display) having RGB (red, green, blue) color filters, as well as such displays, formulations, precursors and methods are provided, which improve display performances with respect to color gamut, energy efficiency, materials and costs. The color conversion films absorb backlight illumination and convert the energy to green and/or red emission at high efficiency, specified wavelength ranges and narrow emission peaks. For example, rhodamine-based fluorescent compounds are used in matrices produced by sol gel processes and/or UV (ultraviolet) curing processes which are configured to stabilize the compounds and extend their lifetime—to provide the required emission specifications of the color conversion films. Film integration and display configurations further enhance the display performance with color conversion films utilizing various color conversion elements.
US10473964B2
A touch display panel includes a TFT substrate, a CF substrate disposed above the TFT substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the CF substrate, and a touch sensor formed on the CF substrate. The touch sensor includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, a plurality of third electrodes, a plurality of bridges and an insulating layer. Each of the second electrodes is continuous, each of the first electrodes is interrupted by the second electrodes to form a plurality of electrode sections, and two adjacent electrode sections of the first electrode are electrically connected via a bridge. A plurality of blank areas are defined and surrounded by the first electrodes and the second electrodes, and the third electrodes are respectively disposed within the blank areas. The first electrodes, the second electrodes and the third electrodes are electrically insulated from each other.
US10473958B2
The present invention provides a monolithic gate driver that includes fewer elements than in conventional configurations. In one aspect, a plurality of stages included in a shift register are divided into a plurality of stage circuit groups, where each stage circuit group includes the stage circuits of P adjacent stages (two stages, for example). Each stage circuit group includes a stabilization node and a stabilization node controller that controls the voltage of the stabilization node. The stabilization node controller includes: thin-film transistors in which the gate terminals thereof are connected to output control nodes, the drain terminals thereof are connected to the stabilization node, and the source terminals thereof are connected to an input terminal for a DC supply voltage; and a thin-film transistor for changing the voltage of the stabilization node to a high level.
US10473956B2
A pair of glasses with a wearing cushion device comprises a main body, an inflatable cushion system, an air pump, a switch element, a control unit and an air channel. The inflatable cushion system comprises two supporting cushions and two buffer cushions. When the switch element is turned on, the switch element issues an enabling signal to the control unit and the control unit enables the air pump in response to the enabling signal. When the air pump is enabled, an ambient gas is transferred to the two supporting cushions and the two buffer cushions through the air channel. The two supporting cushions and the two buffer cushions are inflated with the gas and expanded, so as to fit closely on the ears of the user by the two buffer cushions, and fit closely on the bridge of the nose of the user by the supporting cushions.
US10473951B2
A method for determining personalized near addition value for non-presbyopes, including measuring fusional amplitudes and phoria with at least one addition value, on both eyes of a person at a working distance; finding a mathematical function that predicts the change of a pair of fusional amplitudes and phoria as a function of addition value based on the addition value and the measured fusional amplitudes and phoria; and determining the near addition value according to a suitable relationship between the pair of fusional amplitudes and phoria on the mathematical function.
US10473949B2
The optical image stabilizer system according to various aspects of the present technology may comprise a set of springs connected to a lens such that the force exerted by the set of springs and the force exerted by gravity are in equilibrium. A position detection sensor may be linked to the lens and detect a current position of the lens. An accelerometer may be communicatively linked to the lens and generate a set of acceleration data corresponding to the acceleration of the lens. A control unit may be coupled to at least one of the lens, position detector sensor, and the accelerometer, and calculate a new target position for the lens. A motor may be coupled to the lens and respond to the target position received from the control unit.
US10473946B2
A lenticular display includes a lenticular image including an image strip group in which display image strips that are respectively extracted in the form of a stripe from a plurality of display images are arrayed adjacently to each other in their respective corresponding positions, and in which an interpolation image strip is disposed between display image strips that are adjacent to each other, that are extracted from different display images, and that have different colors in at least a portion thereof, the interpolation image strip having a color that is in between the color of one of the adjacent display image strips and the color of the other of the adjacent display image strips.
US10473942B2
A head mounted magnifying camera is communicated with a computer system with a head-mounted display having a center of a field of view. A magnified view of a live dental area of interest is provided, image capture of the live dental area of interest is performed and downloaded into the computer system, or an image of a stored dental area of interest is uploaded from the computer system and matched to the live dental area of interest. The image of the live dental area of interest is automatically tracked in the computer system, and the image of the live dental area of interest is kept in the center of the field of view of the head-mounted display.
US10473941B2
A virtual reality goggle includes a goggle shaped body having multiple cameras mounted thereon. A display is supported by the goggle shaped body. A support extends between sides of the goggle shaped body and includes multiple cameras. Circuitry is coupled to receive video from the multiple cameras, the video comprising a composite field of view of approximately 360 degrees about the goggle, the circuitry to couple to a wireless communication device to transmit the received video to networked processing services, and to receive stitched stereoscopic three dimensional virtual reality video from the networked processing services, the circuitry further coupled to provide the received stitched stereoscopic three dimensional virtual reality video for display.
US10473940B2
A display device including a display module and an eyepiece lens is provided. A user can view an image realized by the display module through the eyepiece lens. In the display play according to the present disclosure, a path of a light moving from the display module to the eyepiece lens may be increased by a half-mirror and a reflective polarizing plate which are located between the display module and the eyepiece lens. Thus, in the display device according to the present disclosure, the overall thickness may be decreased without degrading the quality of the image realized by the display module.
US10473938B2
The present invention is a Substrate guided hologram that allows a wider range of optical devices based on SGHs with improved parameters such as larger NTE displays with a wider field of view, thinner substrates and more compact form factors. The Substrate-Guided Hologram of the subject invention includes a holographic lens which is positioned at an angle to and spaced from a holographic grating, with a mirror located at a diagonal to each of the lens and the grating.
US10473935B1
A system to provide views of virtual content in an interactive space, e.g., an augmented reality environment, may comprise one or more of a light source, directional control device, variable power lens, beam steering device, optical element, and/or one or more physical processors. A light source may generate collimated light rays in accordance with virtual content to be perceived within a three-dimensional light field. A directional control device may controllable adjust direction of travel of collimated light rays toward a beam steering device. A variable power lens may be positioned to receive collimated light rays between a light source and a directional control device. A beam steering device may be configured to direct collimated light rays to locations on an optical element. An optical element may be configured to reflect collimated light rays in a focal plane of a perceived three-dimensional light field.
US10473928B2
A backlight unit includes a light source; a condensing unit that condenses light emitted from the light source; and a diverging unit that diverges the light entering from the condensing unit and that emits the light toward an image display unit of a light transmission type in a head-up display device. For example, the diverging unit is a lens in which both surfaces of an incident surface into which the light from the condensing unit enters as well as an emission surface from which the light is emitted toward the image display unit, are concave surfaces.
US10473915B2
A beam director, typically comprises a first mirror rotating about a longitudinal axis, with a reflective surface at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis, which enables a laser beam to be transmitted along the longitudinal axis and redirected onto a work surface, which is typically perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. A second stationary arcuate mirror segment may be used to reflect the beam along an arcuate path on the work surface. Previous beam director systems can be improved or simplified by: 1) elimination of the second mirror with a 90° reflection to the work surface; 2) fixing the Tangent factor when drawing/rendering/sintering/cutting using f-theta like lens; and 3) fixing the Tangent factor by controlling the amount and/or the duration of energy.
US10473908B2
An optical observation device having an imaging optical system for forming an image of light from an object on a sample stage, a movement information retaining unit for retaining the movement information on the sequence of the movement to each relative position and a plurality of relative positions of the sample stage to the imaging optical system, a moving unit for moving the sample stage and allowing the stage to rest at each relative position, an imaging data acquisition unit for continuously acquiring the imaging data of observation images obtained by the imaging optical system at a time interval shorter than the time to move the stage to each relative position and the time of rest at each resting position, and a discrimination information providing unit for providing to the imaging data discrimination information for distinguishing whether the imaging data is imaged at a timing when the stage is moving.
US10473907B2
A slide system for optical microscopy using immersion fluid including a cover glass having a first refractive index and a transparent film having a second refractive index. The second refractive index of the transparent film is matched to the first refractive index of the cover glass. The transparent film protects the cover glass from immersion fluid used for optical microscopy and the transparent film is configured such that the immersion fluid used can be removed by lifting off the transparent film.
US10473886B2
An embodiment comprises: a housing; a bobbin for mounting a lens, the bobbin being accommodated inside the housing; a first coil disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin; a magnet disposed in the housing; and a second coil disposed in the housing, wherein the second coil comprises a third coil and a fourth coil, a first signal is applied to the first coil, a second signal is applied to the fourth coil, and an induction voltage is generated in the second coil by a mutual induction operation between the first coil and the second coil.
US10473885B2
A lens barrel which reliably retracts a retractable lens group without increasing thickness in a direction of an optical axis before an adjoining lens group is housed. A first lens holding member holds a first lens. A cam cylinder drives the first holding member along the optical axis. At a shooting position, the second holding member that holds a second lens lies on an optical axis, and at a collapsed position, the second holding member retracts to a retracted position by engaging with a moving member that moves toward the image plane in response to movement of the cam cylinder toward the image plane. The cam cylinder has a cam groove, on which the first holding member moves toward a subject before the second holding member starts retracting in a process of shifting from the shooting position to the collapsed position.
US10473881B2
A lens unit is provided capable of reducing the shift of the focal position when the temperature rises. The lens unit includes a plurality of lenses and a cylindrical holder configured to internally hold the plurality of lenses. The holder has a smaller coefficient of thermal expansion, compared to single lenses (i.e., the second lens and the third lens) that are meniscus-shaped plastic lenses. The side surfaces of the second lens and the third lens are press-fitted such that the concave side portions corresponding to the positions of the concave lens surfaces abut the inner surface of the holder, the second lens and the third lens including the concave lens surfaces and the convex lens surfaces. Therefore, when the ambient temperature rises, the refractive index of the plastic lens decreases but the convex lens surface deforms such that the curvature radius becomes smaller.
US10473875B2
A fiber optic telecommunications device includes a frame defining a right vertical support and a left vertical support. A chassis is mounted to the right and left vertical supports, wherein the chassis is configured to pivot about a pivot axis that is defined by one of the right and left vertical supports. A plurality of modules are mounted on the chassis, each of the modules slidable on the chassis along a direction extending between the right and left vertical supports, wherein the chassis is configured to pivot about a plane parallel to the sliding direction of the modules, each module defining fiber optic connection locations.
US10473870B1
The present disclosure relates to optical systems and methods for their manufacture. An example system includes a first substrate that has at least one bridge structure. The bridge structure has a first surface with one or more light-emitter devices disposed on it. The system also includes a second substrate that has a mounting surface that defines a reference plane. The second substrate includes a structure and an optical spacer on the mounting surface. The first and second substrates are coupled together such that the first surface of the first substrate faces the second substrate at an angle with respect to the reference plane. The system also includes at least one spacer coupled to the mounting surface. The at least one spacer is in physical contact with the one or more light-emitter devices.
US10473866B2
An integral fan-out connector assembly for fiber optic cables includes a connector housing that provides an integrated fan-out housing and connection adapter. The fan-out connector housing may be configured with a variety of cable adapters, and may be installed as a ‘plug and play’ type solution where it will be ready to accept a feed cable for use when needed.
US10473865B2
A fiber optic ferrule and a fiber optic connector housing make contact only along two sides of the fiber optic ferrule when in an unmated condition. One of the fiber optic ferrule and the fiber optic connector housing have been modified such that only two of the surfaces engage one another. The shoulders can be shortened, lengthened, or have a projection added to the current surfaces.
US10473864B2
A communications connection system includes an adapter module defining at least first and second ports and at least one media reading interface mounted at one of the ports. The first adapter module is configured to receive a fiber optic connector at each port. Some type of connectors may be formed as duplex connector arrangements. Some types of adapters may include ports without media reading interfaces. Some types of media reading interfaces include contact members having three contact sections.
US10473856B2
Provided is an optical branching/coupling device in which optical transmission quality is improved by preventing a reduction in optical transmission quality, the reduction being due, for example, to an optical waveguide core affecting a light of another optical waveguide core in the vicinity of a joining section of the two optical waveguide cores. This optical branching/coupling device includes: a first optical waveguide that is provided extending from one end side to other end side; a second optical waveguide that is provided extending on a separate route from the one end side to the other end side, the other end side of the second optical waveguide being joined to the other end side of the first optical waveguide; and a cladding layer that covers the periphery of the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide, wherein the first and second optical waveguides comprise a cured product of a photocuring resin.
US10473849B2
A lighting arrangement can include a light panel, a bracket, and a connecting member. The light panel can include a frame and a plurality of light emitting units. The bracket can be mountable on at least one of a wall and a ceiling. The frame of the light panel and the bracket can be selectively engageable with one another through movement of the light panel relative to the bracket along a path of movement in a direction between first and second positions. The connecting member can be fixedly engaged to the light panel or the bracket. The connecting member can be configured to interconnect the light panel and the bracket and to accumulate energy during movement of the frame along the path wherein the accumulated energy is at least partially released upon the light panel reaching the second position.
US10473843B2
A backlight module includes a light source, a light guide plate and a light-adjusting member. A light source chromaticity is measured from light generated by the light source. The light guide plate has a light-incident surface and a light-emitting surface. Light generated by the light source enters the light guide plate and emits out from the light-emitting surface. With the light-adjusting member, a first light guide plate chromaticity is measured from the light-emitting surface. There is a first difference value between the first light guide plate chromaticity and the light source chromaticity. Without the light-adjusting member, a second light guide plate chromaticity is measured from the light-emitting surface. There is a second difference value between the second light guide plate chromaticity and the light source chromaticity. The first difference value is different from the second difference value.
US10473841B2
An optical assembly for optical aperture expansion combines facet reflective technology with diffractive technology. At least two diffractive components having opposite optical power (matching) are used, so that chromatic dispersion introduced by the first diffractive component will then be cancelled by the second diffractive component. The two diffractive components are used in combination with a reflective optical component to achieve more efficient aperture expansion (for near eye display), reducing distortions and noise, while also reducing design constraints on the system and individual components, as compared to conventional techniques. The assembly eliminates and/or reduces the need for polarization management, while enabling wider field of view. In addition, embodiments can have reduced nonuniformity, as compared to conventional single technology implementations, since the distortion patterns of the two technologies do not correlate.
US10473832B2
The present disclosure relates to a sheet structure for protecting the screen of an electronic device with a curved surface. The sheet structure includes a back plate, an adhesive layer, and a heat-bent clear glass sheet in the order from the side contacting the screen of the electronic device towards the other side of the sheet structure. The back plate is made by measuring and copying the curvature of the curved surface of the electronic device. The adhesive layer is made of an organic compound and used for sticking the back plate and the heat-bent clear glass sheet together and at the same time filling the concave surface of the heat-beat clear glass sheet. The heat-bent clear glass sheet complements the curved surface of the electronic device through the adhesive layer so as to protect the curved surface of the electronic device when adhering thereto.
US10473826B2
A display panel producing frame-free image displays is provided. The display panel includes a display substrate (1) and an optical device (2) in a light illuminating side of the display substrate (1). The display substrate (1) includes frame edge regions (11) and a display region (12) abutting the frame edge regions (11). The display substrate (1) is curved at the frame edge regions (11). The optical device (2) is above the display region (12) and the frame edge regions (11), and changes a direction of light illuminated by the display substrate (1) such that images displayed through the display region produce a frame-free display.
US10473818B2
A system for detecting gas leaks and determining their location and size. A data gathering portion of the system utilizes a hub and spoke configuration to collect path-integrated spectroscopic data over multiple open paths around an area. A processing portion of the system applies a high-resolution transport model together with meteorological data of the area to generate an influence function of possible leak locations on gas detector measurement paths, and applies an inversion model to the influence function and the spectroscopic data to generate gas source size and location.
US10473817B2
A method is provided of processing data representing a physical system, the method comprising: providing (P2) input data representing differences in the physical system between a first state and a second state of the physical system; and inverting (P5) the input data, or data derived therefrom, in accordance with a parameterized model (PI) of the physical system to obtain differences in the parameters of the model between the first state and the second state, with parameters of the model representing properties of the physical system; wherein the inverting step is performed (P3 to P6) for a plurality of different perturbations (P4) of the parameterized model and/or of the data to obtain a plurality of sets of differences in the parameters of the model; and wherein a statistical analysis (P7) of the plurality of sets of differences is performed to obtain statistical characteristics of the differences in the parameters of the model.
US10473814B2
A downhole assembly includes a drill collar, the drill collar having an outer wall and an insert, the insert positioned within drill collar. The insert has a bore therethrough. The downhole assembly further includes at least one sensor within the insert, wherein the sensor is a gamma ray detector.
US10473813B2
A system may include a pulsed neutron generator designed to emit neutrons into a borehole of a geological formation using a pulsing scheme. The system may also include a gamma-ray detector designed to take measurements of capture gamma-rays during a time period during the pulsing scheme. The system may also include data processing circuitry designed to calculate one or more sigma values based at least in part on the measurements of the capture gamma-rays taken during the time period during the pulsing scheme. The data processing circuitry may also calculate a factor of yields to weights value based at least in part on the one or more sigma values and convert a plurality of relative yields of corresponding elements in the geological formation to a plurality of elemental relative weights based at least in part on the factor of yields to weights.
US10473810B2
A downhole drilling tool has a deep-reading logging tool, a near-bit resistivity tool, and a gamma ray detector. Formation information logged using the deep-reading logging tool is used to build a preliminary stratigraphic model with a relatively low resolution. The preliminary stratigraphic model is further refined using data logged using the near-bit resistivity tool and/or the gamma ray detector to obtain a refined stratigraphic model with a higher resolution. The model is used to guide geosteering to achieve better well placement and trajectory control.
US10473800B2
Detector module designs for radiographic imaging include first and second layers of scintillator rods or pixel arrays oriented in first and second directions. The first and second directions are transversely oriented to define a light sharing region between the first and second layers. Encoding features may be disposed in, on or between the first and second layers, and configured to modulate propagation of optical signals therealong or therebetween.
US10473789B1
A system for measuring the position of an asset is provided. The system includes a first plurality of global positioning system (GPS) sensors arranged on a first asset, and a reference position source arranged on the first asset. One or more computer processors is provided in communication with a memory and is configured to measure position data associated with the first asset from the outputs of the first plurality of GPS sensors, and calculate a measurement offset between the measured position data associated with the first asset and position data obtained from the reference position source. From these measurements, position data measurements obtained from the plurality of GPS sensors of the first asset may be corrected using the calculated measurement offset. Likewise, position data measurements obtained from a plurality of GPS sensors of a second asset, located remotely from the first asset, are also corrected using the calculated measurement offset.
US10473788B2
A method for controlling at least a first sensor of a vehicle, which senses an environment through which the vehicle is moving by producing a plurality of scan lines arranged according to a spatial distribution, includes receiving sensor data generated by one or more sensors. The one or more sensors are configured to sense the environment through which the vehicle is moving. The method also includes identifying, by one or more processors and based on the received sensor data, one or more areas of interest in the environment, and causing, by one or more processors and based on the areas of interest, the spatial distribution of the plurality of scan lines produced by the first sensor to be adjusted.
US10473786B2
Systems and methods herein provide for Laser Detection and Ranging (Lidar). In one embodiment, a Lidar system includes a laser operable to propagate continuous wave (CW) laser light and a scanner operable as a transmitter and a receiver for the CW laser light. The Lidar system also includes a detector for determining a range to a target based on displacement of the CW laser light received by the receiver. The displacement of the CW laser light is proportional to an angular velocity of the scanner.
US10473784B2
A LiDAR system includes a signal generator for generating an output signal having a variable frequency. A modulation circuit receives the output signal from the signal generator and modulates the output signal to generate a pulsed modulation envelope signal configured to comprise a plurality of pulses, two or more of the plurality of pulses having two or more respective different frequencies. The modulation circuit applies the pulsed modulation envelope signal to an optical signal to generate a pulse-envelope-modulated optical signal comprising a plurality of pulses modulated by the pulsed modulation envelope signal. Optical transmission elements transmit the pulse-envelope-modulated optical signal into a region. Optical receiving elements receive reflected optical signals from the region. Receive signal processing circuitry receives the reflected optical signals and uses quadrature detection to process the reflected optical signals.
US10473781B2
Various techniques are described that relate to the manner in which marine devices may generate and display a water depth contour map while navigating a body of water. The contour map includes contour lines associated with determined contour line data that indicate geolocations of underwater terrain existing at depths of the body of water specified by the contour lines. A boundary enclosing a region of interest for the body of water may be determined and the contour map may include contour lines determined using the determined contour line data within the region of interest. The boundary may correspond to a natural shoreline along the perimeter of a body of water or a portion of the body of the water. The boundary corresponding to a shoreline may be automatically identified based on a stored map by identifying geographic locations along the perimeter of the body of water.
US10473778B2
A system and method for relating radar data to an image to track the flight of a path of a projectile includes a radar, an imager providing an image of an area into which a projectile is to be launched, a controller receiving the image and data from the radar relative to at least a portion of a trajectory of the projectile, the controller generating trajectory data by correlating the radar data and the image to determine the portion of the trajectory relative to at least one feature in the image, and a display displaying the trajectory data.
US10473775B2
A method for using a radar assembly to sense an environment includes a radar system that has an antenna assembly secured for 360-degree rotation, the antenna assembly having mounted thereon at least one transmit antenna, and a first set of three or more separate fixed receive antennas, with the antenna assembly having a greater width than height so as to create a fanbeam. In the method of the present invention, the antenna assembly is rotated to a first azimuth position, and then an FMCW waveform is transmitted within the fanbeam, and reflections are received from targets in the environment while in the first azimuth position. Based on the received reflections, data is processed and stored. These steps are repeated for all other azimuths until an azimuth sweep has been completed. At that time, a full environmental data set is compiled for the environment, where the data set comprises azimuth data, range data, elevation data and RCS data. The data set is gathered and delivered to a controller for analysis.
US10473774B2
A radar device includes a transmission part that transmits a radar wave which has been frequency-modulated such that one measurement cycle has a rising section in which a frequency increases and a falling section in which a frequency decreases, a reception part that derives respective beat signals of the rising section and the falling section, and a signal processor that performs a precipitation determining process on the basis of an analysis of the beat signals. In the precipitation determining process, in the absence of objects other than precipitation objects from a transmission range of the radar wave, it is determined whether a spectral similarity of the frequency spectra of the rising and falling section with precipitation reference spectra is not less than a threshold, and if the spectral similarity is not less than the threshold as a result of the determination, it is determined that precipitation is present.
US10473763B2
A LiDAR sensor can include a laser, a directional sensor, a window, an electromagnetic pulse receiving sensor, and a processor. The laser can be configured to emit a narrow electromagnetic pulse. Further, the directional sensor can be configured to measure the direction of the narrow electromagnetic pulse emitted by the laser. The narrow emitted electromagnetic pulse can pass through the window. The pulse can then be reflected by at least the window and an object external from the LiDAR sensor, creating at least two reflected pulses. The electromagnetic pulse receiving sensor can be configured to measure the two reflected pulses resulting from the narrow pulse emitted by the laser. The processor can be configured to receive information from the sensors, indicating a position of the object relative to the LiDAR sensor. Further, the processor can be configured to measure the intensity of the pulse being reflected by the window.
US10473762B2
According to one aspect, there is provided a wireless radio module comprising a millimeter wave wireless communication transceiver configured to output radar signals for physiological measurement, a millimeter wave antenna array connected to the millimeter wave wireless communication transceiver and configured to transmit the radar signals and to receive reflected radar signals, and a processing unit configured to analyze the received reflected radar signals to determine changes in a spectrum reflecting at least one of heart rate or respiration.
US10473755B1
Various technologies pertaining to motion compensation for radar systems using FM waveforms are described herein. A waveform generator outputs a parametrized, pulsed FM waveform to a radar antenna, whereupon the radar antenna emits pulsed electromagnetic (EM) radiation into a target area based upon the parametrized FM waveform. The parametrized FM waveform compensates for motion of a radar platform that includes the antenna. The parametrized FM waveform compensates for inter-pulse Doppler effects by introducing a time delay to a reference FM waveform, and compensates for intra-pulse Doppler effects by time dilating, or frequency-scaling, pulses of the reference waveform. The parametrized FM waveform can be generated by modifying the reference waveform based on first and second parameters, where the parameters are based upon motion of the radar platform and changes in echo return delay times from one pulse to another.
US10473752B2
A system for determining a signal source position and velocity, and methods for manufacturing and using same are provided. An exemplary method includes determining a signal source position and velocity by performing a direction analysis on a plurality of audio signals and performing an intensity analysis on the audio signals. Another exemplary method includes determining that a signal source is on a collision course with a moving platform and providing an instruction for altering the course of the moving platform to avoid a collision with the signal source. An exemplary system includes an acoustic sensing system, having a primary microphone array, a secondary microphone, and a processing device for determining a signal source position and velocity by performing a direction analysis on a plurality of audio signals and performing an intensity analysis on the audio signals.
US10473750B2
Systems and methods for locating collocated assets in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, an asset tracking device includes a processor, a memory connected to the processor, and a communications device connected to the processor, wherein the processor obtains asset signal data, where the asset signal strength data includes asset data identifying an asset, calculates asset signal strength data based on the obtained asset signal data, and determines chained asset data based on the asset signal data and the asset signal strength data, where the chained asset data identifies a set of assets chained to a master asset associated with the asset tracking device.
US10473749B1
Systems and methods can support determining the physical position of a wireless device. Radio frequency sensors may be positioned within an electromagnetic environment where user equipment devices are serviced by a base station. The radio frequency sensors can receive wireless uplink signals transmitted from the user equipment devices to the base station. Data samples can be generated from the received signals. The data samples may be partitioned in time and frequency to generate spectrum tiles. The spectrum tiles may be statistically aggregated to reduce the quantity of data samples. A clustering algorithm may be applied to the statistically aggregated spectrum tiles to determine clusters of spectrum tiles. Signal parameters associated with respective clusters of spectrum tiles may be computed. Physical locations associated with user equipment devices can be estimated from the signal parameters associated with the respective clusters of spectrum tiles.
US10473740B2
A cooling system for a magnetic resonance tomography system is provided. The cooling system includes a first coolant circuit with a first coolant pump and a first heat exchanger in thermal contact with an object to be cooled. The first cooling circuit further includes a switchover apparatus that is configured to adjust a heat flow from the first coolant circuit optionally to a first heat sink and/or a second heat sink. In such cases the second heat sink is a second heat exchanger that is fluidically connected to an emergency cooling system.
US10473739B2
In a method for cooling an MRI apparatus, and an MRI apparatus, the MRI apparatus has a magnet, a primary cooling device and a secondary cooling device, and a magnet controller, the primary cooling device being in contact with the magnet and the secondary cooling device separately. The magnet controller continuously monitors a pressure of the magnet, and turns off the secondary cooling device if the pressure is greater than or equal to a first preset pressure, of less than a second preset pressure and in a rising state. The present invention can save electricity, and since the duration of use of the secondary cooling device is also reduced, the lifespan of the secondary cooling device is prolonged, saving costs.
US10473735B2
A temperature-controlled NMR probe has a lower insert portion formed of multiple parts including two disc-shaped sub-elements that are not mechanically rigidly interconnected, lie flat against one another in the mounted state and are perpendicular to the z axis. The first sub-element (3.1), in terms of material and geometric structure, fulfils the function of electrically insulating the RF and HV lines fed through the lower insert portion, has an electrical conductivity sigma<103 S/m, mechanically and retains components of the NMR probe constructed on the lower insert portion. The second sub-element (3.2) retains the first sub-element on a main frame (7) of the NMR probe, and is made of a ductile plastics material or metal having a mechanical breaking strength σ>100 N/mm2 and a melting temperature TS>250° C. This achieves high breaking strength and resistance to thermal stress while simultaneously attaining required RF and HV properties.
US10473724B2
The invention relates to a method for determining a load current, which is based on conducting a calibration current in a particular manner and on particular calculation methods.
US10473721B1
Various aspects of the disclosed technology relate to streaming data for testing identical circuit blocks in a circuit. The system for streaming data comprises a first network for transporting equal-sized data packets consecutively and a second network for configuring interface devices of the first network. Each of the data packets comprises bits of test patterns and bits of good-machine test responses. Comparison bits (pass/fail status bits) of an identical circuit block instance may be unloaded directly or may merge with those from other identical circuit block instances to generate accumulated comparison bits which are unloaded. A sticky pass/fail bit may also be generated for each of the identical circuit block instances.
US10473718B2
An apparatus is provided which comprises: a multi-bit quad latch with an internally coupled level sensitive scan circuitry; and a combinational logic coupled to an output of the multi-bit quad latch. Another apparatus is provided which comprises: a plurality of sequential logic circuitries; and a clocking circuitry comprising inverters, wherein the clocking circuitry is shared by the plurality of sequential logic circuitries.
US10473710B2
Systems, circuits, and chips for protecting transistors and circuits containing transistors are provided. As an example, a transistor (e.g., an Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT)) monitoring system is disclosed to include an IGBT desaturation detection circuit that is configured to check and monitor desaturation functionality of the IGBT before startup of the IGBT as well as during operation of the IGBT.
US10473702B2
The disclosure is related to a method for estimating an operation state of each individual load in a target electric power consumer. The method may include obtaining an operation state table of a target electric power consumer upon generation of a predetermined event, collecting predetermined electricity parameter values in response to a request to estimate an operation state of each individual load, and estimating operation states of individual loads in the target electric power consumer based on the obtained operation state table and the collected predetermined electricity parameter values.
US10473698B2
A voltage monitor circuit comprises: a monitored voltage input (42); a reference capacitor (32) arranged to be able to store a value of the monitored voltage as a reference capacitor voltage; a timeout capacitor (34) arranged to be able to store a value of the monitored voltage as a timeout capacitor voltage. The timeout capacitor undergoes a higher leakage than the reference capacitor. The voltage monitor circuit also comprises a comparator (2) arranged to: compare the monitored voltage to the reference capacitor voltage; compare the timeout capacitor voltage to the reference capacitor voltage; and produce a logic signal on an output (9) of the comparator based on said comparisons, the logic signal having a first logic value at least if the reference capacitor voltage is lower than or equal to both the monitored voltage and the timeout capacitor voltage.
US10473696B2
A Rogowski coil in a sensor unit has voltage induced by a conductor surrounded by the Rogowski coil. The voltage is integrated to represent current which is converted to digital data representing current in the conductor and sent wirelessly to a multimeter. The sensor unit may receive control signals from the multimeter and a remote control apparatus. A plurality of sensor units may be networked and controlled by the remote control apparatus.
US10473688B2
The present disclosure provides a sensor system for measuring a parameter of a body. The sensor system includes a housing mountable to a rotating part of the body. The housing includes a first dual-axis accelerometer having a first measurement axis and a second measurement axis, the first dual-axis accelerometer arranged to measure a first acceleration along the first measurement axis and a second acceleration along the second measurement axis and a second dual-axis accelerometer having a third measurement axis and a fourth measurement axis, the second dual-axis accelerometer arranged to measure a third acceleration along the third measurement axis and a fourth acceleration along the fourth measurement axis. The sensor system also includes a processor configured to receive the first, second, third and fourth measured accelerations and determine from the first, second, third and fourth measured accelerations the parameter.
US10473682B2
Provided is a flow meter that determines a liquid flow rate based on temperature. The flow meter has a cylindrical measurement tube having an internal flow passage, and a temperature detecting substrate including a heating resistance element a temperature detecting resistance element formed on a detection surface thereof. The measurement tube has a flat surface facing the detection surface of the temperature detecting substrate, and a pair of recesses arranged so as to sandwich the internal flow passage at a position where the heating resistance element is arranged. The flat surface and the detection surface are bonded together to form two bonding area. A width of the first bonding area is narrower than a width of the second bonding area so that heat, transmitted through the measurement tube from the heating resistance element is increased.
US10473680B2
A wheel unit includes a rotating wheel, a wheel axle, and a location sensor. The rotating wheel rotates with respect to the wheel axle. The location sensor is disposed in a fixed position with respect to the wheel axle. The location sensor determines coordinates for a location of the wheel unit.
US10473679B2
Some examples described herein may include receiving, by a sensor device, differential measurement signals from at least two sensor elements; generating, by the sensor device, fixed-calibrated channels from the differential measurement signals, generating, by the sensor device, self-calibrated channels from the differential measurement signals; determining, by the sensor device, offsets associated with the differential measurement signals based on the self-calibrated channels; determining, by the sensor device, whether a vibration occurred within the differential measurement signals based on the fixed-calibrated channels; and providing, by the sensor device, phase measurement information based on the offsets and whether the vibration occurred, wherein the phase measurement information identifies a phase of the rotatable object.
US10473677B2
A method for improving reliability of an integrity or leak test includes determining at least one first parameter indicative of: a first volume of a sample, a first temperature of the sample, a first pressure of the sample and/or a first assessment of integrity of the sample. The method further determines at least one second parameter indicative of a deviation from the first parameter and at least one third parameter indicative of a second assessment of the integrity of the sample. The second assessment provides an indication of a passed or failed test. The method further determines whether the deviation has an impact on the indication of the second assessment. When the deviation is determined to have an impact on the indication of the second assessment, the method comprises identifying a possibility that the indication of the second assessment is incorrect.
US10473665B2
The present invention relates to methods and systems for detecting one or more analytes in a sample and/or for classifying a sample. In particular, the present invention relates to methods and systems which can be used to detect the analytes in real time and which rely on flowing through a microfluidic device one or more types of sensor molecule each comprising a domain that binds one or more analytes, a chemiluminescent donor domain and an acceptor domain, wherein the separation and relative orientation of the chemiluminescent donor domain and the acceptor domain, in the presence and/or the absence of analyte, is within +50% of the Forster distance.
US10473664B2
The application provides heat-treated Limulus amebocyte lysates useful for detecting β-glucans.
US10473662B2
Compositions and methods useful for diagnosis and prognosis of cancer are provided. More particularly, methods for detecting breast or prostate cancer protein or nucleic acid biomarkers consisting of iron homeostasis biomarkers in a biological sample obtained from a subject are provided.
US10473659B2
An immediate health assessment response system, comprising a testing device having thereon an alignment target and having a plurality of immunoassay test strips, the plurality of immunoassay test strips each including a sample pad capable of receiving a biologic sample, and a server configured to receive information from a mobile device regarding test results from a test performed using the testing device, receive an image from a mobile device, process the image to determine results based on pixel count and line intensity of the test line of each of the plurality of immunoassay test strips, compare the results of processing the image to a control for each test line of each of the plurality of immunoassay test strips, and provide a risk indicator, wherein the risk indicator alerts a user to seek medical attention immediately.
US10473658B2
The invention relates to a family of compounds that comprise fluorescent cyanine dyes. The compounds are near infrared absorbing heptamethine cyanine dyes with a 4,4-disubstituted cyclohexyl ring as part of the polymethine chromophore. The compounds are generally hydrophilic and can be chemically linked to biomolecules, such as proteins, nucleic acids, and therapeutic small molecules. The compounds can be used for imaging in a variety of medical, biological and diagnostic applications.
US10473653B2
A novel method for determining the amount of an analyte in a sample comprising an initial purification step, occurring in a first container, comprising the following steps of mixing the sample, a delipidation agent and magnetic particles coated with first analyte binding partners in the first container, incubating the mix, removing the unbound reagents from the mix, and eluting the bound analyte in an elution solution; a transferring step consisting transferring in a volume of the elution solution comprising the analyte from the first container to a second container; and a quantification step, occurring in the second container, consisting of quantifying the analyte in said elution solution.
US10473651B2
A method for determining agglutination of a biological liquid by measuring a change in hydrodynamic resistance of the biological liquid flowing through a microfluidic channel of a microfluidic device, comprising the steps of: a) calibrating the microfluidic device; b) filling the microfluidic reaction channel with a hydrophobic continuous liquid phase, c) introducing a first reference droplet; d) causing the first reference droplet to flow; e) measuring the time of flow of the first reference droplet; f) introducing a second reference droplet followed by a sequence of test droplet(s); g) causing the second reference droplet and the sequence of test droplet(s) to flow; h) measuring the time of flow; i) calculating the hydrodynamic resistance of the sequence of the test droplet(s); and j) determining agglutination of the biological liquid by comparing the hydrodynamic resistance with the calibrated values.
US10473645B2
The present invention relates to a novel method for identifying pairs of receptors/ligands, transgenic animals useful for carrying out said method, and the use of ligands and/or modulators of the interaction between a ligand and its receptor in the food industry, fragrance industry, and health industry, for instance.
US10473636B2
A disclosed chemical detection system for detecting a target material, such as an explosive material, can include a cantilevered probe, a probe heater coupled to the cantilevered probe, and a piezoelectric element disposed on the cantilevered probe. The piezoelectric element can be configured as a detector and/or an actuator. Detection can include, for example, detecting a movement of the cantilevered probe or a property of the cantilevered probe. The movement or a change in the property of the cantilevered probe can occur, for example, by adsorption of the target material, desorption of the target material, reaction of the target material and/or phase change of the target material. Examples of detectable movements and properties include temperature shifts, impedance shifts, and resonant frequency shifts of the cantilevered probe. The overall chemical detection system can be incorporated, for example, into a handheld explosive material detection system.
US10473635B2
A detecting apparatus includes a detecting carrier and a detecting device. The detecting carrier can be moved into a charging frame or anyone of storing frames of a stock room. The detecting device is installed in the detecting carrier and includes a power module and a detector for volatile organic compounds (VOC). The power module is configured to supply power for operating the detecting apparatus. The detector includes a chassis, a displacement unit disposed in the chassis, a detecting unit disposed on the displacement unit, and a blowing unit disposed on the chassis. The detecting unit is configured to detect a concentration of VOC corresponding in position to the detecting carrier. The detecting unit can be arranged inside or outside the chassis by using the displacement unit. The blowing unit is configured to blow VOC adhered to the detecting unit.
US10473634B2
A check condition setting screen, for confirming, whether a target ion originates from a target compound, is provided with qualifier ion mode choices: “ABSOLUTE TOLERATION,” “RELATIVE TOLERATION”, and “ABSOLUTE TOLERATION OR RELATIVE TOLERATION”. When the “ABSOLUTE TOLERATION OR RELATIVE TOLERATION” mode is set, an identification range Pa is calculated from a qualifier ion ratio reference value and an absolute tolerance, and an identification range Pr is calculated from the qualifier ion ratio reference value and a relative tolerance, for each qualifier ion for one target ion, and whichever of the two identification ranges is the greater is selected. In addition, when a setting to limit the upper limit value of an identification range to 100% is enabled, the upper limit value of the identification range is limited to 100%, and when the lower limit value of the identification range exceeds 100%, a warning display indicating above upper limit is performed.
US10473623B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for monitoring slug flow in subterranean wells. In one aspect, a method includes at a time instant, transmitting an acoustic signal across a cross-section of a pipeline flowing multiphase fluid including gaseous fluid and liquid fluid, wherein a portion of the acoustic signal is carried through the cross-section of the pipeline by the multiphase fluid and determining, at the time instant, a first quantity of the gaseous fluid and a second quantity of the liquid fluid passing the cross-section of the pipeline based, in part, on an energy of the portion of the acoustic signal carried through the cross-section and at least a portion of a total energy of the transmitted acoustic signal.
US10473621B2
A device, including a non-radioactive detection source, configured to detect airborne particulates and/or gases in an environment by applying a voltage bias to the non-radioactive detection source to create at least one detecting condition, and determining if airborne particulates are present within the at least one detection condition. A method of creating a detecting condition for airborne particulates and/or gases in an environment, the method including the steps of coupling a pair of electrical conductors to a nanocellular material, and applying a voltage bias to the pair of electrical conductors.
US10473619B2
The disclosure provides cassettes, electrophoresis systems, methods for making the device, and methods of fractionating a sample using the cassettes and electrophoresis systems described herein.
US10473614B2
A gas sensor is provided which has a rapid heating property and which can detect A/F ratio with high accuracy and can detect specifically a stoichiometric environment with high accuracy. The gas sensor has a limiting current type gas sensor element. The gas sensor element has a cup-shaped solid electrolyte, a reference electrode formed on an inside surface of the solid electrolyte, a measuring electrode formed on an outside surface of the solid electrolyte and a heater. The heater is disposed inside the solid electrolyte so that a tip end thereof contacts the inside surface of the solid electrolyte. The gas sensor outputs the limiting current value depending on an oxygen concentration in exhaust gases by applying a predetermined voltage between the reference electrode and the measuring electrode. The measuring electrode, which a length thereof in a direction is 0.5 mm to 3.0 mm, is housed in a range 0.5 mm to 7.5 mm from a tip end of the solid electrolyte in the direction.
US10473612B2
The present invention relates to analytical testing devices comprising a resistor for cartridge device identification and methods for assaying coagulation in a fluid sample based on the cartridge device identification, and in particular, to performing coagulation assays using a resistor for cartridge device identification in a point of care test cartridge. For example, the present invention may be directed to a chip including an analyte electrode connected to a first connection pin, a reference electrode connected to a second connection pin, and a resistor connected to the second connection pin and a third connection pin.
US10473611B2
An electrochemical sensor includes a base member, a conductor disposed on the base member, an insulating layer covering the conductor with a portion of the conductor exposed, a silver/silver chloride electrode formed on at least the exposed portion of the conductor, and a water-permeable organic layer covering the silver/silver chloride electrode.
US10473610B2
A planar ammonia selective sensing electrode for water quality monitoring and a manufacturing method of the sensing electrode are provided. The sensing electrode includes an insulating base plate, an electric-conductive layer, an ammonium ion sensing layer, a hydroxide ion sensing layer, and an electrolyte layer. The electric-conductive layer is disposed on the planar surface of the insulating base plate. The electric-conductive layer includes a first conductive part and a second conductive part. The first conductive part and the second conductive part are insulated and apart from each other, and configured to form a first reaction zone and a second reaction zone, respectively. The ammonium ion sensing layer is disposed on the first reaction zone. The hydroxide ion sensing layer is disposed on the second reaction zone. The electrolyte layer is disposed on and covers the ammonium ion sensing layer and the hydroxide ion sensing layer.
US10473609B2
An objective of the present invention is to provide a vital information measurement device which measures vital information using a biosensor, with which it is possible to adjudicate more precisely whether a mounted biosensor is usable, and to alleviate inconsistency in measured values therefrom. Specifically, the present invention provides a vital information measurement device comprising: an input terminal to which a biosensor is connected; a voltage application unit which applies a voltage to the input terminal; an adjudication unit which is connected to the input terminal; a control unit which is connected to the adjudication unit; and a display unit which is connected to the control unit. The control unit causes the adjudication unit to carry out a first adjudication, a second adjudication, and a third adjudication.
US10473604B2
A number of variations may involve a method that may include providing a non-conductive layer. A conductive layer may be provided overlying the non-conductive layer with the conductive layer to form a sensor device. An opposition to electrical current through the conductive layer may be monitored. The location of a status of the non-conductive layer or of the conductive layer may be determined through a change in the opposition.
US10473602B2
Various embodiments include a method for configuring and generating a non-adiabatic saturation pulse for use in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) logging. One such method configures the pulse by adjusting one or more of pulse amplitude modulation or phase cycling. The modified pulse is transmitted into a fluid such that a substantially uniform nuclear spin saturation or nuclear spin inversion echo response is received from the fluid. A wait time between the pulse transmission and the echo response that indicates that spin equilibrium has been achieved is substantially equal to a T1 time. The wait time is an indication of the characteristics of the fluid.
US10473588B2
The present disclosure provides a device for a water-proofing test, the device including: a terahertz wave oscillator configured to generate and oscillate a terahertz wave; a terahertz wave detector configured to detect the terahertz wave reflected from a predetermined test area of a test target or transmitted through the predetermined test area; and a controller configured to analyze a frequency spectrum of the terahertz wave to determine whether water is penetrated into the predetermined test area.
US10473586B2
The concentration of a targeted molecule (such as glucose) in a liquid medium having at least one interfering molecule coexisting with the targeted molecule is detected by use of NDIR and a sampling technique in which an imposed location of a pulse beam from a signal source, an interference source and a reference source is varied over a plurality of sites of a sampling area.
US10473577B2
A system (1) for detecting microscopic objects located in a flowing fluid. It comprises a lighting system (205, 305) comprising at least one LED diode (605) for supplying light to the flowing fluid; an image capture system (201, 601) configured to capture a sequence of images of the fluid. The image capture system comprises a camera comprising a plurality of pixels. The sequence of images is processed and the presence and shape of microscopic objects is determined. The lighting system (205, 305) is configured to supply high power light pulses having amplitude Io′ and very short time duration TON, the time instant at which said pulses are triggered being synchronized with the time instants at which pixels in the image capture system (601) start to capture an image frame. The amplitude Io′ and time duration TON of the light pulses are controlled by calculating, from the light intensity (Iframe) of each captured image frame, a pulse amplitude setpoint (PAS) and a pulse duration setpoint (PDS) for adjusting respective potentiometers (651, 652) configured to respectively fix the amplitude Io′ and pulse duration TON by executing an algorithm that prioritizes amplitude rises over pulse duration rises. The lighting system (305) comprises an energy loading system (670) configured to make the amplitude requirement and response time of the lighting system (305) independent from the power supply unit. Method for detecting microscopic objects suspended in a flowing fluid.
US10473572B2
A method of monitoring an immunoassay comprises determining the shape of the flow edge of fluid across an immunoassay region. This allows, for example, early detection of possible errors in the test. The above methods may also be used to provide methods to improve the run conditions of a test during its development. The method may be applied to a competitive assay.
US10473566B2
Systems and methods for collecting blood and other liquid samples. A sample holder may include a cap and porous element arranged to receive a blood or other liquid sample. The porous element may be stored in a sealed container, e.g., immediately after blood sample collection, and the sample dried while sealed in the container.
US10473560B2
A core sampling and tapping assembly is disclosed that may be mounted to a cylindrical pipe. The assembly includes a nozzle having an interior portion extending between an open distal end and a proximal end. The proximal end sealed to an upper saddle member and the upper saddle member coupled to a lower saddle member to clamp the pipe in between. The assembly further includes a tapping mandrel including a mandrel plate, the tapping mandrel extending through the interior portion and a core cutter fixedly coupled to the mandrel plate. The assembly further includes a pilot bit coupled to the mandrel plate and disposed within an interior cavity of the core cutter. The tapping mandrel adjacently aligns the core cutter and the pilot bit with an outer surface of the pipe and subsequently rotates the pilot bit and core cutter to collect a core sample from the pipe.
US10473555B2
A maintenance system for use with an electrical system of an automotive vehicle includes an electronic battery tester configured to test a battery of the automotive vehicle. The electronic battery tester includes tracking circuitry carried therein. A base station is configured to receive the electronic battery tester and includes a microprocessor configured to detect positioning of the electronic battery tester in the base station using the battery tester tracking circuitry.
US10473554B2
A torque transmission apparatus incorporates a differential gear system and a stationary sensor connected to the differential gear system for measuring output torque. The stationary sensor may be connected to a measurement output element of the differential gear system by a torsionally compliant measurement member, wherein the stationary sensor measures torsional deformation of the measurement member. The torsional deformation may be measured directly, or it may be measured following amplification by a gear train. A rotary position sensor may be used as the stationary sensor. Alternatively, the stationary sensor may be connected to the measurement output element of the differential gear system by way of a rigid measurement member, wherein the stationary sensor measures force applied by the measurement member. In this alternative, a force sensor may be used as the stationary sensor.
US10473549B2
A testing device and method for improved detecting of fluid leaks considered important, for example, fluid leaks that would be external to a component or machine are disclosed. The testing device includes a conventional infinite fluid pressure supply source which supplies equal fluid pressure to a reference volume zone, a critical zone and an internal zone, the critical zone and internal zone may be positioned inside of a device being tested.
US10473547B2
This pressure sensor is equipped with: a housing (10) having a tip tubular portion (11) that lengthens in the direction of an axis (S) and is exposed to a pressure medium; an output measurement unit (20) that includes a piezoelectric member (22) and is housed inside the housing; and a pressure transmission member for occluding the space for storing the output measurement unit in the housing, and transmitting the pressure from the pressure medium imparted in the axial direction to the output measurement unit. The pressure transmission member is a bottomed diaphragm having: an inner tubular portion (32) that is affixed to the tip portion of the tip tubular portion and lengthens in the axial direction toward the output measurement unit inside the tip tubular portion; and a pressure receiving bottom portion (33) that contacts the output measurement unit and is integrally formed with the inner tubular portion.
US10473546B2
A hermetic pressure sensor for measuring a fluid pressure includes a hermetic housing, formed of a first housing structure with a membrane section, a second housing structure hermetically connected to the first structure, and one or more strain sensing elements attached to the membrane section. The second housing structure includes openings for one or more electrical pins while a non-conductive hermetic seal holds the electrical pins in place. The pressure sensor measures the pressure of fluid entering the housing while also providing a hermetic seal.
US10473539B2
A force sensor for measuring force and/or pressures disclosed. In some embodiments, the sensor includes first and second layers, each layer having one or more electrodes arranged in a repeating, undulating pattern. Such an undulating pattern may include a serpentine pattern or a repeating v-shaped pattern. When arranged, the one or more electrodes on the first layer are placed in facing relationship and cross the one or more electrodes on the second layer to form a plurality of electrode intersections. When stretched, the one or more electrodes on the first layer move relative to the one or more electrodes on the second layer while creating new electrode intersections.
US10473530B2
A temperature sensor configured to generate a temperature-indicating signal with improved accuracy over a wide temperature range is disclosed. The temperature sensor includes a first oscillator configured to generate a first oscillating signal with a first frequency that varies with a sensed temperature and a reference parameter; a second oscillator configured to generate a second oscillating signal with a second frequency that varies with the reference parameter; and a time-to-digital converter (TDC) configured to generate a digital output indicative of the sensed temperature based on a ratio of the first frequency to the second frequency. Because the first and second frequencies depend on the reference parameter, and the temperature-indicating signal is a function of the ratio of the first and second frequencies, temperature-variation in the reference parameter cancels out in the temperature-indicating signal.
US10473509B2
The invention is a radar level gauge comprising a signal generator for generating electromagnetic waves and an antenna for emitting the electromagnetic waves in a container and for receiving electromagnetic waves reflected by the container. The radar level gauge also comprises a safety arrangement for verifying the functional capability or for improving the measuring quality of the radar level gauge, said safety arrangement having a reflector and an adjustment rod and/or a reduction sheath and being suitably designed to adjust the reflector and/or the reduction sheath at least between a first position and a second position, in which the reflector reflects the electromagnetic waves in a reduced manner. The adjustment rod acts on the reflector and/or the reduction sheath in a contactless manner.
US10473497B2
A magneto-inductive flow measuring device for ascertaining flow of a measured medium through a measuring tube having a measuring tube axis, comprising: at least a first coil component having a coil body for accommodating a coil core of a coil. The coil is wound on the coil body and the coil core is arranged in a first passageway of the coil body with a longitudinal axis of the coil core coaxial with the coil. At least two cable strands are arranged between the coil core and the coil body, wherein the cable strands serve for tapping the signal of two or more measuring electrodes arranged on the measuring tube. The cable strands extend within the coil component essentially along a cutting plane, which extends perpendicular to the measuring tube axis.
US10473481B2
A lane display device acquires traffic information indicating a certain section for each of lanes and displays the certain section in the lane in which a vehicle travels and a transition region indicating transition with respect to the certain section near at least one of a start point or an end point of the certain section.
US10473478B1
Described are a system, method, and computer program product for machine-learning-based traffic prediction. The method includes receiving historic transaction data including a plurality of transactions. The method also includes generating, using a machine-learning classification model, a transportation categorization for at least one consumer. The method further includes receiving at least one message associated with at least one transaction, identifying at least one geographic node of activity in the region, and generating an estimate of traffic intensity for the at least one geographic node of activity. The method further includes comparing the estimate of traffic intensity to a threshold of traffic intensity and, in response to determining that the estimate of traffic intensity satisfies the threshold: generating a communication configured to cause at least one navigation device to modify a navigation route; and communicating the communication to the at least one navigation device.
US10473473B2
The present invention relates to ranging system and ranging method, the ranging system includes: a ranging apparatus and a terminal device (3), wherein the ranging apparatus includes: a measuring wheel (1), a rotating shaft disposed on the measuring wheel (1), and an electronic counter (2) connected to the rotating shaft and used to obtain distance information of the measuring wheel; wherein the ranging apparatus or the terminal device (3) further includes an angle sensor; communication module being arranged on the terminal device (3) and the ranging apparatus, respectively; the terminal device (3) including data processing module configured to generate a traveling trajectory diagram of the measuring wheel, in real time, based on the distance information from the electronic counter (2) and the angle information from the angle sensor. Thereby, a traveling trajectory diagram can also be generated in real time on the basis that a ranging function is achieved, such that working efficiency is effectively improved. A function of marking lines according to a predesigned diagram in a construction site can also be achieved by cooperating with a marker (4), and the present invention has a simple structure and is lightweight and flexible.
US10473471B2
Provided in a system and a method for guiding evacuation in a ship are: a personal distribution information obtaining unit configured to obtain, based on information from cameras provided in the ship, passenger position information in predetermined areas in the ship; an evacuation route calculating unit configured to formulate, based on the passenger position information from the personal distribution information obtaining unit and passage passability information set from event information of evacuation, evacuation routes; an evacuation information managing unit configured to share information with the personal distribution information obtaining unit and the evacuation route calculating unit, and output the evacuation routes formulated by the evacuation route calculating unit; and an evacuation guiding unit configured to modify, based on the evacuation routes output by the evacuation information managing unit, evacuation guidance display provided in passages in the ship.
US10473469B2
An industrial vehicle is provided comprising a drive mechanism, a steering mechanism, a vehicle controller, a camera, and a navigation module. The camera is communicatively coupled to the navigation module, the vehicle controller is responsive to commands from the navigation module, and the drive mechanism and the steering mechanism are responsive to commands from the vehicle controller. The camera is configured to capture an input image of a warehouse ceiling comprising elongated skylights characterized by different rates of image intensity change along longitudinal and transverse axial directions, and ceiling lights characterized by a circularly symmetric rate of image intensity change. The navigation module is configured to distinguish between the ceiling lights and the skylights and send commands to the vehicle controller for localization, or to navigate the industrial vehicle through the warehouse based upon valid ceiling light identification, valid skylight identification, or both.
US10473465B2
A system and method synthesizing images of a locale to generate a composite image that provide a panoramic view of the locale. A video camera moves along a street recording images of objects along the street. A GPS receiver and inertial navigation system provide the position of the camera as the images are being recorded. The images are indexed with the position data provided by the GPS receiver and inertial navigation system. The composite image is created on a column-by-column basis by determining which of the acquired images contains the desired pixel column, extracting the pixels associated with the column, and stacking the columns side by side. The composite images are stored in an image database and associated with a street name and number range of the street being depicted in the image. The image database covers a substantial amount of a geographic area allowing a user to visually navigate the area from a user terminal.
US10473464B2
An inertial measurement unit includes a substrate having MEMS gyroscopes arranged on the substrate as opposing pairs. The gyroscopes of each opposing pair are arranged on opposite sides of an axis of rotation of the substrate and each opposing pair has a central axis that intersects an axis of rotation of the substrate. A processor receives a rotational measurement from each gyroscope, compares the measurements from gyroscopes of each opposing pair, determines a mean or median rotation value for each opposing pair, and compares the mean or median rotation value with a threshold value. The processor assigns a weight to the mean or median value for each opposing pair and determines a rotation of the cuboid inertial measurement unit based on the mean or median value for each opposing pair and the respective weight for the mean or median value for each opposing pair.
US10473462B2
The system includes a survey machine having an image-taking section, a section of measuring a distance to a target and a section of measuring an angle, a pointing rod which is positioned on the measurement point X and includes, at a position deviated from a fixed length L from the measurement point, the prism, and an inclination sheet having a mark. The three-dimensional position of the measurement point is measured by equipping the inclination sheet to the pointing rod, imaging a mark surface in the image-taking section, calculating the inclination angle of the inclination sheet with respect to the eye direction from the survey machine by image-analyzing the mark surface, and determining the three-dimensional position of the measurement point from a three-dimensional position of the prism, the inclination angle of the inclination sheet and the fixed length.
US10473451B2
Interference fringes in a bullseye pattern are produced by a measurement module by interfering a flat reference beam with a spherical beam reflected by a sphere connected to the tip of a probe in point contact with a test object. The bullseye interferogram is registered at a detector and analyzed conventionally to produce a position measurement of the tip of the probe. A beam correction module is used to align the bullseye interferogram with the illumination axis of the measurement module. By combining at least three such measurement modules in a coordinate measurement machine, the three-dimensional position of the probe and of its point contact with the test object can be obtained from analysis of the bullseye interferograms registered by the detectors with high precision and greatly reduced Abbe error.
US10473438B2
A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) launches wire-tethered electrodes from one or more cartridges to provide a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target. The CEW may detect when the electrodes launched from the cartridges may provide the current through more than one target. The CEW may detect when electrodes launched from the cartridges may provide the current through the same target. The CEW may set the pulse rate of the current based on detecting the launch of electrodes from one or more cartridges, detecting that electrodes may provide the current through two or more targets, and/or detecting that two or more pairs of electrodes may deliver the current through the same target.
US10473426B2
Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a convertible implement holster (such as a handgun holster, for example) comprising a multi-part shell. The convertible holster system allows a user to convert a holster into multiple configurations, including a full-shell configuration and a half-shell configuration, for various carry options. The holster may be interchangeably coupled to various attachment means (e.g., paddle, backer, modular coupler, strap, belt, etc.) for wearing or carrying the holster in the multiple configurations.
US10473423B2
The present invention provides a trigger pull stabilizer for a hand-fired weapon to fill the spacing and gap between the shooter's finger and the weapon's frame wherein the filling in of the space and gap between the shooter's finger and the weapon's frame stabilizes finger movement and improves trigger control and consistent shot placement.
US10473416B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for the maintenance, repair, modification, cleaning, disassembly, and reassembly of firearms and firearm components are disclosed. Particular embodiments include tools to aid in the removal and insertion of an extractor pin from the bolt assembly of an AR-15 or M-16 rifle. Preferred embodiments are directed to bolt assemblies for .223 and .308 imperial caliber firearms, as well as 5.56 and 7.62 metric caliber firearms. The tools include a housing with a channel to receive the bolt, a channel to insert a locking rod to orient and secure the bolt in the housing, a channel for inserting a removal rod to remove the extractor pin from the bolt or an inserting rod to insert the extractor pin into the bolt.
US10473412B2
An air-conditioning control apparatus includes an away detector, a position acquisition unit, a distance acquisition unit, and an instrument control unit. The away detector detects that a user is away from a building. The position acquisition unit acquires position information of a portable terminal carried by the user. The distance acquisition unit uses the position information acquired by the position acquisition unit to acquire distance information indicating how far the portable terminal is from the building when the away detector has detected that the user is away from the building. The instrument control unit controls an air conditioner installed in the building based on the distance information acquired by the distance acquisition unit, and the away time calculated by the time estimation unit, so that the air conditioner consumes less energy.
US10473408B2
A heat exchanger is disclosed which includes a plurality of heat exchanger plates. Each plate has a plurality of hollowed out pins arranged in a pin fin pattern. Each plate also includes an inlet aperture and an outlet aperture in fluid communication with one another. A plurality of heat pipes are defined by several of the plurality of hollowed out pins. A wicking material is arranged within the several hollowed out pins. A heat transfer fluid at least partially fills each heat pipe.
US10473404B2
A straight-through structure of heat dissipation unit includes a first plate body and a second plate body correspondingly mated with each other to define a closed chamber. A hydrophilic layer is disposed on the surface of the closed chamber and a capillary structure is disposed in the closed chamber. The first plate body is formed with a first recess, a first perforation and a second recess. The first recess is connected with the capillary structure disposed on the third face of the second plate body. One end of the second recess abuts against the capillary structure. The capillary structure layer is not in contact with the first recess. The second plate body has a second perforation in alignment with the first perforation. When it is necessary to perforate the heat dissipation unit, the straight-through structure can keep the closed chamber in the vacuumed and airtight state.
US10473394B2
A grain storage bin includes a cylindrical wall formed by a plurality of panels arranged in rows with a bottom edge of a first row bolted to a top edge of a second lower row. At each joint the bottom edge of the first upper row is overlapped with and outside of the outer surface of top edge of the second lower row and the bottom edge is fastened to the top edge by bolts carrying spacers as to define a first channel along the joint for passage of air. A cover strip overlies the channel and extends from an upper edge of the strip at the inner surface of the first panel above the channel to a lower edge of the strip which is fastened to the top edge so as to define a second channel so that air can pass between the interior and the exterior through the first and second channels while the particulate material is prevented from escaping through the first channel by the cover strip.
US10473393B2
A system for producing dry nanoparticles from a liquid includes a closed tubing system which incorporates a mister, heater and an electrostatic collector therein. The system is able to produce dry nanoparticles from liquid-suspensions and from solvent solutions.
US10473390B2
A multi-compartment modular cooler comprising multiple fully enclosed environments, including an insulated cold storage environment, a dry storage environment and an adjustable storage environment that may be either heated or cold storage. The fully enclosed environments may separate into self-contained individual containers. Each of the separate, self-contained enclosures may also recombine into a single unit, simplifying transportation of each section. Connection and disconnection of each section of the cooler may be facilitated by interfacing a plurality of pillars extending from a bottom surface of the upper section into one or more cup holder wells molded into the lid enclosing a lid of the lower section. The depth of the cup holder wells and the length of each pillar being inserted into the cup holder wells may provide significant stability for maintaining the upper section of the multi-compartment cooler in position while connected to the upper section.
US10473388B2
A method, which is for controlling a temperature of a refrigerating compartment, includes cooling the refrigerating compartment, cooling the freezing compartment, determining a temperature of the refrigerating compartment, and based on the temperature of the refrigerating compartment, controlling the refrigerating compartment to a constant temperature range by controlling opening and closing of first and second passages of a three-way valve of the refrigerator to alternate cooling the refrigerating compartment and cooling the freezing compartment.
US10473380B2
The present disclosure relates to a water purifier. A water purifier according to an aspect includes a coolant tank in which a coolant is stored, a cold water pipe accommodated in the coolant tank, an evaporator accommodated in the coolant tank, a stirring member placed inside the coolant tank to stir the coolant, and a partition member accommodated inside the coolant tank to partition an inner space of the coolant tank into a first space and a second space, wherein the evaporator is located in the first space, and the cold water pipe is located in the second space.
US10473377B2
A method of operating an air conditioning system including: operating a refrigerant compression device at a demand speed to circulate refrigerant through a refrigeration circuit; monitoring, using a temperature sensor, a temperature of external ambient air; monitoring, using a pressure sensor, a pressure of the refrigerant within the refrigerant circuit; detecting, using a controller, when the temperature of external ambient air is greater than a selected temperature; detecting, using the controller, when the pressure of the refrigerant is greater than a selected pressure; and reducing the speed of the refrigerant compression device to a selected speed for a first duration of time when the temperature of external ambient air is greater than the selected temperature and the pressure of the refrigerant is greater than the selected pressure.
US10473371B2
A method for charging a field refrigeration system including an evaporator, a condenser, a compressor, and an expansion device includes calculating a target superheat as a function of one or more of a measured field outdoor dry bulb temperature, and a measured field indoor wet bulb temperature. A charge adjustment percentage can be calculated as a function of the target superheat. A refrigerant adjustment weight can be determined based on the charge adjustment percentage. A field refrigeration system charge can be adjusted by the refrigerant adjustment weight.
US10473354B2
An air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigeration cycle circulating refrigerant and connecting a compressor, a heat-source-side heat exchanger, one or more of load-side expansion devices, and one or more of load-side heat exchangers by refrigerant pipes, a bypass having one end connected to a discharge side of the compressor of the refrigeration cycle and the other end connected to a suction side of the compressor of the refrigeration cycle to bypass a portion of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor, a first expansion device depressurizing the refrigerant flowing through the bypass, an auxiliary heat exchanger cooling the refrigerant depressurized at the first expansion device, a second expansion device controlling a flow rate of the refrigerant flowing from the auxiliary heat exchanger to the suction side of the compressor, and a controller controlling an opening degree of the second expansion device.
US10473345B2
A micro-climate control system includes a thermoelectric system integrated with a fan assembly. The thermoelectric system is operable to actively cool or heat air as the air passes through the fan assembly. The thermoelectric system includes a thermoelectric heat pump, a heat reject subsystem, and a heat accept subsystem. The fan assembly is operable to draw air from a space to be conditioned and output conditioned air passed through one of the heat reject subsystem and the heat accept subsystem to the space to be conditioned and output air passed through the other away from the space to be conditioned. In this way, the micro-climate control system may provide localized comfort, while allowing a larger climate control system to maintain a more efficient temperature set point. In this way, the overall energy consumption may be reduced while providing the same level of effective comfort.
US10473342B1
A davit system has a davit arm and a davit mount. The davit mount includes a mount body, a clamping mechanism for clamping the corner flange of the air conditioning unit, and an arm mounting element for pivotally mounting the davit arm on the davit mount. When the mount body is mounted on the corner flange of the air conditioning unit, the davit arm extends laterally over the head of the air conditioning unit, and pivots away from the air conditioning unit for removing the head during servicing.
US10473339B2
Disclosed is a plurality of guide blades configured to guide air discharged through a discharge port, and an air conditioner having the same. The guide blade includes an eddy induction groove that is concaved from at least one surface of the guide blade, and a plurality of protrusions each protruding from an inner surface of the eddy induction groove in the form of a polypyramid, to generate eddy currents of various directions, so that the guide blade may cope with air flow of various flow speeds and wind directions.
US10473328B2
An acoustically dampened gas turbine engine (10) having a gas turbine engine combustor (12) with an acoustic damping resonator system (14) is disclosed. The acoustic damping resonator system (14) may be formed from one or more resonators (16) formed from a resonator housing (18) positioned within the gas turbine engine combustor (12) at an outer housing (20) forming a combustor basket (22) and extending circumferentially within the combustor (12). In at least one embodiment, the resonator housing (18) may include resonator chambers (26) that may be welded in place within resonator chamber (26) receivers (24) but easily replaceable without exposing the resonator housing (18) to damage. In another embodiment, an inner surface (32) of the resonator chamber (26) may be offset radially outward from an inner surface (34) of the resonator housing (18), thereby creating a flow-path discontinuity and reducing heating of the resonator chamber (26). The acoustic damping resonator system (14) may mitigate dynamics thereby increasing an engine operating envelope and decreasing emissions.
US10473327B2
A pre-ignition conduit for a pulverized fuel nozzle includes a duct having first and second opposing end portions, the first end portion configured to face an outlet of an igniter. The conduit further includes a cone-shaped concentrator for collecting and forwarding pulverized fuel into the duct for ignition, the cone-shaped concentrator being secured to the first end portion and located between the outlet of the igniter and the duct. The pre-ignition conduit functions as an ignition chamber within a pulverized fuel nozzle.
US10473325B2
The invention relates to a plant and to a method for chemical looping oxidation-reduction combustion of a gaseous hydrocarbon feed, for example natural gas essentially containing methane. According to the invention, catalytic pre-reforming of the feed is performed in a pre-reforming zone comprising a fixed reforming catalyst, while benefiting from a heat transfer between the reduction or oxidation zone of the chemical loop and the pre-reforming zone adjoining the reduction or oxidation zone. Pre-reforming zone (130) and oxidation zone (110) or pre-reforming zone (130) and reduction zone (120) are thus thermally integrated within the same reactor (100) while being separated by at least one thermally conductive separation wall (140).
US10473313B2
An electrical coupling device for coupling functional elements of a lighting system comprises a first wire, a second wire, at least one spacer and at least one coupling spacer. The spacer is arranged to provide a first defined distance between the first and second wires at the position of the spacer. The coupling spacer is arranged to provide a second defined distance between the first and second wires at the position of the coupling spacer and to electrically couple the functional element to the electrical coupling device. Wherein the spacer and the coupling spacer are physically separated from each other, and the coupling spacer, the spacer, and the first and second wires are embedded in a flexible cover. The flexible cover enables flexibility in all three dimensions at a position between the spacer and the coupling spacer. Further a lighting system may comprise the electrical coupling device and functional element.
US10473305B2
A panel lighting system includes a translucent panel formed to include a channel in a boundary wall of the translucent panel. A flexible circuit board may be mounted on the boundary wall such that LEDs mounted sequentially on the flexible circuit board extend into the channel. The LEDs may be fixedly maintained in the channel by the flexible circuit board being adhesively coupled with the boundary wall adjacent the channel. The system may also include an edge connector coupled to the boundary wall. The edge connector may be a corner edge connector or a side edge connector configured to fixedly hold a coupler that couples and provides strain relief for a cable.
US10473302B2
An illumination device including a lamp and a light pole is provided. The lamp has a first assembling structure. The light pole has a second assembling structure. When the lamp moves closer to the light pole, the first assembling structure and the second assembling structure are automatically locked together by transmitting and receiving a signal. In addition, an installing method of an illumination device is also provided.
US10473296B2
The present invention aims to provide a display device capable of displaying a gradation pattern in which the gradation pattern on a laminated glass can be changed at will and a display state can be switched to a transparent state, and an automobile roof glass and a building window glass each including the display device. Provided is a display device capable of displaying a gradation pattern, including: a laminated glass including a pair of glass plates and an interlayer film for a laminated glass that contains a thermoplastic resin and a luminescent material and is interposed between the pair of glass plates; and a light source configured to emit light of excitation wavelength for the luminescent material, the laminated glass and the light source being disposed such that the laminated glass is irradiated from its periphery toward the inside with the light emitted from the light source.
US10473294B2
A lighting apparatus for a vehicle includes a lens and a light source device disposed behind the lens. The lighting apparatus also includes a phosphor assembly configured to convert a wavelength of an incident beam and to emit light having the converted wavelength toward the lens. The phosphor assembly includes a phosphor configured to emit the light having the converted wavelength of the incident beam; and a reflector including a plurality of reflective guide walls configured to reflect the light having the converted wavelength emitted by the phosphor. The reflector that includes the plurality of reflective guide walls defines at least one space through which the light having the converted wavelength emitted by the phosphor is guided by the plurality of reflective guide walls.
US10473290B2
A motor vehicle component consisting of a metal profile element and a lighting element. The profile element has a channel extending in the longitudinal direction of the profile with an externally accessible opening extending in the longitudinal direction of the profile. The lighting element serves to produce a strip of light radiating in the longitudinal direction of the profile, and is arranged in the channel of the profile element so as to be concealed behind an outer surface of the profile element so that the radiated light does not arrive directly at the outside, but instead is reflected outward by a reflecting surface of the profile element.
US10473281B1
A lighting system may include a plurality of suspenders and a beam configured to provide light in at least one direction. The suspenders may structurally support the beam from a ceiling and may provide electrical power and dimming control signals to the beam. The beam may include a plurality of light engines for emitting light. The light engines may be single sided or dual sided, and may transmit electrical power among each other. The dual sided light engines may emit light upwardly and downwardly from the beam, and the single sided light engines may emit light downwardly.
US10473278B2
The present invention provides a reinforced electrical wire including a metal lead wire, a serving enclosing the periphery of the metal lead wire, and a reinforcing device. The reinforcing device is embedded in the serving, a part of the reinforcing device is located in the serving, and the other part of the reinforcing device is exposed at the outside of the serving.
US10473276B2
A device with a light signaling function including a light-emitting diode designed to emit a first light signal in a first wavelength range in the blue or the ultraviolet, conversion device arranged for converting the first light signal emitted by the light-emitting diode in the first wavelength range into a second light signal in a second wavelength range, a cap arranged for filtering the second light signal with a view to obtaining a color included in a standard color space. The conversion device being chosen so the second wavelength range includes the normal color space.
US10473265B2
The present disclosure relates to apparatus and methods for stabilizing tripod shooting platforms. An apparatus according to the present disclosure may comprise a loop strap having a securing means for attaching the loop strap to a tripod shooting platform, an adjustment means for adjusting the length of the loop strap, and a loop for engaging a user's foot and creating tension in the loop strap, thereby generating a compressive stabilizing force on the tripod shooting platform. A method of stabilizing a tripod shooting platform according to the present disclosure may comprise the steps of securing a first end of a loop strap to the tripod shooting platform, adjusting the length of the loop strap, and pulling down on a second end of the loop strap to create tension in the loop strap, thereby generating a stabilizing force on the tripod shooting platform.
US10473264B1
A handle holder apparatus and method includes a first holder with a top and a bottom and an inside and an outside and a first dimension. A second holder is provided where the second holder includes a top and a bottom and an inside and an outside and a second dimension where the second dimension is smaller than the first dimension of the first holder and where the second holder is connected to the first holder on the inside of the first holder and where the second holder is configured to removably retain a handle on the inside of the second holder. Further, the bottom of the second holder extends beyond the bottom of the first holder.
US10473254B2
A modular hopper tee including a modified tee box, a tee box liner, a readily detachable inflow adapter for coupling a first pipe to the tee box and a readily detachable outflow adapter for coupling a second pipe to the tee box, the liner and adapters being constructed from an elastomeric polymer such as polyurethane. Each of the inflow and outflow adapters includes a flange portion and a cylinder portion extending through the flange portion, the flange portion dividing the cylinder portion into a first cylinder portion that extends through a sidewall opening of the tee box and sealingly engages the liner and a second cylinder portion that is located outside of the box. A metal cylinder member, which is embedded within the first cylinder portion and surrounds an exterior of the second cylinder portion, is provided for reinforcing the adapter.
US10473241B2
The load flanks in the male threaded portion of the pin and the load flanks in the female threaded portion of the box have a flank angle of less than 0 degrees. The female threaded portion is divided into, in order from near the seal surface, an incomplete thread section and a complete thread section. In the female threaded portion, over the entire area including the two thread sections, roots collectively define a single tapered periphery. The incomplete thread section has a length of at least three times the thread pitch and has a thread height lower than a thread height of the complete thread section. The shoulder surfaces are in contact with each other, the seal surfaces are in contact with each other, and in the incomplete thread section, clearances are provided between the roots of the male threaded portion and the crests of the female threaded portion.
US10473238B2
Methods of laying subsea pipeline (1300) on a seafloor comprising: providing a pipe laying vessel (1100), placing a spooling structure assembly (1200) on the seafloor, and laying the subsea pipeline (1300) in a loop around the spooling structure assembly and associated systems.
US10473235B2
Check valves are disclosed and include a housing defining an internal cavity having a first seat and a second seat, and a seal member within the internal cavity translatable between a closed position against the first seat and an open position against the second seat. The second seat has a middle axis transverse to a plane of a longitudinal cross-section of the housing and has a shortest finger positioned to either the left or to the right of the middle axis. The seal member is seatable against the second seat at an angle or in a deflected position against the plurality of fingers, thereby defining a longer distance of travel to reach the closed position for a portion of the check valve disc that is associated with the position of the shortest finger relative to other portions of the check valve disc.
US10473234B2
A torque reducer assembly including a ball screw assembly and a plunger gear assembly with a low torque allowing a single user to operate a hand wheel to open or close a valve under very high pressure without need of gear reduction and a Balance Stem. A gear shaft, ball screw, valve stem and gate are fixed from rotation with respect to each other but move axially together in response to rotation of a ball screw nut in the ball screw assembly. The plunger gear assembly rotates with the ball screw nut. In the engaged position, a plunger prevents rotation of the ball screw nut in the valve open direction but permits rotation of the ball screw nut in the valve close direction. In the disengaged position, the plunger permits rotation of the ball screw nut in the valve open direction and the valve close direction.
US10473228B2
A solenoid valve comprises first, second, and third ports. The solenoid valve further comprises an armature movable between a first position in which fluid flow from the second port to the third port is blocked and fluid flow from the first port to the third port is unblocked and a second position in which fluid flow from the second port to the third port is unblocked and fluid flow from the first port to the third port is blocked. The fluid flow in the second position is blocked until fluid pressure at the first port exceeds fluid pressure at the third port by a predetermined amount to thereby provide check valve functionality. The check valve functionality is integral to the armature. The solenoid valve also comprises an energizeable solenoid that, when energized, moves the armature from the first position to the second position.
US10473227B2
An electrically operated valve assembly having a manual override includes a valve body, an actuation cam, a shaft, a gear, and a biasing member. The shaft is connected to the actuation cam and includes a projection. The gear defines an opening which selectively receives the projection of the shaft to engage the shaft to the gear. In a first operating condition of the valve assembly, the actuation cam is in an engaged position relative to the valve and the shaft is biased to be engaged with the gear. In a second operating condition of the valve assembly, the actuation cam is in a disengaged position offset along the axis of the shaft from the valve handle and at least partially rotated about the axis of the shaft such that the shaft is disengaged from the gear. Further, a master control module can control one or more such valve assemblies.
US10473224B2
Disclosed is a check valve reliably closing a fluid path without the need of machining with high accuracy. The check valve includes a pair of members with clamping surfaces; and a valve body clamped by the clamping surfaces from both sides in a thickness direction of the valve body. The valve body is formed from an elastic body and includes an outer frame, a sealing part arranged inside the outer frame and configured to open and close a fluid path formed in one of the pair of members, and a coupling part configured to allow fluid to pass therethrough in the thickness direction and configured to couple the outer frame and the sealing part to each other. The outer frame has a thickness larger than an interplane dimension between the clamping surfaces when the pair of members are joined together.
US10473221B2
The present invention provides a rotary seal assembly for providing sealing on a rotating shaft or other suitable device. The seal assembly seals against a rotating shaft or other piece of moving equipment to prevent the leakage of fluids. In some embodiments, a split rotary seal assembly employing an energizer, housing, and a rotational seal element such as a matrix is provided. The energizer energizes the matrix to enhance the sealing properties of the assembly. Furthermore, the matrix conforms to the surface of the shaft, and moves radially with the shaft to provide an effective seal in high wear or runout applications.
US10473217B2
An appliance includes an outer wrapper, an inner liner, a trim breaker having a channel that receives at least one of a wrapper edge of the outer wrapper and a liner edge of the inner liner and a composite encapsulation system including a base elastic adhesive and an outer barrier coating. The base elastic adhesive and the outer barrier coating define a structural adhesive that hermetically seals an insulation cavity defined between the outer wrapper and the inner liner.
US10473216B2
A piston seal for a reciprocating piston is disclosed having the shape of split ring comprising a first end segment and a second end segment overlapping along a split surface that extends from the inner circumferential surface to the outer circumferential surface of the seal and is transverse to the direction in which the 5 piston moves when reciprocating in a cylinder bore. The split surface is spaced further from the leading lateral surface of the seal that faces a compression chamber associated with the piston than it is spaced from said trailing lateral surface of the seal that is opposite to the leading lateral surface.
US10473211B2
Systems and methods for improving hybrid vehicle cooling are presented. In one example, an electric pump may supply transmission fluid to a transmission and a driveline integrated starter/generator to cool, operate, and lubricate driveline components. The electric pump may be selectively operated to conserve energy and to supply driveline cooling when driveline cooling may be desirable.
US10473209B2
A heat exchange device includes a heat exchanger, a mounting plate, and a connecting block. The heat exchanger includes several first plates, several second plates, and an end plate and a bottom plate located at two sides of the heat exchanger. Each of the first plates and an adjacent second plate form a first flow passage and a second flow passage, the mounting plate and the end plate are fixedly mounted, and the connecting block is fixedly mounted to the bottom plate. A passage running through the heat exchanger and not in communication with the first flow passage and the second flow passage is formed in the heat exchanger, the passage has one end in communication with a communicating hole of the mounting plate, and another end in communication with a connecting channel of the connecting block.
US10473207B2
An oil-drain device for a thrust bearing includes: a rotor shaft; a collar member mounted to an outer periphery of the rotor shaft; a thrust bearing supporting the rotor shaft in an axial direction; and an oil-drain space forming member defining an oil-drain space through which lubricant oil leaking from a sliding portion of the thrust bearing flows, between the thrust bearing and the oil-drain space forming member. The oil-drain space includes: an oil-drain channel defined between a first end surface of the thrust bearing and a first end surface of the oil-drain space forming member, surrounding the flange portion of the collar member; and an oil-drain port formed below the oil-drain channel, for discharging the lubricant oil flowing through the oil-drain channel outside the oil-drain space. The oil-drain space is configured to guide the lubricant oil flowing through the oil-drain channel to outside the oil-drain space via the oil-drain port, along a flow direction of the lubricant oil flowing through the oil-drain channel from an upstream side toward a downstream side in a rotational direction of the rotor shaft.
US10473204B2
The present invention discloses a heavy-duty drive axle comprising a reduction gearbox and a drive motor; a differential case is provided within the reduction gearbox; a motor output shaft of the drive motor is linked with a first output shaft and a second output shaft via the differential case; the differential case consists of a differential holder, a connecting pole, a linkage gear and four bevel gears; each bevel gear is meshed with two bevel gears; the bevel gears comprise a first bevel gear, a second bevel gear, a third bevel gear and a fourth bevel gear, the first bevel gear and the second bevel gear are arranged oppositely, and the third bevel gear and the fourth bevel gear are arranged oppositely and sheathed on the connecting pole; the connecting pole is fixed with the differential holder; a cavity is formed within the differential holder; a through hole for fitting with the connecting pole is formed on each of an upper side and a lower side of the differential holder, and a third shaft hole and an opening are separately formed on a left side and a right side of the differential holder; the linkage gear is fixed at the opening of the differential holder; and the motor output shaft is linked with the linkage gear.
US10473198B2
A device for power transmission includes a drive plate, a support plate, an output plate, a first main slide rail, a first drive train element, a first counterforce element, a first power transmission element, and a first output element, wherein the drive plate, support plate, and output plate are disposed above one another. The counterforce element generates a counterforce such that the total force from the driving force and the counterforce acting on the first main slide rail leads to a rotational movement of the support plate. The first power transmission element causes a rotational power transmission during rotational movement of the support plate and the first output element is connected to the output plate such that during the rotational movement of the support plate, an output power transmission connection exists from the moving part of the first main slide rail to the first output element.
US10473196B2
A toroidal variable speed traction drive includes a driving disc and a driven disc. The discs have a common axis of rotation. The inner face of each disc is formed with a negative shape of a toroid. The drive further includes a plurality of roller assemblies interposed between the discs each roller assembly including a roller. The discs are urged together against the interposed roller assemblies by a clamping force. Each roller assembly is connected to a corresponding rotatable trunnion. The trunnion applies a steering force to the corresponding roller assembly at a point relative to the corresponding roller assembly; the applied steering force causing the roller of the corresponding roller assembly to steer and adopt different contact points. The point at which the steering force is applied is located offset from the trunnion rotational axis at a fixed distance.
US10473188B2
A guard defines an inner seat comprising an open channel shaped to receive a shackle and extend partially around the shackle. The guard further includes an outer seat positioned opposite the open channel and shaped to support a strap passing through the shackle. A tether is fastened to the guard and defines a fastener for securing to a closure pin passing through the shackle. The fastener may be a hole formed in the tether and a barb formed on the tether offset from the hole, a barb on the tether that inserts through a hole in the closure pin, a cup on the tether that is positioned over an end of the closure pin, or a hooked or straight tether. The tether and fastener may be secured to a spacer through which the closure pin is inserted. A closure pin may insert through a pair of spacers.
US10473185B2
An engine system has a crankshaft gear coupled to an engine crankshaft and a balance gear coupled to a balance shaft. The balance gear is formed by a disc having first and second opposite sides and a series of teeth. A first sector of the disc has at least one aperture therethrough, and a second opposite sector of the disc defines a recess intersecting the first side. The balance gear has a damper formed by a cover plate connected to the first side to enclose the recess and contain a plurality of particles therein. A gear and a method of forming a gear is also provided, with the gear having a first sector defining at least one aperture therethrough and a second sector defining a recess intersecting the first side. A plurality of particles are positioned in the recess, and a cover plate encloses the recess to form a damper.
US10473182B2
A system for absorbing vibration and transmitting torque from a rotating power source to a rotatable load includes a rotatable driving member configured as an input to be driven by the power source to rotate about an axis of rotation. The system has a cam plate with a cam surface. A spring is configured to extend lengthwise in a radial direction relative to the axis of rotation. The spring is configured to be compressed due to the cam surface during relative rotation of the driving member and a driven member when the cam plate is operatively connected to rotate in unison with said one of the driving member and the driven member. The spring therefore has an effective spring rate dependent upon the cam surface, compression of the spring absorbs torsional vibration of the driving member, and the cam plate.
US10473181B2
A hydraulic mount for a vehicle includes: a core bush coupled to a bolt; a main rubber formed on an outer surface of the core bush; an orifice portion coupled to a lower portion of the main rubber to divide an upper fluid chamber and a lower fluid chamber; and a lower rubber film coupled to a lower portion of the orifice portion. The orifice portion includes an upper nozzle plate formed with a first fluid inlet and outlet port, a lower nozzle plate formed with a fluid path and a second fluid inlet and outlet port, and a cylinder-type membrane vertically arranged between the upper nozzle plate and the lower nozzle plate, and a pattern of crests and valleys is formed along a circumference of the membrane, the pattern of crests and valleys selectively contacting the upper nozzle plate and the lower nozzle plate.
US10473180B2
A damping valve arrangement (1) for a vibration damper includes a damping piston (2) with a check valve, which damping piston (2) divides a cylinder (31) of the vibration damper into a first working chamber (32) and a second working chamber (33), and a control arrangement (3) with a control pot (8) and a control piston (9) which is axially movable therein. A connection channel (41) connects the first working chamber (32) to the second working chamber (33). The connection channel (41) is arranged such that it is at least partially closed by the control piston (9) during an axial displacement of the control piston (9) in direction of the damping piston (2) and opened again during an axial displacement of the control piston (9) in direction of the pot base (30).
US10473178B2
Valve for a vibration damper having a valve housing and a valve slide movable in the valve housing to at least partially close at least one flow path of a fluid flowing through the valve. The valve has an input side and an output side. Pressure impingement surfaces of the valve slide are substantially equal for an opening pressure and for a closing pressure, and the valve slide has a restriction through which a pressure difference between opening pressure and closing pressure can be generated.
US10473173B2
A brake disc for a wheeled vehicle; said brake disc including opposing annular braking surfaces; each of said surfaces provided with an identical pattern of disparate arcuate groove segments; said groove segments arranged in groups oriented in both clockwise and anti-clockwise directions; each of said groups including, one series of at least two arcuate groove segments lying along a common are extending from proximate a hub of said braking surface to proximate the periphery of said braking surface, one inward arcuate groove segment extending from proximate said hub to a point intermediate said hub and said periphery, and one outward arcuate groove segment extending from a point intermediate said hub and said periphery to proximate said periphery.
US10473167B2
An electromagnetic clutch includes a field core including a coil storage groove, and a rotor including a core storage groove. The coil storage groove is formed by an inner cylindrical portion, an outer cylindrical portion, and a bottom portion. The bottom portion of the field core wholly projects to the outside of the core storage groove. The outer peripheral surface of the inner cylindrical portion and the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylindrical portion include a first transition surface and a second transition surface, respectively, on the bottom portion side. Each of the first transition surface and the second transition surface includes a tilting surface that gradually narrows the groove width of the coil storage groove along with an increase in a distance from the side of the opening of the coil storage groove.
US10473157B2
A bearing arrangement (100) for a spinning rotor shaft (200) of an open-end spinning device, a spinning rotor shaft (200) for such a bearing arrangement (100) and a spinning rotor drive device comprising such a bearing arrangement (100) and such a spinning rotor shaft (200). The bearing arrangement (100) comprises at least one active magnetic radial bearing (110) for the spinning rotor shaft (200) which can be influenced by means of an electronic control system (300). The bearing arrangement is characterized in that the bearing arrangement (100) comprises an active magnetic axial bearing (130) for the spinning rotor shaft (200) which can be influenced by means of the or another electronic control system (300).
US10473143B2
A control device includes an actuation lever, a bearing mounted in the actuation lever, an axle extended through the bearing, and a base supported by the axle, the actuation lever pivotally coupled with the base via the bearing and the axle for rotation relative to the base.
US10473137B2
The present disclosure provides various embodiments of a winged threaded fastener primarily suited to be used to connect a wooden object to a metal object. The fastener includes a head, a shank, a helical thread formation extending from the shank, a first wing extending from the shank, and a second wing extending from the shank. In various embodiments, the wings are offset along the longitudinal axis of the shank with respect to each other and are angled with respect the longitudinal axis of the shank.
US10473135B2
A temporary fastener a plunger having a distal portion including a plurality of plunger fingers, where depressing the plunger causes axial translation of a collet body to place the temporary fastener in an activated state where a plurality of flexible fingers in the collet body radially converge and where releasing the plunger places the temporary fastener in a clamped state in which the plurality of flexible fingers in the collet body are outwardly displaced. The temporary fastener further includes a web element positioned at a proximal end of a rod and including a plurality of opening permitting the plurality of plunger fingers to axially translate there through during depression and release of the plunger. The temporary fastener further includes a spring positioned within a case and exerting a restorative force on the collet body and the plunger in response to depression of the plunger.
US10473131B1
A vortex-induced vibration (VIV) suppression system including a strake having a cylindrical body portion dimensioned to encircle an underlying tubular and having opposing ends that form at least one gap extending from a top end to a bottom end of the body portion, a fin portion extending radially outward from the body portion and helically positioned around the body portion, and a connecting member dimensioned to secure the opposing ends of the body portion in a fixed position with respect to one another; and a collar dimensioned to encircle the underlying tubular and position the strake at a fixed axial location along the underlying tubular.
US10473130B2
A formed steel part includes a first steel plate having a first base, a first intermetallic alloy layer on the first base and a first metal alloy layer on the first intermetallic alloy layer, the first steel part having a first area without the first metal alloy layer and having at least part of the first intermetallic alloy layer; and a second steel plate having a second base, a second intermetallic alloy layer on the second base and a second metal alloy layer on the second intermetallic alloy layer, the second steel part having a second area without the second metal alloy layer and having at least part of the second intermetallic alloy layer in the second area. The first and second steel plates are joined together. The formed steel part may also include a butt-weld joining the first and second steel plates.
US10473128B2
An actuating drive for a control valve contains a working cylinder which has a piston and a piston rod and forms an actuator for the control valve. The piston bounds a first pressure space and a second pressure space to displace the piston counter to the force of a spring by applying pressure to the first pressure space via a working medium. A working medium circuit is connected to the working cylinder at first and second pressure connections to introduce and evacuate the working medium into/from the first and second pressure spaces. The working medium circuit has a working medium pump connected to convey the working fluid, at a pressure side, to the first pressure connection, and at a suction side, to the second pressure connection. The first pressure space is permanently connected, so as to convey working fluid, to the second pressure space via a bypass line.
US10473127B2
A fan drive system includes a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic motor that rotates a fan on the basis of hydraulic oil supplied from the hydraulic pump, a data acquisition unit that acquires an actual fan speed of the fan, a target amount determination unit that determines a target fan speed of the fan on the basis of a state of an object to be cooled of the fan, and an estimating unit that estimates a state of the hydraulic pump or a state of the hydraulic motor on the basis of a change of a feedback amount that indicates a difference between the target fan speed and the actual fan speed.
US10473116B2
A shroud for an axial-flow fan includes an annular barrel. The barrel includes a cylindrical segment and a conical segment downstream of the cylindrical segment. The conical segment is angled radially inwardly from the cylindrical segment at an angle of between 15 and 35 degrees. The shroud also includes an annular outlet bell coupled to the conical segment at an apex defining a transition between the conical segment and the outlet bell. The outlet bell and barrel contain a plurality of leakage stators. A stator pedestal extends from a radially-inner surface of the outlet bell to a stator pedestal tip, and a depth (a) of the outlet bell measured from an end surface of the outlet bell to the apex is less than one-half a depth (b) measured from the end surface of the outlet bell to the stator tip in the direction of axial airflow through the fan shroud.
US10473115B2
The present disclosure relates to a diffuser for a radial compressor. The diffuser may comprise a diffusor duct portion formed by first and second side walls that are arranged so as to diverge at least partially from one another in a direction of flow, a blade ring having a number of blades arranged at least partially in the diffusor duct portion with each blade having a pressure side and a suction side delimited by a blade leading edge and by a blade trailing edge of the respective blade, a number of pressure equalizing openings incorporated into at least one of the first and second side walls of the diffuser duct portion in a region where the first and second side walls diverge from one another with each of the pressure equalizing openings being arranged between the pressure side of one blade and the suction side of an adjacent blade of the blade ring, and a first annular duct arranged behind the pressure equalizing openings and fluidically connected to the diffuser duct portion via at least two of the pressure equalizing openings, such that a number of regions between two adjacent blades of the blade ring in the diffuser duct portion are fluidically connectable together.
US10473101B2
A motorized pump assembly includes a pump and a motor for driving the pump. The pump includes a pump housing that at least in part defines a pump chamber. The motor includes a stator, a rotor rotatable about an axis, a motor housing, and a bearing assembly. The rotor includes a motor shaft extending along the axis. The motor housing includes an endshield that at least in part defines a motor chamber in which the stator and the rotor are at least substantially received. The bearing assembly rotatably supports the motor shaft on the endshield. The pump housing and the endshield are fixed to one another and cooperatively at least in part define an overflow chamber adjacent the pump chamber. The endshield defines a drainage channel fluidly interconnected with the overflow chamber and configured to direct fluid from the overflow chamber away from the bearing assembly.
US10473100B2
A pump which exhibits an adjustable delivery volume, the pump including (a) a pump housing comprising a delivery chamber; (b) a delivery rotor which can be rotated about a rotary axis within the delivery chamber, for delivering the fluid; (c) an adjusting device, including: (c1) an adjusting member which can be adjusted in the pump housing in order to adjust the delivery volume of the pump; (c2) a first setting chamber for generating a first setting pressure for adjusting the adjusting member; (c3) and a second setting chamber for generating a second setting pressure for adjusting the adjusting member; (d) a fluidically operable valve for adjusting the setting pressure of the first setting chamber; (e) and an electromagnetic valve, comprising: a pressure port for a setting fluid which is diverted from the high-pressure side; and a relief port for the setting fluid.
US10473098B2
The present disclosure provides a reciprocating plunger pump, which includes a plunger pump engine body, a plunger pump head and a slider crank mechanism which is located in the plunger pump engine body. Also disclosed are a reciprocating plunger pump engine body, a slider crank mechanism and a slide block, a bearing seat, a crankcase upper cover and a plunger seat.
US10473097B2
A system and method for controlling a speed of a pumping system includes a controller, a variable frequency drive connected to the controller, a motor connected to the variable frequency drive, a pump connected to the motor, a set of sensors connected to the motor, the pump, and the controller, and an interface connected to the controller. The controller includes a processor and a memory connected to the processor. A motor control process is saved in the memory and executed by the processor that generates a motor control signal to control the speed of the motor and the pump.
US10473095B2
A system includes a hydraulic energy transfer system configured to exchange pressures between a first fluid and a second fluid. The first fluid is at a higher pressure than the second fluid. The system also includes a high pressure pump configured to increase a pressure of the second fluid. Additionally, the system includes a controller programmed to control one or more valves of the system to selectively route the second fluid to the hydraulic energy transfer system or to the high pressure pump based on an operating condition of the system.
US10473068B2
A kit maintains a seal of a joint of a fuel intake port member of a cylinder head and a fuel distribution port member of an intake manifold of a Harley Davidson® motorcycle with panhead, ironhead or shovelhead engine. The kit includes an elastomeric band and a pair of circular clamps.
US10473066B2
An apparatus and a method are provided for an air filter configured to be mounted onto air inlets of turbochargers and superchargers. The air filter comprises a proximal base including an inlet receiver configured to receive an air inlet, a clamp to secure the air inlet within the inlet receiver, and a first opening aligned with a screw mechanism of the clamp. A filter medium fastened to the proximal base is configured to remove particulate matter and other contaminates from an incoming air stream. A distal end cap fastened to the filter medium comprises a second opening aligned with the first opening. A conduit within an interior cavity of the air filter is disposed between the first opening and the second opening, facilitating tightening and loosening the clamp by extending an appropriate tool through the interior cavity so as to engage the screw mechanism of the clamp.
US10473058B2
A pulse combustor system for reducing noise and/or vibration levels. The system includes a pulse combustor including a combustion chamber, an inlet pipe, an exhaust pipe, and a first fuel injector for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber. The pulse combustor has a fundamental oscillation mode and one or more additional oscillation modes. The system includes at least one pressure sensor for measuring a pressure inside the fuel combustor and/or a at least one fluid velocity sensor for measuring fluid velocity at the inlet pipe or at the exhaust pipe. A controller adjusts a rate of fuel supply to the pulse combustor if the measured pressure and/or the measured velocity is above a predetermined threshold value to reduce excitation of the one or more additional oscillation modes.
US10473055B2
A fuel injection system is provided with a pressure accumulator accumulating a high pressure fuel, a fuel pump supplying the high pressure fuel to the pressure accumulator, a fuel injector injecting the high pressure fuel, and a fuel pressure sensor detecting a fuel pressure in a fuel passage between the pressure accumulator and an injection port of the fuel injector. An ECU includes a fuel pressure obtaining portion which obtains the fuel pressure detected by the fuel pressure sensor, a differential value calculating portion which differentiates the fuel pressure obtained by the fuel pressure obtaining portion so as to calculate a fuel pressure differential value, and an end timing calculating portion which calculates an injection end timing at which the fuel injector terminates a fuel injection.
US10473054B2
Method to control the combustion of a compression ignition engine with reactivity control through the injection temperature; the control method provides for the steps of: establishing a quantity of fuel to be injected into a cylinder; injecting a first fraction of the quantity of fuel fed by a first feed system without active heating devices, preferably equal to at least 70% of the quantity of fuel, at least partially during the intake and/or compression stroke; injecting a second fraction of the quantity of fuel fed by a second feed system provided with at least one active heating device, and equal to the remaining fraction of the quantity of fuel, into the cylinder at the end of the compression stroke and preferably at no more than 60° from the top dead center; and heating the second fraction of the quantity of fuel to an injection temperature of over 100° C., before injecting the second fraction of the quantity of fuel.
US10473050B2
An electrically driven solenoid coupled to a spring-operated valve, regulates pressure in an accumulator by opening when a predefined threshold pressure in a pressure accumulator is exceeded. The solenoid provides an assistive force to a spring-closed valve, reducing the amount of pressure required to open the valve responsive to the amount of current provided to the solenoid. The threshold pressure at which the valve opens is thus determined by the amount of current provided to the solenoid. Increasing the current decreases the threshold pressure; decreasing the current increases the threshold pressure.
US10473041B1
An internal combustion engine has both a primary fuel system and a starting fuel intake assembly. The primary fuel system and the starting fuel intake assembly provide separate flow paths to a common chamber of the internal combustion engine. An external starting fuel source is fluidly connectable with the starting fuel intake assembly of the internal combustion engine, for instance when exposed to a low ambient temperature environment. The internal combustion engine is started while a starting fuel is flowing into a combustion chamber for the internal combustion engine. A primary fuel may also be flowing into the combustion chamber at this time. After the primary fuel is being consistently ignited in the combustion chamber, the flow of starting fuel to the combustion chamber may be terminated and the external starting fuel source may be fluidly disconnected from the starting fuel intake assembly of the internal combustion engine.
US10473039B2
An exhaust purifying device mounted in a working vehicle includes: an exhaust passage through which an exhaust gas discharged from an engine flows; a throttle valve configured to change a passage area of the exhaust passage; an exhaust aftertreatment device disposed downstream of the throttle valve; and a valve controller configured to control an open degree of the throttle valve. The valve controller is configured to control the open degree of the throttle valve to be larger in a low load region below a predetermined load range and in a high load region exceeding the predetermined load range than in a medium load region that is the predetermined load range.
US10473034B2
According to an aspect, a system for a gas turbine engine includes a reduction gear train operable to drive rotation of a starter gear train that interfaces to an accessory gearbox of the gas turbine engine. The reduction gear train includes a starter interface gear that engages the starter gear train and a core-turning clutch operably connected to the starter interface gear. The reduction gear train also includes a geared rotary actuator including a primary planetary gear system, where the geared rotary actuator is operably connected to the core-turning clutch. The reduction gear train further includes a secondary planetary gear system operably connected to the primary planetary gear system and a core-turning input. The system also includes a mounting pad with an interface to couple a core-turning motor to the core-turning input of the reduction gear train.
US10473032B2
The invention concerns a fuel system (1) for a turbomachine comprising: —a control circuit (9a), —a main circuit (9b), —a flow rate regulator (2), suitable for regulating the flow of fuel in the control circuit (9a) and in the main circuit (9b) depending on the speed of the turbomachine, and —a drain tank (4) being designed to draw fuel from, store fuel in and drain fuel into the main circuit (9b) on the basis of the pressure difference between the main circuit (9b) and the tank (5) or the high-pressure pump (6) to which it is connected.
US10473029B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods store energy by liquefying a gas such as air, for example, and then recover the energy by regasifying the liquid and combusting or otherwise reacting the gas with a fuel to drive a heat engine. The process of liquefying the gas may be powered with electric power from the grid, for example, and the heat engine may be used to generate electricity. Hence, in effect these apparatus, systems, and methods may provide for storing electric power from the grid and then subsequently delivering it back to the grid.
US10473027B2
A drive transmission, having two counter-rotating cams bearing-mounted within a housing about a rotational axis. The counter-rotating cams have asymmetrical lobe profiles which are operative to drive a corresponding pair of coaxial drive shafts in opposite directions along the rotational axis. The asymmetry of the lobe profiles prevents the cams from locking when the lobe apexes pass the top and bottom dead center positions relative to the follower or drive pins.
US10473022B2
A coolant control valve unit includes a valve housing including at least a first passage and a second passage in which coolant flows and disposed at a predetermined position, a first valve and a second valve provided to open and close the first and second passages, a first stem and a second stem respectively connected with the first valve and the second valve and extending to movement directions of the first valve and the second valve, a driving plate of which one surface is connected with end portions of the first stem and the second stem, and an actuator pushing and pulling the driving plate to allow the first valve and the second valve to open and close the first passage and the second passage.
US10473018B2
An exhaust line includes a housing having a wall with an opening and a baffle disposed within the opening. In certain embodiments, the exhaust line includes a divider between the wall and baffle that partially defines a mixing chamber for receiving an exhaust and a reducing agent, and partially defines a bypass chamber for receiving another portion of the exhaust. The divider defines an inlet and outlet facing respective upstream and downstream ends. The divider transfers heat from exhaust passing through the bypass chamber to the reducing agent inside the mixing chamber. In other embodiments, the baffle partially defines a first passageway substantially parallel to and offset from a center axis for delivering a portion of the exhaust to the mixing chamber, and a ramped surface partially defining a second passageway transverse to the first passageway for delivering another portion of the exhaust to the mixing chamber.
US10473016B2
An exhaust purification device of an engine includes: an exhaust passage; a urea injector supplying urea water into the exhaust passage; a pump device which supplies urea water stored in a urea tank to the urea injector, the pump device capable of performing an operation of recovering the urea water supplied to the urea injector to the urea tank; an SCR catalyst which purifies the exhaust gas using urea; and a controller. The controller controls the pump device such that the supply of the urea water to the urea injector is stopped, and a recovery operation for recovering the urea water in the urea injector to the urea tank is performed in a case where an amount of ammonium adsorbed by the SCR catalyst is larger than a predetermined reference adsorption amount under a condition where an internal temperature of the urea injector reaches a predetermined high temperature.
US10473014B2
An injector for delivering a working fluid into a working environment is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the injector includes a pre-metering chamber with a control valve controlling fluid delivery rate and a swirl chamber, in which a swirling flow is created and atomization is achieved at low injector pressure when it is released. In another embodiment, the injector includes a swirl chamber and an atomization element with a bore, through which a control valve is positioned. The control valve forces a working fluid flow through the atomization element when the injector is energized to create a metered swirling flow. To avoid issues with deteriorated working fluid, a purging apparatus is used for emptying working fluid residue in the injector, and a special control method is used when the injector works in a high-temperature working environment.
US10473010B2
Disclosed are: a separation element (20) of a liquid separator (10) for the separation of liquid from an aerosol; a separation medium (38); a liquid separator (10); and a method for producing a separation element. The separation element (20) has at least one separation medium (38) for separating at least the liquid, the separation medium being arranged circumferentially about an element axis (22) in at least one medium layer (40). The aerosol is able to flow through the separation element (20) radially relative to the element axis (22). At least one medium layer (40) has, on a radially inward circumferential surface, at least one channel-shaped indentation (42) extending axially to the element axis (22) to realize at least one channel (44) for separated liquid.
US10473006B2
In some embodiments, there is provided a method of controlling a pressure gradient between a combustion chamber and a crankcase of an engine, the method having: receiving, at a control device, a signal indicating that a lubricant container is coupled to a lubricant circulation system associated with the engine, in response to the received signal, providing data to cause operation of a suction control device for facilitating control of the pressure gradient.
US10473004B2
A variable valve train of an internal combustion engine has cylindrical cam carriers axially slidably and co-rotatably fitted on camshafts, respectively. The cam carriers have, respectively, first cam lobes and second cam lobes different in cam profile and axially adjacent to each other. Cam changeover mechanisms operate to axially shift the cam carriers to change over the first cam lobes and the second cam lobes to operate engine valves. An axial recess is formed in an axial end surface of an enlarged-diameter portion of the camshaft for axial insertion of an end of the cam carrier. The engine can thus be reduced in axial size, and a required axial shifting space for the cam carrier is secured.
US10473001B2
Control valves for a hydraulic camshaft adjuster are disclosed. In one example, the control valve includes a housing and a control piston mounted in a receiver of the housing. Several openings may be provided on an inner casing surface of the receiver, at least some of which may be assigned to an inlet port P, a supply port A, a supply port B or a supply port C. The control piston may include a first control groove, a second control groove and a third control groove which can each be connected to at least two openings of the housing depending on a position of the control piston relative to the housing. The first control groove may be configured to be brought into fluid-conductive connection with a first inlet opening assigned to the inlet port P and with an opening assigned to the supply port A. The second control groove may be configured to be brought into fluid-conductive connection with an opening assigned to the supply port A and/or with an opening assigned to the supply port B and/or with an opening assigned to the supply port C. The third control groove may be configured to be brought into fluid-conductive connection with the first inlet opening or a second inlet opening assigned to the inlet port P and with an opening assigned to the supply port B.
US10472994B2
Systems and methods are provided for controlling the pressure of a working fluid at an inlet of a main pressurization device of a heat engine system. The heat engine system may include a control system and a working fluid circuit including a waste heat exchanger, an expansion device, a recuperator, a main pressurization device, and a heat exchanger assembly. The heat exchanger assembly may include a plurality of gas-cooled heat exchangers configured to transfer thermal energy from the working fluid to a cooling medium, a plurality of fans configured to direct the cooling medium into contact with the gas-cooled heat exchangers, and a plurality of drivers, each driver configured to drive a respective fan. The control system may be communicatively coupled to the heat exchanger assembly and configured to modulate a rotational speed of at least one fan to regulate a pressure of the working fluid at the inlet.
US10472993B2
This disclosure provides manifolds, manifold components, and heat recover steam generator systems. An output line of an output manifold is fluidically connected to at least one downstream process. A first collection line is fluidically connected to a plurality of header lines by a first set of header links. A second collection line is fluidically connected to the plurality of header lines by a second set of header links. A connecting junction fluidically connects the first collection line and the second collection line to the output line.
US10472979B2
A stator assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an arcuate shroud including a shroud pocket, the shroud pocket having a shroud slot extending therethrough. A stator vane is insertable into the shroud pocket and includes a vane slot extending therethrough. A strap extends through the shroud slot and the vane slot to retain the vane to the shroud. A gas turbine engine includes a combustor and a stator and case assembly in in fluid communication with the combustor. The stator and case assembly includes a case defining a working fluid flowpath for the gas turbine engine and a stator assembly secured at the case.
US10472976B2
An assembly comprising a ceramic matrix composite component, a monolithic insert, and a polymer char and a method for producing the same. The ceramic matrix composite component may include an exterior surface, with the monolithic insert bonded to the exterior surface of the ceramic matrix composite component. The polymer char may be sandwiched between the monolithic insert and the exterior surface of the ceramic matrix composite that may bond the monolithic insert to the ceramic matrix composite component.
US10472970B2
A component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a wall and at least one rib that protrudes from the wall and extends to a rib end, the rib end having a curved transition portion near a location where the at least one rib meets the wall.
US10472966B2
Rotary expansible chamber (REC) devices having one or more working-fluid ports that are adjustable, for example, in size or location. In some embodiments, the variable port mechanisms can be used to control any one or more of a plurality of operating parameters of a REC device independently of one or more others of the operating parameters. In some embodiments, the REC devices can have a plurality of fluid volumes that change in size during rotation of the REC device, and that transition to a zero volume condition during the rotation of the REC device. Systems are also provided that can include one or more REC devices. Methods for controlling various aspects of REC devices, including methods of controlling one or more operating parameters, are also provided.
US10472965B2
A rotary-vane internal combustion engine of the cat and mouse or scissor type with coordinated rotation of two co-axial shafts with position sensors creating chambers of variable volume for intake, compression, power and exhaust strokes. A reversible electric generator motor on at least one of the shafts with an electronic control system for current, an energy storage unit and electrical load. The total work done and angular speed is calculated or empirically determined while an alternating accelerating or decelerating torque is applied for a continuous, uniform rotation cycle.
US10472963B2
A method for stepwise construction of a preferential gas migration pathway at a stope in a coal seam. First, a gas migration pathway is preliminarily formed at a stope depending on a mining effect of mining in a first mined seam. construction and stabilization method of gob-side entry retaining in deep strata, and a method of manual-guided pre-fracturing boreholes are then used to perform active construction respectively in external space and the outside of coal-rock mass to form preferential gas migration pathways. Eventually, under the effect of mining-induced stress, a system of preferential gas migration pathways connected to each other at the stope is further formed.
US10472961B2
A cutter head includes a first member, a cutting bit, and a second member. The first member includes a first end and a second end and includes a first mass. The cutting bit is coupled to the first member proximate the second end. The cutting bit includes a cutting edge rotatable about the axis. The second member is rotatable about the axis and includes a second mass eccentrically positioned with respect to the axis. Rotation of the second mass causes the first member and the cutting bit to oscillate.
US10472956B2
Mud pulse telemetry. The various embodiments are directed to methods and systems of encoding data in a mud pulse telemetry system, where at least a portion of the data is encoded the time between pressure transitions. Moreover, the various embodiments are directed to detection methods and systems that detect the pressure transitions at the surface.
US10472955B2
A method of surveying a wellbore continuously during drilling. The method includes using a drill string with a non-rotating sub-assembly. The non-rotating sub-assembly comprises three accelerometers oriented orthogonally to each other and three directional sensors also oriented orthogonally to each other. Sample measurements from the six sensors are used to calculate the attitude of the wellbore and more specifically used to create an accurate survey of wellbores within a subterranean formation while the drill string is drilling.
US10472954B2
A control system for generating and utilizing at least one or more addressed datagrams that communicate information to and from devices along piping assemblies comprising; one or more transmitters, one or more receivers, and one or more controllers, wherein the transmitters transmit information via one or more addressed datagrams encoded within a working medium to one or more receivers among the piping assemblies, is described. Transmitters convert datagrams into signals that are transmitted within the working medium and the receivers receive signals from the transmitters and also convert signals from the working medium which is converted back into datagrams. The controllers receive and decode the datagrams so that the controllers selectively communicate and perform logical operations on piping assembly devices according to directions received from the addressed datagrams. The entire control system can function as a network of controllers, receivers, transmitters, and/or transponders as required by one or more users.
US10472946B2
Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to attenuating the effects of slugging based on one or more measurements of parameters from one or more locations in one or more wells. In some cases, a controller may be configured to attenuate the effects of slugging based on the one or more parameters, for example, by controlling a choke or an artificial lift. In certain aspects, the one or more locations may include downhole or at the surface of the one or more wells.
US10472938B2
Components for a perforation gun system are provided including combinations of components including a self-centralizing charge holder system and a bottom connector that can double as a spacer. Any number of spacers can be used with any number of holders for any desired specific metric or imperial shot density, phase and length gun system.
US10472920B2
A packing element and a sealing element is disclosed. The packing element includes a sealing element positioned on an outer surface of a mandrel deployed in the wellbore, where the sealing element is disposed in an annulus between the mandrel and a portion of the wellbore. The sealing element includes a first cavity on an inner surface of the sealing element, where the first cavity has a first size and is positioned proximate a first end of the sealing element. The sealing element also includes a second cavity on the inner surface of the sealing element, where the second cavity has a second size that is different from the first size, and is positioned proximate a second end of the sealing element. The packing element also includes a first and second gauge rings positioned at first and second ends of the sealing element, respectively.
US10472917B2
A wiper (200a) for a blowout preventer having an adapter ring (102a) and a piston (104a) slideable relative to the adapter ring along an interface can include a base (202) adapted to couple the wiper to the adapter ring and a head (204) coupled to the base. The head can include a first portion adapted to bridge the interface and contact the piston and a second portion adapted to contact the adapter ring and support the first portion. The second portion of the head can be adapted to at least partially resist rotation of the wiper. A blowout preventer can include one or more wipers as shown and described.
US10472911B2
A method of manufacturing a gripping element can include depositing a gripping element material, and thereby gradually building up the gripping element and forming a gripping surface thereon, the gripping surface being configured to grippingly engage a well surface. A gripping system can include at least one extendable gripping element configured to grip a well surface, and the gripping element including a gripping element material enclosing one or more voids in the gripping element. Another gripping system can include at least one extendable gripping element having a gripping surface configured to grip a well surface, and the gripping element including at least two gripping element materials deposited to form the gripping element. Properties or characteristics may gradually change or vary from one gripping element material to another gripping element material in the gripping element. The gripping element materials may each include the same basic matrix material.
US10472910B2
A system includes a cable and a toolstring. The toolstring may couple to the cable to enable the toolstring to be placed in a wellbore. The toolstring includes a sensor that can collect measurements relating to the wellbore. An electromagnetic or anchoring device may selectively hold the toolstring or the cable against a surface of the wellbore.
US10472908B2
An apparatus for use downhole is disclosed that, in one configuration includes a downhole tool configured to operate in an active position and an inactive position and an actuation device, which may include a control unit. The apparatus includes a telemetry unit that sends a first pattern recognition signal to the control unit to move the tool into the active position and a second pattern recognition signal to move the tool into the inactive position. The apparatus may be used for drilling a subterranean formation and include a tubular body and one or more extendable features, each positionally coupled to a track of the tubular body, and a drilling fluid flow path extending through a bore of the tubular body for conducting drilling fluid therethrough. A push sleeve is disposed within the tubular body and coupled to the one or more features. A valve assembly is disposed within the tubular body and configured to control the flow of the drilling fluid into an annular chamber in communication with the push sleeve; the valve assembly comprising a mechanically operated valve and/or an electronically operated valve. Other embodiments, including methods of operation, are provided.
US10472902B2
Embodiments disclosed herein describe a rotating flow coupler that is configured to couple multiple sections of a casing for a horizontal well, wherein the rotating flow coupler is configured to rotate relative to the casing allowing an additional degree of freedom for equipment being lowered into the well. This may allow for equipment such as coil tubing, drilling string, casings strings, etc. to reach a total distance of deeper laterals.
US10472895B2
Disclosed is a vibratory apparatus for a drilling apparatus comprising: a housing, a rotor operable to rotate relative to the housing, the rotor comprising one or more sets of magnets, a shuttle engaged to enable movement longitudinally, the shuttle comprising one or more follower magnets, each arranged relative to a corresponding set of magnets in the rotor, wherein each set of magnets comprises magnets arranged around the rotor with a lateral spread such that on rotation the corresponding follower magnet on the shuttle will move longitudinally to follow one or more rotating magnets of the set, thus oscillating the shuttle longitudinally.
US10472879B1
A stationary display firearm safe is adapted to be affixed to a stationary structure for safely containing and showing a firearm or a different valuable item. The safe includes a body, an inner cover disposed within the body, and a front cover rotatably coupled to body to provide added security. A magnet is attached to the inner box for holding a firearm in space. The safe also includes a locking system with a lock set reinforcement, a tamper resistant latch rod, a lock set, a latch retainer set and a latch bolt set. The safe also includes a lighting system powered by a battery disposed within a chamber formed between the inner box and the body. The inner box incorporates a set of lips mating with a high impact resistance glass disposed in a frame of the cover when the safe is locked.
US10472875B2
A rotary actuator (1) for a door (2) or ramp comprises an electric motor (3), a reduction gear (4, 5) connected to a front portion (6) of a shaft (7) of the motor (3), an output shaft (8) connected to the reduction gear (4, 5), an automatic locking brake (9) connected to a rear portion (10) of the motor shaft (7) and a decoupler (11) connected between the rear portion (10) of the motor shaft (7) and the locking brake (9) and actuatable to decouple the motor shaft (7) from the locking brake (9).
US10472871B2
A window balance has a channel with two ends. A top guide is disposed at one end of the channel and a bottom guide is disposed at the other end of the channel. One end of a spring is fixed within the channel. A movable block is secured to the other end of the spring. Rollers are rotatably mounted in the movable block. A single roller is rotatably mounted to a fixed block which is secured to the channel. A cord exit roller is disposed proximate the bottom guide. The first end of a cord is fixed relative to the channel. The middle portion of the cord is routed about the rollers mounted in the movable block and mounted to the fixed block. A second end of the cord is routed around the cord exit roller and is attachable to a window jamb.
US10472860B2
A device (10) for receiving notes of value has a receiving area (12) for receiving notes of value and a shaft (20) with one hook (26, 28) at each end. The hooks are movable between a locking position and an unlocked position by rotation of the shaft (20). A handle (14) is arranged on the shaft (20) so that the shaft (20) runs through a first hole (34) and a second hole (36) at both ends (16, 18) of the handle (14). The first hole (34) is formed so that upon rotation of the handle (14) within a predetermined range, a torque is transmittable to the shaft (20) via engagement between the shaft (20) and the first end (16) of the handle (14). The second hole (36) is formed so that upon rotation of the handle (14) no torque is transmitted to the shaft (20) via the second end (18).
US10472859B2
A door mount mechanism is to be mounted onto a door for rotating a thumb turn of a door lock. The door mount mechanism includes a casing, a rotatable component and an intermediate coupling. The casing is for abutting against the door, and defines a receiving space that is adapted for receiving the door lock. The rotatable component is coupled rotatably to the casing. The intermediate coupling includes a first coupling segment connected co-rotatably to the rotatable component, and a second coupling segment connected co-rotatably to and linearly movable relative to the first coupling segment and for driving rotation of the thumb turn of the door lock such that the thumb turn is co-rotatable with the rotatable component.
US10472850B2
A transverse folding shade includes a folding frame including a first hub, a second hub, a front assembly rotatably connected to the first hub and second hub, a rear assembly rotatably connected to the first hub and second hub, and a shade membrane connected to the front assembly and the rear assembly. The front assembly includes front support members, front arc members pivotally connected to the front support member via front support-arc pivots, the front arc members are pivotally connected to each other via a front arc-arc pivot. The rear assembly includes rear support members, rear arc members pivotally connected to the rear support members via rear support-arc pivots, the rear arc members are pivotally connected to each other via a rear arc-arc pivot.
US10472847B2
The present invention provides an improved cross arm structure which supports various elements such as pin insulators and keeps the supported elements from crushing the arm when connectors and pins are tightened. According to a preferred embodiment, the present invention includes a cross arm with an inserted geometric structure which extends between the outer walls of the cross arm structure.
US10472840B1
Mounting arrangements for pool skimmers, methods for mounting pool skimmers, and pool skimmer installation kits are disclosed which overcome the limitations of the prior art. Aspects of the invention include a pool skimmer mounting arrangement for mounting a skimmer assembly on an insulated wall of a pool. The pool wall may have an internal side panel, an external side panel, and internal insulation. The mounting arrangements include a penetration in the internal side panel of the pool wall; an adapter plate having an internal cavity and perforations mounted over the penetration in internal side panel; a penetration in the external side panel adapted to receive the inlet of the skimmer assembly; and fasteners adapted to engage the perforations in the adapter plate and the skimmer assembly to mount the skimmer assembly to the insulated pool wall. Methods of practicing the invention and installation kits are also provided.
US10472837B2
Some food pathogens are not well controlled by lethality treatments followed by refrigeration. A food processing facility according to this invention reduces the likelihood that food pathogens will be able to enter the food processing facility, or spread should they be able to enter. The food processing facility is divided into a plurality of area, with different areas having different allowed actions that can be taken on the food product, different rules and/or procedures for persons who are allowed entry, and/or different levels of cleanliness. The food processing facility includes a plurality of separate rooms for processing the food product, each including separate food processing machines, air handling systems, drain systems and/or often-used supplies and tools. Different air pressures within different areas limit the possible movement of airborne food pathogens. Sanitizing stations are placed between various ones of the different areas.
US10472834B2
To provide a sheet and a system for curing concrete, in which the moisture amount to be used is small and which are able to reduce temporal and local variations in the moisture amount supplied to the concrete surface, a concrete curing method, and a method for producing a concrete structure. There is provided a concrete curing sheet of some embodiments of the present disclosure having a solid structure group on at least a first surface, the solid structure group having grooves defined between adjacent solid structures, and the grooves transporting water using the capillary phenomenon.
US10472832B2
An apparatus for trimming step edges includes a nose piece for locating at an edge of a horizontal existing surface, a covering board for covering the horizontal existing surface, and a riser board for locating a top of the riser board at or adjacent the edge with the board in an upright orientation. The nose piece includes at its rear a recess for receiving a projecting tongue of the covering board, which cooperate to retain the covering board positioned against the existing surface. The apparatus additionally features a fastener projecting forwardly at a bottom of the tongue for mechanically coupling with a distinct locking recess in the nose piece. The apparatus also features a receptacle for placing at a rear of the covering board to receive another riser board, which conceals a gap between the rear edge of the covering board and an upright surface upstanding from the existing surface.
US10472830B1
The rain gutter diverter system comprises an outer enclosure, a diverter, a height adjuster, and a ground hose. The outer enclosure extends a downspout. The diverter, located within the outer enclosure, collects and diverts a portion of the rainwater passing through the outer enclosure to a hose aperture on the side of the outer enclosure. A height adjuster coupled to the hose aperture passes the rainwater down to ground level where it enters a ground hose. The ground hose disperses the rainwater along the length of the ground hose. A flipper valve at the top of the diverter allows a user to prevent the diversion of rainwater. A debris guard above the diverter prevents debris from entering the diverter.
US10472825B2
A hollow plastic wall panel, the panel having a length greater than a width, a thickness less than the width, a front wall, an opposite back wall and opposed first and second long edge regions, wherein the panel comprises a first end and a longitudinally opposite second end, wherein the first long edge region defines at least one first recessed portion to longitudinally receive and mate with a first longitudinal support structure and wherein the second long edge region defines at least one second recessed portion to longitudinally receive and mate with a second longitudinal support structure.
US10472824B2
A laminated structural arch system for supporting a horizontal planar structure, comprising at least one laminated arch. Each laminated arch is comprised of a plurality of arch plates rigidly fastened together in parallel, and forming a laminated configuration. Each arch plate is separated from the arch plate adjacent to it by a separation gap. The laminated structural arch system may contain two or more laminated arches positioned in parallel and secured to an anchoring structure, allowing one or more panels which comprise the horizontal planar structure to be positioned across and supported by the laminated arches. The laminated structural arch system may be provided as a kit of disassembled arch plates, allowing the system to be easily transported, handled, and assembled.
US10472813B1
A subsurface fluid conveyance chamber is arch-shaped in cross-section, having a corrugated outer shell extending along a horizontal axis with a pair of contiguously molded end walls and alternating peak and valley corrugations along its length. Each peak corrugation forms an outer ridge having a top surface and a pair of sidewalls. Inner walls along each lateral side of the outer shell form interior chambers at each ridge location in the outer shell. Each interior chamber has an aperture formed in the inner wall, and two opposing apertures formed in each sidewall. The inner wall apertures are vertically offset above the outer shell apertures and form a gravity trap for the granular material, limiting entry to the lower section of the interior chambers. The angled pathways defined by the interior chamber aperture locations require directional changes in fluid flow that minimize contamination of the inner conveyance chamber during use.
US10472807B2
An apparatus includes a first processor-controllable valve and a second processor-controllable valve both of which are connectable to an outdoor water line. A controller configured to control the operation of the first processor-controllable valve and the second processor-controllable valve. The controller, in use, urges the second processor-controllable valve to open and permit flow of the water along an interior of the outdoor water line for the case where the second electrical power source is available for use by the second processor-controllable valve when the first electrical power source is unavailable for use by the first processor-controllable valve.
US10472785B2
A method of improving surf conditions above a seabed is provided. The seabed is at least partly formed of unrestrained sediment. The method includes moving some of the sediment to form a formation of unrestrained sediment. A grooming device is provided for improving surf conditions above a seabed. The device is movable in a direction of travel along the seabed and includes an outlet and an arrangement. The outlet is for directing, in a direction transverse to the direction of travel, a stream of water to move some of the sediment. The arrangement is for engaging the seabed to resist force resultant from the directing the stream of water.
US10472765B2
The invention relates to a rope (1) made of textile fibre material, which is characterized by the combination of features whereby a) the load-bearing fibre material of the rope (1) consists of high-strength synthetic fibres b) the rope (1) is in the form of a spiral strand rope c) the rope (1) has at least two, preferably at least three concentric load-bearing strand layers (3,4,5) d) the individual strands (7,8,9,10,11,12) of the strand layers (3,4,5) are movable with respect to one another e) the degree of filling of the rope (1) with textile fibre material is ≥75%, preferably ≥85% f) the outermost ply (5,6) of the rope has a coefficient of friction μ with respect to steel of μ<0.15.
US10472764B2
A method for preparing carpet by using polyurethane to anneal secondary backing to a greige, comprising fibers attached to a primary backing using a roller application system. The greige is conditioned prior to coating and the polyurethane coated greige is contacted with the secondary backing and the laminate is tensioned and supported to maintain the laminate structure substantially through the polyurethane curing process.
US10472761B2
An apparatus and method for controlling the drying cycle in a clothes dryer. The dryer controller measures differences between air inlet temperature and temperature of an air outlet, drum, and/or drum contents, from which it first estimates water weight of original drum contents based on changes in this temperature differential over a first period of time. A first dryness threshold is later reached when the amount of remaining water estimated by the temperature difference profiling reaches a threshold. A cooling cycle is then performed, followed by an estimation of remaining drying cycle time from estimating remaining water based on temperature differentials. The heater is then switched back on for the remaining time, after which a cooling cycle is preferably performed before ending the dryer cycle.
US10472758B2
A wall-mounted drum-type washing machine includes a rear panel mounted on a wall surface; a tub containing wash water; a rotatable drum in the tub; a driving unit providing power to the drum; a coupling unit on the rear panel coupled to a rotatable driving shaft of the drum; and a disposition portion preventing the driving unit connected to the driving shaft from interfering with the wall surface.
US10472757B2
A vibrating apparatus for dimensional stabilization treatment of fabrics includes a fabric-containing tub (2), a vibration-generating slider-crank mechanism (3) and a support mechanism (4) for supporting the tub (2) and transferring the vibrations produced by the generating mechanism (3). The tub (2) is made of carbon fiber and the mechanism (4) for supporting and transferring vibrations includes at least three rocker arms (12), each having one end hinged to the tub (2), the other end hinged to a counterweight (6) located opposite to the tub (2) and being hinged in the middle to a load-bearing structure (16).
US10472744B2
A thread count of a woven textile is proliferated by simultaneous insertion within a single pick insertion event of a loom apparatus multiple adjacent parallel yarns drawn from a multi-pick yarn package. In one or more embodiments, multiple texturized polyester weft yarns of denier between 15 and 65 are wound on a single bobbin in a parallel adjacent fashion such that they may be fed into an air jet pick insertion apparatus and/or a rapier pick insertion apparatus of an air jet loom to weave a textile that has between 90 to 235 ends per inch cotton warp yarns and between 100 and 965 polyester weft yarns.
US10472735B2
There is herein described a method of making a single crystal wavelength conversion element from a polycrystalline wavelength conversion element, a single crystal wavelength conversion element, and a light source containing same. By making the single crystal wavelength conversion element from a polycrystalline wavelength conversion element, the method provides greater flexibility in creating single crystal wavelength conversion elements as compared to melt grown methods for forming single crystals. Advantages may include higher activator contents, forming more complex shapes without machining, providing a wider range of possible activator gradients and higher growth rates at lower temperatures.
US10472722B2
Provided herein are scalable photoreactors that can include a membrane-free water-splitting electrolyzer and systems that can include a plurality of membrane-free water-splitting electrolyzers. Also provided herein are methods of using the scalable photoreactors provided herein.
US10472710B2
Provided is a Zn—A—Mg coated steel sheet having a plated layer including from 4 to 22% by mass of Al, from 1.0 to 6.5% by mass of Mg, from 0.001 to 1.000% by mass of Si, as well as Zn and impurities as the balance, wherein the structure of the plated layer contains an Al primary crystal, the Al primary crystal including: a cellular dendrite-shaped first Al primary crystal and a second axis spacing of from 0.5 to 2.0 μm; a minute equi-axed dendrite-shaped second Al primary crystal and a second axis spacing of from 0.5 to 2.0 μm; and a petal-shaped third Al primary crystal with a principal axis length of from 0.5 to 3.0 μm and a ternary eutectic structure of Al, Zn, and Mg2Zn11 as a structure other than the Al primary crystal.
US10472705B2
The invention relates to a cold work tool steel. The steel comprises the following main components (in wt. %): C 0.5-2, N 1.3-3, Si 0.05-1.2, Mn 0.05-1, Cr 2.5-5.5, Mo 0.8-2.2, V 6-18, with a balance of optional elements, iron, and impurities.
US10472704B2
The invention relates cold work tool steel. The steel includes the following main components (in wt. %): C 2.2-2.4, Si 0.1-0.55, Mn 0.2-0.8, Cr 4.1-5.1, Mo 3.1-4.5, V 7.2-8.5, balance optional elements, iron and impurities.
US10472702B2
Differing from traditional alloys often containing one primary elemental composition, the present invention reforms a conventional superalloy to a high-entropy superalloy by redesigning the elemental compositions of the conventional superalloy based on a mixing entropy formula. Particularly, this high-entropy superalloy shows advantages of light weight and low cost under the premise of containing a low amount of expensive metal composition. The proposed high-entropy superalloy of the present invention comprises a primary elemental composition and at least one principal strengthening elemental composition, wherein the primary elemental composition has a first element content of at least 35 at % and each of the principal strengthening elemental compositions have a second element content of over 5 at %. Moreover, a variety of experimental results have proved that the high-entropy superalloy simultaneously possesses a variety of excellent high-temperature mechanical properties, such as high mechanical strength, high corrosion resistance, high oxidation resistance, and high creep resistance.
US10472697B2
A steel sheet has a microstructure that contains ferrite in an area ratio of 20% or more, martensite in an area ratio of 5% or more, and tempered martensite in an area ratio of 5% or more. The ferrite has a mean grain size of 20.0 μm or less. An inverse intensity ratio of γ-fiber to α-fiber in the ferrite is 1.00 or more and an inverse intensity ratio of γ-fiber to α-fiber in the martensite and the tempered martensite is 1.00 or more.
US10472696B2
A method for producing a hardened sheet steel, in particular a sheet steel that is coated with a metallic anti-corrosion layer; the sheet steel is first heated to an austenitization temperature and the austenite transformation is completed and then the sheet steel is pre-cooled to a temperature that lies above the transformation temperature of the austenite to other phases and is then transferred to a press-hardening die and in the press-hardening die, is shaped and, for hardening purposes, is quenched; for pre-cooling purposes, the blank is blasted in at least some areas or zones with dry ice, dry snow, or a gas flow containing dry ice particles.
US10472694B2
In an embodiment, a method of fabricating a working component for magnetic heat exchange comprises arranging at least two articles comprising a magnetocalorically active phase and an elongated form with a long axis having a length l and a shortest axis having a length s, wherein l≥1.5 s, such that the shortest axes of the at least two articles are substantially parallel to one another and securing the at least two articles in a position within the working component such that the shortest axes of the at least two articles are substantially parallel to one another within the working component.
US10472690B2
Provided is a high-strength seamless steel pipe having the composition which contains, by mass %, 0.20 to 0.50% C, 0.05 to 0.40% Si, 0.3 to 0.9% Mn, 0.015% or less P, 0.005% or less S, 0.005 to 0.1% Al, 0.008% or less N, 0.6 to 1.7% Cr, 0.4 to 1.0% Mo, 0.01 to 0.30% V, 0.01 to 0.06% Nb, 0.0003 to 0.0030% B, and 0.0030% or less O (oxygen). The high-strength seamless steel pipe has the microstructure where a volume fraction of a tempered martensitic phase is 95% or more, and prior austenitic grains have a grain size number of 8.5 or more, and a segregation degree index Ps which is defined by a formula Ps=8.1 (XSi+XMn+XMo)+1.2XP relating to XM which is a ratio between a segregated portion content and an average content is set to less than 65.
US10472688B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for biosynthetically producing podophyllotoxin intermediates and derivatives including enzymes and their equivalents involved in the biosynthetic production of podophyllotoxin intermediates and derivatives.
US10472682B2
A method for predicting and/or monitoring the efficacy of a c-Met inhibitor using a biomarker; a method for selecting a subject suitable for the application of a c-Met inhibitor using a biomarker; and a method for preventing and/or treating cancer comprising administering a c-Met inhibitor to the selected subject.
US10472676B2
A composition comprising: a plurality of identical first synthetic nucleotide oligomers; and a plurality of identical second synthetic nucleotide oligomers which are different to the first synthetic nucleotide oligomers, wherein each of the first synthetic nucleotide oligomers comprises a first primer binding sequence of bases, a first identifier sequence of three to seven bases in length, and a second primer binding sequence of bases, the first identifier sequence being disposed between the first and second primer binding sequences, wherein each of the second synthetic nucleotide oligomers comprises a third primer binding sequence of bases, a second identifier sequence of three to seven bases in length, and a fourth primer binding sequence of bases, the second identifier sequence being disposed between the third and fourth primer binding sequences, and wherein the first identifier sequence is different to the second identifier sequence.
US10472674B2
A method comprises magnetically holding a bead carrying biological material (e.g., nucleic acid, which may be in the form of DNA fragments or amplified DNA) in a specific location of a substrate, and applying an electric field local to the bead to isolate the biological material or products or byproducts of reactions of the biological material. For example, the bead is isolated from other beads having associated biological material. The electric field in various embodiments concentrates reagents for an amplification or sequencing reaction, and/or concentrates and isolates detectable reaction by-products. For example, by isolating nucleic acids around individual beads, the electric field can allow for clonal amplification, as an alternative to emulsion PCR. In other embodiments, the electric field isolates a nanosensor proximate to the bead, to facilitate detection of at least one of local pH change, local conductivity change, local charge concentration change and local heat. The beads may be trapped in the form of an array of localized magnetic field regions.
US10472661B2
The present invention relates to a method for increasing the degree of glycosylation of a composition comprising steviol glycosides, which method comprises: a. contacting said composition comprising steviol glycosides with a recombinant microorganism, a cell free extract derived from such a microorganism or an enzyme preparation derived from either thereof; and b. thereby to increase the degree of glycosylation of the composition comprising steviol glycosides, wherein the recombinant microorganism comprises one or more nucleotide sequence(s) encoding: a polypeptide having ent-copalyl pyrophosphate synthase activity; a polypeptide having ent-Kaurene synthase activity; a polypeptide having ent-Kaurene oxidase activity; a polypeptide having kaurenoic acid 13-hydroxylase activity; and one or more polypeptides having UDP-glucosyltransferase activity whereby expression of the nucleotide sequence(s) confer(s) on the microorganism the ability to produce at least one steviol glycoside. The present invention also relates to a composition comprising steviol glycosides obtainable by such a method.
US10472657B2
A method is disclosed for hydrolyzing an alpha-1,3 or alpha-1,6 glucosyl-glucose linkage in a saccharide (disaccharide or oligosaccharide). This method comprises contacting the saccharide with an alpha-glucosidase enzyme such as transglucosidase under suitable conditions, during which contacting step the enzyme hydrolyzes at least one alpha-1,3 or alpha-1,6 glucosyl-glucose linkage of the saccharide. This method is useful for reducing the amount of oligosaccharides in a filtrate isolated from a glucan synthesis reaction, for example.
US10472652B2
The present invention provides methods for producing cannabinoids and cannabinoid analogs as well as a system for producing these compounds. The inventive method is directed to contacting a compound according to Formula I or Formula II with a cannabinoid synthase. Also described is a system for producing cannabinoids and cannabinoid analogs by contacting a THCA synthase with a cannabinoid precursor and modifying at least one property of the reaction mixture to influence the quantity formed of a first cannabinoid relative to the quantity formed of a second cannabinoid.
US10472645B2
The present invention relates to the identification of monocot FLC sequences, such as wheat FLC sequences, as well as their uses in modulating flowering time, seed development and seed germination.
US10472638B2
The present invention provides a synthetic mRNA leader for enhancing the expression of a gene encoding a desired protein, vectors comprising said synthetic mRNA leader and methods of producing a desired gene product using said synthetic mRNA leader and vector, said method comprising expressing said gene using a synthetic mRNA leader which comprises from 5′ to 3′: (i) a first mRNA leader sequence element; (ii) a spacer region; and (iii) a second mRNA leader sequence element; wherein said first mRNA leader sequence element is a modified transcription-stimulating mRNA leader capable of enhancing transcription of a gene relative to an unmodified reference mRNA leader sequence and/or said second mRNA leader element is a modified translation-stimulating mRNA leader capable of enhancing the translation of a gene transcript relative to an unmodified reference mRNA leader sequence.
US10472636B2
The present invention relates to a mutant organism having the ability to produce aspartic acid derivatives, wherein a gene encoding the glyoxylate shunt regulator and a gene encoding fumarase are deleted and a gene encoding aspartase is overexpressed compared to that in a wild-type strain, and to a method for producing L-aspartic acid derivatives using the same. According to the present invention, various aspartic acid derivatives, including L-alanine, 3-aminopropionic acid, threonine, 1,3-diaminopropane, lysine, methionine, 3-hydroxypropionic acid, cadaverine, 5-aminovaleric acid, etc., can be produced by biological methods.
US10472635B2
Provided are methods for treating or preventing brain edema in a subject by administering an inhibitor of SLC26A11 to the subject. Also included are methods for preventing cell death, cell swelling, or elevated internal concentration of chloride ions in a cell by contacting the cell with an inhibitor of SLC26A11.
US10472617B2
The present invention relates to asparaginase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants. The invention further relates to a process of producing a fermentation product, comprising: liquefying a starch-containing material to dextrins with an alpha-amylase in the presence of an asparaginase of the invention; saccharifying the dextrins to a sugar with a glucoamylase; and fermenting the sugar using a fermenting organism.
US10472612B2
The embodiments of the invention described herein relate to systems and methods for culturing and/or maintaining intestinal cells, tissues and/or organoids in vitro. The cells, tissues and/or organoids cultured according to the methods and systems described herein can mimic or reproduce natural intestinal epithelial structures and behavior as well as support co-culture of intestinal microflora.
US10472611B2
The present invention relates in part to nucleic acids encoding proteins, nucleic acids containing non-canonical nucleotides, therapeutics comprising nucleic acids, methods, kits, and devices for inducing cells to express proteins, methods, kits, and devices for transfecting, gene editing, and reprogramming cells, and cells, organisms, and therapeutics produced using these methods, kits, and devices. Methods for inducing cells to express proteins and for reprogramming and gene-editing cells using RNA are disclosed. Methods for producing cells from patient samples, cells produced using these methods, and therapeutics comprising cells produced using these methods are also disclosed.
US10472609B2
The invention relates to progenitor cells of mesodermal lineage and their use in therapy.
US10472605B2
A serum-free medium for the growth of mesenchymal stem cells comprises FGF, TGF-β and lipoprotein.
US10472604B2
The present invention is a bacteria and nutrient delivery composition containing bran. The subject composition is preferably made in the form of a tablet that is structurally stable without being excessively hard. The tablets preferably have a configuration that reduces the likelihood of premature shearing in tableting presses or jamming in feeder devices for biomass generators. Methods of manufacturing the bacterial delivery composition in a structurally stable form that maintains bacterial viability are also provided.
US10472594B2
The present invention relates to a mixture of sulfonated copolymers for detergent compositions which mixture of copolymers offer chelating capability as well as the ability to remain soluble in aqueous environments.
US10472571B2
Low flammability and nonflammable localized superconcentrated electrolytes (LSEs) for stable operation of electrochemical devices, such as rechargeable batteries, supercapacitors, and sensors, are disclosed. Electrochemical devices, such as rechargeable batteries, supercapacitors, and sensors, including the low flammability and nonflammable LSEs are also disclosed. The low flammability and nonflammable LSEs include an active salt, a solvent comprising a flame retardant compound, wherein the active salt is soluble in the solvent, and a diluent in which the active salt is insoluble or poorly soluble. In certain embodiments, such as when the solvent and diluent are immiscible, the LSE further includes a bridge solvent.
