37th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 12 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210283411 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR STIMULATING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO TREAT DAMAGED OR ABNORMAL TISSUE USING COMPRESSED STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS - The devices and methods of stimulating the immune system to treat damaged and abnormal tissue using compressed static magnetic fields provides for noninvasive treatment of damages tissue and removal of abnormal tissue. At least two magnets are positioned to have their static magnetic fields compressed at the damaged or abnormal tissue and at the immediately surrounding healthy tissue. The compressed static magnetic fields stimulate the immune system in the immediately surrounding healthy tissue which treats the damaged or abnormal tissue. The treated tissue fully regenerates without additional medical intervention. The devices provide for efficient exposure to compressed magnetic fields and ease of use at different locations on a body and different types of animal species. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283412 | Method and system for combining anatomical connectivity patterns and navigated brain stimulation - When operating a brain stimulation device, it is critical to understand and control the network effects associated with the area being targeted for stimulation. The combined system and methods provided herein provides the operator with a real-time view of the brain network potentially affected by the stimulation. The system and method are capable of increasing the accuracy of diagnostic information. Additionally, disclosed herein are a system and method for combining navigated brain stimulation data and anatomical data with brain connectivity data for an individual. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283413 | STIMULATION OF SUBCORTICAL BRAIN REGIONS USING TRANSCRANIAL ROTATING PERMANENT MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TRPMS) - A method of affecting a biological, cellular or biochemical function or structure in a targeted subcortical location in a brain of a patient using a TRPMS apparatus placed on a head of the patient includes positioning two or more of a plurality of magnetic assemblies on locations of the head mount selected to stimulate the targeted subcortical location in the brain of the patient, and activating the plurality of magnetic assemblies at the selected locations to generate magnetic fluxes of a selected strength, frequency and duration directed into the brain of the patient,/wherein the magnetic flux directed into the brain of the patient from each of the assemblies is operative to generate induced electric field in regions of the brain and the regions of induced electric fields generated by each of the plurality of magnetic assemblies converge in the targeted subcortical location and combine to a magnitude sufficient to affect the biological, cellular or biochemical function or structure in the targeted subcortical location. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283414 | MICROWAVE TREATMENT OF SKIN - The present disclosure provides microwave-based methods for the modulation of certain genes and immunomodulatory factors. The various methods described herein may be used to modulate the expression of one or more genes thought to be beneficial in and/or associated with, the treatment and/or prevention of a disease and/or condition of the skin. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283415 | APPLICATION OF NANOPARTICLES TO TREAT INFECTIONS IN THE RESPIRATORY TRACT - A method of using nanoparticle (NP) spray to treat an infection in the respiratory system and far infrared radiation (FIR) to treat inflammation. The method uses a spray probe inserted into the airway of a patient to apply mSiO | 2021-09-16 |
20210283416 | CANCER TREATMENT SYSTEM - The disclosure relates to a cancer treatment system including: a radiation source configured to produce 1.27-micrometer wavelength radiation, wherein the 1.27-micrometer wavelength radiation is generated from singlet oxygen. The radiation source may be an oxygen laser or an amplified spontaneous emission generator. The 1.27-micrometer wavelength radiation may be a laser or an amplified spontaneous emission. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283417 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REVERSING OR MITIGATING SKIN AGING - A method for reversing or mitigating skin aging comprising topically applying a composition which comprises at least one oxidant, and at least one fluorescent dye capable of activating the oxidant and illuminating said composition for a time sufficient to activate the at least one oxidant. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283418 | SYNTHETIC TREATMENT APPARATUS HAVING REPLACEABLE HEAD - The present invention provides a synthetic treatment apparatus which comprises; a connection part in which treatment part modules are replaced and are connected to or separated from each other, the treatment part modules performing inhalation, suction, light emitting, and aerosol functions, respectively, which are required for treatment for a respiratory disease and ear disease; a power part for supplying power to the treatment part modules according to an operation of a power switch; and a control part for controlling the power module and functions of the treatment part modules, wherein a grip part is formed on the outside of a body in which the power part and the control part are embedded. The present invention can treat various ear and respiratory diseases by replacing a head of the apparatus, | 2021-09-16 |
20210283419 | VAGINAL TREATMENT DEVICE USING LEDS, HIGH-FREQUENCY WAVES, AND EMS - The present disclosure relates to a vaginal treatment device using LEDs, high-frequency waves, and EMS, the vaginal treatment device including: a main body part configured to be inserted into a vagina and having one or more LED irradiation units configured to irradiate an interior of the vagina with light, and electrode units configured to transfer radio frequency (RF) energy or electro muscular stimulation (EMS) energy into the vagina; a handle part embedded with a battery and having a power source member connected to one end of the main body part and configured to control transmission and reception to/from the LED irradiation units or the electrode units; and a housing part electrically connected to the handle part and configured to charge the battery. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283420 | Apparatus and Methods for Phototherapy - Apparatus and methods of controlled therapeutic modulation of an immune response by an immune system of a patient. UV radiation is applied to the skin of a patient for a predetermined time period or dose. The application of UV radiation is repeated for the predetermined time or dose or for a modified predetermined time period or dose based on patient feedback after applying for the predetermined time period or dose, multiple times, wherein each repetition is performed after a predetermined rest period has passed. The patient is tested after at least one session of application of UV radiation and levels of one or more indicators read by the test are compared to levels that were established as baseline levels from a test taken before the initial application of UV radiation. The treatments are discontinued when a predetermined differential threshold between retesting levels and baseline levels in at least one indicator has been met, or for a predetermined number of times, whichever occurs first. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283421 | ULTRA-COMPACT PHOTOTHERAPY APPARATUS FOR TREATING SKIN DISEASE AND HEALING WOUNDS - An ultra-compact phototherapy apparatus for treating skin diseases includes: a PCB substrate in which a light emitting element and a pair of left and right first metal electrodes (positive pole) are formed on an upper surface and a second metal electrode is formed on a lower surface, a battery having a first electrode on an upper surface, which is in contact with the second metal electrode on the lower surface of the PCB substrate, and a second electrode on a lower surface, and an electrode body formed so that the battery is inserted inside and the PCB substrate is inserted in slidingly a front-rear direction, of which an upper inner side is selectively in contact with the first metal electrode of the PCB substrate. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283422 | Apparatus For Dermatological Treatment - The present invention relates to a light emitting device for providing dermatological treatment. The present invention comprises a housing structure for housing a light emitting source, a fan and a duct. The light emitting source is arranged to emit light energy to external of the device and the fan is configured for directing air heated by operation of the light emitting source into the duct. The duct is arranged to direct heated air in an airstream pathway from an outlet port of a distal end of the duct and through an aperture in the housing structure where the housing structure and the duct are relatively arranged such that no part of the housing structure extends into the air stream pathway in order to minimise heat exchange from the heated air to the housing structure. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283423 | MEDICAL, SURGICAL AND PATIENT LIGHTING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD AND CONTROLS WITH PATHOGEN KILLING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - A surgical site infection management lighting system that is effective and safe for human use to reduce or eliminate surgical site infections. The system provides multiple focused electromagnetic radiation frequencies at minimal energy levels for surgical and medical procedures that kills pathogens with electromagnetic radiation sources. The system includes an aiming laser, a distance sensor, a camera for providing images of the surgical site, and a motion sensor for providing control parameters. Fused silica lenses are utilized to focus the visible light for high illumination and selected electromagnetic radiation frequencies at minimal energy levels that are lethal to pathogens. The lighting system can be associated with an articulable arm, a mobile base stand, a handheld unit or a head-mounted unit. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283424 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVING LEAVES OF A MULTI-LEAF COLLIMATOR - A method for driving a leaf of a multi-leaf collimator (MLC) is provided. The method may include obtaining a target position of the leaf; identifying a current position of the leaf; generating a first control signal based on the target position of the leaf and the current position of the leaf; generating a second control signal based on at least one of a target velocity of the leaf, a target acceleration of the leaf, or a current angle of the leaf; generating a third control signal based on the first control signal and the second control signal; and/or causing a drive circuit to generate a driving signal for driving the leaf to move towards the target position by providing the third control signal to the drive circuit. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283425 | RADIOGRAPHY AND RADIOTHERAPY APPARATUS - A radiography and radiotherapy apparatus comprises a body unit, a gantry configured to rotate relative to the body unit, a treatment table on which an object is placed and configured to slide into holes formed in the body unit and the gantry and move in a vertical direction, a gantry driving part configured to rotate the gantry, a radiation irradiation part mounted on the gantry and configured to irradiate radiation toward the object, an image detector mounted to face the radiation irradiation part in the gantry and configured to detect the radiation irradiated from the radiation irradiation part, and a beam stopper provided at a lower end of the image detector and configured to block the radiation. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283426 | Determining Quantities Of Interest For Particle Therapy - Methods and systems are described for determining quantities of interest for particle therapy. An example method can comprise determining one or more first functions indicative of spectral fluence associated with a particle therapy. The one or more first functions can be based on a plurality of simulations of a particle beam. The method can comprise determining, based on the one or more first functions and a second function associated with calculating a quantity, data indicative of the quantity. The method can comprise causing output of the data indicative of the quantity. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283427 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR REAL-TIME TREATMENT VERIFICATION USING AN ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE - A radiation dose received by a patient from a radiation therapy system can be verified by acquiring a cine stream of image frames from an electronic portal imaging device (EPID) that is arranged to detect radiation exiting the patient during irradiation. The cine stream of EPID image frames can be processed in real-time to form exit images providing absolute dose measurements at the EPID (dose-to-water values), which is representative of the characteristics of the radiation received by the patient. Compliance with predetermined characteristics for the field can be determined during treatment by periodically comparing the absolute dose measurements with the predetermined characteristics, which can include a predicted total dose in the field after full treatment and/or a complete irradiation area outline (CIAO). The system operator can be alerted or the irradiation automatically stopped when non-compliance is detected. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283428 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULTANEOUS MONITORING OF HUMAN NERVE DISPLACEMENT - The present subject matter relates to techniques for simultaneous monitoring and modulating target tissue. The disclosed system can include a focused ultrasound (FUS) stimulation probe for stimulating the target tissue, an imaging probe for obtaining ultrasound images of displacement on target tissue, and a processor configured to provide an image of target tissue within about 2 seconds from the stimulating. The imaging probe and the FUS stimulation probe are coaligned and include different center frequencies. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283429 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A RESCUE SYSTEM WITH A MOBILE RESCUE DEVICE - A rescue system includes a mobile rescue device, in particular a spreading device, a cutting device, or a combined device having a spreading and a cutting function, including a base body with a handle, a working device arranged at the base body, a controller for controlling the work sequence of the working device, and an input device arranged at the base body for inputting control commands into the controller. Furthermore, an external additional input device is formed, which is structurally independent of the mobile rescue device and coupled or couplable with the controller of the mobile rescue device by a data transmission device. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283430 | MOBILE RESCUE DEVICE AS WELL AS COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR THEFT PROTECTION OF THE MOBILE RESCUE DEVICE - A mobile rescue device, in particular a spreading device, includes a cutting device, or a combined device having a spreading and a cutting function, including a base body and a working device arranged at the base body. At the mobile rescue device, a deactivation device is formed for deactivating the working device in the event of theft. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283431 | FULL FACE MASK EQUIPPED WITH AN INLET AIR FILTER - A full face mask equipped with an inlet air filter includes a transparent visor, a frame or strap, preferably a rubber gasket designed to guarantee water tightness and appropriate straps to fit the mask on the face. The mask has a fitting which engages on the upper part of the mask in an inspiration mouth and which allows the flow of air to enter the space created between the frame and the viewer. This fitting includes a coupling portion to this mouth and on the opposite side a seat for the attachment of a filtering system of the air entering the mask. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283432 | HELMET - A helmet includes a helmet body and a gas detection and purification device. The gas detection and purification device in includes a body, a purification module, a gas-guiding unit, a gas detection module, and a power module. The gas detection module calculates the gas detection data obtained by the gas detection module so as to control the gas-guiding unit to start or stop operation based on the gas detection data. When the gas-guiding unit is in operation, the gas-guiding unit guides the gas into the body and to pass through the purification module for being filtered and purified to become a purified gas, and the gas-guiding unit discharges the purified gas out of the body to the nose portion, or the mouth portion, or both the nose portion and the mouth portion of the wearer for providing the wearer with the purified gas to breath. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283433 | Epidemic prevention mask having smoking and drinking functions - An epidemic prevention mask having smoking and drinking functions is provided, which includes a first mask body and at least one hole-covering part. The first mask body is adapted to cover a mouth position and a nose position of a user, and has at least one through-hole corresponding to the mouth position. A hole-covering part is connected to a hole edge of the through-hole and covers the through-hole. The epidemic prevention mask of the invention can be worn as a general epidemic prevention mask, and also enables users to smoke or drink a beverage while wearing the epidemic prevention mask. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283434 | Exhalation Valve And Respirator Including Same - Various embodiments of an exhalation valve and a filtering face mask that includes such exhalation valve are disclosed. The exhalation valve can include a valve seat and a valve flap disposed over a seal surface and an orifice of the valve seat. The valve flap is adapted to be sealed against the seal surface of the valve seat when the exhalation valve is disposed in a closed configuration such that fluid is prevented from flowing through the valve seat. The orifice of the valve seat can include a substantially circular shape in a plane defined by a first major surface of the valve seat. Further, the seal surface can circumscribe the orifice and can include a substantially noncircular shape in the plane defined by the first major surface of the valve seat. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283435 | Respirator Including Reinforcing Element - Various embodiments of a filtering face-piece respirator are disclosed. The respirator can include a mask body that includes a collapsible zone disposed along at least a portion of a perimeter of the mask body and a reinforcing element disposed in an upper region of the mask body to define a reinforced zone of the mask body. The reinforced zone is at least partially surrounded by the collapsible zone. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283436 | ELEVATED HORIZONTAL SAFETY LIFELINE APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus including a lifeline having a first end and an opposing second end; a support structure, wherein the first end and the second end of the lifeline are supported by the support structure such that there is a distance between the first end and the opposing second end; and a structure for holding one or more persons above a ground surface; wherein the support structure is configured to be moved without causing the structure for holding one or more persons to be moved; and the structure for holding one or more persons be configured to be moved without causing the support structure to be moved. The support structure may include first and second posts; wherein each of the first and second posts be configured to be adjusted in height above a ground surface to cause a height of the lifeline above the ground surface to be adjusted. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283437 | FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A fire suppression apparatus for a vehicle includes a sensor for detecting a condition of an object mounted in the vehicle, a controller configured to determine whether the condition of the object mounted in the vehicle, which is detected by the sensor, satisfies a predetermined criterion for determining outbreak of fire and to output a control signal for suppression of the fire when the condition of the object satisfies the predetermined criterion, and a spread bag apparatus mounted in the vehicle, which is configured to unfold a collapsed spread bag toward the object in response to the control signal from the controller such that the unfolded spread bag hermetically covers the object, thereby suppressing fire at the object. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283438 | Custom-Made Stovetop Protection Set - A fire-resistant cover is configured for placement over a stove top. The cover is composed of three sections, which can be autonomous of or conjoined to each other. This allows for facile cleaning, removal, and placement of the cover on the surface of the stove top. The cover comports to uneven surfaces and heterogeneities on the surface to form a leveled environment. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283439 | Dispatching UAVs for Wildfire Surveillance - A dispatch system includes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) interface for interfacing with one or more UAVs for wildfire detection. The UAV interface transmits an instruction for a UAV to navigate to a location of a potential wildfire, and receives data captured by at least one sensor of the UAV. The dispatch system further includes a fire detection engine to process the received data to identify the presence of a wildfire, and a web server to provide a user interface that includes an alert regarding the wildfire. The alert may include the location of the wildfire. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283440 | FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM FOR TIRE OF VEHICLE - A fire extinguishing system for a tire of a vehicle is capable of effectively responding to a fire in all tire areas of the vehicle, and of spraying fire extinguishing agent selectively only for the tire having the fire, thereby performing effective fire extinguishing. The fire extinguishing system includes: a fire detection sensor configured to detect the fire in the tire of the vehicle; a fire control unit configured to receive a signal output from the fire detection sensor and to output a control signal for spraying fire extinguishing agent when the fire control unit determines a fire occurrence; and a plurality of fire extinguishing agent sprayers configured to spray the fire extinguishing agent toward the tire having the fire according to the control signal output by the fire control unit, in a state of being filled with the fire extinguishing agent therein | 2021-09-16 |
20210283441 | FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM FOR LITHIUM BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE UNIT BASED ON STAGEWISE WARNING AND MULTIPLE SPRAYING - A fire extinguishing system for a lithium battery energy storage unit based on stagewise warning and multiple spraying includes a power management system, a warning control system connected to the power management system and a fire extinguishing device connected to the warning control system. The fire extinguishing device is externally connected to a temperature-sensing fire detection tube, a large-flow release pipeline and a local release pipeline. The warning control system is externally connected to a local data collection module and a lithium battery energy storage pack. The fire extinguishing system of this application is designed to perform cyclical detection according to fire signals, in which a starting signal can be repeatedly sent to achieve multiple starting, so as to suppress a lithium battery fire for a long time and solve the problem of re-ignition. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283442 | FOAM PRODUCING METHOD, FIRE EXTINGUISHING METHOD, AND APPLIANCE FOR FOAM EXTINGUISHING - A foam production method includes mixing liquid nitrogen with a foaming material to produce foam. A gas is produced in situ from liquid nitrogen. As the ratio of the volume of the gas produced by gasification of liquid nitrogen to the volume of the liquid nitrogen is relatively high, when a large gas supply flow is needed to generate a large foam flow, a liquid nitrogen storage device of a small volume can be used instead of bulky air supply devices such as high-pressure gas cylinders, air compressors, air compressor sets and the like, reducing the volume of the air supply device. In addition, the liquid nitrogen used in foaming will release nitrogen gas after the foam blast, such that the nitrogen is also able to inhibit combustion on the surface of burning materials, accelerating the extinguishing of the fire. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283443 | Valve for a firefighting installation, and installation thereof - A firefighting installation including a valve and a network kept under vacuum in a standby position and flooded with water by an actuator if the installation is triggered in the event of a fire. The valve includes: a first conduit to be coupled with the vacuum network which includes the actuator; a second conduit to be coupled with a control device adapted to trigger the actuator by the effect of an air intake; a third conduit to be coupled to a sprayer; a shutter movable by the effect of a water pressure; and an elastically-deformable element adapted to hold the shutter in a rest position. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283444 | Automated Structure and Curtilage Protection System and Associated Methods - Embodiments of the present invention are related to an automated structure and curtilage protection system including a mechanical system hub, a piped network, a plurality of spray nozzles, and a remote user control portal. The mechanical system hub includes at least one of a control center, a pump, a pressure tank, a plurality of controllable valves, and a chemical injector assembly. The system is structured to autonomously take system action depending on a hierarchy of preprogrammed threat levels. The system is also structured to autonomously deliver water at set time intervals onto a structure and curtilage when instruction sets corresponding to relative threat levels have been activated. The system is further structured to autonomously deliver chemically infused water solely onto a structure's curtilage for a set time interval when instruction sets corresponding to a relative threat level have been activated. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283445 | NETWORKED HAZARD DETECTORS WHICH MONITOR FOR READINESS AND AVAILABILITY - Disclosed is a system that includes a first device of a plurality of devices operatively connected over a network for responding to a detected hazard, wherein the first device: monitors the network for self-identifying broadcasts the plurality of devices, and when the first device receives over the network self-identifying broadcasts from a second device, the first device retransmits the self-identifying broadcasts into the network. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283446 | Fire Suppression System Remote Monitoring - A fire suppression system has a plurality of tank units ( | 2021-09-16 |
20210283447 | Printed Capacitive Liquid Level Sensor for Fire Suppression - A fire suppressant storage device ( | 2021-09-16 |
20210283448 | Fire Suppression Compositions and Method of Manufacture for Suppression and Prevention of Fire - A composition and method of manufacture of Sodium Polyacrylate cross linked polymer containing compounds are described in the various embodiments below. The composition may form a gel like substance. The composition may exhibit beneficial properties to the suppression, or prevention, of a fire, such as adherence to surfaces, thereby smothering a fire, cooling the fuel of the fire, or cooling the potential fuel of a fire, thereby preventing the fire from initiating. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283449 | METHOD FOR ADDITION OF FIRE SUPPRESSION ADDITIVE TO BASE FOAM SOLUTIONS - A method of proportioning a finished foam at or near a hazard comprising proportioning and delivering a first finished foam to the hazard, determining if the first finished foam extinguishes or suppresses the hazard, if not, selecting an amount of a fluorinated additive, and proportioning a foam solution including the selected amount of the fluorinated additive to form a fluorinated finished foam. A foam injection system is also disclosed. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283450 | CLIMBING-WALL AND PENDULUM-FALL, SWING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A climbing wall defines vertical, transverse (horizontally in-and-out, toward-and-away-from wall) and lateral (horizontally sideways) directions, mutually orthogonal. A surface treatment simulates rock by texture, holds, or both. A line (rope, cable) extends from a belay anchor, spaced away from the wall, to a climber at the wall. Line distance is controlled to eliminate slack to start, and continuously if the wall is increasingly steep and possibly curving sideways (laterally). When climbing ends, the climber swings transversely (and, optionally, laterally sideways) away from the wall in a pendulum fall, swinging (oscillating) about the belay anchor for multiple cycles and clear of contact with the wall. The fall may be intentional (the climber releasing a grip on the wall), accidental (falling from own weight), or due to line tension initiated by an automated timer or operator intervention. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283451 | DUAL BALANCE ADJUSTABLE SPRING TOWER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING SAME - The present invention pertains to a spring resistance exercise machine comprising an adjustable spring carriage and having cable and pulley linkage assemblies attached to a plurality of springs, or other resistance sources. Each cable and pulley linkage assembly, which is independent of the other(s), can be used by one arm or leg during bilateral exercise resistance training (that is, training in which both limbs of a pair are used to simultaneously pull a certain resistance). | 2021-09-16 |
20210283452 | DUMBBELL WITH ADJUSTABLE WEIGHT - A dumbbell has a grip rod and multiple counterweight blocks. The grip rod has two connection segments each having multiple baffles to define multiple connection recesses between the baffles. The counterweight blocks are engaged respectively with the connection recesses. Each counterweight block has a body and a buckle. The body has an engaging channel extending from a center to an edge of the body and being expandable. The engaging channel has an opening and two protrusions to form an engaging space for being mounted around one of the connection segments. The buckle has a first end and a second end. The first end is connected pivotally to the body and at a position on one of two sides of the engaging channel. The second end is connected detachably with the body at a position on the other one of the two sides of the engaging channel. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283453 | LOCKING MECHANISM - A lock mechanism which can be placed on a shaft, such as a bar or pole, in either a first direction or second direction, is secured to the shaft using two sets of balls which project out of apertures in an inner cylinder to frictionally engage the shaft. The balls are selectively retractable from their projecting position to allow the inner cylinder to slide on and/or be removed from the shaft. Biasing members, such as wavy springs, bias the two sides of the lock mechanism towards one another. In the locked configuration, the balls are forced by inclined surfaces within the two sides to project outwardly from the inner hollow cylinder. The inclined surfaces are aligned with two rows of apertures in the inner hollow cylinder, and they are inclined in opposite directions. Thus, either way the lock mechanism is installed or placed on the shaft, the balls will project out of the apertures in the inner hollow cylinder and will securely engage the shaft. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283454 | Cam Mechanism for Adjustable Torque Without Cable Slack - A cam mechanism may include a cam assembly rotatably mounted to an axis shaft and having a profile arc adapted for receiving a belt or cable, a belt adjustment lever pivotally mounted to the cam assembly and having a control bearing, and a cam range slot plate rigidly mounted to the axis shaft and defining a slot in sliding communication with the control bearing of the belt adjustment lever, wherein the belt adjustment lever is connected to one end of a belt or cable, and the opposite end of the belt or cable is connected to a moveable weight stack, and wherein the cam assembly is rotatable relative to the cam range slot plate. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283455 | EXERCISE APPARATUS - An exercise apparatus includes an elongated support element extending between first and second ends. The support element has a mounting member located at each of the first and second ends to engage with a door or wall surface and mount the support element thereto. A resistance-generating assembly includes a stationary member attached to the support element. A displaceable member is mountable to the support element and displaceable therealong relative to the stationary member. A resilient member is removably mountable between the stationary and displaceable members. The resilient member generates resistance upon being elastically deformed by displacement of the displaceable member relative to the stationary member. A pulley is mounted to the displaceable member and displaceable therewith, and another pulley is mounted to the support element. A hand-operable cable engages the pulleys to effect displacement of the displaceable member relative to the stationary member. A method is also disclosed. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283456 | DRAG GAIN STRUCTURE FOR GRAVITY WHEEL OF FITNESS EQUIPMENTS - A drag gain structure for the gravity wheel of fitness equipment includes an eccentric driving member disposed on the first side of the gravity wheel, which includes inner and outer side plate sections, and an interconnecting piece. The interconnecting piece is rotationally coupled to at least one of the plate sections. One end of outer side plate section is fitted over and fixed to the shaft, and one end of inner side plate section is connected to an eccentric position of gravity wheel through the first bias joint pin. A bearing pedestal is disposed on the second side of the gravity wheel, including a bearing screwed on the shaft, a pedestal shell fitted over the bearing and a radial protruding plate on the periphery of pedestal shell. The protruding end of the radial protruding plate is connected to an eccentric position of gravity wheel through the second bias joint pin. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283457 | Tension Trainer System and Method - A tension trainer system and method of using the system. The tension trainer system may include a resistance strap having a first portion and a second portion; an anchor attachment point disposed between the first portion and the second portion of the resistance strap; grip attachment points, wherein a first one of the grip attachment points may be disposed at an end of the first portion of the resistance strap opposite that of the anchor attachment point and a second one of the grip attachment points may be disposed at an end of the second portion of the resistance strap opposite that of the anchor attachment point; and one or more tension measurement devices may be integrated with the resistance strap. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283458 | MOBILE EXERCISE APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USING SAME - Described herein is a mobile exercise apparatus and methods of using the same. The mobile exercise apparatus may include a standing platform, a resistance mechanism, and a user engagement member. The user engagement member may engage hips of a user and the resistance mechanism. Engagement of the resistance mechanism by the user engagement member may cause the resistance mechanism to move within a path of travel of the standing platform toward a first end of the standing platform. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283459 | EXERCISE EQUIPMENT - The present invention discloses an exercise equipment that enables a movement of the wrist and ankle while using portions between fingers of the hands and or foot, or using a pinching force of the adjacent fingers. The exercise equipment includes: a first string member | 2021-09-16 |
20210283460 | TRAINING APPARATUS - A training apparatus for the simulation of rowing training includes a rolling seat to be moved linearly back and forth on a guide on a frame. Two handles which can be rotated independently of one another are mounted on an oarlock shaft. The oarlock shafts are connected to a drive mechanism in a force-flow connection. Upon introduction of force to the handles, power is output to a braking device via a drive mechanism, which has a freewheel between the oarlock shafts and the braking device. Upon actuation of the handles in a first direction about the axis of the respective rowlock shafts, power is transmitted to the braking device, and, upon actuation of the handles in the opposite direction the handles return without power being transmitted to the braking device. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283461 | ABDOMINAL EXERCISE DEVICE - An abdominal exercise device includes a frame comprising top, middle, and bottom frame sections. The middle frame section has a curved shape for creating a teeter-totter movement during exercise. The device includes a headrest connected to the bottom frame section, a plurality of connectors for connecting elastic bands to the frame, and an elastic band connected to at least two connectors. The two ends of the elastic band are connected to two straps. The device creates the teeter-totter movement to exercise the abdominal muscles in response to a person lying down in supine position with the back of the head on the headrest and the feet in the two straps, the person applying a downward pressure with the feet to the straps to move the headrest from a resting position, and the person removing the downward pressure to allow the headrest to go back to the resting position. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283462 | LOWER LATERAL ROTATION MUSCLES STRETCHING DEVICE - A muscle stretching device comprises a base and a pair of footrests adjustably mounted to the base. The footrests may have an upper surface angled upwardly and a lateral portion height greater than a medial portion height thereof. The footrests may have an upstanding edge rim. The footrests may extend rearwardly from the base. The base may include front and rear fixation pins constructed and arranged to extend upwardly from a top surface of the base. Each footrest may comprise a front fixation opening for connection to a front fixation pin of the base, and a plurality of rear fixation openings for connection to a rear fixation pin of the base. The rear fixation openings may comprise a medial rear fixation opening, an intermediate rear fixation opening and a lateral rear fixation opening. The muscle stretching device may be used for stretching of the user's lower lateral rotation muscles. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283463 | PULL-UP FITNESS EXERCISE MACHINE WITH A GRIP BAR HANGING FRAME STRUCTURE FOR A HANG-UP TRAINING - A pull-up fitness exercise machine with a grip bar hanging frame structure for a hang-up training includes a support board. The support board is automatically lifted upward by a pushing unit for the user to take an expected pull-up exercise. The pushing unit is activated by an electric adjusting element in a mechanism box unit for a proper adjustment of the pushing force. The support board is provided with a hand-operated switch unit and a foot-operated switch unit for cooperating with their corresponding barbed hooks respectively, such that the support board can always be kept at a relatively low position in the case that the foot-operated switch group is not stressed. The whole machine body consists of a left and right symmetrical front frame and a rear frame having a forward extension rail. The bottom end of the front frame naturally forms two front ground feet, and further forms a solid ground support together with the bottom end of the rear frame. The mechanism box unit and a supporting plate link are pivotally connected to a pivot shaft of the rear frame. The pushing unit is further pivoted between the mechanism box unit and the extension rail. A hanging frame having a plurality of corresponding hanging bars is positioned on both top ends of the front frame for providing a random hanging of a grip bar with a safety sling. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283464 | TARGET-BASED TRAINING SYSTEM - A target-based training system that includes two or more participant stations that are arranged in a circuit and that each provide a target-based training activity. Each participant station includes one or more targets that are engaged through physical strikes. One or more sensors are associated with each of the one or more targets that capture engagement data related to a participant's physical strikes on the target. A computer is configured to receive engagement data and to generate a score based on the engagement data with the two or more participant stations. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283465 | SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING FITNESS MACHINES - A fitness machine providing solid-state controls. The fitness machine includes a frame and a moving portion supported by the frame that moves relative to the frame. An adjustment device adjusts the movement of the moving portion. A console has a display for displaying information when the fitness machine is in use. An input device receives a user input movement for controlling the adjustment device. The input device includes a contact surface that detects a direction of the user input movement thereon, and the input device includes a movement simulating indicator that generates a display. A control system is coupled to the input device and the adjustment device. The control system controls the adjustment device based on the direction of the user input movement received by the input device. The control system causes the display of the movement simulating indicator to move in the direction of the user input movement. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283466 | FITNESS DEVICE FOR EXERCISE AND BALANCE DEVELOPMENT - A fitness device is provided, the fitness device comprising: a spheroidal member having an interior cavity, the spheroidal member comprising a cylindrical portion extending between a first hemispherical endcap and a second hemispherical endcap, wherein a surface of the spheroidal member defines an aperture positioned between the interior cavity and an exterior of the spheroidal member; and a structured surface positioned on the surface of the spheroidal member over the aperture, the structured surface extending into the interior cavity of the spheroidal member. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283467 | MOTORIZED STAND - A motorized stand for attachment to a tree includes a stand assembly, a carrier assembly, and an elongated track assembly. The stand assembly includes a motor and a platform, with the carrier assembly releasably coupling with the stand assembly and the elongated track. The elongated track includes a plurality of track assemblies that are connectable to one another via complementary structure at the ends of each track assembly. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283468 | SPORTS TRAINING BALL HAVING EMBOSSED DESIGN - A sports training ball is disclosed that is made up of a shell having an embossed design that defines an enclosure having an interior volume substantially occupied by a filler that includes a mixture of a first material, a second material, and a third material. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283469 | SPORT EQUIPMENT ATTACHMENT - A sports racquet attachment includes a shaped body for attachment to a portion of a racquet. The ball retrieval racquet attachment has a pick-up cup at an end of the ball retrieval racquet attachment and a butt cap opening at another end of the ball retrieval racquet attachment. The pick-up cap has at least one ball finger interior to the pick-up cup. The butt cap opening has at least one butt cap stopper interior to the butt cap. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283470 | GOLF CLUB HEAD OR OTHER BALL STRIKING DEVICE HAVING IMPACT-INFLUENCING BODY FEATURES - A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, has a face with a striking surface configured for striking a ball and a channel extending across a portion of the sole. The channel may be recessed from adjacent surfaces of the sole and have a depth of recession from the adjacent surfaces of the sole. A pair of ribs are positioned within the channel. The ribs may diverge away from one another and may have a first rib located in a toe portion of the channel and a second rib located in the heel portion of the channel. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283471 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head includes a striking face, a sole portion, a top portion, a hosel, a rear surface, a loft no less than 40°, a virtual vertical plane, and a center of gravity. The striking face has a face center, a leading edge, and a virtual striking face plane. The hosel includes an internal bore configured to receive a golf shaft and includes a peripheral side wall and a shaft abutment surface configured to abut a tip end of the golf shaft. The rear surface is opposite the striking face and has an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion including a forward-extending recess. The insert covers the recess forming a hollow portion. The virtual vertical plane is perpendicular to the striking face plane and passes through the face center. The center of gravity is spaced a distance from the virtual vertical plane in the heel-to-toe direction. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283472 | Golf Club Head or Other Ball Striking Device Having Impact-Influencing Body Features - A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, has a face with a striking surface configured for striking a ball; an elongated channel extending across a portion of the sole, wherein the sole has an elongated channel recessed from adjacent surfaces of the sole that has a plurality of troughs within the channel to help improve the efficiency of the impact with a golf ball. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283473 | GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE WEIGHTING SYSTEM - A golf club head includes a club body having a crown opposite a sole, a toe end opposite a heel end, a back end, and a hosel. The golf club head also includes an adjustable weighting system positioned on the club body, the adjustable weighting system includes a single channel and a member that is received by the single channel and fastened to the club body, where a plurality of weights are coupled to the member. The golf club head can additionally or alternatively include a face angle adjustment system positioned on the sole, the face angle adjustment system includes a member that is removably received by the single channel and fastened to the sole, the member includes a first end member and a second end member, wherein the member is configured to be repositioned within the channel to adjust a resting face angle of the golf club head. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283474 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH ADJUSTABLE RESTING FACE ANGLE - A golf club head includes a club body and a resting face angle adjuster. The club body includes a crown opposite a sole, a toe end opposite a heel end, a back end opposite a face, and a hosel. The sole includes a sole surface. The resting face angle adjuster includes an adjustment member having a keel surface, and a recess formed in the sole such that a portion of the sole surface at least partially bounds the recess. The adjustment member is disposed in the recess and positionable between a first adjustment position and a second adjustment position. In the first adjustment position, the keel surface is at a first distance relative to the portion of the sole surface. In the second adjustment position, the keel surface is at a second distance relative to the portion of the sole surface not equal to the first distance in the direction. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283475 | DIVOT TOOL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A divot repair tool for fixing divots in the playing surface made while playing golf. The tool is attached to the grip of a golf club and used to replace and fix divots in the grass. The club allows the tool to be extended to the ground without bending over or squatting down, thus reducing sports related injuries. The divot repair tool includes removable prongs and blade that can be used to fix the divot holes using a levering motion or a rotational motion. The divot repair tool can include an automated motorized embodiment that can rotate the tool and the individual prongs to repair the divot holes. Both versions can press the divot material up against a flat surface of the tool to further flatten the playing surface. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283476 | IDENTIFYING THE SWEET SPOT OF A BAT - A test fixture for identifying the sweet spot of a bat suspends the bat in a vertical orientation via a fixed pivot point and limits rotational movement of the bat to a single plane. A pendulum with an impact mass is caused to contact the bat at various locations along the barrel of the bat at a fixed velocity. Rotational movement of the impact mass is limited to the single plane. Peak acceleration is measured proximate to the handle of the bat. The sweet spot is identified based on measured minimum peak acceleration. For example, if there is a single measured minimum peak acceleration then the corresponding contact location at the barrel is the sweet spot. If there are multiple measured minimum peak acceleration instances then a center or average contact location of those instances in identified as the sweet spot. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283477 | Overhang Climb Strength Trainer - An overhead climb strength trainer apparatus comprises a frame bisected by at least one vertical frame portion, forming first and second climbing areas. First and second climbing panels are slideably mounted within the respective climbing areas and each include climbing holds and a panel hook. A line connects the first and second panel hooks, running through line guides and around a friction cylinder. The frame is configured for mounting at a predetermined angle of inversion for simulating an overhead climb as users manually raise and lower the first and second climbing panels in a reciprocating fashion within the first and second climbing areas respectively. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283478 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING A BASKETBALL PLAYER'S SHOOTING - Systems and methods for facilitating a basketball practice competition between two or more basketball players are provided. A user interface receives a user selection of a subset of pass receipt locations located about a basketball playing surface for an ejector to pass said basketballs to as part of a basketball practice multiplayer challenge for two or more basketball players. A control system receives data from the user interface indicating the user selection and commands the ejector to launch at least one basketball towards each of the pass receipt locations in the subset a first time for a first of said two or more basketball players, and subsequently launch at least one basketball towards each of the pass receipt locations in the subset an additional time for each additional one of the two or more basketball players. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283479 | PORTABLE BASKETBALL SHOOTING MACHINE - A shooting system includes a collapsible ball capture support adapted to support a ball capture device and a ball return. The ball return detects a ball captured by the ball capture device and returns the ball to a user in response to the detected ball. To return the ball to the user, the system identifies a location of the user with respect to the shooting system, orients the ball return toward the user, and accelerates the ball along a trajectory based on a distance between the user and the shooting system. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283480 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING A BASKETBALL PLAYER'S SHOOTING - Systems and methods for facilitating access to shooting statistics data for a basketball player are provided. A user interface receives a user selection of identifying information for the basketball player and a subset of plurality of pass receipt locations located about a basketball playing surface for an ejector to pass said basketballs to as part of a basketball practice drill for the basketball player. A detector detects passage of basketballs through a rim of a basketball goal to indicate a made basketball shot. A control system commands the ejector to launch at least one basketball towards each pass receipt location in the subset. One or more remote electronic devices electronically store data indicating the player's success in making shots from the pass receipt location in the subset in association with the identifying information. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283481 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING A BASKETBALL PLAYER'S SHOOTING - Systems and methods for assisting a user with creating a custom shots-made basketball practice arrangement are provided. A detector detects made basketball shots. A user interface receives a user selection of a subset of pass receipt locations for a custom shots-made basketball practice arrangement located about a basketball playing surface. A control system receives data indicating the user selection and a number of shots to be made and commands an ejector to launch basketballs to a particular one of the pass receipt locations in the subset until data is received indicating that the selected number of shots to be made are made at the particular one of said plurality of pass receipt locations, cease launching the basketballs to the particular one of the pass receipt locations, and begins launching basketballs to a second particular one of the pass receipt locations in said subset. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283482 | PUNCHING-TRAINING DEVICE - A punching-training device is provided, including: a support body, having a seat end and an assembling end; and a punching mechanism, including a first punched member which is freely rotatably assembled to the assembling end and a pad, the first punched member including a body portion disposed around the assembling end, the pad being disposed on and rotatable together with the body portion. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283483 | GOLF TARGET AND GOLF TARGET GAME - A plurality of golf hole shapes (e.g., star, circle, rectangle, triangle and hexagon) with a ball reception area in the center of each shape, are set on a flat surface to whatever distance chosen by players. The holes are in various diameters and each shape has a different sized entry and point value. The shapes are a part of a putting skill game played by one or more players. Players roll the dice to determine the order of play--highest points to lowest ordering. During a players turn, he/she rolls both dice and putts at the shape indicated on the dice. If a player rolls a flag, they can shoot at any shape. Each player keeps score of the points earned when they hit a ball into a shape. The first player to score a predetermined number of points wins. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283484 | Stroke Decision Device, Stroke Decision Method, Recording Medium Storing Stroke Decision Program, and Ball-Returning Robot - A stroke decision device | 2021-09-16 |
20210283485 | Rotation Estimation Device, Rotation Estimation Method, Recording Medium Stored with Rotation Estimation Program, Trajectory Prediction Device, Trajectory Prediction Method, Recording Medium Stored with Trajectory Prediction Program, and Ball-Returning Robot - The present disclosure provides a rotation estimation device including an acquisition section and a rotation estimation section. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283486 | RELEASABLE NET APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A releasable net system using a releasable net attachment mechanism is provided. The releasable net system includes two or more upright structures with lateral support structures extending therebetween, and at least one net configured with the lateral support structures to form a net wall. The at least one net is attached to the lateral support structures using one or more releasable attachment mechanisms that are adapted to break under a predetermined load. In this way, the releasable attachment mechanisms may release the net from the support structures under environmental load conditions (high winds, snow, freezing rain) prior to the collapse of the support structures. The system may be used with outdoor netting systems such as those used for errant ball containment at golf driving ranges. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283487 | SWING ALERT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A swing alert system disposed about a baseball setup that includes a pitcher and a batter, with one or more swing alert device that determine a speed and position of a ball along a flightpath of the ball pitched by the pitcher, the flightpath extending from the pitcher to a hitting location target proximate to the batter; determine a time when the ball will reach the hitting location target based at least in part on the determined speed and position of the ball along the flightpath; and generate a swing alert while the ball is traveling along the flightpath and before the ball reaches the hitting location target. The swing alert is generated at a time determined based at least in part on the determined time when the ball will reach the hitting location target and a defined swing time associated with the batter. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283488 | REFLECTIVE VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE TRAINING AND DEMONSTRATION AND METHODS OF USING SAME - A smart mirror can show live or recorded streaming video of an instructor performing a workout in a package that is attractive and unobtrusive enough to hang in a living room. The smart mirror includes a mirror surface with a fully reflecting section and a partially reflecting section. A display behind the partially reflecting section shows the video when the smart mirror is on and is almost invisible when the smart mirror is off. The smart mirror also has a speaker, a microphone, and a camera to enable a user to view the video content and interact with the instructor. The smart mirror may connect to the user's smart phone, a peripheral device (e.g., a Bluetooth speaker) to augment user experience, a biometric sensor to provide biometric data to assess user performance, and/or a network router to connect the smart mirror to a content provider, an instructor, and/or other users. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283489 | MOUTHGUARD - The present invention discloses a mouthguard. The mouthguard includes an occlusion unit to be bitten by teeth between the maxilla and the mandible of a wearer. A front end of the occlusion unit is connected to a protector for protection. The occlusion unit and the protector are transfixed with an exhalation opening, and the protector is provided with a groove unit to emplace a fixing body. The fixing body is provided with a fan which can rotate relatively on the fixing body, so that the wearer can inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth to breathe, which drives the fan to rotate, thereby increasing the vital capacity. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283490 | LIMOUTHGUARD WITH LIGHT EMITTING FUNCTION - The present invention discloses a mouthguard with light emitting function. The mouthguard with light emitting function includes an occlusion unit which is bitten by teeth between the maxilla and the mandible of a wearer. A front end of the occlusion unit is provided with a protector which includes a holding chamber. The mouthguard also includes a lower cap, which is disposed in the holding chamber of the protector; an electric module, which is disposed in the lower cap and includes a control circuit, light emitting devices and a push button; and an upper cap, which covers the electric module to clip and fix with the lower cap. By pressing the push button, the light emitting devices are activated to emit light, thereby achieving the effect of alerting and highlighting. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283491 | HEEL UNIT COMPRISING A RELEASE AND ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM - A heel unit for a touring binding includes a base for mounting on a sliding board and coupling means to engage a heel portion of a sliding board boot in a downhill position of the touring binding to retain the sliding board boot on the touring binding. A release mechanism holds the coupling means so as to be moveable relative to the base and releasable from the sliding board boot, in the downhill position, in an event of action of a force exceeding a predetermined release force. An adjustment mechanism adjusts the touring binding between the downhill position and a walking position in which the coupling means are remote from and do not engage the sliding board boot. The adjustment mechanism comprises an actuation assembly manually actuatable to lock or unlock the adjustment mechanism substantially without an actuation force or with an actuation force less than the predetermined release force. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283492 | Apparatus and Method For Preventing Ball Return Stops In Bowling Pinsetter Machines - A system for preventing ball return stops in automatic pinsetter machines includes a substantially wedge-shaped solid body mounted in a specific location along a transport band of an automatic pinsetter machine. The solid body is shaped, configured, and made of a material conducive to deflecting bowling pins away from a ball return door as bowling pins travel on a transport band towards a pin elevator. A method for preventing ball return stops in automatic pinsetter machines using an apparatus for preventing ball return stops in automatic pinsetter includes the steps of configuring the said apparatus for preventing ball return stops in automatic pinsetter machines, selecting an optimal location to mount the said apparatus for preventing ball return stops in automatic pinsetter machines, and mounting the said apparatus for preventing ball return stops in automatic pinsetter machines. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283493 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF GAMING CHIPS AND STORAGE BOX - A system that manages a package of shuffled playing cards and gaming chips includes a storage box and a control apparatus. The storage box is provided in association with a game table and stores a plurality of shuffled playing cards and a plurality of chip cases and also includes a card reader that reads playing card ID codes of the shuffled playing cards and a chip reader that reads case ID codes of the chip cases. The control apparatus outputs total numbers of the shuffled playing cards and the chip cases stored in the storage box and the playing card ID codes and case ID codes stored in the storage box by monitoring read playing card ID codes and case ID codes. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283494 | GAMING CONTROLLER FOR MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING A GAMING CONTROLLER - According to various embodiments, a gaming controller for a mobile device includes a first hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's left thumb and/or fingers to generate a left controller input; and a second hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's right thumb and/or fingers to generate a right controller input. The first hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to a side portion of a housing, and the second hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to an opposing side portion of the housing. One of the first hardware gaming controller and the second hardware gaming controller is a primary game controller configured to combine the left controller input and the right controller input into a single controller input representation for providing to the mobile device. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283495 | JOYSTICK MODULE - A joystick module includes a main body, a light guide structure and a light source. The main body includes at least one hollow region. The light guide structure is disposed within the main body. The light guide structure includes a first light guide part and a second light guide part with different transmittances. The first light guide part has a light output surface exposed outside the hollow region. The second light guide part has a light input surface. The light source is disposed within the main body and located beside the light input surface of the second light guide part. After the light source emits a light beam, the light beam is introduced into the light guide structure through the light input surface of the second light guide part and exited from the at least one light output surface of the first light guide part. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283496 | Realistic Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality Viewing and Interactions - The present invention discloses systems and methods for both viewing and interacting with a virtual reality (VR), an augmented reality (AR) or a mixed reality (MR). More specifically, the systems and methods allow the user to interact with aspects of such realities including virtual items presented in such realities or within such environments by manipulating a control device that has an inside-out camera mounted on-board. The apparatus or system uses two distinct representations including a reduced representation in determining the pose of the control device and uses these representations to compute an interactive pose portion of the control device to be used for interacting with the virtual item. The reduced representation is consonant with a constrained motion of the control device. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283497 | POPULATING VIRTUAL OBJECTS IN PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS - A technique for implementing computerized games includes providing multiple gameplay spaces of a computerized game and receiving a model of a physical environment in which the game is to be played. The technique proceeds by fitting the gameplay spaces of the game to the model, such as by placing the gameplay spaces and their respective virtual objects into respective portions of the model, thus actualizing the game to the particular environment in which the game is to be played. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283498 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, SERVER, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A data processing method, a data processing apparatus, a webpage processing device, a server, a system, and a storage medium are provided. The method comprises: a Python back end obtains a data processing instruction (S | 2021-09-16 |
20210283499 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLOUD GAMING - Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for cloud gaming. In some examples, an apparatus for cloud gaming includes processing circuitry. For example, the processing circuitry receives a video sequence and metadata associated with the video sequence. The video sequence includes a sequence of picture frames generated in response to gaming control information, and the metadata is determined based on the gaming control information. The processing circuitry can determine, based on the metadata, an encoding configuration for encoding the video sequence. Then the processing circuitry encodes, based on the encoding configuration, the video sequence into a coded video bitstream. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283500 | ACTION EXECUTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - This application discloses an action execution method in a virtual gaming environment performed at a terminal device. The method includes: setting a key status of a first virtual key to a touchable state in a process of running a round of game when a target object controlled by a user of the terminal device completes an action combination once; monitoring a first touch operation performed on the first virtual key in the touchable state; controlling, when the first touch operation is detected, the target object to perform the acceleration operation, and monitoring, within a target time period, a second touch operation performed on a control key configured to control the target object to perform a target action; and controlling, when the second touch operation is detected within the target time period, the target object to perform the target action in a process of performing the acceleration operation. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283501 | Scoring control system in real time in a motorcycle trial competition - Scoring control system in a motorcycle trial competition comprising a race course divided in sections, each section comprising a transmitter at the section entry, a transmitter at the section exit, at least one motorcycle rider ( | 2021-09-16 |
20210283502 | VIRTUAL-ENVIRONMENT-BASED OBJECT CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A virtual-environment-based object construction method is disclosed for a computer device. The method includes displaying an environment interface corresponding to a virtual environment, receiving a three-dimensional (3D) model input operation, the 3D model input operation being used for inputting a target 3D model of a target object, receiving a position input operation, the position input operation being used for determining a display position of the target object in the virtual environment, and displaying the target object at the display position according to the 3D model input operation and the position input operation, the target object being obtained by filling with voxel blocks within a contour range of the target 3D model. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283503 | TECHNIQUES FOR VIRTUAL REALITY BOUNDARIES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Described herein are techniques for providing an in-game virtual boundary. First data is received that is indicative of a user position while the user is playing a video game. It is determined whether the user position is within a warning zone, wherein the warning zone comprises an area between a soft boundary indicative of a safe area for the user and a safe boundary indicative of one or more real-world objects around the user. Based on a relationship between the user position and the safe boundary, a visual indication of a plurality of visual indications of the in-game virtual boundary is determined to provide to the user. Second data indicative of the visual indication is transmitted to a display being viewed by the user while playing the video game. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283504 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND GAME SYSTEM - A computer system detects occurrence of an action exchange in which one of a player character and an opponent character performs a first action and another one of the player character and the opponent character performs a second action to mutually exchange the actions. Based on a first stiff time related to the first action, a second stiff time related to the second action, and a time difference between the first stiff time and the second stiff time, when a stiff time (hereinafter referred to as an “own stiff time”) related to an action performed by the player character is shorter than a stiff time related to an action performed by the opponent character, the computer system presents a player controlling the player character with a recommended candidate action recommended to be performed after an end of the own stiff time. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283505 | Video Game Content Provision System and Method - A computer-implemented method for providing video game content is provided. The method comprises maintaining a current machine learning model for each of a plurality of machine learning model branches; receiving a request to provide video game content responsive to specified input; in response to receiving the request, identifying a selected one of the machine learning model branches, wherein the machine learning model branch is selected based on an evaluation of the current machine learning model for each branch; and providing video game content responsive to the request, wherein providing the video game content comprises generating an output responsive to the specified input with the current machine learning model for the selected branch. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283506 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRIORITIZING CONTENT PACKETS BASED ON A DYNAMICALLY UPDATED LIST OF CONTENT FILTERING RULES - Systems and methods for prioritizing content packets based on a dynamically updated list of content filtering rules are described. A system is configured to identify an application executing on a client device to which to transmit content, the application associated with an account and determine that the application is configured with a configuration setting to apply a content filtering policy corresponding to a list of players including one or more players included in one or more lineups associated with the account. The system can receive a content item from a content source and determine one or more player tags associated with the content item. The system can determine that the content item includes a player tag corresponding to a player included in the list of players and transmit the content item to the client device for insertion in a content feed provided by the application responsive to the determination. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283507 | DETECTION OF MALICIOUS GAMES - Some implementations relate detection of malicious games. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining a list of games that includes a plurality of games, analyzing the plurality of games to identify at least one likely malicious game, and creating a ticket. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283508 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTI-PLAYER ROOM, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM - A method for providing a cloud room is made applicable to a cloud server. The method includes: receiving from a client a creation request for the cloud room, the creation request carrying configuration information of the cloud room, the cloud room being used by at least two clients to perform a multi-player game; creating and configuring the cloud room in the cloud server according to the configuration information, the cloud room being configured to run the multi-player game; receiving from the client an access request for the cloud room; and starting the cloud room according to the access request, and connecting the client to the cloud room. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283509 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IN-GAME PRICING RELATIVE TO PLAYER STATISTICS - One aspect of the disclosure relates to providing players pricing of in-game virtual items associated with their experience and their progress in the game. For example, the first player and the second player may have similar triggers, similar in-game events, and actually have different prices and currencies inside each story depending on each player's progress in the game, thus creating an individualized experience that may alter from player to player. | 2021-09-16 |
20210283510 | COGNITIVE ATTACHMENT DISTRIBUTION - A method, a computer program product, and a computer system match players in a turn based game based on player activity. The method includes determining first characteristics of a first player activity of a first player. The characteristics are indicative of first active times that the first player historically took turns while playing the turn based game. The method includes identifying a second player having second characteristics of a second player activity. The second characteristics are indicative of second active times that the second player historically took turns while playing the turn based game. The second active times are compatible with the first active times. The method includes generating an indication for a game server hosting the turn based game to match the second player with the first player. | 2021-09-16 |