US11010981B2
Augmented reality-based user authentication for automatic teller machines is disclosed. Embodiments include a system with one or more memory devices storing instructions. The system may further include one or more processors configured to execute the instructions and to receive an authentication request from a user of an ATM. In some embodiments, the processor may retrieve, from the one or more memory devices, an augmented reality password specific to a user, the password comprising an augmented reality object. In other embodiments, the processor may identify a personal user device configured to receive the password, and personalize the password, based on information previously configured by the user. In yet other embodiments, the processor may be configured to present the augmented reality object via a display on the personal user device, and to determine, based on input provided by a user to the augmented reality object, whether to approve the authentication request.
US11010975B1
There is disclosed a system for remote tracking of augmented reality media through a real-world environment. The system may use an augmented reality platform incorporating a camera and motion sensors to move about a physical space while an augmented reality object or characters are superimposed within that physical space. The augmented reality platform may move intelligently to keep the augmented reality media within frame as it moves or is adjusted. The augmented reality platform may present a basis upon which to build upon for superimposing augmented reality elements onto augmented reality media and the augmented reality platform as they move about within a space together. The platform may be used, for example, in a racing or platforming style game or experience.
US11010964B2
A method for generating a three-dimensional graphic file including extracting, from data of a group of three-dimensional graph description objects including identical attribute features, data portions of the identical attribute features to form a shared description file shared by the group of three-dimensional graph description objects; extracting a data portion of a unique attribute feature of each three-dimensional graph description object in the group of three-dimensional graph description objects respectively to form a separate description file corresponding to each three-dimensional graph description object; and combining the shared description file with any of the separate description files according to requirements for displaying a three-dimensional graph to form a complete three-dimensional graph description file. The above method solves the problems in the conventional techniques that online shopping experience is affected as a three-dimensional graph presentation of different SKUs selected from the same kind of commodities cannot achieve an expected effect.
US11010957B1
A computer-based method for hybrid ray tracing to generate photorealistic reflections of objects on a non-planar reflective surface. Each triangle of the reflective surface is handled separately for secondary rays to generate its own physically correct reflection. A final gathering of partial reflections results in an aggregated non-planar surface reflection.
US11010954B2
A computer-implemented redundant-coverage discard method and apparatus for reducing pixel shader work in a tile-based graphics rendering pipeline is disclosed. A coverage block information (CBI) FIFO buffer is disposed within an early coverage discard (ECD) logic section. The FIFO buffer receives and buffers coverage blocks in FIFO order. At least one coverage block that matches the block position within the TCPM is updated. The TCPM stores per-pixel primitive coverage information. The FIFO buffer buffers a moving window of the coverage blocks. Incoming primitive information associated with the coverage blocks is compared with the per-pixel primitive coverage information stored in the tile coverage-primitive map (TCPM) table at the corresponding positions for the live coverages only. Any preceding overlapping coverage within the moving window of the coverage blocks is rejected. An alternate embodiment uses a doubly linked-list rather than a FIFO buffer.
US11010947B2
Provided is technology that enables users to feel more enjoyment than ever. Information processing apparatus recognizes an image captured by display apparatus. Information processing apparatus instructs display apparatus to composite, with the captured image, a first composite image that varies according to an image recognition result and further composite a second composite image at a predetermined position in the first composite image. For example, if landscape is captured by display apparatus, a character image representing a running person is displayed as first composite image according to the landscape. In first composite image, region corresponding to the head of the person is blank, and when a user captures their face using display apparatus, an image of the user's face is composited as second composite image in region corresponding to the head in the first composite image.
US11010939B2
Techniques are disclosed for a graphics processing unit (GPU) to process cubic Bezier curves, and render the cubic Bezier curves. In an example, the GPU receives a cubic Bezier curve. For example, a graphics pipeline of the GPU receives a plurality of corner points of a control polygon in the form of a patch primitive, the control polygon representing the cubic Bezier curve. The graphics pipeline tessellates the cubic Bezier curve into multiple quadratic Bezier curves, such that the multiple quadratic Bezier curves approximate the cubic Bezier curve. The number of quadratic Bezier curves generated in such a manner is adaptively based on a zoom level at which the cubic Bezier curve is to be displayed. For example, as and when the zoom level changes, new number of such quadratic Bezier curves are tessellated from the cubic Bezier curve. The quadratic Bezier curves are then rendered for display.
US11010937B2
Provided are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a non-transitory recording medium storing an image processing program that can further improve the quality of a pseudo two-dimensional image generated using tomographic images. A control unit of a console acquires a plurality of projection images obtained by irradiating a subject disposed between a radiation source and a radiation detector with radiation emitted from the radiation source at different irradiation angles and capturing the radiation with the radiation detector at each of the irradiation angles. In addition, the control unit generates a pseudo two-dimensional image by reducing a weight of a noise pixel which is more affected by noise than a pixel of an object of interest or excluding the noise pixel, using a plurality of tomographic images reconstructed from the plurality of projection images.
US11010936B2
A system implementable on a computing device for handling color assignment within a complex document includes a user interface to facilitate user modification of at least one first color to at least one second color within a previously chosen color scheme for a component of the document. The color scheme has a predetermined number X of principal colors and a predetermined number Y of associated subordinate colors per principal color. The system also includes a color handler to modify the color scheme to produce an updated color scheme to match a perceived brightness of the at least one second color throughout at least a portion of the updated color scheme and a color processor to process and apply the updated color scheme at least to the component.
US11010929B2
Example method includes: transmit a plurality of probe images from an Internet of Things (IoT) device at an edge network to a server hosting a target deep neural network (DNN), wherein the plurality of images are injected with a limited amount of noise; receive a feedback comprising a plurality of discrete cosine transform (DCT) coefficients from the server hosting the target DNN, wherein the plurality of DCT coefficients are unique to the target DNN; generate a quantization table based on the feedback received from the server hosting the target DNN; compress a set of real-time images using the generated quantization table by the IoT device at the edge network; and transmit the compressed set of real-time images to the server hosting the target DNN for DNN inferences.
US11010924B2
Embodiments of application discloses a method and device for determining external parameters of a stereo camera. The method comprises: acquiring ground surface data of a location of the stereo camera; generating, according to three-dimensional coordinates of each pixel in the ground surface data in a camera coordinate system corresponding to the stereo camera, a first plane equation in the camera coordinate system that conforms to the three-dimensional coordinates of the pixels; determining, according to a distance between the origin of the camera coordinate system and the ground surface, a setting height of the stereo camera; and generating, according to the first plane equation, a plane normal vector corresponding to the first plane equation; and determining, according to the plane normal vector, a pitch angle of the stereo camera and an inclination angle of the stereo camera. The external parameters of the stereo camera can be determined without using a reference point in a scene.
US11010921B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for distributed tracking and mapping for extended reality experiences. An example method can include computing, at a device, a pose of the device at a future time, the future time being determined based on a communication latency between the device and a mapping backend system; sending, to the mapping backend system, the pose of the device; receiving, from the mapping backend system, a map slice including map points corresponding to a scene associated with the device, the map slice being generated based on the pose of the device, wherein the map points correspond to the predicted pose; and computing an updated pose of the device based on the map slice.
US11010916B2
Disclosed herein are a method of configuring a camera position suitable for localization and a robot implementing the same, and the robot according to an embodiment, which configures a camera position suitable for localization, calculates a first SLAM index with respect to an image captured by a first camera sensor on a mounting unit, and calculates a second SLAM index by changing a position of the first camera sensor along the mounting unit, or selects any one of the first SLAM index and the second SLAM index by calculating the second SLAM index with respect to an image captured by a second camera sensor disposed in the mounting unit.
US11010913B2
A method is presented for determining a weight of all of the grains of an ear of a grain stalk. The method comprises providing a digital image of the ear in a spindle step view of the ear, wherein the ear is located in front of a reference card as a background, and determining the length of the ear by means of a comparison with the reference card. Furthermore, the method comprises determining a number of spindle steps of the ear by means of a template matching method, determining a number of grains of the ear and determining of the weight of all of the grains of the ear.
US11010908B2
An apparatus comprises a component aligner having a base, a top opposite the base, and a body. The body includes one or more exterior wall surfaces extending from the base to the top. The body includes a first bore configured for fixed placement of a first component. The first bore extends between and through both the top and the base, and is defined at least in part by a first interior wall surface of the body. The body includes a second bore configured for fixed placement of a second component. The second bore extends between and through both the top and the base, and is defined at least in part by a second interior wall surface of the body. The component aligner also includes a first slot within the body. The first slot is open at the first interior wall surface and at the top.
US11010906B2
An image-processing method for filtering light pollution appearing in a video image stream acquired by a video camera. The method includes, for a current image of the video image stream, the steps of subtracting the background represented in the current image in order to obtain the foreground of the current image, determining a brightening matrix, determining a compensating matrix by restricting the values of the pixels of the determined brightening matrix, segmenting the determined brightening matrix, determining a mask from the segmented brightening matrix, applying the mask to the determined compensating matrix in order to obtain a filtering matrix, and filtering the foreground of the current image by applying the filtering matrix in order to decrease the zones of light pollution in the images of the image stream.
US11010902B2
An improved method of performing object segmentation and classification that reduces the memory required to perform these tasks, while increasing predictive accuracy. The improved method utilizes a capsule network with dynamic routing. Capsule networks allow for the preservation of information about the input by replacing max-pooling layers with convolutional strides and dynamic routing, allowing for the reconstruction of an input image from output capsule vectors. The present invention expands the use of capsule networks to the task of object segmentation and medical image-based cancer diagnosis for the first time in the literature; extends the idea of convolutional capsules with locally-connected routing and propose the concept of deconvolutional capsules; extends the masked reconstruction to reconstruct the positive input class; and proposes a capsule-based pooling operation for diagnosis. The convolutional-deconvolutional capsule network shows strong results for the tasks of object segmentation and classification with substantial decrease in parameter space.
US11010900B2
The present disclosure is directed to a technique for outputting images so that a user can easily compare the image on which image processing is executed and the image on which image processing is not executed. In the technique, a first image of a region of an output target in a predetermined image on which predetermined image processing is not executed and a second image of the region of the output target in the predetermined image on which the predetermined image processing is executed are output by an output apparatus so that the first image and the second image are output and arranged in an output layout according to a shape of the region of the output target.
US11010896B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for generating data sets for training deep learning networks for key point annotations and measurements extraction from photos taken using a mobile device camera. The method includes the steps of receiving a 3D scan model of a 3D object or subject captured from a 3D scanner and a 2D photograph of the same 3D object or subject at a virtual workspace. The 3D scan model is rigged with one or more key points. A superimposed image of a pose-adjusted and aligned 3D scan model superimposed over the 2D photograph is captured by a virtual camera in the virtual workspace. Training data for a key point annotation DLN is generated by repeating the steps for a plurality of objects belonging to a plurality of object categories. The key point annotation DLN learns from the training data to produce key point annotations of objects from 2D photographs captured using any mobile device camera.
US11010888B2
A computer-implemented method is provided for image-based defect detection. The method includes performing, by a processor device, template matching and subtraction on a set of training images and at least one template image to obtain a set of difference images. The difference images have defects, if any, highlighted therein. The method further includes generating, by the hardware processor applying a binary classification model to each of the training images in the set, activation heatmaps. The method also includes identifying, by the hardware processor, rough defect areas of interest in the activation heatmaps. The method additionally includes super-imposing, by the hardware processor, the activation heatmaps onto the difference images to obtain a set of super-imposed images, and highlight, as true defect areas, any areas in the super-imposed images having the defects from the difference images that overlap with the rough defect areas of interest from the activation heatmaps.
US11010878B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure may include an imaging system that allows for absolute radiometry of low dynamic range (LDR) radiometric images down-sampled from high dynamic range (HDR) radiometric thermal images. The imaging system may capture HDR images. The HDR images may be converted to LDR images by a transfer function. In certain embodiments, a video and/or a stream of HDR images may be captured. A sequence of frames may be defined for at least a plurality of the HDR images. Each of the HDR images of the sequence of frames may be converted to LDR images using the same transfer function.
US11010877B2
An image processing apparatus is provided and includes one or more processors and a memory storing instructions. The one or more processors are controlled to receive image stream data captured by an image capturing apparatus and store, in memory, a current image frame from the received image stream data and store, in memory, a previously received image frame from the received image stream data. The previously received image frame having been received at a time earlier than the current image data frame. Using the previously received image frame data stored in memory, a compensation value representing an illumination spectrum of the previously stored image frame data is calculated and image correction is performed on the current image frame data using the calculated compensation value. The corrected current image frame for display on a display device.
US11010872B2
Techniques related to generating a fine super resolution image from a low resolution image including a person wearing a predetermined uniform are discussed. Such techniques include applying a pretrained convolutional neural network to a stacked image including image channels from a coarse super resolution image, label data corresponding to the coarse super resolution image from available labels relevant to the uniform, and pose data corresponding to the person to determine the fine super resolution image.
US11010864B2
An acquiring unit configured to acquire association information that indicates a relationship between a profile, which is a setting information group containing a plurality of pieces of setting information, and dewarp information on a fisheye image, and a associating unit configured to associate a video source configuration, a video encoder configuration, and a PTZ configuration to the profile based on the association information acquired by the acquiring unit are provided.
US11010863B2
A computer-implemented technique for accessing textures by a graphics processing unit (GPU), includes determining a frequency with which a first texture is expected to be accessed by an application executing on a GPU, determining a frequency with which a second texture is expected to be accessed by an application executing on the GPU, determining to load memory address information associated with the first texture into a GPU register when the frequency is greater than or equal to a threshold frequency value, determining to load memory address information associated with the second texture into a buffer memory when the frequency is less than the threshold frequency value, receiving a draw call utilizing the texture, rendering the draw call using the first texture by accessing the memory address information in the GPU register, and the second texture by accessing the memory address information in the buffer memory.
US11010858B2
A processing apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a plurality of processing cores, including a first processing core and a second processing core a first field programmable gate array (FPGA) coupled to the first processing core to accelerate execution of graphics workloads processed at the first processing core and a second FPGA coupled to the second processing core to accelerate execution of workloads processed at the second processing core.
US11010855B2
An encoding apparatus partitions a digital image into multiple regions for subsequent encoding. A first encryption code is associated with a first region, a second encryption code is associated with a second region and the first code, and a third code is associated with the first code, the second code and a third region. An authentication apparatus authenticates the digital image in an inverse process.
US11010853B2
A server device includes a processor configured to i) acquire vehicle information when a delivery request is made; ii) acquire predetermined authentication information for unlocking and locking a door of a vehicle, based on the acquired vehicle information; iii) transmit the acquired predetermined authentication information to a delivery terminal; and iv) to acquire predetermined proof information for proving that a user of the vehicle is a rightful recipient of a delivery article, by communicating with a user terminal. The processor is configured to transmit the acquired predetermined authentication information to the delivery terminal, on a condition that the predetermined proof information is acquired.
US11010842B2
Users share live (SHARE LIVE) content in real-time by sharing socially-targeted user-selected/generated content while simultaneously consuming content from any integrated content provider. In the context of an exemplary music-based scenario, the user, while listening to music from any integrated music provider, may initiate a SHARE LIVE session such that concurrent data streams are maintained and media playback information is managed separately from media content playback channels. Information about playback events is continuously transmitted via facilitated sockets. Other users may consume shared content (LISTEN LIVE) by tapping a proprietary resolution method to identify and properly source the media content files the broadcaster is sharing. Independent social broadcast streams may also be overlaid atop the direct playback of media content from a preferred provider as governed by the proprietary resolution method. An event-handling micro-service maintains and combines the broadcaster's content playback actions and social content, which are synchronized on multiple user devices.
US11010839B1
A system allows for a user to notify an insurance provider or other third-party with a button press. The button can notify of an emergency situation. An event determiner may analyze information of events surrounding the button click. This information may include the time of day, location, identifying information for the insured, recent locations of the button, information from similar button presses and information from previous insurance claims. Based on this information, the event determiner may provide a high percentage estimate of an abnormal condition: home break-in, car accident, flat tire, etc. The system may automatically take action, depending on the event, such as contacting the police, sending a tow truck, or starting an insurance claim.
US11010838B2
One embodiment can provide a system for detecting optimizing a damage detection result. During operation, the system can obtain a digital image of a damaged vehicle, identify a set of candidate damaged areas from the digital image as the damage detection result. The system can then extract a set of feature vectors corresponding to the set of candidate damaged areas For each candidate damaged area, the system can calculate a set of similarity features between the candidate damaged area and other candidate damaged areas in the set of candidate damaged areas based on the set of feature vectors. The system can input the set of similarity features to a damage prediction module. The system can then determine whether the candidate damaged area is an exceptional area based on an output of the damage prediction module to optimize the damage detection result.
US11010828B2
Provided are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing program, and a recording medium having stored therein the information processing program, which can reduce time and effort necessary for a user to find his desired review information. The information processing apparatus searches transaction targets, based on a search condition used for searching transaction targets designated by a user, and acquires review information regarding each of the searched transaction targets. The information processing apparatus determines a display priority order of the review information regarding the transaction targets with respect to each of the searched transaction targets, based on the search condition, and displays at least one piece of the review information regarding each of the transaction targets on a display screen, based on the display priority order.
US11010826B2
A system and method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code, includes receiving one or more bids for at least one of an enhanced rendering quality and an enhanced rendering order of an object in a virtual universe (VU) and performing a bid resolution for the received one or more bids. Additionally, the method includes rendering one or more objects in the VU with the at least one of the enhanced rendering quality and the enhanced rendering order based on the bid resolution.
US11010825B2
A system and method for synchronized video logging and playback of auction activity is disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: establishing, by use of a data processor and a data network, a data connection with at least one auction site; gathering auction data and video streams from the auction site; synchronizing the video streams with corresponding auction data; presenting a user interface to a user, the user interface enabling the user to select a desired portion of the auction data; and rendering the selected portion of the auction data along with a corresponding synchronized video clip from a video stream from the auction site.
US11010823B2
Preventing certain types of service disruptions in a computing system involves receiving a lease request at a server of a cloud-based computing system, where the lease request originates from one of a plurality of cloud-hosted service computing systems (CSCS). The lease request will specify at least one suitable connector of a plurality of remote computing machines, where such connectors comprise an availability set at a computing resources location. In response to receiving the request, the server determines whether at least one of the connectors has pending maintenance operations. Based on such determination, the server will selectively grant the lease request by generating at least one electronic message directed to the CSCS which originated the lease request.
US11010810B1
Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content generating, searching, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods automatically, in real-time, establish a network connection between two users based on one user's current situation and the other user's determined expertise in that situation. The user's situation can be based on his/her identity, location, activity, the time, date, and the like. The disclosed systems and methods provide a computerized, fully automated network environment that enables video conferencing between such geographically separated users, thereby enabling the expert user to advise the other user on his/her current situation.
US11010809B2
A computing device obtains a digital image of a color calibration target for a product; obtains product information for the product; determines image adjustment information based on the digital image of the color calibration target; obtains a digital image of the product based on the image adjustment information; and transmits the image data of the product and the product information to a backend product computer system. Obtaining the product information for the product may include scanning a graphical code, such as a QR code or a bar code, or obtaining information from the product via short-range radio-frequency communication. The method may further include receiving a response from the backend product computer system, which may include additional product information. The color calibration target and encoded product information may be included in a QR code having three or more color regions.
US11010807B1
A method of in person customization and creation of a hair care product, the method includes establishing a brick and mortar store, the brick and mortar store having an interior area with stations; creating a first station having one or more hair product bases; creating a second station having one or more add ins for hair care; and providing a container for an individual to create a customized hair care product within the container, the customized hair care product having one of the one or more hair product bases; the customized hair care product is based on the individual's hair care needs; and the one or more hair product bases and one or more add ins are composed of natural ingredients.
US11010803B2
In one embodiment, receiving, at a first computing device associated with a social-networking system and from a second computing device, a first request to verify an identity of a user of the social-networking system; sending, by the first computing device and to a mobile device associated with the user, a second request for information about the user; receiving, at the first computing device and from the mobile device, the information about the user; determining, by the first computing device, a confidence score indicating a probability that the identity of the user is true based on the information about the user received from the mobile device and information available to the social-networking system; and sending, by the first computing device and to the second computing device, the confidence score.
US11010799B2
A generalized application virtualization platform and method are provided for business use on the web and a mini server. The method includes: (1) Initializing, application monitoring, registration and login; (2) Accessing to a server via Access protocol from a client-side SOD (software on-demand) controller; (3) Content selecting via keyword search, with the selected contents provided by a content management protocol; (4) Choosing one of the available application virtualization methods according to bandwidth needed by the user and the resources consumed in a data center; (5) Binding of the executable software for the application virtualization method and the contents selected, and running the executable software; and (6) Metering and billing: Meter the start and end time of the execution of application virtualization method and calculate the billing.
US11010798B2
The disclosed technology improves the process of generating recommended prices for retail products by optimizing revenue and profit while complying with a set of business rules by assigning a monetary value to each business rule. Then for each decision price that violates a business rule constraint, a penalty value is added to the monetary value. If the monetary value including the penalty is better than an original monetary value, the decision price is included in the recommended prices.
US11010797B2
A processor-implemented method for analyzing sentiment data corresponding to users experiencing an entertainment to generate a sentiment rating is provided. The processor-implemented method includes collecting physical data procured by wearable devices corresponding to the users during the entertainment. The processor-implemented method includes analyzing the physical data to determine sentiment data and generating the sentiment rating for the entertainment based on the sentiment data. The sentiment rating quantifies a collective real-time emotional response for the users that experience the entertainment.
US11010788B1
Within the field of advertising, multi-touch attribution (MTA) is the process of assigning credit at a unique identifier level to marketing activities for their contribution towards driving a desired marketing result. This invention discloses a data-driven attribution solution and optimization process for improving marketing return on investment by enabling greater speed and agility in responding to continually changing media performance. Specifically, this invention details a survival analysis based approach to attribution using parametric accelerated failure time (AFT) modeling which accommodates both the right-censored discrete time events and is well suited for media data.
US11010783B2
For each service scenario out of a plurality of service scenarios, matching features of a to-be-matched product corresponding to the service scenario are acquired based on user features of users accessing the service scenario. A respective user feature mapping value of the service scenario is calculated based on the matching features of the to-be-matched product corresponding to the service scenario. Out of the plurality of service scenarios, a target service scenario of the to-be-matched product is selected based on the respective user feature mapping value of the service scenario.
US11010782B2
A contemplated method includes: utilizing at least one processor to execute computer code that performs the steps of: receiving, from an application installed on the information handling device, a request to access a service provided by a service provider; providing, to the application, access to the requested service; and receiving, from the application, payment for provided access to the requested service, wherein information is received from the information handling device as a credit for at least a portion of the payment; the information being received via: sending, to the application, a context information request, wherein the context information request comprises a request for context information associated with the information handling device; sending, to the application, a request for information, wherein the request comprises at least one suggestion for information to be provided by the information handling device and wherein the at least one suggestion for information is based on received context information; and receiving, from the application, the information. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11010779B1
A server receives an indication that a first user of a social network arrived at business, and identifies one or more second users associated with a predetermined area surrounding the commercial establishment, the one or more second users being connected to the first user through a social graph in the social network. The server sends to the one or more second users a first offering related to the business in conjunction with an indication that the first user arrived at the business. The server subsequently receives an indication that the one or more second users arrived at the business within a predetermined period of time after the first user arrived at the business, and sends a second offering related to the business to the first user in response to receiving the indication that the one or more second users arrived at the business.
US11010778B2
A coupon-minter is configured to perform operations including: generating a coupon comprising encrypted discount information, wherein the encrypted discount information is encrypted with a discount key; generating, for the coupon, a hashlock from a preimage; introducing the coupon to a blockchain in association with the hashlock, wherein the blockchain is configured to permit claiming of the generated coupon only upon receiving access to the preimage used to generate the hashlock. A store-manager configured to perform operations including: claiming, using the preimage, the coupon in the blockchain; encrypting the discount key with a clearing-house public key; updating the coupon with the encrypted discount key. A clearing-house-manager configured to perform operations comprising: detecting the store-manager's claiming of the coupon; decrypting the encrypted discount key with a clearing-house private key to re-generate the discount key; and decrypting the encrypted discount information with the preimage.
US11010775B2
A device may detect a first entry of a first user device of a first user into a merchant area. The device may monitor a movement of the first user device within the merchant area. The movement may include a transition from a shopping area of the merchant area to a checkout area of the merchant area. The device may detect a transaction between the first user and the merchant. The device may determine a shopping duration for the first user and a checkout duration for the first user. The device may detect a second entry of a second user device of a second user into the merchant area. The device may perform one or more actions based on detecting the second entry. The one or more actions may be performed selectively based on the shopping duration or the checkout duration of the first user.
US11010765B2
A payment terminal may run a point-of-sale application that is operated by a user such as a merchant. At a certain point in the transaction, but prior to the completion of the transaction, pre-charge requests may be sent to a chip card. The responses from the chip card may be stored such that the transaction may be completed immediately after the merchant and customer complete the transaction steps.
US11010751B2
Performing transactions using virtual card values is disclosed, including: generating a virtual card value corresponding to a transaction; sending a request to a card management server, wherein the request includes the virtual card value and a transaction amount corresponding to the transaction; receiving an indication from the card management server that the virtual card value and the transaction amount have been successfully stored; generating a merchant-related locator based at least in part on identifying information associated with a merchant server and the virtual card value; sending the merchant-related locator to a client device; and receiving, from the card management server, a request to transfer the transaction amount from a user account associated with a cardless payment server to a funds account associated with the merchant server.
US11010742B2
Provided is a method for an augmented reality point-of-sale. A first location for rendering an augmented reality point-of-sale may be detected. A computer-generated image of the augmented reality point-of-sale may be superimposed on a view of the customer at the first location, which may be at least partially within the view of the customer. In response to an item being placed within the view of the customer, item data associated with the item may be detected. The item data may be transmitted to a merchant system. Price data associated with a price of the item may be received. A payment transaction may be initiated based on the price data. A system and a computer program product are also provided.
US11010736B2
A server in a blockchain distribution network includes a processor and a transceiver operatively coupled to the processor. The transceiver is configured to receive a transaction from a peer node. The processor is configured to assign a transaction identifier to the transaction. The transceiver is configured to propagate the transaction identifier to one or more additional peer nodes and one or more additional servers in the blockchain distribution network. The transceiver is configured to receive bytes of a blockchain that represents a plurality of transactions. The blockchain includes the transaction identifier corresponding to the transaction. The transceiver is further configured to propagate the bytes of the blockchain to the one or more additional peer nodes and to the one or more additional servers in the blockchain distribution network.
US11010724B2
A computer-implemented method for analyzing calendar entries may include receiving, at a computing device, at least one calendar entry associated with a calendar application, the calendar entry comprising data defining a meeting type; tracking a user's activity in the meeting type; detecting at least one related calendar entry related with the received calendar entry, wherein the detected related calendar entry comprises a meeting type related to the meeting type of the received calendar entry; and supplementing the related calendar entry with at least one indicator describing the user's activity in the meeting type based on the tracked user activity.
US11010714B2
In various example embodiments, systems and methods for automatic location based discovery of variations of displayed items in a store are presented. In some embodiments, a beacon ID associated with a beacon device located at a store is received. In other embodiments, at least one product identifier associated with the beacon ID and representing one or more of store displayed items available for sale by the store is determined. In further embodiments, product variations of the one or more store displayed items available for sale by the store are identified associated with the at least one product identifier. In another embodiment, display information representing the product variations of the one or more store displayed items available for sale by the store is provided.
US11010708B2
A method, system and apparatus for coordinated distribution of hairstyling products using automatic pumps connected over a computer network is described, including, identifying a customer model of a customer, and receiving a product request for the customer. Based on the product request, a product and an amount of the product is determined to be distributed and a networked pump us selected, based on the product and the amount. For the selected pump, a request for distribution for the amount of the product is generated, and the selected pump automatically distributes the amount of the product based on the request for distribution. A confirmation of a distribution of the amount of the product is received from the selected pump, and the customer model is updated based on the amount of the product distributed.
US11010707B1
A system for interconnecting network devices based on queuing and servicing responses includes one or more processors configured to receive, from a first computer system, an order request for a product or service associated with a second computer system of a plurality of second computer systems. Instantiate an order messaging queue associated with the order request and add an identifier of the first computer system to the order messaging queue. Add an identifier of the second computer system and one of the third computer systems to the order messaging queue. Determine the contents of the communication and based on determining contents of the communication, consult a response rule table to determine a response to the communication. Access the order messaging queue to identify server devices corresponding with servicing the determined response and publish, to the identified server devices.
US11010702B1
A model management system receives data for an inventory of models including data regarding issues for each of the models. The model management system determines a model risk score for each of the models based on the issues for each of the models. As the issues are opened and closed, the model management system receives updates and in real-time, updates the model risk score. The model risk score can be determined using a severity assigned to each issue for each of the open issues for a given model as well as the number of issues at each severity. Risk scores can be calculated across a line of business and across an enterprise, for example. The model management system also provides one or more of: model development, model validation, model integration, model use, model maintenance, and model retirement.
US11010698B2
Systems and methods for developing and utilizing a contactability profile are disclosed. Contact information may be managed by receiving activity data associated with an entity, processing the received activity data, generating at least one contactability profile associated with the entity based upon a result of the processing, and storing the generated contactability profile.
US11010697B1
Features related to a system and method for scheduling a resources to perform discrete tasks are described. The scheduling features include generating schedules predicted to appeal to the tasked resource (e.g., delivery partner) such as by time, day of the week, location, item types, etc. Using machine learning, the schedule and terms thereof can be dynamically generated to suit the tastes of each tasked resource and the overall demand for services. Using historical data, the modeling also accounts for likelihood an offer will be accepted and risk of cancellation for a given resource. The machine learning may be based on a mixed integer problem as constrained by partner and system capacity parameters.
US11010696B2
Examples of job allocation are described hereon. In an example, a job for allocation may be received. The job may be analyzed to obtain information pertaining to the job. The information may comprise at least one of a domain of the job and a priority level of the job. Further, performance of resources may be determined to provide resource information. The resource information may be determined using a supervised learning model comprising a job vector for each job type and a resource vector corresponding to each resource. The resource information may include a list of resources with at least one of a corresponding probability of each resource completing the job and a performance score of each resource. Based on the job information and the resource information, the resource may be recommended for the job using an expertise-estimation modeling technique and the job may be assigned to the recommended resource, accordingly.
US11010693B2
A system and method for arranging a transport service is described. A system can receive a request for transport service from a user device. The request can include a requested pickup location data point. The system determines a predetermined location data point associated with the requested pickup location data point. The first predetermined location data point can be different from the requested pickup location data point. The system selects a driver to perform a transport service for the user based, at least in part, on the requested pickup location data point, and transmits the predetermined location data point to a driver device of the selected driver.
US11010672B1
Techniques are provided for evolutionary computer-based optimization and artificial intelligence systems, and include receiving first and second candidate executable code (with ploidy of at least two and one, respectively) each selected at least in part based on a fitness score. The first candidate executable code and the second candidate executable code are combined to produce resultant executable code of the desired ploidy. A fitness score is determined for the resultant executable code, and a determination is made whether the resultant executable code will be used as a future candidate executable code based at least in part on the third fitness score. If an exit condition is met, then the resultant executable code is used as evolved executable code.
US11010670B2
A deep neural network architecture comprises a stack of strata in which each stratum has its individual input and an individual objective, in addition to being activated from the system input through lower strata in the stack and receiving back propagation training from the system objective back propagated through higher strata in the stack of strata. The individual objective for a stratum may comprise an individualized target objective designed to achieve diversity among the strata. Each stratum may have a stratum support subnetwork with various specialized subnetworks. These specialized subnetworks may comprise a linear subnetwork to facilitate communication across strata and various specialized subnetworks that help encode features in a more compact way, not only to facilitate communication across strata but also to increase interpretability for human users and to facilitate communication with other machine learning systems.
US11010665B2
There are provided system and method of segmentation a fabrication process (FP) image obtained in a fabrication of a semiconductor specimen. The method comprises: upon obtaining a Deep Neural Network (DNN) trained to provide segmentation-related data, processing a fabrication process (FP) sample using the obtained trained DNN and, resulting from the processing, obtaining by the computer segments-related data characterizing the FP image to be segmented, the obtained segments-related data usable for automated examination of the semiconductor specimen. The DNN is trained using a segmentation training set comprising a plurality of first training samples and ground truth data associated therewith, each first training sample comprises a training image; FP sample comprises the FP image to be segmented.
US11010661B2
A neural network chip and a related product are provided. The neural network chip (103) includes: a memory (102), a data reading/writing circuit, a convolution calculation circuit, wherein the memory is used for storing a feature map; the data reading/writing circuit is used for reading the feature map from the memory and execute an expansion and zero-padding operation on the feature according to configuration information of the feature map, and sending to the convolution calculation circuit (S401); and the convolution calculation circuit is used for performing convolution calculation on the data obtained after the expansion and zero-padding operation to implement a de-convolution operation (S402). The technical solution has advantages of saving memory usage and bandwidth.
US11010660B2
A sensor system comprises: an energy storage device electrically coupled to an intermittent energy release device that causes the energy storage device to release stored energy intermittently; a sensor electrically coupled to the energy storage device, where the sensor detects physical events occurring at a physical device and is intermittently powered by electrical energy received from the energy storage device; a synaptic neural network core electrically coupled to the sensor, where the synaptic neural network core converts sensor readings into an object that describes the physical events occurring at the physical device; a transponder electrically coupled to the synaptic neural network core; and a storage buffer within the transponder, where the storage buffer stores the object for transmission from the transponder to a monitoring system, where the intermittent energy release device provides power to the sensor in response to the transponder transmitting the object to the monitoring system.
US11010654B2
An RFID mesh label configured to be integrally incorporated within a vulcanized tire and to further provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information about the vulcanized tire during and/or post-vulcanization, the RFID mesh label including a face layer configured to be positioned adjacent or flush to an outer surface of the vulcanized tire; an RFID layer positioned underneath the face layer, the RFID layer having an RFID device that is configured to provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information about the vulcanized tire upon being read with an RFID reader; and a mesh backing overlying the RFID layer and adapted to be integrally incorporated in a vulcanized tire after subjecting a green tire to a vulcanization process.
US11010651B1
The present invention relates to an optical code including a film of a charge-transfer material, as well as methods thereof. Described herein are optical codes having anisotropic and/or isotropic regions within the film, which can be provided in a pattern that serves as an optical code.
US11010640B1
A system for updating training data includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a set of vehicle data. The set of vehicle data includes images and assigned labels associated with the images. The processor is configured to determine a set of training data and a set of test data from the set of vehicle data; train a model with the set of training data; determine a set of predicted labels for the set of vehicle data using the model; identify a set of potential mislabeled data using the set of predicted labels and the assigned labels; and determine an updated set of training data by relabeling the set of potential mislabeled data and replacing the set of potential mislabeled data with a relabeled set of data.
US11010638B2
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for providing efficient implementations for pattern recognition. Embodiments of the disclosed technology use local binary comparisons and random projection in place of conventional convolution operations. Some embodiments of the disclosed technology provide an important means to improve memory and speed efficiency that is particularly suited for small footprint devices and hardware accelerators. Other embodiments compare a binary pattern to one or more portions of an input image to determine a plurality of binary results, and generate an estimate of the feature based on the plurality of binary results. Yet other embodiments generate an final image, comprising a final estimate of the feature, by randomly selecting one or more portions from each of a plurality of initial images, wherein each of the plurality of initial images comprises an initial estimate of the feature.
US11010621B2
An apparatus and method automatically detects and positions structure faces. After receiving data points describing a geographical area, neighborhoods are defined based on the data points and classified as linear, planar, or volumetric. Neighborhoods are merged into at least one cluster based on local surface normals. At least one bounding frame is fit to the at least one cluster and modified based on a field of interest.
US11010615B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving autonomous-vehicle sensor data from a sensor array of an autonomous vehicle. The autonomous-vehicle sensor data indicates an object in an external environment of the autonomous vehicle. The method further includes determining a confidence score for a classification of the object. The method further includes determining an object graphic with a level of detail to visually represent the object. The level of detail of the object graphic is based on the confidence score. The method further includes providing for display a visual representation the object graphic.
US11010605B2
Disclosed is an object-detection system configured to utilize multiple object-detection models that generate respective sets of object-detection conclusions to detect objects of interest within images of scenes. The object-detection system is configured to implement a series of functions to reconcile any discrepancies that exist in its multiple sets of object-detection conclusions in order to generate one set of conclusions for each perceived object of interest within a given image.
US11010599B2
Techniques are provided for facial recognition using a high probability group database and a facial network of related persons. One method comprises maintaining a probability-based database of facial images comprising a subset of individuals from a first database of facial images of a plurality of individuals based on a probability of individuals appearing in sequences of image frames at a given time; applying a face detection algorithm to at least one sequence of image frames to identify one or more faces in the sequences of image frames; maintaining a facial network of related persons associated with the probability-based database by obtaining facial images of one or more additional individuals from the first database that satisfy a predefined related person criteria with respect to individuals identified in at least one sequence of image frames; and applying a facial recognition to at least sequence of image frames using at least the probability-based database and the facial network of related persons to identify individuals in the sequence of image frames.
US11010598B2
A biometric authentication device includes a memory and a processor configured to obtain a first biometric image of a target for authentication, identify a first feature quantity set including a first pixel feature quantity of the first biometric image and a first coordinate feature quantity of the first biometric image, perform calculation of a degree of similarity between a first person factor vector of the first biometric image and a second person factor vector of a template in accordance with the first feature quantity set, a pixel feature quantity of the template, and a coordinate feature quantity of the template, and perform an authentication process of the first biometric image in accordance with the calculated degree of similarity.
US11010596B2
An apparatus includes processor in communication with a memory and a communication interface. The processor is configured to receive, via a network and the communication interface, at least one image and to analyze the at least one image via facial recognition to define an analyzed data set. The processor is configured to (1) identify a user based on data included in user profile data structure, (2) identify a set of people connected to the user based on user connection data from at least one connection database, (3) compare the analyzed data set to facial image data of a person connected to the user, and (4) define a confidence level based on the comparison. When the confidence level satisfies a criterion, the processor can send to a client device a signal indicative of a notification that the person is within a predetermined proximity of the user.
US11010581B2
A fingerprint sensing apparatus having a three-dimensional (3-D) sensing mechanism that includes optical fingerprint sensing circuits and a processing circuit is provided. The optical fingerprint sensing circuits are configured to perform sensing within sensing areas to obtain sensed images, wherein each of the sensing areas corresponds to one of the optical fingerprint sensing circuits and the sensing areas includes at least one overlapped area. The processing circuit is electrically coupled to the optical fingerprint sensing circuits to receive the sensed images and generate a three-dimensional sensed image having depth information of the overlapped area according to a disparity between the sensed images.
US11010575B2
Various embodiments described herein relate to a scanning system for scanning and decoding direct part markings (DPM) type indicia. The scanning system includes an arrangement of an illumination module, a beam splitter module, and a telecentric lens assembly. The telecentric lens assembly is adapted to direct an in-line illumination received from the illumination module as collimated light to illuminate the DPM indicia. Upon illumination, a first portion of light reflected from embossments of the DPM indicia that are incident on the telecentric lens assembly at a defined angle is decoupled from an optical path between the telecentric lens assembly and the target. An imager is exposed to a second portion of reflected light, excluding the decoupled reflected light that is reflected from a substrate on the DPM indicia, in order to capture an image of the DPM indicia for decoding.
US11010573B2
An optical information reader includes a reflective member that reflects illumination light emitted from an illuminant toward a reading surface, and an image former ensured to present an imaging target held over the reading surface within an imaging region of an imager. The imaging region includes a first imaging region defined between the image former and the reading surface, and a second imaging region defined between the reading surface and the reflective member so as to be continuous to the first imaging region when light is internally reflected on the reading surface inside the housing. The reflective member is arranged outside the first imaging region, while the illuminant, the imager and the image former are arranged outside the second imaging region. The illuminant emits illumination light toward a reflecting surface of the reflective member in the second imaging region.
US11010572B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). An electronic device and an operation method thereof are provided for testing performance of a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) in a wireless communication system. The method includes checking a connection state of elements operable as combiners and a plurality of RF chains of the RFIC; performing control to output RF signals from the plurality of RF chains; acquiring an integrated signal by combining the RF signals via the combiners; and determining a quality indicator for the RFIC based the integrated signal.
US11010570B2
A biometric module implemented on a single integrated circuit chip is configured to perform processing as part of a function associated with a device that performs contactless communication with a terminal. The module comprises a power-harvesting unit to induce a voltage from a wireless signal received at an antenna of the device; one or more components configured to process functions in the digital domain; one or more components configured to process functions in the analogue domain; and first and second voltage regulators each having inputs for receiving an input voltage induced by the power-harvesting unit. The first voltage regulator outputs a first voltage to the components processing functions in the analogue domain and the second voltage regulator outputs a second voltage lower than the first voltage to the components processing functions in the digital domain.
US11010565B1
A system includes a natural language processor to drive a financial transaction session with a chat application without engaging a context controller until such time that a completion threshold for a context state of the financial transaction session is met. Once the context state meets the completion threshold, the natural language processor engages the context controller with the context state, and the context controller applies the context state from the natural language processor to drive the financial transaction session between the chat application and a backend server system.
US11010554B2
The invention discloses a method and a device for identifying specific text information, relates to the technical field of computers, and is mainly intended to enable quick, easy and effective identification of text information with a specific format in a target text. The main technical solution of the present invention is to perform multi-dimensional vectorization to the target text according to a preset dimension to obtain a vectorized text; acquire text information compliant with a preset state transition rule in the vectorized text; calculate the text information by using a dynamic programming algorithm, and determine optimal text information compliant with a preset format, and output the optimal text information as the result of identifying the specific text information in the target text. The invention is mainly used for identifying and acquiring text information.
US11010550B2
Systems and processes for unified language modeling are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory, receiving a character of a sequence of characters and determining a current character context based on the received character of the sequence of characters and a previous character context. The method further includes determining a current word representation based on the current character context and determining a current word context based on the current word representation and a previous word context. The method further includes determining a next word representation based on the current word context and providing the next word representation.
US11010545B2
A method for narrating a table using at least one narration template, wherein the table is extracted from a data source is provided. The method may also include performing structural analysis on the extracted table. The method may further include selecting a structural template based on the structural analysis of the extracted table. Additionally, the method may include selecting a narration template based on the selected structural template. The method may further include narrating the extracted table based on the selected narration template and displaying a narrative output of the extracted table.
US11010536B2
Embodiments are described including platforms and methods used for generating dynamic web forms that are configured for a plurality of screen sizes, using relative units to determine the size of form elements, and developer-configured layouts for each screen size. A template of the dynamic web form can be generated using input from the developer. This template may contain a set of logical rules that alter the appearance or functionality of the web form based on the state and rendered display size of the dynamic web form. This template can be used to generate markup that includes the information necessary to display the web form at any of the configured layouts. Any previously configured property of the template may be modified in the future, and the modified version redistributed if desired.
US11010535B1
A sentence communicating a desired vanity message is parsed into the component parts. Code blocks corresponding to one or more component parts of the sentence are unambiguously coded. At least one of the code blocks is non-phonetically and unambiguously coded. And at least one of the code blocks representing a component part of a sentence has, as a part of the code block, a code distinguishing feature for the code block representing the component part of the sentence. The code blocks follow each other to form a coded message. The first and one or more other code blocks have no fewer than the predetermined minimum number of characters and no more than the predetermined maximum number of characters.
US11010523B1
One, two, or three test pattern generation and encoding processes are performed for a circuit design to generate compressed test patterns for one or two input channel numbers. The one, two, or three test pattern generation and encoding processes are configured to minimize active input channels for each of the compressed test patterns. A test pattern count for each of a plurality of input channel numbers is determined based on the compressed test patterns for the one or two input channel numbers, a number of active input channels for each of the compressed test patterns, and an assumption of similar input data volumes for different numbers of input channels. The test pattern count information can be employed to determine an optimal number of input channels for a test decompressor.
US11010521B2
A method of detecting the relations between the pins of a circuit and a computer program product thereof are provided. The method includes: retrieving a circuit description file describing a circuit; retrieving at least one data pin and at least one clock pin of the circuit; converting the circuit to a cell level; and tracing the circuit in the cell level to identify multiple flip-flops coupled to the clock pin; tracing the circuit in the cell level to identify a target flip-flop coupled to the data pin; and determining whether the data pin is related to the clock pin according to the data signal and the clock signal of the target flip-flop.
US11010519B2
A Register Transfer Level (RTL) representation is recovered from a netlist representing an integrated circuit (IC). The netlist is converted to a graph comprising nodes belonging to a set of node types and edges connecting the nodes. The set of node types includes an instance node type representing an electronic component and a wire node type representing signal transfer between components. The graph is converted to a standardized graph by replacing subgraphs of the graph with standardized subgraphs. An RTL representation of the standardized graph is generated by operations including building signal declarations in a hardware description language (HDL) from the wire nodes of the standardized graph and building signal assignments in the HDL from instance nodes of the standardized graph.
US11010518B2
Swap insertion in mapping logical qubits on a quantum circuit is performed by obtaining an operation sequence including a plurality of operations to be executed on a quantum circuit. The quantum circuit including a plurality of physical qubits and a plurality of couplings. Finding a blocking set of operations including leading unresolved operation in the operation sequence. Calculating a first coupling score for each coupling of the plurality of couplings based on total reduction of shortest path lengths of a plurality of unresolved operations of the plurality of operations Selecting a coupling based on the first coupling score of each coupling. Updating the blocking set by removing any leading unresolved operations from the blocking set that can be performed after swapping a pair of logical qubits stored in a pair of physical qubits connected by the selected coupling.
US11010511B2
Techniques and systems for optimizing a logic network are described. Some embodiments automatically identify scenarios where Boolean methods are best driven by truth tables, binary decision diagrams (BDDs) or satisfiability (SAT). Some embodiments use circuit partitioning techniques that are based on hash-tables and topological sorting, and that are capable of grouping nodes with high simplification likelihood and still are able to efficiently scale to large circuits. Some embodiments feature a generalized resubstitution framework based on computing, and implementing, the Boolean difference between two nodes. Some embodiments include enhancements to (i) gradient-based and-inverter-graph (AIG) optimization, (ii) heterogeneous elimination for kerneling, and (iii) revisitation of maximum set of permissible functions (MSPF) computation with BDDs.
US11010509B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a novel method and discretization for animating water waves. The approaches disclosed combine the flexibility of a numerical approach to wave simulation with the stability and visual detail provided by a spectrum-based approach to provide Eulerian methods for simulating large-scale oceans with highly detailed wave features. A graphics processing unit stores a one-dimensional texture referred to as a wave profile buffer that stores pre-computed results at a number of discrete sample points for performing wave height evaluation. The water surface is rendered according to water height values computed using the wave profile, accounting for advection, spatial diffusion, angular diffusion, boundary reflections, and dissipation.
US11010506B2
A method for designing a die surface of a die, comprising generating a workpiece simulation-model corresponding to the workpiece, generating a target simulation-model corresponding to a target formed part, determining an initial die surface, which an initial numerical simulation predicts as forming the workpiece simulation-model into the target simulation-model, determining residual stresses resulting from forming the workpiece simulation-model into the target simulation-model, forming the workpiece into an actual formed part, generating a numerical representation of the actual formed part, generating an actual simulation-model, based on the residual stresses, matching the actual simulation-model and the target simulation-model, based on deviations between the matched target simulation-model and actual simulation-model, modifying the initial numerical simulation to provide a modified numerical simulation, and determining a corrected die surface, which the modified numerical simulation predicts as forming the workpiece simulation-model into the target simulation-model.
US11010504B2
Design of lattice structures for additive manufacturing The present embodiments relate to additive manufacturing, such as three-dimensional printing. By way of introduction, the present embodiments described below include methods and systems for designing, modeling and manufacturing lattice structures. Lattice cells are modeled as parametrized representative unit cell (RUC) models providing a virtual material characterization for a lattice structure. The parametrized RUC models include phase functions for the virtual material characterization and identification of corresponding normalized material curves fit with polynomial functions for each lattice cell structure. Parametrized lattice models with underlying normalized lattice material curves provide design and simulation of true lattice material behavior for use in topology optimization. The topology optimization utilizes the normalized material curves in a penalization process and by defining lattice zones based on the printability of cells of given densities. The lattice structures are sized for geometrical accuracy and finite-element analysis may be performed with corrected beam diameters.
US11010503B2
Method and system for predicting temporal-spatial distribution of load demand on an electric grid due to a plurality of Electric Vehicles (EVs) is described. The method includes creating an EV load demand (EVLD) model for a Region of Interest (ROI) serviced by the electric grid, wherein the EVLD model integrates an EV model and a transport simulator simulating EV traffic conditions for the ROI. Further, the method includes computing the load demand in time and space in terms of State of Charge (SOC) of a battery for each EV among the plurality of EVs in the ROI, based on the EVLD model. Furthermore, the method includes aggregating the computed the load demand, in terms of the SOC, of each EV in time domain and space domain to create a temporal-spatial impact of the load demand by the plurality of EVs on the electric grid for the ROI.
US11010488B2
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods that control access to system resources, such as interfaces, access rights to events, query systems, and other suitable system resources. Further, certain embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a collision detection technique that is implemented to control which and/or a number of queue positions within a queue that are processed. In some implementations, a collision may be detected when two or more users request the same access right within a defined time period.
US11010463B2
A terminal device password unlocking method includes the following steps: selecting at least one candidate information set from a plurality of candidate information sets which are displayed on a screen and each of which contains a plurality of information units; verifying a password based on all of selected candidate information sets, and confirming success of password verification when: all information units contained in the password are included into the selected candidate information sets, each of selected candidate information sets contains at least one information unit of the password, and the number of the selected candidate information sets is less than that of the information units of the password; unlocking the terminal device when verification of password is successful.
US11010457B2
Techniques described herein relate to generating and managing digital credentials using a digital credential platform in communication with various digital credential template owners and digital credential issuers. In some embodiments, a digital credential platform server may receive and coordinate requests and responses between the digital credential template owners and a set of digital credential issuers, to determine which digital credential issuers are authorized to issue digital credential based on which digital credential templates. The digital credential platform server may provide the authorized issuers with access to particular digital credential templates and the functionality to issue digital credentials to users based on any of the particular digital credential templates. Additional techniques described herein relate to tracking, analyzing, and reporting data metrics for issued digital credentials.
US11010452B2
The information marked on one electronic content is compared to that marked on another electronic content in order to determine if either are unauthorised. There are a number of ways of comparing the information in order to make this determination. One way is to detect if two electronic content accessed by the same device have information associated with different users. Another way is to detect if two electronic content accessed by different devices have information associated with a single user. A further way is to use the time or sequence of access in conjunction with the information. Other ways of determining unauthorised content are disclosed.
US11010451B2
Techniques for automated Bayesian posterior sampling using Markov Chain Monte Carlo and related schemes are described. In an embodiment, one or more values in a stationarity phase for a system configured for Bayesian sampling may be initialized. Sampling may be performed in the stationarity phase based upon the one or more values to generate a plurality of samples. The plurality of samples may be evaluated based upon one or more stationarity criteria. The stationarity phase may be exited when the plurality of samples meets the one or more stationarity criteria. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11010447B1
The solutions provide a distributed computing architecture and system for HTTP message exchange and modification. An HTTP request for information may be pre-processed by a first server to detect the geographic location information of the requester and add such geographic information into the request. The modified request is further processed by a second server to identify rules associated with each type of geographic location information included in the request and to add such rule information as associated with the geographic location information into the request. The further modified request is then processed by a third server to determine the geographic location information, retrieve the rule information, and map and obtain a content customized for the request based on the geographic location information and the rule information.
US11010445B2
A system and method is presented that extracts snippets form web pages according to specially designed logic. The extracted snippets might be made relevant to, i.e., indexed by, a location and time/day applicability. Such snippets may be thought of as apps or services that are defined only when a mobile terminal is in a pre-defined geographical area at a certain time and day (e.g., as defined by a calendar of events). Extracted snippets are stored and made searchable. Methods and a system are described to control the display of snippet search results. Snippets may be selected by user or by programmed logic and executed on the mobile terminal or in remote servers without the need to download the app or source code associated with the snippet.
US11010432B2
An apparatus and method for searching and displaying an email string including inputting one or more search text, wherein the search text is associated with one or more highlight option; searching the email string with the search text, wherein the email string includes at least one email, and wherein the at least one email includes email information, email body and/or email attachment; and displaying the email sting in a horizontal or vertical manner on a display that includes a first column, a second column and a third column. In one example, the first column displays the email information, the second column displays the email body and the third column displays the email attachment, and wherein the search text is found in one of the email information, the email body or the email attachment.
US11010429B2
A method for a computer system includes receiving an identifier from a user, initiating a user session in response to the identifier, determining a social map for the user in response to the identifier and in response to a plurality of social network relationships, receiving a first change to the plurality of social network relationships from the user, receiving a second change to the plurality of network relationships from another user, determining a revised social map for the user during the user session in response to receiving the first change, but not in response to receiving the second change, wherein the revised social map for the user reflects the first change and the second change, and storing the revised social map for the user during the user session in a cache.
US11010428B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for transferring dialog sessions between devices using deep links. The dialog sessions can correspond to interactions, mediated by an automated assistant, between a user and a third party application. During the dialog session, a user can request that the dialog session be transferred to a different device, for example, to interact with the third party application through a different modality. In response, the automated assistant and/or the third party application can generate a link that can be transferred to the transferee device to allow the transferee device to seamlessly take over the dialog session. In this way, computational resources and electrical power can be preserved by not requiring a recipient device to re-process natural language inputs previously provided during the dialog session.
US11010420B2
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for displaying a picture search result page, a device and a storage medium, wherein the method comprises: obtaining a search term input by a user; determining a timeliness event corresponding to the search term; displaying a search result page corresponding to the search term, and increasing a display effect corresponding to the timeliness event on the search result page. The solution of the present disclosure may be applied to enhance the display effect.
US11010416B2
In some implementations, a coordinator device can prefetch images from a camera accessory in response to receiving a doorbell event notification from a doorbell accessory. For example, the coordinator device can prefetch an image in response to receiving a doorbell event notification from a doorbell accessory so that the captured image is contemporaneous with the doorbell event and to avoid making multiple subsequent requests for the same image from the camera accessory when multiple user devices request the captured image. The coordinator device can store the image received from the camera accessory and serve the image to user devices when the user devices request a snapshot image corresponding to the doorbell event.
US11010405B2
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for performing a synchronization of data. These mechanisms and methods for performing a synchronization of data can enable a more efficient synchronization, time and resource savings, an enhanced user experience, etc.
US11010403B2
Data structures stored on a distributed ledger are accessed. The data structures identify registered smart contract components that include counterparties, schemas, and contract cryptlet. A first template smart contract data structure for a first smart contract is composed on the distributed ledger such that the first template smart contract data structure is a relational data structure that includes an identifier for the first smart contract, an identifier for at least two counterparties, an identifier for at least one schema, and an identifier for at least one contract cryptlet. A first smart contract ledger instance associated with the first ledger instance is caused to be deployed, such that the first smart contract ledger instance is based on the first template smart contract data structure. The first smart contract is caused to begin execution, such that the first smart contract is based on the first template smart contract data structure.
US11010400B1
Computer file copy systems and methods in which a list of files to be transferred from storage on a source file storage computer is sorted by one or more processors of a copy computer in ascending order from a smallest file size to a largest file size. Thereafter, files having the smallest file sizes are selected from the sorted files such that a total size of the selected files is equal to or less than a total size of memory available on the copy computer, the selected files are copied concurrently with one another from storage on the source file storage computer to the available copy computer memory by the one or more processors, the files are written concurrently with one another from the memory on the copy computer to storage on a target file storage computer by the one or more processors, and the process is performed iteratively.
US11010395B2
An analytics mediator facilitates operations of an analytics engine and a corresponding analytics user interface (UI) in analyzing operations of a plurality of microservices. The analytics mediator enables the analytics engine to execute various types of conventional and new types of analyses with respect to the microservices, and to present the results of such analyses using the analytics UI, in a manner that is highly convenient and efficient for a user of the analytics engine, while also maintaining an independence, scalability, and other advantageous features of the microservices.
US11010391B2
A processing tool is described that can evaluate a plurality of fields in a plurality of records and assign a scoring measure to each field based on the evaluation of each field. The scoring measures can provide an indication as to the uniqueness in content within each field, which can assist with determining one or more fields that are most useful for performing a search to identify similar records.
US11010385B2
Systems, methods, and computer media for securing data accessible through software applications are provided herein. By capturing path data such as returned results for a query and displayed results provided by an application (e.g., to or by a web browser) for an operation, it can be determined if the query returned more data than was needed for what was displayed. The query can be refined to limit the data returned and reduce the security risk of such over-provisioning of data.
US11010378B1
Joining data using a disjunctive operator using a lookup table is described. An example computer-implemented method can include receiving a query with a set of conjunctive predicates and a set of disjunctive predicates. The method may also include generating a lookup table for each predicate in the sets of conjunctive predicates and disjunctive predicates. The method, for each row in a probe-side table, may also further include looking up a value associated with that row in each of the lookup tables and adding the row to a results set when there is a match. Additionally, the method may also include returning the results set.
US11010376B2
An exemplary query parsing system accesses user input text representative of a search query. The system generates a plurality of candidate parses of the user input text. Each of the plurality of candidate parses includes a candidate what portion and a candidate where portion determined from the user input text. The system generates a score for each candidate parse in the plurality of candidate parses based on whether one or more of a plurality of predefined parsing features are found in the respective candidate parse and on a machine learning mode. The system selects, from the plurality of candidate parses based on the scores for the plurality of candidate parses, the candidate what portion and the candidate where portion of a particular candidate parse included in the plurality of candidate parses as search parameters for the search query. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11010375B2
An information processing unit includes: a diagnostic image input section that inputs the diagnostic image; an operation information obtaining section that obtains display operation history information representing an operation history of a user who controls displaying of the diagnostic image; a query image generation section that extracts a predetermined region of the input diagnostic image to generate a query image; a diagnosed image obtaining section that supplies the generated query image and the display operation history information to a diagnosed image search unit and obtains the diagnosed image obtained as a search result by the diagnosed image search unit; and a display control section that displays the diagnostic image and the obtained diagnosed image for comparison.
US11010368B1
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a method of writing a transaction to a data store having one or more data tables. An application agent receives transaction data for a first transaction of a first type. Application agent attempts to write the first transaction of the first type to a data table in the data store, provided that a transaction of the first type has been committed to the data store. Application agent scans a plurality of additional data stores for previously committed transactions of the first type Application agent determines additional transactions of another type that are co-located in a data table. Application agent ranks the additional transactions of the other type. Application agent identifies a data table in the data store to which a top ranking additional transaction of the other type has been committed. Application agent writes the first transaction to identified data table in the data store.
US11010359B2
In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, systems and methods are provided for normalizing data representing entities and relationships linking the entities including defining one or more graph rules describing searchable characteristics for the data representing the entities and relationships linking the entities, applying the one or more graph rules to the data representing the entities and the relationships linking the entities, identifying one or more matching instances between the one or more graph rules and the data representing the entities and the relationships linking the entities, and performing one or more actions to update the one or more matching instances between the one or more graph rules and the data representing the entities and the relationships linking the entities.
US11010353B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and device for a file system log. In some embodiments, there is provided a computer-implemented method. The method comprises: in response to receiving a write request for metadata associated with a first transaction, determining at least one zone associated with the first transaction from a plurality of zones of the metadata, the plurality of zones being formed by striping the metadata; requesting a resource slice for the at least one zone from a resource pool of a logging system; and recording to the resource slice a log that the first transaction modifies the at least one zone.
US11010349B2
A distributed file system that includes multiple computing node tiers. Each of at least some of the multiple computing node tiers has multiple computing nodes having like characteristics. The distributed file system also has an executable component in the form of a distribution component that comprises logic that distributes state of file system entities amongst the computing node tiers. The distribution is performed so that latency of file system requests are reduced due to state responsive to many requests being much closer latency wise to the file system requestor(s). Furthermore, the distribution considers durability guarantees of the state, thereby meeting durability guarantees.
US11010348B2
A system groups multiple entities in a large distributed data store (DDS), such as directories and files, into a subset called a domain. The domain is treated as a unit for defining policies to detect and treat sensitive data. Sensitive data can be defined by enterprise or industry. Treatment of sensitive data may include quarantining, masking, and encrypting, of the data or the entity containing the data. Data in a domain can be copied as a unit, with or without the same structure, and with transformations such as masking or encryption, into parts of the same DDS or to a different DDS. Domains can be the unit of access control for organizations, and assigned tags useful for identifying their purpose, ownership, location, or other characteristics. Policies and operations, assigned at the domain level, may vary from domain to domain, but within a domain are uniform, except for specific exclusions.
US11010328B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication apparatus, a communication method, a program, and a communication system that enable more reliable communication. An I3C master receives a max read length and a max write length from an I3C slave. Then, when transmitting/receiving data to/from the I3C slave, the I3C master controls transmission/reception of the data so that the data to be transferred in one data transfer has a data length equal to or shorter than the max read length and the max write length, and transmits transfer length information indicating the data length of the data to be transferred, prior to data transfer of the data. The present technology is applicable to a bus IF, for example.
US11010326B2
A method and apparatus are provided to receive a voltage at a first value at a voltage reducing adaptor, ascertain a voltage supply requirement for the memory arrangement to obtain and ascertained voltage supply requirement, reduce the voltage from the first value to the ascertained voltage supply requirement within the adaptor and supply the voltage at the ascertained voltage supply requirement to the memory arrangement.
US11010325B2
An adapter includes a first coupling component and a second coupling component to establish bidirectional communications between two processing devices by passing data signals through a memory card slot on one of the devices. The adapter includes a first coupling interface configured to couple with the memory card slot on a first one of the two processing devices and further includes a second coupling interface configured to couple with a second processing device. The second coupling interface is of a different form factor than the first coupling interface.
US11010319B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide for a method. In at least some examples, the method includes receiving, at a circuit, data via a differential input signal. The method further includes detecting a falling edge in the data received via the differential input signal. The method further includes holding an output of the circuit at a final logical value of the data. The method further includes disabling a transmitter of the circuit while holding the output of the circuit at the final logical value of the data. The method further includes releasing the output of the circuit from the final logical value of the data.
US11010302B2
A mechanism is described for facilitating general purpose input/output data capture and neutral cache system for autonomous machines. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes capturing, by an image capturing device, one or more images of one or more objects, where the one or more images represent input data associated with a neural network. The method may further include determining accuracy of first output results generated by a default neural caching system by comparing the first output results with second output results predicted by a custom neural caching system. The method may further include outputting, based on the accuracy, a final output results including at least one of the first output results or the second output results.
US11010296B2
A memory arrangement having a memory, a first buffer memory, a first buffer memory controller which, during the storage of memory contents from the memory in the first buffer memory, is configured to invalidate the memory contents in the memory by means of a modification, a second buffer memory and a second buffer memory controller which is configured to read memory contents from the memory, to check whether the memory contents read from the memory are valid and, if the memory contents read from the memory are invalid, to apply a reversal of the modification to the read memory contents.
US11010295B2
A cache hit is generated, in response to receiving an input/output (I/O) command over a bus interface. An update for a metadata track is stored in a buffer associated with a central processing unit (CPU) that processes the I/O command, in response to generating the cache hit. The metadata track is asynchronously updated from the buffer with the stored update for the metadata track in the buffer.
US11010285B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for performing fault detection and localization using Combinatorial Test Design (CTD) techniques and generating a regression bucket of test cases that expose a detected fault in a System Under Test (SUT). The SUT may be a hardware system or a software system. Further, the fault detection and localization may be performed while adhering to architectural restrictions on the SUT.
US11010283B2
Techniques are described herein that are capable of generating mock-based unit test(s) for an end-to-end test of a code snippet (a.k.a. system to test (STT)). For instance, method(s) in a code snippet that have a designated functionality are replaced with a wrapper function that has the designated functionality. Shims and/or stubs are inserted in the wrapper function to replace behavior of the method(s) with regard to callback method(s) from one or more dependencies of the method(s). Inputs that are included in the callback method(s) and that are intended for the code snippet are simulated to provide simulated inputs for the code snippet.
US11010278B2
A data analysis system processes data generated by instrumented software. The data analysis system receives data streams generated by instances of instrumented software executing on systems. The data analysis system also receives metadata describing data streams. The data analysis system receives an expression based on the metadata. The data analysis system receives data of data streams for each time interval and computes the result of the expression based on the received data values. The data analysis system repeats these steps for each time interval. The data analysis system may quantize data values of data streams for each time interval by generating an aggregate value for the time interval based on data received for each data stream for that time interval. The data analysis system evaluates the expression using the quantized data for the time interval.
US11010276B2
A method, computer program product, and system performing a method that include a processor defining a code fingerprint by obtaining parameters describing at least one of an event type or an event. The code fingerprint includes a first sequence. The processor loads the code fingerprint into a register accessible to the processor. Concurrent with executing a program, the processor obtains the code fingerprint from the register and identifies the code fingerprint in the program by comparing a second sequence in the program to the first sequence. Based on identifying the code fingerprint in the program, the processor alerts a runtime environment where the program is executing.
US11010268B1
A client with a processor having at least one core and a client timer, and an ETAP module comprising an ETAP high resolution timer, wherein the client processor is programed to use the ETAP timer instead of the client timer to perform timed attestation and produce test results.
US11010267B2
A computer program product, system, and computer implemented method for automatic maintenance of standby databases for non-logged workloads, the process comprising: maintaining a redo stream of redo records sent from a primary database to a standby database, identifying a change made at the primary database for which a redo record was not created, inserting a placeholder redo record into the redo stream corresponding to the change identified at the primary database for which the redo record was not created, sending, to the standby database, a copy of one or more data blocks corresponding to the change that is associated with the placeholder redo record, receiving the placeholder redo record from the redo stream, identifying the copy of the one or more data blocks sent from the primary database corresponding to the placeholder redo record, and applying the copy of one or more data blocks to update the standby database.
US11010266B1
Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to techniques for automatic recovery from dual isolation in which both the primary and secondary replicas of a volume are stored on isolating servers. The disclosed techniques use handshakes between the client and the replicas to determine which has a better health score. The replica with the better health score becomes the primary replica, and confirms that it and the secondary replica are both in an isolating state. In response, the primary replica seeks a solo blessing, undoes the isolating state at the volume level (the server host will still be in isolating state), and continues handling I/O and peer replication until its healthy peer is complete. These techniques can avoid availability drops when the servers hosting the primary and secondary replicas of a volume enter the isolating state at around the same time.
US11010256B1
A system and method of backing up an online database to a storage device is provided wherein the online database is actively changed by one or more applications. The backed up online database is then subsequently restored. The online database is backed up by copying the online database to the storage device, and during the copying of the online database, writing changes that are made to the online database to a change log for the portion of the online database that has already been copied to the storage device, and not writing changes that are made to the online database to the change log for the portion of the online database that has not yet been copied to the storage device. The changes in the change log are applied to the storage device by rolling the change log backwards, and applying only the most recent change contained in the change log for each data item in the storage device. The backed up online database is restored by loading the copied plurality of records in the online database from the storage device to a target database.
US11010255B2
Techniques for data storage strategy determination are described herein. An aspect includes determining a plurality of file classifications for files that are stored in a data storage system based on performance history data of a disaster recovery (DR) system of the data storage system. Another aspect includes determining classification records and performance records for the DR system based on the plurality of file classifications. Another aspect includes determining an information loss based on the performance records. Another aspect includes determining a total cost savings based on the classification records. Another aspect includes determining a recommended recovery time objective (RTO)/recovery point objective (RPO) strategy based on the information loss and the total cost savings. Another aspect includes implementing the recommended RTO/RPO strategy in the DR system.
US11010248B2
Provided are a method, system, and computer program product in which a storage controller receives a first write command with a first token over a first interface from a host computational device. In response to a failure of the first write command in the storage controller, the storage controller retains selected resources for reuse for a retry of the first write command, wherein the retry of the first write command is expected from the host computational device over a second interface that is a slower communication link than the first interface. In response to receiving, by the storage controller, a second write command with a second token over the second interface, wherein the second token is identical to the first token, the storage controller determines that the second write command is a retry of the first write command and reuses the retained selected resources for executing the second write command.
US11010243B2
In a memory apparatus, a data read-write circuit is configured to access data in a memory cell array. A parity-data read-write circuit is configured to access parity data in a parity memory cell array. A syndrome operation circuit generates an error decoding signal according to the data received from the data read-write circuit and the parity data received from the parity data read-write circuit. During the same read period as reading the data, the data read-write circuit corrects an error bit of the data and outputs the corrected data and a correction bit signal according to the error decoding signal. The syndrome operation circuit further outputs a parity data writing signal to the parity data read-write circuit according to the correction bit signal to update the parity data in the parity memory cell array. The data read-write circuit also writes the corrected data back to the memory cell array.
US11010242B2
A method of correcting a memory error of a dynamic random-access memory module (DRAM) using a double data rate (DDR) interface, the method includes conducting a memory transaction including multiple bursts with a memory controller to send data from data chips of the DRAM to the memory controller, detecting one or more errors using an ECC chip of the DRAM, determining a number of the bursts having the errors using the ECC chip of the DRAM, determining whether the number of the bursts having the errors is greater than a threshold number, determining a type of the errors, and directing the memory controller based on the determined type of the errors, wherein the DRAM includes a single ECC chip per memory channel.
US11010235B1
A method of performing error analysis in a system comprising microservices comprises identifying a root cause error span from among a plurality of error spans for a trace associated with a user-request, wherein an error span is a span that returns an error to a microservice initiating a call resulting in the span, and wherein a root cause error span is an error span associated with an error originating microservice. The method further comprises determining a call path associated with the root cause error span, where the call path comprises a chain of spans starting at the root cause error span, and where each subsequent span in the chain is a parent span of a prior span. Subsequently the method comprises mapping each span in the chain to a span error frame to create an error stack and rendering an image of the error stack.
US11010232B2
A system and a method for predicting errors and failure of an application and performing preventive maintenance measures is disclosed. The present invention provides for generating timestamped event logs and extracting data which includes application Id, service Id, user Id, host, error information, resource information, user request data and frequently used execution sequences of associated software components. Further, multiple user requests are modelled based on information extracted from the timestamped event logs and an execution sequence of associated software components is created based on data extracted from timestamped event logs. Further, an execution scheme is generated based on modelled user requests, execution sequence of associated applications and resource status. Yet further, propensity of failure of application is predicted based on the timestamped event logs, user requests, execution sequence of associated applications, resource status and execution scheme of the application by applying a holistic technique.
US11010230B2
Aspects of the invention include receiving an error code describing a computer hardware or firmware error. A list of data items to be collected to assist in correcting the error is built. The contents of the list are selected based at least in part on the error code and are in priority order. The data items in the list are collected and a buffer to store the collected data items is selected. At least a subset of the collected data items to be written is transmitted to the buffer. All of the collected data items are transmitted to the buffer when the buffer is large enough to hold all of the data items in the list. A subset of the collected data items are transmitted to the buffer in priority order when the buffer is not large enough to hold all of the data in the list.
US11010227B2
An exception stack information acquisition method, including: when a preset exception signal is sensed in a running process of a project, calling and executing an exception signal processing function to acquire first exception stack information of a native layer; reading second exception stack information recorded by an Application (APP) layer when the exception signal is sensed; and assembling the first exception stack information and the second exception stack information to obtain assembled information, then reporting the assembled information to a server, and aborting the project after reporting is completed.
US11010226B2
Provided herein is a memory controller and a method of operating the same. The memory controller may include a program erase counter configured to count a number of program and erase operations performed on the memory device and then generate a current program/erase count value, an error correction counter configured to count a number of error corrections for correcting error in an operation performed on the memory device and then generate a current error correction count value and a power consumption predictor configured to, predict a future program/erase count value based on the current program/erase count value, predict future power consumption of a storage device including the memory device and the memory controller, the future power consumption corresponding to the predicted program/erase count value and output information about the predicted power consumption to a host.
US11010222B2
Techniques for predicting failure mode specific reliability characteristics of tangible equipment using parametric probability models are disclosed. In some example embodiments, a computer system receives a model training configuration entered via a user interface, trains a failure curve model for a selected failure mode of a selected equipment model based on the model training configuration at a time indicated by training schedule data, generating, and generates analytical data for the selected failure mode of the selected equipment model using the trained failure curve model. The failure mode corresponds to a specific way in which the equipment model is capable of failing. In some example embodiments, the training of the failure curve model comprises determining a shape parameter and a scale parameter for the failure curve model based on a fitting of failure event data to a continuous probability distribution, and storing the parameters for use in generating the analytical data.
US11010221B2
Dynamic distribution of memory, including identifying memory modules; creating a system physical address (SPA) of the memory modules; assigning, for each virtual machine (VM), a respective section of the SPA to the VM; calculating, for each VM, portions of the respective section of the SPA for the VM that is being used by the VM and that is not being used by the VM; identifying a physical failure of a particular memory module; in response to identifying the physical failure: identifying a particular VM assigned to the section of the SPA associated with the particular memory module that has physically failed; accumulating, for each other VM, the unused portions of the respective SPA for the VM; marking, for each other VM, the unused portion of the SPA for the VM as read-only for the VM; and reassigning a portion of the unused portions of the SPA to the particular VM.
US11010218B1
According to some embodiments, methods and systems may be associated with a consuming cluster where custom dependencies are exposed (e.g., a Kubernetes cluster deploying a workload) and an external service application programming interface where the custom dependencies are mapped. A dependency controller platform may be located between the consuming cluster and the external service application programming interface. Moreover, a computer processor of the dependency controller platform may receive information about an exposed consuming cluster custom dependency. The dependent controller platform may then map the received information to the appropriate external service application programming interface to declaratively streamline dependency consumption. Note that the external service application programming interface might be setup in the same Kubernetes cluster, in a workload hosted on a different Kubernetes cluster, as a managed service provided natively by a cloud provider, as an external cloud-native service (e.g., a database service), etc.
US11010214B2
Methods and apparatus consistent with the invention provide the ability to organize and build understandings of machine data generated by a variety of information-processing environments. Machine data is a product of information-processing systems (e.g., activity logs, configuration files, messages, database records) and represents the evidence of particular events that have taken place and been recorded in raw data format. In one embodiment, machine data is turned into a machine data web by organizing machine data into events and then linking events together.
US11010211B2
In implementations of the subject matter described herein, a new approach for transferring content between applications is proposed. Generally speaking, in operation, a user can select an area on a user interface in order to cover content that the user wants to transfer. In response, the type of the content in the selected area will be identified. One or more options are then provided on the user interface based on the identified type, and each option may link to one or more applications. Upon a user's selection of an option, an application associated with the selected option is launched to process the content. In this way, the content can be effectively and efficiently processed across different applications, which will significantly improve the processing efficiency and user experience.
US11010201B2
An information processing device includes: a storage that stores execution reservation information transmitted from a user server, wherein the execution reservation information represents an execution reservation of acceptor servers that execute first tasks that have been encrypted and divided; and a processor that: receives a second task from the user server, encrypts and divides the second task to generate the first tasks, requests the acceptor servers to execute the generated first tasks based on the execution reservation information stored in the storage, receives first execution results from the acceptor servers, decrypts and combines the first execution results to generate a second execution result, and transmits the generated second execution result to the user server.
US11010198B2
A data processing system is described herein that includes two or more software-driven host components. The two or more host components collectively provide a software plane. The data processing system also includes two or more hardware acceleration components (such as FPGA devices) that collectively provide a hardware acceleration plane. A common physical network allows the host components to communicate with each other, and which also allows the hardware acceleration components to communicate with each other. Further, the hardware acceleration components in the hardware acceleration plane include functionality that enables them to communicate with each other in a transparent manner without assistance from the software plane.
US11010195B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: assigning resources of a K-tier resource pool to a certain job residing in a job queue, wherein the certain job residing in the job queue features job coupling characterized by an independent job and a dependent job which for completion depends on an output of the independent job, wherein the K-tier resource pool includes at least one foreground virtual machine (VM) having a first central processing unit (CPU) priority and at least one background virtual machine (VM) having a second CPU priority, wherein the first CPU priority is higher than the second CPU priority, wherein the assigning resources of the K-tier resource pool to the certain job includes assigning one or more foreground VM to the independent job and assigning one or more background VM to the dependent job.
US11010192B2
Register restoration using recovery buffers. A restore request initiated by an application to restore one or more registers indicated by the restore request is obtained. The one or more registers are restored using a recovery buffer. The restoring scans the recovery buffer for the one or more registers indicated by the restore request, and restores the one or more registers using one or more values obtained from the recovery buffer.
US11010191B1
Systems and methods for implementing a platform-independent interface for generating virtualized multi-service hardware systems are provided. For example, the system may generate “Infrastructure as Code” (IaC) and/or “Infrastructure as a Service” (IaaS) using various services and tools (e.g., provided by third parties) and programmatic calls to those services and tools. The system may also generate “Functions as a Service” (FaaS) to provide systems and services that are available perpetually. The system may automatically isolate and resolve bugs or other computational issues without the need for human intervention.
US11010179B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user input by the first user from a client system associated with a first user, parsing the user input to identify one or more n-grams associated with the user input, accessing a user profile associated with the first user, wherein the user profile is stored in a first data store, accessing ontology data based on the one or more identified n-grams from one or more information graphs, wherein the one or more information graphs are stored in one or more second data stores, respectively, determining contextual information associated with the user input, generating semantic information by aggregating the user profile, ontology data, and contextual information, generating a feature representation for the identified one or more n-grams based on the semantic information, and resolving one or more entities associated with the one or more n-grams based on the feature representation.
US11010172B2
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide to execute a first stage boot loader during a boot-up of the device; determine whether a disaster recovery service is invoked based on the first stage boot loader reading a first file that indicates whether the disaster recovery service was invoked during a previous cycle of the device and detecting a position of a button of the device; execute a second stage boot loader in response to a determination that the disaster recovery service is invoked; again determine whether the disaster recovery service is invoked; and reboot in response to a determination that the disaster recovery service is not invoked.
US11010156B1
Methods and systems for managing an online application database and application search. Search queries for applications are received from users. Unfulfilled queries are stored in memory. The platform identifies one or more application features based on the search queries within the stored unfulfilled queries, and generates an application build recommendation specifying the one or more application features. The application build recommendation is output to one or more developer accounts. If a new application is received, the platform may determine whether the new application contains features that sufficiently correspond to the features in one of the application build recommendations. User accounts that submitted the unfulfilled queries that served as the basis for the matching application build recommendation may be notified of the availability of the new application.
US11010151B2
A method and system for processing a plurality of unordered software patches for one or more computer readable software programs configured to be executed in a computer system. The unordered software patches are obtained. The unordered software patches include relationship information for defining a relationship the unordered software patches have with a second software patch. For each unordered software patch, the relationship information of the unordered software patch is analyzed to determine the relationship the unordered software patch has with the second software patch. An entry for each unordered software patch is stored in a relationship data store in the data processing system or computer system. The entry comprises dependency data representative of the determined relationship the unordered software patch has with the second software patch. The unordered software patches are ordered based on the dependency data in the relationship data store.
US11010148B2
An application installation device, which is connected to a plurality of electronic control units, receives (i) a first application to be installed and (ii) application usage information indicating a second application used by the first application, while storing existing application information indicating an existing application installed in each of the plurality of electronic control units. In response to determining that the second application is included as the existing application based on the existing application information, a determined electronic control unit in which the first application and the second application are enabled to be installed is determined as an installation destination of the first application among the plurality of electronic control units. The first application is transmitted to the determined electronic control unit.
US11010133B2
An adder includes a primary carry bit generation circuit and a summing circuit. The primary carry bit generation circuit is configured to generate first carry bits for a first number of pairs of bits from first and second operands, and to generate second carry bits for a second number of pairs of bits from the first and second operands. The second number of pairs being different than the first number of pairs. The summing circuit is configured to generate first sums by adding bits of pairs from the first and second number of pairs and the first and second carry bits. The summing circuit is configured to generate second sums by adding bits of other pairs of the bits from first and second operands than the pairs in the first and second number of pairs and additional carry bits generated when adding the bits of the other pairs.
US11010132B2
Processing cores with data associative adaptive rounding and associated methods are disclosed herein. One disclosed processing core comprises an arithmetic logic unit cluster configured to generate a value for a unit of directed graph data using input directed graph data, a comparator coupled to a threshold register and a data register, a core controller configured to load a threshold value into the threshold register when the value for the unit of directed graph data is loaded into the data register, and a rounding circuit. The rounding circuit is configured to receive the value for the unit of directed graph data from the arithmetic logic unit cluster and conditionally round the value for the unit of directed graph data based on a comparator output from the comparator.
US11010098B2
A memory module with multiple memory devices includes a buffer system that manages communication between a memory controller and the memory devices. The memory module additionally includes a command input port to receive command and address signals from a controller and, also in support of capacity extensions, a command relay circuit coupled to the command port to convey the commands and addresses from the memory module to another module or modules. Relaying commands and addresses introduces a delay, and the buffer system that manages communication between the memory controller and the memory devices can be configured to time data communication to account for that delay.
US11010096B2
A method for execution by a dispersed storage and task (DST) processing unit includes receiving an access request via a network. A set of possible storage units for performance of the access request are determined. A latency summarization value is determined for each of the set of possible storage units based on historical latency data for the set of possible storage units. A weight for each of the set of possible storage units is determined based on the latency summarization values to generate a plurality of weights. A probabilistic selection function is performed in accordance with the plurality of weights to select a proper subset of the set of possible storage units. A plurality of requests are generated based on the access request for transmission, via the network, to the proper subset of the set of possible storage units.
US11010091B2
Embodiments are disclosed for a multi-tier storage system. The techniques include identifying a candidate extent stored in a first tier of a first storage pool of a multi-tier storage system (MTSS). The candidate extent is blocked from promotion because of a space constraint on a second tier. The techniques also include identifying a second tier of a second storage pool. The second tier provides faster input-output (I/O) access than the first tier provides. Additionally, the second pool includes available space to store the candidate extent. The techniques further include copying the candidate extent to the second tier of the second storage pool. The techniques also include generating a cross-pool mapping. The cross-pool mapping maps from a first address of the candidate extent in the first tier of the first storage pool to a second address of the copied candidate extent in the second tier of the second storage pool.
US11010089B2
The present disclosure generally relates to creating virtualized block storage devices whose data is replicated across isolated computing systems to lower risk of data loss even in wide-scale events, such as natural disasters. The virtualized device can include at least two volumes, each of which is implemented in a distinct computing system. Due to separation between volumes, replication lag may occur, in which data persisted to a first volume is not immediately persisted to a second volume. Such lag can increase a potential for data loss in the event that the first volume fails. Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to managing data loss risk by determining an expected maximum difference between the data stored at the two volumes, in a manner that does not require decrypting the data written to the volumes or perfect knowledge of the state of the distributed system at a single point.
US11010085B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for data movement. An example apparatus includes a memory device that includes a plurality of subarrays of memory cells and sensing circuitry coupled to the plurality of subarrays. The sensing circuitry includes a sense amplifier and a compute component. The memory device also includes a plurality of subarray controllers. Each subarray controller of the plurality of subarray controllers is coupled to a respective subarray of the plurality of subarrays and is configured to direct performance of an operation with respect to data stored in the respective subarray of the plurality of subarrays. The memory device is configured to move a data value corresponding to a result of an operation with respect to data stored in a first subarray of the plurality of subarrays to a memory cell in a second subarray of the plurality of subarrays.
US11010074B2
Disclosed is a system and method for providing host adjustable performance parameters for SSDs. The method includes accessing a latency profile based on a determined device age of a solid state drive (SSD). The method also includes providing for display a user interface comprising a plurality of interface elements to adjust a respective plurality of performance specifications of the SSD, wherein the user interface is configured based on the latency profile. The method also includes receiving, via the user interface, an adjustment to the plurality of performance specifications. The method also includes sending an instruction to the SSD to configure the SSD with a parameter set based on the adjusted plurality of performance specifications.
US11010073B2
A transceiver is designed to share memory and processing power amongst a plurality of transmitter and/or receiver latency paths, in a communications transceiver that carries or supports multiple applications. For example, the transmitter and/or receiver latency paths of the transceiver can share an interleaver/deinterleaver memory. This allocation can be done based on the data rate, latency, BER, impulse noise protection requirements of the application, data or information being transported over each latency path, or in general any parameter associated with the communications system.
US11010071B2
A solid state drive includes: a plurality of non-volatile memories, each of the non-volatile memories connected to a channel, the channel connected to at least one way connected to a die; a host interface which receives stream data and stream information from a host; and a resource allocator which allocates the stream data to super blocks of the plurality of non-volatile memories on the basis of the stream information. A super block includes a unit super block, and the unit super block includes a block of a first die corresponding to a first channel and connected to a plurality of the ways connected to the first channel. The stream data may include stream groups, and the stream information may include the number of streams included in a stream group. A performance factor of a stream or stream group an extent size of a stream, and an allocation position of the stream, may also be included in the stream information.
US11010066B2
A guarded storage facility sets up a boundary indicating a range of addresses to be guarded or protected. When a program attempts to access an address in a guarded section defined by the boundary, a guarded storage event occurs. Use of this facility facilitates performance of certain tasks within a computing environment, including storage reclamation.
US11010062B2
A peripheral device includes a function block to provide data in response to a request from a host device, a data channel coupled with the function block to transmit the data from the function block to a host device as one or more packets, and output logic coupled with the data channel and configured to indicate validity of the data transmitted via the data channel by causing a signal to transition for each of the one or more packets of the data transmitted to the host device via the data channel, and transmit the signal to the host device.
US11010060B2
A high performance logical device having low latency may be provided. I/Os to the logical device may be sent only to a primary director having sole ownership of the logical device. The primary director may perform operations locally for the logical device. Such operations may include allocating global memory for use with the logical device from only a global memory portion that is local to the primary director. The global memory may be a distributed global memory including memory from multiple directors and possibly multiple engines. Cached data for the logical device may be mirrored automatically by the data storage system. Alternatively, the cached data for the logical device may be mirrored using a host-based mirroring technique.
US11010059B2
Techniques for processing I/O operations include receiving an I/O operation that accesses a target location. Metadata (MD) pages are accessed in a consecutive order to access the target location in a user data (UD) page. First processing is performed by first code. The first processing includes determining that a first MD page is not in cache; responsive to determining the first MD page is not in the cache, issuing a forwarding read command to a component to obtain pages including the first MD page and one or more other MD pages subsequent to the first MD page in the consecutive order; and receiving a response to the forwarding read command that includes the requested pages.
US11010058B2
A solid state memory component can include a plurality of bit lines, a source line, and a plurality of non-functional memory pillars. Each non-functional memory pillar is electrically isolated from one or both of the plurality of bit lines and the source line. A solid state memory component can include a plurality of pillars located in a periphery portion of the solid state memory component, and memory cells adjacent to each of the pillars. Associated systems and methods are also disclosed.
US11010057B2
A storage system, host, and method for storage system calibration are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system is provided comprising a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to: determine a pattern of host writes to the memory; determine whether the pattern of host writes matches a granularity of a logical-to-physical address map used by the storage system; and in response to determining that the pattern of host writes does not match the granularity of the logical-to-physical address map used by the storage system, change the granularity of the logical-to-physical address map used by the storage system. In another embodiment, the storage system calibration is done by host directive. Other embodiments are provided.
US11010054B1
According to one embodiment, a data processing system includes a plurality of processing units, each processing unit having one or more processor cores. The system further includes a plurality of memory roots, each memory root being associated with one of the processing units. Each memory root includes one or more branches and a plurality of memory leaves to store data. Each of the branches is associated with one or more of the memory leaves and to provide access to the data stored therein. The system further includes a memory fabric coupled to each of the branches of each memory root to allow each branch to access data stored in any of the memory leaves associated with any one of remaining branches.
US11010050B1
Example systems and methods are described for implementing a swipe-to-like feature. In an example implementation, a list of content items is displayed on a touchscreen display, and based on detecting input of a first gesture, such as, for example, a swipe gesture, for a first one of the content items in the list, associating a predetermined first sentiment with the first content item.
US11010049B2
There is provided a gesture-based GUI (system, method, etc.) to facilitate input of numerical data using a continuous swipe gesture. A gesture-based I/O device displays a GUI presenting a gross number and a gross number control to initially define a specific number for further defining with specificity. In response to a first gesture (hard click or pause) interacting with the gross number control, the specific number is initially defined as the gross number and a finer number control is presented to refine the specific number. In response to a continuous swipe gesture continuing from the first gesture and interacting with the finer number control, the interface further defines the specific number with finer specificity where a quantum varies in response to a direction and distance of the continuous swipe. Successive finer number controls may be also be presented to refine the specific number by continuing the swipe.
US11010032B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing navigation in a hierarchical data set are presented. In some embodiments, a computing device may generate a user interface including a first node as a focused node at a fixed focal point along with a subset of a first plurality of related nodes having a relationship with the first node. In some instances discussed herein, user input may be received selecting a second node as the focused node, such as a scrolling action dragging the second node to the fixed focal point. The user interface may be updated to display a subset of a second plurality of related nodes having a relationship with the second node. In some arrangements, the hierarchical data set may correspond to an organizational chart, a workflow, a directory structure, a categorized list, a taxonomy, or any other type of hierarchical data.
US11010022B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a method for navigating an avatar based on time zones. A global event is identified that begins at a particular time on a given date; a sequential list of time zones associated with a plurality of geographical locations is retrieved; and a current time at a first time zone of the sequential list of time zones is determined to have reached the particular time on the given date. In response, an avatar is generated for display on a map at a first of the plurality of geographical locations associated with the first time zone and is navigated to a second geographical location when a current time at a second time zone, associated with the second geographical location, reaches the particular time on the given date.
US11010011B2
A storage manager that interoperates with a file manager application that integrates with virtualization substantially enables end-user control and storage management of virtual machines (VMs). The storage manager may manage information management operations relative to virtual machines based on and/or in response to messages and/or instructions received from the file manager application. The storage manager may further report results to the file manager application for presentation to the user. The file manager application, which may operate as a plug-in for a legacy file manager executing on a user's client computing device, may comprise: displaying the VMs associated with the user, including their respective properties; enabling viewing/browsing of information about storage management operations for a VM such as backups and/or archiving, including files associated with the VM and searching and filtering criteria; control features that enable the user to control existing VMs, such as shut down, restart/activate/power-on, suspend, and/or re-configure, and also perform storage management of a VM and/or its associated files, such as create snapshot, back up, archive, restore VM from secondary storage, restore and overwrite VM, restore file(s)/folder(s) to user's client computing device, restore file(s)/folder(s) to a production VM in primary storage, etc.; control features that enable the user to provision additional VMs, such as create a new VM, create a clone VM, configure a VM, etc.
US11010003B2
A touch sensor module includes a touch sensor layer including sensing electrodes and traces extending from the sensing electrodes, an optical layer on the touch sensor layer to cover the sensing electrodes, a circuit connection structure spaced apart from the optical layer and electrically connected to the traces on an end portion of the touch senor layer, and a colored resin pattern filling a gap between the optical layer and the circuit connection structure. An optical disturbance at the gap is prevented by the colored resin pattern.
US11010001B2
The present disclosure provides a touch substrate, a method of manufacturing the same, and a touch display device. The touch substrate includes a base substrate, a plurality of touch electrodes on the base substrate, and a vanishing pattern insulated from the touch electrodes, in which an orthogonal projection of the vanishing pattern on the base substrate covers at least a portion of an orthogonal projection of a gap between adjacent touch electrodes on the base substrate, and a material of the vanishing pattern and a material of the touch electrodes are the same.
US11009994B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for decreasing latency between an acquisition of touch data and processing of an associated rendering task in a touch sensitive device having a touch sensing system capable of producing touch data at a touch sampling rate and having a display system that displays frames at a refresh rate. In an embodiment, the system estimates at least one of (a) a period of time for sampling touch data from the touch sensing system, (b) a period of time for computing touch event data from sampled touch data, and (c) a period of time for rendering of a frame to a frame buffer. The system determines a period of time Tc for (a) sampling touch data from the touch sensing system, (b) computing touch event data from sampled touch data, and (c) rendering of a frame to a frame buffer, based at least in part on the estimate. The system determines a point in time Tr at which the display system will be refreshed from the frame buffer. A sampling start time is computed based at least in part upon Tr and Tc. Sampling of the touch sensing system is initiated to obtain sampled touch data at the sampling start time. Touch event data is computed from the sampled touch data, and a frame that reflects the touch event data is rendered to the frame buffer prior to the time Tr. The display is then refreshed from the frame buffer.
US11009992B2
An active stylus includes a stylus electrode, receive circuitry, and transmit circuitry. The stylus electrode is configured to capacitively couple with one or more electrodes of a capacitance-based touch sensor of a touch-sensitive device. The receive circuitry is operatively coupled to the stylus electrode and configured to receive a synchronization waveform from the touch-sensitive device. The transmit circuitry is operatively coupled to the stylus electrode and configured to, upon receiving the synchronization waveform, transmit stylus information to the touch-sensitive device according to a communication frame including a first set of sub-frames and a second set of sub-frames. The transmit circuitry is configured to transmit a first waveform during the first set, if the active stylus is hovering, transmit the first waveform during the second set, and if the active stylus is not hovering, transmit one or more additional waveforms during the second set.
US11009991B2
A display control apparatus includes a touch detecting unit 102 configured to detect a touch operation on a display screen, and a control unit 104 configured to, in response to a touch operation on an unspecified region of the display screen, display a predetermined item at a position corresponding to the touch operation on the first region, and in response to a touch operation on a specified region of the display screen which overlays the first region, display a plurality of options selectable by a touch operation in the specified region. In a case where a touch operation on the specified region is detected while the plurality of options are not displayed in the specified region, the control unit 104 controls to display the plurality of options in the second region.
US11009982B2
The present disclosure discloses a circuit board, a display control device and a display device. The circuit board includes at least two circuit modules. Each of the circuit modules includes a plurality of first-type signal receiving terminals. Respective numbers of the first-type signal receiving terminals included in the at least two circuit modules are the same. Respective number of channels used by the at least two circuit modules to transmit a first-type signal are different. The display control device includes the above circuit board. The circuit board, the display control device and the display device provided by the present disclosure are used in touch display.
US11009980B2
A fingerprint-sensing array on a substrate includes the substrate, scan lines, data lines, readout lines, sub-pixels, and multiple fingerprint recognition units. Areas between adjacent scan lines and adjacent data lines define one sub-pixel with pixel electrode and a first transistor. Of the first transistor, drain electrode connects to the pixel electrode, source electrode connects to one data line and gate electrode connects to one scan line. Thus some of the sub-pixels contain fingerprint recognition units, these being a photodiode electrically connected to one readout line. The readout line passes signals generated by the photodiode to achieve fingerprint recognition function. A display panel using the array on the substrate and a display device using the display panel are also provided.
US11009973B1
A mouse configured to communicatively couple to an information handling system may include an enclosure, a scroll wheel enclosed within the enclosure, with a portion of the scroll wheel extending from the enclosure, the scroll wheel configured to rotate about a first rotational axis, a scroll wheel gear mechanically coupled to the scroll wheel and configured to rotate about the first rotational axis at the same angular velocity as the scroll wheel, and a damping gear assembly. The damping gear assembly may include a damping gear enclosed with the enclosure and configured to rotate about a second rotational axis parallel to the first rotational axis of the scroll wheel and a slider enclosed within the enclosure and exposed through an opening of the enclosure proximate to the portion of the scroll wheel which is exposed through the enclosure, the slider mechanically coupled to the damping gear to enable a user to selectively engage the damping gear to the scroll wheel gear and selectively disengage the damping gear from the scroll wheel gear by interacting with the slider, such that the damping gear inhibits rotation of the scroll wheel when the damping gear is engaged with the scroll wheel gear and such that the scroll wheel rotates freely when the damping gear is disengaged from the scroll wheel gear.
US11009967B2
A method for scanning a keyboard circuit is provided. The keyboard circuit includes a keyboard array, output wires, input wires, and a scanning circuit. Each of the output wires is electrically coupled to a corresponding column of key units of the keyboard array, respectively. Each of the input wires is electrically coupled to a corresponding row of key units of the keyboard array, and is provided with a pull-up resistor. The method includes: turning on and connecting open-drain transistors to the ground in a scanning interval to clean charges on the output wires; turning on the open-drain transistors and connecting the open-drain transistors to the ground sequentially in a scanning duration; and receiving detected electrical levels through the input wires, and when one of the detected electrical levels is substantially equal to the electrical level of the ground, determining that the corresponding key unit is pressed.
US11009964B2
A system including a plurality of sensor modules, each module having an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and being attached to a respective body portion of a user (e.g., upper arm, hand, and/or head) to measure the current orientation of the corresponding portion of the user. A computing device coupled to the sensor modules is configured to identify that a user is at a predefined pose, which the predefined pose of the user is representative of the forearms and the upper arms of the user lying in a horizontal plane. A head mount display (HMD) attached to a head of the user using a camera to generate camera data, the HMD calculating the first length using the camera data, and the first length is calculated as corresponds to a distance between hands of the user and shoulders of the user; the computing device determining one or more lengths of one or more bones of the user based on the first length and the plurality of orientations of arm bones of the user at the predefined pose.
US11009962B2
A method and computing system are provided. The method includes detecting a change in a context of a computing device. In response to detecting the change, a first sequence of plural data items is rearranged into a second sequence different than the first sequence, based on the change in the context of the computing device. Access to the plural data items is permitted based on a first change with respect to the computing device, the first change being different from the change in the context.
US11009960B2
An electronic device: detects an input on a respective button. Tactile outputs are generated to indicate that the respective button has been activated in place of a mechanical switch that detects activation of the respective button when the respective button is mechanically compressed. In response to detecting the input on the respective button: in accordance with a determination that the input meets activation criteria, the electronic device provides a first tactile output with a first tactile output pattern that includes: between 0.5 and 4 cycles of an oscillation of one or more tactile output generators relative to corresponding neutral positions of the one or more tactile output generators. The oscillation of the one or more tactile output generators occurs at a frequency between 80 Hz and 400 Hz. In accordance with a determination that the input does not meet the activation criteria, the electronic device forgoes providing the first tactile output.
US11009959B1
The disclosed haptic vibrotactile actuators on inflatable bladders may include an inflatable bladder and a flexible haptic vibrotactile actuator positioned on or in the inflatable bladder such that inflation and deflation of the inflatable bladder alters a vibrotactile sensation induced by the flexible haptic vibrotactile actuator in response to activation of the flexible haptic vibrotactile actuator. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11009955B2
Touch-based input devices, such as a stylus, can provide feedback in the form of shear forces applied to the user. A stylus can produce shear forces that act on a user to provide unique tactile sensations. For example, a shear device can be included at a grip region of a stylus to provide shear sensations at the user's hands (e.g., fingers). The shear forces can be unaligned forces that urge one part of the user's hand in one direction and another part of the user's hand in an opposite direction or that tend to maintain the other part of the user's hand in a stationary location.
US11009947B2
A computer system is provided. The computer system includes a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to detect open eyes in an image received from a camera of the computer; recognize properties of the open eyes including orientation, designation as a left or right eye, and relative position of the eyes; group the detected open eyes into pairs of eyes based on the recognized properties; measure pupillary distance (e.g. represented in image pixels) of each of the pairs of eyes; identify the pair of eyes associated with the largest pupillary distance as the eyes closest to the camera; calculate a relative distance from the camera to the closest pair of eyes, the relative distance calculated as a ratio of the camera focal length to the largest pupillary distance; and reduce brightness of the computer screen if the relative distance is less than a threshold ratio.
US11009942B2
The invention discloses a multi-human tracking system and method with single Kinect for supporting mobile virtual reality applications. The system can complete the real-time tracking of users occluded in different degrees with a single Kinect capture device to ensure smooth and immersive experience of players. The method utilizes the principle that the user's shadow is not occluded when the user is occluded under certain lighting conditions, and converts the calculation of the motion of the occluded user into a problem of solving the movement of the user's shadow, and can accurately detect the position of each user, rather than just predicting the user's position, thereby actually realizing tracking.
US11009936B2
An information handling system adapts a capacitive sensor from a primary function of an operational state to a secondary function of managing a power on command from a power off state to transition the information handling system to an operational state. For example, a touchscreen display or specific absorption rate sensor transitions to a low power state, such as with a reduced scan rate, when the information handling system is in a power off state and commands transition to a power on state in response to a touch that lasts a predetermined amount of time.
US11009932B2
Described are mechanisms and methods for implementing highly configurable power delivery management policies. An apparatus may comprise a first circuitry, a second circuitry, a third circuitry, and a fourth circuitry. The first circuitry may include a memory to store a first table having one or more first entries and to store a second table having one or more respectively corresponding second entries. The second circuitry may, upon the occurrence of an event, test a condition specified by an entry in the first table. The third circuitry may, upon the test of the condition having a positive result, evaluate a set of one or more parameters as specified by an entry in a second table corresponding with the entry in the first table. The fourth circuitry may initiate a power-management action based upon the evaluation of the set of one or more parameters.
US11009924B2
Heat-rejecting media may thermally couple to a device, and the heat-rejecting media may include active heat-rejecting media configured to thermally couple to the device and thermally couple between the device and an active cooling system such that the active cooling system causes heat transferred to the active heat-rejecting media from the device to be transferred from the active heat-rejecting media and passive heat-rejecting media extending from the active heat-rejecting media and configured to thermally couple to the device and thermally couple between the device and a system-level air mover other than the active cooling system and configured to drive airflow to components of a system comprising the device such that the heat transferred to the passive heat-rejecting media from the device is transferred to the airflow driven by the system-level air mover.
US11009914B2
An electronic device includes a housing and a buffer component. The housing has a corner portion and two side edges adjacent to the corner portion. The buffer component is embedded in the corner portion and includes a strengthened layer and a buffer layer. The strengthened layer includes an arc-shaped side edge and an embedded portion. The embedded portion is embedded in the corner portion, such that the arc-shaped side edge is aligned with the two side edges. The strengthened layer is a strengthened material structure. The buffer layer is disposed between the strengthened layer and the housing, and the buffer layer is an elastic material structure.
US11009911B2
The present invention provides a display panel including a non-rectangular display area. The display panel includes a first pixel row. The first pixel row includes a plurality of inner pixels and a plurality of end pixels. The inner pixels are disposed in the non-rectangular display area, and the end pixels are disposed between an end of the first pixel row and the inner pixels. An area of a display region of each of the end pixels is less than an area of a display region of each of the inner pixels. In the first pixel row, areas of a plurality of display regions of the end pixels are increased along a direction from the end of the first pixel row toward the inner pixels.
US11009907B2
A portable information handling system user interface adapts based upon a position of a keyboard, such as a position detected by accelerations, Hall sensors, ambient light sensors and/or touchscreen display touches. In one example embodiment, a visual indication presented at a display aids end user location of a keyboard in a hidden position, such as a sliding keyboard disposed under a housing portion or a membrane keyboard integrated in a housing portion lower surface and exposed by a disconnect and flip motion.
US11009905B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a plurality of processing circuits including a sample and hold circuit, and a timing signal generation circuit that receives a reference clock signal and generates a timing signal to control a timing to operate the sample and hold circuit based on the reference clock signal. The plurality of processing circuits serially execute processing in order from the processing circuit at a preceding stage to the processing circuit at a subsequent stage. The timing signal generation circuit is coupled to the plurality of processing circuits so as to supply the timing signal to each of the plurality of processing circuits in order from the processing circuit at the subsequent stage to the processing circuit at the preceding stage.
US11009897B2
A remote seal system includes a remote diaphragm having a first side configured to be exposed to a process fluid. A conduit is coupled to the remote diaphragm and includes a fill fluid in fluidic communication with a second side of the remote diaphragm. A temperature sensor is thermally coupled to the conduit and configured to sense a temperature of the fill fluid. In one alternative example, a remote sensing assembly includes a flexible elongate conduit having a first end coupled to a remote diaphragm in fluidic communication with a process fluid and a second end extending a length from the first end to a process fluid pressure transmitter. A substantially incompressible fill fluid is disposed within the flexible elongate conduit. The process fluid pressure transmitter is configured to generate an output value indicative of pressure in the process fluid based on a corresponding pressure in the fill fluid. A temperature detector is coupled to the flexible elongate conduit and is configured to provide a signal indicative of an average temperature of the fill fluid along the flexible elongate conduit. A compensation system calculates a thermal expansion value based on the average temperature and adjusts the pressure signal based on the thermal expansion value.
US11009895B2
A system is provided for tracking, in a distributed water infrastructure, water usage by category. The system may comprise at least one processor configured to receive from at least one sensor associated with the distributed water infrastructure signals indicative of water usage in the distributed water infrastructure. The system may, based on the signals indicative of water usage, construct a plurality of profiles. The system may assign each profile to one of a plurality of water usage categories. The system may collect, from the at least one sensor, signals indicative of water usage for substantially all water delivered through the distributed water infrastructure in a time period. The system may construct a plurality of water usage profiles in the aggregate, encompassing substantially all water delivered through the distributed water infrastructure in the time period. The system may assign each constructed water usage profile to one of the plurality of water usage categories. The system may output, for display, water usage for the time period for each of the plurality of water usage categories.
US11009894B2
An image projection unit projects, onto an object, an image that contains identification information for identifying the contents of control on an unmanned flying device. A control unit controls operation of the unmanned flying device, in accordance with the identification information indicated by the image captured by the imaging device mounted on the unmanned flying device. A deformation determination unit determines deformation of the projection plane of the object. The image projection unit projects an image showing a predetermined shape onto the object, and, in accordance with a result of the deformation determination, controls projection of the image for controlling operation of the unmanned flying device. The deformation determination unit determines deformation of the projection plane, in accordance with the shape of the captured image generated by capturing the projected image showing the predetermined shape.
US11009888B2
An autonomous vehicle, in particular an automated guided vehicle, comprises a control device and a sensor for detecting a continuous lane marking. The control device is adapted to control the vehicle along the lane marking in dependence on the detected lane marking, wherein the sensor is adapted to detect a code marking arranged adjacent to the lane marking and to determine a distance between the detected code marking and the lane marking, and wherein the control device is further adapted to control the vehicle in dependence on the determined distance.
US11009875B2
The technology relates to maneuvering a vehicle prior to making a turn from a current lane of the vehicle. As an example, a route that includes making the turn from the lane is identified. An area of the lane prior to the turn having a lane width of at least a predetermined size is also identified. Sensor data identifying an object within the lane is received from a perception system of a vehicle. Characteristics of the object, including a location of the object relative to the vehicle, are identified from the sensor data. The vehicle is then maneuvered through the area prior to making the turn using the identified characteristics.
US11009869B2
In an autonomously navigating vehicle including a sensor (contact-lift sensor) configured to produce an output proportional to displacement between a chassis and the cover and the control unit configured to receive output of the sensor, wherein the control unit is configured to determine whether change of the sensor output per prescribed time period is equal to or greater than the threshold value, count up time period during which change has been determined to be equal to or greater than the threshold value, and compare time period counted up by the time integration unit with prescribed time periods (first prescribed time period and second prescribed time period) and discriminate whether the vehicle has contacted an obstacle or whether the cover has been lifted from the chassis based on the result of the comparison with the prescribed time periods.
US11009868B2
Disclosed herein are systems for navigating an autonomous or semi-autonomous fleet comprising a plurality of autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles within a plurality of navigable pathways within an unstructured open environment.
US11009862B2
A system for monitoring manufacturing includes one or more sensors and a controller in communication with the one or more sensors. The controller may include one or more processors that determine a quality metric represented by machine data collected from one or more machine data sensors and identify a correlation value between the machine data and environmental data collected from one or more environmental data sensors. The controller may further include determine if the correlation value exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and if the correlation value exceeds the predetermined threshold value, report at least one of the correlation value and the quality metric.
US11009857B2
An application method of the thermal error-temperature loop in the spindle of a CNC machine tool. This uses a bar and two displacement sensors to determine radial thermal errors of the spindle. Meanwhile two temperature sensors are used to determine the temperature of the upper and lower surfaces of the spindle box. Then, the thermal error-temperature loop is drawn with the temperature difference between two temperature sensors as the abscissa and the radial thermal error of the spindle as the ordinate. Finally, the loop is employed to analyze the mechanism of the radial thermal deformation of the spindle and the thermal error level is evaluated. Since the method is based on measured data, the results of the analysis are closer to the reality, compared to those from the numerical simulations.
US11009856B2
A method for supporting a sorting process of workpieces arranged on a sorting table that have been produced on a machine tool by a processing plan, comprising providing of a processing image data set of the processing plan based on the arrangement of at least one workpiece. The method further relates to an imaging-based capturing of the sorting table having a plurality of adjacent workpieces to each other and generating a first sorting image data set, and repeated image-based capturing of the sorting table and generating of a second sorting image data set once at least one workpiece has been removed from the sorting table. The method comprises comparing of the sorting image data sets, incorporating the processing image data set, wherein a sorting signal is generated which contains information that comprises the type, the position and/or the shape of the at least one removed workpiece.
US11009852B2
A numerical controller which uses a simulation screen displayed on a touch panel so as to edit operation data of an industrial machine includes: a touch operation reception unit that receives a touch operation by an operator on the simulation screen; an operation identifying unit that identifies an operation target and an operation type on the simulation screen by the touch operation received; a setting screen data extraction unit that references the editing data storage unit for associating the operation target and the operation type and setting screen data including an editing item so as to store them so as to extract the setting screen data corresponding to the operation target and the operation type identified; an editing processing unit that edits the setting screen data extracted; and a setting screen output unit that outputs, to the touch panel 40, the setting screen data after being edited.
US11009836B2
An apparatus and method are provided to perform constrained optimization of a constrained property of an apparatus, which is complex due to having several components, and these components are configurable in real-time. The optimization is achieved by detecting values of the constrained property and a plurality of other properties of the apparatus when the apparatus is configured in a first subset of the plurality of configurations. A model is learned using the detected values of the constrained property. The model represents the constrained property and can also represent other properties as a function of the configurations. The model can also include estimated uncertainties of the constrained property in the model. Then, using the d model and the estimated uncertainties, the optimal configuration can be selected to minimize an error value (e.g., the difference between a desired value and an observed value of the at least one constrained property).
US11009832B2
A pointer including a thick section formed on a pointer body in a manner to be thicker than a thickness of the pointer body, an accommodation section provided in the thick section in a manner to penetrate through a front and back of the thick section, and a luminous member provided in the accommodation section.
US11009817B2
A presser presses a rotator and switches between a pressurization state in which the presser presses the rotator and a depressurization state in which the presser releases the pressurization state. The presser includes a pressure portion that presses the rotator in the pressurization state. The presser further includes a retracted portion that retracts from the pressure portion in a retracting direction in which the retracted portion retracts from the rotator. The retracted portion presses the rotator in the depressurization state.
US11009814B1
An image forming apparatus including: a transfer component including a transfer roller configured to transfer an image; a holding mechanism supported by a cover, configured to hold the transfer component; a lever rotatably between a first position and a second position, configured to pressurize the transfer component to press the transfer roller against an image carrier when the lever is at the first position; and an engagement portion supported by the cover, configured to engage with the lever to move the lever to the first position while the cover is closed, to engage with the lever to move the lever to the second position while the cover is opened, and to disengage from the lever to be separated from a space through which the lever is capable of passing when the lever is positioned at a third position between the first position and the second position.
US11009811B2
An image forming apparatus includes a chassis having an opening, a cover, photosensitive members, an intermediate transfer belt, a primary-transfer member, a secondary-transfer roller, a cleaner device, an external-sheet inlet, a waste toner container, a connector, and a conveying roller, which is arranged within the feeding path to feed the recording sheet inserted through the external-sheet inlet in the feeding path. The conveying roller is mounted on the waste toner container and removable from the chassis along with the waste toner container.
US11009803B2
A mask assembly suitable for use in a lithographic process, the mask assembly comprising a patterning device; and a pellicle frame configured to support a pellicle and mounted on the patterning device with a mount; wherein the mount is configured to suspend the pellicle frame relative to the patterning device such that there is a gap between the pellicle frame and the patterning device; and wherein the mount provides a releasably engageable attachment between the patterning device and the pellicle frame.
US11009800B2
A measurement system to determine a deformation of an object having a front surface, a back surface and a pattern. The measurement system includes a processor system and an interferometer system. The interferometer system has a radiation source and a detector system. The source is configured to emit, to each of a plurality of locations on the object, measurement beams in order to generate, at each of the respective plurality of locations, reflected measurement beams off the front and back surfaces of the object respectively. The detector system is configured to receive the respective reflected measurement beams and output signals representative of the received reflected measurement beams to the processor system. The processor system is configured to receive the signals; determine, based on the signals as received, a characteristic of the object; and determine a deformation of the pattern based on the characteristic.
US11009799B2
A liquid crystal exposure apparatus is equipped with: a substrate holder that is disposed below a projection optical system and holds a substrate; a first drive section that moves the substrate holder along an XY plane; heads that measures the position information of the substrate holder; head stages that support the heads and are movable within the XY plane; and a second drive section that moves the head stages in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, and the second drive section moves the head stages in the X-axis direction or the Y-axis direction when the substrate holder is moved in the X-axis direction or the Y-axis direction by the first drive section.
US11009798B2
A method of aligning a wafer for semiconductor fabrication processes may include applying a magnetic field to a wafer, detecting one or more residual magnetic fields from one or more alignment markers within the wafer, responsive to the detected one or more residual magnetic fields, determining locations of the one or more alignment markers. The marker locations may be determined relative to an ideal grid, followed by determining a geometrical transformation model for aligning the wafer, and aligning the wafer responsive to the geometrical transformation model. Related methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11009796B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a material layer over a substrate and forming a resist layer over the material layer. The resist layer includes an inorganic material and an auxiliary. The inorganic material includes a plurality of metallic cores and a plurality of first linkers bonded to the metallic cores. The method includes exposing a portion of the resist layer. The resist layer includes an exposed region and an unexposed region. In the exposed region, the auxiliary reacts with the first linkers. The method also includes removing the unexposed region of the resist layer by using a developer to form a patterned resist layer. The developer includes a ketone-based solvent having a formula (a) or the ester-based solvent having a formula (b).
US11009790B2
A photoacid generator (PAG) and a photoresist composition, the PAG being represented by the following Chemical Formula (I): wherein, in Chemical Formula (I), L is sulfur (S) or iodine (I), R3 being omitted when L is I; R1, R2, and R3 are each independently a C1 to C10 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or alkoxy group that is unsubstituted or substituted with a heteroatom such that the heteroatom is pendant or is between the group and L, or a C6 to C18 aryl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl group that is unsubstituted or substituted with a heteroatom such that the heteroatom is pendant or is between the group and L; AL is an acid-labile group; m is 1 to 4; and M is a C1 to C30 hydrocarbon group that is unsubstituted or substituted with a heteroatom such that the heteroatom is pendant or is between the group and a sulfur atom.
US11009787B2
A mask blank in which a phase shift film provided on a transparent substrate includes at least a nitrogen-containing layer and an oxygen-containing layer, the nitrogen-containing layer contains silicon and nitrogen and the oxygen-containing layer contains silicon and oxygen, wherein, when the nitrogen-containing layer is subjected to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to obtain a maximum peak PSi_f of photoelectron intensity of a Si2p narrow spectrum and the transparent substrate is subjected to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to obtain a maximum peak PSi_s of photoelectron intensity of a Si2p narrow spectrum, the numerical value (PSi_f)/(PSi_s), which is produced by dividing the maximum peak PSi_f in the nitrogen-containing layer by the maximum peak PSi_s in the transparent substrate, is 1.09 or less.
US11009781B2
A display system includes an image producing unit, a projection unit and an adjustment unit. The image producing unit has a display surface, and is configured to produce an image on the display surface. The projection unit is configured to project a virtual image to a target space with an output light of the image producing unit. The virtual image corresponds to the image produced by the image producing unit. The display system is configured to change a visual distance between an eye-box and the virtual image. The adjustment unit is configured to adjust brightness of the virtual image according to the visual distance.
US11009774B2
A focus adjustment device, comprising a focus detection section that, if, at the time of correction of an evaluation value by a correction section, it is determined that the corrected evaluation value is smaller than a specified threshold value, makes a determination threshold value for detection of a focus position at which the evaluation value exhibits an extreme value, stricter than for a case when it is determined that the corrected evaluation value is greater than the specified threshold value.
US11009768B2
A liquid lens includes a cavity in which a conductive liquid and a non-conductive liquid are disposed and at least one first through-hole in which at least one of a conductive material or an adhesive material is disposed, a first electrode disposed on the first plate, a second electrode disposed under the first plate, the second electrode including a plurality of electrode sectors, a second plate disposed on the first electrode, and a third plate disposed under the second electrode.
US11009766B2
Disclosed herein is display stacks for virtual reality (VR) displays arranged to present an image where a focal point of the image is presented in higher resolution than a periphery around the focal point. The disclosure provides systems and methods for presenting an image comprising a high resolution having a smaller field of view than that with which a lower resolution image is presented around a periphery of the high resolution image.
US11009762B1
An electronic device with a flexible display subassembly is provided. The display stack may use two layers of adhesives having different elastic properties to improve mechanical impact resistance, with a first adhesive layer made of a viscoelastic material and a second adhesive layer having a low modulus of elasticity. The display stack may also include a hot melt protective sheet (HMPS) covering the display subassembly. The HMPS may be wrapped around the two side edges of a rigid substrate to attach directly to the substrate, thereby aiding in the adhesion of the display stack to the substrate. The display stack may also includes a patterned back protective sheet in which the protective backing layer is removed along the curved portions of the display stack.
US11009757B2
A liquid crystal display includes: an active matrix substrate; an opposite substrate facing the active matrix substrate; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the active matrix substrate and the opposite substrate. The liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixels. The active matrix substrate includes: a first substrate; a base coat layer; a plurality of TFTs; a plurality of scanning wirings; and a plurality of signal wirings. The active matrix substrate further includes a plurality of second light-shielding layers provided between the first substrate and the base coat layer. The base coat layer includes a silicon nitride layer.
US11009754B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a decorative sheet exhibiting high lustrousness even when observed from a direction deviated from a specular reflection of illumination light, and a liquid crystal display device and an automobile interior material each using the decorative sheet. The object is achieved by a decorative sheet including a cholesteric liquid crystal layer having wavelength-selective reflectivity and satisfying Expression (1), R[−45,20](λ1)/R[−45,20](λ2)≥5 Expression (1).
US11009748B2
A display device includes a display panel and an optical element. The display panel includes a non-display area and a display area. The optical element is disposed corresponding to the display panel and includes a main body portion and a positioning portion connected to the main body portion. The main body portion includes a first part corresponding to the non-display area and a second part corresponding to the display area. The first part has a first opening disposed adjacent to the positioning portion.
US11009740B2
A display panel, including a color filter substrate (100), and the color filter substrate (100) includes a first color resistance layer (21), a second color resistance layer (22) and a third color resistance layer (23), a portion of the first color resistance layer, a portion of the second color resistance layer and a portion of the third color resistance layer are overlapped to form a black matrix (26), and a portion of the first color resistance layer, a portion of the second color resistance layer and a portion of the third color resistance layer are overlapped to form a spacer (27).
US11009725B2
A light modulation device is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a light modulation device includes a first polymer film substrate, a second polymer film substrate, an active liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second polymer film substrates, wherein the active liquid crystal layer is capable of switching between a vertical orientation state and a twisting orientation state upon application of a voltage, each of the first and second polymer film substrates has an in-plane retardation of 4,000 nm or more for light having a wavelength of 550 nm, a ratio of an elongation (E1) in a first direction to an elongation (E2) in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction of 3 or more, and wherein an angle formed by the first directions of the first and second polymer film substrates is in a range of 0 degrees to 10 degrees.
US11009724B2
Disclosed are polarized films containing specific light filters that block transmission of harmful electromagnetic radiation. Also disclosed are methods of producing said films as well as ophthalmic lenses having increased eye health.
US11009722B2
The invention relates to a contact lens for a head-mounted display, HMD, comprising a lens body configured for application to the surface of a contact lens wearer's eye, wherein the lens body has a central optically transparent region, wherein the optically transparent region is composed of a plurality of concentric rings of increasing diameter, wherein in the radial direction each concentric ring is configured either as a Fresnel zone or as a simple lens portion, wherein Fresnel zones and simple lens portions alternate with one another, wherein the Fresnel zones are configured for sharp retinal imaging of image data presented at a fixed distance in front of the surface of the eye, wherein the simple lens portions are configured for sharp retinal imaging of the distance and near vision zones of the contact lens wearer. The invention further relates to an HMD, in which a contact lens according to the invention is used for visualization of variable image data presented in a display at a fixed distance in front of the surface of the eye.
US11009720B2
Eyeglasses (2) comprise a pair of extensions (1) configured to be fixed each to a respective temple tip (42) of the eyeglasses (2). Each extension (1) comprises a body (5), having a first segment (53) adapted to be fixed to a respective temple tip (42) of an eyeglass (2), and a second segment (54) inclined with respect to the first segment (53). When the first segments (53) are connected each to the respective temple tip (42), the second segments (54) project from the respective temple tips (42) in directions (T) converging with each other. In this way, the second segments (54) can rest on the neck of a user and support the eyeglasses at the neck without the use of a chain. The extensions (1) are adaptable to temple tips (42) of different sizes.
US11009708B2
A system for a headset comprising a lens system and a screen is provided. Viewing a screen at close range causes eye fatigue and discomfort. The invention solves these problems and provides a compact system for near field viewing in 2D. The invention is realised using a lens system in the form of a unitary lens system, moulded as a single piece to be used with both eyes, where the lenses may optionally comprise a prismatic effect.
US11009705B2
Systems, devices, and methods for optical engines and laser projectors that are well-suited for use in wearable heads-up displays (WHUDs) are described. Generally, the optical engines of the present disclosure integrate a plurality of laser diodes (e.g., 3 laser diodes, 4 laser diodes) within a single, hermetically or partially hermetically sealed, encapsulated package. The optical engines include an optical director element that includes a curved reflective surface (e.g., parabolic cylinder) that redirects laser light beams and collimates the same along the fast axes thereof. Such optical engines may have various advantages over existing designs including, for example, smaller volumes, better manufacturability, faster modulation speed, etc. WHUDs that employ such optical engines and laser projectors are also described.
US11009702B2
A display device includes a controller configured to cause the image generator to generate a virtual image on the basis of at least a state of a vehicle and to adjust the depression angle on the basis of a reception result of a first receptor configured to receive adjustment of the depression angle of the position at which the virtual image is visually recognized by the viewer, wherein, when the depression angle has been adjusted on the basis of a reception result of the first receptor in a case in which the virtual image visual recognition distance is not a predetermined distance, the controller is configured to set the adjusted depression angle as a minimum depression angle and is configured to cause the image generator to generate a virtual image such that the depression angle does not become less than the set minimum depression angle.
US11009698B2
A system and method for providing gaze-based user interface for an augmented and mixed reality device, is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of sensors, modules stored in a memory and executable by processors. The sensors are configured to track gaze direction and head motion of a user. A display module is configured to display a virtual menu comprising interactive contents and a cursor for selecting interactive contents. A gaze and head motion detector module is configured to receive an input representing a gaze direction and head motion of the user from the sensors to determine a target point on the virtual display. A mapping module is configured to map the target point with the interactive content on the virtual display. An output module is configured to execute functions of the mapped interactive content. The present invention utilizes plurality of sensor data to manipulate an interactive content at high accuracy.
US11009687B2
A telecentric lens comprises a front optical group adapted to receive rays coming from an observed object, a rear optical group, adapted to convey said rays towards an image plane of a sensor, and a lens aperture positioned between the front optical group and the rear lens group, wherein the lens aperture lies on the focal plane at least of the front optical group. The front optical group is devoid of lenses and is consists of a concave curved primary mirror adapted to receive and reflect the rays coming from the observed object, and at least one secondary mirror adapted to receive and reflect towards the rear optical group the rays coming from the primary mirror.
US11009684B2
An optical imaging lens includes a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth, a seventh and an eighth lens elements from an object side to an image side in order along an optical axis. The first lens element and the second lens element both have positive refracting power. An optical axis region of an object-side surface of the fifth lens element is concave. A periphery region of an image-side surface of the fifth lens element, an optical axis region of an object-side surface of the sixth lens element and an optical axis region of an object-side surface of the seventh lens element are convex. Materials of the third, the fourth and the eighth lens elements are plastic. The eight lens elements are the only lens elements having refracting power in the optical imaging lens.
US11009681B2
A photographing lens includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens in order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first lens is a meniscus lens with negative refractive power. The second lens is a lens with negative refractive power, in which an image-side surface of the second lens is concave. The third lens is a lens with positive refractive power, in which an image-side surface of the third lens is convex. The fourth lens is a lens with positive refractive power. The fifth lens is a lens with negative refractive power, in which an object-side surface of the fifth lens is concave. The photographing lens has an excellent image resolving ability.
US11009675B2
An imaging apparatus includes a focus detector configured to perform a focus detection based on a signal output from the image sensor corresponding to the first imaging, a calculator configured to calculate a first time corresponding to the second imaging, and a focus controller configured to perform a focus control for driving the focus lens to an in-focus position predicted at the first time based on a focus detection result. The calculator calculates the first time in accordance with whether the aperture control corresponding to the attached lens apparatus is a first aperture control for driving the aperture to a target aperture value via a predetermined aperture value from the aperture value before the aperture control or a second aperture control for driving the aperture to the target aperture value directly from the aperture value before the aperture control.
US11009657B2
Spliced multi-clad optical fibers with a cladding light stripper (CLS) encapsulating the splice. The splice may facilitate conversion between two optical fibers having different architectures, such as different core and/or cladding dimensions. The CLS may comprise a first length of fiber on a first side of the splice, and a second length of fiber on a second side of the splice, encapsulating the splice within the lengths of the CLS. The splice may abut one or more of the lengths of the CLS, or may be separated from one or more lengths of the CLS by an intermediate length of a first and/or second fiber joined by the splice.
US11009656B2
Small-radius coated optical fibers having large mode field diameter and low bending losses. The coated fiber may have an outer radius of 110 μm or less, while providing a mode field diameter of 9.0 μm or greater and a bending loss when wrapped about a 15 mm mandrel of 0.5 dB/km or less at wavelength of 1550 nm. The coated fiber may have a mode field diameter of 9.2 μm or greater and may have a bending loss at 1550 nm of 0.25 dB/km or less when wrapped about a 20 mm mandrel or a bending loss at 1550 nm of 0.02 dB/km or less when wrapped about a 30 mm mandrel.
US11009655B2
Small-radius coated optical fibers having large mode field diameter and low bending losses. The coated fiber may have an outer radius of 110 μm or less, while providing a mode field diameter of 9.0 μm or greater and a bending loss when wrapped about a 15 mm mandrel of 0.5 dB/km or less at wavelength of 1550 nm. The coated fiber may have a mode field diameter of 9.2 μm or greater and may have a bending loss at 1550 nm of 0.25 dB/km or less when wrapped about a 20 mm mandrel or a bending loss at 1550 nm of 0.02 dB/km or less when wrapped about a 30 mm mandrel.
US11009654B2
An anti-resonant hollow core optical fiber having multiple resonant layers. The optical fiber comprises a low-refractive index core region (1) and a high-refractive index cladding region. The high-refractive index cladding region comprises an inner cladding region (4) and an outer cladding region (5). The outer cladding region (5) clads the inner cladding region (4) and the core region (1). The inner cladding region (4) comprises a first anti-resonant layer (2) and a second anti-resonant layer (3), and the first anti-resonant layer (2) and the second anti-resonant layer (3) surround the core region (1); and the first anti-resonant layer (2) comprises several layers of microcapillary tubes, and the second anti-resonant layer (3) supports the first anti-resonant layer (2). The optical fiber adopts a double-cladding structure and uses two or more anti-resonant layers such that theoretically simulated loss is reduced to 0.1 dB/km, and has the features of ultralow transmission loss, wide spectral bandwidth, low bending loss, low transmission loss, high damage threshold and single-mode transmission.
US11009652B2
A display device for a portable object wherein the portable object includes a dial and at least one movable hand, at least one movable hand includes a light source or is coupled to a light source, the dial includes at least one secondary light waveguide, the light source and the secondary waveguide being arranged such that the light source is coupled to the proximal end of the secondary waveguide when the movable hand moves into a predetermined sector of the dial, and the distal end of the secondary waveguide being coupled to a display element of the dial.
US11009650B2
Electromechanical light modulators and backlight providing efficient, low cost and high performance displays.
US11009643B2
This application relates to a laminate comprising: a first half wave plate; a second half wave plate; and a positive C plate provided between the first half wave plate and the second half wave plate and a liquid crystal display comprising the same.
US11009641B2
A method for patterning film layer, a metal wire grid polarizer and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The method includes: forming an imprint adhesive layer on a metal layer; imprinting the imprint adhesive layer to form a groove so that part of the metal layer is exposed from the bottom of the groove; performing a surface treatment on the exposed metal layer to form an etching-resist layer on the surface of the exposed metal layer, the etching-resist layer containing an element contained in the metal layer; and etching the imprint adhesive layer and the surface-treated metal layer to remove the imprint adhesive layer and the metal layer whose surface is not formed with the etching-resist layer, to obtain a patterned metal layer, thereby reducing cost and time of the metal layer patterning and improving the patterning accuracy.
US11009630B2
A method for forming a multilayer thin film structure includes directly depositing an absorber layer to encapsulate a dielectric layer, and the dielectric layer encapsulates a reflective core particle. The method further including depositing an outer layer to encapsulate the absorber layer, and the multilayer thin film structure has a hue shift of less than 30° in the Lab color space when viewed at angles from 0° to 45°.
US11009629B2
Provided is an anti-reflection film having low reflectance even for oblique incidence, which film is highly moisture resistant and is suitable for use in a deep ultraviolet light-emitting device. The anti-reflection film includes: a first layer having a first refractive index, provided on the window member; a second layer having a second refractive index; and a third layer having a third refractive index. For light having a wavelength of 280 nm, the first refractive index is 1.6 or more and 2.0 or less, the second refractive index is 2.0 or more and 2.7 or less and is higher than the first refractive index, the third refractive index is 1.3 or more and 1.6 or less and is lower than the first refractive index, and materials of the layers having the first refractive index, the second refractive index, and the third refractive index are made of oxides different from each other.
US11009623B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: generating a grid representation of a reservoir model comprising a simulation well, the grid comprising a plurality of grid-blocks, wherein the simulation well is centered in grid-block (i) of the plurality of grid-blocks; simulating, using the grid representation, grid-block pressures for the plurality of grid-blocks over a plurality of time steps; calculating an equivalent radius (ro*) for a grid-block (i+1), wherein the grid-block (i+1) is adjacent to the grid-block (i); and calculating, based on the equivalent radius and a grid-block (i+1) pressure, a shut-in bottom-hole pressure (SBHP) for the simulation well.
US11009621B2
A wireline or logging while drilling device includes: a first coil configured to vary the intensity of a main magnetic field so as to produce phase modulation of signals emitted by spins in a sensitive volume; and a second coil configured to excite the spins in the sensitive volume in an inverse ratio of gyromagnetic constants of the spins; and receive signals from the spins displaced in frequency from the Larmor frequency of the spins by the phase modulation produced by the first coil.
US11009618B2
System and method for shooting plural seismic sources Si in a marine acquisition system with a deblending-designed dithering sequence DSnew. The method includes generating the deblending-designed dithering sequence DSnew to include random dithering times Di, a range of the dithering times Di being larger than a preset, non-zero, minimum value pmv; selecting a shooting sequence SS for the plural seismic sources Si; and shooting the plural seismic sources Si with the deblending-designed dithering sequence DSnew, based on the shooting sequence SS. All odd or all even members of the shooting sequence SS are shot with zero dithering times.
US11009616B2
A neutron detector comprises one or more neutron detector modules (20). Each neutron detector module (20) comprises a neutron moderating block (22) having a plurality of neutron detector blades (2) embedded therein. Each neutron detector blade (2) is generally planar and comprises conversion layers on either side of a light-guiding sheet (8). Each conversion layer (4a, 4b) comprises a mixture of a neutron absorbing material and a scintillation material. This light-guiding sheet (8) is arranged to receive photons emitted from the scintillation material. A photodetector (10) is optically coupled to the light-guide (8) and arranged to detect photons generated in the conversion layers (4a, 4b) as a result of neutron absorption events and received into the light-guiding sheet (8).
US11009606B2
A laser radar device includes: a light-transmission-side lens that shapes a laser beam emitted from a laser light source into a line shape extending along a horizontal direction; a scanner that projects the line-shaped laser beam while scanning the same in a vertical direction of a measurement-target area; a light-reception-side lens that receives reflected light reflected from the measurement-target area; a light reception line sensor including a plurality of light reception cells lined up along the horizontal direction; a light-reception-side optical system that gathers the reflected light received by the light-reception-side lens toward the light reception line sensor, and in which the light-gathering ratio in the vertical direction is set so as to be greater than the light-gathering ratio in the horizontal direction; and an information generation unit that generates three-dimensional information of the measurement-target area based on a reception signal outputted by the light reception line sensor.
US11009605B2
The present disclosure describes a system and method for a binocular LiDAR system. The system includes a light source, a beam steering apparatus, a receiving lens, a light detector. The light source is configured to transmit a pulse of light. The beam steering apparatus is configured to steer the pulse of light in at least one of vertical and horizontal directions along an optical path. The lens is configured to direct the collected scattered light to the light detector. The electrical processing and computing device is electrically coupled to light source and the light detector. The light detector is configured to minimize the background noise. The distance to the object is based on a time difference between transmitting the light pulse and detecting scattered light.
US11009598B2
The invention relates to a radar method for determining the angular position, the location, and/or the velocity, in particular the vectorial velocity, of a target, wherein a first transceiver unit and at least one second transceiver unit, which is spatially separated in particular from the first transceiver unit, are not synchronized, but a measurement beginning of the first transceiver unit and the second transceiver unit is triggered in a wireless or wired manner with a chronological deviation Δtn, wherein measurements of the transceiver units are coherently processed.
US11009588B2
The present disclosure provides a system and method for a vehicle radar inspection. A system for inspecting an assembled state of a radar sensor mounted in a vehicle may include a center portion configured to align the vehicle to a reference inspection position; a mobile terminal configured to connect with an external source of communication; a scan portion configured to photograph the radar sensor at a plurality of scan positions using a terahertz wave; and a server configured to match a plurality of scan images photographed by the scan portion, to detect a three-dimensional coordinate of the radar sensor, to transmit a sensor correction value through the mobile terminal, wherein the sensor correction value is determined based on an assembly tolerance that compares with a design plan of the vehicle, and to correct a sensor angle value of the radar sensor.
US11009585B2
Microwave and millimeter wave imaging. An antenna array in communication with a signal source comprises a plurality of antennas by which a signal generated by the signal source is transmitted incident to an object located remotely from the antenna array and by which a signal reflected from the object is received by the antenna array. The signals transmitted by the antennas collectively have an effective electric field resembling a plane-wave within a target region in front of the antenna array. A plurality of detectors each connected to one of the antennas is configured to simultaneously receive the reflected signal and provide an output signal representative thereof. An image processor configured to execute an imaging algorithm generates a multi-dimensional profile representative of the object based on the output signals from the detectors.
US11009579B2
A device for generating and detecting a transient magnetization of a includes a static magnetic field generator configured to generate a static magnetic field of predetermined direction and strength at a sample location, a transmission device for providing a transient magnetic field at the sample location; and a receiving device for detecting a transient magnetization of the sample at the sample location. An LC oscillator forms both the transmission device and the receiving device. An oscillation frequency of the LC oscillator depends on a value of an inductive element of the LC oscillator. A controller configured to control the LC oscillator is connected, and a transient magnetic field can be generated by the LC oscillator and the controller that is capable of deflecting a magnetization of a sample out of equilibrium.
US11009571B2
A power source supply system for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus that has multiple loads operating in a magnetic field environment, has an AC/DC conversion circuit that converts a supplied AC current to a first DC current having a predetermined first voltage, a branching element that supplies the first DC current in separate paths respectively to the multiple loads, a switching power source, disposed in each of the loads that converts the first DC current to a second DC current having a second voltage capable of being supplied to the load, with a switching frequency of the switching power source being set such that a positive integer frequency multiple thereof is offset from the Larmor frequency of the MRI apparatus.
US11009554B2
A sensor module includes a sensor, a wireless communication unit notifying a measurement value obtained by the sensor and a value based on the measurement value, a battery supplying a voltage to an electric circuit including the sensor and the wireless communication unit, a voltage measurement unit measuring an end-to-end voltage of the battery at a predetermined measurement interval, and a measurement interval change unit changing the measurement interval of the voltage measurement unit, wherein the measurement interval change unit sets, if the end-to-end voltage measured by the voltage measurement unit is equal to or greater than a first specified voltage value, the measurement interval to a first time interval, and the measurement interval change unit sets, if the end-to-end voltage measured by the voltage measurement unit is lower than the first specified voltage value, the measurement interval to a second time interval shorter than the first time interval.
US11009552B2
A digital sampling oscilloscope (DSO) includes a housing, an analog measurement input interface arranged in a housing wall of the housing and a measurement acquisition system having a digitizer and an acquisition memory coupled to the digitizer. The measurement acquisition system is integrated into the housing and coupled to the analog measurement input interface. The DSO further includes a signal generator integrated into the housing. An operation mode control signal output interface is arranged in a housing wall of the housing. The signal generator is coupled to the operation mode control signal output interface and is configured to output an operation mode control signal to a device under test (DUT) connected to both the operation mode control signal output interface and the analog measurement input interface for controlling a test operation mode of the DUT.
US11009545B2
An integrated circuit (IC) device tester includes contact probes. A liner is formed upon the contact probes. The liner includes a matrix of metal particles and glass particles. The metal particles of the liner allow the contact probe to pass an electrical current through the liner. The glass particles of the liner prevent C4 material from adhering to the liner.
US11009543B2
A socket testing method comprises obtaining a raw socket image, performing binarization on the raw socket image to generate a binarized socket image, determining a plurality of pinhead locations in the binarized socket image, applying a grid with the grid including a plurality of intersections to the binarized socket image, for each of the plurality of pinhead locations, obtaining the distance between the pinhead location and one of the plurality of intersections which is nearest to the pinhead location, and outputting a warning signal associated with the pinhead location when determining that the distance is larger than a tolerance value.
US11009537B2
A flexible electrical current sensor is provided, the flexible electrical current sensor comprising a solenoid disposed about an at least partially magnetic core. The at least partially magnetic core comprises at least one magnetic element. The at least one magnetic element is configured to provide one or more regions of overlap such that a respective gap is provided in each region of overlap. Each respective gap is configured such that the effective magnetic permeability of the at least partially magnetic core is maintained during flexing.
US11009532B2
An energy detection warning device includes a housing. An electronic indication component is disposed within the housing. One or more sensors are disposed within the housing and are configured to detect an energized conductor present within a particular proximity of a location of the energy detection warning device, and detect a direction in which the energized conductor is located with respect to the location of the energy detection warning device. The direction is an approximate direction. The device also includes a microcontroller configured to: receive input from the one or more sensors, and actuate the electronic indication component, in response to receipt of the input, to indicate the direction in which the energized conductor is located with respect to the location of the energy detection warning device.
US11009529B2
A high-voltage sensing device providing full galvanic isolation between a high-voltage domain and a low-voltage domain, wherein the circuit topology of the device resembles that of a Wheatstone bridge, the Wheatstone bridge employing at least one voltage-controlled semiconductor resistor, wherein the circuit also comprises a reference source connected directly to the Wheatstone bridge and the device comprises a number of shielding structures to electrically isolate the high-voltage domain from the low-voltage domain.
US11009528B2
A system for measuring a cathode current includes a conducting bar and a current measuring device. The conducting bar has a rectangular plate-like structure, and a first end of the conducting bar is vertically cut to form a plurality of long teeth. The plurality of long teeth are equally spaced at the first end of the conducting bar. The number of the plurality of long teeth is equal to the number of cathodes. The upper surface of each of the long teeth may include a raised conductive contact. Each of the conductive contacts is connected with one cathode of an upstream slot. A second end of the conducting bar is connected with a downstream slot, and the second end of the conducting bar is one end opposite to the first end. The current measuring device is disposed on the conducting bar and used for measuring the current of each cathode.
US11009521B2
A physical quantity sensor includes a substrate, a pair of first elements detecting acceleration in a first direction, and a pair of second elements detecting an acceleration in a second direction. The first element portion includes a first movable portion displaceable in the first direction, first and second movable electrode fingers disposed in the first movable portion, first and second fixing electrode fingers disposed to face the first and second movable electrode fingers, and first and second support portions supporting the first and second fixing electrode fingers. The second element includes a second movable portion displaceable in the second direction, third and fourth movable electrode fingers disposed in the second movable portion, third and fourth fixing electrode fingers disposed to face the third and fourth movable electrode fingers, and third and fourth support portions supporting the third and fourth fixing electrode fingers.
US11009513B2
The present invention is directed to devices having a substance receiving portion; a membrane; and at least one blocking member configured for taking one position and another position to allow fluid communication when a vacuum force is applied to the bottom of the substance receiving portion for the purpose of an in-situ preparation of a sample to detect the presence of, and/or quantify, clottable fibrinogen. The present invention is also directed to corresponding methods, processes and systems.
US11009504B2
A sensor system that employs sub-pixel sized beads for assays is disclosed. The sensor system includes a first plurality of sensor pixels that define a first active sensor area. The first active sensor area is configured to receive a first portion of a fluid sample. The first portion is mixed with a plurality of first functionalized beads for performing a first assay. The sensor system also includes at least a second plurality of sensor pixels that define a second active sensor area. The second active sensor area is configured to receive a second portion of the fluid sample. The second portion is mixed with a second plurality of functionalized beads for performing a second assay. The first assay and the second assay may be configured to detect different concentration ranges of an analyte in the fluid sample.
US11009494B2
A system for compressing data during neural network training, comprising of memory that stores computer executable components; a processor that executes computer executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer executable components comprise of a compilation component that compiles respective molecular descriptors regarding a first set of molecules; a perception component that learns human perception information related to olfactory perceptions of the first set of molecules, and generates predictions of human olfactory perceptions of a second set of molecules; a fitting component that fits distance predictions from the perception component regarding the second set of molecules against measured correct classifications regarding the second set of molecules; and a vector component that generates a perceptual vector distance between two olfactory targets.
US11009490B2
To increase the difference between the thermal conductivity of the carrier gas and the thermal conductivity of each component of the sample gas. The analysis method is an analysis method that performs analysis using a gas chromatograph including a thermal conductivity detector. The analysis method includes introducing a carrier gas and a sample gas into a separation column, introducing the sample gas separated in the separation column into a gas introduction chamber including an element having an electrical characteristic changed by temperature, detecting a change in the electrical characteristic of the element due to the sample gas being introduced, and switching the carrier gas from a first carrier gas to a second carrier gas that is a different type from the first carrier gas, while a component of the sample gas is passing through the separation column.
US11009485B2
A distance sensor unit is also provided. The distance sensor unit includes an array of distance sensors configured to identify surface irregularities deviating from an expected nominal geometry of a surface as the distance sensor unit is moved along the surface and a handheld housing configured for being gripped by an operator. The array of distance sensors is connected to the handheld housing. The distance sensor unit also includes at least one surface irregularity indicator configured for providing an alert to the operator as the distance sensor unit moves over one of the surface irregularities deviating from the expected nominal geometry of the surface.
US11009478B2
According to one embodiment, a gas sensor includes a film structure including a gas sensitive film and a heater film heating the gas sensitive film, a physical quantity sensing section sensing a predetermined physical quantity which varies based on storage of a gas to be carried out by the gas sensitive film, a voltage generation section generating a first voltage for heating the gas sensitive film at a first temperature and a second voltage for heating the gas sensitive film at a second temperature higher than the first temperature, and a voltage switching section switching between the first voltage and the second voltage to be supplied to the heater film.
US11009475B2
The present invention generally relates to doped, metal oxide-based sensors, wherein the doped-metal oxide is a monolayer, and platforms and integrated chemical sensors incorporating the same, methods of making the same, and methods of using the same.
US11009473B2
A method for determining a physical and/or chemical, temperature dependent, process variable of process automation technology utilizing a resistance thermometer (RPt1000), wherein the resistance thermometer (RPt1000) is installed in an electrical circuit, comprising the steps of: measuring a first voltage (U1) across at least a first precision resistor (R1); measuring a second voltage (U2) across at least a second precision resistor (R2); measuring a third voltage (U3) across at least a third precision resistor (R3), wherein cyclically or continuously a constant electrical current (I) is sent through the at least first precision resistor (R1), the at least second precision resistor (R2) or the at least third precision resistor (R3); determining temperature coefficients (a, b, c) characteristic for the electrical circuit by means of the first voltage (U1), the second voltage (U2) and the third voltage (U3); sending the constant electrical current (I) through the resistance thermometer (RPt1000) and measuring a voltage (U) across the resistance thermometer (RPt1000); and determining the temperature (T) by means of the temperature coefficients (a, b, c) and the measured voltage (U). An electrical circuit and a sensor of process automation technology, especially a conductivity sensor, comprising such an electrical circuit are also discussed.
US11009468B2
Apparatus and method for applying RF energy to determine a processing state of an object placed in a cavity, during processing of the object. The method includes applying RF energy to the object during the processing via at least one radiating element, receiving RF feedback from in or around the cavity, said RF feedback being indicative of a dielectric response of the cavity and/or the object to electromagnetic (EM) fields excited in the cavity, mathematically manipulating the RF feedback to obtain computed RF feedback, determining one or more processing states of the object based on a correlation between the computed RF feedback and the one or more processing states of the object, and monitoring the computed RF feedback during the applying to monitor the one or more processing states of the object.
US11009467B2
A model-based method of inspecting a specimen for presence of one or more interferent, such as Hemolysis, Icterus, and/or Lipemia (HI L) is provided. The method includes generating a pixelated image of the specimen in a first color space, determining color components (e.g., an a-value and a b-value) for pixels in the pixelated image, classifying of the pixels as being either liquid or non-liquid, defining one or more liquid regions based upon the pixels classified as liquid, and determining a presence of one or more interferent within the one or more liquid regions. The liquid classification is based upon a liquid classification model. Pixel classification may be based on a trained multiclass classifier. Interference level for the one or more interferent may be provided. Testing apparatus adapted to carry out the method are described, as are other aspects.
US11009463B2
Fluorescence imaging based on stimulated emission. In one example a system includes an excitation source (110) that excites fluorescent markers (122) in a sample (120) with an excitation beam (112), a stimulation source (130) that stimulates the excited fluorescent markers (122) to produce stimulated emission (124), and an objective lens (150) that receives the stimulation beam (132) and the stimulated emission (124). The system further includes a phase shifting and attenuation apparatus (200) configured to receive the stimulation beam (132) and the stimulated emission (124) from the objective lens (150), to attenuate the stimulation beam (132), and to induce a relative phase shift between a reference beam (optionally being at least a portion of the stimulation beam) and the stimulated emission, thereby causing constructive interference between the reference beam and the stimulated emission. The system further includes an optical apparatus (300) configured to focus the stimulated emission onto an image plane, and a detector (140) positioned at the image plane and configured to image the stimulated emission.
US11009459B2
An apparatus and methods for high-speed non-linear spectrally encoded multi-photon imaging that are particularly suited for use in two photon fluorescence and fluorescence lifetime imaging. The system is capable of optical image compression and scale invariant digital zoom. A wavelength agile laser with digitally synthesized electro-optic modulation in a master oscillator-power amplifier configuration is combined with spectral encoding to eliminate the speed limitations of inertial scanning. The technique for fast two photon fluorescent imaging with simultaneous lifetime imaging independently detects the location, amplitude and lifetime of fluorescent emission by synthesizing a sequential excitation beam via digital electro-optic modulation of a quasi-CW swept source followed by time encoded detection. For fluorescent imaging, spectral and temporal mappings are employed separately, with quasi-CW spectral encoding used for pumping and time encoding for constructing the image at fluorescence wavelength.
US11009458B2
Optical reference devices for calibrating or monitoring the performance of an optical measurement device, such as a fluorometer, are made from thermoplastics from the polyaryletherketone (PAEK) family of semi-crystalline thermoplastics, including polyether ether ketone (PEEK). The reference device may be made as a master reference device having a known emission output—as determined by a standard optical measurement device—that is used to calibrate other optical measurement devices against the standard. The reference device may be made in the shape of a receptacle vial so that the reference device can be placed in the receptacle holding structure of an instrument in which the optical measurement device is installed and used to calibrate or monitor the optical measurement device within the instrument. The reference device may be part of the probe of a pipettor or pick and place mechanism or it may be a cap that can be secured to the end of such a probe.
US11009455B2
Systems and methods used to deliver a processing gas having a desired diborane concentration to a processing volume of a processing chamber are provided herein. In one embodiment a system includes a borane concentration sensor. The borane concentration sensor includes a body and a plurality of windows. Here, individual ones of the plurality of windows are disposed at opposite ends of the body and the body and the plurality of windows collectively define a cell volume. The borane concentration sensor further includes a radiation source disposed outside of the cell volume proximate to a first window of the plurality of windows, and a radiation detector disposed outside the cell volume proximate to a second window of the plurality of windows.
US11009454B2
In an FTIR 1, a beam splitter 12, fixed mirror 13 and movable mirror 14 are shared by a main interferometer 10 including a multiwavelength infrared light source 11 and a control interferometer 20 including a semiconductor laser 21. A first detector 16 detects infrared interference light generated by the main interferometer 10 and transmitted through or reflected by a sample. A second detector 26 detects monochromatic interference light generated by the control interferometer 20. A spectrum creator 32 determines an optical path difference between an optical path via the fixed mirror 13 and an optical path via the movable mirror 14, based on the intensity and uncalibrated oscillation wavelength of the monochromatic interference light detected by the second detector 26, and creates a spectrum by performing fast Fourier transform on an interferogram which shows a distribution of the intensity of the infrared interference light detected by the first detector 16 with respect to the optical path difference. An oscillation wavelength calibrator 34 locates an absorption peak of carbon dioxide from the peaks in the spectrum created by the spectrum creator 32, and compares a wavenumber or wavelength of the absorption peak with a true absorption wavenumber or wavelength of carbon dioxide to determine a calibrated oscillation wavelength of the semiconductor laser 21.
US11009453B2
A spectral curve acquiring device comprising: a light receiving optical system (6) for irradiating an irradiating light, a light receiving optical system (8) for dispersing and receiving a reflected irradiating light reflected by an object to be measured (7), a distance meter (4) for measuring a distance to the object to be measured, a storage module (25) for storing a plurality of reference spectral curves prepared based on a light receiving intensity for each wavelength at the time of measuring a white reference plate with different distances, and a control arithmetic module (24), wherein the control arithmetic module obtains a light receiving intensity of the dispersed reflected irradiating light for each wavelength based on the reference spectral curve corresponding to a distance to be measured, corrects a measurement spectral curve prepared based on the light receiving intensity, and prepares a spectral reflectance curve.
US11009450B2
A method for quality testing asphalt includes: directing light from a light source to at least one surface of asphalt; detecting light reflected or refracted from the at least one surface of the asphalt using a light detector; and assigning a number indicating the quality of the asphalt in response to detecting light reflected or refracted from the at least one surface of the asphalt.
US11009442B2
The invention discloses a plate holder for simulating flowing of multiphase fluids in fractures, comprising a rectangular box, provided with a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet at the left and right sides respectively, the fluid inlet is connected to a piston at the fluid inlet, the fluid outlet is connected to a piston at the fluid outlet, an internal flow channel of the piston is arranged as a flared guide groove, and the cavity between the pistons is a rock plate cavity; a pair of horizontally-overlapped rectangular rock plates are installed in the rock plate cavity, four sides parallel to the length direction of the rock plate are completely attached and covered with rubber, the outer side of the rubber is covered with steel plate, fastening screws are installed vertically on the four sides of the box that are directly opposite to the steel plate.
US11009434B2
Disclosed is a method of supported liquid extraction (SLE), wherein adsorption of at least one analyte to a solid phase is performed in the presence of salt. The method may include contacting a sample with salt, adsorption phase such as diatomaceous earth and optionally a subsequent step of phospholipid depletion. Also disclosed is a cartridge including two compartments, for salt and adsorption phase, and optionally a third compartment including a phospholipid depletion phase.
US11009421B2
A dynamic balancing test and correction apparatus capable of shortening the time required for correcting imbalance in a correction part and improving the entire workflow of the apparatus.
US11009418B2
A pencil tire gauge with a tubular pencil gauge housing and having a first end and an opposite second end with a linear longitudinal centerline axis through a center of the first end and second end. The first end has a nozzle inlet on the longitudinal centerline and adapted to receive a tire valve stem. The first end and nozzle inlet are on and tilted offset with respect to the longitudinal centerline, and the nozzle inlet is offset at an angle of less than about 10°.
US11009414B2
A sensor system includes a substrate with a reference plane, a plurality of kinesthetic-sense sensors disposed on the substrate, each of the plurality of kinesthetic-sense sensors being configured to output signals of three axial directions corresponding to an orthogonal-axis direction orthogonal to the reference plane and two axial directions parallel to the reference plane, respectively, according to an external force from an object received at a force receiving part, a control unit configured to determine whether or not a value of each of the signals is larger than a predetermined threshold, and calculate a pressing force in the orthogonal-axis direction or a moment around the orthogonal axis received from the object based on a result of the determination, and an output unit configured to output a result of the calculation.
US11009406B2
A visually sensible indicator of temperature including electronic temperature sensing circuitry sensing at least when a temperature exceeds at least one predetermined temperature threshold and providing at least one corresponding threshold exceedance output which is sensible as heat and a heat-responsive visually sensible display which is responsive to the at least one threshold exceedance output for providing at least one visually sensible indication indicating that the temperature has exceeded the predetermined temperature threshold.
US11009397B2
A two-dimensional spectrometer includes a first mirror, a prism, a diffraction grating, a lens, a second mirror, and a two-dimensional sensor. The first mirror is configured to receive the optical signal from the optical entrance and reflect the optical signal towards the prism. After passing through the prism, the optical signal is provided to the diffraction grating. The diffraction grating diffracts the optical signal so as to generate a diffracted optical signal which is directed back through to prism, wherein the lens configured focuses the diffracted optical signal onto the second mirror. The second mirror reflects the diffracted optical signal back through the lens which focuses the diffracted optical signal onto the two-dimensional sensor. The diffraction grating may be an echelle grating.
US11009385B2
A compact, self-contained, portable, electronic weigh scale for use for commercial vehicle weight enforcement. The scale has a base, a set of load cells, and a platform. The base is rigid, metallic, and generally rectangular, and has a central recessed area. The load cells are elongated, rectangular, and are coupled to the base in the central recessed area. The load cells are arranged parallel to each other. Each load celli has a long axis and a short axis, each load cell being fixedly coupled to the base at two side-by-side lateral points at a first longitudinal position relative to a bottom side of the load ceil and fixedly coupled to the base at two side-by-side lateral points at at least one other longitudinal position relative to the bottom side of the load ceil. The platform is rigid, metallic, rectangular. The platform is coupled to each load cell, the load cells being fixedly coupled at a second longitudinal position relative to a top side of the load cell and fixedly coupled to the platform at at least one other longitudinal position relative to the top side of the load cells.
US11009376B2
A technique for estimating the location of a wireless terminal at an unknown location in a geographic region. The technique is based on a two-part recognition, the first part being that a transient in atmospheric pressure attributed to a particular source, such as an entry door of a building opening and closing, is detectable in some environments while not being present in others. The second part of the recognition is that a correlation exists between i) the presence of a transient in the characterization of a pressure wave in the vicinity of a wireless terminal and ii) whether the wireless terminal is indoors or not. Transients in pressure waves are often present indoors but not outdoors. By accounting for the transients being detected or not being detected in the vicinity of the wireless terminal, the disclosed technique is able to estimate whether the wireless terminal is indoors.
US11009374B2
A sealed encoder module for mounting onto a machine so as to measure relative displacement of first and second parts of the machine. The sealed encoder module can comprise, a scale, a readhead comprising a scale signal receiver, and an integral protective housing which encapsulates at least the scale and said scale signal receiver. The sealed encoder module can be configured to determine and output diagnostic information regarding a scale signal detected by the readhead.
US11009370B2
The invention relates to a method and to a safety circuit for safe limiting of consumption of electrical power in an electrical component of a field device. The consumption of the electrical power is controlled by separating the input path from a superordinated unit by the safety circuit according to a predetermined clocking, wherein the clocking is controlled by a control signal. In the case of no control signal, the power limiting is assured by separating the input path from the superordinated unit. In the case of a defective control signal, the power is limited by the safety circuit to a maximum power. Due to this type of control, the operating temperature of the electrical component remains always below a critical temperature. The field device may thus be used in explosion-endangered regions.
US11009358B2
A travel coordination system provides suggestions to providers for where they should go to reduce the wait time between trips. A geographic region is broken down into zones and a score is generated for each zone. A zone score can be generated by determining the estimated wait time for the zone and generating a model for the wait time. A zone score can also be generated using a model for the wait time using factors that likely contribute to the wait time. The zone score for each zone is displayed to the provider on a road map of the geographic region along with the boundaries of each of the zones and the provider's position within the region. The travel coordination system also suggests driving routes. The travel coordination system selects a target zone and generates candidate routes to the zone. A route is selected based on route scores.
US11009351B2
A vibrator device includes a base, a first relay substrate mounted on the base, a second relay substrate mounted on the first relay substrate, and a vibrator element mounted on the second relay substrate, in which the second relay substrate is disposed between the first relay substrate and the vibrator, and the second relay substrate includes a terminal that is electrically coupled to the vibrator element and is positioned in a region overlapping with the first relay substrate and not overlapping the vibrator element in a plan view. The vibrator device being configured to reduce a mounting stress applied to a vibrator element and to reduce frequency variation of the vibrator element due to the mounting stress, in a case of mounting on a package after adjusting a frequency of the vibrator element.
US11009349B2
A tool, such as a level, including one or more covers or sleeves is provided. The level body and sleeve each have a cooperating engagement structure that allows the sleeve to be removably coupled to the level body. A level kit including a level body and a plurality of removable sleeves is also provided.
US11009348B2
The interior of a first measurement surface and the interior of a second measurement surface traveling together with a measuring vehicle are scanned to acquire first measurement coordinate points and second measurement coordinate points, respectively. A first comparison point cloud representing a comparison part on a surface of a structure is extracted from the first measurement coordinate points. A second comparison point cloud representing a comparison part on the surface of the structure is extracted from the second measurement coordinate points. A difference between the first comparison point cloud and the second comparison point cloud corresponding to measurement of a common comparison part on the surface of the structure is calculated. Error having time dependence included in the first measurement coordinate points and the second measurement coordinate points is calculated on the basis of the calculated difference. The measurement coordinate points are corrected on the basis of the calculated error.
US11009345B2
Disclosed is a method of, and associated metrology apparatus for, determining a characteristic of a target on a substrate. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of intensity asymmetry measurements, each intensity asymmetry measurement relating to a target formed on the substrate and determining a sensitivity coefficient corresponding to each target, from the plurality of intensity asymmetry measurements. Using these sensitivity coefficients a representative sensitivity coefficient is determined for said plurality of targets or a subset greater than one thereof. The characteristic of the target can then be determined using the representative sensitivity coefficient.
US11009343B2
Disclosed is a method and associated apparatus for measuring a characteristic of interest relating to a structure on a substrate. The method comprises calculating a value for the characteristic of interest directly from the effect of the characteristic of interest on at least the phase of illuminating radiation when scattered by the structure, subsequent to illuminating said structure with said illuminating radiation.
US11009340B2
A film thickness measuring apparatus includes a displacement sensor, and a film thickness calculator that includes a first processor, a second processor, and a third processor. The displacement sensor detects displacement of a sheet in its thickness direction at a location opposite to a portion of a terahertz scanner from which a terahertz wave is applied to a conveyance path. In accordance with a detection signal provided by the displacement sensor, the first processor determines the speed of displacement of the sheet in its thickness direction while the sheet is conveyed along the conveyance path. In accordance with the speed of displacement, the second processor corrects a scan waveform acquired by the terahertz scanner. In accordance with the peaks of the intensity of the terahertz wave that appear in the scan waveform corrected by the second processor, the third processor calculates the thickness of a film formed on the sheet.
US11009327B2
A propulsion system for an unmanned underwater vehicle includes a turbine engine, a generator mechanically coupled to an output shaft of the turbine engine, an electrical motor mechanically decoupled from the turbine engine and electrically coupled to the generator via a power bus architecture, and a propulsor mechanically coupled to a rotational output of the electrical motor. The power bus architecture includes a pair of AC buses and a DC bus.
US11009326B2
An internally coupleable joint is disclosed. The joint can include a first component and a second component configured to mate with one another in an end-to-end relationship. An axially extending protrusion of the first component can interface with a corresponding recess of the second component. In addition, the first component and the second component can each have an internal coupling feature extending at least partially about an inner circumference of the respective component. The joint can also include a securing member having external coupling features configured to engage the internal coupling features of the first and second components to prevent separation of the first and second components.
US11009324B1
A smoke device comprises a container, a base/base plate, a plate having at least one exit hole, a blend of chemicals contained in the container and a mechanical means by which generated smoke is prevented from directly exiting through the at least one exit hole without first being redirected in one or more directions. The mechanical means by which generated smoke is prevented from directly exiting through the at least one exit hole without first being redirected in one or more directions may include a plurality of baffles which have at least one hole therein and a plurality of chambers formed by the plurality of baffles. The plurality of baffles is placed in a staggered formation such that the hole(s) formed in each baffle is offset from the hole(s) in an adjacent/neighboring baffle.
US11009323B2
A munition including: a casing having a first portion and the second portion; and an actuator comprising two or more pistons, each of the pistons being connected at a first end to the first portion of the casing and engaged at a second end to the second portion of the casing, each of the pistons being capable of having an extended and retracted position relative to the first and second ends, the retracted position resulting from an activation of each of the two or more pistons; wherein activation of one or more of the two or more pistons moves the first portion relative to the second portion.
US11009319B1
An initiator assembly that includes a header body, a frame member, a plurality of terminals, an initiator chip, a plurality of contacts, and a support member. The frame member is coupled to the header body and defines an interior aperture. The terminals are received through the header body and the frame member. The initiator chip is received in the frame member and has a plurality of lands, a conductive bridge and a flyer that is disposed over the conductive bridge. Each of the contacts is soldered to an associated one of the terminals and an associated one of the lands. The support member is formed of plastic and encapsulates the frame member, the plurality of contacts, and a portion of the initiator chip. The support member forms a barrel aperture over the flyer. The input charge is formed of a secondary explosive and is disposed in-line with the barrel aperture.
US11009317B2
Material sheets are provided which include at least one monolayer, wherein the at least one monolayer has a plurality of drawn unidirectional polymer fibers having a strength of greater than 1.2 GPa and a thickness of less than 100 μm, and wherein the material sheet includes a bonding agent of less than 13 wt % relative to the total weight of the material sheet.
US11009314B2
A reflector sight for a firearm, comprises an adjustment assembly for adjusting the location of a reticule within the field of view. The adjustment assembly comprises: a pair of vertical and horizontal adjustment screws; and a carrier body associated with a reticule generator, the carrier body having a pair of mutually perpendicular channels within which respective substantially cylindrical barrel nuts for the pair of adjustment screws are located. Each channel is configured to allow longitudinal movement of its respective barrel nut along the channel but relative movement perpendicular thereto is constrained, such that rotation of the adjustment screws can move the carrier in the horizontal and vertical directions without requiring any axial movement of the adjustment screws.
US11009311B2
The present disclosure provides an energy storage and relock mechanism for a power assisted bow comprising a charge cam and a relock lever. The charge cam may be configured to store potential energy by rotating in a first direction. The relock lever may be configured urge rotation of the charge cam in the first direction to lock potential energy in the power assisted bow.
US11009299B2
A thermal barrier for helping to maintain a temperature in volumes and/or at least one internal structural component surrounded by the barrier. The barrier has a first component containing at least one phase change material (PCM) that changes its state at a first temperature, a second component containing a PCM that changes its state at a second temperature which is different from the first temperature, and a third, thermally insulating component that is disposed between the first and second components containing a PCM or outside the second component.
US11009295B2
An extruded aluminum flat multi-hole tube manufactured by extrusion molding includes therein a plurality of refrigerant passages extending in a tube length direction and including an upper wall surface and a lower wall surface opposed to each other and a pair of opposed sidewall surfaces. A ridge extending in the tube length direction is formed only on the upper wall surface of the refrigerant passage. The height of the ridge is 5 to 25% of the vertical width of the refrigerant passage. The ratio of the horizontal width at ½ the height of the ridge with respect to the horizontal width of the refrigerant passage is 0.05 to 0.30. The ratio of the horizontal width per inter-ridge flat portion of the upper wall surface with respect to the horizontal width of the refrigerant passage is 0.20 or less.
US11009283B2
A system and a method for defrosting/de-icing an air-conditioner are provided, the system comprising: a 3D depth sensor disposed inside an air-conditioner outdoor unit casing, for acquiring information regarding outer diameters of pipes of an outdoor heat exchanger, distances between the pipes, and distances between the respective pipes and an air-conditioner outdoor unit casing side plate; and a controller connected to the 3D depth sensor, for receiving the information acquired by the 3D depth sensor and controlling the air conditioner to enter or exit a defrosting-deicing mode. The system and method for defrosting/de-icing an air-conditioner provided by the present disclosure can effectively and timely perform defrost/de-ice operation on the outdoor heat exchanger to prevent freezing; besides, it can prevent the impact on the air-conditioner's heating function to the utmost extent so as to significantly improve user experience.
US11009282B2
A refrigerator appliance includes a fresh food cold side heat exchanger positioned within a cabinet at a fresh food chamber and a freezer cold side heat exchanger positioned within the cabinet at a freezer chamber. Working fluid is flowable through a caloric material within a regenerator housing. The refrigerator appliances also includes features for flowing the working fluid from the regenerator housing to the fresh food cold side heat exchanger and for separately flowing the working fluid from the regenerator housing to the freezer cold side heat exchanger.
US11009279B1
A portable cooler with integrated, fold-down shelf adapted for storage within a sidewall of the cooler to facilitate portability and functionality of the cooler. The shelf articulates between a storage position within a recessed portion of the sidewall and a deployed position parallel to the cooler lid for holding food and drink objects. The shelf features a cut-out portion to accommodate use of both the handle and shelf on the same sidewall, and a user may ergonomically access the shelf with a hand and fingers at a lip region of the recessed portion of the sidewall to raise the shelf out of the recessed portion of the sidewall. The handle may be a deployable handle or slidable handle. The cut-out portion of the shelf features a dimensional tolerance to accommodate the functionality of the shelf and handle without either the shelf or handle disturbing or interfering with the other.
US11009277B2
A refrigerator appliance, as provided herein, may include a cabinet, a door, a dispensing assembly, an icemaker, and an ice storage bin. The door may define a bin opening and a dispenser recess. The dispensing assembly may be positioned within the dispenser recess and define an ice delivery passage. The ice storage bin may define a storage cavity. The ice storage bin may be slidably mounted to the door to move through the bin opening between a mounted position and a removed position. The ice storage bin may include an insulated front wall positioned across the bin opening in the mounted position. The storage cavity may be in communication with the icemaker in the mounted position to receive ice therefrom. The storage cavity may further be in communication with the dispensing assembly in the mounted position to direct ice to the ice delivery passage.
US11009276B1
Apparatuses for forming blocks of compactable material such as snow, having a hollow upper body with a compression chamber within for containing and subsequently compressing the compactable material to form a block that can be used in connection with recreational activities. A lower body having a flat compression plate attached to a top end, is configured to slide within the compression chamber, the compression plate being capable of pushing the compactable material into a hinged lid that is attached to a top end of the upper body and acts to cover a top opening of the upper body. Ferromagnetic materials attached to the underside of the compression plate are configured to contact other ferromagnetic materials attached to the interior walls of the compression chamber, which at least temporarily arrests sliding movement of the upper and lower bodies, and allows a user to fill the apparatus with compactable material.
US11009274B2
An accumulator includes a tank, a desiccant, a suction pipe. The tank is configured to separate a refrigerant flowing therein into a gas-phase refrigerant and a liquid-phase refrigerant, store the liquid-phase refrigerant in the tank, and discharge the gas-phase refrigerant toward a suction side of a compressor. The desiccant is accommodated in a container and removing moisture in the refrigerant. The suction pipe is provided inside the tank and having a suction port through which the gas-phase refrigerant is sucked into the suction pipe. The desiccant is provided inside the suction pipe. According to this accumulator, a bumping due to the desiccant and an increase in size of the tank can be suppressed.
US11009270B2
A heat pump air conditioning system and a control method. The heat pump air conditioning system includes: a compressor; an indoor unit heat exchanger, an outdoor unit heat exchanger and a throttling device; a refrigerant circulation loop, connecting the compressor, the indoor unit heat exchanger, the outdoor unit heat exchanger and the throttling device in series; the heat storage module, disposed in the refrigerant circulation loop and configured to absorb heat from refrigerant in the refrigerant circulation loop and store heat when heat storage is required, and to heat the refrigerant in the refrigerant circulation loop when the outdoor unit heat exchanger defrosting is required. The heat pump air conditioning system can store excess heat of the system for defrosting when indoor heat load is low, and release heat for defrosting by means of the heat storage module during a defrosting process while continuing supplying heat to a room.
US11009264B2
A solar heat collector tube in which at least an infrared reflective layer, a sunlight-heat conversion layer and an anti-reflection layer are provided on the outer surface of a tube, through the interior of which a heat medium can flow, wherein the infrared reflective layer in the solar heat collector tube has a multilayer structure in which an Ag layer, having dispersed therein at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mo, W, Ta, Nb and Al, is sandwiched between two metal protective layers.
US11009261B2
A reservoir for containing a fluid includes a cylindrical wall sized to engage a shaft bored into ground, a bottom end cap fixed to a lower end of the cylindrical wall and a top end cap fixed to an upper end of the cylindrical wall. The top end cap is concave such that the top end cap extends below a top end of the cylindrical wall. The bottom end cap, the top end cap, and the cylindrical wall define a subterranean chamber. A plug made of a composite material is on the top end cap, with a lower face disposed on the concave top end cap and a peripheral face engaging the shaft. At least one pressure port extends downwardly into the shaft and through the plug and the top end cap, defining a fluid path to the subterranean chamber.
US11009255B2
A supply air plenum for more efficient heating and cooling includes a shell that defines an interior space. The shell comprises a first section and a second section. The first section has a bottom that is open and is configured to couple to an air handler so that the interior space is in fluidic communication with the air handler. The second section is coupled to and protrudes from a first side of the first section. A plurality of tubes is coupled to and extends from the second section of the shell. Each tube is configured to couple to a respective return conduit of an air supply system of a structure. The tubes are configured for intake of air from the structure through the interior space to the air handler.
US11009244B2
A motion sensor assembly may include a cover plate configured to be mounted to an electrical box. The cover plate may include a front surface configured to face away from the electrical box and a rear surface opposite the front surface. The cover plate may further include an aperture configured to receive a toggle or rocker type switch. A motion sensor may be coupled to the cover plate. A power source and processor may be operably coupled to the motion sensor. Furthermore, the processor may be operably coupled to a communication device.
US11009242B2
Disclosed herein is an air conditioner. The air conditioner includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet, and having a first guide surface forming the outlet and a second guide surface facing the first guide surface provided therein, a heat exchanger configured to heat-exchange air suctioned through the inlet, a blower fan configured to suction air from the inlet, heat-exchange the air by passing air through the heat exchanger, and discharge air toward the outlet, and an airflow control unit provided to be movable between a first position adjacent to one end portion of the outlet from which air is discharged and a second position spaced apart from the end portion of the outlet from which air is discharged, and protruding from the first guide surface or the second guide surface when the airflow control unit placed at the first position.
US11009241B2
A chiller unit, which is a heat source unit, includes devices, such as a compressor and an electric component box in a machine chamber in a lower portion thereof, and a heat exchanger in an air passage in an upper portion thereof. A drain pan is disposed under the heat exchanger, and a drain gutter is disposed under the outflow port of the drain pan. The drain gutter includes a main drain port at its end portion where the depth of the drain gutter is deepest, and a secondary drain port at its end portion where the depth of the drain gutter is shallowest. The drain gutter has a guide portion, the end of which protrudes to the outside of the casing.
US11009240B2
An air conditioner may be provided. The air conditioner may include a housing disposed on a base, the housing may house an evaporator unit, a condenser unit, and a compressor unit. A first air inlet and a first air outlet may be located on a first end of the housing. The first air inlet, the first air outlet and the evaporator may be connected to each other to form an internal air circulation system. A second air inlet and a second air outlet may be located on a second end of the housing. The second air inlet, the second air outlet and the condenser unit may be connected to each other to form an external air circulation system. Airways of the internal air circulation system and the external air circulation system may be independent from each other.
US11009235B2
A domestic kitchen appliance is provided that has a housing having a side panel and a rear panel; a cooking chamber inside the housing; a door that is operable to access the cooking chamber; a corner flange located at a corner of the housing between an area in front of the housing and an area adjacent to the side panel; and a plurality of flange openings in the corner flange, the flange openings fluidly connecting the area in front of the housing to the area adjacent to the side panel.
US11009228B2
Aspects of the present invention disclose a candleholder that may be manipulated by a user to advance a candle within a candleholder to facilitate optimal burning. Embodiments describe a candleholder having a platform to move a candle within a holder. Embodiments disclose a prepackaged semi-soft candle, which is readily movable against a candleholder's inner surface. Embodiments of the present invention disclose a handle permitting a user to manipulate platform height, allowing a candle to be raised or lowered within a candleholder. Embodiments disclose a disc, sized larger than the platform, preferably formed of a soft rubber sponge which stabilizes the candle and prevents candle wax from moving below the platform's surface. An alternative embodiment omits the disc, the platform being sealed by a seal around the platform's perimeter.
US11009226B2
The present disclosure is for a LED submersible light comprising a light-emitting lampshade in thread connection with a back cover to form a closed chamber housing a circuit board, lamp beads, batteries, and a control switch. A silica gel sealing ring is disposed in a positioning groove along an inner surface of the back cover. When engaged the sealing ring expands laterally in both directions to fill up spaces between internal and external threads and the positioning groove.
US11009216B2
Various arrangements for light distribution incorporated as part of a device are presented. A circular light guide may be used that receives light from a plurality of light emitters that can be arranged in a circular pattern. A conical reflector may be used and may be positioned to reflect light emitted from the circular light guide onto an exterior of a case of the device. The conical reflector may reflect light such that light is reflected by the exterior of the case in the shape of a halo into an ambient environment of the device.
US11009213B2
A pneumatically switched balloon light comprises a balloon body which has an air inlet; a battery case located in the balloon body, wherein the battery case is provided with two adjacent batteries and an LED light connected with the batteries; a shield body located in the air inlet, wherein one end of the shield body is removably connected with the battery case, and the other end is made with a breather hole; a valve cover arranged in the shield body and separated from the breather hole; and an insulating piece, one end of which is fixedly connected with the valve cover, and the other end is inserted between the batteries; and the shield body is made with the breather hole for the air intake and discharge, and the shield body and the battery case can be directly fixed in the balloon body.
US11009208B2
A light source, specifically an LED or laser diode with a light-emitting surface from which light can be emitted during operation of the light source. An optical element made of transparent material is provided, into which the light emitted by the surface can be beamed. The optical element is molded onto at least one surface formed on the light source using a molding method. A gap is formed between the light-emitting surface and optical element.
US11009196B2
An advance light emitting diode luminaire is disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a first LED array, wherein the first LED array outputs first light in a downward direction. The apparatus includes a second LED array, wherein the second LED array outputs second light in an upward direction. The apparatus further comprises a harp between the first LED array and the second LED array.
US11009193B2
A variety of light-emitting devices for general illumination utilizing solid state light sources (e.g., light emitting diodes) are disclosed. In general, the devices include a scattering element in combination with an extractor element. The scattering element, which may include elastic and/or inelastic scattering centers, is spaced apart from the light source element. Opposite sides of the scattering element have asymmetric optical interfaces, there being a larger refractive index mismatch at the interface facing the light emitting element than the interface between the scattering element and the extractor element. Such a structure favors forward scattering of light from the scattering element. In other words, the system favors scattering out of the scattering element into the extractor element over backscattering light towards the light source element. The extractor element, in turn, is sized and shaped to reduce reflection of light exiting the light-emitting device at the devices interface with the ambient environment.
US11009191B1
A solid state lamp includes a connector and an envelope with a strip inside the envelope.
US11009188B2
A valve for a pressurized fluid, including a body housing a fluid circuit including an upstream end configured to be placed in communication with a reserve of pressurized fluid and a downstream end configured to be placed in communication with a user apparatus, the circuit including a control valve controlling the flow rate in the circuit, the control valve being operated by a mobile actuating member to command the opening or the closing thereof, the valve including a first wireless remote communications electronic member using electromagnetic data waves, wherein the first electronic communication member is secured to a support component mounted to move on the body of the valve between at least a first position and a second position with respect to the body.
US11009186B2
The present invention relates to a breathing air charger for detecting a tank state, capable of providing air properly adjusted in the concentration of oxygen and nitrogen to a breathing air tank used by a firefighter or a scuba diver, and of effectively discharging air from the breathing air tank.
US11009179B2
The disclosure relates to a lighting control console (01) for controlling a lighting system, digital adjusting commands being generated in the lighting control console (01), which commands can be transmitted to the lighting devices of the lighting system via data links, and said lighting control console (01) comprising at least one digital processor and at least one digital memory for generating, managing and storing the adjusting commands, and said digital processor and said digital memory being arranged in a console housing (08), and a control panel (07) having at least one control element, in particular a key button (04) and/or at least one slide control (05) and/or at least one rotary control, being provided at the upper side of the console housing (08), which control panel allows users to enter control commands, and said lighting control console (01) comprising at least one screen (02), and said screen (02) being arranged in a screen housing (03), wherein said screen housing (03) is mounted, with the aid of a double pivot bearing (09), at the console housing (08) so as to be adjustable, wherein said double pivot bearing (09) is linked to the console housing (08), being rotationally adjustable about a first pivot axis (17), and wherein said double pivot bearing (09) is linked to the screen housing (03), being rotationally adjustable about a second pivot axis (16).
US11009169B2
A metal pipe including a curved portion produced by bending in which a plurality of non-bending surfaces and a plurality of bent portions at which the non-bending surfaces are connected in a bending manner are provided on a circumferential surface on an inside of a center of a curvature side of the curved portion is provided.
US11009167B2
Connecting device for a fluid supply system including a female connecting part and a male connecting part, wherein the female connecting part has a back support plate; a middle support plate; a front support plate; wherein the front support plate comprises a fluid outlet port intended to be connected to a corresponding connecting element of the male connecting part, and the back, middle and front support plates each comprising an outlet hole connected to the outlet port, wherein the middle support plate is fastened to the back support plate and the front support plate is fastened to the middle support plate; wherein the front support plate is configured to be able to move along a first axis, wherein the middle support plate is configured to be able to move along a second axis, the second axis being transverse to the first axis.
US11009166B2
The invention relates to a locking coupling including a first coupling unit and a second coupling unit, which in each case extend along a longitudinal axis and are designed to be identical. Each coupling unit includes a valve unit and a locking unit. The first and the second valve unit are designed to form a fluid connection between the first and the second coupling unit, and the first and the second locking unit are designed to connect the first coupling unit and the second coupling unit mechanically to one another. The first coupling unit includes an actuating element, by actuation of which the first and the second coupling unit can be mechanically connected to one another via the first and the second locking unit and can be fluidically connected to one another via the first and the second valve unit.
US11009162B1
A hydraulic fracturing system for fracturing a subterranean formation includes an electric powered pump having an inlet and an outlet, the outlet coupled to a well associated with the subterranean formation and powered by at least one electric motor. The system also includes a fluid source, coupled to the inlet of the electric powered pump, the fluid source providing a slurry for injection into the subterranean formation. The system further includes a hose extending between the fluid source and the electric powered pump, the hose being flexible and having a first diameter. The system includes a fitting between the hose and the electric powered pump, the fitting having a first end for receiving the hose at the first diameter and a second end for coupling to the electric powered pump at a second diameter, the second diameter being larger than the first diameter.
US11009161B2
A flexible joint is provided. The flexible joint is for use in a steel catenary riser that includes a compression bearing (106) having a transition shim (120) and a plurality of alternating flexible elements (116) and shims (118) collectively stacked and bonded to a lower portion of the transition shim (120). The flexible joint also includes an inner bonding material (126) having a profile that is complementary to a profile of an extension tube (104), the inner bonding material (126) being disposed between the extension tube (104) and compression bearing (106) and configured to serve as a bonding mechanism between extension tube and compression bearing.
US11009148B2
A displacement transducer for a valve in a housing includes a cylindrical displacement transducer core, a coil, a coil housing, and a compensation element. The coil is positioned in the coil housing, and radially encloses the core. The coil housing has a first side supported by the housing, and a supporting face positioned between the first side and an axial end side of the coil housing facing away from the valve such that a length change of the coil is not limited in an axial direction facing away from the valve. The housing is axially supported on the compensation element via the supporting face. A side of the compensation element facing away from the valve is supported on one or more of (i) an adjustable cover, (ii) a standard component of a supporting chain of the core, and (iii) a component formed from a material with a suitable coefficient of thermal expansion.
US11009143B1
An expandable solenoid system having a sequence controller assembly and at least two zone expander solenoid valve assemblies fastened in a staggered configuration. Each zone expander solenoid valve assembly has a zone expander solenoid and a flanged valve body assembly. The valve block has threaded bolt holes, unthreaded bolt holes, an output port, and a threaded pressure source port having an O-ring groove. The threaded bolt holes and the unthreaded bolt holes have different depths and are alternately positioned around a perimeter of the valve block. The first flanged valve body assembly is fastened to the second flanged valve body assembly and so on, in a staggered configuration, whereby respective zone expander solenoids are in a zigzag geometry and creating an expandable manifold.
US11009138B2
A hose end regulator for regulating pressure in fluid includes a main body having a fluid inlet and fluid outlet. A poppet moves between an open position to permit fluid to flow through the fluid outlet and a closed position to militate against fluid flowing through the fluid outlet. A primary spring permits the poppet to move between the open position and the closed position. A flow maximizer minimizes movement of the primary spring until a predetermined fluid pressure is reached within the main outer body.
US11009137B2
A diaphragm-type control valve having a diaphragm and a valve body is provided preferably for use in the separation of and fluid control between a fluid source and a pressurized gas volume. The diaphragm element and a port in the body together form an intermediate chamber that eliminates the need for a check-valve downstream of the valve. In one preferred embodiment, an inner surface of the valve body defines a chamber having an inlet and an outlet in communication with the chamber, and an elongated seat member defining a groove in communication with the port. A diaphragm member having upper and lower surfaces is disposed within the chamber. The lower surface preferably includes a pair of spaced apart elongated members defining a channel therebetween. The diaphragm member engages the seat member placing the channel in communication with the groove to define an air seat in communication with the port.
US11009131B2
Provided is a combustor of a gas turbine including a combustion liner where combustion occurs, a transition piece connected to the combustion liner to allow combustion gases to pass through, and a honeycomb seal ring disposed between the combustion liner and the transition piece to prevent compressed air from leaking through a gap between the combustion liner and the transition piece. The honeycomb seal ring is inserted into the exit portion of the combustion liner to prevent compressed air from leaking when the combustion liner and the transition piece are coupled with each other.
US11009122B2
There is proposed a gearshift control device which can reduce a transmission load due to preshift, and improve fuel efficiency of a vehicle. A gearshift control device which controls a transmission 50 including two systems of power transmission mechanisms, and preshifts the transmission 50 based on a traveling plan during automatic driving of a vehicle. The gearshift control device makes automatic driving preshift execution decision of planning control contents of the transmission 50 based on the traveling plan, and preshift execution decision of deciding whether or not to preshift the transmission based on a control plan of the transmission 50.
US11009117B2
A reduction in the amount of filled grease and a reduction in weight are achieved, and an excessive rise in the internal pressure is suppressed. Provided is a gearbox including: a plurality of gears that are rotated by a motor; a housing that has a sealed interior space for rotatably accommodating the respective gears; and a spacer that is disposed in the interior space of the housing and that partially occupies the interior space, wherein the spacer has a lower density than grease and is elastically deformable so as to change the volume thereof according to the internal pressure of the interior space.
US11009116B2
An exemplary passive oil system includes a reservoir housing configured in operation to rotate around a rotational axis, the reservoir housing defining a reservoir between a top wall, a bottom wall, innermost side, and an outer sidewall; and an outlet positioned adjacent the outer sidewall to discharge a lubrication fluid contained in the reservoir in response to the reservoir housing rotating around the rotational axis.
US11009108B1
A pulley assembly includes an elongate pulley hanger, supported at the upper end of a pillar rising from and dependently supported by a base bracket, and first and second pulleys slidingly supported by the pulley hanger. The base bracket securely mounts the pulley assembly to the top of a liquid storage tank. Each provided pulley implements, or is otherwise provided with, a clamp, whereby each pulley is readily positioned along the pulley hanger, and, when in a desired position, easily and securely fixed in the desired position.
US11009106B2
The present disclosure relates to a drive belt tensioning system that comprises drive assembly detachably attached with mounting bracket. The drive assembly comprises assembly plate, driving mechanism rigidly affixed to the assembly plate, and driving pulley shaft protruding through assembly plate. First axis of rotation of the driving mechanism perpendicular to the assembly plate defines center of rotation of the drive assembly. The driving pulley shaft is positioned at first radial distance from the center of rotation of the drive assembly. The mounting bracket defines shaft aperture sized to receive the driving mechanism and radial driving pulley slot that extending circumferentially around a portion of the shaft aperture and sized to receive the driving pulley shaft. An application of torque causes arcuate motion of the driving pulley shaft in the radial driving pulley slot such that distance between the driven pulley and the driving pulley is altered.
US11009102B2
A range-change transmission device includes an input shaft, an intermediate shaft, a countershaft, a transmission output shaft, and a first planetary gear set. A first transmission element of the first planetary gear set is permanently coupled to the intermediate shaft in a rotationally fixed manner. A second transmission element of the first planetary gear set is coupled to the transmission output shaft. A first switching unit is provided to arrange a third transmission element of the first planetary gear set to be fixed to the housing in at least one switching position. The range-change transmission device also includes a second planetary gear set. A third transmission element of the second planetary gear set is permanently coupled to the intermediate shaft in a rotationally fixed manner.
US11009095B2
A damper including a damper tube, a piston assembly, a piston rod attached to the piston assembly, and a monolithic base. The piston assembly is slidingly disposed within the damper tube. The monolithic base includes a closed end, an open end, a base portion at the closed end, and a wall portion. The base portion is joined to and seals one end of the damper tube. The base portion includes a concave depression that tapers inwardly from a base portion perimeter to a cup bottom. The wall portion extends longitudinally from the base portion perimeter to the open end such that the cup bottom is positioned between opposing sides of the wall portion. Integrally formed fastening eyes are provided in the opposing sides of the wall portion.
US11009094B1
One or more systems are disclosed for controlling dampening forces provided by a shock absorber by means of a piston face and an additional dampening shim underneath the piston face in the shock absorber. The piston face is coupled to a piston and the dampening shim is positioned beneath a bottom surface of the piston face. The piston face includes a first set of openings and a second set of openings on the piston face that have differing sizes and diameters. The dampening shim has a diameter that is less than the diameter of the piston face. When fluid pressure is applied against the underside of the dampening shim, the dampening shim partially blocks the first set of openings and fully blocks the second set of openings on the piston face from the bottom of the piston face, which thereby affects the overall dampening of the shock absorber.
US11009086B2
A free wheel assembly with front clutches comprising a hub sleeve rotatable on a hub pin and a cassette rotatable on the hub pin, a first annular body rotatable on the hub pin and comprising a first crown gear, a second annular body associated with the hub sleeve and comprising a matching second crown gear facing the first crown gear. The first annular body is axially movable relative to the second annular body between a motion transmission configuration and a free wheel configuration and coupling members operate between the first annular body and the cassette. In the free wheel configuration, rotation of the cassette relative to the first annular body forces the coupling members to axially translate the first annular body towards the second annular body, and magnetic members active on the first annular body and opposing the rotation of the first annular body with respect to the hub pin.
US11009068B2
An apparatus for providing a load on a bearing mounted to a shaft which includes an attaching member releasably connectable to a shaft and a press mechanism coupled to the attaching member. The press mechanism is configured to provide a compressive load to the bearing. An aligning ring has an aligning projection configured to engage a shaft slot of the shaft to align the press mechanism relative to the shaft when the attaching member connects to the shaft. The projection extends radially inwardly from a circumferential portion of the aligning ring. The aligning ring extends circumferentially around the attaching member and is rotatable relative to the attaching member. The aligning ring includes a plurality of ring indicating markings to allow an alignment of a ring indicating marking of the plurality of ring indicating markings with a lock nut connected to the shaft.
US11009065B2
A locking ring with a center axis for a rear view device includes one or more primary detents, a first set of secondary detents positioned on the one or more primary detents, and a second set of secondary detents arranged around the locking ring. A rear view device including the locking ring and a motor vehicle including the rearview device and the locking are also described.
US11009063B2
A spherical bearing for a damper system includes a first segment and a second segment with a ball therebetween. The ball includes a shaft extending therefrom. The shaft extends out of the first segment. A lubricious liner is disposed between the first segment and the second segment.
US11009060B2
A fastener assembly may be configured to mount structures in a gas turbine engine. The fastener assembly may comprise a fastener and a leak resistant insert. The leak resistant insert may be configured to at least partially reduce fluid leakage between the coupling of the fastener and the leak resistant insert. The leak resistant insert may comprise an outer surface opposite an inner threaded surface. The inner threaded surface may define an insert opening through leak resistant fastener insert, configured to receive the fastener. The outer surface may define an insert end enclosing the inner threaded surface opposite the insert opening.
US11009059B2
A screw having a cylindrical shank with a conical tip at one end and a screw head at the other, and at least one thread section therebetween. The thread section has a thread core. On the thread section, multiple successive thread terms are formed on a shell surface of the thread core. In the region of the thread section, multiple elevations are arranged on the outside of the shell surface of the thread core.
US11009058B2
An anchoring part, comprising: an anchoring rod that has a plurality of side walls, and a plug hole extending along a height direction of the anchoring rod; a head portion that surrounds the anchoring rod and is disposed at an upper end of the anchoring rod; at least one elastic fin that is formed by extending outwardly obliquely from at least one of the sidewalls; wherein the anchoring rod further comprises a plurality of corner portions connecting adjacent sidewalls, the plurality of corner portions being provided with locking notches at the positions adjacent to a lower surface of the head portion, respectively.
US11009051B2
A valve includes a valve housing (2) for transport of a heatable fluid such as hydraulic oil. The valve housing has at least one utility connection (A, B), at least one pressure supply connection (P), and at least one return connection (T1, T2). A control slide (6) is guided in the valve housing (2) in a longitudinally displaceable manner. In at least one position of the control slide (6), the pressure supply connection (P) is at least partially separated from the utility connection (A, B), and the heatable fluid arrives, proceeding from this pressure supply connection (P) and via a heat-emitting connection in the control slide (6), at the at least one return connection (TI, T2) as a loss volume flow. The loss volume flow serves as a heat source and heats at least regions of the control slide (6).
US11009049B2
A hydraulic operating device for a fluid of a cycle or of a motorcycle hydraulic system including a body, a first chamber carved in the body adapted to house an actuating piston, a second tank-chamber carved in the body and in fluid communication with said first chamber, a floating plug, a sphere, an elastic element, a rear sealing element and a rear plug.
US11009043B2
Provided is a turbo compressor for compressing a gas such as air and supplying the compressed gas to outside, the turbo compressor including a compression gas inlet for sucking the gas, a first impeller, a second impeller, a compression gas outlet for discharging to outside, a compression unit including compression gas channels connected from the compression gas inlet to the compression gas outlet, a motor to rotate the first and second impellers, and including a rotary shaft, a housing including a motor accommodation space, and an intercooler including air-cooling channels provided on the compression gas channels located between the first and second impellers, wherein the air-cooling channels penetrate through and are hidden in the housing. According to the present invention, the turbo compressor's size may be reduced by integration of the intercooler and the housing, and damage of the intercooler due to external impact may be prevented.
US11009039B2
A gas turbine engine casing apparatus includes annular first and second annular cases connected by a spigot joint. The spigot joint includes an annular projection of the first annular case fitted into an annular recess of the second annular case. A plurality of circumferentially spaced apart scallops are formed on one of surfaces of the annular projection or of the annular recess, and are located in selective circumferential locations adjacent respective enhanced stiff areas of the first and second annular cases.
US11009034B2
A method of designing a supercharger that yields a high isometric efficiency based on a fixed pressure ratio, a plurality of rotor leads and a plurality of rotor operating speeds is provided. An efficiency map is generated of rotor lead versus rotor operating speeds for the fixed pressure ratio. A rotor lead value is determined based on the fixed pressure ratio and rotor speed combination from the efficiency map that yields a high isometric efficiency. A supercharger is provided having the determined rotor lead and that is configured to operate with the fixed pressure ratio and the determined rotor operating speed.
US11009031B2
A fan includes a metal plate, multiple cylindrical coils, a frame and an impeller. Multiple teeth annularly arranged and connected with each other are formed on the metal plate. Each cylindrical coil is arranged between adjacent teeth, and each end of the cylindrical coil is arranged toward corresponding tooth. The frame is arranged on a surface of the metal plate and extended along an edge of the metal plate. A flow channel and an air outlet connected to the flow channel are formed by the frame. The impeller is arranged in the flow channel. A stator structure of the fan is simplified by forming the teeth on the metal plate.
US11009027B2
A vacuum rotor system is provided comprising a hollow rotor with a rotor jacket that is open at both ends perpendicular to the axis of rotation and with at least two hubs that are connected to the inside of the rotor jacket and that are suitably mounted in appropriate bearings so that the rotor can rotate. A machine housing that encloses the rotor and that has at least one gas outlet opening to discharge gases from the machine housing. A vacuum system that is connected to the gas outlet opening and that has at least one forepump for generating a fore-vacuum pressure in the machine housing. At least one first gas removal device with a gas pick-up opening is arranged in the machine housing between the hub and the appertaining open end of the rotor jacket.
US11009024B1
A hydraulic fracturing pump includes a power end with a plurality of torsion tubes extending between sides of a crankcase housing in which a crankshaft is rotatably mounted. The crankshaft is coupled by piston arms to crossheads disposed to reciprocate along crosshead axes that are perpendicular to the crankshaft. Disposed within the crankcase housing are a plurality of ribs generally perpendicular to the crankshaft and extending from the base of the crankshaft housing to an upper surface of the crankshaft housing. The torsion tubes are generally adjacent the upper surface of the crankcase housing and pass perpendicularly through each of the plurality of ribs and are attached to the ribs to provide rigidity to the power end.
US11009023B2
A distribution manifold includes a main trunk line at a first end of the manifold proximate a boost pump, two branch lines at a downstream end of the main trunk line, a first Y-connector coupling upstream ends of the two branch lines to the downstream end of the main trunk line, two sub-branch lines at a downstream end of each of the two branch lines, and two second Y-connectors coupling upstream ends of the four sub-branch lines to the downstream ends of the two respective branch lines. A sum of cross-sectional areas of downstream ends of the four sub-branch lines is equal to the cross-sectional area of the upstream end of the main trunk line.
US11009022B2
A method of balancing a beam pumping unit can include securing counterweights to crank arms, thereby counterbalancing a torque applied at a crankshaft at a maximum torque factor position due to a polished rod load and any structural unbalance. A well system can include a beam pumping unit including a gear reducer having a crankshaft, crank arms connected to the crankshaft, a beam connected at one end to the crank arm and at an opposite end to a rod string polished rod, and counterweights secured to the crank arms, and in which a torque applied at the crankshaft at a maximum torque factor position due to weights of the crank arms, the counterweights and wrist pins equals a torque applied at the crankshaft at the maximum torque factor position due to a load applied to the beam via the polished rod and any structural unbalance.
US11009018B2
A pump (2) comprising a stator (4) and a rotor (6) axially and rotatably movable relative to the stator, the stator comprising a rotor shaft receiving cavity (18), an inlet (14) and an outlet (16) fluidly connected to the rotor shaft receiving cavity (18), the rotor comprising a shaft (24) received in the rotor shaft receiving cavity (18). The rotor shaft (24) comprises a cavity (39) receiving a piston portion (12) of the stator therein to form a piston chamber (42), a seal (44) mounted between the piston portion (12) and inner sidewall of the cavity (39) to sealingly close an end of the piston chamber (42). The rotor further comprises a port (38) fluidly connecting the piston chamber (42) to an outer surface (60) of the rotor shaft (24), the port (38) arranged to overlap at least partially the inlet (14) over a rotational angle α of the rotor corresponding to a pump intake phase, and arranged to overlap at least partially the outlet (14) over a rotational angle β of the rotor corresponding to a pump expel phase.
US11009006B2
A wind turbine may include a discoidal chassis and at least one vane disposed on the discoidal chassis. The discoidal chassis can rotate about a central axis. The discoidal chassis has a first outermost surface with a pitch angle between the central axis and another axis orthogonal to the central axis. The vane is disposed on the first outermost surface. The vane has a concave surface to assist in rotation of the discoidal chassis about the central axis by harnessing wind energy.
US11009004B2
A mastless vertical axis wind turbine that comprises a plurality of sails that rotate about a vertical axis under the influence of wind. A platform is connected to and in tension with the plurality of sails at one or more points about the bottom of the plurality of the sails. Also, an external frame is connected to and in tension with the plurality of sails at one or more points about the top of the plurality of the sails. The external frame itself comprises a plurality of legs that converge above the plurality of sails at a central point about the vertical axis of rotation and extend beyond the path swept by the plurality of sails. A coupling mechanism connects one or more of the plurality of legs to the plurality of sails and allows the sails to rotate about the vertical axis of rotation while the legs remain stationary.
US11008995B2
Methods, devices, controllers, and algorithms are described for operating an internal combustion engine wherein at least some firing opportunities utilize low temperature gasoline combustion (LTGC). Other firing opportunities may be skipped or utilize some other type of combustion, such as spark ignition. The nature of any particular firing opportunity is dynamically determined during engine operation, often on a firing opportunity by firing opportunity basis. Firings that utilize LTGC produce little, if any, nitrous oxides in the exhaust stream and thus, in some implementations, may require no aftertreatment system to remove them from the exhaust stream.
US11008993B2
A power generation system is disclosed. The power generation system may include a first engine and a second engine. The power generation system may include an alternating current (AC) generator coupled to the first engine and a solid state power supply connected to the AC generator via a first circuit. The power generation system may include a first energy storage device associated with the first engine, connected to the solid state power supply via a second circuit, and a first engine control module (ECM) associated with the first engine, connected to the solid state power supply via the second circuit. The power generation system may include a second energy storage device associated with the second engine, connected to the solid state power supply via the second circuit, and a second ECM associated with the second engine, connected to the solid state power supply via the second circuit.
US11008989B2
Various embodiments include a fuel rail assembly for an internal combustion engine comprising: an elongate, common fuel rail having a reservoir for a fuel supply; a plurality of adapters spaced along and fixed to a wall of the fuel rail for hydraulically connecting a respective fuel injector to the reservoir in the common rail; and a respective fuel passage associated with each adapter of the plurality of adapters, each fuel passage directing fuel from the reservoir to the associated adapter. Each fuel passage comprises an inlet end open to the reservoir and an upstream end section adjacent to the inlet end having a length and a cross-sectional area forming a smoothing function to smooth pressure fluctuations in the fuel entering the respective passage.
US11008984B2
A motor vehicle (100) on which a vehicle engine (1) is mounted is described, the vehicle engine (1) including: an exhaust purification system (70) housing a GPF device (73) for purifying exhaust gas; and an EGR passage (52) connected to a portion of the exhaust purification system located downstream of the GPF device, and the engine is mounted in an engine compartment (R) defined in a front portion of a vehicle body. The exhaust purification system is located forward of a dash panel (103) constituting the engine compartment, and is positioned to extend toward a tunnel portion (T) of the dash panel. An upstream end portion (52c) of the EGR passage is connected to a lower portion of the exhaust purification system in a vertical direction of the vehicle.
US11008980B1
A method of diagnosing an engine purge system includes: obtaining, by a controller, a first measurement value by measuring a pressure of a secondary purge line when a boosting pressure from a compressor is greater than or equal to a predetermined reference pressure; obtaining, by the controller, a second measurement value by measuring a pressure of the secondary purge line while opening and closing a purge control solenoid valve when a throttle valve is deployed; determining, by the controller, whether at least one of the secondary purge line or a recirculation line is blocked by comparing the first measurement value and the second measurement value; and providing, by the controller, an alert when it is determined that at least one of the secondary purge line or the recirculation line is blocked.
US11008978B2
A carburetor drain apparatus includes a carburetor bowl, a fuel supply pipe, a fuel drain pipe, and a bail interface. The carburetor bowl is configured to store fuel and provide the fuel to an air passage. The fuel supply pipe is connected a fuel tank and the carburetor bowl. The fuel drain pipe is connected to the carburetor bowl. The bail interface is configured to operate in response to actuation of a bail to open the fuel drain pipe.
US11008962B2
A system and method is provided for controlling operating of an engine having a turbocharger with a compressor and an exhaust turbine, wherein the compressor is configured to provide a boost pressure and operate stably in a stable operating range between a surge line and a choke line of a compressor map. A controller is configured to control an actuator to cause an operating point of the compressor to move along a predetermined path within a corridor along a safety zone in the compressor map. The safety zone extends along the surge line. The safety zone is selected to provide a distance between the surge line and the corridor that minimizes a reduction of the boost pressure such that a sufficient boost pressure is available after the network fault.
US11008961B2
A control arithmetic unit uses a control storage area to compute a target control amount for combustion of an internal combustion engine according to a user required torque. A monitoring arithmetic unit uses a monitoring storage area to perform computation and to monitor presence or absence of a torque anomaly state in which an estimated torque is deviated from an engine required torque by a predetermined amount or more. The monitoring arithmetic unit computes the estimated torque by using a blow through state amount. The blow through state amount is a quantity of intake air blowing through out of an exhaust port in an intake stroke of the internal combustion engine, a degree to which intake air blows through out of the exhaust port, or an in-cylinder air quantity which is a quantity of air filled into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine.
US11008959B2
A system may be used for determining a parameter relating to a piston in an engine. The parameter may be the piston position, speed, etc., which may be determined at a reference point in a cylinder. The system may be controlled based on the determined parameter. The engine may be a linear reciprocating engine, opposed piston engine, etc. The system may include a first sensor provided on a base connected to the engine, and a second sensor provided on the base. The first sensor may be configured to generate a signal in response to a component coupled to the piston being in a region of the first sensor. The second sensor may be configured to generate a signal in response to a component coupled to the piston interacting with the second sensor. The system may include an energy transformer configured to transform motion of the engine to electrical power.
US11008949B2
A method of operating a gas turbine engine having a high pressure compressor and a secondary air system includes, when the gas turbine engine is operating in a first power range, providing a first bleed source for the secondary air system by bleeding air from a first bleed location, providing bleed air at a first pressure, proximate to an outlet of the high pressure compressor. When the gas turbine engine is operating in a second power range, higher than the first power range, the method includes providing a second bleed source by bleeding air from both a second bleed location and a third bleed location. The second and third bleed locations, respectively providing bleed air at second and third pressures, are both disposed upstream of the first bleed location within the gas turbine engine. The second and third pressures are different from the first pressure.
US11008946B2
A sealing assembly for sealing a first sealing bank of a first static component and a second sealing bank of a second static component of an axial turbomachine, the static components axially movable relative to each other, the sealing assembly including the two static components and a sealing element segmented in the circumferential direction, a first end of the sealing element being axially coupled in a groove at the first sealing bank facing an opposite second end bearing axially against the second sealing bank, as well as a stator vane assembly including a casing component of an axial turbomachine, which has at least one casing hook, and further including a stator vane component having at least one stator vane disposed on a platform and at least one stator vane hook which projects from the platform and bears against the casing hook, the stator vane hook having formed therein at least one through-hole for supply of cooling air.
US11008945B2
A system for starting a turbine engine is provided. The system may comprise an gearbox, and electric starter, and an air turbine starter. The gearbox may have a gearbox input shaft. The gearbox input shaft may be coupled to a turbine engine. The gearbox input shaft may be rotationally coupled to a spool of the turbine engine. The electric starter may be coupled to the gearbox input shaft. The air turbine starter may be coupled to the gearbox input shaft. The electric starter and the air turbine starter may be separated by the gearbox. The electric starter may be a starter-generator connected alternatively between an auxiliary power source and an auxiliary load.
US11008944B2
A system for starting a turbine engine is provided. The system may comprise a gearbox, a first starter, and a second starter. The gearbox may have an gearbox input shaft. The gearbox input shaft may be rotationally coupled to a spool of the turbine engine. The first starter may have a first-starter shaft. The second starter may have a second-starter shaft. The second-starter shaft may be coaxial with the first-starter shaft. The first starter and the second starter may each be coupled to the gearbox input shaft independently of one another.
US11008939B2
An adaptive inertial particle separation system may include an active configuration and a passive configuration. The system may comprise an air-intake duct including an outer wall spaced apart from a central axis, an inner wall located between the outer wall and the engine rotation axis, an intake passage defined in part by the inner wall and the outer wall, and a splitter located between the outer wall and the inner wall. The system may further include a sensor operatively connected to the air-intake duct and operative to initiate at least one of the active configuration and passive configuration.
US11008937B2
A crank and connecting rod mechanism which can realize a Miller cycle and its control method, wherein an interior of a crankshaft is provided with a drive oil channel and a lock-up oil channel. A connecting rod neck of the crankshaft is arranged with an eccentric connecting rod bearing. In a crankshaft balance weight, a drive gear meshing with an outer meshing gear ring of the eccentric connecting rod bearing through an idle gear is installed. A planetary gear is installed in a drive gear hollow shaft. A lockpin is designed for the drive gear hollow shaft so as to lock with the crankshaft balance weight or with a planetary gear shaft.
US11008936B2
A rotational drive unit having an input rotatable about a first axis of rotation and configured to be driven by a power source in a single rotational direction. The rotational drive unit including a first shaft in operable communication with the input and configured to rotate in a first direction, a second shaft in operable communication with the input and configured to rotate in a second direction opposite the first direction, an output rotatable about a second axis of rotation, and a clutch assembly in operable communication with the first shaft, the second shaft, and the output. Where the clutch assembly is operable in a first configuration in which force is transmitted between the first shaft and the output, and a second configuration in which force is transmitted between the second shaft and the output.
US11008933B2
A four stroke internal combustion engine is disclosed comprising at least one cylinder arrangement, an exhaust conduit, and at least one turbine. The cylinder arrangement comprises an exhaust port arrangement configured to open and close an exhaust flow area, ACYL. The cylinder arrangement has a maximum volume, VMAX. The exhaust conduit extends between the exhaust flow area, ACYL, and a turbine wheel inlet area, ATIN, of the turbine and has an exhaust conduit volume, VEXH that is ≤0.5 times the maximum volume, VMAX. The exhaust port arrangement is configured to expose the exhaust flow area, ACYL, at a size of at least 0.22 times the maximum volume, VMAX, when a piston of the cylinder arrangement is at the bottom dead centre, BDC.
US11008926B1
A system for controlling exhaust flow from an internal combustion engine powering a marine propulsion device includes a primary exhaust conduit having an upstream end receiving exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine and a downstream end discharging exhaust gas to a body of water via a gearcase housing. A bypass exhaust conduit has an upstream end receiving exhaust gas from the primary exhaust conduit and a downstream end discharging exhaust gas from a bypass outlet of the marine propulsion device. A bypass valve is selectively openable to allow exhaust gas to flow through the bypass conduit. A control module is in signal communication with the bypass valve. The control module opens the bypass valve to divert the exhaust gas through the bypass conduit and out the bypass outlet in response to selection of a control mode of the marine propulsion device other than a default lever control mode.
US11008924B2
The present invention is an on-board vehicle emissions measurement system. The system comprises at least one sensor (CAP) downstream from the aftertreatment system, and optionally a sensor plugged into the vehicle diagnostics port, and a computer (SIN) including models (MOD VEH, MOD MOD, MOD POT). According to the invention, emissions determination is based on the signal from sensor (CAP) and on models (MOD VEH, MOD MOT, MOD POT).
US11008922B2
Diagnostics for inadequate performance and/or degradation of an exhaust aftertreatment system are disclosed. A performance degradation analysis of the exhaust aftertreatment system includes a determination of a long term brake specific NOx value over a time period and a comparison of the long term brake specific NOx value to a threshold value.
US11008918B2
An exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a particulate filter, an air fuel ratio sensor to detect an air fuel ratio of exhaust gas at the downstream side of the filter, and a controller configured to: change an air fuel ratio, determine whether an amount of particulate matter (PM) deposited in an interior of a partition wall of the filter is equal to or smaller than a predetermined amount, and estimate a maximum storable oxygen amount of the catalyst from a change of the air fuel ratio of exhaust gas at the time when the air fuel ratio of the exhaust gas is changed, in cases where the amount of PM deposited in the interior of the partition wall of the filter is equal to or smaller than the predetermined amount.
US11008913B2
A support for an electric heating type catalyst, comprising: a honeycomb structure having partition walls that define a plurality of cells, each cell extending from a first end face to a second end face to form a fluid path for a fluid; and a pair of metal electrode portions in which one metal electrode portion of the pair of metal electrode portions is disposed on a side opposite to the other metal electrode portion across a center axis of the honeycomb structure; wherein one or both of the pair of metal electrode portions comprise at least one protruding portion, the protruding portion projecting toward the honeycomb structure side to abut against the honeycomb structure.
US11008903B2
A retard supply check valve is installed in a retard supply passage and is located on a side of a hydraulic oil controller where a hydraulic oil supply source is placed. The retard supply check valve enables only a flow of hydraulic oil from the hydraulic oil supply source toward a retard chamber. An advance supply check valve is installed in an advance supply passage and is located on the side of the hydraulic oil controller where the hydraulic oil supply source is placed. The advance supply check valve enables only a flow of the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic oil supply source toward an advance chamber.
US11008894B2
A clip for an air seal assembly, comprising a clip base having a control ring interface; a biasing element coupled to the clip base opposite the control ring interface; wherein the clip is insertable into a clip receiver and configured to engage a notch of a blade outer air seal and configured to detachably couple with a clip mounting flange.
US11008890B2
A case assembly for a gas turbine engine, includes a case with a case boss, said case boss including a peripheral wall that defines a first inner diameter in a first condition to receive a piston seal, and a second inner diameter in a second condition, the second condition including enlargement of the first inner diameter to form a second inner diameter and a bushing mounted within the second inner diameter, an inner diameter of the bushing defines a bushing inner diameter about equivalent to the first inner diameter to receive the piston seal.
US11008889B2
A hanger for a turbine engine can include a first surface confronting a cooling airflow, a second surface facing a heated airflow, and a third surface radially outward of the first surface. The hanger can also include a cyclonic separator with a dirty air inlet and a clean air outlet, as well as a cooling air circuit extending through the cyclonic separator.
US11008888B2
A turbine vane assembly adapted for use in a gas turbine engine includes a vane support and a vane heat shield comprising ceramic matrix composite materials to insulate the metallic materials of the vane support. The turbine vane assembly further includes an aero-load transfer rib located outside of a primary gas path and configured to carry loads applied to the vane heat shield to the vane support.
US11008886B2
A variable vane stabilizer is disclosed. One or more variable vane stabilizer may be interconnected between/among two or more vanes of a gas turbine engine in order to fix the angle of attack of the vanes.
US11008879B2
A vane arm assembly for a gas turbine engine is provided including: a vane arm having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and an aperture proximate the second end, the aperture being defined by an aperture wall; a vane stem extending through the aperture of the vane arm; a mechanical fastener retaining a position of the vane arm in the longitudinal direction of the vane stem; and an impedance clip partially enclosing a portion of the second end of the vane arm to provide redundant position retention of the vane arm in the longitudinal direction of the vane stem.
US11008878B2
A turbine blade for a gas turbine engine includes a root and an aerofoil. The root is configured to be coupled with a disc of the gas turbine engine and rotate with the disc about an axis during operation of the gas turbine engine. The aerofoil is coupled with the root of the turbine blade for movement with the root.
US11008877B2
A turbine, a gas turbine including the same, and a method of assembling and disassembling the same, capable of ensuring stable sealing performance as well as facilitating assembly and disassembly are provided. The turbine may include a rotor disk having a lower hook, a plurality of turbine blades installed on an outer peripheral surface of the rotor disk, each of the turbine blades having a blade hook located above the lower hook, and a retainer sealing a cooling passage defined between the turbine blade and the rotor disk and supported by the blade hook and the lower hook.
US11008874B2
A turbine blade includes a root to be mounted to a rotor; a platform having an inner side and an outer side, the inner side being coupled to the root; an airfoil extending from the outer side of the platform in a radial direction of the rotor and including an outer end on which a blade tip is formed; a protrusion formed in the blade tip; and a blade cooling passage that is formed inside the airfoil and communicates with an exit hole formed in the blade tip, the blade cooling passage to pass cooling fluid through the airfoil such that the cooling fluid exits the airfoil through the exit hole. The protrusion includes an outer side surface that is flush with an outer end surface of the airfoil and protrudes in a direction perpendicular to the radial direction to prevent hot combustion gas from invading the blade cooling passage.
US11008873B2
A gas turbine engine blade according to an example of the present disclosure includes a blade including internal walls defining a blade cooling passage and a tip section at a radially outer end of the blade. The tip section includes a pocket protruding into the tip section from a radially outermost end of the tip section to a pocket floor. The blade further includes a pocket wall defined between the pocket floor and the radially outermost end of the tip section and including a tapered wall cooling passage.
US11008869B2
The present application provides a rotor for use in a turbine engine. The rotor may include a first rotor disc, a second rotor disc adjacent to the first rotor disc, and a belly band seal positioned between the first rotor disc and the second rotor disc. The belly band seal may include a band seal with a locking tab brazed thereon.
US11008862B2
A hydrostatic piston engine comprises a housing with a cylinder drum with cylinder bores mounted rotatably therein. Each of the cylinder bores receives a working piston in a longitudinally displaceable manner, via which a hydrostatic working chamber is delimited by the cylinder bore. The hydrostatic working chamber has an opening on an outer surface of the cylinder drum by which, when the cylinder drum rotates, outlets of a high-pressure chamber and of a low-pressure chamber of the piston engine and a reversing surface arranged between the two outlets in the rotational direction can be passed over in alternating fashion. At least one pressurizing medium channel is provided which, on one hand, opens out in the reversing surface and, on the other, into a pressurizing medium trough of the piston engine.
US11008859B2
Method for analyzing coalbed methane geological selection of multi-coalbed high ground stress region
The present invention discloses a method for analyzing coalbed methane geological selection of a multi-coalbed high ground stress region, including the following steps: defining the concepts of a favorable area, a sweet spot area, and a sweet spot section; carrying out the selection process on the favorable area, the sweet spot area and the sweet spot section in sequence; selecting different indicators for the characteristics of each stage, explicitly presenting key indicators and reference indicators at each stage, and providing an indicator with one-vote veto rights in the key indicators; and carrying out comprehensive analysis to obtain favorable planar areas and vertical intervals of coalbed methane exploration and development in the multi-coalbed high ground stress region. The method of the present invention provides instructions on coalbed methane geological selection of a multi-coalbed high ground stress region, and is of great significance for the development of coalbed methane.
US11008853B2
A method and system for performing a pressure test. The method may comprise inserting a formation testing tool into a wellbore to a first location within the wellbore, identifying one or more tool parameters of the formation testing tool, performing a first pre-test with the pressure transducer when the pressure has stabilized to identify formation parameters, inputting the formation parameters and the one or more tool parameters into a forward model, changing the one or more tool parameters to a second set of tool parameters; performing a second pre-test with the second set of tool parameters; and comparing the first pre-test to the second pre-test. A system may comprise at least one probe, a pump disposed within the formation testing tool, at least one stabilizer, a pressure transducer disposed at least partially in the at least one fluid passageway, and an information handling system.
US11008847B2
Systems and a method for efficient downhole separation of gas and liquids while providing well access are provided. An exemplary system provides a downhole gas separator for an artificial lift system. The downhole gas separator includes an outer casing joined to production tubing at one end and comprising a fitting for a plug at an opposite end from the production line. The outer casing comprises openings through the outer casing. A dip tube extends through the interior of the outer casing, wherein the dip tube is fluidically coupled to the production tubing at one end, and is open to the outer casing at an opposite end, wherein the opposite end is proximate to the fitting for the plug. The plug is disposed in the fitting, and comprises a retrieval bar configured to allow the plug to be pulled through the production tubing to the surface.
US11008844B2
A method of stimulating the inflow of oil and/or gas from the wellbore, in particular, a hydraulic fracturing method, is disclosed. The method of hydraulic fracturing comprises the stages: injecting a slug of a proppant-free fluid through the well into a formation for hydraulic fracture creation and propagation; injecting a slug of proppant-laden slurry into the formation to create a proppant pack in the hydraulic fracture; injecting a slug of slurry that contains a fluid and the polyelectrolyte complex-based proppant aggregates to create permeable channels in the near-wellbore area of the hydraulic fracture; injecting a slug of a displacement fluid into the well. This sequence of operations allows avoiding the proppant slurry overdisplacement deep into the hydraulic fracture, maintaining high fracture conductivity, and increasing the well productivity.
US11008842B2
A method for capturing hydrocarbons from a formation is provided. After a first hydraulic fracturing of a formation to produce a first conditioned formation, and while hydrocarbons are being produced from the first conditioned formation, a predetermined wellbore characteristic is monitored for. The predetermined wellbore characteristic is based on at least a pressure within the first conditioned formation. After detecting the predetermined wellbore characteristic, a second hydraulic fracturing of the formation is effected to produce a second conditioned formation.
US11008838B2
Switchable cross-over systems, devices, and methods for cementing well walls are provided. A switchable cross-over device includes a tool body and a flow sleeve. The tool body includes a main tool path separable into uphole and downhole tool paths and an auxiliary chamber containing uphole and downhole annular ports. The flow sleeve is within the auxiliary chamber and movable between conventional and reverse circulation positions. In the conventional circulation position, the uphole and downhole tool paths are in fluid communication and the uphole annular port is in fluid communication with the downhole annular port through the auxiliary chamber. In the reverse circulation position, the flow sleeve forms first and second auxiliary flow paths in the auxiliary chamber, the uphole tool path and the downhole annular port are in fluid communication via the first auxiliary flow path, and the downhole tool path is in fluid communication with the uphole annular port.
US11008832B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for reducing fluid loss in a well bore. Also disclosed herein are methods for wellbore strengthening and increasing the integrity of the borehole of an oil or gas well. In particular, disclosed are methods for artificially increasing the temperature of a subsurface formation in the wellbore to increase the apparent wellbore strength.
US11008827B2
A downhole plugging system that includes a setting tool, and adapter, and a downhole tool coupled with the setting tool via the adapter. The setting tool includes a setting tool housing; a tension mandrel; and a setting sleeve coupled with the setting tool housing. The downhole tool includes a slip having a slip body; an outer slip surface; an inner slip surface; and at least two slip segments adjoined by a first portion of slip material at a first slip end, and the two slip segments separated by a slip groove therebetween.
US11008825B2
A rotating control device includes a bowl housing with an inner aperture to receive a seal and bearing assembly. A plurality of hydraulically-actuated fail-last-position latching assemblies are disposed about an outer surface of the bowl housing to controllably extend a plurality of piston-driven dogs radially into a groove of the seal and bearing assembly. The seal and bearing assembly includes a housing, a mandrel disposed within an inner aperture of the housing, a first interference-fit sealing element attached to a bottom distal end of the mandrel, a plurality of tapered-thrust bearings indirectly mounted to the housing, a preload spacer disposed between top and bottom tapered-thrust bearings, a plurality of jam nuts to adjust a preload of the tapered-thrust bearings, and a lower seal carrier attached to the seal and bearing housing comprising a plurality of dynamic sealing elements that contact the mandrel.
US11008818B2
A cold worked and spinodally-hardened copper alloy comprising from about 8 to about 20 wt % nickel, and from about 5 to about 11 wt % tin, the remaining balance being copper, and having a 0.2% offset yield strength of at least 75 ksi, is used to form a sucker rod coupling or subcoupling. Each coupling is formed from a core having two ends, each end having an internal thread. These box ends engage the pin of a sucker rod or other rod. The exterior surface of the core includes grooves running between the two ends.
US11008816B2
A drill bit includes multiple cutting devices and a microelectronics unit. Each cutting device of the multiple cutting devices includes a cutting layer formed to cut a rock formation and a capacitive sensor disposed adjacent the cutting layer. The capacitive sensor is configured to generate an electric field across the cutting layer and to transmit a signal corresponding to a voltage associated with the electric field. The microelectronics unit of the drill bit is configured to receive the signal from the capacitive sensor of each cutting device of the multiple cutting devices such that the microelectronics unit receives multiple signals and to determine an indicator of mechanical wear of the drill bit based on a change in the voltage associated with the electric field across the cutting layer of each cutting device of the multiple cutting devices using the multiple signals.
US11008815B2
Cutting elements include a diamond-bonded body attached with a substrate. The substrate has a coercivity of greater than about 200 Oe, and has a magnetic saturation of from about 73 to 90. The diamond-bonded body has a compressive stress at the surface of greater than about 0.9 GPa after heat treatment, and greater than about 1.2 GPa prior to heat treatment.
US11008805B2
A screen panel is provided. The screen panel can have a screen frame and a screen mesh positioned over the frame. The screen mesh can be attached to the frame with hooks that can be selectively insertable and removable from the frame. The screen mesh can be attached to a portion of the frame and rolled around itself for shipping, and unrolled and attached to the remainder of the frame for use.
US11008789B2
A biaxial hinge which can be downsized. The biaxial hinge includes a first main body, an intermediate body coupled to the first main body so that the intermediate body can rotate around a first shaft and a second main body coupled to the intermediate body so that the second main body can rotate around a second shaft which is parallel with the first shaft. Two laminated first friction plates are engaged with the first shaft. Two laminated second friction plates are engaged with the second shaft. The first main body supports the first shaft so that the first shaft cannot rotate. The second main body supports the second shaft so that the second shaft cannot rotate. The first friction plates and the second friction plates are contained in the intermediate body so that the first friction plates and the second friction plates cannot rotate.
US11008786B2
A trunk lid latch assembly for a vehicle may include a main gear rotated by a drive motor provided at the base, wherein an error lever, a pawl lever, a plurality of links, and a cinching member are rotated in conjunction with rotation of the main gear, and thus a striker is locked or unlocked from the claw.
US11008783B2
A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus mounted on a vehicle includes a first imaging unit that captures an image of a rear side and a diagonally backward, a distance detection unit that detects a distance from the vehicle to an object present in the rear side and the diagonally backward, based on the image captured by the first imaging unit, a course prediction unit that predicts a course of the object, based on transition of the distance to the object detected by the distance detection unit, and an entry prediction unit that predicts whether the object enters a door opening and closing area, based on the course of the object predicted by the course prediction unit and the door opening and closing area which is set on sides of the vehicle and defines a movable range in which side doors of the vehicle are opened and closed.
US11008778B2
A locking device that can be mounted into a rotating or swinging door is disclosed. The locking device can have a deadbolt. The locking device can detect the position of the deadbolt and/or whether the door is closed. The locking device can have a camera, microphone and speaker. The locking device can send images detected by the camera and audio detected by the microphones to a remote computer.
US11008774B2
The present invention discloses a fence system, which is composed of a plurality of assembly units that are detachably connected in sequence. Each assembly unit includes a base, a fixed assembly, a winding apparatus, an outer bar body and a net body. The winding apparatus is fixed on the top of the base, located in the outer bar body and used to drive the outer bar body to rotate around the base, so that the net body is wound on the outer side of the outer bar body. The fixed assembly is retracted into the base or unfolded and fixed on the bottom of the base. The present invention realizes convenience in disassembling and assembling, realizes the automatic winding of the net body, thereby facilitating the transfer and reuse of the assembly units; and enhances the stability of the assembly units and the overall structure and achieving good practicability.
US11008763B2
The apparatus may include a ridge member, a first arm rotatably coupled to the ridge member and extending outward, relative to the ridge member, in a first plane angled relative to a first pitch of a roof structure. Also, the apparatus may include a second arm rotatably coupled to the ridge member and extending outward, relative to the ridge member, in a second plane angled relative to a second pitch of the roof structure. The ridge member may be positioned at an apex between the first pitch and the second pitch along a ridge of the roof structure. Further, materials for installation may be placed on at least one of the first arm and the second arm positioned between the roof structure and the materials. Additionally, the apparatus may include a load arm coupled at each respective end portion of the first arm and the second arm.
US11008760B1
A panel splicing structure capable of repeated assembly and disassembly without damage and rapid splicing comprises a plurality of panels and a plurality of insertable locking plate structures. The panel is a hollow panel body. The panel is also provided with reinforcing support bars, insertion cavities and locking pin holes. The insertable locking plate structure comprises a hollow plate body, a plurality of locking pins and controlling rods. The locking pins protrude outside or retract inside the sides of the hollow plate body under control of the controlling rods. The panels are arranged side by side with each other. The insertable locking plate structures are inserted into the insertion cavities of the panels, and the locking pins are inserted into the locking pin holes by the controlling rods to assemble the panels to form an integrated panel.
US11008758B2
The invention relates to covering a gap between windows at the ridge of a double pitch skylight including at least one pair of windows. Each window comprises a frame with a frame top member and the windows of a pair are interconnected by one or more mounting brackets at the ridge. A cover element is arranged so that it interconnects the two windows of the pair on the interior side and extends in parallel with the ridge length direction. One edge of the cover element is inserted in a groove in the top frame member of one window of the pair and another opposite edge is inserted in a corresponding groove in the other window. The cover element is preferably made from an airtight material, is preferably convex on the interior side in the mounted state, and is preferably provided with elastic connecting parts at the two opposite edges.
US11008756B2
A cementitious composite includes a structure layer, a cementitious material, a water-impermeable sealing layer, and a containment layer. The structure layer has a first side and an opposing second side. The structure layer defines a plurality of open spaces. The cementitious material includes a plurality of cementitious particles disposed within the plurality of open spaces of the structure layer. The water-impermeable sealing layer is disposed along the first side of the structure layer. The containment layer is disposed along the opposing second side of the structure layer. The containment layer is positioned to prevent the plurality of cementitious particles from migrating out of the structure layer through the containment layer.
US11008739B1
A constant pressure system includes a pressure vessel with a vapor-liquid mixture used to provide pressure forces instead of compressed air that is typically used. The vapor-liquid mixture can be a number of substances, such as nitrous oxide, so long as the mixture exists in both the liquid and vapor phases. Importantly, the vapor-liquid mixture must maintain a constant pressure during the dispensing of fluids from the tank, so that the fluids are dispensed at the same constant pressure. As a result, the fluids within the tank can be dispensed at the same pressure as that of the vapor-liquid mixture within the tank, or scaled to a higher or lower pressure value through the use of a pressure-converter valve within the system.
US11008735B2
An image pick-up apparatus includes a first stereo camera attached to a revolving unit and a second stereo camera attached to the revolving unit. The first stereo camera picks up an image of a first image pick-up range. The second stereo camera picks up an image of a second image pick-up range above or beyond the first image pick-up range.
US11008734B2
To provide a hydraulic control circuit for a construction machine capable of shortening a time duration from the start of an engine until the pressure of a pump oil passage reaches a required pressure. A hydraulic control circuit for a construction machine includes a hydraulic pump that is driven by an engine; a hydraulic actuator that is operated by hydraulic oil discharged from the hydraulic pump; a hydraulic pilot type control valve that controls an amount and a direction of supply of the hydraulic oil to the hydraulic actuator from the hydraulic pump; a pump oil passage that connects the hydraulic pump and a pump port of the hydraulic pilot type control valve; a bypass oil passage that branches from the pump oil passage and extends to a hydraulic oil tank; a bypass valve that is disposed in the bypass oil passage and controls an amount of the hydraulic oil returning to the hydraulic oil tank through the bypass oil passage; and a pilot oil passage that branches from the pump oil passage and extends to a pilot port of the hydraulic pilot type control valve; an electromagnetic proportional pressure reducing valve that is disposed in the pilot oil passage and controls a pressure acting on the pilot port; a controller that controls an operation of the bypass valve and the electromagnetic proportional pressure reducing valve; and an operation implement for outputting an operation signal to the controller in response to an operation applied from an operator. The controller sets the opening area A of the bypass valve to a second opening area A1 in a state where an operation signal is not output from the operation implement after the engine has been started and the pressure of the pump oil passage has reached a required pressure P0, and sets the opening area A of the bypass valve to a second opening area A2 which is smaller than the first opening area A1 during a time duration from the start of the engine until the pressure of the pump oil passage reaches the required pressure P0.
US11008731B2
A work vehicle includes: a cab to be boarded by an operator, the cab including a roof; and a first antenna mounted on the roof. The first antenna is positioned selectively at one of a position lower than a topmost portion of the roof, and a position protruding upward relative to the topmost portion of the roof.
US11008727B2
An offshore structure having a foundation structure, wherein the foundation structure has at least a first and a second profile, the first profile is designed as a pile and the second profile is designed as a pile sleeve, the second profile encloses the first profile over a penetration length, wherein an interspace is formed between the first and the second profile, the interspace has a casting compound filling over the total penetration length, shear elements are provided on the first and/or the second profile, the shear elements extend into the interspace and effect an axial load dissipation into the casting compound filling, the shear elements are provided only over a first partial length of the penetration length, the first partial length is between 65 and 90% of the total penetration length and a second partial length is free of shear elements, wherein the second partial length forms the upper length of the penetration length in the installed position.
US11008726B2
A method for installation of a pile adapted to support an offshore wind turbine in which the piles are transported horizontally, positioned in a pile holder, rotated to a vertical orientation while being held by the pile holder, and subsequently lowered into the water while being held by the pile holder. The installation vessel is in a floating condition, and the pile holder is compensated for wave-induced motion of the vessel to maintain a predetermined X-Y location independent of the wave-induced motion of the vessel. A pile holding system, a pile holder, and a vessel comprising a pile holding system are also disclosed.
US11008718B2
A pivotal tubular pet scoop having a handle connecting to an arm block, a trigger attached to the extension rod, a trigger rod attached to the trigger and moving when the trigger is actuated, the trigger rod passing through the arm block and connecting to a lower arm block, a set of outer springs connected to the arm block and a set of outer springs connected to the lower arm block, both springs connecting to a tubular scoop, the tubular scoop pivotably attached at a connection point to the outer and inner springs and being made of a left jaw and a right jaw, the jaws connected by at least one hinge, such that when the trigger is actuated and the lower arm block is raised relative to the lower arm block, the inner springs are tightened relative to the outer springs thereby causing the left and right jaws to close.
US11008717B2
Embodiments of safety trucks incorporate multiple connection points to which a variety of attachments, or combinations of attachments, can be releasably and interchangeably coupled to enable their use with increased effectiveness to safeguard roadway construction, maintenance and repair personnel as they perform tasks within or relatively near to roadway workzones and worksites. Also, methods of operation of the safety truck embodiments enhance their ability to guard and protect roadway construction, maintenance and repair personnel while they work within or relatively near to roadway workzone and worksite locations.
US11008716B2
A method is provided for measuring the milling depth of a road milling machine, the machine being operative to mill a ground surface with a milling roller lowered to a milling depth to create a milling track, the machine including at least one side plate located to at least one side of the milling roller to engage an untreated ground surface, and the machine including a stripping plate operative to be lowered onto the milling track generated by the milling roller. The method includes measuring the milling depth of the milling track, the measuring including detecting a measurement value of a ground engaging sensor engaging the milling track.
US11008715B2
Equipment for machining solid surfaces such as for example, surfaces made of asphalt or concrete or similar solid materials, in particular for making sound strips, said equipment comprising rotating machining or digging means carried by a main frame, and rotating means which engage said main supporting frame, wherein the rotation of said rotating means in a predefined direction of rotation results in said main supporting frame being rotated alternately in two opposite directions of rotation.
US11008714B2
A method of slip forming a concrete structure can include using a first slip form mold that travels along a path to form a portion of a concrete structure by delivering a first flow of concrete into the first mold through a first hopper. The first hopper can be configured to receive the first flow of concrete. The portion of the concrete structure can be modified using a second slip form mold different from the first mold by advancing the second mold along the concrete structure and, while advancing the second mold, delivering a second flow of concrete into the second mold through a second hopper that is configured to receive the second flow of concrete.
US11008708B2
A waterproof architectural element comprising an elongated panel member composed of compressed fibrous material having a first planar surface and an opposed second planar surface. At least one elongated cellulose layer is composed of Kraft paper having paper basis weight between 30 and 90 pounds and an average thickness between 0.003 and 0.009 inches. The elongated substrate has a first planar face and an opposed second planar face. A polymeric layer overlies at least a portion of the first planar face of the elongated substrate and comprises a polymeric blend of between 50 and 80 wt. % styrene butadiene copolymer and 0.2 and 3 wt. % of a cellulose ether compound. The cellulose ether compound comprises hydrogen or an alkyl group selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, hydroxyethyl, hydroxypropyl carboxymethyl, hydroxyethyl methyl, hydroxypropyl and between 30 and 50 wt. % calcium carbonate and water.
US11008703B2
The invention relates to a method for determining the replacement state of wear of a rope made of a textile fibre material, wherein, in the course of using the rope, the elongation of the rope is monitored over its entire length and the rope is discarded if the elongation of the rope over the entire length exceeds a predetermined maximum value (%). The method according to the invention is characterized in that also the local elongation of a discrete rope section is monitored and the rope is discarded if the local elongation of the rope section exceeds a predetermined maximum value (%), with the maximum value of the local elongation of the rope section being greater than the maximum value of the elongation of the rope over the entire length.
US11008694B2
A laundry apparatus is provided. The laundry apparatus may include a cabinet, a tub provided in the cabinet and defining an internal space, the tub having an opening formed in a front of the tub, a drum rotatably provided in the internal space of the tub and being made of a conductor, and an induction heater provided at an outer circumferential surface of the tub. The induction heater may heat the drum by generating an electromagnetic field and may include a coil that uses a supplied electric current to generate an eddy current in the drum by generating a magnetic field, and a coil arranging portion provided at the outer circumferential surface of the tub. The coil may be arranged on the coil arranging portion such that coils of the coil are spaced a predetermined distance apart from each other while being wound from a front direction to a rear direction of the tub.
US11008693B2
Disclosed herein is a washing machine. The washing machine includes a housing provided with an inlet for laundry disposed on a front surface thereof, a water tub provided inside of the housing and configured to store water, a drum rotatably provided inside of the water tub, a pulsator provided inside of the drum and configured to be rotated independently of the drum, a motor provided with a stator, and a first and second rotor connected to the drum and the pulsator, respectively, and at least one processor configured to apply a q-axis current to the stator to rotate the second rotor and configured to apply a d-axis current to the stator to rotate the first rotor based on a phase difference between the first rotor and the second rotor.
US11008691B2
A combination washing and drying laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation includes a cabinet defining a cabinet interior. A tub defines a tub interior for receiving wash liquid during a washing cycle of operation and has at least one baffle with a plurality of air outlets. A drum is rotatable within the tub interior, and defines a treating chamber for holding laundry for washing or drying treatment. A washing circuit comprises a treating chemistry dispenser fluidly coupled to at least one of the tub interior or drum interior and a liquid supply fluidly coupled to at least one of the treating chemistry dispenser, tub interior, or drum interior. A drying air circuit comprises a manifold assembly, a lifter assembly provided on the drum and fluidly coupling the manifold assembly to the plurality of air outlets on the baffle, an air flow assembly having an inlet and an outlet fluidly coupled to the manifold assembly, and a blower fluidly coupled to the air flow assembly whereby actuation of the blower recirculates air through the treating chamber.
US11008688B2
An apparatus for mounting dual hoop assemble in a predetermined and selected area of an item that includes a base and a mounting section including panels that is connected to the base via a connecting system that allows the mounting area to move outwardly and inwardly in relation to the base and left to right and vice versa in regards to the proximal end of the base. The apparatus includes two inner hoop support sections that are able to tightly hold and support the inner section of a dual hoop assemble of any size and shape, each one of said inner hoop support section having one elongated plates with a central groove; knurled screws inserted in a groove, holding brackets inserted in aid knurled screws and knurled screw handle knobs to secure each one of the holding brackets. Loosening or tightening said handle knobs facilitates the selection of a predetermined horizontal position of the inner hoop holding brackets in the mounting section. The inner hoop holding sections are connected to sliding units of lateral supports via knurled screws. Loosening said knurled screws allows the movement of the inner hoop holding section vertically along the mounting section, while tightening said knurled screws, allows the inner holding section to be confined in a predetermined and selected position. The holding brackets included in the apparatus are able to hold the inner hoop section of a dual hoop assembles of different sizes and shapes. In some embodiments of the invention, a central panel comprises a second mounting area convenient for mounting dual embroidery assembles onto small items, once the central panel is repositioned along the base, thus providing an apparatus with a dual mounting area for items of different sizes. In other embodiments, the central panel may be withdraw from the mounting section, generating a mounting section ideal for embroidering medium size items.
US11008687B2
A positioning device for rotating a movable tongue seat is essentially provided with a pin and a pin hole between a movable tongue seat and a cutter seat for driving the movable tongue seat. Rotating the positioning member can drive the movable tongue seat to move to a corresponding position, so that the movable tongue on the movable tongue seat can be extended and retracted from the top of the seat in an optimal position, and can be reliably controlled.
US11008678B2
A method of fabricating a textile structure of varying thickness including using a loom to weave a fiber texture in the form of a strip extending lengthwise along a longitudinal axis and widthwise along an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and causing the texture to be wound under tension onto a mandrel. The texture includes a portion presenting extra thickness. During the winding of the texture, a spacer element is interposed between adjacent turns of the fiber texture onto the mandrel. Each spacer element extends in the width direction of the texture over a portion thereof situated outside the portion of extra thickness and presenting, over the portion of the texture situated outside the portion of extra thickness, a thickness that corresponds at least to the difference between thicknesses of the portion of extra thickness and of the portion of the texture situated outside the portion of extra thickness.
US11008659B2
The present invention provides a chemical conversion liquid for zinc or zinc alloy bases, which contains 2-200 mmol/L of trivalent chromium ions, 1-300 mmol/L of zirconium ions and at least one component selected from among fluorine ions, a water-soluble carboxylic acid and a salt thereof, and which does not contain Co ions and hexavalent chromium ions.
US11008650B2
A system and associated method are described for depositing high-quality films for providing a nanolayered coating on a three-dimensional surface. The system includes a magnetic array comprising multiple sets of magnets arranged to have Hall-Effect regions that run lengthwise along a sputter target. The system further includes an elongated sputtering electrode material tube surrounding the magnetic array comprising multiple sets of magnets arranged to have Hall-Effect regions that run lengthwise along the sputter target. During operation, the system generates and controls ion flux for direct current high-power impulse magnetron sputtering. During operation logic circuitry issues a control signal to control a kick pulse property of a sustained positive voltage kick pulse taken from the group consisting of: onset delay, amplitude and duration.
US11008637B2
In the method of producing a martensitic stainless steel strip, a quenching furnace of a quenching process includes at least a temperature raising unit and a holding unit. When a predetermined quenching temperature is set as T (° C.), the temperature raising unit is set to be within a temperature range of 0.7T (° C.) or higher and lower than T (° C.), and a set heating temperature on an exit side of the steel strip is set to be higher than a set heating temperature on an entry side of the steel strip when the steel strip passes through the temperature raising unit. The holding unit is set to the quenching temperature T (° C.). A time spent in the furnace by the steel strip in the temperature raising unit is equal to or longer than a time spent in the furnace by the steel strip in the holding unit.
US11008631B2
A kit and method for collecting body fluid for medical diagnosis. In some embodiments, the method includes collecting a sufficient amount of body fluid and cells comprising nucleic acid, and applying a nucleic acid assay to detect pathogenic genomic material such as human papillomavirus mRNA and/or human papillomavirus DNA. In some embodiments, by testing fluid and cells, a sensitivity of the test is improved. In some embodiments, the method includes inserting an absorbing member into a body orifice, such as the vagina, for a time period such as 1-2 hours; retrieving the absorbing member and placing it in a sample container; extracting fluid from the absorbing member using a fluid extraction device, and testing the fluid. In some embodiments, the kit is a home use kit and the sample is self collected by a user.
US11008630B2
The present disclosure provides compositions (i.e., amplification primers and probes), methods, and kits that are particularly useful for detecting and/or quantifying nucleic acids present in a sample, such as those derived from HIV or a lentiviral vector.
US11008627B2
Methods and systems are provided for point-of-care nucleic acid amplification and detection. One embodiment of the point-of-care molecular diagnostic system includes a cartridge and an instrument. The cartridge can accept a biological sample, such as a urine or blood sample. The cartridge, which can comprise one or more of a loading module, lysis module, purification module and amplification module, is inserted into the instrument which acts upon the cartridge to facilitate various sample processing steps that occur in order to perform a molecular diagnostic test.
US11008621B2
A method, comprising amplifying a nucleic acid sequence of interest in a sample comprising genomic DNA of a subject; amplifying a reference nucleic acid sequence in the sample; quantifying the amplified sequence of interest relative to the amplified reference sequence; and determining a copy number of the sequence of interest from the relative quantified amplified sequence of interest. The reference sequence may have at least 80% sequence identity to at least one of SEQ ID NO:1-38, such as SEQ ID NO:1-13. Also disclosed are kits and compositions, each comprising a first probe which specifically hybridizes to at least a portion of at least one reference sequence. Also disclosed is a system configured to perform the above method.
US11008620B2
Provided herein are methods for treating cancer that is resistant to treatment with an anti-ErbB therapeutic agent and which is associated with an activating MET gene mutation or a MET gene amplification. The methods involve administering to a subject a combination of an anti-ErbB therapeutic and an anti-MET therapeutic. Also provided are methods for reducing ErbB mediated signaling or PI3 kinase mediated signaling in a cancer cell.
US11008619B2
Disclosed herein are biomarkers of platelet function and methods for assessing platelet function in response to antiplatelet therapy and for determining a prognosis, diagnosis, or risk identification in a patient by detecting at least one biomarker of platelet function in the patient as well as determining amounts thereof. The biomarkers may be used to identify a patient as a candidate for treatment with an antiplatelet agent and to monitor and adjust antiplatelet therapy in a patient.
US11008613B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds comprising a negatively-charged polymer moiety which is capable of entering a nanopore and upon entering a nanopore in the presence of positive ions results in an increased flow of the positive ions through the nanopore. The present disclosure provides methods of preparing the compounds and for their use as nanopore-detectable tags, in particular, for nanopore-based nucleic acid detection and sequencing.
US11008612B2
Provided herein are systems and methods for nucleotide incorporation reactions. The systems comprise polymerases having altered nucleotide incorporation kinetics and are linked to an energy transfer donor moiety, and nucleotide molecules linked with at least one energy transfer acceptor moiety. The donor and acceptor moieties undergo energy transfer when the polymerase and nucleotide are proximal to each other during nucleotide binding and/or nucleotide incorporation. As the donor and acceptor moieties undergo energy transfer, they generate an energy transfer signal which can be associated with nucleotide binding or incorporation. Detecting a time sequence of the generated signals, or the change in the signals, can be used to determine the order of the incorporated nucleotides, and can therefore be used to deduce the sequence of the target molecule.
US11008611B2
Devices that include a substrate; a source region and a drain region formed within the substrate and having a channel region provided therebetween; a first insulating layer formed over the channel region; a first floating gate formed over the first insulating layer, the first floating gate configured to respond to an analyte in a target material; and a second gate formed over the first floating gate, the second gate capacatively coupled but not electrically connected to the first floating gate.
US11008609B2
The present disclosure provides methods, compositions, kits, and systems useful in the determination and evaluation of the immune repertoire using genomic DNA from a biological sample. In one aspect, target-specific primer panels provide for the effective amplification of sequences of T cell receptor and/or B cell receptor chains with improved sequencing accuracy and resolution over the repertoire. Nucleic acid sequences of variable regions associated with the immune cell receptor are determined to effectively portray clonal diversity of a biological sample and/or differences associated with the immune cell repertoire of a biological sample.
US11008608B2
SNAIL provides cost-efficient detection of specific nucleic acids in single cells, and may be combined with flow cytometry to simultaneously analyze large numbers of cells for a plurality of nucleic acids, e.g. at least one, to up to 5, up to 10, up to 15, up to 20 or more transcripts can be simultaneously analyzed, at a rate of up to about 50, 100, 250, 500 or more cells/second. The methods require only two primers for amplification, and may further include a detection primer.
US11008603B2
Provided is a method for detecting pathogenic microorganisms in a biological sample, which is a technique that can be used to perform high-sensitivity detection of pathogenic microorganisms, such as influenza virus, etc.
US11008597B2
The present disclosure relates to processes that combine microbial production of organic intermediates and subsequent synthetic transformation to provide compounds of industrial value, including compounds used in fragrances.
US11008596B2
The present invention provides methods for catalyzing the conversion of an olefin to any compound containing one or more cyclopropane functional groups using heme enzymes. In certain aspects, the present invention provides a method for producing a cyclopropanation product comprising providing an olefinic substrate, a diazo reagent, and a heme enzyme; and admixing the components in a reaction for a time sufficient to produce a cyclopropanation product. In other aspects, the present invention provides heme enzymes including variants and fragments thereof that are capable of carrying out in vivo and in vitro olefin cyclopropanation reactions. Expression vectors and host cells expressing the heme enzymes are also provided by the present invention.
US11008587B2
Genetically modified cells that are compatible with multiple subjects, e.g., universal donor cells, and methods of generating the genetic modified cells are provided herein. The universal donor cells comprise at least one genetic modification within or near at least one gene that encodes one or more MHC-I or MHC-II human leukocyte antigens or component or transcriptional regulator of the MHC-I or MHC-II complex, at least one genetic modification that increases the expression of at least one polynucleotide that encodes a tolerogenic factor, and optionally at least one genetic modification that increases or decreases the expression of at least one gene that encodes a survival factor.
US11008585B2
Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.
US11008584B2
Methods and materials for modulating low-nitrogen tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low nitrogen tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels and plant products produced from plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels.
US11008582B2
The invention relates to a method for increasing the yield and biomass of a plant, by means of an increase in the expression of the L-aspartate oxidase in the plant. The method according to the invention allows an increase in the photosynthetic capacities of the plants as a result of an increase in the quantities of NAD and the derivatives thereof in said plants. The invention relates to the plants produced by such a method.
US11008573B2
A novel network of tumorigenic prognostic factors is identified that plays a critical role in advanced pancreatic cancer (PC) pathogenesis. This interactome is interconnected through a central tumor suppressive microRNA, miR-198, which is able to both directly and indirectly modulate expression of the various members of this network to alter the molecular makeup of pancreatic tumors, with important clinical implications. When this tumor signature network is intact, miR-198 expression is reduced and patient survival is dismal; patients with higher miR-198 present an altered tumor signature network, better prognosis and increased survival. Further, according to the present disclosure, MiR-198 replacement reverses tumorigenicity in vitro and in vivo. As such, an embodiment of the disclosure is a method of treating cancer in an individual, comprising the step of increasing the level of active microRNA-198 molecules in the pancreatic cancer tumor cells of the individual by an amount sufficient to cause an improvement in the pancreatic cancer in the individual.
US11008564B2
Polynucleotide constructs that express an engineered foot-and-mouth disease (FMDV) P1 precursor protein and a non-FMDV TEV protease and methods for safe and efficient recombinant production of FMDV antigens and immunogens. Recombinant production of FMDV antigens avoids the need to culture highly-infectious FMDV, while conventional culture methods for producing FMDV antigens rely on the native FMDV 3C protease which exerts toxic effects on host cells. The inventors have developed a new system that efficiently and safely processes FMDV P1 precursor without the FMDV 3C protease, thus avoiding the toxic effects associated with use of the 3C protease. The invention is also directed to the FMDV antigens and virus-like particles produced by this system as well as to FMDV vaccines, diagnostics and other biologics.
US11008557B1
The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions that allow one to identify in vivo edited cells when employing nucleic-acid guided editing. Additionally provided are automated multi-module instruments for performing editing and selection methods and using the compositions.
US11008556B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for compositions, methods, and kits for treating cancer using modified T cells in which TRAC genes are inactivated using a Zinc-finger nuclease (ZFN). The ZFN may include a first zinc finger protein (ZFP) that binds a first target site in a T-cell receptor alpha constant (TRAC) gene and a second ZFP that binds a second target site in the TRAC gene.
US11008545B2
A method of producing Bacillus spores comprising a step of culturing the Bacillus bacterium using a liquid medium having a C/N ratio (weight ratio of carbon content to nitrogen content) of greater than 4 and less than 9.5.
US11008544B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing yeast. It relates in particular to a method for producing biological yeast, comprising the use of substrates of biological origin, in particular a biological substrate which makes it possible to supplement the nutritional requirements in the yeast in terms of phosphorus. The method of the present invention makes it possible to obtain biological yeast and biological yeast extracts in accordance with European Union Regulation (EC) 834/2007. According to the invention, the phosphorus-rich biological composition is obtained by hydrolysis and solubilization of at least one plant substrate of biological origin comprising from 2 to 18 g of phosphorus per kg of product, 60% to 80% of which is in the form of phytic acid. The preferred substrate according to the invention is wheat bran.
US11008542B2
The invention discloses a first connection unit having a plurality of sensor surfaces and which is adapted to be aseptically connected to a second connection unit mounted e.g. on a flexible bioreactor bag.
US11008538B2
Alkaline sprayable aqueous compositions for cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting are disclosed. In particular, the sprayable compositions include an inverse emulsion polymer for modifying the viscosity of the composition and provide numerous benefits over dispersion polymer compositions used for rheology modification to reduce misting and respiratory inhalation of cleaning compositions. Compositions and methods of cleaning using the compositions having reduced amounts of airborne particulates of the composition during spray applications are provided.
US11008530B2
A lubricant composition includes a mixture of grease and wax formed into a block which is solid at atmospheric pressure and temperatures up to 150° F., and which transforms into a semi-solid under mechanical loading. The mixture is formed with 5-25% of melted wax. The block may be coated to form a shell to remain solid at elevated temperatures. The block may include other additives. The grease block is suitable for use in various applications, including on a 5th wheel trailer hitch plate.
US11008529B2
A method having the step of using a compound as an additive for: gear oil, grease, engine oil, combustion-engine lubricant, automatic transmission fluid, two-cycle engine lubricant, marine-engine lubricant, or anti-wear agent, the compound having the structure: wherein each R is an independently selected alkylphenol-free moiety that is a C1-22 alkyl, C6-40 cycloalkyl, C3-20 methoxy alkyl glycol ether, C3-20 alkyl glycol ether, or Y—OH moiety; wherein each Y is an independently selected alkylphenol-free moiety that is a C2-40 alkylene, C6-40 cycloalkylene, C2-20 alkylene glycol ether, or C3-40 alkylene lactone moiety; wherein each m is an independently selected integer ranging from 1 to 100; and wherein x is an integer ranging from 1 to 1000.
US11008528B2
A viscosity index improver containing a copolymer (A) whose essential constituent monomer is a monomer (a) having a number average molecular weight of 800 to 4,000 represented by the following formula (1), the copolymer (A) having a solubility parameter in the range of 9.00 to 9.40: wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; —X1— is a group represented by —O—, —O(AO)m—, or —NH—, AO is a C2-C4 alkyleneoxy group, m is an integer of 1 to 10, each AO may be the same or different when m is 2 or more, and the (AO)m moieties may be randomly bonded or block-bonded; R2 is a residue after removal of one hydrogen atom from a hydrocarbon polymer whose essential constituent monomer is butadiene in which the butadiene is present in a proportion of 50% by weight or more based on the weight of R2, or after removal of one hydrogen atom from a polymer formed by partial hydrogenation of the hydrocarbon polymer; and p represents a number of 0 or 1.
US11008525B2
A method of manufacturing an octane-boosting fuel additive, the method comprises reacting n-butyraldehyde, iso-butyraldehyde, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing with glycerol in the presence of an acidic catalyst to obtain an octane-boosting product mixture comprising 2-propyl-5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxane, 2-isopropyl-5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxane, 2-propyl-5-hydroxymethyl-1,3-dioxolane, 2-isopropyl-5-hydroxymethyl-1,3-dioxolane, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing.
US11008518B2
A coke plant includes multiple coke ovens where each coke oven is adapted to produce exhaust gases, a common tunnel fluidly connected to the plurality of coke ovens and configured to receive the exhaust gases from each of the coke ovens, multiple standard heat recovery steam generators fluidly connected to the common tunnel where the ratio of coke ovens to standard heat recovery steam generators is at least 20:1, and a redundant heat recovery steam generator fluidly connected to the common tunnel where any one of the plurality of standard heat recovery steam generators and the redundant heat recovery steam generator is adapted to receive the exhaust gases from the plurality of ovens and extract heat from the exhaust gases and where the standard heat recovery steam generators and the redundant heat recovery steam generator are all connected in parallel with each other.
US11008516B2
A liquid crystal material and a liquid crystal display panel includes a liquid crystal material including liquid crystal molecules, a polymerizable monomer, and an auxiliary alignment agent. A structural formula of the auxiliary alignment agent is: The A group includes at least one oxygen atom, at least one nitrogen atom, or at least one oxygen atom and at least one nitrogen atom, the Sp group essentially is a —(CH2)n— group, the Z group is selected from: and any combination thereof, the R group is a straight or branched first alkyl group containing 5 to 20 carbon atoms, and the L group is selected from: and any combination thereof.
