US11087469B2
An approach is provided for generating a polyline from line segments (e.g., line segments representing objects detected by a computer vision system). The approach involves selecting a line segment from a plurality of line segments. The approach also involves determining a neighboring line segment from among the plurality of line segments. The determined neighboring line segment has a closest distance to the line segment from among the plurality of line segments. The approach further involves merging the line segment and the neighboring line segment into a polyline based on determining that the closest distance is a mutual closest distance between line segment and the neighboring line segment.
US11087467B2
Systems and methods for testing visible chemical reactions of a reagent are provided. In one implementation, the method may include receiving from an image sensor associated with a mobile communications device an image of a reagent with a plurality of colored test reagent pads in proximity to a colorized surface having a plurality of colored reference elements of differing shades. The method further includes using the differing shades of the plurality of colored reference elements to determine local illumination conditions. Thereafter, the method includes using the determined local illumination conditions and an analysis of a depiction of the plurality of colored test reagent pads in the image to determine an extent of a chemical reaction on the reagent. Then the method includes causing the mobile communications device to provide to the user an indication that the testing of the reagent is complete.
US11087462B2
A system for determining a colonoscopy image is disclosed. The system includes a bowel preparation evaluation unit, an image processing unit electrically or communicatively connected to the bowel evaluation unit, and a convolutional neural network unit electrically or communicatively connected to the image processing unit. The bowel preparation evaluation unit determines whether a bowel in the colonoscopy image is clean. The image processing unit receives the colonoscopy image determined to have a clean bowel and outputted by the bowel preparation evaluation unit, and performs an image process on the colonoscopy image with clean bowel to adjust a contrast thereof. The convolutional neural network unit comprises a convolutional neural network and in a working mode, receives and determines whether the processed colonoscopy image is a cecal image, a non-cecal image, or an indeterminable colonoscopy image.
US11087456B2
To enable a non-defective product image or a defective product image to be easily additionally learned in both a setting mode and a run mode. Designation as to whether an inspection target image displayed on a run mode screen is additionally learned as a non-defective product image or a defective product image is received. A distinguishing device generating unit additionally learns, as a non-defective product image or a defective product image, the inspection target image designated as the additional learning target and updates a distinguishing device.
US11087452B2
A false alarm reduction system and method are provided for reducing false alarms in an automatic defect detection system. The false alarm reduction system includes a defect detection system, generating a list of image boxes marking detected potential defects in an input image. The false alarm reduction system further includes a feature extractor, transforming each of the image boxes in the list into a respective set of numerical features. The false alarm reduction system also includes a classifier, computing as a classification outcome for the each of the image boxes whether the detected potential defect is a true defect or a false alarm responsive to the respective set of numerical features for each of the image boxes.
US11087447B2
Disclosed embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for stress testing a vehicle identification model by determining image quality parameters optimizing model confidence values. The embodiments comprise one or more memory devices storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute instructions. The one or more processors perform operations comprising receiving a first set of images of the vehicle, wherein the images contain preset values for parameters comprising at least one of a rotation, a focus, a contrast, and a color. The system further analyzes the first set of images with an identification model and determining an initial identification confidence of the vehicle. The system further modifies the first set of images, compares the modified images to the first set of images, and determines whether the model should be modified based on at least the comparison.
US11087446B2
The invention is a system and method for searching a subject or substrate for arthropods and communicating information about any arthropods to a user. A preferred embodiment of an automated arthropod detection system includes an imaging subsystem, a processor, and a communication unit. Embodiments of an automated arthropod detection system may implemented in various configurations, which include, but are not limited to: a non-imaging configuration, a handheld configuration, a self-supporting configuration, and a wearable configuration. The method of the invention comprises using an embodiment of an automated arthropod detection system to obtain one or more digital images, process the one or more digital images using an arthropod recognition machine learning algorithm, and communicate the results from the arthropod recognition machine learning algorithm to the user of the system. The method of obtaining one or more digital images may involve accepting one or more images from a user or capturing one more images using an image sensor.
US11087445B2
A system, according to various embodiments, receives images such as photographs and videos from one or more portable computing devices associated with one or more individuals (e.g., construction workers or landscapers) while the portable computing devices are in a particular position within a particular location at a particular time. The system determines a virtual position within a 3-D representation of the particular location that generally corresponds to the particular position and combines the images with the 3-D representation to generate an enhanced 3-D representation of the particular location. This may allow, for example, owners of a particular property to track and quickly understand construction and landscaping work that has been done on their property and to easily contact those individuals regarding that work.
US11087443B2
An augmented reality system and a color compensation method thereof are proposed. The method is applicable to an augmented reality system having a display and an image sensor and include the following steps. A preset object position of a virtual object with respect to an actual scene is set. An image of the actual scene is captured by using the image sensor, and the image of the actual scene is mapped to a field of view of the display to generate a background image with respect to the field of view of the display. Color compensation is performed on the virtual object according to a background overlapping region corresponding to the preset object position in the background image to generate an adjusted virtual object, and the adjusted virtual object is displayed on the display according to the preset object position.
US11087442B1
In one embodiment, a computing system may determine, for a pixel of a current subframe of a series of subframes, a compensated target pixel value based on a difference between (1) an aggregated target pixel value of the pixel in the current subframe and previous subframes of the series of subframes and (2) an aggregated actual pixel value of displayed pixel values of the pixel in the previous subframes of the series of subframes. The compensated target pixel value may compensate a quantization error for the pixel displayed in the previously subframes of the series of subframes. The system may access a mask value, corresponding to a pixel position of the pixel, from a dithering mask having a spatial stacking property. The system may determine a quantized pixel value for the pixel of the current subframe by quantizing the compensated target pixel value based on the mask value.
US11087441B1
An image processing system for determining an image of a scene using AI modules that are agnostic to image acquisition settings. The system comprises a processor that executes an image acquisition settings estimator module to estimate a forward operator using setting data. Further, recursively estimates the image of the scene until a termination condition is met, where for a current iteration, the processor executes an image acquisition inverter module with the estimated forward operator and a previous estimate of the image of the scene estimated during a previous iteration to produce the current noisy image, executes a noise level estimator module with the previous estimate of the image to produce a current noise level, and executes a denoiser to remove the current noise level from the current noisy image to produce a current image.
US11087435B1
A video system processes video frames from a wide angle camera to dewarp the video frames in a manner that preserves conformity of an object of interest. A crop region of a video frame corresponding to the object of interest is determined. An input parameter to a dewarping function is generated based on the detected crop region. The dewarping function is applied to the crop region using the input parameter to generate a dewarped video frame and the dewarped video frame is outputted. The input parameter may be generated in a manner that causes the dewarped video frame to have higher conformity and lower distortion in the region around the object of interest than in a region distant from the object of interest.
US11087430B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable media to data drive a render graph are described. A render graph system defines one or more nodes for a render graph and one or more render targets associated with the nodes. The nodes includes one or more functions to define and resolve target handles for identifying render targets. The render graph system defines one or more connections between the nodes and render targets. The connection between the nodes and render targets form the render graph. The render graph system stores the render graph as a data file and converts, with a render graphics API, the data file into a render graph data object. The render graph system performs a frame setup phase the setups the render graph for a frame based on the render graph data object.
US11087429B2
A method comprises receiving, by a media pipeline framework, a plurality of copies of each block of a media pipeline, wherein a first copy of the plurality of copies is a high-level representation of the respective block and wherein the second copy of the plurality of copies is a machine-readable copy. The method further comprises generating, by a processing device, a run-time-optimized media pipeline using the first copy and the second copy.
US11087422B2
Techniques for determining a configuration for deployment of a public transportation system including a plurality of electric public transportation vehicles, in particular electric buses, are disclosed. At least one processor may determine, prior to deployment of the public transportation system and based on received information on timetables and geographical route profiles, a fleet size of a fleet of electric public transportation vehicles, on-board battery parameters of on-board batteries to be installed in electric public transportation vehicles, and charging infrastructure parameters associated with a charging infrastructure to be installed for charging the on-board batteries of the electric public transportation vehicles.
US11087417B2
A thermostat for a building space. The thermostat includes a user interface and a processing circuit. The user interface is configured to serve notifications to a user and receive input from the user. The communications interface is configured to perform bidirectional data communications with HVAC equipment controlled by the thermostat. The communications interface is configured to receive performance information for the HVAC equipment. The processing circuit is configured to provide control signals to the HVAC equipment to achieve a setpoint for the building space. The processing circuit is further configured to evaluate the performance information for the HVAC equipment to determine a recommendation for improving HVAC equipment performance. The processing circuit is further configured to automatically adjust at least one of the setpoint and the control signals provided to the HVAC equipment based on the recommendation for improving HVAC equipment performance.
US11087405B2
A method is disclosed for mitigating the risks associated with driving by assigning risk values to road segments and using those risk values to select less risky travel routes. Various approaches to helping users mitigate risk are presented. A computing device is configured to generate a database of risk values. That device may receive accident information, geographic information, vehicle information, and other information from one or more data sources and calculate a risk value for the associated road segment. Subsequently, the computing device may provide the associated risk value to other devices. Furthermore, a personal navigation device may receive travel route information and use that information to retrieve risk values for the road segments in the travel route. An insurance company may use this information to determine whether to adjust a quote or premium of an insurance policy. This and other aspects relating to using geographically encoded information to promote and reward risk mitigation are disclosed.
US11087402B2
Implementations of the present specification provide fund-related service information. In an implementation, historical information of a fund item of a user is retrieved. A projected change of the fund item within a time period based on the historical information is determined. Fund-related service information based on the projected change of the fund item within the time period is determined. The fund-related service information to the user to compensate for the projected change is transmitted.
US11087399B2
A derived order gives a participant simultaneous access to liquidity across multiple books, destinations, or marketplaces. The derived order can be placed and anchored in one trading venue and simultaneously replicated in another trading venue. A participant can place the derived order in the lit book as an anchor book and replicate the order in the hybrid book and/or the dark book, or alternatively, the participant can place the derived order in the hybrid book as an anchor book and replicate the order in the dark book. A trading engine can be configured to replicate an order in different books and guarantee that each order is only executed once. When an order is replicated, the trading engine can check the stored record to see where the order was placed, and then adjust or cancel an order in one book when it is being fulfilled in a different book.
US11087396B1
Systems and techniques for context aware predictive activity evaluation are described herein. A set of transaction variables may be identified for a predicted transaction. A set of inputs may be obtained corresponding to each transaction variable of the set of transaction variables. A value may be determined for each transaction variable using the set of inputs corresponding to each transaction variable of the set of transaction variables. The value for each transaction variable may be compared to a set of transaction models to select a transaction model for the predicted transaction. A probability may be calculated that the predicted transaction will be approved using the transaction model for the predicted transaction. The probability that the predicted transaction will be approved may be displayed on a display device.
US11087385B2
In certain implementations, a system for facilitating voice commerce is provided. A user input comprising a natural language utterance related to a product or service to be purchased may be received. A first product or service that is to be purchased may be determined based on the utterance. First payment information that is to be used to purchase the first product or service may be obtained. First shipping information that is to be used to deliver the first product or service may be obtained. A purchase transaction for the first product or service may completed based on the first payment information and the first shipping information without further user input, after the receipt of utterance, that identifies a product or service type or a product or service, seller information, payment information, shipping information, or other information related to purchasing the first product or service.
US11087382B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: obtaining a digital order via a mobile device from a user and determining the digital order is placed within a venue boundary for an immediate pickup. Certain exceptions are checked, and the digital order is merged with a physical queue of patrons waiting to be serviced at a device virtual position, provided the digital order is no exception based on digital order rules. The order is scheduled for later service according to the device virtual position and the user is informed as such.
US11087381B2
A method for Simultaneously in one-step filling a Virtual Shopping Cart with many items from one or multiple resources at one time; all items of any type from all potential resources are embodied into a Customized List of All Items, which has been Simultaneously generated and sourced from all potential resources in one-step and then presented visually to the User in a unique format from which the User selects specific designated, approved and desired items, with distinction to the source, type or characteristics of those items; resulting in a Simultaneous one-step of moving all of the selected items into a single Virtual or Online Shopping Cart for purchase or acquisition; ordered and/or ordered and paid for then allocated for acquisition and fulfillment of all items Simultaneously from as many sources as necessary.
US11087379B1
A user registers for an account with an account management system, configures account settings to permit the account management system to receive user computing device data from a user computing device associated with the user, and logs into the account via the user computing device. The account management system receives a user voice purchase command and determines a purchase command context based on the received user computing device data. The account management system identifies a product that the user desires to purchase based on the purchase command context and directs the user computing device web browser to a merchant website to set up a transaction for the identified product.
US11087378B2
Systems and methods for reserving products, events, or services that have limited availability are provided. A product reservation system may be used to announce the availability of limited availability products. The announcements may be at times unknown to consumers. Consumers may participate in a product drawing session to submit one or more reservation requests for limited availability products being offered during the session.
US11087377B2
Systems and methods for providing intelligent assistance using voice services for agent coaching. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: receive an instruction from a voice service provider in response to audio captured during a communication between a customer and an agent, where the instruction includes a sentiment indication; identify a resource used by the agent during the communication; determine a result of the communication; and store the sentiment indication, the resource identification, and the result of the communication, in a coaching database.
US11087373B2
A system and associated method. The system includes a server computer and an integration and dis-integration engine coupled to the server computer. The server computer provides a structure in which the components are integrated via dynamic application programming interface (API) integration. Multiple components are sequenced in a predefined sequential order. A function to be performed is respectively associated with each component. The server computer and the integration and dis-integration engine provide a technology environment that dynamically integrates technology enabled business processes that dynamically, electronically and automatically enter and leave the components integrated in the structure provided by the server computer. The technology enabled business processes are dynamically integrated during implementation of a retail sale of a product to a customer in a de-centralized manner to perform, in the predefined sequential order of the components, all of the functions respectively associated with the components.
US11087369B1
An online system provides content based on context of host content. The online system allows content providers to define specific context for providing their content for display to users, including specifying categories, format, popularity, and visual appearance of host content eligible for hosting their content. To determine which content a specific content item is eligible for hosting, the online system categories host content items according to specific criteria defined by different content providers for hosting various content. Each content is indexed by classification groups into which the host content items are classified. If a particular content item includes an opportunity for presenting content, the online system identifies content which the particular content item is eligible for hosting. The online system selects one or more identified content for presentation via the opportunity.
US11087368B1
A sales gateway controls transactions between advertising buyers and advertising platforms. A server coupled to the first and second interfaces implements a sales gateway to control transactions between the at least one advertising buyer and the at least one advertising platform responsive to a stored set of instructions. A memory coupled to the server stores the set of instructions for implementing the sales gateway. The stored set of instructions configuring the server to generate a link to provide a particular service responsive to a user request. The server validates information relating to a proposal and submits the proposal via the first interface using a pre-buy/proposal service of the sales gateway. The server transfers media content from the at least one advertising buyer to the at least one advertising platform using a media service of the sales gateway. The server submits instructions for running the media content on the at least one advertising platform from the at least one advertising buyer to the at least one advertising platform using a creative instructions service of the sales gateway. The server submits campaign performance results from the advertising platform to the at least one advertising buyer using a post buy service of the sales gateway.
US11087354B2
The present invention relates generally to the fields of molecular biology and growth factor regulation. More specifically, the invention relates to therapies for the treatment of pathological conditions, such as cancer.
US11087350B1
A system for processing a coupon that includes coded indicia having an image insufficient for redemption may include a mobile wireless communications device configured to acquire the image of the coupon. The system may also include a digital coupon conversion server that includes a processor and memory cooperating therewith to receive the image of the coupon from the mobile wireless communications device and process the image of the coupon to generate a modified image sufficient for redemption. The processor and memory may cooperate to store the modified image for subsequent retrieval and redemption.
US11087346B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for retrieval of values of digital tickets. One of the methods includes receiving a request from a client device for a current value of a digital ticket by a distributing node. The request includes the digital ticket and one or more value changing rules for determining the current value of the digital ticket. The distributing node retrieves a smart contract from a blockchain network in response to the request from the client device. The smart contract includes the one or more value changing rules for determining the current value of the digital ticket. The distributing node determines the current value of the digital ticket based on an original value of the digital ticket and the one or more value changing rules by executing the smart contract, and associates the current value with the digital ticket.
US11087345B2
A system and method for creating content such as artificial reality (AR) messages at an event, particularly among members on a social network, thereby enhancing and expanding the event experience. Typically, a participant shares an event with spectators, such as friends or a subset of friends in the participant's social network. The AR message may include geo-referenced artificial reality words, products or symbols and appear in a perspective view of the event to the participant or spectators. In addition to creating an active gallery for an event, messages, audio and video can be exchanged among participants and spectators, and virtual goods, money, bets, applause, other feedback, and donations exchanged.
US11087333B2
The communication system includes a core system having a processor storing user variables representing user-specific information. A messaging system supports communication between a user and an automated bot agent over at least one user-chosen channel employing channel-agnostic context variables. A runtime system mediates a conversation session between user and bot agent, using at least one predefined context variable. A context mapping data store stores a mapping configuration representing a correlation between the channel-agnostic variable of the user-chosen channel and a field in the core CRM system. Using the context mapping data store, the messaging system responds to a communication from the user by querying the context mapping data store to acquire and pass to the runtime system the resolved mapping configuration values corresponding to the user-chosen channel for each defined context variable.
US11087329B2
A method and an apparatus for identifying a transaction risk are disclosed. The method includes obtaining risk identification information of a sub-network to which a node relating to a transaction to be identified belongs; and identifying a risk of the transaction to be identified based on the risk identification information of the sub-network to which the node relating to the transaction to be identified belongs, wherein the sub-network is a network acquired by partitioning a relationship network based on connectivity, the relationship network is a network built up with entities and activities relating to a plurality of transactions. Embodiments of the present disclosure build up entities and activities relating to a transaction to be identified into a relationship network, and identify whether a risk exists in the transaction to be identified using risk identification information of the network which is difficult to be found or changed, and thus are able to identify a transaction risk in a more effective manner.
US11087327B2
A face image of a resource transferor is obtained, wherein the face image is used to authenticate an identity of the resource transferor. Resource transfer identification information of the resource transferor is obtained, wherein the resource transfer identification information corresponds to a transferor account of the resource transferor. Based on the resource transfer identification information, information about the transferor account and a reference image corresponding to the transferor account are obtained. In response to determining that the face image corresponds to the reference image, a resource of the resource transferor is transferred based on the information about the transferor account.
US11087323B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for regulating exposure based secured access is presented. The present invention is configured to receive, from a user computing device, a request to access a network device to execute one or more actions, wherein the user computing device is associated with a payment token; receive information associated with the one or more actions, wherein the information comprises an exposure level; initiate an authorization module associated with the distributed network environment; determine, using the authorization module, a token amount to execute the one or more actions; automatically retrieve, from the user computing device, the token amount from the payment token; authorize the user computing device to access the network device to execute the one or more actions; and access and update a blockchain distributed ledger based on information associated with the request and subsequent authorization to access the network device.
US11087315B2
A wireless communication device such as a payment reader has a wireless communication interface and is able to establish wireless pairing with an interactive electronic device such as a merchant device running a point of sale application. In order to establish pairing, the wireless communication device accesses a passkey and encrypts the passkey. The encrypted passkey is transmitted to the interactive electronic device via the wireless communication interface, and the interactive electronic device sends the encrypted passkey to a pairing server. The pairing server decrypts the encrypted passkey and sends the decrypted passkey back to the interactive electronic device via a secure connection. The wireless communication device and the interactive electronic device establish wireless pairing based on the passkey and the decrypted passkey.
US11087314B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for a remittance system that pre-populates remittance data based on historical usage of remittance transactions. One example system includes operations to generate, using a predictive model, data indicating a predicted likelihood of a user selecting at least one data exchange transaction, wherein the data indicates the predicted likelihood of the user performing the at least one data exchange transaction. A request is received to access a remittance page. In response, the at least one data exchange transaction that was previously generated is selected from a repository of predicted likelihoods. Remittance data associated with a UI element is generated that includes the at least one data exchange transaction. The remittance data is transmitted to the device. An indication from the device is received for interacting with the UI element. The data exchange transaction is executed in response to receiving the indication.
US11087308B2
A user terminal device is disclosed. The user terminal device comprises: a communication unit for implementing communication between at least one other user terminal device and a terminal for payment; a display unit for displaying a UI screen for a payment; a user input unit for inputting information on payment means and a payment amount on the UI screen; and a processor for controlling a communication unit for receiving, from at least one other user terminal device, information on payment means and a payment amount input in the at least one other user terminal device and, on the basis of information input through the user input unit and received information, transmitting payment requests respectively corresponding to the user terminal device and the at least one other user terminal device to the terminal for payment.
US11087302B2
The invention relates to an installation comprising an acquisition post (1) making it possible, for several successive users, to acquire data relating to a product or set of products and to generate corresponding pre-orders. The installation also comprises a processing post (2) which comprises a screen (20) and a pre-orders processing interface. The interface comprises elements for selecting reference products. When the operator selects a reference product, a datum of the reference product is added into an order associated with the pre-order currently undergoing processing. The invention also relates to a corresponding method.
US11087301B1
Aspects of the technology provide systems, devices and methods for filling design voids within an assembled electronic device with tamper solids in order to prevent and/or detect a tampering with the electronic device to gain unauthorized access to the electronic device to steal information.
US11087299B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for continuously monitoring the health of a point-of-sale (POS) device, at a central location, and executing self-healing software from the malfunctioning POS device. The self-healing software may be stored locally on the POS device itself, occupying a small footprint and therefore easily be stored in and execute on both older and newer POS devices. Embodiments further describe a central server as coordinating both identification of the particular self-healing process to execute on each POS device as well as the timing of execution associated therewith.
US11087298B2
An unattended, automated checkout, computer-controlled automated store outlet and system is disclosed. A customer's identification and payment information are inputted and verified and the customer qualified to remove items from the automated store outlet. Each bay of the automated store outlet is normally locked, and after the customer accesses the bay can remove one or more items from the bay, which are automatically detected and identified and charged to the customer as part of the purchase transaction. These events occur at the location of each automated store outlet. Each automated store outlet communicates with a central control center, which can be used for live customer service and real time surveillance.
US11087296B1
System and techniques for programmatic reconciliation of electronic receivables are described herein. An electronic payment remittance and an electronic payment may be received. At least one payer profile may be queried using at least one remittance identifier to obtain a remittance payer profile. The at least one payer profile data base may be queried using at least one payment identifier to obtain a payment payer profile. A referential link may be created between the electronic payment remittance and the electronic payment based on an identification that the remittance payer profile matches the payment payer profile and an identification that at least one remittance identifier matches at least one payment identifier. A payment file may be generated and transmitted based on the referential link, the payment file including an association between the electronic payment remittance, the electronic data, and the referential link. The payment file may be transmitted to a computer.
US11087295B2
A system and method for transacting private data is described. A request for a transaction between a payor and a payee is received. A need for additional information for at least one of the payor or the payee is further determined from a payment processing partner. The requested additional information is obtained from one of a database or from the one of the payor or the payee. The obtained requested additional information is sent to the payment processing partner.
US11087278B1
Systems and method are provided for managing inventory by determining grading returned products. One method includes, generating a hierarchical model based on the return product identifier, the hierarchical model comprising a plurality of data structures; and generating an agent configured to traverse the plurality of data structures of the hierarchical model. The method may further include determining a price of the product based on a product condition; modifying the database to assign the price to the return product identifier; transmitting a notification, to the user device, to resell the product at the determined price; and providing, for presentation via the user device, a user interface that includes the notification.
US11087276B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for enabling mobile device-based item acquisition and tracking. One exemplary method performed on a mobile device comprises entering a wireless scan mode, detecting a signal from a tag associated with an item in a first area and in proximity to the tag, presenting information associated with the tag, and adding the information to a list. The method further comprises detecting a second tag in a second area, and sending the list to a second device. A second exemplary method performed by a processing terminal comprises receiving the list from a mobile device, entering a wireless scan mode, detecting a signal from a tag associated with an item in proximity to the tag, determining whether the item associated with the detected tag is present on the received list, and enabling the mobile device to complete a transaction to purchase the item. User interfaces are also provided for presenting information related to the above methods and receiving inputs from users to accomplish one or more related methods.
US11087275B2
Technologies are described herein for converting the output of a pressure sensitive mat into an image and processing the image to identify the products present on the mat. An example system includes a processor configured to read pressure values from the plurality of pressure sensors on the pressure sensitive mat and generate an image with each pixel in the image encoding a value corresponding to a pressure value read from the pressure sensitive mat. A server may be configured to receive the image from the processor and process the image to identify one or more types of products that may be present on the pressure sensitive mat for each product package detected to be present on the pressure sensitive mat based on a combination of two or more of a shape of the product package, one or more dimensions of the product package, or a weight of the product package.
US11087273B1
A user interacts with an inventory location, such as a lane on a shelf, picking items or placing items to that inventory location. A neural network (NN) is trained using a subset of reference images to determine parameters, such as node weights. An image of the user interaction is acquired and processed by the NN to determine if an item in a test image matches an item in a candidate set of items. During use, the parameters are used to dynamically instantiate an ad hoc neural network having a graph that is based on a number of items in a candidate set. The candidate set of items may comprise items within reach of a user at the time the test image was acquired, such as on a nearby shelf or tote. The NN output indicates if the test image is deemed to match one of the candidate set of items.
US11087265B2
Similar to other Cloud Service, Solution as Services over Cloud, as single tenant technology, also requires support of agility and flexibility as a fundamental feature of Cloud computing. Different from other Cloud services, the agility and flexibility typically are not triggered by the typical performance metrics, but at the business level of metrics. A causality analysis method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium using a causal graph depicting relationships among observable primitive metrics from infrastructure, middleware, and business metrics and latent business metrics of an application, include identifying a metric value resulting from measuring the system and application metrics, determining an impact of the measurement of the metrics on the business metrics associated with the measurable metrics in the causal graph, and determining an action to take with respect to the impact on the business metric based on the pre-defined business policies.
US11087264B2
The method includes receiving a first set of data from a first client device. The method further includes determining a first topic from the first set of data. The method further includes generating a first productivity value for the first topic. The method further includes receiving a second set of date data from a second client device. The method further includes determining a second topic from by the second set of data. The method further includes generating a second productivity value for second set of data. The method further includes comparing the first topic to the second topic. The method further includes in response to comparing the first topic and the second topic and determining the difference between the first productivity value and the second productivity value is above a threshold value, triggering an action.
US11087262B2
Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for generating customer solutions using real-time information for new customer sales and/or current customer support. In one implementation, technical infrastructure information for an installed network design providing one or more telecommunication products at one or more customer sites is retrieved. Customer service analytics are generated based on the technical infrastructure information and output for display on a graphical user interface.
US11087256B2
An example embodiment may involve receiving, by a server device and from a client device, a request for a graphical representation of consumption trends of a set of application services. The server device may obtain information regarding computing devices in a managed network by way of a proxy server application disposed within the managed network, and the services may be provided and consumed by units of the managed network. The consumption trends may be based at least in part on the information regarding the computing devices. The embodiment may further involve obtaining information regarding the consumption trends for the services, and transmitting, by the server device and to the client device, a representation of a graphical user interface that represents a total price paid for the services consumed over a period of time, and respective prices paid for each service of the services consumed over the period of time.
US11087235B2
A system rapidly produces training cases for machine based learning by automatically creating training cases from a database of historical data. The system determines a plurality of attributes relevant to each of the training cases. The system identifies a first attribute of the plurality of attributes as an issue, and a second attribute of the plurality attributes as a response to the issue. The system identifies a plurality of cohort members from the database of historical data, where each cohort member comprises cohort member attributes that match a subset of the plurality of attributes. The system analyzes the cohort member attributes of each of the plurality of cohort members to identify the most frequent responses to the issue. The system creates the training cases where each training case comprises the issue and the most frequent responses. The system then trains a machine based learning system using the training cases.
US11087232B2
Technologies are described herein to implement quantum hybrid computations. Embodiments include receiving a hybrid program, assigning respective functions corresponding to the hybrid program to either of CPU processing or QPU processing, scheduling processing for the respective functions, initiating execution of the hybrid program, and collating results of the execution of the classical-quantum hybrid program.
US11087214B2
In one aspect, the invention comprises a system for control of a transaction state system utilizing a distributed ledger. First, the system includes an application plane layer adapted to receive instructions regarding operation of the transaction state system. Preferably, the application plane layer is coupled to the application plane layer interface. Second, a control plane layer is provided, the control plane layer including an adaptive control unit, such as a cognitive computing unit, artificial intelligence unit or machine-learning unit. Third, a data plane layer includes an input interface to receive data input from one or more data sources and to provide output coupled to a decentralized distributed ledger, the data plane layer is coupled to the control plane layer. Optionally the decentralized distributed ledger stores data on cryptocurrency.
US11087203B2
The present application discloses a method and apparatus for processing a data sequence. A specific implementation of the method includes: receiving an inputted to-be-processed data sequence; copying a weight matrix in a recurrent neural network model to an embedded block random access memory (RAM) of a field-programmable gate array (FPGA); processing sequentially each piece of to-be-processed data in the to-be-processed data sequence by using an activation function in the recurrent neural network model and the weight matrix stored in the embedded block RAM; and outputting a processed data sequence corresponding to the to-be-processed data sequence. This implementation improves the data sequence processing efficiency of the recurrent neural network model.
US11087201B2
A method for determining an architecture for a task neural network configured to perform a particular machine learning task is described. The method includes obtaining data specifying a current set of candidate architectures for the task neural network; for each candidate architecture in the current set: processing the data specifying the candidate architecture using a performance prediction neural network having multiple performance prediction parameters, the performance prediction neural network being configured to process the data specifying the candidate architecture in accordance with current values of the performance prediction parameters to generate a performance prediction that characterizes how well a neural network having the candidate architecture would perform after being trained on the particular machine learning task; and generating an updated set of candidate architectures by selecting one or more of the candidate architectures in the current set based on the performance predictions for the candidate architectures in the current set.
US11087197B2
An attention tag for a retail article that includes a label having an adhesive region bonded to a retail article and a protruding region that protrudes from the retail article when the label is attached thereto. Moreover, an RFID tag is disposed on the label and includes an RFIC element and an antenna pattern including first and second antenna portions that are respectively connected to first and second ends of the RFIC element. Moreover, the first antenna portion is disposed in the protruding region of the label while the second antenna portion of the RFID tag is disposed in the adhesive region of the label at a position facing a portion of the retail article.
US11087191B2
A method may include with a raster image processor, creating pretreatment plane rasterized image data from source image data and, with a plasma emitter, selectively applying a plasma treatment to a surface of a print media based on the pre-treatment plane rasterized image data. A printing device may include a raster image processor to execute an image analysis module to create pre-treatment plane rasterized image data from source image data and a plasma emitting device to selectively apply a plasma treatment to a surface of a print media based on the pre-treatment plane rasterized image data.
US11087188B2
Methods and apparatus for decoding data streams are provided. A computing device can receive a decoder-input data stream encoded in a decoder-input format. The decoder-input data stream can include one or more pages of content. The decoder-input data stream can be initiated by an identifier identifying the decoder-input format (which may be the same as an encoder-output format) and a lookup table. The lookup table can reference objects within the decoder-input data stream and can specify locations of each of the one or more pages within the decoder-input data stream. The computing device can generate an output based on the decoder-input data stream.
US11087187B2
System and method for improving recognition of characters. A system for improving recognition of characters is disclosed. The system comprises at least one processor (10), configured to receive an image (1004) of an article (102) comprising characters to be recognized. The system (100) displays characters as recognized on a display screen (1006). Further, the system (100) is configured to receive user feedback comprising correction of an error made by the system (100) in recognizing at least one character and provide a system feedback comprising display of images or textual descriptions of one or more variants (1012, 1014, 1016, 1018, 1020, 1022) of a character, which is incorrectly recognized by the system, which enables the natural person to adapt writing style to enable better quality inputs to the recognition module. The article (102) is a handwritten paper form (102), filled and captured by the natural person.
US11087182B1
An image recognition approach employs both computer generated and manual image reviews to generate image tags characterizing an image. The computer generated and manual image reviews can be performed sequentially or in parallel. The generated image tags may be provided to a requester in real-time, be used to select an advertisement, and/or be used as the basis of an internet search. In some embodiments generated image tags are used as a basis for an upgraded image review. A confidence of a computer generated image review may be used to determine whether or not to perform a manual image review. Images and their associated image tags are optionally added to an image sequence.
US11087172B2
Training images can be synthesized in order to obtain enough data to train a model (e.g., a neural network) to recognize various classifications of a type of object. Images can be synthesized by blending images of objects labeled using those classifications into selected background images. To improve results, one or more operations are performed to determine whether the synthesized images can still be used as training data, such as by verifying one or more objects of interested represented in those images is not occluded, or at least satisfies a threshold level of acceptance. The training images can be used with real world images to train the model.
US11087167B2
A method is disclosed of discriminating detected objects in an area with a vision apparatus. The method includes generating image data of a portion of the area using an imaging device of the object detection device, and processing the image data to classify the image data as an imaged scene type selected from a plurality of scene types stored as scene type data in the memory. The method further includes processing the image data using the object identification data to generate object detection data for each object of the plurality of objects located in the portion of the area, each object detection data having a corresponding scene type of the plurality of scene types obtained from the object identification data, and generating user a sensible output only for the object detection data having a corresponding scene type that is the same as the imaged scene type.
US11087161B2
A computing system determines accuracy of sport-related information extracted from a time sequence of digital video frames that represent a sport event, the extracted sport-related information including an attribute that changes over the time sequence. The computing system (a) detects, based on the extracted sport-related information, a pattern of change of the attribute over the time sequence and (b) makes a determination of whether the detected pattern is an expected pattern of change associated with the sport event. If the determination is that the detected pattern is the expected pattern, then, responsive to making the determination, the computing system takes a first action that corresponds to the sport-related information being accurate. Whereas, if the determination is that the detected pattern is not the expected pattern, then, responsive to making the determination, the computing system takes a second action that corresponds to the sport-related information being inaccurate.
US11087153B2
The present disclosure is directed to a traffic light recognition system and method for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and robust to variations in illumination, partial occlusion, climate, shape and angle at which traffic light is viewed. The solution performs a real time recognition of traffic light by detecting the region of interest, where extracting the region of interest is achieved by projecting the sequence of frames into a kernel space, binarizing the linearly separated sequence of frames, identifying and classifying the region of interest as a candidate representative of traffic light. With the aforesaid combination of techniques used, traffic light can be conveniently recognized from amidst closely similar appearing objects such as vehicle headlights, tail or rear lights, lamp posts, reflections, street lights etc. with enhanced accuracy in real time.
US11087141B2
A platform, device and process for capturing images of the surface of a gaming table and determining the quantity, identity, and arrangement of chips bet at a gaming table. Image data is captured corresponding to the one or more chips positioned in at least one betting area on a gaming surface of the respective gaming table and the data is processed to filter out the background, establish a two dimensional grid of points of interests and corresponding histograms for classifying the one or more chips through identifying a dominant classification of each row in the grid of points of interests.
US11087137B2
An exemplary object identification system detects, based on a machine learning model, an object depicted within a video frame. The system identifies, based on the detecting of the object, a class label of the object and a region of interest, within the video frame, of the object. The system identifies, within the region of interest of the object, set of features of the object. The system compares the set of features of the object with a plurality of predefined features within a data store associated with the class label of the object. The system determines, based on the comparing of the set of features of the object with the plurality of predefined features within the data store, whether the object is configured to trigger an augmentation of video content associated with the video frame. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11087135B2
The present invention provides a virtual trading card system for capturing and storing at least one virtual trading card on a mobile device. The present invention provides a method for capturing and storing at least one virtual trading card on a mobile device. The present invention also provides an augmented reality (AR) movie system for displaying an AR image on a mobile device as a visual overlay atop a video signal.
US11087130B2
Various embodiments are disclosed for simultaneous object localization and attribute classification using multitask deep neural networks. In an embodiment, a method comprises: obtaining, by a processing circuit, an image from an image capture device in an environment, the image including a target object in the environment; generating, by the processing circuit, predictions from the image for the target object using a multitask deep neural network, the multitask deep neural network including a network trunk and side branches, the network trunk configured for multi-scale feature extraction guided by supervision information provided by the side branches during training of the multitask deep neural network, the side branches configured as learning task-specific classifiers; and using, by the processing circuit, the predictions to localize the target object in the environment and to classify the target object and at least one attribute of the target object.
US11087124B1
Systems and methods for identifying fields in an electronic document using classification and scale invariant template matching. The method includes receiving an electronic document having fields and processing the electronic document into digital pages. The method also includes determining, for each of the digital pages, a corresponding document type. The method further includes identifying at least one of the digital pages containing a structured field based on the document type. The method also includes extracting a structured template from a database corresponding to the document type and identifying an optimal match between the structured field and the structured template using scale invariant template matching. The method further includes determining, in response to identifying the optimal match, coordinates corresponding to the structured field.
US11087122B1
A minimum edit cost is representative of a cost of edit operations performed on a candidate string detected in an image to satisfy characteristics of a model string. An attempt to perform a minimum edit cost between the candidate string and the model string is performed. Upon determining that the candidate string includes a blank character at a first character position between two consecutive non-blank candidate characters, and in response to determining that there is a non-blank model character at a second character position of the model string and that the second character position is associated with the first character position of the blank character in the candidate string, an indication that the minimum edit cost between the candidate string and the model string cannot be computed and that the candidate string is not a match to the model string is output.
US11087120B2
An area determining unit (3) for determining whether a detected face area is located within an area set for authenticating an occupant sitting on a front seat of a vehicle, a face orientation detecting unit (4) for detecting orientation of a face of a person on the basis of position information in a taken image of an element of the face of the person detected when the face area is determined to be located within the set area, a face orientation determining unit (5) for determining whether the orientation of the face of the person detected is within a range of the face orientation set for authenticating the occupant sitting on the front seat of the vehicle, and an authentication processing unit (6) for collating characteristic information of the taken image of the face area with characteristic information of a taken image for authentication accumulated in advance and authenticating the person whose face area is detected when the orientation of the face of the person is determined to be within the set range of the face orientation.
US11087118B2
A facial recognition method is disclosed that is executed by a system comprising an image capture device and a light source able to illuminate a face positioned in front of the device. A plurality of images of a face is acquired, the light source producing a different illumination of the face at each image acquisition, and values representing the face from the plurality of images are extracted. To this aim, a first image of a face is acquired. An SNR value, referred to as the estimated value, of the first image is estimated from a reference SNR value, from image acquisition parameters and from values representing distances between the face and said device. Finally, the estimated value is used in order to determine whether or not the recognition procedure should be executed.
US11087106B2
The present invention relates to a method for extracting features of interest from a fingerprint represented by an input image, the method being characterized in that it comprises the implementation, by data processing means (21) of a client (2), of steps of: (a) Binarization of said input image by means of a convolutional neural network, CNN, in such a way as to generate an image called binary; (b) Processing said binary image so as to extract said features of interest from the fingerprint represented by said input image.
US11087093B2
Systems and methods for using autoencoders for training natural language classifiers. An example method comprises: producing, by a computer system, a plurality of feature vectors, wherein each feature vector represents a natural language text of a text corpus, wherein the text corpus comprises a first plurality of annotated natural language texts and a second plurality of un-annotated natural language texts; training, using the plurality of feature vectors, an autoencoder represented by an artificial neural network; producing, by the autoencoder, an output of the hidden layer, by processing a training data set comprising the first plurality of annotated natural language texts; and training, using the training data set, a text classifier that accepts an input vector comprising the output of the hidden layer and yields a degree of association, with a certain text category, of a natural language text utilized to produce the output of the hidden layer.
US11087086B2
An illustrative embodiment provides a computer implemented method for extracting named entity information from full text includes obtaining text data from a document. The method also includes tokenizing the text data as numbers to produce a tokenized layer. The method also includes creating an embedded layer from the tokenized layer by encoding the text data by indices. The method also includes creating a one-dimensional Xception layer from the embedded layer according to a one-dimensional convolution. The method also includes determining a sequence of classification for the text data according to the one-dimensional Xception layer. The method also includes determining a named entity value from the text data according to the sequence of classification, wherein each sequence of classification predicts one character of the named entity value.
US11087085B2
A system and method for inferential mining comprising a learning module to receive a predetermined dataset for generating at least one inference report and clean the received dataset using a cleaning dictionary and anthology dictionary to generate a cleansed data, a priority mapping module to associate a priority with each of the cleansed data, a classifying module to classify each of the cleansed data in a plurality of buckets, a grouping module to group each of the plurality of buckets to generate all combinations of each of the cleansed data in each of the plurality of buckets, a comparing module to compare the generated all possible combinations of each of the cleansed data to a clustering dictionary to identify insights associated with the cleansed data and a report generation module configured to generate an inference report for identified insights by matching the identified insights to a solution dictionary.
US11087079B1
Users of a database management engine may generate fillable digital documents by mapping interface elements onto form documents. When a user maps interface elements onto a form document, the user may accidentally overlap two or more interface elements. To rectify this, the database management engine may modify the position of one of interface elements based on a set of positioning rules. In addition, the database management engine may identify and suggest mappings to users based on similar documents that have been previously mapped. The database management engine identifies similar documents using information about the document, the user, and the mapping itself. The mapping associated with the most similar document may be provided to the user as a suggested mapping. The database management engine converts the form document and finalized mapping into a fillable digital document. The fillable digital document is sent to recipients, who complete the fillable digital document.
US11087073B1
A method includes, but is not limited to any combination of: determining a plurality of third-party content elements based in part on information associated with a request for third-party content. The request for third-party content may be received from a web browser displaying a first webpage to a user. A first element from the plurality of determined third-party content elements is transmitted to the web browser. Upon receiving from the web browser a second request for third-party content including user interaction data with the first element, data associated with the determined plurality of third-party content elements is updated based at least in part on the user interaction data. A second third-party element from the plurality of updated third-party content elements is transmitted to the web browser.
US11087071B2
Systems and methods for a self-compressed YANG (Yet Another Next Generation) model allow a model data provider (e.g., a client that provides configuration information to a server, or a server that provides response data to a query) to dynamically select either text format or compressed format using the same data model. This approach can significantly increase the YANG management performance of both network elements and servers (e.g., Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) devices). The self-compressed YANG model maintains full compatibility to existing standards/implementations, namely, the enhanced compression is available where supported.
US11087066B2
Systems and methods are provided for predicting static voltage (SIR) drop violations in a clock-tree synthesis (CTS) layout before routing is performed on the CTS layout. A static voltage (SIR) drop violation prediction system includes SIR drop violation prediction circuitry. The SIR drop violation prediction circuitry receives CTS data associated with a CTS layout. The SIR drop violation prediction circuitry inspects the CTS layout data associated with the CTS layout, and the CTS layout data may include data associated with a plurality of regions of the CTS layout, which may be inspected on a region-by-region basis. The SIR drop violation prediction circuitry predicts whether one or more SIR drop violations would be present in the CTS layout due to a subsequent routing of the CTS layout.
US11087065B2
A method for controlling a processing apparatus used in a semiconductor manufacturing process to form a structure on a substrate, the method including: obtaining a relationship between a geometric parameter of the structure and a performance characteristic of a device including the structure; and determining a process setting for the processing apparatus associated with a location on the substrate, wherein the process setting is at least partially based on an expected value of the geometric parameter of the structure when using the processing setting, a desired performance characteristic of the device and an expected physical yield margin or defect yield margin associated with the location on the substrate.
US11087055B2
A method for characterizing a material for use in a semiconductor device and the semiconductor device using the material are described. The material has a unit cell and a crystal structure. The method includes determining a figure of merit (FOM) for the material using only forward conducting modes for the unit cell. The FOM is a resistivity multiplied by a mean free path. The FOM may be used to determine a suitability of the material for use in the semiconductor device.
US11087052B2
Described is a computer-implemented method for partitioning a 3D scene into a plurality of zones, each zone representing an area or a volume of the 3D scene and being processed by a computing resource. The method comprises obtaining a 3D scene comprising one or more objects, each object generating a computing resource cost, computing a first map that represents a density of computing costs of the provided 3D scene, defining a second map that represents constraints on the shapes of zones that will be obtained as a result of a partitioning of the 3D scene, discretizing the obtained 3D scene into cells by computing a space quantization of the 3D scene free of dynamic objects, computing, for each cell, a computing cost from the first map of the 3D scene, aggregating the cells into one or more zones in accordance with the second map.
US11087044B2
An event transition model for producing test data may be generated from a plurality of event records, each event record including an event time of an instance, wherein the event transition model includes a plurality of states, each state corresponding to one or more instances of the plurality of event records, event transition probabilities between states, and event transition interval times between states.
US11087036B2
A method, device and system for automatically deriving stationing zones for an electronic measuring or marking device in a worksite environment. The method includes querying a database (DB) for a construction plan information for the worksite environment and acquiring a worksite-task-information of a worksite-task to be executed. The worksite-task-information includes spatial points in the construction plan which have to be measured and/or marked to accomplish the worksite-task. It also comprises an acquiring of at least coarse 3D-data of the actual real world worksite environment, and a merging of the at least coarse 3D-data and the construction plan information to form an actual state model of the worksite environment. An automatic calculating of at least one stationing zone within the actual state model is established, the stationing zone including at least one stationing location from which the measuring or marking of the spatial points are accessible by the device without obstructions.
US11087034B1
A large-scale capital project simulator has a project modeler configured to model the project as a virtual model having cable trays directing cables across the large-scale capital project. The simulator also has a cable router to lay out cables across the virtual model of the large-scale capital project. Each cable has a laid-out cable length. The simulator also has a routing manager to determine optimized routes of the cables across the virtual model. In this case, each cable has an optimized cable length along at least one of the optimized routes. The routing manager formulates an effectiveness ratio for each cable, where each effectiveness ratio uses the laid-out cable length and the optimized cable length. A filter determines whether any of the effectiveness ratios exceeds a prescribed deviation amount. A model controller transforms the virtual model to identify cable(s) exceeding the prescribed deviation amount.
US11087026B2
Methods and systems of determining a data protection level of a dataset are described. In an example, a processor may encode a dataset and generate a network model of the encoded dataset. The processor may sort a set of edges of the network model based on a descending order of costs of the set of edges. The processor may determine a flow for a first edge among the sorted edges, the first edge may be an edge associated with the least cost. The processor may performing the determining of flows for the other edges in accordance with the descending order of the sorted edges. The processor may determine a metric based on the determined flows of the sorted edges and based on the costs of the sorted edges. The processor may compare the metric with a threshold to determine a level of data protection provided by the encoded dataset.
US11087023B2
Techniques are described herein for assembling/evaluating automated assistant responses for privacy concerns. In various implementations, a free-form natural language input may be received from a first user and may include a request for information pertaining to a second user. Multiple data sources may be identified that are accessible by an automated assistant to retrieve data associated with the second user. The multiple data sources may collectively include sufficient data to formulate a natural language response to the request. Respective privacy scores associated with the multiple data sources may be used to determine an aggregate privacy score associated with responding to the request. The natural language response may then be output at a client device operated by the first user in response to a determination that the aggregate privacy score associated with the natural language response satisfies a privacy criterion established for the second user with respect to the first user.
US11087020B2
Examples described herein include systems and methods for providing privacy information to a user of a user device. An example method can include detecting, at a management server, access of the private data by an entity other than the user, such as an administrator who is authorized to access the management server. The method further includes generating an event reflecting the access of the private data. The generated event can be stored as part of an event log in a database. The method further includes providing the event to the user device for display to the user. The event displayed on the user device can include information such as an identity of the accessing entity, a description of the private data that was accessed, and when the access occurred. The user can select a displayed event at the user device and request further information on the event from an administrator.
US11087017B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for protecting distributed data are provided. The data is distributed according to a time-based shard distribution scheme that splits data into multiple pieces to prevent an attacker who successfully breaches a terminal device from reassembling the pieces.
US11087015B1
System and methods are disclosed for the management and security of data variations in an electronic spreadsheet. Keeping all relevant information in a single document, with granular controls to protect and secure access based on each individual or their role within an organization, eliminates the need for workarounds, and simplifies the management of the contained data. Tracking data as it is being entered, also allows the system to notify the user when protected information is detected, and appropriate action to be taken to ensure compliance with any requirements.
US11087011B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing secure access to a data storage device. A user may provide tap inputs, such as taps or knocks, on an enclosure of the data storage device. The data storage device may determine whether the tap inputs are valid and may allow access to the data storage device (e.g., to non-volatile memory of the data storage device) when the tap inputs are valid.
US11087005B2
Techniques for assessing risks of IoT devices. A system utilizing such techniques can include a packet analysis based IoT device risk assessment system and an IoT device risk assessment system. A method utilizing such techniques can include extraction of IoT device risk factors from a device profile of an IoT device and application of assessment weights to the IoT device risk factors to assess a risk level of an IoT device.
US11087002B2
A computer program is evaluated for security vulnerabilities by formulating a query in a query language and receiving into a memory of a computer source code of the computer program to be analyzed, preparing a data flow graph from the source code, and determining that the query is satisfied by an analysis of the data flow graph. Alternatively, the computer program is evaluated by collecting runtime events during an execution of binary code and determining that the query is satisfied by an analysis of the runtime events. In either case a security vulnerability is reported.
US11087000B2
A method of checking the authenticity of the content of a non-volatile memory of an electronic device including a microcontroller and an embedded secure element includes starting the microcontroller with instructions stored in a first non-reprogrammable memory area associated with the microcontroller, starting the secure element, executing, with the secure element, a signature verification on the content of a second reprogrammable non-volatile memory area associated with the microcontroller, and interrupting the microcontroller power supply if the signature is not verified.
US11086983B2
A safety software authentication terminal and a method thereof are provided, and when a safety software authentication is performed, software executed among a plurality of types of installed software is detected as a white list verification target, and whether or not to register detected verification target software in a white list, and when the verification target software is not registered in the white list, a grade is determined for the verification target software based on the number of satisfying conditions among a plurality of preset conditions, and when the grade can be registered in the white list, the verification target software is added to the whitelist, and the plurality of conditions include at least one of technical conditions that an operating system of the terminal is checkable and social engineering conditions that are checkable based on a behavior of a user.
US11086978B2
To authorize a transaction between a host and a server, a token is operationally connected to the host. The host receives an identification credential of a user. The identification credential is verified by the token and/or by the server. If the token detects a prescribed human action, the token generates token authentication data and the host sends the token authentication data to the server. Upon receiving the authentication data, the server authenticates the transaction. A device for authenticating a transaction includes a device interface for interacting with a host, a connector for reversibly operationally connecting the device to the host, and a controller that authenticates the transaction only once, contingent on detecting a prescribed anonymous human action. One such human action is providing one or more inputs at the host's user interface synchronously with outputs at the device's user interface.
US11086976B2
This disclosure relates to identification preprocessing. In one aspect, a method includes receiving at an identification server, and from a mobile computing device that has entered a predetermined area surrounding a biometric feature collection device, a group identifier of a user group to which a user of the mobile computing device belongs. The group identifier is transmitted by the mobile computing device in response to the mobile computing device receiving a radio signal broadcast to the predetermined area. The user group is one of multiple user groups. Based on the group identifier, the identification server selects, from a stored registration biometric feature set, a registration biometric feature associated with each user in the user group. The identification server adds the registration biometric feature to a screening feature set established for the biometric feature collection device. Biometric feature-based identification is performed on the user using the screening feature set.
US11086972B2
The apparatus disclosed herein, in various aspects, includes a digital asset, and an amulet that comprises an encrypted self-validating string. The amulet may be external to the digital asset. The apparatus may include a manager that cooperates securely with the digital asset and cooperates securely with the amulet to control access to the digital asset as specified by the amulet. In some aspects, the manager cooperates with the digital asset and with the amulet, at least in part, through shared memory in process space. In other aspects, the manager cooperates with the digital asset and with the amulet, at least in part, through a RAM drive in memory, the RAM drive at least partially hidden from an operating system of the computer. In yet other aspects, the manager cooperates with the digital asset and with the amulet, at least in part, through a virtual machine accessible only by said apparatus. The amulet, the manager, and the digital asset are either operably receivable by a computer or are operably received by the computer, in various aspects. Related methods and compositions of matter are also disclosed. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b) only. This Abstract is not intended to identify key elements of the apparatus, methods, and compositions of matter disclosed herein or to delineate the scope of this disclosure.
US11086969B2
There is provided an information processing device to reduce a processing load associated with inner product operations while also guaranteeing the quantization granularity of weight coefficients, the information processing device including: a multiply-accumulate operation circuit configured to execute a multiply-accumulate operation on the basis of multiple input values and multiple weight coefficients that are quantized by an exponential representation and that correspond to each of the input values. Exponents of the quantized weight coefficients are expressed by fractions taking a predetermined divisor as a denominator, and the multiply-accumulate operation circuit performs the multiply-accumulate operation using different addition multipliers on the basis of a remainder determined from the divisor.
US11086967B2
A method for performing a fundamental computational primitive in a device is provided, where the device includes a processor and a matrix multiplication accelerator (MMA). The method includes configuring a streaming engine in the device to stream data for the fundamental computational primitive from memory, configuring the MMA to format the data, and executing the fundamental computational primitive by the device.
US11086960B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a computer-implemented method of receiving an invalidation command that includes a first asset identifier, and a set of extension value fields, identifying a first file that is stored in a first cache device and is associated with an identifier matching the first asset identifier, comparing attributes of the first file to the set of extension value fields, and upon determining that, for each extension value field, at least one attribute of the first file matches at least one value of the extension value field, causing the first file in the first cache device to be preserved, or upon determining that, for at least one extension value, at least one attribute of the first file does not match at least one value of the extension value field, causing the first file to be invalidated.
US11086950B2
The present approach relates to receiving feedback corresponding to an article provided from a knowledge base. The knowledge base includes a plurality of articles, and the feedback includes one or more feedback inputs. The one or more feedback inputs may be processed with one or more respective task generation rules. A task is generated to address the feedback corresponding to the article if the one or more feedback inputs does not satisfy the one or more respective task generation rules. An action may be received in response to the generated task, and the knowledge base updated based at least in part on the received action.
US11086936B2
A media content item recommendation system recommends media content items based on one or more attributes of a seed playlist. The recommended media content items can be determined from a plurality of existing playlists that have been created over a period of time. Such existing playlists can be selected based on similarity to the seed playlist.
US11086930B2
A method of playing music includes providing a playing pool, where the playing pool includes a plurality of playlists, each playlist includes at least one piece of music, and each piece of music includes at least one attribute; comparing all music in any two playlists, and if at least one attribute of any two pieces of music is determined to be identical, defining the music as pairing music, where the pairing music is not music the same playlist; and playing the music in one of the plurality of playlists, and when a playing sequence comes to the pairing music, playing the music according to the pairing music.
US11086927B2
A system and method is provided for displaying surfaces of an object from a vantage point different from the vantage point from which imagery of the object was captured. In some aspects, imagery may be generated for display by combining visual characteristics from multiple source images and applying greater weight to the visual characteristics of some of the source images relative to the other source images. The weight may be based on the orientation of the surface relative to the location from which the image was captured and the location from which the object will be displayed.
US11086921B2
Systems and methods for enabling digital content aggregation and distribution are disclosed. In some aspects, the system comprises a user computing device and digital content information stores each communicatively coupled to a control circuit. The computing device comprising a display configured to render a digital content UI. The digital content information stores each comprising digital content items and associated with a unique content platform. The control circuit configured to: receive authentication data; receive a query for a digital content item of interest; access the digital content information stores; determine the presence of digital content item of interest in at least one of the digital content information stores; and transmit the digital content item of interest to the digital content UI for rendering via the display when the digital content item of interest is determined to be present in one of the digital content information stores.
US11086918B2
A method for performing multi-label classification includes extracting a feature vector from an input vector including input data by a feature extractor, determining, by a label predictor, a relevant vector including relevant labels having relevant scores based on the feature vector, updating a binary masking vector by masking pre-selected labels having been selected in previous label selections, applying the updated binary masking vector to the relevant vector such that the relevant label vector is updated to exclude the pre-selected labels from the relevant labels, and selecting a relevant label from the updated relevant label vector based on the relevant scores of the updated relevant label vector.
US11086913B2
A process for extracting and recognizing named entities from a short unstructured chat-style text input. The process may tokenize an inbound electronic message, and use a combination of entity specific classifiers and databases comprising known named entities such as gazetteer(s) to identify one or more named entities within the inbound electronic message. The identified named entities are then compiled as response message and transmitted to the user.
US11086912B2
Automatic questioning and answering processing method and automatic questioning and answering system
The present disclosure discloses an automatic question-answer (QA) processing method and an automatic QA system. The method includes: obtaining, after receiving a target question text, a target keyword corresponding to the target question text; determining a candidate question text that matches the target keyword; calculating a semantic similarity value between each candidate question text and the target question text; and determining, based on the semantic similarity value, an answer corresponding to the target question text. In the present disclosure, a semantic similarity between a target question text and each question text is considered, to determine an answer to the target question text, improving accuracy of automatic QA processing.
US11086906B2
A method includes obtaining first and second data sets to be reconciled and, using matching rules, identifying discrepancies between the data sets. The matching rules include at least one permutation key, where each permutation key identifies a subset of data to be grouped together in one of the data sets. Identifying the discrepancies includes attempting to match one or more first characteristics associated with the grouped subset of data in one of the data sets to one or more second characteristics associated with another of the data sets. The matching rules could involve multiple matching characteristics, and the matching rules could be generated using a metric to select the matching characteristics of the matching rules. The metric could be based on a combination of a number of matched data items and a number of matched groups of data items.
US11086903B2
A data-changing request is received on a first data source system. Metadata for a data source object associated with the request is obtained. The request is executed on a second data source system and results are obtained. A selection between multiple replication processes is made based on the metadata and the results. The selected process is performed on each of the remaining data source systems to synchronize/replicate data changes on the remaining data source systems. In an embodiment, bidirectional and concurrent data connections are permitted to a source object for one data source system and a replicated version of the source object on a different source system. In an embodiment, each data source system includes an agent that establishes an out-of-band connection to a synchronization/replication server, such that synchronization/replication is processed by the server without an affirmative connection being made from the data source systems to the server.
US11086902B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses to provide a redo repeater that allows for no data loss protection without the performance impact to the primary database even when a significant geographical distance separates the primary and standby databases. The Repeater is a lightweight entity that receives redo from the primary database with the purpose of redistributing that redo throughout the primary/standby system configuration. The Repeater able to extend no data loss protection and switchover functionality to terminal standby databases even though the primary database does not need to have a direct connection with those destinations.
US11086901B2
A system includes a persistent storage and a data transfer manager. The persistent storage stores sending entity storage resources and receiving entity storage resources. The data transfer manager obtains a data transfer request for data in the sending entity storage resources. In response to obtaining the data transfer request, the data transfer manager obtains a sending entity schema associated with the data; determines a current storage location of the data using the obtained sending entity schema; determines a future storage location for a copy of the data in the receiving entity storage resources; stores a copy of the data at the determined future storage location; adapts the sending entity schema based on the determined future storage location; and modifies a receiving entity schema based on the adapted sending entity schema.
US11086890B1
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to validating extraction rules. In embodiments, a set of events for which field extraction is desired is obtained. Thereafter, an extraction rule is applied to the set of events to extract fields of the events. The application of the extraction rule can be monitored to determine that the applied extraction rule is invalid. Based on the applied extraction rule being invalid, a new extraction rule can be generated to apply to the set of events.
US11086889B2
Techniques are disclosed for generating tutorial recommendations to users of image editing applications, based on image content. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes using neural networks configured to determine subject matter of a user provided image and to identify objects in the image. The method also includes selecting one or more proposed tutorials from a database of tutorials. The database is indexed by tutorial subject matter and tutorial object content, and the selection is based on a matching of the determined subject matter to the tutorial subject matter and a matching of the identified objects to the tutorial object content. The method further includes calculating an effectiveness score associated with each of the proposed tutorials, the effectiveness score based on application of the proposed tutorial to the image. The method further includes sorting the proposed tutorials for recommendation to the user based on the effectiveness scores.
US11086884B2
Techniques for automatically updated a remote data source are provided. Multiple data type-field name pairs are received. The field names correspond to names of fields in a database system. In response to receiving first input, a text string is displayed on a screen of a client device that is remote relative to the database system. A portion of the text string is identified. A data type of the portion is determined. Based on the determined data type, a subset of the data type-field name pairs that share the data type is determined. One or more options, each corresponding to a field name in the subset, are displayed. In response to receiving second input that selects a particular option of the one or more options, the portion is stored in a particular field of a particular record of the database system, where the particular field corresponds to the particular option.
US11086883B2
Systems and methods are described to suggest new content to a writer. An intelligent tool is initiated to obtain content of a document that is being written by an author. The intelligent tool then determines a topic of the content of the document, and identifies one or more predictive topics related to the determined topic. The one or more predictive topics are different from the topic. The intelligent tool then performs a content search based on the topic and the one or more predictive topics, and provides results from the content search to the author.
US11086882B2
Recommendation information is associated with an information classification label by a server of an online interaction platform, and a correspondence between the recommendation information and the information classification label is stored in a feature label database. The recommendation information associated with the information classification label is delivered to a user. Upon triggering of the recommendation information by a user, the information classification label associated with the recommendation information and an unique identifier associated with the user are obtained. By using the unique identifier, a user feature database is queried to determine whether a correspondence between the information classification label and the unique identifier has been established. If it is determining that the correspondence is not established, the correspondence between the information classification label and the unique identifier is established in the user feature database.
US11086875B2
A source table organized into a set of micro-partitions is accessed by a network-based data warehouse. A pruning index is generated based on the source table. The pruning index comprises a set of filters that indicate locations of distinct values in each column of the source table. A query directed at the source table is received at the network-based data warehouse. The query is processed using the pruning index. The processing of the query comprises pruning the set of micro-partitions of the source table to scan for data matching the query, the pruning of the plurality of micro-partitions comprising identifying, using the pruning index, a sub-set of micro-partitions to scan for the data matching the query.
US11086869B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for interfacing with one or more components of a data intake and query system. The data intake and query system includes a gateway that interfaces between one or more computer-executable applications and one or more components of the data intake and query system. The data intake and query system can include an intake system configured to ingest data, an indexing system configured to generate and store one or more events based on the data, and a query system configured to execute one or more queries. The intake system can include a streaming data processor and at least one ingestion buffer. The indexing system can include at least one containerized indexing node, and the query system can include at least one containerized search node.
US11086862B2
Systems and methods for determining the answers to user queries regarding content, and presenting options for the user to view the answers. Searches are conducted to determine the answer to a query and, once the answer is found, various options are presented to the user, allowing the user the choice to view the answer in multiple different ways.
US11086859B2
Techniques are disclosed herein for resolving a natural language query. Input (e.g., text input, audio input) corresponding to a query requesting data is received. A type of the query is determined based on a natural language analysis on the query. A form of response to the query is identified based on the type of the query. A visualization associated with the form of response is identified. The visualization is presented via a user interface. The presented visualization includes the requested data.
US11086858B1
In one embodiment, a method includes, by one or more computing systems, receiving, from a client system associated with a user, an initial portion of a user input, wherein the initial portion comprises a partial request, and wherein the initial portion is received while the user is continuing to provide further input, generating, responsive to receiving the initial portion of the user input, one or more speculative queries based on the partial request and a machine-learning predictive model, wherein each speculative query is a predicted complete request based on the partial request, calculating a confidence score for each speculative query based on the predictive model, ranking the one or more speculative queries based on their respective confidence scores and associated costs, executing one or more of the speculative queries based on their ranks, and caching one or more results of the executed one or more speculative queries.
US11086841B1
A database platform can track changes using a stream that records changes made by database transactions. Streams on views can be implemented by applying a stream to source data, and applying the view to the streamed data. Users of the database platform can query the stream on the view to review recent changes to the view, such as changes made since the last database transaction.
US11086838B2
A compact data structure generation engine can be used to generate a compact data structure that represents performance data for high-scale networks. The compact data structure representing the performance data can be used to monitor the operation performed on or by a computer system to identify potentially anomalous conditions. In response, a corrective action can be taken to address the issue. This can be useful, for example, in improving the efficiency, effectiveness, and reliability of the computer system during operation.
US11086833B2
A data storage method and apparatus for a distributed database which includes receiving, by a first node, a record insertion request, where the record insertion request carries a first record, and determining, by the first node according to a mapping relationship between a foreign key identifier and a storage node, a first storage node on which a first associated record that corresponds to the first record is located, where a primary key identifier of the first associated record is same as a foreign key identifier of the first record, and inserting, by the first node, the first record to a second node in the first storage nodes.
US11086829B2
An approach is provided in which the approach generates a first set of sample documents based on a first schema and generates a second set of sample documents based on a second schema. The approach determines a set of validation results by comparing the first set of sample documents against the second schema and comparing the second set of sample documents against the first schema. The approach evaluates the set of validation results and declares a type of equivalence between the first schema and the second schema accordingly.
US11086820B2
A method and apparatus for reserving a usable storage space on a storage device is provided. The method includes collecting context data representing an environment surrounding the storage device; selecting at least one file from among files stored in the storage device by using at least one of the context data and user profile data; and processing the selected file and reserving a usable storage space on the storage device. The method reserves the usable storage space by using the context data or user profile data, thereby allowing efficient reserving of usable storage space without a user's manual intervention and preventing waste of unnecessary resources.
US11086816B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses relating to debugging a configurable spatial accelerator are described. In one embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of processing elements and an interconnect network between the plurality of processing elements to receive an input of a dataflow graph comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein the dataflow graph is to be overlaid into the interconnect network and the plurality of processing elements with each node represented as a dataflow operator in the plurality of processing elements, and the plurality of processing elements are to perform an operation by a respective, incoming operand set arriving at each of the dataflow operators of the plurality of processing elements. At least a first of the plurality of processing elements is to enter a halted state in response to being represented as a first of the plurality of dataflow operators.
US11086813B1
A network-attached storage device is provided comprising a network card with an embedded operating system that provides autonomous operation of the network card, the network card including a network port to communicate with an external device and a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) interface to couple to a first PCIe device in the absence of a system host processor.
US11086806B2
A memory access system includes a memory that is abstracted into data structures. The memory access system further includes a processor that generates an access request for accessing the abstracted memory by way of a structure access circuit of the memory access system. As the memory is abstracted into the data structures and the processor accesses the abstracted memory using the data structures, an addressing capability of the processor is extended. Further, the computing overhead of the processor is reduced, as the processor performs various memory operations by accessing the memory by way of the structure access circuit.
US11086805B2
The invention introduces a method for executing host input-output (IO) commands, performed by a processing unit of a device side, at least including: in response to different types of host IO commands, using multiple stages of a generic framework to drive a frontend interface to interact with a host side for transmitting user data read from a storage unit to the host side, and receiving user data to be programmed into the storage unit from the host side.
US11086795B2
A memory system, a memory controller and an operating method thereof, capable of reducing the storage capacity of data in relation with map tables, by, in the case where N map entries respectively corresponding to N consecutive physical address regions exist among map entries included in a first map table in a memory device, adding a group map entry indicating a mapping information corresponding to the group of the N number of consecutive physical address regions, to a second map table included in the memory device.
US11086787B2
A system and method of handling data access demands in a processor virtual cache that includes: determining if a virtual cache data access demand missed because of a difference in the context tag of the data access demand and a corresponding entry in the virtual cache with the same virtual address as the data access demand; in response to the virtual cache missing, determining whether the alias tag valid bit is set in the corresponding entry of the virtual cache; in response to the alias tag valid bit not being set, determining whether the virtual cache data access demand is a synonym of the corresponding entry in the virtual cache; and in response to the virtual access demand being a synonym of the corresponding entry in the virtual cache with the same virtual address but a different context tag, updating information in a tagged entry in an alias table.
US11086777B2
An apparatus comprises a set-associative cache comprising a plurality of sets of cache entries, and cache replacement policy storage circuitry to store a plurality of local replacement policy entries. Each local replacement policy entry comprises local replacement policy information specific to a corresponding set of the set-associative cache. Cache control circuitry controls replacement of cache entries of the set-associative cache based on the local replacement policy information stored in the cache replacement policy storage circuitry. The cache replacement policy storage circuitry stores local replacement policy entries for a proper subset of sets of the set-associative cache.
US11086774B2
Techniques are described for accessing data from a storage device. In one example, the storage device may include a storage medium comprising non-volatile memory, a network connection, and one or more processing entities. The one or more processors may be configured to receive a request from the network connection at the non-volatile memory storage device for accessing data associated with a file system object, the request comprising a virtual address offset, a file object identifier and a size of the data access, perform, at a flash translation layer of a storage device software stack executing on the one or more processing entities of the storage device, a translation from the virtual address offset to a physical address for the data stored on the non-volatile memory, using the virtual address offset and the file object identifier, and access the data from the physical address from the storage medium.
US11086771B2
Techniques are described herein for enhancing software application development and software design-for-test (DFT) technology by facilitating dynamic management and control of embedded dynamic test features via an application development and optimization platform. In some embodiments, an application development and optimization platform is described that can track, manage and rollout features of native mobile applications without the need to wait for public app store releases.
US11086770B2
Disclosed herein are techniques for generating and signing line-of-code behavior and relation models. Techniques include identifying executable code for a controller; performing a functional analysis of the executable code to determine a plurality of functions associated with the executable code and a plurality of relationships between the plurality of functions; generating, based on the determined plurality of functions and plurality of relationships, a line-of-code behavior and relation model for the executable code; performing a signature operation on the generated line-of-code behavior and relation model to produce a unique signature value associated with at least one of: the line-of-code behavior and relation model or a functional block of the line-of-code behavior and relation model; and linking the unique signature value to the line-of-code behavior and relation model.
US11086769B2
Disclosed herein are techniques for using a line-of-code behavior and relation model to determine software functionality changes. Techniques include identifying a first portion of executable code and a second portion of executable code; accessing a first line-of-code behavior and relation model representing execution of functions of the first portion of executable code; constructing, based on the second portion of executable code, a second line-of-code behavior and relation model representing execution of functions of the second portion of executable code; performing a functional differential comparison of the first line-of-code behavior and relation model to the second line-of-code behavior and relation model; determining, based on the functional differential comparison, a status of functional equivalence between the first portion of executable code and the code portion of executable code; and generating, based on the determined difference, a report identifying the status of functional equivalence.
US11086762B2
Methods and systems for predicting estimation of project factors in software development environment are described. In one embodiment, a project analyst device receives first input data including at least one type of first software development model and associated one or more first project development data from a user. A feedback device loaded in a project estimation device identifies one or more first software project risk factors based on the at least one type of the first software development model. The project estimation device processes the one or more first project development data using the identified one or more first software project risk factors to identify one or more first intermediate data required for project factors estimation, and predicts estimations of the project factors using the identified one or more first intermediate data. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
US11086752B2
The subject matter described herein relates to vendor-neutral testing and scoring of a system under test. One method for vendor-neutral scoring of a system under test includes generating a pre-testing snapshot of a system under test. The method further includes executing vendor-neutral testing of plural different subsystems of the system under test. The method further includes generating a vendor-neutral score based on the testing. The method further includes generating a post-testing snapshot of the system under test.
US11086750B2
A system that is a target of health monitoring via a computational system, the computational system, and corresponding method for determining health indicators using rank correlation analysis are disclosed. The target system includes a computational system that includes a computing device that acquires data from the target system, generate at least two features from the data acquired from the target system, computes, for each feature, rank correlation of the feature with time, computes the absolute value of each rank correlation coefficient for each feature, confining the range of the absolute value rank correlation coefficients to that from 0 to 1; and chooses at least one feature with a higher relative absolute value rank correlation coefficient as a health or condition indicator for the target system. The target system or the computational system or the method may perform health or condition monitoring on the target system.
US11086746B2
A node in network is configured to buffer data received from other nodes across multiple channels. The node process a portion of the buffered data associated with a subset of those channels. When the node receives data on that subset of channels that includes a notification, the node then processes a larger portion of the buffered data associated with a larger number of channels. In doing so, the node may identify additional notifications include within data that was buffered but not previously processed. The node may also coordinate with other nodes in order to process buffered data upon identification of a notification.
US11086742B2
A service management platform can implement functionality for one or more services, each of which can be independently used by a plurality of clients of the services. To activate the functionality of the one or more of the services, a hub server of the service management platform can assign a set of tasks to individual node servers for execution. The hub server can operate in a “supervisor environment” distinct from the processing environment used to execute the computationally intensive portions of the tasks. A task received at a node server can be managed by a supervisor process within the supervisor environment and executed by a native process within a native operating system environment, where the native process executes the computationally intensive calculations of the task and supervisor process provides communications and data transfer between the native process and rest of the service management platform.
US11086738B2
A support engine for managing computing clusters includes a persistent storage and a processor. The persistent storage includes monitoring policies. The processor monitors a computing cluster of the computing clusters and identifies a potential component failure of the computing cluster based on the monitoring and the monitoring policies. In response to identifying the potential component failure the processor identifies an error state of the computing cluster; obtains solution level state information from the computing cluster based on the identified error state; generates a support package comprising the solution level state information; and initiates a support session by sending the generated support package to a support manager.
US11086725B2
A new snapshot of a storage volume is created by instructing computing nodes to suppress write requests. An orchestration layer implements a multi-role application that is provisioned with virtualized storage and computation resources. A snapshot of the application may be created and used to rollback or clone the application. Clones snapshots of storage volumes may be gradually populated with data from prior snapshots to reduce loading on a primary snapshot. A multi-role application may be orchestrated using multiple orchestration approaches and objects of the multi-role application may be discovered and added to an application definition. The application definition may be used to create snapshots of the application and the snapshot may be used to rollback, clone, backup, or migrate the application.
US11086720B2
A memory system may include: a memory device including a plurality of storage regions; and a controller. The controller may be coupled between a host and the memory device, and perform a read retry operation when a read error occurs in any one of the storage regions based on occurrence possibilities for a plurality of different type of defects in any one storage region where a read error occurred.
US11086718B2
A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory, a buffer, and a controller. The buffer can temporarily store a plurality of data bits to be written to the nonvolatile memory. The controller can write the plurality of data bits, read from the buffer, to the nonvolatile memory; write a plurality of intermediate parity bits to the buffer, but not to the nonvolatile memory, wherein each of the plurality of intermediate parity bits is associated with an error correction process on each of the plurality of data bits; and write, to the nonvolatile memory, an accumulated parity bit that is an integration of the plurality of intermediate parity bits.
US11086713B1
A method of optimized end-to-end integrity comprises receiving a request to write application data stored in a first kernel buffer to a storage device. The method further comprises determining, by a processing device, that a first cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of the application data failed. The method further comprises copying the application data to a second kernel buffer. The method further comprises performing, by the processing device, a second CRC on the application data stored in the second kernel buffer.
US11086712B2
A device that provides error recovery handling includes a processor that is configured to receive an error recovery request including error type information and a page address, where the error type information is mapped to a first error recovery technique. The processor may be configured to determine whether an error count associated with the flash memory circuit satisfies a first criterion and an error map associated with the flash memory circuit satisfies a second criterion, where the error count indicates a number of read errors that have occurred and the error map indicates blocks in which the read errors have occurred. The processor may be configured to utilize a second technique to attempt to recover data when the first and second criterions are satisfied, otherwise utilize the first technique to attempt to recover data, where the second technique is associated with recovering data stored in an offline flash memory circuit.
US11086710B2
A method, system and computer program product includes receiving data including parameters affecting recovery point objectives for a disaster recovery plan, analyzing the parameters and determining responsible factors behind recovery point objective deviation based on the analyzing.
US11086697B2
A broadcast-controlling method in an operating system and a mobile terminal are provided. The broadcast-controlling method includes obtaining a number of broadcast types registered by a first application, wherein the first application receives broadcast messages according to the registered broadcast types; determining whether the number of broadcast types is greater than a first threshold; determining the first application as an illegal broadcast-registering application when the number of broadcast types is greater than the first threshold; obtaining a receiver queue of a target broadcast; and optimizing the receiver queue according to determined illegal broadcast-registering applications.
US11086690B2
A semiconductor device capable of reducing power consumption is provided. A semiconductor device having a processor executing a plurality of tasks while switching the tasks in synchronization with a supplied operational clock signal includes: a processor-use-rate measuring unit configured to measure a use rate of the processor during a first term; and a frequency-dividing-value selecting circuit and a frequency dividing circuit configured to change a frequency of the operational clock signal supplied to the processor during a second term later than the first term on the basis of the use rate measured by the processor-use-rate measuring unit.
US11086688B2
The technology disclosed herein relates to method, system, and computer program product (computer-readable storage device) embodiments for managing resource allocation in a stream processing framework. An embodiment operates by configuring an allocation of a task sequence and machine resources to a container, partitioning a data stream into a plurality of batches arranged for parallel processing by the container via the machine resources allocated to the container, and running the task sequence, running at least one batch of the plurality of batches. Some embodiments may also include changing the allocation responsive to a determination of an increase in data volume, and may further include changing the allocation to a previous state of the allocation, responsive to a determination of a decrease in data volume. Additionally, time-based throughput of the data stream may be monitored for a given worker node configured to run a batch of the plurality of batches.
US11086678B2
Information processing device, method of processing information, and method of providing information
There is provided an information processing device capable of intuitively adding a hardware resource intended to execute the learning, the information processing device including: a display control unit configured to control display of information indicating progress of a learning process and an addition button used to add dynamically a second hardware resource intended to execute the learning process to a first hardware resource on which the learning process is being executed.
US11086671B2
An apparatus includes processor(s) to: receive, a request to cancel a performance of a job flow; store, within a task kill queue, a kill tasks request message; within a task container, in response to the storage of the kill tasks request message, cease execution of instructions of a task routine to cease performance of a task of a set of tasks of the job flow, and store, within a task queue, a task cancelation message indicating cancelation of execution of the task routine; within a performance container, execute instructions of a performance routine to cause the at least one processor to, in response to the storage of the task canceled message, store, within a job queue, a job cancelation message indicating cancelation of the job flow; and in response to the storage of the job cancelation message, transmit an indication of cancelation of the job flow to the requesting device.
US11086664B2
Validating a task being performed on an HVAC system is described herein. One system includes a plurality of control devices associated with a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, wherein each respective control device is configured to record an action, taken by that control device as part of a task being performed on the HVAC system, as a block in a block chain for the task, send the block to the other control devices for validation of the action in the block chain for the task, update, upon the validation of the recorded action, the block chain for the task with the block having the recorded action, and store the updated block chain for the task.
US11086657B2
The present teaching relates to scheduling transactions at a node in a data system. In one example, a request is obtained for performing a first transaction at the node. A mixing condition associated with the first transaction is determined. The first transaction is initiated. The first transaction is suspended when the mixing condition is met. A second transaction is carried out at the node. The first transaction and the second transaction are directed to a same portion of data at the node.
US11086655B2
A device for hardware virtualization support is provided, comprising a hypervisor component configured to launch a virtual machine (VM) and configured to exit and/or to enter a host level; a host system component configured to process a configuration flag that enables an interrupt delivery mechanism; wherein the host system component is configured to record, if the configuration flag is set, a virtual timer number as a global variable, providing information to the hypervisor component when a virtual timer is expired; and wherein the hypervisor component is configured to process the virtual timer number of the global variable in the host level.
US11086651B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to a system capable of processing instances of different versions of a workflow. The system may store workflow information indicating different versions of a workflow. The system may receive requests to create instances of the workflow. The requests may include a first request associated with a first, non-current version of the workflow and a second request associated with a second, different version of the workflow. The computer system may create a set of instances of the workflow, including a particular instance corresponding to the first request. The computer system may receive a request to migrate the particular instance to a particular version different from the non-current version associated with the first request. The computer system may migrate the particular instance to the particular version of the workflow, such that subsequently received instance data for the migrated particular instance is processed according to the particular version.
US11086649B2
Implementations for prioritized execution of highly available virtual machines for minimizing downtime of the highly available virtual machines are described. An example method may include accessing metadata identifying a plurality of virtual machines indicated as highly available virtual machines, determining, in view of the metadata, a number of highly available virtual machines of the plurality of virtual machines that are associated with each storage domain of a plurality of storage domains, and initiating, starting with a storage domain associated with a highest number of highly available virtual machines, execution of one or more highly available virtual machines associated with each of the plurality of storage domains in a sequential manner.
US11086635B2
There is provided an electronic device including a manipulation unit configured to acquire manipulation by a user, and a control unit configured to selectively execute one of a plurality of controls of the electronic device which are associated with a duration of the manipulation and to perform switching of at least one of the plurality of controls according to information indicating a state of the electronic device.
US11086622B2
Microcode is stored in a program memory and intended to be executed by a central processing unit of a processing unit. The processing unit may include a memory controller associated with each program memory and a hardware peripheral. The method includes, in response to a request to update the microcode, a transmission, to each hardware peripheral, of a global authorization request signal obtained from an elementary authorization request signal generated by each corresponding memory controller, a transmission of a global authorization signal obtained from an elementary authorization signal generated by each hardware peripheral in response to the global authorization request signal and after satisfying a predetermined elementary condition, and an updating of each microcode by the corresponding memory controller only after the global authorization signal is received.
US11086607B2
An apparatus includes processor(s) to: within a kill container, monitor a task kill queue for execution failure message(s) indicating failure of a task routine to perform a task of a job flow, and in response to a quantity of execution failure messages reaching a threshold, store, within the task kill queue, a kill tasks request message; within a task container, in response to the kill tasks request message, cease execution of the task routine to cease performance of the task, and store, within the task queue, a task cancelation message indicating cancelation of the task routine; within a performance container, in response to the task canceled message, store, within a job queue, a job cancelation message indicating cancelation of the job flow; and in response to the job cancelation message, transmit an indication of cancelation of the job flow to a requesting device.
US11086604B2
An extent of decrease in analysis accuracy caused by splitting a source code can be reduced. An influence identifying unit identifies, for each of two functions included in a source code as a target, influence degrees exerted over analysis of the source code when the two target functions are each split into separate split codes, as analysis influence degrees between the two target functions, from an information amount passed between the two target functions. A splitting unit splits the source code into a plurality of split codes such that a sum of the analysis influence degrees between the functions each being split into the separate split codes decreases.
US11086602B2
Systems, techniques, and user interfaces are disclosed for an object-centric builder software that can utilize an ontology to design, configure, and build a workflow application that also references the ontology to perform a workflow. The ontology may serve as a data model for stored data associated with the particular workflow. The builder software may leverage the ontology to obtain advance knowledge of the availability and structure of the stored data that will be accessible to the workflow application at run-time, in order to build a workflow application that is well-tailored for that particular workflow. This approach may also result in flexible workflow applications that are easily built and maintained.
US11086597B2
The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for attending to a presenting user. In one aspect, a method is performed at an electronic device that includes an image sensor, microphones, a display, processor(s), and memory. The device (1) obtains audio signals by concurrently receiving audio data at each microphone; (2) determines based on the obtained audio signals that a person is speaking in a vicinity of the device; (3) obtains video data from the image sensor; (4) determines via the video data that the person is not within a field of view of the image sensor; (5) reorients the electronic device based on differences in the received audio data; (6) after reorienting the electronic device, obtains second video data from the image sensor and determines that the person is within the field of view; and (7) attends to the person by directing the display toward the person.
US11086593B2
A system, method, and wireless earpieces for implementing a virtual assistant. A request is received from a user to be implemented by wireless earpieces. A virtual assistant is executed on the wireless earpieces. An action is implemented to fulfill the request utilizing the virtual assistant. The wireless earpieces may be a set of wireless earpieces and the virtual assistant may be implemented independently by the wireless earpieces.
US11086588B2
A display apparatus includes: a display panel configured to display an image, a vibration plate on a first surface of the display panel, a first structure on a second surface of the vibration plate, the first structure being configured to support the display panel, a first vibration-generating device configured to vibrate the vibration plate, and a separation part connected to the vibration plate and configured to separate a first space, facing a first surface opposite to the second surface of the vibration plate, from a second space facing the second surface of the vibration plate.
US11086582B1
Devices having touchscreen displays or other types of sensors may be placed adjacent to one another to form a larger display area for content. A relative position and alignment between these adjacent devices are determined using a touch gesture by a user. For example, a user may draw a line, circle, or other shape that provides input to the touch sensors of the devices. Touch data received from each device indicates the coordinates where contact was provided to the touch sensor. By matching the coordinates positioned near the borders of adjacent devices based on the time of their input, the relative position and alignment between the devices is determined. A corresponding portion of the content is provided to each device based on its relative position and alignment to form a consistent display area.
US11086572B1
A memory sub-system configured to iterative calibrate read voltages, where higher read voltages are calibrated based on the calibration results of lower read voltages. For example, a memory device initially determines first read voltages of a group of memory cells. The memory device calculates a second read voltage optimized to read the group of memory cells according to first signal and noise characteristics measured based on at least one of the first read voltages. A third read voltage is estimated based on an offset of the second read voltage from a corresponding voltage among the first read voltages. Second signal and noise characteristics of the group of memory cells are measured based on the third read voltage. The memory device then calculates a fourth read voltage optimized to read the group of memory cells according to the second signal and noise characteristics.
US11086571B2
A read method executed by a computing system includes a processor, at least one nonvolatile memory, and at least one cache memory performing a cache function of the at least one nonvolatile memory. The method includes receiving a read request regarding a critical word from the processor. A determination is made whether a cache miss is generated, through a tag determination operation corresponding to the read request. Page data corresponding to the read request is received from the at least one nonvolatile memory in a wraparound scheme when a result of the tag determination operation indicates that the cache miss is generated. The critical word is output to the processor when the critical word of the page data is received.
US11086570B2
A storage device, a controller and a method for operating a controller are disclosed. The controller includes a descriptor storage circuit configured to store at least one descriptor corresponding to a command received from a host in one descriptor queue among N (N is a natural number) number of descriptor queues; a descriptor queue selection circuit configured to select one descriptor queue among the descriptor queues, as a target descriptor queue; and a descriptor execution control circuit configured to determine whether an operation indicated by a first descriptor stored in the target descriptor queue is executable, based on information on an available power budget and information on a power consumption amount for the first descriptor, and, when the operation indicated by the first descriptor is executable, control whether to execute an operation indicated by a second descriptor stored together with the first descriptor in the target descriptor queue.
US11086560B2
The invention discloses a data storage access method, device and apparatus for persistent memory. The method includes: enabling a file system in device to receive, in a kernel space, an access request of a user library, where the user library operates in user mode, and the access request is initiated by third-party application through user library and carries operation type; if the operation type is read operation, enabling the file system to allow third-party application to directly access persistent memory space of device through user library; and if the operation type is not read operation, enabling the file system to allow third-party application to access persistent memory space of device through user library and kernel thread, where kernel thread operates in kernel mode. In this way, the present invention can achieve both high performance and data security of persistent memory, and provide technical support for scalability in multi-core scenario.
US11086559B2
Provided are techniques for cloud based store and restore with copy services. A store command to transfer data from one or more tracks of a volume to cloud storage is received. With track services, data for the one or more tracks in the volume is retrieved by emulating a host read. With a cloud data movement engine, the data for the one or more tracks is converted to data for one or more objects. With the cloud data movement engine, the one or more objects are stored in the cloud storage.
US11086557B2
A system identifies (I) a first independent filesystem that (i) includes a file and (ii) uses file-handles to locate files and (II) a second independent filesystem that (i) operates independently of file-handles, associated with the first independent filesystem, when locating files and (ii) includes a copy of the file. The system generates a file-handle for the copy of the file on an inode of first independent filesystem based on a full-path for the copy of the file on the second independent filesystem. The system replicates one or more data blocks between the first independent filesystem and the second independent filesystem based, at least in part, on the full-path.
US11086555B1
A pod, the pod including the dataset, a set of managed objects and management operations, a set of access operations to modify or read the dataset, and a plurality of storage systems, where: management operations can modify or query managed objects equivalently through any of the storage systems, access operations to read or modify the dataset operate equivalently through any of the storage systems, each storage system stores a separate copy of the dataset as a proper subset of the datasets stored and advertised for use by the storage system, and operations to modify managed objects or the dataset performed and completed through any one storage system are reflected in subsequent management objects to query the pod or subsequent access operations to read the dataset.
US11086550B1
A computing node of a data storage system includes a data transform component. The data transform component identifies data that is maintained by the storage system and has a particular data structure. The data transform component may also perform analytics on the data based on the data structure. For example, different data sets that are dependent, e.g. related via association with the same application or type of application, or which are typically accessed in temporal proximity, can be discovered based on data structure and analytics. Data relationships may be used to prepare dependent data for access in advance of an IO associated with that dependent data.
US11086546B1
Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein that enhance data storage operations. In various implementations, a preserve write process identifies one or more regions of the solid-state memory components that qualify to be relocated prior to a data storage device entering a data retention state. Prior to the data retention state, the process changes one or more values, of one or more write settings, to one or more new values. With the write settings changed to the one or more new values, the process relocates data from the one or more regions to one or more new regions. After having relocated the data, the process returns the one or more new values, of the one or more write settings, to one or more earlier values.
US11086545B1
Efficient snapshot restore is disclosed. An indication to restore a snapshot from a replication destination to a storage system is received. At least a subset of data associated with the snapshot that is already present at the storage system is determined. A restore operation of the snapshot is performed by obtaining the at least subset of the data associated with the snapshot that is already present at the storage system locally from the storage system and by obtaining the remaining data associated with the snapshot from the replication destination.
US11086544B2
Autonomous driving control apparatus, vehicle having the same and method for controlling the vehicle
A vehicle includes electronic control units (ECUs) to control devices and functions of the vehicle, domain control units (DCUs) to group the ECUs by domain and manage the groups of the ECUs by domain, and a connectivity control unit (CCU) to communicate with the DCUs and an external device. Each of the ECUs includes a memory to store data and software and a processor to generate a control signal to control a device or a function based on the data and software. The DCU determines whether an ECU is available to store new data based on at least one of a remaining capacity and an available level of a memory of the ECU, and when the ECU is unavailable to store the new data, the DCU selects other memory of the ECUs managed by other DCU as an alternative memory, and store the new data in the alternative memory.
US11086540B2
A memory system, a memory controller and a memory device are provided. The memory controller groups a first set of a plurality of memory blocks into a first super block, and a number of memory dies corresponding to the first super block is less than a number of memory dies corresponding to one channel and the number of memory dies corresponding to the first super block is determined differently depending on which of one or more control parameters are received by the memory controller. Through this, it is possible to provide a memory system, a memory controller and a memory device which can flexibly configure a super block while improving the performance of a read, program or erase operation for the super block.
US11086538B2
A method for initializing a storage is provided. The method includes comparing a size of a disk partition of the storage with a size of a filesystem image recorded on the storage, and reconfiguring the filesystem image in a dynamic manner if the disk partition size is larger than that of the filesystem image, wherein the filesystem image may include a metadata area composed of metadata blocks and a data block area composed of file data blocks, and wherein the data block area may include in sequence a first free block area composed of only file data blocks where data is not recorded, and a file data area composed of at least one file data block where data is recorded. Various other embodiments are possible.
US11086537B2
A memory system may include: a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks; and a controller configured to control the memory device, wherein the controller comprises: a block level manager configured to determine a level for each of the plurality of memory blocks based on write history of writing data to the memory device, and manage a cold block based on the level; and a garbage collection manager configured to determine a garbage collection urgent level based on a result of comparing a free block count and a first threshold value, and manage whether to perform a garbage collection operation for the cold block based on the determined garbage collection urgent level.
US11086536B2
Techniques for performing configuration may include: determining an initial distribution of logical devices among disk adapters, wherein the initial distribution assigns each logical device a designated disk adapter as a primary active disk adapter servicing I/Os directed to the logical device, wherein the logical devices have storage provisioned from a RAID group including physical storage devices, wherein the disk adapters concurrently issue I/Os to each of the physical storage devices; detecting a configuration change; and responsive to detecting a configuration change, performing first processing. The first processing may include determining, in accordance with the configuration change, a redistribution of the logical devices among the disk adapters; and draining pending I/Os. The configuration change may include adding or removing a logical device provisioned from the RAID group. Performing a first operation on a storage device of the RAID group may include synchronous draining of I/Os of the storage device.
US11086524B1
A system and method for efficiently storing and accessing large volumes of metadata persistent on Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) storage systems is provided. The system applies log-structured, Copy-on-Write (CoW) B+ tree methods, and supports a core-affine data and resource partitioning approaches on the system's architecture and platform with a high-degree of parallelism within the CPU, NVMe storage, and networking devices. The subject system and method efficiently indexes both in-core (DRAM resident) and out-of-core (NVM resident) metadata, supports a variety of data access patterns, supports CoW features and provides verifiable data safety and integrity capabilities. The present system minimizes latencies over all aspects of the metadata management and access path by leveraging core-affine resource partitioning with runtime environment providing lightweight user-level threads with low-latency context switching that execute within the exclusive context of a dedicated CPU core, and partitioned resources.
US11086523B2
In a hierarchical storage system, blocks of data selected for auto-tiering migration, are selected based on dynamically adjusted group sizes. Contiguous blocks are organized into default groups. I/O activity of the blocks in a group is monitored. Based on the I/O activity, the default groups may be sub-divided into smaller sub-groups or combined into larger groups, to separate as much as practical, contiguous series of cooler blocks and contiguous series of hotter blocks into respective focused (concentrated) groups or sub-groups. The concentrated group or sub-group may then be migrated according to the average I/O activity of the included blocks. Group configurations are continually and dynamically adjusted according to changing I/O conditions.
US11086517B2
Memory management that includes allocating physical memory having an append-only permission associated therewith to requesting user space applications is described. If a page frame is append-only, then data written to the page frame cannot be overwritten. Rather, any new data written to an append-only page frame must be written beginning at the next available write location within the page frame. An MMU determines whether a write request is requesting an append-only page frame, in which case, the MMU reserves the append-only page frame for the write request and consults a corresponding entry in a page table append to determine whether an offset associated with the write request is larger than a stored value in the entry that indicates the next available write location in the page frame. If so, the write request is executed and the data is written to the page frame beginning at the next available write location.
US11086514B2
Techniques for obfuscating user selections during user-input of sensitive information, involving displaying several targets, such as keys of a virtual keyboard, on a display device, where each target corresponds to one of multiple options. When a first visual indication of a current user target moves to a first target in response to a first movement of a user pointer to a first position within the first target, the obfuscation system can be configured to concurrently move a second visual indication of a first distractor target to another target. The current user target is thus obfuscated as two different visual indicators and/or pointers move through the targets.
US11086506B2
A method and system for data management are presented. A plurality of data objects is generated in a graphical user interface. Each data object includes a lift handle, which may be selected by a user click clicking a mouse, for instance. A cargo is generated and placed in a carrier when the user selects the lift handle using a pointer. While the lift and drop action is pending, each additional selection of a data object by the user via its lift handle is added to the cargo. A graphical representation of the carrier showing the cargo manifest is attached to the pointer. When the user maneuvers the pointer to or over a drop zone, a list of available actions for the cargo in the carrier is presented to the user. A drop action can then be performed on the cargo when the user selects the drop zone.
US11086499B2
To assist work of checking information by a user when biological information is displayed in a relatively small display area of a portable information terminal. A portable information terminal receives sensor signals corresponding to biological information of a subject from sensors attached to the subject. Waveforms indicating variations with time in biological information of the subject are displayed on a display based on the sensor signals. When a user interface receives a given operation, part of the waveform displayed on the display is designated and a trimmed image of the part of the waveform is displayed on the display.
US11086492B2
A graphical user interface may provide visualization of comparison between planned value(s) and usage value(s) of a set of operating parameters for a tool. The graphical user interface may include a planned usage region and a usage region. The planned usage region may provide visualization of the planned value(s) for the tool. The usage region may provide visualization of the usage value(s) for the tool. The usage region may include a compliance section. The compliance section may provide visualization of whether the usage value(s) complies with the corresponding planned value(s) such that the compliance section includes different visual features based on whether the usage value(s) complies or does not comply with the corresponding planned value(s). The usage region may provide comments and/or recommendations based on the learnings from analysis of offset wells.
US11086480B1
An information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to store plural screens satisfying a predetermined condition among screens used for setting a device accompanying a series of screen transitions, in association with one icon; and display the plural screens associated with the icon in order and receive the setting of the device from each screen of the plural screens in a case where a user selects the icon.
US11086479B2
A method for controlling a display device that includes a touch screen is provided. The method includes establishing a plurality of window display spaces in the touch screen, wherein each of the plurality of window display spaces displays a window for running an application, displaying a launcher application in one of the plurality of window display spaces, the launcher application presenting at least one icon to run at least one application, receiving in the launcher application a new application run command to run a new application, and displaying a new window for running the new application in one of the other window display spaces than the window display space where the launcher application is displayed, in response to the new application run command.
US11086471B2
A user provides a description of a neural network to a visualization tool. The visualization tool displays a user interface that includes a visual of the neural network based on the description. If the user interacts with a node or connection, for example by placing a cursor on the node/connection in the user interface, the user interface displays information associated with the node/connection. If the user selects a node of a layer, the neural network is applied to an input that corresponds to the selection and the user interface displays the propagation of the input through the neural network. Additionally, the user interface displays results from applying the neural network to the input.
US11086461B2
An array substrate, an embedded touch screen, and a display device. The array substrate comprises a base substrate, a touch electrode line located above the base substrate, a touch electrode located above the touch electrode line, and a first insulating layer located between the touch electrode line and the touch electrode. The touch electrode line has a groove portion, the first insulating layer has a via hole, and a connecting portion of the touch electrode extends into the groove portion through the via hole, so as to be electrically connected to the touch electrode line.
US11086459B2
A method of manufacturing a touch panel including providing a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area is provided. A metal layer and a metal nanowire layer are disposed, wherein a first portion of the metal nanowire layer is disposed in the display area, and a second portion of the metal nanowire layer and the metal layer are disposed in the peripheral area. A patterned layer with a pattern is disposed. A patterning step is performed according to the patterned layer, wherein the patterning step includes forming the metal layer into multiple peripheral wires and simultaneously forming the second portion of the metal nanowire layer into multiple etching layers by using an etching solution configured to etch the metal layer and the metal nanowire layer. A touch panel is further provided.
US11086449B2
Provided are a driving circuit, a touch display device, and a driving method thereof. The effect of an offset to a touch driving signal and a load-free driving signal during a load-free driving process is reduced. Deviations in the amplitude between the touch driving signal and the load-free driving signal are reduced.
US11086448B2
A touch screen controller disclosed herein includes a circuit configured to generate a digital touch voltage comprises of samples, at a base sampling rate. The touch screen controller also includes a digital processing unit configured to analyze a first subset of samples of the digital touch voltage samples to determine noise content thereof, the first subset of samples corresponding to samples at a first investigated sampling rate that is a first function of the base sampling rate. The digital processing unit is also configured to analyze a second subset of samples of the digital touch voltage to determine noise content thereof, with the second subset of samples corresponding to samples at a second investigated sampling rate that is a second function of the base sampling rate, and determine a preferred sampling rate from among the first and second investigated sampling rates as a function of determined noise content thereof.
US11086445B2
A method in accordance with an embodiment is performed by a control apparatus. The method includes obtaining, when applications having a region within which the applications are overlapped with each other are displayed on the touch display device, information that one application of the applications is displayed to cover the other application of the applications or that said one application is displayed to be covered by the other application within the region; determining, based on the obtained information, touch sensing cycles for touch sensors among a plurality of touch sensors embedded in the touch display device to be different from each other, each of said at least two touch sensors sensing a corresponding part within an entire region where the applications are displayed on the touch display device; and controlling each of said at least two touch sensors to perform a sensing operation based on its touch sensing cycle.
US11086439B2
Display panel and display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes a display layer and a touch control layer. The display layer includes pixel units each including a number of sub-pixels arranged as a matrix. The touch control layer includes a bridge layer, a touch control metal layer, and an insulation layer there-between. The touch control metal layer includes metal mesh units, corresponding to the pixel units. In the touch control metal layer, adjacent metal mesh units are not connected. The touch control layer also includes at least one first touch control electrode, each including multiple metal mesh units. Adjacent two metal mesh units of the multiple metal mesh units are electrically connected through a connection lead. The connection lead is disposed on the bridge layer and electrically connected to each of the adjacent two metal mesh units through a corresponding via hole in the insulation layer.
US11086430B2
A display device is provided and includes pixels and common electrodes overlapping the pixels; gate lines connected to pixels in row; source lines connected to pixels in column; source amplifiers; and a gate drive circuit configured to supply at least one first pulse to the gate lines.
US11086422B2
A wearable information terminal that can be worn by a user is provided with: a main body; a display that is incorporated in the main body and includes a screen; a controller that is incorporated in the main body and executes display processing onto the screen; and an operation detector that detects input operation executed by the user with respect to the controller. The operation detector is disposed at a different position in the main body from the position of the screen.
US11086421B2
A touch panel is related. The touch panel includes a first electrode board, a second electrode board spaced from the first electrode board, a number of transparent spacers disposed between the first electrode board and the second electrode board, and an insulating frame disposed between the first electrode board and the second electrode board and around the plurality of transparent spacers. The first electrode board includes a first substrate, a first carbon nanotube structure located on and buried under a first surface of the first substrate, and two first electrodes electrically connected to the first carbon nanotube structure. A distance between the first carbon nanotube structure and the first surface of the first substrate is less than 10 micrometers.
US11086400B2
Embodiments include a method for controlling an output generated by a haptic device, using an electronic device communicatively coupled to the haptic device and having a touch-sensitive surface and a display. The method comprises displaying a first graphical object comprising a plurality of intensity level markers representing different vibrational intensity levels; displaying a second graphical object on top of at least a portion of the first graphical object; detecting a contact at a first location of the touch-sensitive surface; detecting a movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface to a second location of the touch-sensitive surface; and in response to the detected movement: adjusting a size of the second graphical object from a first size to a second size corresponding to a second intensity level marker, and causing the haptic device to change the selected vibrational intensity level to a second vibrational intensity level represented by the second marker.
US11086391B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments of methods, systems, and devices for receiving user information and biometric data from groups of communication devices. Additional embodiments can include correlating and storing the user information and the biometric data in a hierarchical database according to a classification. Further embodiments can include accessing the user information and the biometric data, determining an emotional state of a user in response to processing the user information and biometric data resulting in a determined emotional state, and selecting enhanced audio content and enhanced image content according to the determined emotional state. Also, embodiments can include generating the user experience for a viewer. The user experience includes a portion of the user information, the enhanced audio content, and enhanced image content to attempt provide an emotive response from the viewer similar to the determined emotional state. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11086387B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing near field communications during a low power express mode of an electronic device are provided that may make credentials of a near field communication (“NFC”) component appropriately secure and appropriately accessible while also limiting the power consumption of the NFC component and of other components of the electronic device.
US11086385B2
Provided is a graphics processing unit and an operation method thereof. The graphics processing unit includes a plurality of cores in which a delay time between an input and an output decreases according to an increase of a temperature, a temperature monitoring and sorting circuit configured to monitor a temperature of each of the plurality of cores, and a controller configured to control a clock frequency and a power supply of the plurality of cores based on a drivable clock frequency of a core having the lowest temperature among temperatures of each of the plurality of monitored cores.
US11086378B1
A power converter circuit that includes a switch circuit, and multiple phase and amplifier circuits, may generate a voltage level on a regulated power supply node of a computer system. The amplifier circuits may generate respective demand currents using a voltage level of the regulated power supply node and a reference voltage. In response to activation of a multi-phase operating mode, the switch circuit may short the outputs of the amplifier circuits to generate a common demand current. The multiple phase circuits may sequentially source current to regulated power supply node using the common demand current.
US11086373B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided herein for implementing a PoE system comprising a plurality of power sourcing equipment that power a single powered device. Control circuitry may determine the power necessary to operate a powered device in a first power mode, and may cause the powered device to draw, from a first power sourcing device, to a first port of the powered device, a first wattage. The powered device may draw, from a second power sourcing device, to a second port of a powered device, a second wattage, where a sum of the first and second wattage equals the amount of power necessary to operate in the first power mode, wherein a first isolation boundary isolates the first power sourcing equipment, the first Ethernet link, and the first port, and wherein a second isolation boundary isolates the second power sourcing equipment, the second Ethernet link, and the second port.
US11086369B2
Examples are disclosed that relate to locking mechanisms, display assemblies, and methods for modifying a mounting assembly of a display assembly to enable rotation of a display. In one example, a locking mechanism comprises a lock block mounted for rotation with the display. The locking mechanism also comprises a lever rotatably coupled to a plate of the mounting assembly. The lever comprises a lock tab that blocks movement of the lock block when the lever is in a locked position and allows movement of the lock block when the lever is in an unlocked position.
US11086367B2
Computers are disclosed. An example computer includes a casing including a first casing portion and a second casing portion; a fastener; and a biasing element surrounding the fastener, the fastener to couple the first casing portion and the second casing portion and the biasing element to deter vibrations transmitted from the first casing portion to the fastener from affecting internal components of the computer.
US11086359B2
A wireless docking system has a host (100) and at least one dockee (120,130,140). The host accommodates at least one wireless docking environment including at least one peripheral (110,111,112). The host has a host communication unit (102) for providing wireless communication and a host processor (101) arranged for docking the dockee into the wireless docking environment. The dockee has a dockee communication unit (121) for providing said wireless communication, and a dockee processor (122) arranged for docking into the wireless docking environment. The dockee has at least one dockee peripheral (123). The dockee processor advertises the dockee peripheral, and, upon receiving a coupling request from the host, couples to the host for providing connection data and control of the dockee peripheral by the host. The host processor advertises the set of peripherals including the dockee peripheral for making the dockee peripheral available for use as a further peripheral in the wireless docking environment.
US11086357B2
A dynamically flexible, attachable article, such as a wristband or an armband, includes a flexible electronic component coupled to a flexible support in a manner that is bendable or conformable to a user's wrist or other curved surface in a manner that makes the flexible electronic component easily viewable to the user. The attachable article also includes a connection mechanism disposed proximate to one or both of first and second ends of the attachable article to connect two different portions of the article together.
US11086355B2
An electronic device is provided that includes a display unit, a memory storing program instructions, a processor to execute the program instructions in connection with operating the electronic device, and a main body unit housing the memory and processor. The display unit is rotatably mounted to the main body unit. The main body unit has a sidewall divided into first and second sidewall segments that are moved relative to one another corresponding to the main body unit being shifted between active and storage states. An interface component is mounted within the sidewall of the main body unit. The interface component includes members spaced apart from one another by gaps. The members are moved relative to one another between an operative position corresponding to the main body unit in the active state and a collapsed position corresponding to the main body unit in the storage state.
US11086351B2
A self-locking mechanism includes: a housing having a through hole and a dodge hole; an elastic member in the dodge hole, the elastic member being connected to a wall of the dodge hole and having a free end capable of swinging in a thickness direction of the housing; a first engaging member on the elastic member; a knob on an outer side of the housing and having one end passing through the through hole; a plurality of second engaging members on a side of the knob adjacent to the housing; wherein the first engaging member may be engaged with or disengaged from one of the second engaging members under an action of an elastic deformation of the elastic member as the knob rotates; and a driven member on an inner side of the housing and fixedly connected with the knob so as to be rotated under driving of the knob.
US11086347B1
The present disclosure provides a bandgap reference circuit which includes a basic reference module to generate a basic reference voltage containing a first linear temperature-coefficient (TC) voltage and a first nonlinear TC voltage when a terminal node in the basic reference module is grounded. The bandgap reference circuit further includes a compensation module with an output node coupled to the terminal node of the basic reference module. The compensation module generates a compensation voltage at the output node with a second linear TC term and a second nonlinear TC term by using a first set of current sources proportional to absolute temperate (PTAT) and a second set of current sources with TC of zero. And the bandgap reference circuit combines the basic reference voltage and the compensation voltage, cancelling all the linear and nonlinear terms, and thus create a composite reference voltage independent of temperature.
US11086343B2
A method of regulating a low-dropout (LDO) regulator is provided. The method includes: generating a feedback voltage by receiving a feedback from an output node of the LDO regulator, generating a control signal to drive a pass element by receiving the feedback voltage and a reference voltage, detecting a voltage at a first node and controlling a switching operation of a first switch according to a detection result by a detection circuit. When the LDO regulator is operating in an active mode, the first switch is turned on to connect the first node and a control terminal of the pass element and when the LDO regulator is operating in a standby mode, the first switch is turned off to disconnect the first node from the control terminal of the pass element. A low-dropout (LDO) regulator is also provided.
US11086341B2
A pressure regulator includes a valve body that defines an inlet and an outlet for a fluid flow through the valve body, a poppet that is moveable within the valve body between an open position and a closed position to control the fluid flow from the inlet to the outlet, and a pressure regulating mechanism that controls a position of the poppet between the open and closed positions. The pressure regulating mechanism includes a diaphragm and a compression spring, and a force balance between the diaphragm and the compression spring determines the position of the poppet. The pressure regulating mechanism further includes a static pressure tap configured to apply a static pressure to the diaphragm, and a dynamic pressure tap configured to apply a dynamic pressure to the diaphragm. The dynamic pressure tap is located at an annular opening adjacent to the poppet, and an area of the annular opening varies with the position of the poppet to vary the dynamic pressure applied to the diaphragm.
US11086339B2
The presently disclosed subject matter includes a UAV surveillance system and method which enables quick and convenient activation of an on-board radar (e.g., in SAR or GMTI mode) without having predefined suitable flight instructions. It enables ad-hoc operation of radar data acquisition devices allowing to switch from EO data acquisition to radar data acquisition or activate a radar side-by-side with an EO sensing device.
US11086335B2
A driving assistance system includes a camera and at least one processor. The camera is disposed on a mounting apparatus that is rotatably coupled to a vehicle and that rotates about a rotation axis that is spaced apart from the camera. The camera is configured to rotate together with the mounting apparatus from a first point to a second point, and to capture an external image of the vehicle at the first point and the second point. The processor is configured to control the camera to capture a first image at the first point and a second image at the second point, detect an object around the vehicle based on the first image and the second image, and determine a distance between the object and the vehicle based on the first image and the second image.
US11086330B2
A control system for an automatic guided vehicle includes a vehicle, a contour-detection module, a position-detection module, and a processing device. The contour-detection module is disposed on the vehicle. The contour-detection module is configured to detect a ceiling and a target object, which is disposed on the ceiling, and to generate a contour signal. The position-detection module is disposed on the vehicle. The position-detection module is configured to detect the position of the vehicle and generate a position signal. The processing device is configured to generate a target mark corresponding to the target object according to the contour signal and the position signal. The processing device is configured to automatically control the carrier to move along a movement path. When the contour-detection module detects the target object, the processing device corrects the movement direction of the vehicle according to the target mark.
US11086320B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques relating to wireless communications between vehicles. In certain aspects, a method performed by a first vehicle comprises receiving an indication from a second vehicle comprising surrounding information that is indicative of whether a first unknown vehicle is detected by the second vehicle, wherein the first vehicle and the second vehicle are able to communicate wirelessly, and wherein the first unknown vehicle is unable to communicate wirelessly with the first and the second vehicles. The method further comprises controlling movement of the first vehicle based on the indication.
US11086315B2
An Internet-based system for helping building management team members in significant ways: (i) predicting and forecasting when excessive snow load conditions present serious risks to a building's structure; (ii) receiving automatic notifications when snow load conditions are developing at specific regions on a building rooftop to warrant intervention and automated mitigation through the use of VR-guided snow removing robot systems; (iii) collecting various forms of intelligence about conditions developing on and about a building rooftop and storing such information with annotations for use in supporting intelligent decision making processes; (iv) quickly, efficiently and safely removing dangerous risk-presenting snow load conditions on a building rooftop while minimizing risk to human workers and increasing building operating efficiency; and (v) automatically removing excessive snow load conditions at specified regions on a building's rooftop.
US11086308B2
A system for sensing in an industrial environment includes a processing node configured to receive a first sensor data from a first sensor and a second sensor data from a second sensor, both of which are disposed in the industrial environment. The processing node is further configured to process randomly sampled data from at least one of the first sensor data and the second sensor data to generate processed sensor data that includes the randomly sampled data. The processing node further configured to identify data of interest from the processed sensor data based on comparison of the processed sensor data with a sampling dictionary of predetermined information. The processing node further configured to filter and assemble the identified data of interest to create a set of compressed data, and transmit the set of compressed data to a predetermined destination.
US11086303B2
Described herein are, among others, systems and methods associated with electrical test planning in a semiconductor manufacturing context. Within an electrical test planning system in the semiconductor industry, various models that allow a better utilization of installed capacity were developed. The workflow in the plant and the information flow in the electrical test planning area were analyzed to reduce or minimize setup times on the equipment. A paradigm shift is disclosed, with which planning is done at the product family level instead of at the level of the part number, starting with priority products required by the market.
US11086299B2
Described is a system for controlling autonomous platform. Based on an input image, the system generates a motor control command decision for the autonomous platform. A probability of the input image belonging to a set of training images is determined, and a reliability measure for the motor control command decision is generated using the determined probability. An exploratory action is performed when the reliability measure is above a predetermined threshold. Otherwise, an exploitation action corresponding with the motor control command decision is performed when the reliability measure is below a predetermined threshold.
US11086295B2
Methods, systems, and computer programs for multi-tool additive manufacturing include a method including: slicing a received model into a series of layers; determining one or more separation starting points, each being a location of two adjoining portions of the model that are to be manufactured by respective additive manufacturing robots; and determining an offset for each of the one or more separation starting points in each layer of the series of layers based on a threshold acceptable print time, each offset in a layer determining a seam location in the layer that is different from a seam location in at least one adjacent layer in the series of layers, and seam offsets determined for the series of layers increase an estimated print time, for manufacturing of the series of layers by the two or more additive manufacturing robots, to no more than the threshold acceptable print time.
US11086292B2
The subject technology is related to methods and apparatus for training a set of regression machine learning models with a training set to produce a set of predictive values for a pending manufacturing request, the training set including data extracted from a set of manufacturing transactions submitted by a set of entities of a supply chain. A multi-objective optimization model is implemented to (1) receive an input including the set of predictive values and a set of features of a physical object, and (2) generate an output with a set of attributes associated with a manufacture of the physical object in response to receiving the input, the output complying with a multi-objective condition satisfied in the multi-objective optimization model.
US11086291B2
A numerically controlled production system is connected to a numerical controller, which includes a control program with successive program sets, and a look-ahead module which determines therefrom for successive clock-cycle points a movement profile with guidance variables for a movement axis prior to a movement. Subject to a condition, the control program includes program branching with multiple alternative control program sections, and determines which of the alternative control program sections is to be additionally executed subject to the condition. The look-ahead module calculates and stores an alternative movement profile for each alternative control program section prior to an additional movement, and holds the alternative movement profile available for the conditional program branching in order to carry out the additional movement.
US11086289B2
An example method of implementing a control interface for metric definition specification for asset-driven hierarchy includes: causing display of a user interface for configuring a metric definition for a metric of an asset node of the asset hierarchy; receiving, via the user interface, a metric determination specification comprising an identification of a metric component, an identification of an operation to apply to the metric component, and metric time factors corresponding to time-related aspects of the metric definition; and reflecting, in a computer storage, the metric definition comprising an association of the metric determination specification with the metric.
US11086285B2
A numerical control device according to the present invention includes: an upper limit value acquisition unit which acquires an upper limit value for a cutting speed that is a relative speed of the cutting tool to the workpiece; a reference speed calculation unit which calculates a revolution number of the spindle, and a feedrate; an oscillation speed calculation unit which calculates an oscillation speed that is superimposed on the feedrate; a cutting speed calculation unit which calculates the cutting speed based on the revolution number of the spindle, the feedrate and the oscillation speed; and a speed adjustment unit which adjusts at least either one of the revolution number of the spindle and the feedrate, so that a maximum value of the cutting speed calculated by the cutting speed calculation unit does not exceed the upper limit value acquired by the upper limit value acquisition unit.
US11086284B2
To provide a controller for a machine tool capable of shredding chips and capable of performing machining by cutting correctly without implementation of a so-called finishing process. A controller for a machine tool includes: an oscillation command generation unit that generates an oscillation command for causing a work and a tool to oscillate relative to each other in a radial direction of the work based on a condition for oscillation; a movement command generation unit that generates a movement command for causing the work and the tool to move relative to each other for thread cutting of the work; an adder that adds the oscillation command and the movement command; and a determination unit that predetermines whether the oscillation command is to be added to the movement command, is which the adder outputs a superimposed command configured to include one or more types of machining patterns combining an arbitrary number of a total movement command with the oscillation command added, and an arbitrary number of a total movement command without the oscillation command added, in accordance with a result of determination by the determination unit.
US11086283B2
A monitoring and control system receives, from sensing capable devices situated within a designated area and in communication with the monitoring and control system, input indicating a respective number of events. The system identifies, for each of the events, a probability for taking each of a number of actions in response to the event, then calculates, for each of the actions, an overall probability for taking the action based on the identified probabilities for taking the action in response to the number of events, and selects one or more actions to be taken responsive to the number of events and the calculated overall probability for taking the action, for each of the actions, exceeding a respective threshold.
US11086280B2
Method and system for storing natural gas and natural gas liquids via a variable volume flow splitter from a producing field. A method and system comprising storing natural gas and natural gas liquids while simultaneously selling natural gas and natural gas liquids from a single compressor in quantities as deemed desirable. In response to desired quantities to be injected into a storage reservoir or sold, the system provides a single action (e.g., a single action such as the click of a mouse button) that splits the gas stream into injection for storage and the sales pipeline for transportation to market by adjusting a flow splitter of a single value or valves in combination operated remotely or manually on the downstream side of the sales gas compressor that varies the volume to any combination and ratio from 0 to 100% of gas and entrained gas liquids to be sold or injected.
US11086278B2
Systems and methods for monitoring an operational system. A data set with output power values and associated environmental data values for an electrical generation system are accumulated. Statistical relationships are determined for output power values and environmental data values. Outlying data is determined based on the statistical relationships and are removed from the data set to create selected data. A regression model is developed from the selected data to map predicted output power values to values of environmental data. Data with present output power values and present associated environmental data for the electrical generation system are later received. Predicted output power values are predicted by the regression model for the present associated environmental data. An output power discrepancy is identified by comparing the predicted output power to the present output power. A notification of an anomaly is provided based on identification of the output power discrepancy.
US11086265B2
An image forming apparatus includes a cassette attachment part and a collection side attachment part. To the cassette attachment part, a sheet feeding cassette storing a sheet is detachably attached. The collection side attachment part is disposed adjacent to the cassette attachment part. To the collection side attachment part, a collection container storing a waste toner discharged without transferred on the sheet is detachably attached. The cassette attachment part includes a cassette rail which supports the sheet feeding cassette slidably and a rail holding member which holds the cassette rail. The collection side attachment part includes a displacement sensor which is disposed so as to face the collection container and detects an electrostatic capacity varying in response to an accumulation amount of the waste toner stored in the collection container. The rail holding member is disposed so as to face at least a part of the displacement sensor.
US11086264B2
A device for removing toner attached to a transfer roller in an image forming apparatus is disclosed. The device includes a bar brush to contact an outer circumferential surface of the transfer roller, where the bar brush extends along a part of a longitudinal length of the transfer roller. The device includes an elongated cleaning member to contact the outer circumferential surface of the transfer roller, where the elongated cleaning member extends along the longitudinal length, entirely, of the transfer roller.
US11086261B2
A sheet processing apparatus includes a puncher, a first sensor positioned upstream of the puncher in the conveyance direction, a second sensor positioned upstream of the first detection position in the conveyance direction, a drive source configured to drive the puncher, a controller configured to control the drive source. The controller executes a control mode including a first process of controlling a rotation speed of the puncher on a basis of a detection result of the second sensor and a second process of controlling the rotation speed of the puncher on a basis of a detection result of the first sensor. In the control mode, the controller does not stop rotation of the puncher in a period between the punching process on the preceding sheet and a punching process on the succeeding sheet.
US11086252B1
A developing device includes a housing that includes a container portion, a rotating portion, and a developing roller. The container portion has a metal formed portion formed of metal and contains developer. The rotating portion is to be rotated so as to transport the developer contained in the container portion in a longitudinal direction. The developing roller holds the developer transported by the rotating portion. The metal formed portion is disposed in at least part of the container portion in a region superposed on a developer holding region of the developing roller in the longitudinal direction.
US11086245B2
An image forming apparatus comprising an electrophotographic photosensitive member and a developing device that has a toner and supplies the toner onto the electrophotographic photosensitive member, wherein the electrophotographic photosensitive member comprises a surface layer comprising a binder resin (A), the binder resin (A) comprises a specific structure, the toner comprises a toner particle, the toner particle comprises a binder resin (B) and a wax, and the wax comprises a prescribed diester compound; and a process cartridge and a cartridge set.
US11086243B1
A toner composition including a first wax; a second wax that is different from the first wax; wherein the first wax comprises a paraffin wax; wherein the second wax comprises a polymethylene wax; at least one polyester; and an optional colorant.
US11086230B2
A method for optimization to increase lithographic apparatus throughput for a patterning process is described. The method includes providing a baseline dose for an EUV illumination and an initial pupil configuration, associated with a lithographic apparatus. The baseline dose and the initial pupil configuration are configured for use with a dose anchor mask pattern and a corresponding dose anchor target pattern for setting an illumination dose for corresponding device patterns of interest. The method includes biasing the dose anchor mask pattern relative to the dose anchor target pattern; determining an acceptable lower dose for the biased dose anchor mask pattern and the initial pupil configuration; unbiasing the dose anchor mask pattern relative to the dose anchor target pattern; and determining a changed pupil configuration and a mask bias for the device patterns of interest based on the acceptable lower dose and the unbiased dose anchor mask pattern.
US11086224B2
Disclosed are a system for fabricating a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. The system may include a chamber, an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) source in the chamber and configured to generate an EUV beam, an optical system on the EUV source and configured to provide the EUV beam to a substrate, a substrate stage in the chamber and configured to receive the substrate, a reticle stage in the chamber and configured to hold a reticle that is configured to project the EUV beam onto the substrate, and a particle collector between the reticle and the optical system and configured to allow for a selective transmission of the EUV beam and to remove a particle.
US11086220B2
Underlayer coating compositions are provided that comprise 1) a resin; and a solvent component comprising one or more solvents having a boiling of 200° C. or greater. Coating compositions are particularly useful with overcoated photoresist compositions imaged with EUV.
US11086217B2
A method of manufacturing a patterned stamp (100) for patterning a contoured surface (10) is disclosed. The method comprises applying a layer (115) of a pliable material precursor over a master (50) carrying an inverse pattern (52) to form a desired pattern (112) in said layer; curing the pliable material precursor to form a pliable stamp layer (120) comprising said desired pattern; providing an intermediate stamp structure by adhering a porous pliable support layer (130) to the pliable stamp layer; releasing the intermediate stamp structure from the master; forcing the intermediate stamp structure onto the contoured surface with said pattern of features facing the contoured surface; forming the patterned stamp by filling the porous pliable support layer with a filler material to reduce the pliability of the support layer; and removing the patterned stamp from the contoured surface. A corresponding patterned stamp, imprinting method and imprinted article are also disclosed.
US11086210B2
Disclosed are photomasks, methods of fabricating the same, and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices using the same. The photomask comprises a substrate including a pattern region and a peripheral region around the pattern region, a reflection layer on the pattern region and extending onto the peripheral region, an absorption structure on the reflection layer, and a dielectric pattern on the absorption structure on the peripheral region and exposing the absorption structure on the pattern region.
US11086208B2
A display device includes a screen, first and second projectors, a detector, and a controller. The screen has first and second surfaces. The first projector projects a first horizontally non-inverted image as viewed from the first surface. The second projector projects a second horizontally non-inverted image as viewed from the second surface. The detector detects a person viewing the first surface and a person viewing the second surface. The controller controls switching of an operation between the first and second projectors and also performs control, when the detector has detected a person viewing the first surface and a person viewing the second surface, so that the person viewing the first surface and the person viewing the second surface are able to see each other through the screen.
US11086198B2
A method according to embodiments of the invention includes, for a field of view comprising a plurality of portions, determining an amount of light for each portion. LEDs corresponding to each portion are selectively energized over a plurality of time periods, such that a sum of illumination generated by each LED during the plurality of time periods equals the determined amount of light. An image of the field of view is captured, for example by a camera.
US11086193B1
A self-referencing nonlinear frequency converting photonic waveguide includes: a supercontinuum input optical taper; a supercontinuum nonlinear optical member that produces supercontinuum light spanning an optical octave with respect to input light; and a supercontinuum output optical taper; a second harmonic input optical taper; a second harmonic nonlinear optical member that receives the supercontinuum light and produces second harmonic light from the supercontinuum light, the second harmonic light including a second harmonic of the supercontinuum light; and a second harmonic output optical taper that receives the second harmonic light, the supercontinuum light, and the input light and co-propagates the second harmonic light, the supercontinuum light, and the input light from the second harmonic generator section as output light.
US11086182B2
Certain aspects pertain to methods of fabricating an optical device on a substantially transparent substrate that include a pre-deposition operation that removes a width of lower conductor layer at a distance from the outer edge of the substrate to form a pad at the outer edge. The pad and any deposited layers of the optical device may be removed in a post edge deletion operation.
US11086177B2
A display apparatus includes a gate line, a data line, and a pixel. The pixel includes first and second pixels displaying grayscales different from each other in response to a data voltage provided through the data line. The first pixel includes a first transistor including a gate electrode connected to the gate line and a first terminal connected to the data line and a first liquid crystal capacitor connected to a second terminal of the first transistor. The second pixel includes a second transistor including a gate electrode connected to the gate line and a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the first transistor and a second liquid crystal capacitor connected to a second terminal of the second transistor.
US11086175B2
A display device with a narrow frame is provided. A display device with high visibility is provided. A display device with low power consumption is provided. A novel display device is provided. A structure having a stack structure in which a gate driver including a first transistor and a common driver including a second transistor which includes a metal oxide in its channel formation region are stacked has been conceived. Because the gate driver has a larger area than the common driver, part of the gate driver may be formed on the same plane as the common driver.
US11086173B2
A display device includes: a first substrate including: a switch unit; and a pixel electrode electrically connecting to the switch unit and including: first and second finger portions; a contacting portion electrically connecting to the switch unit through a contact via; a first bending portion between and connecting the first finger portion and the contacting portion, and having a third inner edge; and a second bending portion between and connecting the second finger portion and the contacting portion, and having a fourth inner edge and a second outer edge, wherein the fourth inner edge is between the third inner edge and the second outer edge, a first acute angle included between the third inner edge and a reference line parallel to a first direction substantially parallel to a gate-line-extending direction is greater than a second acute angle included between the second outer edge and the reference line.
US11086172B2
A pixel unit, a display panel and a display device are provided. The pixel unit includes: a first sub-pixel, comprising a first sub-region and a second sub-region; and a second sub-pixel, disposed adjacent to the first sub-pixel and comprising a third sub-region and a fourth sub-region; wherein the first sub-region is disposed adjacent to the third sub-region, and the second sub-region is disposed adjacent to the fourth sub-region; wherein a divided voltage of the first sub-region is same as a divided voltage of the third sub-region; the divided voltage of the first sub-region, a divided voltage of the second sub-region and a divided voltage of the fourth sub-region are different from one another. The pixel unit of the embodiment is advantageous for improving the washout and color shift problem of a larger side view angle and improving the optical characteristics of the viewing angle.
US11086171B2
A display device including a first substrate comprising a first surface, a second substrate overlapping the first substrate and including a second surface overlapping the first surface, a display unit between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a supporting assistance member disposed between the first surface and the second surface, in which the supporting assistance member includes a first region and a second region, at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate includes a third region and a fourth region, transmittance of the first region is higher than transmittance of the second region, transmittance of the third region is higher than transmittance of the fourth region, and the second region surrounds the first region, the fourth region surrounds the third region, and the first region and the third region overlap each other.
US11086167B2
A liquid crystal display panel includes in the following order: a first substrate including pixel electrodes; a first vertical alignment film; a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules; a second vertical alignment film; and a second substrate including a counter electrode. The liquid crystal display panel includes pixels each including four alignment regions which provide different tilt azimuths to the liquid crystal molecules and are arranged in a longitudinal direction of each pixel. The liquid crystal display panel includes first, second, third, and fourth alignment regions providing the respective specific alignment azimuths. The liquid crystal molecules are aligned in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second vertical alignment films and at a tilt in the respective tilt azimuth directions with no voltage applied to the liquid crystal layer and are to be more tilted in the respective tilt azimuth directions upon application of voltage to the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal molecules are at a twist angle of substantially 0° in each of the four alignment regions.
US11086160B2
A light control device including a light control sheet including light control units each reversibly change light transmittance and positioned according to a first arrangement that has a regularity, a detection sheet including detection units each detect external input and positioned according to a second arrangement that has a regularity same as the regularity of the first arrangement, a driving unit that outputs to each of the light control units a change signal for changing light transmittance, and a light control processing unit which associates each of the detection units with at least one of the light control units, and causes the driving unit to output the change signal to the light control unit associated with the detection unit that has detected the external input.
US11086155B2
A method of manufacturing the flexible device includes: forming a photosensitive film on a hard base substrate, the photosensitive film including a photosensitive resin material containing azide; forming a base including an inorganic material on the photosensitive film; forming an electronic device functional layer on the base; forming an encapsulation layer on the electronic device functional layer; irradiating the photosensitive film at a side of the base substrate away from the encapsulation layer; and peeling off an entire structure including the base, and the electronic device functional layer and the encapsulation layer that have been formed on the base from the photosensitive film.
US11086151B2
Provide are a viewing angle control device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display panel. The viewing angle control device includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite each other; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed respectively on inner surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate opposite each other; a first alignment film disposed on an inner surface of the first electrode opposite the second electrode; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. A groove is provided in a region of the inner surface of the first electrode, and a conductor that is electrically connected to the first electrode and has lower resistivity than the first electrode is provided at the groove or at a periphery of the groove.
US11086146B1
An anti-fog and anti-impact rim clip for eye glasses comprising a flexible, unitary, and handheld body with a front end, a rear end, a first retention clip member defining a first clip opening flanked by two opposing first clip ends and defining a first clip retention channel spatially coupled to the first clip opening, a second retention clip member defining a second clip opening flanked by two opposing second clip ends and defining a second clip retention channel spatially coupled to the first clip opening, and a body ledge protruding outwardly from the first and second retention clip members, defining the rear end of the body, having a sealing edge, and having an upper support surface interposed between the sealing edge and the first and second retention clip members, the body operably configured to be selectively placed in a flexed configuration with the body forming an arcuate shape.
US11086144B2
An adjustable spectacle lens has a first lens element and a second lens element arranged one behind the other along an optical axis of the lens. The first and second lens element are configured to vary their combined optical properties when moved relative to each other in a direction transverse to the optical axis. The adjustable lens element is an adjustable progressive lens element. The first and second lens element are configured to vary at least one of a size and a power of the near, the distance, and the intermediate portion relative to each other, when the first lens element and the second lens element are moved relative to each other in the direction transverse to the optical axis. The first and second lens elements can be configured to conjointly provide a near, a distance and an intermediate portion that can be changed depending on the visual task.
US11086139B2
A method of manufacturing a button-enabled housing assembly includes pre-forming a composite button component or insert having an elastically flexible button membrane that is mounted on a rigid frame, and thereafter molding a housing over the button insert. The composite button insert is formed in a co-molding operation and can include a rigid island in the flexible button membrane for supporting a cosmetic keycap.
US11086132B2
A membrane assembly (150) for a variable focusing power optical assembly (100) comprising a distensible membrane (155) that is held under tension around its periphery by at least one bendable support ring (159) and one or more curvature controllers (170) that are mounted to respective discrete sections of the support ring (159) for actively controlling the curvature of those sections of the ring in a plane (Btz) that is parallel to a z-axis normal to an (x,y) plane which is defined by the un-deformed support ring and tangential (t) to the periphery (boundary B) of the membrane. Also disclosed is a variable focusing power optical assembly (100) comprising such a membrane assembly, which has a compressible fluid-filled envelope having a first wall formed by the distensible membrane (155), an inflexible second wall (114) opposite the first wall, the support ring (159) being held at a fixed distance from the second wall at hinge points that are spaced apart around the support ring (159) and being bendable towards or away from the second wall intermediate the hinge points on the z-axis which is substantially aligned or coincident with an optical axis of the optical assembly (100), and a side wall (146) between the first and second walls that is collapsible to accommodate such bending; wherein the membrane (155) is arranged to distend in a direction towards or away from the second wall upon bending of the support ring (159) between the hinge points. In some embodiments, the second wall (114) may be formed by or supported on a surface (114) of a rigid body (110), and the support ring 159 may be mounted on the rigid body (110) by support pins (130) at the hinge points. Also disclosed is an augmented reality headset or helmet (80) comprising an augmented reality display module (800) comprising two such variable focusing power optical assemblies (801, 901) arrange one in front of the other in optical alignment with a waveguide display (1001) interposed therebetween.
US11086131B2
A near-eye display and a near-eye display system are provided. The near-eye display includes a display panel, a collimation lens component, and an optical redirector. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels that are disposed in a tiling manner. The collimation lens component includes a plurality of collimation lenses, and the plurality of collimation lenses are in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of collimation lenses is configured to: convert, into collimated light, light emitted by a corresponding pixel, and input the collimated light into the optical redirector. The optical redirector includes a plurality of light convergence structures, and the plurality of light convergence structures are in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of collimation lenses. Each of the plurality of light convergence structures is configured to converge, on a focus of the near-eye display, collimated light input by a corresponding collimation lens.
US11086130B2
An optical device is provided. The optical device includes: a lens including first and second reflective members; and a flexible display device including a first display area disposed on a first side surface of the lens and a second display area disposed on a second side surface of the lens, wherein the first reflective member is configured to reflect a first image displayed on the first display area to a first surface of the lens, and the second reflective member is configured to reflect a second image displayed on the second display area to the first surface of the lens.
US11086118B2
Systems and methods for autofocusing an objective lens in a microscope system. A self-calibrating autofocus system includes a light source, a decentered aperture, and image-capturing device. The system may be connected to the microscope system so that the light source generates a light on an optical path that includes the objective lens and a plate having a reference surface proximal to a sample holding component. The image capturing device images a reflection of light from the reference surface as the objective lens moves to a series of z-positions. A reference calibration slope is generated for the objective lens by determining positions of the images taken at the z-positions of the objective lens. At least one image having a particular attribute corresponds to a best focus position. The objective lens is moved to predicted best focus or preferred offset from calibrated best focus using the reference calibration slope.
US11086113B2
Various embodiments (300, 400, 500) for a multi-focal selective illumination microscopy (SIM) system for generating multi-focal patterns of a sample are disclosed. The embodiments (300, 400, 500) of the multi-focal SIM system perform a focusing, scaling and summing operation on each generated multi-focal pattern in a sequence of multi-focal patterns that completely scan the sample to produce a high resolution composite image.
US11086111B1
A reflective imager design that is telecentric in image space, or equivalently telecentric at an image plane, or equivalently having an exit pupil located substantially at infinity, while also having an external entrance pupil and a high throughput or fast optical speed is described.
US11086101B2
The imaging lens consists of, in order from an object side, a negative first lens group immovable during focusing, a stop and a positive second lens group moving during focusing. The first lens group consists of, in order from the object side, a meniscus lens having a convex surface toward the object side, a negative meniscus lens having a convex surface toward the object side, a negative lens, a biconvex lens, a negative meniscus lens having a convex surface toward the object side, and a positive lens having a convex surface toward the object side. Predetermined conditional expressions concerning a focal length f of the entire system, a focal length f1 of the first lens group, and a shape of an air lens between first and second lenses of the first lens group from an image side are satisfied.
US11086086B2
An optical connector device includes: a first optical connector that has a first housing; and a second optical connector that has a second housing that has formed therein a fitting space into which the first housing can be fitted. Fitting regulation convex portions are provided to an upper inner wall surface and a lower inner wall surface of the fitting space. Fitting regulation concave portions are provided in an upper surface and a lower surface of the first housing. First fitting regulation portions are formed at distal end of the fitting regulation convex portions. Fitting sliding surfaces are formed at the fitting regulation concave portions.
US11086083B2
An optical connector (100) includes a housing (112) configured to contain one or more optical ferrules (121) disposed within the housing and accessible through an opening at a mating end of the housing. A cover (130) is disposed at the mating end, the cover configured to be rotated about a pivoting axis between a closed position an open position. An actuator (135, 136) is configured to cause the cover to rotate about the pivoting axis from the closed position to the open position.
US11086082B2
The present disclosure relates to a fiber optic cable and connector assembly including a fiber optic cable and a ferrule-less fiber optic connector. The ferrule-less fiber optic connector includes a main connector body including a distal end and a proximal end. The fiber optic connector also includes a fiber fixation component that mounts within the main connector body and that axially fixes a portion of an optical fiber of the fiber optic cable within the main connector body. The optical fiber includes a bare fiber portion that extends distally beyond the fiber fixation component and includes a free-end portion located at the distal end of the main connector body. The free-end portion is not supported by a ferrule. The optical fiber is anchored relative to the fiber fixation component before the fiber fixation component is mounted within the main connector body.
US11086081B2
The present disclosure relates to conductive cooling of a small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver. For example, an SFP transceiver assembly may include a cooling block and a thermally conductive pad having a thermally conductive material. The SFP transceiver assembly may include a spring finger that contacts the thermally conductive pad while the SFP transceiver is inserted into the SFP transceiver assembly to allow heat to be conducted from the SFP transceiver to the cooling block via the thermally conductive pad to conductively cool the SFP transceiver.
US11086080B2
An optical fiber inspection system may include an alignment guide having a sleeve portion and a mechanical key structure. The sleeve portion may comprise a first opening arranged to be proximal to one or more optical components in an inspection device and a second opening arranged to be distal to the one or more optical components when the alignment guide is removably engaged with the inspection device. The mechanical key structure may be located adjacent to the second opening and have a shape to engage a geometry of one or more recesses in a bulkhead. Accordingly, the alignment guide may stabilize the inspection device at a particular angle relative to an end face of an object in a field of view of the one or more optical components when a shaft of the inspection device is inserted into the bulkhead.
US11086078B2
Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) has enabled telecommunication service providers to provide multiple independent multi-gigabit channels on one optical fiber. To meet demands for improved performance, increased integration, reduced footprint, reduced power consumption, increased flexibility, re-configurability, and lower cost monolithic optical circuit technologies and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have become increasingly important. However, further integration via microoptoelectromechanical systems (MOEMS) of monolithically integrated optical waveguides upon a MEMS provide further integration opportunities and functionality options. Such MOEMS may include MOEMS mirrors and optical waveguides capable of deflection under electronic control. In contrast to MEMS devices where the MEMS is simply used to switch between two positions the state of MOEMS becomes important in all transition positions. Improvements to the design and implementation of such MOEMS mirrors, deformable MOEMS waveguides, and optical waveguide technologies supporting MOEMS devices are presented where monolithically integrated optical waveguides are directly supported, moved and/or deformed by a MEMS.
US11086077B1
The present disclosure generally relates to devices, which may be used in communication or optoelectronic modules for example, suitable for arrayed positioning of a plurality of fiber optical components. In one form, an optoelectronic module includes a printed circuit board (“PCB”). The module also includes an optical component array device which includes an elongated support member and an array of fused fiber optical components positioned around and coupled with the elongated support member. A recursive fiber may extend between an output of a first fused fiber optical component and an input of a second fused fiber optical component, and an optical fiber routing member may be coupled to the PCB and include a plurality of guides extending away from the PCB and defining a pathway for routing optical fibers relative to the PCB.
US11086076B2
A method for protecting fusion spliced optical fibers includes immersing sections of fusion spliced first and second optical fibers in a pool of molten thermoplastic material, followed by removal and cooling of liquid-coated areas, to yield a solid thermoplastic overcoating that extends over a splice joint as well as previously stripped sections and pre-coated sections of the first and second optical fibers. Optionally, a strength member may be adhered to the solid thermoplastic overcoating to provide a reinforced fusion spliced section. A strength member may include a metal rod or a secondary, thick thermoplastic coating. A fiber optic cable assembly includes a solid thermoplastic overcoating that extends over the splice joint as well as previously stripped sections and pre-coated sections of the fibers. Such coating may be formed rapidly with minimal capital expense, may dispense with the need for integrated strength members, and may provide reduced size and enhanced flexibility as compared to heat shrink protection sleeves.
US11086071B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a light guide plate having a through hole, an optical module disposed in the through hole, a liquid crystal panel disposed on the light guide plate, a guide panel disposed adjacent to the light guide plate, the guide panel supporting the liquid crystal panel, and a reflection enhancement structure provided on at least a surface of the light guide plate or a surface of the guide panel that faces the surface of the light guide plate, wherein reflection enhancement structure may include a plurality of reflective prisms disposed adjacent to a peripheral portion of the through hole of the light guide plate.
US11086069B2
An electronic device may have electrical components mounted in an interior region of the electronic device. A housing may surround the interior region and may separate the interior region from an exterior region that surrounds the electronic device. Arrays of recesses may be formed on opposing inner and outer sides of the housing. The arrays may be laterally offset from each other along the housing. The recesses on the inner and outer sides of the housing may meet at passageways within the housing. During operation of the electronic device, air may flow through the inner recesses, the passageways, and the outer recesses to cool electrical components within the interior region. Lighting may be provided for the housing. Light-emitting devices such as light-emitting diodes may be received within cavities in the housing. Light guiding structures, diffusers, reflectors, and other structures may be used to help adjust illumination from the light-emitting devices.
US11086068B2
A light fixture for waveguided ambient light is described herein. In one embodiment, the light fixture includes an LED light source for emitting light rays, a waveguide optically coupled to the LED light source to receive and guide the emitted light rays from a proximal end of the waveguide to a distal end of the waveguide, a first indirect lighting surface configured to receive a first portion of the emitted light rays and reflect the first portion at a first distribution to produce a first ambient light source, and a second indirect lighting surface configured to receive a second portion of the emitted light rays and reflect the second portion at a second distribution to produce a second ambient light source.
US11086065B2
The invention relates to a diffractive optical grating and applications thereof. The grating comprises a first zone and a second zone each having a two-dimensionally periodic grating structure having a first period (dx) in a first direction, the first period being chosen to allow for diffraction of selected wavelengths of visible light along the first direction, and a second period (dy) in a second direction different from the first direction, the second period (dy) being short enough to prevent diffraction of said selected wavelengths along the second direction. According to the invention, the grating structures in the first zone and in the second zone have different modulation characteristics in said second direction for producing different diffraction efficiencies for the first and second zones. The invention provides a new design parameter, sub-wavelength modulation, for assisting in local adjustment of diffraction efficiency of gratings in particular in display applications.
US11086058B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide transmitters for light detection and ranging (LiDAR). The transmitter includes a plurality of laser sources and a light modulator. Each of the laser sources includes interleaved emitting regions and gaps and is configured to provide a native laser beam in a respective incident direction. The light modulator is configured to receive the native laser beams from the plurality of laser sources in different incident directions and combine the native laser beams into a combined laser beam in a diffraction direction.
US11086039B2
Systems and methods of deploying seismic data acquisition units from a marine vessel are disclosed. The system can include a mechanical attachment device comprising a cavity formed by interlocking a first member and a second member. Protrusions located on the first member and second member can increase the coefficient of friction between a rope and the mechanical attachment device responsive to an increase in tension on the rope. A lanyard can couple a seismic data acquisition unit to the mechanical attachment device.
US11086033B2
Disclosed is a method of determining an X-ray image for a liquid crystal X-ray detector. The method includes a first step of measuring a reference transmittance of a pixel while varying a bias voltage in a state in which an X-ray sensing liquid crystal panel is not irradiated with an X-ray, a second step of separating electrons and holes in the X-ray sensing liquid crystal panel by applying a separation voltage and irradiating the X-ray sensing liquid crystal panel with an X-ray, a third step of measuring a detection transmittance of a pixel by applying a measurement voltage to the X-ray sensing liquid crystal panel, a fourth step of deriving a bias voltage of a reference transmittance of the pixel corresponding to the detection transmittance, and a fifth step of determining an X-ray image of the pixel by subtracting the measurement voltage from the bias voltage derived in the fourth step.
US11086021B1
A duplicate peak detector acquires and tracks a first correlation peak for a data sequence associated with a navigation satellite in a satellite navigation signal. During tracking of the first correlation peak, a second correlation peak is acquired and tracked for the same data sequence. Respective values of at least one tracking variable of the two correlation peaks are analyzed, and based on the analysis it is determined whether the first and second correlation peaks are associated with the same navigation signal or different navigation signals. If the first correlation peak and the second correlation peak are associated with the same navigation signal, tracking of one of the correlation peaks is discontinued.
US11086014B2
A ranging device provided with a light projecting unit for projecting a reference pulse set row including a main pulse and at least one sub pulse, a light receiving unit for receiving a reflected pulse set row obtained by reflection of the reference pulse set row by an object to be measured, and an identifying unit for identifying the reflected pulse set row corresponding to the reference pulse set row. The ranging device is further provided with a calculating unit for calculating a distance to the object to be measured on the basis of a delay time difference between the reference pulse set row and the reflected pulse set row corresponding to the reference pulse set row. The light projecting unit projects a plurality of reference pulse set rows having different pulse intervals.
US11086007B2
A target detection device including a radar device and a monocular camera, including: a first detecting section detecting a position of a radar detection target; a second detecting section detecting a position of an image detection target which is a specific target; and a determination section that when the radar detection target and the image detection target are provisionally determined to be an identical target, and the image detection target is determined to be a predetermined type of target, determines that the radar detection target and the image detection target are not an identical target, and when the radar detection target and the image detection target are provisionally determined to be an identical target, and a predetermined target determination section determines that the image detection target is not the predetermined type of target, determines that the radar detection target and the image detection target are an identical target.
US11085996B2
A beam scanning apparatus includes a light source configured to emit light, and a reflective phased array device configured to reflect the light emitted from the light source and incident on the reflective phased array device, and electrically adjust a reflection angle of the reflected light reflected by the reflective phased array device, wherein the light source and the reflective phased array device are disposed such the light is incident on the reflective phased array device at an incidence angle with respect to a normal of a reflective surface of the reflective phased array device.
US11085988B2
A method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) includes steps of acquiring by an MRI scanner undersampled magnetic-field-gradient-encoded k-space data; performing a self-calibration of a magnetic-field-gradient-encoding point-spread function using a first neural network to estimate systematic waveform errors from the k-space data, and computing the magnetic-field-gradient-encoding point-spread function from the systematic waveform errors; reconstructing an image using a second neural network from the magnetic-field-gradient-encoding point-spread function and the k-space data.
US11085979B1
Systems and methods for generating an image of a subject using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device may be provided. The method may include obtaining a radial sampling scheme including a plurality of radial lines that each pass through a center of k-space. The method may include selecting the plurality of radial lines of the radial sampling scheme. Each of the plurality of radial lines may be selected in a random and unrepeatable manner. The method may include acquiring k-space data along the selected radial lines. The method may include reconstructing at least one image of the subject based on the acquired k-space data.
US11085977B2
An improved system for measuring current within a power semiconductor module is disclosed, where the system is integrated within the power module. The system includes a point field detector sensing a magnetic field resulting from current flowing in one phase of the module. A lead frame conductor may be provided to shape the magnetic field and minimize the influence of cross-coupled magnetic fields from currents conducted in other power semiconductor devices within one phase of the module. Optionally, a second point field detector may be provided at a second location within the module to sense a magnetic field resulting from the current flowing in the same phase of the module. Each phase of the power module includes at least one point field detector. A decoupling circuit is provided to decouple multiple currents flowing within the same phase or to decouple currents flowing within different phases of the power module.
US11085972B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on a computer-readable storage medium, for obtaining, from an electric field sensor, measurements of a net electric field resulting from a combination of respective electric fields from two or more electrical power conductors that are proximate to the electric field sensor. The apparatus detects a change in successive measurements of the net electric field. The apparatus determines, based on the change, that an electrical fault has occurred in one of the two or more electric power conductors. The apparatus sends to a server system, data indicating that the electrical fault has occurred in one of the two or more electric power conductors.
US11085969B2
An electrical energy storage system includes a battery container, one or more temperature sensors, and a controller. The battery container includes one or more batteries configured to store and discharge electrical energy. The temperature sensors are configured to measure one or more temperatures associated with the battery container. The controller is configured to estimate a rate of heat generation by the one or more batteries based on the measured temperatures, monitor an electric current provided to the one or more batteries, and estimate a resistance of the one or more batteries based on the estimated rate of heat generation and the electric current.
US11085968B2
A method for estimating lifespan of a battery in accordance with the present invention, comprising steps of: fully discharging the battery; partially charging the fully discharged battery under a predetermined charging condition; acquiring pieces of voltage information at multiple specific points of measurement time while partially charging the battery; and calculating remaining capacity of the battery by using the acquired pieces of voltage information. An apparatus for estimating lifespan of a battery in accordance with the present invention, comprising: a reference data-storing unit for storing reference data that become a basis of estimating the lifespan of the battery; a charge/discharge-controlling unit for fully discharging the battery to estimate the lifespan of and partially charging the battery under a predetermined charging condition; a voltage information-acquiring unit for acquiring pieces of voltage information of the battery at multiple specific points of measurement time while partially discharging the battery; and a remaining capacity-calculating unit for calculating remaining capacity of the battery by using the acquired voltage information and the reference data.
US11085967B2
A battery control device incorporated in a battery system including a battery pack with a plurality of unit cells connected in series and a temperature sensor attached to a predetermined unit cell of the plurality of unit cells. In the battery control device, an integrated amount calculator calculates an integrated amount of current flow since start of current conduction through the battery pack. A temperature acquirer acquires a temperature of the predetermined unit cell detected by the temperature sensor as a temperature of each of the plurality of unit cells on a condition that the integrated amount of current flow calculated by the integrated amount calculator is smaller than a predetermined value.
US11085960B2
An insulation detection method includes: a first and second equivalent resistances are calculated; the less one of the first and second equivalent resistances is taken as a first insulation resistance, which is an insulation resistance of the high voltage circuit on the side where the battery pack locates relative to the reference potential terminal; when the first insulation resistance is normal, the switch unit is closed, and a second insulation resistance is calculated according to the first and second equivalent resistances, voltages of a first and second sampling point when the switch unit is closed; the second insulation resistance is an insulation resistance of the high voltage circuit on the side where the load locates relative to the reference potential terminal; the insulation state of the high voltage circuit on the side where the load locates is determined according to the second insulation resistance.
US11085959B2
A system for testing wireless communication equipment which includes a beamforming antenna, the system comprising: a probe for coupling an antenna element of the beamforming antenna of the wireless communication equipment to be tested to a test and measurement unit; and a lid configured to cover the beamforming antenna, wherein the lid is provided with a port for receiving the probe, such that the probe couples to the antenna element.
US11085949B2
A probe card assembly for nondestructive integrated circuit testing is disclosed. The probe card assembly includes an outer gimbal bearing with a tapered bearing surface being mounted on a top surface of a printed circuit board. The probe card assembly further includes an inner gimbal bearing with a spherical bearing surface which contacts the tapered bearing surface of the outer gimbal bearing at a single point of contact about a circumference thereof. The probe card assembly further includes a spring plate mounted to the outer gimbal bearing, providing a downward force to a substrate.
US11085947B2
A physical quantity sensor includes: a substrate; a movable object disposed displaceably with respect to the substrate; an electrode provided at a position facing the movable object on the substrate; an anchor portion fixing the movable object to the substrate; and a beam that is a rotation shaft of the movable object and connects the anchor portion and the movable object to each other, in which the movable object includes a first mass portion provided at one side of the beam, and a second mass portion provided at the other side of the beam, a first spring provided between the first mass portion and the beam, and a second spring provided between the second mass portion and the beam.
US11085946B2
A physical quantity sensor includes a substrate, a fixed member fixed to the substrate, a movable member displaceable in a first direction with respect to the fixed member, a movable electrode assembly provided in the movable member, a fixed electrode assembly fixed to the substrate and opposing the movable electrode assembly in the first direction, and a restrictor configured to restrict a movable range of the movable member in the first direction. The movable member includes a first outer edge disposed on one side in the first direction and a second outer edge disposed on the other side. The restrictor includes at least one of a first restrictor facing the first outer edge across a gap and a second restrictor facing the second outer edge across another gap.
US11085945B2
An MEMS or NEMS accelerometer adapted to measure an acceleration along a sensing axis includes a substrate featuring a plane; a mass having a central zone and suspended relative to the substrate; a single lever arm comprising: a first end connected to the substrate by means of a first connection adapted to allow rotation of the lever arm about a rotation axis perpendicular to the sensing axis, and a second end connected to the mass by means of a second connection adapted to transmit movement in translation of the mass to the lever arm whilst allowing rotation of the lever arm about the rotation axis; the second end of the lever arm being disposed at the level of the central zone of the mass; at least one strain gauge comprising: a first end connected to the substrate, and a second end connected to the lever arm.
US11085943B2
Disclosed herein are high-throughput sample processing systems and waste management systems, and methods of using the same.
US11085938B2
Some embodiments of a blood coagulation testing system include an analyzer console device and a single-use components configured to releasably install into the console device. In some embodiments, the blood coagulation testing system can operate as an automated thromboelastometry system that is particularly useful, for example, at a point-of-care site. The systems can be configured with features such as individual actuation systems for each measurement module, and firmware for initial and ongoing calibration and error detection.
US11085935B2
The present disclosure provides methods to quantify tau phosphorylation at specific amino acid residues to predict time to onset of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease, stage Alzheimer's disease, guide treatment decisions, select subjects for clinical trials, and evaluate the clinical efficacy of certain therapeutic interventions.
US11085929B2
Certain embodiments of the invention provide TiO2 nanoshell particles, methods of fabricating TiO2 nanoshell particles, and methods of enriching peptides in a sample using TiO2 nanoshell particles.
US11085926B2
The invention provides a method of identifying a peptide interaction site on a target protein wherein the target protein modulates the phenotype of a mammalian cell, using mammalian encoded peptides (SEPs) such as short open reading frame (sORF) encoded peptides. The invention further provides a method for the identification of new therapeutic targets and protein interaction sites for use in drug discovery.
US11085914B2
A hematology analyzer is provided. In certain embodiments, the hematology analyzer comprises: a) a flow cell; b) a light source for directing light to the flow cell; c) a plurality of detectors for detecting a plurality of optical characteristics of a blood cell passing through the flow cell; and d) a data analysis workstation programmed to: i. enumerate test blood cells passing through the flow cell; and ii. flag a blood sample as containing lysis-resistant red blood cells or fragile white blood cells.
US11085911B2
Systems and methods for measuring dynamic hydraulic conductivity and permeability associated with a cell layer are disclosed. Some systems include a microfluidic device, one or more working-fluid reservoirs, and one or more fluid-resistance element. The microfluidic device includes a first microchannel, a second microchannel, and a barrier therebetween. The barrier includes a cell layer adhered thereto. The working fluids are delivered to the microfluidic device. The fluid-resistance elements are coupled to one or more of the fluid paths and provide fluidic resistance to cause a pressure drop across the fluid-resistance elements. Mass transfer occurs between the first microchannel and the second microchannel, which is indicative of the hydraulic conductivity and/or dynamic permeability associated with the cells.
US11085909B1
A method of improving agricultural treatment includes collecting a machine data set, analyzing the machine data set to identify a mineralogical feature, generating a clay characterization by analyzing the mineralogical feature, and generating an agricultural prescription. A system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to collect a machine data set, analyze the machine data set to identify a mineralogical feature, generate a clay characterization by analyzing the mineralogical feature, and generate an agricultural prescription. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions that when executed, cause a computer to collect a machine data set, analyze the machine data set to identify a mineralogical feature, generate a clay characterization by analyzing the mineralogical feature, and generate an agricultural prescription.
US11085903B2
The invention relates to a method and a device for quantitive determination of a number and size of particulate components contained in a medium flowing along a flow channel. Ultrasonic waves are coupled into the flowing medium, which are reflected at least partially by the particulate components and reflected ultrasonic wave portions which are detected in a ultrasonic time signals, on which the quantitive determination is based. Amplitude values associated with the individual ultrasonic time signals, are detected which are each greater than an amplitude threshold value established for each ultrasonic time signal: The detected amplitude values are assigned to values describing the size and the number of the particulate components.
US11085899B2
The invention provides a method and apparatus for assessing a condition of a fluid conduit from its interior. The method comprises providing a measurement apparatus comprising at least one wideband acoustic transducer within the fluid conduit and transmitting a wideband acoustic signal from the measurement apparatus to excite a broadside resonance in at least a portion of the fluid conduit. A wideband acoustic signal is received in the measurement apparatus due to a broadside resonant response of the fluid conduit to obtain a wideband acoustic data set; and the data set is analysed to assess the condition of the fluid conduit.
US11085891B2
The present invention provides a method for detecting synthetic indole and indazole cannabinoids in a sample known or suspected to contain a synthetic indole or indazole cannabinoid in the absence of chromatography. A deuterated solvent is added to the solid sample, creating a suspension. The synthetic cannabinoid is detected in the suspension by analysis of the sample NMR spectrum. When one-dimensional proton NMR is used, detection of a first peak between 8.00 and 8.50 ppm and a second peak between 4.00 and 4.40 ppm, indicates the presence of a synthetic indole or indazole cannabinoid. When two-dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy (COSY) NMR is used, detection of a first spot between 6.50 and 9.00 ppm and a second spot between 1.50 and 4.50 ppm indicates the presence of a synthetic indole or indazole cannabinoid.
US11085888B2
X-ray microscopy tomography scanning systems are not constrained by continuous scanning trajectories like in medical scanners. In fact, the source and detector can be held stationary during subsequent image capture producing a discrete sampling pattern. For such systems, a method of producing an optimized, even illumination of the object by choosing source/detector locations on a surface of an imaginary cylinder surrounding the object is disclosed. The locations, in one example, form a regular lattice with even coverage on the surface of that cylinder, rather than at locations along a continuous curve such as a helix. Using this method, the effective pitch may be increased beyond the theoretical limit imposed by helical scanning, allowing a greater range of y-axis coverage for the same number of projection angles, corresponding to an increase in throughput.
US11085885B2
A system for inspecting an interior surface of a girth weld region of a pipeline includes a robot that includes a scanner mounted on a carriage for scanning the interior surface of the girth weld region to generate surface profile data. A profile analyzer receives the surface profile data and outputs an indication of whether the interior surface of the girth weld region is suitable for being coated. In some embodiments, an imaging system captures images of the girth weld region as it is being scanned. In a method of coating the girth weld regions of a pipeline, the images of a girth weld region found to be unsuitable for being coated based on the scanning data are used to certify whether the girth weld region is suitable for being coated.
US11085882B1
Portable instruments for analyzing elemental composition of liquid and solid phase materials by laser induced ablation spectroscopy are disclosed. The optical path of a single pulsed laser beam in the instrument is directed to a position depending on the phase of the sample material. Liquid phase samples are aerosolized before streaming to an analysis zone where they are dissociated in a plasma plume. A wide range of physical and chemical characteristics of liquid materials can be analyzed by the instruments. A large number of sites within solid phase sample structures are analyzed using a movable x-y-z stage in the instrument and the results are displayed in a chemical map.
US11085878B2
A radiation detection system may include a radiation source, and a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) radiation detector. The SPR radiation detector may include a structure, a surface plasmon support material on portions of the structure and configured to receive radiation from the radiation source that initiates a surface plasmon at an interface between the structure and the surface plasmon support material, and a probing device coupled to the structure and configured to detect the surface plasmon.
US11085876B2
A device for optical detection of analytes in a sample includes at least two optoelectronic components. The optoelectronic components include at least one optical detector configured to receive a photon and at least one optical emitter configured to emit a photon. The at least one optical emitter includes at least three optical emitters disposed in a flat, non-linear arrangement, and the at least one optical detector includes at least three optical detectors disposed in a flat, non-linear arrangement. The at least three optical emitters and the at least three optical detectors include at least three different wavelength characteristics.
US11085872B2
A method of hair analysis based on microscope pictures of the hair in polarized light includes a hair conditioning phase performed in a container made of polyethylene or a polymer being in a position lower than polyethylene in the triboelectric series; this is followed by a hair testing phase in which polarized light microscope images of the hair, contacted with a turpentine oil, are taken and further processed using unmixing to obtain information on the amount of analytes present in the hair. Advantageously the present method shows high accuracy even in presence of accidental movements applied to the microscope/sample to be analyzed, such as possibly occurring during daily laboratory practice. Also advantageously, the high accuracy is maintained when different operators are involved in the procedure, being thus substantially unaffected by different ways of manipulating/preparing/photographing the hair sample.
US11085857B2
A tailhook with a telescopic lever, a fixed jaw, a sliding jaw, a pivot arm, and a cam arm. The lever has a second lever and a first lever end attached to a ring to which a pulling force can be applied, which allows the tailhook to test and exercise an arresting cable. The sliding jaw and the fixed jaw communicate such that the arresting cable can be accepted and clamped. The second lever end is attached to the fixed jaw, while the fixed jaw includes a thumb screw that provides tension adjustment for the fixed jaw. The pivot arm provides a clamping force, and the cam arm provides a mechanical linkage between the fixed jaw and the sliding jaw such that when force is applied to the pivot arm, the cam arm moves the sliding jaw to clamp together or unclamp the fixed jaw and the sliding jaw.
US11085855B2
A method for performing a laser microdissection for cutting a dissectate from a specimen using a laser includes the step of providing the specimen in a light path of an illumination system. The specimen is illuminated by the illumination system. A detector detects light emanating from the specimen. The light detected by the detector is analyzed. It is determined, based on the analysis of the light detected by the detector, whether a receptacle for collecting the dissectate is disposed in a predetermined collection position, at which the dissectate is to be collected in the receptacle after it is cut from the specimen. Laser cutting of the dissectate from the specimen is initiated based on it having been determined that the receptacle is in the predetermined collection position.
US11085851B2
The mechanical characteristic estimating method is a method for estimating a value of a mechanical characteristic parameter of a test piece W provided with a first shaft S1, and a second shaft S2 and a third shaft S3 which are connected to the first shaft S1. The mechanical characteristic estimating method includes: a first measuring step of measuring a resonant frequency ωL of the test piece in a state in which a gear ratio of the transmission TM1 and the differential gear TM2 is set to a first gear ratio gL; a second measuring step of measuring the resonant frequency ωH of the test piece in a state in which the gear ratio is set to a second gear ratio gH; and an estimating step of calculating the resonant frequencies ωL and ωH, the gear ratios gL and gH, and an estimated value of a spring stiffness.
US11085843B2
A relational expression calculator calculates a relational expression by performing approximation calculation for data strings each of which associates the value of a subject factor, which varies according to a user or an environment, with an input stress measurement value that is measured when a subject device is used. An input stress calculator calculates an input stress, which is input to the subject device, according to the relational expression and to index data on the subject factor. A failure rate calculator calculates a failure rate of the subject device according to the input stress and to a characteristic value distribution of the subject device.
US11085830B2
Bolometers and methods of forming the same are provided. A bolometer that includes a substrate, a support structure comprising at least one SiGe layer and at least one Si layer, an absorber comprising reduced graphene oxide, and a thermistor comprising partially reduced graphene oxide are described. Also described are methods for forming bolometers and the parts contained therein.
US11085818B1
A rapid sensing value estimation circuit and a method thereof are provided. The rapid sensing value estimation circuit includes a first sensing unit, an integration sensing circuit and a rapid estimation circuit. The rapid estimation circuit includes a clock generator, a second counter, a first digital comparator, and an arithmetic module. The clock generator generates a clock signal. The second counter counts the clock signal to generate a second count value. The first digital comparator determines whether the second count value exceeds a first predetermined count value when the first count value increases. The arithmetic module estimates the first count value at an end of an integration time according to a ratio of the second maximum count value to the second count value and the first count value when the second count value exceeding the first predetermined count value, to generate an estimated count value result.
US11085816B2
An ultrasonic wave sensor includes an oscillating plate including a plurality of oscillators, a wall portion provided on the oscillating plate and surrounding the oscillator, and a piezoelectric element provided on each of the plurality of oscillators. In the oscillating plate, a plurality of piezoelectric elements are electrically connected in plan view as viewed from a thickness direction, and a first area where an input and an output of a drive signal to the piezoelectric element are possible and a second area which is provided on an outer side of the first area and where the piezoelectric element is electrically insulated from the piezoelectric element disposed in the first area are included. In the second area, a distance between the adjacent oscillators is reduced as separated from the first area.
US11085814B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing noise and/or vibration monitoring. Specifically, the present invention relates to the provision of a distributable and/or configurable method and/or apparatus for noise and/or vibration monitoring. According to a first aspect, there is provided a method of monitoring ambient sound in an area for use with a device for recording ambient sound, comprising the steps of: receiving ambient sound data from the device; determining when a parameter related to the ambient sound data exceeds a predetermined threshold; and storing ambient sound data when the predetermined threshold is exceeded.
US11085813B2
A method is provided for testing noise of vehicles when driving over a test track. This method includes carrying out noise measurements in a vehicle driving over the test track by means of sensors arranged inside the vehicle, determining the positions of the vehicle driving on the test track and assigning the respective measurement to the position of the vehicle on the test track, evaluating the measurement results of the noise measurements, based on the respective test track position, during a comparison with known noise characteristics of comparison vehicles. The method enables an efficient objective noise test of vehicles when driving over a test track.
US11085809B1
A device comprises a crossmember. The crossmember is supported by one or more weight sensors, such that a total weight of the crossmember and any supported load may be measured. One or more strain gauges are affixed to the crossmember. An accessory may comprise a portion to support an inventory item, such as a hook, shelf, bin, basket, and so forth. The accessory also includes an engagement feature to mechanically engage a portion of the crossmember. Several accessories may be engaged to the crossmember. As the load on the accessory changes, such as due to a pick or place of items, a total weight change may be determined by summing the output from the weight sensors. Data from the strain gauges may be used to allocate the total weight change to a particular accessory, allowing for the determination of the weight change for that particular accessory.
US11085799B2
The present invention provides a position detection apparatus that is provided with a scale and a detector and includes a processing unit configured to perform processing for setting a number of light receiving elements that are consecutive in a direction of relative movement and whose outputs are to be added for the light receiving elements so that, in a first resolution mode, a phase of a component of a fourth spatial frequency lower than a spatial frequency corresponding to a frequency offset amount is detected and, in a second resolution mode for which a resolution is lower than the first resolution mode, a phase of a component of a spatial frequency of an interference image of a second grating pattern is detected.
US11085793B2
A an inertial measurement unit determines performance degradation of a linear axis and includes: an accelerometer that, when disposed on a motion member of the linear axis including the motion member and a base member: measures acceleration of the motion member; and provides a displacement of the motion member in response to movement of the motion member; and a rate gyroscope that: measures an angular rate of movement of the motion member; and provides a yield angle for the motion member in response to movement of the motion member, wherein the displacement and yield angle determine performance degradation of the linear axis based on an error in linear movement of the motion member along the base member.
US11085784B2
A computer-implemented method includes accessing a user database, accessing a transport database, and generating a global recommended travel plan. The user database includes travel preferences and a metric preference for each user. The travel preferences include an origin, and a destination. The transport database includes transport data. The global recommended travel plan includes, for each user, a recommended route from the user's origin to the user's destination, a recommended mode, and a recommended start time. Generating the global recommended travel plan includes simultaneously optimizing each user's metric preference based on the transport data and the travel preferences. The computer-implemented method further includes returning each user's recommended route, recommended mode, and recommended start time. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.
US11085782B2
A method of determining potential routes for a transportation refrigeration unit (TRU) powered by an electric energy storage device is provided. The method comprising: storing container parameters of a container to store perishable goods, TRU parameters of the TRU to control environment conditions within container, and perishable good requirements for transporting the perishable goods within the container; receiving route parameters, weather parameters, and perishable good parameters; determining one or more potential routes in response to the route parameters; determining a TRU predicted operation along each of the one or more potential routes in response to at least one of the route parameters, container parameters, TRU parameters, weather parameters, perishable good parameters, and perishable good requirements; and determining a predicted energy consumption from the energy storage device by the TRU along each of the one or more potential routes in response to the TRU predicted operation and energy storage device parameters.
US11085765B2
A frequency adjustment method of a vibration element includes adjusting a resonance frequency of the vibration element by irradiating the vibration element, which includes a vibrating arm having a first principal surface and a second principal surface that are in a front and back relationship with each other with an energy ray, to remove a part of the vibrating arm on the first principal surface, and in which an activation amount by the energy ray on the second principal surface of the vibrating arm is smaller than an activation amount by the energy ray on the first principal surface of the vibrating arm.
US11085755B2
A method for determining the thickness of a plurality of coating layers, the method comprising: performing a calibration analysis on calibration data to determine initial values and search limits of optical parameters of said plurality of coating layers, irradiating the said plurality of layers with a pulse of THz radiation, said pulse comprising a plurality of frequencies in the range from 0.01 THz to 10 THz; detecting the reflected radiation to produce a sample response said sample response being derived from the reflected radiation; producing a synthesised waveform using the optical parameters and predetermined initial thicknesses of said layers; and varying said thicknesses and varying said optical parameters within the said search limits to minimise the error measured between the sample response and the synthesised waveform; and outputting the thicknesses of the layers.
US11085744B1
The present invention is directed to a bendable projectile having a forebody unit, a rearbody unit and an articulating joint unit connecting the two units. The articulating joint unit is composed of a spherical shape body, a receiving socket and a sphere-gear assembly. The spherical shape body is fitted into the receiving socket whereby movement of the spherical shape body about the receiving socket is permitted without release of the spherical shape body from the socket. Movement of the spherical shape body inside the receiving socket is effectuated by the sphere gear assembly. The sphere-gear assembly engages the concentric grooves along the surface of the spherical shape body or the concave surface of the receiving socket. Such sphere-gear assembly is comprised of electric board, powersource, powertrain, guidance control system and gears having teeth and grooves that complement the plurality of concentric grooves on the spherical shape body.
US11085741B2
The present invention provides a subsonic ammunition including a polymeric casing body; a propellant insert positioned in the propellant chamber to reduce the internal volume of the propellant chamber; a propellant disposed and confined within the propellant chamber; a primer insert positioned at the body base and in communication with the propellant chamber; a primer and diffuser disposed in the primer insert in combustible communication with the propellant; and a projectile frictionally fitted in the mouth in combustible communication with the propellant.
US11085734B1
A sight enhancer for an open front sight of a firearm, the sight enhancer having a body wherein the body is selectively securable relative to an open front sight wherein the sight enhancer can be selectively installed and removed from the open front sight to allow for an elevation adjustment of the front sight, the body having a front and a rear wherein the rear faces the rear sight of the firearm, the body further including a sun shade that extends at least partially about a front sight post of the front sight, the sun shade having a top sun shade portion, a first side sun shade portion and a second side sun shade portion that is opposite of the first side shade portion, the sight enhancer further includes one or more securing arrangements for the selective secureability to the open front sight, and a method of using the same.
US11085712B2
To provide a heat-dissipating sheet having good close-contact properties with an adherend such as a heat-generating body and being easy to handle. A heat-dissipating sheet includes a heat-dissipating member including a graphite sheet, a first thermally conductive layer, and a second thermally conductive layer stacked in this order. The first thermally conductive layer contains a thermally conductive filler dispersed in a polymer matrix and has an outer shape larger than the graphite sheet when viewed in plan. The second thermally conductive layer contains a thermally conductive filler dispersed in a polymer matrix, is more flexible than the first thermally conductive layer, and has an outer shape identical to or smaller than the first thermally conductive layer when viewed in plan.
US11085708B2
A heat exchange apparatus, and method of forming the apparatus, are disclosed. The apparatus includes a thermally conductive substrate with a metal microlattice structure adhered to the thermally conductive substrate and in thermal communication with the thermally conductive substrate, the metal microlattice structure comprising a region containing an electroless metal. A method of making the apparatus includes forming a polymer lattice, applying the polymer lattice to a thermally conductive substrate, forming an electroless plated metal layer on the polymer lattice, forming an electroplated metal layer on the electroless metal layer, and forming a metal microlattice of the electroless metal layer and the electroplated metal layer.
US11085705B2
An energy storage and retrieval system is disclosed. The system includes a heat generating layer for generating thermal energy based on input electrical energy, a thermal energy storage layer located to receive thermal energy from the heat generating layer, the thermal energy storage section layer including a thermal energy storage material to store thermal energy. The system also includes a thermal energy retrieval layer thermally connectable to the thermal energy storage material and configurable to retrieve thermal energy from the thermal energy storage layer where the heat generating layer and the thermal energy retrieval layer are separated by the thermal energy storage layer.
US11085701B2
A double-row bent heat exchanger is provided. The heat exchanger includes: a first header and a second header; flat tubes each divided into a first straight segment connected to the first header, a second straight segment connected to the second header and a twisted segment connected between the first straight segment and the second straight segment, along a length direction of the flat tube; and fins disposed between adjacent first straight segments and between adjacent second straight segments. The flat tube is bent at the twisted segment around a first bending axis (L) to provide a first bending portion. The first header and the second header are bent around at least one second bending axis (K) to provide at least one second bending portion.
US11085696B2
The invention relates to a drying system (1) comprising a drying plant (2) and a heat pump assembly (3) comprising one or more heat pumps operating with a primary fluid and being connected to at least two heat sources and at least one heat sink by means of a number of heat exchangers in a fluid network, in which a secondary fluid circulates. The heat sources may comprise dew point dehumidification in at least one heat exchanger (41) of process gas entering the drying plant; and recovery in another heat exchanger (42) of latent and/or sensible heat from exhaust gas leaving the drying plant. The heat sink may comprise pre-heating in a heat exchanger (51) of process gas used within the plant. Further, a method of integrating a heat pump assembly into a drying system is devised. By the invention, it is possible to increase the capacity of the drying plant while reducing the specific energy demand.
US11085691B2
A standoff assembly for an appliance includes a trim breaker that defines a channel. A standoff feature is disposed on a bottom surface within the channel. The standoff feature includes a base with at least one horizontal flange and at least one vertical tapered projection extending therefrom. An adhesive is disposed within the channel that is defined by the trim breaker. An outer wrapper has an outer edge. The outer edge is disposed within the channel that is defined by the trim breaker.
US11085687B2
A packaging assembly for transporting and storing ice includes a tray having a base portion and a plurality of compartments formed on the base portion configured to receive at least one piece of ice, optionally manufactured by a multi-day freeze process followed by shaping and three-dimensional machine cutting. Each compartment includes an opening formed on the base portion of the packaging assembly, a bottom portion substantially parallel to the base portion, at least one sidewall having a first end and a second end, the at least one sidewall connecting the base portion to the bottom portion, and at least one volume strip formed in a respective at least one sidewall. The plurality of compartments are formed as at least one of a circular frustum, a square frustum, and a rectangle frustum.
US11085677B2
A refrigerant recovery system is equipped with an extraction pipe, a stabilizer holding container, a recovery pipe, a recovery container, and a recovery device. The extraction pipe is connectable to a refrigerant extraction port of an air conditioning apparatus. The stabilizer holding container is connected to the extraction pipe—and holds a stabilizer. The stabilizer holding container causes refrigerant guided by the extraction pipe to come into contact with the stabilizer. The recovery pipe guides the refrigerant discharged from the stabilizer holding container. The recovery container is connected to the recovery pipe and recovers the refrigerant guided by the recovery pipe. The recovery device causes the refrigerant to move from the refrigerant extraction port to the recovery container. The refrigerant includes a compound represented by a molecular formula having one or more carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds.
US11085676B2
A liquid slug protector device for air conditioning and heat pump systems includes a housing having an inlet port, an outlet port, and a cavity. The device further includes a piston disposed in the cavity. The piston has an inflow channel. The device also includes a backing structure disposed in the cavity. The backing structure has an outflow channel, where a first refrigerant flow path from the inlet port to the outlet port includes the inflow channel and the outflow channel. The device further includes a peripheral channel that is at least partially bound by the piston. A second refrigerant flow path from the inlet port to the outlet port includes the peripheral channel and the outflow channel. The second refrigerant flow path is closed when the piston abuts against the backing structure.
US11085667B2
A water heater that includes a cylindrical storage tank and at least one heating element, is modeled using a one-dimensional model that includes: a vertical stack of disks representing the water volume in the cylindrical storage tank, and a stack of annular segments surrounding the vertical stack of disks. Various temperature measurements are determined via resistance calculations of the at least one heating element. The stack of annular segments represents the cylindrical wall of the cylindrical storage tank. The one-dimensional model may be used by a condition-based maintenance system comprising an electronic data processing device configured to detect a failure mode present in the water heater based on an output of the water heating model component. Some illustrative failure modes include insulation disturbance, heating element failure, excessive sediment buildup, or a drip tube rupture.
US11085664B2
A light fixture can include a housing and a sensor coupled to the housing. The sensor of the light fixture can include a first port disposed in the occupiable volume of space, where the first port is configured to measure a first parameter in the occupiable volume of space. The sensor of the light fixture can also include a second port disposed in a plenum volume of space, where the second port is configured to measure the first parameter in the plenum volume of space. The sensor of the light fixture can further include a first transducer coupled to the first port and the second port, where the first transducer is configured to determine a first parameter differential between the first parameter measured by the first port and the first parameter measured by the second port.
US11085659B2
A Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) controller comprising a housing, a plurality of inputs, a plurality of outputs, a first controller configured to detect signal pulses the plurality of inputs and store information related to the detected signal pulses, and a second controller comprising an event driven controller configured to make event driven requests to the first controller the stored information.
US11085654B2
Disclosed herein is an outdoor unit for an air conditioner including a blowing apparatus for reducing suction loss of a propeller fan generated in corners of a housing and achieving high efficiency of blowing and low noise. The blowing apparatus includes a housing including a wall in which an outlet is formed, a propeller fan positioned in the inside of the housing, the propeller fan facing the outlet, and a diffuser positioned at a discharging side of the propeller fan, and forming the outlet, wherein the diffuser includes an inclined surface inclined with respect to a rotation axis of the propeller fan, and an inclination angle of the inclined surface to the rotation axis of the propeller fan changes according to a circumferential direction of the diffuser.
US11085652B2
A ceiling concealed indoor unit and an air-conditioning apparatus equipped therewith includes a body; and a body decorative panel installed below the body, in which the body decorative panel includes a pair of guide ribs disposed to be opposite to each other and adapted to accept passage of a rail of an auxiliary decorative panel coupled to the body decorative panel.
US11085646B2
A method for controlling pilot-fuel/pilot-air ratio provided to a burner of a combustion system for altering its operating point. First, a value of a first parameter e.g. temperature, is checked, and if the value equals or exceeds a predetermined maximum limit of the first parameter that places the operating point in a first undesired region of operation, then a pilot-fuel/pilot-air ratio is altered such that the value of first parameter is moved to below the first parameter's predetermined maximum limit. Similarly, a value of a second parameter e.g., pressure, is checked, and if the value equals or exceeds a predetermined maximum limit of the second parameter that places the operating point in a second undesired region of operation, then again the pilot-fuel/pilot-air ratio is altered such that the value of second parameter is moved to below the second parameter's predetermined maximum limit. A combustion system operates according to the method.
US11085645B2
An eductor for a gas burner includes a mixing body that defines a mixing chamber. The mixing body also has a fuel line coupling. The mixing chamber is configured for receiving a flow of forced air and a flow of fuel. The fuel line coupling is configured for supporting a fuel line through which the flow of fuel enters the mixing body. A fuel metering orifice is mounted to the mixing body. The fuel metering orifice is spaced from the fuel line coupling on the mixing body. The fuel metering orifice is configured for directing the flow of fuel into the mixing chamber of the mixing body. The fuel metering orifice is separable from the mixing body when the fuel line is coupled to the mixing body at the fuel line coupling.
US11085642B2
A combustor includes: a fuel nozzle extending along an axis; a tubular combustor basket configured to cover the fuel nozzle; and a tubular transition piece configured to define a cooling air passage through which air from outside is introduced between the tubular transition piece and an outer circumferential surface of a leading end portion of the tubular combustor basket. The tubular transition piece extends toward a leading end side of the tubular combustor basket.
US11085634B2
Systems and processes provide for a thermal process to transform sludge (and a variety of other natural waste materials) into electricity. Dewatered sludge and other materials containing a high amount of latent energy are dried into a powdered biofuel using a drying gas produced in the system. The drying gas is recirculated and is heated by the biofuel produced in the system, waste heat (from turbines or internal combustion engines), gas (including natural gas or digester gas) and/or oil. The biofuel is combusted in a boiler system that utilizes a burner operable to burn biofuel and produce heat utilized in a series of heat exchangers that heat the recirculating drying air and steam that powers the turbines for electricity production.
US11085632B2
A nozzle for a combustion chamber of an engine for providing a fuel-air mixture at a nozzle exit opening of the nozzle includes a nozzle main body including the nozzle exit opening and extends along a nozzle longitudinal axis. The nozzle main body has a first air guiding channel, a fuel guiding channel and a further, radially outwardly second air guiding channel. One end of the fuel guiding channel is positioned in front of the end of the second air guiding channel. A tapering channel portion with a shell surface inclined with respect to a nozzle longitudinal axis in the axial direction and connects to a radially outer shell surface of the fuel guiding channel is formed between the end of the fuel guiding channel and the end of the second air guiding channel at the nozzle.
US11085630B2
The lamp includes a body defining at least front, bottom, rear and end surfaces; a primary light source configured to project light through at least a portion of the front and bottom surface; a secondary light source configured to project light through at least a portion of the rear surface; a processor electrically connected to the primary and secondary light sources; a switch to control the processor; and ports provided on the end surfaces. A sub-lamp assembly and a socket component, each including port configured to connect to the ports on the lamp, might be combined with the lamp to form a luminaire.
US11085623B2
A junction box includes a bottom portion including a first end portion and a second end portion and a top portion configured to mate with the bottom portion. The top and bottom portions form a first opening to receive a first cable at the first end portion and form a second opening to receive a second cable at the second end portion. Interchangeable connection blocks are included for receiving wires of different gauges to make connections between the first cable and the second cable. A connection block receiving-feature is formed in the bottom portion to secure the connection blocks.
US11085622B1
A lighting apparatus includes a light source, a driver and a manual switch. The light source includes multiple LED modules. The driver includes a converter circuit and a control circuit. The converter circuit converts an external power source to a driving current supplied to the light source. The manual switch includes a socket and a plug for a user to insert the plug into the socket for selecting a working parameter. The manual switch is connected to the driver and the control circuit of the driver controls the light source according to the working parameter.
US11085619B2
A luminaire includes an electronics module and a light module attached to the electronics module. The electronics module includes an electronics housing and a cover attached to the electronics housing. At least one alignment extension extends from the electronics housing, and at least one wireway channel may extend through the at least one alignment extension. The light module includes a housing and a light engine with at least one light source and at least one wire. At least one alignment channel is formed in an underside of the housing of the light module, and the at least one alignment extension is positioned within the at least one alignment channel. The at least one wire extends through the at least one wireway channel.
US11085617B2
A foldable lamp holder comprises two side supports, and each of the side supports comprises a first support and a second support, which are symmetrically arranged with each other; ends of the first support and the second support on the same side are hinged; the first support and the second support are respectively provided with a plurality of lamp bar interfaces. The lamp can extended along with the side supports, an LED lamp tube moves outwards simultaneously along with the side supports, thereby extending the irradiation range of the lamp. The ballast can be hung in various ways. The ballast can be connected to the foldable lamp holder as an integrated lamp through the extension on a ballast shell. In addition, the lamp can be hung in various ways.
US11085615B2
A plaster frame is provided for recessed lighting luminaires, wherein the main hole size is not fixed, but adjustable, and in more than one shape opening, e.g. round, square, rectangular, and other opening shapes as required. The plaster frame has an adjustable hole, the concept here disclosed comprises a series of moving leaves and may also contain an actuating ring, the rotation of which cause the leaves to move inward or outward, changing the hole, or aperture. Although fasteners may be used to retain the various moving elements, these adjustable openings can also be utilized without the use of any fasteners.
US11085612B2
An illumination device (e.g., an electric candle, etc.) generally includes a housing, a light source, and a pendulum supporting the light source. The pendulum is pivotally coupled to the housing and is configured to move the light source relative to the housing. The illumination device also includes a control unit for providing power to the illumination device and for controlling operation of the light source, and at least one wire electrically connecting the light source to the control unit. The at least one wire has a diameter of about 0.5 millimeters or less to avoid impact of the wire to the pivotal movement of the pendulum.
US11085610B2
Described are various embodiments of a luminaire and output element coupling mechanism therefor. In one embodiment, a recessable luminaire comprises two or more luminaire modules, each one of which comprising a recessable housing having opposed side walls. The luminaire further comprises an output element securable along and between these side walls to at least partially define an output of the luminaire, and opposed inwardly biased output coupling structures extending at least partially along respective side walls and adapted to receive and resiliently secure corresponding edges of the output element therein.
US11085609B1
An illumination device including a light source array and a microlens array is provided. The light source array includes a plurality of light sources arranged in an array. The microlens array includes a plurality of microlenses arranged in an array. The illumination device satisfies the following conditional expressions so as to produce structured light: z=z0+dz and z0=(m/2)*(P2/λ), where z is a distance between the light source array and the microlens array along a central axis of the microlens array, P is a lens pitch of the microlens array, λ is a wavelength of the light sources, m is an integer and m′ is a non-integer number. The illumination device satisfies 1%≤dz/z0≤5% or −5%≤dz/z0≤−1%.
US11085602B2
A light emitting diode, LED, filament lamp (100), comprising at least one filament (120, 120a, 120b) extending over a length, L, along a longitudinal axis, A, wherein the LED filament comprises an array of a plurality of LEDs (140) extending along the longitudinal axis, and an encapsulant (145) at least partially enclosing the plurality of LEDs, wherein the encapsulant comprises a luminescent material (150), and wherein at least one of the thickness, TL, of the encapsulant along a transverse axis, B, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and the concentration, CL, of the luminescent material in the encapsulant, varies over at least a portion of the length, L, of the at least one filament along the longitudinal axis, whereby the color temperature, CTL, of the light emitted from the at least one LED filament varies over the length of the at least one LED filament at least along the portion thereof.
US11085601B2
A microwave-sensor application for a light or electric device has a built-in microwave-sensor which can penetrate a wall, glass, building, garage door, or cement to detect over a 360 degree angle and predetermined vertical range. The microwave sensor can be used to activate a microwave-sensor application device or light device having an LED and/or laser for illumination or to provide an anti-theft alarm or warning.
US11085600B2
A lighting assembly is provided that includes a light fixture in combination with a support grid such as a drop ceiling t-bar. The light fixture can be configured to use a t-bar as the main form of support. The light fixture can be push-fit onto a t-bar or use a clip to join two or more portions of the light fixture to an installed t-bar. Once attached to the T-bar, the light fixture itself can provides support for a ceiling tile. Various embodiments are provided which achieve a variety of light distributions useful in typical illumination applications. Both recessed and suspended fixture types are achieved in various embodiments which are particularly well suited for LED lighting.
US11085589B2
A pipe diagnostic system includes a sensor capsule, measurement circuitry and a controller. The sensor capsule is configured to be coupled to an exterior surface of a pipe and has at least one temperature sensitive element disposed therein. The measurement circuitry is coupled to the sensor capsule and is configured to measure an electrical characteristic of the at least one temperature sensitive element and provide an indication of the measurement. The controller is coupled to the measurement circuitry and is configured to obtain a transmitter reference measurement and employ a heat transfer calculation with the transmitter reference measurement and the indication to generate an estimated process fluid temperature. The controller is further configured to obtain an indication of process fluid temperature and provide a pipe diagnostic indication based on a comparison of the estimated process fluid temperature and the obtained indication of process fluid temperature.
US11085586B2
A pressure regulator for controlling the flow of gas from a high pressure source to a low pressure device and regulating a pressure to the low pressure device includes a body having a high pressure inlet and a regulated pressure outlet. The body has a series of passages and bores including first and second regulator valve assembly bores and first and second fill valve assembly bores. The first and second regulator valve assembly bores are disposed on opposing sides of one of the passages and the first and second fill valve assembly bores are disposed on opposing sides of one of the passages. A regulator valve assembly includes a seal, a regulator valve piston, a biasing member and an adjusting plug positioned in the first regulator valve assembly bore, and a seal, a seat, a ball, a spring and a plug positioned in the second regulator valve assembly. A fill valve assembly includes a seal, a jam nut, a spring, a valve shaft, and a shaft actuator positioned in the first fill valve assembly bore and a seal, a seat, a ball, a spring and a plug positioned in the second fill valve assembly bore.
US11085585B2
A fill station permits transferring a gas, such as a compressed gas from a second device to a first device. The fill station includes a body having an inlet, an inlet/outlet port and an outlet. The body has a passage extending between the inlet, the inlet/outlet port and the outlet. The passage includes a central passage portion. The body includes a bore therein in communication with the central passage portion. A valve assembly includes a seal, a seat, a ball and a biasing member mounted in the body at a first side of the central passage in communication with the inlet/outlet port and a seal, a seal support, and an actuator shaft positioned in the body on an opposite side of the central passage portion. Engagement of the actuator shaft with the ball moves the ball off of the seat to open flow communication from the inlet/outlet port to the outlet and disengagement of the actuator shaft from the ball moves the ball onto the seat to close flow communication from the inlet to the outlet. When the ball is on the seat to close flow communication from the inlet/outlet port to the outlet, flow is communicated from the inlet to the inlet/outlet port.
US11085583B2
A high pressure tank of a high pressure tank apparatus includes: a resin-made liner; a reinforced layer; a supplying/discharging hole to which a supplying/discharging flow path is connected via a connecting section; and a supplying/discharging-side lead-out hole that leads out a fluid interposing between the liner and the reinforced layer. A leaked fluid storage section is capable of storing a leaked fluid that has leaked from the connecting section. A supplying/discharging-side discharge flow path is provided independently from the leaked fluid storage section, and, when an opening/closing valve opens, discharges to the air a temporary release fluid that has been led out via the supplying/discharging-side lead-out hole. A control section, when it has judged, based on a detection result of a detecting unit, that there is a condition enabling the temporary release fluid to be discharged, opens the opening/closing valve.
US11085582B2
A power tool and methods are provided for detecting objects (e.g., flesh or other materials) in the operating path of a power tool's output component (e.g., saw blade or drill bit). An object detection sensor in the power tool generates an output signal indicative of a type of material detected in the operating path of the power tool. A power tool controller receives the object detection sensor output and determines when a material in the operating path of the power tool changes. The controller changes operation of a motor of the power tool (e.g., increasing or decreasing speed or stopping the motor) in response to the detected material change. The object detection sensor may include, for example, an RF sensor, a capacitive sensor, a camera, a conductivity probe, or an ultrasound probe.
US11085580B2
A stabilizing device for stabilizing a payload includes a handle assembly, a payload stabilization assembly, and a constant force assembly. The handle assembly includes one or more grips configured to permit a user to support the entirety of the stabilizing device using the one or more grips. The payload stabilization assembly is configured to support the payload and permit the payload to rotate about at least one axis of rotation. The constant force assembly is operably connected to the handle assembly and supports the payload stabilization assembly. The constant force assembly is configured to provide a force that equipoises a gravity force of the payload stabilization assembly with the payload in a vertical direction such that a net force of the payload stabilization assembly with the payload in the vertical direction is substantially zero.
US11085576B2
An auxiliary device for photo-taking and video-taking and a multifunctional support bracket. A spherical base, arranged on an upper part of the main body, includes a spherical concave shape with an upward-facing opening and provides a cooperation member for being fixedly connected to a spherical-bottomed ball head. A flat-bottomed platform, with one side face detachably fixed to the opening of the spherical base through the cooperation member, has the other side face provided with a connection member for being fixedly connected to a flat-bottomed ball head. A flat-bottomed ball head, fixedly connectable to the connection member of the flat-bottomed platform. A spherical-bottomed ball head, for being fixed in the spherical base after the flat-bottomed platform is removed, and detachably fixedly connected to the cooperation member of the spherical base. The multifunctional support bracket and the assembly thereof may be applied to both flat-bottomed ball head and spherical-bottomed ball head.
US11085569B2
A pipe support system is disclosed for protecting industrial piping from fatigue and failure caused by vibrational and thermal forces. The inventive slide bearing pipe support system can accommodate thermal expansion and/or contraction of the pipe under high magnitude thermal loads while resisting movement of the pipe under low magnitude vibratory loads. The frictional force required to resist vibratory movement but to permit thermal movement is dependent upon the torque load provided by bolts connecting upper, lower and central slide bearing plates. The torque on these bolts is specified to generate a specific frictional force between the contact layers of the slide bearing plates, which can resist vibration of the piping under a vibratory load but permit lateral/transverse movement of the pipe under a thermal load. The inventive support system is useful for a variety of vibrational and thermal loads, and with a variety of industrial pipe sizes.
US11085566B2
An apparatus comprising a sleeve that comprises a tubular portion, a receiving portion, and a coupling portion. The tubular portion has an outer diameter that is substantially equal to an inner diameter of a flexible hose such that the tubular portion is capable of being inserted within the flexible hose. The receiving portion extends outward from the tubular portion to thereby define a channel between the receiving portion and the tubular portion for receiving an end portion of a flexible hose. The coupling portion is for coupling the sleeve, and thereby, the flexible hose, to a component.
US11085564B2
Sealing assemblies are described herein useful for high temperature applications, as well as applications involving aggressive chemical reactants, byproducts and/or reaction environments. The assemblies include an outer ring having an interior surface having two inwardly extending projections defining a seal receiving area, an inner ring having an exterior surface having two outwardly extending projections defining a seal receiving area; and a center sealing ring configured to be positioned within the seal receiving areas of the outer ring and the inner ring. When the sealing assembly is installed in a high temperature application, the elastomeric center sealing ring is enclosed within the outer and the inner rings so as to protect the center sealing ring while allowing for thermal expansion of the center sealing ring. In further embodiments, bonded sealing ring bodies are disclosed as well.
US11085563B2
A duct manifold including a first duct, a second duct, and a coupling. The first duct includes a first duct body, a duct extension, and a first duct flange. The duct extension extends from the first duct body. The first duct flange is coupled to the duct extension, and the duct extension extends beyond the first duct flange such that a flange support is defined on an end of the duct extension. The second duct including a second duct body and a second duct flange coupled to the second duct body. The coupling is configured to couple the first duct to the second duct, wherein the second duct flange rests on the flange support when the coupling couples the first duct to the second duct.
US11085551B2
A valve includes a valve body forming a channel defining a fluid flow path extending from an inlet port to an outlet port of the valve body via a gallery disposed therebetween, an opening disposed in communication with the gallery, a valve assembly at least partially disposed through the opening and in the gallery, and a set pin having a central longitudinal axis. A valve disc of the valve assembly moves between a first position spaced from a valve seat of the valve body and a second position in contact with the valve seat. The set pin is coupled to and at least partly supported by the valve assembly to maintain the valve assembly in the first position. The fluid flow path allows a fluid to flow through the valve body in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction. The set pin is adapted to disengage a portion of the valve assembly when contacted by a fluid traversing the fluid flow path in the second direction, allowing the valve disc to move to the second position.
US11085550B2
An e-liquid cartridge or other form of parent reservoir designed to supply e-liquid to an electronic cigarette vaporiser, in which the cartridge includes an air pressure valve. The air pressure valve is designed so that as the fluid level inside the cartridge/reservoir falls, atmospheric pressure enables the air pressure valve to allow air to flow into the cartridge/reservoir and ensure equalisation of the air pressure. The valve is an air-porous e-liquid impermeable PTFE or PTFE-coated layer or membrane.
US11085545B2
A pilot-actuated spool valve comprises a generally cylindrical valve cage having a central axial cavity open at both ends and a plurality of generally radial openings connecting the central axial cavity to the external cylindrical surface of the cage; a valve sleeve sized to slide within the central axial cavity of the cage and having a first sealing surface at a first end and a second sealing surface at an opposing second end; a piston responsive to fluid pressure at a pilot inlet of the valve; a piston rod connected at a first end to the piston and having a threaded second end opposite the first end; and a cap nut in threaded engagement with the second end of the piston rod securing the valve sleeve to the piston rod. The cap nut is sized and configured to provide a clearance gap between the cap nut and the valve sleeve when the cap nut is fully tightened onto the threaded second end of the piston rod.
US11085543B2
A valve body has a substantially disk shape and is provided in a gas passage. A shaft supports the valve body so as to be rotatable in the gas passage. A groove portion is provided at an outer edge portion of the valve body on an outer side in a radial direction so as to extend in a circumferential direction of the valve body. A seal ring is formed in an annular shape, has a separated portion as a cut in a part in the circumferential direction, and is fitted in the groove portion of the valve body. At least one of one end surface in a circumferential direction and the other end surface in the circumferential direction of the seal ring is a inclined surface that is inclined so as to guide a foreign matter accumulated in a gap of the separated portion to an outside of the gap.
US11085538B2
A transmission of a vehicle having a transmission housing which accommodates shifting elements. The transmission has a hydraulic control unit which supplies the shifting elements with hydraulic oil, and which has a valve housing and a duct plate. The valve housing accommodates valves, and the duct plate unit is connected to the transmission housing and contains hydraulic ducts which communicate with hydraulic ducts of the transmission housing, to supply hydraulic oil to the shifting elements. The transmission has a transmission-side power-take-off via which mechanical power can be drawn from the transmission. The transmission has a transmission-internal, controllable clutch for the transmission-side power-take-off, by which the transmission-side power-take-off can be coupled to a transmission shaft to enable mechanical power to be drawn from the transmission shaft, and the transmission-internal, controllable clutch for the transmission-side power-take-off can be supplied from the hydraulic control unit with hydraulic oil for actuation of the clutch.
US11085534B2
A gear shifting apparatus for a multi-speed transmission includes: a shifting unit controlling gear shifting by a torque of an actuator; and a parking unit controlling a parking state by the torque of the actuator. In particular, the actuator includes a control motor transmitting a driving torque to a first driven gear of the shifting unit and a second driven gear of the parking unit through a drive gear externally gear-meshed with the driven gears, and the shifting unit includes: a fork slider slidably mounted on a fork rail, a shift fork integrally formed with the fork slider, a cam block connected to the first driven gear engaged with the drive gear and having a cam surface on an exterior circumference for shift-stages, a cam contact pin integrally formed with the fork slider and contacting the cam surface, and a return spring mounted around the fork rail.
US11085530B2
An active shift control method for a power-off downshift of the hybrid vehicle is provided. The method includes increasing the torque of an engagement clutch in a transmission while disengaging a disengagement clutch by reducing the torque of the disengagement clutch in the transmission, when the shift of a power-off downshift is requested. A motor speed is adjust for a transmission input shaft rotary speed to reach a predetermined target stage synchronization speed of a target stage after shifting, and the torque of the engagement clutch is maintained in a state where the disengagement clutch has been disengaged. The engagement of the engagement clutch is completed by increasing the torque of the engagement clutch when the transmission input shaft rotary speed has reached the target stage synchronization speed.
US11085528B2
A recreational vehicle is provided including a power source, such as an engine or an electric motor, and a transmission having a variable gear ratio. A sub-transmission coupled to an output of the transmission includes a plurality of selectable gear configurations including park gear and at least one of a forward gear, a neutral gear and a reverse gear. An electronic controller is operative to electronically control the gear configuration of the sub-transmission in response to a set of conditions.
US11085511B1
A positively-engaged infinitely-variable transmission (PE-IVT) system employs a gear assembly including a first helical gear and a second helical gear meshed with the first helical gear. The first helical gear is divided into a plurality of gear segments that can individually move axially along a spline shaft. The PE-IVT system further includes a swashplate configured to constrain the axial motion of the plurality of gear segments. In some embodiments, the system further includes one or more thread-aligners configured to axially align a gear segment with one or more additional gear segments. In some embodiments, the second helical gear is also divided into a plurality of gear segments.
US11085507B2
A control device may include an electric motor having a stator and a rotor with a driveshaft, an output shaft, a transmission having a worm drive with a worm and a worm wheel, and a drive axis of the drive shaft extending inclined to an output axis of the output shaft. The worm may be arranged non-rotatably and may mesh with the worm wheel, which may be rotatably arranged on the output shaft and non-rotatably connected to a first gear wheel, which may be rotatably arranged on the output shaft and may mesh with a second gear wheel, which may be rotatable about an intermediate axis extending parallel to the output axis and may be non-rotatably connected to a third gear wheel, which may be rotatable about the intermediate axis and may mesh with a fourth gear wheel, which may be non-rotatably arranged on the output shaft.
US11085503B2
A modern suspension damper, for example, a shock absorber or a suspension fork, including an inertia valve and a pressure-relief feature is disclosed. The pressure-relief feature includes a rotatable adjustment knob that allows the pressure-relief threshold to be externally adjusted by the rider “on-the-fly” and without the use of tools.
US11085501B2
A vibration isolating mount 17 accommodates an elastic member 20 in the interior of a housing 18 fixed to a vehicle body 16 and a bracket 22 one end of which is fixed to the driving source 11. The other end of the bracket 22 is engaged in a bracket connecting part 21 provided in the elastic member 20. A space β in the longitudinal direction between a rear wall 21d of the bracket connecting part 21 and a rear stopper surface 18e of the housing 18 is set to be smaller than a space α in the longitudinal direction between the front wall 21c of the bracket connecting part 21 and a front stopper surface 18d of the housing 18, so that the rearward displacement of the driving source 11 may be effectively suppressed.
US11085500B2
A brake system comprises: a caliper housing having a bore formed therein; a brake piston slidably positioned in the bore of the caliper housing; and a spindle/nut assembly associated with the brake piston. The spindle/nut assembly comprises: a spindle; a spindle nut operably engaged with the spindle; and a disc type spring comprising a curved plate radially surrounding the spindle. The disc type spring is disposed between the spindle nut and the spindle to provide a resilient force between the spindle nut and the spindle. The disc type spring prevents the hard stop of the brake piston to the spindle/nut assembly and provide a soft stop. The disc type spring decreases a shock to the brake system, increases the durability of the spindle/nut assembly, and decrease the cost of the brake system.
US11085497B1
The fluid coupling of the present disclosure transmits torque by a fluid in a variable speed transmission. The fluid coupling comprises a front cover and a back cover, and the front cover and the back cover forming a chamber. The fluid coupling includes a plurality of impeller vanes are located on the back cover and the back cover is configured to rotate in a first direction. The fluid coupling also includes a turbine having a plurality of turbine vanes located within the chamber. The ends of each of the plurality of impeller vanes are curved in the first direction to direct flow of the fluid into the plurality of turbine vanes at a sharper angle thereby increasing torque applied to the turbine.
US11085496B2
A clutch device includes a clutch housing including a cylindrical portion and a bottom, a multiple disc clutch, a receiving member and a pressing member that moves in an axial direction with respect to the clutch housing to press the multiple disc clutch from the bottom side toward the receiving member. The pressing member includes an annular portion disposed radially inward or outward of the bottom and a plurality of protruding portions protruding in a radial direction from the annular portion, the annular portion being provided integrally with the protruding portions. The bottom of the clutch housing has a plurality of cutouts that accommodate the protruding portions. The protruding portions move in the axial direction within the cutouts to press the multiple disc clutch.
US11085493B2
A seal case for a bearing seal includes (a) an inner case encircling a rotation axis of the bearing seal, (b) an outer case encircling the rotation axis and including a ring-shaped frame and a rubber gasket over-molded on the frame, and (c) a plastic wafer clamped between the inner case and the outer case, and secured at least by the rubber gasket. A method for manufacturing a bearing seal includes over-molding a rubber gasket onto a ring-shaped frame to form an outer case, placing a plastic wafer between the rubber gasket and an inner case, and securing the inner case to the outer case to form a seal case.
US11085492B2
A bearing ring for a taper roller bearing defining a guiding flange (36, 110) and a raceway (112), wherein the bearing ring comprises a retainer element (77, 120, 124) that is removably engageable with the raceway. Embodiments of the invention also relate to a roller bearing assembly comprising such a bearing ring, and wind turbine arrangements incorporating such a roller bearing assembly.
US11085491B1
A bearing sleeve element comprising a thin sheet of metal like bronze or brass with “dog bone” shaped pattern cut out through metal sheet in combination with a thin sheet of Teflon compressed and trapped inside “dog bone” shaped cavities of metal sheet in order to serve as a low friction bearing between two sliding surfaces.
US11085490B2
The invention relates to a sliding element, in particular for a stretching installation and/or a conveyor chain, comprising graphite or electrographite, wherein the sliding element has pores which have an open pore size of ≥7.5% by volume, and wherein the particle size of the graphite particles used as a starting material for the sliding elements is between 3 μm and 15 μm.
US11085489B2
This invention relates to a bearing monitoring method and system suitable for the monitoring of faults in rolling element bearings. The method and system utilize an acceleration sensor that is sensitive to both acceleration and housing strain and which has the effect of amplifying acceleration events that coincide with areas of the housing strain signal that correspond to bearing ball-pass events. The housing strain signal due to ball-pass events can be used to synchronise or otherwise modify the sampling of acceleration signals, or to determine bearing performance characteristics.
US11085481B2
The invention relates to an insert for connecting an electrical connector to a wall (9) and to a corresponding method. The insert comprises an electrically conductive bolt (1) having a head (3), which extends along a first longitudinal axis (I), and a shaft (4), which is provided with at least one connecting means (5), and a ring (2), which has a through-opening (7) and extends along a second longitudinal axis (II). The head (3) comprises an outer contour which, at least in regions, is produced by the rotation about the first longitudinal axis (I) of a first line (L1), which is curved with a first radius (R1) and spaced apart from the first longitudinal axis (1). The through-opening (7) comprises an inner contour which, at least in regions, is produced by the rotation about the second longitudinal axis (II) of a second line (L2), which is curved with a second radius (R2) and spaced apart from the second longitudinal axis (II).
US11085478B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems and methods for connecting a first support and a second support. The apparatuses, systems and methods may include a first bracket arranged on the first support and a second bracket arranged on the second support to connect the first support and the second support.
US11085465B2
Retention systems for retaining a gland is provided. A hydraulic actuator may comprise a cylinder closed at an end by a gland, wherein the gland comprises a gland body having a bearing flange disposed within an interior volume of the cylinder, a lock ring retainer disposed between the gland body and the cylinder and contacted with the bearing flange, and a lock ring coupled between the lock ring retainer and a lock ring channel of the cylinder.
US11085464B2
A hydraulic actuator is disclosed that comprises a first, fixed portion and a second portion movable relative to the first portion. The second portion comprises a hydraulic actuating device for actuating a component, and the actuator further comprises an intermediate member configured to interconnect the first portion with the second portion and permit movement of the second portion relative to the first portion. The intermediate member is configured to convey hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic actuating device of the second portion through a body of the intermediate member.
US11085461B2
A centrifugal compressor includes an impeller, a diffuser flow passage forming portion forming an annular diffuser flow passage on a downstream side of the impeller, a plurality of small chord-pitch ratio diffuser blades disposed in the diffuser flow passage at intervals in a circumferential direction of the impeller, and a flow passage dividing annulus extending to the diffuser flow passage along a radial direction of the impeller, and dividing the diffuser flow passage into a hub-side flow passage and a shroud-side flow passage.
US11085457B2
A fluid machine and method of operating the same comprises a pump portion, turbine portion and a center bearing therebetween. The method includes communicating lubricant to a thrust bearing cavity disposed between a turbine impeller and a thrust wear ring, communicating lubricant from the thrust bearing cavity to a center axial shaft passage of a shaft through an impeller passage of the turbine impeller, communicating lubricant through the axial shaft passage to a bearing clearance between a shaft and a center bearing through a first radial shaft passage and a second radial shaft passage and communicating lubricant through the bearing clearance to a pump impeller chamber and a turbine impeller chamber.
US11085456B2
A gas turbine engine and a composite apparatus is disclosed. The gas turbine engine includes a composite apparatus body formed from a composite material, the composite material including a three dimensional preform, the three dimensional preform including a plurality of warp fibers disposed in a warp direction in a first plane, a plurality of fill fibers disposed in a fill direction, wherein the fill direction is perpendicular to the warp direction in the first plane, a plurality of z-yarn fibers disposed in a z-yarn direction, wherein the z-yarn direction intersects the warp direction through the first plane, and a plurality of bias fibers disposed in a bias direction, wherein the bias direction is not aligned with the warp direction and the fill direction.
US11085433B2
A diaphragm pump has at least one pump chamber, the pump chamber being connected to an inlet chamber via an inlet valve and to an outlet chamber via an outlet valve. The inlet valve has an inlet opening which can be closed by an inlet valve body, and the outlet valve has an outlet opening which can be closed by an outlet valve body. The outlet opening surrounds the inlet opening, or the inlet opening surrounds the outlet opening.
US11085429B2
A compression device (1) includes compression portions, a suction line, connection lines, a discharge line, and display portions (d) configured to display pressure values, pressure gauges (PG1 to PG6) provided for at least one of the suction line, the connection lines, and the discharge line and a housing (40). The housing (40) includes a peripheral wall (42) and a door (44). The pressure gauges (PG1 to PG6) are situated at positions to face the door (44).
US11085425B2
Power generation systems based on thermal differences using slow-motion high-force energy conversion
An apparatus includes first and second tanks each configured to receive and store a refrigerant under pressure. The apparatus also includes a cylinder defining a space configured to receive the refrigerant from the first and second tanks. The apparatus further includes a piston passing into the cylinder and having a head, where the head divides the space within the cylinder into a first volume for the refrigerant from the first tank and a second volume for the refrigerant from the second tank. In addition, the apparatus includes a converter configured to translate linear movement of the piston into rotational motion and a generator configured to produce electrical power based on the rotational motion.
US11085424B2
Solar power collection systems characterized by using a collimated or otherwise concentrated beam of solar radiation to directly heat a porcelain or other high-heat capacity ceramic heating element by contact with an absorption surface on the element, which element in turn heats a thermal storage medium by conduction, methods of using the systems for collecting solar energy, and applications of the systems are disclosed.
US11085407B2
In at least some implementations, a fuel supply module includes a reservoir and a fuel pump carried by the reservoir. The reservoir may include a body and a lid that define an internal volume to contain a supply of fuel, and the reservoir may include an inlet through which fuel enters the internal volume and an outlet from which fuel is discharged from the fuel supply module. The fuel pump is carried by the reservoir and has a first inlet communicating with the internal volume to take fuel into the fuel pump from the internal volume and a second inlet spaced above the first inlet relative to the direction of the force of gravity to take fluid or vapors into the fuel pump from the internal volume. The fuel pump includes an outlet from which fluid is discharged for delivery to an engine through the reservoir outlet.
US11085406B2
A cooling control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of efficiently driving an electric water pump, thereby improving fuel economy as much as possible while properly performing cooling of supercharged intake air by an intercooler. The engine to which the present invention is applied includes a turbocharger for supercharging intake air and is configured such that electrical power is generated by a generator using the engine as a motive power source, during a decelerating fuel-cut operation in which fuel supply is stopped. The cooling control system of the present invention includes the intercooler of water-cooled type which cools the intake air supercharged by the turbocharger by using coolant circulating through an intake air cooling circuit and an electric pump for circulating the coolant through the intake air cooling circuit, and drives the electric pump during the decelerating fuel-cut operation.
US11085404B2
Engines, systems, devices, software, and methods of the present invention provide increased fuel efficiency and emission performance. The engine may include a magnesium alloy cast engine block cast as a mono-block with or without a ceramic inner core and including one or more cylinders designed to provide compression ratio of 10:1 to 14:1. Each cylinder may include one or more laser igniters, one or more supercritical fuel injectors configured to inject the fuel near or in a supercritical state, and carbon dioxide, which may be in the form of engine exhaust gas. The fuel may be diesel, gasoline, or other suitable hydrocarbons that may be cracked into smaller molecules prior to be injected into the cylinder.
US11085402B1
Methods and systems are provided for an engine having a pre-chamber ignition system. In one example, a method may include adjusting a valve coupled between a pre-chamber of an engine cylinder and a main chamber of the engine cylinder between a fully open position and a fully closed position based on whether pre-chamber ignition is desired or direct spark ignition is desired. In this way, the engine may be operated with direct spark ignition during conditions when pre-chamber combustion has reduced stability without including additional spark plugs and air injectors.
US11085401B2
A fuel air delivery circuit, system, and method for the intake of an internal combustion engine, that provides an enhanced pressure condition to a supplementary or auxiliary air fuel circuit or circuits in connection with a conventional fuel delivery passage or passages, such as, but not limited to, a main, needle, or other jet, injector port, manifold, plenum, or the like, to provide enhanced vaporization and mixture of the fuel and air, and delivery to an associated intake path, such as the bore of a carburetor, intake runner, or the like, to provide improved throttle response and acceleration, and additionally which supplementary circuit will automatically recharge with fuel when a triggering condition is present, such as under steady state and deceleration conditions.
US11085399B2
A gas turbine engine 10 is provided in which a fan having fan blades in which the camber distribution along the span allows the gas turbine engine to operate with improved efficiency when compared with conventional engines, whilst retaining an acceptable flutter margin.
US11085398B2
A exhaust nozzle assembly comprises a nozzle that extends about an axial centerline and includes an exhaust nozzle flange; an radially inner surface that comprises an axially forward inner surface; a noise attenuating structure; a through hole inlet formed in the axially forward inner surface; a through hole outlet formed in the axially rear inner surface. The nozzle assembly also includes a radially outer surface that is radially separated from the radially inner surface by a nozzle cavity, where engine core air enters the nozzle cavity from the through hole inlet and exits the nozzle cavity axially downstream of the hole inlet via the through hole outlet.
US11085395B2
A nacelle for a jet engine having a selectively operated reverse thruster which redirects air flow to a cascade during a reverse thrust operation, the nacelle including a fancowl panel configured as a stationary partial cover for a jet engine; and a translating cowl panel configured to move transversely during a reverse thrust operation so as to expose a cascade for emitting reverse thrust airflow. In exemplary embodiments, a moveable automatic translating panel, or a rotatable hinge panel, or an extension portion of the fancowl is used to preserve clearance with an aircraft wing in a nacelle clearance area.
US11085394B2
An engine is provided with: an engine body; and a top cover that covers the engine body, wherein at least a pair of engaging claws are provided to lateral walls, on both sides, of the top cover so as to extend downward, and a pair of engaging holes with which the engaging claws engage are provided to the engine body side. Each of the engaging claws is provided with a plate section that is provided so as to extend downward, and a bulging section that is provided to the leading end of the plate section and that bulges inward from the plate section, and the bulging section engages with the bottom surface of an inner wall section of the corresponding engaging hole.
US11085389B1
A method for operating a vehicle that may be automatically stopped and started is described. In one example, the method includes inhibiting automatic engine stopping in response to a temperature of an emissions device exceeding a threshold temperature. In addition, additional actions may be taken to reduce the temperature of the emissions device when automatic engine stopping is inhibited.
US11085385B2
Methods and systems are provided for operating a split exhaust engine system that provides blowthrough air and exhaust gas recirculation to an intake passage via a first exhaust manifold and exhaust gas to an exhaust passage via a second exhaust manifold. In one example, an air-fuel control method for the engine system may include flowing air from the intake manifold through a plurality of engine cylinders to a junction of the exhaust passage and a bypass passage in response to a condition, the junction positioned along the exhaust passage between first and second emission control devices. The method may further include flowing exhaust gas to the first emission control device while flowing the air to the junction.
US11085383B2
A control unit is provided for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine which generates exhaust gases when a fuel is burnt. The vehicle has a multiplicity of emission-relevant functions by which a quantity of emissions in the exhaust gases can be changed. The control unit is configured to determine a planning emission value for a planning time period, wherein the planning emission value indicates the quantity of emissions in the exhaust gases in the planning time period. The control unit is further configured to operate the multiplicity of emission-relevant functions within the planning time period as a function of the planning emission value.
US11085380B2
An engine control system includes: a delay estimating unit configured to estimate a auto-ignition delay based on first parameters including a composition of fuel gas; a auto-ignition predicting unit configured to predict a auto-ignition timing based on the auto-ignition delay; a completion predicting unit configured to predict a combustion completion timing of the fuel gas; and an operation control unit configured to control an engine based on a result of comparison between the auto-ignition timing and the combustion completion timing.
US11085379B2
A method for controlling a multi-cylinder combustion engine, wherein the combustion engine has a first operating state in which all cylinders are active, and a second operating state in which one of the multiple cylinders is active and one of the multiple cylinders is deactivated. The method comprises switching the combustion engine from the first to the second operating state, wherein, in the cylinder to be deactivated, an exhaust valve is deactivated after a combustion stroke and an intake valve is deactivated before an intake stroke following the combustion stroke in the closed state, and changing an ignition angle of the cylinder to be deactivated to an earlier ignition time and an optional change of the air/fuel mixture leads to a reduction in a temperature of an exhaust gas arising during the combustion stroke.
US11085374B2
An impingement insert for HGP component may include a hollow body having a longitudinal extent, an exterior surface and an interior surface. The hollow body may include a first side wall, a second side wall contiguous with the first side wall at a first end of each, the second side wall is flexibly movable relative to the first side wall. A spring element is contiguous with a second end of each of the first side wall and the second side wall, and extends along at least a portion of the longitudinal extent of the hollow body and into the hollow body between the first side wall and the second side wall. The spring element biases the side walls to an expanded position from a compressed position of the hollow body. Cooling passages pass between the exterior surface and the interior surface of the hollow body in both side walls.
US11085373B2
A gas turbine engine includes an engine unit and an inlet. The engine unit includes an engine core that includes a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine and a nacelle arranged circumferentially around at least a portion of the engine core. The inlet is removably coupled with the nacelle and configured to conduct fluid into the engine unit. The inlet includes a nose and an intake lip arranged circumferentially around the nose to define an intake passage that extends through the inlet.
US11085371B2
A gas turbine engine according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure includes, among other possible things, a fan including a plurality of fan blades rotatable about an axis, a plurality of inlet guide vanes mounted forward of the plurality of fan blades, the plurality of inlet guide vanes selectively rotatable about the axis independent of the plurality of fan blades; and a motor for controlling rotation of the plurality of inlet guide vanes about the axis.
US11085356B2
A thermal management device for use in a vehicular or other thermal management circuit utilizes a pump, one or more valves, and one or more pressure/temperature sensors to route coolant through different desired flow paths and maintain components within the thermal circuit at appropriate temperatures.
US11085353B2
An oil supply element for supplying oil into a cooling channel of a piston in an internal combustion engine, may include a channel having a lateral opening with an oil discharge element and may be configured to direct a partial oil flow via the oil discharge element and the lateral opening to at least one of an underside of a piston crown, a hub, and a piston interior.
US11085351B2
A system and method for determining an error in a vehicle catalytic converter prevent an incorrect determination and improve reliability of the determination. The method includes determining whether the error occurs in the catalytic converter in consideration of both fuel injection state and fuel injection cut-off state.
US11085331B2
A forced air convection apparatus and method for cooling turbomachines is provided. The forced air convection apparatus for cooling a turbomachine, the apparatus comprising: a duct assembly having one or more outlets which are removably joinable to one or more corresponding air intakes of the turbomachine, and further having one or more inlets which are removably joinable to one or more corresponding exhausts of the turbomachine to enable closed loop recirculatory airflow through the turbomachine and the duct assembly and back to the turbomachine; and an air handling system having a blower arranged to blow air from the one or more inlets of the duct assembly to the one or more outlets of the duct assembly, and further having a heat exchanger configured to cool the air flowing through the duct assembly.
US11085321B2
A system and method for providing bleed air compensation for a continuous power assurance analysis of a gas turbine engine includes estimating bleed air flow rate from the gas turbine engine, estimating a shift in power turbine inlet temperature based on the estimated bleed air flow rate, and applying the estimated shift in power turbine inlet temperature to the continuous power assurance analysis of the gas turbine engine.
US11085320B2
A method of manufacturing a variable vane mechanism includes arranging a vane and a spacer between a first support structure and a tool member of a tool. The method also includes abutting a first inner surface of the first support structure against a first side surface of the vane and a second side surface of the vane against an opposing surface of the tool member, leaving a control surface of the spacer projecting from the first support structure at a predetermined distance. The method further includes fixedly attaching the spacer to the first support structure with the control surface of the spacer projecting from the first support structure at the predetermined distance. The method further includes abutting a second support structure on the control surface of the spacer to define a gap between the first support structure and the second support structure with the vane disposed within the gap.
US11085319B2
A system for controlling gas turbine engine rotor blades tip clearance is described. A rotor is mounted to an engine shaft, supported by a thrust bearing, for rotation within a gas path shroud circumscribing blades of the rotor, the gas path shroud having a non-cylindrical shape in the vicinity of the rotor blades. A rotary actuator is associated with the thrust bearing and configured for axial translation of the thrust bearing, to thereby axially translate the engine shaft and the rotor blades relative to the gas path shroud. This translation is configured to vary the blade tip clearance of the rotor.
US11085318B1
Turbine shroud assembly with multi-piece support for ceramic matrix composite material seal segments
An assembly adapted for use in a gas turbine engine or other engine has a carrier component and a blade track segment. The assembly includes a mounting system for coupling the blade track segment to the carrier component. In an illustrative embodiment, the assembly is a turbine shroud segment for blocking gasses from passing over turbine blades included in the gas turbine engine.
US11085315B2
An apparatus and method of sealing for an engine component between two surfaces arranged in spaced relationship to define a gap. A groove located is located in one of the two surface for receiving a seal having a body with a multi-faceted cross-sectional shape defining multiple seal facets. At least one of the multiple seal facets contacts one or both of the two surfaces.
US11085313B2
Disclosed is a mid-turbine frame of a gas turbine engine, including: a vane extending along an axis; a first fitting; a second fitting spaced apart from the first fitting along the axis; a tube assembly located within the vane wherein a cavity is defined between the vane and the tube assembly, the tube assembly including: an outer tube coupled to the first fitting and extending therefrom to the second fitting; an inner tube located within the outer tube and extending from the first fitting to the second fitting; and an outer passage defined between the outer tube and the inner tube, and an inner passage defined within the inner tube, wherein the cavity, the outer passage and the inner passage are fluidly isolated from one another, and the cavity is configured to direct a cooling flow therethrough, and the outer tube is configured to direct a buffer flow therethrough.
US11085310B2
A gas turbine engine including a core having in serial flow order a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine—the compressor, combustor, and turbine together defining a core air flowpath. The gas turbine engine additionally includes a fan section mechanically coupled to the core, the fan section including a plurality of fan blades, and each of the plurality fan blades defining a pitch axis. An actuation device is operable with the plurality fan blades for rotating the plurality fan blades about their respective pitch axes, the actuation device including an actuator located outward of the core air flowpath to, e.g., simplify the gas turbine engine.
US11085306B2
An integrated airfoil and platform cooling system (30) for a turbine rotor blade (10) includes an inlet (38, 48) located at the root (24) for receiving a supply of a coolant (K), and at least one cooling leg (32a, 32c, 42a, 42c) fluidly connected to the inlet (38, 48) and configured for conducting the coolant (K) in a radially outboard direction. The cooling leg (32a, 32c, 42a, 42c) is defined at least partially by a span-wise extending internal cavity (26) within a blade airfoil (12). An entrance of the cooling leg (32a, 32c, 42a, 42c) comprises a flow passage (92, 102) that extends radially outboard and laterally into a blade platform (50), so as to direct a radially outboard flowing coolant (K) to impinge on an inner side (60) of a radially outer surface (52) of the blade platform (50), before leading the coolant (K) into the cooling leg (32a, 32c, 42a, 42c).
US11085302B2
Turbine blades for use in gas turbine engines are disclosed herein. Each blade includes an airfoil and a protective crown. The airfoil includes ceramic matrix composite materials. The protective crown includes ceramic-containing materials and is mounted to a radially-outer end portion of the airfoil.
US11085301B2
A roticulating thermodynamic apparatus (100) having a first fluid flow section (111) and a second fluid flow section (115). The first fluid flow section (111) is configured for the passage of fluid between a first port (114a) and second port (114b) via a first chamber (134a). The second fluid flow section (115) is configured for the passage of fluid between a third port (116a) and a fourth port (116b) via a second chamber (134, 234b). The second port (114b) is in fluid communication with the third port (116a) via a first heat exchanger (302a).
US11085298B1
An internal combustion engine includes one or more pairs of non-meshing, externally timed rotors disposed within a housing in an expander module and a compressor module. Each rotor includes a cylindrical, center main body including a first end, a second end opposite the first end, an elongate portion extending between the ends and a first peripheral surface portion and a second peripheral surface portion and a bore extending through a center of the main body from the first end to the to second end. The rotors each have a groove extending along outer peripheral edge portions of the rotor. A pair of tip seals is disposed in the grooves. A pair of apex seals is disposed on the first peripheral surface portion and the second peripheral surface portion and an axially floating end plate is disposed at an end of the housing.
US11085290B2
The subject technology relates to distributed sensing interrogation using single-mode fiber for multi-mode fiber interrogation. The subject technology includes deploying a distributed sensing tool into a wellbore, and logging the wellbore using the distributed sensing tool. The distributed sensing tool includes an optical amplifier and an optical filter coupled to a single-mode optical fiber and a multi-mode optical fiber. The optical amplifier is coupled to a single-mode circulator for amplifying a single-mode optical signal, and the optical filter is coupled to the optical amplifier for filtering the amplified single-mode optical signal. The single-mode circulator is coupleable to an interrogator for routing the single-mode optical signal to the multi-mode optical fiber and routing a reflective optical signal from the multi-mode optical fiber to the interrogator. A mode scrambler is coupleable to the multi-mode optical fiber for coupling the amplified single-mode optical signal into multiple modes of the multi-mode optical fiber.
US11085284B2
The disclosure relates to a system for drilling a vertical well in soil according to a substantially vertical theoretical drilling trajectory comprising a drilling device including a hollow core having a longitudinal axis, the hollow core being provided with a drilling tool; a rotating driving device exhibiting an active state in which the driving device is oriented with respect to the soil in an angular correction position, and a passive state in which the driving device does not modify the displacement trajectory of the drilling device; a device for measuring the deviation of the hollow core; a control device configured to make the driving device swivel when a deviation is measured, in order to bring it in its active state in an angular correction position determined such that, considered in the horizontal plane, the trajectory correcting direction associated with the angular correction position is opposite to the deviation direction.
US11085281B1
Systems and methods for exchanging fracturing components of a hydraulic fracturing unit and may include an exchangeable fracturing component section to facilitate quickly exchanging a fracturing component of a hydraulic fracturing unit. The fracturing component section may include a section frame including a base, and a fracturing component connected to the base. The fracturing component section also may include a component electrical assembly and a component fluid assembly connected to the section frame. The fracturing component section further may include a coupling plate connected to the section frame. The fracturing component section also may include one or more of a plurality of quick-connect electrical couplers or a plurality of quick-connect fluid couplers connected to a coupling plate. The quick-connect electrical and fluid couplers may be positioned to receive respective electrical and fluid connections of the component electrical and fluid assemblies and connect to other portions of the hydraulic fracturing unit.
US11085274B2
A system for optimising injection of a diluent to one, some or all of one or more wells comprising a downhole pump and holding means for the diluent, said holding means being connected to the or each well via one or more injection lines through which the diluent may be pumped by diluent injection means, characterised in that said system comprises measurement means for real time measurement of one or more production performance parameters, and measurement of the rate of injection of the diluent; and means for optimising the injection of the diluent to at least one of said one or more wells on the basis of: (i) means for making controlled variations of the diluent injection into the at least or each well; (ii) means for the processing of the real time measurements of the production performance parameters affected by these variations to determine any necessary adjustment of the injection of the diluent towards an optimal value; and (iii) if required, making the corresponding physical adjustment of the injection of the diluent in order to bring production performance closer to the optimal point, as well as a method for said optimisation.
US11085271B2
A well installation comprising downhole power delivery apparatus for delivering electrical power from a surface power source S to a downhole tool T. The well installation comprises downhole metallic structure (2) running down into a borehole. The apparatus comprises an electrical cable (3) for carrying electrical power from the surface power source S, a power transfer arrangement (4) and a power pick up arrangement (5). The cable 3 runs down into the borehole together with the metallic structure (2) to the power transfer arrangement (4) which is provided at a first downhole location for transferring electrical power carried by the electrical cable (3) onto the downhole metallic structure (2) for onward conduction. The power pick up arrangement (5) is provided at a second downhole location, spaced from the first, for picking up electrical power from the downhole metallic structure (2) for supply to the downhole tool T.
US11085266B2
A method for delivering a fracturing fluid at a well site includes transporting a manifold module using a platform to the well site by supporting the manifold module on a vehicle bed; using the platform to position the manifold module directly over a target location; extending a stand from the manifold module toward the ground; lifting the manifold module off the bed using the extended stand; moving the platform away from under the manifold module; and lowering the manifold module using the stand. These steps are repeated to form a manifold assembly that includes a plurality of serially aligned and interconnected manifold modules. A related system includes a manifold assembly and platform as described.
US11085263B2
A knife for performing a downhole cutting operation includes two spaced-apart blades positioned respectively at a trailing side and leading side of the knife. The blade at the trailing side defines a first cutting element of the knife and the blade at the leading side defines a second cutting element of the knife. The first cutting element extends to a radially outermost position of the knife such that the first cutting element initially cuts a downhole casing during the initial cutting operation of the knife. The second cutting element is not involved in the cutting of the casing during the initial cutting operation.
US11085261B2
A well logging assembly adapted to collect data from the well, comprises a downhole locomotive to move a downhole portion of the logging assembly into the well, a power conduit to supply power from the surface to the downhole portion and a data conduit to transmit data from the downhole portion to the surface. The power conduit comprises a single electrical conductor to send electrical current to the downhole portion from a power supply at the surface. The downhole portion comprises an electrical contact exposed to the well for transmission of the return path for the electrical current to the surface.
US11085253B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a tong assembly having position sensors for controlling door opening and closing sequence. The tong assembly includes a back section, an outer door section movably coupled to the back section, a first actuator configured to move the outer door section between an open position and a closed position, an inner door section movably coupled to the back section, a second actuator configured to move the inner door section between an open position and a closed position, a first sensor positioned to measure a position of the outer door section; and a second sensor positioned to measure a position of the inner door section.
US11085250B2
A safety device (20) for attaching to a pipe string (10) comprising a plurality of connected pipe sections (12). The device is configured, comprises a support structure (22) and a clamping arrangement (24) comprising a first engagement member (32) and a second engagement member (34), which clamping arrangement (24) comprises a disengaged state and an engaged state. The support structure comprises a recess (30) adapted to receive the envelope surface of the pipe section. The first engagement member and the second engagement member are arranged in different parts of the recess so that opposite sides of the pipe section are clamped between the first engagement member and the second engagement member when the clamping arrangement is in the engaged state.
US11085243B2
A cutter for a drill bit to drill a formation. The cutter has a cylindrical substrate, and a cutting table that is superhard material coupled to the substrate. The cutting table along a direction away from the cylindrical substrate increases in width.
US11085235B2
The invention to which this application relates is apparatus and a method for use with blinds and louvres, hereinafter referred to, in a non-limiting manner, as blinds and which includes roller blinds, roman blinds and Venetian blinds. The apparatus and method allows the free end of the blind to be selectively positioned and retained at a predetermined position intermediate the fully retracted and fully extended positions and to be retained at that position.
US11085230B2
A door system includes a panel to translate along a normal path between an open position and a closed position in front of a doorway in a wall. The door system further includes a first track to support the panel from an upper portion of the panel, and a second track to extend along the normal path proximate a lower portion of the panel. The door system also includes a spring to urge the panel toward the second track to maintain the panel in the normal path.
US11085224B2
A vehicle door actuator assembly includes a base plate having a first portion and a second portion, a first gear disposed proximate the first portion of the base plate, a second gear disposed proximate the second portion of the base plate, a third gear connected to the base plate, and a linkage engaging the first, second, and third gears. The base plate of the vehicle door actuator assembly is rotatable between a first position and a second position. As the base plate rotates between the first and second positions, the vehicle door actuator assembly maintains an outer surface of the vehicle door substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle at all points along a travel path of the vehicle door.
US11085221B2
A car door opening mechanism includes a connection structure that is selectively mounted to a car-door opening/closing side, a car-door bottom side, a car-body opening/closing side, or a car-body bottom side and a first coupling member correspondingly mounted to a car-body opening/closing side, a car-body bottom side, a car-door opening/closing side, or a car-door bottom side. When a car door is at a closed position relative to a car body, the first coupling member and the connection structure are coupled to each other and in opening the car door, the car door is constrained at a non-fully opened position due to the connection structure and the first coupling member being coupled to each other. When the first coupling member and the connection structure are detached from each other, the car door is allowed to open from the non-fully opened position to a fully opened position.
US11085218B2
A device is proposed for moving a furniture flap received on a furniture body of a piece of furniture having a spring-force unit, which assists the opening and/or the closing of the furniture flap by a predetermined force action of the spring-force unit via an adjusting arm engaging with the furniture flap in the mounted state. According to the invention, an electrically switchable adjusting unit is provided, which is coupled to the spring-force unit in such a way that a movement of the spring-force unit into a predetermined adjustment position of the spring-force unit on the piece of furniture occurs by a switching of the adjusting unit in the mounted state of the device so that a degree of force action of the spring-force unit on the furniture flap can be adjusted in dependence on the adjustment position of the spring-force unit.
US11085213B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to alerting a passenger about hazards when exiting a subject vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying an initial target and a subsequent target according to sensor data about a surrounding environment of the subject vehicle. The method includes, in response to determining that the initial target satisfies an alert threshold, activating an initial alert for a defined time to inform the passenger of a hazard associated with the initial target and the passenger exiting the subject vehicle into a path of the initial target. The method includes extending the defined time responsive to the subsequent target satisfying the alert threshold and a timing threshold that defines a cool-down period between activating separate alerts.
US11085202B1
In embodiments, the tarmac light fixture removal tool comprises a support base, a jack, a collar lifter, and a spacer. The tarmac light fixture removal tool may pull a collar of a light fixture. As a non-limiting example, the collar may be inset into a tarmac such that the top of the collar is flush with the tarmac or is below the level of the tarmac. The support base may rest upon the tarmac, straddling the collar. The collar lifter may removably couple to the collar. The spacer may push a plurality of hooks on the collar lifter outwards such that the plurality of hooks engage with a lip on the collar. The jack may push the collar lifter up relative to the support base when actuated, thus lifting the collar.
US11085201B2
A button-type central locking device is adapted for a folding tent and includes a top tray seat, a lower tray seat and a locking tube. The lower tray seat includes a lower tray seat body and a lower tray seat cover. A central hole for insertion of the locking tube is provided at corresponding central positions of the top tray seat, the lower tray seat body and the lower tray seat cover. A lock-up mechanism used in mutual cooperation is provided between a lower end of the locking tube and the lower tray seat body. When the button is pressed, the tent can be retracted and closed, and when the button is released, the tent can be unfolded and fixed.
US11085198B2
A shelter for an automobile has a pair of tracks positioned on opposing sides of the automobile and rest on a supporting surface such as the floor of a garage or car-port. A plurality of frames each having a u-shaped contour extend on opposing sides and over the automobile and are spaced apart from it. The terminal ends the frames are engaged with trucks which are in rolling engagement with the tracks. A canopy of a flexible material is attached over the frames and is movable between a folded state and an unfolded state when the trucks are moved within the tracks. The tracks have mutually orthogonal roller contact surfaces and the trucks have mutually orthogonal rollers positioned for rolling on the roller contact surfaces of said tracks. The canopy is able to be withdrawn from either of opposing sides and is further able to be drawn over the automobile to the supporting surface at both opposing sides.
US11085187B2
A roofing shingle includes a visible region for guiding an installer on proper placement of fasteners that secure the shingle to a surface. The visible region is formed by abrading material from the shingle.
US11085186B2
A prefabricated prestressed thermal-insulated exterior wall board and a light weight composite thermal-insulated exterior wall board include a thermal-insulated core board, a reinforcement mesh on both sides of the thermal-insulated core board, and a concrete layer cast on the reinforcement mesh, and the thermal-insulated core board includes a plurality of throughout-length thermal-insulated core board ribs, and the concrete layer includes a plurality of concrete ribs interlaced with and matching the thermal-insulated core board ribs, a shear-resistant connection members connected with the reinforcement mesh is inserted between the adjacent thermal-insulated core board ribs, and prestressed tendons are disposed in grooves formed between the adjacent thermal-insulated core board ribs and grooves formed between the adjacent concrete ribs in the prefabricated prestressed thermal-insulated exterior wall board.
US11085177B2
A sanitary unit (1, 116, 118) is provided which has a sleeve-shaped outlet mouthpiece (2), which (2) can be installed on a water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting and has a sleeve interior, into which is inserted a sanitary functional unit (5) with at least one functional element (5), which (5) has a component (6), which (6) can be adjusted between at least two functional positions, by an externally accessible handle, via a transmission element (9) which is guided in an axially displaceable manner in the functional element (5). The handle is configured in the form of an actuating element (7) which is retained in a displaceable manner on the outer circumference of a sub-region, forming part of the outlet mouthpiece (2), which projects beyond the water outlet of the outlet fitting, and the actuating element (7), which serves as a handle has a water-jet-permeable or water-jet-guiding outlet structure (8) held on it that connects the actuating element (7) to the transmission element (9).
US11085174B2
A drinking water supply system with a drinking water line system includes multiple drinking water removal points connected to the drinking water line system, at least one sensor, which is designed to determine measurement values, and a central controller, which is designed to receive and evaluate the measurement values determined by the at least one sensor. The central controller is designed to control the control elements depending on the received measurement values. The drinking water line system has a drinking water line section for supplying drinking water to multiple drinking water removal points. A volumetric flow rate sensor is provided in order to measure the volumetric flow rate of the water in the drinking water line section and/or a pressure sensor is provided in order to measure the water pressure in the drinking water line section. The controller is designed to carry out a measure.
US11085164B2
An apparatus for freezing ground comprises a freezing head extending along a longitudinal axis, and a first conduit for introducing a first cooling medium or a second cooling medium different therefrom into an interior of the freezing head. The first conduit opens into the interior a second conduit introduces the second cooling medium into the interior of the freezing head or draws the first and/or the second cooling medium off from the interior of the freezing head. The second conduit opens into the interior of the freezing head, the apparatus has at least three separate connections, namely a first connection, via which the first cooling medium can be introduced into the interior of the freezing head, a second connection, via which the second cooling medium can be introduced into the interior of the freezing head, and a third connection, via which the first or the second cooling means can be drawn off from the interior of the freezing head.
US11085155B2
A bollard system includes a post extension to extend upward from a floor, a first collar to encircle the post extension, a first connector to encircle the post extension adjacent to the first collar, and a first handrail to be connected to the first connector. The bollard system includes a second connector to encircle the post extension adjacent to the first connector, a second handrail to be connected to the second connector, and a second collar to encircle the post extension adjacent to the second connector. The first collar is invertible selectively to a first lock position and a first release position, the first connector having greater freedom to rotate relative to the first collar when the first collar is in the first release position than when the first collar is in the first lock position.
US11085142B2
A clothes treatment apparatus includes a first case, a second case, a width-direction bracket for coupling at least one of front walls or rear walls of the first case and the second case to each other in a width direction, a depth-direction bracket for coupling at least one of upper walls or lower walls of the first case and the second case to each other in a depth direction, and a height-direction bracket for coupling at least one of the front walls or the rear walls of the first case and the second case to each other in a height direction. At least two of the width-direction bracket, the depth-direction bracket, or the height-direction bracket are configured to fix at least two surfaces of the first case and the second case.
US11085139B2
A washing machine appliance includes a sump for collecting wash fluid, a water control valve for supplying wash fluid during a fill cycle, and an accelerometer for measuring tub accelerations. A controller is configured for opening the control valve to provide the flow of water into the wash tub, measuring an acceleration of the wash tub using the accelerometer, and determining that a low flow condition exists based at least in part on the acceleration of the wash tub.
US11085133B2
A dyeing and welding process may be configured to convert a substrate into a welded substrate having at least some color imparted thereto via a dye and/or coloring agent by applying a process solvent having a dye and/or coloring agent therein to the substrate, wherein the process solvent interrupts one or more intermolecular force between one or more component in the substrate. The substrate may be configured as a natural fiber, such as cellulose, hemicelluloses, and silk. The process solvent may include a binder, such as dissolved biopolymer (e.g., cellulose). After application of a process solvent comprised of a dye and/or coloring agent, the substrate may be exposed to a second application of a process solvent comprised of a binder, which second application may occur before or after a process temperature/pressure zone, process solvent recovery zone, and/or drying zone.
US11085131B1
The present disclosure provides shuttle vectors for editing exogenous polynucleotides in heterologous live cells, as well as automated methods, modules, and multi-module cell editing instruments and systems for performing the editing methods.
US11085130B2
A method for producing at least one type of nanostructures comprises the following steps: partially covering a surface of a single-crystal layer or multilayer structure with a discontinuous mask, forming discrete islets having at least one submicrometric lateral dimension and made of a material having an evaporation temperature above that of the layer or multilayer structure; and heating the layer or multilayer structure under vacuum to a so-called etching temperature, above the evaporation temperature of the layer or multilayer structure but below that of the mask, so as to cause evaporation of the layer or multilayer structure outside of the regions covered by the mask. Structures that may be produced by such a method are also provided.
US11085128B2
Methods for producing single crystal silicon ingots in which the dopant concentration in the silicon melt is controlled are disclosed. The control of the dopant concentration enhances ingot quality by the reduction or elimination of dislocations in the neck, crown, and main body portions of the single crystal silicon ingot.
US11085125B2
A multifunctional coating method involves cleaning a surface, applying a layer of corrosion-resistant alloy coating to the surface, and applying an oleo-hydrophobic composite coating over the corrosion-resistant alloy coating. An oil and gas pipe has an inner surface with a multifunctional coating applied using the multifunctional coating method, and has an inner oleo-hydrophobic composite coating, beneath the inner oleo-hydrophobic composite coating a corrosion-resistant alloy coating, and beneath the corrosion-resistant alloy coating untreated pipe or any other metallic substrate.
US11085123B2
An anode for generating ozone by electrolysis of water, a preparation method and use thereof, an ozone generating system, and a dental scaler are provided. The anode includes a titanium substrate and a composite oxide layer attached to a surface of the titanium substrate. The composite oxide layer is made of a metal oxide. Metal elements in the metal oxide comprise tin, ruthenium, manganese, titanium, and nickel, and a molar ratio of tin, ruthenium, manganese, titanium, and nickel is (200-500):(2.5-20):1:(1.5-7):(5-15).
US11085117B2
A method for etching fragments of aluminum or an aluminum alloy comprising the steps of: a. providing a hydrochloric acid solution in a trough-shaped container; b. inoculating the hydrochloric acid solution by chemically dissolving an amount of aluminum to produce an etching solution; c. adding the fragments to the etching solution immediately after the inoculation; d. etching the fragments for 0.5 to 10 minutes while stirring in such a way that the fragments are entrained by the motion of the etching solution; e. stopping the etching by diluting the etching solution with water; f. removing the etched fragments; g. repeatedly rinsing the fragments with water and h. rinsing the fragments with an organic desiccant. An etched fragment of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and also to a composite material comprising etched fragments.
US11085113B2
A film forming apparatus includes a rotary table having a loading area at a first surface side thereof and revolving a substrate loaded on the loading area, a rotation mechanism rotating the loading area such that the substrate rotates around its axis, a processing gas supply mechanism supplying a processing gas to a processing gas supply area so that a thin film is formed on the substrate which repeatedly passes through the processing gas supply area the revolution of the substrate, and a control part configured to perform a calculation of a rotation speed of the substrate based on a parameter including a rotation speed of the rotary table to allow an orientation of the substrate to be changed whenever the substrate is positioned in the processing gas supply area, and to output a control signal for rotating the substrate at a calculated rotation speed.
US11085110B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a mask includes preparing a first conductive layer. The first conductive layer includes a third portion having a mesh shape in a plurality of cell regions on a substrate, a second portion disposed between the cell regions, and a first portion surrounding the third portion and the second portion. The method further includes preparing a second conductive layer including at least one opening on the first conductive layer. The method also includes oxidizing a part of the first conductive layer exposed through the at least one opening of the second conductive layer. The method further includes preparing a plating layer on the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, and removing the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer from the plating layer.
US11085104B2
Provided are: a method for manufacturing a Ni-based heat-resistant superalloy wire having excellent bending workability; and a Ni-based heat-resistant superalloy wire. The method for manufacturing a Ni-based heat-resistant superalloy wire comprises a rod preparation step for preparing a Ni-based heat-resistant superalloy rod; and a rod processing step in which plastic working having a working rate of 40% or less is repeated several times toward the axis from the circumferential surface of the rod at a temperature of 500° C. or lower until the cumulative working rate reaches 60% or more to reduce the cross-sectional area of the rod. A Ni-based heat-resistant superalloy wire obtained by the manufacturing method has a plastic worked or recrystallized microstructure.
US11085100B2
A high strength steel sheet having a high Young's modulus, the steel sheet having a chemical composition including, by mass %, C: 0.060% or more and 0.150% or less, Si: 0.50% or more and 2.20% or less, Mn: 1.00% or more and 3.00% or less, and one or both of Ti: 0.001% or more and 0.200% or less and Nb: 0.001% or more and 0.200% or less, in which the contents of C, N, S, Ti, and Nb satisfy the equation 500≤C*≤1300. The steel sheet has a microstructure including ferrite in an amount of 20% or more and martensite in an amount of 5% or more, in terms of area ratio, such that the average grain size of the ferrite is 20.0 μm or less and the inverse intensity ratio of γ-fiber for α-fiber is 1.00 or more in the ferrite and the martensite.
US11085095B2
Provided is a high-strength seamless stainless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods which possesses a high strength, excellent low-temperature toughness and excellent corrosion resistance even when the steel pipe has a large wall thickness. The high-strength seamless stainless steel pipe has the composition which contains, by mass %, C: 0.05% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.1 to 0.5%, P: 0.05% or less, S: less than 0.005%, Cr: more than 15.0% to 19.0% or less, Mo: more than 2.0% to 3.0% or less, Cu: 0.3 to 3.5%, Ni: 3.0% or more and less than 5.0%, W: 0.1 to 3.0%, Nb: 0.07 to 0.5%, V: 0.01 to 0.5%, Al: 0.001 to 0.1%, N: 0.010 to 0.100%, O: 0.01% or less, and Fe and unavoidable impurities as a balance. Nb, Ta, C, N and Cu satisfy a specified formula. The steel pipe has a microstructure which is formed of 45% or more of a tempered martensite phase, 20 to 40% of a ferrite phase, and more than 10% and 25% or less of a residual austenite phase in terms of volume ratio.
US11085093B2
An ultra-high strength maraging stainless steel with nominal composition (in mass) of C≤0.03%, Cr: 13.0-14.0%, Ni: 5.5-7.0%, Co: 5.5-7.5%, Mo: 3.0-5.0%, Ti: 1.9-2.5%, Si: ≤0.1%, Mn: ≤0.1%, P: ≤0.01%, S: ≤0.01%, and Fe: balance. The developed ultra-high strength maraging stainless steel combines ultra-high strength (with σb≥2000 MPa, σ0.2≥1700 MPa, δ≥8% and ψ≥40%), high toughness (KIC≥83 MPa·m½) and superior salt-water corrosion resistance (with pitting potential Epit≥0.15 (vs SCE)). Therefore, this steel is suitable to make structural parts that are used in harsh corrosive environments like marine environment containing chloride ions, etc.
US11085088B2
The present disclosure provides for and relates to cancer treatment based on the identification of novel biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cancer or the biochemical reoccurrence of prostate cancer. The biomarkers of the invention show altered methylation levels of certain CpG loci relative to normal prostate tissue, as set forth.
US11085077B2
A target polynucleotide is expanded. In respect of each nucleotide in the target polynucleotide, the target polynucleotide comprises clock nucleotides and at least one signal nucleotide in a predetermined order. The clock nucleotides have a predetermined sequence common to each nucleotide in the target polynucleotide. The at least one signal nucleotide is characteristic of the identity of the respective nucleotide in the target polynucleotide. During translocation of the expanded polynucleotide through a nanopore, electrical measurements dependent on the polynucleotide within the pore are made, to derive an analysis signal. Clock signals derived from the clock nucleotides are identified. Relative to the positions of the identified clock signals, nucleotide signals derived from the least one signal nucleotide are derived to analyse the target polynucleotide. The predetermined sequence of the clock nucleotides comprises a restriction site for a restriction enzyme and at least one further nucleotide that extends the predetermined sequence.
US11085076B2
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compounds, compositions, and methods of use thereof in the sequencing of a nucleic acid.
US11085064B2
A system for automated microorganism identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing comprising a reagent cartridge, a reagent stage, a cassette, a cassette, stage, a pipettor assembly, an optical detection system, and a controller is disclosed. The system is designed to dynamically adjust motor idle torque to control heat load and employs a fast focus process for determining the true focus position of an individual microorganism. The system also may quantify the relative abundance of viable microorganisms in a sample using dynamic dilution, and facilitate growth of microorganisms in customized media for rapid, accurate antimicrobial susceptibility testing.
US11085060B2
Provided herein are biocatalysts and systems thereof for pterin-dependent enzymes and pathways and methods of making and using the same. Provided herein in some embodiments are biocatalysts having a pterin source and a pterin-dependent enzymatic pathway biologically coupled to the pterin source. Tetrahydrobiopterin (referred to herein as BH4 or BH 4) can be the pterin source. The BH4 can be synthesized by a tetrahydrobiopterin synthesis pathway. The tetrahydrobiopterin synthesis pathway can include a GTP cyclohydrase; a pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase; a sepiapterin reductase, and/or any combination thereof. The biocatalyst can further contain a pterin-dependent enzymatic pathway. The pterin-dependent enzymatic pathway can be amino acid mono-oxygenase, phenylalanine hydroxylase, tryptophan hydroxylase, tyrosine hydroxylase, nitric oxide synthase, alkylglycerol monooxygenase, and/or any combination thereof.
US11085056B2
Disclosed herein are transfection complexes comprising at least one cell surface ligand; at least one helper lipid component; and a transfection enhancer. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the disclosed transfection complexes, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Further, disclosed are methods of transfecting a cell, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a transfection complex as disclosed; and contacting a cell with the transfection complex.
US11085053B2
The invention provides a new expression system comprising a mammalian selectable marker that promotes desirable post-translational modifications of glycoproteins. In particular, the invention includes methods and compositions for optimal recombinant protein expression in mammalian cells by employing a selection marker system based on GPT genes of mammalian origin. The invention includes methods that facilitate selectivity and enhanced expression copies as well as protein yield of recombinant proteins in mammalian cells, and methods of using GPT expression systems.
US11085050B2
The invention provides specific transgenic cotton plants, plant material and seeds, characterized in that these products harbor a specific herbicide tolerance transformation event at a specific location in the cotton genome. Tools are also provided which allow rapid and unequivocal identification of the event in biological samples.
US11085045B2
The present invention provides functional aptamer-comprising tRNA molecules, useful in the study of tRNA and ribosomal activity.
US11085042B2
A method of producing a cDNA from a sample of nucleic acids includes the steps of: generating a dephosphorylated RNA from the sample; ligating the dephosphorylated RNA with a first adapter in the presence of a crowding agent to produce a ligated product; removing the excess first adapter by adding at least two enzymes; and performing reverse transcription in a lithium-containing buffer to produce the cDNA. A method of preparing a DNA library and a kit for such preparation are also disclosed.
US11085021B2
Provided herein are T-cell receptor (TCR) fusion proteins (TFPs), T-cells engineered to express one or more TFPs, and methods of use thereof for the treatment of diseases, including cancer.
