US11282887B2
A simultaneous dual-band image sensor having a plurality of pixels includes a substrate, a common ground on the substrate, wherein each pixel includes a Band 1 absorber layer on the common ground layer, a barrier layer on the Band 1 absorber layer, a Band 2 absorber layer on the barrier layer, a ring opening in the pixel formed by a removed portion of the Band 2 absorber layer, a removed portion of the barrier layer and a removed portion of the Band 1 absorber layer, wherein the ring opening does not extend through the Band 1 absorber layer, a first contact on a portion of the Band 2 absorber layer inside the ring, and a second contact on a portion of the Band 2 absorber layer outside the ring. The Band 1 absorber layer and the Band 2 absorber layer are n-type, or the Band 1 absorber layer and the Band 2 absorber layer are p-type.
US11282886B2
A pixel includes a semiconductor substrate, an upper surface thereof forming a trench having a trench depth relative to a planar region of the upper surface surrounding the trench, and in a plane perpendicular to the planar region; an upper width between the planar region and an upper depth that is less than the trench depth; and a lower width, between the upper depth and the trench depth, that is less than the upper width. A floating diffusion region adjacent to the trench extends away from the planar region to a junction depth exceeding the upper depth and is less than the trench depth. The photodiode region in the substrate includes a lower photodiode section beneath the trench and an upper photodiode section adjacent to the trench, beginning at a photodiode depth that is less than the trench depth, extending toward and adjoining the lower photodiode section.
US11282875B2
An image sensor may include a first shared pixel region and a first isolation layer on a substrate, the first isolation layer defining the first shared pixel region. The first shared pixel region may include photo-sensing devices in sub-pixel regions and a first floating diffusion region connected to the photo-sensing devices. The sub-pixel regions may include a first sub-pixel region and a second sub-pixel region that constitute a first pixel group region. The sub-pixel regions may include a third sub-pixel region and a fourth sub-pixel region that constitute a second pixel group region. The first shared pixel region may include first and second well regions doped with first conductivity type impurities. The second well region may be spaced apart from the first well region. The first pixel group region may share a first well region. The second pixel group region may share the second well region.
US11282874B2
The invention discloses a global shutter CMOS image sensor. Each pixel unit of the global shutter CMOS image sensor includes a photo diode, a storage region and a first reset region, wherein the photo diode includes a first photosensitive doped region; a gate structure of a first transfer transistor is formed between the storage region and the first photosensitive doped region; a gate structure of a global shutter transistor is formed between the first reset region and the first photosensitive doped region; and inhomogeneous potentials are formed in the first photosensitive doped region through a doping structure. According to the invention, photo-induced carriers in the PDs of the pixel units, especially photo-induced carriers in the PDs of large pixel units, can be simultaneously and completely transferred to the storage region and the first reset region, and the overall performance of the device is improved.
US11282871B2
An array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The manufacturing method of the array substrate includes forming a source-drain metal pattern on a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a display region and a peripheral region located around the display region, the source-drain metal pattern located on the peripheral region including a plurality of metal wires; and forming a protective structure on a lateral side of each of the metal wires, wherein the protective structure contacts and covers the lateral side of each of the metal wires.
US11282865B2
A change in electrical characteristics can be inhibited and reliability can be improved in a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor. The semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor film includes a first insulating film, the oxide semiconductor film over the first insulating film, a second insulating film over the oxide semiconductor film, and a third insulating film over the second insulating film. The second insulating film includes oxygen and silicon, the third insulating film includes nitrogen and silicon, and indium is included in a vicinity of an interface between the second insulating film and the third insulating film.
US11282856B2
A semiconductor device may include a substrate, an electrode structure including electrodes stacked on the substrate, an upper semiconductor pattern penetrating at least a portion of the electrode structure, and a lower semiconductor pattern between the substrate and the upper semiconductor pattern. The upper semiconductor pattern includes a gap-filling portion and a sidewall portion extending from the gap-filling portion in a direction away from the substrate, the lower semiconductor pattern includes a concave top surface, the gap-filling portion fills a region enclosed by the concave top surface, a top surface of the gap-filling portion has a rounded shape that is deformed toward the substrate, and a thickness of the sidewall portion is less than a thickness of the gap-filling portion.
US11282850B2
A semiconductor memory device includes: a first and a second electrodes aligned in a first direction; a first semiconductor layer provided between the first and the second electrodes; a second semiconductor layer provided between the first semiconductor layer and the second electrode; a first charge accumulating layer provided between the first electrode and the first semiconductor layer; and a second charge accumulating layer provided between the second electrode and the second semiconductor layer. At least one of the first and the second charge accumulating layers include: a first and a second regions including nitrogen, aluminum, and oxygen and having different positions in a second direction; and a third region provided between the first and the second regions in the second direction. Oxygen is not included in the third region or a concentration of oxygen in the third region is lower than that in the first and the second regions.
US11282845B2
A semiconductor device structure that comprises tiers of alternating dielectric levels and conductive levels and a carbon-doped silicon nitride over the tiers of the staircase structure. The carbon-doped silicon nitride excludes silicon carbon nitride. A method of forming the semiconductor device structure comprises forming stairs in a staircase structure comprising alternating dielectric levels and conductive levels. A carbon-doped silicon nitride is formed over the stairs, an oxide material is formed over the carbon-doped silicon nitride, and openings are formed in the oxide material. The openings extend to the carbon-doped silicon nitride. The carbon-doped silicon nitride is removed to extend the openings into the conductive levels of the staircase structure. Additional methods are disclosed.
US11282842B2
A static random access memory device includes a first gate, a second gate, and a third gate. The first gate extends in a first direction from a standard threshold voltage region of a substrate to a low threshold voltage region, abutting the standard threshold voltage region, of the substrate. The second gate is disposed in the standard threshold voltage region of the substrate. The third gate is disposed in the low threshold voltage region of the substrate. The standard threshold voltage region has a boundary at an edge of the second gate. The boundary extends in a second direction different from the first direction and is crossed by the first gate. A distance between the boundary and the first gate is different from a distance between the boundary and the second gate.
US11282839B2
A semiconductor device includes an arrive pattern including a channel region. The channel region is disposed between first and second source/drain patterns that are spaced apart from each other in a first direction. The channel region is configured to connect the first and second source/drain patterns to each other. A gate electrode is disposed on a bottom surface of the active pattern and is disposed between the first and second source/drain patterns. An upper interconnection line is disposed on a top surface of the active pattern opposite to the bottom surface of the active pattern and is connoted to the first source/drain pattern.
US11282838B2
An embodiment of the invention may include a semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing. The semiconductor structure may include a top channel and a bottom channel, wherein the top channel includes a plurality of vertically oriented channels. The bottom channel includes a plurality of horizontally oriented channels. The semiconductor structure may include a gate surrounding the top channel and the bottom channel. The semiconductor structure may include spacers located on each side of the gate. A first spacer includes a dielectric material located between the plurality of vertically oriented channels. A second spacer includes a dielectric material located between the plurality of horizontally oriented channels. This may enable spacer formation between the vertical spacers.
US11282831B2
A semiconductor device includes a first diode, a second diode, a clamp circuit and a third diode. The first diode is coupled between an input/output (I/O) pad and a first voltage terminal. The second diode is coupled with the first diode, the I/O pad and a second voltage terminal. The clamp circuit is coupled between the first voltage terminal and the second voltage terminal. The second diode and the clamp circuit are configured to direct a first part of an electrostatic discharge (ESD) current flowing between the I/O pad and the first voltage terminal. The third diode, coupled to the first voltage terminal, and the second diode include a first semiconductor structure configured to direct a second part of the ESD current flowing between the I/O pad and the first voltage terminal.
US11282827B2
A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell region including first metal pads, and a peripheral circuit region including second metal pads. The memory cell region includes a vertical structure including pairs of a first insulating layer and a first conductive layer, a second insulating layer on the vertical structure, a second conductive layer and a third conductive layer spaced apart from each other on the second insulating layer, first vertical channels and second vertical channels. The second conductive layer and the third conductive layer are connected with a first through via penetrating the vertical structure and a region of the second insulating layer that is exposed between the second conductive layer and the third conductive layer. The peripheral circuit region is vertically connected to the memory cell region by the first metal pads and the second metal pads directly.
US11282824B2
Some examples described herein provide for a multi-chip structure including one or more memory dies stacked on a die having a programmable integrated circuit (IC). In an example, a multi-chip structure includes a package substrate, a first die, and a second die. The first die includes a programmable IC, and the programmable IC includes a memory controller. The first die is on and attached to the package substrate. The second die includes memory. The second die is stacked on the first die. The memory is communicatively coupled to the memory controller.
US11282819B2
A semiconductor device includes a first chip, divided into a plurality of regions, including a plurality of first pads and a plurality of first test pads in each of the plurality of regions; and a second chip including a plurality of second pads corresponding to the plurality of first pads and a plurality of second test pads corresponding to the plurality of first test pads, and bonded onto the first chip such that the plurality of second pads are coupled to the plurality of first pads. The second chip includes a voltage generation circuit linked to the plurality of second pads, that provides a compensated voltage to the plurality of second pads for each of the plurality of regions, based on a voltage drop value for each region due to a contact resistance between the plurality of first test pads and the plurality of second test pads.
US11282799B2
A device for generating a security key includes a substrate, semiconductor units, contact structures, and defects. The semiconductor units are disposed on the substrate. The contact structures are disposed on and connected with the semiconductor units. The defects are disposed in at least a part of the contact structures randomly. A manufacturing method of a device for generating a security key includes the following steps. First semiconductor units are formed on a substrate. First contact structures are formed on the first semiconductor units. The first contact structures are connected with the first semiconductor units, and defects are formed in at least a part of the first contact structures randomly.
US11282790B1
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device with a composite landing pad. The semiconductor device includes a first dielectric layer disposed over a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a lower metal plug and a barrier layer disposed in the first dielectric layer. The lower metal plug is surrounded by the barrier layer. The semiconductor device further includes an inner silicide portion disposed over the lower metal plug, and an outer silicide portion disposed over the barrier layer. A topmost surface of the outer silicide portion is higher than a topmost surface of the inner silicide portion.
US11282782B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes first and second conductor layers, a first pillar, a first contact, and a source line drive circuit. The first pillar is passing through the second conductor layers. The first pillar includes a first semiconductor layer and a second insulator layer. The first semiconductor layer includes a side surface partially in contact with the first conductor layer. The first contact is passing through the second conductor layers. The first contact includes a third conductor layer and a third insulator layer. The third conductor layer includes a side surface partially in contact with the first conductor layer. The source line drive circuit is electrically coupled to the first conductor layer via the first contact.
US11282767B2
A semiconductor package structure includes a package substrate and a semiconductor die. The package substrate includes a plurality of hollow vias extending through the package substrate. The semiconductor die is electrically connected to the package substrate. The hollow vias are disposed under the semiconductor die.
US11282755B2
A chemical mechanical polishing system includes a metrology station having a sensor configured to measure a thickness profile of a substrate, a robotic arm configured to transfer the substrate from the metrology station to a polishing station having, a platen to support a polishing pad having a polishing surface, a carrier head on the polishing surface, the carrier head having a membrane configured to apply pressure to the substrate in the carrier head, and a controller configured to receive measurements from the sensor and configured to control the robotic arm to orient the substrate in the carrier head according to substrate profile and a removal profile for the carrier head.
US11282747B2
A microelectronic device comprises a microelectronic device structure having a memory array region and a staircase region. The microelectronic device structure comprises a stack structure having tiers each comprising a conductive structure and an insulative structure; staircase structures confined within the staircase region and having steps comprising edges of the tiers of the stack structure within the deck and the additional deck; and semiconductive pillar structures confined within the memory array region and extending through the stack structures. The stack structure comprises a deck comprising a group of the tiers; an additional deck overlying the deck and comprising an additional group of the tiers; and an interdeck section between the deck and the additional deck and comprising a dielectric structure confined within the memory array region, and another group of the tiers within vertical boundaries of the dielectric structure and confined within the staircase region.
US11282740B2
Disclosed is a bulk semiconductor structure that includes a semiconductor substrate with a multi-level polycrystalline semiconductor region that includes one or more first-level portions (i.e., buried portions) and one or more second-level portions (i.e., non-buried portions). Each first-level portion can be within the semiconductor substrate some distance below the top surface (i.e., buried), can be aligned below a monocrystalline semiconductor region and/or a trench isolation region, and can have a first maximum depth. Each second-level portion can be within the semiconductor substrate at the top surface, can be positioned laterally adjacent to a trench isolation region, and can have a second maximum depth that is less than the first maximum depth. Also disclosed herein are method embodiments for forming the bulk semiconductor structure wherein the first-level and second-level portions of the multi-level polycrystalline semiconductor region are concurrently formed (e.g., using a single module).
US11282738B2
A lift pin module includes a lift pin which includes a head portion disposed at a first end of the lift pin, and a connecting portion disposed at a second end of the lift pin opposite to the first end, the head portion connected to a stage disposed inside a semiconductor process chamber, and the head portion extending in a first direction; an upper weight which includes a side surface with an opening extending in the first direction, the opening configured to receive the lift pin therein, and the upper weight surrounding the connecting portion of the lift pin; and a lower weight screwed to the upper weight, the lower weight disposed below the upper weight.
US11282733B2
There is provided a stage mechanism, including: an electrostatic chuck having a conductive film formed on a front surface thereof, the conductive film configured to make electrically contact with a rear surface of a substrate; a conductive member electrically connected to the conductive film and formed to extend to a rear surface of the electrostatic chuck; and a moving member electrically connected to the conductive member via a connecting member and configured to move between a first position connected to a ground potential and a second position not connected to the ground potential.
US11282727B2
A control device of a substrate processing apparatus includes a reading unit, an estimation unit, a comparison unit, and a correction unit. The reading unit reads out a reference processing condition for processing a substrate. The estimation unit estimates an actual processing condition when the substrate is processed. The comparison unit compares the reference processing condition and the actual processing condition with each other. The correction unit corrects a processing condition for the substrate based on a comparison result in the comparison unit.
US11282726B2
A method for measuring wafer bow value comprising the following steps is provided. Place a wafer on a wafer chuck apparatus. A gas inlet process is performed on gas inlet passageways of a passageway pair of the wafer chuck apparatus. A gas outlet process is performed on gas outlet passageways of a passageway pair of the wafer chuck apparatus. A leak rate of each channel pair is measured by the control unit when the wafer is placed on the wafer chuck apparatus and during the gas inlet process and gas outlet process are performed. A wafer bow value of the wafer on the wafer chuck apparatus is estimated by the leak rate of the passageway pair. A wafer chuck apparatus is provided. A semiconductor process flow is provided.
US11282724B2
A factory interface for an electronic device processing system includes a factory interface chamber, an inert gas supply conduit, an exhaust conduit and an inert gas recirculation system. The inert gas supply conduit supplies an inert gas into the factory interface chamber. The exhaust conduit exhausts the inert gas from the factory interface chamber. The inert gas recirculation system recirculates the inert gas exhausted from the factory interface chamber back into the factory interface chamber.
US11282720B2
An apparatus for treating a substrate are provided. The apparatus includes a chamber having a treatment space therein, a substrate support unit to support the substrate in the treatment space, and a heater unit to heat the substrate supported by the substrate support unit. The substrate support unit includes a support plate having a seating surface, a support protrusion provided to protrude from the seating plate and to directly support the substrate, and a sensor provided to the support protrusion to measure a temperature of the substrate.
US11282716B2
A method of forming a planarized integration structure is provided. The method includes forming at least two conductive pillars on a packaging substrate, wherein the packaging substrate has a positive or convex meniscus shape. The method further includes placing a bridging die on the packaging substrate between an adjacent pair of the at least two conductive pillars, wherein the bridging die includes one or more conductive interconnects. The method further includes forming a cover layer on the substrate over the at least two conductive pillars and the bridging die, and planarizing the conductive pillars and the one or more conductive interconnects.
US11282712B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first insulating film over a semiconductor substrate and forming a second insulating film on the first insulating film. The first insulating film is a tensile film having a first tensile stress and the second insulating film is either a tensile film having a second tensile stress that is less than the first tensile stress or a compressive film. The first insulating film and second insulating film are formed of a same material. A metal hard mask layer is formed on the second insulating film.
US11282711B2
The present disclosure describes methods and systems for plasma-assisted etching of a metal oxide. The method includes modifying a surface of the metal oxide with a first gas, removing a top portion of the metal oxide by a ligand exchange reaction, and cleaning the surface of the metal oxide with a second gas.
US11282707B2
A method includes: receiving a first wafer; defining a first zone and a second zone on the first wafer and a plurality of first areas; defining a plurality of first areas and second areas for the first and second zones, respectively; projecting first ion beams onto the first areas and receiving first thermal waves in response to the first ion beams; rotating the first wafer by a twist angle; projecting second ion beams onto the second areas and receiving second thermal waves in response to the second ion beams; and estimating a first crystalline orientation angle of the first wafer based on the first and second ion beams and the first and second thermal waves.
US11282702B2
The present invent provides a method comprising forming a first wafer comprising a first substrate of a group IV semiconductor, and a group III-V semiconductor device structure formed by selective area epitaxial growth on a surface portion of a front side of the first substrate. The method further comprises forming a second wafer comprising a second substrate of a group IV semiconductor, and a group IV semiconductor device structure formed on a front side of the second substrate, and bonding the first wafer to the second wafer with the front side of the first substrate facing the front side of the second wafer.
US11282698B2
A method of forming a topology-controlled layer on a patterned recess of a substrate, includes: (i) depositing a Si-free C-containing film having filling capability on the patterned recess of the substrate by pulse plasma-assisted deposition to fill the recess in a bottom-up manner or bottomless manner; and (ii) subjecting the bottom-up or bottomless film filled in the recess to plasma aching to remove a top portion of the filled film in a manner leaving primarily or substantially only a bottom portion of the filled film or primarily or substantially only a sidewall portion of the filled film.
US11282688B2
A method of analysis using mass spectrometry and/or ion mobility spectrometry is disclosed. The method comprises: using a first device to generate smoke, aerosol or vapour from a target comprising or consisting of a microbial population; mass analysing and/or ion mobility analysing said smoke, aerosol or vapour, or ions derived therefrom, in order to obtain spectrometric data; and analysing said spectrometric data in order to analyse said microbial population.
US11282682B2
A magnetron drive mechanism is provided. The magnetron drive mechanism includes: a driving assembly, a rotating assembly, a transmission assembly, and a limiting assembly. The driving assembly is configured to drive the rotating assembly and the transmission assembly to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise around a first rotation axis. The rotating assembly is connected to a magnetron, and through the transmission assembly, the driving assembly drives the rotating assembly and the magnetron to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise around a second rotation axis. The second rotation axis and the first rotation axis are parallel with each other. The limiting assembly is configured to block the rotating assembly from rotating clockwise or counterclockwise, respectively, to confine the magnetron to positions at different radii of the first rotation axis. The present disclosure also provides a magnetron assembly and a reaction chamber.
US11282669B2
A carrier device and a carrier kit are provided. The carrier kit includes the carrier device and a specimen carrier. The carrier device carries the specimen carrier and is configured to be fixedly disposed on a specimen holder. The specimen carrier has two observation grooves and a containing channel that is formed therein, and the two observation grooves are configured to expose a part of the containing channel. The carrier device has a containing groove that is recessed on a side of a main body and an observation port. When the specimen carrier is disposed in the containing groove, one of the observation grooves is exposed from the main body through the observation port. At least one limiting element is configured to limit a range of movement of the specimen carrier disposed in the containing groove relative to the main body.
US11282667B2
A fuse module including a mounting block formed of an electrically insulating material, the mounting block having a rear wall extending from a base, a fuse plate including an electrically conductive bus bar disposed adjacent a rear surface of the rear wall, a fusible element electrically connected to the bus bar and disposed adjacent a front surface of the rear wall, and a fuse terminal electrically connected to the fusible element and extending onto a top of the base. The fuse module may further include an electrically conductive terminal post extending from the top of the base through the fuse terminal for facilitating connection to an electrical component.
US11282658B2
When an initial position of an enabling switch is given as a first position (301), a position of the enabling switch in which a movable member is most pressed is given as a third position (303), and a rising start position of a maximum rise of a load is given as a second position (302), the rising start position being between the first position (301) and the third position (303), a minor peak (341) of the load appears between the first position (301) and the second position (302). An ON switching position (311) is between a falling start position (323) of the minor peak (341) and the second position (302). A maximum load during the minor peak (341) is greater than or equal to the load in the ON switching position (311) and less than or equal to the load in an OFF switching position (312).
US11282654B2
Methods and systems of producing perovskite material, in which the nucleation and crystallization processes are decoupled and, hence, independently controlled resulting in highly uniform nucleation sites for subsequent crystallization of perovskites. Methods and systems for using perovskite material and mixed perovskite films for solar cells.
US11282652B2
A wet electrolytic capacitor containing a cathode, fluidic working electrolyte, and planar anode formed from an anodically oxidized sintered porous pellet is provided. The pellet may be formed from a pressed valve metal powder, which in turn, is formed by reacting an oxide of a valve metal compound (e.g., tantalum pentoxide) with a reducing agent that contains a metal having an oxidation state of 2 or more (e.g., magnesium). Through the use of such a powder, the present inventors have discovered that higher capacitance levels can be achieved than previously thought possible for the high voltage capacitors employed in implantable medical devices.
US11282647B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a stacked body and external electrodes. The stacked body includes stacked dielectric layers and internal electrodes. The external electrodes are disposed on lateral surfaces of the stacked body and are connected to the internal electrodes. The dielectric layers include outer layer portions and an effective layer portion. Each outer layer portion is adjacent to a corresponding main surface of the stacked body. Each outer layer portion is a dielectric layer located between a corresponding main surface and an internal electrode closest to the main surface. A ratio of a dimension of the effective layer portion in a stacking direction to a dimension of the stacked body in the stacking direction is not less than about 53% and not more than about 83%.
US11282644B2
A capacitor is disclosed. In an embodiment a capacitor includes a container and a capacitor winding arranged inside the container, wherein the container comprises at least three ribs projecting into the container and located in the container at a transition from a container wall to a container base, wherein the container comprises at least one bead in the container wall, wherein the at least one bead reach around a circumference of the container, wherein the capacitor winding abuts the bead, and wherein the capacitor winding is deformed by the rips.
US11282635B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a stationary induction electric apparatus that can improve insulating performance with a few additional structures. In the stationary induction electric apparatus comprising: an iron core 1; a low-voltage coil conductor 400 wound on the iron core; an insulator 3 enclosing the low-voltage coil conductor; and a high-voltage coil conductor 2 which is wound on the insulator and to which a voltage is applied from the outside, a first shield conductor 5 wound adjacent to the inner peripheral surface of the insulator, a second shield conductor 4 wound adjacent to the outer peripheral surface of the insulator, one end of the first shield conductor, and one end of the second shield conductor are electrically connected to any region of the high-voltage coil conductor.
US11282628B2
A coil includes unit coils wound around a central axis and adjacent to each other with a space therebetween in a central axis direction. A reactor includes a pair of support frames and one or more spacers, the support frames facing each other in the central axis direction across the coil. The spacers are disposed between adjacent unit coils or between the support frame and the coil. At least one of the spacers is a variable spacer that includes a first member and a second member, the first member having one end face which has a recess, and the second member including a fitting portion to be fitted into the recess of the first member in the central axis direction. The linear expansion coefficient of the second member is less than the linear expansion coefficient of the first member.
US11282620B2
An example method for connectorizing a superconducting cable is described herein. The method can include depositing an oxide layer on a surface of a superconducting cable, electroplating a metal layer on the surface of the superconducting cable, and soldering a connector to the metal layer coated on the surface of the superconducting cable. The oxide layer allows the metal layer to adhere to the surface of the superconducting cable.
US11282612B2
Systems, devices, and methods for internet of things integrated automation and control architectures
In some embodiments, systems, devices, and methods described herein provide digitized ecosystem architectures connecting systems and processes within and among various entities using Internet-of-Things (IoT) to integrate physical assets of the entities. In some embodiments, one or more blockchain applications and/or smart contracts and further define and manage system integration.
US11282609B1
The present invention(s) provide systems and methods for identifying one or more long-term health conditions that a patient may be suffering from, and providing an appropriate intervention plan for managing the health condition. In addition, the present invention(s) provide systems and methods for prioritizing among various potential long-term health conditions that a patient may suffer from, and provide an appropriately prioritized intervention plan for managing a variety of health conditions. Finally, the present invention(s) provide systems and methods for continuously monitoring patient health and/or outcome data to appropriately change an intervention plan based on the specific response that may be exhibited by a patient. In this manner the present invention(s) provide a systematized approach for managing long-term health conditions that previously required guesswork and continuous trial and error.
US11282604B2
A computer-implemented system may include a treatment device configured to be manipulated by a user while the user is performing a treatment plan, a patient interface comprising an output device configured to present telemedicine information associated with a telemedicine session, and a first computing device configured to: receive treatment data pertaining to the user while the user uses the treatment device to perform the treatment plan; identify at least one aspect of the at least one measurement pertaining to the user associated with a first treatment device mode of the treatment device; determine whether the at least one aspect of the measurement correlates with a secondary condition of the user; and, in response to a determination that the at least one aspect of the at least one measurement is correlated with the at least one secondary condition of the user, generate secondary condition information indicating at least the secondary condition.
US11282591B2
Provided is a lab clearinghouse device configured to provide centralized management of medical tests across a plurality of medical providers, a plurality of lab payers, and a plurality of laboratories. The lab clearinghouse device is configured to communicate with a plurality of medical laboratories, medical providers, and lab payers to efficiently and effectively order and manage medical testing.
US11282588B2
A system writes input data to a storage device as machine-written polynucleotides; and reads machine written polynucleotides from the storage device as output data. The storage device includes a flow cell including a plurality of storage wells in which machine written polynucleotides may be stored. The storage device may include a set of electrodes corresponding to the storage wells that allow for selective interactions with wells across the surface of a flow cell. Operation of the storage device may include receiving a read request associated with a particular location in the storage device, creating a copy of a nucleotide sequence located at the particular location in the storage device, transferring the copy of the nucleotide sequence to a read location, and reading the copy of the nucleotide sequence at the read location.
US11282585B2
Methods and systems are provided for accurate and efficient identification and quantification of proteins. In an aspect, disclosed herein is a method for identifying a protein in a sample of unknown proteins, comprising receiving information of a plurality of empirical measurements performed on the unknown proteins; comparing the information of empirical measurements against a database comprising a plurality of protein sequences, each protein sequence corresponding to a candidate protein among a plurality of candidate proteins; and for each of one or more of the plurality of candidate proteins, generating a probability that the candidate protein generates the information of empirical measurements, a probability that the plurality of empirical measurements is not observed given that the candidate protein is present in the sample, or a probability that the candidate protein is present in the sample; based on the comparison of the information of empirical measurements against the database.
US11282584B2
A multi-chip package may include a controller, a storage memory and a buffer memory. The controller may be configured to output a control signal. The storage memory may be tested in response to the control signal. The buffer memory may be sequentially tested while or after testing the storage memory in response to the control signal.
US11282583B2
A semiconductor memory device, and a method of operating the same, includes a memory cell array, a peripheral circuit, and control logic. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory blocks. The peripheral circuit is configured to perform a program operation on the memory cell array. The control logic is configured to control the program operation performed by the peripheral circuit. Each of the plurality of memory blocks is coupled to a drain select line, a plurality of word lines, and first and second source select lines that correspond to the memory block. During a program operation performed on a first memory block selected as a program target, among the plurality of memory blocks, the control logic controls the peripheral circuit so that a first source select line of a second memory block that is not selected as the program target, among the plurality of memory blocks, floats.
US11282580B2
A memory controller includes, in one embodiment, a memory interface and a controller circuit. The memory interface is configured to interface with a memory having a plurality of wordlines. The controller circuit is configured to program, with foggy-fine programming, a first portion of the plurality of wordlines to store first program data, program, with the foggy-fine programming, one or more wordlines of the plurality of wordlines in a non-fine state, the one or more wordlines neighboring the first portion, and program, with the foggy-fine programming, a second portion of the plurality of wordlines to store second program data, the second portion neighboring the one or more wordlines.
US11282562B2
Methods, systems, and devices for refresh-related activation in memory are described. A memory device may conduct a refresh operation to preserve the integrity of data. A refresh operation may be associated with a refresh time where the memory device is unable to execute or issue any commands (e.g., access commands). By posting (e.g., saving) one or more commands and/or row addresses during the refresh time, the memory device may be configured to execute the saved commands and/or re-open one or more rows associated with the saved row addresses at a later time (e.g., upon completion of the refresh operation). Accordingly, fewer commands may be issued to activate the memory cells after the refresh time.
US11282558B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an architecture for random access memory (RAM) circuit configurations. For example, certain embodiments relate to a ferroelectric RAM (FRAM) read only memory (ROM) wordline architecture. A method for power-on reset of a memory can include powering on the memory. The method can also include reading a first flag in a first bit of a first configuration wordline of the memory, wherein the first configuration wordline is one of a plurality of redundant configuration wordlines. The method can further include reading, when the first flag indicates the first configuration wordline is valid, a predetermined number of bytes of the wordline. The method can additionally include configuring operations of the memory based on the predetermined number of bytes, when the first flag indicates the first configuration wordline is valid.
US11282555B2
A memory device includes: a first clock receiver configured to receive a first clock signal; a second clock receiver configured to receive a second clock signal when data is input or output, wherein the second clock signal has a first clock frequency in a preamble period, and has a second clock frequency different from the first clock frequency after the preamble period; a command decoder configured to receive a clock synchronization command synchronized with the first clock signal and generate a clock synchronization signal, wherein the clock synchronization signal is generated during the preamble period; and a clock synchronizing circuit configured to generate a plurality of division clock signals in response to the second clock signal, latch the clock synchronization signal during the preamble period, and selectively provide the plurality of division clock signals as internal data clock signals according to a result of the latching.
US11282552B2
A method for operating a DRAM device. The method includes receiving in a memory buffer in a first memory module hosted by a computing system, a request for data stored in RAM of the first memory module from a host controller of the computing system. The method includes receiving with the memory buffer, the data associated with a RAM, in response to the request and formatting with the memory buffer, the data into a scrambled data in response to a pseudo-random process. The method includes initiating with the memory buffer, transfer of the scrambled data into an interface device.
US11282547B1
A graphical user interface for framing a video may include a framing element. Responsive to user interaction with the framing element, a framing of the video at a moment may be determined. The framing of the video may define viewing direction, viewing size, viewing rotation, and/or viewing projection for a viewing window. The framing of the video at the moment may be determined based on how the video is being presented when the user interacted with the framing element.
US11282541B2
A record control apparatus controls record of a data item in one or more record sections. The record control apparatus includes: a data acquisition section that acquires the data item having multiple types; a data storage section that stores in the record section, the one or more data items matching a record condition prepared in advance among the acquired data item having multiple types; and a condition change section that defines the record condition as an old record condition, and sets so that the data storage section utilizes a new record condition in place of the old record condition when receiving the new record condition different from the old condition from an outside.
US11282538B1
A non-local spin valve (NLSV) sensor includes a bearing surface and a detector located proximate to the bearing surface. The NLSV sensor also includes a channel layer located behind the detector relative to the bearing surface, and in a substantially same plane as the detector. The channel layer has a front end that is proximate to the detector and a rear end that is distal to the detector. The NLSV sensor further includes first and second spin injectors, with the first spin injector located proximate to the rear end of the channel layer and positioned above the channel layer, and the second spin injector located proximate the rear end of the channel layer and positioned below the channel layer.
US11282534B2
Systems and methods for intelligent playback of media content may include an intelligent media playback system that, in response to determining the speech tempo in audio content by measuring syllable density of speech in the audio content, automatically adjusts a playback speed of the audio content as the audio content is being played based on the determined speech tempo. In some embodiments, the system may automatically and dynamically adjust the playback speed to result in a desired target speech tempo. In addition, the system may determine whether to automatically adjust playback speed of the audio content, as the media is being played, based on the detected speech tempo of the speech in the audio content and the determined type of content of media. Such automatic adjustments in playback speed result in more efficient playback of the audio content.
US11282532B1
Methods and systems are provided for participant-individualized audio volume control and host-customized audio volume control of streaming audio for a plurality of participants who are each receiving the streaming audio from a host within a videoconferencing platform, and who are also simultaneously engaged in remote audio communications with each other within the same videoconferencing platform.
US11282531B2
A method includes receiving multiple samples of time-domain data that includes noise, computing a first two-dimensional (2D) time-frequency representation of the time domain data, and processing the first time-frequency representation using a time-frequency noise reduction mask to generate a second, noise-reduced time-frequency representation of the time domain data. The method also includes generating a time domain output based on the noise-reduced time-frequency representation.
US11282529B2
An approach is described that obtains spectrum coefficients for a replacement frame of an audio signal. A tonal component of a spectrum of an audio signal is detected based on a peak that exists in the spectra of frames preceding a replacement frame. For the tonal component of the spectrum a spectrum coefficients for the peak and its surrounding in the spectrum of the replacement frame is predicted, and for the non-tonal component of the spectrum a non-predicted spectrum coefficient for the replacement frame or a corresponding spectrum coefficient of a frame preceding the replacement frame is used.
US11282528B2
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, user input comprising a potential wake word; determining, using a processor, whether the potential wake word is associated with a stored wake word; and responsive to determining that the potential wake word is associated with the stored wake word, activating, based on the potential wake word, a digital assistant associated with the information handling device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11282522B2
An artificial intelligence apparatus for recognizing speech of a user includes a microphone and a processor configured to acquire, via the microphone, first speech data including speech of a user, generate a first speech recognition result corresponding to the first speech data, perform control corresponding to the generated first speech recognition result, generate an alternative speech recognition result corresponding to the first speech data if negative feedback is acquired from the user, and perform control corresponding to the generated alternative speech recognition result.
US11282516B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a human-machine interaction processing method, an apparatus thereof, a user terminal, a processing server and a system. On the user terminal side, the method includes: receiving an interaction request voice inputted from a user, and collecting video data of the user when inputting the interaction request voice; obtaining an interaction response voice corresponding to the interaction request voice, where the interaction response voice is obtained according to expression information of the user when inputting the interaction request voice and included in the video data; and outputting the interaction response voice to the user. The method imbues the interaction response voice with an emotional tone that matches the current emotion of the user, so that the human-machine interaction process is no longer monotonous, greatly enhancing the user experience.
US11282515B2
Systems, methods, and devices of a voice-directed inspection system that supports multiple inspectors in the inspection of business assets are described. Inspection plans for large and complex business assets can involve several steps. It is advantageous to split large inspection plans into non-overlapping sections to allow multiple inspectors to perform concurrent inspections. Such sectionalizing is also useful in training new inspectors.
US11282514B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for recognizing a voice. A specific implementation of the method includes: acquiring an audio signal; determining a signal-to-noise ratio of the audio signal; and selecting a voice recognition model from a pre-trained voice recognition model group to perform voice recognition on the audio signal according to the determined signal-to-noise ratio. This embodiment improves the robustness of a voice recognition product for recognizing voices in different application scenarios.
US11282512B2
Various embodiments include methods and devices for implementing automatic grammar augmentation for improving voice command recognition accuracy in systems with a small footprint acoustic model. Alternative expressions that may capture acoustic model decoding variations may be added to a grammar set. An acoustic model-specific statistical pronunciation dictionary may be derived by running the acoustic model through a large general speech dataset and constructing a command-specific candidate set containing potential grammar expressions. Greedy based and cross-entropy-method (CEM) based algorithms may be utilized to search the candidate set for augmentations with improved recognition accuracy.
US11282502B2
A computer-implemented method for utterance generation, a smart device, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining a first utterance to be answered, generating at least one random semantic vector, inputting the at least one random semantic vector and the first utterance into a trained generator, and obtaining at least one first answer outputted by the trained generator, wherein the trained generator is obtained based on a preset generative adversarial network. Due to the random semantic vector, even for the same utterance, the smart device can generate different answers corresponding to the different random semantic vectors, the possibility of generating too many identical answers during the human-machine conversation is reduced, and the fun during the human-machine conversation is enhanced.
US11282493B2
An adaptive noise filtering system and method detect sounds using a sensor onboard a vehicle system. A value of a signal associated with operation of the vehicle system is determined. One or more sounds detected by the sensor are filtered out based on the value of the signal that is determined. Operation of the vehicle system may be controlled using the remaining sound(s).
US11282489B2
A method and circuit for controlling a multi-use horn by a bus are disclosed. The circuit comprises a bus signal receiving and transmitting unit used for receiving and transmitting a horn control instruction from a vehicle-mounted computer controller by the bus, a control unit used for generating a horn sounding signal adapting to a current scene according to the horn control instruction, and a horn sounding unit used for making sounds according to the horn sounding signal. By adoption of the method and circuit, the horn is connected to the vehicle-mounted computer controller by the bus and is controlled by the vehicle-mounted computer controller to make sounds, and thus, sound requirements for various horns for different uses on vehicles and engineering machines are met.
US11282486B2
Systems and methods are provided for assembling and displaying a visual ensemble of musical performances that were created and uploaded from one or more locations that are remote from a host of the network, a director or other administrator reviewing submissions for selection and assembly, or perhaps merely remote from one or more other submissions received over a computer network. The assembled performances include a plurality of submissions, the submissions including performances created and uploaded at one or more locations remote from the location of the director for the assembly and display over the computer network. Systems and methods are also included for mapping one performance against another performance qualitatively, quantitatively, in real-time, or some combination thereof, enabling a musician, or a reviewer of performances, in the assessment of one performance relative to another performance.
US11282485B2
An apparatus for generating an audio output signal having two or more audio output channels from an audio input signal having two or more audio input channels includes a provider and a signal processor. The provider is adapted to provide first covariance properties of the audio input signal. The signal processor is adapted to generate the audio output signal by applying a mixing rule on at least two of the two or more audio input channels. The signal processor is configured to determine the mixing rule based on the first covariance properties of the audio input signal and based on second covariance properties of the audio output signal, the second covariance properties being different from the first covariance properties.
US11282476B2
An electronic device includes a flexible display that can be deformed at a deformation portion to partition the flexible display into a first portion and a second portion. One or more processors present content on the first portion of the flexible display and remediate the second portion of the flexible display to compensate performance degradation of the flexible display resulting from presenting content on the first portion of the flexible display.
US11282472B2
Techniques for modulating both amplitude and phase via a layer of liquid crystals are described. According to one aspect of the techniques, a voltage being applied or coupled across the layer of liquid crystals is controlled by gradually increasing the voltage from a low level to a high level to perform the AM in a first range and the PM in second range, where the characteristics of the liquid crystals is significant, for example, by increasing the thickness or optical birefringence of the layer of liquid crystals.
US11282471B1
A display driving circuit including a source driver and plural switch circuits is provided. The source driver includes plural source line and a control terminal. The source lines are electrically coupled to plural pixel units. The control terminal is for providing a control voltage. Each of the switch circuits includes a select terminal, an input terminal, and an output terminal. The select terminal is electrically coupled to the control terminal. The input terminal is electrically coupled to a supply power so as to apply a supply voltage on the input terminal. The output terminals of the switch circuits are electrically coupled to the pixel units.
US11282470B2
This disclosure discloses a shift register element, a method for driving the same, a gate driver circuit, and a display device. The shift register element comprises a first input circuit, a second input circuit, a first node control circuit, a second node control circuit, a third node control circuit, and N output circuits, where the first input circuit, the second input circuit, and the first node control circuit are configured to control a first node, the second node control circuit is configured to control a second node so that the third node control circuit controls the third node according to the first node and the second node, and the N output circuits control corresponding output terminals according to corresponding clock signal terminals under the control of the first node.
US11282469B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a shift register unit and a method for driving the same, a gate driving circuit, and a display apparatus. The shift register unit includes: an input circuit configured to output an input signal from an input signal terminal to a pull-up node; an output circuit configured to output a clock signal from a clock signal terminal to an output signal terminal under control of a potential at the pull-up node; a resetting and de-noising circuit configured to reset and de-noise the pull-up node and the output signal terminal under control of a potential at a pull-down node; and a pull-down node control circuit coupled to a first voltage terminal and the pull-down node, and configured to electrically couple the pull-down node to the first voltage terminal under control of the potential at the pull-down node.
US11282453B2
A display device including pixels is provided. Each pixels includes a light emitting element, a first transistor configured to supply current to the light emitting element, a second transistor configured to control emission of the light emitting element, a first capacitor including a first electrode and a second electrode, and a second capacitor including a third electrode and a fourth electrode. The first electrode is connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor. The second and third electrodes are connected to a main terminal of the first transistor. The fourth electrode is connected to a main terminal of the second transistor. The first capacitor is arranged between the substrate and the second capacitor. At least a portion of an outer edge of the first electrode is arranged more to an inside than that of the third electrode.
US11282449B2
Systems, methods, and devices for adjusting image display on an electronic display by predicting a temperature change of the electronic display due to heat-producing components near the display or due to changes in content. An electronic device may include an electronic display and processing circuitry. The electronic display may include pixels with behaviors that vary with temperature. As such, the processing circuitry may generate image data to send to the electronic display and adjust the image data or vary an operation of the electronic display based at least in part on a predicted temperature effect on at least part of the active area of the electronic display. The processing circuitry may determine the predicted temperature effect at least in part due to a first heat producing component or changes in content of the image data.
US11282441B2
A display device includes: a plurality of pixel blocks each including a plurality of pixels; a scan driver supplying a scan signal to the scan lines and to supply a control signal to the control lines; a data driver supplying an image data voltage or a low grayscale data voltage to the data lines; and a power supply supplying a reference voltage to the pixels, wherein the pixels are configured to receive the image data voltage during a first scan period of a frame, and to receive the low grayscale data voltage during a second scan period of the frame, and the reference voltage supplied to a first pixel row of at least one of the pixel blocks in the first scan period is different from the reference voltage supplied to a last pixel row of at least one of the pixel blocks in the first scan period.
US11282433B2
A display device includes first pixels partitioned into a plurality of blocks, each of the plurality of blocks being categorized as a first block or a second block, a sensor configured to generate first sensing data for at least two of the first pixels in each of the plurality of blocks during a first period, and a sensing controller configured to generate interpolated data for the first pixels that are not sensed by the sensor by interpolating the first sensing data, for the first block, and configured to forgo interpolation of the first sensing data, for the second block. The sensor generates second sensing data for the first pixels that are not sensed by the sensor, for the second block, during a second period after the first period.
US11282431B2
A system and method for updating a display of a display device. The display device may include a plurality of subpixels, and a display driver coupled to the plurality of subpixels. The display driver may be configured to compare a first data signal of a first statistically selected subpixel of the plurality of subpixels to a first statistically selected threshold, increase a value of a first counter corresponding to the first statistically selected subpixel in response to the first subpixel data signal exceeding the first statistically selected threshold, adjust the first subpixel data signal in response to the first counter value satisfying a second threshold, and drive the first statistically selected subpixel based at least in part on the adjusted first subpixel data signal.
US11282422B2
A projector includes an image generation section adapted to generate a composite image including a first image based on a first image signal, a second image based on a second image signal, and a boundary line indicating a position to be a boundary between the first image and the second image, a projection section adapted to display the composite image generated by the image generation section on a screen, a position detection section adapted to detect a position of a pointing body with respect to the screen, and a control section adapted to make the image generation section generate a composite image with a boundary line moved based on the position of the pointing body detected by the position detection section.
US11282418B2
A voltage regulation system, a driving circuit, a display device and a voltage regulation method are disclosed. The voltage regulation system, applicable to an electronic device, including a power supply circuit, a determination circuit and a regulation circuit. The power supply circuit is connected with the regulation circuit, and the power supply circuit is configured to provide a reference voltage and provide a first voltage inputted into the electronic device; the determination circuit is connected with the power supply circuit, and the determination circuit is configured to, according to the reference voltage and the first voltage, output a compensation voltage; and the regulation circuit is connected with the determination circuit so as to receive the compensation voltage, and the regulation circuit is configured to output a third voltage, according to the compensation voltage and a second voltage, in a case where the compensation voltage is not within a preset range.
US11282414B2
There are several approaches to encrypting circuits: combination logic encryption, encrypted gate topologies, transmission gate topologies, and key expansion of gate topologies. One of the approaches provides a circuit having a gate topology comprising a logic gate with integrated key transistors, where the key transistors comprise at least a PMOS stack and an NMOS stack. The PMOS stack comprises a first PMOS switch and a second PMOS switch, where the first and the second PMOS switches have sources to a voltage source and drains that serve as a source to a third PMOS switch. The NMOS stack comprises a first NMOS switch and a second NMOS switch, where the first and the second NMOS switches have sources to ground and drains that serve as a source to a third NMOS switch. Each of the above approaches may encrypt a circuit with certain advantages in delay and power consumption.
US11282403B2
An apparatus is disclosed for conditioning and adapting an individual having an environmental anxiety disorder to real-world environments through computer simulations. The subject is fully or partially immersed in a computer-simulated environment for a time-limited session. Real-time monitoring of the human subject is performed for a change in a sensor-derived, quantified anxiety level. Responsive to an increase in anxiety level, the computer-simulated environment modulates the sensory complexity of one or more features of the simulation wherein the human subject adapts to increasingly complex environments.
US11282399B2
Autoland systems and processes for landing an aircraft without pilot intervention are described. In implementations, the autoland system includes a memory operable to store one or more modules and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor is operable to execute the one or more modules to identify a plurality of potential destinations for an aircraft; calculate a merit for each potential destination identified; select a destination based upon the merit; and create a route from a current position of the aircraft to an approach fix associated with the destination that accounts for the terrain characteristic(s) and/or obstacle characteristic(s). The processor can also cause the aircraft to traverse the route, determine a final approach segment associated with the route; identify terrain characteristic(s) and/or obstacle characteristic(s) associated with the final approach segment; and determine an adjusted final approach segment accounting for the terrain characteristic(s) and/or obstacle characteristic(s).
US11282396B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a network control center that coordinates candidate vehicles suited for platooning based at least in part on the hours of service (HOS) requirements, customer constraints, and service time of each candidate vehicle. Further, the network control center may integrate a navigation system that incorporates one or more of the above factors to manage logistics associated with platooning vehicles.
US11282395B2
A method for operating an automated vehicle convoy includes periodically wirelessly transmitting messages from preceding participants of the automated vehicle convoy to respective following participants of the automated vehicle convoy, proceeding from the leading participant of the automated vehicle convoy. The messages include at least one piece of, in particular temporal, information from which a minimum distance between each following participant and the respective preceding participant is ascertained. The following participants of the automated vehicle convoy are guided corresponding to the ascertained minimum distance.
US11282394B2
Various aspects of a method, a system, and a computer program product are disclosed herein in accordance with at least one example embodiment for spatial clustering of a plurality of cells of a geographical location. The method may include generation of cell clusters based on multiple criteria. The method may further include reception of mobility data from one or more external devices associated with the plurality of cells. The mobility data may be further processed to extract observations for generation of feature vectors from the observations. The feature vectors may be normalized to generate one or more clusters of a set of cells of the location. Cluster data associated with the clustering of the plurality of cells may be further used in one or more location based applications.
US11282392B2
A method monitors an environment of a parked motor vehicle that includes an engine, a computer and a monitoring system including an asynchronous camera. The monitoring method includes: a parked vehicle detection step in which the monitoring system detects that the vehicle is parked and the engine is stopped; a movement detection step in which the monitoring system detects if an object is moving in the vehicle environment by movement detection via the asynchronous camera; and a step of waking up the computer in which the monitoring system wakes up the computer.
US11282378B2
The disclosure includes embodiments for generating and distributing knowledge. In some embodiments, a method for a connected endpoint includes analyzing, on an information layer, sensor data to generate a set of information that describes one or more events that occur in a roadway environment. The method includes generating, on a knowledge layer, knowledge based on the set of information according to a standard to increase a use efficiency of one or more computational resources of the connected endpoint and to improve a capability of the connected endpoint to distribute the knowledge.
US11282375B2
Provided is a system, method, and apparatus for controlling a plurality of devices. The system includes a remote control device comprising a processor configured to generate a carousel zone comprising at least a subset of graphical icons of a plurality of graphical icons, determine a first target device and a second target device from the plurality of devices, generate a first user interface based on the first target device, the first user interface associated with a first set of commands, in response to a user input, generate a second user interface based on the second target device, the second user interface associated with a second set of commands, control the first target device based on the first set of commands, and control the second target device based on the second set of commands.
US11282371B2
A piece of hygiene equipment arranged to dispense or dispose of a consumable to or from a user comprising a detector arranged to detect an observable from a surrounding of the piece of hygiene equipment and to provide a corresponding detector output and a processing unit arranged to receive the detector output, to process the detector output, and to generate information for determining a location of said piece of hygiene equipment.
US11282369B2
Systems and methods for managing voltage event alarms in an electrical system are provided. In one aspect of this disclosure, a method for managing voltage event alarms in an electrical system includes processing electrical measurement data from, or derived from, energy-related signals captured by at least one intelligent electronic device (IED) to identify an anomalous voltage condition at a point of installation in the electrical system. The anomalous voltage condition may correspond, for example, to a measured IED voltage being above or greater than one or more upper alarm thresholds or below or less than one or more lower alarm thresholds. The method also includes determining if the electrical system is affected by the identified anomalous voltage condition. In response to determining that the electrical system is affected by the identified anomalous voltage condition, at least one of a plurality of criteria may be chosen to adjust at least one of the upper alarm thresholds and/or at least one of the lower alarm thresholds.
US11282364B2
The present invention relates to the field of medical emergency signaling and user-activated medical alarm systems. In particular, a wrist-worn medical alert device (10) for conveying an emergency message to a caregiver (80) is presented, wherein the medical alert device is adapted to be worn at a wrist (101) of a subject (100), the device comprising: a PPG unit (20) adapted to acquire a first PPG signal (26) at first wavelength (λ1) and a second PPG signal (25) at second wavelength (λ2) over time at the wrist of the subject; a processing unit (30) adapted to receive the first and second PPG signals (25, 26) and to determine a finger movement of one or more fingers (102) of the subject (100) based on the first and second PPG signals; and a communication unit (40) adapted to transmit, based on the determined finger movement, an emergency message to the caregiver (80). The present invention further relates to a corresponding system (1), method (60) and computer program for carrying out said method.
US11282363B2
In an example method, a mobile device receives motion data obtained by one or more sensors worn by a user. The mobile device determines, based on the motion data, that the user has fallen at a first time and whether the user has moved between a second time and a third time subsequent to the first time. Upon determining that the user has not moved between the second time and the third time, the mobile device initiates a communication to an emergency response service at a fourth time after the third time. The communication includes an indication that the user has fallen and a location of the user.
US11282359B2
Smoke detector shields for blocking or minimizing the transmission of light therethrough and methods for use are provided. According to one embodiment, a method for shielding a smoke detector includes shielding at least a portion of a smoke detector operationally arranged within a room, and subsequently activating a light emission device arranged within the room, while shielding the smoke detector. In order to exclude light emission devices, which are commonly used within a room for lighting and/or communication purposes, the light emission device set forth in the method is configured for generating infrared light at a radiant intensity greater than approximately 1 W/sr, and/or ultraviolet light at a radiant intensity greater than approximately 1 W/sr, and/or visible light at a luminous flux greater than approximately 3000 lumens. Embodiments of smoke detector shields that prevent such light from penetrating the housing of a shielded smoke detector are provided herein.
US11282357B2
Systems and methods for providing a tag. The tag comprising a flexible elongate structure comprising a cord or a cable; an electronic thread device integrated into the cord or cable that is operative to wirelessly communicate with external devices for inventory management or security purposes; and/or an Electronic Article Surveillance (“EAS”) component integrated into the cord or cable.
US11282356B2
Various embodiments relate to an electronic device and a method for outputting an alert, and a system comprising a locking device coupled to the electronic device. To this end, the electronic device, according to various embodiments, comprises: a connection terminal; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: detect a connection with a locking device via the connection terminal; receive an identifier of the locking device from the locking device; identify the received identifier to set the electronic device in an alert mode; detect a disconnection between the electronic device and the locking device; and output an alert in response to the detected disconnection. Other embodiments may be possible.
US11282350B2
A semaphore for guiding an occupant to safety during an emergency event communicates with a gunfire detector to provide a visual cue conveying whether it is safe to proceed through an entryway in an active shooter event.
US11282349B2
A device, system and method for crowd control is provided. An aural command is detected at a location using a microphone at the location. A computing device determines, based on video data received from one or more multimedia devices, whether one or more persons at the location are not following the aural command. The computing device modifies the aural command to generate a second version of the aural command based on one or more of the video data and multimedia data associated with the location. The computing device causes the second version of the aural command to be provided, to the one or more persons who are not following the aural command at the location, using one or more notification devices.
US11282348B2
Systems and methods for delivering alerts, notifications and messages, to and, if configured, responses from one to many users or groups wearing technology designed for single and/or multiple media types, utilizing one to many non-primary communication pathways enabled are contemplated in which (a) a primary communication channel pathway, (b) a primary or non-primary control channel(s) is established, by wireless receiver and/or wired connection to at least one group of users, that (b) then allows an activation method type to provide an alert/notification/message method to one-to-many persons (i.e., users) or groups and/or one-to-many devices in an addressable manner that establishes a non-primary communication channel path that is parallel and unknown to the primary communication channel path. The overall method consists of a router function and media delivery routing technology that are actively listening on a primary communication/control pathway or a non-primary control channel.
US11282340B2
Gaming systems and methods that maintain a progressive award associated with a guaranteed minimum quantity of generations of a designated symbol in a sequence of one or more plays of a game.
US11282339B2
A game for wagering on a card game, comprising the steps of providing a set of cards, each card having an assigned numerical value from one to eleven, a suit, a color and a rank. A first wager and a second wager are accepted. A first player card is dealt to a player and a first dealer card is dealt to a dealer from the set of cards. A second player card is dealt to the player and a second dealer card is dealt to the dealer. The second dealer card is hidden from view from the player. A winner of the first wager is determined based on whether a pair has been dealt, the pair comprises at least two of the first player card, the second player card, the first dealer card and the second dealer card. Each card of the pair has the same rank. A winner of the second wager is determined based on a comparison of a player combined numerical value of at least the first player card added to the second player card, the player combined numerical value not exceeding twenty-one, and a dealer combined numerical value of at least the first dealer card added to the second dealer card, the dealer combined value not exceeding twenty-one.
US11282333B1
A method of monitoring user behavior to adjust betting odds based upon that behavior or to identify users who may be cheating, where users are subscribers of a proprietary data management and analytic software system/wagering platform. The system monitors users' behavior for deviations from their normal betting habits or patterns to detect cheating and lower the threshold for winning when user patterns change.
US11282325B2
A computer-implemented method comprises: committing a transaction amount t of a transaction with a commitment scheme to obtain a transaction commitment value T, the commitment scheme comprising at least a transaction blinding factor r_t; encrypting a combination of the transaction blinding factor r_t and the transaction amount t with a public key PK_B of a recipient of the transaction; and transmitting the transaction commitment value T and the encrypted combination to a recipient node associated with the recipient for the recipient node to verify the transaction.
US11282324B2
A system and a corresponding method for processing and packaging value documents having a processing apparatus, which is adapted to process, value documents, at least one bundling device, which is adapted to bundle processed value documents in packets and/or to bundle one or several packets. A packaging apparatus and a transport device adapted to feed one or several packets and/or bundles to the packaging apparatus. At least one storage device, which is adapted to receive one or several packets and/or bundles, and a control device, which is adapted to control the at least one storage device such that the one or several packets and/or bundles are temporarily stored in the storage device for as long as the transport device and/or the packaging apparatus cannot receive any further packets and/or bundles.
US11282323B2
Existing currency validation (CVAL) devices, systems, and methods are too slow, costly, intrusive, and/or bulky to be routinely used in common transaction locations (e.g., at checkout, at an automatic teller machine, etc.). Presented herein are devices, systems, and methods to facilitate optical validation of documents, merchandise, or currency at common transaction locations and to do so in an obtrusive and convenient way. More specifically, the present invention embraces a validation device that may be used alone or integrated within a larger system (e.g., point of sale system, kiosk, etc.). The present invention also embraces methods for currency validation using the validation device, as well as methods for improving the quality and consistency of data captured by the validation device for validation.
US11282319B2
A door system is provided. The door system includes: a corridor sized to allow humans to move through the corridor, the corridor defined, at least in part by side walls, the corridor having a first end and a second end; a first door located at the first end, the first door configured to provide selective access between the corridor and a space outside of the corridor; a second door located at the second end, the second door configured to provide selective access between the corridor and a space outside of the corridor; and sensors configured to determine a direction of movement within the corridor, the sensors operatively connected to at least one of the first and second doors to cause at least one of the first and second doors to move to a closed position if any of the sensors detect a movement further than a threshold amount in an undesired direction.
US11282317B1
A system for controlling access to a secure room containing a plurality of safety deposit boxes comprises a motion detector, a biometric sensor, and a plurality of contact sensors, wherein each of the safety deposit boxes is associated with at least two contact sensors. The system includes a processor that is configured to unlock the gate when a plurality of access conditions are satisfied, which may include: collecting via the biometric sensor a biometric credential that matches a reference biometric credential in a user database; and determining the secure room is unoccupied based on at least a predetermined period of no motion detected by the at least one motion sensor. The processor may also be configured to generate a box-accessed event identifying one of the safety deposit boxes when all of the contact sensors associated with that safety deposit box are simultaneously open.
US11282310B1
The system includes an electronically controllable access point device and a server. The server includes one or more processors, which are communicatively coupled to the access point device and a portable device. The one or more processors are configured to determine whether a user of the portable device is authorized to access the access point device based on one or more credentials received from the portable device and retrieve a location of the portable device. The one or more processors are further configured to determine whether the location of the portable device is within a pre-defined geographical area. Upon determination of user authorization to the access point device and that the location of the portable device is within the pre-defined geographical area, the one or more processors direct the access point device to provide access to the user.
US11282308B2
Disclosed are a vehicle diagnostic communication apparatus, a system including the same and a method thereof. The vehicle diagnostic communication apparatus may include a processor configured to automatically calculate a diagnostic time based on an controller-specific response time and vehicle network information when communicating with a vehicle, and storage configured to store the controller-specific response time and the vehicle network information.
US11282297B2
A computer implemented method and system processing a video signal. The method comprises comprising the steps of: detecting a human face displayed in the video signal and extracting physiological, biological, or behavior state information from the displayed face at a first level of granularity of the video signal; processing any two or more of: (i) a script derived from or associated with the video signal to extract language tone information from said script at a first level of granularity of the script; (ii) an audio signal derived from or associated with the video signal to derive behavior state information from said audio signal at a first level of granularity of the audio signal; (iii) a video image derived from the video signal to detect one or more human gestures of the person whose face is displayed in the video signal; and merging said physiological, biological, or behavior state information extracted from the displayed face in the video signal with any two or more of: (i) the language tone information extracted from the script; (ii) the behavior state information derived from the audio signal; and (iii) and the one or more human gestures derived from the video image, wherein the merging step is based on behavior state categories and/or levels of granularity.
US11282284B2
Adaptive Control Driven System/ACDS 99, supports visual enhancement, mitigation of challenges and with basic image modification algorithms and any known hardware from contact lenses to IOLs to AR hardware glasses, and enables users to enhance vision with user interface based on a series of adjustments that are applied to move, modify, or reshape image sets and components with full advantage of the remaining useful retinal area, thus addressing aspects of visual challenges heretofore inaccessible by devices which learn needed adjustments.
US11282279B2
A system that enables real-time recognition of a real-space environment in a mixed-reality environment includes a server, a portable display device including a display unit for displaying a virtual object to a user and a photographing unit that photographs a real space, and image acquisition devices that acquire images individually from a plurality of fixed points where it is possible to photograph a region in a predetermined real space, the system making it possible to render the virtual object in a superimposed fashion on a real space or a photographed image of the real space, viewed by the user via the display unit, the server or the display device including a three-dimensional-space-data storage part, a table storage part, a color-information determining part, a color-information updating part, a user-environment determining part, a virtual-illumination-information generating part, and a rendering part.
US11282270B2
A method, including: 1) inputting a multi-story point cloud, and segmenting a story and an inter-story connection region based on an elevation histogram of the point cloud in a vertical direction; 2) segmenting rooms for each story based on a grid map projected onto an XOY plane respectively, wherein the XOY plane is parallel to a flooring; 3) segmenting indoor space cells for each story based on a vector wall line respectively; constructing a vector indoor plan based on superimposition of the vector and the grid for each story respectively; and 5) establishing a three-dimensional model of a multi-story structure by deleting an overlapping surface between the story and the connection region according to the Boolean intersection.
US11282262B2
Ray tracing systems have computation units (“RACs”) adapted to perform ray tracing operations (e.g. intersection testing). There are multiple RACs. A centralized packet unit controls the allocation and testing of rays by the RACs. This allows RACs to be implemented without Content Addressable Memories (CAMs) which are expensive to implement, but the functionality of CAMs can still be achieved by implemented them in the centralized controller.
US11282260B2
A method is presented. The method includes organizing a scene as a number of bounding volumes in a hierarchical data structure. The method also includes generating a grid based on the hierarchical data structure. The method further includes mapping each node of the hierarchical data structure to at least one cell of the grid. The method additionally includes identifying a cell of the grid corresponding to an initial intersection location of a ray and the scene. The method still further includes determining a non-root node of the hierarchical data structure as a start node for traversing the hierarchical data structure based on the identified cell. The method also includes traversing the hierarchical data structure starting from the start node to identify a number a primitives intersected by the ray.
US11282252B2
Global position system tagging the movement of an object and extrapolating its direction and speed can be used for various services including emergency-based services. Location data can be computed using edge computing nodes. The extrapolation system can account for feedback from responding user devices and utilize the user device's location at the time of reporting to facilitate determining the direction, location, and/or speed of a moving object. This data can then be utilized to generate augmented reality displays for mobile devices and/or vehicles that utilize the system. The ability to calculate directional information with edge computing nodes can comprise an ability to add enriched data by predicting an object's whereabouts, route, and/or final destination.
US11282246B2
Systems and methods are provided for presenting multiple dimensions of an entity for visual comparison. Multiple sets of data representing multiple dimensions of a first entity may be accessed. The multiple sets of data may be converted for plotting within a first multidimensional arc chart. The first multidimensional arc chart may be defined by a rounded outer shape. The rounded outer shape may be characterized by an arc length. The first multidimensional arc chart may be divided into multiple sections. Individual sections may include a plot of a dimension of the first entity. Values of the plot may be determined based on corresponding positions along the arc length. An interface that includes the first multidimensional arc chart may be provided.
US11282243B2
A method for processing CT imaging data includes providing CT imaging data obtained at two x-ray energy levels in a first respiratory phase, preferably in an inhalation phase, of the subject and providing second CT imaging data obtained at two x-ray energy levels in a second respiratory phase, preferably in an exhalation phase, of the subject. The method may include reconstructing first regional perfusion blood volume (PBV) imaging data from the provided first CT imaging data, reconstructing second regional PBV imaging data from the provided second CT imaging data, reconstructing first virtual non-contrast (VNC) imaging data from the provided first CT imaging data, reconstructing second VNC imaging data from the provided second CT imaging data, determining a transformation function for registering the first and second reconstructed VNC imaging data, and registering the first and second reconstructed VNC imaging data by applying the transformation function.
US11282241B2
A computer implemented method simulates a digital imaging device capturing a scene. The imaging device includes a color filter array and an output channel for each primary color of the color filter array. The method includes providing an image of the scene containing pixel data for a pixel of the digital imaging device, the pixel data being specified in an input color space, wherein reference color stimuli of the input color space differ from the primary colors of the color filter array of the digital imaging device, determining a luminance value of the pixel data, assigning at least one spectral color to the pixel data, calculating a color dependent output value of the pixel data for each output channel, and providing the calculated output values of the pixel data as output data of the pixel of the imaging device.
US11282234B2
A long-baseline and long depth-range stereo vision system is provided that is suitable for use in non-rigid assemblies where relative motion between two or more cameras of the system does not degrade estimates of a depth map. The stereo vision system may include a processor that tracks camera parameters as a function of time to rectify images from the cameras even during fast and slow perturbations to camera positions. Factory calibration of the system is not needed, and manual calibration during regular operation is not needed, thus simplifying manufacturing of the system.
US11282222B2
An apparatus comprises: acquiring depth information regarding an object that is present in a real space, the depth information indicating a distribution of distances to points on a surface of the object in a depth direction relative to a position; developing the points on the surface of the object, within a three-dimensional space that corresponds to the real space, based on the depth information; classifying the developed points on the surface of the object into any of a plurality of cells of a volume grid, divided from the three-dimensional space and each having a predetermined size; and determining, as a space in which the object is present, a space of the three-dimensional space and corresponding to cells into which a greater number of points on the surface of the object than a threshold value are classified.
US11282218B2
Methods and systems for using a patient representation model including a feature extraction model and a parameter determining model. For example, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a first feature extraction model, a depth image; generating, by the first feature extraction model, a first feature vector corresponding to the depth image; determining, by a parameter determining model, a plurality of three-dimensional model parameters based at least in part on the first feature vector; receiving a ground truth; determining a deviation between the ground truth and information associated with the plurality of three-dimensional model parameters; changing, based at least in part on the deviation, one or more parameters of the patient representation model; receiving a first patient image; determining a plurality of three-dimensional patient parameters based at least in part on the first patient image; and providing the plurality of three-dimensional patient parameters as medical guidance.
US11282216B2
A reduced noise image can be formed from a set of images. One of the images of the set can be selected to be a reference image and other images of the set are transformed such that they are better aligned with the reference image. A measure of the alignment of each image with the reference image is determined. At least some of the transformed images can then be combined using weights which depend on the alignment of the transformed image with the reference image to thereby form the reduced noise image. By weighting the images according to their alignment with the reference image the effects of misalignment between the images in the combined image are reduced. Furthermore, motion correction may be applied to the reduced noise image.
US11282199B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for improvements in aquaculture that allow for increasing the number and harvesting efficiency of fish in an aquaculture setting by identifying and predicting internal conditions of the juvenile fish based on external characteristics that are imaged through non-invasive means.
US11282198B2
A multi-label heat map generating system is operable to receive a plurality of medical scans and a corresponding plurality of medical labels that each correspond to one of a set of abnormality classes. A computer vision model is generated by training on the medical scans and the medical labels. Probability matrix data, which includes a set of image patch probability values that each indicate a probability that a corresponding one of the set of abnormality classes is present in each of a set of image patches, is generated by performing an inference function that utilizes the computer vision model on a new medical scan. Preliminary heat map visualization data can be generated for transmission to a client device based on the probability matrix data. Heat map visualization data can be generated via a post-processing of the preliminary heat map visualization data to mitigate heat map artifacts.
US11282192B2
Example methods and systems for training deep learning engines for radiotherapy treatment planning are provided. One example method may comprise: obtaining a set of training data that includes unlabeled training data and labeled training data; and configuring a deep learning engine to include (a) a primary network and (b) a deep supervision network that branches off from the primary network. The method may further comprise: training the deep learning engine to perform the radiotherapy treatment planning task by processing training data instance to generate (a) primary output data and (b) deep supervision output data; and updating weight data associated with at least some of the multiple processing layers based on the primary output data and/or the deep supervision output data. The deep supervision network may be pruned prior to applying the primary network to perform the radiotherapy treatment planning task for a patient.
US11282172B2
Guided restoration is used to restore video data degraded from a video frame. The video frame is divided into restoration units (RUs) which each correspond to one or more blocks of the video frame. Restoration schemes are selected for each RU. The restoration schemes may indicate to use one of a plurality of neural networks trained for the guided restoration. Alternatively, the restoration schemes may indicate to use a neural network and a filter-based restoration tool. The video frame is then restored by processing each RU according to the respective selected restoration scheme. During encoding, the restored video frame is encoded to an output bitstream, and the use of the selected restoration schemes may be signaled within the output bitstream. During decoding, the restored video frame is output to an output video stream.
US11282170B2
Vasculature modeling systems and methods are disclosed that generate an enhanced 3D model based on a combination of two dimensional, 2D, imaging data of a region of interest and 3D imaging data of the region of interest. A hemodynamic simulation is performed using the enhanced 3D model to derive at least one hemodynamic parameter based on the hemodynamic simulation.
US11282169B2
An apparatus, system, and method are described for providing real-time capture, processing, and distribution of panoramic virtual reality (VR) content. One embodiment of a graphics processor comprises a video interface to receive a plurality of images from a corresponding plurality of cameras; an image rectifier to perform a perspective re-projection of at least some of the images to a common image plane to generate a rectified plurality of images; a stitcher to analyze overlapping regions of adjacent images in the rectified images and to identify corresponding pixels in the overlapping regions and to stitch the adjacent images in accordance with the corresponding pixels to generate a panoramic image comprising a stitched combination of the rectified plurality of images; and a cylindrical projector to project the panoramic image onto a cylindrical surface to generate a final panoramic video image to be used to implement a VR environment on a VR apparatus.
US11282166B2
The present application discloses a method for displaying an electronic map, an electronic device and a readable storage medium, and relates to the technical field of electronic maps, intelligent transportation, automatic driving, artificial intelligence technologies, etc. The specific implementation scheme is: after receiving a downsizing instruction from an electronic device, a server generates second map data under a second scale according to first map data under a first scale, and obtains third map data by repairing the second map data according to a neighboring relation of map elements, and the third map data is configured to eliminate a crack between adjacent map elements in the plurality of map elements contained in the second map data. After receiving the third map data, the electronic device renders and displays the electronic map in the second scale.
US11282163B2
Described herein are systems and methods of converting media dimensions. A device may identify a set of frames from a video in a first orientation as belonging to a scene. The device may receive a selected coordinate on a frame of the set of frames for the scene. The device may identify a first region within the frame including a first feature corresponding to the selected coordinate and a second region within the frame including a second feature. The device may generate a first score for the first feature and a second score for the second feature. The first score may be greater than the second score based on the first feature corresponding to the selected coordinate. The device may crop the frame to include the first region and the second region within a predetermined display area comprising a subset of regions of the frame in a second orientation.
US11282146B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for data aggregation. The methods, systems, and apparatus include determining whether a site-specific script for extracting financial data from a particular financial institution website is available; in response to determining that a site-specific script for extracting financial data from the particular financial institution website is not available, generating a site map of web pages and web page segments in the financial institution website, wherein the site map is generated based on at least in part on a statistical analysis of web pages and web page segments that are not in the financial institution website; generating, based on the site map of the financial institution website, a site-specific script for extracting financial data from the financial institution website; and extracting, for one or more users, financial data from the particular financial institution website using the generated site-specific script.
US11282143B1
Methods and systems for determining risk associated with operation of fully autonomous vehicles are provided. According to certain aspects, autonomous operation features associated with a vehicle may be determined, including types and version of sensors, control systems, and software. This information may be used to determine a risk profile reflecting risk levels for a plurality of features, which may be based upon test data regarding the features or actual loss data. Expected use levels may further be determined and used with the risk profile to determine a total risk level associated with operation of the vehicle by the autonomous operation features. The expected use levels may indicate expected vehicle use, as well as traffic, weather, or other conditions in which the vehicle is likely to operate. The total risk level may be used to determine or adjust aspects of an insurance policy associated with the vehicle.
US11282139B1
An exemplary method includes generating, by a trust computer system, script instructions to carry out a transaction involving one or more digital wallets held in a trust custody account so as to verify control of digital assets held in the one or more digital wallets, the trust computer system being operatively connected to a decentralized digital asset network that uses a decentralized electronic ledger in the form of a blockchain maintained by a plurality of computer systems to track asset ownership and/or transactions in a digital asset system, and generating script instructions includes accessing a statement associated with an event that occurred within a predetermined time frame, and generating, by the trust computer system, based on the script instructions, a transaction that involves a zero net payment from the account along with the statement, and payment of a transaction fee from a separate operating account.
US11282138B2
Disclosed is a system and method for incentivizing participants on an electronic trading venue to post competitively priced bids or offers onto that venue. Participants that post such bids and offers are rewarded by a venue implementing the invention by being sent more frequent (and/or enhanced) market data updates over participants who do not, while those bids and offers remain active and competitive. Participants that receive more frequent market data updates from a venue may have an informational advantage in their trading over those participants that receive less frequent updates.
US11282137B2
A device has a secure element including a memory that stores at least one address, a set of rules, and a state of an asset. A processor is configured for receiving a request to change the state of the asset associated with the address, validating the request in the case where changing the state of the asset according to the request complies with the set of rules, and invalidating the request in the case where changing the state of the asset according to the request violates the set of rules. A communications module is coupled to the secure element for transmitting information responsive to the request to a distributed network of peer processors for recording a change in the state of the asset in a distributed electronic ledger in the case where the secure element validates the request.
US11282134B1
A system and method are disclosed for auctioning vehicles or other products and services where bids or offers for items offered for sale are evaluated against auction conditions. A method for auctioning one or multiple products or services where during the course of the auction the value of a bid amount required to win is reduced based upon auction conditions. A method is disclosed for displaying, evaluating and accepting bids or offers to purchase in the form of multiple payments over time that are equivalent in value to a singular valued price during an auction. The methods can be implemented via a programmed module operating on a computing system as a special purpose computer.
US11282131B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for securely storing, at an electronic device, payment information associated with a payment account, detecting, at the electronic device, a payment operation associated with an application program. In response to the detected payment operation, the method includes determining that an input corresponding to an authorization of a payment transaction has not been locally received at the electronic device within a time period, presenting, in response to the determination, a stimulus indicating that the input corresponding to an authorization of a payment transaction has not been locally received, detecting subsequent to the stimulus presentation an authorization input, the authorization input corresponding to an authorization of a payment transaction, enabling, in response to detecting the authorization input, the payment information to be retrieved and releasing the payment information to the application program.
US11282130B2
A method for facilitating foreign transactions through inter-currency exchanges and geographical matching includes providing a platform to consumers located in different countries, where a consumer in a first country that desires a product from a second country is matched to a consumer in the second country that desires a product in the first country; the consumers are matched and transactions initiated by the platform to provide transfer of any necessary payment to ensure that each consumer can make the purchase on behalf of the other consumer in their own country, for shipping to the consumer in the other country, negating the need for the consumers to make any international purchases directly while still availing themselves of foreign products without involving merchants and minimizing the effect and amount of cross-border transactions.
US11282124B1
Systems and methods are provided for electronic catalog user experience improvements based on extracted item attributes. An example method includes obtaining information identifying items viewed during a user browsing session, the items being included in an electronic catalog, and the electronic catalog being organized according to a hierarchy, with the hierarchy comprising a plurality of categories. Information identifying attributes associated with the identified items is identified, and the attributes are ranked according to attribute relevance score. Items are determined for recommendation to the user based on the ranked attribute relevance scores, with the determined items being selected from items included in the electronic catalog which are also associated with a same category as the identified items.
US11282120B2
Systems, methods and media for managing digital rights in three-dimensional (3D) printing are provided. In one example, a registration of digital rights in a first 3D object is received from a first user and via a portal. The registration includes a certification device. The registration including the certification device is published in an online environment, and the first 3D object is made available for replication by second users via the portal. A request for access to the digital rights in the first 3D object is received from a second user for 3D printing of the first 3D object. Permission is granted under the digital rights in the first 3D object to the second user for printing the first 3D object. Instructions are electronically transmitted to a 3D printer to print the first 3D object, and the 3D printer prints the first 3D object based on the instructions.
US11282113B2
Vehicle manufacturers may leverage one vehicle of a household to gain intelligence to determine whether a new vehicle may be purchased or an existing vehicle may be replaced for the household. Techniques include identifying a home geofence space that identifies the household at the household address for the vehicle. The sensor data from the vehicle can be used to identify other vehicles within the home geofence space. When other vehicles are identified that match appropriate criteria, the other vehicles may be associated with the household. Further observation of the other vehicles and the behavior of the members of the household can be used to identify when an existing vehicle of the household may be replaced and/or a new vehicle may be purchased. Upon determining that a new or replacement vehicle may be purchased, marketing materials may be provided to the household to aid the household with purchasing the new vehicle.
US11282101B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system and method to allow sellers of products to establish individual products in a multilevel marketing (MLM) commission system, where the product is offered and sold to a first purchaser—who then actively by requesting a code, or passively, through the purchase of the product, becomes a user of the commission system. This user is provided a code such that the code may be passed onto followers of the registered user. The registered user will be allowed to advertise the product to a second purchaser and the second purchaser will be allowed to purchase the product and provide advertisements to other purchasers. Commissions paid to respective downline purchasers for a single product may be limited by a preset number of defined levels. After a product is purchased, commissions are paid out to each respective purchaser according to the commission plan assigned to the user. Users may be assigned or may be able to select their own commission plan. The system may assign or suggest commission plans to the used to optimize metric such as sales or profit. The user may elect to donate an amount of their commission to entities such as charities.
US11282097B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example method includes installing a monitoring enabled application on a media device. Configuration information to instruct the monitoring enabled application to enable monitoring functionality is accessed. A media presentation event is identified within the monitoring enabled application. A media identifier corresponding to the media presentation event when the monitoring functionality is enabled is determined. At least one of a user identifier or a device identifier associated with the media device is determined when the monitoring functionality is enabled. A record is transmitted including the media identifier and the at least one of the user identifier or the device identifier to the audience measurement entity when the monitoring functionality is enabled.
US11282095B2
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided to enable wide access to numerous different previously compiled forecast modeling. In some embodiments, a system is provided that enables wide access to forecasting, comprising: a forecast model database that maintains numerous different forecast models that when run produce resulting forecast data relevant to making business decisions; and a forecasting interface system configured to receive multiple different forecast requests for forecast request data, which comprises a forecast model index comprising identifiers of the numerous different predefined forecast models and for each of the numerous different forecast models relevance characteristics, wherein the forecasting interface system selects, for each received forecast request, a forecast model of the numerous different forecast models based on a relationship between the corresponding forecast request data and the relevance characteristics.
US11282091B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and apparatuses that can provide, for example, dynamic page feed recognition for providing zero-configuration analysis of web pages and tailored advertisement provision to website visitors. The systems, methods, and apparatuses can be used to analyze inventory feed. Based on analysis of user interaction data on the web pages, one or more matching methodologies can be used to determine matching data between the visited web pages and the inventory feed.
US11282090B2
A system and method that uses geo-location and a rules engine to facilitate compliance to federal, state, and local regulations as well as company policies across different jurisdictions that may have different compliance regulations. A mobile workforce may use the techniques herein to manage work assignments, report activities, and to manage and track time. This technology may be used, e.g., in the transportation industry, but is not limited to this industry.
US11282089B1
A recalled product detection and notification system may include a camera device positioned to capture image data of consumable products and communicate associated image data via the cloud. The system may also include a recalled products server that may include a memory for storing product category data associated with recalled products and product identifier data associated with the recalled products, and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor may be configured to communicate via the cloud with the camera device and download image data therefrom, and determine if the image data corresponds to a product category of recalled products based upon the product category data, and when so, generate a first user notification. The processor may also be configured to determine if the image data corresponds to a recalled product based upon the product identifier data, and when so, generate a second user notification.
US11282081B2
A system, method and computer program product for granting access and/or an authorization are disclosed. For instance, a computer-implemented method may include receiving a first sequence of plurality of biometric data elements. The sequence of plurality of biometric data elements may comprise a biometric passphrase. The method may include registering the biometric passphrase to a known user and/or a transaction account. The method may include receiving a transaction request comprising a second sequence of plurality of biometric data elements. The method may include comparing the second sequence of plurality of biometric data elements to the biometric passphrase to resulting in a confidence factor of the comparison. The comparison may include comparing the sequencing of the second sequence of plurality of biometric data elements and the characteristics of each biometric data element of the second sequence of plurality of biometric data elements to the biometric passphrase.
US11282080B2
Implementations of electronic payment service processing methods and devices are disclosed. In an implementation, a server receives a first information set for performing an electronic payment, where the first information set includes payment information of a first payment option and service information for performing the electronic payment. The server may determine that the electronic payment has not been successfully performed. In response to determining that the electronic payment has not been successfully performed, a one-click payment link associated with payment information of a second payment option and the service information is generated, and the one-click payment link is provided to a mobile computing device.
US11282079B2
The invention relates to a method for securing a contactless service transaction, said service (11) being stored in the mobile terminal (10), said transaction involving the mobile terminal, a contactless reader (12) and a remote server (13), said server storing at least one piece of data and/or sensitive function of the service, said terminal comprising a security module (14), said method being characterised in that the terminal also stores a contactless security application (15) and that it comprises: receiving (E41) a first value (α) for determining a session key; receiving (E49) a second value for determining a session key (β) and a first one-time password (OTPin); sending (E58) the second value for determining a session key and a message (MAC) for authenticating at least the first password, intended for being verified by the reader, said first and second determination values being used to calculate (E50, E61) a session key (Ksess) intended for being used to secure the exchanges.
US11282077B2
According to embodiments, systems and methods for tracking gift card usage improve the speed and efficiency of anomalous transaction detection. Individual transaction data is enriched to form parent records that include indicators that the card is being used outside of established usage criteria or in a way that is otherwise abnormal. Machine learning can improve upon anomalous transactions more quickly using this enriched, parent-level information.
US11282075B1
A method for routing electronic payment transactions may include receiving transaction-related information from a merchant, extracting transaction routing criteria from the received transaction-related information, identifying one or more eligible payment networks and one or more eligible acquirer processors based on extracted transaction routing criteria, predicting a likelihood of authorization acceptance for each combination of identified acquirer processor and identified network, identifying one or more breakeven transaction amounts for each combination of identified eligible acquirer processor and identified eligible payment network, and routing signature debit transactions from the merchant to a least cost combination of acquirer processor and PIN-less debit network selected from the eligible payment networks based on identification of a desired breakeven transaction amount for the PIN-less debit network.
US11282074B2
A method for leveraging email to complete an online transaction from a third party vendor, the method comprising: storing customer information, the customer information including a customer name, customer email address, customer shipping address, and customer billing information. The method further comprises receiving an authorization request from an application programming interface associated with a third party vendor requesting access to a portion of the customer information and receiving confirmation from a customer to allow the third party vendor to access the portion of the customer information. The method further comprising transmitting an access code to the third party vendor and receiving a request message from the third party vendor, wherein the request message comprises the access code, and wherein the request message requests an authorization token. The method may further comprise confirming the received access code and transmitting an authorization token to the third party vendor.
US11282072B2
There are provided systems and methods for automatic data pull requests using a secure communication link between online resources. An account may be used to electronically process transactions by a user, which may include use of a digital wallet that may store payment instruments used for transaction processing. The user may access an online platform for a service provider that provides a service to the user and bills the user for the service. The online platform may provide transaction processing services for the user's bills. The user may request a secure communication link be established between the service provider's billing platform and the user's digital wallet so that when billing data is available on the billing platform, the data may be pulled by the digital wallet from the platform and loaded to the user's digital wallet for processing.
US11282065B2
Techniques for displaying a payment page based on the proximity of a payment device to a client computing device are described. One example method includes receiving, at a client computing device, a signal when the client computing device is within a predetermined range of a source of the signal; determining, by the client computing device, that the signal is a predetermined characteristic signal sent by an electronic device of a payee; and in response to determining that the received signal is the predetermined characteristic signal, displaying, by the client computing device, a payment page configured to be read by the electronic device of the payee to perform an electronic payment.
US11282060B2
A zero-step authentication system and method which uses wireless mobile devices to automatically make payments in a secure manner without requiring the customer to handle his or her mobile device. The system and method uses a payment facilitation device at the business location which automatically detects and recognizes registered mobile devices, displays a photo of the customer to a business employee for identity confirmation, and automatically deducts payments for purchases from a pre-authorized customer account. The customer account is managed by a payment processing server, which stores the customer account data, makes appropriate deductions, sends confirmation of deductions to the customer's mobile device, and automatically refills the customer's account by making pre-authorized charges to the customer's banking institution.
US11282059B1
A food item system may include a remote device associated with a given shopper and a weight sensor associated with a food product display that includes food items. The food item system may also include a food item processing server configured to add at least one user selected food item from among the food items to a virtual shopping cart associated with the given shopper based upon proximity of the remote device to the food product display and a change in weight from the weight sensor indicative that the at least one user selected food item has been removed from the food product display. The food item processing server may also be configured to communicate the virtual shopping cart of the given shopper for checkout.
US11282058B1
A system and method comprising a server that automatically configures and sets up a restaurant's or business' information technology (IT) infrastructure, more specifically relating to point-of-sale devices (POS) and other networked devices such as scanners, tracking displays, and any other device that any business may use. Communication between the networked devices and the server is facilitated by a preconfigured router, wherein after initial communication with the server, the server may update firmware, operating parameters, and software packages of the preconfigured router and other networked devices.
US11282057B2
Logic to register a personal point of sale (POS) device. Logic may communicate with the registration processor to establish a secure communication channel. Logic may access a basic input output system to obtain platform information. Logic may transmit the platform information to the registration processor to identify a certification associated with the device. Logic may communicate with a payment instrument via a card reader. Logic may transmit an encrypted message from the card reader to the registration processor to bind the payment instrument to the device. Logic may receive a communication from the device comprising platform information. Logic may perform a security protocol to establish a secure communication channel with the device. Logic may determine an existence of the certification for the device in the database based upon the platform information. And logic may register the platform in response to locating the certification of the platform.
US11282055B2
A method for beacon device-based customer notifications is provided. The method is implemented by a computing device including a processor. The method includes receiving, from a beacon device, a beacon device advertisement that includes a universally unique identifier (UUID), a major identifier, and a minor identifier. The method also includes identifying, based on at least one of the UUID, the major identifier, and the minor identifier, that the beacon device is associated with an agent location, where the agent location is corresponds to a bill payment and money transfer facility. The method further includes generating a payment notification for display on the computing device, where the payment notification includes payment data and agent location data, receiving, from a user, an instruction to prepare to make a payment at the agent location, and causing the agent location to stage the payment for completion by the user.
US11282046B2
A method of processing a virtual money order transaction includes establishing an account for a first user having a first user device and receiving from a second user device, a virtual money order purchase request identifying the first user as a payee, an amount, and payment information. A transfer of a payment amount from a second user account to a transaction processor account is processed and a virtual money order is generated with associated information accessible at a network address. A notification including the network address is transmitted to the first user device and a request to receive the money order information is received via the network address. Responsive to verification that the requester is authorized, the information is transmitted to the first user device. A redemption request is received and a transfer of the money order amount from the transaction data account to the redemption requester is processed.
US11282038B2
A method, computer system, and computer program product for displaying contextually relevant insights into human resources information. Human resources information from a human resources profile of an employee of an organization is displayed within a context of an operation to be performed for the organization. The human resources information is identified within related information. Whether the related information is relevant to the context of the operation to be performed is determined. In response to determining that the related information is relevant to the context of the operation to be performed, an insight into the human resources information is generated based on a data point for the human resources information within the related information. The insight is displayed with the human resources information within the context of the operation to be performed. Performing the operation is enabled using the insight displayed with the human resources information.
US11282025B1
Systems and methods which provide shipping management system shipping documentation generation operation which spawns intelligent generation subprocesses are described. The intelligent generation subprocesses of embodiments facilitate autonomous shipping documentation generation functionality of a concatenated shipping documentation generation process. A user may initiate a shipping documentation generation process, whereby an intelligent generation subprocess is spawned, and thereafter the user may be freed to perform one or more independent operation and/or interaction with the shipping management system. One or more verifications, checks, warnings, and/or the like are suspended and one or more parameter, input, selection, and/or the like are defaulted for operation of an intelligent generation subprocess of embodiments. Embodiments implement a documentation queue to provide historical information with respect to intelligent generation subprocess operation.
US11282020B2
Techniques described modify playback of a narrated analytics playlist in a personalized analytics system. In some implementations, audible input is received during playback of the narrated analytics playlist. The audible input can be used to control the behavior of a playback module playing out the narrated analytics playlist. Alternately or additionally, user input can be received, where the user input corresponds to modifying an original scene included in the narrated analytics playlist. Some implementations generate synchronized audible output that be output with the modified original scene of the narrated analytics playlist. Alternately or additional, implementations can automatically determine to visually apply an auto-pointer to portions of the narrated analytics playlist. In generating the narrated analytics playlist, implementations can calculate a respective playback duration of each scene in a plurality of scenes to include in the narrated analytics playlist, and generate the narrated analytics playlist based on the calculating.
US11282016B2
An on-demand transportation management system can receive transport requests from requesting users for an on-demand transportation service for a given region, each transport request indicating a pick-up location and a destination. The system can determine a candidate set of vehicles, within a proximity of the pick-up location, to service each transport request. The system may then determine an individual risk value for each vehicle in the candidate set of vehicles for servicing the transport request, based, at least in part, on the individual risk value for each vehicle of the candidate set of vehicles, the system can select a vehicle from the candidate set of vehicles to service the transport request.
US11282011B2
Based on demand signals from multiple sources, the timing and amount of well tasks, such as material delivery, drilling, and/or waste removal, may be predicted. The well tasks may be organized as card elements on a graphical user interface, with the card elements being arranged based on the sequence in which the well tasks are scheduled. The sequence of the well tasks and the arrangement of the card elements on the graphical user interface may be updated automatically based on real-time data.
US11282006B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for meeting completion. In one implementation, a message generated in relation to a meeting is received. The message is processed to identify a first action item and a first user associated with the first action item. The first action item is assigned to the first user. Performance of the first action item by the first user is tracked. The performance of the first action item by the first user is presented within an action tracking interface.
US11282005B2
The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program for selecting a plurality of workers to accomplish a task. The method includes: identifying a task from a description; extracting at least one cognitive skill from the description of the task using machine learning methods; generating a group cognitive map which includes the at least one cognitive skill; and selecting a plurality of workers to accomplish the task based on at least the group cognitive map, wherein the plurality of workers comprises at least on artificial intelligent (AI) agent.
US11281988B1
A method, system and product comprising: obtaining a functional-level representation of a quantum circuit that comprises a functional block; synthesizing a gate-level representation of the quantum circuit based on the functional-level representation of the quantum circuit, wherein the gate-level representation of the quantum circuit comprises a first sub-circuit and a second sub-circuit; providing the gate-level representation to a gate-level processing component; obtaining, from the gate-level processing component, a change indication indicating that the gate-level processing component modified the first sub-circuit, whereby determining a modified first sub-circuit; in response to the change indication, synthesizing a modified second sub-circuit based on a knowledge of an existence of the modified first sub-circuit.
US11281984B2
A set of internal information technology (IT) architecture is received and the internal IT architecture is controlled by a service provider. A set of exogenous IT architecture is received and the exogenous IT architecture is not controlled by the service provider. A set of service level agreement (SLA) requirements, agreed upon by the service provider and a service user, are received. A set of sensor data, from sensors monitoring environmental conditions which may affect at least one of the internal IT architecture or the exogenous IT architecture, is received. A set of heuristic data relating to the internal IT architecture and the exogenous IT architecture is received. A risk metric based on the set of internal IT architecture, the set of exogenous IT architecture, the set of SLA requirements, the set of sensor data, and the set of heuristic data is determined.
US11281983B2
A computer-implemented method is disclosed which includes receiving an initial decision from each of a plurality of agents based on the same criteria, wherein at least a subset of the agents are computing nodes, and wherein the criteria pertain to a resource allocation request; assigning an equal weight to resources specific to each of the agents; generating, for each of the initial decisions, a revised decision based on (i) comparing the initial decisions to each other, (ii) modeling aggregate group behavior represented by the initial decisions of the plurality of agents, and (iii) modeling a behavior of each of the agents in view of the initial decisions; updating the weights assigned to the resources specific to each of the agents based at least in part on the revised decisions; and dynamically allocating resources in response to the resource allocation request based at least in part on the updated weights.
US11281964B2
A method for increasing a speed or energy efficiency at which a computer is capable of modeling a plurality of random walkers. The method includes defining a virtual space in which a plurality of virtual random walkers will move among different locations in the virtual space. The method also includes either assigning a corresponding set of ringed neurons in a spiking neural network to a corresponding virtual random walker, or assigning a corresponding set of ringed neurons to a point in the virtual space. Movement of a given virtual random walker is tracked by decoding differences between states of individual neurons in a corresponding given set of ringed neurons. A virtual random walk of the plurality of virtual random walkers is executed using the spiking neural network.
US11281963B2
An integrated circuit (IC), as a computation block of a neuromorphic system, includes a time step controller to activate a time step update signal for performing a time-multiplexed selection of a group of neuromorphic states to update. The IC includes a first circuitry to, responsive to detecting the time step update signal for a selected group of neuromorphic states: generate an outgoing data signal in response to determining that a first membrane potential of the selected group of neuromorphic states exceeds a threshold value, wherein the outgoing data signal includes an identifier that identifies the selected group of neuromorphic states and a memory address (wherein the memory address corresponds to a location in a memory block associated with the integrated circuit), and update a state of the selected group of neuromorphic states in response to generation of the outgoing data signal.
US11281960B2
A pleat counter and methods are provided to accurately count the number of pleats in a corrugated sheet of material to be used for the production of air filters. The pleat counter comprises a pleat detector mounted underneath a mounting board for counting the pleats. The mounting board is configured to position the pleat detector adjacent to the corrugated sheet of filter material. The pleat detector includes one or more sensors configured to detect the presence of individual pleats comprising the corrugated sheet. The pleat counter includes an interface configured to enable coupling the pleat counter with a data processing system. The data processing system may comprise any of a desktop, a tablet, a server, a mobile phone, a media player, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a personal communicator, a network router or hub, a wireless access point (AP) or repeater, a set-top box, or a combination thereof.
US11281958B2
The present disclosure relates to wireless sensor networks installation, deployment, maintenance, and operation. A distributed network of wireless tags enable a wide variety of different indoor and outdoor applications to be implemented, including asset finding, workflow automation, and internet-of-things applications. The physical premises environment may be any location in which there are persons, places or things to be monitored, tracked, sensed, or inventoried, or other defined space. The distributed network of wireless tags is associated with a wireless client device that enables a customer to configure and retrieve status data, event data, and sensor data from wireless tags and other components in the physical premises environment. Embodiments utilize different types of network nodes to collect data from the physical premises environment. Examples of the types of data that may be collected by the wireless tags include asset status information, event data, and sensor data.
US11281955B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and system for programming wireless sensor tags, and such programmed wireless sensor tags. Embodiments of the method and apparatus can be utilized in food service operations, without utilizing a computing device or smartphone for programming the wireless sensor tag. Embodiments relate to a method and system for programming wireless temperature sensor tags, and such programmed wireless temperature sensor tags. Embodiments of the subject method use NFC-enabled cards with Near Field Communications (NFC) technology to quickly and simply program a wireless temperature sensor tag to read, collect, and report the temperature of a food item or ingredient. The use of this method enables food service operators, such as: quick-serve restaurants (QSRs), school cafeterias, and food service departments within supermarkets, to simplify the collection of temperature data within the retail space, as well as throughout the supply chain of products. The present invention also uses a display and at least one button on the wireless sensor tag for programming the wireless sensor tag.
US11281953B2
A key fob, comprising an electronic communication circuit, a processor, and a battery configured to power the electronic communication circuit and the processor, further comprises: a communication module for exchanging data with an external electronic communication device, an access control module for exchanging access control data with an external electronic access control device, and a user activatable operating element which activates the communication module, or the access control module, depending on actuation of the operating element by a user.
US11281950B2
To implement non-ejection complementation processing while securing a chance for a nozzle in which an ejection failure has occurred to recover as a normal nozzle. Positional information for specifying an abnormal nozzle in which an ejection failure has occurred among a plurality of nozzles arrayed in a nozzle column is acquired and based on the positional information, input image data is converted into halftone image data. At this time, at least part of densities that are assumed to be obtained by a pixel line of the abnormal nozzle are distributed to pixels on a pixel line of a neighboring nozzle that is located in close proximity to the abnormal nozzle and in which no ejection failure has occurred so that in the halftone image data, at least in part of tones, the pixel on the pixel line of the abnormal nozzle has a density.
US11281947B2
An image processing device configured to generate printing image data used during printing from input image data including a bar code constituted by a bar element and a space element that are a plurality of elements arranged based on a predetermined standard, includes a frequency distribution calculation unit configured to acquire widths of the plurality of elements respectively to calculate a frequency distribution of the widths of the plurality of elements, a standard width determination unit configured to determine a standard width of the plurality of elements of the barcode in the printing image data using the frequency distribution, and a correction unit configured to correct the widths of the plurality of elements of the barcode in the printing image data to the standard width.
US11281946B2
Examples described herein relate to a system consistent with the disclosure. For instance, the system may comprise a printing device including hardware to form an image on a print medium, a memory resource, and a controller to receive a print job to form the markings on the print medium, designate a pixel of the received print job to form a covert dot pattern on the markings, where the pixel corresponds to a first laser intensity level; and adjust a laser intensity of the printing device to a second laser intensity level based on the first laser intensity level of the designated pixel to form the covert dot pattern.
US11281941B2
A danger ranking training method comprising training a first deep neural network for generic object recognition within generic images, training a second deep neural network for specific object recognition within images of a specific application, training a third deep neural network for specific scene flow prediction within image sequences of the application, training a fourth deep neural network for potential danger areas localization within images or image sequences of the application using at least one human trained danger tagging method, training a fifth deep neural network for non-visible specific object anticipation and/or visible specific object prediction within image or image sequences of the application, and determining at least one danger pixel within an image or an image sequence of the application using an end-to-end deep neural network as a sequence of transfer learning of the five deep neural networks followed by one or several end-to-end top layers.
US11281934B2
In a method for identification of an Internet meme, a plurality of sources is monitored for digital visual content comprising a visual moment and a caption. It is determined whether instances of digital visual content include a same visual moment. Provided the instances of digital visual content include the same visual moment, the instances of digital visual content including the same visual moment are identified as similar digital visual content. Each instance of the similar digital visual content is tracked. Provided a total number of instances of the similar digital visual content exceeds an Internet meme threshold, the similar digital visual content is identified as an Internet meme, wherein the same visual moment is a root visual moment and each caption corresponds to a different iteration of the Internet meme.
US11281933B2
An information processing device includes a categorizing section and a display control section. The categorizing section extracts a material component image identified as a material component from plural images obtained by imaging a sample fluid containing plural types of material element, and categorizes the extracted material component image serving as a detected component by predetermined category. The display control section performs control to re-categorize a material component image serving as the detected component already categorized into a different category, such that, when selection of a movement destination category is received in a state in which a first image list of detected components is being displayed, in a subsequent state in which the first image list and a second image list for the movement destination are being displayed at the same time, a material component image selected from the first image list is moved to the second image list.
US11281932B2
A data extraction system for extracting a unique identifier from a plurality of different types of tokens, the data extraction system comprising a central processing system arranged to receive a data string representing an image of the token, the central processing system comprises: a data store of predetermined data records relating to the plurality of different types of token, each predetermined data record including a plurality of discrete features derived from an image of each type of token; a token type recognition module for identifying a type of token which the representation relates to, the recognition module comprising: a discrete feature identifier for iteratively identifying discrete features present in the representation; and a matching engine for iteratively comparing each of the identified features with each of the discrete features of the plurality of different types of token stored in the data store and registering each matched feature; wherein the recognition module is arranged to compare a current number of registered matched features of the representation with a predetermined number of minimum matched features and when the current number of registered matched features is at least equal to the at least the predetermined number of minimum matched features to determine which type of token the representation relates to; a data extractor for extracting at least one unique identifier of the token from the representation, wherein the data extractor is arranged to use the type of token identified by the token type recognition module to locate a region of the representation where the unique identifier is provided and to focus a data extraction process at that region.
US11281925B2
A method for recognizing object nodes in an image includes: performing image detection on an original image, to determine a target image region that comprises a target image object, the original image being a two-dimensional image; performing image cropping on the original image according to the target image region, to obtain a subimage comprising the target image object; and performing node recognition on the subimage based on a preset node recognition model, to obtain image position information of each node of the target image object in the original image.
US11281918B1
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for determining a location of an object within an environment. An example method may include determining a three-dimensional (3D) location of a plurality of reference points in an environment, receiving a two-dimensional (2D) image of a portion of the environment that contains an object, selecting certain reference points from the plurality of reference points that form a polygon when projected into the 2D image that contains at least a portion of the object, determining an intersection point of a ray directed toward the object and a 3D polygon formed by the selected reference points, and based on the intersection point of the ray directed toward the object and the 3D polygon formed by the selected reference points, determining a 3D location of the object in the environment.
US11281917B2
This document describes “Multi-domain Neighborhood Embedding and Weighting” (MNEW) for use in processing point cloud data, including sparsely populated data obtained from a lidar, a camera, a radar, or combination thereof. MNEW is a process based on a dilation architecture that captures pointwise and global features of the point cloud data involving multi-scale local semantics adopted from a hierarchical encoder-decoder structure. Neighborhood information is embedded in both static geometric and dynamic feature domains. A geometric distance, feature similarity, and local sparsity can be computed and transformed into adaptive weighting factors that are reapplied to the point cloud data. This enables an automotive system to obtain outstanding performance with sparse and dense point cloud data. Processing point cloud data via the MNEW techniques promotes greater adoption of sensor-based autonomous driving and perception-based systems.
US11281914B2
A vehicle monitoring system includes at least one camera, and a server that is communicably connected to the camera and a client terminal. The camera captures a license plate and an occupant's face of a vehicle entering an angle of view of the camera, and transmits a captured video to the server. The server acquires an analysis result of the license plate, analysis results of a type and a color of the vehicle, an analysis result of the occupant's face, and an analysis result of the number of occupants based on the captured video, and accumulates the acquired analysis results as analysis results of the captured video, and sends the analysis result to the client terminal in correlation with a snapshot of the captured video.
US11281913B2
The present disclosure is directed to a video surveillance system and method for performing display-based video analytics on video streams provided by internet protocol (IP) cameras and/or a video management system (VMS) over an IP network. Display-based video analytics can perform video analytics on the video streams without a direct connection to the IP network. Because the display-based video analytics can perform video analytics on the video streams without being directly connected to the IP network, the display-based video analytics can be more readily implemented in video surveillance systems with secure IP networks.
US11281912B2
A method includes activating a first object detector and a second object detector. The first object detector is operable to detect a first type of object in a set of image frames, and the second object detector is operable to detect a second type of object in the set of image frames. The method also includes activating a first set of attribute classifiers and a second set of attribute classifiers. The method also includes generating first statistics for the first object detector and second statistics for the second object detector. The method also includes modifying activation of at least the second set of attribute classifiers based on a comparison of the first statistics and the second statistics.
US11281906B2
A monitor device includes a camera for capturing a motion image of a motion of a robot device and an acceleration sensor for detecting an operational status of the robot device. A storage control unit for a robot controller performs control for storing, in a storage unit, a motion image captured by the camera and attached with a time, and control for storing, in the storage unit, an acceleration acquired from an acceleration sensor and attached with a time. When the operational status of the robot device deviates from a reference operational status, an extraction unit extracts, from the storage unit, a motion image in a period preceding the deviation from the reference operational status and stores the extracted motion image in the storage unit.
US11281905B2
A computer-based system and method allows a user to automatically aerially inspect a selected runway/taxiway/tarmac surface for foreign object debris (FOD) using a plurality of UAVs equipped with electro-optical (EO) sensors. Live images of the runway surface captured by the EO sensors are transmitted from the UAVs during an inspection sweep of the runway surface and are compared with FOD-free reference images of the runway surface to determine whether candidate FOD are detected on the runway surface. Information about and images of candidate FOD are displayed to the user allowing the user to determine whether to send a team to remove the FOD from the runway.
US11281902B1
A document scanner with the capability of landing a document by determining its location on the scanning bed, using intelligent methodologies for framing the document to determine the edges/boundaries of the document, processing the image using various techniques and methodologies to speed up the processing, so that the document feed track does not have to be slowed, and a unique binarization of the image to efficiently create different renderings of the scanned image.
US11281897B2
A gesture shaking recognition method includes acquiring two adjacent frames of gesture images of a gesture (S100), selecting a tracking point in each of the two adjacent frames of gesture images (S200), determining positional information of a maximum value pixel point in each of the two adjacent frames of gesture images based on the tracking point (S300), and determining whether gesture shaking occurs (S400) based on the positional information of the maximum value pixel point in each of the two adjacent frames of gesture images and positional information of the tracking point in each of the two adjacent frames of gesture images. The tracking point in each of the two adjacent frames of gesture images may correspond to a same position on the gesture.
US11281896B2
Certain aspects provide a method of generating a physical activity model, including: receiving, via a motion capture device, motion data corresponding to a plurality of key states associated with a physical activity sequence; for each respective key state in the plurality of key states: determining a plurality of joint positions associated with the respective key state; determining a plurality of body segment positions associated with the respective key state based on the plurality of joint positions; determining a plurality of inter-state differentiation variables for the respective key state; determining one or more state characteristic metrics for the respective key state; and determining a classifier for the respective key state based on the one or more state characteristic metrics; and defining a physical activity model based on the one or more state characteristic metrics and the classifier associated with each key state.
US11281894B2
A non-boarded passenger search device which searches for a non-boarded passenger includes an image registration unit that registers image data of faces of a plurality of scheduled passengers photographed before a predetermined passage point; a determination unit that determines whether a scheduled passenger whose face is photographed at the passage point is registered in the image registration unit; when the face is photographed at the passage point is registered, a fight number registration unit that registers a flight number which the scheduled passenger is scheduled to board, in association with image data of the face; and a presentation unit that presents position information of the scheduled passenger, based on the image data of the face of the scheduled passenger, the flight number, image data of the face of the scheduled passenger and position information of the plurality of photographing points.
US11281887B2
A method for enhancing efficiency of a computerized electronic signature system by facilitating collection of signatures from multiple signatories is described. The method may initially involve verifying an identity of a first signatory by receiving data from the first signatory electronically, providing a document to the first signatory, receiving a first electronic signature on the document from the first signatory, and receiving a selection from the first signatory of a second signatory to sign the document as a witness. The method may then involve verifying an identity of the second signatory by receiving data from the second signatory electronically, providing the document to the second signatory, receiving a second electronic signature from the second signatory, providing a completed document, including the first signature and the second signature, and notifying the first signatory and the second signatory that the completed document is completed.
US11281886B2
A fingerprint enrollment method and a device related to the field of terminals includes receiving, by a terminal, a first input of a user, displaying, in response to the first input, a fingerprint enrollment interface, displaying at least two fingerprint patterns in the fingerprint enrollment interface, instructing the user to touch a displayed fingerprint pattern, and when the user touches a display position of the fingerprint pattern, enrolling fingerprint information of the user, where each of the at least two fingerprint patterns at least partially overlaps a fingerprint collection area of the touchscreen, and different fingerprint patterns have different overlapping areas with the fingerprint collection area.
US11281881B2
An apparatus may include an ultrasonic sensor system, a Coulomb force apparatus and a control system. The control system may be configured for controlling the Coulomb force apparatus for application of a Coulomb force to a digit in contact with an outer surface of the apparatus in a fingerprint sensor area and for controlling the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor for transmission of first ultrasonic waves towards the digit. The control system may be configured for synchronizing the application of the Coulomb force and the transmission of the first ultrasonic waves. The control system may be configured for receiving ultrasonic receiver signals from the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor and for performing an authentication process based, at least in part, on the ultrasonic receiver signals. The ultrasonic receiver signals may, in some instances, include signals corresponding to reflections of the first ultrasonic waves from the digit.
US11281878B2
A device that allows for patient identification comprising a housing, a biometric sensor, coupled to the housing. the biometric sensor is configured to detect a biometric feature of a patient. The device further comprises a signal transmitter configured to transmit data related to the detected biometric feature to a medical treatment machine for carrying out a medical treatment on the patient. The patient identification device is configured to be secured to the patient during the dialysis treatment.
US11281872B2
A transaction card may monitor an amount of electric current induced in a first near-field communication (NFC) component of a transaction card. Electric current may be induced in the first NFC component when the first NFC component is within an electromagnetic field generated by a second NFC component of a transaction terminal. The transaction card may dynamically activate one or more output components associated with the transaction card based on the amount of electric current induced in the first NFC component. The one or more output components may indicate whether the transaction card can communicate with the transaction terminal. The transaction card may perform an action related to completing a transaction after determining that the amount of electric current induced in the NFC component satisfies a first threshold. The first threshold may indicate that the transaction card can communicate with the transaction terminal.
US11281868B2
A modular sensor system for use with a faceplate mountable to a housing can include first and second optical modules. Each of the optical modules can be configured to be removably receivable within either of a first mounting aperture or a second mounting aperture of the faceplate, in either of a first orientation or a second orientation.
US11281858B1
A computer implemented method of document classification includes receiving a text document. A first classification is generated for the document, and a text corpus is searched for one or more terms from the document. Searched terms having an incidence in the text corpus lower than a threshold incidence are flagged, and at least one classification is generated after removing at least one flagged term from the document. An output is generated if the further classification is different from the first classification.
US11281846B2
Rules, such as condition-action rules, are configured at different levels of a hierarchy. For example, a top level site administrator may configure rules, lower level administrators may configure rules and end users may configure rules. Rules created at a higher hierarchical level are automatically inherited by lower hierarchical levels in the same branch of the hierarchy. The source of the inherited rule is indicated with its display such that the hierarchical level of creation can readily be determined. The inherited rule(s) may be toggled on/off at the lower hierarchical levels but edits to inherited rule(s) are restricted. Instead, a copy of any inherited rule may be made to create a local copy of the rule that is editable. Rules may be ordered and when a lower hierarchical level inherits the rules, the ordering is preserved.
US11281841B2
A computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions providing a method of displaying arrays of computer-readable files, the method comprising causing a first array of computer-readable files to be displayed, said first array of computer-readable files being displayed along a timeline according to a first timescale; causing a second array of computer-readable files to be displayed, said second array of computer-readable files being displayed along a timeline according to a second timescale. An interface, a computerized system and a method for providing same is also disclosed therein.
US11281838B1
The present disclosure describes an example method for cell placement in an integrated circuit (IC) layout design. The method includes defining a layout unit for a circuit implementation and arranging multiple layout units into a layout cell. The method also includes editing the layout cell to connect a first set of the layout units to be representative of the circuit implementation and to connect a second set of the layout units to be representative of a non-functional circuit. Further, the method includes inserting one or more dummy fill structures in areas of the layout cell unoccupied by the first and second sets of layout units.
US11281826B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable media to simulate and predict translational and/or rotational velocity of a moving vehicle based on a determination of engine load for the vehicle are disclosed. An example vehicle motion simulator system includes a speed and stability predictor to simulate and predict a translational and rotational velocity of a moving vehicle based on a determination of engine load for the moving vehicle characterized by the speed and stability predictor. The example speed and stability predictor to execute instructions to at least: compute a nearest wall distance for the moving vehicle in an environment; solve an eddy viscosity for the environment; solve a flow velocity for the environment; and determine vehicle motion to characterize a speed and stability of the moving vehicle based on the wall distance, eddy viscosity, and flow velocity.
US11281825B2
A method for efficiently injecting sources and retrieving receiver wavefields using finite difference models for wavefield simulations on a GPU, when the source and receiver are not on numerical grid points, and therefore arbitrarily located. To accomplish that, the method employs GPU texture memory to increase the memory read bandwidth, and then positions at arbitrary or simulated locations the sources in a finite difference grid, as well as extends them over a newly generated number of grid points.
US11281820B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for generating designs for mechanical parts in a computer aided design (CAD) context. One method includes generating a model of a mechanical part, the model including one or more cells, wherein each cell is comprised of a plurality of parameterized representations, each of the plurality of parameterized representations representing a material property; determining, for each cell, a cell-specific parameter value for each of the parameterized representations; comparing, for each cell, each of the cell-specific parameter values to a corresponding threshold parameter value associated with each of the representations of the material properties; and generating at least one additional cell or removing at least one of the one or more cells based on the comparison of each cell-specific parameter value to the corresponding threshold parameter value.
US11281819B2
A design engine consolidates portions of a mechanical assembly design to reduce the number of components included in the design. The design engine analyzes the design to determine various criteria associated with the assembly. Then, the design engine identifies a group of components within the design to be consolidated. The design engine determines a volumetric region where the group of components resides and then subdivides the volumetric region. The design engine then initiates a generative design process based on the determined criteria to create geometry within each subdivision of the volumetric region. The newly generated geometry includes fewer components than the initial group of components. The design engine then replaces the group of components with the newly generated geometry, thereby consolidating the group and reducing the total number of components included in the design.
US11281818B2
The present disclosure is directed toward a method that includes simulating, by an adhesive analytic model, transformation of at least one vehicular joint joined by a selected adhesive based on one or more system variables, and outputting, by the adhesive analytic model, an adhesive analysis identifying deformation for the selected adhesive along the at least one vehicular joint based on the simulated transformation and a deformation rating scale.
US11281811B2
A method, apparatus and device for storing vehicular data. An embodiment of a method for storing vehicular data includes: analyzing importance of received vehicular data to determine a storage level of the vehicular data; acquiring a corresponding key and a corresponding encryption algorithm based on the storage level of the vehicular data; encrypting the vehicular data using the acquired key and the acquired encryption algorithm; and storing encrypted vehicular data in a storage area corresponding to the storage level of the vehicular data. The embodiment may improve the safety of vehicular data by encrypted storage of the data in different levels, effectively prevent important vehicular data from being illegally read or maliciously falsified, and improve the storage efficiency of the vehicular data.
US11281806B2
Implementations of the present disclosure include providing, by a security platform, graph data defining a graph that is representative of an enterprise network, the graph including nodes and edges between nodes, a set of nodes representing respective assets within the enterprise network, and a node representing a process executed within a system of the enterprise, each edge representing at least a portion of one or more lateral paths between assets in the enterprise network, determining, for each asset, a contribution value indicating a contribution of a respective asset to operation of the process, determining, for each asset, an impact value based on a total value of the process and a respective contribution value of the asset, and implementing one or more remediations based on a set of impact values determined for the assets, each remediation mitigating a cyber-security risk within the enterprise network.
US11281804B1
Various embodiments of apparatuses and methods for protecting data integrity in a content distribution network (“CDN”) are described. Code or data in one of the servers or instances of a CDN might sometimes become incorrect or corrupt. One corrupted server or instance can potentially impact a considerable portion of the CDN. To solve these and other problems, various embodiments of a CDN can designate one or more parameters, which are then identified in a request for content to another entity. In these embodiments, the CDN can generate an encoding of the expected values of the designated parameters. The CDN can then compare, in these embodiments, its encoding of the expected values to an encoding of the values received from the other entity in response to the request. The CDN can validate the content of the response, as well as the identity of the other entity, in some embodiments.
US11281793B2
A user permission data query method which includes obtaining a first data table including staff identification numbers and departments corresponding to the staff identification numbers, and obtaining a second data table including a correspondence relationship among the staff identification numbers, roles, and administration authority information; obtaining, from the second data table, a plurality of data records having the same staff identification number and the same role, calculating an MD5 value corresponding to the staff identification number and the role; screening various MD5 values that are different from each other, and obtaining the management departments and the management staffs respectively corresponding to the various MD5 values obtaining a MD5 value corresponding to the permission query request and determining the management departments and the management staffs corresponding to the MD5 value as permission data of a user, when a permission query request is received.
US11281792B2
Database entries can be protected by indexing the entries using a plurality of indexes, each associated with a level of access rights. A level of access rights can be determined from a search query, and an index can be selected based on the determined level of access rights. A search key can be generated based on the received query, and the selected index can be searched using the search query. Database entries mapped to the values of the selected index returned in response to the search can be outputted. Each index is associated with a different granularity defining the number and/or ambiguity of search results returned in response to searching an index.
US11281785B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including an apparatus for preventing data leakage by controlling the availability of user data. In one aspect, a system includes a frontend server that receives digital component requests that each specify a user identifier for a user to which digital component will be provided and provides digital components. A data availability control server receives data specifying a user identifier for a user and controls availability of activity data to digital component providers by identifying, for a given digital component provider, data sets that include a user identifier for the user and are data sets from which the digital component provider is eligible to receive data. The data availability control server selects, from a specified number of the identified data sets, the activity data of the user included in the specified number of identified data sets and provides the selected data to the given digital component provider.
US11281784B2
A method, implementable by a data processing server comprising a trusted execution environment, includes: obtaining a ciphertext of target data from an external system; obtaining one or more parameters of a model for processing the target data; obtaining, via a data transmission channel between the trusted execution environment and the external system, an encryption key associated with the ciphertext of the target data; inputting the ciphertext of the target data and the one or more parameters of the model to the trusted execution environment; decrypting, in the trusted execution environment, the ciphertext using the encryption key to obtain the target data; processing, in the trusted execution environment, the obtained target data using the model with the one or more parameters to obtain a result; encrypting, in the trusted execution environment, the result using the encryption key; and sending the encrypted result to the external system.
US11281780B2
A system and method for authorizing and unlocking functionality embedded in a system is provided that utilizes a removable storage device that contains code for authenticating and unlocking additional functionality in a system. The code in the removable storage device can be a cryptographic key, a password, or any other type of digital signature. Thus, the system can provide a basic (or initial) level of functionality and one or more additional (or premium) levels of functionality that are not part of the basic level of functionality and that can be selectively accessed in exchange for, for example, additional payments or other consideration. A user can enable the one or more additional levels of functionality by, for example, providing payment to the system manufacturer or distributer.
US11281771B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to preventing unauthorized screen capture activity. A computing platform may detect, via an infrared sensor associated with a computing device, an infrared signal from a second device attempting an unauthorized image capture of contents being displayed by a display device of the computing device. Subsequently, the computing platform may determine, via the computing platform, the contents being displayed by the display device. Then, the computing platform may retrieve a record of the contents being displayed by the display device. Then, the computing platform may determine a risk level associated with the infrared signal. Subsequently, the computing platform may perform, via the computing platform and based on the risk level, a remediation task to prevent the unauthorized image capture.
US11281770B2
Monitoring statements in a database environment. Substantially all database query statements to be executed against a database in the database environment are analyzed to determine if a statement has an outlier statistic. Database queries that do not have an associated outlier statistic are serviced. Further analysis is performed for statements having an outlier statistic to determine if the corresponding statement poses a security risk to the database environment.
US11281768B1
A firmware security vulnerability verification service provides functionality for verifying the presence or absence of security vulnerabilities in firmware source code and firmware. The service can generate a white box testing application to test for the presence of security vulnerabilities using revoke operations on the firmware source code. The white box testing application can report the results of the revoke operations to the service. The service can also generate a black box testing application. The black box testing application can obtain modules for testing the firmware for the presence of security vulnerabilities. The black box testing application can then execute the modules to test the firmware. The results of the black box testing can also be reported back to the network service. The network service can then make the results of the white and black box testing available to a user of the service.
US11281765B1
A method of managing tokens is provided. The method includes receiving, by a token management system from a user device, a request from a user to register a token with the token management system. The token is associated with the user and is stored by an entity computing system associated with a first entity of a plurality of entities. Each of the plurality of entities is associated with an entity computing system that stores at least one token of a plurality of tokens that are each registered with the token management system and each associated with the user. The method further includes modifying, by the token management system, the token stored by the entity computing system associated with the first entity based on a token command from the user. The modification includes associating the token with a different entity of the plurality of entities relative to the first entity.
US11281759B2
An authentication system to authenticate at least one application accessible by a user via a computer for which access is controlled by an authentication datum includes a main mobile device and a main token in which the authentication datum is recorded. The main mobile device is configured to recover the authentication datum of the main token using a pairing key that is segmented into a plurality of segments. A first segment is recorded on the main mobile device and at least one additional segment is recorded on a secondary mobile device and/or a secondary token. The main mobile device is configured to recover the additional segment or segments in order to reconstitute the pairing key and to present the reconstituted pairing key to the main token.
US11281757B2
A device includes memory and a processor. The device receives biometric information. The device receives location information. The device analyzes the received biometric information with stored biometric information. The device analyzes the received location information with stored location information. The device determines whether the received biometric information matches the stored biometric information. The device determines whether the received location information matches the stored location information. The device sends an electronic communication that indicates whether the received biometric information matches the stored biometric information and whether the received local information matches the stored location information.
US11281752B2
When personally identifiable information (PII) is to be stored or updated, a system first seeks consent from the user for the PII store or update. If the user grants consent, then the system stores the PII in the user's personal device or updates the PII stored in the user's personal device. The system then retrieves that PII and generates a token representing that PII. Even if the token were taken by a malicious user, it would not be possible for the malicious user to determine the user's actual PII from the token. In this manner, the security of the PII is improved over conventional systems.
US11281743B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for dynamically creating hyperlinks associated with relevant multimedia content in a computer network. A hyperlink generation module receives an electronic text file from a server. The module searches the text file to identify keywords present in the file. Once the keywords have been identified, a database is queried to identify multimedia content that is related to the keywords. Generally, multimedia content is associated with metadata to enable efficient searching of the multimedia content. Typically, the multimedia content is contextually relevant to both the identified keywords and text file. One or more hyperlinks corresponding to the keywords are then generated and inserted into the text file. The hyperlinks provide pointers to the identified multimedia content. After insertion into the text file, the hyperlinks may be clicked by a user or viewer of the file to retrieve and display the identified multimedia content.
US11281725B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content searching, generating, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods automatically generate and provide an interactive rich set of personalized query suggestions within a unified framework. The disclosed systems and methods are able to integrate attributes associated with message data and metadata by transforming such attributes into facets that are combined with term suggestions and presented to the user in a unified manner. The instant disclosure provides an interactive search suggestion mechanism that narrows the search as the user interacts with the dynamically generated and provided suggestions.
US11281697B2
Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems for managing a data warehouse associated with an electronic payment transaction processing network. A first set of stores are active and a second set of stores are inactive in an offer program related to merchandise of a merchant. A first set of transaction records for a first set of transactions from the first set of stores and a second set of transaction records for a second set of transactions from the second set of stores are obtained. A first set of operations on the data warehouse for the first set of transaction records and a second set of operations on the data warehouse for the second set of transaction records may be performed. The second set of operations, different from the first set of operations, includes an update operation on the data warehouse. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.
US11281691B2
Mechanisms are provided for performing a data replication operation to replicate data from a first data processing system to a second data processing system. The mechanisms store a compression ratio history in association with data to be replicated. The compression ratio history stores one or more compression ratios for one or more previously executed data replication operations. The mechanisms determine whether a data compression operation should be applied to the data for a current data replication operation based on the compression ratio(s) in the compression ratio history. In response to determining that data compression should be applied to the data, the data compression operation is performed and the compressed data is replicated to the second data processing system. In response to determining that data compression should not be applied, the data is replicated without compression.
US11281690B1
A first database system may receive an access request from a connector module associated with a client application. The access request may include one or more access credentials for accessing a database associated with the first database system. The connector module may transmit one or more access parameters to the first database system. A connection string may be dynamically identified based on the access parameters. The connection string may be transmitted to the connector module, and may be used to establish a connection between the client application and the second database system. The connector module may also provide fallback capability for establishing a connection with a standby database server when a primary database server is unavailable such that open transactions are halted during the transitioning of the connection and resumed thereafter without having to abort the transactions.
US11281689B1
A computing system creates interaction features from variable values in a transformed dataset that includes a variable value computed for each variable of transformed variables computed from a prior execution of a transformation flow applied to an input dataset. An interaction transformation flow definition indicates a subset of the transformed variables, a synthesis definition, and interaction transformation operations to apply to the transformed variables. The synthesis definition describes how the subset of the transformed variables are combined to compute a value input to the interaction transformation operations. A plurality of variable combinations of the subset is defined. A computation is defined for each combination and interaction transformation operation. An operation data value is computed for each computation from the transformed dataset. An observation vector is read from the transformed dataset and a current interaction variable value is synthesized for each combination. A result value is computed for each combination.
US11281688B2
This document describes example methods, devices, and computing systems to rank a data string into a ranking value, and de-rank a second value representative of a variation of the ranking value (e.g., cipher value) into a second data string (e.g., cipher string), using a tree data-structure. The tree data-structure defines a domain of values representative of all variations of a set of characters that satisfy a format within which the data string is defined. The ranking value is identified with respect to a first offset value calculated for individual characters of the data string relative to the domain of values of the tree data-structure. The second value is de-ranked into a second data string of individual characters identified with respect to a second offset value calculated in the domain of values of the tree data-structure relative to the second value. This method may be performed using the tree data-structure to rank a data string into a ranking value, and de-rank a cipher version of the ranking value into a cipher string. Similarly, this method may be performed to accomplish the reverse process of ranking a cipher string to a ranking value, and de-ranking a decrypted version of the ranking value to a decrypted data string.
US11281683B1
In general, the invention relates to a method for servicing query requests. The method includes determining, by a first query node and in response to a first query request, a user data sub-region and a target sub-region associated with the first query request. The further includes identifying a first input sub-region of the target sub-region using a data flow graph, identifying a second query node associated with the first input sub-region, and issuing a second query request to the second query node to obtain data associated with the first input sub-region. The method further includes receiving, in response to the second query request, a second query result from the second query node, generating a first query result for the target sub-region using at least the second query result, and providing the first query result to an entity associated with the issuance of the first query request.
US11281682B1
In one example this disclosure describes a method that includes receiving, by a computing system, a first single character input from a user for a type down search. Responsive to the first single character input, sending, by the computing system, a plurality of asynchronous search requests to one or more data sources. Responsive to the plurality of asynchronous search requests, receiving, by the computing system, a first one or more data source search results from a first data source. Displaying, by the computing system, the one or more data source search results. Receiving, by the computing system, a second one or more data source search results from a second data source different from the first data source. And, updating, by the computing system and based on the received second one or more data source search results, the displayed one or more data source search results.
US11281681B2
This invention relates to a system, method and computer program product for parsing a message against a message model, the message model including a choice block of element options and guide field for guiding the parse, the method including: parsing a message against a message model until the choice block of element options and associated guide field is located in the message model; determining element options associated with a particular guide field value located in the message, each element option having an associated frequency of occurring within a body of messages; choosing the most frequently occurring element option for the located guide field value; and further parsing the choice block of element options against the chosen element option.
US11281680B2
Scoring candidate evidence passages for criteria validation. Evidence data associated with a criteria, such that the evidence data entries include a decision indicator indicating that the criteria is either met or not met by the evidence data, is collected. Candidate evidences, making up a corpus of data associated with the criteria, against which the criteria is to be validated, are generated. Each candidate evidence is evaluated against the evidence data. A score indicating the validity of the criteria with respect to the candidate evidence is generated, based on the decision indicators associated with the evidence data entries.
US11281677B2
An exemplary method includes: determining a pool of documents, wherein each document is within at least one of a plurality of lists, each of the lists results from executing a query on a corpus, and the corpus comprises at least the pool of documents; determining a first ranking of documents within the pool of documents based at least in part on first scores computed for respective documents within the pool; estimating relevance to the specified query at least of respective documents within the first ranking, wherein the relevance is estimated without user feedback regarding the relevance; and determining a second ranking of documents within the pool based at least in part on second scores computed at least for respective documents within the first ranking, wherein the second score for a given document is computed based at least in part on the estimated relevance of at least the given document.
US11281676B2
A system receives a query and an information space is queried based on the query. Results of the query of the information space are received and each of the results is associated with a respective time period. Each of a plurality of pictograms representing one or more results that are associated with the respective time period is determined. The plurality of pictograms are displayed in a linear progression and in chronological order with respect to one another based on their respective time periods.
US11281675B2
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.
US11281674B2
A method of searching data being directed into a data heap looks for the presence of multiple tags on data elements and then applies a group tag to those data elements if all tags of the group are identified. The tags are applied by group tagging applications or “GroupTagApps” (GTAs), which are small, quickly executing software applications that are each focused on the tagging of data that includes a particular set of tags in order to make the identification process rapid. Multiple GTAs in one or both of horizontal and vertical configurations may be constructed in order to provide any necessary level of speed or take full advantage of an available hardware configuration.
US11281672B2
Join key propagation including receiving a request to generate a referencing worksheet linked from a data source worksheet, wherein the data source worksheet is a presentation of a data set organized in columns from two data source tables joined using a join key, and wherein the referencing worksheet presents at least a subset of the data set presented by the data source worksheet; retrieving data source worksheet metadata and the join key using a reference to the data source worksheet metadata in the request; determining an additional column from the two data source tables to add to the referencing worksheet, wherein the additional column is excluded from the data source worksheet; and creating, using the data source worksheet metadata and the join key, the referencing worksheet presenting the columns from the two data source tables with the additional column.
US11281669B2
A method and system for executing database queries in parallel using a shared metadata store. The metadata store may reside on a master node, where the master node is the root node in a tree. The master node may distribute query plans and query metadata to other nodes in the cluster. These additional nodes may request additional metadata from each other or the master nodes as necessary.
US11281668B1
A database engine receives a query batch of database queries from a client. The database engine identifies one or more object model queries from the query batch. Each object model query includes an outer-most outer-join that joins a respective dimension subquery and respective aggregated measure subqueries. The database engine forms a plurality of candidate subqueries by peeling off the respective outer-most outer-join for each of the object model queries. The database engine then fuses at least some of the plurality of candidate subqueries to form a set of optimized subqueries. The set of optimized subqueries has fewer subqueries than the plurality of candidate queries. The database engine also forms an optimized execution plan based on the set of one or more optimized subqueries. The database engine subsequently obtains a result set from the database based on the optimized execution plan, and returns the result set to the client.
US11281662B2
Various embodiments provide methods, systems, apparatus, computer program products, and/or the like for managing, ingesting, monitoring, updating, and/or extracting/retrieving information/data associated with an electronic record (ER) stored in an ER data store and/or accessing information/data from the ER data store, wherein the ERs are generated, updated/modified, and/or accessed via a graph-based domain ontology.
US11281646B2
Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed. In particular, methods, apparatus devices and or/or systems for enumerating rooted partial subtrees are disclosed.
US11281644B2
In some examples, a first node is able to communicate with one or more second nodes for participating in a consensus system. The first node may receive a plurality of pieces of sequential data from a plurality of data sources. The first node may generate a block for a first blockchain that includes a plurality of the pieces of sequential data in the block. Based at least partially on determining that the data source of the last piece of sequential data entered in the block for the first blockchain is different from a data source of the next piece of the sequential data, the first node may generate a block for a second blockchain that includes the next piece of the sequential data, and may further associate an indicator with the block generated for the second blockchain that indicates the block in the first blockchain.
US11281640B2
Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: performing a first search for the search query in a database using a first searching algorithm; assigning a respective first rank to each search result of the results of the first search; performing a second search for the search query in the database using a second searching algorithm; assigning a respective second rank to each search result of the results of the second search; interleaving the results of the second search between the results of the first search to create combined search results; facilitating a display of the combined search results; generating a report on an interaction with the search result of the combined search results, as stored; and facilitating a display-of the report. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US11281639B2
The technology described herein provides for a match fix-up stage that removes matching documents identified for a search query that don't actually contain terms from the search query. A representation of each document (e.g., a forward index storing a list of terms for each document) is used to identify valid matching documents (i.e., documents containing terms from the search query) and invalid matching documents (i.e., documents that don't contain terms from the search query). Any invalid matching documents are removed from further processing and ranking for the search query.
US11281637B2
Embodiments are described for performing online migration of backup appliances in automated and monitored process from a backup application. The data migration process uses certain Mtree replication methods. It is configured to provide capabilities a backup application server would control, such as Mtree replication configuration from the backup application, a policy driven approach for data center migration, and accommodation of specific customer data recovery needs, and providing a choice to end users for leveraging both Managed File Replication and Mtree replication based on the customer data movement requirements. Such a solution is configured to be generic and applicable to any data protection applications with a policy driven implementation that leverages certain integration points of the system.
US11281630B2
A request is received to copy a file from a source to a target in a file system. The source is associated with a source inode, and the target is associated with a target inode. A list is generated of the one of the source or target inodes followed by another of the source or target inodes according to inode numbers identifying the source and target inodes. A first determination includes determining that the one inode is the source inode and the other inode is the target inode. When the first determination is made, a read rename lock is acquired for the source inode, followed by a write rename lock for the target inode, followed by a read inode lock for the source inode, followed by a write inode lock for the target inode. After the locks have been acquired, a chunk map of the source inode is copied to the target inode.
US11281612B2
A switch-based inter-device notational data movement system includes a switch device that is coupled to a first processing system included in a first chassis and configured to provide a first thread, a second processing system included in a second chassis and configured to provide a second thread, and a memory system. The switch device identifies, in a communication transmitted by the first thread, a request to transfer data, which is stored in a first portion of the memory system that is associated with the first thread in a memory fabric management database, to the second thread. The switch device then modifies notational reference information in the memory fabric management database to disassociate the first portion of the memory system and the first thread and associate the first portion of the memory system with the second thread, which allows the second thread to reference the data using request/respond operation.
US11281607B2
According to one example, a method includes, with a hypervisor, advertising a paravirtualized cluster mode for a guest using a legacy Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC), the paravirtualized cluster mode allowing for interrupts using logical destination mode on a virtual machine having a plurality of virtual cores that is greater than eight. The method further includes, associating each of the plurality of virtual cores with an N-bit identifier formatted to be one of 2N different values. The method further includes, with the hypervisor, in response to receiving an interrupt for the virtual machine, determining to which of the plurality of virtual cores the interrupt should be sent based on at least a subset of bits in a destination address of the interrupt.
US11281605B2
Systems and methods are provided to enhance the functionality of an integrated circuit. Such an integrated circuit may include a primary circuitry and an embedded programmable logic programmable to adjust the functionality of the primary circuitry. Specifically, the embedded programmable logic may be programmed to adjust the functionality of the primary circuitry to complement and/or support the functionality of another integrated circuit. Accordingly, the embedded programmable logic may be programmed with functions such as data/address manipulation functions, configuration/testing functions, computational functions, or the like.
US11281602B1
An information handling system includes a processor and a hardware device. The hardware device includes a first engine to provide a first operation on data, and a second engine to provide a second operation on data. The processor provides a command to the hardware device. The command directs the first engine to perform the first operation on first data to create second data based upon the performance of the first operation on the first data, and directs the second engine to perform the second operation on the second data to create third data based upon the performance of the second operation on the second data in response to a completion signal. The hardware device is configured to provide the completion signal to the second engine when the performance of the first operation on the first data is completed.
US11281600B2
An ALUA/aggregated switch latency reduction system includes a switch aggregation system coupling a server system including initiator devices to a storage system including target devices. The switch aggregation system includes a respective first switch device directly coupled to each of the target devices, and a respective second switch device directly coupled to each of the initiator devices. Each second switch device identifies an initiator device it is directly connected to, and transmits a respective first communication to each of the first switch devices that identifies that directly connected initiator device. When each second switch device receives a respective second communication from each of the first switch devices that identifies its directly connected target device, it identifies the first switch device directly connected to the target device that is in a session with its directly connected initiator device and, in response, causes packets to be forwarded to that first switch device.
US11281594B2
A method for maintaining statistics for data elements in a cache is disclosed. The method maintains a heterogeneous cache comprising a higher performance portion and a lower performance portion. The method maintains, within the lower performance portion, a ghost cache containing statistics for data elements that are currently contained in the heterogeneous cache, and data elements that have been demoted from the heterogeneous cache within a specified time interval. The method maintains updates to the statistics in an update area within the higher performance portion. The method determines whether the updates have reached a specified threshold and, in the event the updates have reached the specified threshold, flushes the updates from the update area to the ghost cache to update the statistics. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11281591B2
The present disclosure includes a method for implementing a virtual address space. The method includes providing an embedded system having a physical memory defining a physical address space. The method includes providing a program, executable by the embedded system, having a program range having an access characteristic and a memory layout for the virtual address space. The program range is assigned to a virtual address in the virtual address space and has a program size. The method further includes creating the virtual address space on the embedded system, which comprises segments having an identical segment size and a separate virtual start address. The method also includes creating a conversion table on the embedded system for converting a virtual address of the program range into a physical address in the physical memory. Finally, the method converts a memory access to the virtual address into the physical address using the conversion table.
US11281583B1
Various multi-processor unified memory management systems and methods are detailed herein. In embodiments detailed herein, inter-chip memory management modules may be executed by processors that are in communication via an inter-chip link. A flat memory map may be used across the multiple processors of the system. Each inter-chip memory management module may analyze memory transactions. If the memory transaction is directed to a portion of the flat memory map managed by another processor, the memory-transaction may be translated to a non-memory mapped transaction and transmitted via an inter-chip communication link.
US11281568B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for automating component management in enterprise applications. An embodiment operates by receiving metadata associated with the enterprise application implementation and storing an inventory including at least a portion of the metadata. The system then determines one or more component dependencies of the enterprise application implementation based on the inventory and providing one or more recommendations for component installation or deletion based on the inventory and one or more component dependencies. The system also generates one or more testcases based on the inventory and the one or more component dependencies.
US11281564B2
A method and system for generating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for a software based on debugging information is disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes creating a mapping of each of a plurality of lines in a log of the software to at least one issue Identifier (ID) from a set of issue IDs. The method further includes generating a mapping database consisting of the logs along with their predicted issued ID based on the aforementioned mapping. The method further includes identifying, for each of the set of issue IDs, a set of mapped sentences based on a set of mapped lines. The method further includes generating, for each of the set of issue IDs, a KPI based on the associated set of mapped sentences and the associated set of mapped lines.
US11281560B2
Transforming input data to enable execution of second executable code using trace data gathered during execution of first executable code. A trace of an execution of the first code is accessed. The trace stores data of an input that was consumed by first executable instructions of the first code. It is determined that the stored data of the input is usable as an input to second executable instructions of the second code. A difference in size/format of the stored data as used by the first instructions, compared to an input size/format expected by the second executable instructions, is identified. Based on the identified difference, a data transformation is determined that would enable the second instructions to consume the stored data. Execution of the second instructions is emulated using the stored data, including projecting the data transformation to enable the second instructions to consume the stored data.
US11281558B2
Provided are techniques for cognitive and deep learning-based component distribution. In response to receiving cognitive data from a plurality of workstations, the cognitive data is stored as global cognitive data. A plurality of cognitive usage keys are generated using the global cognitive data, where each cognitive usage key of the plurality of cognitive usage keys is generated for each end user and each software component. Usage insights are generated using the plurality of cognitive usage keys, where each of the usage insights describes a software component and indicates whether the software component increases productivity of one or more end users. Licenses available for each software component described in the usage insights are determined. Based on the usage insights and the licenses available for the software components, the software components and the licenses for the software components are redistributed.
US11281556B2
A resource management apparatus includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to receive a usage of a target virtual machine provided to a user and a request benchmark score requested by the user. The processor is configured to determine first resources to be used for constructing the target virtual machine based on the received usage and request benchmark score. The processor is configured to construct a first virtual machine using the first resources.
US11281553B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for improving distributed monitoring using different groups of remote devices. In some implementations, a system communicates with a set of remote devices involved in a first monitoring program that involves collection of data from the remote devices over a communication network. The system identifies a pattern or similarity among monitoring data collected from a subset of the remote devices involved in the first monitoring program. The system determines that the identified pattern or similarity satisfies one or more criteria for initiating additional monitoring. In response, the system determines parameters specifying second types of data to collect in a second monitoring program. The system configures one or more devices to perform monitoring for the second monitoring program including acquiring data for the second types of data and providing the acquired data to a server over the communication network.
US11281551B2
Described herein are systems, methods, and software to enhance the management and deployment of data processing clusters in a computing environment. In one example, a management system may monitor data processing efficiency information for a cluster and determine when the efficiency meets efficiency criteria. When the efficiency criteria are met, the management system may identify a new configuration for the cluster and initiate an operation to implement the new configuration for the cluster.
US11281544B2
A request associated with restoring a previous version of a linked clone virtual machine is received. One or more changes between a base image of a parent virtual machine and the previous version of the linked clone virtual machine are determined. One or more data blocks corresponding to the base image and one or more data blocks corresponding to the determined changes are provided to a remote system.
US11281536B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, device and a computer program product for managing a storage system. The storage system includes a disk array. A method includes determining, based on a first number of disks in the disk array, a second number of spare disks for the disk array. The method further includes creating a spare disk array with the second number of spare disks. The method further includes, in response to a first disk in the disk array failing, allocating a spare logic storage unit from the spare disk array for rebuilding the first disk. In addition, the method further includes rebuilding the first disk with the spare logic storage unit.
US11281530B2
The present invention relates to a method of validating a memory device. The method includes validating a second memory device based on one or more first microcode instructions stored in a validated predetermined part of a first memory device to detect the operational status of the second memory device. Further, the method includes receiving one or more second microcode instructions upon validating the second memory device. Finally, validating the first memory device based on the one or more second microcode instructions stored in the second memory device to detect the operational status of the first memory device.
US11281529B2
Methods, systems, and devices related to error detection code generation techniques are described. A memory device may identify a first set of bits for transmission to a host device and calculate an error detection code associated with the first set of bits. Prior to transmitting the first set of bits, the memory device may modify one or more bits of the first set of bits to generate a second set of bits for transmission from the memory device to the host device. The memory device may modify one or more bits of the first error detection code to generate a second error detection code based on a parity of the modified one or more bits of the first set of bits. The memory device may transmit the second set of bits and the second error detection code to the host device.
US11281527B2
A method is used in ensuring data integrity in data storage. A set of physical pages that include data for a virtual page is identified on a storage device. A set of reconstructed pages is generated from other storage devices, and each reconstructed page corresponds to a page in the set of physical pages. One or more pages from the set of physical pages and the set of reconstructed pages with data yielding a checksum that matches a checksum for the virtual page is identified, and data corresponding to the virtual page from the identified one or more pages is obtained.
US11281523B1
A system for poisoned data management includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive an indication for remediation of poisoned data. The processor is configured to correct the poisoned data associated with an event in a storage location, wherein the storage location is determined based at least in part on a data graph associated with the poisoned data, and wherein the data graph is determined based at least in part on the data sourcing information of a published event associated with the poisoned data.
US11281520B2
Automated methods and systems described herein are directed to identifying potential root causes of a problem in a data center. Methods and systems receipt an alert or other notification of a problem occurring in a data center and a time when the problem was noticed. A search window is created based on the time and a stream of log messages generated in the search window is converted into a time dependent metric. An anomaly detection technique is applied to the metric to determine a start time of a problem. Logging events and key phrases in the log messages are identified in the search window and presented as potential root causes of the problem. The potential root cause may then be used by system administrators and/or tenants to diagnose the problem and execute remedial measures to correct the problem.
US11281519B2
Systems and methods for automatically reducing regression for a software payload applied to a plurality of computing platforms by a software updater. One example method includes receiving a health request associated with the payload, and retrieving, from an escalation engine, a plurality of identifiers identifying a subset of the plurality of computing platforms that have completed deployment of the payload, and determining a plurality of ULS tags associated with the payload. The method includes querying an anomaly detector for failure data, including pre and post-deployment data, for the subset corresponding to the ULS tags, detecting a potential software regression associated with the payload by comparing the pre and post-deployment data, and querying a root cause analyzer based on the potential regression. The method includes receiving an identifier identifying a potential root cause for the potential regression, and transmitting an event based on the potential regression and the potential root cause.
US11281518B2
A method for predicting a location of a fault in a system is described. The method includes obtaining a faulty unit pertaining to a Supervised Self-Organizing Map (SSOM), wherein the faulty unit has been derived from a sample of machine-level metrics for the system and the SSOM has been trained with a first layer of machine-level metrics and a second layer of service-level metrics. The method further includes expanding a circle originating at the faulty unit until a number of normal units of the SSOM falls within the circle, computing, for each machine-level metric, a score based on differences between the faulty and normal units, wherein a set of scores comprises the respective score for each machine-level metric, and selecting a sub-set of the set, wherein the sub-set comprises the greatest scores of the set, whereby the fault is predicted as located according to metrics represented by the sub-set.
US11281505B2
Systems, methods, and software described herein manage and process application programming interface (API) statistics associated with an API provider. In one example, a monitoring service for an API service provider may obtain API request information from the API provider. The monitoring service may then compare the API request information to an API filter configuration obtained for the API provider, wherein the API filter configuration comprises criteria to filter API users of an API provider into a plurality of conversion categories. Based on the comparison, the monitoring service may determine a conversion category for each of the API users and generate a summary based on the conversion categories for the API users.
US11281501B2
A memory system having a set of media, a set of resources, and a controller configured via firmware to use the set of resources in processing requests from a host system to store data in the media or retrieve data from the media. The memory system has a workload manager that analyzes activity records in an execution log for a time period where each of the activity records can indicate whether a processor of the controller is in an idle state during a time slot in the time period. The workload manager identifies idle time slots within the time period during which time slots one or more lightly-loaded processors in the plurality of processors are in the idle state, and adjusts a configuration of the controller to direct tasks from one or more heavily-loaded processors to the one or more lightly-loaded processors.
US11281498B1
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for job execution with managed compute environments are disclosed. A specification of a managed compute environment comprises one or more constraints associated with computing resources in the managed compute environment. A queue or other data structure that is associated with the managed compute environment is monitored. The data structure is configured to store jobs. Data indicative of a job is detected in the data structure. One or more computing resources are reserved for the job from a pool of available computing resources. The one or more computing resources are selected for the job based at least in part on the one or more constraints associated with computing resources in the managed compute environment. Execution of the job using the one or more computing resources is initiated.
US11281483B2
Within a hashed page table maintained by a hypervisor, a special host real address configured to access a hardware device using access data intended to be invalidated is identified as part of a firmware assisted dump process for a virtual machine executing on the hypervisor. The special host real address is translated to a corresponding special guest real address. Within the hashed page table, the special host real address is replaced with the corresponding special guest real address, and the corresponding special guest real address is marked as invalid and requiring special handling. Subsequent to the replacing, the special host real address is invalidated. The special guest real address and translated address information are provided to the virtual machine subsequent to the invalidating, the translated address information comprising a set of host real addresses translated to corresponding guest real addresses.
US11281478B2
A computing system includes a virtualization server that runs virtual machine sessions and provides a hosted application with user interface (UI) elements having an ordered hierarchy of graphical control elements when sequenced therethrough. A client computing device accesses the hosted application and receives the ordered hierarchy of graphical control elements and displays the graphical control elements as local virtual UI elements, applies user input to one of the graphical control elements in focus, generates a local virtual UI element graphics overlay for display corresponding to a predicted response to the user input as a next graphical control element in the ordered hierarchy and sends the user input to the virtualization server.
US11281464B2
A method is provided that includes performing, by a processor in response to a vector sort instruction, sorting of values stored in lanes of the vector to generate a sorted vector, wherein the values in a first portion of the lanes are sorted in a first order indicated by the vector sort instruction and the values in a second portion of the lanes are sorted in a second order indicated by the vector sort instruction; and storing the sorted vector in a storage location.
US11281459B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for safe deployment of configurations to server fleets are disclosed. A host processes requests to a service according to a control versions of a first configuration and a second configuration. After receiving an experimental version of the first configuration, a host processes some requests to the service according to the control versions of the first configuration and the second configuration, and other requests according to the experimental version of the first configuration and the control version of the second configuration. The experimental version of the first configuration is approved or rejected based at least in part on performance of the service. The host then processes some requests to the service according to the experimental version of the first configuration and the control version of the second configuration, and other requests according to the experimental versions of the first configuration and the second configuration.
US11281456B2
An application development environment providing system which provides a development environment for an application program via a network, wherein the network includes a first network which accommodates at least one device and which is communicatively connected to the device, and a second network communicatively connected to the first network, and wherein the application development environment providing system includes a program developer configured to classify processes included in the application program into a process executed in the first network and a process executed in the second network based on a predetermined determination condition, and to generate a first program execution file executed in the first network and a second program execution file executed in the second network in cooperation with the first program execution file.
US11281451B2
Example methods and systems to perform a distributed backup operation or a distributed restoration operation in a virtualized computing environment including a plurality of components and a plurality of policies are disclosed. One method may include identifying a component or a policy of the plurality of components or policies in response to receiving a first task associated with the distributed backup operation or the distributed restoration operation. In response to the first task associated with the distributed backup operation, the method include generating a backup file having a configuration of the component, but not any configuration of other components of the plurality of components, or a configuration of the policy, but not any configuration of other policies of the plurality of policies; and storing the backup file on a remote server.
US11281448B2
A node for online firmware upgrade in a process control system includes components. Each component is a separate executable running in a separate operating system process as provided by a real time operating system of the node. A new component is created for each of the components to be upgraded such that each new component is implementing a part of the firmware upgrade corresponding to its component to be upgraded. Each new component is a separate executable running in a separate operating system process. Runtime data is synchronized in each new component with runtime data of its corresponding component to be upgraded. Each component to be upgraded is replaced with its new component.
US11281445B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of cloud computing, and specifically to a method, apparatus, device, and computer storage medium for upgrading an application. The method may include: determining, for a first thread executed by a first process of a first application, a first function invoked by the first thread; determining a second function corresponding to the first function in a second application, the first application to be upgraded to the second application, and the first function to be upgraded to the second function; replacing a first dynamic link library of the first application comprising the first function based on a second dynamic link library of the second application comprising the second function; and updating the first process based on the second dynamic link library, such that the updated first process runs the second function in the second application.
US11281440B1
Embodiments herein use control application programming interfaces (APIs) to control the execution of a dataflow graph in a heterogeneous processing system. That is, embodiments herein describe a programming model along with associated APIs and methods that can control, interact, and at least partially reconfigure a user application (e.g., the dataflow graph) executing on the heterogeneous processing system through a local executing control program. Using the control APIs, users can manipulate such remotely executing graphs directly as local objects and perform control operations on them (e.g., for loading and initializing the graphs; dynamically adjusting parameters for adaptive control; monitoring application parameters, system states and events; scheduling operations to read and write data across the distributed memory boundary of the platform; controlling the execution life-cycle of a subsystem; and partially reconfiguring the computing resources for a new subsystem).
US11281439B2
Data is received from one or more sensors in a first communication endpoint. The received data is related to a communication session between the first communication endpoint and at least a second communication endpoint. For example the communication session may be a voice call between the first communication endpoint and the second communication endpoint. An action, a user, and a resource are identified based on the received data. A display is generated on the first communication endpoint that presents at least one of a simplified user interface command and a simplified user interface command builder. The simplified user interface command and the simplified user interface command builder are generated based on the identified user, action, and resource.
US11281436B2
Disclosed are a system (100) and a method for creating a one or more deployable applications and a source code thereof using reusable components. The system (100) comprises of a repository (20), a flow/project (30), namespaces, a developer's workbench (40), an assembler's workbench (50) and a monitoring workbench (60). The repository includes reusable components. The flow/project (30) consists of component connectivity information comprising control flow and data flow. The repositories and projects are contained within one or more namespaces. The method involves creating component definition in one or more repositories (20), generating code stubs based on a supported technology for corresponding architecture layer and burning the flow, the component definition and implementations to form the deployable application. Further, a monitoring step involves supporting run time debugging. The method provides components within repository that are independent of one another.
US11281427B2
A method of sorting an array of data elements, the method includes assigning values associated with a monotonic function to the data elements, and sorting the array of data elements by sorting the monotonic function values using a least significant digit (LSD) Radix sort.
US11281422B2
A method and a device of displaying video data are provided. The method includes receiving playing-window filling data sent from a server, determining player information, playing window information and a data channel identifier based on the playing-window filling data, displaying a player interface corresponding to the player information at a client, determining the playing window corresponding to the playing window information based on the player interface, and displaying the video data corresponding to the data channel identifier in the playing window. The technical solutions of the present disclosure ensure that the player interface synchronizes with the playing window for video data, so that the client may correctly display the video data and the user experience may be improved.
US11281420B2
An electronic device including a housing, a display panel with a flexible substrate, and a flexible printed circuit, in which the housing comprises a flat surface and a side surface comprising a curved region, the display panel comprises a first region that overlaps with the flat surface and a second region that overlaps with the side surface, the display panel comprises a convex portion that comprises a region overlapping with a flexible printed circuit, and the display panel comprises a display portion in the first region and the second region.
US11281418B1
A smart cover for an electronic device is provided. An electronic device includes a main display device, and a cover operatively coupled to the main display device. The cover incudes an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface and the outer surface of the cover include an electronic cloth-based material. The electronic cloth-based material is configured to display content on the inner and outer surfaces of the cover.
US11281413B2
A user device generates metadata including location information of a print job target, based on a user input made via a user interface device, and transmits the generated metadata to an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus analyzes the metadata received from the user device via a communicator, obtains a print job target from a server storing the print job target, based on location information of the print job target included in the metadata, and performs a printing job according to a format of the obtained print job target.
US11281407B1
A method is provided, comprising: receiving, at a first storage array, a first request to perform an atomic write operation at a specified address in a volume; placing a read-write lock on a first instance of the volume, and executing the atomic write operation on the first instance of the volume; transmitting, to a second storage array, a second request to perform the atomic write operation on a second instance of the volume; and detecting whether an error condition is present that is associated with the second request; when the error condition is present, comparing a first data item that is stored at the specified address in the first instance of the volume with a second data item that is stored at the specified address in the second instance of the volume, and, when the first data item matches the second data item, transmitting an acknowledgment.
US11281406B2
A memory system includes a semiconductor storage device in an embodiment that performs transfer of a command, an address, and transfer data excluding the command and the address between a controller and a nonvolatile memory. The controller and the nonvolatile memory transfer the command and the address in synchronization with a capturing signal during writing and readout, transfer the transfer data in synchronization with a synchronous control signal, and transfer the command, the address, and the transfer data in synchronization with the capturing signal during function setting for the nonvolatile memory.
US11281396B2
Methods, systems, and computer storage media for providing temporary storage for data that has to be durably stored based on a replica set that includes a partial replica and a set of full replicas in a distributed computing environment. The partial replica of the replica set temporarily and durably stores data but does not persist the data when the set of full replicas have communicated a promise response to store the data. In operation, instructions to communicate promise responses are communicated to a replica set comprising a partial replica and a set of full replicas. A promise response indicates that a replica in the replica set will commit the data block of the write request. Promise responses are received from the set of full replicas. Based on receiving promise responses from the set of full replicas, a forget instruction is communicated to the partial replica to forget the data block.
US11281392B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to media management, including “garbage collection,” in memory or storage systems or sub-systems, such as solid state drives, are described. For example, a criticality value can be determined and used as a basis for managing a garbage collection operation on a data block. A controller or the system or sub-system may determine that a criticality value associated with performing a garbage collection operation satisfies a condition. Based on determining that the condition is satisfied, a parameter associated with performing the garbage collection operation can be adjusted. The garbage collection operation is performed on the data block stored on the memory component using the adjusted parameter.
US11281388B2
A method for managing a multi-system shared memory includes: upon receiving a data write instruction for writing data to the shared memory, acquiring a data size of to-be-written data that is to be written to the shared memory; judging whether the shared memory includes a data block that matches the data size and is idle; if the shared memory does not include the data block that matches the data size and is idle, acquiring a first data block that has a memory size greater than the data size and is idle, such that the to-be-written data is written to the first data block; acquiring a remaining idle space of the first data block after the to-be-written data is written to the first data block; and generating a new data block based on the remaining idle space.
US11281385B2
A memory controller includes a read only memory (ROM) suitable for outputting a ROM code to execute firmware in response to fuse data and a control processor suitable for executing the firmware in response to the ROM code. A memory system includes the memory controller and a storage device storing data.
US11281381B2
Provided herein is a storage node of a distributed storage system and a method of operating the same. A memory controller may include a data controller configured to receive a write request and write data corresponding to the write request from a host, and configured to determine a physical address of a memory block in which the write data is to be stored based on chunk type information included in the write request, a memory control component configured to provide a program command for instructing the memory block to store the write data, the physical address, and the write data to the memory device, wherein the chunk type information is information about whether the write data indicates a type of data chunks or a type of coding chunks, the data chunks and the coding chunks being generated by the host performing an erasure coding operation on original data.
US11281378B2
A method of increasing operational life time of SSD RAID and a storage equipment using same, the method including: configuring a data storage device to have a plurality of storage areas, each storage area including a plurality of stripes, and each stripe including an individual block of a plurality of solid state disks, where at least one block in each stripe is a check bit block, the other blocks are data blocks; and configuring two neighboring stripes in each storage area to form a composite stripe according to a plurality of index combinations in a mapping table, where the composite stripe includes two neighboring blocks in each solid state disk, and the composite stripe is divided into a stripe writing area and an empty stripe area, so that each solid state disk in each storage area has a reserved space.
US11281375B1
Intelligently compressing data in a storage array that includes a plurality of storage devices, including: prioritizing, in dependence upon an expected benefit to be gained from compressing each data element, one or more data elements; receiving an amount of processing resources available for compressing the one or more of the data elements; and selecting, in dependence upon the prioritization of the one or more data elements and the amount of processing resources available for compressing one or more of the data elements, a data compression algorithm to utilize on one or more of the data elements.
US11281365B2
According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, disclosed is a computer program stored in a computer readable storage medium. When the computer program is executed by one or more processors of a computing device, the computer program provides a user interface (UI) to display design information, and the user interface may include: a design group generation layer for generating a design group, and the design group generation layer includes one or more design file regions each of which are associated with a design file, and the design file region may include: a first sub region displaying a design image; and a second sub region displaying one or more design attribute objects, which allows user selection input for at least some of one or more design attributes included in the design file.
US11281364B2
Systems and methods described herein provide an automated workflow tool that automatically and efficiently creates an executable workflow while preventing or reducing the introduction of errors into the workflow. The tool receives a selection of a start tile. In response, the tool presents a number of selectable items to configure an action to detect that initiates execution of the start tile as the first step in the workflow. Responsive to saving a configuration of the start tile including the action, the tool determines that the configuration of the start tile instructs the tool to add a second tile connected to the start tile on the canvas of the workflow. The tool presents a number of selectable items to configure the second tile as a next step in the workflow. The tool executes the workflow configured with the start tile and the second tile responsive to detecting the action configured in the start tile.
US11281362B1
Graphical element detection using a combined series and delayed parallel execution unified target technique that potentially uses a plurality of graphical element detection techniques, performs default user interface (UI) element detection technique configuration at the application and/or UI type level, or both, is disclosed. The unified target merges multiple techniques of identifying and automating UI elements into a single cohesive approach. A unified target descriptor chains together multiple types of UI descriptors in series, uses them in parallel, or uses at least one technique first for a period of time and then runs at least one other technique in parallel or alternatively if the first technique does not find a match within the time period.
US11281356B2
A method for electronic device which is in communication with a graphical user interface and one or more file systems is disclosed. The method includes: displaying, on the graphical user interface, a visual representation for each one of a plurality of folders of the one or more file systems while suppressing displaying of a visual representation of files stored in the folders; receiving, via the graphical user interface, a user command defining the selection of a first folder; displaying, on the graphical user interface, a visual representation for each one of one or more files stored in the first folder while suppressing displaying of a visual representation of folders stored in the first folder; and receiving, via the graphical user interface, a user command defining the selection of a first file.
US11281355B1
Systems and methods to control navigation within an interactive networked application between instances of enterprise software applications are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: present a given subordinate interface to a user, the given subordinate interface including a given navigation toolbar; receive first user input; present a first subordinate interface to the user, the subordinate interface including a first navigation toolbar; modify the given navigation toolbar to include a first icon and a first indicator; receive second user input; present a second subordinate interface to the user, the second subordinate including a second navigation toolbar; modify the first navigation toolbar to include a second icon and a second indicator; modify the given navigation toolbar to include the second icon and the second indicator; and/or perform other operations.
US11281352B2
A method for planning an orthopedic procedure including positioning a virtual implant component relative to a 3D volume of scan data of a patient is disclosed. A 3D volume of scan data of a patient, which includes scan data of a bony anatomy of the patient, is provided. A first 2D view of scan data is generated from the 3D volume of the scan data, wherein the 2D view of scan data comprises a first a portion of the bony anatomy. First positional information for the virtual implant component is defining relative to the first 2D view. A second 2D view of scan data is generated from the 3D volume of scan data, wherein the second 2D view of scan data is provided from the 3D volume of scan data at an angle relative to the first 2D view of scan data and comprises a second portion of the bony anatomy. Second positional information for the virtual implant component is defined relative to the second 2D view of scan data. 3D positional information for the virtual implant component relative the 3D volume of scan data is provided based on the first positional information and the second positional information.
US11281351B2
Techniques for interacting with virtual environments. For example, a virtual reality application outputs a three-dimensional virtual reality scene. The application receives a creation of a slicing volume that is positioned within the three-dimensional virtual space. The slicing volume includes virtual elements of an object within the scene. The application projects the slicing volume onto a two-dimensional view. The application displays the two-dimensional view within the three-dimensional virtual reality scene. The application associates a surface of a physical object with the two-dimensional view. The application receives an interaction with the surface of the physical object, and based on the interaction, selects one or more virtual elements.
US11281343B2
A touch panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a corresponding touch device. The touch panel comprises: a substrate; a first, pattern metal layer on the substrate, wherein the first metal layer has a plurality of first touch electrode regions and a plurality of wiring regions between adjacent first touch electrode regions; an insulating layer overlaying the first metal layer; and a second metal layer on the insulating layer. The second metal layer has a plurality of second touch electrode regions. An orthogonal projection of each second touch electrode region on the substrate overlaps an orthogonal projection of a wiring region on the substrate.
US11281328B2
The disclosure relates to display devices which include data lines for transferring driving signals, gate lines for transferring scan signals, a plurality of pixel electrodes respectively disposed in a plurality of subpixels, common electrodes supplying a display common voltage upon display driving, readout lines connected with the common electrodes, and photo transistors including a gate, a first, and a second electrode. The second electrode of each of the photo transistors is electrically connected with the common electrode. The first electrode and gate electrode of each of the photo transistors is electrically connected with a common electrode or a gate line for display driving. Thus, it is possible to operate photo sensors to perform photo sensing even without all or some of the signal lines necessary for the operation of the photo sensors, thereby increasing the aperture ratio and transmittance.
US11281317B2
In various embodiments, electronic devices such as thin-film transistors and/or touch-panel displays incorporate bilayer capping layers and/or barrier layers.
US11281313B2
A mobile device includes a sensing unit configured to determine whether the stylus pen is separated from the mobile device; a communication unit configured to receive a control signal including a first control signal and a second control signal from the stylus pen separated from the mobile device; and a controller configured to operate in a first control mode for performing an operation of an application being executed on the mobile device. The controller performs a first operation of the application in response to the first control signal, and performs a second operation of the application in response to the second control signal.
US11281296B2
The purpose is to provide a tactile information conversion device, a tactile information conversion method, and a tactile information conversion program, which are usable for general purposes by presenting or sensing an arbitrary tactile feeling. In order to provide tactile information to an output unit capable of outputting physical quantities including electricity, force, temperature, vibration, and/or time and space, at least two or more of the physical quantities are selected according to a tactile feeling to be presented, tactile information for presenting the predetermined tactile feeling is generated based on the physical quantities that have been selected, and the tactile information that has been generated is output to the output unit.
US11281294B2
Provided is a smart control device including: a collection unit that collects a brain signal generated from a visual stimulus for color; a preprocessing unit that extracts pattern information from the brain signal; a selection unit that selects reference information having the highest correlation by comparing the pattern information to reference information provided in advance; and a control unit that has control commands set in advance and executes the control command matching the selected reference information.
US11281291B1
Systems and methods are described for extended reality environment interaction. An extended reality environment including an object is generated for display, and a sensor is used to detect a gaze directed to a first portion of the extended reality environment, where the object is included in the first portion of the extended reality environment. Opacity-based indicators are generated for display in the vicinity of the first portion of the extended reality environment, and a boundary of the object is identified. Based on the identified boundary of the object, an opacity of the at least one of the opacity-based indicators is varied.
US11281284B2
A method includes detecting a micro start of frame packet (μSOF) on a data bus. If there is at least one data packet contained in a microframe during the first threshold period after the μSOF, transmitters are held in an active state. If there is no data packet in the first threshold period after the μSOF, the transmitters are transitioned from the active state to an OFF state. The method also includes transitioning the transmitters from the OFF state to the active state prior to a switchback period before the end of the microframe. The method also includes transitioning the transmitters from the OFF state to the active state if a data packet is received in the OFF state. The method also includes dropping the data packet received in the OFF state and transitioning from the OFF state to the active state when the data packet is dropped.
US11281280B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for reducing chiplet interrupt latency are disclosed. A system includes one or more processing nodes, one or more memory devices, a communication fabric coupled to the processing unit(s) and memory device(s) via link interfaces, and a power management unit. The power management unit manages the power states of the various components and the link interfaces of the system. If the power management unit detects a request to wake up a given component, and the link interface to the given component is powered down, then the power management unit sends an out-of-band signal to wake up the given component in parallel with powering up the link interface. Also, when multiple link interfaces need to be powered up, the power management unit powers up the multiple link interfaces in an order which complies with voltage regulator load-step requirements while minimizing the latency of pending operations.
US11281273B2
A system and method for power distribution are disclosed. A processor detects a storage device having a scalable interface, where the scalable interface is for transferring data between a host device and the storage device. The processor determines power requirement of the storage device based on a signal from the scalable interface. At least one power supply unit coupled to the processor provides power to the storage device based on the determined power requirement.
US11281272B2
In a power supply having a control circuit for regulating the power supply output and a load switch for connecting the output to a load device, a method for reducing standby power includes determining if a load device is connected to the power supply. If no load device is connected, the load switch is turned off, and the power supply enters a standby mode, which includes alternating first time period of power-saving mode and second time period of regulating mode. In the power-saving mode, the control circuit stops regulating the output of the power supply and turns off one or more functional blocks to allow the output to drop, until the output reaches a pre-set low output limit. In the regulating mode, the control circuit turns on the functional blocks and regulates the power supply to allow the output to increase, until the output reaches a pre-set high output limit.
US11281271B2
The present invention solves a new problem that may occur when Try.SRC or Try.SNK is adopted. A controller is used to implement a DRP-compliant device that can be both power supply side and power reception side according to the USB Type-C standard. The controller is configured to be able to execute a first process of determining whether or not the Port Power Role of the opposing device is Try.SRC when the Power Role of the own device is determined to be Sink meaning the power receiver according to the sequence with the opposing device, which is the connected device, and a second process of switching the Port Power Role of the own device to SRC only and continuing the sequence with the opposing device if the Port Power Role of the opposing device is Try.SRC.
US11281270B2
In accordance with some embodiments, margining routines to determine acceptable voltage command values for specific CPU implementations at one or more different operating levels may be provided.
US11281257B2
In example implementations, a housing is provided. The housing includes a display housing portion, an input housing portion, and an energy absorbing material that is inserted along an edge of the input housing portion. The input housing portion is movably coupled to the display portion. A top surface of the energy absorbing material lies on a same plane as a top surface of the input housing portion.
US11281250B2
Provided is a method for calculating a timestamp associated with a data packet before transcoding of the data packet. The method may include sampling a time of day (TOD) signal to provide a sampled TOD. A previously sampled TOD estimate may be retrieved. An internal TOD estimate may be determined based on the sampled TOD and the previously sampled TOD estimate. A timestamp may be determined based on the internal TOD estimate. A system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11281241B2
A pressure regulating and pressure relief valve, has a valve body defining an inlet port, outlet port, valve seat and pressure relief opening. A pressure regulating plug is displaced during a first portion of a motion from an open position, which provides a continuous flow path from the inlet port to the outlet port, to a closed position in which the plug is closed against the valve seat to obstruct the continuous flow path. A spring biases the plug to the open position. An actuation surface is exposed to a pressure at the outlet port that displaces the plug against the spring bias toward the closed position. Further displacement of the plug beyond the closed position during a second portion of the motion that is beyond a range of the first portion of the motion, opens a relief flow path from the outlet port through the pressure release opening.
US11281231B2
Disclosed are a robot system and a control method thereof. The robot system includes a first server, a first robot which is registered on the first server and which delivers an item to a user according to information received from the first server, a second robot which is configured to interoperate with the first robot and which receives the item from the first robot, and a second server on which the second robot is registered and which operates the second robot. The method for controlling the robot system includes transmitting customer information to the first robot by means of the first server, authenticating the first server, by means of the second robot, so as to allow the first server to access the second robot, and requesting the first robot, by means of the first server, to couple with the second robot so as to allow the first robot to operate in correspondence with operation of the second robot.
US11281222B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle control method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: obtaining, in real time, the motion status information of an unmanned aerial vehicle moving under the effect of a user-applied external force (100); generating at least one unmanned aerial vehicle control instruction based on the motion status information (110) and controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle to perform a corresponding flight action according to the at least one unmanned aerial vehicle control instruction (120). After an unmanned aerial vehicle moves under the effect of a user-applied external force, the control method further controls the unmanned aerial vehicle to perform a corresponding flight action according to the current motion tendency of the unmanned aerial vehicle, thus freeing the user from mastering a complicated unmanned aerial vehicle control technology, reducing the difficulty of the control over the unmanned aerial vehicle and making the unmanned aerial vehicle more applicable.
US11281209B2
A method of processing live images from a vehicle camera includes acquiring live images and detecting an object within a first live image of the live images. The live images following the first live image are evaluated for object detection. A confidence level is adjusted in response to the object detection evaluation in each of the live images following the first live image. A final value of the confidence level in the object detection within the live images is established after the live images are evaluated.
US11281202B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for data monitoring are disclosed. A system may include a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of a plurality of input sensors communicatively coupled to the data acquisition circuit, a data storage circuit structured to store specifications and anticipated state information for a plurality of bearing types, a bearing analysis circuit structured to analyze the plurality of detection values relative to specifications and anticipated state information to determine a bearing performance parameter, and a response circuit structured to initiate an action in response to the bearing performance parameter.
US11281198B2
A control system for a central plant having subplants including devices operating to serve energy loads of a building. The system includes a high level optimization module that performs high level optimization of thermal loads subject to constraints to generate subplant load allocations. The control system includes a low level optimization module that performs low level optimization of the subplant load allocations to determine operating states for the devices. The control system includes a constraint modifier that modifies the constraints for the high level optimization module based on equipment schedules. The control system also includes a binary optimization modifier including a pruner module that receives the minimum off schedule to determine adjusted branches and a seeder module that receives the minimum on schedule to determine a starting node for use in binary optimization performed by the low optimization module.
US11281195B2
An integrated circuit may include an embedded test processor that is capable of performing in-field testing and repair of hardware-related defects without having to remove the integrated circuit from the customer's board. The test processor can be used to drive and monitor test vectors to performing defect screening on input-output circuitry, logic circuitry including lookup table (LUT) circuits and digital signal processing (DSP) circuits, transceiver circuitry, and configuration random-access memory circuitry. The test processor can generate a failure mechanism report and selectively fix repairable defects via a hardware redundancy scheme. The failure mechanism report allows the customer to identify the root cause of failure in the overall system.
US11281192B2
The technology disclosed herein enables automation of component sourcing when designing a process system in an industrial environment. In a particular embodiment, a method includes receiving design specifications of a process system in an industrial environment via a system design application. The method further includes determining components to implement the process system from the design specifications and identifying a first subset of the components for sourcing from an external provider. The method also includes populating the first subset into a component sourcing application.
US11281187B2
To provide a numerical controller that can detect a position in a machining program at which a speed control abnormality is likely to occur due to an insufficient look-ahead blocks that are used to determine an acceleration/deceleration operation, and supplement the look-ahead blocks at that position in order to stabilize feed rate, cutting speed and other factors. A numerical controller includes a required look-ahead blocks setting unit that sets a required look-ahead blocks, which is a look-ahead blocks required to execute a machining program, and an operation limitation unit that compares a look-ahead blocks calculated by a look-ahead blocks calculation unit to the required look-ahead blocks and, if the look-ahead blocks is less than the required look-ahead blocks, limits execution of the machining program until the look-ahead blocks reach the required look-ahead blocks.
US11281183B2
A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for monitoring and controlling a machining process of parts. Data as to dimensions of produced parts are gathered during a production process. The parts are produced based on part control plan. The data of the dimensions are plotted as to statistical information related to a distribution curve. Determination is made if a trend in the dimensional data approaches an upper control limit and a lower control limit. Corrective action is taken if the trend approaches either the upper control limit or the lower control limit.
US11281182B2
Disclosed is a redundant hot standby control system including K industrial personal computers, with a plurality of virtual control devices being established thereon respectively, at least one of the plurality of virtual control devices being established on each IPC as a main control device; and the other virtual control devices being standby control devices. Each of the standby control devices corresponds to a virtual control device, which serves as the main control device on another IPC, except for the IPC to which the standby control device itself belongs. A procedure, which is the same as that operated on the main control device corresponding thereto, is operated on the standby control device. A control bus of the system is used for connecting a plurality of the M IPCs; and a field bus is used for connecting the M IPCs and a plurality of field devices.
US11281164B1
Systems and methods for timer visualization are disclosed. A device, such as a voice-controlled device, may not have means of visually displaying a timer and/or the progression of a timer. The device may send timer data to an accessory device, which may be configured to provide one or more visual indications of the timer set via the device as well as the progression of the timer. Multiple timers may be sent and differing visual indications may be displayed to show the multiple timers and/or attributes associated with the timers, such as the location of the device in an environment, the user profile associated with the setting of the timer, and/or the state of the device.
US11281163B2
An electronic timepiece with a first and second electric motors for driving time indicating hands with a set of gear wheels, and a microcontroller connected to the motion sensor and controlling each motor. A motion sensor includes a movable element arranged to move freely inside a structure connected to the timepiece movement. As a function of the position and movement of the moving element inside the housing, a first and second electric signals, different from each other, are generated by the motion sensor for the microcontroller in a defined time period to determine whether the timepiece is in use. If only one electric signal is detected by the microcontroller in the defined time period, the timepiece changes into a sleep mode, by stopping at least the first electric motor intended to drive the seconds hand.
US11281162B2
Shock indicator device for a watch, internal to the watch, including a structure, to which is fixed an inertia block by means of at least one connecting element made of elastic or ductile or breakable material, which is elastically and plastically deformable when movements are imparted to the inertia block, this inertia block being movable in proximity to a fixed opposing surface comprised in the structure itself or in another element of a watch case, and arranged to come into contact with this opposing surface, to impart a proof indicator of impact or a permanent deformation or damage to the inertia block and/or to the connecting element and/or to the opposing surface, and/or to a breakable element incorporated in the shock indicator device), when the acceleration imparted to this inertia block is higher than a given acceleration threshold.
US11281161B2
A running equation of time mechanism includes civil hour and minute hands to indicate civil time and a concentric true minute hand to indicate true time. The running equation of time mechanism includes an equation of time cam and a differential gear device, a first input of which is formed by a civil minute pipe on which a civil minute hand is pressed, and a second input of which is formed by the equation of time cam. The differential gear device includes a planetary reducer wheel set via which the civil minute pipe drives a civil hour pipe on which is pressed the civil hour hand, and a planetary multiplier wheel set via which the civil hour pipe drives a true minute pipe on which is pressed the true minute hand.
US11281160B2
A system for making a holographic medium for use in generating light patterns for eye tracking includes a light source configured to provide light and a beam splitter configured to separate the light into a first portion of the light and a second portion of the light that is spatially separated from the first portion of the light. The system also includes a first set of optical elements configured to transmit the first portion of the light for providing a first wide-field beam onto an optically recordable medium and a plurality of optical fibers configured to receive the second portion of the light and project a plurality of separate light patterns onto the optically recordable medium for forming the holographic medium.
US11281153B2
An image forming apparatus, having a first photosensitive drum, a second photosensitive drum, a first developing roller, a second developing roller, a first moving mechanism, a second moving mechanism, a driving gear, a motor, a first gear train, a second gear train, and a third gear train, is provided. The first gear train having a first gear transmits a driving force from the motor to the first developing roller. The second gear train having a second gear transmits the driving force from the motor to the second developing roller. The second gear train is provided separately from the first gear train. The third gear train having a third gear transmits the driving force from the motor to at least one of the first moving mechanism and the second moving mechanism. The third gear train is provided separately from the first gear train and the second gear train.
US11281152B1
A housing includes a housing main body that has an opening in one surface; a first cover that is openably and closably supported by the housing main body by means of a first rotation portion, that covers at least a portion of the opening, and that is provided with an operation portion that causes the first cover in a closed state to enter an open state, the first rotation portion being provided on a portion of the one surface that is on one side with respect to the opening in one direction; and a second cover that is openably and closably supported by the first cover and of which an operation portion that causes the second cover in a closed state to enter an open state is provided at a position that is separated from the operation portion of the first cover by at least half a distance between the operation portion of the first cover and the first rotation portion in the one direction while being on the first rotation portion side.
US11281139B2
A fixing apparatus including a heat generating element having a first area, a second area, and a third area, the first area being located on an end portion side in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of a recording material and having a first heat generation amount per unit length in the orthogonal direction, the second area being located on an inner side than the first area in the orthogonal direction and having a second heat generation amount per unit length in the orthogonal direction, the third area being located on the inner side than the second area in the orthogonal direction and having a third heat generation amount per unit length in the orthogonal direction. The second heat generation amount is larger than the third heat generation amount, and the third heat generation amount is larger than the first heat generation amount.
US11281137B2
A heating unit includes a cylinder which rotates about an axis parallel to a first direction. A heater has a first surface abutting on an inner surface of the cylinder at a nip position. A support member is on a second surface of the heater and also contacts the cylinder. A first heating element is in the heater at a first position along the first direction. A second heating element in the heater is at a second position spaced from the first position. A first temperature sensor is above the first position. A locking portion of the heater is at a third position along the first direction. The locking portion engages the support member and restricts movement of the heater in the first direction. The first position is near a first outer edge of the cylinder. The second position is closer to a central portion of the cylinder.
US11281127B1
An image forming apparatus includes a rotating body that regulates a movement of a transfer roller in a direction along a rotating shaft of the transfer roller. The rotating body includes a first portion located at a first distance from the rotating shaft of the transfer roller in a direction intersecting the rotating shaft of the transfer roller and a second portion located at a second distance that is nearer than the first distance. The rotating body takes a first position for supporting the transfer roller in a separating position by making the first portion abut on the cover in a state where the side cover is closed. The rotating body takes a second position where the second portion is directed to the cover and the transfer roller is in an abutting position in a state where the side cover is closed.
US11281116B2
The present invention provides a substrate stage and a substrate processing apparatus that appropriately control a temperature of a staging surface on which a substrate is placed. The substrate stage includes a stage base including a cooling surface therein, and a supply flow path forming member formed of a material having a lower thermal conductivity than that of the stage base and including cooling nozzles configured to spray a coolant toward the cooling surface.
US11281111B2
Metrology methods and tools are provided, which enhance the accuracy of the measurements and enable simplification of the measurement process as well as improving the correspondence between the metrology targets and the semiconductor devices. Methods comprise illuminating the target in a Littrow configuration to yield a first measurement signal comprising a −1st diffraction order and a 0th diffraction order and a second measurement signal comprising a +1st distraction order and a 0th diffraction order, wherein the −1st diffraction order of the first measurement signal and the +1st diffraction order of the second measurement signal are diffracted at 180° to a direction of the illumination, performing a first measurement of the first measurement signal and a second measurement of the second measurement signal, and deriving metrology metric(s) therefrom. Optionally, a reflected 0th diffraction order may be split to yield components which interact with the −1st and +1st diffraction orders.
US11281106B2
A storage container storing a treatment liquid for manufacturing a semiconductor is provided, wherein the occurrence of defects on the semiconductor, such as particles, is suppressed and a fine resist pattern or a fine semiconductor element is manufactured. The storage container includes a storage portion that stores a treatment liquid for manufacturing a semiconductor, and the treatment liquid for manufacturing a semiconductor includes one kind or two or more kinds of metal atoms and a total content of particulate metal is 0.01 to 100 mass ppt with respect to a total mass of the treatment liquid.
US11281100B2
A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a resin including a structural unit having an acid-dissociable group, an onium salt compound represented by formula (1), and a solvent. R1 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent group provided that the monovalent group is not a fluoro group or a monovalent organic group containing a fluorine atom. X1 and X2 are each independently a single bond, —O—, —S— or —NR′— wherein R′ is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group. In a case where X1 is —NR′—, R2 is a monovalent organic group or a hydrogen atom. In a case where X2 is —NR′—, R3 is a monovalent organic group or a hydrogen atom. In a case where neither X1 nor X2 is —NR′—, R2 and R3 are each independently a monovalent organic group.
US11281095B2
A frame curing template for imprinting formable material on a substrate and a system and a method of using the frame curing template. The template may comprise: a patterning surface on a mesa on a front side of the template; a recessed surface surrounding the mesa on the front side of the template; a recessed surface coating on the recessed surface. A first transmittance from a back side of the template through the recessed surface coating to actinic radiation may be below a first threshold transmittance. A first frame window may be inset within the recessed surface coating and surrounds the mesa. A second transmittance of the template from the back side of the template through the first frame window to the actinic radiation may be above the first threshold transmittance.
US11281089B2
A light shielding film made up of a material containing one or more elements selected from silicon and tantalum and a hard mask film made up of a material containing chromium, oxygen, and carbon are laminated on a transparent substrate. The hard mask film is a single layer film having a composition gradient portion with increased oxygen content on the surface and on the neighboring region. The maximum peak for N1s in a narrow spectrum obtained via X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis is the lower limit of detection or less. The portions excluding the composition gradient portion of the hard mask film have a 50 atom % or more chromium content, and the maximum peak for Cr2p in a narrow spectrum obtained via X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis has a binding energy of 574 eV or less.
US11281084B2
An illumination system includes: a laser array assembly including: a laser configured to generate a laser light; a crystal phosphor waveguide, adjacent to the laser and in the laser light, configured to: generate of a luminescent light based on receiving the laser light, and direct the luminescent light away from a base end; and a compound parabolic concentrator (CPC), coupled to the crystal phosphor waveguide opposite the base end, configured to: collect the luminescent light from the crystal phosphor waveguide, project the luminescent light away from the crystal phosphor waveguide.
US11281079B2
The present disclosure provides an adjustment bracket and a projector, and relates to the technical field of projection devices. The adjustment bracket includes: an adjustment roller; an adjustment foot; and an adjustment foot gear. An adjustment gear is fixed to the adjustment roller, the adjustment gear is engaged with the adjustment foot gear, internal threads are provided at a center position of the adjustment foot gear, an outer wall of the adjustment foot is provided with external threads, and the adjustment foot is connected to the adjustment foot gear by the internal threads and the external threads. A pitch angle or height of an electronic device such as a projector can be adjusted by a combination of a gear transmission and threads, and a structure thereof is simple and an operation thereof is convenient.
US11281078B2
There are provided a plurality of terminals disposed in a circumferential direction of a second mount of an image capturing apparatus. The plurality of terminals correspond to a plurality of terminals disposed in a circumferential direction of a first mount of an accessory. The plurality of terminals of the image capturing apparatus include a first terminal used to supply power for driving an internal component of the accessory, and a second terminal used to supply power for controlling communication with the accessory. The first and second terminals are disposed further in a mount direction of the accessory than the other terminals of the image capturing apparatus on a predetermined stage of the terminal holder. An inter-terminal pitch between the first and second terminals is wider than at least one pitch among inter-terminal pitches of the other terminals.
US11281077B2
The invention provides a stand using two legs which are selectively elongated. Ideally, each leg has two spaced apart wheels allowing the stand to be readily moved. The legs are connected by a scissor member which allows the assembly to be collapsed for storage and easy movement. A receiver for a paper roll is attachable to the top of both legs. A roller, from which paper from the paper roll extends. The legs are manually extended either by hand or in concert using a winch assembly connected to both legs.
US11281068B2
A nano-opto-electro-mechanical System (NOEMS) phase shifter is described. The NOEMS may include a multi-slot waveguide structure suspended in air. The multi-slot waveguide structure may include three or more waveguides separated from each other by slots. The width of the slots may be sufficiently small to support slot modes, where a substantial portion of the mode energy is within the slots. For example, the slots may have widths less than 200 nm or less than 100 nm. The multi-slot waveguide structure may be disposed in a trench formed though the upper cladding of a substrate. An undercut may be formed under the multi-slot waveguide structure to enable free motion of the structure. NOEMS phase modulators of the types described herein may be used in connection with photonic processing systems, telecom/datacom systems, analog systems, etc.
US11281066B2
A light distribution control device includes: first upper electrodes and second upper electrodes disposed alternately in a first direction; first lower electrodes and second lower electrodes disposed alternately in a second direction that crosses the first direction; light transmissive regions disposed between an upper electrode set consisting of the first upper electrodes and the second upper electrodes and a lower electrode set consisting of the first lower electrodes and second lower electrodes; and colored electrophoretic particles and a dispersion medium contained in a space between light transmissive regions. Each of the first upper electrodes extends along the space between light transmissive regions. Each of the second upper electrodes extends along a line of light transmissive regions. Each of the first lower electrodes extends along the space between light transmissive regions. Each of the second lower electrodes extends along a line of light transmissive regions.
US11281047B1
In a liquid crystal display (LCD), a liquid crystal (LC) panel has a display area of arbitrary shape. A light-emitting area of a backlight panel is partitioned into zones for providing local dimming to the LC panel. The LC panel is partitioned into display regions. An apparatus for controlling the LC panel and the backlight panel has zone registers each recording a proportion of area of a zone covered by a corresponding display region. The apparatus computes a dimming factor for the zone according to its recorded proportion and pixel data of a portion of image located on the zone, allowing local dimming to be provided without requiring boundary information of the display area. A two-phase arrangement is used to calculate the dimming factor, achieving local dimming to save power in backlight generation while reducing a potential loss of image brightness in high-brightness part of the image portion.
US11281046B2
A backlight module includes an array substrate and light-emitting devices disposed on the array substrate. The array substrate includes: a substrate, a first metal layer and a second metal layer disposed on the substrate; a planarization layer covering the first metal layer and the second metal layer and exposing portions of the first metal layer and the second metal layer; and a metal laminating layer disposed on the planarization layer and contacting the portions of the first metal layer and the second metal layer exposed by the planarization layer; the metal laminating layer including at least one first metal layer, at least one second metal layer, and at least one metal oxide layer, and the first metal is molybdenum. The second metal has high light reflectivity and its conductivity is higher than that of the metal oxide, which can effectively reduce optical loss and achieve higher conductivity.
US11281045B2
Provided are a wavelength conversion layer and a display device. A color conversion element comprises: a wavelength conversion layer; one or more low refractive layers which are disposed on and/or under the wavelength conversion layer and have a lower refractive index than the wavelength conversion layer; and one or more capping layers which are disposed between the wavelength conversion layer and the low refractive layers and/or on a surface opposite to a surface of each of the low refractive layers which faces the wavelength conversion layer.
US11281044B2
There is provided a color filter sheet, a production method of a color filter sheet, and a display apparatus. A first quantum dot light-emitting portion, in which a light incident surface or a light emergent surface is a convex surface, is present on a base substrate of the color filter sheet, wherein the first quantum dot light-emitting portion is configured to emit light having a second wavelength after excitation with light having a first wavelength from the light incident surface.
US11281033B2
A display system and a display control method of the display system are provided. The display system includes a display device, at least two layers of liquid crystal cells on a light-emitting side of the display device, and a controller device. The display device is configured to display a display picture; the at least two lavers of liquid crystal cells are configured to control an exit angle of light of the display picture; the controller device is configured to control positions and/or widths of light-transmitting regions and light-shielding regions of each layer of the liquid crystal cells to control a display mode of the display picture. The display system can control the positions and widths of the light-transmitting regions and the light-shielding regions formed on each liquid crystal cell according to actual needs, thereby realizing switching among various display modes.
US11281032B2
A composite substrate for an electro-optic element includes: an electro-optic crystal substrate having an electro-optic effect; a support substrate bonded to the electro-optic crystal substrate at least via an amorphous layer; and a low-refractive-index layer located between the electro-optic crystal substrate and the amorphous layer and having a lower refractive index than the electro-optical crystal substrate. The amorphous layer is constituted of one or more elements that constitute a layer or a substrate contacting the amorphous layer from one side and one or more elements that constitute a layer or a substrate contacting the amorphous layer from another side.
US11281031B1
An optical dimming device includes at least one polarization rotator configured to switch a polarization of a linearly polarized component of an incoming light between two orthogonal polarizations. The optical dimming device also includes at least one polarizer coupled with the at least one polarization rotator, and configured to output a light having a light intensity reduced to a predetermined percentage of an initial light intensity of the incoming light. The predetermined percentage is substantially the same for different incoming lights having different initial polarizations.
US11281028B2
Disclosed herein are systems and architecture for thermal waveguide-based phase shifters which improve thermal efficiency by having multi-pass waveguides arranged under the heating element in a serpentine fashion, with the waveguides having mismatched propagation constants. The combination allows for an increase in phase shift without increasing the length or the power consumption of the resistive heating element by increasing the total length of waveguide being heated by a singular heating element.
US11281022B2
Systems, devices, apparatuses and methods for an active projection system that may be incorporated into spectacles, contact lenses or provided as an add-on layer to existing spectacles or lenses. The active projection system operates to generate a stimulus or stimuli for viewing by a person's eye. The stimulus or stimuli creates an image that is defocused in front of the person's retina and can assist in slowing or stopping the progression of myopia or other refractive errors in the person.
US11281014B2
A head-mountable display device includes: a display element observable by a user; an image generator operable to generate an image for display by the display element; a plurality of ultrasound transducers, the ultrasound transducers being operable and arranged to emit ultrasound signals towards at least a first eye of the user when the head-mountable display is being worn by the user; one or more sensors operable and arranged to detect reflections of the emitted ultrasound signals; an eye imaging unit operable to generate a representation of the user's eye based on the ultrasound signals received at the one or more sensors; and an eye position detector configured to detect the position of the eye relative to the position of the head-mountable display device based on the representation, the eye position detector being configured to detect whether the position of the eye is offset from a desired position.
US11281008B2
An electronic display assembly includes a display element and a corrective element coupled to the display element. The display element has a first plurality of sub-pixels of a first type and a second plurality of sub-pixels of a second type. Two adjacent sub-pixels of the first plurality of sub-pixel are separated by a sub-pixel distance. The corrective element has a plurality of features configured to diffuse light emitted by the first plurality of sub-pixels such that an apparent distance between the two adjacent sub-pixels of the first type, viewed at a viewing distance away from the electronic display assembly, is less than the sub-pixel distance.
US11281006B2
A head worn imaging system includes a light source configured to generate a light beam. The system also includes a light guiding optical element having a thickness between 0.1 and 1.5 mm and configured to propagate at least a portion of the light beam by total internal reflection. The system further includes an entry portion and an exit portion of the light guiding optical element configured to selectively allow light addressing the exit portion to exit the light guiding optical element based on the angle of incidence of the light, the radius of curvature of the light and/or the wavelength of the light.
US11280998B2
An airborne scanning instrument may include a scanning mirror configured to be carried by an airborne platform and having a major reflective surface to define a scanning path directed toward Earth. The airborne scanning instrument may include a shaft configured to rotate the scanning mirror about a shaft axis. The major reflective surface of the scanning mirror may be tilted at a first angle from the shaft axis, and the shaft axis may be tilted at a second angle relative to horizontal. The airborne scanning instrument may include a detector aligned with the scanning mirror to define a detector path therewith.
US11280994B2
An optical unit includes: a fixing portion including a front frame portion that holds an object-side fixed lens group, a rear frame portion that holds an image-side fixed lens group or an image sensor, and a fixing portion main body formed by using a non-magnetic material; a moving portion that holds a moving lens group and that is arranged on an inner side of the fixing portion main body so as to be slidable with respect to the fixing portion main body; and a voice coil motor configured to move the moving portion along a direction of the optical axis relative to the fixing portion main body, and including a magnetic portion magnetized in a direction intersecting an optical axis of the object-side fixed lens group, and a coil located on an outer side of the fixing portion main body with respect to the magnetic portion.
US11280993B2
An immersion set for retrofitting an immersion objective comprises at least one immersion fluid tank, at least one pump fluidly connected to the immersion fluid tank, and a control electronics unit configured at least to control the pump. A fastening device is configured to realize the load-bearing fastening of the at least one immersion fluid tank, the at least one pump and the control electronics unit on the immersion objective or on a mounting adapter for the immersion objective.
US11280984B2
A reflective camera and an electronic device are provided. The reflective camera includes a first mirror, a second mirror and an imaging detector. The first mirror is provided with a through hole and configured to reflect an incident light. The second mirror is arranged on a first side of the first mirror, and configured to reflect the incident light reflected by the first mirror. The imaging detector is arranged on a second side of the first mirror, and configured to receive the incident light reflected by the second mirror through the through hole, and further to convert the incident light into an electrical signal for imaging.
US11280983B2
An optical imaging system includes lenses. A prism is disposed adjacent to a first lens of the lenses and a second lens of the lenses, and is configured to refract light from the first lens to the second lens. A reflecting member is disposed adjacent to a fifth lens of the lenses and an imaging plane, and is configured to reflect light from the fifth lens to the imaging plane.
US11280981B2
The present disclosure discloses a camera lens assembly, the camera lens assembly having a total effective focal length f and an entrance pupil diameter EPD, and along an optical axis from an object side to an image side sequentially including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens, wherein the first lens and the fourth lens have positive refractive powers, an image-side surface of the first lens is a concave surface, and an object-side surface of the fourth lens is a convex surface. In addition, the total effective focal length f and the entrance pupil diameter EPD satisfy: f/EPD≤2.
US11280978B2
The method of aligning a cylindrical lens in a lens assembly includes attaching the cylindrical lens to a lens fixture and interfacing the lens fixture to a support structure in which the cylindrical lens can be placed in a frontwards and backwards orientation. The method also includes capturing respective first and second line images of respective first and second focus lines as formed by the cylindrical lens in the forwards and backwards orientations. The method further includes establishing a relative orientation of the first and second line images and using the established relative orientation to determine an amount of angular misalignment of the cylindrical lens relative to a reference direction provided by the support structure. The method can include rotating the cylindrical lens relative to the lens fixture to reduce the amount of angular misalignment to be within an angular alignment tolerance.
US11280967B2
A method of terminating an optical fiber having an inner core with a fiber optic connector including a ferrule having a micro-bore and an end face with a mating location is disclosed. The method includes determining a bore bearing angle of a bore offset of the micro-bore in the ferrule; determining a core bearing angle of a core offset of the inner core in the optical fiber; orienting the ferrule and the optical fiber relative to each other to minimize the distance between the inner core and the mating location; heating the ferrule to an processing temperature above room temperature; and coupling the optical fiber to the micro-bore of the ferrule. The size of the micro-bores and optical fibers may be selected to maximize the number of interference fits in a population of ferrules and optical fibers while minimizing failed fittings between the ferrules and optical fibers in the populations.
US11280963B2
A cleaving mechanism (20) and related method is adapted to cleave an optical fiber (10) and thereby produce a cleaved end on the optical fiber. The cleaving mechanism (20) includes a fixture (40), a cleave tool (60) for cleaving the optical fiber, and a clamp assembly (80). The clamp assembly (80) may hold the optical fiber without substantial twisting of the optical fiber (10). The fixture and/or the clamp assembly (80) may include a pair of leaf springs (92) that contact and bend around the optical fiber (10) to secure the optical fiber (10) in a clamped position.
US11280950B2
A backlight module includes a light guide plate, a light source and a surface deposition layer. The light guide plate has a light incident surface, an opposite surface opposite the light incident surface, and a light exit surface connected between the light incident surface and the opposite surface. The light source is disposed adjacent to the light incident surface, and a surface deposition layer is at least provided on a part of the opposite surface and a part of the light exit surface. The surface deposition layer includes an opaque material or a low light-transmittance material and has a thickness of smaller than 0.1 mm.
US11280945B2
A polarizing plate and an optical display including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region and includes: a polarizer; and a bonding layer, a first polarizer protective film, and a functional coating layer sequentially stacked on a surface of the polarizer. The bonding layer includes a printed layer therein to correspond to the non-display region. The polarizing plate has a haze of about 0.1% to about 5% as measured on the functional coating layer and a reflectance difference of about 2.4% or less between the display region and the non-display region, or the polarizing plate has a haze of about 20% to about 40% as measured on the functional coating layer and a reflectance difference of about 1.5% or less between the display region and the non-display region.
US11280944B2
The optical element is an optical element comprising a first optically anisotropic layer which is a cured layer of a liquid crystal composition containing a first disk-like liquid crystal compound, in which the optical element has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which an optical axis of the first disk-like liquid crystal compound is parallel to a surface of the first optically anisotropic layer, the first optically anisotropic layer is disposed along at least one direction in a plane of the first optically anisotropic layer, and orientation of the optical axis of the first disk-like liquid crystal compound rotationally changes continuously, and the orientation of the optical axis rotates by 180° with a period of 0.5 μm to 5 μm.
US11280937B2
An anti-reflective waveguide assembly comprising a waveguide substrate having a first index of refraction, a plurality of diffractive optical elements disposed upon a first surface of the waveguide and an anti-reflective coating disposed upon a second surface of the waveguide. The anti-reflective coating preferably increases absorption of light through a surface to which it is applied into the waveguide so that at least 97 percent of the light is transmitted. The anti-reflective coating is composed of four layers of material having different indices of refraction that the first index of refraction and an imaginary refractive index less than 1×10−3 but preferably less than 5×10−4.
US11280933B2
Systems and methods for enabling an augmented reality device to easily collect, analyze, transmit, and act on wireless information transmitted from various instruments on hydrocarbon production and pipeline skids. The augmented reality device preferentially presents and records available data streams from the various instruments on the hydrocarbon production and pipeline skids in an augmented reality user interface. The augmented reality user interface preferentially presents such data streams as readings from the various instruments in an easy-to-read, color-coded display, wherein the color coding relates to various in-tolerance and out-of-tolerance ranges related to each of the various instruments.
US11280929B2
A substance saturation sensing method includes making a resistivity measurement of a formation proximate to a well with a logging tool prior to installation of a casing string in the well. After the casing string is installed in the well, a first set of measurements of the formation is made with a monitoring system to generate a measured response. A set of calibration values is calculated based on the first set of measurements to produce a resistivity that matches the resistivity measurement. A second set of measurements of the formation is made with the monitoring system during or after saturating of a substance occurs in the formation. At least one parameter indicative of the saturating of the substance in the formation is determined based on the second set of the measurements and the set of calibration values.
US11280923B2
Receiver-consistent scalars of seismic receiver channels are used for time-lapse monitoring of a sub-surface earth formation. Signals are induced by seismic waves propagating through the earth formation adjacent to each respective seismic receiver channel. Each seismic receiver channel is acoustically coupled to the earth formation as present directly adjacent to the location of the seismic receiver channel in question. The base receiver-consistent scalars and the monitor receiver-consistent scalars of seismic receiver channels can be outputted to reveal changes in these receiver-consistent scalars. These changes can be used to delineate information about physical changes in the subsurface earth formation. The changes in the based receiver-consistent scalars and the monitor receiver-consistent scalars may be displayed visually.
US11280921B2
A time correction device for a PET system comprises a detector ring, a ring-shaped prosthesis, and detection, data acquisition, data coincidence, time shift calculation, data correction application modules. Center of the ring-shaped prosthesis overlaps with axial and radial center of the detector ring. The detection module is located in ring-shaped prosthesis. Center of the detection module is at the center of the ring-shaped prosthesis. The data acquisition module comprises data gathering and energy filtering modules connected to each other. The data gathering module comprises detectors and the detection module. The energy filtering module connects to the data gathering module receiving single-event time information. The data coincidence module is connects to the energy filtering module receiving the single-event time information. Time shift calculation module connects to the data coincidence module providing a shift value of the detectors. The data correction application module applies the shift value to the PET system.
US11280902B2
An object detection apparatus includes a transmitting portion configured to transmit a transmission wave, a receiving portion configured to receive a reception wave based on the transmission wave which returned, an estimation portion configured to estimate an amount of frequency transition between the transmission wave and the reception wave on the basis of a result of a frequency analysis, a correction portion configured to correct the reception wave to obtain consistency of frequencies with the transmission wave on the basis of an estimation result of the estimation portion, and a detection portion configured to detect information related to the object on the basis of a relation between the transmission wave and the corrected reception wave corrected by the correction portion.
US11280899B2
A method of identifying a target from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data without incurring the computational load associated with generating an SAR image. The method includes receiving SAR data collected by a radar system including RF phase history data associated with reflected RF pulses from a target in a scene, but excluding an SAR image. Range profile data is determined from the SAR data by converting the RF phase history data into a structured temporal array that can be applied as input to a classifier incorporating a recurrent neural network, such as a recurrent neural network made up of long short-term memory (LSTM) cells that are configured to recognize temporal or spatial characteristics associated with a target, and provide an identification of a target based on the recognized temporal or spatial characteristic.
US11280893B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for multistatic radar communications. In one aspect, a wireless communication device may determine a distance and direction of one or more receiving devices. The wireless communication device may transmit, to the one or more receiving devices, timing information indicating a timing relationship between a codeword sequence and one or more pulses. The wireless communication device may transmit a respective codeword of the codeword sequence in the direction of each of the one or more receiving devices. The wireless communication device may further transmit the one or more pulses in a plurality of directions. The wireless communication device may receive feedback from at least one of the one or more receiving devices and determine ranging information about an object based on the feedback and the distance or direction of at least one receiving device.
US11280883B2
A radar sensor includes a memory storing a model defining a relationship between a condition of the radar sensor and a plurality of features of radar detections, the model being generated by a machine learning approach and storing values of the plurality of features associated with the known states of the condition of the radar sensor. A radar detector transmits radar signals into a region, detects reflected returning radar signals from the region, and converts the reflected returning radar signals into digital data signals. A processor receives the digital data signals and processes the digital data signals to generate actual radar detections, each characterized by a plurality of the features of radar detections. The processor applies values of the features of the actual radar detections to the model to determine the state of the condition of the radar sensor.
US11280879B2
A system for radar interference mitigation, preferably including one or more transmitter arrays, receiver arrays, and/or signal processors, and optionally including one or more velocity sensing modules. A method for radar interference mitigation, preferably including transmitting a set of probe signals, receiving a set of reflected probe signals, and/or evaluating interference, and optionally including decoding the set of received probe signals and/or compensating for interference.
US11280874B2
A process described herein may be used to determine a first asset's position in a GNSS-limited environment. The process includes transmitting a current position for each of at least three additional assets in wireless messages by wireless transmitters. The current position for each of the at least three additional assets is determined using previously received position data and one more additional measurement generated by instruments on board the additional assets. The transmitted messages are received at a device of the first asset and a processor on the device implements pre-programmed instructions to access the current position for each of the three additional assets and determine the first asset's position using the current position for each of the three additional assets.
US11280870B2
In a method for simultaneous generation of measurement data of at least two subvolumes of an examination object by means of a slice multiplexing EPI-method, after an RF excitation pulse, at least three navigator signals, but a total of at least one navigator signal per possible polarity and per subvolume to be simultaneously recorded, are recorded in the absence of phase encoding gradients. From the recorded navigator signals, subvolume-specific correction data is determined, which can be used in a reconstruction of image data from acquired raw data for correcting shifts caused by phase errors in the MR raw data.
US11280868B2
Image enhancement systems and methods with variable number of excitation (NEX) acquisitions accelerated using compressed sensing for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging are provided. The MR system comprises a body coil adapted to emit electromagnetic waves onto the anatomy of interest and receive the signals emitted from the anatomy of interest. The system comprises variable number of excitations (NEX) based compressed sensing by acquisition of different points in k-space using the body coil. A first neural network comprising an image enhancement module is provided to reconstruct the body coil images that provides a high-quality image. The high-quality image is stored in an image database. A processor is configured to connect the image database to a second neural network that is a deep learning network trained to assess the image quality and provide feedback to the processor and the first neural network.
US11280864B2
The present application describes techniques for determining and eliminating a time delay between a radio frequency pulse and a layer selection gradient in a magnetic resonance device. The techniques for determining and eliminating the time delay direct include measuring the time delay between the layer selection gradient and the radio frequency pulse by using phase information. This technique is more sensitive and accurate than existing methods that use signal or artifact strength.
US11280863B2
An energy delivery system comprises a transmission member and an antenna at a distal end of the transmission member. The antenna includes a first conductive arm, an insulator extending around the first conductive arm, and a second conductive arm. The second conductive arm includes a coil. The system also comprises a barrier layer radially spaced from the insulator and surrounding the transmission member and antenna. The barrier layer extends from a proximal portion of the transmission member to a distal portion of the antenna. The system also comprises a jacket surrounding the barrier layer and forming a fluid channel for flow of a cooling fluid.
US11280857B2
A birdcage coil includes: (a) a pair of conductive end rings, each having a generally domed shape in axial cross section; (b) a plurality of conductive, elongated rungs extending between the pair of conductive end rings in an axial direction; and (c) an LC delay circuit incorporated into the pair of rings and the plurality of elongated rungs, where the LC delay circuit includes a plurality of capacitive elements and a plurality of inductive elements. In the present invention circumferential spacing between adjacent elongated rungs is varied to improve homogeneity of the volume excitation. Alternatively, or in addition, LC circuit capacitance and/or inductance values are varied to improve homogeneity of the volume excitation.
US11280856B2
A device for directly electrically generating and detecting the current-generated spin polarization in topological insulators, comprising a first and fourth contact on a layer of Bi2Se3 and a second contact comprising a ferromagnet/oxide tunnel barrier contact as a detector, and a third contact comprising nonmagnetic metal as a reference contact, a current to the first and fourth contact to produce a net spin polarization, and the spin polarization manifesting as a voltage between the second (magnetic) and third (reference) contacts.
US11280851B2
An assembly includes a permanent magnet generating a magnetic field. The permanent magnet is arranged on the rotary member and generates a magnetic field perpendicular to an axis of rotation. A first channel has a first magnetic sensing element centered on the axis of rotation, the first channel providing a first angular data. A second channel has a second magnetic sensing element centered on the axis of rotation, the second channel providing a second angular data. The second magnetic sensing element is spaced from the first magnetic sensing element. Each of the first magnetic sensing element and the second magnetic sensing element have three voltage dividers. A processor computes a magnetic stray field component orthogonal to the magnetic field by comparing a first field strength based on the first angular data with the second field strength based on the second angular data.
US11280843B2
A method of determining an aging level of a battery includes utilizing a first charging device to charge a first battery; utilizing a second obtaining device to obtain a plurality of first steady open-circuit voltages (OCVs) of the first battery when a charging state of the first battery respectively reaches a plurality of first stop-charge conditions; utilizing a second charging device to charge a second battery; utilizing a third obtaining device to obtain a stop-charge parameter of the second battery and a second steady OCV of the second battery corresponding to the stop-charge parameter of the second battery; and utilizing an aging level determining device to determine an aging level of the second battery relative to the first battery according to the second steady OCV of the second battery and one of the first steady OCVs of the first battery corresponding to the stop-charge parameter of the second battery.
US11280842B2
The present disclosure relates to a battery management apparatus and method, which sets a degraded SOC region based on a SOC-based voltage difference between a charging voltage and a discharging voltage according to a SOC of a battery and estimates a degree of degradation of the battery based on the voltage difference in the set degraded SOC region.
US11280834B2
The present disclosure relates to determining locations of low-energy events on power lines. For example, an IED may receiving an input signal indicating a local electrical condition of a power line. The IED may detect traveling waves on the power line based on the local electrical condition. The IED may detect traveling waves on the power line based on the local and remote electrical conditions. The IED may determine that the traveling waves are associated with a low-energy event. The IED may determine the location of the low-energy event on the power line based at least in part on the traveling waves.
US11280828B2
A computer-implemented method for testing a system for at least one requirement. The method includes: the requirement is received in machine-readable form, at least one first input variable is ascertained for the test of the system for the received requirement, a design of the system is simulated as a function of the ascertained first input variable, an output variable of the simulated system is ascertained and it is ascertained as a function of the output variable whether the system meets the requirement, it is checked whether the simulation meets a quality requirement, if the simulation meets the quality requirement and the system meets the requirement, it is checked whether a sufficient test coverage is reached for the requirement, if the sufficient test coverage for the requirement is reached, the test for the requirement is completed.
US11280822B2
A measurement system for performing measurements of the total radiated power of a device under test has an anechoic chamber, a positioner with a device section for supporting the device under test, at least one link antenna for establishing communication with the device under test and a plurality of different measurement antennas. The measurement antennas are arranged in the anechoic chamber and are designed to carry out a total radiated power measurement. Further, a measurement setup as well as a method for performing measurements of the total radiated power of a DUT are shown.
US11280815B2
Voltage indication device (2), attachable to a medium-voltage separable plug having a rear insert comprising a coupling electrode. The voltage indication device comprises a body (241) and a voltage detector (251) having a ground contact (361), a voltage contact (261) for electrical connection to the coupling electrode; and an indicator for visually indicating presence of the medium voltage in the separable plug. The body comprises an elastically expandable support portion (406) for resiliently supporting the voltage detector (251).
US11280812B2
A semiconductor device has a first electrode 61; a second electrode 62; and a semiconductor layer 1 having a winding wire part 10 provided so as to surround a current flowing between the first electrode 61 and the second electrode 62, a winding return wire part, which is provided so as to surround the current, is connected to a terminal end part of the winding wire part 10 and returns toward a starting end part side from the terminal end part, and an integration circuit configuration part connected to the winding wire part 10 or the winding return wire part. The integration circuit configuration part has one or more of a resistance part 115, a capacitor part 125 and an operational amplifier part 135.
US11280810B2
A meter apparatus is provided for determining parameters of an AC electric signal in first and second wires, the AC signal including an AC electric current and an AC electric voltage, the apparatus including a measurement section to provide first and second measure signals each one indicative of the AC voltage based on a first capacitive coupling with the first wire and on a second capacitive coupling with the second wire, the first and second measure signals depending on capacitance values of the first and second capacitive couplings, and a control unit to determine said capacitance values of the first and second capacitive couplings according to the first and second measure signals, and determining the amplitude of the AC voltage according to the first or second measure signal, and to the capacitance values of the first and second capacitive couplings.
US11280808B2
A plunger of the probe has a slider portion engaged with a plunger guide hole formed in a socket body, which is prevented from rotating, and first and second positioning surfaces having different vertical positions along a central axis of the probe by cutting two places of a rounded bar member in a radial direction. The probe receptacle has a first abutting protrusion on which the first positioning surface is abuttable and a second abutting protrusion on which the second positioning surface is abuttable when the probe is inserted in a correct posture. When the plunger is inserted in an erroneous posture, the first positioning surface abuts on the second abutting protrusion to prevent the plunger from projecting from the plunger guide hole or project the plunger by an amount less than the design dimension.
US11280807B2
An insulation resistance measurement device includes a jig unit, a control unit and a transfer mechanism. The jig unit includes a lower jig having a reference surface, an upper jig having an abutting surface, a probe unit and a servomotor. When the upper jig is lowered toward the lower jig by the servomotor, the probe contacts a portion to be measured. When the upper jig is lowered further and the abutting surface of the upper jig abuts the reference surface, a torque of the servomotor increases. When the torque reaches a predetermined value, an insulation resistance is measured by the probe in a state where the torque is maintained.
US11280804B2
Embodiments are directed to a carrier configured to hold and transport a vessel with a barcode label in an automation system in in vitro diagnostics (IVD) environment, with a plurality of peripheral readers able to read the barcode label. The reading of the barcode label on the vessel loaded into the carrier is achieved without the need to align (either manually or automatically) the barcode to the peripheral readers. A dual spring arrangement provides for consistent vessel capture when loading the vessel into the carrier and for retention in the carrier during transport operations. A centrally-located spring housing provides efficient space utilization. A mirrored dual slot design is provided so that an unobstructed space for each slot is complimentary such that a completely unobstructed view of the vessel is constructed by imaging the same vessel in both slots (one after another) and fusing the resulting data.
US11280802B2
A method for the in situ derivatization of at least one biogenic amine, precursor, or metabolite thereof in an isolated aqueous sample includes the steps of: (i) contacting the sample with a propionic anhydride/acetonitrile solution in the presence of a phosphate buffer having a pH in the range of 7.0 to 9.0 and allowing the conversion of amine and/or hydroxyl moieties of the biogenic amine, precursor, or metabolite thereof to form a propionyl derivative of the biogenic amine; followed by (ii) adding to the reaction mixture obtained in step (i) a carbodiimide compound and an electrophilic amine-containing compound, and allowing the carbodiimide-mediated derivatization of carboxylic acid moieties of the biogenic amine, precursor, or metabolite thereof.
US11280799B2
The invention relates to the detection of non-metabolized vitamin D. In a particular aspect, the invention relates to methods for detecting underivatized non-metabolized vitamin D by mass spectrometry.
US11280798B2
Provided are methods for determining the amount of estrone in a sample using mass spectrometry. The methods generally involve ionizing estrone in a sample and detecting and quantifying the amount of the ion to determine the amount of estrone in the sample.
US11280791B2
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a system and method for the identification and characterization of a transglutaminase. Further, the present disclosure provides transglutaminase enzymes for forming isopeptide bonds, methods of forming isopeptide bonds in the presence of transglutaminases, and substrate tags for use with transglutaminases. In another aspect, the present disclosure provides glutamine-containing substrates (or Q-tag substrates) that are more resistant to proteases/clipping and therefore, more stable, than other Q-tag substrates, and their uses in substrate tags for cross-linking to an amine-donor tag via an isopeptide bond mediated by a microbial transglutaminase.
US11280788B2
Described is an assay for diagnosing an infection such as peritonitis in a subject. The assay includes a binding molecule, such as an antibody that specifically binds to an inflammatory marker in a sample from the subject, and a second binding molecule that binds to a marker indicative of a pathogen in the sample. For diagnosing peritonitis in a subject, the pathogen will be at least one bacterium and/or fungus. Typically, the assay will be incorporated into a lateral flow device and may include a binding molecule that specifically binds to an antigen indicative of the presence of a specific pathogen species. The described assay(s) may further include filter(s), enriching antigen(s), and buffer(s). Also described are methods of diagnosing and treating peritonitis in a subject who is a peritoneal dialysis patient that include utilizing the herein described assay(s) or assay kit(s) to analyze the subject's peritoneal dialysis effluent.
US11280786B2
The present disclosure provides biochips and methods of fabricating biochips. The method includes combining three portions: a transparent substrate, a first substrate with microfluidic channels therein, and a second substrate. Through-holes for inlet and outlet are formed in the transparent substrate or the second substrate. Various non-organic landings with support medium for bio-materials to attach are formed on the first substrate and the second substrate before they are combined. In other embodiments, the microfluidic channel is formed of an adhesion layer between a transparent substrate and a second substrate with landings on the substrates.
US11280782B2
Disclosed is a sensor chip for detecting a target molecule in a sample. The sensor chip includes a substrate having a surface and a layer of hydrogel particles immobilized on the substrate surface at two or more locations on the surface, wherein the hydrogel particles at a first location comprise a plurality of first probe molecules bound to the particles and the hydrogel particles at a second location comprise a plurality of second probe molecules bound to the particles. Systems that include the sensor chip, as well as methods of preparing and using the sensor chip, are also disclosed.
US11280780B2
Determining the relative binding capacity of albumin (A), and amount of functional albumin, involves at least two measurement solutions of a test and reference sample. The measurement solutions contain an albumin-binding marker M. The marker in the measurement solution of the test and reference samples exceeds the presumed available albumin binding capacity. The test sample contains a defined amount of albumin of unknown binding capacity. The reference sample contains the same defined amount of albumin having a reference binding capacity. The measurement solutions are incubated under conditions that allow M:A complexes to form. The M:A complexes are removed. The presence or amount of unbound marker M in the solutions is detected after M:A complex removal by a test strip that allows determination of the unbound marker. The relative binding capacity of albumin in the test sample based on the presence or detected amounts of unbound marker is determined.
US11280774B2
A portable communication device includes one or more miniature sensors to sense one or more environmental gases. A processor is coupled to the miniature sensors and is configured to enhance location detection by determining a sensor signal transition. The sensor signal transition is caused by subsequent exposures of at least one of the miniature sensors to environmental gases of a first air composition and a second air composition. The first air composition and the second air composition are respectively associated with a first location and a second location.
US11280767B2
A pretreatment method for analyzing dioxin compounds and an analytical method using the same, in which a column packed with polymer beads that are capable of selectively adsorbing dioxin compounds is used in a purification step during pretreatment, thereby remarkably reducing a time required for pretreatment and improving a recovery rate of an internal standard for purification, are provided.
US11280753B2
Sensors for detecting a substitution between chemicals may include an upper electrode and an electrical signal measurement circuit. A first chemical and a second chemical may be sequentially applied to the upper electrode. A triboelectrification may be generated between the upper electrode and the first and second chemicals to flow different electrical signals through the upper electrode. The electrical signal measurement circuit may measure the electrical signals to detect the substitution between the first and second chemicals. Thus, the second chemical may be applied to a semiconductor substrate from the substitution timing so that an original function of the second chemical may be maintained without a delay of the time for fabricating a semiconductor device.
US11280752B2
Provided are a crack detection system and a crack detection method that distinguish between a case where a crack is generated in a structure and other cases not to bring about erroneous detection. In a sensor terminal that detects, from a crack generated in a transducer provided on a structure, a crack in the structure, the transducer having a three-layered structure of conductor-insulator-conductor, the crack detection system including: an impedance measurement unit that measures impedance between the two conductors of the transducer; and a crack detection processing unit that calculates, from a frequency characteristic of the impedance, periodicity data regarding periodicity of a frequency at which impedance becomes a peak, and detects a presence of a crack in the structure in a case of periodicity data different from initially-measured periodicity data being included.
US11280745B2
A sensing device can use electromagnetic resonance to detect properties of a sample. For example, the sensing device can be immersed into a sample, placed in proximity to a sample, or otherwise located within sensing range of a sample. The sensing device can transmit a signal onto the sample and receive a reflected signal using a resonating structure. The sensing device can analyze the reflected signal to detect a constituent in the sample, such as a concentration of the constituent in the sample.
US11280729B2
An optical density measuring apparatus for measuring density of a gas or a liquid to be measured includes a light source capable of irradiating light into a core layer, a detector capable of receiving light propagated through the core layer, and an optical waveguide that includes a substrate and the core layer. The core layer includes a light propagation unit and a first diffraction grating unit that receives light from the light source and guides the light to the light propagation unit, which includes a propagation channel capable of propagating light in an extending direction of the light propagation unit. The first diffraction grating unit is disposed near to and facing a light-emitting surface of the light source. The first diffraction grating unit includes first diffraction gratings, at least two of which receive light emitted from the same light-emitting surface of the light source.
US11280712B2
Devices, systems and methods for holding and transferring small volume fluid samples are disclosed. Holding vessels, including holding vessels having two or more internal compartments for holding small volume fluid samples, are disclosed. Transfer vessels for receiving small volume fluid samples from such holding vessels are disclosed. Transfer vessels for combining small volume fluid samples from such holding vessels are disclosed. Methods for providing small volume fluid samples for analysis with small loss of sample are disclosed. Methods for providing small volume fluid samples for analysis using automated sample analysis devices and systems, with small loss of sample, are disclosed.
US11280698B2
Non-contact methods of predicting an insertion loss of a test optical fiber connector are disclosed. Light is sent down the at least one optical fiber of the connector in the fundamental mode to emit an output light beam. The output-beam image is captured at different distances from the fiber end faces to define multiple output-beam images each associated with one of the multiple measurement positions. A Gaussian curve is then fitted to the multiple output-beam images to determine a mode field diameter, an offset, and a tilt of the output light beam. A Gaussian field model that incorporates the offset, the tilt, and the mode-field diameter is then used to predict the insertion loss when connecting to a reference optical fiber of a reference optical fiber connector.
US11280693B2
A reconfigurable pressure transducer assembly having an input tube filter assembly is provided. Multiple small inlet apertures of the transducer housing or input tube filter assembly may be utilized to filter particulate matter from the measurement media/fluid. The resonant frequency and dampening characteristics of the pressure transducer assembly may be configured by the input tube filter assembly such that temporary clogging of a portion of the small inlet apertures does not appreciably affect the resonant frequency and dampening characteristics. The input tube filter assembly includes one or more inserts disposed in an input tube channel, the one or more inserts including one or more apertures of selectable dimensions and extending therethrough from a first end to a second end. The one or more inserts define at least a filter aperture, and the input tube filter assembly is tunable by selection of the selectable dimensions of the one or more inserts.
US11280692B2
A pressure sensor device in a pressure sensor module includes a membrane that is conductive and deformable under pressure, fixed electrodes each including an electrode surface opposed to the membrane, and a dielectric film disposed on the electrode surface of each of the fixed electrodes. The fixed electrodes are disposed in a direction from the center of the membrane toward an outer portion.
US11280687B2
In some examples, a temperature distribution sensor may include a laser source to emit a laser beam that is tunable to a first wavelength and a second wavelength for injection into a device under test (DUT). A first wavelength optical receiver may convert a return signal corresponding to the first wavelength with respect to Rayleigh backscatter or Raman backscatter Anti-Stokes. A second wavelength optical receiver may convert the return signal corresponding to the second wavelength with respect to Rayleigh backscatter or Raman backscatter Stokes. Bending loss associated with the DUT may be determined by utilizing the Rayleigh backscatter signal corresponding to the first wavelength and the Rayleigh backscatter signal corresponding to the second wavelength. Further, temperature distribution associated with the DUT may be determined by utilizing the Raman backscatter Anti-Stokes signal corresponding to the first wavelength and the Raman backscatter Stokes signal corresponding to the second wavelength.
US11280684B2
The present disclosure is directed toward a temperature detector probe that includes a housing, a pair of electrical connectors, a support cap, and a sensor. The housing defines a bore longitudinally extending through the housing, and the pair of electrical connectors extend through the bore. The support cap is disposed at a first end portion of the housing. The sensor is provided on the support cap and is electrically coupled to the pair of electrical connectors. The support cap is positioned between the pair of electrical connectors and the support cap.
US11280669B2
A pulsed laser interferometer includes: a pulsed laser; a vibration controller that produces a vibration control signal that controls a vibrational frequency and vibrational amplitude of a structural member; an interferometer controller; a pathlength control stage that changes an optical pathlength for laser pulses; a pathlength reflector that moves in concert with the pathlength control stage to change the optical pathlength of propagation for the laser pulses; a light pulse detector that produces a light pulse detector signal; an interference light detector that produces an interference frequency signal; a signal mixer that produces a reference frequency signal; and a phase-sensitive detector that produces a vibrational amplitude signal and a vibrational phase signal from the interference frequency signal referenced to the reference frequency signal.
US11280663B2
A weighing system for weighing particulate material such as powders, granules and the like, and particularly particulate foodstuffs. The system includes: a weighing device (9); a vibrator unit (11); a transfer receptacle (7) having an opening; a robotic arm (5) arranged to move the transfer receptacle (7); and a control system (13) arranged to control the robotic arm (5) and the vibrator unit (11); wherein the transfer receptacle (7) is arranged to receive a quantity of the particulate material through the opening; the control system (13) is arranged to actuate the robotic arm (5) to move the transfer receptacle adjacent the weighing device (9), and to actuate the vibrator unit (11) to vibrate the transfer receptacle (7) thereby causing particulate material located in the transfer receptacle (7) to dispense from the transfer receptacle onto the weighing device (9).
US11280659B2
The present disclosure relates to reflector for non-contact radar-based fill level measurement in containers with floating roofs. The reflector is designed to be mounted on top of the floating roof, wherein the reflector comprises at least a surface, which is formed by an array of cavities. According to the present disclosure, the cavities have a tapered cross-section. By the tapered cavities the radar signals emitted by the fill level measuring device are reflected and focused towards the fill level measuring device, so that the receipt of the reflected radar signal by the fill level measuring device is ensured. Through this, the fill level measuring device can determine the fill level reliably based on the reflected radar signals.
US11280654B2
A reciprocating piston pump assembly comprises a cylinder housing with two internal chambers separated by a piston. The piston is coupled with a pushrod that reciprocates back and forth between two positions. The piston's position is tracked to measure the volume of fluid passing through the pump assembly. The pump assembly has two inlets, two outlets, two inlet passages, and two outlet passages. A first valve is positioned on the pushrod at a junction between the first inlet passage and first outlet passage. A second valve is positioned on the pushrod at a junction between the second inlet passage and second outlet passage. The pushrod can be positioned in a neutral position to simultaneously close both valves.
US11280648B2
An ultrasonic flow-rate measurement device and an ultrasonic flow-rate measurement method capable of accurately measuring a flow rate of a fluid to be measured with a simple configuration are obtained. A reference-sound-pressure distribution waveform holding unit (60) holds a reference sound pressure distribution waveform based on an ultrasonic pulse emitted from a transmitter (10) and incident on at least three receivers (20) in a state where a flow velocity of a fluid (G) to be measured in the pipe (5) is zero. A variable-sound-pressure distribution waveform acquisition unit (70) acquires a variable sound pressure distribution waveform based on the ultrasonic pulse emitted from the transmitter (10) and incident on the at least three receivers (20) in a state where the flow velocity of the fluid (G) to be measured in the pipe (5) is not zero. A flow-rate calculation unit (80) obtains a shift amount (S), which is a difference between the reference sound pressure distribution waveform and the variable sound pressure distribution waveform, and integrates the shift amount (S), thereby calculating a flow rate of the fluid (G) to be measured in the pipe (5).
US11280643B2
A monitoring humidity measurement system includes: a humidity measurement optical fiber including a first optical fiber and a humidity detection layer provided so as to annularly cover the first optical fiber; a reference optical fiber including a second optical fiber; a plurality of optical communication cables; and a signal processing device configured to, with a laser beam entering into the first and second optical fibers, calculate and obtain Brillouin frequency shift and Rayleigh frequency shift of backscatter light from the first and second optical fibers based on the entering laser beam, and store predetermined constants, wherein reference data and target data are measured from the Rayleigh frequency shift and an initial humidity value calculated from the Brillouin frequency shift, and the value of humidity at the present time is calculated on the basis of Rayleigh frequency shift per unit humidity calculated from a difference between the above two data.
US11280634B2
An activity tracking device, such as a step-counting device includes an interface configured to receive one or more acceleration signals and signal processing circuitry. The signal processing circuitry generates an indication of condition of an accelerometer, such as a body position of the accelerometer, based on one or more accelerometer signals, generates an event signal, such as an event flag, based on one or more accelerometer signals and the indication of the condition of the accelerometer, and generates an activity signal, such as step flag based on the event signal, the indication of the condition of the accelerometer and one or more acceleration signals. The signal processing circuitry may generate a noise signal based on one or more acceleration signals and generate the activity signal based on the noise signal.
US11280621B2
A navigation method that includes building a virtual map database of maps for structures that block GPS signals, wherein the virtual maps are created from speed and direction measurements taken from motion sensors of the mobile devices of users of a geographic information system (GIS) map server; and starting a navigation session by a user employing a navigation application that employs the GIS map server. The GIS map server includes GIS map data, and virtual map data from the virtual map database. The virtual map data is for navigation instructions without a GPS signal. A start location is set using the GIS map data to provide the initial start location; and directions are provided to the start location using a virtual map data from the virtual map database.
US11280619B1
A system for use in a facility area including reservable spaces and common spaces and comprising a database storing space information, space map data and space scheduling information and including a user interface display screen mounted in a common space, a user location sensor and a processor linked to the databases and programmed to receive sensor signals and determine when a user is located within the sensing zone, the processor further programmed to generate and present a graphical facility area map representation of the facility area on the display screen and, upon detecting a user within the sensing zone, automatically identifying a destination space within the zone that the user likely intends to travel to and presenting an indication of the space on the graphical map indicating the location of the destination space within the facility.
US11280617B2
The dual mode INS high performance system using an IMM mixing method presented in this disclosure utilizes a MEMS-based IMU as the inertial sensor due, in part, to low cost and low power consumption. A dual filtering system, one with fifteen state EKF and the other with twenty one state EKF is mixed in real-time to address dynamic overlapping and continuous transition from a low dynamic mode to a high dynamic mode. The IMM estimation scheme is employed to compute the real-time mixing coefficients via the IMM probability mixing formulation. The present disclosure is applicable to earth to orbit platforms, spinning projectiles, and the like to successfully reconstruct the object's state estimate vector even under a high angular rate and high g operating environment.
US11280605B2
The present invention relates to the field of three-dimensional digital imaging, and more particularly to a three-dimensional measuring system and a measuring method with multiple measuring modes. The measuring system includes a control unit, a variable digital pattern generation unit, an image processing unit, a calculating unit and at least one image sensor; the control unit is used for controlling the cooperative work of the whole measuring system; the variable digital pattern generation unit includes a memory and a projector, and the memory stores a plurality of light template digital patterns; the image sensors are used for acquiring patterns which are projected onto a surface of a measured object; the image processing unit is a multi-mode digital image processor; and the calculating unit is a multi-mode three-dimensional point cloud calculator. The three-dimensional measuring system and the measuring method with multiple measuring modes of the present invention can implement the high-precision and high-detail three-dimensional measurement or handheld real-time measurement by switching the measuring modes, thereby having a wide application range.
US11280597B2
Frangible firearm projectiles, firearm cartridges containing the same, and methods for forming the same. The firearm projectiles are formed from compacted metal powders that may include an anti-sparking agent. The compacted metal powders may be or include a compacted mixture of metal powders that may include powders of one or more of iron, zinc, bismuth, copper, tungsten, nickel, boron, and/or alloys thereof, and/or oxides thereof. The compacted mixture may be heat treated for a time sufficient to form a plurality of discrete alloy domains within the compacted mixture. The frangible firearm projectile may be formed by a mechanism that includes vapor-phase diffusion bonding and oxidation of the metal powders and that does not include forming a liquid phase of any of the metal powders or utilizing a polymeric binder. The anti-sparking agent may include a borate, such as boric acid.
US11280596B2
The present invention provides an ammunition cartridge having a primer insert for having a top surface opposite a bottom surface and a extraction flange that extends circumferentially about an outer edge of the top surface; a coupling element that extends from the bottom surface, wherein the substantially cylindrical coupling element is adapted to receive a polymer overmolding; a primer recess in the top surface that extends toward the bottom surface, wherein the primer recess comprises a recess bottom and a circular recess side wall; a primer flash aperture through the recess bottom that extends through the bottom surface, wherein the primer flash aperture is adapted to receive a polymer overmolding to form a flash hole; and a groove in the primer recess positioned around the primer flash aperture adapted to receive a polymer overmolding, wherein the groove extends at least partially over the bottom surface and the groove is adapted to receive polymer at least partially over the bottom surface.
US11280595B2
A rifle cartridge with a bullet has desirable penetration capabilities and controlled separation of components upon terminal impact. In embodiments of the invention, the bullet comprises a forward component, a lead core, and a copper jacket. The lead jacket having a leading edge portion that extends to the cylindrical mid portion. The forward component may have a forward pointed ogive portion, a cylindrical mid portion, a mid ogive portion, and a pair of cylindrical portions separated by an annular groove. The jacket having a cannelure at the annular groove and the casing upper lip crimped into the cannelure.
US11280594B2
A hit-indicating target comprising; a layer of polymer material, having a first side and a second side; and a first coating of thermally activated pigment applied to the first side of the layer of polymer material, wherein the first coating has an activation temperature.
US11280589B2
Composite panel comprising at least one layer containing at least one tape comprising a thermoplastic polymer selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, polyesters, polyvinyl alcohols, polyacrylonitriles, polyamides or polyketone, wherein the tape has a tensile strength of at least 1.2 GPa and an areal density of between 5 and 150 g/m2, and an adhesive in contact with said layer, whereby the amount of the adhesive in contact with one side of the at least one layer is between 0.2 and 15 g/m2, wherein the adhesive is a plastomer wherein said plastomer is a random copolymer of ethylene or propylene and one or more C2 to C12 a-olefin co-monomers and wherein said plastomer has a density as measured according to 1801183 of between 860 and 930 kg/m3. In a preferred embodiment the tape comprises an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene. The composite panel is used in a ballistic resistant article.
US11280588B1
Ready armor modular protective systems that can be rapidly deployed in an urban environment. Exemplary armor systems include a container, and a wall assembly that fits inside of the container when in a collapsed configuration. The wall assembly includes a first end section, a second end section, a constraint mechanism, and first and second locking mechanisms. The first end section has a first space frame unit, and the second end section has second and third space frame units. A locking mechanism prevent relative vertical displacement from occurring between adjacent second and third space frame units. The constraint mechanism keeps the first and third space frame units at a fixed distance from one another. The constraint mechanism, when coupled with the first and third space frame units, keeps the locking mechanism from being removed from the second end section.
US11280587B2
A firearm mounting plate assembly is provided. The firearm mounting plate assembly includes a firearm slide with a first side, a second side, and a top side. A recess defined by a first slide wall, a second slide wall, and a recess base surface is disposed on the firearm slide top side. The recess includes a rib, a slot, and a ejector projection. Adjacent to the recess is a catch. The firearm mounting plate assembly includes a mounting plate with a top surface, a bottom surface, a front side, and a rear side. An ejector notch and a channel is disposed along the bottom surface. The mounting plate includes a stud, one or more bosses, and an anchor. The mounting plate is configured to secure within the recess of the firearm slide.
US11280573B2
A barrel mounting system to mount a barrel to a barrel mount of a firearm body includes a mount receiver secured to the barrel mount. The mount receiver includes axial channels and receiver threads disposed on an interior surface. The system further includes a barrel sleeve disposed around the barrel proximal to the proximal end of the barrel. The barrel sleeve includes sleeve threads disposed near a proximal end on an exterior surface and sized to slide through the axial channels and, when rotated, to engage the receiver threads. The system further includes a barrel collar disposed around the barrel and secured to the barrel and to limit the axial position of the barrel sleeve.
US11280565B2
The disclosure relates to a heat dissipation system including cabinet, coolant distribution units and adapting device. The adapting device includes casing and switch valves. The casing has first liquid inlets, first liquid outlets, second liquid inlet and second liquid outlet. The first liquid inlets are connected to distribution outlets of coolant distribution units, first liquid outlets are connected to distribution inlets of coolant distribution units, second liquid inlet is connected to cabinet, and second liquid outlet is connected to cabinet. The switch valves are connected to first liquid inlets, first liquid outlets, second liquid inlet and second liquid outlet so as to change a connection among first liquid inlets, first liquid outlets, second liquid inlet and second liquid outlet to change a connection between coolant distribution units.
US11280558B2
A composite sheet, including: a buffer sheet; and a heat dissipation sheet on one surface of the buffer sheet. One surface of the heat dissipation sheet facing the one surface of the buffer sheet may have a smaller area than the one surface of the buffer sheet. A display device includes a display panel and a composite sheet on one surface of the display panel.
US11280556B2
A fast heat-sinking, current stabilization and pressure boosting device for condenser is disclosed, comprising a heat exchange module and an outer case. The heat exchange module is further divided into a high pressure area and a low pressure area, and an air in channel is installed in the high pressure area and a water out channel is installed in the low pressure area; also, the heat exchange module is provided with at least one channel, and the heat exchange module is assembled inside the outer case. As such, the pressure difference between the low pressure area and the high pressure area can drive the water in each of the inner channels to flow faster toward the low pressure area.
US11280552B2
Various embodiments include a system for transmitting heat from an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine to a working medium comprising: a first heat exchanger connected to the exhaust gas; a second heat exchanger connected to the working medium and the first heat exchanger; and a heat transmission medium arranged in a predetermined heat exchanger volume and substantially completely in a liquid state with a predetermined volume of heat transmission medium at room temperature and normal pressure. The heat exchangers define the hermetically sealed heat exchanger volume. The heat transmission medium transmits heat from the exhaust gas to the working medium. A ratio between the predetermined volume of the heat transmission medium and the predetermined heat exchanger volume is set such that the heat transmission medium is substantially completely in a gaseous state when a temperature of the exhaust gas exceeds a threshold value.
US11280548B2
Apparatus for the production of metal including a furnace for melting metal provided with a crucible inside which a metal charge is melted. The furnace provides for tapping a liquid metal disposed on the bottom of the crucible and includes a tapping channel for the transfer of the liquid metal from the furnace. The apparatus also includes a delivery unit for delivering inert material (S) having a delivery device for the selective delivery of the inert material (S) into the tapping channel.
US11280547B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a sintering device and a sintering method thereof. The sintering device includes: a housing, defining a chamber; and at least one first heating mechanism and at least one second heating mechanism, disposed in the chamber, wherein the at least one first heating mechanism and the at least one second heating mechanism provide different heating temperatures for a workpiece to be processed.
US11280539B2
A refrigerator may include a shelf provided on a door and a shelf guard provided to be movable in front of the shelf so that a user can easily take out food.
US11280535B2
A picnic cooler that includes a food compartment, a gas tank compartment, an off/on electric spigot, a first sealing rings with a first apertures a second sealing ring with a second aperture, and two cooling apparatuses. The cooling apparatus includes a twisting piping system and an upper metallic plate that serves as the bottom of the food compartment. The ratio between the diameter of the second aperture and the diameter of the first aperture is between 1.8 to 2.2 and the ratio between the inner surface area of the food compartment and the outer surface area of the first and second piping systems is between 9 to 17.
US11280526B2
A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a thermoelectric element module, a support disposed at a lower surface of the cabinet, and a heat dissipation cover coupled to a rear side of the cabinet. The thermoelectric element module includes a thermoelectric element including a heat absorption portion and a heat dissipation portion, a first heat sink contacting the heat absorption portion, a first fan facing the first heat sink, a second heat sink contacting the heat dissipation portion, a second fan exposed to an outside of the heat dissipation cover, and an insulating member between the first heat sink and the second heat sink. The heat dissipation cover is configured to guide air from the second fan in a vertical direction, and the support defines an air passage between the lower surface and a floor to allow air to be discharged to a front side through a lower side of the cabinet.
US11280522B2
A solar tracker system comprising a plurality of on sun trackers and a plurality of off sun tracker. Each tracker is selectively adjusted to achieve a desired power output of the solar power plant system in an example.
US11280512B2
In some examples, a device can control one or more heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) components within a building and control a digital user interface. The device includes a dial, the digital user interface, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to scroll, in response to detecting a set of user inputs to one or both of the digital user interface and the dial, through a sequence of carousel screens for display on the digital user interface and display, on the digital user interface after a period of time following a most recent user input of the set of user inputs, a default carousel screen of the sequence of carousel screens. Additionally, the processing circuitry is configured to display, on the digital user interface, an idle screen corresponding to the default carousel screen of the sequence of carousel screens.
US11280508B1
Methods and related systems for detecting inaccurate airflow delivery of an indoor unit of a climate control system are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes operating a fan of the climate control system by transmitting a requested airflow value from a controller of the climate control system to a controller of the fan. Additionally, the method includes collecting estimated airflow values of the indoor fan, and identifying a steady state condition of the climate control system. Further, the method includes determining airflow error values, and issuing at least one of a first alert to a user of the climate control system in response to at least one of the airflow error values being equal to or greater than an alert value, and a second alert to the user in response to each of the airflow error values being less than the alert value.
US11280507B2
An air-conditioner which performs an appropriate control in the event of a leak of refrigerant. The air-conditioner includes a refrigerant circuit, a refrigerant leak sensor which senses a leak of refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit, an indoor fan which delivers air to the indoor heat exchanger, and an indoor control circuit which, upon sensing a leak of refrigerant by the refrigerant leak sensor, controls the indoor fan based on whether the refrigerant sealed in the refrigerant circuit is flammable.
US11280493B2
A fuel spray nozzle including a primary atomizer to discharge a flow of swirled atomised fuel along and around a fuel spray nozzle axis. The primary atomiser includes outer air swirler disposed radially outwardly of a fuel pre-filmer channel. A secondary atomiser disposed around the primary atomiser includes secondary inner air swirler to swirl flow along an inner air channel. The secondary inner air swirler disposed radially inwardly of a secondary fuel pre-filmer channel of the secondary atomiser. A primary outer air channel defined between the primary outer swirler and the secondary inner swirler. The secondary inner air swirler include splitter wall to separate swirling flow in the secondary inner channel from the primary flow of atomised fuel. The secondary inner air swirler includes primary cap wall integral with and extending radially inwardly from the splitter wall to direct flow from the primary outer channel inwardly towards the fuel spray.
US11280492B2
Embodiments of a combustor assembly for a turbine engine are generally provided. The combustor assembly includes a first separable portion defining a dome assembly, and a second separable portion defining a deflector assembly. The first separable portion and the second separable portion are coupled together at a fitted interface.
US11280489B2
The disclosure provides a luminous fan including a main body, a light guide member and a light source. The main body includes a fan frame and a plurality of propellers, and the plurality of propellers are rotatably mounted on the fan frame. The light guide member includes an outer light guide ring and a plurality of inner light guide rings, the plurality of inner light guide rings are mounted on the fan frame, the plurality of inner light guide rings each have an air channel, the plurality of propellers are respectively located in the air channels, the outer light guide ring is mounted on the plurality of inner light guide rings and surrounds the plurality of inner light guide rings, and the outer light guide ring is exposed from the luminous fan. The light source is disposed between the outer light guide ring and the inner light guide ring.
US11280483B2
LED related lighting methods and apparatus are described. Various features relate to water tight light fixtures. Some of the fixtures are spotlights while other fixture are intended for in ground use. The light fixtures in at least some embodiments include power control features. In spotlight embodiments beam angle and power or light output can be controlled without opening the light assembly or compromising the water tight seals which also protect against dirt. In ground embodiments support tilt angle setting which allow a user to set the light fixture to one or more tilt angles. Beam angle can also be changed in some embodiments as well as power control. Beam angle, power control and tilt angle adjustments are supported in some embodiments but need not be supported in all embodiments with some embodiments using one or more of the described features but not all features.
US11280470B2
An air permeable cap for a vehicle may include: a cover part formed in a cylindrical shape with a closed end part, and having a plurality of guide ribs radially formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof; a foam part inserted and installed in the cover part so as to be contacted with the guide ribs, and having a ventilation hole formed on one side thereof; a membrane part installed between the foam part and the cover part, and configured to block a flow of water through the ventilation hole and allow a flow of air through the ventilation hole; and an adhesion retention part coupled in a concave-convex shape to retain an adhesion force between the foam part and the cover part.
US11280462B1
A safety device cabinet includes an equipment cabinet, a safety switch having an integrated light, a switch logic circuit and a battery back-up. The safety device cabinet includes an equipment cabinet and an access door. The access door includes a window and an edge light emitting device. The window is etched with a message containing a description of the equipment stored in the equipment cabinet. The safety switch with an integrated light includes a push momentary switch, a light bezel and a bezel light source. An inner perimeter of the outer shell is sized to receive a push button of the push momentary switch. The light bezel preferably includes an opening to receive a light emitting portion of the light source. The switch logic circuit preferably includes a AC to DC converter, a microprocessor, a software program and a monitoring device.
US11280452B2
An LED filament light including a bulb, a support bar, at least two electrode wires and at least two LED filament strips. Each LED filament strip including a base, an LED chip is set on the base and an electrode is fixed at both ends of the base. One end of the electrode is electrically connected with an LED chip on the base, the other end of the electrode is electrically connected with an electrode of another LED filament or electrically connected to one end of the electrode wires so that the support bar is fixed to the bulb, and the other end is connected with at least one. As the support bar is set to replace the existing LED filament light core and metal wire, and creatively the LED filament electrodes directly is connected to each other.
US11280451B2
Systems and methods to create and store a liquid phase mix of natural gas absorbed in light-hydrocarbon solvents under temperatures and pressures that facilitate improved volumetric ratios of the stored natural gas as compared to CNG and PLNG at the same temperatures and pressures of less than −80° to about −120° F. and about 300 psig to about 900 psig. Preferred solvents include ethane, propane and butane, and natural gas liquid (NGL) and liquid pressurized gas (LPG) solvents. Systems and methods for receiving raw production or semi-conditioned natural gas, conditioning the gas, producing a liquid phase mix of natural gas absorbed in a light-hydrocarbon solvent, and transporting the mix to a market where pipeline quality gas or fractionated products are delivered in a manner utilizing less energy than CNG, PLNG or LNG systems with better cargo-mass to containment-mass ratio for the natural gas component than CNG systems.
US11280448B1
Disclosed herein is an exemplary bipod device that includes a first shaft and a second shaft. The first and the second shaft are attached together by a connector. Also, attached to the first shaft is a first platform and attached to the second shaft is a second platform. Additionally, disclosed herein is an exemplary bipod system that includes a bipod comprising a first and a second shaft, and a connector connected to the first and second shaft. The bipod system further includes a first platform attached to the first shaft.
US11280428B2
A pneumatic trip valve that may include a valve structure, a switch plate air path and an internal check valve. In various aspects, the pneumatic trip valve may be connected to a valve positioner, an actuator, or a combination thereof to control the operation of a fluid process control valve. In operation, the Pneumatic trip valve acts to put the actuator in a preset fail-safe position when the actuator loses sufficient pressure or communication from a main air supply, stored pressurized air from an actuator air reservoir, and/or an external air reservoir.
US11280424B2
An actuator includes a drive device, and energy storage element and an actuator controller. The energy storage element is charged during operation of the actuator using power from an external power source. The drive device drives a valve member to a failsafe setpoint using energy from the energy storage element in the event of a power loss during operation of the actuator. The actuator controller provides a drive signal to the drive device indicating the valve member orientation (i.e. the failsafe setpoint) to which the drive device is to drive the valve member. The failsafe setpoint is determined based on the last fluid source that was controlled by the actuator of the fluid system prior to the power outage.
US11280420B1
A normally closed valve according to the invention comprises a closure delay system utilizing the effect of vacuum on a flexible suction cup to generate a force that keeps the valve open when in an open orientation for a preset time period. The valve further comprises a closure delay mechanism including an actuator shaft and a suction cup disposed in a cavity, being configured for downward reciprocating movement, wherein the suction cup engages the cavity top wall when the valve is in closed orientation thereby closing the valve, and adhering to a suction surface of the cavity when the actuator shaft moves under pressure for switching the valve from closed to open orientation thereby opening the valve. The suction cup automatically disengages the suction surface a preset time period after pressure ceases to be applied to the actuator shaft and reengages the cavity top wall thereby closing the valve.
US11280416B1
A high-temperature quick-opening spherical sealing shut-off valve that includes a valve body, a valve seat, a valve cover, a valve clack, a valve rod, and a driving device for driving the valve rod to rotate. A friction-adjusting mechanism is mounted on the valve rod. The valve rod is arranged coaxially and connected to the valve clack. A gas outlet passage is formed in the valve body and the valve cover. The valve clack and valve seat are located in the path of the gas outlet passage. The valve seat is mounted in the valve body and has a first through hole communicating with the gas outlet passage. The valve clack has a second through hole corresponding to the first through hole. The gas outlet passage has three states: open when the first hole fully overlaps the second hole, half-open when the holes partially overlap, and closed when no overlap.
US11280413B2
A choke valve is provided having a body, a seat, and a gate. The body has an internal chamber, an inlet flow passage, and an outlet flow passage. The seat has a seat orifice with an area, the seat positioned at an end of the outlet flow passage contiguous with the internal chamber. The gate has a gate shaft and a gate body affixed to one end of the gate shaft. The gate is linearly translatable within the body between a fully open position and a fully closed position, wherein in the fully closed position the gate body is engaged with the seat orifice. In the fully open position a choke minimum passage area is defined between the gate body and the seat orifice, and the choke minimum passage area is at least 30% of the seat orifice area.
US11280403B2
A control device executes, when a jump-down shifting is executed, shifting control in which, after engaging elements establishing a pre-shifting gear position are released, an intermediate gear position that is a gear position between the pre-shifting gear position and a post-shifting gear position is established, and after the intermediate gear position is established, the post-shifting gear position is established. When an engaging element able to reduce a rotation speed difference between two rotating bodies connected by engaging elements establishing the intermediate gear position is regarded as a speed difference reducing element, the control device executes a pre-engaging process for generating a torque capacity in the speed difference reducing element while the shifting control is being executed and before establishing the intermediate gear position.
US11280396B2
A gearbox housing includes a set of ribs on an inner surface of a wall portion of the housing. During a fire event, heat received at the outside of the gearbox is transferred to the ribs, which transfer the heat away from the wall portion, in turn resisting the fire. The ribs may transfer the heat to oil, which may flow toward an oil drain. In addition or alternatively, the ribs may transfer the heat to a heat sink of the housing to which they are connected. The ribs may allow a thin region surrounding the ribs to a have a minimum thickness that is thinner than required to pass a fire test, thereby allowing for lighter weight gearbox houses that are still fire resistant.
US11280394B2
Disclosed is a gear including an input shaft; an output shaft an outer wheel; an inner wheel positioned concentrically in relation to the outer wheel; a pressure means extending between the outer wheel and the inner wheel; and at least one revolving transmitter configured to push the pressure means away from the inner periphery of the outer wheel and push the pressure means onto the outer periphery the inner wheel.
US11280393B1
A torque converter comprises a front cover, an impeller including an impeller shell fixed to the front cover, and a turbine including a turbine shell axially movable to frictionally engage the impeller shell such that the turbine shell forms a piston of a lock-up clutch. A reaction plate is positioned axially between the front cover and the turbine shell. A first pressure chamber is defined axially between the reaction plate and the turbine shell, a second pressure chamber is defined axially between the turbine shell and the impeller shell, and a third pressure chamber is defined axially between the reaction plate and the front cover. An output hub includes a first bore and a second bore radially offset from each other, wherein the first bore is in fluid communication with the first pressure chamber and the second bore is in fluid communication with the third pressure chamber.
US11280386B1
Interlocking hook assemblies for straps and cords including a strap member and interlocking hook devices connected to each strap member which can be adjusted to desired length. Each device has apertures fixedly attached to the distal end of the hook body opposite the hook. Each hook device can be connected, preferably in a locking manner, onto the other hook device creating a closed hook assembly thereby disabling the hooks to prevent entanglement of straps. Multiple straps can be connected end-to-end forming an elongated strap of desired length having closed central hooks with open hooks on each end. Interlocking hook assemblies for straps and cords including two similar interlocking hook devices each with a connector groove and dual bar adjustable webbing slider for straps and cords, each said connector groove allows each hook to engage the other within their respective grooves and to releasably lock them together.
US11280376B2
Clutch apparatus, systems, and related methods for use with vehicle stabilizer bars are disclosed. A disclosed stabilizer bar disconnect system includes a fluidic clutch configured to control torque transferred between first and second bar members during a driving event to control a roll stiffness of a vehicle. The fluidic clutch includes: a housing, a fluid chamber in the housing; a fluid reservoir in fluid communication with the fluid chamber; first and second fluid control members in the fluid chamber and connected to the first and second bar members, and fluid valves configured to control a flow of a fluid through the fluid chamber and the fluid reservoir. The fluidic clutch is changeable between a connected state in which the fluidic clutch couples the first bar member to the second bar member and a disconnected state in which the fluidic clutch decouples the first bar member from the second bar member.
US11280375B2
A torsional damper arrangement for a motor vehicle with a housing. The housing encloses a wet space. A momentum start clutch arrangement is arranged in the housing.
US11280362B2
An anchor assembly for walls comprises a toggle member and a strap member pivotally mounted together, and a locking member. In a first position, the toggle member is aligned with the strap member for insertion through the wall, whereas in a second position, the toggle member extends behind the wall at an angle relative to the strap member which extends from the toggle member through the hole in the wall. The locking member is adapted to be displaced along the strap member until it engages the wall and to be locked on the strap member. Therefore, the locking member and the toggle member are connected by the strap member and imprison the wall by abutting respectively the visible and hidden sides thereof. A fastener introduced through the locking member and the wall threadably engages an opening defined in the toggle member.
US11280359B2
A valve unit includes a first piston, which has a first opening and a control chamber. A fluid connection between a first and a second port is closed or, in a position defined by the first piston, is held open in the event that a hose which is connected to the first port bursts. A pilot valve (48) is present, which has a core and a coil, and a fluid flow from the control chamber to the first port can be regulated by an electric current in the coil. The current is regulated by a logic unit which is suitable for receiving signals from at least one sensor, in particular a pressure sensor, an inertia detector and/or position sensor and for regulating the electric current in the coil.
US11280354B2
A hydraulic system includes first and second valve assemblies connected to a common pump. The first valve assembly includes a main valve housed inside a manifold. A pressure compensator valve maintains a constant pressure drop across a variable orifice of the main valve. A pressure limiter valve is in communication with the main valve and the pressure compensator valve, and allows an actuator connected to the first valve assembly to operate independently of the second valve assembly so that fluid flow to a work port of the first valve assembly is not interrupted by operation of the second valve assembly.
US11280353B2
A method for the production of a suction jet pump delivering fuel into or out of a fuel tank, wherein the suction jet pump has a flow channel and a nozzle, and wherein the flow channel forms a feed line to the nozzle and the flow channel is formed in one piece with the nozzle, the method including, in the following order: placing a mold core into a matrix to produce the suction jet pump by injection molding and form a cavity between the mold core and the matrix; encapsulating the mold core and filling the cavity formed between mold core and matrix with a plastic; removing the mold core through an installation opening, arranged opposite the nozzle, in the flow channel; and closing the installation opening by thermal deformation, in the edge region of the installation opening, of the plastic used for the production of the suction jet pump.
US11280352B2
A fan cover is configured to be mounted on a housing of a fan module. The fan cover includes a frame having an opening formed therein, a central hub positioned within the opening of the frame, and a plurality of spiral-shaped air guidance members that extend from the central hub to the frame. Gaps between the spiral-shaped air guidance members of the plurality of spiral-shaped air guidance members enable air to flow from the fan module through the fan cover. Each spiral-shaped air guidance member is configured to extend perpendicularly from the central hub and curve towards the frame at an angle with respect to the opening of the frame. Each spiral-shaped air guidance member further has a plurality of openings formed therein to facilitate air flow.
