US11348123B2
A campaign management system manages campaign data for one or more campaigns and geospatial data for areas in which the campaigns are directed. The system performs spatial queries, data queries, and/or geocode-based queries, generates maps geographically identifying where campaign events are occurring in the geographic area, and generates feature data for display. Campaign symbology, such as shading, color coding, patterns, icons, or other symbols identify one or more campaign events in the geographic area.
US11348115B2
The present specification provides a method for identifying risky vertices, including: constructing multiple medium networks, each of the multiple medium networks being constructed from one or more black seeds of the same type and including vertices and media connected to the vertices; determining a first risk value of each vertex based on a quantity of upper-layer media connected to the vertex and a quantity of risk conditions that the vertex meets; determining a final risk value of each vertex based on a quantity of overlapping times of the vertex in a stacked medium network structure and the first risk value; and determining a high-risk vertex based on the final risk value.
US11348112B2
Various embodiments of the present invention set forth techniques for monitoring risk in a computing system. The technique includes creating one or more risk objects, where each risk object of the one or more risk objects has a corresponding stored risk definition, the stored risk definition associating the risk object with raw machine data pertaining to the risk object, the raw machine data reflecting activity in an information technology (IT) environment. The technique further includes receiving a selection of a first risk object included in the one or more risk objects and receiving a first risk definition that corresponds to the first risk object. The technique further includes performing a search of the raw machine data according to the first risk definition, wherein a risk is identified based on the search of the raw machine data and performing an action based on identifying the risk.
US11348101B2
An example operation may include one or more of sending a transmission process from a client with an application, the application coupled to the client, receiving the transmission process from the client via a multistate peer network, the multistate peer network includes a ledger, an endorsement policy, and a smart contract, generating, from the transmission process, a multistate endorsement based ledger process, establishing a threshold state logic and a final state logic via the smart contract, the threshold state logic is set by the minimum number of endorsements required to commit to the ledger set by the endorsement policy, a commitment to the ledger triggers the final state logic, and executing post-settlement processes via the final state logic.
US11348099B2
Systems and methods are described for implementing blockchain-based content engagement platforms. In several embodiments, the content engagement platform includes a registry service which enables verified content creators to mint Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). In many embodiments, media wallet applications enable users to securely store NFTs and/or other tokens on their devices. In a number of embodiments, the media wallet applications collect data concerning media consumed by users and aggregate the media consumption data in a permissioned analytics blockchain. The manner in which the media consumption data is stored can enable users to control permission to access their personal data. In one embodiment, a media wallet is provided that can securely store NFTs, display a user interface through which user instructions concerning data access permissions are received, and cause media consumption data to be written to at least one immutable ledger in conjunction with a set of data access permissions.
US11348098B2
Digital or “smart” contracts execute in a blockchain environment. Any entity (whether public or private) may specify a digital contract via a table identifier in a blockchain. Because there may be many digital contracts offered as virtual services, the table identifier uniquely identifies a particular decision table and/or the digital contract offered by a virtual machine, vendor or supplier. The blockchain is thus not burdened with the programming code that is required to execute the decision table and/or the digital contract. The blockchain need only include or specify the table identifier (and perhaps one or more contractual parameters), thus greatly simplifying the blockchain and reducing its size (in bytes) and processing requirements.
US11348097B2
Digital or “smart” contracts execute in a blockchain environment. Any entity (whether public or private) may specify a digital contract via a contract identifier in a blockchain. Because there may be many digital contracts offered as virtual services, the contract identifier uniquely identifies a particular digital contract offered by a virtual machine, vendor or supplier. The blockchain is thus not burdened with the programming code that is required to execute the digital contract. The blockchain need only include or specify the contract identifier (and perhaps one or more contractual parameters), thus greatly simplifying the blockchain and reducing its size (in bytes) and processing requirements.
US11348088B2
Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, devices, methods, and software for automated session closing upon location-sensed departure. Some such embodiments may be implemented at retail outlets (e.g., restaurants, salons, stores, etc.) to automatically charge a customer account for ordered items upon an automated detection of a customer retail outlet departure. One embodiment, in the form of a method performed on a server-based system, includes receiving, via a network from a mobile device associated with a customer account, first data indicating the mobile device has departed a retail outlet. The method then generates, from stored retail session data, a final bill including an amount payable and then charges an amount payable from the final bill to a payment account associated with the customer account.
US11348087B2
A method for identifying a funds transfer opportunity in an electronic media accessed by a mobile device may include monitoring the electronic media for the funds transfer opportunity, identifying the funds transfer opportunity in the electronic media, and outputting indication for the funds transfer opportunity in the electronic media. The method may further include receiving confirmation to instantiate a funds transfer based on the indicated funds transfer opportunity on the mobile device and instantiating the funds transfer based on the received confirmation.
US11348078B2
A method for allowing a purchaser to purchase an electronic gift includes providing code to a merchant that, when selected opens an overlay on the merchant's website, with the code being selected in association with at least one item available for sale on the website. The purchaser provides recipient and billing information using a device accessing he overlay. A service provider receives payment, in an amount at least equal to a purchase price of the item, and obtains an electronic gift card having at least a unique gift card number and a balance at least equal to the purchase price of the item. After the electronic gift card has been obtained, the service provider electronically notifies the recipient that the electronic gift has been purchased by the purchaser. The notification is viewable by the recipient and includes at least an identification of the item.
US11348077B2
Methods and systems for performing a pre-staged transaction, such as a cash withdrawal by a user or a user's surrogate, employ a host server that receives pre-staged ATM transaction data via a first communication channel from a user's mobile device and sends a first unique authentication token via a second communication channel to the user's mobile device processor. An ATM processor receives entry of a pre-staged ATM transaction request and the first unique authentication token and sends the entered pre-staged ATM transaction request and first unique authentication token to the host server for validation, which validates the received pre-staged ATM transaction input data and the entered first unique authentication token.
US11348076B1
A method performed by a processor of a provider computing system includes allowing an account holder at the provider to initiate a transaction with the provider remotely (e.g., via smartphone, online banking, etc.), by submitting a request for a specified transaction to be picked up in a lockbox at a provider's lockbox location. The pickup and completion of the account holder's requested transaction occurs at a lockbox location that has a plurality of lockboxes. The lockbox allows the account holder to access the facility at the account holder's leisure, both in time and location. The lockbox pickup service alleviates the uncertainty, fluctuating time cost, and inconvenient operating hours by allowing the account holder to request transactions with an easy to use interface resulting in a lockbox to be accordingly prepped so that the account holder can provide the proper authentication information and access the lockbox.
US11348074B2
A join service joins first and second computerized meetings. The join service receives information about the first and second computerized meetings from respective first and second meeting services. In response to a request from one of the first and second services to join the meetings, the join service translates audio, video, and data signaling between the first computerized meeting service and the second computerized meeting to join participants in the first computerized meeting and participants in the second meeting in a combined computerized meeting. An alternative join service obtains a uniform resource indicator (URI) for an agent of the first meeting. In response to a request from a participant in the second meeting to access the first meeting, the join service provides the URI to the second meeting service to allow the second meeting service to join the second meeting to the first meeting.
US11348073B2
A method for remote management of appointment data includes: receiving appointment data including a time range, an originating user identifier, invitee user identifiers, and an appointment length; identifying an originating user data entry that includes the originating user identifier and invitee user data entries that include the invitee user identifiers; transmitting a calendar data request to the respective associated calendar provider for each calendar data entry included in the originating and invitee user data entries; receiving calendar data for each calendar data entry that includes availability in the time range; identifying an appointment time having a highest availability of invitees based on received availability; and transmitting the appointment time, for each calendar data entry included in the originating and invitee user data entries, to the associated calendar provider.
US11348071B1
A method comprising: receiving, by a first email client, an input specifying one or more permissions that are associated with an email message, any of the permissions being associated with a corresponding action, any of the permissions indicating whether a recipient of the email message is permitted to perform the permission's corresponding action on the email message; and transmitting, by the first email client, the email message and the one or more permissions to an email server.
US11348070B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for automatic generation of customized lower-level table templates based on data in an associated higher-level table structure are disclosed. The systems and methods may involve maintaining the higher-level table structure having first rows, first columns, and first cells at intersections of first rows and first columns; receiving an input for triggering generation of a lower-level table template tied to the higher-level table structure; analyzing at least one higher-level table characteristic including higher-level table type, higher-level table grouping, higher-level table content, higher-level table size, higher-level particular column heading, higher-level particular item label, or higher-level author; determining a customization of the lower-level table template; associating the customization with the lower-level table template to form a customized lower-level table structure; and causing the lower-level table structure to be displayed in association with the higher-level table structure.
US11348069B2
A system, method, and device for electronically providing paving information for paving quality and control actions comprises receiving paving information at a first computer or processor, which can host an application to perform some or all of the paving quality and control actions. The paving information can include one or more electronic work tickets associated with respective paving material dump spots. The paving information can be displayed on a display if an electronic device associated with the first computer or processor. The first computer or processor can also receive paving quality and control information responsive to one or more inputs to the electronic device. The paving quality and control information can be output to another electronic device for consideration.
US11348065B2
Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for an internal private online marketplace are presented. Some embodiments described herein may include a method which may involve (1) identifying one or more items listed in one or more databases, and (2) generating a transfer protocol between the destination entity that desires to possess the one or more items with that of the source entity that possesses or has responsibility over the one or more items. The desired items may be identified by characteristics. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11348064B1
A computing system for alternate path generation is disclosed. In aspects, the computing system can implement methods to generate the alternate paths by: identifying an optimal path to a destination node on a first graph, generating a path graph, and generating an alternate path sequence based on the path graph. In aspects, the computing system can further generate an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) for displaying the alternate path sequence and transmit the interactive GUI to a display unit for display.
US11348061B2
A device can receive, from a client device, a request to modify a schedule that includes information identifying the set of deliveries that the fleet of vehicles is to perform. The device can generate a set of modified schedules using information included in the request and one or more routing techniques. The device can determine, for each modified schedule, of the set of modified schedules, one or more scores for ranking the set of modified schedules, such as a projected delivery time score, an operational cost score, and/or an overall score. The device can provide the set of modified schedules that have been scored to the client device. The device can receive a modified schedule that has been selected by the client device. The device can deploy the selected modified schedule to instruct the fleet of vehicles to perform an updated set of deliveries associated with the selected modified schedule.
US11348051B2
A real-time activity monitor (RTAM) operates within or in association with a machine (such as a desktop) within a back office environment to automatically track and record desktop processing activities, application usage, as well as manual processing. The real-time activity monitor provides visibility into real-time task processing at the client desktop to enable an enterprise to address back office operational inefficiencies that are exposed by the data. According to a further feature, a recording approach is used to enable a user of the system to automatically define processes and tasks to be monitored. The approach obviates manual configuration by recording application usage actions and then using these interactions as a template for a new process object to be monitored. In an alternative embodiment, the process recorder captures screenshots and enables screen element bookmarking.
US11348048B2
A method and a system for pre-emptive deviation detection for a telecom process flow using digital twin. The proposed method and system pre-emptively detects critical failures in the telecom process flow even before they occur by pre-emptively detecting deviations based on digital twin. The proposed pre-emptive deviation is dynamically detected based on digital twin wherein, a simulated digital twin of telecom process flow is compared with a simulated predicted telecom process flow. Further based on pre-emptively detected deviation, notifications are displayed to execute preventive measures to ensure critical failures are avoided.
US11348045B2
A personal communication system generates a request for initial schedule information corresponding to an initial workforce schedule generated by an enterprise analysis system. The personal communication system transmits the request for initial schedule information to the enterprise analysis system and receives a response including the initial schedule information. The personal communication system then generates a view of the initial workforce schedule based on the initial schedule information and displays the view of the initial workforce schedule in a primary application running on the personal communication system. The personal communication system then monitors for schedule factors relevant to the initial workforce schedule and transmits the schedule factors for use by the enterprise analysis system in generating an updated workforce schedule.
US11348043B2
A method, system and computer program product for automatically distributing tasks within a group includes identifying, by one or more processors, first data associated with each member of a group. The one or more processors identify second data associated with demands for the group, calculate a total work time for each member of the group using the first data, identify conflicts between the total work time for each member of the group and the second data, and based on the identified conflict, distribute tasks among members of the group.
US11348042B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for determining a predicted distribution of future transportation service time point. The systems may perform the methods to obtain historical service time points of transportation service requests occurred in a predetermined region; determine a variance of the historical service time points; determine a predicted distribution of future transportation service time point in the predetermined region based on the variance; and store the predicted distribution in a database.
US11348039B2
Examples generate and operate a unitary, or composite, interface, having a number of sections or portions that are concurrently and persistently displayed, and using which a user can conveniently navigate through a reserved seat selection process, from selecting a particular theater or venue, through to the final seat selection. In addition, the example unitary interface also proposes various features and mechanisms to enable the user to conveniently locate and purchase a desired or acceptable ticket (e.g., one that is located at a good a viewing angle relative to a screen, or that is contiguously located next to other available seats for friends and family).
US11348034B1
At least some embodiments are directed to an exemplary computer-based electronic activity tracking system that detects activity patterns receiving data values that represent at least one electronic activity. The exemplary electronic activity tracking system includes a detector of unsecure electronic activities that identifies electronic activity patterns performed by a user or non-person entity. The detector of unsecure electronic activities utilizes unsupervised machine learning techniques to detect the electronic activity patterns. The detected electronic activity patterns correspond to unsecure or malicious electronic activities. The electronic activity tracking system outputs notifications indicative of identified unsecure or malicious activity patterns and identifies entities associated with such unsecure or malicious activity patterns. The exemplary electronic activity tracking system implements a graphical user interface operated from a client computing device. The graphical user interface enables a user of the client computing device to perform actions upon the detection of the unsecure or malicious activity patterns.
US11348026B2
Computational systems implement problem solving using hybrid digital/quantum computing approaches. A problem may be represented as a problem graph which is larger and/or has higher connectivity than a working and/or hardware graph of a quantum processor. A quantum processor may be used determine approximate solutions, which solutions are provided as initial states to one or more digital processors which may implement classical post-processing to generate improved solutions. Techniques for solving problems on extended, more-connected, and/or “virtual full yield” variations of the processor's actual working and/or hardware graphs are provided. A method of operation in a computational system comprising a quantum processor includes partitioning a problem graph into sub-problem graphs, and embedding a sub-problem graph onto the working graph of the quantum processor. The quantum processor and a non-quantum processor-based device generate partial samples. A controller causes a processing operation on the partial samples to generate complete samples.
US11348019B2
The present technology addresses a need in the art for an automated tool that allows users to create network-based custom workflows for networks and associated management applications. The users do not need to have in-depth network knowledge to work with the tool or even write any code/script. The tool provides the users with a flexible graphical user interface for automated troubleshooting, network provisioning, and closed-loop automation. Further, the tool uses a domain-independent semantic machine reasoning engine as an underlying engine and a mock data engine to test and validate network-based workflows created by the users.
US11348015B2
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for analyzing an intention based on artificial intelligence. The method includes: receiving a query; acquiring a keyword of an intention of the query according to a preset strategy; acquiring a qualifier of the intention of the query according to the keyword based on a syntax tree; and determining the intention of the query according to the keyword and the qualifier.
US11348013B2
Techniques for operating a remote monitoring system are provided. An example method according to these techniques includes sensing one or more characteristics associated with a monitored asset to produce sensor data, and dynamically configuring operating parameters of the monitoring system based at least in part on current operating conditions of the monitoring system. The example method also includes extracting features from the sensor data using the feature extraction component to produce extracted feature information, and selecting at least a subset of the extracted feature information using the feature extraction component to produce active feature information based at least in part on the current operating conditions of the monitoring system. The example method also includes sending, through a communications network, the active feature information to a server.
US11348012B2
In embodiments, a sentiment analyzer identifies a first event and accesses a first set of messages. The sentiment analyzer associates the first set of messages with the first event and analyzes the messages to identify a set of sentiment features. The set of sentiment features is used to analyze a second set of messages to form a prediction associated with a second event. The prediction may be used to facilitate an event-related service.
US11348007B2
A method and system where a first subsystem makes observations and performs surveillance using sensors in a mode that conserves a resource such as power, data transmission band width or processing cycles. This is accomplished by reducing illumination, pixel count, sampling rate or other functions that result in a limited granularity or data collection rate. A machine model is applied to the limited data and, when it evaluates to a suitable result or a prediction of an interesting condition, another subsystem or the same subsystem in a different mode collects data at a finer granularity with a higher data collection size or rate and evaluates that data to determine the nature of the first evaluation. The machine model may be trained in stages on a large scale server and on a small field processor. Data from the sensor may be used for training to improve the second step.
US11348001B2
There are provided system and method of classifying defects in a semiconductor specimen. The method comprises: upon obtaining by a computer a Deep Neural Network (DNN) trained to provide classification-related attributes enabling minimal defect classification error, processing a fabrication process (FP) sample using the obtained trained DNN; and, resulting from the processing, obtaining by the computer classification-related attributes characterizing the at least one defect to be classified, thereby enabling automated classification, in accordance with the obtained classification-related attributes, of the at least one defect presented in the FP image. The DNN is trained using a classification training set comprising a plurality of first training samples and ground truth data associated therewith, each first training sample comprising a training image presenting at least one defect and the ground truth data is informative of classes and/or class distribution of defects presented in the respective first training samples; the FP sample comprises a FP image presenting at least one defect to be classified.
US11347999B2
A computer implemented method includes updating weight values associated with a plurality of analog synapses in a cross-bar array that implements an artificial neural network by sending a pulse sequence to the analog synapses. Each analog synapse includes a conductance unit, wherein a weight value of the analog synapse is based on a conductance value of the conductance unit. The pulse sequence changes the conductance value. The method further includes comparing the weight values of the analog synapses with target weight values associated with the analog synapses and selecting a set of analog synapses based on the comparison. The method further includes updating the weight values of the selected analog synapses by sending a set of electric pulses of varying durations.
US11347998B2
A method to translate a nervous system model into Hardware Description Language (HDL) is presented here. The nervous system model is that produced from the Nervous System Modeling Tool, patent application Ser. No. 15/660,858, and the HDL translation downloads into either a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) chip or an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) architecture. The method supports the neurobiological realism of Ser. No. 15/660,858 and adds massive parallelism operating at adjustable microchip speeds. A neurobiologically realistic nervous system embedded on a microchip achieves the goal of neuromorphic computing and thus embodies a nervous system on a chip. The potential applications are extensive and cover the range of robotics, big data analysis, medical diagnostics and remediation, self-learning systems, and artificially intelligent applications such as intelligent assistants. Intelligent assistants can be applied to the fields of language and technology exposition, the Internet of Things (IOT) and security.
US11347995B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for selecting a neural network to perform a particular machine learning task while satisfying a set of constraints.
US11347992B2
A method of incorporating a second conductor into a RFID strap device and the resulting device in multiple embodiments is disclosed. The second conductor adds functionality via coupling between the strap conductor and the second conductor. The functionality added can be a secondary antenna operating at a different frequency than the first antenna that is driven by the strap pads, a sensing capability, a drive for an emissive device such as an LED, or an interface to one or more semiconductor devices mounted onto the second conductor.
US11347991B1
Described examples relate to a radio frequency identification (RFID) device configured to be detachably coupled to an object. The RFID device may include a first RFID tag comprising a first antenna, the first antenna comprising a first arcuate element and a second arcuate element, wherein the first accurate element and second arcuate element are arranged in a semicircle. The RFID device may also include a second RFID tag comprising a second antenna.
US11347989B2
A tag is provided that includes a battery having a printed anode and cathode. A printed circuit connection layer is formed in one of the anode or the cathode. A printed antenna is formed in one of the anode or the cathode. A low-power transmitter coupled to the circuit connection layer.
US11347984B2
A dispenser with a replaceable cartridge containing a product to be dispensed, and a housing configured to removably receive the cartridge. The cartridge has a surface that is marked with a first marking, and the housing has a surface that is marked with a second marking. The housing is configured so that, when the cartridge is received by the housing, the first marking and the second marking together form a machine readable code that is detectable from outside of the housing.
US11347981B2
A flatbed printer and a method for a flatbed printer are disclosed. The flatbed printer includes a print controller configured to receive a digital image intended to be printed by the flatbed printer, to receive position information entered by a parameter window of the user interface of the position of the image on the flatbed area, to receive an indication entered by the parameter window that the image has to be positioned on the media piece, to open the parameter window for entry of a set of parameters allowing to define a size of the media piece and a position of the media piece on the flatbed surface, and the image position relative to the media piece, to receive the entered set of parameters, to show the media piece and the image on the flatbed area in the preview window, and, when moving the media piece or the image over the flatbed area in the preview window, the relative position of the image with respect to the media piece is preserved.
US11347980B2
A positional-deviation correcting device includes a reading device and control circuitry. The reading device reads recording media on which marks and each of adjustment charts having different image densities are formed in accordance with the image densities. The control circuitry acquires data on image formation positions of the marks on the recording media, based on a reading result of the marks; and corrects an image formation position of an image to be formed on a recording medium. The control circuitry calculates a correction value of the image formation position corresponding to an image density for each of the image densities corresponding to the adjustment charts on a one-on-one relationship, based on a reading result of the adjustment charts; interpolates correction values corresponding to the image densities on a one-on-one relationship; and calculates a correction value of the image formation position corresponding to another image density different from the image densities.
US11347977B2
An image object recognition method, apparatus, and computer device are provided. The image object recognition method includes: performing feature extraction in the direction of a horizontal angle of view and in the direction of a vertical angle of view of an image respectively, to extract a lateral feature sequence and a longitudinal feature sequence of the image; fusing the lateral feature sequence and the longitudinal feature sequence to obtain a fused feature; activating the fused feature by using a preset activation function to obtain an image feature; and recognizing an object in the image by decoding the image feature. This solution can improve the efficiency of the object recognition.
US11347973B2
An apparatus for training an image generative model and an image generating apparatus are provided. The apparatus generates output images from a plurality of input images based on the generative model, extracts depth features from the respective output images based on a depth classification model, calculates a depth loss from the extracted depth features, and trains the generative model based on an overall loss that includes the calculated depth loss.
US11347972B2
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium has stored therein a program that causes a computer to execute a process comprising: acquiring a first feature from a machine learning model that estimates a first result of a target after a first period in response to an input of a first chronological state of the target in the first period, the first feature being a feature of the first chronological state; acquiring a second feature by inputting a second chronological state to the machine learning model, the second feature being a feature of the second chronological state in a second period including a period after the first result is determined; and generating, based on the first feature and the second feature, training data that takes the second chronological state as an explanatory variable and takes a second result as an objective variable, the second result being obtained by changing the determined first result.
US11347965B2
The technology disclosed relates to generating ground truth training data to train a neural network-based template generator for cluster metadata determination task. In particular, it relates to accessing sequencing images, obtaining, from a base caller, a base call classifying each subpixel in the sequencing images as one of four bases (A, C, T, and G), generating a cluster map that identifies clusters as disjointed regions of contiguous subpixels which share a substantially matching base call sequence, determining cluster metadata based on the disjointed regions in the cluster map, and using the cluster metadata to generate the ground truth training data for training the neural network-based template generator for the cluster metadata determination task.
US11347962B2
The disclosure relates to an artificial intelligence (AI) system utilizing a machine learning algorithm, and application thereof. In particular, an electronic apparatus according to the disclosure includes a memory storing a trained artificial intelligence model, and a processor configured to acquire a plurality of feature values by inputting an input image to the artificial intelligence model. The trained artificial intelligence model applies each of a plurality of filters to a plurality of feature maps extracted from the input image and includes a pooling layer for acquiring feature values for the plurality of feature maps to which each of the plurality of filters is applied.
US11347961B2
Technology described herein includes a method that includes receiving, at one or more processing devices, data corresponding to a first image, and determining, by the one or more processing devices based on the received data, that a first set of pixel values of the first image corresponds to illumination of a first representative wavelength, and at least a second set of pixel values of the first image corresponds to illumination of a second representative wavelength. The illuminations of the first and second representative wavelengths constitute at least a portion of a first illumination sequence pattern used in capturing the first image. The method also includes determining that the first illumination sequence pattern matches a second illumination sequence pattern associated with a device from which the first image is expected to be received, and in response, initiating a biometric authentication process for authenticating a subject represented in the first image.
US11347959B2
The present invention provides a classification method for automatically identifying wafer spatial pattern distribution, comprising the following steps: performing statistical analysis to distribution of defects on a wafer, the defects being divided into random defects, repeated defects and cluster defects; performing denoising and signal enhancement to the cluster defects; performing feature extraction to the cluster defects after denoising and signal enhancement; and performing wafer spatial pattern distribution classification to the cluster defects after feature extraction. By performing statistical analysis and neural network training to a great amount of wafer defect distribution, the spatial patterns in defect distribution can be automatically identified, the automatic classification of wafer spatial patterns can be realized, the workload of engineers is effectively reduced and the tracing of the root cause of such spatial pattern is facilitated.
US11347953B2
A printing management apparatus includes: a receiving unit that receives order information about a printed material and print data of the printed material; a generating unit that generates bar code information about a bar code assigned to each page of the printed material based on the order information; an output unit that outputs the print data and the bar code information to a printer for executing processing including printing of the printed material; an acquiring unit that, in response to a failure occurring in the processing executed by the printer on a failure page, acquires the bar code information about the bar code assigned to the failure page; and a controller that controls the output unit so that the output unit outputs the bar code information about the failure page and reprint data of a reprinted material including the failure page to the printer.
US11347947B2
Operating an encoder with double decoder machine learning models include executing, on a transcript, an encoder machine learning model to generate an encoder output, and executing a situation decoder machine learning model on the encoder output to obtain a situation model output having a situation identifier, and executing a trouble decoder machine learning model using the encoder output to obtain a trouble identifier. The method further includes outputting the situation identifier and the trouble identifier.
US11347946B2
Techniques for using noisy-robust discourse trees to determine a rhetorical relationship between sentences. In an example, a rhetoric classification application creates a noisy-robust communicative discourse tree. The application accesses accesses a first communicative discourse tree derived from a first sentence, a third sentence, and a fourth sentence and a second communicative discourse tree derived from a second sentence, the third sentence, and the fourth sentence. The application determines that syntactic parse trees cannot be generated for the first sentence and the second sentence. The application identifies a common rhetorical relationship between the first communicative discourse tree and the second communicative discourse tree. The application removes an elementary discourse unit that does not correspond to the common rhetorical relationship from the first communicative discourse tree and the second communicative discourse tree. The application merges the first and second communicative discourse trees, thereby creating a noisy-text robust communicative discourse tree.
US11347942B2
An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: an acceptance unit that accepts a process request to an operation system; a specifying unit that, based on the process request, specifies an operation task to be executed in the operation system; an extraction unit that performs text analysis on the process request and extracts an answer item corresponding to an input item required at execution of the operation task from the process request; and an execution unit that executes the operation task based on the answer item.
US11347930B2
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for automatically displaying a directory of a document. The method includes: obtaining a directory hierarchy of the document, the directory hierarchy including entries of the directory and levels of the entries; and displaying, based on the directory hierarchy, the entries of the directory in a form of thumbnail symbols in a directory display area, the directory display area being an area disposed at a side position in a document display area for displaying the directory. The method and apparatus can generate a directory automatically based on the document structure without manual maintenance, and the directory structure of the document is displayed in a form of thumbnail icons at a side position in the document display area, thereby leading to the simple and clear directory without occupying too much display space.
US11347928B2
Aspects of the invention include detecting and processing sections spanning processed document partitions by caching a document partition. The document partition includes metadata indicating that the document partition is a portion of a whole document. Aspects also include pairing a candidate paragraph from the document partition with a cached paragraph segment and determining, using a coherence model, a probability that the candidate paragraph and the cached paragraph segment constitute a semantically coherent paragraph. Aspects further include discarding the cached paragraph segment and processing the candidate paragraph and the cached paragraph segment separately based on a determination that the probability is less than a threshold level and processing the candidate paragraph and the cached paragraph segment together as a cross-partition paragraph based on a determination that the probability is greater than the threshold level.
US11347921B2
A signal integrity simulation method for an encryption hybrid model is provided. A step response data of a SPICE model is extracted through a transient simulation. An external random code signal is generated. The extracted step response data is imported as an input source for an ADS channel simulator. An eye diagram at a RX end is calculated by the ADS channel simulator based on an algorithm and the external random code signal, to perform measurement on the eye diagram. With the signal integrity simulation method for an encryption hybrid model such as an IBIS AMI model, the problem that signal integration simulation cannot be accurately performed or cannot be performed because models provided by the manufacturer are encrypted or the types of models provided by the manufacturer are not consistent can be effectively solved.
US11347919B2
A method for generating a fault tree of a multi-component system is provided. The multicomponent system includes a logical-functional system layer and a physical system layer as different layers of abstraction. The physical system layer may correspond, for example, to software and/or hardware implementing the functional aspects of the logical-functional system layer. The method first provides a logical-functional fault tree for the logical-functional system layer and a physical fault tree for the physical system layer, the latter having elements corresponding to elements in the logical-functional fault tree. Next, a mixed-layer fault tree is generated by combining aspects of both fault trees in a systematic way. The disclosed is particularly relevant for analyzing safety-critical systems. However, the present concepts are not limited to these applications and may be applied to general use cases where fault tree analysis is applicable.
US11347914B1
The present disclosure relates to a method for use with an electronic design. Embodiments may include performing, using a processor, an electronic design process on a portion of an electronic design. Embodiments may also include automatically monitoring the electronic design process on a periodic basis using a pulse monitor to acquire one or more sampling results and storing the one or more sampling results. Embodiments may further include providing, during the electronic design process, the one or more sampling results to a graphical user interface.
US11347909B1
A method, controlling device, and system for simulating a generation of black ice on a road including steps of: (a) in response to an ambient atmosphere being determined as in a (1-1)-st state, changing the ambient atmosphere to be in a (1-2)-nd state by referring to a (1-1)-st simulation variable corresponding to a temperature of the ambient atmosphere and a (1-2)-nd simulation variable corresponding to a humidity of the ambient atmosphere; and (ii) in response to a road specimen being determined as in a (2-1)-st state, changing the road specimen to be in a (2-2)-nd state by referring to a (2-1)-st simulation variable corresponding to a temperature of the road specimen and a (2-2)-nd simulation variable corresponding to a residual precipitation; (b) applying a triggering action; and (c) determining whether the black ice is generated on the road specimen.
US11347906B2
A method of facilitating simulations of industrial processes is disclosed. The method can be applied to the simulation of hydrocarbon processing, including oil and gas processing and production, refining and petrochemicals processing. The method includes receiving process information defining a process for simulation; creating and storing at least one rule defining a time-dependent property of the process information; and simulating the process based on the received process information under variation of the time-dependent property of the process information. An associated apparatus is also disclosed.
US11347905B1
Methods and systems for performing softbody tissue simulation are described. A two-dimensional (2D) vertex displacement grid, represented as a 2D texture of a softbody mesh, can be determined. The 2D texture can comprise pinned positions of vector displacements relative to base positions. The surface of a three-dimensional (3D) object can be displaced by adding the vector displacements stored in the 2D texture in order to perform softbody tissue simulation. The pinning can comprise sliding, and sliding objects can be represented as signed distance functions (SDFs).
US11347904B2
In one embodiment, a model generator generates a new model for a behavior of a system based on an existing, authoritative model. First, a mapping generator generates a mapping model that maps authoritative values obtained via the authoritative model to measured values that represent the behavior of the system. Subsequently, the model generator creates the new model based on the authoritative model and the mapping model. In this fashion, the mapping model indirectly transforms the authoritative model to the new model based on the measured values. Advantageously, the authoritative model enables the model generator to increase a rate of accuracy improvement experienced while developing the new model compared to a rate of accuracy improvement that would be experienced were the new model to be generated based on conventional modeling techniques. In particular, for a given sampling budget, the model generator improves the accuracy of the new model.
US11347900B2
An example operation may include one or more of detecting a web session within an open window of a web browser on a user device, monitoring for user activity on the user device with respect to the web browser, determining there has been a lack of user activity with respect to the web browser for a predetermined amount of time based on the monitoring of the user activity, and temporarily concealing content within the open window of the web browser in response to the lack of user activity.
US11347899B2
A memory data scrambling system that can dynamically rescramble the contents of a memory while the system is in operation includes an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) that has an ASIC bus fabric, a double data rate (DDR) memory controller coupled to the ASIC bus fabric, a dynamic memory scrambler coupled to the DDR memory controller, the dynamic memory scrambler comprising a scrambler, a descrambler, a scrambler selection table, and a key generator and a DDR PHY coupled to the dynamic memory scrambler. The DDR PHY is coupled to an external DDR memory external to the ASIC. The dynamic memory scrambler includes a refresh timer that, upon expiration, causes data in a region of the DDR to be read, descrambled, rescrambled using a different scrambling key, and stored back into the region of the DDR in place of a DDR refresh.
US11347896B1
Horizontal port scanning enables an attacker to gain information about the services running on a host computer system and/or about the users of the computer system so that the subsequent attacks can be targeted to those services and/or those users. A horizontal port scanning detection system enables a network administrator to use a system of cascading ring buffers to maximize network resources to detect attackers. The horizontal port scanning system employs a series of ring buffers, where each ring buffer is associated with a specific port and each cascade of ring buffers is associated with a specific source. As communications requests are received, the destination address is stored in the ring buffer associated with the requested port and a process is run across each ring buffer, such that when a threshold is passed, an alarm is raised.
US11347882B2
Methods and devices for secure data sharing with granular access control are described. A modified attribute-based encryption (ABE) scheme is used to perform cryptographically-enforced ABE using attributes of a file access policy. A sender sends to a receiver a file encrypted using a file encryption key, the file encryption key encrypted using ABE based on a file access policy set by the sender, and a set of private ABE keys decryptable using a key stored in a trusted execution environment (TEE) of the receiver. The private ABE keys are decrypted by the receiver TEE when the file is accessed, decrypting a file encryption key only when the attributes of the receiver access action satisfy the file access policy. The decrypted file encryption key grants access to the file contents via a trusted viewer application. A user password may also be required and cryptographically enforced as part of the ABE decryption.
US11347880B1
A technique and system provide protection to information or documents via an authorization policy that is applied to multiple application programs and authorization requests are submitted through a REST API over HTTP or HTTPS. Methods, techniques, and systems control access to protected information or documents and use of content in protected information or documents to support information management policies.
US11347874B2
A bridge component is interposed between a content targeting portion of a computerized content management system and a security portion of the system. the content targeting portion has a plurality of targeting segments defined therein. The bridge component creates a plurality of corresponding security groups for at least a subset of the plurality of targeting segments for which pre-existing security groups have not been created. For the targeting segments, accessing, with the bridge component, underlying logic used by the content targeting portion to create the targeting segments, and use the logic to determine whether each potential group member matches the logic. Add at least those of the potential group members that match the logic, and are not already present, to an appropriate one of the corresponding security groups; remove those that do not match. Apply security to the resulting updated security groups with the security portion, and distribute content accordingly.
US11347863B2
A computer apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of peripheral apparatuses, a non-volatile memory, a processor, and an authority-control circuit. The memory unit stores a plurality of boot codes and setting values of a function set of the peripheral apparatuses corresponding to each boot code, wherein the boot codes form a chain of trust. In response to the execution of a current boot code being completed, the authority-control circuit sets the setting values of the functions in a second function set corresponding to a next boot code in the chain of trust, sends an authority-control signal to control the peripheral apparatuses corresponding to the second function set according to the setting values of the functions in the second function set, and sets a boot flag corresponding to the next boot code in the authority-control circuit to control the processor to execute the next boot code.
US11347861B2
The concepts, systems and methods described herein are directed towards a method for secure booting running on a security device. The method is provided to include: receiving a public key from a security device; validating the security device by comparing the received public key with a hash code; in response that the security device is validated, receiving custom codes from the security device and storing the custom codes in a microprocessor, wherein the microprocessor is located in a programmable memory of a primary processor; programming the programmable memory by executing the custom codes; and executing a boot sequence of the primary processor by the programmable memory.
US11347851B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which cause a computer system to carry out a method for artifact metadata extraction and analysis. The method includes the steps of collecting an artifact from a source, determining whether the artifact has been previously analyzed; if the artifact has not been previously analyzed, identifying a type of the artifact, recursively extracting embedded artifacts and metadata within the artifact, testing to determine whether the artifact has reached minimal elements, continuing to recursively extract embedded artifacts and metadata if the artifact has not been fully broken down, analyzing all artifacts, embedded artifacts, and metadata, once extraction has been completed, for malicious content; storing the artifacts, embedded artifacts, metadata and analysis results in a central database; and triggering a security action if it is determined, that any of the original artifact, one or more embedded artifacts and metadata extracted from the artifact contain malicious content.
US11347846B2
Embodiments of systems and methods for real-time monitoring and policy enforcement of active applications and services are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: provide a hardware-rooted, Operating System (OS)-agnostic resource monitoring agent; receive, at the resource monitoring agent from a remote resource monitoring service via an out-of-band channel, a resource enforcement policy; determine, by the resource monitoring agent, that an application is using or attempting to use a resource in a manner that conflicts with the resource enforcement policy; and stop or prevent the application from using the resource in response to the determination.
US11347839B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for control flow protection with minimal performance overhead, such as by utilizing one or more micro-architectural optimizations to implement a shadow stack (SS) to verify a return address before returning from a function call, for instance. Some embodiments are particularly directed to a computing platform, such as an internet of things (IoT) platform, that overlaps or parallelizes one or more SS access operations with one or more data stack (DS) access operations.
US11347838B2
This invention relates generally to blockchain implementations and is suited for, but not limited to, use with the Bitcoin blockchain. The invention relates to a technical solution for managing a voting, counting, selection and/or decision making process. It can be used for the implementation of automated processes such as device/system control, process control, distributed computing and storage and others. The invention provides an event detecting, monitoring and/or counting mechanism. The event may be, for example, a vote, decision or selection which is made by a given entity. The invention provides a counting solution in which a computing resource, running simultaneously and in parallel to the blockchain, manages a loop-based operation. The computing resource continuously monitors the state of the blockchain as well as any other off-blockchain input data or source. The execution of the loop is influenced by the state of the blockchain. Each iteration of the loop that is executed by the computing resource is recorded in a transaction that is written to the blockchain. It is stored as a hash within the transaction's metadata. If the computing resource finds a transaction which contains a hash relating to the loop it accesses the relevant portion of code. The loop contains a conditional statement which enables the computing resource to decide which action to take. The condition may be dependent upon the state of the blockchain or any other data source. The action can be any type of action, on or off the blockchain. Thus, the combination of the computing resource and blockchain provide a Turing-complete solution.
US11347834B2
Implementations disclose methods and systems for facilitating an automated user login into a first application hosted by a first-screen device. A method includes detecting, by a second-screen device, a message transmitted by the first-screen device over a network; determining, based on the message, that the first application hosted by the first-screen device is requesting user authentication for the automated user login; presenting, via a second application hosted by the second-screen device, a prompt for user input indicating user acceptance of the automated user login; receiving the user input indicating the user acceptance of the automated user login; and responsive to the user input, transmitting an authentication code from the message to the server device to perform the user authentication for the automated user login into the first application.
US11347832B2
A head related transfer function (HRTF), which can be considered as biometric data is used to authenticate a user from whom the HRTF is derived. The HRTF may be used for authentication in combination with other biometric data such as retina scan or fingerprint to render two-factor biometric authentication. The HRTF used for authentication is encrypted for security.
US11347831B2
Disclosed herein is a method for authenticating a user identity according to predetermined user interactions, including the use of at least one hardware processor for obtaining at least one image from a database, presenting said at least one image to a user through an authentication interface, requesting from the user at least one user interaction related to said at least one image, obtaining an input comprising at least one user interaction input, comparing said at least one user interaction input with said at least one user interaction to validate the user identity and to validate the user is a human, providing an indication regarding the user identity according to a result of comparing said at least one user interaction input with said at least one user interaction.
US11347829B1
A system and method for calculating expected out of pocket health care costs for a user during a set period of time is presented. The system relies on statistical data about health services utilization in combination with data about the user to estimate the expected usage. The system utilizes machine learning techniques to predict utilization of healthcare services based on user health status data. This information in combination with expected costs to deliver the specific services expected to be used provides the basis for calculating costs.
US11347820B2
Aspects of the technology described herein are directed towards, among other things, identifying a country(s) likely intended in association with a query. In embodiments, a query is analyzed to identify a set of place entities that each indicate a specific location and a set of location labels that each indicate an aspect of a location. Additionally, map view data is analyzed to identify a set of location candidates that each indicate a country presented within a map view. The map view data indicates at least a portion of a boundary of the map view. Thereafter, a machine learned model is used to identify a set of countries likely to be intended in association with the query based on the set of place entities, the set of location labels, and the set of location candidates. The set of countries can be provided for use in identifying information related to the query.
US11347817B2
An optimized artificial intelligence search system for providing content in response to search queries, comprising: a computing device configured to allow a user to input search queries into a content extraction module that is in communication with an optimized search engine; an optimized search engine configured to receive search queries from the content extraction module and execute search queries to generate or render a list of search results to the content extraction module, and a database comprising templates associated with topics and the optimized search engine configured to interact with the database to choose templates in response to search queries, the content extraction module configured to highlight relevant content of web pages from the list of search results and display highlighted relevant content of web pages from the list of search results by filtering out irrelevant content on the computing device.
US11347815B2
A method of processing a search query, the method comprising receiving a search query; determining whether the search query is stored in an offline query index by comparing the search query against one or more offline search queries stored therein; responsive to determining that the search query matches a given offline search query, determining an offline SERP template pointer associated with the given offline search query; determining, based on the offline SERP template pointer, an associated offline SERP template stored within an offline SERP template index; retrieving a list of one or more ordered element pointers comprising the associated offline SERP template; retrieving, for each one or more ordered element pointers comprising the list, a respective SERP element, from the at least one SERP elements index; generating an offline SERP by compiling the retrieved SERP elements; and displaying the offline SERP on the electronic device.
US11347811B2
A state analysis device includes a data classification unit, an analysis unit, and a determination unit. The data classification unit is configured to classify input data for each of a plurality of verification items associated with each of a plurality of control items. The analysis unit is configured to execute analysis associated with each combination of a plurality of control items and a plurality of verification items on the basis of data classified by the data classification unit. The determination unit is configured to comprehensively determine analysis results in units of combinations of the control items and the verification items on the basis of analysis results analyzed by the analysis unit.
US11347809B2
The present disclosure relates to performing attribution modeling in real time using touchpoint data that correspond to arbitrary analytics parameters (e.g., a user-specified dimension) and are retrieved from a database using an attribution model. For example, in one or more embodiments, a system stores raw data in an analytics database that comprises an aggregator and a plurality of nodes. In particular, each node stores touchpoint data associated with a different user. Upon receiving a query, the system can, in real time, retrieve subsets of the touchpoint data that correspond to a user-specified dimension in accordance with an attribution model. The system then combines the subsets of touchpoint data using the aggregator and generates the digital attribution report using the combined data.
US11347803B2
Systems and methods for adaptive question answering are provided in which an answer is adaptive to a user's characteristics, goals and needs by continuously learning from user interactions and adapting both the context and data visualization. An exemplary system comprises software modules embodied on a computer network, and the software modules comprise an interpretation engine, an answering engine and a learning engine.
US11347801B2
Techniques are described herein for multi-modal interaction between users, automated assistants, and other computing services. In various implementations, a user may engage with the automated assistant in order to further engage with a third party computing service. In some implementations, the user may advance through dialog state machines associated with third party computing service using both verbal input modalities and input modalities other than verbal modalities, such as visual/tactile modalities.
US11347795B2
Provided are tools and methods for formatting mapping information from a data integration system (DIS) having stored therein a plurality of instances of mapping information, wherein an instance of mapping information includes information related to a data transfer between sources and targets coupled to the data integration system. The method includes generating and displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display system and accepting user selections and input responsive thereto. The method includes receiving a user request for a mapping level dependency or for a port dependency table. The method prompts the user and receives user input to complete a search of the DIS according to the user request. All instances of mapping information matching the user request are found and the information is formatted and displayed in an intuitive format, such as a hierarchical tree structure or a table.
US11347787B2
This application discloses an image retrieval method and apparatus, a system, a server, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a first hash value of a to-be-retrieved reference image; splitting the first hash value into a preset quantity of first hash value segments, wherein a first hash value segment of the first hash value segments has a unique sequence position corresponding to a position of the first hash value segment in the first hash value; locating a target hash table according to the sequence position of the first hash value segment, wherein the target hash table is used for storing hash value segments that are at the sequence position of the first hash value segment in hash values of images; retrieving, from the hash value segments of the target hash table, a second hash value segment that is the same as the first hash value segment; and retrieving, from candidate images to which the second hash value segment belongs, a target image similar to the reference image. The solution of this application can reduce a data processing amount in an image retrieval process and improve image retrieval efficiency.
US11347781B2
This disclosure relates to methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that provide an attribution user interface that integrates attribution models as native components within the interface to configure analytics visualizations. By integrating attribution models and corresponding functions as native components of a user interface, the disclosed methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems can implement attribution models as parameters of attribution distributions or of any attribution visualizations, where the attribution models function as event categories. For instance, the disclosed methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems can provide analytics tools to generate visualizations of different attribution distributions of events across dimension values (or other visualizations) based on different attribution models. In some implementations, the disclosed methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems can also modify an attribution-distribution visualization extemporaneously given user inputs for a new event category, new dimension, new segment, or other parameter for the visualization.
US11347774B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to a database system synchronizing a current state of the database system among a plurality of nodes configured to handle requests for data of the database system stored in a distributed storage with one of the plurality of nodes being currently active and the other nodes of the plurality of nodes being currently standby nodes. In various embodiments, the active node receives a request to perform a transaction that includes committing data to the distributed storage. In response to receiving the request, in some embodiments, the active node commits the data to the distributed storage to update the current state of the database system and causes storing of metadata that provides an indication of the commitment in a transaction log stored in the distributed storage.
US11347770B2
Example systems and methods for cloning catalog objects are described. In one implementation, a method includes creating a copy of a catalog object without copying a data associated with the catalog object by only coping metadata associated with the object. The method further includes modifying, by one or more processors, the data associated with the catalog object independently of the copy of the catalog object such that modified data is not visible to the copy of the catalog object and wherein the modified data is not visible to the catalog object in a database. The method further includes deleting the copy of the catalog object following completion of the modification of the data associated with the catalog object.
US11347769B2
Importation and exportation allows software services in blockchain environments. Blockchains may import data and export data, thus allowing blockchains to offer software services to clients (such as other blockchains). Individual users, businesses, and governments may create their own blockchains and subcontract or outsource operations to other blockchains. Moreover, the software services provided by blockchains may be publically ledgered by still other blockchains, thus providing two-way blockchain interactions and two-way ledgering for improved record keeping.
US11347762B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for shared folder backed integrated workspaces. In some implementations, a content management system can provide a graphical user interface (GUI) that integrates communications and content management into a single user interface. The user interface can include mechanisms that allow a user to provide input to generate a new workspace. The user interface can provide a mechanism to allow a user to view conversations related to the workspace and/or content items associated with the workspace. The user interface can present representations of content items associated with the workspace and allow the user to provide input to generate, view, edit, and share content items associated with the workspace.
US11347760B2
A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for expedited indexing of content is presented. Submitted content is received via a user interface, where the submitted content is copy-and-pasted content from an entity claiming authorship of the content. A link identifying an Internet address hosting the submitted is also received. Responsive to determining the submitted content is new relative to known content, the submitted content is indexed without visiting the Internet address.
US11347754B1
A method of managing a display of applications on a computing device can include identifying a plurality of contexts in which the computing device is used, each context being associated with (i) one or more signals and (ii) a plurality of applications. The method can also include detecting at least a subset of the signals during usage of the computing device and determining, based on the detected signals, that the computing devices is being used within a first context. The method can further include ranking, based on usage of the computing device, the applications associated with the first context. The method can still further include displaying, based on the ranking, representations of a first subset of the applications associated with the first context on a display of the computing device.
US11347753B2
The invention discloses a system configured for assessing performance data, the system comprising a memory comprising instruction data representing a set of instructions; and a processor configured to communicate with the memory and to execute the set of instructions. The set of instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: acquire a plurality of performance data records associated with a performance indicator; classify each performance data record according to the performance indicator; identify a plurality of variables in the performance data records that contribute to the classifications; determine, based on the plurality of variables, a plurality of observations relating to the performance indicator and at least one variable of the plurality of variables; and deliver the plurality of observations for presentation to a user. A method is also disclosed.
US11347750B2
Search results are improved, in one embodiment, through the use of subscription information about the status of a subscription to content. The subscription information can be transmitted to a cloud storage service used by a user account of a device; later, a search query from the device causes the receipt of search results from a search using the subscription information and these search results can show the status of the subscription such as whether the content is playable.
US11347745B2
Systems, methods, and media for real-time processing of event-based streaming with NoSQL databases are provided. For example, disclosed embodiments may include receiving an event associated with an update to an entry in a first database. Also, disclose embodiments may include identifying; based on the event, relevant data in the first database associated with the update. Further, disclose embodiments may include generating a plurality of queries to the first database to request the identified relevant data. Disclose embodiments may also include receiving, in response to the plurality of queries, raw data from the first database. Additionally, disclose embodiments may include processing the raw data to be compatible with a second database. Disclose embodiments may also include storing the processed raw data in the second database. And, disclosed embodiments may include receiving data requests for the second database to distribute the processed data to at least one computer terminal.
US11347741B2
The invention provides a time-efficient way of performing a query in a database or information retrieval system comprising operations such as intersection, union, difference and exclusive disjunction on two or more sets of keys stored in a database or information retrieval system. In a novel execution model, all data sources are tries. Two or more input tries are combined in accordance with the respective set operation, to obtain the set of keys associated with the nodes of a respective resulting trie. An intersection operation performed in this way can be used for efficient range queries, in particular when two or more data items are involved in the query. The physical algebra of the implementation of tries based on bitmaps corresponds directly to the logical algebra for the set operations and allows for efficient implementation by means of bitwise Boolean operations.
US11347739B2
A retrieval device includes a searching unit, an obtaining unit and a selecting unit. The searching unit searches a memory unit, which is stored object data that includes specific information identifying an object and attribute information indicating at least one of timing and position, for first object data containing specific information identical or similar to specified specific information. The obtaining unit obtains, from the memory unit, one or more sets of second object data which contains attribute information identical or similar to the attribute information included in the first object data and which contains specific information different than the specific information included in the first object data. The selecting unit selects one of the sets of second object data. The searching unit further searches for the first object data with the specific information included in the selected second object data serving as specified specific information.
US11347730B1
Aspects of the present disclosure address systems, methods, and devices for tracking object dependencies in a cloud database system. An object dependency created between a referencing object and a referenced object is detected. Based on detecting the object dependency, a dependency record is generated. The dependency record includes dependency information describing the object dependency between the reference object and the referenced object. The dependency record is stored in a database of dependency records.
US11347728B2
The subject technology receives a notification that a modification has been made to an external table, the modification comprising inserting at least one row of new data to the external table, the at least one row corresponding to a first micro-partition that includes a first portion of data from the external table prior to the inserting. The subject technology, in response to the notification indicating the modification to the external table, generates a new micro-partition different from the first micro-partition, the new micro-partition including the inserted at least one row of new data and the first portion of data from the external table. The subject technology generates a refreshed materialized view based at least in part on the generated new micro-partition such that the refreshed materialized view comprises a representation of the external table after the modification has been made.
US11347727B2
Techniques for invocating a smart contract are described. One example method includes receiving a target transaction that is used to initiate an invocation of a smart contract, wherein the target transaction comprises invocation data, and wherein the invocation data comprises a data digest associated with target data stored in a third-party storage system interconnected with a blockchain; querying the target data from the third-party storage system; receiving a query result returned by the third-party storage system, wherein the query result comprises the target data; performing a content verification on the target data; determining that the content verification on the target data succeeds; invoking the smart contract to perform a smart contract computation on the invocation data included in the target transaction; and storing a computation result from the smart contract computation in a distributed database associated with the blockchain after the smart contract computation is completed.
US11347710B2
A system for unloading tables of a database is provided. In some aspects, the system performs operations including determining that a number of accesses to a table occurring within a time period has satisfied an access threshold. The operations may further include identifying, in response to the determining, a first timestamp indicating a most recent access to the table. The operations may further include determining whether a difference between a current timestamp and the first timestamp satisfies a first time threshold. The operations may further include comparing, in response to the difference satisfying the first time threshold, a ratio of the difference and a size of the table to a ratio threshold. The operations may further include unloading, in response to satisfying the ratio threshold, the table. The operations may further include adjusting, based on the feedback, the first time threshold and/or the ratio threshold.
US11347709B2
System, method, and various embodiments for providing a metadata based memory management system are described herein. An embodiment operates by determining metadata of a table of a database indicating whether data of the table is to be stored in memory or disk storage, wherein the table comprises a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows. A first column of the table is identified. A hierarchy of the metadata for the table including a column value, partition value, and table value is determined, wherein the column value is prioritized over the partition value, and wherein the partition value is prioritized over the table value. The data of the table stored in the column is loaded from the disk storage into the memory based on the hierarchy. A query is processed based on the data loaded into the memory.
US11347703B1
Systems and methods are provided in order to avoid ingesting the entire contents of one or more data sources. An object may be associated with one or more pieces/fragments of data that can be stored in different data sources. When a request for the object is initiated, a search for those pieces/fragments of data can be performed. Nodes associated with each data source may generate data queries appropriate for its corresponding data source, retrieve, and if needed transform the data into an object-based data structure. Any pieces/fragments of data that have been discovered and retrieved can be joined, e.g., by an application programming interface server, and forwarded to a requesting client or application. In this way, only data relevant to the object is obtained. Moreover, object versioning can be employed so that the most up-to-date data is obtained.
US11347694B2
In one embodiment, a device performs a plurality of iterations of write operations on portions of a file tree of a file system to a first storage cluster, each write operation flagging the written portion of the file tree with a generation identifier indicative of the associated iteration of the write operations. The device identifies a set of the written portions of the file tree as unsynchronized between the first storage cluster and a second storage cluster by performing a search for changes made to the written portions of the file tree between a generation identifier associated with the first storage cluster and a generation identifier associated with the second storage cluster. The device synchronizes the first and second storage clusters by sending, via a network, the unsynchronized portions of the file tree from the first storage cluster to the second storage cluster.
US11347687B2
Incremental inline journaling in a journaled file system can be utilized to facilitate concurrency and throughput of a journaled file system. In an example, a request can be received for a transaction to modify a sub-block portion of a file stored in a distributed storage system. In response to that, the modification can be allocated to a data structure in a journal of the distributed storage system. After the transaction commits, a current value of the sub-block portion of the file can be saved to the delta structure. Then, a new value corresponding to the request for the transaction to modify the sub-block portion of the file can be written to the metadata block. After writing the new value to the metadata block, a memory space used to store the delta structure can be freed.
US11347686B2
An apparatus includes a processor to: instantiate data buffers of a queue, reading threads, and provision threads; within each reading thread, use an identifier provided in a data buffer of the queue to retrieve the corresponding data set part and part metadata from storage device(s), and store both within the data buffer; operate the queue as a (FIFO) buffer; within each provision thread, retrieve a row group from among multiple row groups and corresponding metadata from within the data buffer, use information in the metadata to decompress at least one column, and provide the data values of the row group to the requesting device or an application routine; and in response to each instance of storage of a data set part within a data buffer of the queue, analyze the availability of storage space and/or of processing resources to determine whether to dynamically adjust the quantity of reading threads.
US11347670B2
A system includes a data transmission unit, a termination resistor and a data reception unit. The data transmission unit may drive a data transmission line based on data, and drive the data transmission line to a voltage level corresponding to a termination voltage during a specified operation period. The termination resistor may be coupled between the data transmission line and a termination node. The data reception unit may receive a signal transmitted through the data transmission line.
US11347667B2
The disclosure includes systems and methods for bus control. A method comprises receiving a data exchange request, wherein the data exchange request includes a data exchange tag that identifies a data exchange, splitting the data exchange into a plurality of fractional data transactions, providing one or more bus commands to a system bus, receiving, at the bus controller, one or more acceptance notifications indicating that the one or more of the plurality have been accepted by the system bus, assigning transaction identifiers (TIDs) corresponding to the one or more of the plurality of fractional data transactions, receiving one or more completion notifications indicating that the one or more of the plurality have been completed, determining that each of the plurality of fractional data transactions associated with the data exchange tag have been completed, and notifying the processor that the requested data exchange has been completed.
US11347663B2
A set of memory commands associated with one or more memory dies of a memory device are communicated via a first portion of an interface to the memory device. Communication of a set of data bursts corresponding to the set of memory commands to the one or more memory dies via a second portion of the interface is caused, wherein one or more of the set of memory commands is communicated via the first interface concurrently with one or more of the set of data bursts.
US11347658B1
This disclosure provides techniques hierarchical address virtualization within a memory controller and configurable block device allocation. By performing address translation only at select hierarchical levels, a memory controller can be designed to have predictable I/O latency, with brief or otherwise negligible logical-to-physical address translation time. In one embodiment, address transition may be implemented entirely with logical gates and look-up tables of a memory controller integrated circuit, without requiring processor cycles. The disclosed virtualization scheme also provides for flexibility in customizing the configuration of virtual storage devices, to present nearly any desired configuration to a host or client.
US11347656B1
This disclosure provides techniques hierarchical address virtualization within a memory controller and configurable block device allocation. By performing address translation only at select hierarchical levels, a memory controller can be designed to have predictable I/O latency, with brief or otherwise negligible logical-to-physical address translation time. In one embodiment, address transition may be implemented entirely with logical gates and look-up tables of a memory controller integrated circuit, without requiring processor cycles. The disclosed virtualization scheme also provides for flexibility in customizing the configuration of virtual storage devices, to present nearly any desired configuration to a host or client.
US11347645B2
Managing a cache memory in a storage system includes maintaining a queue that stores data indictive of the read requests for a particular logical storage unit of the storage system in an order that the read requests are received by the storage system, receiving a read request for a particular page of the particular logical storage unit, and removing a number of elements in the queue and resizing the queue in response to the queue being full. Managing the cache memory also includes placing data indicative of the read request in the queue, determining a prefetch metric that varies according to a number of adjacent elements in a sorted version of the queue having a difference that is less than a predetermined value and greater than zero, and prefetching a plurality of pages that come after the particular page sequentially if the prefetch metric is greater than a predefined value.
US11347628B2
A test case generation apparatus (10) analyzes test target software that is software to execute the process of one step for each input of a value, thereby generating, as a test case, a sequence of values that are input for a test of the software. In that case, an equivalent step checking unit (19) determines that when the value of a state variable after execution of one of a plurality of steps that share the state variable and the value of the state variable after execution of a different step are equal with respect to the state variable, those two steps are equivalent steps. A test case generation unit (20) analyzes the test target software, excluding one of the two steps determined to be the equivalent step by the equivalent step checking unit (19), thereby generating the value to be included in the test case.
US11347617B2
A tracing controller may utilize a binary execution trace mechanism to trace execution of compiled application machine code. The tracing controller may initiate hardware tracing to gather control-flow hardware traces of a method executing on a processor configured to generate hardware tracing information. The controller may generate a profile based on the hardware tracing information and initiate re-compiling or re-optimizing of the method in response to determining that the new profile differs from the previous profile. The controller may repeatedly profile and re-optimize a method until profiles for the method stabilize. Profiling and hardware tracing of an application may be selectively enabled or disabled allowing the controller to respond to later phase changes in application execution by re-optimizing, thereby potentially improving overall application performance.
US11347616B2
Systems and methods for detecting cost anomalies in a data protection system. Data is collected for assets of a data protection system operating in a cloud. The data often relates to cost and may constitute time series. The time series are then analyzed by performing a fitting competition using multiple models. The best fitting model is selected and the residuals are analyzes to find outliers and produce a normal zone for the signal. The outliers can identify cost anomalies that may reflect the health of the data protection system.
US11347615B2
An information handling system includes a storage device configured to store contextual inputs obtained from components associated with the information handling system. A processor obtains telemetry data from one or more of the components, the telemetry data including contextual inputs according to a user context and a system context. The processor determines a recommendation that includes first applications to be preloaded, and second applications which status is to be changed based on the contextual inputs according to the user context. The recommendation further includes one or more system settings to be adjusted based on the contextual inputs according to the system context. The processor determines a first ordered list of the first applications to be preloaded according to a first priority and a second ordered list of the second applications which status is to be changed according to a second priority based on the recommendation.
US11347611B2
A fault diagnosis system is disclosed, including: a control unit, a first management board, a first pull-up unit, a second pull-up unit, a first pull-up switch, a second pull-up switch, and at least one central processing unit, the control unit is configured to receive physical partitioning information sent by the first management board, the first pull-up unit and the second pull-up unit are configured to pull up a fault indication signal of a fault diagnosis path to obtain a target signal, the first management board is configured to detect whether a level of the target signal is lower than a diagnosis threshold, and when the level of the target signal is lower than the diagnosis threshold, determine that a faulty central processing unit exists in the at least one central processing unit.
US11347610B2
A system and a method for assisting with troubleshooting a complex system is disclosed in which the troubleshooting procedure can be modeled by a Markov decision process. Combining the fault tree technique with a Markov decision process, in order to determine in an optimal manner the sequence of troubleshooting actions will quickly address the consequences of a failure and ensure maintainability of the complex system.
US11347602B1
The present disclosure provides a system and method for online brand continuity. Online brand continuity can include a number of Internet or intranet access points via which one or more network addresses can be advertised. A client can be provided with availability of a business image application via at least one of the Internet or intranet access points.
US11347601B1
Managing data center recovery from failure events can include a failure event platform having aspects provided via a user interface that integrates multiple failure and recovery management and execution features. The features can include, among others, application drift monitoring between production and recovery environments, real-time health checks of system components, user-modifiable scripting for prioritizing and customizing data center recovery actions, and a recovery execution tool.
US11347599B2
Embodiments for performing data recovery from cloud storage to a backup appliance that goes from an offline state to an online state, including identifying super metadata among metadata stored in the cloud storage for the backup appliance, wherein the super metadata comprises an amount on the order of ten percent of the metadata representing a minimum amount of information to reconstruct the metadata, copying the super metadata blocks from the cloud storage to local metadata storage of the backup appliance while it is in the offline state to leave remaining metadata, and copying the remaining metadata blocks from the cloud storage to the local metadata storage while the backup appliance is in the online state.
US11347594B2
A computer-implemented method and system for inter-processor communications fault handling in high performance computing networks. The method includes detecting that an InfiniBand (IB) queue pair has transitioned into an error state based on an unsuccessful completion status that relates to unsuccessful delivery of a message from an initiator endpoint at a first server device to at least one target endpoint at a second server device. The initiator and target endpoints are associated with at least one application under execution. An embodiment includes inferring, when the unsuccessful completion status is indicated as flushed, that the message was in a send queue of the IB queue pair when the IB queue pair transitioned into the error state. An embodiment includes establishing an IB Direct Connect queue pair connection between the target and initiator endpoints. An embodiment includes re-queueing the message in the IB queue pair for dispatch to the target endpoint.
US11347593B2
Various implementations described herein relate to systems and methods for a Solid State Drive (SSD) to manage data in response to a power loss event, including writing data received from a host to a volatile storage of the SSD, detecting the power loss event before the data is written to a non-volatile storage of the SSD, storing the write commands to a non-volatile storage of the SSD, marking at least one storage location of the SSD associated with the write commands as uncorrectable, for example, after the power is restored.
US11347591B2
In one example, a method includes performing various operations at a backup server. These operations may include receiving, from a node, a request for restoration of a cumulative backup that includes a plurality of partial backups that have been merged together, where the plurality of partial backups includes data from a group of one or more nodes, and the group includes the node. The method further includes checking the cumulative backup to determine whether or not the cumulative backup has been finalized, accessing the cumulative backup when it has been determined that the cumulative backup has been finalized, and restoring the cumulative backup to a target node.
US11347588B2
Techniques for data processing involve: determining, from a disk array, a target disk used for data reconstruction of the disk array; and sending, to an indicating apparatus associated with the target disk, an indication that the target disk is used for the data reconstruction. In this way, such techniques can indicate to the user that the target disk is being used for data reconstruction to remind the user not to remove or move the target disk, thereby ensuring completion of the data reconstruction. Such a technique may improve data storage equipment operation by preventing user interference.
US11347582B2
A method for the self-diagnosis of RAM error detection logic of a powertrain controller includes: idling, by a first core, an operation of a second core; testing an error correction code (ECC) module corresponding to a RAM operating by the second core; idling, by the second core, an operation of a core of a plurality of un tested cores; and testing an ECC module corresponding to a RAM operating by the core of the plurality of untested cores.
US11347578B2
A method of performing error analysis in a system comprising microservices comprises identifying a root cause error span from among a plurality of error spans for a trace, wherein an error span is a span that returns an error to a microservice that generates the span, and wherein a root cause error span is an error span associated with an error originating microservice. The method further comprises determining a call path associated with the root cause error span, where the call path comprises a chain of spans starting at the root cause error span, and where each subsequent span in the chain is a parent span of a prior span. Subsequently the method comprises mapping each span in the chain to a span error frame to create an error stack and rendering an image of the error stack.
US11347576B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide methods for performing root cause analysis for non-deterministic anomalies in a datacenter. For instance, the method of some embodiments identifies a root cause for degradation in performance of one or more components in a network of the datacenter. This method collects and generates resource consumption data regarding resources consumed by a set of components in this network. The method performs a first analysis on the collected and/or generated data to identify an instance in time when one or more components, while still operational, are possibly suffering from performance degradation. The method then performs a second analysis on the collected and/or generated data associated with the identified time instance to identify a root cause of a performance degradation of at least one component in the network.
US11347569B2
The disclosed technology is generally directed to a Resource Planning system. In one example of the technology, at a first site, a plurality of messages is received from a second site. The messages of the plurality of messages are associated with events. The events include dependencies that are associated with the events. The first site is not the second site. The events are associated with at least one of updating data or updating perpetual cost calculations. Messages of the plurality of messages having a first dependency level are determined based on the dependencies. The messages determined to have the first dependency level are processed. Messages of the plurality of messages having a second dependency level based on the dependencies are determined. The messages determined to have the second dependency level are processed after processing the messages determined to have the first dependency level.
US11347565B1
A method and system of providing users with a tool to interact with content from a primary app through a secondary app are disclosed. The secondary app obtains source data from the primary app and determines whether the data includes labels that can trigger the application of a particular configuration in the presentation of the content. Changes made to the source data in the secondary app that relate to substantive or key data for the content do not affect the source data in the primary app. However, changes made in the secondary app that relate to non-substantive data can be propagated back to the primary app.
US11347563B2
A computing system includes an ISA identifier to identify an ISA (Instruction Set Architecture) of a task; a core selector to select a core having a highest power-performance efficiency among a plurality of cores based on the identified ISA; and a task allocator to allocate the task to the selected core.
US11347558B2
Methods, systems and computer program products for computer cluster management. Multiple components are operatively interconnected to carry out operations for placing virtual machines onto a multi-tenant computing cluster, where the placement achieves adherence to a set of security requirements. Initially, data characterizing logical CPU resources of the multi-tenant computing cluster are gathered. Upon receipt of a request to place a virtual machine onto a node of the multi-tenant computing cluster, a set of security rules that are used to achieve the set of security requirements associated with the multi-tenant computing cluster are accessed. In accordance with the security rules the virtual machine is assigned to execute in a portion of the logical CPU resources. The virtual machine does not share logical CPU resources with any other tenant.
US11347557B2
Accordingly embodiments herein disclose a method for predicting optimal number of thread for an application in an electronic device. The method includes receiving, by an application thread controller, a request to predict a number of threads to be spawned from the application in real-time. Further, the method includes measuring, by the application thread controller, a current state of the electronic device based on the request received from the application. Further, the method includes predicting, by the application thread controller, the optimal number of threads to be spawned for the application based on a scheduler-behaviour model and the current state of the electronic device. Further, the method includes recommending, by the application thread controller, the number of threads to be spawned by the application based on the prediction.
US11347530B2
A method for unifying VMs comprises presenting, in a display device, a unified view that includes GUI elements for multiple applications that execute in respective VMs in a computing device. The operation of presenting the unified view may be performed by a unification console that executes in a dedicated VM. The method also comprises (a) after presenting the unified view, receiving, by the unification console, user input pertaining to a selected application; (b) redirecting the user input from the unification console in the dedicated VM to the selected application in its respective VM; (c) receiving, by the unification console outside of the VM for the selected application, application output from the selected application; and (d) rendering output for a user, based on the application output received by the unification console. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11347527B1
A system comprises at least one hardware processor and a memory storing instructions. When executed, the instructions cause the at least one hardware processor to perform operations comprising receiving, in a computing process, a Java user-defined table function (Java UDTF), the Java UDTF including code related to a process method to be performed that includes receiving one or more input tables and transforming the one or more input tables to an output table; determining, using at least a security policy, whether performing one or more portions of the process method are permitted; and performing portions of the process method determined to be permitted.
US11347523B2
Techniques include executing a software program having a function call to a shared library and reloading the shared library without stopping execution of the software program. A global offset table (GOT) is updated responsive to resolving a link address associated with the function call. An entry in GOT included a link address field, an index field, and a resolved field, the updating including updating the index field with an affirmative value and marking the resolved field with an affirmative flag for the entry in the GOT. Responsive to reloading the shared library, the entry in the GOT is found having the affirmative value in the index field and the affirmative flag in the resolved field. An address value in the link address field is returned for the entry having the affirmative value in the index field, responsive to a subsequent execution of the function call to the shared library.
US11347522B2
An information handling system may include at least one processor; and a non-transitory memory coupled to the at least one processor; wherein the information handling system is configured to manage an information handling system cluster by providing a command line interface between a user and a daemon service configured to execute user commands; wherein the command line interface implements a proxy subcommand that is configured to accept other commands; and wherein, when an other command is received, the daemon service is configured to parse the other command and dispatch the parsed other command to a particular backend service.
US11347520B2
An unavailable memory device initialization system includes a memory controller device that is configured to determine whether a memory system includes unavailable memory devices during initialization operations. During the first initialization operations, a BIOS engine identifies unavailable memory device(s) in the memory system that were determined to be unavailable by the memory controller device during the first initialization operations and, in response, stores respective unavailable memory device identifier(s) associated with each unavailable memory device in a non-volatile storage subsystem. Subsequently, during second initialization operations and based on the respective unavailable memory device identifier(s) stored in the non-volatile storage subsystem, the BIOS engine generates a memory overlay that hides each unavailable memory device from the memory controller device such that the memory controller device determines that the memory system does not include any unavailable memory devices during the second initialization operations.
US11347514B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to filtering access to a content-addressable memory (CAM). In some embodiments, a processor monitors for certain microarchitectural states and filters access to the CAM in states where there cannot be a match in the CAM or where matching entries will not be used even if there is a match. In some embodiments, toggle control circuitry prevents toggling of input lines when filtering CAM access, which may reduce dynamic power consumption. In some example embodiments, the CAM is used to access a load queue to validate that out-of-order execution for a set of instructions matches in-order execution, and situations where ordering should be checked are relatively rare.
US11347507B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for secure control flow prediction. Some implementations may be used to eliminate or mitigate the Spectre-class of attacks in a processor. For example, an integrated circuit (e.g., a processor) for executing instructions includes a control flow predictor with entries that include respective indications of whether the entry has been activated for use in a current process, wherein the integrated circuit is configured to access the indication in one of the entries that is associated with a control flow instruction that is scheduled for execution; determine, based on the indication, whether the entry of the control flow predictor associated with the control flow instruction is activated for use in a current process; and responsive to a determination that the entry is not activated for use in the current process, apply a constraint on speculative execution based on control flow prediction for the control flow instruction.
US11347500B2
A code converter uses machine learning to determine conflicts and redundancies in software code. Generally, the code converter uses machine learning to convert software code into vectors that represent the code. These vectors may then be compared with other vectors to determine similarities between code. The similarities may be used to detect conflicts and/or redundancies created during the development process (e.g., when a developer attempts to change the code).
US11347495B2
A vehicle controller includes: an execution unit configured to execute a control program for controlling a vehicle; a storage unit having a first program storage area to store the control program and a second program storage area to store an update program that is an updated version of the control program and created based on update data acquired from a device located outside the vehicle through a network; and an update unit that stores the update program in the second program storage area based on the update data, regardless of whether the execution unit is executing the control program.
US11347491B2
A computerized method and system for containerized application deployment is disclosed that includes: receiving an identification of a containerized application; generating parameters for the containerized application; based at least on historical performance data for a previous deployment of the containerized application, optimizing the generated parameters for the containerized application to produce optimized parameters for the containerized application; validating the optimized parameters for the containerized application; committing the optimized parameters for the containerized application to a repository; and deploying a selected number of instances of the containerized application with the optimized parameters for the containerized application. This advantageously brings operational data into deployment optimization in order to permit optimization based on actual historical performance data. Some examples provide for rollback to previously-deployed configurations, due to the commit of parameters for the containerized application in a repository that permits enhanced version tracking.
US11347481B2
The present invention relates to a learning engine function and the use thereof in a system using a suite of modular and clearly structured Artificial Intelligence application design tools (SOACAIA), executable on distributed or undistributed computing platforms to browse, develop, make available and manage AI applications, this set of tools implementing four functions: A Studio function; A Forge function; An Orchestrator function; A fast machine learning engine FMLE (FastML Engine) function.
US11347479B2
A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller that performs first, second, and third processes on memory cells of the nonvolatile memory. The first process is performed on first memory cells to store a first value therein, such that a highest threshold voltage among the threshold voltages of the first memory cells is set as a first threshold voltage. The second process is performed on second memory cells to store a second value therein, such that a lowest threshold voltage among the threshold voltages of the second memory cells is set as a second threshold voltage higher than the first threshold voltage. The third process performed on third memory cells such that a lowest threshold voltage in the third memory cells is lower than the first threshold voltage, and a highest threshold voltage in the third memory cells is higher than the second threshold voltage.
US11347477B2
A memory circuit includes a number (X) of multiply-accumulate (MAC) circuits that are dynamically configurable. The MAC circuits can either compute an output based on computations of X elements of the input vector with the weight vector, or to compute the output based on computations of a single element of the input vector with the weight vector, with each element having a one bit or multibit length. A first memory can hold the input vector having a width of X elements and a second memory can store the weight vector. The MAC circuits include a MAC array on chip with the first memory.
US11347476B2
Digital filters and filtering methods may employ truncation, internal rounding, and/or approximation in a summation circuit that combines multiple sets of bit products arranged by bit weight. One illustrative digital filter includes: a summation circuit coupled to multiple partial product circuits. Each partial product circuit is configured to combine bits of a filter coefficient with bits of a corresponding signal sample to produce a set of partial products. The summation circuit produces a filter output using a carry-save adder (“CSA”) tree that combines the partial products from the multiple partial product circuits into bits for two addends. The CSA tree has multiple lanes of adders, each lane being associated with a corresponding bit weight. The adders in one or more of the lanes associated with least significant bits of the filter output are approximate adders that trade accuracy for simpler implementation. In an illustrative receiver, the filter is coupled to a decision element that derives a sequence of symbol decisions.
US11347471B2
An interactive podcast with integrated additional audio/visual content. In one embodiment, a computing device comprising: an electronic processor; and a memory including an interactive podcast program that, when executed by the electronic processor, causes the electronic processor to perform a set of operations including retrieving, from a server, a podcast, one or more links to additional audio/visual content that is contextually related to the podcast, and metadata, and generating an interactive podcast by generating a plurality of graphical user interfaces based on the podcast, the one or more links to the additional audio/visual content, and the metadata. The plurality of graphical user interfaces is configured to provide a user interaction interface between the podcast and the one or more links to the additional audio/visual content.
US11347467B2
A method of collaborating between a first display computer associated with a first display at a first location and a second display computer associated with a second display at a second location includes establishing a connection between the first and second display computers, opening a virtual canvas to be shared by the first and second display computers, the virtual canvas to be displayed on the first and second displays simultaneously, and sending an object between the first and second display computers by sending data associated with the object on the virtual canvas stored on the first display computer from the first display computer to the second display computer to be stored locally, thereby creating a shared canvas, wherein objects are at a single location on the shared canvas, and objects on the shared canvas can be manipulated from both the first and second display computers simultaneously.
US11347461B1
Methods, systems, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for implementing automated adjustment of extended desktop monitor configuration settings in an information handling system (IHS) based on acoustic analysis of audio emitted from a speaker of an extended desktop monitor and received at multiple microphones of the IHS. In certain embodiments, the multiple microphones are in fixed alignment with a built-in monitor of the IHS. As such, the audio received at the multiple microphones can be used to determine the position of the extended desktop monitor with respect to the built-in monitor. Various embodiments include corresponding computer-implemented methods, computer systems, apparatus, and computer programs recorded on one or more non-transient computer storage devices.
US11347458B2
An image forming device, which is an electronic device, includes an AI processor that is hardware, an AI processor operating unit that operates the AI processor and an AI processor control service that controls the AI processor exclusively via an interface provided by the AI processor operating unit.
US11347449B1
The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for handling one or more requests received in a remote working environment. The method includes receiving at least one request: including a print request and a request to turn-off a multi-function device, the request is received from a computing device of a user. Based on the request, it is checked whether the computing device is remotely located by obtaining a location of the computing device using a pre-defined method in real-time such as GPS. Then, the obtained location of the computing device is compared with a location of the multi-function device. Based on the comparison, a corresponding message or an alert is presented to the user via a user interface, for an appropriate action. The user may submit the document as a secure print job. The user may check other non-remote users and may not turn-off the multi-function device when working remotely.
US11347440B2
A memory system includes a plurality of memory dies respectively having at least one channel, a controller configured to control the plurality of memory dies, and a base die configured for interfacing signal and data transmissions between the plurality of memory dies and the controller. The controller is configured to remap a logical channel address of the most frequently used channel to a physical channel address of a channel having a lowest temperature value to transmit the remapped physical channel address to the base die.
US11347437B2
A processor system comprises a memory having at least two interleaved memory banks, at least two multiplexers which are respectively coupled to one of the at least two interleaved memory banks via a respective memory bank bus, a first processor or processor core which is coupled to first multiplexer inputs of the at least two multiplexers via a first data bus, a second processor or processor core which is coupled to second multiplexer inputs of the at least two multiplexers via a second data bus, and at least two queue buffers which are arranged in the second data bus between the second processor or processor core and the second multiplexer inputs of the at least two multiplexers. The first processor or processor core is configured to have read access or write access only to one of the at least two interleaved memory banks within one clock cycle.
US11347436B2
A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device having a plurality of memory cells and a storage controller. Each memory cell is set to one of a plurality of memory cell states, wherein distinct subsets of the memory cell states are associated with one of a plurality of data sets. The storage controller accesses data stored in one of the memory cells in a first state, performs a multiplier-accumulator (MAC) operation on the data, and sets the one memory cell to a second state corresponding to a result of the MAC operation to perform an in-place update.
US11347432B2
To improve performance of a storage system. The storage system includes a plurality of storage nodes that communicate via a network. Each of the plurality of storage nodes includes one or more controllers. At least one controller in the controllers specifies at least two controllers that allocate a cache sub-area where write data is stored based on a controller that receives the write data from a host and a controller that processes the write date, and the cache sub-area is allocated in the specified controllers.
US11347425B2
A data mover selection system includes a memory system coupled to first and second data mover devices, and an operating system coupled to the first and second data mover devices. The operating system determines that a first data transfer operation provides for the transfer of data between first and second memory locations in the memory system, and identifies the first data mover device for performing the first data transfer operation based on the first data mover device having a higher priority relative to the second data mover device for performing data transfers between the first and second memory locations in the memory system. In response, the operating system transmits a first data transfer instruction to the first data mover device that causes the first data mover device to perform the first data transfer operation to transfer data between the first and second memory locations in the memory system.
US11347423B2
A method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying a plurality of blocks. At least one heuristic associated with at least a portion of the plurality of blocks may be determined. It may be determined whether at least the portion of the plurality of blocks is a candidate for deduplication based upon, at least in part, the at least one heuristic. At least the portion of the plurality of blocks may be deduplicated based upon, at least in part, the at least one heuristic.
US11347418B2
Data processing techniques comprise, in response to determining that a storage unit storing first data blocks is damaged, determining storage units associated with the storage unit, and obtaining second data blocks from the storage units, where the second data blocks and the first data blocks are generated by applying to data an error correction code in a first format. The method further comprises recovering the first data blocks based on the second data blocks. In addition, the method comprises generating error correction blocks by applying an error correction code in a second format to the recovered first data blocks, where the second format is different from the first format. The above techniques can reduce input/output operations and shortens the recovery time of data blocks, and further can reduce the risk of data loss even in an extremely bad situation.
US11347415B2
A selection device includes a multiplexer component, an input channel configured to couple at least the multiplexer to the memory sub-system controller, and a set of output channels coupled to the multiplexer component. Each of the set of output channels is further coupled to a respective memory device of a set of memory devices. Each of the set of output channels is configured to transmit data between the multiplexer component and the respective memory device. The selection device further includes a decoder component that is coupled to the input channel and each of the set of memory devices. The decoder component is configured to receive, from the memory sub-system controller via the input channel, a signal including a first signal portion configured to enable the decoder component and a second signal portion configured to identify a particular output channel of the set of output channels that is to transmit the data between the multiplexer component and the corresponding memory device. The decoder component is to decode the received signal and transmit the decoded signal to each of the set of memory devices. The decoded signal is to enable the transmission of the data between the multiplexer and the corresponding memory device via the particular output channel.
US11347414B2
Telemetry data gathered from active deployed SAN nodes is used to create a machine learning model that predicts storage system performance, e.g. in terms of response time. The telemetry data may be filtered to remove outlier values and less relevant information before creating the training dataset. Engineered features may be created that include types of data that are not present in the telemetry data. For example, data types from the telemetry data may be combined to create engineered features that are more relevant than the individual data types. The engineered features are included in the training dataset. The machine learning model may be used to test possible configurations for a planned SAN node based on expected workload and performance requirements. Outputted data may include satisfactory configurations for a planned storage system.
US11347404B2
A method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying, by a computing device, a first amount of storage space reserved by RAID for a RAID rebuild of a failed drive. A second amount of the storage space reserved by a file system may be identified, wherein the storage space may be shared between the RAID and the file system. The RAID rebuild of the failed drive may be performed. The first amount of the storage space may be allocated to the RAID from the second amount of the storage space reserved by the file system.
US11347400B2
The present technology relates to an electronic device. According to the present technology, a storage device having an improved operation speed may include a nonvolatile memory device, a main memory configured to temporarily store data related to controlling the nonvolatile memory device, and a memory controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory device and the main memory under control of an external host. The main memory may aggregate and process a number of write transactions having continuous addresses, among write transactions received from the memory controller, equal to a burst length unit of the main memory.
US11347394B2
Improving performance in solid state devices (SSDs) by controlling or throttling the depth of the request queue. In one implementation, a method includes monitoring a request queue in a solid state device (an SSD), the request queue comprising a first request and a second request having an actual time interval therebetween, determining a number of active memory dies of the SSD, determining a target interval based on the number of active memory dies and a target number of active memory dies, and responsive to the actual time interval being less than the target interval, delaying acting on the second request until after the target interval.
US11347388B1
A computer-implemented method for digital content navigation based on directional input may include (i) maintaining a user content pod for each user account within a group of user accounts maintained by a social networking platform, (ii) generating a cover card for each user content pod, and (iii) providing, within a graphical user interface for interacting with posts made to the social networking platform, a scrollable display of vertically arranged selectable cover cards configured to (1) scroll vertically between cover cards of different user content pods in response to receiving vertical swiping input and (2) scroll horizontally between one or more posts of an individual user content pod in response to receiving horizontal swiping input. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11347382B2
Provided is a screen mode switching method performed by a digital content authoring terminal. The method include switching a mode of the work area to an edit mode without an input for switching the mode of the work area to the edit mode in response to a user input made to select a first user interface (UI) object for executing a first function, not made to switch the mode of the work area to the edit mode, and switching the mode of the work area to an execution mode without an input for switching the mode of the work area to the execution mode in response to a user input made to select a second UI object for executing a second function different from the first function, not made to switch the mode of the work area to the execution.
US11347381B2
A set of images and a corresponding set of textual information are received, such that a first textual information is to be presented with a first image. The first textual information is translated into a set of translated textual information, each textual information in the set of translated textual information corresponding to a language in a set of languages. A set of layout parameters is determined for at least one translated textual information. The translated textual information is transformed according to the set of layout parameters and overlaid on the first image. The overlaying causes a pixel of the transformed translated textual information to be superimposed on a pixel of the first image.
US11347376B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for dynamically partitioning items in a list into one or more subsets in a manner tailored to a current modality of a client device is disclosed herein. Multimodal client devices can engage in a variety of interactions across the multimodal spectrum including voice only interactions, voice forward interactions, multimodal interactions, visual forward interactions, visual only interactions, etc. A list can be partitioned into subsets in part based on a currently modality of a multimodal device, one or more list attributes indicating additional information about the list, etc.
US11347359B2
A touch panel includes a substrate, a peripheral trace, and a touch sensing electrode. The substrate has a visible area, a peripheral area, a bending area, and a non-bending area. The peripheral trace is disposed on the peripheral area. The touch sensing electrode is disposed on the visible area and has a first portion disposed on the bending area and a second portion disposed on the non-bending area. The touch sensing electrode has a mesh pattern interlaced by a plurality of thin lines. The peripheral trace and the touch sensing electrode each includes a plurality of conductive nanostructures and a film layer added onto the conductive nanostructures, and an interface between each of the conductive nanostructures and the film layer that are in the peripheral trace and in the second portion of the touch sensing electrode substantially has a covering structure.
US11347357B2
An electronic device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The first electrode includes a first boundary side extending in a direction. The second electrode includes a second boundary side extending in the direction. The third electrode is disposed between and spaced apart from the first electrode and the second electrode. The third electrode includes a first side facing the first boundary side and a second side facing the second boundary. The first side and the second side have shapes that are asymmetric to each other with respect to a center axis extending in the direction.
US11347353B2
Provided is a method of performing a half-shutter function using optical object recognition, the method including: displaying a shutter button on a display panel by driving a portion of a plurality of light sources included in the display panel, the portion of the plurality of light sources being disposed corresponding to an object recognition window of the display panel; obtaining a first image based on reflected light received by an object recognition sensor through the object recognition window while driving the portion of the plurality of light sources; determining whether the first image includes a first object, the first object having a half-shutter state; and based on a determination that the first image includes the first object having the half-shutter state, performing a half-shutter process.
US11347352B2
A method includes detecting a touch input by a user at a position on a virtual keyboard. The method further includes applying a spatial model to map the touch input to one or more first candidate keys of the virtual keyboard, wherein the spatial model maps the touch input to the one or more first candidate keys based on a heatmap of prior touch inputs by the user. The method further includes applying a language model to map the touch input to one or more second candidate keys of the virtual keyboard, wherein the language model maps the touch input to the one or more second candidate keys based on comparing the position of the touch input to one or more predicted next keys. The method further includes selecting a particular key of the one or more first and second candidate keys as indicated by the touch input.
US11347351B2
Various embodiments for detecting and rejecting false, unintended rotations of rotary inputs of electronic devices are disclosed herein. In one example, an electronic device is provided with an optical detector that measures the distance between the electronic device and the wearer's forearm or hand, and when the distance is smaller than a threshold distance, the turns of the rotary input are false, unintended turns. In another example, a crown of a rotary input includes a plurality of capacitive sensors that detects the presence of a wearer's finger, which when absent, the turns of the rotary input are false turns. In another example, deflections or positions of a shaft of the rotary input are measured and if the deflections/positions indicate an upward force on the rotary input (which are likely caused by the wearer's forearm or hand), the turns of the rotary input are false turns. Other embodiments are described herein.
US11347347B2
A touchscreen display device is provided. The touchscreen display device comprises a plurality of gate lines, through which a gate signal is transferred; a plurality of data lines, through which a data signal is transferred; a plurality of subpixels connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines; a plurality of touch electrodes connected to the plurality of gate lines, and respectively storing a charging voltage in response to the gate signal; and a controller detecting a touch in response to the charging voltage stored in the plurality of touch electrodes.
US11347338B2
According to one embodiment, a detection device includes a substrate, detection electrode, terminal formed of a metal material, lead, coating layer, conductive adhesion layer, and circuit board. The lead connects the electrode and the terminal. The coating layer covers the electrode and the lead, and partly covers the terminal. The adhesion layer covers a part of the terminal exposed from the coating layer and covers a part of the coating layer. The circuit board is connected to the terminal with the adhesion layer interposed therebetween. At least in an overlapping area where the adhesion layer covers the coating layer, an area of the metal material per unit area is smaller than that of the other area of the terminal.
US11347335B2
A touch device includes: a touch panel including a plurality of touch electrodes; a driver/receiver for applying a first driving signal to the touch panel while driven in a first mode, and applying a second driving signal that is different from the first driving signal to the touch panel while driven in a second mode; and a controller for comparing first detection signals received from the touch panel with a first threshold value to obtain first touch data while driven in the first mode, and comparing second detection signals received from the touch panel with a second threshold value to obtain second touch data while driven in the second mode, wherein the controller determines the second threshold value based on at least part of the first detection signals.
US11347331B2
An active stylus couples to an information handling system by a removable clip that inserts into a slot formed in the information handling system housing. Power to charge a battery of the active stylus passes from an interface internal to the information handling system, through the clip and to a charger in the active stylus. The active stylus clip releases the active stylus in the presence of excessive force to prevent damage to the information handling system and active stylus.
US11347324B2
An industrial truck comprising a driver display and at least one manually actuable operating element, which is assigned a plurality of function keys. A toggle key is provided for the function keys, whereupon actuation of the toggle key, a second function is assigned to at least one of the function keys. The second function is a function that can be selected in a driver-specific manner.
US11347322B2
A haptic keyboard of an information handling system comprising a coversheet to identify keys of the haptic keyboard, a contact foil and a piezoelectric element to receive an applied mechanical stress at a first key of the coversheet and generate an electric actuation signal. A processor executing instructions of a haptic smart typing assistance system to detect and anticipate a next letter of a word being typed and a controller to receive an instruction of the anticipated next letter and increasing force required actuate at least one key for a letter adjacent to the anticipated next letter, and to send a response haptic feedback control signal to the piezoelectric element to cause the piezoelectric element to generate a first haptic feedback at the first key if the anticipated next letter is selected and to generate a second haptic feedback if a typographical error is detected.
US11347317B2
The technology disclosed relates to filtering gestures, according to one implementation. In particular, it relates to distinguishing between interesting gestures from non-interesting gestures in a three-dimensional (3D) sensory space by comparing characteristics of user-defined reference gestures against characteristics of actual gestures performed in the 3D sensory space. Based on the comparison, a set of gestures of interest are filtered from all the gestures performed in the 3D sensory space. The technology disclosed also relates to customizing gesture interpretation for a particular user, according to another implementation. In particular, it relates to setting parameters for recognizing gestures by prompting the user to select values for characteristics of the gestures. In one implementation, the technology disclosed includes performing characteristic focused demonstrations of boundaries of the gesture. It further includes testing the interpretation of gestures by prompting the user to perform complete gesture demonstrations and receiving evaluation from the user regarding the interpretation.
US11347316B2
Devices, systems, and techniques for mitigating error from gesture input are disclosed. A system may receive an indication of a first gesture input, determine that the first gesture input is an indicator gesture input, and, responsive to the determination that the first gesture input is the indicator gesture input, enter a gesture control mode during which the system is configured to control one or more actions related to a medical procedure. Only during the gesture control mode, the system may receive an indication of a second gesture input associated with the medical procedure and, responsive to receiving the indication of the second gesture input, control, based on the second gesture input, at least a portion of the medical procedure. Additionally, or alternatively, the system may employ other error mitigation techniques for gesture input related to medical procedures.
US11347314B2
A coversheet layer of an information handling system, comprising a coversheet having a key location of a haptic keyboard and a haptic touchpad area on a C-cover for the information handling system including a magnet or ferromagnetic insert in the coversheet for alignment to a top replaceable overlay layer magnetically attachable to the coversheet, a support layer, a contact foil placed between the coversheet and support layer, a piezoelectric element placed between the contact foil and support layer to receive an applied mechanical stress at the key location or touchpad actuation location of the coversheet and generate an electric actuation signal and a controller of the information handling system operatively coupled to the contact foil to receive the electric actuation signal and send an electrical haptic response signal to the piezoelectric element to cause the piezoelectric element to generate haptic feedback.
US11347311B2
A system includes a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The first electronic device includes a sensor configured to sense or property experienced by the first electronic device, and a transmitter configured to transmit a signal based on output from the sensor. The second electronic device is in signal communication with the first electronic device. The second electronic device includes a receiver configured to receive the transmitted signal, a detector configured to determine an object that a user of the second device is focusing on, a processor configured to generate a haptic signal representative of the transmitted signal if it is determined that the object the user is focusing on corresponds with a location of the first electronic device, and a haptic output device configured to receive the haptic signal and generate a haptic effect to the user.
US11347308B2
A gaze tracking method and apparatus, and a gaze tracking neural network training method and apparatus are provided. The gaze tracking apparatus includes one or more processors and a memory, and the one or more processors obtain output position information from an input face image of a user using a neural network model, determines a position adjustment parameter for the user, and predicts gaze position information of the user by adjusting the output position information based on the position adjustment parameter.
US11347307B1
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing adjustments on a virtual reality (VR) headset. A user preference is determined as to a clamping force and an interpupillary distance (IPD) as applied to the VR headset. The user preferences are stored in a unique user profile. Adjustments are performed on the VR headset as to clamping force and IPD.
US11347293B2
Embodiments of systems and methods for managing turbo states based upon user presence are described. In some embodiments, a method may include detecting, by an Information Handling System (IHS), a presence state of a user, and modifying a turbo configuration of a component of the IHS in response to the presence state.
US11347292B2
A system on chip (SoC) adjusts power of a memory through a handshake. The SoC includes a memory controller and a power manager. The memory controller is configured to control a memory. The power manager is configured to manage a supply power level of the memory. The memory controller is configured to output, to the power manager, a memory access level indicating a frequency of accesses to the memory. The power manager is configured to adjust the supply power level of the memory according to the memory access level.
US11347290B2
Power monitor information in an information handling system may be adjusted based on a battery voltage to account for a battery discharge state. The power monitor information may be scaled higher when the battery voltage is low to encourage the system to throttle and decrease power consumption. This adjustment increases the likelihood that the battery remains within safe operating limits.
US11347289B2
A method of operating a processing unit includes, in response to detecting that the processing unit is operating in a voltage limited state, calculating a set of headroom values by calculating a headroom value for each operational constraint in a set of operational constraints of the processing unit, based on the calculated set of headroom values, selecting from a set of performance features a subset of one or more performance features for enabling in the processing unit, and enabling the selected subset of performance features in the processing unit.
US11347288B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to power management in a blade enclosure. An intrusion detection mode is initiated by a baseboard management controller. Responsive to determining a power shortage in the blade enclosure, a stop clock pin is operated to control power consumption of a server in the blade enclosure. After a predefined time of determining the power shortage, a model specific register (MSR) associated with power settings of a Central processing unit (CPU) of the server is reconfigured. Reconfiguring the MSR comprises, identifying a power profile based on available power in the blade enclosure and modifying register states in the MSR based on the power profile via a baseboard management manager (BMC) of the server. Subsequently, operation of the stop clock pin is stopped.
US11347286B2
A method for providing thermal control of an information handling system may include in response to a request to power on the information handling system, in order to pre-condition a temperature associated with the information handling system to within a desired temperature range, receiving an indication of a temperature associated with the information handling system and based on the indication of the temperature associated with the information handling system, control the one or more temperature control elements for regulating a liquid of a liquid thermal control system to cause the temperature associated with the information handling system to fall within the desired temperature range prior to full powering on of the information handling system.
US11347285B2
Systems and methods that may be implemented to provide supplemental cooling air for a portable information handling system from one or more mechanically-adjustable cooling air supply outlets that may be positioned and/or repositioned at multiple different locations relative to a portable information handling system, such as notebook computer or laptop computer. In one example, the disclosed systems and methods may be implemented to have one or more mechanically-adjustable cooling air supply outlets that may be positioned and/or repositioned to align with differing geometries of cooling air inlet opening locations that correspond to different portable information handling system sizes and/or designs.
US11347278B2
A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a display panel; a module cover covering the display panel from behind the display panel; a glass cover comprising a cover portion positioned at the rear of the module cover and a decoration portion positioned below the cover portion and not overlapping the module cover in the forward and backward direction; an electronic mounting plate disposed on the rear surface of the cover portion; a back cover covering the electronic mounting plate from behind the electronic mounting plate; and a stand fixed to the back cover and positioned behind the glass cover.
US11347277B2
The present disclosure relates to a display assembly, a method of using the display assembly, and an electronic device, which uses the display assembly, for detecting an identification surface of an object (e.g., a fingerprint) using a detection signal, which penetrates the object and reflects a target signal representative of at least part of the identification surface (e.g., the orthographic projection of the fingerprint) onto an identification area on a display. A signal receiver (i.e., comprising a signal receiver) then detects the target signal. The target signal can be used by a processor to further authenticate whether it corresponds to an authorized user. The display assembly includes a display having an identification area, a signal transmitter (i.e., comprising a signal transmitter) configured to generate a detection signal when an object is within a preset distance of the identification area, and a signal receiver configured to detect the target signal.
US11347274B2
A computer includes a chassis, a circuit board installed in the chassis, and a support member. The support member includes a support portion, a first clamping portion, and a second clamping portion. The first clamping portion and the second clamping portion are respectively located at two ends of the support portion. The first clamping portion is configured to clamp the circuit board. The second clamping portion is configured to clamp the chassis.
US11347270B2
A sturdy electronic device is provided. A reliable electronic device is provided. A novel electronic device is provided. An electronic device includes a first board, a second board, a display portion having flexibility, and a power storage device having flexibility. The first board and the second board face each other. The display portion and the power storage device are provided between the first board and the second board. The display portion includes a first surface facing the power storage device. The first surface includes a first region not fixed to the power storage device. The first region overlaps with a display region of the display portion.
US11347265B2
In one embodiment, a touch display device includes a substrate, a display layer, a touch layer and a cover window layer. The substrate includes a foldable region. The display layer is disposed on the substrate. The touch layer includes a plurality of touch units on the foldable region of the substrate. The cover window layer is disposed on the touch layer, wherein the cover window layer includes a plurality of patterns disposed on the foldable region of the substrate. At least one of the plurality of touch units partially overlaps with at least one of the plurality of patterns of the cover window layer.
US11347261B2
Display assembly with gradient tethered design for an ultrathin portable information handling system
A display chassis for a portable information handling system. In various embodiments the display chassis includes a display cover portion, the display cover portion comprising a display and a bezel, the display comprising an infinity display and a rear cover portion, the rear cover portion comprising a timing controller (TCON), the timing controller comprising a first printed circuit board portion and a second printed circuit board portion, the first printed circuit board portion having a corresponding height, the second printed circuit board portion having a corresponding height, the corresponding height of the second printed circuit board portion being taller than the corresponding height of the first printed circuit board portion, the second printed circuit board portion being located within a dome center height area of the rear cover portion.
US11347253B2
An electronic device according to an embodiment may include: a plurality of loads, a processor, and a power management circuit configured to provide the plurality of loads with a power, wherein the power management circuit may include a plurality of regulators configured to adjust a voltage of a power received from a power source and output a voltage-adjusted power, a switching circuit configured to connect at least one of the plurality of regulators to at least one of the plurality of loads, a plurality of power sensors each power sensor being configured to measure a magnitude of a power input to each of the plurality of loads, and a controller. The controller may be configured to obtain information related to an operation of each of the plurality of loads from the processor, obtain the magnitude of the power input to each of the plurality of loads from each of the plurality of power sensors, and identify a load which operates abnormally among the plurality of loads based on the magnitude of the power input to each of the plurality of loads and the information related to the operation of each of the plurality of loads.
US11347241B2
A control device includes a search information calculation unit, an area information storage unit, an area information update unit, and a location control unit. The search information calculation unit acquires information relating to a plurality of unmanned vehicles that move within a target area in accordance with a set operation, and calculates search information relating to the unmanned vehicles using the acquired information relating to the unmanned vehicles. The area information storage unit stores area information including indicators for searching the target area. The area information update unit updates the area information on the basis of said search information and the time that has elapsed since the last search conducted by the unmanned vehicles. The location control unit which, on the basis of the area information, calculates locations to which the unmanned vehicles should move, and outputs control signals for causing the unmanned vehicles to move to the calculated locations.
US11347240B2
Provided is a method and apparatus for determining a path of a vehicle. The method includes receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal among RF signals predefined corresponding to other vehicles in front of the vehicle, and determining a path of the vehicle based on the received RF signal.
US11347239B1
Methods for utilizing virtual boundaries with robotic devices are presented including: positioning a boundary component having a receiver pair to receive a first robotic device signal substantially simultaneously by each receiver of the receiver pair from a robotic device only when the robotic device is positioned along a virtual boundary; operating the robotic device to move automatically within an area co-located with the virtual boundary; transmitting the first robotic device signal by the robotic device; and receiving the first robotic device signal by the receiver pair thereby indicating that the robotic device is positioned along the virtual boundary.
US11347238B2
A robot performs simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) using a particle filter to process sensor measurements of movements of the robot in an environment and occupied locations in the environment to produce a set of particles. Each particle includes a map of the environment and a pose of the robot in the environment to represent a probability that the environment has the map oriented with respect to the pose of the robot. The robot receives a set of particles of a neighboring robot and, in response to receiving the set of particles of the neighboring robot, updates maps of probabilistically sampled particles of the robot with maps of probabilistically sampled particles of the neighboring robot. The update includes merging a map of the sampled particle of the robot with a map of the sampled particle of the neighboring robot roto-translated based on a relative pose between the robots.
US11347237B2
Provided are a method of performing cloud simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), and a robot and a cloud server for performing the same, and a robot for performing cloud SLAM in real time includes a first sensor configured to acquire sensor data necessary to perform the SLAM, a map storage unit configured to store a map synchronized with a cloud server, a communication unit configured to transmit the sensor data, a feature, or a last frame to the cloud server and receive a local map patch or a global pose from the cloud server, and a control unit configured to generate the sensor data, the feature extracted from the sensor data, or the last frame and control movement of the robot using the local map patch or the global pose received from the cloud server.
US11347234B2
In accordance with an example embodiment, a method of controlling a work vehicle includes sensing a surrounding environment of a work vehicle with a sensor, identifying an item of interest, determining a path toward or away from the item using the work vehicle's position, heading, and velocity, displaying the path, receiving a special steer command, steering the work vehicle based on the special steer command if the special steer command is received when no path is being displayed on the operator display, and autonomously controlling the work vehicle to travel along the path based on the special steer command if the special steer command is received while the path is being displayed on the operator display.
US11347225B2
Systems and techniques for a mechanism for conflict resolution and avoidance of collisions for highly automated and autonomous vehicles are described herein. In an example, a gesture resolution system of an autonomous vehicle is adapted to detect, using input received from a camera, a moving object near the autonomous vehicle. The gesture resolution system may be further adapted to determine the moving object presents a risk of collision with the autonomous vehicle. The gesture resolution system may be further adapted to detect a gesture performed by the moving object. The gesture resolution system may be further adapted to determine a meaning of the gesture. The gesture resolution system may be further adapted to display, in a graphical user interface, the meaning for the gesture and an interface element to override the meaning of the gesture.
US11347222B2
A system for controlling a marine vessel has a sonar depth finder which displays a chart, stored in memory, for a body of water. The chart includes an underwater feature contour that defines a boundary of an underwater feature. The sonar depth finder includes a processor to create or update the topographical chart based on sonar data from a sonar transducer assembly. The sonar data includes information on the underwater feature. The processor can display and store the topographical chart. The user may select from the underwater feature contours on the depth finder display. The depth finder can generate a route for the marine vessel that includes a path along the selected underwater feature contours. A vessel control device, in communication with the depth finder, may receive transmissions, from the depth finder, which include the generated route. The vessel control device can automatically direct the marine vessel along the route.
US11347220B2
One variation of a method for autonomously navigating along a crosswalk includes: at a first time, navigating autonomously along a sidewalk toward a crosswalk coinciding with a navigation route assigned to the autonomous vehicle; recording optical data of a scene proximal the autonomous vehicle via an optical sensor integrated into the autonomous vehicle; aligning an anteroposterior axis of the autonomous vehicle to the crosswalk detected in the optical data; identifying a pedestrian proximal the crosswalk in the optical data; in response to the pedestrian entering the crosswalk at a second time succeeding the first time, predicting right of way of the autonomous vehicle to enter the crosswalk; and, in response to predicting right of the autonomous vehicle to enter the crosswalk, autonomously navigating from the sidewalk into the crosswalk and autonomously navigating along the crosswalk to an opposing sidewalk according to the navigation route.
US11347211B2
An industrial controller within an industrial automation environment is provided. The industrial controller includes a programming logic controller, configured to control an industrial device, and a predictive module, coupled with the programming logic controller. The predictive module is configured to receive configuration data from the programming logic controller, create a user-defined controller tag, and transfer the user-defined controller tag to the programming logic controller. The predictive module is also configured to receive operational data from the programming logic controller, and calculate operation monitoring data and value estimation data based on the operational data. The predictive module is further configured to write the operation monitoring data and value estimation data to the user-defined controller tag.
US11347210B2
A method and a system for developing semiconductor device fabrication processes are provided. The developments of vertical and lateral semiconductor device fabrication processes can be integrated in the system. First, according to a target semiconductor device and a specification thereof, an initial target model and a general database are captured. The initial target model and the general database are compared to obtain a corresponding relationship. According to the corresponding relationship, multiple fixed fabrication parameters of the general database are applied to the initial target model, such that at least one adjustable parameter is defined. Thereafter, the parameter is set according to a setting instruction received through a user interface to produce a target model to be simulated. A simulation test is performed with the target model, and the adjustable parameter is modified until the simulation result of the target model satisfies a standard result.
US11347193B2
A system and a method for automatically determining and analyzing electrical responses related to a group of elements. In an embodiment, the method includes one or more computer processors determining a group of elements electrically connected to a power distribution unit that supplies AC power to an AC load of the group of elements. The method further includes determining a resistance corresponding to the group of elements utilizing a solid-state relay. The method further includes dictating a phase angle trigger value to activate a solid-state current-flow control device. The method further includes determining a set of inductive impedance values corresponding to the group of elements utilizing the solid-state current-flow control device to control AC current flow to the group of elements based on the dictated phase angle trigger value. The method further includes generating an analysis of the determined set of inductive impedance values corresponding to the group of elements.
US11347191B2
A weld production knowledge system for processing welding data collected from one of a plurality of welding systems, the weld production knowledge system comprising a communication interface communicatively coupled with a plurality of welding systems situated at one or more physical locations. The communication interface may be configured to receive, from one of said plurality of welding systems, welding data associated with a weld. The weld production knowledge system may comprise an analytics computing platform operatively coupled with the communication interface and a weld data store. The weld data store employs a dataset comprising (1) welding process data associated with said one or more physical locations, and/or (2) weld quality data associated with said one or more physical locations. The analytics computing platform may employ a weld production knowledge machine learning algorithm to analyze the welding data vis-à-vis the weld data store to identify a defect in said weld.
US11347190B1
A method and system for set point control of a liquid level in a conical tank is disclosed. The method includes receiving set point signal, R(s), summing the set point signal, R(s), with a negative feedback signal, d{tilde over (f)}(s), and generating set point error signal, E(s), which is used as feedback at the input to drive the liquid level in the conical tank to a desired set point, thus controlling the liquid level of conical tank so that external disturbance, df(s), is minimized.
US11347182B2
A drum unit for a cartridge includes a cylindrical photosensitive drum having an axis L1 and a coupling member operatively connected to the photosensitive drum. The coupling member includes a first member having a cylindrical portion, a part of the first member being positioned inside of the photosensitive drum and a part of the first member being positioned outside of the photosensitive drum. The coupling member also includes a second member operatively connected to first member, the second member including a plurality of arm portions that are movable relative to the first member, with at least a part of each of the arm portions being positioned inside of the photosensitive drum and inside of the first member.
US11347180B2
A component separator system for use with an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a first replaceable unit and a second replaceable unit for use in the image forming device. The second replaceable unit is manually separable from the first replaceable unit. The first replaceable unit is mateable with the second replaceable unit in an operative position of the first replaceable unit relative to the second replaceable unit with a first imaging component of the first replaceable unit in operative contact with a second imaging component of the second replaceable unit. Engagement of a first engagement member of the first replaceable unit with a second engagement member of the second replaceable unit retains the first replaceable unit in a storage position relative to the second replaceable unit with the first imaging component spaced away from the second imaging component.
US11347173B2
A retracting device includes a housing that is disposed in or on an accommodating unit to be pulled out from an apparatus including a protrusion and that has a groove extending from a first position to a second position and having an opening formed at the first position, the first position corresponding to a position of the protrusion when the accommodating unit moving in a direction in which the accommodating unit is accommodated into the apparatus reaches a predetermined position and the second position corresponding to a position of the protrusion when the accommodating unit is accommodated in the apparatus, and a movable unit that is disposed in the housing and that moves, when the accommodating unit reaches the predetermined position and the protrusion enters the opening, while holding the protrusion to cause the protrusion to move along the groove and with respect to the housing toward the second position.
US11347172B2
A method for detecting a non-authentic slave component in an electronic printer device which includes receiving a command from a master component in the device, identifying a response to the command based upon a frequency of a plurality of clock pulses used by the master component while sending the command, and sending the response to the master component for use as a basis in determining whether the slave component is one of an authentic slave component and a non-authentic slave component. The disclosed method may be performed by a replaceable slave component in an imaging device including a slave circuit communicating with a master circuit of the master component along a serial communications interface. The master circuit includes an instruction to change a clock frequency when sending a command to the slave circuit to trigger a unique response from slave circuits of authentic slave components.
US11347169B2
A fixing apparatus includes a belt, a pad member, a pressure member, a heating roller, a stretching roller, and, an outer stretching roller. The outer stretching roller disposed between the heating roller and the stretching roller and configured to press the heating roller from an outer surface of the belt and bring the belt into contact with the heating roller. In a cross section orthogonal to a rotation axis of the pressure member, a surface between the heating roller and the stretching roller of the belt in a state where the belt is pushed toward the heating roller by the outer stretching roller is located inside that of the belt in a state where the outer stretching roller is removed.
US11347165B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a belt, an inner roller, an outer member, an inner roller position changing mechanism, an acquiring portion, and a controller. In a case that information acquired by the acquiring portion shows that first and second recording materials are coated paper, the controller controls a position changing mechanism so that a position of the inner roller when a toner image is transferred onto the second recording material is changed to a second position. In a case that the information acquired by the acquiring portion shows that the first and second recording materials are plain paper, the controller controls the position changing mechanism so that the position of the inner roller when the toner image is transferred onto the second recording material is maintained at a first position.
US11347162B2
A developing cartridge may include: a casing for accommodating developer therein; a developing roller rotatable about an axis extending in a first direction and positioned at one side of the casing in a second direction; a storage medium having an electric contact surface; and a holder movable relative to the casing in the second direction with the electric contact surface between a first position and a second position, the holder having an outer surface at which the electric contact surface is positioned.
US11347160B2
A light emitting device includes a light emitting unit in which a resin housing extending in one direction holds a light emitting element emitting light in a light emitting direction intersecting the one direction, a suppressing member that extends in the one direction and suppresses deformation of the housing caused by heat, the suppressing member having a linear expansion coefficient different from a linear expansion coefficient of the housing, and a fixing portion that fixes the housing and the suppressing member to each other at a position overlapping, in the light emitting direction, a neutral axis of the housing or the light emitting unit or a neutral axis of the suppressing member in the light emitting direction, at plural places separated away from each other in the one direction or in a state of extending in the one direction.
US11347159B2
A light emitting device includes: a base plate extending in a first direction; a plurality of light emitting units arranged over a front surface of the base plate while being shifted from each other in the first direction, and each including a support body extending in the first direction and a plurality of light sources supported on the support body while being arranged in the first direction; a flow path disposed on a side of the base plate opposite to a side facing the light emitting units to feed air therethrough in the first direction; and a wire electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of the light emitting units, and disposed inside the flow path.
US11347148B2
A patterning method and a method for manufacturing an array substrate are provided, and the patterning method includes: forming a photolithography auxiliary film and a positive photoresist film in turn on a base substrate provided with a layer to be patterned; subjecting the photolithography auxiliary film and the positive photoresist film to a photolithography process to form a photolithography auxiliary layer pattern and a positive photoresist pattern; patterning the layer to be patterned; and UV irradiating the photolithography auxiliary layer pattern and the positive photoresist pattern and then removing the photolithography auxiliary layer pattern and the positive photoresist pattern.
US11347138B1
A security device is configured to be secured to a structure to monitor an area of interest surrounding the structure. Monitoring of the area of interest is done covertly to ensure that the security device remains undetectable. The security device includes a head that is operably and removably coupled to a base. The head includes a camera having a lens that is configured to capture video data within the area of interest. The captured (or recorded) video data is transmitted to a storage device within the base for storage. For added security and/or functionally, a user can wirelessly control and monitor the security device via a user interface device from anywhere in the world.
US11347136B2
A lens limiting assembly includes a lens assembly ring and a locking ring arranged outside the lens assembly ring. The lens assembly ring includes an accommodating groove. The locking ring includes a body and a hook protruding inwardly from the body and accommodated in the accommodating groove.
US11347134B2
A camera module includes a housing accommodating a lens module; a driving unit including a magnet disposed on the lens module and a coil disposed to face the magnet; a yoke to generate attractive force with the magnet; a first ball member disposed between the lens module and the housing, and pressed by a first pressing force; and a second ball member disposed between the lens module and the housing, and pressed by a second pressing force. A direction of the first pressing force is different than a direction of the second pressing force, and a point of action of a resultant force of the first pressing force and the second pressing force is located closer to one of the first ball member and the second ball member than the other of the first ball member and the second ball member.
US11347129B2
A phase-controlled optical waveguide antenna array including an optical splitter, an array of phase shifters, and an optical waveguide antenna array is disclosed. The optical splitter divides the input light to a plural of optical waveguides, the phase shifter is connected to an optical waveguide of the optical splitter, and the optical waveguide antenna array is connected with the phase shifters. The optical waveguide antenna array employs periodic block structure to output a uniform light beam, and the phase shifters are tuned with adjacent thermal heaters to steer the output beam angle of the optical waveguide antenna array.
US11347124B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a camera and a liquid crystal panel including a display portion which overlaps the camera. The liquid crystal panel includes a first transparent electrode which overlaps the camera and a light-shielding layer including a first opening having a circular shape and superposed on the first transparent electrode.
US11347122B2
Provided is a display apparatus including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a gate line, a data line, a storage electrode, and a switching element. The switching element is connected to a data line and a gate line. The first substrate further includes a pixel electrode, a shielding electrode, and first and second capacitor electrodes. The pixel electrode is connected to an output electrode of the switching element, and the shielding electrode includes a line portion disposed along the data line and an extension portion extended from the line portion. The first capacitor electrode is extended from the output electrode and overlaps the pixel electrode and the storage electrode. The second capacitor electrode is disposed spaced apart from the first capacitor electrode and overlaps the extension portion electrode the shielding electrode and the storage electrode.
US11347110B2
Provided are a composition for a liquid crystal alignment agent, a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal alignment film, a liquid crystal alignment film using the same, and a liquid crystal display device including the liquid crystal alignment film. More specifically, there are provided the manufacturing method of a liquid crystal alignment film capable of providing the liquid crystal alignment film in which light irradiation energy is able to be reduced, and alignment characteristic and stability are excellent and the voltage holding ratio and electrical characteristics are also excellent through a simple process including applying and drying the composition for a liquid crystal alignment agent on the substrate, directly performing light irradiation to conduct alignment treatment while a high-temperature heat treatment process is omitted, followed by curing by heat treatment, the liquid crystal alignment film, and the liquid crystal display device including the same.
US11347105B2
Provided is a display device having a thin thickness and capable of performing fine local dimming. The display device includes: a display panel; a bottom chassis positioned behind the display panel; a light source module rested on the bottom chassis and including a plurality of light sources and a plurality of printed circuit boards on which the plurality of light sources are arranged, each light source being a light emitting diode to which a reflective lens is applied; and a light guide plate rested on the bottom chassis, wherein, in the light guide plate, a plurality of accommodating holes accommodating the plurality of light sources are formed at locations corresponding to the plurality of light sources.
US11347102B2
A display device includes: a light source; a display panel capable of receiving the light from a first surface side and transmitting the light to a second surface side; and a light guiding member. The display panel is inclined with respect to an orthogonal plane orthogonal to an optical axis of the light. The light guiding member has an output surface framed by an output port of the light and inclined with respect to the orthogonal plane. An inclination direction of the display panel is identical to an inclination direction of the output surface. The light guiding member has such a shape that a distance between inner surfaces of the light guiding member and the optical axis increases toward the first surface side from the light source side, and the inner surfaces opposing each other at positions orthogonal to the optical axis are not uniform in curvature.
US11347099B2
The present disclosure describers a novel combination of a physical filter within an electronic device combined with software to manage the high-energy visible blue light spectrum in accordance with factors including total device use and cumulative intake of blue light. The physical filter may be integrated within layers of the display construction including within the cover glass or polarizer. In preferred embodiments, the physical filter with the software application automatically adjusts the total coverage of blue light emissions relative to each other and the system.
US11347098B2
An optical filter for a display includes a filter film with at least one optical filter layer. The filter layer blocks a band of optical wavelengths and is transparent for optical wavelengths outside the band. The filter film has a thickness within the range of 25 microns through 1 mm. The filter film may include one or more laminate layers that are optically transparent in the wavelengths of the band blocked by the filter layer. The filter film may include one or more layers of liquid crystal polymers in layered contact with one or more transparent electrode layers and one or more layers of polymers in layered contact with the one or more layers of liquid crystal polymers.
US11347088B2
An anti-peep structure, a method for manufacturing an anti-peep structure, and a display device are provided. The anti-peep structure includes a substrate made of a first material having a first refractive index, the substrate including a light incident surface and a light outgoing surface disposed opposite to each other, where a plurality of grooves are disposed in the substrate at a side of the light incident surface or the light outgoing surface; a second material having a second refractive index disposed in the plurality of grooves; and a refractive index regulating component configured to control the second refractive index; where a viewing angle at the light outgoing surface is determined by a difference between the first refractive index and the second refractive index.
US11347084B2
The embodiments disclose an apparatus including an eyewear pupilometer for detecting, measuring and processing a wearer's pupil movement and size, for detecting and processing retinal images, for detecting and processing a wearer's field of view, for broadcasting alerts, for pre-diagnostic screening, for overriding vehicle operation and for measuring, recording and transmitting circadian responses, at least one eyewear pupilometer module including a lens fiber optic camera module, an image processor module, a retinal image infrared detector module, an outward camera module, at least one alert module, an alert light and message projector, a WI-FI module, an automated pullover module, an automated steering module, fiber optic & data cables, a contact lens pupilometer image, sensor and processor module, and at least one eyewear pupilometer module coupled to and/or embedded into eyewear frames and lenses, contact lenses, a vehicle wind shield and protective covers for hand held devices and laptop computers.
US11347077B2
A camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a prism part configured to convert incident light to parallel light in an optical axis direction, a tilting part through which the parallel light passes and which changes an optical path of the parallel light by changing an angle of a surface through which the parallel light passes, a lens part configured to collect the parallel light of which the optical path is changed, and an image sensor part configured to convert the parallel light collected by the lens part to an electrical signal, wherein the tilting part is disposed between the prism part and the lens part.
US11347068B2
A device for projecting a laser beam onto a workpiece includes at least one first optical element, at least one second optical element, and at least one third optical element. The at least one first optical element is configured to project the laser beam onto the at least one second, in particular diffractive, optical element. The at least one second optical element is configured to convert an intensity profile of the laser beam. The at least one third optical element is configured to project the laser beam onto the workpiece. The device is configured such that a diameter of the laser beam on the workpiece can be varied while maintaining the intensity profile with a stationary workpiece.
US11347062B2
There is provided a method of operating a wearable heads-up display (WHUD). The WHUD may include a light source, a spatial modulator, and a display optic. The method may include generating, by the light source, an output light to form an image viewable by a user of the WHUD. The method may also include receiving a position of a pupil of the user relative to an eyebox of the WHUD, and obtaining an image correction map based on the position of the pupil. Moreover, the method may include adjusting the output light to form an adjusted output light. The adjusted output light may be adjusted based on the image correction map to reduce at least one of an intensity non-uniformity and a color balance non-uniformity of the image. The method may also include directing, by the display optic, the adjusted output light into a field of view of the user.
US11347058B2
Embodiments provide for a display system that overlays augmented reality (AR) content onto a view of an environment. The display includes a first polarizer that receives light providing a view of the environment (which can be natural light or light generated from another display). The polarized light then passes through a transparent display that emits light forming the AR content. The light emitted by the display and the polarized light of the environment pass through a beam splitter before reaching a selective mirror. The polarized light from the environment passes through the selective mirror while the light from the display is reflected back towards the beam splitter where it is collimated. Moreover, when collimating the light, the beam splitter also reflects the light back towards the selective mirror and changes its polarization so the light can pass through the selective mirror.
US11347057B2
Provided is an image display device including a first light source configured to emit a first beam of light, a second light source configured to emit a second beam of light, a spatial light modulator configured to modulate the first beam of light and the second beam of light, a holographic optical element configured to focus, on a first focal point, the first beam of light emitted from the first light source and modulated by the spatial light modulator, and to focus, on a second focal point, the second beam of light emitted from the second light source and modulated by the spatial light modulator and a processor configured to control the first and the second light sources and the spatial light modulator.
US11347051B2
Systems and methods for synthesizing an image of the face by a head-mounted display (HMD), such as an augmented reality device, are disclosed. The HMD may be able to observe only a portion of the face with an inward-facing imaging system, e.g., the periocular region. The systems and methods described herein can generate a mapping of a conformation of the portion of the face that is not imaged based at least partly on a conformation of the portion of the face that is imaged. The HMD can receive an image of a portion of the face and use the mapping to determine a conformation of the portion of the face that is not observed. The HMD can combine the observed and unobserved portions to synthesize a full face image.
US11347046B2
Described herein are systems and methods for assessing a biological sample. The methods include: characterizing a speckled pattern to be applied by a diffuser; positioning a biological sample relative to at least one coherent light source such that at least one coherent light source illuminates the biological sample; diffusing light produced by the at least one coherent light source; capturing a plurality of illuminated images with the embedded speckle pattern of the biological sample based on the diffused light; iteratively reconstructing the plurality of speckled illuminated images of the biological sample to recover an image stack of reconstructed images; stitching together each image in the image stack to create a whole slide image, wherein each image of the image stack at least partially overlaps with a neighboring image; and identifying one or more features of the biological sample. The methods may be performed by a near-field Fourier Ptychographic system.
US11347045B2
A ptychography system is presented for imaging an object located in an object plane. The ptychography system comprises an optical system, and a detection device. The optical system comprises a single shot ptychography arrangement configured and operable to create light response patterns from the object in the object plane on a pixel matrix of the detection device during the same exposure session of the detection device, wherein the optical system further comprises at least one light coding device configured and operable to apply at least one predetermined coding function to at least one of illuminating light and the light response of the object being collected, and said detection device is configured and operable with a predetermined duration of the exposure session during which the pixel matrix detects the collected light, such that image data indicative of the detected light during a single exposure session is in the form of a coded light response of the object being illuminated.
US11347044B2
A digital pathology imaging apparatus includes a single line scan camera sensor optically coupled with first and second optical paths. In a first embodiment, transmission mode illumination and oblique mode illumination are simultaneously used during a single stage movement that captures a low resolution macro image of the entire sample area and the entire label area of the slide via the first optical path. In a second embodiment, transmission mode illumination is used during a first stage movement that captures a low resolution macro image of at least the entire sample area via the first optical path and oblique mode illumination is used during a second stage movement that captures a low resolution macro image of at least the entire label area via the first optical path.
US11347036B2
The present invention relates generally to stereoscopic displays, and more particularly, but not exclusively, to stereoscopic displays with addressable focus cues.
US11347031B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of optical lenses and provides a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side: a first lens; a second lens having a positive refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 1.00≤f1/f2≤3.00; and 2.00≤(R1+R2)/(R1−R2)≤15.00. The camera optical lens can achieve a high imaging performance while obtaining a low TTL.
US11347024B2
A driving apparatus, a lens unit, a device, a correction method, and a computer readable recording medium are provided, the driving apparatus including an actuator that changes a relative position between a lens section and an imaging device; a magnetic field detection section that detects magnetic field information corresponding to the relative position between the lens section and the imaging device; a storage section that stores reference information that is based on an output of the magnetic field detection section when the lens section or the imaging device is positioned at the reference position; and a control section that controls a driving amount of the actuator based on the magnetic field information and the reference information.
US11347009B2
Reversible optical connectors, and associated devices and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a connector for a communication cable includes a housing comprising a cavity, and a first plug and a second plug coupled to a distal portion of the housing. The first and second plugs are connected to the housing such that the first and second plugs are independently rotatable with respect to the housing. The connector further includes a latch actuator coupled to the housing and configured to disengage one or more latches from an outlet. By rotating the plugs 180 degrees and turning the connector over, the relative arrangement or position of the two plugs can be switched or reversed. The plugs can be rotated or reversed without completely disassembling the connector, in some embodiments. Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure can improve workflows for a user or operator that in a high-density networking setting.
US11347006B2
A system for connecting a fiber optic connector to a fiber optic adapter includes various alternative improvements, including improvements to the shutter, the alignment device, and the adapter in general.
US11347005B2
The present disclosure relates to a fiber alignment device (20) including a guide feature (62a, b) defining a fiber alignment groove (48). The fiber alignment device (20) also includes a fiber engagement component (44) defining a reference surface arrangement and elastic cantilever arms (56a, b) for pressing optical fibers into the fiber alignment groove (48). First portions of the guide feature (62a, b) engage the reference surface arrangement. Second portions of the guide (62a, b) feature engage the cantilever arms (56a, b) to flex the cantilever arms to a staged position.
US11347003B2
Aspects described herein include an optical apparatus comprising a plurality of light-carrying media, a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) device optically coupled with the plurality of light-carrying media, and a lens arranged between the WDM device and a multicore optical fiber. An arrangement of the plurality of light carrying media and the WDM device are selected to align each of the plurality of light-carrying media with a respective optical core of the multicore optical fiber.
US11346995B2
A backlight module includes a first light source, a first light guide plate, and an anti-peeping component, wherein the first light source is an edge-type light source of the first light guide plate, the first light guide plate is provided with a light emitting surface and a backlight surface that are opposite, wherein the anti-peeping component is on the light emitting surface, a refractive index of a dielectric in contact with the backlight surface is less than a refractive index of the first light guide plate; the anti-peeping component includes anti-peeping structures that is provided with a first surface proximal to the first light guide plate, a second surface distal from the first light guide plate, and two opposite third surfaces intersecting both the first surface and the second surface, an included angle between the third surface and the first surface being an obtuse angle.
US11346992B2
A light unit including: a light source; and an optical member that transmits and converts light emitted from the light source, wherein the optical member includes: a light guide; a low refractive index layer that is disposed on the light guide and has a lower refractive index than that of the light guide; a first capping layer that is disposed on the low refractive index layer; and a wavelength conversion layer that is disposed on the first capping layer and includes quantum dots, and the light guide includes a transparent metal oxide.
US11346974B2
The present disclosure relates to a method that includes generating a first pulse at a first position along a geological formation with a plurality of antennae, wherein the first pulse comprises a Can-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill (CPMG) sequence, and wherein each antenna of the plurality of antennae is configured to generate NMR data via transmitting and receiving pulses into the geological formation.
US11346968B2
A method and apparatus for identifying non-elastic indicators for a subsurface region, the method including obtaining seismic data for the subsurface region; generating a best-fit elastic model from the seismic data; and identifying non-elastic indicators from the seismic data and the best-fit elastic model. The method and apparatus may also include estimating reservoir flow properties from the non-elastic indicators based on a poroelastic interpretation of the seismic response. The method and apparatus may also include subdividing the seismic data into a plurality of subdivisions, wherein: generating the best-fit elastic model from the seismic data includes generating an individual best-fit elastic model for each subdivision; identifying non-elastic indicators from the seismic data and the best-fit elastic model includes identifying individual non-elastic indicators from each subdivision and its respective individual best-fit elastic model; and estimating the reservoir flow properties from the non-elastic indicators comprises analyzing the individual non-elastic indicators based on the subdivisions.
US11346966B2
Earth vibrators, such as servo-hydraulic vibrators, are improved to produce more output force and less distortion at very low frequencies by capturing mass from the vehicles which carry them, adding sufficient inertial mass to the reaction mass without adding much vehicle and equipment weight while also avoiding increases to the servo-hydraulic vibrator's stroke length. In particular, improvements to servo-hydraulic vibrators, at low frequencies, will couple some mass from the carrier vehicle frame and its load using non-rigid coupling only when additional mass is needed using dampers connected between the reaction mass and the carrier vehicle's frame, with the added damping being applied by a control system at very low frequencies of output where the vibrator is otherwise unable to produce force equal to its hold-weight.
US11346965B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for calibrating an X-ray apparatus. The X-ray apparatus may include an X-ray detector and a collimator. To calibrate the X-ray apparatus, the methods and systems may include moving the X-ray detector from a first position to a second position along a first axis of a coordinate system, wherein the first position is under a scanning table, and the second position is outside the scanning table; moving the collimator to align the collimator with the X-ray detector at the second position; determining one or more parameters; and determining a second value of the first encoder when the collimator is aligned with the X-ray detector at the first position based on the one or more parameters.
US11346964B2
A coded mask apparatus is provided for gamma rays. The apparatus uses nested masks, at least one of which rotates relative to the other.
US11346952B2
A light detection and ranging system is provided for improving imaging accuracy and measurement range. The light detection and ranging system may comprise: a light source configured to emit a multi-pulse sequence into a three-dimensional environment, in which the multi-pulse sequence comprises multiple light pulses having a temporal profile; a photosensitive detector configured to detect light pulses returned from the three-dimensional environment and generate an output signal indicative of an amount of optical energy associated with a subset of the light pulses; and one or more processors electrically coupled to the light source and the photosensitive detector, and the one or more processors are configured to: generate the temporal profile based on one or more real-time conditions; and determine one or more parameters for selecting the subset of light pulses.
US11346947B2
An apparatus for localizing a first device includes a time of flight circuit configured to emit a first modulated light signal and receive a reflection of the first modulated light signal from the first device. The apparatus further includes a processing circuit configured to determine, based on the first modulated light signal and the reflection, a position of the first device in a first coordinate system associated with the apparatus. The processing circuit is further configured to determine, based on the position of the first device in the first coordinate system, a position of the apparatus in a second coordinate system and an orientation of the apparatus in the second coordinate system. The apparatus further includes a transmit circuit configured to emit a second modulated signal to the first device, wherein the second modulated signal includes data indicating the position of the first device in the second coordinate system.
US11346943B1
An eye tracking unit that includes one or more transmitters that transmit a signal (e.g., a radar signal or an ultrasonic sound) at an eye, one or more receivers that receive a reflection of the signal generated by interaction of the signal with the eye, and an eye orientation estimation module that estimates an orientation of the eye based on the reflected signal received by the one or more ultrasonic receivers and based on a model of the eye. The eye tracking unit may be part of a head-mounted display (HMD) that includes a display element configured to display content to a user wearing the HMD. The model of the eye may be trained by displaying a visual indicator on the electronic element and detecting a reflected signal corresponding to the eye looking at the visual indicator.
US11346942B2
A target positioning device and method based on a plecotus auritus double-pinna bionic sonar. An echo positioning device based on bionic pinnae of a bat can determine an azimuth and an elevation of a target to locate the spatial location of the target by using echoes obtained by two array elements, resolving a problem that two array element antennas cannot locate the space coordinates. In a positioning method based on bionic pinnae of a bat according to filtering characteristics of bat ears, a method for estimating a spatial location by a neural network is used, and a pulse string estimation method is used to reduce the error of estimated angles, to obtain a precise azimuth and elevation.
US11346937B2
A system and method provide remote tracking of progress at construction sites. When possible, the progress can be monitored remotely via satellite imagery. But once satellite imagery cannot determine the progress that needs to be monitored at the construction site, multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that use RF emitters and receivers are deployed to the construction site to determine progress based on RF scans. A number and type of UAVs, along with their respective flight plans, are determined from site specifications and expected progress at the construction site. The UAVs are programmed with their respective flight plans, synchronized, then deployed to inspect the construction site using RF scans. The UAVs execute their respective flight plans, with some emitting RF signals and others receiving those emitted RF signals. The UAV RF data is then analyzed and compared to the site specifications to determine the progress at the construction site.
US11346930B2
An object having an outer surface (e.g. a friction-ridge surface of a finger) and internal parts (e.g. tissue layer, papillae, blood vessels, fat, muscle, nail and bone) is scanned by a system having a transmitter, receiver and computer. One such system has a substantially planar piezoelectric transmit-layer, an ultrasonic receiver array having a plurality of receivers, and a platen. The transmit layer is caused to produce an ultrasound plane-wave traveling toward the object residing on the platen. Using the ultrasonic receiver, ultrasonic energy that has been reflected from the object is detected. The detected ultrasonic energy is analyzed to provide an analysis result, and the analysis result is compared to a template. A determination is made as to whether the analysis result and the template are similar, and the object is declared to be alive if the analysis result is determined to be similar to the template.
US11346927B2
Techniques for operating an ultrasonic sensor array, the ultrasonic sensor array disposed under a platen, include: making a determination whether or not to recalibrate the ultrasonic sensor array based on whether a first screen protector disposed above the platen has been removed or replaced by a second screen protector; and recalibrating the ultrasonic sensor array, when the determination is to recalibrate the ultrasonic sensor array. In some cases, the techniques include prompting a user to indicate whether or not the screen protector has been changed or removed, and recalibrating the ultrasonic sensor array only after confirmation from the user.
US11346926B2
The present invention provides a detection device and a method for adjusting a parameter thereof. The device includes a real-time collection module, configured to collect and obtain environment information in real time; a real-time location information obtaining module, configured to obtain location information in real time; a parameter determining module, configured to determine a value of a target parameter of the detection device based on at least either the obtained environment information or the obtained location information; and a parameter adjustment module, configured to adjust the parameter of the detection device in real time based on the determined value of the target parameter. Based on the present invention, the parameter of the detection device can be adjusted in real time, and the detection device can adapt to diversified road conditions and improve detection accuracy.
US11346921B2
A radio frequency circuit includes an input terminal configured to receive a reception signal from an antenna; a reception signal path coupled to the input terminal and including a mixer and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), where the ADC generates a digital signal representing an input signal to the ADC; a test signal generator configured to generate a test signal that is injected into the reception signal path while the reception signal propagates along the reception signal path; a digital signal processor configured to receive the digital signal from a digital portion of the reception signal path, and analyze a frequency response of the digital signal; and a subtractor coupled to the digital portion of the reception signal path, the subtractor configured to remove test frequency components resulting from an injection of the test signal into the reception signal path from the digital signal.
US11346917B2
An information processing apparatus including an acquisition section that acquires acquire an acoustic signal indicating a sound collection result of a sound collection device group and a control section that calculates a first weight in accordance with a degree to which the acoustic signal acquired by the acquisition section is a signal obtained by observing stationary noise and to apply the first weight to a noise spatial correlation matrix that is a spatial correlation matrix obtained from a noise signal.
US11346910B2
A magnetic resonant imaging (MRI) review workstation includes a control processor, and a display integrated or otherwise operatively coupled with the control processor, wherein the control processor is configured to receive and analyze magnetic resonant imaging information pertaining to an imaged volume of tissue, and to cause to be displayed on the display output information that reflects or is otherwise indicative of an absorption rate of a contrast agent in the volume of tissue.
US11346907B2
A gradient coil for an MRI apparatus is disclosed, comprising a main coil layer and a shielding coil layer. The shielding coil layer is arranged around the main coil layer, which includes an X, Y, and Z main coil set, and an X and Y end shielding coil set. The X end shielding coil set is connected in series with the X main coil set and used to form a shielding magnetic field in a direction opposite to the X direction. The Y end shielding coil set is connected in series with the Y main coil set and used to form a shielding magnetic field in the opposite direction to the Y direction. In the Z direction, the X end shielding coil set and Y end shielding coil set are disposed outside an imaging region enclosed by the main coil layer.
US11346901B2
An anisotropic magnetoresistive (AMR) sensor without a set and reset device may include a substrate, an exchange bias layer, an AMR layer and a collection of barber-pole electrodes. The exchange bias layer may be deposited on the substrate and the AMR layer may be deposited on the exchange bias layer. The AMR layer may include multiple groups of AMR strips, and each group may include several AMR strips. The barber-pole electrodes may be arranged on each AMR strip. The AMR sensor achieves coupling by using the exchange bias layer, without requiring a reset/set coil. Because a coil is not used, the power consumption of the chip is reduced greatly, and the manufacturing process is simpler, providing improved yield and lower cost.
US11346900B2
A magnetic sensor detects a Z-axis magnetic field via a yoke and enhances the accuracy with which a magnetic field is detected. The magnetic sensor has a first magnetic field detecting element that is arranged in a plane that includes a first direction and a second direction. The second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. The first magnetic field detecting element detects a magnetic field in the first direction. In a soft magnetic body that is adjacent to the first magnetic field detecting element in the first direction, L/W is equal to or more than 10, where W is a length of the soft magnetic body in the first direction, and L is a length of the soft magnetic body in the second direction.
US11346894B2
A sensor is provided comprising: a substrate having a first region and a second region; a first series of first magnetoresistive (MR) elements formed on the substrate, the first series of first MR elements including at least two first MR elements; a second series of second MR elements formed on the substrate, the second series of second MR elements being electrically coupled to the first series of MR elements to form a bridge circuit, the second series of MR elements including at least two second MR elements, each of the second MR elements having a different pinning direction than at least one of the first MR elements, wherein one of the first MR elements and one of the second MR elements are formed in the first region of the substrate and have different pinning directions.
US11346892B2
A fault detection device includes at least one electricity generating unit, to impress a signal on a first useful signal path; at least one first comparison unit, to determine if the signal of the first useful signal path lies within a measuring range; and at least one first interference signal path, designed as a current measurement path, for current-detecting measurement of a first interference signal. A signal path defect analysis unit, is included to detect a signal path defect, upon the impressed signal not being measured on the at least one first interference signal path and upon the checked signal of the comparison unit being determined to lie within the measuring range. Furthermore, corresponding methods are for the detection of signal path defects in a voltage measuring system for measuring bioelectric signals are defined.
US11346888B2
One embodiment of the invention includes a battery sense system. The system includes a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of a battery and a memory configured to store predetermined data associated with steady-state and transient behaviors of the battery relative to a depth of discharge (DOD) of the battery. The system also includes a controller configured to measure a voltage of the battery and to calculate a state of charge (SOC) of the battery based on the voltage, the predetermined data, and the temperature.
US11346879B2
An increased accuracy in detecting deterioration of a semiconductor device can be achieved. A first metal pattern and a second metal pattern are connected to a controller. A bonding wire connects the first metal pattern and an emitter electrode. A linear conductor is connected between a first electrode pad and a second electrode pad. First bonding wires connect the first electrode pad and the second metal pattern. Second bonding wires connect the second electrode pad and the second metal pattern. The controller detects the deterioration of the semiconductor device when a potential difference between the first metal pattern and the second metal pattern is above a threshold.
US11346878B2
The present disclosure illustrates the errors that are encountered when using both single-ended and double-ended normal-mode fault location calculations when a fault occurs in a pole-open condition. The disclosure provides systems and methods for accurately calculating the location of faults that occur during pole-open conditions, including single-ended approaches and double-ended approaches.
US11346875B2
Embodiments include systems and methods for determining a processing parameter of a processing operation. Embodiments include a diagnostic substrate for determining processing parameters of a processing operation. In an embodiment, the diagnostic substrate comprises a substrate, a circuit layer over the substrate, and a capping layer over the circuit layer. In an embodiment, a micro resonator sensor is in the circuit layer and the capping layer. In an embodiment, the micro resonator sensor comprises, a resonating body and one or more electrodes for inducing resonance in the resonating body.
US11346859B2
A contact probe is conductive and capable of expanding/contracting along an axial line direction. The contact probe includes: a first contact member configured to contact one contact target; a second contact member configured to contact another contact target, and to house at least a portion of the first contact member; and a spring member configured to couple the first contact member and the second contact member in a manner capable of expansion/contraction with both end parts of the spring member. The spring member is wound in a helical shape, and at least a diameter of an outer circumference in one of the end parts held by the second contact member is larger than diameters of other portions. A diameter of an inner circumference of an end part of the second contact member on a side housing the first contact member is equal to or larger than a maximum diameter of the first contact member.
US11346856B2
It is intended to save time for adjusting a position of a detection unit. In a position adjustment process of a detector, a control device moves the detector obliquely with respect to a boundary line partitioning photodiodes on a plane on which the detector moves and moves the detector so that the position of the center of gravity of a spot of a laser beam and the center of a light-receiving surface coincide in response to the incident of at least a part of the laser beam on the light-receiving surface.
US11346845B2
Methods are described for measuring the amount of C peptide in a sample. More specifically, mass spectrometric methods are described for detecting and quantifying C peptide in a sample utilizing on-line extraction methods coupled with tandem mass spectrometric or high resolution/high accuracy mass spectrometric techniques.
US11346843B2
The invention is directed to a process for preparing a library of saposin lipoprotein particles, wherein the particles comprise membrane components from a cell or an organelle membrane and a lipid binding polypeptide that is a saposin-like protein belonging to the SAPLIP family of lipid interacting proteins or a derivative form thereof, wherein the process comprises the steps of a) providing a mixture of crude membrane vesicles obtained from a cell or an organelle membrane; b) contacting the mixture of step a) with the lipid binding polypeptide in a liquid environment; and c) allowing for self-assembly of the particles. The invention also provides a process for preparing a purified saposin lipoprotein particle comprising the steps of preparing a library according to the process described above and the additional step of f) purifying the saposin lipoprotein particle from the library. In addition, the invention provides a library of saposin lipoprotein particles and saposin lipoprotein particles obtainable according to the processes of the invention. These can be used in medicine, in particular in preventing, treating or lessening the severity of a disease or for use in a diagnostic method, a cosmetic treatment or for use as vaccination formulation or as a tool for drug development, drug screening, drug discovery, antibody development, development of therapeutic biologies, for membrane or membrane protein purification, for membrane protein expression, for membrane and/or membrane protein research, in particular lipidomics and proteomics, preferably for the isolation, identification and/or study of membranes and/or membrane proteins or creation of a lipidome or proteome database.
US11346838B2
The present disclosure relates to a bioparticle measuring method including forming on a solid phase a complex of a sample containing a bioparticle sampled from a specimen, a capturer containing a tag which binds to the solid phase and capable of binding to the bioparticle, and a detector capable of binding to the bioparticle and containing a labeled substance. A part or the whole of the complex may be dissociated from the solid phase to prepare a measurement sample containing a part or the whole of the complex not fixed on the solid phase, and signals from the measurement sample may be detected by a particle analyzer.
US11346836B2
A nanopore cell includes a conductive layer and a working electrode disposed above the conductive layer and at the bottom of a well into which an electrolyte may be contained, such that at least a portion of a top base surface area of the working electrode is exposed to the electrolyte. The nanopore cell further includes a first insulating wall disposed above the working electrode and surrounding a lower section of a well, and a second insulating wall disposed above the first insulating wall and surrounding an upper section of the well, forming an overhang above the lower section of the well. The upper section of the well includes an opening that a membrane may span across, and wherein a base surface area of the opening is smaller than the at least a portion of the top base surface area of the working electrode that is exposed to the electrolyte.
US11346828B2
An optical milk measuring arrangement operative during a milking operation, and including an optical measuring device for measuring optical properties of milk in a measuring region, in which at least part of the milk fed to the measuring arrangement collects. The measuring arrangement includes a main channel and a measuring channel, and these channels are in fluid communication with one another in a region of a common inlet and a common outlet, and the measuring channel has a lower flow velocity than a flow velocity in the main channel.
US11346825B2
A simplified reagent system for the analysis of arsenic in an acidic aqueous environment is disclosed. In accordance with the inventive technology, a two reagent system is provided. The first reagent includes a combination of an acidifying agent and an oxidizing agent, and is in particulate form. The second reagent is zinc in particulate form, and is beneficially used in the analysis in the presence of an effective amount of an agent for increasing the rate of arsine gas production.
US11346822B2
A sample management device which comprises a source flow path in which a fluidic sample can flow, a volume flow adjustment unit configured for adjusting a volume flow of the fluidic sample to be branched off from the source flow path at a fluidic coupling point, and a fluidic valve fluidically coupled with the source flow path and with the volume flow adjustment unit, wherein the fluidic valve is switchable into a branch off state in which the fluidic coupling point is established within the source flow path to branch off an adjustable volume of the fluidic sample from the source flow path via the fluidic coupling point while a flow of the fluidic sample in the source flow path continues.
US11346814B2
A resonator is disclosed for the detection of a mass analyte, such as a biological analyte. The resonator has: a piezoelectric layer formed of a piezoelectric material; a first resonator region and a second resonator region each occupying a corresponding region of the piezoelectric layer; electrodes disposed to apply a driving signal to the piezoelectric layer to generate bulk acoustic waves, the electrodes being common to the first resonator region and the second resonator region. In operation, the first resonator region has a first resonant frequency and the second resonator region has a second resonant frequency. The first resonator region and the second resonator region differ from each other in that the first resonator region is adapted to receive a mass analyte for the mass analyte selectively to attach to a surface of the first resonator region. In operation, attachment of the mass analyte selectively at the first resonator region causes a greater frequency shift in the first resonant frequency than in the second resonant frequency. Also disclosed is a corresponding method for the detection of a mass analyte.
US11346804B2
This invention describes an electrochemical gas sensor that utilizes microfabrication to achieve miniaturization without using a membrane. The sensor is comprised of thin film electrodes and insulators, and micro cavities in them. The micro cavities are filled with a liquid electrolyte that is kept in the micro cavities by surface tension.
US11346802B2
To increase the measuring precision of an electric measuring assembly (1) for capacitively measuring a liquid, an inner electrode (2) and an outer electrode (3) arranged concentrically to the inner electrode is provided, in which a shielding electrode (5) is arranged between the outer electrode (3) and the inner electrode (2). The potential of the shielding electrode (5) can be actively adjusted to the potential of the inner electrode (2) by a corresponding electric connection such that electric fields which are caused by dielectric displacements in parasitic capacitances are effectively shielded from the inner electrode (2) and thus from the capacitance to be measured. For this purpose, a two-part design of the inner electrode (2) is provided with sections (6) and (7) which can be moved axially relative to each other.
US11346799B2
An ultra-miniaturized, low-cost, and maintenance-free chemical sensor is capable of continuously monitoring the concentration of specific volatile organic compound (VOC) vapors released from crop plants and green plants under distress from pests or disease. The sensor is based on micromechanical structures and relies on the mechanical actuation induced by the chemical interaction between the VOCs and materials in the microstructure to passively generate a wake-up bit when the concentration of VOCs exceeds a predetermined value. The sensor does not consume power while in standby mode (i.e., when certain VOC vapors are not present), and wirelessly communicates the location of impending outbreaks upon detection of a predetermined concentration of certain VOC vapors.
US11346794B2
A mounting system and a sample holder for an X-ray diffraction (XRD) apparatus are provided. The mounting system includes a mounting bracket, an attachment module and a biasing assembly. The mounting bracket is mountable to the XRD apparatus and is rotatable about a rotation axis. The mounting bracket includes an abutment structure defining a reference position. The attachment module is mountable onto the mounting bracket at an adjustable attaching position with respect to the reference position. The attachment module comprises an attaching element that is engageable with the abutment structure for abutting the mounting bracket proximate the reference position. The biasing assembly is mounted onto one of the mounting bracket or the attachment module for interlocking the mounting bracket with the attachment module, such that the mounting bracket is blocked in a plane substantially parallel to the rotation axis, thereby allowing the attaching position to be aligned with the rotation axis.
US11346786B2
The present technology includes a color changeable indicator that changes color upon exposure of the indicator to high pressure and comprises at least one reagent releasing layer, a transition layer disposed on the reagent releasing layer, a color changeable layer disposed on the transition layer, and a non-porous protectant encompassing the reagent releasing layer, the transition layer and the color changeable layer. An additional reagent releasing layer can be located between the transition layer and the color changeable layer. The indicators provide simple, reliable, and cost effective detection means for detecting whether a product has been exposed to high pressure, e.g. high pressure pasteurization, and may find use in applications such as food and beverage processing and/or packaging and medical applications.
US11346779B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to an Insulated Glass Unit (“IGU”) to enhance wireless communications in a wireless network. The IGU has a first and a second glass layers, a first and a second spacers, and a first and a second ground planes, the first ground plane in contact with the first glass layer and the second ground plane in contact with the second glass layer. The IGU also includes a gas layer in between the first and the second ground planes, a reflectarray comprising a metastructure array of reflector elements, and a third glass layer on top of the metastructure reflectarray.
US11346770B2
A fiber-optic salinity and temperature measurement includes a first Fabry-Perot interferometer and a second Fabry-Perot interferometer. Each of the Fabry-Perot interferometers includes a first optical fiber fusion spliced to a second optical fiber such that a relatively large cavity is formed between the fibers. The relatively large cavity forms the measurement chamber for each Fabry-Perot interferometer. The input port on each of the Fabry-Perot interferometers is coupled to an optical splitter such that a single optical signal input is provided to each Fabry-Perot interferometer. The output port on each of the Fabry-Perot interferometers is coupled to an optical combiner that combines the interference signal received from each of the Fabry-Perot interferometers. An optical signal analyzer coupled to an output port of the optical combiner determines the salinity and temperature of a sample material in the large cavity of the second Fabry-Perot interferometer.
US11346767B2
A detector cell for a photoacoustic gas sensor comprises a first layer structure, a second layer structure arranged at the first layer structure and comprising a membrane structure, and a third layer structure arranged at the second layer structure. The first layer structure and the third layer structure hermetically enclose a cavity, wherein the membrane structure is arranged in the cavity.
US11346766B2
Disclosed is a method for estimating deterioration of a steel support structure (180) supporting an offshore wind turbine (181). The steel support structure (180) being made of a first type of steel, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a first sensor (111) having one or more sensor elements, wherein a first sensor element of the one or more sensor elements is made of a type of steel corresponding to the first type of steel; (b) arranging the first sensor (111) in connection with said steel support structure (180); (c) inducing an electrical current through at least one of the one or more sensor elements; (d) monitoring the deterioration of a part of the first sensor (111) by in a first time interval measuring electrical properties of the first sensor (111) and storing the measurements as first data; (e) estimating the deterioration of the steel support structure (180) from the first data.
US11346764B2
The present invention is related to correct the errors in instruments, operation, and others using intelligent monitoring structures and machine learning, and others.
US11346761B2
Systems and methods for holographic characterization of protein aggregates. Size and refractive index of individual aggregates in a solution can be determined. Information regarding morphology and porosity can be extracted from holographic data.
US11346758B2
A linear and rotary shock-testing machine including: a base; a shaft rotatably and translationally movable relative to the base; a test disc for holding one or more specimens to be tested, the test disc being rotatable with the shaft; one of a cam and cam follower fixed relative to the base; and an other of the cam and cam follower fixed to the test disc, wherein the shaft being driven to provide a rotational shock to the one or more test specimens; and the cam is shaped such that the cam follower follows the cam to urge the test disc into a translational motion while rotating to provide translational shock to the one or more specimens.
US11346746B2
The present disclosure discloses a testing apparatus for directional simulation of dynamic collision between a deep-sea shell structure and seabed, including: a launching device, a high-pressure water pump device, a high-speed camera, a sensor system, a data collection and control system, etc. This device is installed in a geotechnical centrifuge for experiment, a super-gravity environment is provided to meet requirements of simulation of a deep-sea environment, and a deep-sea high-pressure environment is created through a high-pressure water pump device by superposition. A direction of the launching device is adjusted through a universal rotating shaft to control the shell structure to be launched from a specified direction to collide with soil at a predetermined position. A high-speed camera is used to capture an entire experiment process, and strain and acceleration sensors are used to collect experiment data.
US11346745B2
A fatigue test assessment method for assessing a suspension point of a cylinder block by means of a fatigue test includes: fixing a suspension point of a cylinder block test piece by using a power assembly installation approach; applying a load to the suspension point of the cylinder block test piece in a preset direction; and determining whether the suspension point of the cylinder block fails. The method can ascertain, by means of assessment during a stage of parts testing, whether the structural strength of a suspension point of a cylinder block meets user requirements, so as to predict and prevent breakage of and faults in the suspension point of the cylinder block, thereby enhancing overall test validity.
US11346738B2
A pressure sensor includes a pressure detection element; a substrate on which the pressure detection element is mounted; and a cap in a tubular shape, the cap being attached to the attachment surface of the substrate with an adhesive, the attachment surface enclosing the periphery of the pressure detection element. An attracting concave part is in the end face of the cap, the end face facing the attachment surface, so as to have an inclined surface the distance of which from the attachment surface is increased in a direction from the outer circumferential surface of the cap toward its inner circumferential surface. Part of the adhesive is embedded in the interior of the attracting concave part.
US11346730B2
A system and method for determining the length of a non-shape-sensed interventional device (102) which includes a shape-sensed guidewire (106) that is received in the lumen (103) of the device. A hub (107) is configured to secure a position of the shape-sensed guidewire and interventional device. A registration module (124) is configured to register a position of the distal tip (117) of the non-shape-sensed interventional device to a position of the shape-sensed guidewire. A determination module (126) determines the length of the non-shape-sensed interventional device using a known position of the device in the hub and the position of the distal tip of the device. The system includes a detection module (146) that receives curvature data from the shape-sensed guidewire and is configured to determine the state of the shape-sensed guidewire with respect to an interventional device.
US11346728B2
The present invention relates to a piezoelectric sensor using a piezoelectric polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) film. As an embodiment, there is proposed a piezoelectric sensor including: a PVDF film; an electrode layer which is formed on the top surface of the PVDF film; a substrate which is provided with a first electrode electrically connected to the electrode layer and a second electrode disposed at a location spaced apart from the first electrode; a non-conductive layer which covers the electrode layer; a first shield film which is electrically connected to the second electrode while being attached to the non-conductive layer; and a second shield film which is attached to the top surface of the PVDF film, and is connected to the first shield film while surrounding a stack of the PVDF film to the non-conductive layer.
US11346727B2
Provided is a sensor that includes a sensing layer including a pressure detection unit, a dielectric layer provided on the sensing layer, the dielectric layer being deformable, and a conductive layer including a protrusion protruding toward the dielectric layer. The conductive layer is movable in an in-plane direction of the sensing layer.
US11346726B2
A sensor element, a sensor arrangement, and a method for manufacturing a sensor element and a sensor arrangement are disclosed. In an embodiment, a sensor element includes a ceramic main body having at least one electrode arranged at the main body and having at least one contact piece for the electrical contacting of the electrode, wherein the contact piece is fastened to the electrode by welding or bonding.
US11346720B2
In a spectrometry device, a control unit controls a light source so that input of excitation light to an internal space is maintained in a first period, and that the input of the excitation light to the internal space is stopped in a second period, and the analysis unit calculates the photoluminescence quantum yield of a long afterglow emission material on the basis of the number of absorbed photons of the long afterglow emission material obtained on the basis of excitation light spectral data in the first period and the number of light emission photons of the long afterglow emission material obtained on the basis of light emission spectral data in any of the first period, the second period, and a total period of the first period and the second period.
US11346717B2
In an illustrative configuration, a method for monitoring air quality is disclosed. The method includes accepting analyte gas into a cell and reflecting light rays into the analyte gas repeatedly across the cell into at least one sensor. The light scattered by particulate matter in the analyte gas and amount of spectra-absorption due to presence of a gaseous chemical is then measured. Based on the determined amount of spectra-absorption and the measured scattered light the gaseous chemical is then measured.
US11346715B2
A standard reference material interface for a Raman probe includes a locator including a housing having a first end and a second end, the first end including an attachment portion configured to mate with an attachment portion of the Raman probe. The locator defines a central axis that intersects the first end and the second end. The standard reference material interface also includes a hermetically sealed standard reference material enclosure positioned at the second end of the housing and enclosing a standard reference material. An optical port is positioned within the housing between the Raman probe and the standard reference material relative to the central axis. The optical port includes a window.
US11346712B2
The sun safety display and dispenser is a rugged outdoor device designed to measure the direct and scattered UV radiation in the atmosphere; to calculate and display a sun safety awareness index warning of the time to skin burn and or potential damage; to provide a personalized sun safety awareness index reading to help the user determine the appropriate SPF sunscreen, manually or automatically; and, to dispense sunscreen generally or by specific SPF as correlated with the user's personalized sun safety awareness index reading.
US11346704B2
A load sensor bucket for equipment is operable in a loading mode and a metering mode. In the loading mode, the bucket is disposed to load material. In the metering mode, the bucket is tilted upward with the load sensors oriented to form a vertical metering column that is substantially perpendicular to a ground surface. In the metering mode, the bucket orients a center of mass of the material within the vertical metering column so that the load sensors can measure the bucket load. The measurement can be conveyed to an operator of the machine, who can then determine real time whether the bucket is loaded to a target amount of material. A related method can include detecting a load parameter, such as stress/strain, via the load sensors and displaying output in a cab.
US11346701B2
A fluid tank system comprises a fluid container that includes a sensor opening in a fluid container wall defined by a rim, and a fluid level sensor comprising a radial flange on a proximate end of a longitudinally extending electronics stem that includes a distal end. The distal end of the electronic stem is inserted into the fluid container via the sensor opening and the radial flange seats on the rim. The distal end of the electronics stem is guided via a first radial support and a second radial support to a seat that is located coaxial with the sensor opening, where the first and second radial supports are longitudinally separated and radially spaced apart to allow the electronics stem to longitudinally pass between the first and second radial supports until the flange seats on the rim ensuring that the distal end of the electronic stem is longitudinally positioned adjacent to the seat.
US11346694B2
A method for measuring a velocity of a fluid, comprising the steps of, acquiring an ultrasonic measuring signal after it has travelled in the fluid over a path of defined length; defining measurement zone of the ultrasonic measuring signal which includes a plurality of measurement lobes; for each measurement lobe, measuring a zero crossing point associated with said measurement lobe; selecting at least two zero crossing points which satisfy a predefined precision criterion; estimating a time of flight for the ultrasonic measuring signal from the selected zero crossing points; utilizing the time of flight to estimate the velocity of the fluid.
US11346690B2
A technique for managing an attachment between first and second portions of a device. The technique includes a retaining component having a first state in which the retaining component maintains the attachment between the first and second portions by virtue of a rigid characteristic and a second state in which the retaining component loses the rigid characteristic and no longer maintains the attachment. The retaining component transitions from the first state to the second state upon exposure to liquid water.
US11346687B2
A latching system with a hall-effect sensor as described herein. A vehicle latch, including: a component movably secured to the latch; a magnet secured to the component; and a hall effect sensor positioned to detect a polarity of the magnet as the component moves, wherein the magnet is arranged with respect to the hall effect sensor so that a direction of the magnet's polarity (North and South) is parallel to the hall effect sensor as the component moves with respect to the hall effect sensor.
US11346684B2
The preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for dynamic route estimation and prediction using discrete sampled location updates from various mobile devices for the purpose of providing a graphical representation of a mobile device's route along a known network path of map data. The embodiments also provide supplemental route metrics, such as traveled distance, elapsed time, etc., and the capability to assign destination points for the purpose of providing the ability to modify location update points in an application, such as a route planner, and/or to store the dynamically generated route based on various preferences for later retrieval.
US11346682B2
The present technology provides systems, methods, and devices that can dynamically augment aspects of a map as an autonomous vehicle navigates a route, and therefore avoids the need for dispatching a special purpose mapping vehicle to keep navigating a route. As the autonomous vehicle navigates a route, the autonomous vehicle can determine that current data captured by at least one sensor of the autonomous vehicle describing a location is inconsistent with the primary map of the location. The autonomous vehicle can determine that a portion of the current data describes a second feature that is distinct from a first feature described by a primary map. The second feature can be added to an augmented map that is based on the primary map, and the position of the autonomous vehicle can be located with respect to the first feature rather than the second feature on the augmented map.
US11346681B2
Embodiments relate to searching or comparing sites. One embodiment is a real estate search-or-compare method based on commute durations. The method efficiently processes public transportation and real estate property data to compute the durations of travel between the real estate properties and the vehicle stops. These durations are stored. A request framework is introduced that allows to express a wide range of search-or-compare requests. During request processing, the method identifies parts of the commute paths that depend on any real estate property. Because durations for these parts were precomputed and stored, the method can determine commute durations to every real estate property in a scalable manner. As a result, the method rapidly responds to requests within the real estate market of one of the largest metropolitan areas in existence today. Other embodiments include: searching or comparing based on a monetary cost, transportation using private cars, and sites other than real estate properties. A computer system and a computer service also embody the method.
US11346678B2
A system for estimating or predicting energy consumption for a trip of a personal vehicle includes a user facing portion and a back-end portion. The user facing portion includes a display and a user interface hosting a real-time application configured to receive travel information and present a received energy distribution via the display. The back-end portion includes a back-end database and an energy processor configured to access the back-end database. The energy processor includes a demand model module configured to produce a set of possible velocity histories and a set of possible ambient temperatures. A vehicle model module is configured to receive the velocity histories and ambient temperatures to provide the energy distribution or a probabilistic prediction of future energy consumption to the user facing portion.
US11346676B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for ranking alternative destination recommendations are provided. One of the methods comprises: receiving a trip request comprising an origin and an initial destination; determining one or more alternative destinations based on one or more features of the initial destination; for each of the alternative destinations, determining, based on a machine-learning classifier, a probability for the rider to select a trip option from the origin to the alternative destination, where the machine-learning classifier is trained to accept input comprising one or more attributes of the trip option and generate output comprising the probability for the rider to select the alternative destination; generating a score for each of the alternative destinations based at least on the probability; and ranking, by the computing device of the ridesharing platform, the alternative destinations based on the scores.
US11346675B2
The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for assisting a physically handicapped individual to obtain a ride in an autonomous vehicle. In one exemplary embodiment, a physically handicapped individual can use a helper application installed in a smartphone to initiate a request for an autonomous vehicle. Upon receiving the request, the helper application determines a first set of location coordinates of the physically handicapped individual and a second set of location coordinates of an autonomous vehicle that is available to provide the ride. The helper application may use the first set and/or the second set of location coordinates to identify a parking spot for the autonomous vehicle. The smartphone then transmits to the autonomous vehicle, a first set of instructions directing the autonomous vehicle to drive to the parking spot, and a second set of instructions to the physically handicapped individual to assist in moving to the parking spot.
US11346671B2
The present disclosure relates to method and system for global localization using a combination of visual odometry and optimization approaches in order to map a vehicle trajectory to an offline map with a-priori knowledge of at least two observed streets in order to reduce the optimization parameter space from three dimensions to one dimensions compared to standard iterative closest point methods.
US11346668B2
A method of adjusting an operating parameter of a miniature electromechanical resonator comprises measuring angular coordinates of first and second principal stiffness axes of first and second wine-glass mode of the miniature electromechanical resonator, respectively; determining first and second wine-glass mode frequencies of the resonator being resonant frequencies of the first and second principal stiffness axes, respectively; calculating one or more locations on the resonator for machining to reduce a difference between the first and second wine-glass mode frequencies; and machining the one or more locations on the resonator to reduce the difference between the first and second wine-glass mode frequencies. An apparatus for adjusting an operating parameter of a miniature electromechanical resonator comprises a vibration actuator/detector configured to measure the locations of the first and second principal stiffness axes, and a micro-machining apparatus to add or remove material from the resonator for adjusting the operating parameter thereof.
US11346665B2
A method for planning sample points for surveying and mapping is disclosed, which includes: acquiring a reference photographing location point corresponding to a region to be surveyed and mapped, and establishing a mapping relation between one shooting point in a combined shooting point set and the reference photographing location point; determining a plurality of auxiliary photographing location points corresponding to the reference photographing location point based on the mapping relation preset relative positional relations between the shooting points in the combined shooting point set; and using the reference photographing location point and the plurality of auxiliary photographing location points as sample points for surveying and mapping based on which an unmanned aerial vehicle for surveying and mapping performs surveying and mapping in the region to be surveyed and mapped. An apparatus for planning sample points for surveying and mapping, a control terminal, and a storage medium are also disclosed.
US11346663B2
Provided is a stereo camera that is capable of reducing the distance error created by entrance pupil center movement between different principal ray angles of incidence. In the present invention, imaging system unit 100a images a standard image of an object. Imaging system unit 100b images a reference image of the object. A geometric correction information storage unit 114 stores geometric correction information for the standard image and reference image, which each have error depending on the differences between the positions of the object in the standard image and reference image if the entrance pupil center indicating the point of intersection between the principal ray and optical axis moves according to the angle of incidence and the positions of the object in the standard image and reference image if it is assumed that the entrance pupil center does not move according to the angle of incidence. The geometric correction unit 119 geometrically corrects the standard image and reference image using the geometric correction information.
US11346662B2
The invention relates to a method and device for predicting a volume median diameter (VMD) in an overlapped spray area of twin nozzles. Placing a single nozzle at different heights to determine a spray area; measuring all VMDs in the spray area to obtain first true measured values; dividing the first true measured values to construct a first calibration set and a first prediction set; establishing a polynomial fitting formula by a REGRESS function; placing twin nozzles at different heights and different nozzle spacing, and measuring VMDs in the overlapped spray area to obtain second true measured values; determining simulated values of the VMDs of first and second nozzles; dividing the simulated values of the VMDs and the second true measured values to construct a second calibration set and a second prediction set; quantitatively calibrating by using a radial basis function neural network (RBFNN) to obtain a prediction model; determining a VMD in the overlapped spray area of twin nozzles.
US11346657B2
An overlay metrology tool may include an illumination source, illumination optics to illuminate an overlay target having periodic features with one or more illumination beams, collection optics to direct diffracted light from the periodic features of the overlay target to a detector, an adjustable pupil mask located at a pupil plane, and a controller. The adjustable pupil mask may include one or more individually-addressable control zones distributed across the one or more portions of the pupil plane to provide an adjustable pupil transmissivity distribution. The controller may direct the adjustable pupil mask to provide a selected pupil transmissivity distribution corresponding to a selected overlay metrology recipe, where the selected pupil transmissivity distribution corresponds to a selected configuration of the one or more control zones providing transmission of a selected set of diffraction orders from the target to the detector.
US11346653B2
An apparatus monitors positions on an external object having at least one beacon (1(i), i=1, 2, . . . , I) attached to it. The apparatus has an image sensor (11), a lens system (13) and a processing unit (9). The lens system (13) receives at least one light beam (5(i)) transmitted from the at least one beacon (1(i)) and transfer the at least one light beam (5(i)) to the image sensor (11). The image sensor (11) forms image data. The processing unit (9) identifies the at least one beacon (1(i)) within the image data based on the at least one light beam (5(i)), determines current location data of the at least one beacon (1(i)) based on the image data, compares the current location data with former location data of the one or more beacons (1(i)) as stored in a memory (15) and determines whether the object has moved relative to a fixed reference frame based on the comparison.
US11346650B2
Interferometric speckle visibility spectroscopy methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for recovering sample speckle field data or a speckle field pattern from an off-axis interferogram recorded by one or more sensors over an exposure time and determining sample dynamics of a sample being analyzed from speckle statistics of the speckle field data or the speckle field pattern.
US11346645B2
The invention relates to a testing device for material wear of cycloidal gear and needle bearing of RV reducer, comprising: an upper cover (1), a lower cover (2), two sliding shafts (3 and 3′), two connecting shafts (4 and 4′), a driven shaft component (5), two copper sleeves (6 and 6′), two nuts (7 and 7′), two disc springs (8 and 8′), an eccentric shaft component (9), a needle bearing (10), two planetary gears (11 and 11′), two cycloidal gears (12 and 12′), and a motor assembly (13). The device can be installed on various industrial platforms. The motor drives the planetary gear to rotate, and then drives the eccentric shaft to rotate. The first bearing hole of the cycloidal gear fits with the needle bearing and forms a revolute pair with the eccentric shaft. Owning to the eccentric shaft, the cycloidal gears (12 and 12′) are driven to swing. The other bearing hole fits with the sliding shaft (3 and 3′) and the connecting shaft (4 and 4′) to form a loaded rolling friction pair. Then the cycloidal gear drives the sliding shaft to perform reciprocating movement along the track of cavity. The connecting shaft (4 and 4′) and the sliding shaft (3 and 3′) exert the load on the cycloidal gear (12 and 12′) and needle bearing (10) by compressing the disc springs via the nuts. After a specified time of operation, measure the diameter of bearing holes of cycloidal gear and the outer diameter of needle bearing, then evaluate the material wear of the two components. It provides reliable testing data for the selection of material and the determination of heat treatment process of the cycloidal gear and needle bearing. The invention solves the difficult problem for measuring the material wear of cycloidal gear and needle bearing, which are the key components of RV reducer.
US11346644B2
A plug gauge includes a housing defining an internal volume and a longitudinal axis AH. The housing includes an opening into the internal volume. The plug gauge also includes a contact element at least partially received in the opening. The plug gauge further includes a plunger at least partially received in the internal volume. The plunger is biased into engagement with the contact element to urge the contact element radially outward from the housing through the opening. The plug gauge additionally includes a sealing member between the contact element and the housing.
US11346643B2
Methods of delivering inhibited emulsions are provided. The methods can include mixing an emulsion with a separate inhibitor solution to form the inhibited emulsion. Inhibitor solutions including water, an inhibitor, and a crystallization point modified are provided. Systems for delivering inhibited emulsions are also provided.
US11346641B2
A 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 bullet having a forward nose portion with a plurality of cutaways spaced circumferentially about the nose portion. The copper jacket having a leading edge portion positioned at the cutaways.
US11346630B2
A magazine simulator that is removably inserted into a gun, the box magazine including a switch that is articulated with a trigger mechanism of the gun, and a tracker interface coupled to the box magazine, the tracker interface including an electrical connection interface with a virtual reality tracker that communicates with a virtual reality computing device, wherein the electrical connection interface transmits electrical signals to the virtual reality tracker based on articulations of the switch.
US11346628B2
The present invention comprises a trigger pin having a threaded portion and a non-threaded portion and an action having a trigger assembly slot and at least one channel having a portion thereof threaded. In the preferred embodiment, the trigger pin is inserted through a first channel in the action, into a channel within the trigger assembly, and into a second channel in the action opposing the first channel in the action. The threaded portion of the pin is threadably engaged with the threaded portion of the first channel in the action.
US11346620B2
A heatsink comprising a heat exchange device having a plurality of heat exchange elements each having a surface boundary with respect to a heat transfer fluid, having successive elements or regions having varying size scales. According to one embodiment, an accumulation of dust or particles on a surface of the heatsink is reduced by a removal mechanism. The mechanism can be thermal pyrolysis, vibration, blowing, etc. In the case of vibration, adverse effects on the system to be cooled may be minimized by an active or passive vibration suppression system.
US11346618B1
A boxed header is formed from an exterior side plate, an interior side plate, a top plate, a bottom plate, a first end plate and a second end plate. The top plate is connected to the exterior side plate and the interior side plate with welded joints that are formed at the juncture between J-beveled top edges on the exterior side plate and the interior side plate that support the weight of the top plate during assembly. Once the top plate has been secured, the boxed header can be rotated and the bottom plate is attached to the exterior side plate and the interior side plate with welded joints that are formed at the juncture between J-beveled bottom edges on the exterior side plate and the interior side plate that support the weight of the bottom plate during assembly.
US11346614B2
Method for calculating ground storage device temperatures for the operation of a geothermal facility
A method for calculating ground storage device temperatures for operating a geothermal facility with a circulation system by means of at least one geothermal heat exchanger or an energy pile with inflow and outflow lines leading to the geothermal heat exchanger or energy pile. The underground temperature in the ground storage device and/or the temperatures on the inflow and outflow lines are measured. The method includes the following steps: designing a ground storage device model (2) for converting the measured temperature variations into dynamic energy flows in the ground storage device; designing an energy flow model (3) based on statistically determined models and influencing variables relating to heat and cold; and calculating the future temperature variations (5) in the ground storage device using the energy flow model (3) and the ground storage device model (2).
US11346610B2
A heat exchanger includes a plate with an external surface, a channel, and a nozzle. The external surface bounds an interior of the plate. The channel is disposed in the heat exchanger and passes through a portion of the interior. The nozzle is integrally disposed in the heat exchanger, extends through a portion of the external surface, and is fluidly connected to the channel. The nozzle is configured to transport a liquid from the channel, through the external surface, and to distribute the liquid onto a portion of the heat exchanger.
US11346602B2
Liquefier arrangements configured for co-production of both liquid natural gas (LNG) and liquid nitrogen (LIN) configured to operate in two distinct operating modes are provided.
US11346600B2
Provided is a method of setting a system, the method being performed by a processor and including: (a) when receiving detection, by the sensor, of a first amount of goods equal to or larger than a first predetermined amount, displaying, on a display, a first screen prompting setting of a threshold amount of goods corresponding to a condition of trigger output; (b) when the sensor detects reduction of an amount of goods by at least a second predetermined amount after displaying the first screen, acquiring, as the threshold amount, a second amount of reduced goods; (c) after the threshold amount is acquired, displaying, on the display, a second screen for setting an action of the processing device; and (d) based on information on the action set after displaying the second screen, setting output contents to be output by the processing device upon satisfaction of the condition of trigger output.
US11346595B2
A vacuum insulated appliance includes an outer wrapper and an inner liner. A ladder rack is coupled to the inner liner. The ladder rack includes first and second sidewalls coupled together by a connecting wall that defines a plurality of apertures. An adapter member includes a hook configured to extend through an aperture of the plurality of apertures when coupled to the ladder rack. The adapter member is coupled with a locking member that engages inner surface of first and second sidewalls of the ladder rack. A cantilever support is coupled to the adapter member and extends outward from the ladder rack. A rail assembly is coupled to an upper surface of the cantilever support. A spacer is coupled to an end of the cantilever support and abuts an inner liner surface. A storage feature is coupled to the rail assembly and is operable between stowed and deployed positions.
US11346588B2
An air conditioner and a fluid filling method for an air conditioner are provided. The method may include operating, by the air conditioner, in a fluid supply mode, to fill a group of pipes with a fluid, such as water, determining whether an amount of the fluid in the group of pipes is appropriate while continuously filling the group of pipes with the fluid, and outputting, by an output device, information indicating that filling of the fluid has been completed when it is determined that the amount of the fluid is appropriate. The fluid supply mode may include a first fluid supply mode in which fluid is supplied while the outdoor unit is stopped, and a second fluid supply mode in which the fluid is supplied while the outdoor unit is operated.
US11346585B2
An electrochemical heat transfer device utilizes an electrochemical hydrogen compressor to pump hydrogen into and out of a reservoir having a metal hydride forming alloy therein. The absorption of hydrogen by the metal hydride forming alloy is exothermic, produces heat, and the desorption of the hydrogen from the metal hydride forming alloy is endothermic and draws heat in. An electrochemical hydrogen compressor may be configured between to reservoirs and pump hydrogen back and forth to form a heat transfer device. A heat exchange device may be coupled with the reservoir or may comprise the outer surface of the reservoir to transfer heat to an object or to the surroundings. A closed loop may be configured having two reservoirs and one or two electrochemical hydrogen compressors to pump the hydrogen in a loop around the system.
US11346582B2
A heat exchange device for stabilizing the ambient temperature in large spaces is provided. The heat exchange device comprises an inner tube and an outer tube of rigid material. The outer tube is open at its upper part and closed at its lower part, with a diameter approximately sixty percent greater than the diameter of the inner tube and a length of more than ten meters. The inner tube is also open at its upper part and closed at its lower part, and the perimeter of its lower side has a series of holes. The inner tube is inserted into the outer tube and it has several clamps, which have at least three symmetrical legs located in the perpendicular plane of the axes of the tubes and ending in their respective wheels on free axes. In the upper part of the inner tube an air extractor device is located.
US11346576B2
An air conditioner of present invention comprises a housing having an outer panel forming the exterior and an opening formed on the outer panel, a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with air flowing into the housing, and a door unit configured to open or close the opening by moving forward or backward from the opening through which the heat exchanged air is discharged. Wherein the door unit comprises a door blade configured to open or close the opening, a door operating part configured to move the door blade forward or backward, and a controller configured to control the air discharged from the opening to be moved forward from the opening in a straight line or to be discharged radially from the opening by controlling a distance between the door blade and the opening.
US11346573B2
An air conditioning system includes one or more cameras, one or more air conditioning operation units, and an air conditioner control unit that obtains, via the one or more cameras, images of a surrounding environment of the air conditioning operation units, and determines a first set of factors, including a layout of the surrounding environment, based on analysis of the images through predefined machine learning models. The control unit, in accordance with the first set of factors that has been determined based on the analysis of the images through the predefined machine learning models, selects a first operation profile from a plurality of predefined operation profiles to control the air conditioning operation units.
US11346564B2
Architectures and techniques are presented that can facilitate improved design and function of certain heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) devices. Architectures directed to an improved evase device can be designed with rounded corners that can facilitate, e.g., mitigation of reverse flow that traditionally grows back from corners of a transition from an axial fan to a rectangular duct. Architectures directed to an improved intake device can be designed to limit intake from certain flow directions and to smoothly change flow direction, which can facilitate, e.g., reduction in noise. Architectures directed to an improved fan intake device can be designed to reduce noise without significantly reducing total pressure. Architectures directed to an improved air handler device can be designed to concurrently heat and cool air and to reduce dimensions (e.g., size, weight) that can reduce costs and mitigate shipping and installation difficulties.
US11346547B2
An assembly for use with a cake is provided. The assembly includes a plurality of candles and a plurality of candle holders. Each individually sized candle holder is configured for receiving one candle of the plurality of candles. A plurality of links are part of the assembly, and a link connects adjacent candle holders. The link is flexible to allow selective placement of each of the candle holders. A wick connector extends between wicks of adjacent candles. Lighting of the wick connector allows for the lit wick connector to extend to all of the plurality of candles to light the candles.
US11346546B2
This solid fuel burner is provided with: a venturi tube in which a channel for mixed fluid in a fuel nozzle narrows toward the center in the channel cross section; a fuel concentrator that imparts, to the mixed fluid, a velocity component away from the center of the fuel nozzle; and a channel separation member that separates the channel of the fuel nozzle into an internal side and an external side; wherein the channel separation member is shaped in such a way that the cross sectional area of an external channel is larger at the downstream end than at the upstream end, and the upstream end of the fuel concentrator is located between the upstream end and the downstream end of an expanded portion of the venturi tube. This solid fuel burner prevents solid fuel particles, which is ground biomass fuel, from adhering and depositing inside the nozzle.
US11346538B1
An LED lighting module has a main body section on which LED lights are mounted and informational wiring data and electrical power wiring which extends through the module. The module has first and second cavities, each cavity having two prongs located therein, the two prongs in the first cavity being electrically connected to the electrical power wiring and the two prongs in the second cavity being connected to the informational data wiring. Female connection members having informational data and electrical power wiring are inserted into the two cavities and plugged into the prongs to provide informational data and establish electrical power into the module. Multiple LED modules can be connected in one system having a single electrical power source and a single informational data processor by attaching the female connectors between multiple LED modules.
US11346536B2
The invention provides a kit of parts, especially for a lighting system with a light generated device hosted in a housing, the kit of parts comprising (i) a cable gland (100) comprising a cable gland body (110) and a sealing nut (120) for the cable gland body (110), wherein the cable gland (100) is configured for hosting an electrical cable (10) over at least part of a cable length (L) of the electrical cable (10), wherein the electrical cable (10) comprises an electrically conductive wire (11), wherein the cable gland (100) has a cable gland length (L2), and (ii) a wire transport element (2000) comprising a wire transport connector facility (2220) for hosting a part of a functional device electrically conductive wire (311), wherein the shape of the wire transport element (2000) is such that the wire transport element (2000) can be transported through the cable gland (100) over at least part of the cable gland length (L2).
US11346533B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of vehicle lights. More specifically, the present invention relates to a multipurpose vehicle light that can be removably attached to an external surface of a vehicle or vessel. The device is solar or battery powered, does not rely on the vehicle's power source to operate, and can be removably attached to a vehicle exterior without damaging or permanently modifying the exterior. The device is further comprised of a USB port and a charging case to recharge the device, a light source comprised of a plurality of LEDs that may be remote controlled or automatically activated, a camera and a speaker.
US11346531B2
An illumination apparatus can include a light assembly having a housing section and an attachment section. At least one light emitting device is contained within the housing section. The attachment assembly can include a substantially flat base section and an attachment member extending outwardly from the base section. The attachment section of the light assembly can define a recess having a size and shape that is complementary to the attachment member of the attachment assembly, such that the light assembly and the attachment assembly can be releasably attached to each other by complementary frictional engagement of the attachment member of the attachment assembly and the attachment section of the light assembly when the attachment member is positioned within the attachment section.
US11346526B1
An area optical cover for a linear light source extends along an axial direction. The optical cover includes a portion of an optical material that forms a constant cross-section transverse to the axial direction. An outer surface of the cross-section is substantially planar, and an inner surface of the cross-section forms a plurality of facets. Each of the facets forms a refractive surface that is configured to refract a corresponding portion of light from the light source, and a return surface that connects the refractive surface with a refractive surface of an adjacent facet. When the outer surface is oriented horizontally on a lower side of the portion of the optical material, and the linear light source is positioned at an installation height above the inner surface, all facets within at least 30 degrees of nadir from the light source are optimized to provide a selected light distribution.
US11346521B2
Provided is a light projection device and a light projection device for vehicle, and the light projection device includes: a light source having light emission portions disposed side by side in a predetermined direction; convex lenses, which focus light irradiated from the light emission portions; an optical scanner having a mirror portion that scans the light passing through the convex lenses, and a drive source swinging the mirror portion; and a projection lens disposed between the convex lenses and the mirror portion, or disposed in a position to which the light scanned from the mirror portion is projected. The convex lenses are disposed side by side in the predetermined direction at intervals so that the light transmitted through and focused by the convex lenses in a stationary state comes close.
US11346518B2
A headlight (1) includes a lamp unit (20) including: light sources (52R,52G,52B) that emit laser light; and phase modulation elements (54R,54G,54B) that diffract the laser light emitted from the light sources (52R,52G,52B) with a phase modulation pattern that is changeable, and emit light of a light distribution pattern based on the phase modulation pattern. The lamp unit (20) adjusts a total luminous flux amount of light emitted from the lamp unit (20) according to the light distribution pattern.
US11346517B2
A lens holding structure, comprising a first holding member, a first lens disposed ahead of the first holding member, a second lens disposed ahead of the first lens, a second holding member disposed ahead of the second lens, and a fixing unit that fixes the first holding member and the second holding member in a state of holding the first lens and the second lens between the first holding member and the second holding member, wherein the first lens and the second lens are held between the first holding member and the second holding member in a state of the optical surface of the second lens being surface-contacted with the optical surface of the first lens.
US11346515B1
A light troffer assembly has a cover panel. A T-bar frame has a right T-bar parallel to a left T-bar, and with a rear T-bar parallel to a front T-bar. A bracket frame is mounted between the cover panel and the T-bar frame. The bracket frame includes a first mounting bracket mounted above the right T-bar, a second mounting bracket mounted above the left T-bar, and a first mounting rail and a second mounting rail connecting the first mounting bracket to the second mounting bracket. The mounting bracket frame is sandwiched between the cover panel and the T-bar frame. An LED panel has an LED panel power supply, pivot hook latches and pivot pins.
US11346507B2
An LED lamp, comprising a base; a lamp envelope coupled to the base; a support module accommodated in the lamp envelope, a first inner cavity being formed between the support module and the lamp envelope, the first inner cavity containing therein a first gas medium; a driver module accommodated in the first inner cavity and coupled to the support module; and an LED inner vessel accommodated in the first inner cavity and coupled to at least one of the support module and the driver module, a sealed second inner cavity being formed within the LED inner vessel, and the second inner cavity containing therein a second gas medium and an LED light source module.
US11346499B1
A container includes first and second hollow shells respectively including first and second inner surfaces to receive a portion of a pressure vessel (PV). The first hollow shell includes a fiber layer that is and at least partially impregnated with resin, and an energy dissipating material that is substantially concentric with the first inner surface and disposed between the first inner surface and the fiber layer. The second hollow shell includes a fiber layer that is at least partially impregnated with resin, and an energy dissipating material that is substantially concentric with the second inner surface and disposed between the second inner surface and the second fiber layer. The first and second hollow shells are attachable to one another to define a volume for at least partially enclosing the PV.
US11346496B2
A device for wall mounting television or another display includes a wall mounting portion, a display mounting portion, and an extending/contracting portion. The extending/contracting portion includes a lower arm, an upper arm, a front bracket, a wall mounting bracket, one or more gas springs, and a linear actuator. The one or more gas springs and the linear actuator are arranged selectively to retract and extend the display mounting portion. The lower arm includes protrusions for automatically straightening a display attached to the display mounting portion. The display mounting portion and the extending/contracting portion together include a mechanism for automatically adjusting azimuth of the display mounting portion to a pre-set position when the display mounting portion is lowered into a viewing position. The mechanism for automatically adjusting azimuth may include a set screw and a biasing spring.
US11346480B2
A connecting kit for an irrigation hose includes a hollow male body having, at a relative end, a connector including an end head and a hollow female body, including a second seat for the end head and having a second longitudinal extension greater than a first longitudinal extension of the end head.
US11346477B2
Quick coupling including casing defining longitudinal axis, outlet and inlet, to receive at the inlet at least part of external connector to fluidity connect external connector and outlet, shutter housed within casing to translate along longitudinal axis in opposition to opposing element, housing at least part of external connector and including retainer to lock at least part of external connector within shutter in at least one position along longitudinal axis, controller accessible from outside and including first slider housed within casing to translate along locking direction skewed relative to longitudinal axis in opposition to second opposing element, to house at least part of the shutter and including lock to lock the shutter within first slider in position along locking direction, and safety to lock shutter when subjected to pressures above predetermined threshold by fluid present within coupling, wherein the shutter locks external connector at least when safety locks shutter.
US11346470B2
A metal braided hose includes: an inner tube including an elastic material; a first metal wire braided layer enveloping an outer surface of the inner tube; and a second metal wire braided layer enveloping the first metal wire braided layer. A wire thickness of the second metal wire braided layer is smaller than a wire thickness of the first metal wire braided layer.
US11346464B2
A pipe puller system and methods of pipe extraction are shown. In one example a pipe to be replaced is pulled by attaching a pulling force to multiple locations along a length of the pipe. In one example pulling forces can be varied between different attachment locations to better control or eliminate tearing of the pipe. In one example, a pipe loosening device may be used prior to pulling the pipe from the ground.
US11346462B2
A valve for pressurized fluid including a body housing a fluid circuit having an upstream end configured to be placed in communication with a reserve of pressurized fluid and a downstream end configured to be placed in communication with a user of fluid, the circuit including a collection of valve shutter(s) having at least one shutoff valve shutter allowing the circuit to be closed or opened, the valve having a member for manually controlling the collection of valve shutter(s), the control member being mounted thereby allowing the body to move between a rest position in which the collection of valve shutter(s) is in a position in which the circuit is closed and an active position in which the control member actuates the collection of valve shutter(s) into a position in which the circuit is open with a first bore section.
US11346461B2
To provide a manual valve device suitable for a miniaturized and integrated fluid control system, the manual valve device includes a casing having a tubular shape and incorporating a drive mechanism, an operation member for activating the drive mechanism, and a cam part that converts a force acting on the operation member into a driving force of the drive mechanism. The manual valve device further includes a protective cover provided on an upper end side of the casing and covering at least a portion of the operation member. The operation member includes an attaching part that allows removable attaching of an auxiliary tool for causing a force required for activation of the drive mechanism to act on the operation member. The protective cover is formed so as to allow access to the attaching part of the operation member by the auxiliary tool.
US11346457B2
A piezoelectric element-driven valve 1 including a main body, a valve element, piezoelectric actuators, a plurality of cylindrical actuator boxes arranged in series, a cylindrical outer connecting jig detachably connecting the adjacent actuator boxes and having an opening for drawing out wiring, a plurality of piezoelectric actuators accommodated in the actuator box respectively in the same direction, and a cylindrical inner connecting jig slidably accommodated in the outer connecting jig and having an opening for positioning the adjacent piezoelectric actuators and drawing out wiring.
US11346425B2
An anti-rotational locking apparatus for locking an elongate rotatable element in a particular rotational position with respect to a housing include: a sleeve having an internal profile for slidably receiving therethrough a rotatable elongate element having a portion with an external profile configured to positively engage with the internal profile of the sleeve; a housing; and a locking pin. The sleeve has a flange with a first opening therein and the housing has a second opening therein, the locking pin being insertable in the openings. The flange is arranged for slidable alignment with the second opening in the housing such that when the openings are aligned, the locking pin may be inserted in the openings to lock the flange to the housing and thereby prevent rotation of the flange and of an elongate element extending therethrough and engaged therewith with respect to the housing.
US11346421B2
A crimp portion provided to a damping force adjustable shock absorber includes a crimp groove portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of a solenoid case along a circumferential direction thereof, and one end portion of a thin wall portion of a valve case that is contained while being bent in this crimp groove portion. The crimp groove portion includes an inclined surface inclined into a case 40 from a valve case side toward a solenoid case side. Due to this configuration, the damping force adjustable shock absorber can securely fix the solenoid case and the valve case by crimping while reducing a load on a solenoid block and a valve block due to the crimp fixation to a minimum load.
US11346415B2
A brake disc is provided for a disc brake, which consists of a brake disc chamber and at least one friction ring connected to the latter via connecting devices. A jacket of the brake disc chamber is provided with sections of reduced wall thickness and/or apertures. These sections and/or apertures are axially directed material recesses which are located on the outer circumference of the brake disc chamber jacket and serve for placing the connecting devices as close as possible to the brake disc chamber jacket.
US11346408B2
An apparatus (a controller), and systems and methods for management of inputs, determination of a calculated clutch temperature, and control of action related to the clutch of a transmission system, and notification improvements to a user associated therewith are disclosed. In particular, a clutch calculator circuit is augmented by a machine learning component that employs a machine learning technique and provides a projected clutch temperature as a basis for actions to be taken.
US11346405B2
A clutch system for a torque transmission. The clutch system includes a first rotatable unit connectable to an input, including at least one first abutment surface and a second rotatable unit connectable to an output, including at least one second abutment surface arranged for selectively engaging the first abutment surface. The first and second abutment surfaces being adapted to each other so as to allow disengaging under load. The system includes a third rotatable unit arranged for selectively being in a first position or a second position relative to the second rotatable unit, wherein at least one retaining member of the third rotatable unit selectively locks the at least one second abutment surface in engagement with the at least one first abutment surface for selectively rotationally coupling the second rotatable unit to the first rotatable unit.
US11346402B2
A universal socket structure includes a female seat, a joint member, at least one engaging member, and an elastic member. A coupling end the female seat is recessed to form an accommodating trough. Two opposite sides of the accommodating trough are formed with grooves extending along an axial direction of the female seat. The female seat has at least one coupling portion. The joint member has one end formed with a spherical head. Two opposite sides of the spherical head has protrusions protruding from an outer periphery of the spherical head. The spherical head is accommodated in the accommodating trough. The protrusions are accommodated in the grooves. The engaging member is disposed in the coupling portion and movable from the coupling portion toward the accommodating trough. The elastic member is disposed in the accommodating trough for pushing and supporting the spherical head to engage with the engaging member.
US11346401B2
A bayonet coupling for mounting of a tool on a drive shaft of a machining unit. The drive shaft is connected to the tool via a bayonet coupling, which includes two coupling parts. The one coupling part is provided with a receiving groove for an engaging tab placed on the other coupling part. The receiving groove has a first section with an extension parallel to the axis of rotation and the second section of the receiving groove has an extension transverse, perpendicular, to the axis of rotation, so that the tool is driven via the engagement of the bayonet coupling.
US11346399B2
A transport-securing unit for retaining a plurality of rollers in a rolling-element bearing cage during transportation may include an annular region and a plurality of axially extending, circumferentially spaced projections extending from the annular region. Also, an assembly of the transport-securing unit, a rolling-element cage and a plurality of rollers in pockets of the rolling-element bearing cage, where the transport-securing unit is formed separately from the rolling-element bearing cage, and where the projections extend inside the cage and limit radially inward movement of the rollers relative to the cage.
US11346397B2
A method (100) for operating a gas bearing (1), wherein the gas bearing is formed by a rotor (11) and a stator (12), wherein when there is rotation against a stator (12) with a lift-off rotational speed nL the rotor (11) changes from mixed friction with the stator (12) into fluid friction with a medium (13) located between the stator (12) and the rotor (11), wherein the rotational speed of the rotor (11) is kept at or above an idling rotational speed nI, wherein—in response to a first information item (21), on the basis of which a change ΔF is to be expected in the acceleration forces F acting on the gas bearing (1), a new value of a safety factor rN:=nI/nL between the idling rotational speed nI and the lift-off rotational speed nL is determined (110), and/or—in response to a second information item (31), on the basis of which a change ΔnL is to be expected in the lift-off rotational speed nL, a new value nL,neu is determined for the lift-off rotational speed nL (120), wherein the idling rotational speed nI of the gas bearing (1) is adapted to the changed value of the safety factor rN, and/or to the changed value nL,neu of the lift-off rotational speed nL, (130). The invention further relates to an associated computer program.
US11346396B2
A bearing assembly for supporting a rotor in a fixed housing includes multiple slide bearing segments, each having a slide bearing body supported against a sliding surface. In the region of each slide bearing segment, the bearing clearance between the respective slide bearing body and the sliding surface is adjustable by an adjustment screw, each adjustment screw having an outer thread via which the screw can be screwed into a recess having an inner thread, each adjustment screw having a groove delimited on both sides by adjustment screw sections. A clamping screw extends through the adjustment screw sections and also through the groove, the adjustment screw sections can be clamped by the clamping screw, whereby each adjustment screw can be secured in the respective recess.
US11346395B2
A device for capturing and transmitting data of a bearing of a steel mill or rolling mill includes a sensor with a data processing unit arranged in a bearing housing capturing and storing data of a bearing. A data transmission unit in the bearing housing wirelessly transmits data of the sensor to a remote receiver. An energy receiving unit in the bearing housing receives energy wirelessly and transmits it to the data transmission unit and the data processing unit. An energy source with an energy transmitting unit arranged outside the bearing housing supply the energy unit wirelessly. The energy transmitting unit is covered by the bearing housing and is arranged on or in a structural part which adjoins the bearing housing and is part of the supporting structure of mill and remains on the supporting structure of the mill when the bearing housing is removed for maintenance purposes.
US11346385B2
A grommet has a body that includes a longitudinal axis and has a passageway therein. The grommet further includes a collar and a box prong. The collar extends from the body and away from the longitudinal axis. The box prong extends circumferentially around the body. A plurality of openings extend through the body and the box prong at diametrically opposed sides. The grommet is configured to attach within a slot of a component in any orientation.
US11346384B2
An open triangle made of rigid material planes each joined ninety degrees to one another and of sufficient thickness, rigidity, precision and construction for the triangle as a whole to serve as a brace for clamping, aligning, and joining workpieces, especially three workpieces at ninety degrees to one another; the opening of the triangular brace serving as a space for the operation of joining the workpieces, especially joining by means of high-heat welding but also by other means of joining, like drilling and fastening with bolts; the triangular brace being constructed of one piece, or a plurality of pieces in which one plane or all planes of the brace are removable and re-attachable, or rotatable in and out of position, by means of screws, bolts, pins, interlocking tongue-and-groove, magnets, axle for rotation, or other secure means.
US11346381B2
Systems and methods for extending a boom. The methods comprise: placing a drive train assembly in a start configuration in which an engagement member of the drive train assembly is coupled to an inner telescoping segment of the boom; rotating a spool in a first direction so as to unwind a slit-tube that is coupled to the engagement member; causing the inner telescoping segment to move in a direction away from a proximal end of the boom as the slit-tube is being unwound from the spool; and coupling the inner telescoping segment to an adjacent telescoping segment when the inner telescoping segment reaches an extended position. The slit-tube extends a distance inside the boom that is equal to or less than a length of the adjacent telescoping segment when the inner telescoping segment is in the extended position.
US11346379B2
An article-fixing device includes an adjustment mechanism and a protruding portion. The adjustment mechanism is interposed between a first plate and a second plate and is joined to a lower surface side of the first plate. The protruding portion is provided integrally with the adjustment mechanism. The protruding portion fixes an article to an upper surface of the first plate.
US11346369B2
A blower assembly includes a fan including a front plate that defines a fan inlet. The blower assembly also includes an inlet plate positioned adjacent the fan such that the inlet plate and the front plate define a cavity therebetween that extends circumferentially about the fan inlet. A motor is coupled to the fan and to the inlet plate and configured to rotate about the rotational axis. The motor is positioned within the cavity.
US11346366B2
A centrifugal compressor includes a shaft defining an axis, an impeller mounted to the shaft for rotation about the axis, and a diffuser section including a first wall, a second wall, and an opening defined between the first wall and the second wall. The opening of the diffuser section is arranged in fluid communication with the impeller. The first wall is rotatable about the axis and rotation of the first wall about the axis is mechanically driven.
US11346362B2
A fixture assembly including a first fixture portion; a second fixture portion that interfaces with the first fixture portion; and a bladder assembly mounted to the second fixture portion to face the first fixture portion. A method of manufacturing a fan blade includes inserting a blade body and a cover into a fixture; and deploying a bladder assembly within the fixture to press the cover into the blade body.
US11346360B2
A ceiling fan assembly or similar air-moving device can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. The ceiling fan assembly can include a ceiling fan mount with a dual axis gimble. The dual axis gimble can be received by a mounting bracket so that at least a first and second axis of rotation are provided to the ceiling fan assembly.
US11346357B2
The invention discloses a kind of single shaft driven level 3 of axial flow pump, including: power source, pumping out, transmission shaft, export fixed vane, the third stage impeller, the second impeller, the first stage impeller, imported fixed vane, pump inlet, the first transmission cone gear, the first cone gear transmission device, the second driving cone gear and the second cone gear transmission device, the invention can realize the opposite steering of the two adjacent impellers by fixing the guide vane and the bevel gear transmission in the impeller hub. With compact structure and small axial size, this single-shaft driven three-stage counter-rotating axial-flow pump can greatly improve the head of the axial pump and widen the efficient zone.
US11346356B2
A bleed valve includes a housing with an inlet coupled to an outlet by a duct, a guide tube with an orifice fixed in the housing between the inlet and the outlet, a piston, and baffle. The piston is slideably supported on the guide tube and is movable between an open and a closed position, the duct fluidly coupling the inlet and outlet in the open position, the duct fluidly separating the inlet and outlet in the closed position. The orifice fluidly couples the inlet and outlet in the open and closed positions to move piston between the open and closed positions according to differential pressure between the bleed valve inlet and outlet. The baffle is slideably supported by the guide tube to set the differential pressure at which the piston moves between the open and closed positions. Gas turbines and differential pressure adjustment methods are also described.
US11346351B2
A motor includes a bearing having a rolling member disposed between an inner ring and an outer ring, a spring connected to the outer ring, and a pusher connected to the spring and configured to move to a first position spaced apart from the inner ring by the spring. The pusher is further configured to move to a second position at which friction with the inner ring is caused by a pressure of air. The inner ring is spaced apart from the rotating shaft by a gap between the inner ring and the rotating shaft when the pusher is at the second position.
US11346346B2
The present invention effectively cools air in a compression process at a high stage when an oil is supplied at the same pressure at a low stage and the high stage. Provided is a liquid-cooled type compressor including: a liquid-cooled type compressor body; at least one first nozzle; and at least one second nozzle, the at least one first nozzle and the at least one second nozzle each having a plurality of injection ports per nozzle and supplying a refrigerant through the injection ports into an inside of the compressor body, the second nozzle having the injection ports each having a diameter larger than a diameter of each of the injection ports of the first nozzle.
US11346345B2
An electric compressor system for a vehicle includes: an electric motor having a rotor and a motor shaft which selectively rotate in a first rotation direction or a second rotation direction; an external rotation shaft extending from the motor shaft of the electric motor; a first compressor unit connected to the external rotation shaft and selectively compressing a first fluid according to the rotation direction of the external rotation shaft; and a second compressor unit connected to the external rotation shaft and selectively compressing a second fluid according to the rotation direction of the external rotation shaft, wherein the first compressor unit and the second compressor unit are sequentially arranged on the external rotation shaft, the first compressor unit is fluidly connected to a first fluid system, and the second compressor unit is fluidly connected to a second fluid system.
US11346337B2
A proportional spool valve (1) for adjusting a displaced volume of a displacement pump, in particular of an oil pump in a motor vehicle, the proportional spool valve (1) includes a valve housing (2) and a valve spool (3) which is mounted in the valve housing (2) and displaceable along a displacement axis (V) and which can be displaced against the spring force of a valve spring (6) axially supported on a spring holder (7) which is fixed relative to the valve housing (2) by energizing an electrical coil assembly (10), characterized in that wherein both the preferably single-piece spring holder (7) and the valve housing (2) are made of plastic and that the spring holder (7) is welded to the valve housing (2), an integral welded connection (9) being formed.
US11346327B2
A wind turbine includes a hub connected to a rotatable shaft extending in an axial direction and at least one bearing supporting the shaft against a housing, wherein the housing includes an electrically conductive cage section, which surrounds at least partially an axial segment of the shaft, wherein the cage section is connected to the shaft by at least one first conduction means and at least one second conduction means, wherein the at least one first conduction means and the at least one second conduction means are arranged spaced both from each other in the axial direction, wherein the at least one bearing is arranged between the segment of the shaft and the cage section of the housing at an axial position in between the at least one first conduction means and the at least one second con-duction means.
US11346325B2
A wind turbine comprising a frame on a floating pontoon, wherein the frame is constructed as a lattice rig upright on the pontoon forming a plurality of rectangular or square openings in the rig for receiving respective interchangeable wind turbine generators with associated drive propellers driven by incoming wind, and each wind turbine generator being arranged to travel up the rear of the rig and through the openings towards the front of the rig. The wind power plant is characterized in that each turbine generator comprises one or more pairs of propeller blades forming a propeller set having a blade diameter defining the turbine rotational plane, each propeller set is arranged at a distance from the front side of the rig to be rotated by the incoming wind towards the rig. There is also described a method for mounting turbines with associated propeller sets and openings in the rig, respectively.
US11346323B2
The invention provides an energy collector which includes an electrostatic drive to increase the acceleration of a rotor to maximize the proportion of the time at which the collector is able to efficiently generate power.
US11346319B2
A wave electricity generator system includes a water craft, a reinforcement beam mounted to a bottom of the watercraft, a power generating unit and a leverage assembly. The leverage assembly includes a connection unit disposed on the watercraft, and a lever 62 connected to the power generating unit and the connection unit. The connection unit includes a rope retaining seat, a rope and a protective pad. The rope retaining seat is disposed above the watercraft and connected to the lever. The rope is disposed around the watercraft, threads through the reinforcement beam, and is connected to the rope retaining seat. The protective pad is disposed between the reinforcement beam and the rope.
US11346316B2
An ignition timing control device includes a storage device that stores a normal signal generation model configured to output, upon receiving an output value of a knocking sensor, a noise-removed output value therefrom which an unlearned noise component value has been removed, and a first learned neural network pre-learned to output, upon receiving one of the output value of the knocking sensor and the noise-removed output value, an estimated value of a knocking intensity representative value, and a processor that acquires the estimated value by inputting the output value of the knocking sensor to the normal signal generation model and inputting the noise-removed output value to the first learned neural network, and executes retarding control of an ignition timing based on the acquired estimated value.
US11346313B2
A fuel flow limiter assembly includes a limiter body forming a central bore, and including a shutoff piston within the central bore having a closing hydraulic surface exposed to a fluid pressure of the fuel inlet, and being movable from an open position, to a closed position based on a fuel pressure drop from a fuel inlet to a fuel outlet in the limiter assembly. A fuel filter is resident in the limiter assembly and supported in a connector coupled to the limiter body. The fuel filter is elongate and projects from the connector into a fuel flow path from the fuel inlet to the fuel outlet.
US11346309B2
The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine system (2), wherein the internal combustion engine system (2) is provided with an air intake duct (3), an exhaust gas duct (4) and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system (5), wherein the EGR system (5) comprises an EGR conduit (6) that fluidly connects the exhaust duct (4) and the intake duct (3), and wherein a gas feeding device (7) configured to feed exhaust gas from the exhaust duct (4) to the intake duct (3) is arranged in the EGR conduit (6). The method is characterized in that it comprises the step of: detecting an indication of accumulated deposits of soot, hydrocarbons or other contaminants in the gas feeding device (7) by determining whether a rotational friction of a rotary member (71, 72) of the gas feeding device (7) exceeds a threshold value. The invention also relates to an internal combustion engine system (2) configured for being operated by such a method and to a vehicle (1) provided with such an engine system (2). The invention further relates to means for controlling the above method.
US11346299B2
A method for operating an internal combustion engine having a common-rail injection system as a function of a quantity of fuel injected. The method includes determining an information item about a relative-pressure characteristic from a characteristic of an absolute rail pressure in a high-pressure reservoir of the common-rail injection system; determining the quantity of fuel injected as a function of the information item about the relative-pressure characteristic, and with the aid of a trained functional model, in particular, a nonparametric functional model or a neural network; operating the internal combustion engine as a function of the quantity of fuel injected.
US11346296B2
Fuel injection control of an engine is executed by setting a required injection amount and an air-fuel ratio correction amount. When setting conditions are met, the air-fuel ratio correction amount is set for a corresponding region to which a current intake air amount or load ratio belongs among a plurality of regions into which the range of the intake air amount or the load ratio is divided such that a region of a larger intake air amount or a higher load ratio becomes wider than a region of a smaller intake air amount or a lower load ratio. When purge conditions are met, a purge control valve is controlled such that purge of supplying an evaporated fuel gas to an intake pipe is executed based on a required purge ratio.
US11346293B2
An internal combustion engine comprises an engine body, a filter provided in an exhaust passage of the engine body and trapping particulate matter in the exhaust, and a temperature sensor detecting a temperature of gas flowing cut from the filter. A control device controlling this internal combustion engine comprises a fuel cut control pan configured to perform fuel cut control stopping a supply of fuel to a combustion chamber of the engine body and a forced ending part configured to forcibly make the fuel cut control end even if a condition for performance of fuel cut control had stood based on a trend in change of temperature of the gas temperature detected by the temperature sensor.
US11346291B2
A throttle valve device includes a body, a shaft, a pair of bearings, a valve, a motor, a valve gear, a coil spring, a first guide, and a second guide. At least one of the first guide and the second guide includes a circular holder that faces an end surface of the coil spring, a spring-end holding portion that outwardly protrudes from the circular holder and is configured to hold a spring end of the coil spring, a hub that is rotatably connected to the shaft, and a connecting portion that connects the hub and the circular holder. The first guide is in contact with a lever only at an end surface of the hub. The second guide is in contact with one of the pair of bearings, which is located close to the valve gear, at an end surface of the hub.
US11346289B2
A turbofan engine has an engine case and a gaspath through the engine case. A fan has a circumferential array of fan blades. The engine further has a compressor, a combustor, a gas generating turbine, and a low pressure turbine section. A speed reduction mechanism couples the low pressure turbine section to the fan. A bypass area ratio is greater than about 6.0. The low pressure turbine section airfoil count to bypass area ratio is below about 170.
US11346280B1
Described herein are embodiments of systems and methods for the removal of a direct drive unit (DDU) housed in an enclosure, such as a direct drive turbine (DDT) connected to a gearbox for driving a driveshaft connected to a pump for use in hydraulic fracturing operations.
US11346277B1
A two-cycle motor (10) has cylinder assembly (20) housing piston assembly (30) therein that moves reciprocally between two extreme positions controlled by a crankshaft. Cylinder assembly (20) includes combustion chamber (25) and an air compression chamber (45) in an enlarged annular portion (40). Portion (40) receives flange (31) integrally and radially outwardly extending from piston assembly (30) to define to air compression sub-chambers (47;47a). One-way inlet valve assemblies (41, 42) alternate to allow air in while outlet one-way valve assemblies (41a-42a) supply the compressed air to tank assembly (80) for release of the compressed air through intake one way valve assembly (29) to combustion chamber (25).
US11346274B1
Methods and systems are provided for a prechamber. In one example, a system includes a plurality of openings angularly arranged in a prechamber wall. The plurality of openings is oriented to receive and expel fluids in clockwise or counterclockwise directions.
US11346269B2
A vehicle tank for receiving a liquid medium, encompassing: a tank body having a tank wall; a heat exchanger arranged in an interior of the tank body, the heat exchanger having a first heat-exchanger heat delivery surface that faces toward the tank wall and is spaced away from the tank wall; and an electric heating apparatus that is arranged in the interior of the tank body, the electric heating apparatus being arranged between the first heat-exchanger heat delivery surface and the tank wall.
US11346266B2
An engine exhaust aftertreatment device includes a first exhaust treatment unit and/or a second exhaust treatment unit; the first exhaust treatment unit includes a first bypass pipeline and a first connection pipe provided between a DPF and an SCR; the second exhaust treatment unit comprises a second bypass pipeline and a second connection pipeline provided between a DOC and the DPF, one end of the second bypass pipeline being in communication with the turbine front exhaust pipe, and the other end of the second bypass pipeline being in communication with the second connection pipeline; when it is detected that an engine satisfies a starting condition of the first exhaust treatment unit, the first exhaust treatment unit starts; and when it is detected that the engine satisfies a starting condition of the second exhaust treatment unit, the second exhaust treatment unit starts.
US11346264B2
An exhaust gas aftertreatment system includes a first sensor configured to measure a parameter and a second sensor disposed proximate the first sensor and configured to measure the parameter. The system includes a controller configured to initially utilize the first sensor as a primary sensor. At target intervals, the controller is configured to receive a first sensor value from the first sensor and receive a second sensor value from the second sensor. The controller is configured to calculate a difference between the first sensor value and the second sensor value and determine if the difference between the first sensor value and the second sensor value is greater than a threshold value. If the difference between the first and second sensor values is greater than the threshold value, the controller is configured to stop utilizing the first sensor as the primary sensor and utilize the second sensor as the primary sensor.
US11346256B1
A method of generating electric power includes expanding a flow of exhaust gas from a combustion process as the exhaust gas passes through a turbo-expander disposed on a turbo-crankshaft. The flow of exhaust gas from the turbo-expander is routed through an absorber section of an open cycle absorption chiller system. Water from the exhaust gas is absorbed via a first refrigerant solution disposed in the absorber section as the exhaust gas passes through the first refrigerant solution and out of the absorber section. The flow of exhaust gas from the absorber section is compressed as the exhaust gas passes through a turbo-compressor disposed on the turbo-crankshaft. Electrical power is generated from a bottoming cycle generator disposed on the turbo-crankshaft.
US11346255B2
A method for preventing formation of droplets in a heat exchanger, in which a second medium transfers heat to a first. The method is performed by a controller which receives different temperature values (T1, T2, T3) and a pressure (P) value to be used for calculating a boiling point temperature value (TB) and determining a first temperature difference (ΔT1) and a second temperature difference (ΔT2). Generating a flow control signal, for controlling the flow of the first medium into the heat exchanger, based on the first temperature difference (ΔT1), the second temperature difference (ΔT2) and the first temperature value T1 and sending the flow control signal to a regulator device for controlling the flow of the first medium in the heat exchanger.
US11346247B2
A turbine engine of an aircraft includes: a primary air flow duct; a secondary air flow duct which is located around the primary duct, the secondary duct including a stator including a plurality of blades distributed around a main axis of the turbine engine and inter-blade platforms located between radially internal ends or between radially external ends of two adjacent blades, each platform including a wall partially delimiting the secondary duct; and a fluid circuit which includes a heat exchanger formed by at least one of the platforms. The platform includes a line that has an inlet port of the fluid and a fluid outlet port. The fluid circuit includes a distributor associated with each port of the at least one platform with the rest of the fluid circuit and of which each distributor is axially offset with respect to the platform along the main axis.
US11346245B2
A steam-turbine unit has a steam turbine and an option for cooling the steam turbine by forced cooling, wherein cooling air is drawn through the steam turbine via a suction device and a drainage line of the live-steam valve is used as the access option.
US11346239B2
A method of measuring a gas turbine engine component of a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, providing at least one gas turbine engine component including a coating on a substrate, detecting infrared radiation emitted from at least one localized region of the coating at a first wavelength in a first electromagnetic radiation frequency range, detecting infrared radiation emitted from the substrate corresponding to the at least one localized region at a second, different wavelength in a second electromagnetic radiation frequency range that differs from the first electromagnetic radiation frequency range, and determining a heat flux relating to the at least one localized region based upon a comparison of the first wavelength and the second wavelength.
US11346238B2
Various methods and systems are provided for generating exhaust energy and converting exhaust energy to electrical energy while an engine is not running. In one example, a system for an engine comprises: a first turbocharger including a first compressor driven by a first turbine, the first turbine disposed in an exhaust of the engine; a fuel burner fluidly coupled to the exhaust upstream of the first turbine; a generator coupled to one of the first turbine or an auxiliary, second turbine fluidly coupled to the exhaust downstream of the fuel burner; and one or more bypass valves configured to adjust a flow of air that bypasses the engine and is delivered to the fuel burner.
US11346230B1
A turbine blade for a gas turbine engine. The turbine blade having a plurality of cooling holes defined therein, wherein the plurality of cooling holes are located in the turbine blade according to the coordinates of Table 1 and at least some of the plurality of cooling holes are located in an airfoil of the turbine blade.
US11346225B2
A turbine nozzle has an airfoil that includes a pressure side portion of a nominal airfoil profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z of a pressure side as set forth in Table I. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a height of the airfoil defined along the Z axis. The X and Y values of the pressure side are coordinate values that, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define pressure side sections of the pressure side portion of the nominal airfoil profile at each Z coordinate value. The pressure side sections may be joined smoothly with one another to form the pressure side portion.
US11346221B2
A backpressure rotary compressor may include at least one vane, at least one vane slot configured to accommodate the at least one vane and provided with a pocket portion and a slide portion, and a backpressure passage provided with a backpressure inlet disposed in front of the at least one vane slot and a backpressure outlet formed in the pocket portion. The backpressure passage may perform a role of allowing a compression chamber and the pocket portion to communicate with each other. According to the backpressure passage rotary compressor, proper pressure may be supplied to an inner end of the vane, thereby reducing a mechanical loss caused by pressure occurring in a close contact portion between an outer end of the at least one vane and an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder, and achieving high efficiency in relation to driving a device.
US11346211B2
Systems and methods for conducting a well intervention operation in a well include positioning a conveyance into the well for the well intervention operation, calculating a predicted force based at least in part on a length of the conveyance that is positioned at a depth in the well, measuring a measured force for the conveyance at the depth in the well, and comparing a predicted force for the conveyance at the depth in the well with the measured force in real time to determine if the predicted force is within a predetermined range of the measured force in real time. The method further includes generating an alert if the predicted force is not within the predetermined range of the measured force in real time, and continuing with the well intervention operation if the predicted force is within the predetermined range of the measured force.
US11346210B2
Quality factors associated with formation pressure measurements at various depths in the geologic formation are determined based on one or more well logs of formation properties in a geologic formation. A formation testing tool with two or more probes is positioned in a borehole of the geologic formation based on the quality factors. The two or more probes in the borehole perform respective formation pressure measurements, where each formation pressure measurement is performed at a different depth. The formation pressure measurements and the given distance between the two or more probes indicate a formation pressure gradient.
US11346206B2
Changes to the vibrational frequencies of a drill string or BHA are monitored for prognostic health monitoring purposes. When one or more orders of resonance frequencies deviate from a baseline frequency, the magnitude of the deviation, and possibly the rate of deviation, is evaluated. When the deviation exceeds a threshold value, an alert is triggered. The alert may be triggered by downhole processing of the vibration data and conveyed to an operator to allow changes in operational parameters or removal of the component from the wellbore. The alert may instead be triggered by post-run processing of stored and dumped data, that can be used to evaluate whether the tool can be re-run, or whether it should be inspected, repaired, or scrapped.
US11346199B2
A fluid separating device comprises: a cylinder; a plurality of separators disposed around a cylinder; a first elastic piece disposed between one of the separators and the cylinder and applying an elastic force to the separator outwardly in the radial direction of the cylinder; a first guiding device passing through the cylinder axially and configured to reciprocate between an expanded position and a contracted position in the axial direction of the cylinder; a second guiding device penetrating the cylinder, connected to the separator at one end, and slidably fitted with the first guiding device at the other end via a fitting surface. The fluid separating device eliminates the friction between the separator and the inner wall of the wellhole when descending, therefore descending to the bottom of the well quickly.
US11346189B2
A tool for expanding a liner in a wellbore includes a cone assembly that is moveable between a retracted position and an extended position. The tool also includes a jack assembly that is operable by fluid pressure to move the cone assembly from the retracted position to the extended position. The fluid pressure is also applied to expansion cup seals to generate axial load that urges the cone assembly to move through the expandable liner and radially expand of the expandable liner. A latch assembly axially fixes the liner while the cone assembly moves to the extended position. Once the cone assembly is fully moved to the extended position, the latch assembly releases the liner, allowing the cone assembly to move through the liner and radially expand the liner.
US11346175B2
A connector for connecting two subsea well assembly components; wherein the connector is arranged such that it can be preloaded in both tension and compression concurrently. The connector includes a tension part which in use can be in tension and a compression part that in use can be in compression. The tension part has an adjustable length and/or the compression part has an adjustable length. There is also provided a subsea well assembly, that includes a first subsea well assembly component; and a second subsea well assembly component; wherein the first subsea well assembly component and the second subsea well assembly component are connected to each other to provide a well conduit therebetween. The first subsea well assembly component and the second subsea well assembly component are connected such that forces can be transmitted both in tension and compression between the two components without going through the well conduit.
US11346173B2
There is disclosed a milling apparatus (2) having a use in milling a window (88) in downhole tubing (1) located in a borehole (32) of a well. The milling apparatus comprises a main body (22) comprising an internal bore (42) defining a flow path through the body; a mill head (20) having at least one flow port (29); an internal chamber (15) which can contain a fluid, the internal bore of the main body defining at least part of the chamber; first (16) and second (23) seal assemblies disposed within the internal bore; and a communication port (17) located upstream of the second seal assembly. The seal assemblies are initially sealed relative to the main body, so that fluid communication along the internal bore past the seal assemblies is restricted and fluid contained in the chamber isolated from fluid external to the chamber. At least part (11) of the first seal assembly is translatable within the internal bore in a direction towards the second seal assembly, to transmit fluid contained in the chamber through the communication port to a fluid operated device (5) associated with the milling apparatus, to operate the device. At least part (24) of the second seal assembly is translatable within the internal bore from a closed position (FIG. 4) in which said part is in sealing contact with the main body so that said flow port is out of communication with the chamber, to an open position (FIG. 8) in which said part is out of sealing contact with the main body so that fluid can flow along the internal bore past the second seal assembly and so out of the apparatus through said flow port.
US11346172B2
A through-bore spool apparatus for use in deploying multiple spoolable media in a bore is disclosed. The through-bore spool apparatus comprises a first spool comprising a first spool axis and a first spoolable medium wound around the first spool axis, and a second spool comprising a second spool axis and a second spoolable medium wound around the second spool axis. The first and second spoolable media are de-spoolable simultaneously from the respective first and second spools during movement of the through-bore spool apparatus along a bore.
US11346171B2
A downhole apparatus comprises a casing string with a frangible disk positioned therein. A flow barrier is connected in the casing string and spaced downwardly from the frangible disk. The frangible disk and the flow barrier define a buoyancy chamber. The sliding sleeve will impact and shatter the frangible disk into a plurality of pieces that will pass downwardly in the casing after the casing has been lowered to a desired depth.
US11346168B2
A well system includes a perforating gun having shaped charges and a detonator to controllably detonate the shaped charges. The well system further includes a propulsion head coupled to the perforating gun. The propulsion head is operable to apply thrust to the perforating gun such that the well system is self-propelling.
US11346163B2
A tubular handling system for conducting subterranean operations is disclosed and can include a first tubular handling system and a second tubular handling system. The first tubular handling system can include a bridge disposed within a tubular storage area, an arm pivotally coupled to the bridge, and a gripper coupled to the arm and adapted to engage with a tubular in the tubular storage area. The second tubular handling system can include a support structure, a first tubular handler coupled to the support structure, and a second tubular handler coupled to the support structure and distinct from the first tubular handling system.
US11346157B2
An abrasive suspension eroding system has an eroding unit (11), which can be lowered into an existing drilled hole (1), in order to generate a high-pressure erosion jet for the abrasive suspension eroding of material (6, 20) in an existing drilled hole (1). The eroding unit (11) can be connected to a drilling fluid line (9) and is configured to generate a high-pressure erosion jet from a drilling fluid abrasive suspension device.
US11346153B2
A ladder is revealed. A sliding rail is formed on a surface of one side of each of two ladder poles of a ladder body. At least one sliding block is mounted and sliding in the sliding rail of the ladder pole. An assembly member is arranged between the sliding blocks of the ladder poles. A ring on user's safety clothing is set on the center of the assembly member and connected to the assembly member during climbing. When the user falls off the ladder accidentally, the sliding blocks connected to the assembly member are also pulled so that the sliding blocks are inclined an angle and the braking end within the sliding rail is against the wall of the sliding rail for braking and slip resistance. Thereby the descending is slowed down and the ladder safety during climbing is improved.
US11346152B2
A curtain assembly includes a curtain lamina made of a multifunctional multilayer composite sheet material, a top retaining member disposed on top of the curtain lamina and configured to receive the curtain lamina and to suspend the curtain lamina onto a curtain rail, and a counterweight portion disposed at a bottom of the curtain lamina and configured to receive the curtain lamina and stabilize the curtain lamina. The top retaining member includes a first holding piece, a second holding piece, a top fastener, and a top fixing device. The counterweight portion includes a first vertical weight piece, a second vertical weight piece, a bottom fastener, and a bottom fixing device.
US11346134B2
A padlock with an associated locking mechanism is configured for use in a lock configured to be locked and unlocked by a key. The locking mechanism includes a lock cylinder with a key-receiving end configured to interface with the key and further includes a cam positioned at an axial end of the lock cylinder opposite the key-receiving end thereof. The cam is integrally connected thereto thereby restricting axial and rotational motion of the cam with respect to the lock cylinder and can be used to retain components of the locking mechanism (such as tumblers and springs) in the lock cylinder.
US11346132B2
A padlock configured to be locked and unlocked by a key can an internal biasing element that establishes a position of the locking mechanism within an internal cavity of the lock body of the padlock. The locking mechanism can be a linear lock configured to receive the key along an axial direction from the key-receiving axial end of the locking mechanism and internal cavity. The locking mechanism can include at least a lock cylinder (and sometimes other components) and having an axial length that is less than an axial distance between a pair of axial ends of the internal cavity. Notably, the padlock includes a biasing element received in the internal cavity of the lock body that biases the lock cylinder along the axial direction to maintain a key stop distance from a key stop on the lock cylinder to the key-receiving axial end of internal cavity.
US11346129B1
A latch (10) includes a rotatable jaw (18) that engages and holds a striker (32) in a latched position. A rotatable pawl (28) in an engaged position is operative to hold the jaw in the latched position. Movement of the pawl to a disengaged position enables the jaw to move to an unlatched position and to disengage the striker. The pawl is movable from the engaged position to the disengaged position through operation of either an electrical actuator (84) or through movement of an actuating end (26) of the pawl by a cable (36).
US11346128B2
A door-operating assembly has an operating device having a device housing and a device magnet and rotatable in the housing about a first axis between a first functional position and a second functional position, and a status indicator that is coupled with the operating device and has an indicator housing and an indicator magnet movable in the indicator housing along the first axis between a first display position and a second display position. The magnets are so oriented that rotation of the device magnet about the first axis from the respective first functional position into the respective second functional position displaces the indicator magnet axially of the first axis from the first display position into the second display position.
US11346124B2
The corner fence post support consists of cylindrically shaped main ratchet that sits on top of a corner fence post, typically a T-post. A second component, a ratchet socket is attached to support legs. The bottom of the legs can be fitted with specialized foot structures or simply driven into the ground. The legs are usually placed inside the fence line where they provide outward support to the corner post to counter the inward force of the fence line. The main ratchet and ratchet socket can easily engage and lock together at multiple vertical positions, so that the optimal fit can be readily obtained under a variety of local conditions and a variety of grades, whether level, uphill or down-hill.
US11346118B1
A small structure is configured to house a plurality of humans in individual apartments in a sustainable manner. The small structure has a plurality of central support I-beams joined to a roof. A plurality of structural I-beams is arranged and supported four feet from a first and second distal edges of the roof. A central wall joins the plurality of central support I-beams. An interior wall bisects the central wall plurality of central support I-beams along the roof to a first exterior wall and a second exterior wall and a second exterior wall. A third exterior wall and a fourth exterior wall join the first exterior wall to the second exterior wall. A floor surface is joined to the interior wall, the central wall, the first exterior wall, the second exterior wall, the third exterior wall and the fourth exterior wall.
US11346115B2
Disclosed is a method of adhering a translucent material on top of a central wooden platform of a weight lifting station to make a unitary structure, where the wooden platform or a design positioned between the wooden platform and the translucent material is visible through the translucent material after the translucent material and the wooden platform are adhered together.
US11346114B2
The invention provides a veneer panel for use on a surface of a building. The veneer panel can be fabricated with a mounting system that includes a frame and/or a backing for efficient installation on a building surface, as well as a mounting strip or mating connector that can be installed on a building surface to further support the veneer panel.
US11346113B2
A floor element for forming a floor covering, wherein the floor element comprises a decorative layer made of a ceramic material; a support layer arranged below the decorative layer; and a reinforcing layer arranged in between the decorative layer and the support layer, wherein the support layer comprises edges provided with coupling elements configured to realize a mechanical coupling with coupling elements of an adjacent floor element.
US11346109B1
A device for attaching a gutter to a house or other building that does not include a fascia board. The device includes a roof clip configured to be attached to a roof and a gutter clip configured to be releasably coupled to the roof clip and further configured to hold a gutter.
US11346107B2
The disclosure herein discloses a rebar tying tool that ties plural rebars using a wire. The rebar tying tool includes a housing and a twisting motor, and may include a twisting mechanism that twists the wire around the plural rebars by the twisting motor. The twisting mechanism may include a screw shaft, a gripping member that grips the wire in cooperation with rotation of the screw shaft, a first reduction mechanism that reduces and transmits rotation of the twisting motor to a relay shaft, and a second reduction mechanism that reduces and transmits rotation of the relay shaft to the screw shaft. The first reduction mechanism may be a coaxial reduction mechanism, and the second reduction mechanism may be a parallel-axis reduction mechanism.
US11346106B2
A pre-compression system for pre-compressing a concrete structure, the system comprising a first tubular element (31) that is expandable in a longitudinal direction and interposed between the first and the second head (21, 22). The first tubular element (31) is movable between a longitudinally elongated configuration, in which a pressurized fluid is placed inside the first tubular element (31), and a contracted configuration, in which said fluid is at least partly removed, the passage from the elongated configuration to the contracted configuration bringing about a compression on the concrete which at least partly envelops the first tubular element (31).
US11346088B2
An alignment coupling for a faucet includes a first alignment element positionable within a faucet body. The first alignment element has a first alignment feature. The first alignment feature includes one of a projection and a tapered groove. The alignment coupling includes a second alignment element that is movable with respect to the first alignment element. The second alignment element has a second alignment feature. The second alignment feature includes the other of the projection and tapered groove. The tapered groove includes walls that extend toward each other, and wherein the walls guide the projection to a narrowest portion of the tapered groove.
US11346087B2
Inventive surfaces, and methods of using the same, are provided that exhibit improved water collection and frost formation properties over prior art surfaces. The inventive surfaces have a plurality of nanosized recessed areas formed therein. The geometries and patterns of the recessed areas are particularly designed to discourage water droplet coalescence on the surfaces. Due to these designs, the surfaces are capable of forming and maintaining smaller, as well as asymmetrical, droplets on the surfaces. As a result, a greater surface area of the inventive surfaces can be covered by water droplets, thereby increasing water recovery. In addition, the smaller, asymmetrical droplets lead to desirable frost layer characteristics under non-cryogenic freezing conditions.
US11346080B1
When an EMV performs an action comprising moving a tool of the EMV through soil or other material, the EMV can measure a current speed of the tool through the material and a current kinematic pressure exerted on the tool by the material. Using the measured current speed and kinematic pressure, the EMV system can use a machine learned model to determine one or more soil parameters of the material. The EMV can then make decisions based on the soil parameters, such as by selecting a tool speed for the EMV based on the determined soil parameters.
US11346079B2
A work machine that has a blade that is positionable at a plurality of angles relative to the work machine, a positioning system coupled to the blade to transition the blade to any one of the plurality of angles, a user interface providing a user input, and a controller in communication with the positioning system and the user input. Wherein, when the controller receives a first user input signal from the user interface, the controller positions the blade in a first preset position with the positioning system.
US11346073B2
A loader includes a support frame, having a handle disposed at a first end and a pair of wheels, connected by an axle, disposed at a second end, a ratchet column disposed between the pair of wheels along the axle, including a plurality of grooves, a bucket lift frame secured to the support frame at a first end of the bucket lift frame, a ratchet column pin, configured to releasably engage the plurality of grooves, secured to the bucket lift frame, a loading bucket pivotably secured to a second end of the bucket lift frame, a bucket dump lever pivotably secured to the bucket lift frame and a bucket control arm secured at a first end to the loading bucket and at a second end to the bucket dumper lever. The bucket dump lever is configured to move the loading bucket from a loading position to a dumping position.
US11346067B2
A shoreline restoration method utilizes a plurality of apparatuses facilitating the formation of a vertical oyster reef. Each apparatus includes a rod frame and a plurality of individual mesh bags are positioned between an inner and an outer frame. The inner and outer frames include top and bottom frame portions and a plurality of side support frame members extending there between. Each individual mesh bag is aligned with at least one outer side support frame member and at least one inner side support frame member and wherein each individual mesh bag is coupled to an adjacent mesh bag. A plurality of cross ties extends between the inner frame and the outer frame and cultch material fills each individual mesh. The shoreline restoration method promotes shell accumulation and expands the tidal zone.
US11346058B2
A multi-ply tissue paper product includes at least four plies made of tissue paper base-sheet or non-woven. Two inner plies are positioned between a first outer ply on one side and a second outer ply on another side. The two inner plies are flat plies. The first and second outer plies include a micro-embossing pattern. Only one of the outer plies further includes a décor embossing pattern. The multi-ply tissue paper product is configured to provide improved thickness and strength parameters with less use of paper fiber material.
US11346053B2
It is an object of the present invention is to provide a sheet containing ultrafine cellulose fibers, which is excellent in transparency and water resistance. The present invention relates to a sheet including cellulose fibers having a fiber width of 1000 nm or less, and polyamine polyamide epihalohydrin, wherein the haze of the sheet is 6% or less.
US11346052B2
A surface treatment composition for paper, board or other fibrous webs. The composition of the invention comprises particles which comprise an active material and a supporting material. The active material comprises a salt of a multivalent metal, such as a divalent or trivalent metal. In accordance with the invention, the supporting material is adapted to release the active material from the particles when subjected to heat and/or pressure and/or a change in pH. Consequently, the active material's adverse effects on the rheology of the composition are avoided while its desired effects on the surface characteristics are retained or enhanced.
US11346050B2
The present invention relates to a mooring rope for use in subsea mooring, or a substantially synthetic rope thereof, said synthetic rope including a rope core and a layered shell arranged around the rope core, said the shell having a braided outer shell layer. The shell includes sub-surface buoyancy elements, suitable for use in a subsea environment, extending in radial direction between the rope core and the outer shell.
US11346042B2
A drying apparatus is disclosed. The drying apparatus comprises: a drum; a compressor for compressing a refrigerant; a first temperature sensor provided at an air discharge port of the drum; a second temperature sensor provided at a refrigerant discharge port of the compressor; and a processor which, when a drying cycle for an object to be dried begins, compares a first temperature sensed by the first temperature sensor with a predetermined threshold temperature so as to obtain an operation frequency of the compressor, and when a second temperature sensed by the second temperature sensor reaches a predetermined first target temperature, adjusts the operation frequency of the compressor on the basis of a third temperature calculated on the basis of the first temperature and the second temperature.
US11346037B2
Disclosed herein is a laundry machine. More particularly, a laundry machine for generating steam by an induction heater and a control method thereof are disclosed. The laundry machine may include a tub, a drum rotatably arranged in the tub to accommodate an object and provided with a through hole on an outer circumferential surface thereof, a steam induction heater provided at a front upper portion of a front wall or a rear upper portion of a rear wall of the tub to heat a heating surface of the drum facing the steam induction heater, a motor driven to rotate the drum, a spray nozzle configured to spray water onto the heating surface facing the steam induction heater to generate steam, and a processor configured to rotate the drum to introduce the steam into the drum through the through hole in a space between the tub and the drum.
US11346032B2
A washing machine appliance or drive assembly, as provided herein, may include an agitator drive shaft, a stationary housing, and a motor. The agitator drive shaft may extend along a drive axis. The stationary housing may be disposed about the agitator drive shaft. The motor may be operably connected to the agitator drive shaft to drive rotation thereof. The motor may include a rotor, a stator, a support bushing, and a linear fastener. The rotor may be fixed to the agitator drive shaft. The stator may be rotationally fixed and positioned radially inward from the rotor. The support bushing may be fixed within a wall of the stator. The linear fastener may extend through the support bushing to the stationary housing. The linear fastener may include a bolt head in selective engagement with the support bushing opposite from the stationary housing.
US11346031B2
A sewing machine includes a needle plate, a feed dog configured to move a workpiece, a vertical drive mechanism configured to vertically drive the feed dog, a switch mechanism, a cutting mechanism, and an actuator. The switch mechanism is configured to switch from an active state where the feed dog is driven, by the vertical drive mechanism, above and below an upper surface of the needle plate to an inactive state where an upper surface of the feed dog is maintained below the upper surface of the needle plate. The cutting mechanism includes a blade configured to cut a thread at a position below the needle plate. The actuator is configured to commonly drive the switch mechanism and the cutting mechanism.
US11346024B2
A base fabric, having a coefficient of variation CV1 (100×standard deviation/average value) of 3.0% or less in a length direction of a weft-direction disintegrated yarn strength and a coefficient of variation CV2 (100×standard deviation/average value) of 4.0 or less in a length direction of a weft-direction disintegrated yarn elongation.
US11346016B2
A method of growing a doped monocrystalline ingot using a crystal growing system is provided. The crystal growing system includes a growth chamber, a dopant feeding device, and a feed tube. The method includes preparing a melt of semiconductor or solar-grade material in a crucible disposed within the growth chamber, introducing a solid dopant into the feed tube with the dopant feeding device, melting the solid dopant within the feed tube to a form a liquid dopant, introducing the liquid dopant into the melt below a surface of the melt, and growing a monocrystalline ingot from the melt by contacting the melt with a seed crystal and pulling the seed crystal away from the melt.
US11346015B2
The present invention relates to: an electrolytic copper foil having high dimensional stability and texture stability in a high temperature environment of a process for manufacturing an Li secondary battery; and a manufacturing method therefor. The electrolytic copper foil of the present invention has a thermal expansion coefficient of 17.1-22 μm/(m·° C.) in a temperature region of 30-190° C., has a variation of full width at half maximum of the (220) plane of 0.81-1.19 according to heat treatment for 30 minutes at 190° C., and has a weight deviation of 5% or less in the transverse direction.
US11346011B2
Provided is a method for preventing corrosion of a cable including a plurality of bundled wires and a covering tube which covers the plurality of wires, the method including a mixed gas generation step of mixing a low-oxygen gas having an oxygen concentration lower than an oxygen concentration of air with the air, and a mixed gas supply step of supplying the mixed gas into the covering tube to flow the mixed gas around each of the wires.
US11346009B2
Sacrificial anodes for installing in an ionically conductive medium at an installation site containing metal requiring cathodic protection are formed by locating anode cores in a tray having dividing members defining a row of side by side chambers with each chamber containing a respective one of the anode cores and casting into the receptacle a covering mortar for the anode cores with each anode core receiving a coating at least partly surrounding the anode core with the connecting wire exposed. The mortar is cast to form frangible bridges between each anode and the next. The trays are stacked and transported to the site where the installer separates and individually installs the anodes into the medium.
US11346005B2
A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a base steel sheet; an intermediate layer arranged in contact with the base steel sheet; and an insulation coating arranged in contact with the intermediate layer to be an outermost surface, in which the insulation coating has a crystalline phosphide-containing layer containing a crystalline phosphide in an area in contact with the intermediate layer when viewing a cross section whose cutting direction is parallel to a thickness direction.
US11345997B2
A method comprises transporting a first stream of a carrier gas to a delivery device that contains a liquid precursor compound. The method further comprises transporting a second stream of the carrier gas to a point downstream of the delivery device. The first stream after emanating from the delivery device and the second stream are combined to form a third stream, such that the dew point of the vapor of the liquid precursor compound in the third stream is lower than the temperature of the plumbing that transports the vapor to a CVD reactor or a plurality of CVD reactors. The flow direction of the first stream, the flow direction of the second stream and the flow direction of the third stream are unidirectional and are not opposed to each other.
US11345990B2
A MgO sintered sputtering target, wherein a ratio of GOS (Grain Orientation Spread) being 0° to 1° is 75% or higher. A MgO sintered sputtering target, wherein a ratio of KAM (Kernel Average Misorientation) being 0° to 2° is 90% or higher. An object of the present invention is to provide a MgO sintered sputtering target capable of reducing particles.
US11345988B2
A method of manufacturing a deposition mask includes preparing a mask-target substrate which has one surface on which a sacrificed layer pattern is formed and comprises a cover area covered by the sacrificed layer pattern and a plurality of exposed areas exposed by the sacrificed layer pattern; forming holes in the exposed areas of the mask-target substrate by emitting laser toward the mask-target substrate; and removing the sacrificed layer pattern, wherein the sacrificed layer pattern has a higher reflectance with respect to the laser than a reflectance of the mask-target substrate.
US11345984B2
Provided is a high-strength steel sheet including, in % weight, carbon (C): 0.04 to 0.15%, silicon (Si): 0.01 to 1.0%, manganese (Mn): 1.8 to 2.5%, molybdenum (Mo): 0.15% or less (excluding 0%), chromium (Cr): 1.0% or less (excluding 0%), phosphorus (P): 0.1% or less, sulfur (S): 0.01% or less, aluminum (Al): 0.01 to 0.5%, nitrogen (N): 0.01% or less, boron (B): 0.01% or less (excluding 0%), antimony (Sb): 0.05% or less (excluding 0%), one or more of titanium (Ti): 0.003 to 0.06% and niobium (Nb): 0.003 to 0.06%, a balance of Fe and other unavoidable impurities, and contents of the C, the Si, the Al, the Mo and the Cr satisfy the following Expression 1: Expression 1: {(2×(Si+Al))+Mo+Cr}/C≥20. The high-strength steel sheet comprises: a ferrite phase, a bainite phase, a martensite phase, and a residual austenite phase, the ferrite phase being less than 40% of area fraction in the microstructure.
US11345981B2
The present disclosure relates to a biodegradable metal alloy with multiple properties, containing: 0.05-0.15 wt % of calcium; a metal element X having a HCP structure, of a composition not forming a precipitated phase when mixed with magnesium; and magnesium as the remainder.
US11345972B2
Provided are a high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet. The steel sheet includes C: 0.060% or more and 0.140% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 1.30% or more and 2.50% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Al: 0.070% or less, N: 0.010% or less, Ti: 0.060% or more and 0.140% or less, Cr: 0.10% or more and 0.50% or less, B: 0.0002% or more and 0.0020% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which the relationship 5.0≤18C+Mn+1.3Cr+1500B≤6.0 is obtained. The microstructure includes a bainite phase in an amount of more than 90% one, two, or all of a ferrite phase, a martensite phase, and a retained austenite phase in an amount of less than 10%.
US11345969B2
The present invention relates to method of detecting and characterizing one or more Borrelia species causing Lyme Disease or tick-borne relapsing fever within a sample from a subject, the method comprising: a) subjecting DNA and/or RNA from the sample to a PCR amplification reaction using primer pairs targeting at least one region of Borrelia 16S rRNA and at least one region of flaB, ospA, ospB, ospC, glpQ, 16S-23S intergenic spacer (IGS1), 5S-23S intergenic spacer (IGS2), bbk32, dbpA, dbpB, and/or p66; and b) analyzing amplification products resulting from the PCR amplification reaction to detect the one or more Borrelia species.
US11345967B2
The disclosed technology relates to a method of analyzing a tissue sample. In one aspect, the method comprises obtaining a formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue sample; contacting the tissue sample with Mung Bean Nuclease to cleave mismatched DNA pairs when isolating DNA from the tissue sample; and performing an analysis on the non-digested DNA. In one embodiment, the tissue sample is obtained from a patient having a refractory disease or a cancer during biopsy, and the analysis comprises performing next-generation DNA sequencing to evaluate genomic DNA mutations. In another embodiment, the method further comprises using a computer to screen for one or more therapies according to the cancer diagnosis; and producing a computer-generated report of possible therapies.
US11345952B2
PCR that allows the researchers to amplify a desired DNA requiring only tiny amounts of sample. Such amplification reactions are technically challenging and are often hampered by several practical issues such as the presence of PCR inhibitors, sample degradation and low quantities of said sample. The invention addresses these issues with a method for evaluating the amplification efficiency and/or the presence of inhibitors and/or degradation and/or performing a quantification of a nucleic acid in a real-time amplification reaction comprising: optionally amplifying in a reaction composition a first target nucleic acid using a first primer pair in a real-time amplification reaction, (i) amplifying in said reaction composition one or more second internal nucleic acid control templates (IC) with a length of between 50 and 2000 nucleotides, wherein the second nucleic acid has a sequence selected from the group of: i) SEQ ID NO. 1 or a sequence that is differs by no more than 15% therefrom, ii) a reverse complement of SEQ ID NO. 1 or a sequence that is differs by no more than 15% therefrom, iii) a sequence or a reverse complement thereof comprising the final 18 to 30 3′-nucleotides of SEQ ID NO. 1 at its terminal 3′-end and the final 18 to 30 5′-nucleotides of SEQ ID NO. 1 at its terminal 5′-end, or terminal ends that differ by no more than 5% from SEQ ID NO. 1, wherein between these terminal 3′-ends and 5′-ends the nucleic may have any nucleotide sequence and is between about 30 and about 1950 nucleotides in length.
US11345942B2
The invention relates to solid medium for producing glucosamine, including a substrate and 0.15-4.8 mL/g substrate of supplemental solution, which includes 0.1-2 g/L KH2PO4, 0.1-2 g/L NaCl, and 0.1-2 g/L MgSO4.7H2O. The invention also relates to a method for producing glucosamine, including providing microorganism being able to produce glucosamine, and fermenting the microorganism in the medium mentioned above.
US11345941B2
This application relates to biological pharmacy and biochemical engineering, and more particularly to a method of preparing a (S)-1-benzyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydroisoquinoline compound. This method includes: subjecting a 1-benzyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydroisoquinoline raceme as a substrate to selective oxidation in the presence of a monoamine oxidase and the non-selective reduction to prepare the (S)-1-benzyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydroisoquinoline compound, where the monoamine oxidase has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or an amino acid sequence having an identity of more than 80% with SEQ ID NO: 1. The kinetic resolution is carried out in the presence of the monoamine oxidase as a catalyst and a reductant, and the resulting product has a high chiral purity.
US11345940B2
A microorganism of the genus Corynebacterium producing L-arginine, and a method for producing L-arginine using the same.
US11345938B2
Genes encoding mutant 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthases are introduced into host cells. Certain of the mutants enhance the production of shorter-chain fatty acids and derivatives by the cell than do the wild-type (unmutated) enzymes. In other cases, the chain length is not significantly affected, but productivity is enhanced. In specific cases, both a shift toward lower chain length and higher productivity is seen. Cells producing the mutant 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthases are especially suitable for producing C6-C10 fatty acids and derivatives.
US11345929B2
Methods of determining the stoichiometry of a viral capsid and/or determining the heterogeneity of protein components in a viral capsid are disclosed.
US11345925B2
Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.
US11345921B2
Provided are modified Gram-negative bacteria having an increased periplasmic volume. Also provided are methods of expressing exogenous genes in the bacteria and targeting protein production to the periplasmic space.
US11345919B2
The present invention relates to a plant sRNA extract for use as an immunosuppressive agent and to plant miRNA for use as an immunosuppressive agent.
US11345914B2
This is to provide a composition for delivering a nucleic acid and a nucleic acid-containing composition which ensure stability of a nucleic acid drug, have a high intracellular introduction rate, can efficiently express the function of a nucleic acid drug, and have low cytotoxicity. Disclosed is a composition for delivering a nucleic acid and a nucleic acid-containing composition each comprises a block copolymer in which a polyethylene glycol segment and a hydrophobic polyester segment are linked, and a peptide having 4 to 30 residues containing at least one selected from the group consisting of arginine and lysine.
US11345906B2
The present invention relates to novel proteases, more particularly to protease variants having improved activity compared to the protease of SEQ ID N° 1 and the uses thereof for degrading polyester containing material, such as plastic products. The proteases of the invention are particularly suited to degrade polylactic acid, and material containing polylactic acid.
US11345892B2
Disclosed is a centrifugable syringe and syringe components for use in blood fractionation. Also disclosed is a method of blood fractionation using the syringe. The syringe comprises a substantially transparent barrel, a substantially transparent, elongated delineation neck, a plunger for drawing blood into and expelling blood from the barrel, and an adapter attached to the neck for enabling releasable connection of a selected device over an inlet/outlet opening in the neck. The delineation neck extends away from a distal end of the barrel. The barrel and the neck have respective axial bores in fluid flow communication with each other, the cross sectional area of the bore in the delineation neck being substantially less than the cross sectional area of the bore in the barrel. The selected device may be one of various devices including a capping device sealing the inlet/outlet opening of the neck, a needle device used during withdrawal of blood from a subject through the neck, or a hose device used to carry away delineated blood fractions from the syringe through the neck.
US11345888B2
This present invention provides a method for continuously maintaining growth of a motor neuron progenitor cell and a pharmaceutical composition. Wherein, the method for continuously maintaining growth of a motor neuron progenitor cell is to culture the motor neuron progenitor cell in an environment which is constructed by the olfactory ensheathing cells to make the motor neuron progenitor cell sustain the ability to self-replicate and to be induced for differentiating into mature neuron, and therefore to elaborate the effect to protect the motor neuron. The motor neuron progenitor cell produced from the method disclosed in this present invention can be an effective ingredient of the pharmaceutical composition for treating related diseases of damaged motor neuron.
US11345883B2
The present invention relates to a novel Lactobacillus strain that is not attacked by common phages and a novel Lactobacillus strain with improved cell count stability, its use in the manufacture of fermented milk-based products, and novel milk based products containing the strain.
US11345880B2
A cell culture vessel (400) includes a base defining a base plane extending in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a plurality of cell culture chambers (200) stacked one atop another, each cell culture chamber having a top (202), a bottom (201) and sidewalls (203), each of the top, bottom and sidewalls having an interior surface, wherein at least the bottom surface has an array of microcavities (420) supporting the culture of cells as spheroids and each bottom surface is at an angle with respect to the plane of a table or surface upon which the vessel sits. Further, liquid can flow into each cell culture chamber via an inlet (210) and out of each cell culture chamber via an outlet (215). The angled cell culture surface allows the cell culture chambers to be perfused or allows media changes without dislodging spheroids from microcavities.
US11345879B2
A functionally graded material is formed by pipetting individual micro-or-nano-litter droplets with a variety of materials including multi-nanostructured material (nanowires, carbon nanotubes, enzymes, multi-element and/or multi-color, multi-biomolecules) and UV polymerization of the flat hydrogel meniscus surface formed at the carrier fluid interface. After step-by-step droplet pipetting and subsequent layer-by-layer UV polymerization via a digital mask, the complete fabricated part without supporting layers is taken out of the carrier fluid while the un-cured micro-litter residue is conveniently suctioned out of the carrier fluid.
US11345857B2
The spontaneous orientation aid for a liquid crystal composition provides storage stability and allows liquid crystal molecules to be vertically aligned without a PI layer when added to a liquid crystal composition. When used in a liquid crystal composition, the spontaneous orientation aid can adsorb to substrates sandwiching a liquid crystal composition (liquid crystal layer) and keep the liquid crystal molecules aligned in a vertical direction. The spontaneous orientation aid makes it possible to align liquid crystal molecules without a PI layer (to induce vertical alignment of liquid crystal molecules under no applied voltage and to achieve horizontal alignment of the liquid crystal molecules under an applied voltage).
US11345832B2
Disclosed pressure sensitive adhesive compositions, having enhanced heat resistance, obtained by the emulsion polymerization of (a) one or more acrylic acid ester or (meth)acrylate acid ester(s), (b) one or more hydroxyl functional (meth)acrylic monomer and (c) one or more ureido substituted (meth)acrylate monomers(s).
US11345828B2
A siloxane-modified latex binder includes a polymerization product of a monomer or a mixture of monomers for producing a latex polymer and a non-hydrolyzable siloxane. The non-hydrolyzable siloxane is represented by Formula (I): wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, —O-alkyl, —OH, —S-alkyl, —SH, amino, amido, epoxy, carboxyl, acrylate, (meth)acrylate, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkalyl, polyether, alkenyl, or alkynyl; and n is an integer from 0 to about 300; provided that at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 is an alkenyl or alkynyl.
US11345824B2
The present invention discloses a polymer-metal compound composite ink, a preparation method and application thereof. The composite ink comprises: at least one polymer; at least one metal compound material, the metal compound material being selected from polyoxometalate compounds and nanocrystalline metal oxides; at least one solvent which is used for forming a disperse system in the form of a uniform fluid together with the remaining components in the composite ink. The present invention also discloses a method for preparing the composite ink. The composite ink of the present invention is easily available in raw material, easy to prepare and low in cost, and can be manufactured into a composite thin film by spin-coating, printing or in other ways. The composite thin film, as an electrode modification layer, can be applied to photoelectric devices such as solar cells or light-emitting diodes, so as to improve the contact performance between an electrode and an organic active layer and thus enhance the performance and yield of photoelectric devices.
