US11348735B2
A high voltage filter includes an anode bus bar, a cathode bus bar, a first capacitive element connected between the anode bus bar and a ground connector connected to a ground, a second capacitive element connected between the cathode bus bar and the ground connector, and a third capacitive element connected between the anode bus bar and the cathode bus bar. An anode terminal of the first capacitive element and a cathode terminal of the third capacitive element are arranged adjacent to each other, and a cathode terminal of the second capacitive element and an anode terminal of the third capacitive element are arranged adjacent to each other.
US11348733B2
Chip electronic component, electronic component mounting structure and electronic component assembly
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body having a rectangular parallelepiped shape. A first external electrode is disposed on at least a first end surface and a first main surface of the multilayer body. A second external electrode is disposed on at least a second end surface and a first main surface of the multilayer body. A first joining member is electrically connected to the first external electrode. A second joining member is electrically connected to the second external electrode. Each of the first joining member and the second joining member includes a plurality of spherical cores.
US11348729B2
A dielectric composition includes one of BaTiO3, (Ba,Ca) (Ti,Ca)O3, (Ba,Ca) (Ti,Zr)O3, Ba(Ti,Zr)O3 and (Ba,Ca) (Ti,Sn)O3, as a main component, a first subcomponent including a rare earth element, and a second subcomponent including at least one of a variable valence acceptor element and a fixed valence acceptor element. When a sum of contents of the rare earth element is defined as DT and a sum of contents of the variable valence acceptor element and the fixed valence acceptor element is defined as AT, (DT/AT)/(Ba+Ca) satisfies more than 0.5 and less than 6.0. In addition, a multilayer electronic component including the dielectric composition is provided.
US11348725B2
Disclosed are a stereoscopic magnetic print film formed using magnetic particles and a method of manufacturing the stereoscopic magnetic print film. The method includes preparing magnetic ink including magnetic particles, forming a printing layer on a base layer using the prepared magnetic ink, and forming a stereoscopic pattern by applying a magnetic field to the printing layer.
US11348724B2
A primary-sided arrangement of primary winding structures of a system, wherein the primary-sided arrangement includes at least three phase lines and at least one winding structure per phase line, wherein each winding structure includes at least one subwinding structure, wherein the winding structures extend along a longitudinal axis of the primary-sided arrangement, wherein a pitch between corresponding subwinding structures of a first winding structure and a second winding structure is chosen from an interval of a length of one subwinding structure, and wherein a pitch between corresponding subwinding structures of the first winding structure and the third winding structure is smaller than the pitch between corresponding first and second subwinding structures.
US11348706B2
A shielded electrical cable includes conductor sets extending along a length of the cable and spaced apart from each other along a width of the cable. First and second shielding films are disposed on opposite sides of the cable and include cover portions and pinched portions arranged such that, in transverse cross section, the cover portions of the films in combination substantially surround each conductor set. An adhesive layer bonds the shielding films together in the pinched portions of the cable. A transverse bending of the cable at a cable location of no more than 180 degrees over an inner radius of at most 2 mm causes a cable impedance of the selected insulated conductor proximate the cable location to vary by no more than 2 percent from an initial cable impedance measured at the cable location in an unbent configuration.
US11348705B2
A coaxial cable system includes an electric conductor to conduct electric power in a gas turbine engine. The system also includes a dielectric tape helically wound to contiguously surround the electric conductor and a flexible conduit disposed to surround and contiguously contact the dielectric tape. A dielectric liquid may be impregnated within the dielectric tape, and a flexible protective cover may concentrically disposed to surround the flexible conduit.
US11348703B2
Monochromators selectively transmit a narrow band of wavelengths of radiation from a broader band of wavelengths for use in a variety of applications and industries. Disclosed is a method and system for fixed-exit angle tunable monochromator. The system includes a first diffraction element configured to reflect an input beam incident on a surface of the first diffraction element. The input beam has an input beam vector and the first diffraction element is rotatable about the input beam vector. The system further includes a second diffraction element configured to reflect the beam as an output beam having a fixed beam exit angle. The beam is incident on a surface of the second diffraction element and the reflected beam has a reflected beam vector. The second diffraction element is rotatable about both the input beam vector and the reflected beam vector.
US11348690B2
System and methods for anonymously selecting subjects for treatment against an infectious disease caused by a pathogen. The system comprises a plurality of electronic devices comprising instructions to generate an ID and, when in proximity of another such electronic device, one or both electronic devices transmit/receive the ID to/from the other electronic device. Then, a score is generated based on a plurality of such received IDs. Additionally, based on information received from a server, relevant treatment instructions are displayed to the subjects based on the received information and the score. The server comprises instructions for sending to the plurality of electronic devices the information to be displayed with the relevant treatment instructions, additionally the server and/or the electronic devices comprise instructions to generate a prediction of likelihood of a subject transmitting said pathogen, based on the score of the subject.
US11348687B2
The present invention relates to a method of enhancing the detection of a signal from biomarker data in a subject or group of subjects.
US11348685B2
A method for securely relaying personal data between a telemedicine device and a remote terminal via a proxy server includes establishing a communication link between the telemedicine device and the proxy server over a first communication network. A request, including authentication access data, is received from a remote terminal for a remote user to assess personal data of a telemedicine device user. Upon validating the authentication access data to approve access to the personal data on the telemedicine device by the remote user, the personal data is relayed between the telemedicine device and the remote terminal in a remote assess session while preventing secure personal data of the telemedicine device user from being sent to the proxy server. If the telemedicine device communicates over a second communication network, the communication link is re-established with the proxy server over the second communication network without terminating the remote access session.
US11348682B2
Systems and methods for analyzing surgical procedures and assessing surgical competency of subjects are disclosed. A method may include receiving a plurality of video frames associated with at least one surgical procedure and accessing stored data based on prior surgical procedures. The method may further include processing, using the stored data, the video frames to assess at least one of tissue handling, economy of motion, depth perception and surgical procedure flow in the video frames. Based on the assessment of at least one of tissue handling, economy of motion, depth perception and surgical procedure flow, a competency-related score for a subject may be generated. The method may further include selecting, from the video frames, at least one video clip from which the competency score was derived, outputting the score, and presenting in association with the at least one score, a link to the at least one video clip.
US11348681B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing interactive handoff protocol user interfaces. In one embodiment, a computerized system may comprise a memory storing instructions, and a processor of a first electronic device. The processor may be configured to receive a pick-up request from a second electronic device, receive an acceptance indication for the pick-up request via an input device, provide a GUI prompting a scan of an identification tag on an individual, the GUI including at least one button in a non-selectable state, capture an image of the identification tag using the first electronic device, determine an identity of the individual based on the captured identification tag image, compare the determined identity to an identity in the received pick-up request, and modify the at least one button to a selectable state, wherein selection of the at least one button advances a handoff protocol for the individual.
US11348674B2
A peristaltic pump and related-method are disclosed that includes a cam shaft having a plunger cam, a plunger-cam follower that engages the plunger cam of the cam shaft, a tube receiver, a spring, a plunger, a position sensor, and a processor. The tube receiver receives a tube. The spring provides a bias. The plunger is biased toward the tube by the spring and the plunger is to the plunger-cam follower, such that expansion of the plunger cam along a radial angle intersecting the plunger-cam follower as the cam shaft rotates actuates the plunger away from the tube. The position sensor determines a position of the plunger and the processor estimates fluid flow within the tube utilizing the position of the plunger.
US11348670B2
A method is provided for treating erectile dysfunction in a subject in need thereof by administering a cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitor pharmaceutical composition to a subject qualified for over-the-counter access to the PDE5 inhibitor pharmaceutical composition. In some embodiments, the PDE5 inhibitor pharmaceutical composition includes tadalafil or vardenafil.
US11348668B2
Systems and methods are provided for identifying one or more health care applications in which a search request is received from a user at a remote client device. The request comprises an alphanumeric query and filtering criteria. A plurality of applications is searched to identify applications that satisfy the filtering criteria and further match the alphanumeric query thereby identifying a set of matching applications. Each respective application in the plurality of applications is (i) for a clinical indication and (ii) includes an evidence score generated by health care providers. The search query response is formatted for display by sorting the matching applications by sorting criteria thereby forming a sorted list of matching applications. At least a portion of the sorting criteria is the evidence score. The search query response, including the sorted list of matching applications, is communicated to the remote client device.
US11348661B2
A method for qualifying a specimen prepared on one or more hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) slides by assessing an expected yield of nucleic acids for tumor cells and providing associated unstained slides for subsequent nucleic acid analysis is provided.
US11348658B2
A memory controller and a storage device including the same are provided. The memory controller performs decoding by selecting a decoder of a level enough to correct bit errors in a codeword from among a plurality of error correction code (ECC) decoders based on a bit error history of a non-volatile memory device.
US11348655B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus, and a method for memory management and more a memory device structured with internal analogic measurement mode features. The memory device includes memory component having a memory array, a memory controller coupled to the memory component, a JTAG interface in the memory controller, voltage and current reference generators, and an analogic measurement block driven by the JTAG interface.
US11348653B2
An object is to provide a pulse signal output circuit capable of operating stably and a shift register including the pulse signal output circuit. A pulse signal output circuit according to one embodiment of the disclosed invention includes first to tenth transistors. The ratio W/L of the channel width W to the channel length L of the first transistor and W/L of the third transistor are each larger than W/L of the sixth transistor. W/L of the fifth transistor is larger than W/L of the sixth transistor. W/L of the fifth transistor is equal to W/L of the seventh transistor. W/L of the third transistor is larger than W/L of the fourth transistor. With such a structure, a pulse signal output circuit capable of operating stably and a shift register including the pulse signal output circuit can be provided.
US11348644B2
A memory device includes a cell string, a peripheral circuit and a control logic. The cell string includes a select transistor and a plurality of memory cells, and further includes a plurality of dummy cells, wherein the plurality of dummy cells are coupled in series between the select transistor and the plurality of memory cells. The peripheral circuit configured to perform a dummy program operation on the plurality of dummy cells. The control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit so that the plurality of dummy cells have different threshold voltage distributions during the dummy program operation.
US11348641B2
A memory device and method of operating the same. A memory device includes a memory block, a peripheral circuit, and a program operation controller. The memory block includes a first sub block connected to a first drain select line and a first source select line, and a second sub block connected to a second drain select line and a second source select line, and each of the first sub block and the second sub block is connected to a plurality of word lines and a common source line. The program operation controller controls the peripheral circuit to transfer a precharge voltage to the channel region through the common source line or a plurality of bit lines connected the memory block, and to apply a control voltage to the first and second source select lines at different time points or to apply the control voltage to the first and second drain select lines at different time points in the step of precharging the channel region.
US11348635B2
Methods, systems, and devices for biasing a memory cell during a read operation are described. For example, a memory device may bias a memory cell to a first voltage (e.g., a read voltage) during an activation phase of a read operation. After biasing the memory cell to the first voltage, the memory device may bias the memory cell to a second voltage greater than the first voltage (e.g., a write voltage) during the activation phase of the read operation. After biasing the memory cell to the second voltage, the memory device may initiate a refresh phase of the read operation. Based on a value stored by the memory cell prior to biasing the memory cell to the first voltage, the memory device may initiate a precharge phase of the read operation.
US11348634B2
A semiconductor device includes a memory string connected between a source line and a bit line. The memory string includes first memory cells stacked along a first channel layer, second memory cells stacked along a second channel layer, and at least one switching memory cell connected between the first memory cells and the second memory cells. A method for operating the semiconductor device includes programming a selected first memory cell among the first memory cells, selecting a second memory cell to be programmed among the second memory cells, applying a program voltage to a word line connected to the selected second memory cell, turning off the switching memory cell such that the first channel layer and the second channel layer are electrically isolated from each other, and applying a pass voltage to word lines connected to unselected memory cells among the first and second memory cells.
US11348633B2
An apparatus may include a delay line that receives a command signal and provides a delayed command signal. The apparatus may include an edge starter that provides a clock enable signal responsive, at least in part, to a change in level of the command signal. A gate circuit of the apparatus may provide a shift clock signal responsive, at least in part, to the clock enable signal. The apparatus may also include a shifter that captures and shifts the delay command signal responsive, at least in part, to the shift clock signal.
US11348632B2
In accordance with one embodiment, a computer-implemented method is provided, comprising the act of: configuring code or hardware to cause at least part of the hardware to operate as a double data rate (DDR) memory controller and to: produce a capture clock to time a read data path, where a timing of the capture clock is based on a first clock signal of a first clock, delay the first clock signal to produce a delayed first clock signal, adjust the delay such that at least one clock edge of the delayed first clock signal is placed nearer to at least one clock edge of: at least one data strobe (DQS), or at least one signal dependent on a DQS timing, and produce a modified timing of the capture clock based on the delay of the first clock signal.
US11348621B2
An apparatus for power supply mode switching includes a first voltage regulator to output a first voltage, a second voltage regulator to output a second voltage, a third voltage regulator to output a third voltage, an electronic load, a first switch between the first voltage regulator and the electronic load, a second switch between the second voltage regulator and the electronic load, and a third switch between the third voltage regulator and the electronic load. And, a method for power supply mode switching includes supplying power to an electronic load with a first voltage; switching to a second voltage; maintaining coupling of the electronic load with the second voltage while a voltage across the electronic load is less than a reference voltage; and switching to a third voltage when the voltage is greater than or equal to the reference voltage and the third voltage is less than the second voltage.
US11348611B1
In one aspect, a data storage device includes a disc, an arm, a head, a linear driver, and an elevator. The disc has a read/write surface defining an x-y plane. The arm has a head end that is movable relative to the disc. The head is configured to interact with the read/write surface. The linear driver is configured to move the arm along a substantially straight line in the x-y plane. The elevator is configured to move the arm in a z direction. In another aspect, rather than a linear driver, the data storage device includes a rotary actuator and a pivot actuator. The arm includes a first portion and a load beam. The rotary actuator is configured to move the first portion about a first pivot axis; the pivot actuator is configured to move the load beam about a second pivot axis relative to the first portion.
US11348609B2
According to one embodiment, a head suspension assembly includes a support plate, a wiring member on the support plate, a head, and a piezoelectric element on the wiring member. The wiring member includes a metal plate and a multilayered member including a first insulating layer, a conducting layer, a second insulating layer, and connection pads formed from the conducting layer. Each of the connection pads is overlaid on a recess formed in the first insulating layer, so as to form a recessed portion along the recess, and the second insulating layer includes an opening opposing each of the connection pads. The piezoelectric element is connected to the connection pads by a conductive adhesive filled in the openings and the recessed portions of the connection pads.
US11348602B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk includes a disk, first and second heads which write data to the disk and read data from the disk, a first actuator includes the first head, a second actuator includes the second head, first and second controllers which control the first head, the second head, the first actuator and the second actuator, an auxiliary power supply which supplies power when power from a power supply is shut off, and a power supply detection unit which makes power supplied from the auxiliary power supply to the first controller higher than the power supplied from the auxiliary power supply to the second controller when shutoff of power from the power supply is detected.
US11348600B2
In one aspect, an example method to be performed by a computing device includes (a) determining that a ride-sharing session is active; (b) in response to determining the ride-sharing session is active, using a microphone of the computing device to capture audio content; (c) identifying reference audio content that has at least a threshold extent of similarity with the captured audio content; (d) determining that the ride-sharing session is inactive; and (e) outputting an indication of the identified reference audio content.
US11348596B2
A voice processing method realized by a computer includes compressing forward a first steady period of a plurality of steady periods in a voice signal representing voice, and extending forward a transition period between the first steady period and a second steady period of the plurality of steady periods in the voice signal. Each of the plurality of steady periods is a period in which acoustic characteristics are temporally stable. The second steady period is a period immediately after the first steady period and has a pitch that is different from a pitch of the first steady period.
US11348594B2
Methods, devices, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and systems are described for compressing audio data. The techniques involve obtaining a sequence of digitized samples of an audio signal, performing a transform using the sequence of digitized samples, to generate a plurality of spectral lines, obtaining a group of spectral lines from the plurality of spectral lines, and quantizing the group of spectral lines to generate a group of quantized values. Quantizing the group of spectral lines to generate the group of quantized values may comprise performing a specialized rounding operation on a spectral line selected from the group of spectral lines and using the specialized rounding operation to force a group parity value, computed for the group of quantized values, to a predetermined parity value. One or more data frames based on the group of quantized values may be outputted.
US11348590B2
The present disclosure provides methods and devices for registering a voiceprint and authenticating a voiceprint. The method for registering a voiceprint includes performing a frame alignment operation on a registration character string inputted by a user in voice to extract first acoustic features of each first character constituting the registration character string; calculating a first posterior probability of the first acoustic features of each first character in a global Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) model to perform a Baum-Welch (BW) statistic; extracting first vector features of each first character through a preset vector feature extractor configured for multi-character; and stitching the first vector features of each first character sequentially, to obtain a registration voiceprint model of the user.
US11348586B2
Systems and methods are provided that that may be implemented to extend functionality of a voice assistant and/or telecommunications software to a remote location via an endpoint device.
US11348576B1
A system configured to process an incoming spoken utterance and to coordinate among multiple speechlet components to execute an action of the utterance, where a trained model considers user history and preference information to select the primary speechlet to execute the action as well as any intermediate speechlets that may be provide input data to the speechlet that will ultimately perform the action. The trained model may also consider current dialog information, feedback data, or other data when determining how to process a dialog.
US11348572B2
A speech recognition method includes obtaining an acoustic sequence divided into a plurality of frames, and determining pronunciations in the acoustic sequence by predicting a duration of a same pronunciation in the acoustic sequence and skipping a pronunciation prediction for a frame corresponding to the duration.
US11348571B2
The present disclosure provides methods, computing devices, and storage media for generating a training corpus. The method includes: mining out pieces of data from user behavior logs associated with a target application, each piece of data including a first behavior log and a second behavior log, the first behavior log including a user speech and a corresponding speech recognition result, the second behavior log belonging to the same user as the first behavior log and time-dependent with the first behavior log; and determining the user speech and the corresponding speech recognition result in each piece of data as a positive feedback sample or a negative feedback sample, based on the first behavior log and the second behavior log.
US11348564B2
A production method for an acoustic panel comprising a step of producing a composite structure, a step of providing inserts, wherein each insert comprises a nozzle formed as a hollow cylinder with a through-bore and a cap comprising a base formed as a cylinder and a cover formed as a cone, and wherein the base is accommodated in the bore, a step of positioning the inserts in the composite structure by penetration of the cover into the composite structure so that the bore opens at one side and the other of the composite structure, a step of polymerizing during which the composite structure with the inserts is polymerized, a step of removing the caps, a first step of fixing a honeycomb structure to the polymerized composite structure, and a second step of fixing a rear skin to the honeycomb structure.
US11348550B2
A driving method of a display panel, comprising: dividing pixels into a plurality of pairs of pixel sets comprising a first pixel set and a second pixel set comprising different color sub-pixels; acquiring a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal, wherein the frame comprises a first frame and a second frame at neighboring timings; adopting the first voltage signals to drive the color sub-pixels of the first pixel set, and adopting the second voltage signals to drive the color sub-pixels of the second pixel set upon displaying the first frame; and adopting the second voltage signals to drive the color sub-pixels of the first pixel set, and adopting the first voltage signals to drive the color sub-pixels of the second pixel set upon displaying the second frame.
US11348548B2
A display device includes a first gate line, a second gate line, a first data line and a second data line. The second gate line is disposed adjacent to the first gate line. The first gate line and the second gate line are disposed in parallel and extend in a first direction. The first data line and the second data line are disposed in parallel and extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. There is no thin film transistor disposed adjacent to at least one of the following intersections: the intersection of the first gate line and the first data line; the intersection of the first gate line and the second data line; the intersection of the second gate line and the first data line; and the intersection of the second gate line and the second data line.
US11348543B2
A scan-type display apparatus includes an LED array, a display module, a control module and a driver module. The LED array has a common cathode configuration. The control module generates a synchronization control (SC) signal. Based on the SC signal, the driver module outputs an input voltage to scan lines of the LED array sequentially without overlapping in time so as to drive LEDs of the LED array to emit light in a line scan manner, and generates an image refresh signal that is related to the output of the input voltage to one of the scan lines which corresponds to a last line of the line scan in each line scan cycle and that is further related to refreshing of images on a display constituted by the LED array and the display module.
US11348538B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of optimizing display image quality on display devices having a plurality of display power modes. An example apparatus includes processor circuitry to execute instructions to: determine a baseline allowable percentage of distorted pixels for a power mode of a display; determine a baseline first relationship between an original pixel value and a boosted pixel value for the power mode; determine a baseline second relationship based on the baseline allowable percentage and the baseline first relationship; select a plurality of test distorted pixel percentages; determine, for respective selected test distorted pixel percentages, a corresponding test relationship between an original pixel color value distribution and a boosted pixel color value distribution based on the baseline second relationship; determine, for respective test relationships, a respective test peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR); determine, for the respective test PSNRs, respective values indicative of the change in image quality for the test distorted pixel percentages; and select, as the operating distorted original pixel percentage value, one of the test distorted pixel percentages based on the values.
US11348535B2
A display control method, a display control module and a display device. The display control method is applied for a display device with a display panel and a data processing circuit, and includes: according to a to-be-displayed picture, detecting, by a black-screen area detection circuit, a black-screen display area of the display panel in an always-on mode; controlling, by a logic control circuit, to stop providing display data corresponding to the black-screen display area, for the data processing circuit. The display data corresponding to the black-screen display area included in the to-be-displayed picture is black-screen display data.
US11348529B2
A display device includes: pixels provided in a display area; data lines connected to the pixels, the data lines providing data signals to the pixels; scan lines connected to the pixels, the scan lines providing scan signals to the pixels; and dummy scan lines intersecting the data lines in a peripheral area surrounding the display area.
US11348527B2
A display device is provided. The display device may include a substrate, a plurality of pixels, a first data line, a second data line, a defect sensing line, a first input pad, and a static electricity discharge element. The substrate may include a display area and a peripheral area neighboring each other. The plurality of pixels may be positioned on the display area and may include a first pixel and a second pixel. The first data line may be electrically connected to the first pixel. The second data line may be electrically connected to the second pixel and may be electrically isolated from the first data line. The defect sensing line may be positioned on the peripheral area. The first input pad may be electrically connected to the defect sensing line. The static electricity discharge element may be electrically connected through the defect sensing line to the first input pad.
US11348526B2
The disclosure provides a pixel mixed compensation circuit and a pixel mixed compensation method. The pixel mixed compensation circuit includes a plurality of pixel internal driving circuits arranged in an array and an external compensation circuit connecting with each of the internal driving circuits. A fourth TFT and a second capacitor are disposed between a source of a third TFT and a drain of a third TFT. The fourth TFT is turned on only during a detecting stage. The second capacitor is configured to feed back changes in electric potential of a second node to a sensing line. The external compensation circuits can detect changes in electric potential of the second node by the sensing line. The external compensation circuit can directly react to changes in current and can transmit a voltage value to a first node via data signals to adjust a voltage of the first node.
US11348524B2
A display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes a pixel circuit in which the driving circuit controls a driving current for driving the light emitter element to emit light; the first light emission control circuit applies a first voltage to a first terminal of the driving circuit in response to a first light emission control signal; the second light emission control circuit applies the driving current to the light emitter element in response to a second light emission control signal; the first reset circuit applies a first reset voltage to the control terminal of the driving circuit in response to a first reset signal; the first reset signal and the first light emission control signal are simultaneously turn-on signals during a period; the first light emission control line and the second light emission control line extend along a first direction and are arranged in a second direction.
US11348521B2
A display device includes a plurality of pixels. A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode and a pixel circuit including a first transistor that includes a gate electrode connected with a first node, a first electrode connected with a second node, and a second electrode connected with a third node; a second transistor that includes a gate electrode connected with a first gate line, a first electrode connected with a data line, and a second electrode connected with the second node; a third transistor that includes a gate electrode connected with a third gate line, a first electrode connected with the third node, and a second electrode connected with the first node; and a fourth transistor that includes a gate electrode connected with a second gate line, a first electrode connected with the third gate line, and a second electrode connected with the first node.
US11348516B2
An AMOLED pixel driving circuit and a driving method are disclosed. The AMOLED pixel driving circuit adopts a 6T1C structure, wherein the thin-film transistor characteristic of the second thin film transistor is the same as that of the driving thin-film transistor, that is, the first thin-film transistor. Accordingly, the threshold voltage of the driving thin-film transistor can be compensated by the leakage current of the second thin-film transistor, so that the current flowing through the organic light emitting diode is stable, ensuring uniform brightness of the organic light emitting diode, and improving the display effect of the screen.
US11348513B2
A scan driver includes a first transistor including gate, first, and second electrodes coupled to a Q node, a scan clock line, and a scan line. A second transistor includes gate and first electrodes coupled to a scan carry line, and a second electrode coupled to the Q node. A third transistor includes gate and first electrodes coupled to a first control line and a sensing carry line. A fourth transistor includes a gate and first electrode coupled to the sensing carry line and the third transistor first electrode. A fifth transistor includes gate, first, and second electrodes coupled to a fourth transistor second electrode, a second control line, and a node. A capacitor includes first and second electrodes coupled to the fifth transistor first and gate electrodes. A sixth transistor includes gate, first, and second electrodes coupled to a third control line, the node, and the Q node.
US11348511B2
Two extended embedded Display Port displays may be enabled by using a single set of panel power sequencing (PPS) signals from a chipset to enable the two embedded Display Port panels. To enhance the user experience, the backlight module brightness is controlled by making use of a pin available on a system on a chip (SOC) and modification of drivers. This helps to save power when only one panel is used. When both panels are used simultaneously, power savings can be achieved by using backlight control signals.
US11348508B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel, a data driver and a driving controller. The display panel is configured to display an image based on input image data. The data driver is configured to output a data voltage to the display panel. The driving controller includes a frequency adjuster circuit configured to determine a driving frequency of the display panel, and a dithering circuit configured to change a grayscale value of the input image data according to frames. The frequency adjuster circuit is configured to determine the driving frequency of the display panel based on the input image data and based on whether the dithering part is activated.
US11348507B2
A method for identifying a display current includes: acquiring grayscales of pixels in a to-be-displayed image, where the grayscale of each pixel includes grayscales of a plurality of color channels; calculating an average grayscale of a same color channel of all pixels in the to-be-displayed image; identifying a current value of each color channel and a current offset value of each color channel according to the average grayscale of each color channel, where the current offset value represents a difference between a display current value of a nonmonochromatic image and a display current sum of monochromatic images corresponding to the nonmonochromatic image; and calculating a display current of the to-be-displayed image based on the current value and the current offset value of each color channel.
US11348506B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to a gate circuit and a display device. By disposing a bootstrap capacitor between a Q1 node which is different from a Q node and an input terminal of a gate clock signal used for outputting a scan signal, a voltage level of the Q1 node can be maintained stably at an output timing of the scan signal. Thus, a driving state of a switching transistor which is controlled by the Q1 node and controls a QB node can be controlled stably, and thus a defect of refreshing of the QB node can be prevented and the scan signal can be output stably, thereby a reliability of the gate circuit can be improved.
US11348491B2
A self-contained illuminated sign for mounting on a vehicle is disclosed. The sign includes a front panel, a rear panel situated opposite and substantially parallel to the front panel in spaced relation therefrom to define a space therebetween, and a light source comprising a plurality of LEDs. The light source is positioned between the front and rear panels and is configured to emit light that emanates from the front panel. The front panel is thus backlit to display indicia. A system for supporting a self-contained illuminated sign on a vehicle is also disclosed. The system includes the sign and a separate mounting frame mountable on a vehicle. The mounting frame is configured to removably receive the sign and, when the sign is received in the mounting frame, to surround a perimeter of the sign while permitting visibility of the front display area. Related methods are also disclosed.
US11348489B2
The present disclosure provides a flexible display device and a method for manufacturing the flexible display device. The method for manufacturing the flexible display device includes the following steps. First, a flexible substrate and a bonding structure are provided, in which the bonding structure is disposed on the flexible substrate. Subsequently, an anisotropic conductive film is provided on the bonding structure. Then, a driving circuit is provided on the anisotropic conductive film. Thereafter, the anisotropic conductive film is cured at a bonding temperature greater than or equal to 140° C. and less than or equal to 165° C.
US11348488B2
A display device includes a display panel including a folding area, and a metal plate disposed below the display panel. The metal plate includes a first plate and a second plate which are spaced apart from and face each other, at least one spacer disposed between the first plate and the second plate, and a space between the first plate and the second plate, the space excluding the at least one spacer.
US11348484B2
A dual retractable badge and key holder apparatus for conveniently securing keys and a badge includes a spool housing having an outer wall, an inner wall, and a sidewall. A median wall is coupled to the sidewall and lies parallel with the outer wall and the inner wall to define an outer cavity and an inner cavity. An axle is coupled to the spool housing. A pair of retractors comprises an outer retractor and an inner retractor coupled to the axle within the outer cavity and the inner cavity, respectively. Each retractor comprises a spool having a spring and a cord wound around the spool. A key ring is coupled to the inner retractor and is configured to secure a plurality of keys. A badge clip is coupled to the outer retractor and configured to secure a badge. A clamp is coupled to the axle adjacent the inner wall.
US11348482B2
An inanimate model for surgical simulation and methods for making and using the model are provided. The model includes a simulated diaphragm, a simulated esophagus extending through an esophageal opening in the diaphragm, a simulated blood vessel extending through a blood vessel opening in the diaphragm, and a simulated hernia in the diaphragm.
US11348479B2
Techniques are disclosed herein for improving the accuracy of nutritional responses measured in a non-clinical setting. Using the technologies described herein, different techniques can be utilized to improve the accuracy of test data associated with one or more “at home” tests. In some examples, more than one test is utilized to improve the accuracy of test data associated with a particular biomarker. In other examples, a data accuracy service can programmatically analyze data received from an individual and determine whether the data is accurate. In some examples, a computing device is utilized to assist in determining what food item(s) are consumed, as well as determine whether a test protocol was followed.
US11348470B1
An aircraft display control system is disclosed. The system comprises one or more displays configured to present a video stream of a surrounding environment to a user of the aircraft, image sensors configured to generate images of the surrounding environment, and a controller configured to execute an enhanced vision system (EVS) module, a synthetic vision system (SVS) module, a combined vision system (CVS) module and a brightness equalization module. The brightness equalization module measures an apparent brightness of a first frame of the video stream and applies a sigmoid transform function to equalize grayscale levels of a second frame of the video stream based on the apparent brightness of the first frame.
US11348469B2
There are provided systems and methods for enhancing wake turbulence situational awareness in the cockpit of an aircraft. In one aspect, transmissions from a lead aircraft are received and stored by a trailing aircraft to allow the trailing aircraft to create a history of the lead aircraft's position for the purposes of, among other things, determining the relative positioning of the lead and the trailing aircraft (or trailing aircraft's) flight paths and relative altitudes. From this determination, better situational information can be displayed to the flight crew to aid in wake turbulence avoidance.
US11348465B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for updating information. The method may include: acquiring road network structure information of a target road network and vehicle information of a target number of vehicles in the target road network, the vehicle information including initial state information, perception information and positioning information, and the vehicle information being constrained by the road network structure information; selecting a target vehicle from the target number of vehicles; determining, based on a vehicle dynamics model, a reference speed at which the target vehicle passes a preset time step; and updating vehicle information of a vehicle in the target road network based on the reference speed of the target vehicle.
US11348462B2
A collision prediction apparatus includes a radar-detection target position detection section, a pattern matching execution section that detects an image detection target, an image-detection target position detection section, an identical target determination section that determines that the radar detection target and the image detection target are an identical target when a positional relationship between the both targets becomes a predetermined relationship; a collision prediction section that predicts whether the own vehicle is likely to collide with an identical target as an object, and a support execution section that performs driving support when a collision between the own vehicle is predicted. In the apparatus, the collision prediction section predicts whether the radar detection target, as the object, is likely to collide with the own vehicle, under conditions that the object is turning in a direction approaching the own vehicle, and that the image detection target can no longer be detected.
US11348461B2
A method of parking space dispatch includes receiving a user command, enqueueing the user command, analyzing an image of a parking area using a machine learning model, dequeueing the user command, and notifying the user of an identification of the available parking space. A vehicle parking spot dispatch system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to receive a user command, enqueue the user command, analyze an image of a parking area using a machine learning model, dequeue the user command, and notify the user of the available parking space. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions that when executed, cause a computer to receive a user command, enqueue the user command, analyze an image of a parking area using a machine learning model, dequeue the user command, and notify the user of the available parking space.
US11348457B2
The present invention performs analysis more appropriately on the basis of information such as location information for a plurality of moving objects. An analysis device 30 comprises: a 311 that receives changes in location information for a plurality of vehicles 50; a storage unit 32 that stores a road on which the plurality of vehicles 50 can travel, together with link information including an intersection; a link designation unit 312 that accepts a designation of the link information to be analyzed; and a control unit 313 that differentiates between respective routes of the plurality of vehicles 50 after passage through the link corresponding to the designated link information, totals the link passage times for each route, and specifies a cause of congestion on the basis of the separation between representative values for each route, said separation being based on the results of the totaling.
US11348452B2
An approach is provided for automatically verifying a road closure using multiple possible vehicle paths between two probe points. The approach involves, for example, processing probe data to determine a possible path of a vehicle over a road graph, wherein the road graph represents a road link and one or more other road links entering or exiting the road link. The approach also involves calculating a path probability for the possible path, wherein the path probability indicates a likelihood that the possible path is a true path of the vehicle over the road graph. The approach further involves assigning a weighted vehicle count to the road link and/or one or more other road links contained in the possible path, wherein the weighted vehicle count is based on the path probability. The approach further involves detecting a traffic anomaly occurring on the road link based on the weighted vehicle count.
US11348451B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining a navigation route based on the location of a vehicle and generating a recommendation for a vehicle maneuver. The method may comprise determining, based on sensor data received from a location sensor of a mobile device or a vehicle, a location of the vehicle. A computing device may determine a navigation route for navigating the vehicle from the location to a destination, and the navigation route may comprise a plurality of intersections. The computing device may determine a plurality of potential maneuvers at a first intersection of the plurality of intersections. The computing device may also determine, based on one or more factors, a navigation score for each of the plurality of potential maneuvers at the first intersection. Based on the navigation score for each of the plurality of potential maneuvers, the computing device may select a maneuver from the plurality of potential maneuvers to recommend for the vehicle.
US11348450B2
A remote control device having capacitive touch controls may be configured to enter a sleep state (or mode). For example, the remote control device may be configured to enter the sleep state upon expiration of an interval of time since a most recent button press. The remote control may be configured to awaken from the sleep state when one or more portions of a housing of the remote control are deflected, for example, when a user grasps the remote control to actuate one or more of the capacitive touch controls. For example, the remote control device may include a switch. The switch may include a carbon structure that may be configured to contact an open circuit pad on a circuit board to close the corresponding circuit when the housing is deflected and awaken the remote control device from the sleep state.
US11348447B2
An alarm management system of the present disclosure includes an alarm management apparatus, a monitoring terminal, and a controller. The alarm management apparatus generates an alarm based on information received from the controller or receives an alarm from the controller, receives information related to a filtering condition from the monitoring terminal, performs filtering on the alarm based on the filtering condition, and presents the alarm subjected to the filtering to an operator via the monitoring terminal.
US11348443B2
Exemplary embodiments of methods and devices for obtaining more accurate hand hygiene compliance metrics are disclosed herein. An exemplary device or badge for a hygiene compliance system includes a housing; a processor located in the housing; memory in circuit communication with the processor; wireless communication circuitry in circuit communication with the processor; and an additional time input in circuit communication with the processor.
US11348441B2
Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for providing hand hygiene dispenser stations configured to remind users to use the hand hygiene dispenser stations. In one or more embodiments, the present systems and methods provide individual provider identification and networked communication among hand hygiene stations (dispenser stations), enabling tracking of providers and data collection regarding hand hygiene products usage (hand hygiene compliance).
US11348439B1
A corrosion monitoring/alerting system includes a chassis. A corrosion monitoring subsystem identifies a current humidity and a current temperature in the chassis, determines that the current humidity is above a corrosion-alert humidity and the current temperature is below a corrosion-alert temperature and, in response, generates a first corrosion alert signal. A corrosion alert subsystem identifies the first corrosion alert signal and, in response, transmits a first recommended corrosion remediation action communication. The corrosion monitoring subsystem may also transmit a test current through a test computing subsystem connection, determine that a test voltage generated in response to transmitting the test current through the test computing subsystem connection is below a corrosion-alert voltage and, response, generate a second corrosion alert signal. The corrosion alert subsystem may identify the second corrosion alert signal and, in response, transmit a second recommended corrosion remediation action communication.
US11348438B1
A carbon monoxide detection system for alerting users to dangerous carbon monoxide levels and automatically opening garage doors includes a detection unit comprising a a power source and a CPU coupled within the housing. A carbon monoxide sensor, an alarm, and a control button are coupled to the housing and are in operational communication with the CPU. A transceiver is coupled within the housing and is in operational communication with the CPU. A garage door controller is coupled to the housing and is in operational communication with the CPU as well as with a standard garage door opener. A plurality of voice annunciating units is in wireless communication with the transceiver of the detection unit to create a visual and auditory alert when the alarm is triggered.
US11348432B2
According to an aspect, there is provided a wrist-worn emergency-detection device (10), such as a fall-detection device, the emergency detection device comprising a sensor interface (30), a processor (20) and a touch-sensitive display (40), wherein the processor is arranged to: trigger an alarm based on an emergency-detection input from the sensor interface; select a cancel configuration of the device to accept a cancel alarm input from a user, the cancel alarm input instructing alarm cancellation with an input that varies from a previous time a cancel configuration was selected; format the display with user instructions according to the cancel configuration; and cancel the alarm when there is a cancel alarm input by the user in accordance with the user instructions.
US11348426B2
Electronic Article Surveillance in which a radio frequency identification (RFID) interrogation signal is transmitted, over a first window of time, into an RFID interrogation zone of the EAS system. A plurality of response signals are detected from a first RFID tag of the EAS system responding to the interrogation signal. Over a second window of time overlapping at least in part with the first window of time, image data is captured within a field of view. The field of view and the RFID interrogation zone overlap to form a zone of interest. Movement of a non-tag object is characterized during the first window of time based on the image data. Whether the first RFID tag is associated with the characterized non-tag object is determined based on a comparison of the detected plurality of response signals and the characterized movement of the non-tag object.
US11348417B2
A smart doorbell system includes a doorbell switch, an input device, a chime circuit, and a ring circuit. A chime circuit includes a power connection terminal and a first rectifier circuit and a second rectifier circuit coupled to the power connection terminal and connected in parallel. The power connection terminal receives an alternating current including a first direction current and a second direction current that alternate. The input device is coupled to the chime circuit and generates a control signal. The control signal controls one of the first and second direction currents to pass through a corresponding one of the first and second rectifier circuits. The doorbell switch is coupled to the chime circuit and the ring circuit. A trigger signal is generated through the other one of the first and second direction currents when the doorbell switch is pressed, such that the ring circuit produces a ringing sound.
US11348414B2
Provided is an automated teller machine which effectively prevents a banknote from being blown away by wind when a banknote is input or withdrawn through an input-output unit of the automated teller machine. The automated teller machine includes an input-output unit which includes an inlet in which a banknote accommodation space is formed so that a banknote to be input or withdrawn is loaded therein and through which external wind is introduced, a movement path through which the external wind introduced through the inlet passes, and an outlet through which the wind that passes through the movement path is discharged to an upper surface of the loaded banknote.
US11348404B2
The invention relates to a device for controlling the operation of at least one physical gaming machine (1), which comprises at least one digital camera (13) for taking images (5′) of a physical viewing display (5) of the gaming machine (1), and telecommunication means (4, 9) for real-time transmission of the images (5′) to a remote user terminal (10) comprising a gaming interface (11) for the live and continuous display of the images (5′) on a screen (10a). The device also comprises remote selecting means (7a′, 7b′, 7c′, 7d′), analogous to physical selector means (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) of the gaming machine (1), which allow a remote player to select remote commands relating to the game and which are transmitted by means of a remote server (3) to a control module (12) connected to a control logic (2) of the gaming machine (1) to automatically block the remote commands when the gaming machine (1) is activated by an on-site player (6), and to block in the gaming machine, on-site selection commands, payout processing means (2c) and payment processing means (2b) and activate at least the selection process module (2a) in remote-gaming mode, when the gaming machine (1) is activated by the remote player.
US11348399B1
A medication storage and dispensing system that includes a plurality of cavities that can be used to securely store and dispense pills and other medications in a secure, traceable and controlled environment. The system allows for the secure transport and dispensing, while allowing the tracking of inventory. The system provides reminders of when the medication should be taken.
US11348396B2
A method of controlling access through a door may include storing a user's digital identity and a user's access policy in a memory of the user's mobile device, which may use the stored user's digital identity and the stored user's access policy to determine whether the user is authorized for access through the door and to make an access decision of YES or NO. The access decision may be communicated to the reader, which controls operation of a door lock in accordance with whether the access decision was YES or NO.
US11348392B2
A method for controlling access to a facility includes: an identification process, an authorization process, and an application process. Access to the facility is blocked by a lock that is openable by a person with an authorized key. A system for controlling access to the facility includes a first security ring formed by data-conductive connections between an electronic reader, an identity server, and an access server; a second security ring is formed by data-conductive connections between the electronic reader, the access server, and a terminal; and a third security ring formed by data-conductive connections between the access server, the terminal, and the lock.
US11348389B1
The present invention provides a control system that can be used to control switches and locks with a view to providing controlled access to target devices. The control system comprises a code-generating process that can generate commands or instructions to a target device which are encrypted. The commands can be presented as a numeric token and delivered to a customer, who can manually input the token into a controller of an access unit, containing a lock or a switch, which in turn manages access and functionality of a target device or appliance. A control system allows a lock or switch to operate independently based on internally programmed algorithms within a controller without any wireless communication.
US11348388B2
A method to determine a relay attack on an authorization system granting permission on using a resource, includes receiving a signal from an authentication device; determining, whether at least two copies of an authentication signal are included in the signal; and concluding on a relay attack if at least two copies of the authentication signal are identified in the signal.
US11348385B2
A centralized event data management system for collecting event data from a plurality of vehicles and managing thereof is disclosed. The centralized system liberates the vehicle onboard event data recorder (EDR) from the constraints of data storage space. Free of the constraints of data storage space, the EDR allows for more flexible data collection than is mandated by law or regulation.
US11348384B2
The invention is a method for determining indicators of pollution from overall mobility of a user, comprising detecting trips in soft modes of transport and trips in motorized vehicles by use of a smart phone; determining a real environmental footprint linked to pollution emissions for each trip in a motorized vehicle by use of a model which estimates pollution emissions by accounting for macroscopic characteristics of the vehicle and a real speed profile representing the style of driving of the user; determining a target environmental footprint from each of the motorized vehicle trips by accounting for a target speed profile representing an optimal style of driving in the model for estimating pollution emissions; and breaking down the environmental footprint for each of the motorized vehicle trips into a footprint linked to the vehicle, and to a style of driving to a type of route and; determining an overall environmental footprint for the mobility of the user by accounting for all trips in soft modes of transport and trips in motorized vehicles over a given time interval, and determining at least one of driving indicators and environmental impact indicators for the user's overall mobility.
US11348382B1
A system and method of detecting remote use of a diagnostic scan tool computer device for scanning, diagnosing and/or programing a vehicle at a repair facility. A time duration for exchange of data signals between the diagnostic scan tool and an electronic system of a vehicle is tracked via a monitor application on a computer device. The tracked time is compared to a predetermined expected time threshold for the operation of exchanging data signals between the diagnostic scan tool and the electronic system of the vehicle, and an alert is provided if the tracked time exceeds the predetermined expected time threshold for the operation indicating that the diagnostic scan tool is being operated remotely from the vehicle. An electronic identifier of the diagnostic scan tool may be detected such that the number of times the diagnostic scan tool is used may be tracked and compared to an expected threshold.
US11348381B2
A mobile identification transmitter for an access arrangement of a vehicle, said access arrangement being supplied by a vehicle battery, comprises an identification-transmitter-side receiving device for receiving a vehicle-side request signal. Furthermore, it comprises an identification-transmitter-side transmitting device for emitting a response signal in response to the reception of the vehicle-side request signal. Finally, the mobile identification transmitter has an identification-transmitter-side control device for identifying and/or estimating the state of charge of the vehicle battery, for comparing the identified and/or estimated state of charge with a predetermined threshold value, and for identifying an emergency state of the access arrangement if the identified and/or estimated state of charge falls below the predetermined threshold value. If this is the case, then the identification-transmitter-side transmitting device can emit electromagnetic waves for charging a chargeable energy store for supplying the access arrangement. Simple and convenient emergency operation of the access arrangement is thus possible.
US11348380B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to an autonomous driving system in an ego vehicle. The autonomous driving system includes an antenna system having an antenna controller configured to provide a radar transmission signal for transmission to a target. The antenna system also includes a beacon circuit coupled to the antenna controller and configured to generate a superimposed signal comprising the radar transmission signal and a beacon signal having information that identifies the ego vehicle to other vehicles that are in a range distance of the ego vehicle. The antenna system also includes a metamaterial antenna structure coupled to the beacon circuit and configured to transmit the superimposed signal to the other vehicles. Other examples disclosed herein include a radar system having a beacon system and a method of operating the antenna system in the autonomous driving system of the ego vehicle, for vehicle identification.
US11348379B2
A drive recorder to be mounted on a vehicle includes an acquisition unit, a recording unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The acquisition unit acquires data representing driving condition. The recording unit records the acquired data. The communication unit transmits the acquired data to the outside. The control unit controls the quality of the data to be transmitted based on the information received from the outside.
US11348372B2
The present invention provides a technology which performs security management while ensuring privacy of a user. The present invention is provided with: an image-capturing device which captures an image of the inside of a target booth such as a toilet booth, a shower booth, and a dressing room; an abnormality determination means which determines abnormality in the target booth on the basis of the image captured by the image-capturing device; a notification data generation means which generates notification data on the basis of the abnormality determination result; and an abnormality notification means which provides a notification of the notification data.
US11348366B2
A method of determining a cosmetic skin attribute of a person is provided. The method includes obtaining a color channel image of a person's skin, analyzing the color channel image with a computer using entropy statistics to obtain an entropy value, and then determining a cosmetic skin attribute for the person based on the entropy value.
US11348364B2
Biometrics fingerprint matching has been done with a heavily hand-tuned and designed process of classical computer vision techniques for several decades. This approach has led to accurate solutions for solving crimes today and, as such, little effort has been devoted to using deep learning in this domain. Exemplary embodiments disclosed herein leverage synthetic data generators to train a neural fingerprint enhancer to improve matching accuracy on real fingerprint images.
US11348362B2
A kit for protecting a display screen of an electronic device having an in-screen fingerprint sensor is provided. The kit includes a screen protector at least partially formed from a transparent material and an interface coupler configured to be positioned between the screen protector and the display screen proximate the in-screen fingerprint sensor. The interface coupler includes a transparent carrier layer, a first adhesive layer, and a second adhesive layer. The first adhesive layer is positioned on a first surface of the transparent carrier layer and configured to be affixed to the display screen of the electronic device, the first adhesive layer comprising a silicone adhesive or a gel or a gel-like material. The second adhesive layer is positioned on a second surface of the transparent carrier layer and configured to be affixed to the screen protector.
US11348360B2
A method for biometric identification includes: acquiring a first fingerprint image by using a first image capturing mode, where the first fingerprint image is used for first biometric identification, and the first biometric identification includes fingerprint identification; and acquiring a plurality of frames of second fingerprint images by using a second image capturing mode, where the plurality of frames of second fingerprint images are used for second biometric identification, and the second biometric identification includes at least one of heart rate detection, blood oxygen detection or living body detection, and the first image capturing mode is different from the second image capturing mode. The method for biometric identification is beneficial to improve detection performance.
US11348358B2
An electronic device having a step compensated fingerprint sensor is disclosed. The electronic device includes a display panel including a front surface and a rear surface; an elastic member, disposed on the rear surface of the display panel, including an opening and having a first designated height; a sensor having a second designated height lower than the first designated height and disposed in an inner space formed by a side surface, having the first designated height, of the opening and the rear surface of the display panel; a connection member electrically connected to the sensor and disposed on the sensor with a third designated height compensating for a difference between the first designated height and the second designated height; and a flexible substrate electrically connected to the connection member in the opening and extended to an area of the elastic member.
US11348356B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate which includes: a base substrate; a light emitting layer located on the base substrate, the light emitting layer including light emitting regions and non-light emitting regions which are arranged alternately, the light emitting regions including multiple light emitting units; and the display substrate further includes a fingerprint recognition region including a touch layer which is disposed on a side of the light emitting layer distal to the base substrate and corresponds to the non-light emitting regions of the light emitting layer, the touch layer including an opaque pattern; the touch layer is provided with at least one pinhole.
US11348351B2
Various embodiments include systems and methods of arthropod detection using an electronic arthropod detection device. The electronic arthropod detection device may scan a surface or a subject using a terahertz sensor that is sensitive to a terahertz band of electromagnetic radiation to detect the presence or likely presence of an arthropod in a region of interest (ROI). A camera sensitive to a visible band of electromagnetic radiation captures at least one image and provides the image(s) to an object detection model in response to determining that an arthropod is or is likely present in the ROI. A processor may initiate an arthropod detected procedure in response to detecting an arthropod in the ROI.
US11348348B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a driving state analysis method. The driving state analysis method includes: performing fatigue state detection and distraction state detection for a driver on a driver image to obtain a fatigue state detection result and a distraction state detection result; in response to one of the fatigue state detection result and the distraction state detection result satisfying a predetermined alarm condition, outputting alarm information of a corresponding detection result that satisfies the predetermined alarm condition; and/or, in response to both the fatigue state detection result and the distraction state detection result satisfying the predetermined alarm condition, outputting alarm information of the fatigue state detection result that satisfies the predetermined alarm condition.
US11348346B2
In a control apparatus for an automated driving vehicle, a receiving unit receives an external start signal that is a signal for starting automated driving in the automated driving vehicle and is transmitted from outside the automated driving vehicle. A control unit performs processes required for automated driving. A person determining unit determines whether a person is present inside a vehicle cabin of the automated driving vehicle. An operating unit is provided inside the vehicle cabin and receives a single or a plurality of operations for starting automated driving in the automated driving vehicle. In response to the person determining unit determining that a person is present inside the vehicle cabin, the control unit does not start automated driving even when the receiving unit receives the external start signal and starts automated driving only when an operation on the operating unit is performed.
US11348344B2
A line detection device (10) includes a first detection unit (100) and a second detection unit (200). The first detection unit (100) extracts a pixel located in a range having a predetermined color from an image including a traveling path on which a mobile object travels, and specifies a line of a first color included in the image using a distribution of the extracted pixel in the image. After execution by processing by the first detection unit (100), the second detection unit (200) extracts a pixel located in a luminance range having a predetermined luminance from the image and specifies a line of a second color which is included in the image and is different from the first color using a distribution of the extracted pixel in the image.
US11348342B2
The invention relates to a method for improved data fusion during environment detection in a motor vehicle (50), comprising the following steps: detecting (101) an environment (40) of the motor vehicle (50) using at least one sensor (2); recognising (102) objects (81) in measurement data (20) detected by the at least one sensor (2); fusioning (115) of the recognised objects (81) and the object positions thereof in an environment map (80), wherein a probability of existence is/will be assigned to objects (81) recorded in the environment map (80), and wherein the probability of existence of a recorded object (81) is reduced, when a free region (86, 86.1) is measured during the detection of the position of the recorded object, wherein a respective orientation attribute (60) is assigned to the objects (81) recorded in the environment map (80) and recorded in the environment map (80), and for a region in the sensor region (83.1, 83.2, 83.3) of the at least one sensor (2), in which a free region (86, 86.1) is measured, the probability of existence of an object (81) recorded in the region of the environment map (80) corresponding to the region is reduced in accordance with the assigned orientation attribute (60). The invention also relates to the associated device (1).
US11348329B2
Provided is a method of recognizing a business card by a terminal through federated learning, including receiving an image of the business card; extracting a feature value from the image including text related to a field of an address book set in the terminal; inputting the feature value into a first common prediction model and determining first text information from an output of the first common prediction model; analyzing a pattern of the first text information and inputting the first text information into the field; caching the first text information and second text information received for error correction of the first text information from a user; and training the first common prediction model using the image, the first text information, and the second text information, whereby each terminal may train and share the first common prediction model.
US11348299B2
Embodiments relate to a method for real-time facial animation, and a processing device for real-time facial animation. The method includes providing a dynamic expression model, receiving tracking data corresponding to a facial expression of a user, estimating tracking parameters based on the dynamic expression model and the tracking data, and refining the dynamic expression model based on the tracking data and estimated tracking parameters. The method may further include generating a graphical representation corresponding to the facial expression of the user based on the tracking parameters. Embodiments pertain to a real-time facial animation system.
US11348296B2
Systems and methods are provided for providing a timeline representing a culture media protocol for a culture medium. Providing a timeline representing a culture media protocol can include receiving the culture media protocol for the culture media generating the timeline on a user interface based on the culture media protocol, monitoring time on the timeline, receiving one or more culture media images related to the culture media protocol, associating each of the one or more culture media images with a position on the timeline that correlates to a time at which the culture media image was captured, and generating a selectable marker for each culture media image associated with the timeline, the selectable marker being aligned with the position on the timeline that correlates to the time at which the culture media image was captured.
US11348291B2
A system for reconstructing magnetic resonance images includes a processor that is configured to obtain, from a magnetic resonance scanner, sub-sampled k-space data; apply an inverse fast fourier transform to the sub-sampled k-space data to generate a preliminary image; and process the preliminary image via a trained cascaded recurrent neural network to reconstruct a magnetic resonance image.
US11348284B2
A system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute information and/or spatial information for a point cloud and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute and/or spatial information for the point cloud. The encoder is configured to convert a point cloud into an image based representation. The encoder packs patch images into an image frame and fills empty spaces in the image frame with a padding. Auxiliary information is signaled for use in identifying patches in an image frame. The auxiliary information may be signaled using a syntax that includes a header portion and data portion, which may enable temporal prediction and timing information to be signaled.
US11348281B1
An apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive video signals from two or more cameras arranged to obtain a predetermined field of view, wherein respective fields of view of each pair of said two or more cameras overlap. The processor may be configured to perform a fixed pattern calibration for facilitating multi-view stitching. The fixed pattern calibration may comprise (a) performing a geometry calibration process to obtain intrinsic parameters and distortion parameters for each lens of the two or more cameras, and (b) applying a pose calibration process to the video signals using (i) the intrinsic parameters and the distortion parameters for each lens of the two or more cameras, and (ii) a calibration board to obtain configuration parameters for the respective fields of view of the two or more cameras.
US11348276B2
A mobile robot and a method of controlling the mobile robot are disclosed. The method includes acquiring an image of an inside of a traveling zone. The method further includes performing a point-based feature point extraction by extracting a first feature point from the acquired image. The method also includes performing a block-based feature point extraction by dividing the acquired image into blocks having a predetermined size and extracting a second feature point from each of the divided block-unit images. The method also includes determining the current location by performing a point-based feature point matching using the first feature point and performing a block-based feature point using the second feature point. The method also includes storing the determined current location in association with the first feature point and the second feature point in a map.
US11348272B2
A vegetation index calculation apparatus (10) is provided with a specification unit (11) that collates height distribution data indicating a distribution of the height of plants that exist in a target region with predicted height data of a crop targeted for calculation of a vegetation index, and specifies a region where the crop exists within the target region, and a vegetation index calculation unit (12) that calculates the vegetation index of the crop that exists in the region specified by the specification unit (11).
US11348268B2
A system includes a neural network implemented by one or more computers, in which the neural network includes an image depth prediction neural network and a camera motion estimation neural network. The neural network is configured to receive a sequence of images. The neural network is configured to process each image in the sequence of images using the image depth prediction neural network to generate, for each image, a respective depth output that characterizes a depth of the image, and to process a subset of images in the sequence of images using the camera motion estimation neural network to generate a camera motion output that characterizes the motion of a camera between the images in the subset. The image depth prediction neural network and the camera motion estimation neural network have been jointly trained using an unsupervised learning technique.
US11348263B2
Training method for detecting vanishing point and method and apparatus for detecting vanishing point
Provided is a method and apparatus for detecting a vanishing point in a driving image of a vehicle. The method includes: receiving the driving image; generating a probability map, comprising probability information about a position of the vanishing point in the driving image, from the driving image; detecting a vanishing point on the driving image by applying smoothing regression, which softens a boundary region of the vanishing point, to the probability map; and processing a task for driving the vehicle by converting an orientation of the driving image based on the vanishing point.
US11348253B2
Methods and systems are provided for implementing source separation techniques, and more specifically performing source separation on mixed source single-channel and multi-channel audio signals enhanced by inputting lip motion information from captured image data, including selecting a target speaker facial image from a plurality of facial images captured over a period of interest; computing a motion vector based on facial features of the target speaker facial image; and separating, based on at least the motion vector, audio corresponding to a constituent source from a mixed source audio signal captured over the period of interest. The mixed source audio signal may be captured from single-channel or multi-channel audio capture devices. Separating audio from the audio signal may be performed by a fusion learning model comprising a plurality of learning sub-models. Separating the audio from the audio signal may be performed by a blind source separation (“BSS”) learning model.
US11348244B2
A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain feature values related to the shape and a property of the heart. The processing circuitry is configured to estimate, by using the feature values, a state of the heart after a chest is opened. The processing circuitry is configured to estimate, based on a result of the estimation of the state of the heart, a state of the heart after the chest is closed after a treatment is completed. The processing circuitry is configured to output a parameter related to the estimated state of the heart after the chest is closed to a display.
US11348240B2
A method for predicting an expected yield of nucleic acid from tumor cells within a dissection boundary on a hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) slide is provided.
US11348233B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for image processing. The method may include obtaining an initial image; obtaining an intermediate image corresponding to the initial image, the intermediate image including pixels or voxels associated with at least a portion of a target object in the initial image; obtaining a trained processing model; and generating, based on the initial image and the intermediate image, a target image associated with the target object using the trained processing model.
US11348216B2
Technologies for determining the accuracy of three-dimensional models include a device having circuitry to obtain two-dimensional images of an anatomical object (e.g., a bone of a human joint), to obtain a candidate three-dimensional model of the anatomical object, and to produce two-dimensional silhouettes of the candidate three-dimensional model. The circuitry is also to apply an edge detection algorithm to the two-dimensional images to produce corresponding edge images and to compare the two-dimensional silhouettes to the edge images to produce a score indicative of an accuracy of the candidate three-dimensional model.
US11348215B2
Provided is a method of reconstructing an integral image based on computational integral imaging reconstruction (CIIR), the method including determining a crop ratio of an original elemental image array (EIA), cropping each elemental image in the original EIA according to the determined crop ratio to generate a cropped and translated EIA, magnifying each elemental image in the cropped and translated EIA according to an adjustable magnification factor (k), overlapping the magnified elemental images with an overlapping number that is adjusted according to the adjustable magnification factor (k), and normalizing the overlapping elemental images to generate a reconstructed image.
US11348199B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for modifying graphics rendering by transcoding a serialized command stream. An embodiment operates by receiving a command configured to instruct an API to render a graphics element. The embodiment further operates by generating, based on the command, a transcoded command configured to instruct the API to render a modified graphics element by applying a set of modification factors to a portion of the command. Subsequently, the embodiment operates by transmitting the transcoded command to the API.
US11348189B2
A system for masking tax data during collaborative preparation of an electronic tax return, the system includes a server computer having a tax return preparation program running thereon. The system also includes a tax return preparation computer having a first browser program running thereon. The system further includes a support computer having a second browser program running thereon. Moreover, the system includes a network operatively coupling the server computer, tax return preparation computer, and the support computer. The first browser includes a masking module configured to automatically mask a tax datum without user intervention before transmitting the tax datum to the server computer for subsequent transmission to the support computer. The tax datum is masked in real time during collaborative preparation of the electronic tax return.
US11348186B1
One or more devices in a data analysis computing system may be configured to receive and analyze movement data and driving data, and determine driving trips and associated drivers based on the received data. Movement data may be collected by one or more mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablet computers, and on-board vehicle systems. Drivers associated with driving trips may be identified based on the movement data collected by the mobile devices, such as speed data, acceleration data, or distance/location data. In some cases, driving patterns may be determined based on the movement data before and after stopping points, and the driving patterns may be compared to a set of previously stored driving patterns associated with various different drivers.
US11348182B1
Methods and systems for monitoring use and determining risks associated with operation of a vehicle having one or more autonomous operation features are provided. According to certain aspects, a virtual log of data regarding performance of the features in a virtual test environment may be recorded during operation of the vehicle. This may include information regarding the vehicle, the vehicle environment, use of the autonomous operation features, and/or control decisions made by the features. The control decisions may include evasive maneuvers performed by the vehicle under the control of the features. The performance data in the virtual log may be used to determine risk levels associated with vehicle operation by the autonomous operation features. The risk levels may further be used to adjust an insurance policy associated with the vehicle.
US11348177B2
Systems and methods of the present disclosure enable an electronic transaction platform that receives a request to begin the electronic communication session identifying a preferred instrument feature relating to the target financial instrument to be traded. The electronic transaction platform receive instrument feature data relating to characteristics of financial instruments available to trade, and clusters, using a clustering machine learning model, the financial instruments into instrument feature groups based on the characteristics. The target financial instrument is classified with the clustering machine learning model into one of the instrument feature groups based on the preferred instrument feature to identify similar financial instruments. A dealer user is identified to act as an intermediate entity in a transaction with the similar financial instruments and a graphical user interface is presented to the user with active links to connect to the dealer user for each similar financial instrument.
US11348172B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for user interfaces that differentiate payment instruments having a trusted beneficiary. It is determined that a payee entity has been designated as a trusted beneficiary for a particular payment instrument issued by a particular payment issuer. A user interface is generated that facilitates a user selection of one of a plurality of payment instruments associated with a user account. The plurality of payment instruments include the particular payment instrument. The user interface differentiates the particular payment instrument based at least in part the payee entity being designated as the trusted beneficiary for the particular payment instrument.
US11348169B2
A network device accesses a server via a network to collect information from a user and to verify identification of the user. Financial information of the user is accessed from one or more sources other than the user. An indicator of financial responsibility is assigned to the user based on the collected information and the accessed financial information of the user. The indicator of financial responsibility is disclosed to other persons under conditions selected by the user by communicating the indicator of financial responsibility via the network to one or more network devices.
US11348164B2
A computer-implemented method for providing electronic recommendation engines and displays of an apparel subscription application may comprise determining a status of the user as being a valid user of electronic closet recommendation engines and displays of an apparel subscription application; determining, if the user is a valid user, a presence of apparel data in an assistant section of an electronic record corresponding to the user in a database of the electronic closet recommendation engines and displays; and launching the assistant section of a user interface of the apparel subscription application, if the apparel data is present in the assistant section of the electronic record.
US11348163B1
Upon selection of an item, several acquisition options may be available for a user to acquire that item. The attributes of these options vary based on price, delivery speed, and so forth. Differences between a reference option and other options are determined. These differences are used to determine a caption identifier. Caption output data is determined based the caption identifier and presented within a user interface with a corresponding control. The control allows the user to acquire the item using the corresponding option. The caption provides the user with a concise and clear reason as to why a particular option is beneficial to the user. For example, a “Willing to wait?” caption shows an acquisition option for which the item is available at lower cost but longer delivery time than the reference option. Services may obtain the caption output from a caption generator using an application programming interface (API).
US11348160B1
A computer system may connect to various customer-facing devices and manage or automate the order process between a retail store and the customer. The computer system may perform the dialogue and receive an order for items from the retail store and may perform quality control monitoring of the dialogue between customers and employees taking orders. The ordering system may utilize the ordered items in combination with various contextual cues to determine a customer identity which may then be linked to past orders and/or various order preferences. Based on the determined customer identity, the system may provide recommendations of additional order items or order alterations to the customer before personally identifying information has been collected from the customer. The determination of the customer identity and the determination of recommendations may be performed by machine learning algorithms that were trained on customer data and the retail store products.
US11348156B2
Embodiments provide computer apparatuses, computer systems and computer-executable methods for recommending a commercial item or entity to a consumer based on geographic zone data. The method includes receiving a first predetermined geographic zone, a first importance score associated with a consumer for the first predetermined geographic zone, and a second importance score associated with a commercial item or entity for the first predetermined geographic zone. The method also includes programmatically generating an overlap score based on the first and second importance scores, and programmatically generating a relevancy score based on the overlap score, the relevancy score indicating a probability that the commercial item or entity is of relevance to the consumer. The method further includes, based on the relevancy score, transmitting instructions to a computing device associated with the consumer to cause the computing device to render a representation of the commercial item or entity.
US11348142B2
The present application describes systems, methods and devices for creative asset management, some of which can be utilized in closed/batch supply and/or open real-time bidding (RTB) supply opportunities. The present application further describes systems, methods and devices for omni-channel creative asset management that may have bi-directional features. In particular, in some embodiments, the creative asset management systems, methods, and devices described herein can allow advertisers to consolidate their online advertising efforts into a central platform.
US11348141B2
Techniques for programmatically interfacing with mobile chat sessions are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include one or more servers configured to: access the mobile chat session hosted by the mobile chat server; receive input chat data from the mobile chat server; determine promotions scores of candidate promotions based at least in part on the input chat data; and provide the output chat data to the mobile chat server including an electronic marketing communication of one or more promotions selected based on the promotion scores. The one or more servers may be further configured to programmatically interact with chat accounts within the mobile chat session, such as to request additional search terms for improved promotion relevance targeting, among other things.
US11348139B1
Systems and related methods of providing promotions to consumers based on proximity to communication beacons are discussed herein. Some embodiments may provide for a system including a communication beacon and a central system. The communication beacon may be associated with a merchant and located at a merchant shop. Based on receiving consumer presence data from the communication beacon indicating that a consumer device and the communication beacon has formed a direct wireless connection, the server may be configured to provide merchant information, promotions, or other messages to the consumer device. In some embodiments, messages may be generated by the merchant and targeted to consumers based on consumer device location, consumer demographics, among other things. Furthermore, the server may provide consumer information to a merchant device to facilitate consumer service, point-of-sale, and seamless transactions and promotion redemptions.
US11348135B1
Methods and systems for using reinforcement learning to optimizing promotions. A promotion for a product and/or service is offered to a customer using a reinforcement learning model. The customer's reaction is observed. A reward or a penalty is collected based on the customer's reaction. The reinforcement learning model is adapted based on the reward or penalty.
US11348130B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods to generate sketches for clearing-bid values and bid-success rates based on multi-dimensional targeting criteria for a digital-content campaign and dynamically determine predicted values for the digital-content campaign based on the sketches. To illustrate, the disclosed systems can use a running-average-tuple-sketch to generate tuple sketches of historical clearing-bid values and tuple sketches of historical bid-success-rates from historical auction data. Based on the tuple sketches, the disclosed systems can determine one or more of a predicted cost per quantity of impressions, a predicted number of impressions, or a predicted expenditure for the digital-content campaign—according to user-input targeting criteria and expenditure constraints.
US11348129B2
A system and method are provided for determining an optimum price curve to a target date and dynamically updating a price of a product in real-time in a store of a merchant. A merchant database contains and a third-party source provides information which is relevant to determining the price. An enhanced data engine and database generates and stores enhanced information which is derived from the merchant and third-party information and which is relevant to determining the price of the product. A dynamic pricing mechanism includes an artificial intelligence trained on the enhanced information and is configured to determine the optimum price curve for the product, and to transmit a current price from the optimum price curve via a communications network. An electronic price display is located in the store and receives from the dynamic pricing mechanism and visually displays in real-time the current price of the product.
US11348128B1
For a measurement period, signal strengths, device identifiers and access point identifiers are received from a plurality of access points. A record for the measurement period is stored in random access memory with the record being associated with a single device identifier and containing access point identifiers associated with signal strengths received for the measurement period. The location of a device is determined for the measurement period by retrieving spatial coordinates of a corresponding access point for each access point identifier in the record for the measurement period and setting the location of the device for the measurement period to the average of the retrieved spatial coordinates.
US11348118B2
Transaction cards, systems and methods for performing fraud detection at POS devices based on analysis of feature sets are disclosed. In one embodiment, an exemplary transaction card may comprise one or more sensors configured to collect pre-card-use sensor data regarding a user of the card, circuitry that assembles such data into feature sets and performs fraud detection, and data storage. According to some aspects, the fraud detection may include comparing user specific sensor data, collected for a current transaction, to a user-specific risk profile validation model to determine a risk score for the current transaction, and transmitting the risk score to a card transacting device when a card is presented during a transaction. In some implementations, the risk score may enable the card transacting device to evaluate a risk associated with accepting the transaction card to complete the attempted transaction.
US11348113B2
The disclosed technology relates to Spend Limit Systems for gas-station refuel transactions. An exemplary system may receive vehicle information identifying a customer's vehicle and identify associated vehicle characteristics (e.g., gas tank size). The system may identify a known gas-station transaction geographic region for the customer. When the customer (or a fraudster) attempts to purchase gas, the system may receive a transaction request and, in response, set a single transaction limit sufficient to fill the gas tank size with gas and an associated spend limit. The system may also determine whether the merchant location falls within the known gas-station transaction geographic region. When it does, the system may approve the transaction request up to the spend limit. Otherwise, the system may perform one or more fraud prevention actions to authenticate the customer and either approve or deny the transaction request up to the spend limit and/or selectively perform fraud mitigation action(s).
US11348111B2
In one embodiment, a system comprises a database configured to store at least one record, at least one network communication device, a storage device comprising instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method. The method may comprise receiving a fraud communication associated with a first primary account number, calculating one or more limitations associated with the first primary account number based on an account associated with the first primary account number, and storing a database record including the first primary account number, a new primary account number, and the limitation(s). The method may further comprise receiving a transaction request including a second primary account number, and comparing the second primary account number to the at least one record. The method may also comprise, based on the comparing, enabling the transaction request to proceed, declining the transaction, or disabling the first primary account number.
US11348110B2
An artificial intelligence fraud management solution comprises an expert programmer development system to build trainable general payment fraud models that integrate several artificial intelligence classifiers like neural networks, case based reasoning, decision trees, genetic algorithms, fuzzy logic, and rules and constraints. These are further integrated by the expert programmers and development system with smart agents and associated real-time profiling, recursive profiles, and long-term profiles. The trainable general payment fraud models are trained with supervised and unsupervised data to produce an applied payment fraud model. This then is applied by a commercial client to process real-time transactions and authorization requests for fraud scores.
US11348109B2
Systems and methods are provided for use in processing transactions based on biometric data used in connection with authenticating consumers to payment accounts to which the transactions are directed. One exemplary method includes prompting a consumer to provide a biometric in connection with a transaction by the consumer, and receiving a payment account credential specific to a payment account for use in the transaction. The method also includes appending a biometric score and an indication of a biometric technology used to capture the biometric to an authorization request associated with the transaction, and transmitting, by the computing device, the authorization request to an issuer.
US11348105B2
A system and method for electronic payment that involves generating and then using a temporary token based on a legacy PAN (Primary Account Number) to conduct an electronic transaction. The token is generated by transforming the PAN using specific inputs such that the original PAN can be recovered by manipulating the token in various ways as disclosed herein. One potential manipulation that may be used is encryption/decryption. The token is transmitted to a portable electronic device such that the portable electronic device may present the token to a point-of-sale device. The POS communicates the token to a server which validates the token by, among other things, recovering the PAN. If the PAN is recovered as expected a validation message is returned to the POS device.
US11348104B2
Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and apparatuses, including computer programs stored on computer-readable media, for acquiring and recording tracking information on a blockchain. One of the methods includes: verifying, by a terminal device, an identity of a user who is to submit transaction data for recordation on the blockchain; acquiring, by the terminal device, tracking information to be submitted with the transaction data for recordation on the blockchain, the tracking information including identity information of the user and a location of the terminal device; generating, by the terminal device, a data package including the tracking information and the transaction data; and submitting, by the terminal device, the data package for recordation on the blockchain.
US11348094B2
Facilitating conversations among people within physical spaces is described. An interaction tablet can be housed within a physical space and configured to receive profile information from mobile devices of customers. The profile information can indicate conversational topics that customers are interested in within the physical space. Similarities between conversational topics of customers can be determined and those customers can be recommended to engage in a conversation regarding that conversational topic. One customer can also be provided information regarding what another customer prefers to purchase from the physical space and, therefore, use the purchase to facilitate a conversation to create a more engaging environment within the physical space.
US11348090B2
A first device may be used to complete a transaction by receiving information for completing a transaction between a first entity associated with the first device and a second entity associated with a second device, causing a payment to be made to the second entity by communicating with a third device via a communications network, receiving an encrypted payment confirmation from the third device, and providing the encrypted payment confirmation to the second device, thereby completing the transaction.
US11348083B1
Described is a technology that enables a customer, who uses a payment card in a transaction and further provides an identifier in the same transaction, to use the identifier as a payment mechanism in all future transactions. In some embodiments, the technology involves communication between a customer's user device, a payment service system (PSS), and one or more merchant POS systems. A merchant POS system collects information in a transaction conducted between the merchant POS system and the customer, including, among others, the customer's contact information (e.g., telephone number), and forwards this information to the PSS. The PSS stores the information as an identifier, where the identifier is stored in association with the card used in the transaction. In a second transaction, the PSS sends a verification request to the user device based on the identifier (e.g., a text message), and processes the transaction only upon confirmation from the customer.
US11348082B2
A method and system for conducting an online payment transaction through a point of sale device. The method includes receiving input from a user selecting an item for purchase through the point of sale device; calculating a total purchase amount for the item in response to a request from the user to purchase the item; and sending payment authorization for the total purchase amount from the point of sale device to a payment entity, in which the payment authorization is sent to the payment entity via a mobile communication device of the user. The method further includes receiving a result of the payment authorization from the payment entity through the mobile communication device; and completing the payment transaction based on the result of the payment authorization.
US11348055B2
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for clearing internationally shipped items through government customs agencies. Aspects of the invention utilize a unifying database to consolidate information from different parties (e.g., government entities, shippers, carriers, brokers, and item recipients) associated with delivery of an internationally shipped item in a common location. The unifying database facilitates communication between different the parties that use different data protocols, different data formats, different data types, different EDI, etc., Parties can update relevant information corresponding to their responsibilities within the unified database. When one party updates information, other parties can be notified electronically in essentially real time of status changes relevant to item delivery. Brokers can be assigned for at-will clearance work based on broker profile information maintained in the unifying database.
US11348054B2
A system and related methods of enhanced distribution of pharmaceuticals in long-term care facilities are provided. An embodiment of a system includes one or more pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines each positioned in a long-term care facility remote from a long-term care facility pharmacy group management server and in communication therewith, and long-term care facility pharmacy management computer programs associated with the long-term care facility pharmacy group management server to enhance use of the one or more of pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines. The long-term care facility management computer programs include a patient prescription receiver and a medication dispensing apparatus administrator and are configured and operable to transmit dispensing instructions to the one or more pharmaceutical storage and electronic dispensing machines when no drug conflicts exist to thereby initiate packaging and dispensing of one or more disposable patient dosing packages.
US11348053B2
Methods and systems include receiving vehicle data that is associated, at least in part, with one or more vehicle-related products/services. One or more predictions that are associated with the one or more vehicle-related products/services are determined. The one or more predictions are based, at least in part, on the vehicle data.
US11348037B2
Technology for improved data detection using machine learning may include a method in which an analog read signal comprising data read from a non-transitory storage medium of the data storage device is received. The analog read signal is processed into a plurality of digital samples. A digital sample from the plurality of digital samples is classified into a category from a plurality of categories using a machine learning algorithm for at least some of the plurality of digital samples. The plurality of digital samples is then decoded based on at least some of the predicted categories.
US11348036B1
A facility for optimizing machine learning models is described. The facility obtains a description of a machine learning model and a hardware target for the machine learning model. The facility obtains optimization result data from a repository of optimization result data. The facility optimizes the machine learning model for the hardware target based on the optimization result data.
US11348033B2
A system comprises one or more observation stations. Each observation station of the one or more observation stations comprises a corresponding set of one or more sensors. Additionally, the system comprises one or more physical machines that implement a computation engine configured to receive first observation data from the one or more observation stations. The computation engine may use the first observation data to train a machine learning system. The computation engine may subsequently use the trained machine learning system to provide feedback regarding an additional instance of the observation subject. The computation engine outputs the feedback.
US11348030B2
Methods and systems are presented for consuming different data sources, and deploying artificial intelligence and machine learning programs on different target devices or infrastructures. Many data types can be transformed into machine learning data shards (MLDS) while many machine learning programs written in various programming languages or frameworks are transformed to common operator representations. Operator representations are transformed into execution graphs (EG) for a chosen target device or infrastructure. The MLDS and EG are input to the targeted devices and infrastructures, which then execute the machine learning programs (now transformed to EGs) on the MLDS to produce trained models or predictions with trained models.
US11348027B1
Methods, apparatuses, and systems include: based on a parameter of a quantum gate, generating representations of mi random unitary quantum gates; determining a representation of a first quantum-gate sequence equivalent to an identity operator; determining a representation of a second quantum-gate sequence equivalent to the identity operator; sending, to a quantum computing device, hardware instructions corresponding to the representation of the first quantum-gate sequence the second quantum-gate sequence; receiving a first number of measurements of a qubit after applying the first quantum-gate sequence to the qubit for the first number of times by the quantum computing device and a second number of measurements of the qubit after applying the second quantum-gate sequence to the qubit for the second number of times by the quantum computing device; and determining a fidelity value of the quantum gate based on a first probability and a second probability.
US11348025B2
A device includes: a substrate; a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) including a superconductor trace arranged on an upper surface of the substrate and having at least one Josephson junction interrupting a path of the superconductor trace, in which the superconductor trace includes a first superconductor material that exhibits superconducting properties at or below a corresponding superconducting critical temperature; and a dielectric capping layer on an upper surface of the SQUID, in which the dielectric capping layer covers a majority of the superconductor trace of the SQUID, and the capping layer includes an opening through which a first region of the SQUID is exposed, the first region of the SQUID including a first Josephson junction.
US11348024B2
A quantum processor is operable as a universal adiabatic quantum computing system. The quantum processor includes physical qubits, with at least a first and second communicative coupling available between pairs of qubits via an in-situ tunable superconducting capacitive coupler and an in-situ tunable superconducting inductive coupler, respectively. Tunable couplers provide diagonal and off-diagonal coupling. Compound Josephson junctions (CJJs) of the tunable couplers are responsive to a flux bias to tune a sign and magnitude of a sum of a capacitance of a fixed capacitor and a tunable capacitance which is mediated across a pair of coupling capacitors. The qubits may be hybrid qubits, operable in a flux regime or a charge regime. Qubits may include a pair of CJJs that interrupt a loop of material and which are separated by an island of superconducting material which is voltage biased with respect to a qubit body.
US11348023B2
Customized feature vectors are used to train a machine learning algorithm to automatically identify a network component where a network fault has occurred. A database comprising network components and associated network faults is analyzed to select a set of network components associated with the largest quantity of network faults. Customized features associated with the network faults are identified and selected for use in a feature vector as input to a machine learning algorithm. The features are selected based upon analysis of consistency checks, component configuration limits, and network wide configurations.
US11348020B2
Embodiments for crowd-sourced instability detection in an Internet of Things (IoT) computing environment by a processor. A plurality of recommendations from a plurality of crowd-sourced users associated with a social graph may be collected. Those of the plurality of recommendations having a bias score exceeding a central tendency value threshold may be identified and transformed according to one or more corrective actions.
US11348018B2
A system that provides an improved approach for detecting and predicting failures in a plant or equipment process. The approach may facilitate failure-model building and deployment from historical plant data of a formidable number of measurements. The system implements methods that generate a dataset containing recorded measurements for variables of the process. The methods reduce the dataset by cleansing bad quality data segments and measurements for uninformative process variables from the dataset. The methods then enrich the dataset by applying nonlinear transforms, engineering calculations and statistical measurements. The methods identify highly correlated input by performing a cross-correlation analysis on the cleansed and enriched dataset, and reduce the dataset by removing less-contributing input using a two-step feature selection procedure. The methods use the reduced dataset to build and train a failure model, which is deployed online to detect and predict failures in real-time plant operations.
US11348014B2
Artificial intelligence-based watershed hydrology analysis and management having of a network of weather stations and artificial drainage systems with artificial and natural reservoir management through locks and pumping stations. Methods and systems evaluate hydrologic risk in each area and analyse the consequences of future precipitations using neural network assisted simulation. Hydrographs calculated for each sub-basin, streams and rivers in the basin simulates the behavior of the basin under different scenarios corresponding to different types of management of the operation of locks and/or pumps and compares its results in terms of loss of flooded area, economic loss in each area, loss for flooding of urban areas, etc. Optimization of the simulation by artificial intelligence meta-heuristic algorithms, multi-layered neural network acts as a search engine to find mitigation solutions and best configurations of resource management controls to minimize socio-economic impacts on each basin.
US11348011B2
A method for unsupervised sorting, in real time, of action potentials of biological neurons by a network of artificial neurons including input, intermediate and output layers, the method according to which: the input layer receives an electrical signal measuring an electrical activity of biological neurons, the electrical signal having a variable amplitude as a function of action potentials emitted by the plurality of biological neurons over time; the input layer converts the amplitude of the electrical signal into a train of first spikes; the input layer transmits the train of first spikes to the intermediate layer; the intermediate layer converts the train of first spikes into a train of second spikes; the intermediate layer transmits the train of second spikes to the output layer; as a function of the train of second spikes, the output layer sorts each occurrence of each type of action potential present in the electrical signal.
US11347988B2
A method for configuring a Near Field Communication (NFC) smart card, includes: receiving a card selected by a user, the card being included in a card set corresponding to the user; determining at least one card which has no conflict with the selected card in the card set; adding the at least one card and the selected card in the NFC smart card, wherein each card in the NFC smart card is in an activated state.
US11347979B2
A method and a device for MCMC framework-based sub-hypergraph matching are provided. Matching of object features is performed by constructing sub-hypergraphs. In a large number of actual images and videos, objects vary constantly, and contain various noise points as well as other interference factors, which makes image object matching and searching very difficult. Perform object feature matching by representing the appearance and positions of objects by sub-hypergraphs allows for faster and more accurate image matching. Furthermore, a sub-hypergraph has several advantages over a graph or a hypergraph: on one hand, a sub-hypergraph has more geometric information (e.g. angle transformation, rotation, scale, etc.) than a graph, and has a lower degree of difficulty and better extensibility than a hypergraph. On the other hand, the disclosed method and device have stronger capabilities to resist interference and good robustness, and are adaptable to more complex settings, especially with outliers.
US11347978B2
To suppress a sense of strangeness caused by mode transition when images obtained from a plurality of image capturing devices are fused. According to the present disclosure, it is provided an image processing apparatus including: a fusion processing unit that fuses a plurality of pieces of image information obtained from each of a plurality of image capturing devices that captures the same subject; and a fusion mode determination unit that determines a mode of the fusion in accordance with the value of a predetermined variable and sets, in accordance with each of a plurality of the modes, the threshold value of the variable for determining the mode.
US11347976B2
In one aspect, classifying features and feature conditions of a property represented in digital imagery includes training a characteristic classifier for applying multilayer artificial perception to classifying features represented in a property image into feature classifications, training a condition classifier for applying multilayer artificial perception to classifying a condition of each feature into one of a set of condition qualifiers, accessing digital image(s) of a property, and applying a machine learning analysis model including the characteristic classifier and the condition classifier to the digital image(s) to identify, for each feature represented in the image(s), a feature classification and a condition qualifier.
US11347975B2
The present disclosure provides an improved training methodology that enables supervised contrastive learning to be simultaneously performed across multiple positive and negative training examples. In particular, example aspects of the present disclosure are directed to an improved, supervised version of the batch contrastive loss, which has been shown to be very effective at learning powerful representations in the self-supervised setting. Thus, the proposed techniques adapt contrastive learning to the fully supervised setting and also enable learning to occur simultaneously across multiple positive examples.
US11347974B2
A method for automating performance evaluation of a test object detection system includes providing at least one frame of image data to the test object detection system, processing the image data via an image processor of the test object detection system, and receiving, from the test object detection system, a list of objects detected by the test object detection system in the at least one frame of image data. The frame of image data is provided to a validation object detection system, and a list of objects detected by the validation object detection system is received from the validation object detection system. The list of objects detected by the test object detection system is compared to the list of objects detected by the validation object detection system and discrepancies are determined between the lists. The determined discrepancies between the lists of objects detected are reported.
US11347964B2
A hardware circuit in which integer numbers are used to represent fixed-point numbers having an integer part and a fractional part is disclosed. The hardware circuit comprises a multiply-accumulate unit configured to perform convolution operations using input data and weights and, in dependence thereon, to generate an intermediate result. The hardware circuit comprises a bias bit shifter configured to shift a bias value bitwise by a bias shift value so as to provide a bit-shifted bias value, a carry bit shifter configured to shift a carry value bitwise by a carry shift value so as to provide a bit-shifted carry value, an adder tree configured to add the intermediate result, the bit-shifted bias value and the bit-shifted carry value so as to provide a multiple-accumulate result and a multiply-accumulate bit shifter configured to shift the multiple-accumulate result bitwise by a multiply-accumulate shift value) to provide a bit-shifted multiply-accumulate result.
US11347963B2
Systems and methods for identifying semantically and/or visually related information among a set of content items, such content items that include similar concepts or that have similar visual aspects, are disclosed. The disclosed techniques provide tools for identifying related information among various content items, such as text pages and documents, presentation slides and slide decks, etc. The disclosed techniques provide improved methods for searching among content items, organizing content items into categories, and pruning redundant content. Furthermore, the disclosed techniques provide improvements to computation of various metrics, including usage, performance, and impact metrics.
US11347958B2
A computer can comprise a housing, a microprocessor disposed within the housing, a display, and a communication interface communicatively coupled to the microprocessor. The computer can be configured, responsive to locating decodable indicia within content viewable on the display, to decode the decodable indicia to produce at least one decoded message. The computer can be further configured to display the content with decoded message data being embedded into the content. The decoded message data can be provided by at least one decoded message, data derived from the decoded message.
US11347945B2
An information processing apparatus includes a controller that performs control so that a portion including a specified character string, which is specified through an operation by a user, in a list linking plural character string groups belonging to plural groups is displayed in a display area, operator images are displayed to receive an operation performed by the user for selecting one or more groups out of the plural groups, and an index associated with the one or more selected groups is displayed among plural indexes that are associated with the plural groups and used for receiving an operation for selecting a specific character string included in the character string groups, and a specifier that specifies, as the specified character string, the specific character string selected through the operation for the displayed index.
US11347943B2
The present disclosure generally relates to mail application features. In some embodiments, a contact identifier is selected. In some embodiments, an adaptive toolbar is provided. In some embodiments, document functions are accessed.
US11347941B2
Methods and apparatus for compressing data streams. In an embodiment, a method includes calculating a decomposition of matrix data to generate eigenvectors and associated eigenvalues, determining clusters of the eigenvectors based on weighting the eigenvalues, calculating an eigenvector centroid for each cluster so that a dictionary of centroids is generated, and tagging the eigenvectors with tags, respectively, that identify an associated eigenvector centroid for each eigenvector. The method also includes counting a number of eigenvectors associated with each eigenvector centroid to construct a probability distribution function (PDF) of centroids, matching the PDF of centroids to PDF templates to determine a closest matching PDF template, determining an encoder corresponding to the closest matching PDF template wherein a corresponding encoder identifier is identified, encoding the tags with the encoder to generate an encoded data stream, and transmitting the encoded data stream, the encoder identifier, the dictionary of centroids, and the eigenvalues.
US11347938B2
Disclosed herein is a translation platform making use of both machine translation and crowd sourced manual translation. Translation is performed on pages in an application. Manual translations are applied immediately to local versions of the client application and are either human reviewed or reverse machine translated and compared against the original text. Once verified, the translations are applied to all end-clients.
US11347934B2
Methods and systems for transmitting data are disclosed. In one embodiment a portable electronic device comprises a processor-implemented user interface module to cause the presentation of a first information field to a user as part of a graphical user interface in the portable electronic device, and to receive information entered or data identification in the first information field. A data transmitting module commences transmitting the information entered or the data identified over a network in response to the user interface module detecting that the user has navigated away from the first information field.
US11347925B2
A system and method for laying out power grid connections for standard cells are described. In various embodiments, a standard cell uses unidirectional tracks for each of the multiple power vertical metal 3 layer tracks and power horizontal metal 2 tracks. One or more of the multiple vertical metal 3 layer posts are routed with a minimum length based on a pitch of power horizontal metal 2 layer straps. One or more vertical metal 1 posts used for a power connection or a ground connection are routed from a top to a bottom of an active region permitting multiple locations to be used for connections to one of the multiple power horizontal metal 2 layer straps. Two or more power horizontal metal 2 layer straps are placed within a power metal 2 layer track without being connected to one another.
US11347917B2
The technology disclosed relates to verifying metastability for a clock domain crossing (CDC) in a circuit design. The technology disclosed may include, for a destination clock domain in the circuit design, creating a circuit graph based, at least in part, on the circuit design. The circuit graph includes start points and stop points. The start points may be data inputs, clocks, and enables of the destination clock domain. The stop points may be synchronizer outputs of the destination clock domain and a source clock domain in the circuit design. The technology disclosed may also include traversing the circuit graph to mark all graph nodes that reside in a source-destination path of the CDC. Based on the marked graph nodes, the start points, and the stop points, the technology disclosed may also include propagating destination domain qualifiers on the circuit graph within an allowed sequential depth.
US11347913B1
A method of reconstructing an emulated circuit layout for graphical display includes receiving a pre-layout circuit including one or more devices and one or more nodes. The method includes generating a Detailed Standard Parasitic Format (DPSF) netlist representing a post-layout circuit. The DPSF netlist includes a plurality of instances representing the one or more devices, the one or more nodes, and one or more parasitic elements not included in the pre-layout circuit. The method includes identifying at least one node of the one or more nodes that is associated with the one or more parasitic elements. The method includes updating the DPSF netlist to associate the one or more parasitic elements with the at least one node. The method includes constructing graphical representation of the post-layout circuit based on the updated DPSF netlist. The method includes causing a display device to display the graphical representation.
US11347907B2
A computing device for distributed power system model calibration is provided. The computing device is programmed to receive event data and model response data associated with a model to simulate, wherein the model includes a plurality of parameters, divide the event data into a plurality of sets, wherein each set includes associated parameters, and transmit the plurality of sets of event data to a plurality of client nodes. Each client node of the plurality of client nodes is programmed to analyze a corresponding set of event data to determine updated parameters for the model. The computing device is further programmed to receive a plurality of updated parameters for the model from the plurality of client nodes and analyze the received plurality of updated parameters to determine at least one adjusted parameter.
US11347903B2
A method, apparatus, and system for creating a passenger service unit layout for a production aircraft. Passenger seat configuration information describing seat locations and overhead bin configuration information describing overhead service unit length ranges for the production aircraft is identified. Lengths available for placing passenger service units in the production aircraft is determined using the passenger seat configuration information and the overhead bin configuration information for the production aircraft. The passenger service units are placed in the lengths using a set of priority rules for the passenger service units to determine placements of the passenger service units, wherein the set of priority rules specify a priority in placing different types of the passenger service units. A model of a three-dimensional passenger service unit layout with determined placements for the passenger service units for the production aircraft is generated.
US11347878B2
Provided is a process including: obtaining criteria to select plain-text values in a lower-trust database; selecting, based on the criteria, a first plain-text value; in response, determining a first reference value; storing the first plain-text value in a higher-trust database in a second entry identified by the first reference value; storing the first reference value in the first entry of the lower-trust database; selecting another instance of the first plain-text value stored requested to be stored in a third entry in the lower-trust database; and in response, storing the first reference value in the third entry.
US11347873B2
Various examples are directed to a cloud platform system that comprises a plurality of cloud platform deployments including a first cloud platform deployment implemented at a first geographic region and a second cloud platform deployment implemented at a second geographic region. An access manager system receives from a user computing device, a user logon request identifying a user. The access manager system also receives, from an identity provider system, group data associated with the user logon request, the group data indicating a first group to which the user belongs. The access manager system determines that a subaccount access map correlates the first group to a first subaccount that is implemented at the first cloud platform deployment. The access manager system also provides the user computing device an indication that the user is authorized to access the first subaccount.
US11347872B2
A mechanism that dynamically creates a new access policy for a set of database servers when a policy violation has been identified in a database access response issued by any database in the set. The new access policy is then propagated in real-time and instantiated across the set of database servers so as to inoculate the other database servers and pre-empt any new compromise of information based on the intruder's actions that were found to have produced the policy violation in the first instance. Thus, the approach uses a response policy violation at one database server of a set to trigger generation of a new request access policy that is then instantiated across one or more other database servers. This response policy violation-to-request access policy instantiation occurs in substantially real-time so that the intruder cannot use a prior successful access request to obtain information from other databases using a similar strategy.
US11347870B2
Technologies for securely providing remote accelerators hosted on the edge to client compute devices
Technologies for securely providing one or more remote accelerators hosted on edge resources to a client compute device includes a device that further includes an accelerator and one or more processors. The one or more processors are to determine whether to enable acceleration of an encrypted workload, receive, via an edge network, encrypted data from a client compute device, and transfer the encrypted data to the accelerator without exposing content of the encrypted data to the one or more processors. The accelerator is to receive, in response to a determination to enable the acceleration of the encrypted workload, an accelerator key from a secure server via a secured channel, and process, in response to a transfer of the encrypted data from the one or more processors, the encrypted data using the accelerator key.
US11347866B2
Techniques and apparatuses are described for a cybersecurity risk management tool to assess cybersecurity risk and prioritize cybersecurity correction plans. The cybersecurity risk management tool categorizes cybersecurity framework security controls into maturity indicator levels, identifies implementation states achieved by an entity with respect to the cybersecurity framework security controls, and determines which of the maturity indicator levels represents the implementation state achieved by the entity with respect to each of the cybersecurity framework security controls. A cost-benefit analysis for modifying from the implementation state achieved by the entity to a next implementation state to be achieved by the entity with respect to the cybersecurity framework security controls is also enabled. The cost-benefit analysis leverages factored weights including aspects indicative of security perspectives, Gaussian distributions, and the maturity indicator levels.
US11347857B2
Identity information processing method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining customized information of a user process on an integrated chip; determining a target operational firmware preloaded on a reconfigurable chip according to the customized information; generating first process identity information used for verifying the user process based on the target operational firmware and a fixed operational firmware of a non-reconfigurable chip; and providing the first process identity information to a privacy certificate issuing authority for performing firmware legitimacy verification of an operational firmware to determine that an identity of the user process is legitimate according to a result of the firmware legitimacy verification. Therefore, the first process identity information generated for the user process by the integrated chip can prove the legitimacy of the fixed operational firmware of the non-reconfigurable part of the firmware, and also prove the legitimacy of the target operational firmware of the reconfigurable part.
US11347856B2
An information handling system may include at least one processor, a memory coupled to the at least one processor, and an information handling resource including a firmware. The information handling system may be configured to: boot into an operating system stored on the memory; after booting into the operating system, receive, from at least one remote server, information regarding a vulnerability associated with the firmware; based on a security policy, determine a resolution for mitigation of the vulnerability; and store information regarding the resolution in a storage location accessible to a preboot environment of the information handling system, wherein the preboot environment is configured to apply the resolution upon a subsequent boot of the information handling system.
US11347850B2
Systems, methods, and software can be used to analyze binary software codes. In some aspects, a computer-implemented method comprises: scanning, by at least one hardware processor, a binary software code to identify one or more text strings; associating, by the at least one hardware processor, the binary software code with a software platform based on the identified one or more text strings; disassembling, by the at least one hardware processor, the binary software code based on the software platform associated with the binary software code; and detecting, by the at least one hardware processor, a security risk in the disassembled binary software code.
US11347848B2
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for performing anti-malware scanning of data files that is data-centric rather than device-centric. In the example, a plurality of computing devices are connected via a network. An originating device creates or first receives data, and scans the data for malware. After scanning the data, the originating device creates and attaches to the data a metadata record including the results of the malware scan. The originating device may also scan the data for malware contextually-relevant to a second device.
US11347847B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for malware detection detect and stop the distribution of malware and other undesirable content before such content reaches computing systems. A cloud-based malware detection method includes receiving a signature from a computer, wherein the signature which identifies a file and the signature is smaller in size than the file; determining whether the file is trusted, untrusted, or unknown for malware based on the signature; and transmitting whether the file is trusted, untrusted, or unknown for malware to the computer based on the determining, wherein the computer is precluded from distribution of the file responsive to the file being untrusted.
US11347845B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and methods to prevent poisoning attacks in machine learning systems in real time. The invention includes methods for blocking the injection of abnormal data into training data sets used to train machine learning models for the identification of malfeasant activity by blocking certain data from entering the machine learning training dataset in real time, blocking certain interactions from being completed in real time, or placing holds on certain resources or users according to patterns detected by the ensemble of machine learning models. Various thresholds may be set manually or identified through the machine learning algorithm in order to determine which interactions or users should be blocked.
US11347844B2
Systems and methods for protecting information stored in private references that are available to be queried—e.g., graph-based sequence references that users query through an interface, providing short reads to obtain the results of an alignment against the reference sequence—analyze the query and/or alignment results to determine whether the query represents an attack. The analysis may be performed before returning results to a user, and in some cases before performing the alignment.
US11347837B2
A method for enhancing the security of a vehicle controller includes: performing, by a microcontroller, a secure boot when a vehicle controller is powered on and booted; determining, by the microcontroller, whether the secure boot is for a reprogramming mode or an other operation mode, among a plurality of operation modes of the vehicle controller, when the secure boot is completed; performing, by the microcontroller, a password input step, generating an error password, and automatically inputting the error password when the secure boot is for an operation mode other than the reprogramming mode from the plurality of operation modes of the vehicle controller; and jumping, by the microcontroller, to a main software (SW) routine immediately when the error password is inputted.
US11347836B2
A method for authenticating a vehicle with a service unit by way of a central computer unit external to the vehicle is provided. An initial value is transmitted from the service unit to the authentication unit and, depending on the initial value, the authentication unit reads a request command from a request table and outputs it to an interface of the vehicle. The authentication unit receives an output value from the interface, generated in response, and calculates a vehicle check value from the output value. The vehicle check value and the initial value are transmitted to the central computer unit. Depending on the initial value, the central computer unit reads a characteristic value from a characteristic value table and calculates a further vehicle check value. When the vehicle check value and the further vehicle check value match the central computer unit sends a predetermined enable signal to the service unit.
US11347830B2
Systems and methods for managing group encryption are described. In certain methods, a content asset may be encrypted with an asset key. An account key may be determined. Using the account key, an encrypted content asset package may be generated. The asset key may make up at least a portion of the encrypted content asset package. The encrypted content asset package is decryptable with the account key. The encrypted content asset package and an identifier associated with the account key may be transmitted, for example to a playback device.
US11347828B2
A disclosed apparatus to multiply matrices includes a compute engine. The compute engine includes multipliers in a two dimensional array that has a plurality of array locations defined by columns and rows. The apparatus also includes a plurality of adders in columns. A broadcast interconnect between a cache and the multipliers broadcasts a first set of operand data elements to multipliers in the rows of the array. A unicast interconnect unicasts a second set of operands between a data buffer and the multipliers. The multipliers multiply the operands to generate a plurality of outputs, and the adders add the outputs generated by the multipliers.
US11347819B2
A system and method for outputting weather data associated with a user-specified location based on a user-specified weather inquiry, including weather data output based on user-specified weather conditions, locations output based on a user-specified weather inquiry, notifications output regarding weather-related warnings, and notifications output based on weather-related notification thresholds.
US11347813B2
A system and computer implemented method for cataloging database metadata using a signature matching process are provided. The method includes receiving an input name to be matched to a key in a seed table; generating a first fingerprint by decomposing the received input name into a first set n-grams; generating, based on the received input name, a second fingerprint using a predetermined pronunciation schema, wherein the second fingerprint is a phonetic fingerprint; generating a third fingerprint by decomposing the second fingerprint into a second set of n-grams; identifying a matching key by matching any combination of the first fingerprint, the second fingerprint, and the third fingerprint against keys in the seed table; and cataloging the metadata with the matching key as a tag.
US11347810B2
A method is described for automatically correcting metadata errors in a k-mer database. A k-mer database having a self-consistent taxonomy based on genome-genome distance was constructed from a set of sample and reference genomes whose metadata included taxonomic labeling from a reference taxonomy (the standard NCBI taxonomy), which is not based on genetic distance. As a result, genomes of a given taxonomic ID of the self-consistent taxonomy could be separated into clusters based on the differences in the metadata. Genomes of the clusters less than a minimum cluster size Cmin were removed and profiled against the remaining genomes, correcting metadata automatically for those genomes that could be mapped back. The resulting k-mer database showed improved specificity for genetic profiling. Another method is described for identifying and handling chimeric genomes using the self-consistent taxonomy. Another method is described for correcting a classification database.
US11347807B2
A system may include a processor, a user input, and memory comprising a graph and executable instructions. The executable instructions may cause the processor to effectuate operations. The operations include receiving, via the user input, a query comprising a class generalization and pathway variables. The operations include identifying a query class based on at least the class generalization and determining an anchor set based on at least one of the pathway variables. The operations also include translating the pathway variables into a pathway algebraic expression based on the anchor set and the query class and executing the pathway algebraic expression on the graph to return a pathway set.
US11347805B2
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes an input interface configured to receive a user command, a memory, a display configured to display a content, and a processor configured, in response to a predetermined command with respect to the content being received through the input interface, to acquire context information of the content by analyzing the content, to store the context information together with the information relating to the content in the memory, and in response to a context corresponding to the context information being detected, to control the display to provide a content corresponding to the detected context. At least some of a method for controlling the electronic apparatus may use a rules-based model or an artificial intelligence model which is trained according to at least one of a machine learning, a neural network, and a deep learning algorithm. For example, the artificial intelligence model may provide context information, which is a result of determination using a content as an input value, to the electronic apparatus.
US11347802B2
Methods and systems for generation of a database schema compliant search query based on a natural language input are described herein. Natural language input may be received from a computing device. The natural language input may be associated with multiple search requests to a database. The natural language input may be parsed into a plurality of segments. The plurality of segments may be, for example, one or more words of a text string. At least one identifier for the plurality of segments may be associated with one or more confidence values. The natural language input may be converted into a single search query based on the confidence values and/or on a set of rules. The single search query may be initiated with respect to the database. The single search query may fetch content more efficiently than the multiple search requests.
US11347797B2
In a search and database system, a graph generator builds a graph, comprising nodes and edges, and stores that graph in a database or other data structure and uses a repeated extending and culling process to build the graph. From that storage, the graph can be used to generate displays for users interested in learning about the graph and/or for performing queries and the like on that graph data.
US11347794B2
Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, and software for generating, storing, and using non-unique secondary indexes of semi-structured data in database tables. One method embodiment includes creating and storing a non-unique secondary index (NUSI) for a database table based on column data stored in rows of the database table. The NUSI in some such embodiments identifying an offset to specific data included in the column data of at least some rows of the database table where the specific data is located. Other embodiments include building a NUSI index that includes values embedded therein.
US11347793B2
A method and apparatus are provided. The method provides display of preference information using depth perception, such as on a three dimensional display or in a virtual reality space. Objects are identified in an image or image sequence and assigned relevance information based on the preference information. Objects that are favored are shown in foreground planes of the display, to varying degrees based on the strength of the preference. Objects that are disfavored are shown in background planes of the display, also to varying degrees based on the strength of the preferences. Unidentified or neutral objects are shown at a base level, neither foreground nor background. An exemplary embodiment is provided for a movie database application with various actors shown pushed in or out. Another embodiment allows a user to adjust the plane of the objects to alter his preferences.
US11347790B2
A system and method indicates certain terms on a web page as links or portals to additional information and then allows the user to click the link or operate the portal to obtain the additional information, which may be a different web page on the world wide web.
US11347788B2
Systems and methods for generating a requested image view are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: electronically store map information and contextual information for an area; receive a query for the requested image view; determine, based on the parameter values specified by the query and the map information, values of the physics-based metric; translate the contextual information to a translated representation of the contextual information; encode, based on the translated representation of the contextual information and the values of the physics-based metric, an image file that defines the requested image view such that the translated representation of the contextual information and the values of the physics-based metric are combined; and generate the requested image view by decoding the image file.
US11347780B2
Systems and methods that may be used to automatically correct, complete and or suggest words or terms to the user of an electronic service (e.g., accounting service) while the user is entering a search keyword and or filling out a form field. The automatic correction, completion and or suggestion of words or terms are based natural language processing of historical data from a plurality of users of the electronic service.
US11347777B2
According to one embodiment, a computer program product for identifying key words within a plurality of documents comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, and where the program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising identifying, by the processor, a first group of textual data, determining, by the processor, a plurality of word combinations within the first group of textual data, and determining, by the processor, a first plurality of key words for the first group of textual data, utilizing the plurality of word combinations.
US11347771B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a tool for performing asynchronous upgrades of data stored in computer databases. In one embodiment, an upgrade tool may be configured to split existing data records into data blocks. Each data block may be queued in an asynchronous queue. When processing capacity is available, the data block may undergo an upgrade operation, and another data block may be added to the queue. Once all data blocks are upgraded, the upgraded data records may be used by applications accessing the database. In one embodiment, different types of upgrade operations may be performed on the data records.
US11347768B2
A data sync cache is maintained to facilitate syncing of child data objects between a first computing system and a second computing system. Responsive to successful syncing of a parent data object of a child data object by a first sync engine, parent object data sync information indicating that the parent data object was successfully synced is written to the data sync cache. Prior to initiating a sync of the child data object by a second sync engine different from the first sync engine, a cache lookup of the data sync cache is performed to determine if the sync information is contained therein. If the data sync cache includes the sync information, the child data object sync is initiated. In this manner, failed syncs of child data objects are reduced along with the expensive API calls to the second computing system that would otherwise be required to retry failed syncs.
US11347767B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for software-defined database replication for a plurality of databases. Labels are applied to each of the plurality of databases and linking rules including conditions relating to the labels are used to define database replication links.
US11347761B1
Techniques for a system capable of performing low-latency database query processing are disclosed herein. The system includes a gateway server and a plurality of worker nodes. The gateway server is configured to divide a database query, for a database containing data stored in a distributed storage cluster having a plurality of data nodes, into a plurality of partial queries and construct a query result based on a plurality of intermediate results. Each worker node of the plurality of worker nodes is configured to process a respective partial query of the plurality of partial queries by scanning data related to the respective partial query that stored on at least one data node of the distributed storage cluster and generate an intermediate result of the plurality of intermediate results that is stored in a memory of that worker node.
US11347757B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for ranking channel pages of a host system. Content channels may comprise content relating to a particular category or having a commonality. Explicit data provided by user input, and/or implicit data derived or received from a user device or third party may be used to generate explicit and/or implicit parameters. Based on the parameters, content channels may be ranked and displayed in an order based on the ranking, and/or a home content channel may be identified. The host system may therefore target a user with relevant content.
US11347755B2
A method and system for determining causes. The method includes generating a set of cause indices. Each cause index includes a cause, at least one pattern, and a probability of the cause for the pattern. The method also includes receiving a data set, and determining that one or more indexed patterns match a pattern in the data set. Further, the method includes retrieving causes for the indexed patterns that match the pattern in the data set, as well as determining probabilities of the retrieved causes for the pattern in the data set.
US11347751B2
System and method for associating user-entered consumable item description to an entry in a consumable item database. In one embodiment, formally structured restaurant menu item is matched to a large database of food items that has been constructed via crowd-sourcing. A novel, practical, and scalable machine learning solution architecture, consisting of two major steps is utilized. First a query generation approach is applied, based on a Markov Decision Process algorithm, to reduce the time complexity of searching for matching candidates. That is then followed by a re-ranking step, using deep learning techniques, to ensure matching quality goals are met.
US11347748B2
Disclosed are embodiments for providing batch performance using a stream processor. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising receiving an event, such as a streaming event, from a client. The method determines that the event comprises a primary event and, if so, writes the primary event to a cache and returning the primary event to the client. The method later receives a second event from the client, the second event associated with the first event, annotates the second event based on the primary event, and returns the annotated second event to the client.
US11347744B2
A data management device, communication system and methods for tagging data in a data table and triggering automated action. A data management device receives from a first data provider one or more records of a data table, each record comprising a plurality of fields. The data table is associated with an account having one or more authorized users. The plurality of fields each has a value set by the first data provider. The data manger determines one or more tags for the one or more records in accordance with a plurality of autotagging rules. The data manger appends the one or more records to include one or more tag fields corresponding to the one or more tags for the one or more records. The appended records are stored in a database. One or more automated actions may be triggered based on one or more tag fields of one or more of the plurality of records.
US11347740B2
A managed query execution platform, and methods thereof are provided. The, managed query execution platform includes a plurality of computing machines; a plurality of storage devices; and a communication fabric configured to allow communication of the plurality of computing machines with the plurality of storage devices over a storage communication protocol, wherein the plurality of storage devices are configured to maintain at least one indexed view, and wherein the plurality of computing machines are configured to execute queries on the at least one indexed view.
US11347733B2
Embodiments described herein automatically classifies numerical expressions from a textual document and designates a context to understand each numerical expression. Specifically, numerical expressions from a textual context are classified as nominal or cardinal. For cardinal numerical expressions that carry a quantitative meaning, inference terms are determined from the textual context to associate with the cardinal numerical expressions. The numerical expressions are then translated to a format of a numerical value and stored with metadata indicating the unit scale or the meaning of the numerical value.
US11347723B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and a computer system for suspending a database index. A computer determines if an update to a database includes an update to an index of the database. If so, the computer suspending the index of the database, wherein the suspending the index of the database comprises: the computer deleting the index of the database; the computer retaining a definition for the index of the database, wherein the definition includes a command for rebuilding the index of the database; and the computer indicating in a system catalog of the database that a status of suspension has been applied to the index.
US11347716B1
Systems and methods are provided for tracking and enforcing relationships between items. A relationship interface may be provided that conveys the relationship (or link) between items, and through which a user may define the link between two or more items. Identifying a link between two items may establish a set of one or more rules to be enforced with respect to the use of one or both of the items (e.g., when the items are stored, when the items are used to create other items, when other items are associated with the items). In various embodiments, violations of one or more rules may be identified and provided via the user interface. In some embodiments, new items that conflict with one or more rules may be prevented from being committed.
US11347715B2
A data processing system is disclosed for accessing databases and updated data items and triggering event notifications. The data processing system may comprise a first database including a plurality of records, and a second database including a plurality of trigger indicators. The database system may further include a hardware processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions in order to: receive an update data item; identify a record corresponding to the update data item; cause an update to the record based on information included with the update data item; identify a trigger indicator corresponding to the update to the record; determine that a type of the trigger indicator matches a type of the update to the record; and generate an event notification including information included in the update.
US11347695B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for efficiently and accurately performing propagation of search-head specific configuration customizations across multiple individual configuration files of search heads of a cluster for a consistent user experience. The cluster of search heads may be synchronized such that the search heads operate to receive the configuration or knowledge object customizations from one or more clients from a central or lead search head. To reduce the amount of data that is transferred during propagation, the list of configuration or knowledge object customizations maintained in each search head is filtered from the list of the lead search head until a divergence point is determined. Once determined and communicated to the lead search head, the lead search head sends the configuration and knowledge object customization data that is absent from the internal list of the member search head.
US11347693B2
Systems and methods for dynamically creating collaborative teams and managing collaborative work of a team are generally disclosed herein. One example embodiment includes the dynamic creation of a collaborative team by creating an association between team members via a managing module. The managing module may be capable of managing, among other things, team members on a team, tasks and goals of each member of the team, as well as documentation associated with the team. In some embodiments, the managing module may use a chat or messaging protocol to manage collaborative modifications to documents of the team.
US11347690B2
A method includes retrieving, with a masker controller job, an object and an associated object ID from a masking bucket that is defined in storage, making a copy of the object, with a masker worker microservice, masking the copy of the object to create a masked object, transmitting the masked object to an object access microservice, with the object access microservice, transmitting the masked object to a deduplication microservice, with the deduplication microservice, deduplicating the masked object, and storing the masked object in the storage.
US11347679B2
Systems and methods for a hybrid system-on-chip usable for predicting performance and power requirements of a host server include a big cores module, including central processing units, for receiving and pre-processing performance and power metrics data of the host server and to allocate computing resources, a small cores module, including massively parallel processing units, for mapping each instance associated with host server in the performance and power metrics data to a corresponding massively parallel processing unit based on the allocated computing resources for a per-instance metrics calculation, and an artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator for calculating performance and power prediction results based on the per-instance calculations from the small cores module.
US11347672B2
A storage apparatus in which a controller reads out a port status of a switch in a short period of time is disclosed. The storage apparatus includes a switch and a plurality of storage controllers configured to communicate with each other through the switch. The switch includes a switch processor, a plurality of data ports, a switch integrated circuit, a memory, and a management interface. One of the plurality of data ports and a management port of the management interface are connected to each other. The switch processor stores a status of the plurality of data ports acquired from the switch integrated circuit into the memory. The plurality of storage controllers access the management interface through the plurality of data ports and the management port and receive the statuses of the plurality of data ports stored in the memory from the management interface.
US11347671B2
A method for protecting a system from a malicious USB device. The method includes one or more computer processors interrupting a universal serial bus (USB) enumeration process corresponding to a first USB device operatively couple to a system. The method further includes determining whether the first USB device is a human interface device (HID) based on a set of descriptor values corresponding to the first USB device. The method further includes responding to determining that that first USB device is a HID by generating a validation challenge. The method further includes presenting the validation challenge to a user of the system. The method further includes responding to determining that the user fulfils one or more actions of the validation challenge by resuming the USB enumeration process corresponding to the first USB device.
US11347659B2
A memory device comprises a memory array including memory cells, a communication interface to a host device, and a memory control unit operatively coupled to the memory array and the communication interface. The memory control unit is configured to generate a scrambler seed and a logical block address (LBA) for a block of write data received via the communication interface, scramble the block of data using the scrambler seed, encrypt the scrambler seed and the LBA using an encryption key, initiate writing a scrambled block of data and encrypted LBA and scrambler seed to the memory array, and change the encryption key in response to an erase command received via the communication interface.
US11347653B2
A method comprising: receiving a request to write data at a virtual location; writing the data to a physical location on a persistent storage device; and recording a mapping from the virtual location to the physical location; wherein the physical location corresponds to a next free block in a sequence of blocks on the persistent storage device.
US11347652B2
The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for using a banked memory structure with accelerators. The devices and methods may segment and isolate dataflows in datapath and memory of the accelerator. The devices and methods may provide each data channel with its own register memory bank. The devices and methods may use a memory address decoder to place the local variables in the proper memory bank.
US11347647B2
Example storage systems, file system interfaces, and methods provide cache commit timing management for aggregated writes. A system includes a data cache configured to aggregate data requests in buffer segments. A cache manager determines a delay threshold for each buffer based on usage values of the data cache. The cache manager monitors a commit time value, determines when the commit time value satisfies the delay threshold, and moves aggregate data elements from the buffer to persistent storage.
US11347644B2
A device includes a data path, a first interface connected to the data path and configured to receive a request from a processor package to write a data value to a memory address, and a controller connected to the data path and configured to receive the request to write the data value to the memory address and to calculate a Hamming code of the data value. The controller is configured to transmit the data value and the Hamming code on the data path. The device includes an external memory interleave connected to the data path. The external memory interleave is configured to receive the data value and calculate a test Hamming code of the data value and to determine whether to send the data value to an external memory interface to be written to the memory address based on a comparison of the Hamming code and the test Hamming code.
US11347643B2
A system or a device can include a processor core comprising one or more hardware processors; a processor memory to cache data; a memory link interface to couple the processor core with one or more attached memory units; and a platform firmware to determine that a device is connected to the processor core across the memory link interface; determine that the device comprises an attached memory; determine a range of at least a portion of the attached memory available for the processor core; map the range of the portion of the attached memory to the processor memory; and wherein the processor core is to use the range of the portion of the attached memory and the processor memory to cache data.
US11347635B2
A memory control method for a rewritable non-volatile memory module which includes a plurality of physical groups is provided according to an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure. The memory control method includes: storing first table information into a first physical group among the physical groups, wherein the first table information records management information corresponding to a first logical range; storing second table information into a second physical group among the physical groups, wherein the second table information also records the management information corresponding to the first logical range; and instructing a reading of the second table information from the second physical group to obtain the management information corresponding to the first logical range in response to that the first physical group is in a default status.
US11347634B2
A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory apparatus, and a write-same manager configured to perform a write-same operation on the nonvolatile memory apparatus, wherein the write-same manager merges a first write-same operation and a second write-same operation by comparing first operation information of the first write-same operation and second operation information of the second write-same operation.
US11347630B1
A method for providing an automated testing framework to validate a plurality of messages is disclosed. The method includes receiving, from a developer, an electronic resource that includes a feature file relating to a development of an application; identifying, from the electronic resource, a set of step definitions relating to a payload test assertion; annotating the set of step definitions to include a feature step definition; executing the annotated electronic resource by using an inversion-of-control container based on a configuration step definition; loading a message handler object that manages payload listening; transmitting, by using the message handler object, a message generated from the execution of the annotated electronic resource to a data structure that maintains a plurality of message queues; and validating the message based on the plurality of message queues.
US11347629B2
In some examples, a server may retrieve and parse test results associated with testing a software package. The server may determine a weighted sum of a software feature index associated with a quality of the plurality of features, a defect index associated with the defects identified by the test cases, a test coverage index indicating a pass rate of the plurality of test cases, a release release reliability index associated with results of executing regression test cases included in the test cases, and an operational quality index associated with resources and an environment associated with the software package. The server may use a machine learning algorithm, such as a time series forecasting algorithm, to forecast a release status of the software package. The server may determine, based on the release status, whether the software package is to progress from a current phase to a next phase of a development cycle.
US11347622B1
Monitoring and troubleshooting tools provide the capability to visualize different levels of a client's application that is deployed as a suite of independent but cooperating services (e.g., as microservices of a microservices-based architecture), collect values of monitored or tracked metrics at those different levels, and visualize values of the metrics at those levels. For example, metrics values can be generated for teams of the microservices.
US11347621B1
An improved system and method for characterizing application performance are disclosed. The system may comprise a profiling module and a web service module. The profiling module may be configured to prompt the user to select a public mode or a private mode and specify software and hardware targets for profiling. Test results from profiling may be combined with historical data obtained from a web service module providing access to a database of historical profiling test results to create recommendations for improving performance. The profiling module may upload the test-generated data in public mode to the web service module for use in future execution cycles or keep them private if in private mode.
US11347612B2
Systems and methods are described herein for determining a current condition of an electronic device configured to communicate over a wireless network. For example, the method can include collecting units of condition data of the electronic device. In some instances, each unit of condition data is generated by a sensor of the electronic device that performs an ongoing measurement of a parameter of the electronic device or detects an occurrence of an event that affects the condition of the electronic device. The electronic device provides the units of condition data over a network to a manager node. The units of condition data are then stored in a distributed ledger. The network node can determine a current condition of the electronic device based on the units of condition data stored in the distributed ledger.
US11347607B1
A clustered pair of data storage nodes employs a time-to-live (TTL) mechanism by which a preferred node communicates permission for continued operation to a non-preferred node. During non-errored TTL operation, host I/O requests to a data storage object are serviced, with write-type requests being replicated to the other node. Upon a failure as indicated by errored TTL operation or failure of replication, a polarization operation selects a surviving node to transition to single-node access to the data storage object. The polarization process includes: (1) each node contacting a witness node to request survivor status, (2) the witness node granting survivor status to the first node requesting it and denying survivor status to a later-requesting node, (3) at the node granted survivor status, continuing to service the host I/O requests without replication, and (4) at the other node based on being denied survivor status, discontinuing servicing of the host I/O requests.
US11347596B2
The disclosed technology generally describes a preliminary (e.g., triple mirroring) data protection scheme that operates by writing data as redundant (e.g., three) composite copies made up of copies of data fragments to different nodes of a data storage system. The data fragments are distributed such that any two nodes can fail yet a complete set of data remains among the remaining data fragments. Later, erasure encoding creates redundant coding fragments that are written to the nodes of a data storage system in a distributed manner along with one copy of the data fragments, such that any two nodes can fail but the complete data can still be recovered. Redundant data fragments are then deleted.
US11347595B2
Backup operations on selected directories are performed in a computing system. File system operations that impact the ability to backup the selected directories are failed while other file system operations are allowed. In particular, file system operations that would require a trawl of the selected directory in order to perform the backup operation are failed.
US11347589B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution of evaluating a rebuilding performance of a redundant array of independent disks. In some embodiments, there is provided a computer-implemented method, comprising: simulating, based on a first group of redundant arrays of independent disks, a rebuilding process for a second group of redundant arrays of independent disks; obtaining a first performance metric of the simulated rebuilding process; and identifying a factor associated with the rebuilding performance of the second group of redundant arrays of independent disks based on the first performance metric.
US11347585B2
Methods, systems, and devices for a compression method for defect visibility in a memory device are described. A memory device may identify one or more errors associated with a set of memory cells of a memory array in the device based on a first set of data associated with the first set of memory cells. The memory device may generate an indication of a location of the one or more errors in the first set of memory cells and compress the first set of data to generate an error flag based on identifying the one or more errors. The memory device may output the error flag and the indication of the location based on generating the error flag and the indication.
US11347581B2
Aspects of a storage device including a controller memory, a die memory, and a plurality of accumulators corresponding to individual DQs are provided for accelerated DQ training and error detection. A controller stores first data in the controller memory, transfers second data to the die memory over an n-bit bus, and receives n bits of the second data from the die memory based on a DQS. The controller then compares n bits of the first data with n bits of the second data to produce n bit results received into respective accumulators, and the controller simultaneously updates different accumulators in response to bit mismatches. During DQ training, if an accumulator value meets a mismatch threshold, the controller modifies a DQS-DQ timing accordingly. During error detection of a read scrambled page, if an accumulator value does not meet an entropy threshold, the controller identifies an error associated with the page.
US11347579B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate to application assessment. A computing platform may receive content information and manual input data corresponding to hierarchical content. The computing platform may establish a content tree indicating relationships between pages of the hierarchical content. The computing platform may receive starting/ending pages of the hierarchical content and application assessment commands. Using the content tree and in response to receipt of the application assessment commands, the computing platform may generate error information based on the starting page and the ending page by performing a holistic error analysis of the hierarchical content between the starting page and the ending page, which may include automatically populating manual input fields using the manual input data. The computing platform may send the error information and commands to display an error notification based on the error information, which may cause the administrator computing device to display the error notification.
US11347577B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring features of a computing device of a distributed computing system using a self-monitoring module. The self-monitoring module can include multiple feature-specific monitoring modules and one or more parent nodes for the feature-specific monitoring modules. A feature-specific monitoring module can identify or detect a fault status change, such as a fault condition or fault resolution, for one or more features. Based on the identified fault conditions or fault resolutions, the feature-specific monitoring module can determine an internal status and communicate an updated status to a parent node.
US11347575B2
A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a message library update, wherein the message library update includes a plurality of error codes associated with a plurality of error/advisory messages. A specific error code concerning a storage system is compared to the plurality of error codes included within the message library update to identify a specific error/advisory message associated with the specific error code. The specific error/advisory message is provided to a user of the storage system.
US11347571B1
A streaming data storage system provides for segment groups that facilitate the distribution of event traffic among storage entities. When too much event traffic with the same routing key (or with a small number of routing keys) is being ingested by the system into one segment of a data stream, the system subdivides the segment into a segment group of sub-segments, which can be distributed among storage resources of the streaming data storage system. Writer components of the system append events received from upstream applications to the sub-segments along with a writer identifier and a sequence number for each event. Reader components of the system use writer identifiers and the sequence numbers to serve events from the segment group to upstream code in the proper order, on a per-writer basis.
US11347568B1
Conditionally appending an event in an ordered event stream (OES) is disclosed. An OES storage system can comprise an OES that can have a dynamic topology, e.g., comprising changing numbers of segments, segments that have changing routing key ranges, mixes of local and remote storage devices and processors, employing different types of storage, or combinations thereof. A conditional append operation can be predicated on determining an appropriate segment, for example, based on a routing key. Conditions of the conditional appends can be designated by a user. Failing conditions can trigger a corrective action, throwing of an error. Satisfied conditions can result in permitting the conditional append. Moreover, the conditional append can be dependent on populating a group of attributes for the correct segment based on attributes that can be determined for a different epoch of the OES, again for example, based on a routing key.
US11347562B2
Described herein are systems, methods, and software to manage configurations between dependent clusters. In one implementation, a management system maintains a data structure that indicates relationships between clusters in a computing environment. The management system further identifies a configuration modification to a first cluster and identifies other clusters associated with the first cluster based on the data structure. Once the other clusters are identified, the management system may determine configuration modifications for the other clusters based on the data structure and initiate deployment of the configuration modifications.
US11347553B2
The described technology is generally directed towards distributing data fragments and coding fragments of a protection group among storage entities (e.g., nodes or disks) based on affinity levels (e.g., maintained in an affinity matrix) that represent dependency relationships between the storage entities with respect to storing protection groups. The technology operates to distribute a protection group's components such that the affinity level between any pair of storage entities is approximately the same as any other pair. In the event of a storage entity failure, as a result of the affinity-based distribution of the protection group components needed for data recovery, a larger number of the other storage entities can be involved in the data recovery (relative to the number likely involved without affinity-based distribution). This tends to assure a better load balance and faster data recovery.
US11347552B2
Techniques for allocating resources in a system may include: monitoring, using a first proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller, a size of a pool of free shared resources of a first type; responsive to determining the size of the pool of the free shared resources is at least a minimum threshold, providing the size of the pool of free shared resources as an input to a second PID controller; monitoring, using the second PID controller, a total amount of resources of the first type that are available; determining, using the second PID controller and in accordance with one or more resource policies for one or more applications, a deallocation rate or amount; deallocating, using the second PID controller and in accordance with the deallocation rate or amount, resources of the first type; and allocating a least a first of the deallocated resources for use by one of the applications.
US11347551B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to manage memory allocation. An example apparatus includes a memory detector to scan a platform for available memory. The example apparatus also includes a memory size checker to retrieve a virtual memory layout associated with the available memory devices associated with the platform and to determine whether virtual address boundaries of respective ones of a available memory device generate a virtual address gap therebetween. The example apparatus also includes a address assigner to reassign virtual addresses of at least one of the respective ones of the available memory devices to remove the virtual address gap.
US11347550B1
Techniques described herein can optimize usage of computing resources in a data system. Dynamic throttling can be performed locally on a computing resource in the foreground and autoscaling can be performed in a centralized fashion in the background. Dynamic throttling can lower the load without overshooting while minimizing oscillation and reducing the throttle quickly. Autoscaling may involve scaling in or out the number of computing resources in a cluster as well as scaling up or down the type of computing resources to handle different types of situations.
US11347545B2
A computer-implemented method for controlling state updates in a cloud service environment may be provided. The method includes maintaining a set of state provider definitions, wherein each state provider definition comprising a set of required input variable definitions, a set of output variable definitions and related metadata. The method also includes determining a set of input variable definitions required by an invoked service, receiving the determined set of input variable definitions by the state provider management service, selecting a state provider definition, wherein the selected state provider definition is to be compatible with the received set of input variable definitions, determining a set of matching state provider services matching the selected state provider definition, scoring the determined set of state provider services, invoking the highest scoring state provider service, and passing the state data to the invoked service.
US11347544B1
In one embodiment, a method includes generating one or more queues by an application executing on a client system, wherein each queue is associated with one or more declarative attributes, wherein each declarative attribute declares a processing requirement or a processing preference, generating one or more work items to be processed, for each of the one or more work items enqueuing the work item into a selected one of the one or more queues based on the one or more declarative attributes associated with the selected queue, and providing the one or more queues to a scheduler of an operating system of the client system, wherein the scheduler is configured to schedule each of the one or more work items for processing based on one or more policies and the one or more declarative attributes of the selected queue for that work item.
US11347539B2
In an apparatus (2) with transactional memory support, a predetermined type of transaction start instruction or a subsequent instruction following the predetermined type of transaction start instruction triggers capture of a lock identifier which identifies a lock variable for controlling exclusive access to at least one resource. In response to a predetermined type of transaction end instruction which follows the predetermined type of transaction start instruction, the lock variable is checked and commitment of results of speculatively executed instructions of the transaction is prevented or deferred when the lock variable indicates that another thread holds the exclusive access to the target resource. This approach can improve performance when executing transactions in a transactional memory based system.
US11347517B2
A reduced precision based programmable and single instruction multiple data (SIMD) dataflow architecture includes reduced precision execution units with a majority of the execution units operating at reduced precision and a minority of the execution units are capable of operating at higher precision. The execution units operate in parallel within a programmable execution element to share instruction fetch, decode, and issue pipelines and operate on the same instruction in lock-step to minimize instruction-related overhead.
US11347515B2
One aspect of the present disclosure concerns a management apparatus configured to execute a device management software for realizing a plurality of functions for performing processing on a network device. The management apparatus additionally manages information about an extension function in a predetermined storage area to add an operation portion for calling processing of the extension function to an easy operation screen after the extension function is added to the device management software.
US11347513B2
Aspects of branch prediction are suppressed for branch instructions executing in a transaction, of a transactional memory environment, that is a re-execution of a previously aborted transaction.
US11347508B2
An apparatus and method are provided for managing a capability domain. The apparatus has processing circuitry for executing instructions, the processing circuitry when in a default state being arranged to operate in a capability domain comprising capabilities used to constrain operations performed by the processing circuitry when executing the instructions. A program counter capability storage element is also provided to store a program counter capability used by the processing circuitry to determine a program counter value. The program counter capability is arranged to identify a capability state for the processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is then arranged, when the capability state indicates the default state, to operate in the capability domain. However, when the capability state indicates the executive state, the processing circuitry is arranged to operate in a manner less constrained than when in the default state so as to allow modification of the capability domain. This provides a simple and effective mechanism for selectively allowing the apparatus to modify the capability domain.
US11347504B2
This application relates to a memory management method for maximizing processing-in-memory (PIM) performance and reducing unnecessary DRAM access time. In one aspect, when processing a PIM instruction packet, an instruction processing unit secondarily processes a request for access to a destination address at which read and write actions of an internal memory are likely to be sequentially performed. By secondarily requesting the destination address, a row address of an open page of the internal memory may match a row address to which a PIM instruction packet processing result is written back. Also, the instruction processing unit inside the PIM maintains memory write and read addresses that have previously requested. The instruction processing unit compares the address of a packet to be processed to the maintained previous memory address and informs a memory controller about the comparison result through a page closing signal.
US11347498B2
Systems and methods for modifying bytecode at runtime are provided. A virtual machine can execute bytecode of an application. The virtual machine can receive a modification for the application that includes modified bytecode for the application. The virtual machine can identify a portion of the bytecode of the application that corresponds to the modified bytecode. The virtual machine can update the portion of the bytecode of the application at runtime using the modification.
US11347494B2
Techniques are provided for installing patches during upgrades. In an example, an administrator specifies an upgrade image and a patch for a computing cluster. The computing cluster verifies compatibility between the upgrade image and the patch, registers the patch, and stores the patch for later use at the cluster level. Then, at the node level, the upgrade image and the patch are applied to each node that is upgraded.
US11347493B2
Systems and methods for temporarily downloading an application program from a website are disclosed herein. The website provides a feature set corresponding to an anticipated user activity and a downloadable application program. The anticipated user activity is identified based on user data corresponding to future activities of a user. A correspondence between the anticipated user activity and the website is determined and the application program is retrieved from the website and installed on the user device. In response to detecting absence of a user interaction with the application program on the user device within a predefined time period, the application program is automatically uninstalled from the user device.
US11347490B1
Systems and methods for supporting a compilation framework for hardware configuration generation. In one implementation, a processing device executing a compilation workflow for a target architecture may receive an input source code associated with a configuration for the target hardware architecture; identify a first configuration information associated with at least a portion of the configuration for the target hardware architecture; perform a first set of compilation passes of the input source code in view of the first configuration information; generate, in view of the first set of compilation passes of the input source code, a first internal representation component for the target hardware architecture; and generate, in view of the first internal representation component, a binary bitstream component for the target hardware architecture.
US11347487B2
A module (m1) is allowed to gain private reflective access to any class in any module (C2 in m2), if and only if m2 grants to m1 deep reflective access for C2. A caller class may invoke a method to generate a second lookup object associated with a second principal class based on a first lookup object associated with a first principal class. The method is successfully executed only if (a) an access mode of the first lookup object allows for teleporting with private reflective access and (b) a module including the second principal class grants to a module including the first principal class deep reflective access for the second principal class. The second lookup object drops the access mode allowing for teleporting with private reflective access. Hence reflective access is confined within the limits imposed by module boundaries, as relaxed by access agreements between pairs of modules. The bilateral agreements are not transferable to other modules.
US11347482B2
In accordance with various embodiments, described herein is a system (Data Artificial Intelligence system, Data AI system), for use with a data integration or other computing environment, that leverages machine learning (ML, DataFlow Machine Learning, DFML), for use in managing a flow of data (dataflow, DF), and building complex dataflow software applications (dataflow applications, pipelines). In accordance with an embodiment, the system can provide data governance functionality such as, for example, provenance (where a particular data came from), lineage (how the data was acquired/processed), security (who was responsible for the data), classification (what is the data about), impact (how impactful is the data to a business), retention (how long should the data live), and validity (whether the data should be excluded/included for analysis/processing), for each slice of data pertinent to a particular snapshot in time; which can then be used in making lifecycle decisions and dataflow recommendations.
US11347472B2
A method for generating sound with a motor, including: generating a motor-driving signal having an audio signal component; applying the motor-driving signal to the motor, wherein the motor-driving signal drives the motor to generate a sound corresponding to the audio signal component; applying a bandpass filter to the motor-driving signal to generate a filtered motor-driving signal; and applying the filtered motor-driving signal to a speaker to present audio content consistent with the sound generated by the motor.
US11347468B2
A sound volume operation device configured to amplify and output an inputted acoustic signal includes: at least one sound volume adjuster configured to adjustably amplify an inputted acoustic signal; an output level detector configured to detect an output sound volume level of the acoustic signal amplified by the at least one sound volume adjuster; and an illuminator provided at or adjacent to the at least one sound volume adjuster and configured to provide a different illumination state according to the output sound volume level detected by the output level detector.
US11347465B2
Systems and methods are provided that allow a display device array to be used to present content to one or more users. In particular, a user associated with a first user device, may opt to present content on a plurality of other devices. The plurality of other devices may be arranged in any desired configuration, and the first user device can capture the arrangement. Upon capturing the arrangement, content, under the control of the first user device, may be presented on the plurality of other devices in accordance with the arrangement.
US11347464B2
A single device having a display manager that dynamically controls dual unique output formatting for multiple displays. The display manager detects changes made in configuration files having configuration instructions representing formatting instructions for each of the displays. Detected changes are dynamically processed by the display manager to alter, in real time, formatting of content being rendered on the displays.
US11347459B2
A method of generating a comparison of optimal sheet scheduling to greedy sheet scheduling, the method comprising receiving, by one or more computer processors, one or more print requests, generating, by the one or more computer processors, a greedy finite state machine based on the one or more print requests, generating, by the one or more computer processors, an optimal finite state machine based on the one or more print requests, generating, by the one or more computer processors, a cross product of the optimal finite state machine and the greedy finite state machine, identifying, by the one or more computer processors, a cycle in the cross product, and generating, by the one or more computer processors, a minimum ratio of optimal cost to greedy cost.
US11347455B2
An information processing device includes: a split printing information setting unit setting split printing information, the split printing information including split position information about a split position in an original image when splitting the original image into a plurality of sub-images and printing the sub-images and overlap area information about an overlap area between the sub-images when pasting together the plurality of sub-images that are printed; and an instruction document preview generation unit generating an instruction document preview based on the split printing information, the instruction document preview being a print preview of a work execution instruction document for pasting together the plurality of sub-images that are printed. The instruction document preview generation unit generates the instruction document preview in such a way that the original image and a work execution image are displayed, the work execution image including a split position image showing the split position in the original image and an overlap area image showing the overlap area.
US11347451B2
An image forming device and an operating method of an image forming device are provided. The operating method includes receiving first authentication information of a first user with respect to the image forming device, authenticating the first authentication information of the first user, based on reference account information of a plurality of users, the reference account information being stored in a storage based on a blockchain that distributes and manages a ledger in which user account information including authentication information and authority information of a user with respect to a certain image forming device has been recorded, when the authentication of the first user is completed, receiving a request to perform a first image forming job, and evaluating first authority information indicating an authority range of the first user, based on the reference account information of the plurality of users, and performing the first image forming job within the authority range of the first user.
US11347443B2
Storage locations in a first tier of a multi-tier storage system are allocated to a first set of data structures (e.g., inodes) in a first file set. A file that is stored in the first tier is associated with a first data structure of the first set. In response to determining that data in the file should be moved to a second tier of the multi-tier storage system, the file is associated with a second data structure in a second file set. The second data structure is allocated a storage location in the second tier. Consequently, two data structures are associated with the file. The data is copied from the first tier to the storage location in the second tier, and can be subsequently accessed using the second data structure.
US11347431B1
The technology describes synchronization of writer and reader applications in a streaming data storage system, such as to facilitate a mode switch in which event writers can change event contents being appended to stream segments and event readers can process the event contents according to the new mode. A signal event is generated by a signaler for stream segments to which data event writes are being written, which changes the data writers' writing mode. The data storage system rejects appends of events after the signal that do not correspond to the new writing mode. The data storage system also writes a signal indicator to the segments being read at a location in each segment that is between the events written before the signal and the events written after the signal. Reader applications are synchronized based on encountering the signal indicator so as to appropriately switch to a new processing mode.
US11347427B2
Systems and methods facilitating separation of dataset creation from movement in file replication are described herein. A method as described herein can include scheduling, by a first system operatively coupled to a processor, a first transfer of a dataset to a second system at a first time according to a first replication schedule; scheduling, by the first system, a second transfer of the dataset to a third system at the first time according to a second replication schedule; creating, by the first system, a snapshot of the dataset at a second time that is distinct from the first time according to a snapshot schedule that is distinct from the first replication schedule and the second replication schedule; and transferring, by the first system, at least a portion of the snapshot to the second system and the third system at the first time.
US11347412B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system allocates one or more areas of a plurality of areas obtained by equally dividing a first logical address space of the memory system to each of a plurality of namespaces. Each of the areas has such a size that areas corresponding in number to a maximum number of namespaces to be supported are allocable to a remaining space excluding a size equivalent to that of an advertised capacity form the first logical address space. When a size of a first namespace is to be expanded, the memory system updates the first management table and additionally allocates an unused area to the first namespace.
US11347405B2
A memory system includes a memory array including a plurality of memory cells; and a controller coupled to the memory array, the controller configured to: determine a target profile including distribution targets, wherein each of the distribution targets represent a program-verify target corresponding to a logic value for the memory cells, determine a feedback measure based on implementing a processing level for processing data, and dynamically adjust the program-verify target according to the feedback measure.
US11347403B2
Technologies are described herein for or extending the lifespan of a solid-state drive by using worn-out MLC flash blocks in SLC mode to extend their useful life. Upon identifying a first storage location in the storage media of an SSD as a candidate for defecting, the first storage location is switched from a first programming mode to a second programming mode, where the second programming mode results in a lower storage density of storage locations than the first programming mode. In conjunction with switching the first storage location to the first programming mode, a second storage location in the storage media is switched from the second programming mode to the first programming mode to ensure that the total capacity of the storage media remains at or above the rated capacity.
US11347401B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses, and methods of forming and operating the apparatuses. Some of the apparatuses include a conductive line, non-volatile memory cells of a first memory cell type, the non-volatile memory cells coupled in series among each other, and an additional non-volatile memory cell of a second memory cell type coupled to the conductive line and coupled in series with the non-volatile memory cells of the first memory cell type. The second memory cell type is different from the first memory cell type.
US11347398B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a non-volatile memory and a controller. The memory includes a memory cell array. The controller is configured to control a transfer phase in which a command, an address, and first data are transferred to the memory, and a program phase in which the first data is programmed into the memory cell array by the memory after the transfer phase. The controller is configured to suspend the transfer phase after initiating the transfer phase before completion of the transfer phase, then read second data from the memory, and resume the transfer phase after reading of the second data is completed.
US11347397B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to traffic class management of NVMe (non-volatile memory express) traffic. One or more input/output (I/O) operations are received at a device interface coupled to one or more storage devices of a storage array. A service level (SL) corresponding to each of the one or more I/O operations is determined. Each of the one or more I/O operations is transmitted to the one or storage devices over a virtual channel of a set of virtual channels based on the determined SL corresponding to each of the one or more I/O operations.
US11347391B2
Provided is a proportion display apparatus including a processor that performs a display control process to display, on a display, a predetermined graph that is divided into areas of respective items by a boundary line so as to indicate a quantitative proportion of each of the items; and a change process to change a position of the boundary line in response to a user operation. After the position of the boundary line is changed in the change process, the proportion before and after the change process is shown on the predetermined graph in the display control process.
US11347386B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for sharing a position. The method comprises: obtaining geographic information and an intent to share corresponding to a marked position on a panoramic map; setting the geographic information and the sharing intention in a pre-set sharing link; and sending the preset sharing link through a pre-set system interface corresponding to a target application.
US11347384B2
Techniques for collecting information about plants on a per plant or near per plant basis and promulgating remedial courses of action are disclosed. A horticultural operation receives plant information such as a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of plants respectively, wherein at least one of the received plurality of images is an image of interest containing an identified plant, an identified artifact, and is associated with an identified issue of the identified plant corresponding to the identified artifact. The image of interest is displayed to workers in the horticultural operation along with the identified issue of the identified plant corresponding to the identified artifact.
US11347370B2
Provided are methods and systems for video recording. The video recording method may include capturing a preview image, using a camera included in the electronic device, based on a set frame rate and in response to the electronic device entering an image photographing mode; storing the captured preview image; applying at least one time-fake effect among a plurality of set time-fake effects to the stored preview image; and creating a video file of a set format by encoding the preview image after the applying the at least one time-fake effect.
US11347368B2
Various embodiments enable batch inspection of a plurality of workpieces by and inspection instrument such as a coordinate measuring machine. Some embodiments present user interfaces, including graphical user interfaces, to enable an operator to configure a batch inspection system and a batch inspection job, and to monitor and control execution of a batch inspection job.
US11347363B2
A touch electrode structure and a capacitive touch system are provided. The touch electrode structure includes: a substrate; a plurality of first electrode series each including a plurality of first electrodes; a plurality of second electrode series each including a plurality of second electrodes; and at least one connecting wire. Each of the second electrode series includes at least one electrode group, and the at least one electrode group includes two of the second electrodes. The two of the second electrodes are electrically connected to each other on a first surface of the substrate, and at least one of the two of the second electrodes is electrically connected to one of the second electrodes adjacent to the at least one of the two of the second electrodes.
US11347362B2
According to an example aspect, an electronic device comprises a substrate, pixels on the substrate, a first electrode overlapping the pixels in a plan view, and a second electrode overlapping an edge of the first electrode in a plan view. The first electrode has a first region that overlaps the second electrode in a plan view and a second region that does not overlap the second electrode in a plan view.
US11347350B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a touch display device, in which touch routing lines arranged in a non-active area do not overlap signal lines supplying a signal for driving a display, and in which the size of the area in which a connection electrode, which is positioned between the touch routing lines and the signal lines, overlaps the signal lines is reduced, thereby reducing direct and indirect noise due to the signal lines. In addition, the noise due to the signal lines can be dispersed through a shielding electrode by arranging the shielding electrode, to which a constant voltage is applied, in an opening in the connection electrode, thereby further reducing the noise of a touch sensing signal and improving touch sensing performance thereof.
US11347344B2
An electronic device includes a touch portion, a piezoelectric element, and a receiver configured to receive an ultrasonic wave. The electronic device is configured to drive the piezoelectric element in a first drive mode to provide a tactile sensation to an object in contact with the touch portion. The electronic device is configured to drive the piezoelectric element in a second drive mode to transmit an ultrasonic wave, and receive, by the receiver, a reflected wave of the transmitted ultrasonic wave to detect an object.
US11347343B2
A touch display panel is provided in embodiments of the present disclosure. The touch display panel may include: a display area including a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes; and a peripheral area located around the display area; the peripheral area includes: first touch lines electrically connected with at least one of the plurality of first touch electrodes; second touch lines electrically connected with at least one of the plurality of second touch electrodes; an external circuit interface configured to provide an electrical connection between the touch display panel and an external circuit; and a first multiplexer, which is electrically connected at an output port thereof with at least either one of the first touch lines and the second touch lines and electrically connected at an input port thereof with the external circuit interface.
US11347342B2
A substrate conductive bonding structure includes a lower substrate including a connection pad exposed to outside the lower substrate, an upper substrate including a transfer pad overlapping the connection pad, exposed to outside the upper substrate and including an upper surface, and a slit defined in the transfer pad, overlapping the connection pad and open at the upper surface of the transfer pad, the slit including an extending portion extending along a first direction and having a first slit width along a second direction crossing the first direction, and an expansion portion connected to the extending portion and having a second slit width along the second direction which is larger than the first slit width, and a solder contacting the upper surface of the connection pad, extending to the upper surface of the transfer pad and into the slit.
US11347336B2
A display device including a touch display panel, a roller housing, a touch bar, and a panel driver. The touch display panel includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of touch sensing elements. At least a portion of the touch display panel is rolled around a roller. The roller housing is configured to receive the roller and has an opening configured to receive the touch display panel. The touch bar is disposed between the roller housing and the touch display panel and contacts the touch display panel. The panel driver divides a display portion of the touch display panel into a display area and a non-display area according to positions of touch sensing elements contacting the touch bar. The panel driver deactivates at least a portion of the non-display area.
US11347332B2
A position indicator includes a pen-shaped body; control circuitry housed in the pen-shaped body and configured to generate position detection signals and generate additional information about the position indicator; a first receiver; a second receiver different from the first receiver; a first transmitter provided near a distal end of the pen-shaped body and configured to transmit the position detection signals to a sensor of a position detection system; and a second transmitter, which is different from the first transmitter and configured to transmit wireless signals to the position detection system. The control circuitry, in response to a control signal from the position detection system received by the first receiver or the second receiver, controls transmission of the position detection signals and transmission of the additional information via a transmitter selected from the first transmitter and the second transmitter, to the position detection system.
US11347330B2
In one embodiment, an active stylus includes a receiver and a transmitter configured to receive and transmit signals from and to a device via a touch sensor of the device, wherein the transmitter is integrated with or comprises an adaptive voltage generation circuit including: a boost voltage controller; a comparator; a switch control; and a bleeder circuit. The active stylus further includes a stylus controller configured to: (a) in a first operation state, control the adaptive voltage generation circuit and the transmitter to transmit signals at a second transmit voltage, and (b) in a second operation state different from the first operation state, control the adaptive voltage generation circuit and the transmitter to transmit signals at a first transmit voltage lower than the second transmit voltage.
US11347325B2
In some examples, a controller is to track markings of an input element in a content area defined on a medium without electronic input capability, and track an input made with the input element in a file handling control area defined on the medium, the input made with the pen in the file handling control area comprising information relating to a file and is to cause saving of a representation of the markings made in the content area according to the information relating to the file.
US11347323B2
An input method for a virtual keyboard includes: in response to acquiring a click operation on the virtual keyboard, determining a click position of the click operation; determining a first probability that the click operation belongs to each key based on the click position and a current response region corresponding to each key in the virtual keyboard; determining a second probability that the click operation belongs to each key based on an input character sequence; and determining a target key corresponding to the click operation based on the first probability and the second probability for each key.
US11347312B1
A system may include haptic output devices such as ultrasonic haptic output components that generate ultrasonic sound waves. The ultrasonic sound waves may be directed towards a user to provide haptic output. The haptic output devices may be used in a system that includes one or more electronic devices. Control circuitry may control the haptic output devices based on sensor data indicating where the user is located and/or based on what is being displayed for a user on a display. Ultrasonic haptic output may be used to simulate contact with a virtual object, to simulate rain, to simulate a breeze, and/or to simulate other sensations in a mixed reality or virtual reality environment. The ultrasonic haptic output components may be stand-alone devices or may be mounted in a head-mounted display, a gaming base station, a handheld controller, a finger-mounted device, or other electronic equipment.
US11347298B2
In accordance with one embodiment, a fan controller operates in a standard mode when main power is provided to the power supply unit in which speed of the fan is controlled in response to a primary pulse width modulation (PWM) signal from a power controller. A loss of the main power to the power supply unit may be detected at a logic circuit, which provides a secondary PWM signal to the fan controller in response to the loss of the main power. In certain embodiments, the fan controller is operated in a power loss mode in response to the secondary PWM signal to direct the speed of the fan to a low-power consumption target speed.
US11347294B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for managing power in an electronic device. According to the various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for operating an electronic device comprises determining a wake-up period based on at least one of a received signal strength and a state of the electronic device, and controlling a wireless communication module of the electronic device based on the wake-up period.
US11347284B2
The present application provides a novel water cooling radiator with a detachable water pump and a built-in fan, which enables outside air to enter a cooling housing from air inlet holes in an upper end of the cooling housing and be discharged from air outlet holes in a lower end of the cooling housing, so that the air discharged from the air outlet holes can dissipate heat from and cool down various electronic components such as MOS tubes and memory chips around the motherboard and CPU, thereby improving the heat dissipation efficiency and prolonging the service life of the motherboard. A pump is connected externally to the radiator, which makes the installation and connection more convenient and the performance better.
US11347282B2
A hard disk carrier includes a tray bracket and a turnover bracket rotatably arranged on the tray bracket. The tray bracket includes a first side wall, a second side wall parallel to the first side wall, and a bottom wall connecting the first side wall and the second side wall. wherein The turnover bracket includes two turnover arms rotatably arranged on the bottom wall between a first angle at which the turnover arms being received in the bottom wall and a first receiving space is defined between the first side wall and the second side wall and a second angle at which the turnover arms turns out from the bottom wall and a second receiving space is defined between the two turnover arms. A size of the second receiving space is different from that of the first receiving space.
US11347280B1
A fastener for use in electronic device includes: a positioning member, having a base, wherein a connecting ring is disposed above the base, a rail slot having two ends respectively formed with a start blocking edge and a stop blocking edge is disposed on a top surface of the connecting ring, and a buckle slot is formed between the base and the connecting ring; and a rotating member, having a shaft column, wherein a block piece is radially formed on a top end of the shaft column, an annular supporting platform is radially formed at a bottom end thereof, at least three wing pieces are axially and downwardly extended from a circumference of the supporting platform, wherein at least two of the wing pieces respectively have a buckle hook, and the other wing piece is radially extended with a position limiting sheet.
US11347273B2
An electronic device module includes a substrate, a first component disposed on a first surface of the substrate, a sealing portion disposed on the first surface of the substrate, a second component disposed on the first surface of the substrate and embedded in the sealing portion, and a shielding wall at least partially disposed between the first component and the second component and including a portion having a height, with respect to the first surface of the substrate, that is lower than a height of the sealing portion.
US11347266B2
A cover glass includes: a flat portion disposed on a display panel which is curved and displays an image; and curved portions respectively extending from opposing ends of the flat portion. A virtual straight line is defined perpendicular to the flat portion, end surfaces of the curved portions respectively form an angle of about 90 degrees to 180 degrees with respect to the virtual straight line, and the curved portions forming the angle of about 90 degrees to 180 degrees with respect to the virtual straight line include end portions of a preliminary cover glass which are bent by engagement of a lower mold with an upper mold having the preliminary cover glass disposed therebetween
US11347257B2
An output signal generation circuit includes a first pulse generation circuit configured to receive first information and generate a first pulse signal including the first information, the first pulse signal having a first pulse width that is a minimum pulse width of the first pulse signal, a second pulse generation circuit configured to receive second information and the first pulse signal, and generate a second pulse signal in which the second information is superimposed on the first pulse signal, the second pulse signal having a second pulse width smaller than the first pulse width, and an output circuit configured to output the second pulse signal.
US11347256B2
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to reducing clock-ungating induced voltage droop by determining a maximum frequency value associated with an output clock waveform; modulating a clock frequency of the output clock waveform for a first time duration based on a first programmable mask pattern or a first Boolean function; and determining if either the first programmable mask pattern or the first Boolean function should be changed. In accordance with one aspect, a voltage droop mitigation circuit includes a control logic for receiving an input clock waveform and a clock enable signal waveform and for outputting a gated clock enable signal waveform; a latch coupled to the control logic, the latch for holding a state of the gated clock enable signal waveform and a AND gate coupled to the latch, the AND gate for outputting an output clock waveform.
US11347254B2
Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to generation of programmable voltage references.
US11347248B2
A load coupled to a linear voltage regulator may create a load transient so that an output of the voltage regulator is temporarily raised to an elevated level above a regulated level. Without compensation, the linear voltage regulator may respond by turning a pass transistor completely OFF thereby losing regulation and allowing a compensation capacitor to become charged in a polarization opposite to one required for regulation. If a subsequent load transient (i.e., back-to-back load transient) is generated while the linear voltage regulator is in this condition, a large spike in the output may occur as the voltage regulator recharges the pass transistor turns back ON and as the compensation capacitor recharges. Disclosed herein is a linear voltage regulator with transient compensation circuitry to prevent the scenario described above and reduce the spike in the output.
US11347247B1
A method for regulating a power conditioner output voltage level includes monitoring a first voltage level of a first supply source and a second voltage level of a second supply source and, while the power conditioner is being supplied by the first supply source, controlling a duty-cycle of an output switch of the power conditioner with feedback-based control signals generated based on errors between a target voltage level and samples of the output voltage level obtained at an output voltage sampling frequency. The method also includes, controlling, for a period corresponding to the output voltage sampling frequency, the duty-cycle of the output switch with an estimated control signal. The method also includes, while the power conditioner is being supplied by the second supply source, controlling the duty-cycle of the output switch using the feedback-based control signals.
US11347236B2
In a marker detection method in which a sensor unit (11) that includes a plurality of magnetic sensors arranged in a vehicle width direction is used to detect magnetic markers (10) laid in a road, a feature value that represent symmetry of magnetic distribution, which is the distribution of magnetic measurement values obtained by each magnetic sensor included in the sensor unit (11) is generated, and threshold process regarding the feature value is executed to determine the possibility of the presence of magnetic generation source other than magnetic marker (10), that causes disturbance, and hence to suppress erroneous detection.
US11347235B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating a map for use in controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving, by a processor, aerial image data depicting an environment; processing, by the processor, the aerial image data with a plurality of trained deep learning models to produce a predicted radar map; and controlling the vehicle based on the predicted radar map.
US11347232B2
A mobile robot, including: a body, a drive system for driving the movement of the mobile robot, a light emitter for emitting light towards a detection face, a photoelectric sensor for responding to light coming from an environment and/or light emitted by the light emitter, an adjustable impedance unit connected to the photoelectric sensor, and a controller. The controller adjusts the adjustable impedance unit to form at least two types of gear values with different impedances and responds to, under the condition of each type of gear values, a sampling difference value determined when the light emitter is in a turn-on and a turn-OFF state, so as to prevent the generation of a misjudgment from causing the mobile robot to carry out an accidental action, such that the mobile robot can work in a special working environment with strong light exposure and a black light-absorption detection face.
US11347229B2
The purpose of this invention is to be able to appropriately calculate the range of surrounding roads which needs to be provided for a preset travel route. This information management device is equipped with a travel range specifying unit which specifies the travel range which is the range of roads on which a vehicle may travel if having deviated from a preset planned route. The travel range specifying unit calculates the travel range on the basis of the time required to recalculate the planned route, and the speed of the vehicle.
US11347227B2
An autonomous mobile apparatus is provided that includes a traveling body, a sensor mounted to the traveling body, and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to: determine whether there is an obstacle in a search region, which extends in a direction of a route on which the traveling body travels, based on a detection result of the sensor; when the obstacle determination section determines that there is the obstacle in the search region, determine whether there is an obstacle avoiding region, in which the traveling body is able to avoid the obstacle, in horizontal directions that intersect a traveling direction; and when there is the obstacle in a traveling direction change region, which is located within the search region and smaller than the search region, change the traveling direction of the traveling body toward the obstacle avoiding region so that the traveling body performs an avoidance action.
US11347224B2
A peripheral data acquisition unit obtains peripheral data indicating a traveling state of a peripheral object traveling around a target object. A data writing unit stores the obtained peripheral data in a history storage unit in association with the position of the target object at the time when the peripheral data is obtained. A control specifying unit specifies a control method of the target object on the basis of, among the peripheral data stored in the history storage unit, the peripheral data stored in association with a current position of the target object.
US11347216B2
A remote parking system includes: a control device mounted on a vehicle and configured to execute remote parking processing; an operation terminal configured to be carried by a user; and a position determination unit mounted on the vehicle and/or the operation terminal and configured to determine a terminal position which is a position of the operation terminal. The control device is configured to calculate a first traveling route and a first recommended area. The first traveling route is a traveling route of the vehicle from an alighting position to a parking position. The first recommended area is an area where the user should be present when the vehicle moves along the first traveling route. The control device calculates a second traveling route on determining that the terminal position is not present within the first recommended area set for the first traveling route that has already been calculated.
US11347200B2
A controller includes a storage unit storing a plurality of sets of recommended setting values or recommended setting ranges regarding parameters for controlling an axis of a machine tool or an industrial machine or for controlling a motor, wherein set contents of the plurality of sets of recommended setting values or recommended setting ranges vary depending on a property of the machine tool, the industrial machine, or the motor; a comparing unit configured to compare input parameters with the recommended setting values or the recommended setting ranges corresponding to the property of a control target; and a comparison result presenting unit configured to present a warning when the input parameters differ from the recommended setting values or deviate from the recommended setting ranges corresponding to the property of the control target.
US11347197B2
A servo motor controller includes: a servo motor; a driven member which is driven by the servo motor and in which a load acting on a drive axis is varied depending on the position of the driven member; a position detection portion and a speed detection portion for the driven member; and a motor control portion, where the motor control portion includes: a position control portion which calculates a speed command based on a positional error between a position command for the driven member and the position FB; a speed control portion which calculates a torque command by multiplying a speed error between the speed command and the speed FB by a speed gain and/or adding a torque offset to the speed error; and a change portion which changes at least one of the speed gain and the torque offset according to the position of the driven member.
US11347189B1
A watch having a camera is disclosed. The watch can include a housing having a front side, a back side, and an attachment interface configured to couple to a watch band. A camera can be mounted to the housing and configured to capture a picture of a scene through the back side of the housing. A display can be visible through the front side of the housing and configured to display the picture.
US11347186B2
A system (1) for a watch calendar includes: a first wheel (3); a first finger (5b) for driving the first wheel; a tooth (31b) for driving the first wheel, the tooth being movably mounted on the first wheel (3) between a retracted position and a driving position; and a desmodromic system (2, 4) having a cam (2) and a cam follower (4), the desmodromic system being arranged in such a way that at least a first position of the cam defines a first position of the follower permitting the retraction of the tooth, and that at least a second position of the cam defines a second position of the follower preventing the retraction of the tooth.
US11347179B2
An image forming apparatus includes a transfer nip control member being movable to a pressing position, where a pressing force for positioning a transfer roller in a transfer nip releasing position is applied to a transfer unit in a closed position, and to a releasing position, where application of the pressing force is released; a fixing nip control mechanism for changing a relative position between a fixing roller and an opposing member to a fixing position, where a fixing nip is formed, and to a fixing nip releasing position; and an interlocking mechanism for moving the transfer nip control member in the releasing position to the pressing position in conjunction with a fixing nip releasing operation by the fixing nip control mechanism. The transfer nip control member in the pressing position is moved to the releasing position when the transfer unit is moved from the closed position to an open position.
US11347177B2
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet cassette, an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet fed from the sheet cassette, a first frame for supporting the sheet cassette, and a second frame provided on the first frame in a vertical direction for supporting the image forming unit. The first frame includes a first strut, a side plate spaced apart from the first strut, and a stay coupling the first strut and the side plate, wherein the sheet cassette is slidable in a direction in which the stay extends. The second frame includes a second strut coupled to the first strut. A grip is provided pivotably at the first strut, the grip being graspable by an operator.
US11347170B2
A fusing device includes an annular belt, a heat generation member arranged inside the annular belt, and a heat transmission member that has first and second faces, wherein the first face opposes the heat generation member and the second face opposes the annular belt, and the heat transmission member transmits heat to the annular belt, wherein the heat transmission member satisfies the following Conditional Expression (1): D/L≥0.18×S−28 (1) where D means a thermal diffusivity [×10−6 m2/s] that is determined along the first face of the heat transmission member, L means a half of an interval [×10−3 m] between two of the heat generation parts adjacent to one another, and S: the carrying speed [×10−3 m/s] at which the medium is carried.
US11347167B2
According to one embodiment, a fixing device fixes a toner image formed on a medium to the medium. The fixing device includes a heating rotator which is rotatably supported, an auxiliary heating member which is disposed along an inner circumferential surface of the heating rotator, and swings as the heating rotator rotates, a lubricant supply member which is disposed at a position on which the swing auxiliary heating member abuts, and is impregnated with a lubricant, and a pressing rotator which abuts on the heating rotator, and forms a nip portion through which the medium passes.
US11347158B2
In a configuration in which a metal holder is supported by a resin member, the metal holder cannot be grounded, so that electricity may be discharged from the charged holder to a substrate held by the holder. The holder is provided with a pin to determine a position of the holder with respect to a photosensitive member. A conductive member that is made of metal and is grounded, is brought into contact with the pin to thereby enable the holder to be grounded through the pin.
US11347156B2
The electro-conductive member has an electro-conductive support, and an electro-conductive layer in this order, the electro-conductive layer including a matrix and domains, the matrix constituted by a first rubber composition containing a cross-linked product of a first rubber, the domains having electro-conductivity, and dispersed in the matrix, each of the domains constituted by a second rubber composition containing a cross-linked product of a second rubber and an electro-conductive particle, the first rubber and the second rubber being diene-based rubbers, the first rubber having at least one monomer unit, the second rubber having at least one monomer unit different from the monomer unit which the first rubber has; a difference of absolute values of SP values between the first rubber and the second rubber is 0.2 (J/cm3)0.5 to 4.0 (J/cm3)0.5; and a tan δ1/tan δ2 is 0.45 to 2.00.
US11347154B2
In some general aspects, a surface of a structure within a chamber of an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source is cleaned using a method. The method includes generating a plasma state of a material that is present at a location adjacent to a non-electrically conductive body that is within the chamber. The generation of the plasma state of the material includes electromagnetically inducing an electric current at the location adjacent the non-electrically conductive body to thereby transform the material that is adjacent the non-electrically conductive body from a first state into the plasma state. The plasma state of the material includes plasma particles, at least some of which are free radicals of the material. The method also includes enabling the plasma particles to pass over the structure surface to remove debris from the structure surface without removing the structure from the chamber of the EUV light source.
US11347153B2
An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of pieces of collected data collected in a state where lithographic processing is executed by a lithography apparatus for forming a pattern by applying a plurality of processing conditions, a classification unit configured to classify the acquired data based on the processing conditions, a judgement unit configured to judge that an abnormality has occurred in the acquired collected data by judging whether the collected data falls within an allowable range specified based on the processing conditions.
US11347147B2
A metal-containing onium salt compound suitable for use as a photodegradable base of a resist composition and a resist composition using the metal-containing onium salt compound are provided, the resist composition having excellent sensitivity to ionizing radiation such as extreme ultraviolet (EUV), excellent resolution and focal depth in lithography, and can reduce line width roughness (LWR) in a fine pattern. The onium salt compound including a specific metal is used as the photodegradable base.
US11347145B2
High etch contrast materials provide the basis for using pre-patterned template structure with a template hardmask having periodic holes and filler within the holes that provides the basis for rapidly obtaining high resolution patterns guided by the template and high etch contrast resist. Methods are described for performing the radiation lithography, e.g., EUV radiation lithography, using the pre-patterned templates. Also, methods are described for forming the templates. The materials for forming the templates are described.
US11347131B2
Provided is a processing device including a determination unit that determines, in a case in which a lens unit is mounted on a camera body via a lens adapter having an anti-vibration function of suppressing blur in a captured image, whether the lens unit has the anti-vibration function. The determination unit further causes the lens adapter to perform a coordinative arithmetic operation for anti-vibration on the basis of determination that the lens unit has the anti-vibration function.
US11347130B2
A nonlinear crystal comprising a first end face and an opposing second end face is described. The first and second end faces are separated along an optical axis of the nonlinear crystal by a length in the range of 0.25 mm and 2 mm. Although the length of the nonlinear crystal results in a reduction in the nonlinear effects induced on an optical field propagating through the crystal it also provides for reduced deviation experienced by the generated optical field when the nonlinear crystal is rotated. Therefore, when the nonlinear crystals are incorporated within an enhancement cavity their reduced length allows for the deviation of the output field to be minimised by servo control electronics arranged to adjust a single cavity mirror. This significantly reduces the complexity, and thus expensive of the servo control electronics when compared to those employed with the prior art enhancement cavities.
US11347127B2
A liquid lens includes a first plate including a cavity in which a conductive liquid and a non-conductive liquid are disposed; a first electrode placed under the first plate; a second electrode placed on the first plate; a second plate on the second electrode; and a third plate under the first electrode, wherein a region of the second plate, which is disposed on the conductive liquid, includes a first region having a first thickness and including an optical axis, and a second region extending from the first region and having a second thickness, and the first thickness is greater than the second thickness.
US11347123B2
According to an aspect, a display device includes: a substrate; a display region; a peripheral region; signal lines; terminals; wires coupling the terminals and the signal lines in the peripheral region; and first and second metal layers in different layers perpendicularly to the substrate and an insulating film in the peripheral region. The peripheral region includes: a first wiring region, in which the wires are electrically coupled to the signal lines; a second wiring region between the first wiring region and the terminals, and in which at least one or more wires pass through the first and second metal layers; and a third wiring region between the first and second wiring regions, and in which the wires extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The third wiring region includes contacts coupling the first and second metal layers, and a virtual line connecting the contacts has a curved shape.
US11347116B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first camera, a first polarizer, a second polarizer, and a liquid crystal panel disposed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer. The liquid crystal panel includes a first scanning line, a first signal line intersecting the first scanning line, a first switching element electrically connected to the first scanning line and the first signal line, and a first control electrode electrically connected to the first switching element. The first control electrode overlaps the first camera, and is disposed in an annular first region.
US11347115B2
A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate section having a first substrate and pixel electrodes (102). Each pixel electrode (102) includes a bridging portion (102c) provided between a first pixel electrode portion (102a) and a second pixel electrode portion (102b) and linking together the first pixel electrode portion (102a) and the second pixel electrode portion (102b). A first recess (102d) is provided at one side along the width direction of the pixel electrode (102), the first recess (102d) extending from one side along the width direction of the pixel electrode (102) toward the bridging portion (102c) and being located between the first pixel electrode portion (102a) and the second pixel electrode portion (102b). A second recess (102e) is provided at another side along the width direction of the pixel electrode (102), the second recess (102e) extending from the other side along the width direction of the pixel electrode (102) toward the bridging portion (102c) and being located between the first pixel electrode portion (102a) and the second pixel electrode portion (102b).
US11347114B2
An electrooptical device includes a first substrate; a second substrate, a plurality of spacers maintaining a distance between the first substrate and the second substrate; a pixel electrode provided on the first substrate; a conductive layer overlapping a part of the pixel electrode; a protrusion covered with the pixel electrode; a counter electrode opposed to the pixel electrode; a first alignment film provided on the pixel electrode and having a first opening in a portion overlapping the protrusion; a second alignment film provided on the counter electrode and having a second opening in the portion overlapping the protrusion; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first alignment film and the second alignment film, and a distance from the bottom surface to the top surface in the protrusion is smaller than a distance from the bottom surface to the top surface in the spacer.
US11347107B2
The present disclosure provides an array substrate and a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device. The array substrate includes a plurality of pixel units arranged in a matrix, each the pixel unit includes a plurality of pixel regions, each pixel region is provided with a display electrode having a slit; a plurality of data lines, each of the data lines includes a plurality of data line segments, any two adjacent data line segments are electrically coupled to each other; in each of the pixel units, each of a part of the pixel regions has a display electrode whose slit is parallel to a data line segment adjacent to this display electrode in the data lines; each of another part of the pixel regions has a display electrode whose slit is non-parallel to a data line segment adjacent to this display electrode in the data lines.
US11347103B1
A backlight module includes that of: a substrate; a plurality of light-emitting elements, disposed on the substrate along a first direction and a second direction; and at least one optical film, comprising: a first surface, having a plurality of microstructures, the microstructures being parallel to each other, every microstructure having a first ridge, and an angle being between the first ridge and the first direction; and a second surface, corresponding to the first surface and toward the substrate, the plurality of light-emitting elements being between the substrate and the second surface; wherein a distance X is between the light-emitting element and the other light-emitting element that is adjacent to the light-emitting element along the first direction, and a distance Y is between the light-emitting element and the other light-emitting element that is adjacent to the light-emitting element along the second direction, hence a range of the angle is: ( tan - 1 Y X ) - 10 ° ≤ θ ≤ ( tan - 1 Y X ) + 10 ° .
US11347100B2
A color display device comprises an array of a plurality of sub-pixels including a red sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel, a first green sub-pixel and a second green sub-pixel. The first green sub-pixel and the second green sub-pixel are smaller than that of the red sub-pixel or the blue sub-pixel. The two adjacent first green sub-pixels are arranged in a first direction, the two adjacent second green sub-pixels are arranged in the first direction. The blue sub-pixel is directly adjacent to the red sub-pixel in a second direction; the blue sub-pixel is directly adjacent to the two first green sub-pixels and the two second green sub-pixels.
US11347096B1
Light-control panels including layered optical components are described in this application. An example of a light-control panel includes first, second, and third glazing layers, first and second switchable components extending between the first and second glazing layers, and a third switchable component extending between the second and third glazing layers. The switchable components include a polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal (PDLC) device having a clear state and a hazy state, a guest-host liquid-crystal (GHLC) device having a clear state and a tinted state, and a light-guide device having a clear state and a bright state.
US11347092B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a thin film transistor (TFT) disposed on a substrate. The TFT is divided into pixel regions. Pixel electrodes are disposed in the pixel regions, respectively. The pixel electrodes are electrically connected with the TFT. A roof layer is disposed over the pixel electrodes. Fine spaces, which are spaced apart from each other, are each disposed between each of the pixel electrodes and the roof layer. The fine spaces include a first region and a second region that is below the first region. The second region includes a protrusion protruding in a direction substantially parallel to the substrate with respect to the first region. An alignment layer is disposed on an inner surface of each of the fine spaces. Liquid crystal molecules fill each of the fine spaces.
US11347083B2
The Present invention is a measuring system including a measuring device 10 that is attached to a living body, the measuring device 10 being configured to store information about an amount of electric power generated using sugars in a body fluid or bodily secretion of a living body, and a container device 15 for storing the measuring device 10, the container device 15 receiving the information about the amount of electric power generated, which is stored in the measuring device 10, using a near-field wireless communication method when the measuring device 10 is stored in the container device 15.
US11347082B2
A detachable spectacles-mounted augmented reality (AR) device and clip-on unit wherein the device has a housing (31) configured for detachably supporting the clip-on unit, an exit window (30) and an entrance window (30′) in the housing through which the user observes a scene, a communications interface (71, 74) for coupling to a hand-held device, and a camera (37) inside the housing for imaging the scene observed by the user through a camera window (36) and configured to convey an image of the scene to the hand-held device. A line-of-sight guide unit (39) displays at least one marker at the user's field of view for directing a line of sight of the user toward a designated feature in the scene, and optics (40) within the housing projects the marker at a distance for superimposing on to the scene viewed by the user.
US11347071B1
An optical assembly includes a first reflector and a second reflector. The first reflector is positioned to receive first light having a first polarization and provide the first light toward a first direction, and receive second light having the first polarization and provide the second light toward a second direction. The second reflector is positioned to receive the second light from the first reflector and reflect the second light back toward the first reflector. The first reflector receives light having a second polarization, having been reflected by the second reflector, and provide the light toward the first direction so that a first image corresponding to the first light and a second image corresponding to the second light are projected on a common image plane where at least a portion of the second image is located between two portions of the first image.
US11347060B2
A device comprising a first side for facing a user of the device, a second side opposite to the first side, a sensor operable to output gaze data representative of a gaze direction of the user, a display device and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to control the display device to control display of an image intended to be displayed on the second side of the device on the basis of the gaze data in order to reduce light being directed towards a pupil of the user from the first side of the device by the display of the image. Also described is a method of controlling such a device.
US11347059B2
The present disclosure is directed to a head mounted apparatus that provides similar feeling in wearing, regardless of differences in head shape of users, and maintains stability of wearing even in a case where a user moves the head. A head mounted apparatus to be mounted on a head of a user includes a display unit configured to display an image to the user, an abutment portion disposed near the display unit and configured to abut the head of the user, a support member connected to the abutment portion and configured to hold a positional relationship between the abutment portion and the head of the user, and an assistance member movably connected to the abutment portion, and configured to abut a side portion of a face of the user and to assist support of the support member.
US11347052B2
There is provided a display control apparatus capable of displaying a high-quality image while inhibiting a load at the time of displaying the image in front of a user. There is provided a display control apparatus including a signal processing unit that performs signal processing in which a first mode and a second mode are switchable at a first region in a screen and a region other than the first region in the screen, display being performed at a first resolution in the first mode, display being performed at a second resolution in the second mode, in which the signal processing unit performs display while reducing a resolution in the second mode toward an outer periphery of the screen.
US11347050B2
Embodiments generally relate to systems and methods for separating an emulsion in a cavity of a device such as a liquid lens device. In one embodiment, the method comprises at least one of: applying a bias voltage to electrodes in the device, causing at least one of droplet migration, flattening of large droplets, and reduced droplet surface tension; applying an oscillating actuation voltage waveform comprising an actuation frequency to the electrodes, such that fluid pumping and turbulence is created within the device cavity; and applying an oscillating excitation voltage waveform comprising an excitation frequency to the electrodes, such that the varying electric field created by the oscillating voltage causes small droplets of the first liquid to coalesce.
US11347048B2
provided is an image display device that can reduce deterioration in image quality in a peripheral portion of an eyepiece optical system, includes an eyepiece optical system having a polarization element and guiding light from an image display element toward eyeballs of an observer, in which the eyepiece optical system includes a first lens for determining an emission angle from the image display element, and a surface of the first lens on the image display element side has an aspherical shape having a convex shape in a region including an optical axis of the first lens, wherein the aspherical shape has an inflection point within an optically effective region in a cross section including the optical axis, and wherein an eye relief E of the eyepiece optical system satisfies 15 mm≤E≤25 mm.
US11347040B2
An imaging target for characterization of an optical system has a structure, formed on a substrate, wherein the structure has a base level and has one or more staging surfaces spaced apart from the base level and disposed over a range of distances from the base level; and one or more localized light sources disposed along the one or more staging surfaces of the structure and configured to direct light through or from the structure.
US11347033B2
An image capturing lens system, including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having an object-side surface being convex thereof; a second lens element having negative refractive power; a third lens element; a fourth lens element; a fifth lens element with negative refractive power having at least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof being aspheric and having at least one inflection point thereof; and a sixth lens element with positive refractive power having both an object-side surface and an image-side surface being convex thereof and at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof being aspheric; wherein the image capturing lens system has a total of six lens elements.
US11347029B2
A camera lens or lens group of reduced overall length includes a first lens with positive power, a second lens with negative power, a third lens with positive power, and an imaging element. The first, object side, lens includes a first surface and a second surface, the second lens includes a third surface and a fourth surface, and the third lens includes a fifth surface and a sixth surface. The camera lens satisfies conditions of 1.00
US11347025B2
Kinematic mounts disclosed in this application are made from three main components: a housing, a footing, and a tightening mechanism. The tightening mechanism includes three parts: a top portion, a bottom portion, and a locking interface mechanism. When the top portion, which includes a hollow tip with interior threading, is screwed down onto the bottom portion, which includes a threaded tip, the locking interface component is pressed against at least one interior surface of the housing that causes the housing to be pressed against the footing. This action holds the housing in place relative to the footing while simultaneously preventing unwanted movement of the housing during tightening.
US11347023B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to a lens driving device, comprising: a base including a support part upwardly protruded; a movable unit spaced from the base and movably disposed at an upper side of the base; and a damper contacted with the support part and the movable unit.
US11347018B2
Provided is a lens module, including a lens barrel and a lens group. The lens barrel includes a first barrel wall and a second barrel wall. The lens group at least include a first lens and a second lens. The first barrel wall has an image-side surface, including a first planar surface horizontally extending from a joint between the first barrel wall and the second barrel wall towards an optical axis, a protruding portion connected to the first planar surface and protruding towards the first lens, and a second planar surface horizontally extending from the protruding portion towards the optical axis. The first lens has a first peripheral portion, including a third planar surface, a recess portion connected to the third planar surface and a fourth planar surface connected to the recess portion. The protruding portion is attached to the recess portion.
US11347013B2
An interconnect system for a building includes a pre-terminated trunk cable assembly that has different groups of optical fibers carried by subunits and terminated by ferrules. The interconnect system also includes trays for managing interconnections with the ferrules. A plurality of adapters are disposed on each tray and arranged in a direction along a longitudinal axis of the tray. The adapters may be oriented at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis to facilitate routing of the optical fibers. At least one tray mount receiver may also be provided on each tray to cooperate with a tray mount that can secure a select subunit to the tray.
US11347001B2
A structure adapted to optical coupled to an optical fiber includes a photoelectric integrated circuit die, an electric integrated circuit die, a waveguide die and an insulating encapsulant. The electric integrated circuit die is over and electrically connected to the photoelectric integrated circuit die. The waveguide die is over and optically coupled to the photoelectric integrated circuit die, wherein the waveguide die includes a plurality of semiconductor pillar portions extending from the optical fiber to the photoelectric integrated circuit die. The insulating encapsulant laterally encapsulates the electric integrated circuit die and the waveguide die.
US11347000B2
A micro-plate reader for use with a portable electronic device having a camera includes an opto-mechanical attachment configured to attach/detach to the portable electronic device and includes an array of illumination sources. A slot in the opto-mechanical attachment is dimensioned to receive an optically transparent plate containing an array of wells. Optical fibers are located in the opto-mechanical attachment and transmit light from each well to a reduced size header having, wherein the fiber array in the header has a cross-sectional area that is ≤10× the cross-sectional area of the wells in the plate. A lens located in the opto-mechanical attachment transmits light from the header fibers to the camera. Software executed on the portable electronic device or other computer is used to process the images to generate qualitative clinical determinations and/or quantitative index values for the separate wells.
US11346999B2
An optical fiber cable comprising an optical fiber, and a jacketing layer including at least two or more layers of a jacketing inner layer and a jacketing outer layer formed in this order concentrically, wherein the jacketing layer comprises at least two or more layers of a jacketing inner layer and a jacketing outer layer formed in this order concentrically; a material constituting the jacketing inner layer is composed of a resin material having an oxygen permeability of 2.0 cc·20 μm/(m2·day·atm) or less; a material constituting the jacketing outer layer comprises at least one selected from a polyolefin-based resin, a polybutylene terephthalate-based resin, and a fluorine-based resin containing no chlorine atom in its structure; and the following general formula (i) and (ii) are satisfied when an outer diameter of the optical fiber is denoted by A (μm), an outer diameter of the optical fiber cable is denoted by B (μm), and a thickness of the jacketing outer layer is denoted by c (μm): 900≤A≤1100 (i) 0.40≤2×c/(B−A)≤0.70 (ii).
US11346998B2
A display module includes a plurality of display panels, a backlight module, a middle frame member, a rear frame member, and a structure. The backlight module includes a plurality of light guide plates disposed in back of the plurality of display panels and a light emitting element disposed around the plurality of light guide plates. The middle frame member is disposed in back of the plurality of display panels and in front of the plurality of light guide plates, and includes a plurality of openings corresponding to the plurality of display panels. The rear frame member is disposed in back of the plurality of light guide plates, and includes a housing that houses the plurality of light guide plates. The structure fixes or positions the plurality of light guide plates to the housing.
US11346996B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate and including an end portion, a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and including a polymer in a shape of a streak and a liquid crystal molecule, a light-emitting element having a light emitting portion opposed to the end portion, and a light guide located between the end portion and the light emitting portion.
US11346987B2
Infrared reflectors are described. In particular, infrared reflectors with reduced off-axis color are described. Such infrared reflectors may be useful in laminated glass constructions, particularly for applications where the glass may be exposed to water.
US11346983B2
An optical thin film provided on a base substrate, includes a layer whose main component is ytterbium oxide, and a layer whose main component is magnesium fluoride. The layer whose main component is magnesium fluoride disposed on the layer whose main component is ytterbium oxide. The layer whose main component is magnesium fluoride is positioned opposite from the base substrate with respect to the layer whose main component is ytterbium oxide.
US11346982B2
The present invention generally relates to inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high equilibrium water content and relatively low elastic modulus. The present invention is also related to a method for making such inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses.
US11346979B2
An automated global weather notification system is provided. The automated global weather notification system is capable of obtaining observational weather data, including data form of forecast grids, and applying business rules and conditional variables to that data. Based on the business rules and conditional variables, notifications are generated. Relevant users are identified in particular geographic areas and notifications are delivered to those users via, for example, SMS, MMS, email, or other methods of electronic information delivery.
US11346976B2
An imaging apparatus 10 for generating an image of a subject including a scanning arrangement which includes an energy emitting source 20 and a detector 22 housed within a housing 12. The housing defines a scanning zone 24 in which the subject is operatively positioned for scanning A displacing arrangement 36 which includes a U-shaped belt-and-pulley drive arrangement is configured to displace the scanning arrangement relative to the housing 12 in a scanning direction. The housing 12 has a first door and second door defining a substantially linear pathway through the scanning zone. A motor 38 and horizontal drive belts 40 are disposed below the scanning zone and are not displaced relative to the housing in the scanning direction in which the energy emitting source and detector are displaced during scanning such that the displacing arrangement does not restrict or impede movement of the subject through the scanning zone.
US11346969B2
A simultaneous sources seismic acquisition method is described that introduces notch diversity to improve separating the unknown contributions of one or more sources from a commonly acquired set of wavefield signals while still allowing for optimal reconstruction properties in certain diamond-shaped regions. In particular, notch diversity is obtained by heteroscale encoding.
US11346961B2
A radiation detection apparatus can include a scintillator to emit scintillating light in response to absorbing radiation; a photosensor to generate an electronic pulse in response to receiving the scintillating light; an analyzer to determine a characteristic of the radiation; and a housing that contains the scintillator, the photosensor, and the analyzer, wherein the radiation detection apparatus to is configured to allow functionality be changed without removing the analyzer from the housing. The radiation detection apparatus can be more compact and more rugged as compared to radiation detection apparatuses that include a photomultiplier tube.
US11346960B2
Methods and mobile devices with electric vehicle transportation detection are provided. A representative method includes: determining whether GPS locations, based on GPS signals from a GPS receiver, are indicative of the mobile device moving; receiving the acceleration signals from the accelerometer; determining a first step distance over a first time span based on the acceleration signals and the GPS signals; determining a second step distance over a second time span based on the acceleration signals and the GPS signals, the second time span being subsequent to the first time span; and determining whether the first step distance and the second step distance correspond to a predetermined step-distance threshold such that, if both of the first step distance and the second step distance correspond to the predetermined step-distance threshold, the processor sets the status of the mobile device to the in-moving-vehicle status.
US11346956B2
Container tracking systems and related methods. A container tracking assembly comprises a processor having a powered-off state and a sleep state, at least one sensor, a radio frequency transceiver, and a power source in electrical communication with the processor, the at least one sensor, and the radio frequency transceiver. Additionally, the container tracking assembly comprises a non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, are operative to acquire, via the radio frequency transceiver, a current location of the container and cause the processor to enter the powered-off state if the current location of the container does not differ from a previously-acquired location of the container by more than a threshold amount. If the current location of the container differs from the previously-acquired location of the container by more than the threshold amount, the processor enters the sleep state for a first period of time.
US11346954B2
An aircraft is provided. The aircraft comprises: a fuselage; and a laser transceiver configured to transmit one or more laser light beams, wherein the laser transceiver is mounted to the aircraft at a waterline location along the center of the fuselage of the aircraft, wherein the center is between the top and bottom of the fuselage, and wherein the laser transceiver is configured to measure at least one air data parameter.
US11346924B2
The present disclosure relates to devices, light detection and ranging (lidar) systems, and vehicles involving solid-state, single photon detectors. An example device includes a substrate defining a primary plane and a plurality of photodetector cells disposed along the primary plane. The plurality of photodetector cells includes at least one large-area cell and at least one small-area cell. The large-area cell has a first area and the small-area cell has a second area and the first area is greater than the second area. The device also includes read out circuitry coupled to the plurality of photodetector cells. The read out circuitry is configured to provide an output signal based on incident light detected by the plurality of photodetector cells.
US11346914B2
An RFID system includes multiple antennas and uses amplitude and phase information of the RFID signals received by each antenna to determine the position of RFID tags in the vicinity. More than one antenna can receive the RFID signals during a single read cycle, enabling the RFID system to operate more quickly than a system that energizes antennas separately.
US11346906B2
A magnetic resonance system may include a magnetic resonance magnet and a storage container configured to accommodate the magnetic resonance magnet. The storage container may also contain an endothermic liquid. The magnetic resonance system may further include a ramping-down device configured to trigger releasing electric energy by the magnetic resonance magnet. The first ramping-down device may include an electric energy consumption device configured to consume at least a portion of the released electric energy by the magnetic resonance magnet.
US11346896B2
A target value of magnetic flux density and magnetic flux density actually obtained are made to coincide precisely with each other. An electromagnet control device comprises a current value determining unit for determining, based on a magnetic flux density instruction value, a value of current that is made to flow through a coil. The current value determining unit is constructed to execute a second process for determining, based on a second function, a value of the current, if the magnetic flux density is to be decreased from that in a first magnetization state, and a fourth process for expanding or reducing the second function by use of a first scaling ratio for transforming it to a fourth function, and determining, based on the fourth function obtained after above transformation, a value of the current, if the magnetic flux density is to be decreased from that in a third magnetization state.
US11346893B2
A method for determining the remaining service life of a capacitor is disclosed, wherein the capacitor may be formed by an electrolytic capacitor. The method includes the stages of: measuring a voltage change across the capacitor during a discharging time, determining a discharging current during the discharging time, determining an actual capacitance of the capacitor on the basis of the voltage change, the discharging current and the discharging time, determining a corrected capacitance of the capacitor from the actual capacitance based on an error correction, wherein influences of the temperature on the capacitance of the capacitor are corrected during the error correction, and determining the remaining service life on the basis of a difference between the corrected capacitance and an initial capacitance of the capacitor. A system including an assessment device, configured to perform this method, and a circuit having at least one capacitor to be assessed are also disclosed.
US11346890B2
The life of a secondary battery has not been able to be prolonged due to deterioration of the secondary battery. In one step, whether a difference between an average value of a negative electrode capacity deviations calculated in a different step and a negative electrode capacity deviation calculated in another step is larger than a predetermined value is determined. In a case where the average value of the measured negative electrode capacity deviations is larger than the ideal negative electrode capacity deviation, and deterioration of the negative electrode capacity deviation is proceeding, a secondary battery is controlled to operate at a high voltage in a further step. With the control, the deterioration of the negative electrode capacity deviation is suppressed and the life of the secondary battery is prolonged.
US11346889B2
A charge-discharge estimation device derives and sets as a prior estimation function an approximate curve of an initial open-end voltage function and initial impedance function to be corrected a first time. A measurement unit measures a charge-discharge voltage and a charge-discharge current in a cycle of a predetermined time. An estimation calculation processing unit obtains an estimated error between a measured voltage and a prior estimation voltage obtained from the prior estimation function, and obtains a posterior estimation value by applying, to the calculated estimated error and a current value, a correction expression using a Gaussian function having a predetermined learning rate LR and correction width a as terms, corrects the prior estimation function based on the calculated posterior estimation value, sets a new prior estimation function, and estimates a charge-discharge curve.
US11346883B2
Probe systems and methods for testing a device under test are disclosed herein. The probe systems include an electrically conductive ground loop and a structure that is electrically connected to a ground potential via at least a region of the electrically conductive ground loop. The probe systems also include nonlinear circuitry. The nonlinear circuitry is configured to resist flow of electric current within the ground loop when a voltage differential across the nonlinear circuitry is less than a threshold voltage differential and permit flow of electric current within the ground loop when the voltage differential across the nonlinear circuitry is greater than the threshold voltage differential. The methods include positioning a device under test (DUT) within a probe system that includes an electrically conductive ground loop and nonlinear circuitry. The methods also include selectively resisting and permitting electric current flow within the ground loop and through the nonlinear circuitry.
US11346880B2
A package-integrated power semiconductor device is provided, which includes at least one power transistor coupled to a current path, a current measurement device and a package. The current measurement device is electrically insulated from and magnetically coupled to the current path. The current path and the current measurement device are arranged so as to enable the current measurement device to sense the magnetic field of a current flowing through the current path. The at least one power transistor, the current measurement device, and the current path are arranged inside the package. Further, a power module assembly including the package-integrated power semiconductor device as well as a method of operating the package-integrated power semiconductor device are provided.
US11346876B2
A sensor assembly includes a connecting bar extending along a longitudinal axis and a tubular body extending along the longitudinal axis and at least partially surrounding the connecting bar such that the tubular body is radially spaced from the connecting bar. The tubular body includes a first skirt portion, a first plurality of cantilevered tabs extending from the first skirt portion in a first direction parallel to the longitudinal axis, a second skirt portion, and a second plurality of cantilevered tabs extending from the second skirt portion in a second direction opposite the first direction.
US11346871B2
A sensor relating to the present invention includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a first attracting portion positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode and configured to receive conductive abrasion powder contained in a detection region and attracted onto the first attracting portion; a sensing unit for sensing a change in electrical resistance between the first electrode and the second electrode caused by the conductive abrasion powder; and at least one second attracting portion positioned within the detection region and configured to attract the conductive abrasion powder contained in the detection region.
US11346866B2
A fast-response direct-current current transformer based on multi-sensor fusion is provided and includes: a magnetic modulator, a current correction module, an excitation transformer, an alternating current detection and filtering circuit, a phase-sensitive demodulation and filtering system, a PI controller, and a power amplifier. The current correction module measures a primary current and obtain a feed-forward signal, outputs a false balance state configured to control a magnetic core to quickly exit or avoid entering magnetic saturation after amplifying the feed-forward signal and a PI control signal, and keeps output of the magnetic modulator stable. The magnetic modulator and Hall current sensors are fused in the disclosure, such that the possibility of failure due to a false balance problem caused by saturation of a magnetic core is reduced. After the false balance is generated, the magnetic core may be controlled to quickly exit a magnetic saturation state through a feed-forward output current.
US11346860B2
A probe head includes a probe seat having upper, middle and lower dies, an electrically conductive layer inside the probe seat, a first spring probe penetrating through the probe seat, and at least two shorter second spring probes penetrating through the lower die in a way that top ends of the second spring probes are located inside the probe seat and abutted against the electrically conductive layer. Another probe head includes the aforesaid probe seat, an electrically conductive layer partially inside the probe seat and partially outside the probe seat, a first spring probe penetrating through the probe seat, and a shorter second spring probe penetrating through the lower die in a way that a top end of the second spring probe is located inside the probe seat and abutted against the electrically conductive layer. As such, fine pitch requirement and different high frequency testing requirements are fulfilled.
US11346858B1
An electrical testing device includes a housing having a base and a cover. The base and the cover define a cavity. The electrical testing device includes an input connector and a plurality of output connectors in electrical communication with the input connector. A fuse is in electrical communication with the input connector and the plurality of output connectors. The input connector and each output connector of the plurality of output connectors is adapted to connect to an interchangeable test lead. The input connector and each output connector of the plurality of output connectors is in electrical communication with an activation mechanism.
US11346854B2
A physical quantity sensor includes a substrate, and a moving member facing the substrate in a third direction via a gap and becoming displaced in the third direction in relation to the substrate. The moving member has a first part and a second part, and a plurality of penetration holes arranged at the first part and the second part and penetrating the moving member in the third direction. In at least one of a first area overlapping the first part and a second area overlapping the second part, as viewed in a plan view from the third direction, C≤1.5×Cmin is satisfied, where C is a damping and Cmin is a minimum value of the damping.
US11346853B2
A sample rack used to hold a sample container containing a sample and to transport the held sample container, includes a container holding part configured to hold the sample container; and a mark indicating an amount of the sample stored in the sample container held by the container holding part.
US11346851B2
Disclosed are high-throughput vessel sorting systems and methods of sorting sample vessels, such as samples stored in test tubes. A system for sorting a plurality of individual vessels that each contains a sample is disclosed.
US11346844B2
Methods and apparatuses for the identification and/or characterization of properties of a macromolecule based on mass spectrometry data. Specifically, described herein are methods and apparatuses for converting peptide-level data into a pseudo-intact mass spectra. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses for converting peptide-level data into a pseudo-electropherogram. The methods may be well suited for analyzing proteins and protein complexes, including estimating properties of post-translational modifications of the proteins and protein complexes. Methods may include generating a theoretical graph or spectrum based on peptide-level mass spectrometry data. In some embodiments, the theoretical graph may be a theoretical intact mass spectrum or a theoretical charge distribution spectrum.
US11346839B2
The disclosure concerns a method for determining the interaction between a test compound and a receptor. The receptor may be immobilized. The disclosure also concerns a sample holder assembly including a functionalized test well wall, which may be used in combination with a Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence source.
US11346834B2
A method for checking an oil as a lubricant for an internal combustion engine includes: performing a laboratory test in which, independently of the internal combustion engine, a three-dimensional temperature-viscosity-shear rate characteristic field which characterizes the oil is determined, which includes a plurality of viscosities, shear rates and temperatures of the oil determined experimentally by the laboratory test and in each case associates shear rates and viscosities with the temperatures; checking whether the temperature-viscosity-shear rate characteristic field meets at least one predeterminable first criterion; and if the temperature-viscosity-shear rate characteristic field meets the first criterion: performing at least one test bench trial in which, via the internal combustion engine, it is checked whether the oil meets at least one predeterminable second criterion.
US11346830B2
Techniques for predictive water condition monitoring are described herein. An aspect includes a method that includes monitoring, by one or more processors, at least one water sensor to establish a baseline of a water condition model and monitoring one or more water conditions. A predicted water condition is determined based on the water condition model and the one or more water conditions. An alert is transmitted to one or more devices based on determining that the predicted water condition indicates a predicted contaminant level above a threshold.
US11346829B2
The present disclosure provides methods for detection and quantification of trimethylamine (TMA) or trimethylamine oxide (TMAO) comprising passing a sample over a sensor comprising a substrate having a plurality of chemically responsive dyes selected from the following classes of chemically responsive dyes: metal-containing dyes, pH indicators, or solvatochromic/vapochromic dyes. The disclosure also provides devices and sensors for the detection and quantification of TMA, and methods of diagnosing a subject having trimethylaminuria (TMAU).
US11346818B2
According to various examples, a method for non-destructive detection of defects in a semiconductor die is described. The method may include positioning an emitter above the semiconductor die. The method may include generating an emitted wave using the emitter that is directed to a focal point on a surface of the die. The method may include generating a reflected wave from the focal point. The focal point may act as a point source reflecting the emitted wave. The method may include positioning a receiver above the die to receive the reflected wave. The method may also include measuring the reflected wave to detect modulations in amplitude in the reflected wave.
US11346815B2
A system includes one or more tools, sensors, or both configured to obtain data related to the one or more pipelines, wherein the data is ultrasonic data, electromagnetic data, or both, and a cloud-based computing system including at least one processor that receives the data from the one or more tools, sensors, or both, performs analysis to generate a virtual structural model of the one or more pipelines based on the data, determines one or more states of the one or more pipelines using the virtual structural model and determines whether to take one or more actions when the one or more states indicate that the one or more pipelines violate a threshold operation boundary.
US11346807B2
There are provided an ion mobility spectrometer and a sniffer. The ion mobility spectrometer includes: an ion migration tube; a sampling gas path having a sampling device configured to temporarily store a sample gas collected by a sampling head in a sampling pipe; a sample introduction gas path having two ends in communication with the gas inlet and outlet of the ion migration tube respectively, and configured to introduce a carrier gas within the ion migration tube into the sampling pipe and to carry a sample gas temporarily stored in the sampling pipe into the ion migration tube; and a valve assembly configured to only allow gas to flow from the sampling device to the sampling pipe in a sampling state, and to only allow gas to flow from the ion migration tube through the sampling pipe back to the ion migration tube in a sample introduction state.
US11346803B2
A test strip and analytical apparatus have pin connections permitting the definition of geographic regions or of particular customers. A test strip made for use in a particular region or for a particular customer will have pin connections matching features of the apparatus made for use in that region or by that customer. Insertion of the strip into the apparatus does not merely turn on the apparatus, but provides the regional or customer coding. Analog switches within the apparatus allow coding of a larger number of distinct regions or customers than would otherwise be possible, all without degrading the quality of the measurements made of the fluid being tested. Conductive paths in the strips permit testing the strips during manufacture so as to detect quality lapses regarding the printing or deposition of the paths.
US11346788B2
Systems and methods here may be used for a setup of fluorescence image capturing of a gemstone, such as a diamond placed on a flat stage. Some examples utilize a setup that both sends light and captures the image from the table side of the gemstone by passing ultraviolet (UV) light between 10 nm and 400 nm to the gemstone and capturing the excited fluorescence image for analysis through a dichroic beam splitter. In some examples, the cutoff is 300 nm. The dichroic beam splitter arrangement allows for the camera to focus on the same interface of the stage and gemstone over and over for ease of use and without moving, changing, or adjusting the equipment for different samples.
US11346774B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for detecting one or more species in a sample, wherein laser probe light is frequency swept across at least one infra red absorption spectrum feature of each of the species. A path from the probe light source to a single detector element may be switched between at least one sample absorption cell or volume and one or more reference cells or volumes.
US11346772B2
An apparatus includes an emitter, the emitter comprising an ultraviolet light emitting diode (UV-LED) and being disposed on a first end of a bounded volume suitable for holding a gas. The bounded volume can be a chamber, a room, or the like. The apparatus includes a detector, the detector comprising an ultraviolet light sensor (UV sensor) and being disposed on a second end of the bounded volume, the second end being opposite the first end, wherein the UV-LED comprises a point source, and wherein the emitter generates a parallel beam of light.
US11346771B1
A seamless fumed silica monolithic integrating cavity device tailored to analyzing a flowed sample. The device is configured to facilitate optical measurements taken from a sample flowed through a cavity of the device. The cavity is defined by a fumed silica monolith with the added feature of a fused quartz lining on the surface of the monolith. This provides an intermediate surface that allows for cleaning and reuse of the highly effective diffuse light scattering fumed silica monolith. The lining may be placed under pressure or vacuum to structurally enhance mechanical integrity of the underlying monolith. Thus, continued or reliably repeated use of the device may be appreciated as well as use in more industrial environments that are prone to vibration. Additionally, while well suited for flow-based sample analysis, a valve of the cavity may be utilized for holding a sample in a temporarily static state for measurement.
US11346769B2
An ellipsometer uses a broadband light source and a Fresnel cone to produce a simultaneous broadband polarization state generator with no moving parts. The detector of the ellipsometer includes a diffractive element to spatially separate the wavelengths of the light from the sample. The wavelengths may be spatially separated sufficiently that there is no overlap of bands of wavelengths when imaged by a two-dimensional sensor or may be temporally separated. Additionally, the detector separates and simultaneously analyzes the polarizations states of the light from the sample so there is no overlap of polarization states when imaged by a two-dimensional sensor and no moving parts are used. The resulting image with separated wavelengths and polarization states may be used to determine at least a partial Mueller matrix for the sample.
US11346768B1
An optical metrology device uses a multi-wavelength beam of light that has azimuthally varying polarization states and/or phase states, referred to as a vortex beam. The metrology device focuses the vortex beam on a sample under test over a large range of angles of incidence. The metrology device may detect an image of the vortex beam reflected from the sample and measure the polarization state of the return light as function of the angle of incidence and the azimuth angle, which may be further measured at a plurality of different wavelengths. The vortex beam includes azimuthally varying polarization states, thereby enabling measurement of all desired polarization states without requiring the use of moving optical components. The polarization state information detected over multiple angles of incidence and wavelengths provides data with which an accurate determination of one or more characteristics of a sample may be determined.
US11346762B2
Systems for differentially detecting light from a sample in a flow stream (e.g., in a flow cytometer) across one or more dimensions are described. Light detection systems according to embodiments include a flow cell configured to propagate a sample in a flow stream, a light source configured to irradiate the sample in the flow cell and a detector system having an optical adjustment component and a detector that is configured to differentially detect light from the flow cell without a scatter bar. Systems according to certain embodiments are configured to differentially detect light by modulating one or more components of the optical adjustment component or the detector. Methods for differentially detecting light from a sample in a flow stream with a detector unit without a scatter bar are also described. Kits having two or more components for use in the subject systems are also provided.
US11346759B2
A system for testing blade sharpness comprises a mounting arrangement for mounting a material to be cut; a force measuring device operable, in use, to determine variations in force along a blade as parts of the blade contact the material; and a control system. The control system is adapted to receive a signal that a blade sharpness test is to be performed; in response to the signal, prepare the mounting arrangement for a blade sharpness test; detect when force on the material rises above a pre-determined level; detect when the blade sharpness test is completed; and provide an indication of the force of the blade on the material.
US11346753B2
There is provided a kit of parts for assembly into an impactor (100) for aerosol component collection, such as for exhaled breath. The kit of parts is configured such that an impactor component (128) is receivable into the assembly such that, when a sealing component (136) is in a sample collection configuration and an aerosol sample is being received at an aerosol inlet (110) of a housing of the kit, in use, an aerosol flow path (124) of the aerosol sample is directed onto an impaction surface (130) of the impactor component (128) to promote aerosol deposition thereon. The kit of parts is further configured such that the sealing component (136) is changeable in the assembly into a sample containment configuration before removal of the impactor component (128) from the assembly, so as to retain any aerosol components deposited on the impaction surface (130).
US11346740B2
An engine oil dipstick for monitoring an internal combustion engine comprises a processor and a sensor module. The sensor module is configured to sense a characteristic of the internal combustion engine and to output data representative of the sensed characteristic to the processor. The engine oil dipstick is configured to provide a housing for the processor. The processor is configured to determine a value representative of the firing frequency of the internal combustion engine based on the output data.
US11346732B2
The invention relates to crimping pliers (1) having a pliers jaw (4) on which a die half (22) is supported. A crimping force biasing the die half (22) is sensed in the crimping pliers by a force sensor. The force sensor is a piezo foil (36) mounted to the pliers jaw. The force sensor senses the whole crimping force or only a crimping force component from which it is then possible to calculate the whole crimping force.
US11346725B2
A temperature sensor for a cold reference junction of a thermocouple is provided that may be incorporated permanently or removeably in a releasable connector having a first connector part arranged to engage releasably with a second connector part in which the thermocouple conductors terminate, so forming a cold reference junction for the thermocouple. When the two parts of the connector are engaged, the temperature sensor of the present invention is able to sense the temperature in the vicinity of a cold reference junction in the connector. The temperature sensor may be provided by embedding one or more thermistors into a flexible disk or plate-like seal able to fit around the conductors of the first connector part such that the thermistors make electrical contact with selected conductors of the first connector part and thermal contact with the cold reference junction.
US11346724B2
Embodiments disclosed herein includes temperature monitoring in cold supply chains. In this regard, electrical conductors are affixed to containers in respective patterns that enables a set of containers to be arranged in a particular configuration in which the electrical conductors provide electrical connections between electrical conductors and, in aggregate, creates a sensing network that is operable to measure temperature of respective ones of the containers.
US11346723B2
At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature a mobile sensing system comprising a sensing device for measuring a thermal property of an object, comprising an RF circuit and an antenna electronically coupled to the RF circuit, a sensor electronically coupled to the RF circuit, and a thermal source thermally coupled to the sensor and electronically coupled to the RF circuit, a mobile device having a processor, an RF reader connected to or integrated with the mobile device, wherein the RF reader is configured to interrogate the sensing device; wherein the sensing device receives power when the RF reader interrogates the sensing device and provides at least a portion of the power to the thermal source.
US11346722B2
The invention relates to a method for fabricating a detection device 1, comprising the following steps: forming a stack 10, comprising a thermal detector 20, a mineral sacrificial layer 15 and a thin encapsulation layer 16 having a lateral indentation 4; forming a stack 30, comprising a thin supporting layer 33, a getter portion 34 and a thin protective layer 35; directly bonding the thin supporting layer 33 to the thin encapsulation layer 16 so that the getter portion 34 is located in the lateral indentation 4; forming a vent 17, and eliminating the mineral sacrificial layer 15 and the thin protective layer 35; depositing a thin sealing layer 5, blocking the vent 17.
US11346721B2
An interferometer device includes an interferometer unit with at least two mirrors disposed in parallel, wherein at least one of the mirrors is actuatable parallel to the other mirror and a first distance between the two mirrors is alterable. The interferometer device further includes at least one deflection mirror disposed downstream of the interferometer unit in a light transmission direction of light from the interferometer unit and a detector device, onto which the light is able to be aligned by the deflection mirror. The detector device includes at least two differently sensitive detection regions for transmitted wavelengths or wavelength ranges of the light, which detection regions are spatially separated from one another and able to be irradiated separately by the deflection mirror.
US11346719B2
A Fourier-transform hyperspectral imaging system may include an optical imaging system configured to produce an image of an object, and an adjustable birefringent common-path interferometer module comprising a movable birefringent element and configured to produce interfering replicas of an input radiation which are delayed from each other by a phase delay adjustable by the moving birefringent element. The interferometer module may be configured to produce collinear replicas for entering optical rays parallel to said optical axis. The hyperspectral imaging system further comprises a two-dimensional light detector configured to receive the replicas and provide digital images of the object depending on said adjustable phase delay. The system also includes an analysis device configured to perform a Fourier Transform of the digital images to obtain a hyperspectral representation of the object.
US11346705B2
A computer implemented method for interactive weight management that includes generating a number of sub-goal weights g0, g1, . . . gn based on a current weight Cw, a desired weight loss amount (ΔW), a desired weight Dw, a curve tension r, and a timeframe (τ) in which the weight loss amount (ΔW) is to be achieved, wherein the timeframe (τ) includes a number (n) of time periods that each correspond with a pair of successive ones of the sub-goal weights g0, g1, . . . gn. The method includes sending the sub-goal weights g0, g1, . . . gn and the number (n) of time periods to a weight measuring device that is associated with a user. Based on the condition Wa1>gi
US11346697B2
Calibrating a plurality of fluid sensors of a remote metering system is disclosed. The system includes a material supply device including a main pump and a main flow sensor for monitoring an output of the main pump. The application system also includes a remote metering system for receiving the material flowing from the material supply device and applying the material to substrates. The remote metering system includes a first applicator assembly including a first applicator and a first flow sensor for monitoring an output of the first applicator, and a second applicator assembly including a second applicator and a second flow sensor for monitoring an output of the second applicator. The remote metering system further includes a controller in signal communication with the remote metering station and the material supply device. The controller performs a first and second calibration operations on the first and second flow sensors, respectively.
US11346692B2
A flow meter includes two parts, a flow unit which can be fitted between fluid pipes and a detection unit snapped on the flow unit. The flow unit has a housing which accommodates a measuring chamber in which there is a rotating measuring ball. The detection unit is snapped on the measuring chamber and has a C-shaped housing part. Inside the housing part there is a printed circuit board which is also C-shaped and is present at a distance from the inner wall of the housing part. When the detection unit is snapped on the measuring chamber, the ends of the housing part will be bent outward. As a result of the clearance between the inner wall of the housing part and the printed circuit board and the fact that the housing part is slidable relative to the printed circuit board, the printed circuit board is not bent.
US11346689B2
The present invention relates to an optical measuring system comprising a polymer-based single-mode fibre-optic sensor system (102), an optical interrogator (101), and an optical arrangement (103) interconnecting the optical interrogator (101) and the polymer-based single-mode fibre-optic sensor system (102). The invention further relates to an optical interrogator adapted to be connected to a polymer-based single-mode fibre-optic sensor system via an optical arrangement. The interrogator comprises a broadband light source arrangement (104) and a spectrum analysing arrangement which receives and analyses light reflected from the polymer-based single-mode fibre-optic sensor system.
US11346683B2
An approach is provided for argumentative navigation routing. The approach involves, for example, determining a recommended route and an alternative route. The approach also involves iteratively presenting one or more justification messages in support of the recommended route until a response is detected from a user that either rejects or accepts the one or more justification messages. The one or more justification messages are selected from among a plurality of argumentative reason classes. The approach further involves determining an accepted argumentative reason class from among the plurality of argumentative reason classes that corresponds to an accepted justification message of the one or more justification messages. The approach further involves prioritizing the accepted argumentative reason class to generate one or more subsequent justification messages in a subsequent argumentative routing interaction.
US11346664B2
A level includes a frame supporting a plurality of vials and having an aperture disposed on an end of the level. The level also includes an end cap assembly detachably coupled to the end of the frame. The end cap assembly includes an end cap and a retainer. A portion of the end cap is received in the aperture and is maintained in engagement with the frame by the retainer.
US11346656B2
A device and method and system for utilizing confocal measurement and an optical arrangement to produce 3D color images. A color measurement optical path and a 3D measurement optical path may coincide at least at an object side of the device, and a minimal amount of light is extracted from a monitoring beam for color measurement without affecting 3D measurement.
US11346655B2
An apparatus for measuring a thread includes a holder for detachably holding a tube having a thread formed at an end of the tube. A first optical measuring section having an optical sensor is attached to a manipulator in order to move the measuring section relative to the tube. The optical measuring section is adjustably tiltable about a first adjusting axis relative to a thread axis of the thread. A second optical measuring section having a second optical sensor is arranged at the manipulator, wherein the optical measuring sections collectively form a measuring channel to provide simultaneous measurement of opposite sides of the thread of the tube.
US11346652B2
In cutting a band-shaped glass film along a longitudinal direction thereof and evaluating linearity of an end side formed in association with the cutting to inspect quality of a cut band-shaped glass film, the following steps are performed: an imaging step of dividing the end side into a plurality of segments and imaging each of the plurality of segments; a linear approximation step of calculating an approximate straight line of the end side based on a plurality of points different from each other on the end side in each of a plurality of images obtained in the imaging step; a variation calculation step of calculating a variation value of the plurality of points based on the approximate straight line; and an evaluation step of evaluating the linearity of the end side based on a plurality of variation values respectively corresponding to the plurality of images.
US11346646B2
A thickness detector device and method, a detector system and a slot device are provided, and the thickness detector device includes: a base, which has a side wall provided with a through slot that penetrates through the base; a slot component at the base and has n slots, n being an integer greater than 1, and a width of each slot being less than a width of the through slot; a driver component which is provided on the base, is in a fixed connection with the slot component, and is configured to change the slot that is in the slot component and is in communication with the through slot by driving the slot component to move.
US11346638B1
The present invention relates to a camouflage material, in particular an artificial camouflage material intended for hunting and animal observation.
US11346637B1
The range finder bow release may comprise a cuff, a support armature, a bow release, and a range finder. The cuff may be adapted to be worn on a forearm of an archer. The support armature may be coupled to the cuff and may be adapted to position the bow release adjacent to a hand of the archer. The bow release may be a mechanical aid for releasing a bow string more precisely than the archer's fingers. The range finder may be an optical instrument that is operable to determine the distance to a target. The range finder may be coupled to the cuff and may be adapted to be used by the archer when the archer bends an elbow, brings the range finder up to an eye, and views the target through the range finder.
US11346636B2
The invention relates to a long-range optical device, in particular telescopic sight, comprising a reticle, the position of which can be adjusted, and comprising an associated mechanism for adjusting the reticle, comprising a first magnetic element in the form of a ring magnet, a second magnetic element in the form of a bar magnet, motion-coupled to the reticle and movably mounted relative to the first magnetic element, wherein a variable magnetic characteristic value is formed as a function of the relative position between the first and the second magnetic element, a detection unit, which is configured to detect a change in the magnetic characteristic value formed in the first or second magnetic element, a determination unit to determine reticle position information describing the position of the reticle based on a magnetic characteristic value of the first and/or second magnetic element.
US11346633B1
An apparatus having a release holster apparatus including: an elongated strap; a pocket between first and second sections of cloth material, attached to the elongated strap; and a flap attached to the elongated strap; wherein the pocket has top and bottom openings; wherein the flap has a first end attached nearer the top than the bottom opening: wherein the flap has a second end opposing the first end of the flap; wherein the flap in an open state does not cover any part of the top opening of the pocket; and wherein the flap is configured to be placed in a closed state in which the flap covers part, but not the entirety of the top opening of the pocket, and wherein a section of the flap is attached to a portion of the first section of cloth material of the pocket.
US11346629B2
A firearm has an emitter that propagates a light beam to a receiver and at least two finger position beams that propagate horizontally along the firearm on either side of a switch that provides detection of a position of a finger when the finger blocks and unblocks the finger position beam. Further, when only two finger position beams are blocked, this indicates proper positioning of the finger placing the firearm into a dischargeable condition.
US11346626B2
Generally, a device for counting used munitions may include at least one sensor and at least one processor attachable to a firearm. The sensor(s) may be configured to generate at least one sensor signal, having signal values, in response to movement of at least one of: the firearm or at least one movable member of the firearm. The processor(s) may be configured to receive the sensor signal(s) from the sensor(s), and to detect, based on the signal values of the sensor signal(s) and a predetermined signal threshold, a discharge of the firearm. The processor(s) may be configured to determine a number of remaining cartridges in a magazine of the firearm, based on the detections of the discharges thereof. The device may further include at least one indicator configured to generate at least one notification concerning the number of remaining cartridges in the magazine.
US11346625B2
A break open rifle and bolt action rifle having a barrel extension with a breech end for receiving a propellant charge, a muzzle end with an extended attachment structure for receiving a complementary attachment structure of a barrel, and a chamber disposed within and through the barrel extension having a first diameter at a first end and a narrowing portion adjacent a second end opposite the first end, the narrowing portion having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, wherein the first diameter of the chamber is sized to receive the propellant charge therein, and the second diameter of the narrowing portion is sized to prevent the propellant charge from being further inserted past the narrowing portion, and to prevent a projectile from being inserted through the chamber from the barrel muzzle end. A bolt action configuration having dual diameter non-rotating bolt with an extractor and ejector mechanism for removing a propellant charge.
US11346623B2
An apparatus for ambidextrous control of a charging handle is disclosed. In certain examples, the charging handle includes an elongated shaft defining a centerline, and a handle body. In certain examples, the handle body includes a first protrusion extending transversely from the centerline to a distal end, and a second protrusion extending transversely, in an opposite direction than the first protrusion, from the centerline to a distal end. The handle body also includes a first lever pivotally coupled to the first protrusion at a pivot point adjacent the distal end of the first protrusion, the first lever configured to independently actuate a latch mechanism, and a second lever pivotally coupled to the second protrusion at a pivot point that is adjacent the distal end of the second protrusion, the second lever configured to independently actuate the latch mechanism.
US11346619B2
The present disclosure relates to efficient condensing operations and apparatuses. Methods of fabricating condensers and specifically condenser surfaces are also disclosed. A condensing apparatus can include a condenser surface having a substrate and one or more layers of graphene. The substrate can be formed of nickel and a nickel-graphene surface composite layer can be formed. The substrate-graphene composite can be highly durable, hydrophobic, and resistant to fouling. Dropwise condensation can be induced.
US11346606B2
The present invention discloses a cooler for cooling particulate material which has been subjected to heat treatment in an industrial kiln, such as a rotary kiln for manufacturing cement clinker. This cooler comprises an inlet, an outlet, end wall, side walls, a bottom and a ceiling, at least three reciprocating supporting lanes for receiving, supporting and transporting the material to be cooled, the lanes are moving following the walking floor principles as well as means for injecting cooling gas into the material through grate plates in the lanes. With the present invention it is an aim to have an increase in the vertical shearing height, and still having stationary clinker on top of the grate plates.
US11346594B2
There is disclosed a refrigerator including a vacuum space formed between an outer case and an inner case to improve an insulation function thereof, which includes an inner case that defines an exterior appearance of a storage space, an outer case spaced apart a predetermined distance from the inner case, a vacuum space provided between the inner case and the outer case, with being maintained vacuum, to insulate the inner case from the outer case, a plurality of spacers for supporting the inner case and the outer case space that are spaced apart from each other, and a radiation blocking film provided in the vacuum space, spaced apart from the inner case and the outer case.
US11346589B2
A refrigeration machine control device according to an embodiment of the present invention serves to control a turbo refrigeration machine and is equipped with a pressure reduction rate identification unit for identifying a pressure reduction rate at which foaming does not occur in an oil tank, and a pressure adjustment unit for adjusting the pressure of an evaporator on the basis of the identified pressure reduction rate. The pressure reduction rate identification unit is equipped with: a refrigerant precipitation gas volume calculation unit for calculating the volume of refrigerant gas precipitated from lubricating oil when the pressure is reduced at a prescribed pressure reduction rate; and a determination unit for determining whether or not foaming is permissible on the basis of a comparison between the calculated volume and the volume on the surface of the oil in the oil tank.
US11346587B2
In a refrigeration system, a tube-and-fin heat exchanger has spaced fins that extend to an outer periphery of the heat exchanger and has smaller embedded fins in between or in a spaced relationship with each of the other fins. The embedded fins do not extend all the way to the outer periphery of the fins along the airside directions but have a shorter outer periphery such that there is an offset distance. Because of the offset distance, there is space that continues to provide room for fluid movement without fouling of the face of the heat exchanger and that provides an expected appearance while still having the benefit of additional fins elements further inside of the heat exchanger. Other exchangers and condensers are included.
US11346583B2
A climate-control system includes a first compressor, a second compressor, a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a third heat exchanger. The first compressor includes a first inlet and a first outlet. The second compressor is in fluid communication with the first compressor and includes a second inlet (e.g., a suction inlet), a third inlet (e.g., a vapor-injection inlet), a second compression mechanism, and a second outlet. The second and third inlets are fluidly coupled with the second compression mechanism. The second compression mechanism receives working fluid from the first compressor through the third inlet and discharges working fluid through the second outlet of the second compressor. The first and second compressors are in fluid communication with the first, second, and third heat exchangers.
US11346570B2
A refrigerant leakage determination system capable of detecting leakage of refrigerant without requiring complicated processing is provided. A refrigerant leakage determination system is a refrigerant leakage determination system of a refrigeration cycle apparatus that includes a refrigerant circuit including a heat-source-side heat exchanger and has, as operating modes, a normal mode in which the heat-source-side heat exchanger is caused to function as an evaporator and a defrosting mode in which the heat-source-side heat exchanger frosted during a normal operation is defrosted. The refrigerant leakage determination system includes a processor configured to acquire defrosting information regarding a relationship between a normal operation period and the number of defrosting operations, and memory that stores the defrosting information. The processor is further configured to determine, based on the acquired defrosting information, leakage of refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit.
US11346566B2
A system including a processor and sensor for installation inside an underground vault. The sensor monitors a parameter inside the vault and sends a monitoring signal to the processor. Based on the monitoring signal, the processor may provide data to a memory for storage and/or control signals to an interface for transmission to an external device located within the vault. The control signals instruct the external device to modify the environment inside the vault. The sensor may be positioned inside an enclosure, which is inside a housing. An air moving device moves air into or out of the enclosure thereby drawing air from the vault into the enclosure before the sensor monitors the parameter. A heat generating component may be positioned inside the housing and when generating heat prevents moisture from condensing therein. The system may include a power unit that draws power from a power source inside the vault.
US11346563B2
A superordinate controlling device for a heat source system (1) including a plurality of heat sources, the superordinate controlling device being applied to the heat source system (1) and controlling heat-pump type chillers (2a) and (2b) and absorption-type chillers (2c) and (2d) in such a manner that a heat transfer medium leaving temperature that is the temperature of a heat transfer medium supplied to an external load (6) is equal to a setting temperature. The heat-pump type chillers (2a) and (2b) each have a higher Coefficient of Performance (COP) than that of each of the absorption-type chillers (2c) and (2d). The superordinate controlling device includes a heat transfer medium leaving temperature changing means for carrying out heat transfer medium leaving temperature control, by changing the heat transfer medium leaving temperatures of the heat-pump type chillers (2a) and (2b), when a post-change prediction value of each of the absorption-type chiller (2c) and (2d) predicted based on a supposition that the heat transfer medium leaving temperatures of the heat-pump type chillers (2a) and (2b) are changed exceeds a second underload stop threshold value at which the corresponding one of the absorption-type chiller (2c) and (2d) would have an underload stop.
US11346562B1
A stove guard having a blanket assembly and a support assembly is disclosed herein. The stove guard includes a flexible fire blanket material that may be arranged in a plurality of configurations including a retractable blind coupled to a stove vent or microwave mounted above the stove. The device may also feature a two-part retractable fencing drawn together from each side of the stove top and coupled in the center and a single fence that may couple to a vertical support held in place with suction cups on either side of the stove top. Each of the devices may be configured to provide an added security measure useful for preventing small children from gaining access to the hot surfaces and may also provide an emergency fire extinguishing blanket in the event of an unexpected fire.
US11346561B2
The present disclosure relates to an oven having a guide member capable of automatically withdrawing an oven rack from the inside of a cooking chamber when a door is opened and a rail detachably coupled to the cooking chamber and the oven rack to move the oven rack in the front-rear direction. The oven includes a main body, a cooking chamber provided inside the main body and having an open front side, a door rotatably coupled to the main body to open and close the cooking chamber, an oven rack provided inside the cooking chamber to be movable in the front-rear direction and supporting a plurality of shelves, and a guide member connected to the oven rack according to opening and closing of the door to guide the oven rack to be moved in the front-rear direction, and separated from the oven rack when the door is completely opened.
US11346560B2
Techniques regarding the composition and/or structure of oven walls are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise an oven with a heat source configured to heat a hollow space within the oven. The oven further can comprise an oven body that can define the hollow space. Also, the oven body can comprising a plurality of connected sides, wherein one or more of the connected sides comprise a plurality of carbon nanotubes.
US11346559B2
An outdoor structure and structural system including a plurality of structural blocks having opposed top and bottom surfaces, opposed front and rear surfaces and opposed first and second side surfaces, the bottom surfaces of the plurality of structural blocks having a receiving channel extending along the bottom surface from the first side surface towards the second side surface, the receiving channel sized and shaped to receive and retain a hanger. The outdoor structure and structural system also including at least one bridging lintel, the bridging lintel having an upper surface, front and rear sides and first and second sides, the bridging lintel having first and second hangers extending from the upper surface of the bridging lintel, the first hanger extending a distance along the upper surface and a distance outward from the upper surface beyond the first side of the bridging lintel, the second hanger extending a distance along the upper surface and a distance outward from the upper surface beyond the second side of the bridging lintel.
US11346558B2
A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine, the injector comprising a main fuel flow circuit and a pilot fuel flow circuit. The pilot fuel flow circuit comprises at least one convoluted pilot fuel flow passage extending continuously from a pilot fuel feed at an upstream end of the injector to a pilot fuel spray nozzle inlet. The at least one pilot fuel flow passage comprises at least two axially-extending portions extending between the upstream end of the injector towards a downstream end of the injector and joined by an elbow portion proximal the downstream end of the injector. In use, pilot fuel can flow in opposing axial directions within the at least two axially-extending portions, the axially-extending portions being in thermal communication with the main fuel flow circuit.
US11346557B2
A guide plate for a swirler assembly is disclosed. In various embodiments, the guide plate includes a guide plate flange configured for engagement with a swirler body having a swirler inlet; and a guide plate collar, the guide plate collar having an aft protrusion with respect to an axial direction extending through the swirler body, the aft protrusion having an aft protrusion tip position configured to be equal to or extend downstream of a swirler inlet forward position with respect to the axial direction and a radially outer surface that forms a radially outer surface angle greater than ninety degrees with respect to a radial direction.
US11346556B2
A combustor includes a fuel supply unit defining on a radially inner side of an axis an inner peripheral side space into which inert gas is introduced and which is configured to supply the inert gas to a combustion cylinder, and defining on a radially outer side an outer peripheral side space into which the inert gas is introduced and which is configured to supply the inert gas to the combustion cylinder; an inner peripheral side oxygen supply unit that is configured to supply oxygen to the inner peripheral side space; an outer peripheral side oxygen supply unit that is configured to supply oxygen to the outer peripheral side space; and an adjustment unit that is configured to adjust the relative amounts of the oxygen supplied by the inner peripheral side oxygen supply unit and the oxygen supplied by the outer peripheral side oxygen supply unit.
US11346550B2
A burner of a gas stove includes a burner body, a partition member, and at least one flame cover. The burner body includes an inlet portion and a base. The inlet portion has at least one inlet passage for injecting gas and air, and the base has at least one mixture passage for mixing the gas and the air. The at least one mixture passage communicates with the at least one inlet passage. The partition member has a plurality of through holes and covers the at least one mixture passage. The at least one flame cover has a plurality of flame holes and covers the partition member. Whereby, the size of the burner of the gas stove could be reduced significantly, and the gas could mix with the air effectively and uniformly.
US11346548B2
Systems and methods are disclosed that include providing a cooking system that comprises a burner assembly and a heat exchanger, the burner assembly having a high velocity burner configured to provide the necessary high velocity, volumetric flowrate through the heat exchanger having a first fluid circuit having a plurality of compactly-arranged tubes disposed perpendicularly and interstitially to a second fluid circuit having a plurality of compactly-arranged tubes, and the burner assembly also having a low velocity burner configured to significantly reduce and/or substantially eliminate “lift off” that could result from operation of only the high velocity burner.
US11346543B2
A medical imaging device having a bore 104 for receiving a patient during a medical imaging process and a ventilation channel 216 having an opening within the upper circumference of the bore for supplying cool air into the bore. At least one lighting circuit 210 with one or more LEDs is positioned within the ventilation channel 216 and is configured to illuminate the entire length of the bore 104. Air supplied from the ventilation channel 216 cools the lighting circuit 210 and prevents overheating effects within the lighting circuit that are caused by fields generated during the medical imaging process. The lighting circuit 210 comprises one or more filters, wherein the resonance frequency of the medical imaging device is within the stopband of the filters.
US11346539B1
This document describes techniques directed to active thermal-control of a floodlight and associated floodlights. As described, an example floodlight includes a first heat-transfer subsystem that uses a fully enclosed heat sink to transfer heat from an array of LEDs to a first housing component of the floodlight. The floodlight further includes a second heat-transfer subsystem to transfer heat from one or more PSUs to a second housing component of the floodlight. Described techniques include using thermistors located throughout the floodlight to actively monitor a temperature profile within the floodlight and, if one or more operating-temperature thresholds are violated, reducing power consumption within the floodlight.
US11346537B1
A junction hub may include a fixture body include a top portion and a bottom portion. The junction hub may further include a connector device for operably coupling a mounting structure to the fixture body. The junction hub may even further include a terminal block disposed in the fixture body for facilitating the connection of a power source to at least one lighting fixture.
US11346535B2
An adjustable, modular flood light fixture is provided herein which includes a plurality of light modules, each including an enclosure and a luminaire configured to generate light, the luminaire being pivotably mounted to the enclosure. The light modules are serially connected with the luminaires of the light modules being each independently, pivotably adjustable. Advantageously, with the subject invention, the size of an illuminated area may be controlled by the number of light modules being used, with pivoting adjustment allowing further control over how light from each of the light modules is directed.
US11346534B2
A foldable electronic display having a layered sheet-form structure including a flexible support substrate sheet having a generally rectangular shape with rounded corners and a longer dimension of at least 100 mm and including a layer of a relatively hard optically transparent material having a substantially uniform thickness and a Young's modulus of at least 1 GPa, a flexible front sheet, a flexible PCB substrate, a two-dimensional array of at least 1,000,000 individually digitally addressable solid-state light emitting devices distributed over an area of the flexible PCB substrate and arranged into parallel rows and columns, one or more layers of an adhesive material, a plurality of rigid heat-conductive substrates spaced apart from one another and each having a metallic layer, and one or more fold areas located in spaces between the rigid heat-conductive substrates.
US11346530B2
A portable lighting device includes a light source, a body supporting the light source, the body including a first aperture, a second aperture, and a base with a bottom surface opposite the light source. The first and second apertures are configured to receive an electrical cable such that the electrical cable extends through both the first and second apertures. The portable lighting device also includes a mounting assembly coupled to the base and including a movable tab. The tab is movable relative to the base between a stored position and a deployed position, and the tab is configured to at least partially support the portable lighting device when the tab is in the deployed position.
US11346525B2
A light fixture includes a light receiver, an electrically-powered light source coupled to the light receiver, and a vessel containing a liquid. The vessel is configured such that light emitted from the light source passes through the liquid contained within the vessel. The vessel is translucent such that the light from the light source radiates through the vessel.
US11346510B2
An assemblable display that can be arranged into different formations, including conical-like shapes suitable for exhibition as artificial Christmas trees. The display, which may be packaged as a kit, includes a center post, an LED strip lighting system, and a plurality of translucent panels with interiors that comprise one or more hollow chambers. The LED strips are affixed to the outer surface of the center post in a pattern configured to shine light in outward directions along a length of the center post. Each hollow-chambered panel includes a hole through which the panel is mounted over the center post and affixed LED strips. When the LED strips are illuminated, the display appears to glow in a broad spectrum of colors, brightness levels, and animated lighting effects.
US11346509B1
This invention discloses an LED lamp including a lampshade, a lamp cap, a light source device and electronic components; the lampshade includes a cover body and a mounting part; a lamp post cover is provided in the mounting part with interference fit; a lamp post is provided at the lamp post cover with interference fit; the electronic components are installed on the lamp post, and the light source device is installed between the lamp post and the lamp post cover. By positioning the light source device between the lamp post cover and the lamp post, and by pressing the lamp post cover and the lamp post into the mounting part of the lampshade, a good seal is formed among the lamp post cover, the lamp post and the lampshade, thereby effectively improving the waterproof level of the lamp.
US11346508B2
An LED filament including at least one filament substrate. The at least one filament substrate each includes at least two substrate sections connected in sequence. The substrate has two opposite light-emitting surfaces. The light-emitting surfaces of adjacent substrate sections are twisted with respect to each other around the axis which is along the extending direction of the filament substrate. On the light-emitting surfaces LED light-emitting elements are provided. The LED filament structure can facilitate heat dissipation and comprises a plurality of light-emitting surfaces oriented in different directions, so that the LED filament can emit light toward a plurality of angles so as to have a more uniform and omni-directional light-emitting effect. In addition, the LED light-emitting elements on the plurality of filaments can also be electrically connected in different manners, such that LED light-emitting elements of different colors can be provided, thereby realizing the control of multiple light-emitting effects.
US11346505B2
A fluid supply system includes: fluid lines, fluid controllers and joints, in which each of the fluid lines linearly extends in an extension direction that substantially perpendicularly intersects an alignment direction of the fluid lines, each of the fluid controllers is disposed in an aligned manner in the alignment direction with connection surfaces directed to the same direction, a diameter of the pipings is equal to or less than a surface width of the connection surfaces in the alignment direction, and diameters of the joints are equal to or greater than the surface width, and the pipings that are adjacent to each other in the alignment direction are positioned with the joints displaced from each other in the extension direction.
US11346500B2
A pressure vessel includes a liner and a reinforcing layer. The liner includes a body portion having a cylindrical shape. The liner is configured such that a gas is filled in the liner. The reinforcing layer is made of a material having a linear expansion coefficient lower than a linear expansion coefficient of a material of the liner. The reinforcing layer is formed in contact with an outer surface of the body portion. The reinforcing layer is configured to cover the liner from outside the liner. A thickness of the body portion is set to such a value that the outer surface of the body portion is not separated from the reinforcing layer when the gas that has been filled in the liner is discharged out of the liner.
US11346487B2
A support tool for leakage repair of an inspection well includes: a curved loading plate having multiple grouting holes thereon, a telescopic adjustment device, and a base; wherein: one end of the telescopic adjustment device is connected to an inner side face of the curved loading plate, and the other end of the telescopic adjustment device is connected to the base; the telescopic adjustment device adjusts a distance between the curved loading plate and the base. The support tool is firstly hoisted at a leakage position of the inspection well; then a telescopic length of the telescopic adjustment device is adjusted, so that the curved loading plate and the base are in a close contact with opposite sides of the inspection well wall; and a grouting system is used to inject a double-slurry quick-setting repair material into a grouting pipe on the curved loading plate for plugging leakage.
US11346484B2
A first tubular and a second tubular define a fluid passage. A feather is positioned within the first tubular. The feather is configured to axially translate towards the second tubular and pivot towards a center of the first tubular. The feather includes a hinge on a pivoting end. A first end of a spring is coupled to the feather and a second end of the spring is coupled to the first tubular. The spring is loaded to actuate a movement of the feather between an open position and a closed position. A trigger is positioned between the first tubular and the second tubular to provide an interference with the feather. The interference retains the feather in the open position when the first tubular and second tubular are coupled.
US11346482B2
A fluid coupling (R) comprising a male element (A) and a female element, a ring delimiting an inner channel of the female element (B), and a piston slidably mounted with respect to the ring (28) between a closed position and an open position of the inner channel. Between a disconnected configuration of the coupling and the connected configuration, the ring is moved rotationally with respect to the female body and the ring is held longitudinally in the female body, the piston is moved longitudinally from its closed position to its open position. The male body comprises an outer body and an inner body, the inner body delimiting an inner duct of the male element (A). During connecting, the outer body and the ring are rotationally fixed around the central longitudinal axis. In the connected configuration, the outer body and the ring are rotationally fixed. During connecting and in the connected configuration, the outer body and the inner body are free to rotate but unable to move in translation. The female element (B) comprises at least one locking device (45) movable between a position locking the rotation of the ring, and a release position, and in the disconnected configuration, the locking device (45) does not prevent the rotation of the ring.
US11346474B2
The present embodiments relate to a novel clamping assembly. More specifically, present embodiments relate to a clamping assembly for blind flange installation which provides an air tight seal for piping applications including, but not limited to, low pressure high-density polyethylene (HDPE) piping applications.
US11346473B2
The present invention discloses a sleeve for sleeving on an object, which includes: a first body portion, a second body portion, and a first groove. The first body portion has a first reception portion, and the first reception portion has a first notch, and the first notch is provided with a first fastening member. The second body portion is coupled to the first body portion. One end of the first groove is disposed at an adjacent position between the first notch and the second body portion, and the other end of the first groove extends to an appropriate position along an outer edge of a connection between the first body portion and the second body portion. The first groove is separated from the first reception portion by a first thin wall. One end of the object penetrates through the first reception portion, and the first notch is pressed by the first fastening member so that the first groove is broken along the first thin wall to form a first broken opening. The first notch is pressed and tightened by the first fastening member so that the first body portion and the object are fixed to each other.
US11346463B2
A faucet includes a handle and a handle connection system. The handle includes an opening and a handle annular projection at least partially extending about the opening. The handle connection system is configured to be partially contained within the opening, threadably coupled to a yoke, and selectively coupled to the handle annular projection. The handle connection system is configured to facilitate rotation of the handle relative to the yoke while the handle connection system is threadably coupled to the yoke.
US11346460B2
An actuator assembly includes a unitary actuator housing defining a plurality of actuator cavities each extending along a central axis from an upper surface of the actuator housing to a lower surface of the actuator housing. A plurality of actuating members are each disposed in an upper counterbore portion of a corresponding one of the plurality of actuator cavities and movable within the corresponding actuator cavity. A plurality of output shafts each extend through a lower bore in a corresponding one of the plurality of actuator cavities, with each output shaft being driven by a corresponding one of the plurality of actuating members.
US11346445B2
The present disclosure provides a sealing ring assembly having a first ring and a second ring, configured to seal a high-pressure region from a lower pressure region of a piston and cylinder device. Accordingly, the sealing ring assembly includes a high-pressure boundary and a low-pressure boundary. Each ring may be segmented, and the first and second rings interface along a surface. Along the surface at the interface, a groove open to the lower pressure region aids in pressure locking the sealing ring assembly. A pocket in the second ring allows for high pressure gas to aid in balancing radial forces on the sealing ring assembly. As the sealing ring wears, the first and second rings remain engaged with one another.
US11346432B2
A electric locker differential assembly includes a first and second side gear. A pinion gear set is disposed between the first side gear and the second side gears. An engagement shaft includes flyweights disposed on the engagement shaft which are moveable between retracted and extended positions to lock and unlock the differential assembly. A lockout shaft includes a pawl disposed thereon. An electrical adjustment mechanism includes an actuator operably connected with an adjustment nut or rod. An electrical adjustment biasing spring includes a first leg retained by the adjustment nut and a second leg connected with the pawl wherein movement of the adjustment nut by the actuator varies a biasing force applied to the pawl.
US11346428B2
Manual dual clutch power transmission unit 10 for a vehicle (tractor, constructional vehicle and the like), which comprises a synchro-shuttle transmission unit 10S (forward/reverse drive transmission), a hydro-mechanical operated a dual clutch unit 10D, a multi-speed transmission unit 10T (8 speed transmission unit), a range transmission unit 10R (3 ranges—low range, medium range and high range), a hydro-mechanical transmission control mechanism 100 which controls shifting and selection of gears (odd gear and/or even gear) and corresponding clutches (odd clutch and/or even clutch) respectively, and an auxiliary transmission actuation mechanism 200 which actuates the power transmission unit 10 when at least one of the hydraulic dual clutch unit 10D of the power transmission unit 10 and a hydraulic system of the vehicle is not functioning, wherein the transmission control mechanism 100 for the multi-speed transmission unit 10T is provided with Z-gate sequential gear shift pattern.
US11346427B2
An auxiliary gearbox has a low speed input shaft driving a first plurality of accessories. A high speed input shaft drives a second plurality of accessories. The first plurality of accessories rotating about a first set of rotational axes, which are parallel to each other and perpendicular to a first plane. The second plurality of accessories rotating about a second set of rotational axes, which are parallel to each other and perpendicular to a second plane. The first and second planes extending in opposed directions away from a drive input axis of the high speed input shaft and the low speed input shaft. The low speed input shaft drives a variable speed transmission. A gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
US11346426B1
An extensible mast allows a payload to be supported at a distance from a supporting device. The payload may be connected via a cable to one or more components in the supporting device. A cable rotation apparatus allows a cable to rotate during dispensation of the cable, such as during extension or retraction of the extensible mast, while minimizing strain on the cable. The apparatus comprises a stationary spool, a furling core, and a rotating spool. A beveled gear on each of the spools engages a pair of beveled gears in the furling core. As the rotating spool rotates with respect to the stationary spool, the furling core rotates at one-half the speed and the cable is dispensed from an opening in the rotating spool. The furling core incorporates a guide wheel that maintains an orderly transfer of the cable from one spool to another.
US11346417B2
Disclosed herein is an electronic brake apparatus that includes a spring pack, a first piston in which the spring pack is mounted, a bolt screw rotated in conjunction with a motor and having one end in point contact with the spring pack, a fixing member configured to bind the bolt screw to the first piston, and a second piston screwed to the other end of the bolt screw.
US11346410B2
The present disclosure relates to a brake mechanism, a joint actuator and a robot. The brake mechanism includes a friction member configured to be fixed to a rotor of the motor, a brake member abutting against one side of the friction member, a pushing member abutting against the other side of the friction member and configured to provide an adjustable pushing force to the brake member, a locking mechanism configured to prevent the brake member from rotating according to a brake command.
US11346409B2
A vehicle transmission includes a shaft; speed-changing gears; switching mechanisms; and a shifting mechanism. The shifting mechanism is provided with a double-meshing preventing mechanism configured to switch between a one-way state in which the switching mechanisms are hindered from moving in a downshift direction and allowed to move in an upshift direction and a free state in which the switching mechanisms are allowed to move in both the downshift direction and the upshift direction.
US11346387B2
An integral sealant O-ring for sealing fasteners in mating surfaces of a fuel tank includes a fastener hole through an inner mating surface and an outer mating surface, the fastener hole has a chamfer along a fay interface between the mating surfaces. A layer of sealant is applied along the fay interface, and upon tightening of the fastener, the inner and outer mating surfaces are pulled together squeezing the sealant into the chamfer and forming an integral sealant O-ring around the fastener. A method of forming an integral sealant O-ring includes forming a chamfer in a first mating surface substantially concentric with a fastener hole, applying a layer of sealant along the first mating surface, pulling together the first mating surface with a second mating surface by tightening a fastener to trap sealant within the chamfer for forming an integral sealant O-ring.
US11346380B2
A connector includes a base and a nut which is configured to fit within and be retained within a chamber in the base. The nut is laterally inserted into the chamber via a side opening in the base and is axially displaced within the chamber between locked and unlocked positions. The nut includes a radial projection which is configured to enter into a bore in the base adjacent to the chamber when the nut is in the locked position. When the nut is in the released position, the projection is withdrawn from the bore so that the nut may be removed from the base.
US11346375B2
A tank has an annular tank space, and a separating wall for separating an inflow connection from a drain connection is provided therein. Alternatively, or in addition thereto, a partition for degassing the oil in the tank is provided. Furthermore, alternatively or in addition thereto, at least one partition for extending a flow path of the oil is provided. It is also conceivable, alternatively or in addition thereto, to arrange a cooling device in the annular space.
US11346364B2
There is provided a multistage centrifugal fluid machine capable of improving efficiency of an operation for assembling an inner casing to a high pressure side head flange. The multistage centrifugal fluid machine 100 includes a rotor 3 provided with a plurality of impellers (41 to 81) in an axial direction, a cylindrical outer casing 2, and an inner bundle 1 that is fitted with the outer casing 2 to form a flow passage for the working fluid. The inner bundle 1 includes a high pressure side head flange 11, a low pressure side head flange 12, and an inner casing 5 disposed between the high pressure side head flange 11 and the low pressure side head flange 12. The high pressure side head flange 11 and the inner casing 5 are fastened with a first bolt 142 via an elastic body 144.
US11346342B2
An impeller pump having a housing, which has an inlet and an outlet, and having an impeller wheel with a plurality of elastic impeller blades is described. The cross section of the inlet and/or of the outlet is substantially in the shape of a polygon on the side facing the housing interior.
US11346339B2
A high pressure pump comprising a fluid end mechanically coupled to a power end. The power end is modular and comprises a crankshaft section, a crosshead section, and a connector section coupled together by a first set of stay rods. The fluid end comprises a plurality of fluid end sections positioned in a side-by-side relationship. Each of the plurality of fluid end sections are attached to the power end using a plurality of second set of stay rods.
US11346333B2
A separation device for separating fluid from a gas stream has a housing with housing corpus and housing cover non-detachably connected to the housing corpus. A hollow cylindrical filter insert is received in the housing in a flow path of the gas stream from a raw gas inlet to a clean gas outlet. The filter insert has first and second end discs at first and second axial end face sides. The filter insert has a main separator element with hollow cylindrical coalescing filter medium with coalescer material for removing fluid from the gas stream that is flowing radially through the main separator element. A preliminary separator element having a coalescing filter medium with coalescer material is arranged in the flow path of the gas stream between the raw gas inlet and the filter insert for removing fluid from the gas stream.
US11346330B1
A Hall effect thruster is provided having one or more components fabricated using additive manufacturing techniques. Additive manufacturing can be used to fabricate the propellant distributor and the discharge channel of the thruster. The propellant distributor can be separated from the anode of the thruster and can form the base of the discharge channel. The discharge channel can be detachably connected to the propellant distributor using one of a threaded connection or a snap-fit connection. The discharge channel can have an annular shape and electromagnets and magnetic poles can be placed in the surrounding areas of the discharge channel.
US11346324B2
The present invention provides a method of erecting a wind turbine on a wind turbine site. The wind turbine comprises a turbine tower and a nacelle. The method comprises the following steps: providing a plurality of tower sections being arrangeable upon each other in a vertical orientation in a tower structure to form the turbine tower, providing at least two damper units configured to dampen oscillations of the turbine tower, attaching one of the at least two damper units to one of the plurality of the tower sections on an outside thereof, and subsequently arranging said tower section in the tower structure, attaching a subsequent one of the at least two damper units to another one of the plurality of the tower sections on an outside thereof, and subsequently arranging said tower section in the tower structure, while the previous one of the at least two damper units is still attached to the previous one of the plurality of tower sections.
US11346310B2
An apparatus and a method are provided for an aircharger air intake system for filtering and conducting an airstream to an air intake of an engine. The aircharger air intake system includes an air filter comprising a filter medium configured to entrap particulates flowing within the airstream. An air box comprising one or more sidewalls and a mount wall is configured to support the air filter within an engine bay. The air box is configured to be mounted, or fastened, onto the engine. An intake tube is coupled with the air filter and configured to conduct the airstream to the air intake of the engine. The intake tube is configured to be coupled with an air temperature sensor or a mass air sensor of the engine. An adapter is configured to couple the intake tube with the air intake.
US11346294B2
In a method for operating an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine is fed to a particulate filter of the motor vehicle. Until a predetermined filtration rate of the particulate filter is reached, a temporary interruption of a fuel supply to the internal combustion engine is prevented in an overrun mode of the motor vehicle if a temperature of the exhaust gas in the particulate filter is greater than a predetermined threshold value of the temperature. An arrangement of the particulate filter in an exhaust system of the motor vehicle is also described.
US11346290B2
A control system for limiting a power turbine torque of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. In various embodiments, the control system includes an engine control module configured to output an effector command signal to a gas generator of the gas turbine engine; a power turbine governor module configured to output to the engine control module a power turbine torque request signal; and a power turbine torque limiter module configured to output to the power turbine governor module a power turbine speed rate signal to limit a power turbine speed overshoot of the gas turbine engine.
