US11443825B2
Provided is a failure mode analysis method for a memory device including the following steps. A wafer is scanned by a test system to generate a failure pattern of the wafer, and a failure count of a single-bit in the wafer is obtained by a test program. A single-bit grouping table is defined according to a word-line layout, a bit-line layout, and an active area layout. A core group and a gap group are formed through grouping in at least one process in a self-aligned double patterning process. Failure counts of single-bits in the core group and the gap group are respectively counted to generate core failure data and gap failure data.
US11443819B2
A memory device includes at least one bit line, at least one source line, at least one program word line, at least one read word line, and at least one memory cell including a program transistor and a read transistor. The program transistor includes a gate terminal coupled to the at least one program word line, a first terminal coupled to the at least one source line, and a second terminal. The read transistor includes a gate terminal coupled to at least one read word line, a first terminal coupled to the at least one bit line, and a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the program transistor.
US11443811B2
A data erase operation is performed on the memory system. The directed data erase operation performed on the memory system erases blocks of the memory device including blocks that are indicated as not including user data. In some embodiments, a data erase operation may be performed on a memory system to erase those groups of memory cells (e.g., blocks) indicated as not including user data. In some embodiments, a data erase operation may be performed on a memory system to erase those groups of memory cells (e.g., blocks) indicated as valid without erasing those groups of memory cells (e.g., blocks) indicated as invalid. In some embodiments, a data erase operation that can be performed on a memory system may obtain information associated with failing scenes of groups of memory cells (e.g., blocks) prior to obtaining the information, and erase the blocks (e.g., invalid blocks) subsequently.
US11443807B2
Embodiments of three-dimensional memory device architectures and fabrication methods therefor are disclosed. In an example, the memory device includes a substrate and one or more peripheral devices on the substrate. The memory device also includes one or more interconnect layers and a semiconductor layer disposed over the one or more interconnect layers. A layer stack having alternating conductor and insulator layers is disposed above the semiconductor layer. A plurality of structures extend vertically through the layer stack. A first set of conductive lines are electrically coupled with a first set of the plurality of structures and a second set of conductive lines are electrically coupled with a second set of the plurality of structures different from the first set. The first and second sets of conductive lines are vertically distanced from opposite ends of the plurality of structures.
US11443806B2
A nonvolatile memory device includes: a memory cell array in which a plurality of memory cells are arranged at intersections between a plurality of word-lines and a plurality of bit-lines; and a word-line select circuit configured to, in response to a first global word-line select signal, start reading a target memory cell connected to a target word-line and provide a reading result of the target memory cell to a sensing line through at least one adjacent word-line that is adjacent to and coupled to the target word-line.
US11443804B2
Various implementations described herein are related to a device having a sense amplifier that provides output data based on sensing a difference between input signals. The device may have a tracking circuit that tracks a resistive state of a bitcell and provides an input signal to the sense amplifier based on the tracked resistive state of the bitcell. The device may have a bitcell circuit that senses a data value associated with the resistive state of the bitcell and provides another input signal to the sense amplifier based on the sensed data value of the bitcell.
US11443801B2
A semiconductor memory apparatus includes an access line control circuit. The access line control circuit applies a selected bias voltage to a selected access line coupled with a target memory cell and applies a first unselected bias voltage to an unselected access line adjacent to the selected access line. A second unselected bias voltage is applied to an unselected access line not adjacent to the selected access line.
US11443793B2
Disclosed herein are mechanisms and methods for reducing power consumed by various DRAM technologies (e.g., high-capacity DRAM and/or 3D DRAM) which may impact battery life of the platform. These mechanisms and methods may opportunistically reduce the power consumed by DRAM by inhibiting periodic refresh commands to memory ranks that are not in-use. Since these mechanisms and methods may be based on enhancements to memory controllers, they may accordingly be operating system (OS) agnostic.
US11443788B1
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a memory region with memory cells and sense/access lines configured for addressing the memory cells, and having a reference-voltage-generator proximate to the memory region. The reference-voltage-generator includes resistive units configured substantially identically to the sense/access lines. Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a memory region with memory cells, digit lines and wordlines. Each of the memory cells is uniquely addressed with one of the wordlines in combination with one of the digit lines. The wordlines are coupled with driver circuitry and the digit lines are coupled with sensing circuitry. A reference-voltage-generator is proximate to the memory region. The reference-voltage-generator includes resistive units configured substantially identically to the wordlines and/or includes resistive units configured substantially identically to the digit lines.
US11443782B2
An electronic device may include: a column control circuit configured to generate a column control pulse and a mode register enable signal, each with a pulse that is generated based on logic levels of a chip selection signal and a command address; and a control circuit configured to generate a read control signal to perform a read operation and a mode register read operation by delaying the column control pulse based on a logic level of the mode register enable signal and configured to generate a mode register control signal to perform the mode register read operation by delaying the column control pulse based on a logic level of the mode register enable signal.
US11443781B2
A semiconductor system may include a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device. The first semiconductor device compares a received signal with an original signal to generate a driving force control signal. The first semiconductor device also drives the original signal using a driving force in accordance with the driving force control signal to output an external transmission signal. The second semiconductor device receives the external transmission signal to generate a positive signal and a negative signal. The second semiconductor device also generates a restoration signal in response to the positive signal and the negative signal. The second semiconductor device additionally outputs the restoration signal as the external transmission signal to the first semiconductor device.
US11443777B2
Various implementations described herein refer to a device having backside power rails including first backside power rails that supply a core voltage to memory logic and second backside power rails that supply a periphery voltage to control logic. In some implementations, at least one first backside power rail may have a rail break that interrupts continuity so as to allow at least one second backside power rail to supply the periphery voltage to the control logic.
US11443775B1
An issue facing shared read/write player hard disc drives (HDDs) is when a head-media contact event occurs, any resulting plume of debris caused by the contact event not only affects the magnetic disc currently being read or written, but other magnetic discs within the HDD enclosure. The presently disclosed technology is directed as mitigating the potential consequences of such a head-media contact event. By providing one or more internal access doors within the HDD, a magnetic disc currently being read from or written to may be physically isolated from other magnetic discs within the HDD. As a result, in the event of a head-media contact event, any resulting plume of debris caused by the contact event only affects the magnetic disc currently being read or written. The remaining magnetic discs within the HDD are isolated from the plume of debris.
US11443769B2
In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for identifying that a first audio stream includes first, second, and third sources of audio. A computing system identifies that a second audio stream includes the first, second, and third sources of audio. The computing system determines that the first and second sources of audio are part of a first conversation. The computing system generates a third audio stream that combines the first source of audio from the first audio stream, the first source of audio from the second audio stream, the second source of audio from the first audio stream, and the second source of audio from the second audio stream, and diminishes the third source of audio from the first audio stream, and the third source of audio from the second audio stream.
US11443744B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a server comprises at least one communication interface, at least one processor operatively connected to the communication interface, and at least one memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory store instructions configured to, when executed, cause the processor: receives, from a first electronic device, first input voice data including a first request for conducting a first task by using a second electronic device by user's utterance; determines or receives a state of the first electronic device; and provides a first external electronic device with a first response related to control of the state of the first electronic device. Various other embodiments are possible.
US11443733B2
A text-to-speech (TTS) system that is capable of considering characteristics of various portions of text data in order to create continuity between segments of synthesized speech. The system can analyze text portions of a work and create feature vectors including data corresponding to characteristics of the individual portions and/or the overall work. A TTS processing component can then consider feature vector(s) from other portions when performing TTS processing on text of a first portion, thus giving the TTS component some intelligence regarding other portions of the work, which can then result in more continuity between synthesized speech segments.
US11443731B2
The system provides a synthesized speech response to a voice input, based on the prosodic character of the voice input. The system receives the voice input and calculates at least one prosodic metric of the voice input. The at least one prosodic metric can be associated with a word, phrase, grouping thereof, or the entire voice input. The system also determines a response to the voice input, which may include the sequence of words that form the response. The system generates the synthesized speech response, by determining prosodic characteristics based on the response, and on the prosodic character of the voice input. The system outputs the synthesized speech response, which includes a more natural, relevant, or both answer to the call of the voice input. The prosodic character of the voice input and/or response may include pitch, note, duration, prominence, timbre, rate, and rhythm, for example.
US11443712B2
A projector selects an image of a home screen as an image to be displayed by a display section even when input of an image signal to the interface section is detected when the home screen has been displayed on the grounds that an operation has been received by a remote controller or an operation panel, and changes the image to be displayed by the display section from the image of the home screen to the image based on the image signal the input of which has been detected when the input of the image signal to the interface section is detected when the home screen has been displayed on the grounds that no input of the image signal to the interface section has been detected.
US11443709B2
A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a plurality of scan lines and a gate driving circuit. The scan lines are disposed on the display panel along a first direction, and respectively provide a plurality of gate driving signals. The gate driving circuit is disposed on a first side of the display panel along a second direction. The second direction intersects the first direction. The gate driving circuit includes a plurality of bias generators and a plurality of signal output circuits. The signal output circuits are divided into a plurality of groups. The bias generators respectively correspond to the groups. The bias generators generate a plurality of first bias voltages. The groups generate the gate driving signals respectively according to the first bias voltages.
US11443705B2
Provided is a device that displays a moving image with high dynamic range. A control unit controls drive of at least one of a light source unit, a phase modulation unit, or an intensity modulation unit in accordance with an image signal. The light source unit applies first illumination light to a phase modulation panel of the phase modulation unit, which modulates a phase of the first illumination light applied from the light source unit, divides second illumination light for each predetermined phase modulation pixel group of the phase modulation panel, and applies the second illumination light to the intensity modulation panel for each predetermined intensity modulation pixel group of the intensity modulation panel, and the intensity modulation panel modulates an intensity of the second illumination light applied from the phase modulation panel.
US11443701B2
A screen state control method, device, and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes: in a bright environment, a ratio of a characteristic curve of a proximity sensor to an ideal curve of the proximity sensor in each of a number of intervals is determined; a first intensity value of a receiving end signal is obtained, a second intensity value of a receiving end signal is turned off is obtained, the first intensity value and the second intensity value respectively according to the ratios are compensated; and a corrected proximity value of the proximity sensor according to a compensated first intensity value and a compensated second intensity value is determined, and the screen, according to a comparison result between the corrected proximity value and a preset threshold, is controlled to be selectively in a screen on state or a screen off state.
US11443695B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area, the peripheral area being outside the display area, a display unit on the display area of the substrate, the display unit including a pixel circuit and a display device electrically connected to the pixel circuit, a driver in the peripheral area of the substrate and configured to provide a signal to the display device, and an output wiring configured to transmit the signal from the driver to the display device, at least a part of the output wiring overlapping the driver.
US11443692B2
A pixel structure includes an original light emitting diode die and a repairing light emitting diode die emitting light of a same color, and an extending conductor. The original light emitting diode die includes a first epitaxial layer, and a first electrode and a second electrode disposed at opposite sides of the first epitaxial layer. The repairing light emitting diode die includes a second epitaxial layer, and a third electrode and a fourth electrode disposed at a same side of the second epitaxial layer. The extending conductor includes a first portion, a second portion and a cut-off region. The first portion is electrically connected to the second electrode of the original light emitting diode die. The second portion is electrically connected to the third electrode of the repairing light emitting diode die. The cut-off region is located in the first portion or between the first portion and the second portion.
US11443691B2
Disclosed is an electroluminescent display device including a display panel, a power supply unit, and a data driver. The display panel includes a subpixel for displaying an image. The power supply unit supplies a positive voltage and a negative voltage to the display panel. The data driver supplies a first initialization voltage and a second initialization voltage to the display panel, as well as a data voltage, and at least one of the first initialization voltage and the second initialization voltage is varied.
US11443689B1
Provided is a light-emitting element control circuit, a display panel and a display device. The light-emitting element control circuit includes a current source and at least one light-emitting unit, and the at least one light-emitting unit is connected in series to the current source. The at least one light-emitting unit each includes a first branch and a second branch which are connected in parallel. The first branch includes a first gating unit and a light-emitting element which are connected in series, and the second branch includes a second gating unit. The light-emitting element control circuit provided by the present application enables the current provided by the current source to pass through one of the first branch and the second branch in an active-selection mode, and meanwhile generation of photo-generated carriers in the light-emitting element can be avoided, thereby improving the display effect.
US11443683B2
A display device: a substrate including a first display area and a second display area; a signal line which overlaps the first display area and the second display area; and a common electrode which overlaps the first display area and the second display area, where the first display area includes a first pixel area, the second display area includes a second pixel area and a transmitting area, the transmitting area includes a first transmitting area and a second transmitting area, which have different transmittances from each other, the common electrode overlaps the first pixel area, the second pixel area and the second transmitting area, and in the second transmitting area, at least a part of the signal line and the common electrode overlap each other.
US11443680B1
The present invention provides a dithering and directional modulation-based frame rate conversion apparatus comprising: a directional delta modulation generator configured to receive a plurality of input color data representing a plurality of input color components of an input pixel color and generate a plurality of modulated data for the plurality of input color data respectively; and a plurality of dithering modules configured to perform K-bit dithering conversion on the plurality of input color data respectively to generate a plurality of output color data for representing a plurality of output color components of an output pixel color with a color depth of K bits per component, where K is an integer equal to or great than 1. The present invention can allow display to support frame rates higher than its standard configuration without observable color depth degradation.
US11443671B2
A display driver includes control circuitry and image processing circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to store a default gamma curve and determine a scaling factor based on a location of a target pixel in a display panel. The control circuitry is further configured to determine a modified gamma curve by scaling the default gamma curve with the scaling factor. The image processing circuitry configured to apply a gamma transformation based on the modified gamma curve to image data defined for the target pixel to generate output voltage data for the target pixel.
US11443652B2
A system for learning an artist's style includes an artist database unit, a pupil gallery unit, an artist image providing unit to display an artist's content selected from the artist database unit, a pupil learning unit in which at least one smart layer and at least one user layer are overlaid and displayed, the at least one smart layer generated based on the elements of art that make up the selected artist's content and the at least one user layer providing an interface for recognizing a user input and supporting the writing or drawing, and a storage unit to store some or all of the at least one user layer as a pupil artwork in a portfolio.
US11443649B2
A training simulator for intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) systems includes channels where at least one of the channels is identified as an active stimulation channel and a subset of the rest of the channels is identified as reference or pick up sites. Channels of the subset having signal data that exceed a predefined threshold are retained for further processing, while channels with signal data that do not exceed the threshold are eliminated from further reporting. Response data for the remaining channels are generated in advance of a future time when the response would occur. The generated data is time stamped and stored for display at a time window when requested by the system.
US11443645B2
A reward learning system includes a user interface configured to receive modes of user information related to a state of the user. A cognitive computing system includes a reward system. The reward system includes a dynamically upgraded profile model of the user which is updated in accordance with the user information related to the state. The reward system is updated by machine learning employing feedback from user responses measured by the user interface and searched information by the cognitive computing system. The reward system includes an increasing reward protocol based on learned user preferences and responses and rewarded in accordance with user achievements.
US11443643B2
The present disclosure provides a control system for controlling unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The control system comprises of an application user system 102 to operate the UAS, an operating system 103, a virtual road system (VRS) 109 and a virtual packet 501. The virtual packet 501 created as a boundary around the UAS defined by application user system 102 or VRS 109. The operating system 103 includes a machine learning processing unit (MLPU) 104 configured for positioning the UAS, detecting collision within path of the virtual packet 901. The VRS 109 configured to generate a virtual roadway 902 using architecture similar to Internet service provider architecture and modules for routing the UAS. The routing and controlling of UAS by the VRS 109 is based on request received from the MLPU 104, application zone packet parameters and actual position co-ordinates received from the MLPU 104.
US11443637B2
A proximity sensor system on a marine vessel includes one or more proximity sensors, each at a sensor location on the marine vessel and configured to measure proximity of objects and generate proximity measurements. A processor is configured to store a two-dimensional vessel outline of the marine vessel with respect to a point of navigation for the marine vessel, receive the proximity measurements measured by one or more proximity sensors on the marine vessel, and identify four linearly-closest proximity measurements to the two-dimensional vessel outline, including one closest proximity measurement in each of a positive X direction, a negative X direction, a positive Y direction, and a negative Y direction. The processor then generates a most important object (MIO) dataset identifying the four linearly-closest proximity measurements.
US11443635B2
The invention relates to a method for transforming between a long vehicle combination (10) and a platoon (12) on the move. The present invention also relates to vehicles (14a-b; 14b-c) for such a method.
US11443631B2
Among other things, an equipment for use on board a first ground transportation entity has (a) a receiver for information generated by a sensor of the environment of the first ground transportation entity, (b) a processor, and (c) a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to generate and send safety message information to a second ground transportation entity based on the information generated by the sensor.
US11443630B2
A parking lot management device which manages a parking lot for accommodating a vehicle and stops the vehicle at a predetermined accommodation position in the parking lot, includes a priority assigning unit which assigns a priority to each of a plurality of moving bodies traveling in the parking lot according to an order in which each vehicle is traveled. The priority assigning unit assigns the priority to each vehicle according to a moving destination of each vehicle in the parking lot.
US11443619B2
A vehicle recognition apparatus according to an embodiment includes one or more hardware processors to: acquire a photographed image obtained by photographing vehicles forming a column of vehicles from an obliquely rearward direction with respect to the column of vehicles; generate a parallax image based on the photographed image; estimate a vanishing point in the parallax image; generate strip regions by dividing a region below the vanishing point in the parallax image in a horizontal direction; calculate a representative parallax for each strip region; extract strip regions efficient in recognizing a vehicle from among the strip regions based on the representative parallax; couple strip regions adjacent to each other among the extract strip regions to generate a coupled strip region based on a distance distribution model of a back surface and a side surface of a vehicle; and recognize a vehicle based on the coupled strip region.
US11443617B2
Disclosed are systems and methods relating to determining geographic locations of vehicle ways which are employed by vehicles for movement and/or parking. A classifier may be defined for identifying portions of the vehicle ways via machine learning techniques and processing of historical telematic data.
US11443615B2
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus configured to identify a location of an object. The electronic apparatus includes: a sound output unit comprising sound output circuitry; and a processor configured to: obtain first sound information from an external apparatus that receives a first sound output from the sound output unit, obtain second sound information from the external apparatus that receives a second sound output from an object, and identify locations of the electronic apparatus and the object with respect to the external apparatus based on a first signal characteristic and a second signal characteristic respectively detected using the obtained first sound information and second sound information.
US11443612B2
A rescue system includes a receiver, an emergency medical staff arrival time estimation unit, an acquisition unit, a user arrival time estimation unit, and a transmitter. The receiver receives a request for rescue of a rescued person and rescued person location information. The emergency medical staff arrival time estimation unit estimates an emergency medical staff arrival time at which an emergency medical staff arrives at the rescued person based on the rescued person location information. The acquisition unit acquires user location information of a registered user that is a candidate for a rescuer. The user arrival time estimation unit estimates the user arrival time when the registered user arrives at the rescued person based on the user location information. The transmitter transmits the request for rescue to the registered user that is able to arrive earlier than the emergency medical staff.
US11443609B2
An electronic device including: a processor, a SIM card, one or more sensors, and a memory. The processor may: analyze words or phrases spoken by one or more trusted user(s) using voice recognition; determine if the one or more trusted user(s) has spoken a wake word, activate the one or more sensors to collect data when it has been determined the wake word has been spoken; determine location and temporal data for the electronic device from the SIM card; continue to analyze words or phrases spoken by one or more trusted user(s) using voice recognition; determine if one or more trigger words has been spoken; and activate the one or more response measure(s) if it is determined that a trigger word has been spoken. Also described is a security system and a method for carrying out a predetermined response as a result of spoken wake and trigger words.
US11443608B2
A geofencing system (100) comprises at least one physical, moveable marker (102), the or each marker being arranged to define at least part of a geofence (106) based on the position of the moveable marker (102) such that changing the position of the or each moveable marker (102) changes the geofence (106). The or each marker (102) is arranged to provide a visible and/or audible indication of geofence (106). The system (100) also comprises at least one wearable device (104) arranged to receive data concerning the position of the geofence (106). The wearable device (104) is arranged to store up-to-date geofence information and to provide an alert in response to the wearable device (104) crossing the geofence (106).
US11443606B2
Implementations of firearm regulation systems may include a firearm safety system (FSS) configured to physically couple to a firearm. The FSS may include a locking mechanism configured to prevent the firearm from firing and a sensor configured to detect an environmental parameter. The firearm regulation system may also include a management system communicatively coupled to the FSS and a site safety system (SSS) communicatively coupled to the management system. The SSS may include one or more lockdown mechanisms.
US11443605B2
A monitoring apparatus, a vehicle, a monitoring method and an information processing apparatus. The monitoring apparatus is used for a vehicle and includes an image acquisition device, a processor and an alarm device. The image acquisition device is configured to acquire image information inside the vehicle. The processor, connected to the image acquisition device and the alarm device, is configured to control the alarm device to perform an alarm in a case where the image information meets preset violation conditions. The monitoring apparatus acquires the image information inside the vehicle through the image acquisition device, and after analysis and comparison by the processor, in a case where the image information meets the preset violation conditions is determined, the monitoring apparatus controls the alarm device to perform an alarm, which is conductive to discovering potential dangers of driving and improving the driving safety.
US11443599B1
Systems and methods to provide a portable alert device are disclosed herein. The system may include a key component that includes a connector extending from a first side and a base component. The key component is shaped with a first indent and a second indent on opposite sides. The base component includes: a back piece shaped with a first ledge and a second ledge opposite the first ledge that extend out of an interior of the back piece; a front piece that joins with the back piece to enclose a portion of the key component so that the first ledge is positioned within the first indent and the second ledge is positioned with the second indent, the first ledge within the first indent and the second ledge within the second indent prevent the key component from entirely disengaging with the base component; a transceiver; and alert components.
US11443595B2
An electronic gaming system includes a processor configured to execute instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to at least receive a wager amount and a bingo card parameter from an electronic gaming machine (EGM) that is communicatively coupled to the electronic gaming system. The instructions may also cause the processor to determine, based upon the wager amount, a subset of a plurality of bingo card parameters and compare the received bingo card parameter to the subset of the plurality of bingo card parameters to determine whether the received bingo card parameter matches any bingo card parameter of the subset of the plurality of bingo card parameters, where each bingo card parameter of the plurality of bingo card parameters is associated with a progressive jackpot. In addition, the instructions may cause the processor to award the progressive jackpot to a player of the EGM in response to determining that the received bingo card parameter matches a bingo card parameter of the subset of the plurality of bingo card parameters.
US11443592B1
An gaming apparatus, systems and methods with a remote redemption option including a payment acceptance device for accepting payment from a player; at least one display screen that displays symbols, a player's balance and game status information; at least one electronic game module for storing gaming information, operating a game and/or determining a redemption amount to a player; a control electronics in communication with the at least one electronic game module for processing the redemption amount to the player; and a payout dispenser for dispensing a redemption voucher to the player. The disclosure also includes an exchange center having an exchange point of sale within a universal redemption system.
US11443588B1
Embodiment method and associated apparatus relate to altering the expected value of a system modeled by a random process simplified to produce a binary outcome. Various embodiments modify a genetic algorithm to optimize such settings as population size, number of iterations to convergence, mutation chance, and sample space. Some embodiment ARON implementations correctly predict game outcome relative to the spread, based on transforming unrelated raw data, applying the transformed raw data to a modified genetic algorithm, generating multiple expected outcomes determined by the modified genetic algorithm as a function of the transformed raw data, and filtering the outcomes as a function of predefined metrics to produce a single end result that can be utilized effectively by an evolutionary-style algorithm. Various embodiment implementations use modified genetic algorithms with embedded neural network architecture to model and predict for a user a discrete forecast of a game-like scenario using selectively processed historical data.
US11443583B2
An automatic vending machine includes: a product housing rack including product housing shelves each including a product housing path, and a product discharger; a first stopper configured to be movable between a protrusion position and a retract position, and to tilt such that a free end side of a holding portion is positioned at a product discharge port; a second stopper configured to be movable between a retract position and a protrusion position, and to press a vending product when protruding; a link configured to move each of the first and the second stopper to the protrusion and the retract position; and a driver configured to drive the link, wherein the second stopper includes ribs formed on a surface facing the product housing path, the ribs being configured to extend from a base end part toward a holding portion of the second stopper.
US11443577B2
An encrypted security system and associated methods for controlling physical access. The system includes a security server configured to receive a request for authentication from a mobile device, the request having information identifying the mobile device and a physical access control device. The security server forwards an encryption message having a plurality of unique identifiers to the physical access control device via the mobile device. The physical access control device is configured to authenticate the plurality of unique identifiers in the encryption message and operate an access control mechanism.
US11443573B2
A locking and unlocking control system includes: a first information acquisition part configured to acquire presence information as to whether a parcel associated with a first user is present in a predetermined region defined in a vehicle or a facility, the predetermined region having a door configured to be locked and unlocked through a locking and unlocking process performed by a locking and unlocking control device; and a locking and unlocking control part configured to execute a predetermined process so as not to permit unlocking of the door by a second user when the locking and unlocking control part determines based on the presence information that the parcel is present in the predetermined region and when the door is locked.
US11443569B1
A system for battery management for a vehicle that includes at least a battery coupled to the vehicle, at least a sensor coupled to the battery, the sensor configured to detect an internal state datum of the battery, and transmit the internal state datum to a computing device, a computing device, the computing device configured to receive the internal state datum from the at least a sensor, generate an alert datum as a function of the internal state datum and an alert threshold, transmit the alert datum to a remote device, and a remote device communicatively connected to the vehicle, the remote device is configured to, receive the alert datum from the computing device, and display the alert datum.
US11443568B1
A head unit configured for use in a motor vehicle. The head unit comprises a processor, a cellular radio transceiver, a memory, and a notification application stored in the memory. When executed by the processor the notification application receives a recall notification message via the cellular radio transceiver, wherein the recall notification message comprises a definition of text to display on a screen communicatively coupled with the head unit, a definition of buttons to present on the screen, and a definition of action to take when a button is activated, stores the recall notification message in the memory, determines that rules for safe presentation of the notification are satisfied, presents the text defined in the message, receives a control input from one of the buttons defined by the message, and performs the action to be taken when the button is activated defined in the message.
US11443567B2
A method performed by a first computing system includes receiving, from a second computing system, a message identifying a symptom of a first vehicle; and sending a repair tip to the second computing system. The repair tip includes a first phrase describing a first procedure performed on a second vehicle that exhibited the symptom, wherein the first procedure performed on the second vehicle yielded a result insufficient to determine that a component of the second vehicle associated with the symptom is defective. The repair tip also includes a second phrase describing a second procedure performed on a given vehicle, wherein the given vehicle is either (i) the second vehicle or (ii) a third vehicle that also exhibited the symptom, wherein the second procedure performed on the given vehicle yielded a result sufficient to determine that a component of the given vehicle associated with the symptom is defective.
US11443565B2
A watercraft includes an information acquirer and a controller. The controller starts data transmission when a communication start condition based on at least one of a reception strength of a radio wave received by a communication terminal from a base station, a rotation speed of an engine, a traveling speed of a hull, and a state of a shift device is satisfied, and does not start the data transmission when the communication start condition is not satisfied.
US11443562B2
The present invention provides a magic cube timing device based on Bluetooth communication, including a timer main body and a non-slip mat. The timer main body is fastened to the non-slip mat. The timer main body includes a main body housing, a main control PCB board, a display apparatus, and two magnetic surface stickers. Two through holes are disposed in the main body housing. One end of the magnetic surface sticker penetrates through the through hole to connect to the main control PCB board. According to the magic cube timing device based on Bluetooth communication in the present invention, each use result in the magic cube timing device is transmitted to an external terminal by using a Bluetooth module, to effectively collect statistics on and store timing data.
US11443558B2
Provided is a motion recognition apparatus capable of individually recognizing motions performed using each body part. A motion recognition apparatus (10) includes: an acquisition unit (11) configured to acquire time series information regarding motions of an operator; a motion recognition unit (12) configured to recognize, on the basis of motion information that defines individual motions and the time series information, a motion of the operator corresponding to any one of the individual motions for each body part of the operator and generate a motion recognition result including a start time and an end time of the one of the individual motions corresponding to the recognized motion of the operator for each body part of the operator; and a display unit (13) configured to display the motion recognition result of each body part in a chronologically aligned manner on the basis of the generated motion recognition result.
US11443553B1
This disclosure provides a highly scalable training data preparation pipeline for data cleaning and augmentation with the aim of extracting the most meaningful information while keeping the noise level low, as well as a highly efficient distributed trainer for the deep neural networks suitable for facial recognition. The goal is to train deeper and larger neural networks with larger and higher quality facial image datasets iteratively and frequently without incurring prohibitive costs and drastic delays.
US11443551B2
In example implementations, a method is provided. The method may be executed by a processor. The method includes receiving an image. The image is analyzed to obtain facial features. Contextual information is obtained and a vector including a facial feature class of the facial features and contextual feature classes of the contextual information is generated. A facial recognition is then performed based on the vector.
US11443550B2
A face recognition monitoring system based on spectrum and multi-band fusion, including a spectrum camera, a first module for acquiring a face spectral image, a second module for preprocessing data of the face spectral image, a face spectral image database and a third module for recognizing the face spectral image. The spectrum camera includes an optical lens and a silicon-based detector. The silicon-based detector includes a photoelectric conversion substrate and a filter film arranged thereon. The filter film includes N units each including a visible spectrum sensing area, a near-infrared spectral image sensing area and a RGGB image acquisition area. The N units cover all pixels on the photoelectric conversion substrate. A recognition method using the above system is also provided.
US11443548B2
A fake finger in which a transparent thin film is attached to a finger surface is discriminated. A fake-finger determination device includes: an imaging unit 10 that captures an authentication object as a fingerprint authentication object; a classifying unit 31 that classifies an image captured by the imaging unit 10 into a plurality of regions including at least a skin region and a background region using colors of pixels included in the image; and a determining unit 32 that determines whether or not a foreign substance is present in the periphery of a finger based on a feature of a region classified as neither the skin region nor the background region out of the regions classified by the classifying unit 31.
US11443547B2
A contact image sensor having an illumination source; a first SBG array device; a transmission grating; a second SBG array device; a waveguiding layer including a multiplicity of waveguide cores separated by cladding material; an upper clad layer; and a platen. The sensor further includes: an input element for coupling light from the illumination source into the first SBG array; a coupling element for coupling light out of the cores into output optical paths coupled to a detector having at least one photosensitive element.
US11443546B1
A fingerprint sensing signal correction method for a fingerprint sensing signal correction device including a plurality of fingerprint sensors integrated inside of a display panel of an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a plurality of environmental voltages of the display panel during a pre-scanning mode; generating a plurality of correction voltages associated with the plurality of environmental voltages during a signal processing mode; and canceling the plurality of environmental voltages from a plurality of amplified sensing voltages to generate a plurality of corrected sensing voltages during a normal mode.
US11443545B2
A sensor pixel circuit may include: a photodiode to which a current flows according to incident light; a storage capacitor connected in parallel to the photodiode; a first transistor for connecting a bias voltage and the photodiode by a contact of a recognition object; and a second transistor for transmitting charges stored in the storage capacitor to a data line.
US11443530B2
A method for lane and roadway detection uses a multitask DNN architecture including an encoder, a first decoder and a second decoder. The method includes the following steps: providing an input image by an optical detection device, filtering the input image by the encoder, generating a first representation of the lane and/or roadway by the encoder, processing the first representation in the first and second decoders, outputting two different representations from the first and second decoders, combining the two different representations, and outputting identified lanes, lane markings and the roadway.
US11443522B2
Methods of processing vehicle sensor information for object detection may include capturing generating a feature map based on captured sensor information, associating with each pixel of the feature map a prior box having a set of two or more width priors and a set of two or more height priors, determining a confidence value of each height prior and each width prior, outputting an indication of a detected object based on a highest confidence height prior and a highest confidence width prior, and performing a vehicle operation based on the output indication of a detected object. Embodiments may include determining for each pixel of the feature map one or more prior boxes having a center value, a size value, and a set of orientation priors, determining a confidence value for each orientation prior, and outputting an indication of the orientation of a detected object based on the highest confidence orientation.
US11443519B2
A method for determining the digital fingerprint of vehicles in transit for automatic charge of tolls, fees and/or other possible treatments, comprises the steps of: providing at least one portal along a road with at least one pair of cameras respectively facing upstream and downstream of the portal and with at least one antenna configured to interrogate vehicle on-board devices to receive an identification code therefrom; processing images and signals from the cameras and the antenna to assign each vehicle a series of data which together define a digital fingerprint of each vehicle, in particular by tracking each vehicle shot by the cameras along a track and obtaining from the images acquired along the track data which are used by a classification algorithm for classifying the vehicles.
US11443518B2
A processing system including at least one processor may capture at least one image via at least one imaging sensor of an uncrewed aerial vehicle in a shared environment, detect a window within the at least one image, determine a location of the window in the shared environment, based upon a position of the uncrewed aerial vehicle and a distance between the uncrewed aerial vehicle and at least a portion of the window that is calculated from the at least one image, and record the location of the window in a map of the shared environment as a prohibited imaging zone.
US11443517B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, are disclosed. A system includes one or more processors and one or more computer storage media storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include: obtaining an image from a camera coupled to a garage; determining that a garage door has opened; in response to determining that the garage door has opened, determining that a vehicle position satisfies an alert criteria based on the image from the camera; and in response to determining that the vehicle position satisfies the alert criteria based on the image from the camera, providing a visual alert for a driver of the vehicle on a signaling device coupled to the garage.
US11443516B1
Motion of actors within a scene may be detected based on imaging data, using machine learning tools operating on cameras that captured the imaging data. The machine learning tools process images to perform a number of tasks, including detecting heads of actors, and sets of pixels corresponding to the actors, before constructing line segments from the heads of the actors to floor surfaces on which the actors stand or walk. The line segments are aligned along lines extending from locations of heads within an image to a vanishing point of a camera that captured the image. Trajectories of actors and visual data are transferred from the cameras to a central server, which links trajectories captured by multiple cameras and locates detected actors throughout the scene, even when the actors are not detected within a field of view of at least one camera.
US11443515B2
Systems and methods for correlating access-system primitives generated by an access control system and semantic primitives generated by a sensor data comprehension system.
US11443511B2
Systems and methods provided for presenting supplemental content in an augmented reality environment where an object within a field of view of an augmented reality device of a user is identified and processed to detect a reference related to a participant in an event. A user profile or user social network is searched to identify a message from the user about the participant. The message may be combined with the object in the augmented reality field of view.
US11443510B2
A method, system and computer program product that provides virtual assistance in facilitating visual comparison is disclosed. A method in accordance with example embodiments includes determining (by comparison of first metadata of an at least one user-provided image to second metadata of an at least one reference image) difference information as between an unknown object and a known object shown in the at least one user-provided image to the at least one reference image respectively.
US11443508B1
Provided are operations including: receiving, with one or more processors of a robot, an image of an environment from an imaging device separate from the robot; obtaining, with the one or more processors, raw pixel intensity values of the image; extracting, with the one or more processors, objects and features in the image by grouping pixels with similar raw pixel intensity values, and by identifying areas in the image with greatest change in raw pixel intensity values; determining, with the one or more processors, an area within a map of the environment corresponding with the image by comparing the objects and features of the image with objects and features of the map; and, inferring, with the one or more processors, one or more locations captured in the image based on the location of the area of the map corresponding with the image.
US11443506B2
A biometric information sensor device includes a control unit that issues a notification for failure to read biometric information of a detection target when reading of the biometric information fails after a contact of the detection target with a reading surface is detected.
US11443505B2
A method for analyzing images to generate a plurality of output features includes receiving input features of the image and performing Fourier transforms on each input feature. Kernels having coefficients of a plurality of trained features are received and on-the-fly Fourier transforms (OTF-FTs) are performed on the coefficients in the kernels. The output of each Fourier transform and each OTF-FT are multiplied together to generate a plurality of products and each of the products are added to produce one sum for each output feature. Two-dimensional inverse Fourier transforms are performed on each sum.
US11443503B2
A product analysis system 800 includes a detection means 810, a classification means 820, and a specification means 830. The detection means 810 detects an area of change in a product shelf from a video of the product shelf. The classification means 820 classifies the change in the product shelf in the detected area of change. The specification means 830 specifies the frequency at which a customer was interested in but did not purchase a product on the basis of the classification of the change.
US11443483B2
Systems, methods and instructions for creating building models of physical structures is disclosed. The building model may be a collection of floors defined by outlines containing regions that may be offset relative to a main region, and a collection of connectors. Connectors may have connection points for tracking, routing and sizing. Connectors may indicate elevation changes through georeferenced structural features. Signal elements may also be features that provide corrections when tracking. Feature descriptors are data that describes the structural configuration and signal elements enabling them to be matched to previously collected data in a database. User interface elements assist a user of a tracking device in collecting floor information, structural features and signal features and validating certain collected information based on previously known information. The height of floors may also be inferred based on sensor data from the tracking device.
US11443482B1
Disclosed is a system that receives a point cloud, and that generates a Bounding Volume Hierarchy (“BVH”) based on the point cloud data points. The BVH includes leaf nodes and parent nodes at one or more levels above the leaf nodes. The leaf nodes correspond to the point cloud data points. The system may receive input for adjusting a first set of elements of data points that are identified based on values specified for a second set of elements, and may locate those data points by traversing the BVH to arrive at a particular parent node that encompasses the values specified for the second set of elements. The system may then modify, based on the input, the first set of elements of a set of data points that correspond to a set of leaf nodes from the BVH that are directly or indirectly linked to the particular parent node.
US11443475B2
One embodiment of a method for computing a texture color includes tracing a ray cone through a graphics scene, determining a curvature of a first surface within the graphics scene at a point where the ray cone hits the first surface based on differential barycentric coordinates associated with the point, determining, based on the curvature of the first surface, a width of the ray cone at a subsequent point where the ray cone hits a second surface within the graphics scene, and computing a texture color based on the width of the ray cone.
US11443472B2
A method for managing a multi-user animation platform is disclosed. A three-dimensional space within a computer memory is modeled. An avatar of a client is located within the three-dimensional space, the avatar being graphically represented by a three-dimensional figure within the three-dimensional space. The avatar is responsive to client input commands, and the three-dimensional figure includes a graphical representation of client activity. The client input commands are monitored to determine client activity. The graphical representation of client activity is then altered according to an inactivity scheme when client input commands are not detected. Following a predetermined period of client inactivity, the inactivity scheme varies non-repetitively with time.
US11443464B2
The present disclosure provides a method of volumetric imaging of a sample. The method comprises providing a plurality of depth images of a region of interest of the sample using a volumetric imaging system. The region of interest is below a surface area of interest of the sample. Each depth image is associated with a layer or slice of the region of interest and the plurality of depth images together forming a volumetric image of the region of interest. The method further comprises providing a surface image of the surface area of interest of the sample and identifying a surface image property of a surface feature of the surface area of interest. The method also comprises processing the plurality of depth images of the region of interest using the surface image property of the surface feature to improve a property of the depth images of the region of interest.
US11443460B2
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a first user in an input image, accessing social data of the first user in the input image, where social data comprises information from a social graph of an online social network, selecting, based on social data of the first user in the input image, a mask from a set of masks, where the mask specifies one or more mask effects, and for each of the input images, applying the mask to the input image. The set of masks may comprise masks previously selected by friends of the first user within the online social network. The selected mask may be selected from a lookup table that maps the social data to the selected mask.
US11443456B2
In a data compression method of compressing data including at least one of a character and a number, the data is converted into character string data composed of 0s and 1s. Each of the 0s and 1s included in the character string data is treated as 1-bit data, and the 1-bit data is arranged in a data region having a two-dimensional array. Lossless compression of the data arranged in the data region is performed by using an image processing method.
US11443455B2
A scale and pose estimation method for a camera system is disclosed. Camera data for a scene acquired by the camera system is received. A rotation prior parameter characterizing a gravity direction is received. A scale prior parameter characterizing scale of the camera system is received. A cost of a cost function is calculated for a similarity transformation that is configured to encode a scale and pose of the camera system. The cost of the cost function is influenced by the rotation prior parameter and the scale prior parameter. A solved similarity transformation is determined upon calculating a cost for the cost function that is less than a threshold cost. An estimated scale and pose of the camera system is output based on the solved similarity transformation.
US11443448B2
A method includes capturing light reflected off one or more objects and splitting the captured light into a plurality of light fields with a plurality of phase curvatures. The method further includes generating, for the one or more objects, a plurality of holograms based on the plurality of light fields and determining, for each of the plurality of holograms, an intensity and a phase-shift of the hologram. The method thus includes generating a depth map comprising depth information for the one or more objects based at least in part on a function determined by the respective phase-shifts of the plurality of holograms.
US11443441B2
A computer-implemented medical data processing method for determining a difference in position of an imaged anatomical body part of a patient, the method comprising executing, on at least one processor of at least one computer, steps of: acquiring, at the at least one processor, first patient image data describing a digital image of a first anatomical body part during a first phase of inspiration and the position of the first anatomical body part during the first phase of inspiration in a first reference system associated with the first image data; acquiring, at the at least one processor, second patient image data different from the first patient image data and describing a digital image of the first anatomical body part during a second phase of inspiration and the position of the first anatomical body part during the second phase of inspiration in a second reference system associated with the second image data; acquiring, at the at least one processor, position transformation data describing a transformation between the first reference system and the second reference system; and determining, by the at least one processor and based on the first patient image data and the second patient image data and the position transformation data, position difference data describing a relative position between the position of the first anatomical body part during the first phase of inspiration and the position of the first anatomical body part during the second phase of inspiration.
US11443438B2
A distribution method includes: distributing, when multiple feature maps exist in an image processing model, to each feature map a neuron through which the feature map passes; filtrating, according to importance of neurons of multiple convolution layers in an image processing model, the neurons to obtain a first result; collecting, according to a position attribute of the each neuron in the first result, statistics on a scale of the feature map corresponding to each neuron to obtain a distribution relationship; the distribution relationship indicates a correspondence between the each feature map and the neuron through which the feature map passes; and distributing, according to the distribution relationship, to the each feature map the neuron through which the feature map passes.
US11443436B2
The present disclosure provides an interactive image matting method, a computer readable memory medium, and a computer device. The interactive image matting method includes steps: obtaining an original image; collecting foreground sample points on a hair edge foreground region of the original image and collecting background sample points on a hair edge background region of the original image by a human-computer interaction method to correspondingly obtain a foreground sample space and a background sample space; receiving a marking operation instruction input by a user, and smearing a hair region of the original image according to the marking operation instruction to mark unknown regions; traversing the unknown regions to obtain a pixel of each unknown region, traversing all the sample pairs to select a sample pair with a minimum overall cost function value for the pixel of each unknown region.
US11443434B2
An image processing apparatus includes an input unit that inputs an image, and a processor configured to read out a program stored in a memory, and executes the program. The processor is configured to detect an intended subject from the input image by a first detection method, set an intended subject region for the detected intended subject, detect the intended subject from the input image by a second detection method different from the first detection method, and update the set intended subject region by using a detection result of the second detection method.
US11443429B2
A method for mapping brain function of a subject includes generating a lesion mask using a search light algorithm based on a plurality of anatomical images of the subject. The plurality of anatomical images are registered with atlas images by nonlinear atlas registration using the generated lesion mask to generate a warping map. A plurality of functional images of the subject are resampled using the warping map to generate a functional map, functional connectivity is computed using the functional map and a multi-layer perceptron.
US11443421B2
System and method of detecting infestation in agricultural products is disclosed. In one embodiment, an infestation detection system captures hyperspectral imaging data and depth imaging data for a plurality of points on an agricultural product upon directing a light source at the agricultural product. The system analyses the captured imaging data to derive morphological details as well as spectral signatures for complete 360° view of the plurality of points on the agricultural product. In an embodiment, the spectral signatures may be corrected for one or more pixels associated with the plurality of points in the agricultural product by integrating the hyperspectral imaging data with the depth imaging data. The system further classifies one or more regions of the agricultural product based on matching of spectral signatures for the one or more pixels with pre-defined spectral signatures stored for a plurality of agricultural products, and accordingly detect infestation.
US11443420B2
There is provided a system and method of generating a metrology recipe usable for examining a semiconductor specimen, comprising: obtaining a first image set comprising a plurality of first images captured by an examination tool, obtaining a second image set comprising a plurality of second images, wherein each second image is simulated based on at least one first image, wherein each second image is associated with ground truth data; performing a first test on the first image set and a second test on the second image set in accordance with a metrology recipe configured with a first parameter set, and determining, in response to a predetermined criterion not being met, to select a second parameter set, configure the metrology recipe with the second parameter set, and repeat the first test and the second test in accordance with the metrology recipe configured with the second parameter set.
US11443419B2
To include reading design data of a plurality of patterns formed on a sample and characteristic information indicating characteristics of each of the patterns from a storage device, the characteristic information being additionally written in the design data, dividing a pattern formed region of the sample on which the patterns are formed, into a plurality of regions where the characteristics are different from each other on a basis of the characteristic information, calculating parameter information according to the characteristics with respect to each of the regions, where the parameter information is provided for generating a reference image from the design data to be used in an inspection of the patterns, and generating the reference image from the design data on a basis of the calculated parameter information.
US11443416B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for image content extraction. Some embodiments include extracting contextually structured data from document images, such as by automatically identifying document layout, document data, document metadata, and/or correlations therebetween in a document image, for instance. Several embodiments include extracting contextually structured data from table images, such as gridded and non-gridded tables. For example, the contents of cells may be extracted from a table image along with structural context including the corresponding row and column information. Many embodiments are directed to generating and utilizing a document template database for automatically extracting document image contents into a contextually structured format. Several embodiments are directed to automatically identifying and associating document metadata with corresponding document data in a document image to generate a machine-facilitated annotation of the document image. In some embodiments, the machine-facilitated annotation may be used to generate a template for the template database.
US11443406B2
Described herein are devices, systems and methods to utilize non-volatile memory to save and retrieve data that is used to accelerate the load and resume of GPU accelerated applications. Non-volatile memory and GPU logic are configured to enable the GPU to directly access the non-volatile memory to enable data to be read without requiring the data to traverse the CPU and CPU memory. This data access path creates a faster method for loading data into GPU local memory.
US11443405B2
A processing apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a plurality of processing cores, including a first processing core and a second processing core a first field programmable gate array (FPGA) coupled to the first processing core to accelerate execution of graphics workloads processed at the first processing core and a second FPGA coupled to the second processing core to accelerate execution of workloads processed at the second processing core.
US11443404B1
A system configured to determine an extent to which an object in a computer-generated scene is visible from a virtual camera, including a rendering engine comprising a depth buffer and arranged to render the computer-generated scene, and a viewability testing module. The viewability testing module is configured to: generate a plurality of points distributed across a surface of the object; determine a depth map value for each point within a field of view of the virtual camera; determine whether each such point is visible from the perspective of the virtual camera based on a comparison between the determined depth map value for the point and a corresponding one or more of the depth map values stored in the depth buffer; and determine the extent to which the object is visible in dependence on which of the plurality of points are determined to be visible.
US11443402B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating, by an image sensor of a computing device, frame data comprising sub-frames of image pixel data. A first resource of the system-on-chip provides the frame data to a second resource of the system-on-chip. The frame data is provided to the second resource using a first data path included in the system-on-chip. The first resource provides a token to the second resource using a second data path included in the system-on-chip. A processor of the system-on-chip, uses the token to synchronize production of sub-frames of image pixel data provided by the first resource to the second resource and to synchronize consumption of the sub-frames of image pixel data received by the second resource from the elastic memory buffer.
US11443401B2
In one example, a method for inserting a digital watermark in a signal includes obtaining the signal comprising a plurality of frames, inserting a first digital watermark in a first frame of the plurality of frames, inserting a second digital watermark in a second frame of the plurality of frames, wherein the second digital watermark differs from the first digital watermark in at least one way selected from a group of: a location within a respective frame, a number of bits, a pattern of bits, and a number of bits of a noise, and outputting a watermarked signal including the first digital watermark in the first frame and the second digital watermark in the second frame.
US11443400B2
In computer vision systems that need to decode machine-readable indicia from captured imagery, it is critical to select imaging parameters (e.g., exposure interval, exposure aperture, camera gain, intensity and duration of supplemental illumination) that best allow detection of subtle features from imagery. In illustrative embodiments, a Shannon entropy metric or a KL divergence metric is used to guide selection of an optimal set of imaging parameters. In accordance with other aspects of the technology, different strategies identify which spatial locations within captured imagery should be successively examined for machine readable indicia, in order to have a greatest likelihood of success, within a smallest interval of time. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US11443396B2
A system for prioritizing trailers delivering retail goods for an available receiving facility comprises a control unit that assigning a trailer from the plurality of trailers to be received by an available loading dock in response to data received by the control unit regarding a determined event requiring the retail goods in the trailer; and a plurality of sensors that receive and process information regarding the event and output the information as the data to the control unit. The control unit includes an allocation engine that identifies a match between the trailer and the available loading dock and prioritizes the trailer over other trailers of the plurality of trailers for receipt by the available loading dock according to the determined event.
US11443392B1
Devices, systems, and methods herein relate to generating a machine learning model for providing access to earned income. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive calibration datasets including (1) historical time data indicating time worked by a set of users and (2) historical earnings data indicating earnings made by the set of users. The processor may be configured to construct, based on the calibration datasets, a model for identifying anomalous data. The processor may be configured to receive, from a compute device associated with an entity, raw data for a current time period. The processor may be configured to process the raw data by removing anomalous data to produce processed data. The processor may be configured to determine an available balance for each user from the set of users based on the processed data.
US11443391B2
An automated system and method of payroll processing for charitable contributions. A self-service user interface prompts an operator to identify preferences for charitable projects. A charitable giving profile for the operator is generated from the preferences for charitable projects identified by the operator. Suggested charitable projects for the operator are identified using the charitable giving profile for the operator. Project information for the suggested charitable projects is displayed on the self-service user interface. Pay for the operator, including a donation of funds from the pay for the operator to the suggested charitable projects, is automatically processed. Funds from the pay for the operator are automatically distributed to the suggested charitable projects.
US11443387B2
Systems and methods are configured to determine whether a particular information object is a duplicate of an object found in separate information objects. In various embodiments, the particular information object and each separate information object includes a set of data fields for storing data values that allows identical values to be stored in different fields for the objects. The data values for the particular information object are combined to form a data structure that includes a data element for each value. A determination as to whether the particular information object is an exact or partial match of a separate information object is made by performing a function on the data structure for the particular information object and a data structure for the separate information object to identify an intersection that includes data values for the particular information object that have an identical match with values for the separate information object.
US11443368B2
A blockchain-based resource transfer method, includes: when a resource transfer condition is satisfied, determining a first amount of a to-be-transferred first resource; determining a second amount of a to-be-transferred second resource according to the first amount of the first resource, wherein a type of the first resource is different from a type of the second resource; initiating, by a resource transferor, a transaction request to a blockchain, to transfer the to-be-transferred second resource to a resource transferee, wherein the transaction request comprises first encrypted amount information obtained by encrypting the second amount of the second resource based on a first encrypting function, wherein inputs of the first encrypting function include the second amount of the second resource and a public key of the resource transferee; and after the blockchain verifies the transaction request, executing the transaction request, transferring the to-be-transferred second resource to the resource transferee, and recording an execution result of the transfer on the blockchain. Therefore, privacy information of both a resource transferor and transferee can be protected during resource transfer.
US11443367B2
A system and method for online peer-to-peer rental of things using crowdsourcing and selected groups of potential lenders. Individuals desiring to borrow a particular thing may search a listing of things offered for rental by lenders that have chosen to list for rental some of the things that they own. If a thing desired by one wishing to rent is not available among the things currently listed for rental, the borrower may request that potential lenders be contacted. Potential lenders may be identified using a collection of personal information for a population of consumers based on consumer purchase history information and consumer rental history information collected by the entity operating the peer-to-peer rental system.
US11443366B2
A system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium provide a platform for shoppers to remotely search for products in physical stores and to communicate with store sales people. Shoppers and stores perform an onboarding process in which they enter personal, business and payment information, respectively, to enable use of the system. The platform allows shoppers to search for a particular product via a device application on a mobile communication device of the shopper by inputting a selected amount of search criteria such as a segment, a category, a sub category and associated brand, size, color and price range. Further, the platform allows shoppers to efficiently inquire about particular products and to purchase products in a single chat session with a store sales person remotely.
US11443364B2
A computer-implemented is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a selection of a product; determining that there is insufficient available inventory of the product at a pick-up location; in response to the determining: selecting, based on inventory tracking data for the product, a first inventory location having available inventory of the product; determining, based on the first inventory location, the at least one possible pick-up location, and inventory transfer data, an inventory transfer time from the first inventory location to the pick-up location; and determining an earliest time of availability of a first quantity of the product at the pick-up location based on the inventory transfer time, and transmitting, to a customer device, the earliest time of availability of the first quantity of the product at the pick-up location for presenting, by the customer device, as available inventory at the pick-up location for pick up after the earliest time of availability.
US11443361B1
Described are systems, methods and arrangements for enabling fulfillment of items from printed materials. When printed material is generated it includes an embedded ordering device (“EOD”) that can be activated by a user that is viewing the printed material. Upon activation, the EOD connects to a wireless network and sends a unique identifier data to a fulfillment service. The fulfillment service, upon receiving the unique identifier data determines an item associated with the unique identifier data and a delivery destination (e.g., the address to which the printed material was delivered) and fulfills the item to the delivery destination.
US11443359B2
A method of segmenting a plurality of users in a first region based on predicted activity external to the first region. A system and computer program product are also provided.
US11443357B2
This disclosure describes systems and methods for matching user provided images that include representations of items with sellers of those items. A management service, as described herein, may provide a web site where users can post images, view images, share images, correspond with other users, etc. The management service may identify items represented in the images and determine one or more sellers that offer those items for sale. When another user requests to view the user provided image, the image, seller information identifying the seller determined to sell the item represented in the image, and/or a purchase control that may be selected by a user to initiate a purchase with the seller is presented.
US11443353B1
A system is disclosed that comprises a presentation system configured to receive a request from a wireless communication service customer and initiate an application programming interface call to an action tool. The system also comprises the action tool that accesses and analyzes customer analytics data and determines and sends potential actions based on the analysis to a rules engine. The system additionally comprises the rules engine that applies rules to select and send an action to the presentation system. The presentation system is further configured to generate and provide a customized GUI comprising a selectable button corresponding to the action to a display of an electronic device associated with the customer. The system further comprises a provisioning system configured to provision the customer with a different wireless communication service plan in response to the electronic device receiving an input to the customized GUI indicating selection of the selectable button.
US11443343B2
A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product blocks irrelevant message targeted to mobile electronic device. One or more processors identify a contextual history and a cognitive state of a person while in a physical venue. The processor(s) block the electronic message targeted to a mobile electronic device in use by the person based on the contextual history of the person and the cognitive state of the person while in the physical venue, such that the electronic message is deemed to be an irrelevant message.
US11443342B2
In one embodiment, a system, is provided to take not just a person's time and location into consideration, but also has knowledge of and takes into account their availability, their preferences, their schedule, their purpose for being at their current location, and/or their next goal or stop. One embodiment is able to take into account a real-time view of supplier inventory and deduce and make available much better-adapted offerings and support for that person's travels and endeavors. In one embodiment, having an understanding of a rate of conversion and its relation to traffic and weather patterns allows service providers to make more accurate predictions about various items, including but not limited to, conversion rates, offer types, offer upgrades, traffic etc. In yet another aspect of the invention, the information collected from many travelers, and also information collected from airlines and weather observers, etc., can be used to forecast inventory requirements, such as obtaining and preparing fresh food and pulling from storage chilled or frozen food, as well as man power or staffing level requirements, to meet projected demands.
US11443337B2
A method for planning deployment of image sensors may include determining a location of a store shelf within a retail store and obtaining a first coverage parameter corresponding to a first product type and a second coverage parameter corresponding to a second product type. The method may also include accessing a database to determine a first height of products of the first product type and a second height of products of the second product type, and determining a position for placing a camera configured to capture images of at least a portion of the store shelf by analyzing the location of the store shelf, the first coverage parameter, the second coverage parameter, the first height, and the second height. The method may further include providing, to a user interface of a user device, information relating to the determined position of the camera.
US11443327B2
Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for implementing a block chain node device are disclosed. A processor allows hosting a received smart contract on a block chain ledger. The smart contract includes a digital model of a contract that describes base policy between an organization and a client. A receiver receives a side car contract from an external database. The side car contract includes a digital addendum to the smart contract and one or more modifications to one or more terms of the contract according to one or more regulatory provisions. The processor attaches the side car contract to the smart contract, and causes a graphical user interface (GUI) to report the one or more terms of the contract according to the one or more modifications in the side car contract in response to one or more received requests to thereby facilitate compliance with the regulatory provisions.
US11443323B2
A mobile communications device includes a near field communications (NFC) port and processor. The processor executes a trusted application within a trusted execution environment (TEE) for processing sensitive data. Additionally, the processor executes a NFC driver within the TEE for providing a secure channel between the trusted application and the NFC port such that sensitive data being exchanged across the secure channel are inaccessible to other processes being executed by the processor.
US11443322B2
A computer operable method of processing a current transaction between a merchant device and a customer device, including: receiving a command for remote payment from a computer application program on a computer system in a merchant network; receiving said transaction data from the computer application program; said transaction data containing phone number or unique identifiable data element for the customer; generating a message which contains a clickable link; sending a short messaging service (SMS) or multimedia messaging service (MMS) based on the message that is generated; displaying a web page with payment options when link is clicked; directing data transmission to different payment gateways from the payment options displayed on the web page; receiving data from different payment gateways based on the payment option selected; and transmitting said received data from a payment gateway to the originating merchant device.
US11443321B2
Methods and systems for dynamically generating a verification value for a transaction and for utilizing such value to verify the authenticity of the payment service application. The dynamically created verification value may be generated on a payment device, such as an integrated circuit credit card or smart card, embedded into the payment data, and transmitted to a point of sale terminal. Alternatively, payment data is sent by a payment device to a point of sale terminal, which generates a verification value and embeds it into the payment data. The embedded verification value is used by a service provider to verify the authenticity of the transaction. The methods and systems may be used in a contactless (wireless) environment or a non-wireless environment.
US11443317B2
A system for “tagging” funds identified on a blockchain and associating a weight value therewith. The tagging profile is developed into a propagation profile wherein weight values are inherited from the tagging profile s. Propagation profile funds may be diluted by combining with non-tagged funds, similar to how ink dilutes through water. A spending history of funds of interest is developed based on replaying the funds of interest against the global transaction history of the blockchain. It is determined whether the spending history intersects with the propagation profile, thus determining how closely the two sources of funds are economically to one another. Intersection triggers actions including alert notifications or transfer of funds on the blockchain.
US11443314B2
Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods to unlock an account associated with a user for a limited period of time to enable the user conduct a transaction using funds from that account. In one embodiment of the invention, the user may select options relating to the transaction using a payment menu provided at a mobile communications device associated with the user. A notification message is received at the mobile communications device informing the user that the account is unlocked for a certain period of time and for a certain amount. After the transaction is complete, the user is notified and the account is locked again.
US11443310B2
Encryption operations using private and public cryptographic signature keys may be used to facilitate secure and uniquely identifiable audit records relating to website content classification. Blockchain may be used to facilitate collection, storage, and sharing of encrypted audit records. Based on shared encrypted information (e.g. from the blockchain or elsewhere) a content evaluation consensus may be formed. Collections of encrypted audit records may be processed and results of the processing may also be shared via the blockchain. Subsequent operations can include sharing of the processing results.
US11443308B2
A transaction system can include a computing device with a communication port, a processor device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage memory. The communication port can communicate data with other computing devices. The non-transitory computer-readable storage memory includes code that is executable by the processor device to perform operations. The operations include receiving parameters of a transfer, verifying the transfer using a multi-factor authentication process, in response to verifying the transfer, using a private key to countersign the transfer and return, via the communications port, a signed transfer package for execution of the transfer, and providing, via the communications port, the parameters of the transfer and countersign data to an immutable ledger.
US11443301B1
Various examples are directed to systems and methods for securely sending and using proxy element in a mobile wallet system. Through a user interface associated with a proxy originator wallet, user input may be received that defines the parameters of the proxy element. The parameters may include one or more of a spending limit, a time duration, a use number condition, and a transfer condition, and a product condition. A request may be sent from the proxy originator wallet to a proxy approver system to create the proxy element. The originator wallet may receive a proxy grant acknowledgement from the proxy approver system. The grant acknowledgement may instructions for obtaining credentials for the proxy element. The proxy element including the parameters and the instructions for obtaining credentials may be sent to a mobile wallet of a recipient. The recipient mobile wallet may use the proxy element for payment or non-payment transactions.
US11443299B2
A system and method for gift card use notification is disclosed. The method receives at a gift card use notification system, an indication that a specific gift card was used for a purchase. The information from the notice is used to identify the customer that had given the specific gift card. Contact information for the customer that had given the specific gift card is determined. The gift card use notification system provides to the customer, via the contact information, a use notification indicating that the specific gift card had been used.
US11443288B2
A system and method are provided for automatically estimating a repair cost for a vehicle. A method includes: receiving, at a server computing device over an electronic network, one or more images of a damaged vehicle from a client computing device; performing image processing operations on each of the one or more images to detect external damage to a first set of parts of the vehicle; inferring internal damage to a second set of parts of the vehicle based on the detected external damage; and, calculating an estimated repair cost for the vehicle based on the detected external damage and inferred internal damage based on accessing a parts database that includes repair and labor costs for each part in the first and second sets of parts.
US11443284B2
Embodiments included herein are directed towards a method for synchronizing notary meeting interactions between multiple software clients. Embodiments may include allowing a signer to join, via a graphical user interface associated with a first software client, a remote notary meeting. Embodiments may also include permitting a remote notary agent to control the remote notary meeting using a second software client. Embodiments may further include synchronizing one or more behaviors associated with the first software client and the second software client using an application programming interface (API).
US11443281B2
A method for enabling collaboration between individuals to design, construct and maintain a building. The method comprises providing a network based computer system including at least one server and multiple clients. The multiple clients allow respective individuals to interact with the server. The server includes a machine-readable storage, which is encoded with software for execution by a CPU for allowing individuals at the respective clients to create, execute and manage projects associated with at least one of a design phase, construction phase and maintenance phase of the building. Each project comprises one or more events that are related to time. The method also comprises storing in the machine-readable storage events as they occur during execution of each project to create a building project database spanning at least the design phase and the construction phase and optionally the maintenance phase of the building.
US11443271B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for managing a user request for a transport of good. An embodiment operates by receiving a user request for the transport of the good from a pickup location to a destination location. After receiving the user request, a pickup and destination node is identified from a pre-generated graph of nodes. Subsequently, a transit cost for the pickup location or the destination location is determined. Based on the lowest transit cost, a preferred route among possible routes from the pickup location is generated. Thereafter, a transporter arrival time related to the pickup location and/or an intermediate location is determined based on the preferred route, and a transporter to pick up the good from the pickup location or the intermediate location is assigned and tracked during the transporting of the good.
US11443268B2
Systems and methods for the intermodal delivery of materials within an at least substantially autonomous carrier traveling along a delivery path. The carrier may dock with a transit vehicle or engage directly with a railway to travel along a transit line while making a delivery. The carrier may also be suitable for securably storing materials therein, such as where a plurality of carriers stop at a storage hub located substantially near and/or along the delivery path. The storage hub may include a charging station for the carriers, and serve as a portable warehouse for both materials and carriers. When adequately charged, the carrier may deliver materials to their final destinations. Or, the materials may be transferred to a load transporter to facilitate first- and/or last-mile delivery.
US11443266B2
A machine learning apparatus totals up all of the unit work operations included in the plurality of different work processes and judges if the plurality of unit work operations of the same type are similar to each other. The machine learning apparatus defines a similar first unit work operation and second unit work operation as a set of similar work operations, uses a common machine learning algorithm so as to generate a similar work learning model, and performs learning relating to a first work process including the first unit work operation and a second work process including the second unit work operation based on the similar work learning model.
US11443263B2
An organizational risk management service includes a risk assessment and mitigation platform for evaluating organizational risk. The service includes interfaces for managing connections with organizational and external systems for intake of messaging that provides information which is analyzed to define risks faced by an organization. This risk is defined by analyzing this messaging and its metadata with a system manager, a rules engine, and a message manager. The service and platform models responses to address the risks faced by the organization, and generates event relays that comprise communications, alerts, notifications, instructions, and other information for registered users, and external systems that enable actions for addressing and mitigating the risk and compliance with organizational policies and procedures.
US11443261B2
Embodiments may include systems and methods to create and edit a representation of a worksite, to create various data objects, to classify such objects as various types of predefined “features” with attendant properties and layout constraints. As part of or in addition to classification, an embodiment may include systems and methods to create, associate, and edit intrinsic and extrinsic properties to these objects. A design engine may apply of design rules to the features described above to generate one or more solar collectors installation design alternatives, including generation of on-screen and/or paper representations of the physical layout or arrangement of the one or more design alternatives. Some embodiments may provide viewing, creating, and manipulating of multiple versions of a solar collector layout design for a particular installation worksite. The use of versions may allow analysis of alternative layouts, alternative feature classifications, and cost and performance data corresponding to alternative design choices. Version summary information providing a representative comparison between versions across a number of dimensions may be provided.
US11443258B2
A computer-implemented is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining current delivery schedules of a plurality of delivery entities, the current delivery schedules including delivery data for pending deliveries of product orders associated with a plurality of merchants; receiving, from a computing device, a first order for a product associated with a first merchant; determining order data for the first order, the order data indicating, at least, an inventory location having available inventory of the product and a delivery destination for the first order; identifying a first set of the pending deliveries, the identifying including comparing delivery routes associated with said pending deliveries with order data for the first order; generating messages for causing delivery entities associated with the first set of pending deliveries to include the first order in their respective delivery schedules; and sending the generated messages to the respective delivery entities.
US11443257B2
A system may include a computer-readable storage medium configured to store a first set of instructions for determining one or more candidate driver terminals to accept a service request; and a processor in communication with the computer-readable storage medium, wherein when executing the first set of instructions, the processor is directed to: establish a communication with a passenger terminal; obtain a service request including a position of the passenger terminal from the passenger terminal: determine a wireless fidelity (WiFi) station based on the position of the passenger terminal; determine one or more driver terminals that access the WiFi station; determine an access instance of each of the one or more driver terminals; and determine one or more candidate driver terminals among the one or more driver terminals based on the one or more access instances of the one or more driver terminals.
US11443244B2
An aspect of the invention includes receiving machine learning (ML) training data that includes a plurality of features for a plurality of observations. The ML training data is broken into a plurality of non-overlapping subsets of features and observations. A first ML algorithm is trained based on a first subset of the features and observations, and a second ML algorithm is trained based on a second subset of the features and observations. The training of the first ML algorithm overlaps in time with the training of the second ML algorithm. The first and second ML algorithms are tested. Either the first or second ML algorithm is selected based at least in part on results of the testing. The selected ML algorithm is retained as a trained ML algorithm for predicting one or more of the plurality of features based on one or more others of the plurality of features.
US11443237B1
Systems and techniques are disclosed for a centralized platform for enhanced automated machine learning using disparate datasets. An example method includes receiving user specification of one or more data sources to be integrated with the system, the data sources storing datasets to be utilized to train one or more machine learning models by the system, and the datasets reflecting user interaction data. A dataset is imported from the data source, and machine learning models are automatically trained based a particular machine learning model recipe of a plurality of machine learning model recipes. A first trained machine learning model is implemented, with the system being configured to respond to queries based on the implemented machine learning model, and with the responses including personalized recommendations.
US11443236B2
A method of utilizing a computing device to correct source data used in machine learning includes receiving, by the computing device, first data. The computing device corrects the source data via an application of a covariate shift to the source data based upon the first data where the covariate shift re-weighs the source data.
US11443231B2
A processing device can establish a vector-trained, deep learning model to produce software dependency recommendations. The processing device can build a list of software dependencies and corresponding metatags for each of the software dependencies, and generate a probability distribution from the list. The processing device can sample the probability distribution to produce a latent vector space that includes representative vectors for the software dependencies. The processing device can train a hybrid deep learning model to produce software dependency recommendations using the latent vector space as well as collaborative data for the software dependencies.
US11443220B2
To simplify assisting a user in their day-to-day activities, a communication for performing an action may be sent to a user in the form of a query, where the query includes the most likely set of choices for the action arranged in a group of dichotomous (e.g., yes/no) or multiple choice answers. In this manner, a user may respond to the query by simply selecting one of the dichotomous or multiple choice answers. Historical logs of past actions, responses, queries, and so forth, may be used to predict future user actions or needs, and to formulate future queries for sending to the user. These techniques may be implemented, for example, through a remote coordination server or directly through a user's personal electronics device.
US11443217B2
It is possible to perform a stochastic process based on a metropolis algorithm while reducing a physical quantity of a circuit. Provided is an information processing apparatus including one or a plurality of array circuits. In this apparatus, each of the array circuits includes a plurality of units, and each of the plurality of units includes a first memory that stores a value indicating a state of one node of a coupling model, a second memory that stores a coupling coefficient indicating coupling from a node of another unit connected to an unit of the second memory, and a logic circuit that determines a value indicating a subsequent state of the one node based on a value indicating a state of the node of the other unit and the coupling coefficient. Further, the logic circuit sets a first random variable in accordance with an exponential distribution of a parameter θ as an input.
US11443212B2
Various embodiments are provided for learning policy explanations in a computing environment by a processor. One or more explanations may be provided that justify validity or invalidity of a claim based on one or more rules extracted from one or more segments of text data of a policy data source using a machine learning operation.
US11443209B2
A method, system, and a computer program product automatically select training data for updating a model by applying human-annotated training data to a model to generate results that are evaluated to identify correct case results and false case results that are categorized into error type categories for use in building error models corresponding to the error type categories, where each error model is built from at least failed case results belonging to a corresponding error type, and where unlabeled data samples are applied to each error model to compute an error likelihood for each unlabeled data sample with respect to each error type category, thereby enabling the selection and display of unlabeled data samples for annotation by a subject matter expert based on a computed error likelihood for the one or more unlabeled data samples in a specified error type category meeting or exceeding an error threshold requirement.
US11443193B2
Adapting a machine learning model to process data that differs from training data used to configure the model for a specified objective is described. A domain adaptation system trains the model to process new domain data that differs from a training data domain by using the model to generate a feature representation for the new domain data, which describes different content types included in the new domain data. The domain adaptation system then generates a probability distribution for each discrete region of the new domain data, which describes a likelihood of the region including different content described by the feature representation. The probability distribution is compared to ground truth information for the new domain data to determine a loss function, which is used to refine model parameters. After determining that model outputs achieve a threshold similarity to the ground truth information, the model is output as a domain-agnostic model.
US11443189B2
A hypernetwork training method includes: acquiring a multipath neural subnetwork based on a preconstructed initial hypernetwork; training the multipath neural subnetwork to update a weight parameter of each substructure in the multipath neural subnetwork; synchronizing the weight parameter of each substructure in the multipath neural subnetwork to the preconstructed initial hypernetwork; and determining whether the preconstructed initial hypernetwork converges, and if it is determined that the preconstructed initial hypernetwork does not converge, re-executing the acquiring, the training, the synchronizing, and the determining, to obtain a target hypernetwork.
US11443187B2
This disclosure relates to method and system for improving classifications performed by artificial neural network (ANN) model. The method may include identifying, for a classification performed by the ANN model for an input, activated neurons in each neural layer of the ANN model; and analyzing the activated neurons in each neural layer with respect to Characteristic Feature Directive (CFDs) for corresponding neural layer and for a correct class of the input. The CFDs for each neural layer may be generated after a training phase of the ANN model and based on neurons in corresponding neural layer that may be activated for a training input of the correct class. The method may further include determining differentiating neurons in each neural layer that are not activated as per the CFDs for the correct class of the input based on the analysis; and providing missing features based on the differentiating neurons.
US11443186B2
A method and system for executing processes in an operating system is disclosed. The method may include assigning a tag Identifier (ID) and a first tree ID to each of a plurality of processes based on associated at least one attribute. The method may further include determining content patterns associated with each of the plurality of processes using a deep learning network. The method may include assigning a second tree ID to each of at least one process from the plurality of processes based on the identified content pattern. The method may further include generating a set of clusters for the plurality of processes based on the second tree ID assigned to each of the at least one process. The method may include executing each process within a cluster from the set of clusters based on execution of a single process within the cluster.
US11443184B2
An embodiment takes the form of a prediction system that obtains a respective indicated similarity of trajectories in each of a plurality of combinations of observed vehicle trajectories. The prediction system, for each of the combinations, calculates a distance between respective intermediate representations, generated by a neural network, of the trajectories in the combination, and performs a training of the neural network based on a calculated loss between the distance and the indicated similarity of the trajectories in the combination. The respective calculated losses converge after performing respective trainings for the combinations. The prediction system creates an intermediate space of respective intermediate representations, generated by the neural network, of observed vehicle trajectories, and predicts a trajectory of a road agent based on a distance between a given intermediate representation in the intermediate space and an intermediate representation of an observed trajectory of the road agent generated by the neural network.
US11443180B1
Various embodiments of systems and methods for mapping review articles to locations in a marketplace catalog. Various embodiments include training a system using product reviews and images from the marketplace as training data. Product reviews and images can be provided to autoencoders to generate respective short codes. The product review short codes can be combined with the product image short codes to generate review short codes. These review short codes can be provided as training data for an attribute assignment network while associated attributes (e.g., attributes associated with related products) can be target outputs for the attribute assignment network. After the system is sufficiently trained, a review article can be obtained from the publishing platform. This review article can be provided to the trained system to receive predicted attribute assignments. These predicted attribute assignments can be effective to map the review article to locations in a marketplace catalog.
US11443175B2
Numerous embodiments are disclosed for compensating for differences in the slope of the current-voltage characteristic curve among reference transistors, reference memory cells, and flash memory cells during a read operation in an analog neural memory in a deep learning artificial neural network. The embodiments are able to compensate for slope differences during both sub-threshold and linear operation of reference transistors.
US11443173B2
Embodiments disclose an artificial intelligence chip and a convolutional neural network applied to the artificial intelligence chip comprising a processor, at least one parallel computing unit, and a pooling computation unit. The method comprises: dividing a convolution task into convolution subtasks and corresponding pooling subtasks; executing convolution subtasks at different parallel computing units, and performing convolution, batch normalization, and non-linear computing operation in a same parallel computing unit; sending an execution result of each parallel computing unit from executing the convolution subtask to the pooling computation unit for executing the corresponding pooling subtask; merging executing results of the pooling computation unit from performing pooling operations on the executing results outputted by respective convolution subtasks to obtain an execution result of the convolution task. This can reduce data transport, such that operations of the convolutional neural network may be accomplished with lower power consumption and less time in an edge device.
US11443159B2
Aspects described herein may allow for a payment card assembly including a payment card having a first surface and an opposed second surface, and being formed of a biodegradable plastic. A Europay, Mastercard, and Visa (EMV) chip may be removably secured to the payment card. One or more plant seeds may be embedded in the payment card.
US11443150B2
An automotive sensor integration module including a plurality of sensors which differ in at least one of a sensing period or an output data format, and a signal processing unit, which simultaneously outputs, as sensing data, pieces of detection data respectively output from the plurality of sensors on the basis of the sensing period of any one of the plurality of sensors, determines whether each region of an outer cover corresponding to a location of each of the plurality of sensors is contaminated on the basis of the pieces of detection data, and outputs a determination result as contamination data.
US11443149B2
Apparatus and methods for ascribing one of multiple predetermined sub-classes to multiple pixels of an image of an unknown rock sample retrieved from a geological formation. The ascription utilizes a deep learning model trained with an annotated training dataset. The annotated training dataset includes multi-pixel images of known rock samples and, for each known rock sample image, which sub-class corresponds to at least a subset of pixels of that image. For each pixel of the unknown rock sample image having an ascribed sub-class, which one of predetermined meta-classes is associated with that pixel is derived based on the sub-class ascribed to that pixel. The meta-classes represent different predetermined rock types. At least one property of the formation is predicted utilizing the ascription-derived meta-classes, including which rock type(s) are present in the formation.
US11443148B2
Systems, methods, tangible non-transitory computer-readable media, and devices for autonomous vehicle operation are provided. For example, a computing system can receive object data that includes portions of sensor data. The computing system can determine, in a first stage of a multiple stage classification using hardware components, one or more first stage characteristics of the portions of sensor data based on a first machine-learned model. In a second stage of the multiple stage classification, the computing system can determine second stage characteristics of the portions of sensor data based on a second machine-learned model. The computing system can generate an object output based on the first stage characteristics and the second stage characteristics. The object output can include indications associated with detection of objects in the portions of sensor data.
US11443145B2
To enable effectively narrowing down features to be generated, thereby generating effective features at a high speed, in obtaining the features from a large volume of data. A fixed rule and an additional rule are stored in advance. The fixed rule specifies a rule of a calculation operation for generating a new feature. The additional rule specifies whether to perform a calculation operation for generating the new feature on a basis of meta-information, not depending on whether the fixed rule is applicable. An objective variable is predicted from plurality of features on the basis of the fixed rule and the additional rule.
US11443143B2
Techniques for unattended object detection using machine learning are disclosed. A machine learning policy, for use in identifying unattended objects in a captured image depicting one or more objects, is generated. The generating includes determining a level of occlusion in the captured image relating to the objects, and determining the machine learning policy based on the determined level of occlusion. A machine learning model is selected, from among a plurality of pre-defined machine learning models, based on the generated machine learning policy. An unattended object is detected in the captured image using the selected machine learning model.
US11443138B2
A virtual camera configuration system includes any number of cameras disposed about an area, such as an event venue. The system also includes at least one processor and at least one non-transitory, computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor. In certain embodiments, the at least one non-transitory, computer-readable medium is configured to store instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to perform operations including receiving a set of game data, receiving a set of audiovisual data, and receiving a set of camera presets. The operations also include generating a set of training data and training a model based on the set of training data. The operations also include generating, using the model on a second set of game data and a second set of audiovisual data, a second set of camera presets associated with the set of virtual cameras.
US11443136B2
This disclosure relates generally to method for signal pre-processing based on a plurality of data driven models and a data dependent model transformation. The method includes (a) receiving, a raw signal as an input; (b) learning, a set of representational basis from the received raw signal, wherein the set of representational basis comprises a plurality of orthonormal vectors; (c) selecting, at least one orthonormal vector from the plurality of orthonormal vectors, (d) determining, a structure of the plurality of dictionary atoms, wherein structure of the plurality of dictionary atoms corresponds to a graph structure represented as a Laplacian matrix (L); (e) integrating, the graph structure as a structure of the set of representational basis to obtain a reconfigured data model; and (f) reconstructing, using the reconfigured data model to obtain a denoised signal, wherein at least one of constraints on a optimization problem corresponds to desired spectral and topological structure.
US11443135B2
An electronic device according to certain embodiments may include a camera, a memory, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: obtain an image through the camera; obtain an image of at least one object from the obtained image; determine whether the image of the at least one object corresponds to an image of an object stored in the memory; output about a request for information about the at least one object, based at least in part on the determination; and obtain the information about the at least one object, based at least in part on information received from an external source.
US11443132B2
Distributing machine learning models to electronic devices is provided. A number of machine learning models are built and stored on a server, wherein each model is customized to different device and user requirements. A request for a machine learning model is received from an electronic device, wherein the request includes a device profile comprising device attributes and user characteristics. The server determines which machine learning model from among the number of models is best suited for the device profile according to a set of model policies. The machine learning model best suited for the device profile is selected and downloaded to the device.
US11443127B1
A system includes one or more assets disposed within a physical location, where each asset is coupled to a wireless tag. Each wireless tag is configured to wirelessly transmit beacon signals at predetermined intervals. The system further includes a gateway configured to cover the range of the physical location. The gateway is configured to scan the physical location to identify beacon signals transmitted by each of the wireless tags and receive the beacon signals from each wireless tag at the predetermined intervals. The gateway is also configured to dynamically optimize a function of the gateway by adjusting a scan frequency based at least in part on a variability of the wireless tags disposed within the physical location.
US11443124B2
A resonant structure includes a conductive surface layer on a dielectric layer that produces an enhanced or reduced backscattered radiation in one or more resonant frequency bands when illuminated with electromagnetic energy. A transmitter illuminates the resonant structure with the electromagnetic energy at a first angle relative to the normal of the conductive surface. A receiver is operable to detect the enhanced or reduced backscattered radiation at the resonant frequency bands at a second angle relative to the normal of the conductive surface. The second angle is different from the first angle by at least five degrees. A processor coupled to the receiver and is operable to detect data encoded in one or both of a frequency response and a polarization response of the resonant structure based on the detected enhanced or reduced backscattered radiation.
US11443121B2
A dialogue complexity assessment method, system, and computer program product including calculating a complexity utilizing domain-dependent terms and domain-independent terms of a dialogue, where the dialogue includes dialogue data from contact centers of service providers.
US11443112B2
Using a natural language analysis, a current message is classified into a current message class, the current message being a portion of an interaction in narrative text form. For the interaction using a state prediction model, an interaction outcome corresponding to the current message class is forecasted, the forecasting comprising computing a probability that the current message class will result in a successful message class. Using the state prediction model, a set of next message classes and a set of predicted interaction outcomes are determined, each message in the set of next message classes corresponding to the current message class, each predicted interaction outcome in the set of predicted interaction outcomes corresponding to a next message class in the set of next message classes. According to the corresponding predicted interaction outcome, the set of next message classes is ranked.
US11443103B2
A method for annotating dynamic content includes receiving a freeform annotation overlaid on dynamic content; determining whether the dynamic content changes; in response to a determination that the dynamic content changes, displaying an indicator corresponding to a region where the freeform annotation was created; determining whether the indicator is selected; in response to a determination that the indicator is selected, displaying a lightbox with the freeform annotation as it was overlaid on the dynamic content when it was created; determining whether the a revert button included in the lightbox is selected; and in response to a determination that the revert button is selected, displaying the freeform annotation overlaid on the dynamic content as it was created before the dynamic content changed.
US11443102B1
Methods and systems for artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted document annotation and training of machine learning-based models for document data extraction are described. The methods and systems described herein take advantage of a continuous machine learning approach to create document processing pipelines that provide accurate and efficient data extraction from documents that include structured text, semi-structured text, unstructured text, or any combination thereof.
US11443098B1
A rendering engine is disclosed that provides to federation of user interface elements and recursive execution of user interface elements. By federating user interface elements, the code for maintaining the various elements can be separately maintained, created, and updated without affecting other elements or the page layout of a particular page in a site.
US11443090B2
An optimization device includes: a memory; and a processor configured to: calculate, as bit operations, when any bit in a bit string representing a state of an Ising model is inverted, an energy change value of the Ising model based on a coefficient indicating magnitude of an interaction between an own bit and the inverted bit in the bit string; output a first signal indicating inversion availability of the own bit according to the energy change value and a second signal indicating the energy change value; select the bit to be inverted in the bit string and the energy change value corresponding to the bit based on the first signal and the second signal; output a fourth signal indicating the selected energy change value; and calculate energy of the Ising model based on the energy change value indicated by the fourth signal.
US11443083B2
Methods of identifying a hot spot from a design layout or of predicting whether a pattern in a design layout is defective, using a machine learning model. An example method disclosed herein includes obtaining sets of one or more characteristics of performance of hot spots, respectively, under a plurality of process conditions, respectively, in a device manufacturing process; determining, for each of the process conditions, for each of the hot spots, based on the one or more characteristics under that process condition, whether that hot spot is defective; obtaining a characteristic of each of the process conditions; obtaining a characteristic of each of the hot spots; and training a machine learning model using a training set including the characteristic of one of the process conditions, the characteristic of one of the hot spots, and whether that hot spot is defective under that process condition.
US11443079B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for generating an interior design pertaining to a floor plan and creating a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the interior design for achieving high quality interior décor for residential as well as commercial properties. An aspect of the present disclosure pertains to a system for generating and visualizing the interior design in the 3D representation that includes a two-dimensional image receive module to receive a two-dimensional input image of the floor plan, a shape determination module to determine shape of a defined space of the floor plan, an object position determination module to determine position of one or more objects in the defined space, an object placement module to place the one or more objects in the defined space, and a three-dimensional representation generation module to generate a 3D representation of the interior design pertaining to the floor plan.
US11443076B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for digitally customizing a product. An embodiment operates by the system generating a three-dimensional model of a portion of a body comprising a custom segment. The system then correlates the custom segment of the three-dimensional body to a corresponding segment of a three-dimensional model of the product using a correlation model unique to the product. The corresponding segment of the three-dimensional model of the product corresponding to a product metric for manufacturing the product. Subsequently, the system determines a difference between the custom segment of the three-dimensional model of the portion of the body and the corresponding segment of the three-dimensional model of the product is. Based on the difference, the system determines an adjusted metric for manufacturing the product. Subsequently, based on the adjusted product metric, the system updates the correlation model unique to the product.
US11443075B2
A secure storage system having authentication and cryptographic data protection is made by providing a mass-data memory and a security element communicatively coupled with the mass-data memory. This mass-data memory and the securing element are controlled by respective different control commands such that different drivers can be installed to operate the mass-data memory and the security element. A secured hardware data interface is provided between the mass-data memory and the security element, and the security element provides security-critical information concerning the data of the mass-data memory.
US11443069B2
An illustrative embodiment includes a method for protecting a machine learning model. The method includes: determining concept-level interpretability of respective units within the model; determining sensitivity of the respective units within the model to an adversarial attack; identifying units within the model which are both interpretable and sensitive to the adversarial attack; and enhancing defense against the adversarial attack by masking at least a portion of the units identified as both interpretable and sensitive to the adversarial attack.
US11443064B2
A determination can be made that an item of confidential information has been removed from a record. A determination can be made that the record has the item of confidential information. The item of confidential information can be represented by an original value. A replacement value can be calculated. The replacement value can be a value of a transformation function applied to the original value. The replacement value can be testable for an existence of a digital signature, the digital signature to be derived from the replacement value. The record, in which the original value has been replaced by the replacement value can be used for a test. The test can be of a characteristic of an application. An ability to derive the digital signature from the replacement value can be an indication that the item of confidential information has been removed from the field.
US11443059B2
Preserving user privacy and preventing surveillance on behalf of users of a virtual reality world. One or more plans are available when a privacy or surveillance risk to a user is detected. In one plan, configurable scripts execute on behalf of the user to create a confusing array of clone avatars that obfuscate the real user avatar behavior. A malevolent avatar, attempting to surveil the user, may have difficulty distinguishing the clones from the user and may miss out on private insights he might otherwise have learned from the user's behavior. In another exemplary privacy plan, a copy of part of the virtual world is spawned, occupied exclusively by the user's avatar, and then merged into the main world. Privacy plans may be selected manually or automatically in response to perceived privacy threats to strike a balance between privacy and enjoyment within the virtual world.
US11443051B2
A computer vision processor in an image cluster defines a fenced memory region (FMR) that controls access to image data stored in a first portion of a trusted memory region (TMR). The computer vision processor receives FMR requests from an application implemented in a processing cluster. The FMR requests are to access the image data in the first portion of the TMR. The computer vision processor selectively allows the requesting application to access the image data. In some cases, the computer vision processor acquires the image data and stores the image data in the first portion of the TMR, such as buffers in the TMR. A data fabric selectively permits the image processing application to access the data stored in the TMR based on whether the image cluster has opened or closed the FMR for the portion of the TMR.
US11443048B2
A system and method for generating content for an encrypted package is provided. A package may be received that includes one or more anti-tamper hash portions and encrypted data, where the encrypted data includes one or more procedural content generation instructions. A portion of the encrypted data including the one or more procedural content generation instructions may be decrypted and a data based on the execution of the one or more procedural content generation instructions and a corpus of data may be generated. The generated data may be encrypted and anti-tamper hashes may be generated based on the encrypted generated data. The generated anti-tamper hashes may be compared to the one or more anti-tamper hashes in the anti-tamper hash portion of the received package.
US11443046B2
A computer-based method of analyzing a business-critical application computer system includes extracting a plurality of software objects from the business-critical application computer system, storing the extracted software objects in a computer-based search platform, finding relationships between the extracted software objects that are stored in the computer-based search platform, and creating a database that represents the extracted software objects and the relationships between the extracted software objects. Each software object (a unique piece of code, a file, a data string, or other aspect of the business-critical application computer system) may represent an element of the business-critical application computer system whose graphical representation as a node connected to another node based on relationships, functional or otherwise, between the corresponding elements is desirable in view of a particular goal of the analysis.
US11443037B2
Aspects of the present invention disclose a method for handling incoming microservice requests at an application server. The method includes one or more processors identifying a microservice request of a user at an application server. The method further includes querying a database associated with the application server for a feedback history corresponding to the microservice request. The method further includes collecting a response corresponding to the microservice request of the user. The method further includes generating a rule corresponding to the microservice request based at least in part on the response corresponding to the microservice request.
US11443036B2
In some examples, an apparatus includes a management controller for use in a computer system having a processing resource for executing an operating system (OS) of the computer system, the management controller being separate from the processing resource and to perform, based on operation of the management controller within a cryptographic boundary, management of components of the computer system, the management of components comprising power control of the computer system. The management controller is to receive sensor data, perform facial recognition based on the sensor data, and determine whether to initiate a security action responsive to the facial recognition.
US11443030B2
This invention describes a method to encode a private term, phrase or sentence whereby the term, phrase, or sentence is never recorded (or required) by the encoding method and said term, phrase, or sentence is only decodable by the encoder or confidants in which the encoding scheme for the private term, phrase, or sentence is shared. A preferred embodiment is a security system for user authentication and credentialing based on personalized memories of the user, allowing for robust recall of an unrecorded private term, phrase, or sentence using sequenced recognizable objects, recall triggers including contextual hints and trusted confidants. The invention is very extensible, providing a flexible method to the user to protect valuable digital assets and/or remote computing devices with complex credentialing values which are virtually impossible to discern by third parties.
US11443027B2
Disclosed is a method of controlling an intelligent electronic device including initiating implicit continuous authentication, obtaining sensor data from at least one sensor, classifying a security level of the intelligent electronic device into at least two states having different security on the basis of the sensor data, and determining an authentication period of the implicit continuous authentication according to the classified security level, wherein the at least one sensor is continuously activated on the basis of the determined authentication period.
US11443026B2
A method and system are provided for data synchronization. The method includes registering, in a database accessible by nodes in a cloud cluster system, node information for each node during an initialization of an application context for an application having at least one instance running on each node. The method further includes storing an update for data in (i) a local storage of a given one of the nodes and (ii) the database, responsive to a request to update the data received by the given one of the nodes. The method also includes generating a modified request that includes details for the updated data. The method additionally includes calling an application programming interface to update a state of respective local storages for the other nodes with the update responsive to the modified request, such that the update is synchronized across the at least one instance running on each node.
US11443011B2
A system may include an application server and a user device. The application server may host an application customized for the user device. Tests may be designed to check the functionality of the application at the user device. The application and test may be designed using a page objects library which improve durability of the application and tests to changes made to the application. Thus, even if changes are made to the application, the test which check the functionality of the application may not break if the application and the tests are created based on the page objects library. The application sever may generate the page objects library and distribute the page objects library to its tenants.
US11443004B1
Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprises a server, which identifies optimized potential suppliers based on the client's request. The request comprises search specification and preselected bidders. The server extracts a first set of keywords from the search specification and finds web pages of potential suppliers based on the first set of keywords. The server identifies the websites of the preselected bidders, extracts a second set of keywords from the websites, and finds web pages of more potential suppliers based on the second set of keywords. The server determines the web pages are associated with real suppliers by excluding non-supplier web pages. The server determines a similarity score for each potential supplier by vectorizing keywords extracted from the supplier's web pages. The server determines a risk score for each potential supplier. The server generates a GUI comprising a list of suppliers ranked based on the similarity scores.
US11442997B2
A digital content distribution system associated with disseminating discrete epochs of digital content based at least on creation of a zip span polygon region is disclosed. The system receives zip code information associated with a bounded geographical region of interest and a zip spanning distance related to the bounded geographical region of interest. The system determines longitude information values and latitude information values associated with coordinate boundary values of a portion of the zip code information based on the zip spanning distance. The system further determines at least one neighboring geographical region contiguous with the geographical region of interest using the longitude and latitude information values. A zip span polygon region is created that includes at least a portion of an initial zip span region associated with the geographical region of interest using boundary point information of the at least one neighboring geographical region, in order to disseminate the discrete epochs of the digital content in the digital content distribution system. Corresponding methods and a computer-readable device are further disclosed.
US11442996B2
Disclosed herein is a software tool that may be used to create and navigate through visualizations of an organization's data as embodied in a digital duplicate. These “smart interactions” may allow a user to visually and intuitively traverse the semantic network to dynamically provide on-demand visualization of the business data. Based on the traversal of the network, the network can be simplified and/or subnetworks can be created. As part of the visualization, “perspectives” can be created based on focal points (i.e., nodes) in the network. The focal points may be used as a starting point for the traversal, and functions (e.g., aggregates) can be dynamically applied to produce subnetworks to provide data for visualizations.
US11442989B2
Systems and methods for updating values of roll-up summary fields (RSFs) associated with a data model are described. A server computing system receives data associated with roll-up summary fields (RSF) of objects of a data model. The data is in in a serialized format. The computer system deserializes the data to determine values of the RSFs at nodes of a graph associated with the data model. The computer system updates a value of a RSF at a first node of the graph. The computer system updates a value of one or more RSFs at one or more remaining nodes of the graph based on said updating the value of the RSF at the first node. The computer system serializes the values of the RSFs at all of the nodes of the graph to generate serialized data subsequent to said updating the value of the one or more RSFs at the one or more remaining nodes of the graph.
US11442978B2
A heuristic method for the data clustering problem includes a greedy algorithm, which selects the centroids of well-separated clusters, and a single-solution-based heuristic, which performs clustering with the objective of optimizing a cluster validity index. The attributes of the centroids of clusters are genes and a fitness is determined for each gene. A mutation operation changes the values of the genes of low fitness values and creates a mutant solution. The values of genes of the mutant can replace the values of the genes of the parent if they are better than the genes of the parent. Diversification in the search process is maintained by allowing, with a small probability, the genes of the mutant to replace the genes of the parent even if they are not better than them.
US11442973B2
A system for storing document collections in a manner that facilitates efficient querying. Each document vector is hashed, by applying a suitable hash function to the components of the vector. The hash function maps the vector to a particular hash value, corresponding to a particular hyperbox in the multidimensional space to which the vectors belong. The vector, or a pointer to the vector, is then stored in a hash table in association with the vector's hash value. Subsequently, given a document of interest, documents similar to the document of interest may be found by hashing the vector of the document of interest, and then returning the vectors that are associated, in the hash table, with the resulting hash value.
US11442965B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to processing database transactions that include application operations defined by different object relational mapping (ORM) libraries. A transaction router module executing on a computer system receives, from an application, a request for a first database transaction, where the first database transaction includes first and second application operations. The transaction router module then translates the first application operation to one or more first database operations using a first ORM library and the second application operation to one or more second database operations using a second ORM library. Then, the transaction router module determines one or more database connections for the one or more first database operations and the one or more second database operations. Such techniques may advantageously allow applications to switch between using different persistence frameworks and message broker frameworks without substantial adjustments to application code.
US11442962B1
An automated method is provided for replacing a currently operating data replication engine with a new data replication engine. The currently operating data replication engine replicates source database transactions including any new source database transactions committed in an audit trail of the source database before the currently operating data replication engine stops replicating. All new source database transactions that the currently operating data replication engine has not completed replicating are joined. The currently operating data replication engine is stopped when all of the source database transactions that were not joined have completed replicating. All joined transactions are then voted to be committed and are replicated. The new data replication engine replicates all new source database transactions started after the currently operating data replication engine stops.
US11442960B2
Provided is an edge key value (“EKV”) store for receiving data from any of network location of a distributed platform, and for distributed a synchronized copy of the data to servers at the network locations where the data is requested regardless of where, how, and when the data is updated. The EKV store may receive a first value for a key at a first storage device of the EKV store based on a message issued by a first user through a first network location, may receive a second value for the key at a second storage device of the EKV store based on a message issued by a second user through a second network location, and may store the second value as a current value for the key by forming a consensus across the storage devices that the second value is the most recent value for the key.
US11442957B2
A computer-implemented method is disclosed. In a deployed enterprise resource planning system implementing a first fiscal year variant, the method can configure a second fiscal year variant that is different from the first fiscal year variant. The method can identify a list of target tables in the deployed enterprise resource planning system that contains the first fiscal year variant. The method can convert the first fiscal year variant to the second fiscal year variant in the list of target tables. In certain embodiments, the method can replace the first fiscal year variant with the second fiscal year variant in a reference framework interfacing with the list of target tables.
US11442953B2
Embodiments are disclosed for improved data modeling in a relational database management system. In the context of a method, an example embodiment includes ingesting, by data ingestion circuitry and using a set of standardized plumbing fields comprising descriptive fields including at least a stage table primary key field, a source primary key field, and a source attribute field, one or more records into one or more stage tables in a staging layer. This example embodiment further includes generating, by data modeling circuitry and using the one or more stage tables in the staging layer, a data integration layer for modeling data represented by the data ingested into the one or more stage tables in the staging layer. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.
US11442951B2
Optimal information in consideration with time series environmental factors is provided to users. The information processing apparatus includes a retrieve module configured to retrieve environmental information indicating an ultraviolet ray exposure amount indicating an amount of ultraviolet rays exposed to a user, a temperature of an environment where the user stays, and a humidity of the environment where the user stays, a present module configured to present first information relating to the skin condition of the user based on the environmental information, and a present module configured to present second information relating to the skin condition of the user based on environmental log information including a plurality of environmental information.
US11442946B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing local search results. In one aspect, a method determines a first local document in a set of local documents for search results is eligible for a demotion operation. The determination is based at least in part on a proximity measure based on the location of the user device and a location specified for the first local document. In response to the determination, for each other local documents in the set of local documents, a proximity measure location of the user device and the location specified for the other local document is determined. The first local document is demoted in its ranking when at least one of the proximity measures indicates a respective other local document has a specified location that is within a threshold distance of the location of the user device.
US11442938B2
Some embodiments enable intelligent searching data based on structure and content of models defining structure domains of interest. Embodiments are also capable of simultaneously providing context sensitive reasoning across the domains to find other relationships within the data that are not apparent using traditional search. For a respective domain-specific model, a method or system reasons relationships within the respective domain-specific model. Each relationship is between a keyword of a search query inputted by a user and a field of the domain-specific model. The method reasons the relationships by traversing the domain-specific model using domain-specific rules selected by the keyword. The method maps a first field of a first reasoned relationship to a second field of a second reasoned relationship. The first and second fields are in respective first and second domain-specific models. The method executes the search query based on the mapping, which generates search results presented to the user.
US11442935B2
Systems and methods are described for determining a record generation estimate related to a particular processing task. The system obtains a sample set of data that includes multiple records. The system applies a processing task, such as a transform or regular expression rule to the sample set of data and determines how many records are generated by the processing task. Based on the number of records generated, the system determines a record generation estimate. The system can use the record generation estimate to allocate compute resources or determine a query execution time for at least a portion of the query based on the record generation estimate.
US11442922B2
A data management method includes: in a case where A denotes a set of symbols, A* denotes a set of all character strings composed of the symbols in A, L denotes a subset of A, and h(L) denotes a mapping performed on L with h that denotes a cryptographical hash function, regarding h: A*→A, multiple peers each hold an inverse mapping hL−1 of hL: L→h(L) that denotes a partial mapping of h, and in a case where at least one original data item M and an encrypted data item C encrypted from the original data item M are present, the encrypted data item C being held in hL−1, and correspondence between the original data item M and the encrypted data item C is to be validated, calculating a hash value h(M); decrypting the encrypted data item C with a hash value k; and comparing a result of the decrypting with the original data item M.
US11442921B1
A method is presented for execution by a processing system of a dispersed storage and task (DST) processing unit that includes a processor. The method includes: receiving, at the processor, a data access request having a consistency indicator; identifying, via the processor, a set of two or more storage targets associated with the data access request; selecting, via the processor, a threshold number of storage targets of the set of two or more storage targets, based on the consistency indicator; accessing, via the processor, the selected threshold number of storage targets based on the data access request; and generating a data access response, via the processor, based on the accessing of the selected threshold number of storage targets.
US11442914B1
Systems and methods are presented for efficient and effective computation of LSH hashing functions for use in various environments, including nearest-neighbor search. A corpus of items is maintained, with each item of the corpus being associated with information identifying one of a plurality of LSH partitions to which the item has been mapped or hashed. In response to an input item, the input item is projected one or more times into an orthoplex inscribed within a multi-dimensional space. For each mapping, a determination is made as to the nearest vertex of the orthoplex to the projected input item, and the LSH partitions associated with the nearest vertex are aggregated and associated with the input item as the input item's LSH partition.
US11442911B2
The present disclosure describes a service which provides primary in-line deduplication. A streaming application program interface (API) may allow for streaming records into a storage system with high throughput and low latency. As part of this process, the API allows user to add identifiers as a field used for data deduplication. The deduplication service keeps a moving window of the identifiers in memory and does in-line deduplication by quickly determining whether data is a duplicate. Keeping only deduplication keys in memory reduces the cost of running the service. Moreover, the real-time nature of the moving window approach allows for storing deduplication information alongside the data and accessing it immediately on read. In this regard, read after write consistency is supported, and costs are reduced.
US11442885B2
An information handling system includes a processor, a system baseboard management controller (BMC), and a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) add-in card. The FPGA add-in card includes an FPGA and a card BMC. The FPGA is programmed with a plurality of accelerated function units (AFUs) to perform processing tasks for the processor. The card BMC receives a first indication from the system BMC, the first indication to halt a first processing task associated with a first AFU, halts the first processing task in response to the first indication, receives a second AFU from the system BMC, and reprograms the FPGA with the second AFU.
US11442882B2
A bridge circuit includes an NVMe device controller, a network subsystem, and a data transfer circuit. The NVMe device controller is arranged to communicate with a host via a PCIe bus. The network subsystem is arranged to communicate with an NVMe-TCP device via a network. The data transfer circuit is coupled between the NVMe device controller and the network subsystem, and is arranged to deal with data transfer associated with the NVMe-TCP device without intervention of the host.
US11442880B2
A storage drive adapter may comprise an adapter board, which may include a first and second carrier module interface to removably engage with a first and a second storage drive carrier module, respectively. The adapter board may further include a dual ported storage drive connector to engage with a complementary storage drive bay interface. The dual ported storage drive connector may include a first port to provide a first signal path from the complementary storage drive bay interface to the first carrier module interface. Similarly, the dual ported storage drive connector may also include a second port to provide a second signal path from the complementary storage drive bay interface to the second carrier module interface.
US11442870B2
Each of a plurality of IC chips, which are connected in series, is configured such that each IC chip access an entire memory space of each of other IC chips.
US11442868B2
A caching system including a first sub-cache and a second sub-cache in parallel with the first sub-cache, wherein the second sub-cache includes: line type bits configured to store an indication that a corresponding cache line of the second sub-cache is configured to store write-miss data, and an eviction controller configured to evict a cache line of the second sub-cache storing write-miss data based on an indication that the cache line has been fully written.
US11442865B1
A method of prefetching memory pages from remote memory includes detecting that a cache-line access made by a processor executing an application program is an access to a cache line containing page table data of the application program, identifying data pages that are referenced by the page table data, initiating a fetch of a data page, which is one of the identified data pages, and starting a timer. If the fetch completes prior to expiration of the timer, the data page is stored in a local memory. On the other hand, if the fetch does not complete prior to expiration of timer, a presence bit of the data page in the page table data is set to indicate that the data page is not present.
US11442857B2
Dynamic caching policies and/or dynamic purging policies are provided for modifying the entry and eviction of content to the cache (e.g., storage and/or memory) of a caching server based on the current and past cache performance and/or demand. The caching server may modify or replace a configured policy when cache performance is below one or more thresholds. Modifying the caching policy may change caching behavior of the caching server by changing the conditions that control the content that is entered into cache or the content that is deferred and not entered into cache after a request. This may include assigning different probabilities for entering the same content into cache based on different caching policies. Modifying the purging policy may change eviction behavior of the caching server by changing the conditions that control the cached content that is selected and removed from cache.
US11442856B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for virtualized caches. For example, an integrated circuit (e.g., a processor) for executing instructions includes a virtually indexed physically tagged first-level (L1) cache configured to output to an outer memory system one or more bits of a virtual index of a cache access as one or more bits of a requestor identifier. For example, the L1 cache may be configured to operate as multiple logical L1 caches with a cache way of a size less than or equal to a virtual memory page size. For example, the integrated circuit may include an L2 cache of the outer memory system that is configured to receive the requestor identifier and implement a cache coherency protocol to disambiguate an L1 synonym occurring in multiple portions of the virtually indexed physically tagged L1 cache associated with different requestor identifier values.
US11442849B1
Mobile devices executing applications utilize data services worldwide, with issues involving the transfer of data on the network impacting the operation and user experience of those applications. Network data is acquired from a mobile computing device during communication and processed to determine occurrence of a burst which is representative of elements in the network data that are determined to be causally related. Bursts are analyzed, and those associated with poor performance are presented in a user interface. The user interface provides impact information about the effect the burst had on operation of the application. The user interface may provide suggestions to mitigate the poor performance. If no problem is determined by the system, but the user believes a problem to have occurred, user input is collected and used to trigger a workflow to analyze the burst. Subsequent results of this analysis are returned to the user via the user interface.
US11442838B2
A method of determining a time stamp for an event in a digital processing system, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a coarse time stamp from a time stamp counter; obtaining timing correction data from one or more hardware components of the system; and adjusting the coarse time stamp value based on the timing correction data to provide a precision time stamp value.
US11442835B1
An application program may be analyzed to identify candidate classes or methods that may be executed using a remote computing node. Candidate classes or methods may be translocated to the remote computing node based on performance characteristics of the device on which the application program is running, the environment in which the device operates, and on the performance and availability of the remote computing node. An application program publisher may be assigned instances of virtual machines that may be dedicated to hosting translocated classes and methods.
US11442827B2
A storage management computing device obtains an information lifecycle management (ILM) policy. A data protection scheme to be applied at a storage node computing device level is determined and a plurality of storage node computing devices are identified based on an application of the ILM policy to metadata received from one of the storage node computing devices and associated with an object ingested by the one of the storage node computing devices. The one of the storage node computing devices is instructed to generate one or more copies of the object or fragments of the object according to the data protection scheme and to distribute the object copies or one of the object fragments to one or more other of the storage node computing devices to be stored by at least the one or more other storage node computing devices on one or more disk storage devices.
US11442817B2
Normal virtual machine operation is observed to automatically determine patterns of resource utilization. Backup activities are then scheduled, taking into account these utilization patterns. For example, if a normally scheduled backup would occur during a busy period, it may be rescheduled to a less busy period. As another example, backups made by made opportunistically during less busy periods even if not required by the normal backup schedule, in order to alleviate backup demands during more busy periods.
US11442816B2
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving a plurality of backup requests at a data storage system having a data storage library. At least some of the backup requests have unique service-metadata associated therewith. Each backup request is placed in a backup queue, where an ordering of the backup requests within the backup queue is based at least in part on the service-metadata. Backup operations are performed on the data storage system in accordance with the ordering of the backup requests within the backup queue. A computer program product for determining resource allocation in a backup environment according to another embodiment includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are readable and/or executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform the foregoing method.
US11442811B1
Error correction code apparatuses and memory systems are disclosed. The apparatus may include an encoder configured to generate a first result by multiplying bits of the data by a first matrix, divides parity bits into a first parity group obtained by multiplying the first result by a second matrix and a second parity group obtained by an exclusive OR operation of the first result and the first parity group, based on a plurality of polynomials determined based on the second matrix, and multiply the first result and the second matrix to generate one or more first parity bits in the first parity group, perform an exclusive OR operation on the first result and the first parity group to generate one or more second parity bits in the second parity group, and generate a codeword having the bits of the data bits and the parity bits.
US11442810B2
A memory includes: a memory core including sequentially disposed N data cell regions and an ECC cell region respectively suitable for storing N data pieces of K bits and a corresponding ECC of M bits; and an error correction circuitry suitable for generating the ECC based on the data pieces and error-correcting the data pieces based on the ECC, through a check matrix configured by a message part of a [M×(K*N)] bit-dimension and an ECC part of a [M×M] bit-dimension, wherein the message part includes N characteristic indicator groups of a [M/2×K] bit-dimension, respectively corresponding to the data pieces, and each including K indicators of a [M/2×1] bit-dimension and having the same value, and wherein a hamming distance between the indicators respectively corresponding to the data pieces stored in neighboring ones among the data cell regions is 1 or M/2.
US11442783B2
A system, method and program product for handling potentially problematic events in an enterprise computing platform. A method is disclosed that includes receiving a request to process an event from a client, wherein the event specifies a feature to be performed on an enterprise resource within the enterprise platform. The method further includes retrieving a processing threshold for the feature from a set of stored configuration settings and obtaining metadata associated with the enterprise resource, wherein the metadata indicates an attribute of the enterprise resource. The method then determines whether the attribute of the enterprise resource exceeds the processing threshold, and if so, does not process the event.
US11442782B2
An apparatus comprising means for performing: at a first time, controlling whether a user is granted access to a resource based on a response of the user to a first access task, and setting one or more restrictions on granted access to the resource based on the response of the user to the first access task; at a second time, controlling whether the user is granted access to the resource based on a response of the user to a second access task, different to the first access task, and setting one or more restrictions on granted access to the resource based on the response of the user to the second access task; and initiating a change from the first access task to the second access task, wherein the initiation of the change is causally independent of the response of the user to the first access task.
US11442780B2
A method for real-time data processing is described. The method being implemented on a computer system having one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions which, when executed, perform the method. The method comprising allocating a real-time dataset associated with a real-time data interaction to a node in a chain of nodes, wherein each node is representative of a user in the real-time data interaction; setting a node status of the node for the real-time dataset to pending; and independently of (i) a node status of the one or more upstream nodes and (ii) a node status of the one or more downstream nodes: periodically determining, by the computer system, an availability status of the node; and in response to the availability status satisfying the criterion, setting the node status for the real-time dataset as settled.
US11442779B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, device and computer program product for determining a resource amount of dedicated processing resources. The method comprises obtaining a structural representation of a neural network for deep learning processing, the structural representation indicating a layer attribute of the neural network that is associated with the dedicated processing resources; and determining the resource amount of the dedicated processing resources required for the deep learning processing based on the structural representation. In this manner, the resource amount of the dedicated processing resources required by the deep learning processing may be better estimated to improve the performance and resource utilization rate of the dedicated processing resource scheduling.
US11442776B2
Deployment of arrangements of physical computing components coupled over a communication fabric are presented herein. In one example, a method includes receiving execution jobs directed to a computing cluster comprising a pool of computing components coupled to at least a communication fabric. Based on properties of the execution jobs, the method includes determining resource scheduling for handling the execution jobs, the resource scheduling indicating timewise allocations of resources of the computing cluster, and initiating the execution jobs on the computing cluster according to the resource scheduling by at least instructing the communication fabric to compose compute units comprising sets of computing components selected from among the pool of computing components to handle the execution jobs. Responsive to completions of the execution jobs, the compute units are decomposed back into the pool of computing components.
US11442775B1
An inference system applies a machine-learning transformer model to a batch of requests with variable input length or variable target length or variable internal state length by selectively batching a subset of operations in the transformer model but processing requests in the batch individually for a subset of operations in the transformer model. In one embodiment, the operation to be processed individually is an attention operation of an encoder or a decoder of the transformer model. By selective batching, the inference system can allow batching operations to be performed for a batch of requests with variable input or target length or internal state length to utilize the parallel computation capabilities of hardware accelerators while preventing unnecessary computations that occur for workarounds that restrain the data of a batch of requests to a same length.
US11442772B2
This invention is a fully functional workflow platform or middleware on a mobile device that is able to create, modify and execute its own workflow scripts and synchronize with external services on the mobile device or on a remote back-end such as a server using asynchronous and/or synchronous communications. This invention also includes a back-end computing platform that integrates with the mobile device. The back-end platform also provides a marketplace and tools for multiple parties to develop and trade configurations of the platform and software that may be used to extend the capabilities of the workflow platform and license the use of the platform's complete set of capabilities.
US11442771B2
Memory transactions can be tagged with a partition identifier selected depending on which software execution environment caused the memory transaction to be issued. A memory system component can control allocation of resources for handling the memory transaction or manage contention for said resources depending on a selected set of memory system component parameters selected depending on the partition identifier specified by the memory transaction. Programmable constraint storage circuitry stores at least one resource control parameter constraint used to constrain updating or usage of memory system component resource control parameters.
US11442748B2
Systems and methods for ordering software applications in a computing environment. The methods involve: presenting user-selectable icons for launching a plurality of software applications in a graphical user interface in accordance with a first order; performing a machine-learning algorithm to determine a weighting value for each software application of the plurality of software applications based on information specifying at least one aspect of a software launch request and at least one aspect of a first user's current circumstance; determining a second order in which the user-selectable icons should be presented in the graphical user interface based on the weighting values determined for the software applications; and dynamically modifying the graphical user interface to present the user-selectable icons in the second order which is different from the first order.
US11442747B2
A method for establishing an application prediction model, a storage medium, and a terminal are provided. The method includes the following. In response to an operation switching an application previously running in the foreground to a first application currently running, a first preorder usage sequence of the first application currently running is collected as sample usage information. Applications launched within a time-window are monitored, and a preset number of applications launched first in the applications launched within the time-window are set as sample labels for the sample usage information. A predetermined machine learning model is trained based on the sample usage information and the sample labels for the sample usage information, to obtain the application prediction model.
US11442746B2
A method and architecture for using dynamically loaded plugins is described herein. The dynamically loaded plugin architecture comprises a parent context and a plugin repository. The parent context may define one or more reusable software components. The plugin repository may store one or more plugins. When a plugin is loaded, a child context may be created dynamically. The child context is associated with the plugin and inherits the one or more reusable software components from the parent context.
US11442743B2
For device configuration and monitoring, a processor receives configuration settings from an electronic device via the electronic device interface. The processor converts the configuration settings to hardware settings for a target device. The processor communicates the hardware settings to the target device via a target device interface.
US11442741B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for expanding a functionality of a field device for process automation technology in a system using a configuration device, comprising the steps of: establishing a connection from the configuration device to the field device; reading out an order code using the configuration device, wherein the order code represents the current functionalities of the field device; displaying the functionality of the field device on the configuration device; selecting additional, alternative, or lessened functionality of the field device using the configuration device; establishing a connection to a central station; sending information about the additional, alternative, or lessened functionality of the field device to the central station; sending an activation code to activate the additional, alternative, or lessened functionality from the central station; and sending the activation code from the configuration device to the field device and activating the additional, alternative, or lessened functionality of the field device.
US11442739B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, system, and computer program product for exception handling. In some embodiments, a method is disclosed. According to the method, in response to an application throwing an exception, a target stack frame for handling the exception is detected from a call stack of the application. The call stack comprises a plurality of stack frames. One of the plurality of stack frames corresponds to a function called by the application and supports either a one-phase exception handling mechanism or a two-phase exception handling mechanism. In response to the target stack frame being detected from the call stack, the target stack frame is caused to handle the exception. In other embodiments, a system and a computer program product are disclosed.
US11442736B2
A method is described for identifying communication-ready data bus subscribers connected to a local bus. The method comprises receiving, at a local bus master, at least one data packet transmitted via the local bus, wherein the at least one data packet received at the local bus master comprises an address of a communication-ready data bus subscriber among a plurality of communication-ready data bus subscribers in the local bus, wherein the communication-ready data bus subscriber is in a sequence of communication-ready data bus subscribers, and mapping of the received address by the local bus master to a relative position of the communication-ready data bus subscriber in the sequence of communication-ready data bus subscribers in the local bus. In addition, a local bus master of the local bus is described.
US11442734B2
A processor includes a first mode where the processor is not to use packed data operation masking, and a second mode where the processor is to use packed data operation masking. A decode unit to decode an unmasked packed data instruction for a given packed data operation in the first mode, and to decode a masked packed data instruction for a masked version of the given packed data operation in the second mode. The instructions have a same instruction length. The masked instruction has bit(s) to specify a mask. Execution unit(s) are coupled with the decode unit. The execution unit(s), in response to the decode unit decoding the unmasked instruction in the first mode, to perform the given packed data operation. The execution unit(s), in response to the decode unit decoding the masked instruction in the second mode, to perform the masked version of the given packed data operation.
US11442732B2
A processor comprises a trusted execution environment and a non-trusted execution environment. The processor further comprises a common resource accessible in both the trusted execution environment and the non-trusted execution environment and an instruction processing device including circuitry configured to fetch an instruction for decoding and execute the decoded instruction. The instruction processing device includes circuitry further configured to determine consistency between a current execution environment of the processor and a resource status in response to a result from instruction decoding indicating that instruction involves access to the common resource, and load content corresponding to the current execution environment into the common resource in response to a determination that the current execution environment is inconsistent with the resource status, wherein the resource status indicates an execution environment corresponding to content in the common resource. A corresponding instruction execution method in the processor is also disclosed.
US11442726B1
Vector pack and unpack instructions are described. An instruction to perform a conversion between one decimal format and another decimal format is executed, in which the one decimal format or the other decimal format is a zoned decimal format. The executing includes obtaining a value from at least one register specified using the instruction. At least a portion of the value is converted from the one decimal format to the other decimal format different from the one decimal format to provide a converted result. A result obtained from the converted result is written into a single register specified using the instruction.
US11442724B2
Systems and methods of computer program code or business process design pattern recognition are provided. In embodiments, a method includes identifying, by the computing device, predefined elements and relationships between the elements in a digital industry product based on stored rules; generating, by the computing device, a diagram based on stored image rules, the diagram including graphical notations and text-based information representing the elements and the relationships between the elements; removing, by the computing device, the text-based information from the diagram to produce a modified diagram; and determining, by the computing device, that the modified diagram includes at least one predetermined pattern from a plurality of stored patterns using image object detection.
US11442718B2
A non-volatile memory includes a first block and a second block. The first block is used to store first firmware. The second block is used to store second firmware. A method of controlling the non-volatile memory includes comparing a version of the first firmware and a version of the second firmware, if a comparison result between the version of the first firmware and the version of the second firmware indicates that the second firmware is newer than the first firmware, employing the second firmware to perform a boot process, and if the boot process is successful, upgrading a portion of a firmware image to the first block whenever there is a firmware upgrade request after the boot process.
US11442716B2
An orchestration engine that interfaces with the various clouds to implement the system solution. The orchestration engine builds, configures, and converges the single system solution. The orchestration engine builds the system by instantiating machines and services on the various clouds. The orchestration engine configures the system according to input from the client and the solution provider and then converges the various systems by establishing relationships and connections between the various services. Optionally, the orchestration engine also runs tests to verify that the system is working properly. Once the system has been built, configured and converged, the orchestration engine provides the client with a single entry point for using the system solution.
US11442712B2
A method, apparatus and system required to realize an optimization opportunity are disclosed. If an expression involves unsequenced evaluations involving side-effects and optionally references, then the expression is translated into optimized code that may involve optimized register usage, or optimized use of the underlying vectorization hardware. An alias-analysis logic is able to identify must-not-alias relationships through such expression tree structures. These must-not-alias relationships are helpful not just in optimizing the performance of that particular expression (from which these must-not-alias relationships were derived) but also in the performance of any other surrounding program statements that access the state elements participating in these must-not-alias relationships. More specifically, if the order of evaluation is unspecified and the sub expressions generate side effects, then must-not-alias relationships are inferred between expressions which can be used while optimizing surrounding code, such as the instructions following this expression with unsequenced evaluation.
US11442711B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for serializing software objects for loading onto a cloud-hosted tenant, or for other serialized operations. Nodes and edges of a directed graph represent respective software objects and the dependencies among the software objects. A search for strongly connected components reveals cyclic dependencies. Each strongly connected component can be replaced by a contracted node to obtain a condensation of the original directed graph. A topological ordering can be determined for the condensation, and the software objects can be processed or loaded according to the topological ordering. Such ordering provides that software objects of a strongly connected component are processed consecutively while, for all other dependencies, a prerequisite object is processed (loaded) before its dependent object(s). Examples of SAP Analytics Cloud and Data Warehouse Cloud are provided. Exemplary, push and pull loading procedures, topological ordering, and validation are disclosed.
US11442706B1
Methods and systems for developing software products from reusable code files. One system includes an electronic processor configured to receive a first selection defining a desired functionality for a new software product and a second selection for the new software product. The electronic processor is also configured to access, from a first repository, a first executable code file based on the first selection and access, from a second repository, a second executable code file based on the second selection. The electronic processor is also configured to aggregate the first executable code file and the second executable code file as the new software product. The electronic processor is also configured to enable deployment of the new software product.
US11442702B2
A system and method may provide assistance to programmers during programming to reduce the number of routine tasks that must be performed. In some aspects, the system may suggest one or more code snippets that comprise code completions. The code snippets may be single or multi-token. In some aspects, the system may provide predictive editing or predictive navigation, where the system may predict edits or navigation actions based on a programmer's actions. In some aspects, the system is based on machine learning methods and is trained on past actions of programmers in a code editor.
US11442697B2
A device for generation of genuine random numbers, uses quantum stochastic processes in optical parametric nonlinear media. The dimensionality of the random numbers is varied from 2 to over 100,000. Their statistical properties, including the correlation function amongst random numbers, are tailored using linear and nonlinear optical circuits following the parametric nonlinear media. Both the generation and manipulation of random numbers are integrated on a single nanophotonics chip. By incorporating optoelectric effects, fast streams of random numbers are created in custom statistical properties, which are updated or reconfigured in real time, such as at 10 GHz speed. The unpredictability of the random numbers is quantifying by evaluating their min-entropy. The genuineness of quantum random numbers is tested using both statistical tools and independently verified by measuring the quantum entanglement between the photons in real time.
US11442688B2
Example techniques involve identification of device groups. In an example implementation, a mobile device displays, via a control application, a synchrony group control including controls to select playback devices for a synchrony group. The mobile device receives input data representing a command to create a new synchrony group, the input data including input data representing selection of two or more playback devices for a new synchrony group. In response, the mobile device forms the synchrony group by receiving input data indicating a particular group identification for the new synchrony group, determining that the particular group identification is unique among other synchrony groups, and sending data representing instructions to the playback devices to form the new synchrony group with the particular group identification. In response to forming the new synchrony group, the mobile device updates an interface for the media playback system to indicate the new synchrony group.
US11442686B2
Presented herein are systems and methods that allow for dynamic tracking of changes made by an interacting participant. The non-interacting participants follow the changes made by the interacting participant but maintain the ability to take control of their viewport. The systems and methods introduce the concept of an area of interest (AOI), which is a region of the canvas that contains changes or modifications. The AOI relies on a notion of an active user. An active user is a participant that performs an action on the whiteboard. In order for the other participants to view and be aware of changes made to the whiteboard by the active user, the viewport of each device is automatically mapped to contain the AOI.
US11442685B2
A technique for remote mixed-reality interaction between users includes determining a first position of a first object within a first three-dimensional (3D) space; generating first information associated with the first 3D space for the first object based on the first position; transmitting the first information to a computing device that renders first video content for display within a second 3D space based on the first information; and while transmitting the first information to the computing device, receiving second information that is associated with the second 3D space and with a second object and generated based on a second position determined for the second object within the second 3D space.
US11442671B2
A method includes performing notification processing to, in a case where a communication between a communication apparatus and an information processing apparatus via an external apparatus is to be inexecutable, notify a user of at least one of a communication error as the cause of failure to perform communication between the communication apparatus and the information processing apparatus via the external apparatus, and or a method for solving the communication error.
US11442669B1
A method of orchestrating a virtual storage system, the method comprising: determining a change to one or more resource demands; determining, based on the change to the one or more resource demands, one or more modifications to one or more virtual components included as part of a virtual storage system architecture of a virtual storage system within a cloud computing environment; and initiating, responsive to the change to the one or more resource demands, the one or more modifications to the one or more virtual components included as part of the virtual storage system architecture of the virtual storage system.
US11442655B2
The present technology relates to a semiconductor device and a method of operating the same. The semiconductor device includes a sensing voltage generator configured to generate a temperature voltage having a voltage level determined according to an internal temperature of the semiconductor device and a reference voltage having a constant voltage level, a code generator configured to generate a temporary code including a sensing code value corresponding to the internal temperature and a boundary value indicating whether the internal temperature is included in a boundary portion associated with at least one temperature range corresponding to the sensing code value based on the temperature voltage and the reference voltage, and a code correction component configured to generate a correction code for generating an operation voltage of the semiconductor device by correcting the temporary code, based on the temporary code and a previously generated correction code.
US11442654B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for tracking memory usage data on a memory controller system and providing a mechanism whereby one or multiple accessing agents (e.g., computing nodes, applications, virtual machines) can access memory usage data for a memory resource managed by a memory controller. Indeed, the systems described herein facilitate generation of and access to heatmaps having memory usage data thereon. The systems described herein describe features and functionality related to generating and maintaining the heatmaps as well as providing access to the heatmaps to a variety of accessing agents. This memory tracking and accessing is performed using low processing overhead while providing useful information to accessing agents in connection with memory resources managed by a memory controller.
US11442646B2
Storage devices are capable of identifying zones for sharing parity blocks across zones. Active zones may be segregated across multiple active zones having similar zone properties, and grouped so that parity buffers can be shared. By identifying zones for optimal parity sharing, storage devices and systems can: (i) maintain independent parity for all zones during initial zone writes (i.e. during an erased state when data is written directly to pages and not to the zones), (ii) track zone write pointers and frequency of writes in the zones, (iii) segregate zones with higher correlation and group them together, (iv) utilize these groupings placed across various channels so that zones with high correlations, comprising of the zones that are written together and at the same rate, share the parity buffers, and (v) load and XOR individual parity buffers for optimal parity sharing across all zones.
US11442637B1
A technique manages drive space within a storage system having a main data services environment configured to perform data storage operations on behalf of a set of hosts and a simple data services environment configured to load the main data services environment. The technique involves, while the simple data services environment is running on the storage system, using the simple data services environment to load the main data services environment on to the storage system. The technique further involves, after the main data services environment is loaded on to the storage system, providing a drive space communication from the simple data services environment to the main data services environment. The technique further involves receiving, by the simple data services environment, allocation of drive space from the main data services environment in response to the drive space communication.
US11442636B2
A technique involves: in response to a stripe being created in a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID), allocating to the stripe a storage space for storing a predetermined number of mapping information elements; creating one or more mapping information elements for the stripe; storing the one or more mapping information elements in the storage space; allocating respective storage sequence numbers to the one or more mapping information elements stored in the storage space; and in response to receiving an I/O request for the stripe indicating one of the respective storage sequence numbers, accessing the stripe based on the mapping information element in the storage space that is corresponding to the storage sequence number indicated by the I/O request. Such a technique can facilitate when disks encounter “glitch issues” simultaneously under extreme situations and effectively improve I/O read and write performance of a storage system.
US11442635B2
Apparatus, media, methods, and systems for data storage systems and methods for optimized scheduling of background management operations. A data storage system may comprise a controller. The controller is configured to determine a timeout value of an adaptive timeout parameter of the data storage system. The controller is configured to determine whether a first host operation is received. The controller is configured to, when the first host operation is not received, determine whether the timeout value satisfies a threshold value. The controller is configured to, when the timeout value satisfies the threshold value, cause one or more background management operations to be executed at the data storage system.
US11442632B2
This application relates to load balancing for a number of partitions of a network-based storage service. Each partition includes a number of server devices and/or network devices located in a data center and configured to provide access to storage resources hosted within the data center. User accounts are assigned to a particular partition such that requests related to a particular user account are routed to that partition. Periodically, a load balancing algorithm is executed to re-assign user accounts to different partitions to rebalance resource consumption across the different partitions. The load balancing algorithm can balance resource consumption for any number of resource types by generating a vector of resource utilization parameters for each user account, sorting the plurality of user accounts into clusters based on the vectors, and mapping at least some user accounts to different partitions.
US11442628B2
A data processing system includes a host configured to handle data in response to an input received by the host, and a plurality of memory systems engaged with the host and configured to store or output the data in response to a request generated by the host. A first memory system among the plurality of memory systems can perform generation, erasure, or updating of metadata for the plurality of memory systems.
US11442626B2
Network scaling approach for hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) and heterogeneous storage clusters
Network scaling techniques for HCI and/or heterogeneous storage clusters. The techniques are based on the use of cluster-wide logical networks and IP port abstractions. Each logical network represents a pool of IP addresses having a common set of properties. Each logical network has an associated type and a corresponding set of protocols that define its purpose. Each IP port abstraction is associated with physical and/or virtual network objects inherently visible to a storage administrator. Each IP port abstraction functions as a target for assignment of an IP address from a pool of IP addresses represented by a logical network. The IP port abstractions are backed by underlying heterogeneous network objects but have unified sets of capabilities. Network scaling can be implemented by applying one or more IP addresses represented by one or more logical networks to selected sets of IP port abstractions backed by underlying heterogeneous network objects.
US11442625B2
A storage cluster is provided. The storage cluster includes a plurality of storage nodes, each of the plurality of storage nodes having nonvolatile solid-state memory and a plurality of operations queues coupled to the solid-state memory. The plurality of storage nodes is configured to distribute the user data and metadata throughout the plurality of storage nodes such that the plurality of storage nodes can access the user data with a failure of two of the plurality of storage nodes. Each of the plurality of storage nodes is configured to determine whether a read of 1 or more bits in the solid-state memory via a first path is within a latency budget. The plurality of storage nodes is configured to perform a read of user data or metadata via a second path, responsive to a determination that the read of the bit via the first path is not within the latency budget.
US11442623B2
An information management system is described herein that performs either a pre-processing or a post-processing operation to increase browse and restore speeds when a user attempts to browse for and restore files from a secondary copy of a data volume. For example, the information management system can implement the pre-processing operation by parsing a master file table (MFT) when a secondary copy operation is initiated on the data volume. The information management system can implement the post-processing operation by parsing the MFT after a secondary copy operation is complete. The parsing can occur to identify records of the MFT that include information useful for enabling a user to browse a secondary copy of the data volume. The information management system can then store the secondary copy of these records for use later in constructing an interface for browsing a secondary copy of the data volume.
US11442620B2
Conventional input mechanisms available are built considering majority users but face usability and security challenge when used by special users or when used in challenging environments. Embodiments herein provide a method and device for multimodal input mechanism. The device is preconfigured for a plurality of modalities and provides an option to a user to select an input modality pair for entering a sequence of characters into the device. A first modality among the pair enables selection of a character set among a plurality of character sets and the second modality enables selecting a character from the selected character set. The plurality of modalities comprise a touch mode defined by a set of touch based gestures, a motion keyboard mode defined by a set of device tilt based gestures, an air gesture mode defined by a set of virtual gestures and a voice mode defined by a set of voice commands. The input modality pair from among the plurality of input modalities is selected by the user based on physical constraints of the user and environmental constraints posed by an environment around the device.
US11442613B2
An electronic apparatus according to the present invention performs control such that a change in a first designation mode is performed in accordance with reception of a first type of operation without moving an input position in a predetermined region, wherein in the change, a specific change target is changed to a change destination that corresponds to a region to which the input position in the first type of operation belongs, and a change in a second designation mode is performed in accordance with reception a second type of operation of moving the input position in the predetermined region, wherein in the change, the specific change target is changed to a change destination that differs, by a change amount based on a movement amount in the second type of operation, from the change destination that is changed in the first type of operation.
US11442604B2
Techniques and systems for receiving and using a customization file are provided, including a computing device, a method, or a computer-program product. For example, a method may include receiving a customization file that includes customized content for customizing a communication interface overlay. The method may further include accessing native application code and executing the native application code to run a native application. The method may further include accessing a compiled set of code that is separate from the native application code. The compiled set of code is accessible by the native application code. The method may further include executing the compiled set of code, wherein a default file of the compiled set of code provides a native communication interface overlay, wherein the native communication interface overlay is overlaid over a graphical interface of the native application, and wherein the native communication interface overlay allows communication with a resource of a third-party. The method may further include executing the received customization file, wherein executing the received customization file customizes the compiled set of code, and wherein the customized compiled set of code customizes the native communication interface overlay to provide a customized communication interface overlay.
US11442598B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying notifications received from multiple applications. In some embodiments, an electronic device can monitor notifications that are received from the multiple applications. Responsive to receiving the notifications, the electronic device can control the manner in which the notifications are displayed while the device is operating in a locked or an unlocked state. In some embodiments, the electronic device can allow users to customize how notifications are to be displayed while the device is in the locked and/or unlocked states.
US11442593B2
The disclosure relates to systems and methods for displaying three-dimensional (3D) content in a spatial 3D environment. The systems and methods can include receiving a request from web domain to display 3D content of certain dimensions at a location within the spatial 3D environment, identifying whether the placement is within an authorized portion of the spatial 3D environment, expanding the authorized portion of the 3D spatial environment to display the 3D content based on a user authorization to resize the authorized portion, and displaying the 3D content.
US11442587B2
According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device may comprise a touch layer in which a sensor may be disposed below a designated area, wherein the touch layer comprises: a first touch line including a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode arranged in a first direction in the designated area; a second touch line including a third touch electrode and a fourth touch electrode arranged in a second direction while crossing the first touch line in the designated area; a first opening formed in the area where the first touch line and the second touch line cross each other; and a first connection wiring disposed in the peripheral portion of the first opening and connecting the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode to each other. Various other embodiments are also possible.
US11442584B2
A window for a display device includes: a base layer; a first hard coating layer on the base layer; and a second hard coating layer on the first hard coating layer and having a thickness less than a thickness of the first hard coating layer, where the first hard coating layer is between the base layer and the second hard coating layer.
US11442578B2
Apparatuses and methods of capacitance-to-digital code conversion are described. One apparatus includes a bridge circuit and a modulator front-end circuit. The bridge circuit includes a first terminal to couple to a reference cell and a second terminal to couple to a sensor cell. The modulator front-end circuit includes a comparator coupled to the bridge circuit, a first modulation capacitor coupled to a first input of the comparator, and a second modulation capacitor coupled to a second input of the comparator. The modulator front-end circuit provides a digital bitstream. A duty cycle of the digital bitstream is representative of a ratio between a capacitance of the sensor cell and a reference capacitance of the reference cell.
US11442572B2
A touch display controller, panel and system may include a select circuit having a first selectable input terminal connected to touch sensors, a second selectable input terminal connected to display pixels, and an output terminal; an analog front-end circuit coupled to the output terminal of the select circuit to receive a raw analog signal, and having a shared processing path for analog signals from both the touch sensors and the display pixels; and a control circuit configured to control the an analog front-end circuit based on which type of element among the touch sensors or the display pixels is connected to the analog front-end circuit.
US11442570B2
A touch display device includes a display panel; a backlight that includes a back plate; a pressure touch detection chip; a pressure sensing layer and a voltage reference layer arranged between the display panel and the back plate, the pressure sensing layer and the voltage reference layer are opposite to each other and arranged in different layers. The pressure sensing layer includes a plurality of sensing electrodes arranged as an array, where each sensing electrode is electrically connected to the pressure touch detection chip through a lead wire. The voltage reference layer is configured to receive a stable reference voltage signal; and the pressure touch detection chip is configured to determine a value of a pressure on the display panel according to a detected change of capacitance between the pressure sensing layer and the voltage reference layer.
US11442565B2
The present invention discloses a flexible integrated display panel module and manufacturing method thereof, the flexible integrated display panel module includes a flexible integrated display substrate, which including an integrated area, an active area and a non-display disposed at one side of the integrated area, the integrated area divided into a plurality of areas, used to defined as a corresponding functional area. The functional area includes: a display wiring functional area and a plurality of direct on-cell touch control wiring functional areas disposed on both sides of the display functional area.
US11442562B2
A touchpad device includes a substrate, a resilient member, a touch panel, and a linkage assembly. The touch panel is disposed above the top surface of the substrate. The resilient member is disposed between the substrate and the touch panel. The linkage assembly is disposed between the substrate and the touch panel. The linkage assembly includes a first flexible plate, a second flexible plate, and a swing plate. The swing plate includes a first outer side and a first inner side. The first outer side and the first inner side are respectively adjacent to one side of the touch panel and the resilient member. The first flexible plate is connected between the first outer side and the touch panel. The second flexible plate is connected between the first inner side and the resilient member.
US11442560B2
A stylus capable of bidirectionally communicating with a sensor controller includes a receiver that receives an uplink signal sent by the sensor controller, a controller that determines whether a signal having a predetermined waveform is to be continuously sent over a second time period or to be continuously sent over a first time period longer than the second time period, on the basis of the uplink signal, and a transmitter that continuously sends the signal having the predetermined waveform over the first time period or the second time period on the basis of the result of determination by the controller. As a result, the sensor controller can detect a burst signal from the stylus over a wide range in a sensor touch surface, to thereby reduce the possibility that the sensor controller may fail to detect the burst signal.
US11442555B2
The present invention provides devices, methods and systems for use with interactive equipment in a simulated or augmented environment, or in real world operations. The inventive devices, methods and systems allow for interactive operation equipment in a virtual or augmented reality environment while eliminating virtual drift of the operational equipment. The present invention further eliminates the need to reset a simulated environment to accommodate swapping out equipment, allowing a seamless simulation to provide an optimal virtual training environment. Finally, the present invention provides for a highly accurate operational equipment to be used in a virtual or augmented environment allowing for optimal training, while minimizing down time.
US11442551B2
A keyboard frame and a keyboard are provided. The keyboard frame comprises a frame body and a plurality of positioning members. The frame body comprises a plurality of keyswitch orifices, a frame and a housing. The housing is disposed on a surface of the frame. The frame comprises a plurality of positioning notches. The housing is exposed from the plurality of positioning notches. The plurality of positioning members is disposed on the housing, and is disposed in the plurality of positioning notches. The keyboard frame is assembled with a keyswitch module disposed on a frame. The keyswitch module comprises a plurality of keyswitches and a plurality of positioning holes. The plurality of the keyswitches passes through the plurality of key orifices. The plurality of positioning members is embedded into the plurality of positioning holes, uniforming the gap between the edge of each keyswitch and the edge of the keyswitch orifices.
US11442547B1
A system and method for a haptic display is disclosed. The haptic display includes a display head and an actuator layer. The actuator layer includes a pin board configured with a plurality of opening, and a plurality of pins configured to translate within the plurality of openings. One or more of the plurality of pins includes a display interaction end configured to physically interact with the display head and an actuation end. The actuation layer further includes a plurality of linear actuator elements physically coupled to the actuation end of the plurality of pins configured to bias a set of the pins against the display head. A bias of the set of pins against the display head generates a protrusion on the flexible surface that may be reduced by a biasing force of a user, wherein the user detects a reduction of the protrusion.
US11442538B2
In this patent, an improved eye tracking system is implemented for enhanced viewing. This system incorporates eye facing cameras and tracks display settings longitudinally and determines which portions of the image have been viewing and to what extent. A longitudinal dataset is generated and analyzed to better understand the human review process and cause improvements thereof. Furthermore, image review is enhanced by highlighting portions of the image that have not been adequately reviewed. Comparison across multiple reviewers is also performed to improve a user's performance.
US11442536B2
The present invention discloses an EOG-based method and apparatus for asynchronous character input, said method comprising the following steps: displaying a virtual keyboard having a total of N keys on a display, the virtual keyboard flickering in rounds, wherein in each round, all N keys randomly flicker once; when spelling, a user blinks after the flickering of a target key, so as to acquire electro-oculogram signals of the user in real-time; capturing electro-oculogram data within a time period following the flickering of a key from the acquired electro-oculogram signals, and using said electro-oculogram data as an original feature vector of the flickering key; N original feature vectors being generated in each cycle, an electro-oculogram identification method is called to identify the N original feature vectors, and outputting a certain result from 0 to N, wherein 0 indicates that a condition for character input is not met, and 1 to N correspond to the N keys on the virtual keyboard. The present invention ensures that blinking by a user may be detected normally, while at the same time effectively eliminating misjudgments of non-blinking signals, thus increasing the accuracy rate of character input.
US11442535B2
Systems and methods are described for estimating a direction of interest of a user. In some embodiments, a method of estimating a direction of interest of a user includes tracking a head orientation of the user, detecting a shift in the head orientation, determining a head rotation rate during the shift in the head orientation, and estimating the direction of interest of the user based at least in part on the head rotation rate.
US11442534B1
A physician performing a physical examination can miss subtle abnormalities, such as alterations of respiratory rate or dangerous skin lesion. A surgeon performing surgery can miss small areas of bleeding or tumor implants. This invention comprises head display unit comprising sensors including low light level TV (L3TV) cameras that gather data and in real time analyzes the data for potential hazards and alerts the user of a potential hazardous scenario.
US11442528B2
An electronic device may include a display panel to display images based on corresponding image data and an image source to pre-render a flip-book including a first image frame for display at a first target presentation time and a second image frame for display at a second target presentation time. The electronic device may also include a display pipeline coupled between the display panel and the image source having image data processing circuitry to process image data for display. The electronic device may also include a controller to instruct the display pipeline to process image data, to determine a power-on time based on a target presentation time, and to instruct the display pipeline to power-gate the image data processing circuitry upon completion of the processing of image data and until the power-on time is reached.
US11442527B2
An information handling system includes a display device, a user input device, and a processor. The processor communicates with the display device and with the user input device. The processor detects whether the user input device is in an idle state. In response to an initial detection of the user input device being in the idle state, the processor continually determines a power consumption of the display device. While the power consumption is continually determined, the processor determines whether a predetermined amount of energy has been consumed. In response to a predetermined amount of energy being consumed, the processor turns off the display device.
US11442521B1
A system comprising a plurality of self-powered devices and at least one remote device. The plurality of self-powered devices may be configured to perform instructions. The plurality of self-powered devices may be configured to select one of a plurality of modes of operation. The remote device may be configured to store scheduling data. The remote device may be configured to communicate with the self-powered devices. The self-powered devices may select one of the plurality of modes of operation based on the scheduling data.
US11442519B1
The present disclosure provides various embodiments of an external power supply and methods to enhance the output power delivered by an external power supply to a power consuming load. As described in more detail below, the embodiments disclosed herein enable an external power supply to deliver a higher than maximum output power for short periods of time when ambient temperatures within the external power supply are low. As the ambient temperature increases, the embodiments disclosed herein throttle (or incrementally reduce) the output power delivered by the external power supply until the maximum output power specified for the power supply is reached. Although not strictly limited to such, the external power supply may be a Universal Serial Bus (USB)-enabled AC/DC adapter, and more specifically, a USB Power Deliver (USB-PD) AC/DC adapter, in some embodiments.
US11442516B1
A data center system includes a load section having an array of electronic racks, a thermal management system, and a power flow optimizer. The power flow optimizer is configured to determine a load power requirement of the load section based on workload data of the electronic racks and thermal data of the thermal management system. The data center system further includes a resource section having a number of power sources to provide power to the load section. The resource section includes a resource controller to configure and select at least some of the power sources to provide power to the load section based on the load power requirement provided by the power flow optimizer. The power flow optimizer includes a power flow neural network (NN) model to predict, based on the thermal data and the load data, an amount of power that IT clusters and the thermal management system need.
US11442511B2
A pressing module includes a housing, an operation panel, a waterproof fixing frame, and an elastic member. The housing includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a slot. The slot passes through the first surface and the second surface. The operation panel is pressibly accommodated in the slot. The waterproof fixing frame is disposed on the second surface of the housing and the operation panel and covers a junction between the second surface and the operation panel. The elastic member is disposed on the waterproof fixing frame. The elastic member includes a fixed side and a movable side that are disposed on two opposite sides. The fixed side is fixed to the second surface, and the movable side is fixed to the operation panel, so that the elastic member can provide an elastic restoring force for the operation panel.
US11442509B2
A rotating shaft configured to connect two screen-brackets includes two axle structures arranged symmetrically. One of the two axle structures includes an axle, a motion conversion structure, a screen bracket connection structure, and a supporting bracket. The axle includes a worm groove at a surface of the axle. The motion conversion structure cooperates with the worm groove to form a worm drive. The screen bracket connection structure is movably connected to the motion conversion structure and includes mounting holes, which are configured to mount the screen-brackets. The supporting bracket is sleeved at the axle, rotates around an axis of the axle, and is movably connected to the motion conversion structure and the screen bracket connection structure. The motion conversion structure is movable along an axis direction of the axle on a first surface relative to the supporting bracket.
US11442504B2
An information processing apparatus includes a display device, a detection unit that detects a terminal apparatus located around the information processing apparatus and carried by a user, and a display control unit that causes the display device to display a terminal image, which is an image corresponding to the terminal apparatus detected by the detection unit, and an information image, which is an image corresponding to information to be provided for the terminal apparatus.
US11442501B2
An example device includes: A housing is mounted in a bezel. A camera holder is slideably mounted in the housing, the camera holder to slide in the housing between a recessed and an unrecessed position. A camera head is slideably mounted in the camera holder, the camera holder to slide between a downward position, when the camera holder is in the recessed position, and an upward position, when the camera holder is the unrecessed position. The camera head include a camera device angled outward, relative to the display, when the camera head is in the upward position and the camera holder is in the unrecessed position. The camera holder and the housing contains the camera head and the camera device, when the camera head is in the downward position and the camera holder is in the recessed position.
US11442499B2
A display position adjusting apparatus includes a processor and an arcuate bracket. The arcuate bracket includes a first arcuate rod and a second arcuate rod that are disposed perpendicular to each other. The display is disposed on the second arcuate rod. The display is connected to the second arcuate rod through the first connector and configured to move along the second arcuate rod through the first connector under a control of the processor. The second arcuate rod is connected to the first arcuate rod through a second connector, and configured to move along the first arcuate rod through the second connector under the control of the processor.
US11442483B2
An illustrative example fuel cell power plant includes a cell stack assembly having a plurality of fuel cells configured to generate electricity based on an electrochemical reaction. The power plant includes a capacitor, a plurality of inverters, and at least one controller that is configured to control the plurality of inverters in a first mode and a second mode. The first mode includes the cell stack assembly associated with at least one of the inverters. A cell stack assembly and the associated inverter provide real power to a load external to the fuel cell power plant in the first mode. The second mode includes at least a second one of the inverters associated with the capacitor. The capacitor and the second one of the inverters selectively provide reactive power to or receive reactive power from a grid external to the fuel cell power plant in the second mode.
US11442482B2
A voltage regulator circuit is provided. The voltage regulator circuit includes a voltage regulator configured to provide an output voltage at an output terminal. A plurality of macros are connectable at a plurality of connection nodes of a connector connected to the output terminal of the voltage regulator. A feedback circuit having a plurality of feedback loops is connectable to the plurality of connection nodes. The feedback loop of the plurality of feedback loops, when connected to a connection node of the plurality of connection nodes, is configured to provide an instantaneous voltage of the connection node as a feedback to the voltage regulator. The voltage regulator is configured, in response to the instantaneous voltage, regulate the output voltage to maintain the instantaneous voltage of the connection node approximately equal to a reference voltage.
US11442478B2
A pressure control device has at least two switching valves (10, 12), a feedback control unit (14), a sensor unit (20), and a voltage supply unit (24), and continuously adjusts hydraulic systems.
US11442476B2
In a flow controller comprising a base with a gas passage formed inside, a flow sensor which measures a flow rate of the gas flowing through the passage, and at least two flow control valves which control the flow rate of the gas flowing through the passage, the flow sensor is configured so as to detect a total flow rate of the gas flowing through the passage, a part in the middle of the passage is branched into at least two branch passages, and at least one of said flow control valves is interposed in each of these branch passages. Thereby, even when a pressure difference ΔP1 between a primary side pressure P1 and a secondary side pressure P2 cannot be increased, the maximum flow rate of the gas can be made larger than before.
US11442449B2
Optimizing performance of an autonomous vehicle (AV) includes acquiring information pertaining to a plurality of factors associated with the AV. The plurality of factors includes a route to be traversed by the AV for a ride, a type of a road included in the route, a real-time location of the AV, a time of travel, and a weather condition at the time of travel. An optimal configuration is selected based on the acquired information for operating components of the AV. The components are configured in real time to operate at the optimal configuration. When the components operate at the optimal configuration, a power consumed by the components is reduced and a durability of the components is increased relative to when the components operate at a first configuration that is different from the optimal configuration.
US11442441B2
A test system is includes a management server which is configured to provide predefined test instructions, a monitoring system, and at least one execution entity. The monitoring system is configured to convert test instructions provided by the management server into operating instructions for setting a test configuration on a control unit of a system using predefined assignment logic. The at least one execution entity is configured to set the test configuration on the control unit of the system on the basis of operating instructions transmitted by the monitoring system to the at least one execution entity.
US11442430B2
A system includes a scanner to convert a packaging sketch into a pixelated image and a convolutional neural network configured to segment the pixelated image into bounded objects including fold lines and cut lines. A controller is configured to transform the fold lines and the cut lines into control commands to a folding machine and a cutting machine. A method includes converting a packaging sketch into a pixelated image using a scanner and segmenting, using a convolutional neural network, the pixelated image into bounded objects including fold lines and cut lines. The method also includes transforming, using a controller, the fold lines and the cut lines into control commands to a folding machine and a cutting machine.
US11442428B2
A quality review management system may be used to analyze the operation of manufacturing processes within a plant based on data collected by various data sources in the plant, such as batch executive applications, to automatically detect, store, and display exceptions within those processes for use by a quality review engineer to determine if the process operation meets certain quality standards. The quality review management system includes a configuration application that enables a user to create one or more exception rules, an exception engine that analyses process data using the rules to detect one or more exceptions within the process, and a review application that enables quality review personnel to review each determined exception for resolution purposes.
US11442424B2
A system for managing communication between building management system (BMS) devices includes a memory and a controller. The memory includes instructions stored thereon. The controller is configured to execute the instructions to implement an agent manager, a zone manager, and a channel manager. The agent manager is configured to generate an agent for each of the BMS devices. The zone manager is configured to define at least one zone relating to a physical location zone or a building control zone. The channel manager is configured to generate a communication channel associated with the at least one zone. The channel manager is further configured to manage registration of an agent to the communication channel, wherein an agent is configured to communicate over a communication channel in response to being registered to the communication channel.
US11442418B2
The present disclosure provides a fire test system and method for tunnel structure based on real-time fusion of numerical and physical spaces. The fire test system includes: a physical test unit, to perform a holographic fire test on the typical segment components of tunnel structure system in a physical space, to obtain holographic characteristic parameter data of the typical components; a numerical analysis unit, to establish a full-scale numerical model of the tunnel-stratum composite system in a numerical space, to obtain multi-field coupling boundary data of the typical components; and a fusion control unit, to control and adjust a multi-field coupling boundary of the physical space according to the multi-field coupling boundary data, and to update and adjust an input parameter of the numerical space according to the holographic characteristic parameter data.
US11442408B1
A double escapement mechanism for a watch, clock, or other timepiece. The mechanism comprises first and second escape wheels; a first geared drive wheel having a plurality of teeth for rotating the first escape wheel and a second geared drive wheel having a plurality of teeth for rotating the second escape wheel, the first and second geared drive wheels positioned below and concentric with the first and second escape wheels; a balance wheel positioned above the first and second escape wheels and mounted for rotational movement; a hairspring concentric with the balance wheel and positioned below the first and second geared drive wheels; a roller table having first and second impulse jewels positioned thereon and a roller jewel positioned therebetween; first and second arcuate levers for locking and unlocking the adjacent escape wheel and adjacent to the first and second escape wheels, each arcuate lever having a jewel positioned thereon for locking and unlocking the adjacent escape wheel; a passing spring having a blade positioned between the first and second arcuate levers and extending to the roller table, such that the roller table jewel can deflect the passing spring toward the first arcuate lever to unlock the first escape wheel and can deflect the passing spring toward the second arcuate lever to unlock the second escape wheel.
US11442406B2
A cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the cartridge includes (i) a rotatable developing roller for developing a latent image formed on a photosensitive member; (ii) a first drive transmission member capable of receiving a rotational force originated by the main assembly; (iii) a second drive transmission member capable of coupling with the first drive transmission member and capable of transmitting the rotational force received by the first drive transmission member to the developing roller; and (iv) a coupling disconnection member including a force receiving portion capable of receiving the force originated by the main assembly, and an urging portion capable of urging at least one of the first drive transmission member and the second drive transmission member by the force received by the force receiving portion to separate one of the first drive transmission member and the second drive transmission member from the other, thereby disconnecting the coupling.
US11442401B2
A protection member for attachment to a replacement component before the replacement component is inserted into a body of an apparatus, to protect the replacement component, the replacement component being to be inserted into the body of the apparatus so as to act as a part of the apparatus, the protection member includes: a contact portion configured to come into contact with the body of the apparatus at a stage where a portion of the replacement component on a front side in an insertion direction is inserted into the body of the apparatus while the protection member is attached to the replacement component, in which the protection member is removed at the stage where the portion is inserted into the body of the apparatus, so as to allow further insertion of the replacement component.
US11442399B2
The developing cartridge herein has a housing, a developing roller rotatably supported by it, the developing roller rotating about an axis in a direction, a supply roller rotatably supported by the housing and configured to convey a developer to the developing roller, the supply roller having a supply roller shaft, a driving gear on a driving side of the housing in the direction, and an electrode electrically connected to the developing roller shaft. The electrode has first and second parts, and an intermediate part connecting them. The first part is on an opposite side of the driving side of the housing, the second part is on the driving side, and the opposite side of the driving side and the driving side are opposite ends of the housing in the direction, and the second part is simultaneously in contact with the supply roller shaft and the developing roller shaft.
US11442367B2
A method for optimizing a sequence of processes for manufacturing of product units, includes: associating measurement results of performance parameters (e.g., fingerprints) with the recorded process characteristics (e.g., context); obtaining a characteristic (e.g., context) of a previous process (e.g. deposition) in the sequence already performed on a product unit; obtaining a characteristic (e.g., context) of a subsequent process (e.g., exposure) in the sequence to be performed on the product unit; determining a predicted performance parameter (e.g., fingerprint) of the product unit associated with the sequence of previous and subsequent processes by using the obtained characteristics to retrieve measurement results of the performance parameters (e.g., fingerprints) corresponding to the recorded characteristics; and determining corrections to be applied to future processes (e.g. exposure, etch) in the sequence to be performed on the product unit, based on the determined predicted performance parameter.
US11442366B2
A device manufacturing method, the method including: obtaining a measurement data time series of a plurality of substrates on which an exposure step and a process step have been performed; obtaining a status data time series relating to conditions prevailing when the process step was performed on at least some of the plurality of substrates; applying a filter to the measurement data time series and the status data time series to obtain filtered data; and determining, using the filtered data, a correction to be applied in an exposure step performed on a subsequent substrate.
US11442363B2
An apparatus for treating a substrate includes a treatment vessel having a treatment space therein, a substrate support unit that supports the substrate in the treatment space, and a liquid dispensing unit that dispenses a treatment liquid onto the substrate placed on the substrate support unit. The liquid dispensing unit includes a treatment liquid tube through which the treatment liquid flows, a constant-temperature water tube through which constant-temperature water flows and that surrounds the treatment liquid tube, wherein the constant-temperature water maintains the treatment liquid, which flows through the treatment liquid tube, at a set temperature, a constant-temperature water supply tube that supplies the constant-temperature water to the constant-temperature water tube, and an activation member that is installed in the constant-temperature water supply tube and that activates ions in the constant-temperature water.
US11442354B2
A projection screen includes a screen board, a connecting cloth, a screen frame, and at least one connecting member. The screen board has a first surface and a second surface opposite, the screen board has a light receiving region and an edge region surrounding the light receiving region. At least one edge of the connecting cloth protrudes from a corresponding edge of the screen board, and at least a portion of the second surface of the screen board located in the edge region is connected to the connecting cloth. The screen frame has a hollow structure, an orthographic projection of the screen board on a plane parallel to the first surface is located within an outer border of an orthographic projection of the screen frame on the plane. The at least one connecting member connects at least one edge of the connecting cloth to the screen frame.
US11442349B2
A wavelength conversion element includes: a wavelength conversion layer that is formed with a plurality of pores and that is excited by light in a first wavelength band to generate light in a second wavelength band different from the light in the first wavelength band; a first bonding layer formed at a first surface of the wavelength conversion layer; a second bonding layer bonded to the first bonding layer; and a reflection member that is formed at the second bonding layer and that reflects the light in the first wavelength band or the light in the second wavelength band. The first surface of the wavelength conversion layer is formed with a recess. A part of the first bonding layer is formed at the recess. The second bonding layer is formed to cover the recess. The first bonding layer and the second bonding layer are plasma polymerized films.
US11442347B2
A light source device includes a light source unit and a rotating wheel. The light source unit is configured to emit first blue light and second blue light. The rotating wheel includes a diffuser layer configured to diffuse and transmit the first blue light, and a phosphor layer configured to convert at least a part of the second blue light into yellow light.
US11442341B2
An embodiment of a camera module comprises: a lens portion; a front body on which the lens portion is mounted; a substrate portion arranged to be spaced from the lens portion in a first direction and coupled to the front body; an image sensor arranged on the substrate portion and provided to face the lens portion; a first fastener, one side of which is inserted into the front body such that at least a part of the substrate portion is coupled to the front body; and a first attachment portion arranged between the front body and the substrate portion, wherein the first attachment portion may comprise at least one through-hole formed between the front body and the substrate portion so as to couple the front body and the substrate portion.
US11442337B2
A frame adapted to mount a fabric for image capturing has a top beam engaged with a pair of side support members and a pair of base support members engaging a base beam. Each of the side support members extends from the top beam downwardly through a curvilinear member to a corresponding base support member. The top beam is connected to the pair of side support members orthogonally. The base support members are connected to the base beam orthogonally.
US11442336B2
Provided are an imaging apparatus capable of maintaining favorable visibility of display in a finder, a finder display control method of the imaging apparatus, a finder display control program of the imaging apparatus, and a viewfinder. The viewfinder (30) includes an observation optical system (32), a finder LCD (36), a beam splitter (34) that superimposes display of the finder LCD (36) on an optical image of a subject observed through the observation optical system (32), an electronic variable ND filter (40) that adjusts a light amount of the optical image of the subject incident into the beam splitter (34), a transmittance measurement unit (90) that measures the transmittance of the electronic variable ND filter (40) changing over time in a case where the transmittance of the electronic variable ND filter (40) is switched, and a finder LCD display control unit (110b) that controls the light amount of the display device in real time on the basis of the result of measurement of the transmittance measurement unit (90). The finder LCD display control unit (110b) controls the light amount of the finder LCD (36) so as to keep constant a light amount ratio of the optical image of the subject observed through the observation optical system (32) and the display of the finder LCD (36) superimposed on the optical image.
US11442333B2
An image displacement device includes a first grating and a second grating. Each grating is switchable between a diffracting state and a non-diffracting state. The first grating has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface receives image beams, and the image beams leave the first grating by the second surface. The second grating is disposed downstream from the first grating in a light path and has a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface. The third surface receives the image beams, and the image beams leave the second grating by the fourth surface. An exit direction of the image beam exiting the second grating is shifted a distance in a first direction from an incident direction of the image beam incident to the first grating.
US11442330B1
This application relates to circuits and methods for dynamically correcting DC bias and suppressing optical carrier frequency in electro-optic modulators (EOMs). A DC bias voltage for a control path may be determined using a control path DC bias structure. DC bias in a signal path may be corrected by applying the DC bias voltage, or a function thereof, to a signal path DC bias structure. Signal path and control path RF signal structures may be operated for a time period during which their DC biases drift together. An updated DC bias voltage for the control path may be determined using the control path DC bias structure. The drift of DC bias in the signal path may be corrected by applying the updated DC bias voltage, or a function thereof, to the signal path DC bias structure.
US11442327B2
An embodiment of the present application provides a display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, barrier walls, and an electrophoretic material. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate, and the second substrate includes a substrate layer, a metal layer, a first protective layer, a nanoparticle layer, and a second protective layer arranged in a stack. The second protective layer is disposed on a side of the second substrate facing the first substrate. The barrier walls are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a plurality of receiving spaces are defined by the barrier walls, the first substrate, and the second substrate, and the electrophoretic material is contained in each of the receiving spaces.
US11442323B2
A device for modulation of light (16) having a wavelength, comprising: a first substrate (10) with a first face (81) and a second opposite face (82), and comprising a first electrode (11); a second substrate (20) adjacent to the second face (82) and defining a gap between the first and second substrate (10, 20), the second substrate (20) comprising a second electrode (21); a responsive liquid crystal layer (15) disposed in the gap, wherein the responsive liquid crystal layer (15) has a flexoelectro-optic chiral nematic phase, and is birefringent with an optic axis that tilts in response to an applied electric field between the first and second electrode (11, 21); and a mirror adjacent to the second substrate (20), the mirror configured to reflect incident circular polarised light while preserving its handedness.
US11442317B2
The liquid crystal display device includes an island-shaped first semiconductor film 102 which is formed over a base insulating film 101 and in which a source 102d, a channel forming region 102a, and a drain 102b are formed; a first electrode 102c which is formed of a material same as the first semiconductor film 102 to be the source 102d or the drain 102b and formed over the base insulating film 101; a second electrode 108 which is formed over the first electrode 102c and includes a first opening pattern 112; and a liquid crystal 110 which is provided over the second electrode 108.
US11442305B2
A display device includes: a display panel; a stand disposed at a first side surface of the display panel; a blowing fan disposed inside the stand; and a duct disposed at a second side surface of the display panel and connected to the stand.
US11442300B2
A system for a vehicle comprises a medium arranged in front of a target in the vehicle, a target monitoring system arranged in front of the target in the vehicle capturing an image or a profile of the target, and a processing unit communicatively coupled the target monitoring camera to the medium, analyzed the captured image or profile of the target, wherein the processing unit arranged to analyze the obtained images or profile of the target and cause the medium to switch from a transparent mode to an opaque mode.
US11442298B2
An optical modulation device includes a substrate, a slot waveguide formed by arranging a pair of electrodes in a groove formed on one side of the substrate and by filling the groove with an electro-optical material, a dielectric film that covers a surface of the electro-optic material filled in the slot waveguide, and a plate member that covers the slot waveguide and is bonded to the dielectric film with an adhesive resin.
US11442296B2
An optical attenuating structure is provided. The optical attenuating structure includes a substrate, a waveguide, doping regions, an optical attenuating member, and a dielectric layer. The waveguide is extended over the substrate. The doping regions are disposed over the substrate, and include a first doping region, a second doping region opposite to the first doping region and separated from the first doping region by the waveguide, a first electrode extended over the substrate and in the first doping region, and a second electrode extended over the substrate and in the second doping region. The first optical attenuating member is coupled with the waveguide and disposed between the waveguide and the first electrode. The dielectric layer is disposed over the substrate and covers the waveguide, the doping regions and the first optical attenuating member.
US11442294B2
A transmissive polarization control device includes: a semiconductor layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the semiconductor layer including: a first conductivity type region having a conductivity type, a second conductivity type region having a conductivity type, and a pn junction located between the first and second conductivity type regions; a loop electrode disposed on the first surface and configured such that an electric current flowing through the loop produces a magnetic field in a direction penetrating the pn junction; and a near-field light formation region in which an impurity of the first conductivity type introduced as a dopant into the first conductivity type region for formation of near-field light is distributed. A polarization direction of linearly polarized light traveling through a region surrounded by the loop electrode and the near-field light formation region is rotated according to the electric current.
US11442291B2
A contact lens according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a lens section attachable to an eyeball, and one or a plurality of structure portions provided in the lens section and intended to accumulate tears. This makes it possible to, for example, measure an absorption spectrum of the tears, by emitting light toward the tears accumulated in the one or plurality of structure portions.
US11442288B2
An optical unit with shake-correction function is provided. A movable body is supported by a fixed body via a gimbal mechanism. The fixed body includes a case surrounding the movable body. The gimbal mechanism includes a gimbal frame having a second axis-side extension part protruding in a direction of a second axis and a second connecting mechanism connecting the second axis-side extension part and the case. The second axis-side extension part includes a first portion extending in a direction of Z-axis, a bent portion bending from an end of the first portion, and a second portion extending from the bent portion in a −Z direction. The second connecting mechanism connects the second portion and the case, and the fixed body includes an object-side end plate portion facing the bent portion from the direction of the Z axis on an outer side of the first portion in a radial direction.
US11442287B2
An optical unit may include a movable body having an optical module, a fixed body, a support mechanism structured to swingably support the movable body, and a magnetic drive part which is provided on at least two faces of the movable body and the fixed body and is structured to swing the movable body. All faces of one of the movable body and the fixed body may be formed with a protruded part protruded to a direction where the movable body and the fixed body are faced each other, all faces of the other of the movable body and the fixed body may be formed with a contact part capable of contacting with the protruded part, and the face of the one of the movable body and the fixed body where the magnetic drive part is provided is formed with the protruded part on both sides of the magnetic drive part.
US11442264B2
An electrowetting device includes an electrode substrate including a first substrate, a plurality of first drive electrodes formed on the first substrate, and a water-repellent insulating layer formed on the plurality of first drive electrodes, a counter substrate including a second substrate, and disposed so as to face the electrode substrate with a predetermined gap therebetween, a sealing portion provided in a sealing region at the electrode substrate, and bonding the electrode substrate and the counter substrate, and an injection valve for injecting a droplet into the gap, the injection valve being located in the sealing region and including a first valve body formed of an electric field responsive gel.
US11442261B2
A base assembly includes an imaging sensor having a sensor surface to receive a sample, and a platform connected to the base assembly. The base assembly includes (a) an aperture configured to receive a lid surface of a lid in a position to define an imaging space between the sensor surface and the lid surface and (b) a movement portion movable toward and away from the base assembly. The platform and the base assembly are configured to limit contact between the sample and the base assembly other than at the sensor surface.
US11442260B2
A system 100 and method are provided for imaging a sample in a sample holder. For providing autofocus, a 2D pattern is projected onto the sample holder 050 via an astigmatic optical element 120. Image data 172 of the sample is acquired by an image sensor 140 via magnification optics 150. A difference in sharpness of the two-dimensional pattern in the image data is measured along a first axis and a second axis. Based on the difference, a magnitude and direction of defocus of the camera subsystem is determined with respect to the sample holder. This enables the sample holder, and thereby the sample, to be brought into focus in a fast and reliable manner.
US11442257B2
A camera module includes an imaging lens system, an image sensor and a plurality of light-folding elements. The imaging lens system is configured to focus imaging light onto an image surface. The image sensor is disposed on the image surface. The plurality of light-folding elements includes at least one image-side light-folding element disposed on an image side of the imaging lens system, and each of the light-folding elements is configured to fold the imaging light from an entrance optical path thereof to an exit optical path thereof. At least one light-shielding mechanism is arranged on at least one of the entrance light path and the exit light path of the at least one image-side light-folding element. The at least one light-shielding mechanism has a minimal opening, and the minimal opening surrounds the imaging light in the at least one of the entrance optical path and the exit optical path.
US11442254B2
An augmented reality projection device is provided. The augmented reality projection device includes an excitation light source that generates excitation light and a fluorescent light detector that detects fluorescent light generated in the fluorescent light generation area and generates a fluorescent image. The device also includes a projector that converts an image signal for displaying a visual indicator in the fluorescent light generation area into visual indicator light. The device further includes a processor that controls operations of the excitation light source, the fluorescent light detector, and the projection. The device further includes a coaxial optics that delivers the excitation light and the visual indicator light to the fluorescent light generation area and delivers the fluorescent light to the fluorescent light detector.
US11442252B2
An optical imaging system includes a first lens including a negative refractive power and a convex object-side surface, and a second lens including a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. The optical imaging system also includes a third lens including a negative refractive power and a convex object-side surface, a fourth lens including a convex image-side surface, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens including an inflection point formed on an image-side surface thereof. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed in an optical-axis direction.
US11442250B2
An imaging lens includes a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group; and a third lens group having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens. The second lens group includes a fourth lens and a fifth lens. The third lens group includes a sixth lens and a seventh lens having negative refractive power. The first lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens has a specific focal length. The second lens is disposed away from the third lens by a specific distance.
US11442248B2
An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; an aperture stop; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The fourth lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side is convex at a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens is formed in a meniscus shape at a paraxial region thereof. The first lens and the sixth lens have specific Abbe's numbers.
US11442244B2
An imaging device detects a specific type object in a captured image, detects a position of a line-of-sight of a photographer, and controls so that: in case where the specific type object is not detected in the captured image, a main object to which a specific process should be applied is selected based on a predetermined condition within a first type zone including a detected line-of-sight input position, and in case where the specific type object is detected in the captured image, if the detected line-of-sight input position is included in a second type zone that is larger than the first type zone and includes the specific type object, the specific type object included in the second type zone corresponding to the line-of-sight input position is selected as the main object to which the specific process should be applied, regardless of the predetermined condition.
US11442242B2
Provided is a vibration wave motor including: a vibrator; a friction member; a pressurizing mechanism; a first holding mechanism; and a second holding mechanism, wherein the vibrator and the friction member are configured to perform relative movement with respect to each other, wherein the first holding mechanism includes a first holding portion and a second holding portion which is longer than the first holding portion in a direction of the relative movement, wherein the friction member is arranged between the first holding portion and the second holding portion, wherein the first holding portion includes a first restriction portion, wherein the second holding portion includes a second restriction portion, and wherein the first restriction portion and the second restriction portion are brought into abutment against the second holding mechanism to restrict movement in directions other than the direction of the relative movement of the vibrator and the first holding mechanism.
US11442241B2
The present invention relates to a lens driving apparatus, comprising: a cover member which comprises an upper plate and a side plate extending downwardly from the upper plate; a housing which is located in an inner space formed by the upper plate and the side plate; a base which is positioned below the housing; a first driving unit which is positioned in the housing; a second driving unit which is located in the base and has an electromagnetic interaction with the first driving unit; and a side support member which elastically supports the housing with respect to the base, wherein the cover member comprises a first round portion formed to be rounded in at least a part of portion at which the upper plate and the side plate meet, and the housing comprises a second round portion which is formed in a part of the housing corresponding to the first round portion and has a curvature radius which is smaller than or equal to a curvature radius of the first round portion.
US11442239B2
An assembly device for an optical assembly comprises: a grasping mechanism (310) configured to grasp a first sub-lens to be assembled, and to move the grasped first sub-lens in multiple degrees of freedom; a first fixing mechanism (320) configured to fix a second sub-lens to be assembled, wherein the grasping mechanism (310) is movable relative to the first fixing mechanism (320), so that the first sub-lens and the second sub-lens form an optical system capable of imaging; a second fixing mechanism (330) configured to fix a photosensitive assembly; a data acquiring assembly (340) configured to be electrically connected to the photosensitive assembly fixed by the fixing mechanism (330) and acquire image data output by the photosensitive assembly; and a material connecting assembly (210) configured to fix the first and second sub-lenses together.
US11442224B2
A test apparatus has at least one optical source, a high-speed photodetector, a microcontroller or processor, and electrical circuitry to power and drive the optical source, high-speed photodetector, and microcontroller or processor. The apparatus measures the frequency response and optical path length of a multimode optical fiber under test, utilizes a reference VCSEL spatial spectral launch condition and modal-chromatic dispersion interaction data to estimate the channels total modal-chromatic bandwidth of the fiber under test, and computes and presents the estimated maximum data rate the fiber under test can support.
US11442222B2
Improvements to gratings for use in waveguides and methods of producing them are described herein. Deep surface relief gratings (SRGs) may offer many advantages over conventional SRGs and Bragg gratings, an important one being a higher S-diffraction efficiency. In one embodiment, deep SRGs can be implemented as polymer surface relief gratings or evacuated Bragg gratings (EBGs). EBGs can be formed by first recording a holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal (HPDLC) grating. Removing the liquid crystal from the cured grating provides a polymer surface relief grating. Polymer surface relief gratings have many applications including for use in waveguide-based displays.
US11442221B2
A method of aligning a multiview backlight with a light valve array of a multiview display employs an alignment pattern that includes unit cells spaced apart from one another and having view blocks corresponding to different views of the multiview display. The method of aligning includes establishing the alignment pattern on the light valve array, illuminating the light valve array using the multiview backlight to display the alignment pattern, and adjusting a relative position of the multiview backlight and the light valve array to minimize an error measure of the unit cells within the displayed alignment pattern. A multiview display backlight alignment system includes the multiview display and a positioning stage configured to adjust the relative position to minimize the error measure. An automated multiview display backlight alignment system further includes a feedback controller, the positioning stage being motorized.
US11442218B2
There is provided a display backlight (604), including an excitation source (644) for generating blue light (650); and a wavelength converter (654) being a unitary construction including a combination of a wavelength selective filter layer (658) bonded to a photoluminescence layer (660), where the photoluminescence layer (658) includes a green photoluminescence material and a red photoluminescence material; and where the wavelength selective filter layer (658) is transmissive to blue light and reflective to green and red light.
US11442211B2
An authenticity determination viewer including a first phase difference film, a linear polarizer, and a second phase difference film in this order, wherein a polarized light transmission axis of the linear polarizer and a slow axis of the first phase difference film are non-parallel to each other, and the polarized light transmission axis of the linear polarizer and a slow axis of the second phase difference film are non-parallel to each other.
US11442203B2
A gradient-index (GRIN) lens comprises an input surface defined by a body configured to receive electromagnetic (EM) waves from an aperture-constrained array; and an output surface defined by the body configured to output phase-aligned EM waves based on the received EM waves from the aperture-constrained array. The GRIN lens can be dimension-constrained in at least one dimension and can have a non-linear permittivity taper in at least a first dimension. The GRIN lens can provide gain for the received EM waves from the aperture-constrained array.
US11442199B2
An optical film can be used in a display panel as a viewing angle diffusion film. The optical film includes a first electrode layer, an isotropic optical material layer, a liquid crystal material layer and a second electrode layer that are stacked. A plurality of groove structures are disposed on the isotropic optical material layer, and each of the groove structures is filled with the liquid crystal material layer.
US11442195B2
A system to detect obstacles includes a power beam transmission circuit, a power beam reception circuit arranged to receive a power beam from the power beam transmission circuit, an emitter module, and a detector module arranged to distinguish between a first characteristic and a second characteristic. The emitter module includes a first emitter arranged to emit a first signal having the first characteristic, the first signal emitted in proximity to the power beam, and a second emitter arranged to emit a second signal having the second characteristic, the second characteristic different from the first characteristic, the second signal emitted in proximity to the first signal. The detector module includes a first detector arranged to respond to the first signal emitted by the first emitter, wherein the detector module is arranged to determine when an obstacle is in or near a line-of-sight transmission path between the first emitter and the first detector.
US11442191B2
Embodiments, including systems and methods, for deploying ocean bottom seismic nodes. Two or more underwater vehicles (such as remotely operated vehicles (ROVs)) may be deployed by a surface vessel and each connected to the surface vessel by a ROV deployment line. A catenary shape of each ROV deployment line may be modeled for more accurate and efficient subsea ROV operations. Real-time modeling and predictive modeling of the catenary shape of the deployed lines may be performed, and the surface vessel and/or ROVs may be positioned based on the modeled catenary shapes. The ROVs may be automatically positioned and/or controlled based on commands from a dynamic positioning (DP) system. An integrated navigation system (INS) may be located on the surface vessel and directly coupled to the one or more DP systems. The surface vessel may travel backwards during deployment operations and deploy one or more subsea baskets astern from the ROVs.
US11442189B2
A method for estimating a far field seismic energy source signature includes using detected near field seismic signals corresponding to actuation of each one of a plurality of seismic energy sources in an array of seismic energy sources. The near field seismic signals are detected at two spaced apart locations in the near field of each seismic energy source, the at least two spaced apart locations being arranged such that a direction of propagation of the detected near field seismic signals is determinable from the detected near field signals. A notional source signature for each seismic energy source and a notional ghost for each seismic energy source using the detected near field seismic signals. A far field signature is determined for the plurality of seismic energy sources using the determined notional source signature and notional ghost signature from each seismic energy source.
US11442187B2
The present invention discloses a microseismic wireless monitoring, receiving and early warning system of rock, which is connected with microseismic intelligent acquisition and data wireless transmission systems of rocks through a satellite. The microseismic wireless monitoring, receiving and early warning system of rock comprises a wireless receiving module, used for receiving a microseismic data packet processed by each microseismic signal wireless transmission system of rock through the satellite; a storage module, connected with the wireless receiving module, internally saving basic data information of each microseismic signal transmission system of the rock, automatically and correspondingly storing the microseismic data packet in real time and managing the microseismic data packet; a processing module, connected with the storage module and used for computing and analyzing to obtain microseismic source level information of a rock breakage signal and transmitting the information to the storage module to be stored.
US11442186B2
A method for correcting physical positions of seismic sensors and/or seismic sources for a seismic data acquisition system. The method includes estimating a respective energy generated by each source element, which belongs to a source array; calculating a respective energy recorded by each individual seismic sensor, which belongs to a composite receiver; summing, for each individual seismic sensor, all the generated energies from the all the source elements; estimating a model of direct arrival waves that propagate from the source elements to the individual seismic sensors; calculating positions of the individual seismic sensors based on the model of direct arrival waves; comparing calculated positions of the individual seismic sensors with observed positions of the individual seismic sensors; selecting a best calculated position for each of the individual seismic sensors based on an objective function; and correcting the observed positions of the individual seismic sensors with corresponding best calculated positions.
US11442183B2
Disclosed herein is a radiation detector comprising: an electronics layer comprising a first set of electric contacts and a second set of electric contacts; a radiation absorption layer configured to absorb radiation; a first set of electrodes and a second set of electrodes, wherein the first set of electrodes and the second set of electrodes are interdigitated and extend into the radiation absorption layer in a direction of thickness thereof; wherein the electronics layer and the radiation absorption layer are bonded such that the first set of electrodes are electrically connected to the first set of electric contacts and the second set of electrodes are electrically connected to the second set of electric contacts.
US11442180B2
A method and a system for verifying integrity of GPS position information according to a disclosed embodiment is a method performed in an unmanned moving object including one or more processors and a memory for storing one or more programs executed by the one or more processors. The method includes an operation of performing an authentication process for a connected base station, by the unmanned moving object, an operation of measuring a position of the unmanned moving object by performing wireless communication with a plurality of authenticated base stations, and an operation of verifying the GPS position information by comparing a value of the measured position with a position value of the GPS position information received from a satellite.
US11442179B2
An electronic timepiece is provided that executes navigation to a destination site. The timepiece includes a display unit, a magnetic sensor, a reception unit that receives time information indicating a time from a GPS satellite, a storage unit that stores orbit information indicating an orbit of the GPS satellite, and a control unit that generates positional information indicating a position of the electronic timepiece using the time information received by the reception unit and the orbit information stored in the storage unit and executes the navigation using the display unit based on the positional information, an output of the magnetic sensor, and destination site information indicating a position of the destination site. When the orbit information is stored in the storage unit and then a first predetermined time equal to or less than a valid period of the orbit information elapses, the control unit updates the orbit information stored in the storage unit.
US11442178B2
Disclosed is a method for achieving space-based autonomous navigation of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) satellites, and relates to the field of satellite navigation technologies. The method includes the following steps: optimizing a DRO, and establishing a dynamic model of an earth-moon space satellite orbit; establishing measurement links, by a low earth orbit (LEO) data relay satellite, with an earth-moon space DRO satellite and a GNSS respectively, and measuring an inter-satellite distance for modeling and linearization; adopting an extended Kalman filter (EKF) method to process inter-satellite measurement data, and autonomously determining a position and velocity of the global navigation satellite system without depending on the ground measurement and control support.
US11442176B2
A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) enabled device includes an inertial sensor and receiver circuitry to track a position of the GNSS enabled device. The receiver circuitry selects a mode of a GNSS technology based on power available at the GNSS enabled device and a positioning error value associated with the mode of the GNSS technology. The positioning error value associated with the selected mode is less than a specified accuracy threshold. The receiver circuitry calibrates the inertial sensor based on the selected mode of the GNSS technology to track the position of the GNSS enabled device to reduce the overall power consumption at the GNSS enabled device.
US11442172B2
Disclosed are a system, apparatus, and method for monitoring integrity of satellites, and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). One or more satellites in one or more GNSS are monitored based on a reference crowdsourced integrity report. One or more satellite integrity metrics are determined for the one or more satellites based at least on signals from the one or more satellites. A position of the mobile device is estimated. The position of the mobile device and the one or more satellite integrity metrics are provided.
US11442170B2
An image sensor including a pixel array which includes pixels for sensing a reflected signal, incident on the pixel array to form reflected light spots separated from each other. Each pixel includes a photodetector and a readout circuit. The photodetector is configured to detect the reflected signal and output a photo response signal. The readout circuit is configured to generate a pixel output according to the photo response signal. The pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel along a first predetermined direction. The readout circuit of the first pixel is adjacent to the photodetector of the second pixel along the first predetermined direction, and adjacent to the photodetector of the first pixel along a second predetermined direction perpendicular to the first predetermined direction. The pixel array has a small pixel pitch and a high fill factor.
US11442169B2
A distance image sensor includes a light source, a light source control means for controlling the light source, a pixel circuit including a photoelectric conversion region, charge readout regions, and control electrodes, a charge transfer control means for sequentially applying a control pulse to the control electrodes, and a distance calculation means for reading voltages of the charge readout regions as detection signals and repeatedly calculating a distance on the basis of the detection signals, and the distance calculation means calculates a sum value of signal components of charge generated from the pulsed light other than background light among the detection signals, calculates a distance from the detection signals using a predetermined equation when the sum value exceeds a first threshold value, and invalidates the calculation of the distance when the sum value does not exceed the first threshold value.
US11442159B2
Systems and methods for modulation and demodulation using a micro-Doppler effect are described. In an embodiment, the method includes radiating, using a picosecond pulse generator with an antenna, a train of THz pulses that form a frequency comb, where the frequency comb is reflected from an object such that the frequency several tones in the frequency comb are shifted based on the speed of the object and demodulating the reflected frequency comb to recover a THz Doppler signature of the object.
US11442155B2
The various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to devices, system and processes for detecting saturation of a received signal in a PAS system. A process may include detecting, in a received signal and during a measurement interval, one or more correlated signal levels. Based on one or more results of the detecting, the process may include identifying in a correlated output signal portions of the received signal which exceed a given magnitude threshold during the measurement interval and providing the correlated output signal to an electronic control unit (ECU). A magnitude detector outputs the correlated output signal. A saturation detector determines whether the received signal is saturated during a portion of a measurement interval. When the received signal is saturated, a saturation signal is generated and provided on a delayed basis to the ECU such that it is provided substantially contemporaneously with the correlated output signal.
US11442153B2
A ROIC can perform systolic processing of light detectors. The ROIC performs the systolic processing of the light detectors to capture at least i) when, in time units, an initial photon of its reflected light pulse is captured by each of the light detectors in the array, ii) where geographically in terms of column and row address of the light detector capturing its photon is located in the array, iii) scan out data captured by the light detectors on the when in time units, and the where geographically that the photon was captured in a given light detector in the array, and then iv) analyze the data on the when and the where with an algorithm to know exactly when exactly, in terms of time units, the photon was captured relative to the input from the clock circuit in order to determine an objects characteristics.
US11442148B2
A sensor system comprises a pulsed light source, and a passive sensor head chip in communication with the light source. The sensor head chip includes a first photonics substrate, a transmitting optical component on the first photonics substrate and configured to couple a pulse, transmitted through a first optical fiber from the light source, into a region of interest; and a receiving optical component on the first photonics substrate and configured to couple backscattered light, received from the region of interest, into a second optical fiber. A signal processing chip communicates with the sensor head chip and light source. The signal processing chip includes a second photonics substrate and comprises a passive optical filter array that receives the backscattered light from the second optical fiber. The filter array includes notch filters in communication with each other and operative for frequency selection; and optical detectors respectively coupled to the notch filters.
US11442144B2
A method and apparatus for automatically determining a characteristic of a crop using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes operating the UAV at an elevation above a ground surface of a field and collecting first data that indicates an elevation of the UAV with a barometric pressure based altimeter of the UAV. Second data is collected with a SONAR sensor of the UAV that indicates a distance to a nearest object on the ground surface. The SONAR sensor has a SONAR sensor range and the elevation above the ground surface is less than the SONAR sensor range. The method further includes receiving the first data and the second data on a processor, and determining a height of the nearest object above the ground surface with the processor based on the first data and second data. Output data that indicates the height of the nearest object is presented on a display.
US11442132B2
A solar tracking system (200) comprises multiple solar panel modules (SPMi) forming a grid of solar panel modules, wherein the multiple solar panel modules (SPMi) are orientatable to a solar source independently of each other; and a control system (SPCi) configured to orient each of the multiple solar panel modules (SPMi) to the solar source independently of each other based on a performance model to optimize an energy output from the grid of solar panel modules, wherein the performance model predicts an energy output from the grid of solar panel modules based on a topography of the area containing the grid of solar panel modules and weather conditions local to each of the solar panel modules (SPMi).
US11442111B2
An automated system and method to investigate degradation of cathode materials in batteries via atomistic simulations, and in particular by simulating the creation of atomistic defects in the cathode material, which occurs during charge cycling. A systematic procedure relates the degradation of battery performance metrics to underlying structural changes due to atomic rearrangements within the material, for example through density functional theory simulations. The performance metrics modeled with this approach include the Open Cell Voltage (OCV) as well as the discharge capacity curve.
US11442107B2
A system-on-chip includes a first scan register being in a first core and being closest to an input port of the first core; an inverting circuit on a feedback path of the first scan register; a second scan register in the first core; and a logic circuit on a data path between the first scan register and the second scan register. In a test mode for an AT-SPEED test of the logic circuit, the inverting circuit generates test data by inverting scan data that are output from the first scan register, the first scan register stores the test data in response to a first pulse of a clock signal, the logic circuit generates result data based on the test data that are output from the first scan register, and the second scan register stores the result data in response to a second pulse of the clock signal.
US11442106B2
A circuit debug apparatus for debugging an integrated circuit that causes a functional fault may include a processor configured to extract a scan pattern of a scan chain of the integrated circuit while the integrated circuit is in a scan mode. The scan pattern includes a plurality of logic states for a corresponding plurality of logic circuits of the integrated circuit. The processor may also be configured to apply a modified scan pattern to the integrated circuit while the integrated circuit is in the scan mode, where the modified scan pattern includes a test pattern configured to eliminate the functional fault. The processor may be further configured to determine whether the integrated circuit with the modified scan pattern produces the functional fault while the integrated circuit is in a functional mode.
US11442104B1
Methods and systems for collecting operational data from a target digital system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes determining a test configuration to be used to configure a probe circuit. Determining the test configuration may include selecting one or more signal sources, defining one or more signal patterns within the selected signal sources, and defining one or more trigger events associated with the one or more signal patterns. Based on the test configuration, the probe circuit selects input/output (I/O) channels for a test cycle and captures one or more traces from the selected I/O channels during the test cycle.
US11442103B2
An apparatus is provided which comprises: a multi-bit quad latch with an internally coupled level sensitive scan circuitry; and a combinational logic coupled to an output of the multi-bit quad latch. Another apparatus is provided which comprises: a plurality of sequential logic circuitries; and a clocking circuitry comprising inverters, wherein the clocking circuitry is shared by the plurality of sequential logic circuitries.
US11442100B2
A method, system, and computer program product for detecting and monitoring a signal is provided. The method includes detecting an alignment point for a periodic signal segment of a periodic signal generated by an apparatus being monitored for standard functionality In response, the apparatus is activated from a period prior to the alignment point to an end point of the periodic signal segment and a first point of the periodic signal segment is located. Likewise, a second point of an additional periodic signal segment of the periodic signal is located. The periodic signal is normalized based on results of locating the first point and the second point.
US11442097B2
The present application discloses a method and apparatus for calculating the kink current of SOI device, which is used to solve the problem that the kink current calculation in the prior art is not accurate and is not suitable for circuit simulation. The method includes: obtaining the impact ionization factor, the parasitic transistor effect factor, and the drain saturation current of the SOI device respectively; and calculating the kink current of the SOI device according to the impact ionization factor, the parasitic transistor effect factor, and the drain saturation current.
US11442094B2
This application provides a polygonal spherical sampling device, belonging to the technical field of spherical field antenna measurement, and including a probe, a mounting rack and a supporting platform. The supporting platform is mounted on the mounting rack for placing an object to be tested. The number of the probes is more than or equal to six, the probes are mounted on the mounting rack and a plurality of the probes are distributed on at least two vertical planes in a three-dimensional spherical space and are arranged around the supporting platform. The vertical planes are arranged symmetrically about a vertical axis, the probes are uniformly distributed at intervals of A degrees on each vertical plane, the probes on a same horizontal plane are uniformly distributed at intervals of B degrees, both A and B are less than or equal to 90.
US11442091B2
Apparatus having an array of memory cells and a controller for access of the array of memory cells, wherein the controller is configured to cause the apparatus to determine capacitance and/or resistance values of an access line in response to applying a reference current to the access line, wherein the access line is connected to control gates of memory cells of the array of memory cells.
US11442084B2
Various implementations described herein are directed to a device having a load circuit that consumes current. The device may include a power distribution network having impedance stimulated by the load circuit. The device may include a sensing circuit that collects voltage during operation of the load circuit and reconstructs an origin current for the load circuit based on the impedance of the power distribution network and the voltage collected during operation of the load circuit.
US11442083B2
In a method and system, voltage and/or current signals on an electrical/power system is monitored. A power event is identified from the monitored voltage and/or current signals. In response to event identification, waveforms of the monitored voltage and/or current signals are captured. Energy-related signals are calculated and extracted from pre-event measurements, event measurements and post-event measurements using the captured waveforms. Additional information associated with the event is identified and calculated by comparing (a) the calculated and used energy-related signals from pre-event measurements, with (b) the calculated and used energy-related signals from post-event measurements.
US11442081B1
A current sensing circuit includes a sensing resistor, a current monitor, a variable resistor, and a processor. The sensing resistor is disposed on a to-be-sensed circuit and coupled between first and second first voltage terminals of the to-be-sensed circuit. The current monitor includes first and second terminals. A first winding is coupled between the first terminal and the first voltage terminal, and a second winding is coupled between the second terminal and the second voltage terminal. The variable resistor is connected in series with the first winding between the first voltage terminal and the first terminal. The current monitor obtains a sensed current according to a first voltage on the first terminal, a second voltage on the second terminal, and an impedance of the sensing resistor and generates a sensing signal. The processor determines whether to adjust an impedance of the variable resistor according to the sensing signal.
US11442077B2
The present invention relates to capacitive micromechanical accelerometers, and in particular to acceleration sensors with movable rotors which may rotate out of a substrate plane when the accelerometer undergoes movement with an acceleration component perpendicular to the substrate plane. The capacitive micromechanical accelerometer includes additional damping springs to reduce unwanted movement of the rotor in the substrate plane, thereby reducing the parasitic capacitance that results from motion of the rotor in the substrate plane. The damping springs are vertically recessed with respect to other components of the accelerometer in order to minimise the effect of the damping springs on movement of the rotor out of the substrate plane.
US11442076B2
A wind flow sensing system for determining a turbulence of wind flow at a set of different altitudes above a terrain is provided. The wind flow sensing system comprises an input interface configured to receive a set of measurements of radial velocities at line-of-site points above the terrain for each of the altitudes for a set of time steps, and a processor configured to estimate velocity fields for each of the altitudes based on data assimilation of the velocity fields, estimate unbiased horizontal velocities at each of the altitudes and for each time step, determine an average of the unbiased horizontal velocities for a period of time including the set of time steps, and determine, at each of the altitudes, a turbulence based on the unbiased horizontal velocities for each time step and the average of the unbiased horizontal velocity.
US11442075B2
The present disclosure relates to a ballistic projectile velocity measurement apparatus that senses and records the times in which a projectile travels through two vertical planes represented by two sensor gates which are spaced horizontally from each other. The sensor gates each utilize an LED laser that emits a laser light through a diffuser along a diffusion angle into a plurality of laser light sensors to create a wall of laser light, and the sensor gates register a break in the wall of light when a ballistic projectile obstructs the light received by at least one laser light sensor. The ballistics apparatus then determines the velocity of the projectile based on the distance between the two gates and difference in time between the two plane-breaking events.
US11442070B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a blood analysis method and a blood test kit, which are capable of performing measurement of a plurality of target components to be analyzed with high accuracies in a case where hemolysis occurs in a case of measuring an amount of target components to be analyzed in a small volume of a blood sample. According to the present invention, provided is a blood analysis method for measuring a concentration of a target component to be analyzed, the blood analysis method including: a step of diluting a collected blood sample with a diluent solution, a step of determining a dilution factor by using a normal value of a normal component which is homeostatically present in blood, a step of analyzing the concentration of the target component to be analyzed in the blood sample, measuring an amount of hemolysis in the blood sample, correcting the dilution factor according to the measured amount of hemolysis, and analyzing the concentration of the target component to be analyzed using the corrected dilution factor.
US11442069B2
Provided are a method for diagnosing cancer, a diagnosis kit and compositions useful for measurement of NK cell activity. The incidence of cancer may be diagnosed by monitoring changes in the in vivo immune system through measurement of NK cell activity in blood. Thus, the incidence of cancer may be readily predicted as described herein using a blood sample from a subject.
US11442064B2
The present invention includes a novel method and system for identification of microorganisms in samples that proteins and other biological material from non-microorganism sources (e.g., proteins of mammalian origin) that can interfere with identification of the microorganisms. The methods and systems described herein include use of a single-use chromatography medium to purify intact proteins prior to mass spectrometry analysis. The chromatography medium and the methods described herein can rapidly and efficiently remove of a substantial portion of interfering biological material (e.g., mammalian proteins) from a crude cell lysate while preserving high signal strength and removing enough of the interfering protein(s) to allow for identification of the microorganism(s) by mass spectrometry analysis.
US11442041B2
According to one embodiment, a sensor includes first and second structure bodies, and a detector. The first structure body includes a supporter, and first and second deformable parts supported by the supporter. The second deformable part has at least one of a second length less than a first length of the first deformable part, a second width greater than a first width of the first deformable part, a second thickness greater than a first thickness of the first deformable part, a second Young's modulus greater than a first Young's modulus of the first deformable part, or a second spring constant greater than a first spring constant of the first deformable part. The second structure body is connected to the first structure body. A liquid is provided between the first and second structure bodies. The detector outputs a signal corresponding to a deformation of the first or second deformable part.
US11442024B2
In order to prevent an erroneous determination of an on-film defect, the sensitivity of the post-inspection is reduced so that a film swelling due to a minute defect would not be detected. Classification is performed to determine whether a defect is at least one of an on-film defect and a film swelling, by performing a coordinate correction on the result of a post-inspection by an actual-defect fine alignment using the result of a pre-inspection performed with two-stage thresholds, and by checking defects against each other. In addition, classification is performed to determine whether a defect is at least one of an on-film defect and a film swelling by, during the post-inspection, preparing instruction data from information of the refractive index and thickness of a film formed on a wafer and comparing the instruction data with a signal intensity ratio of a detection system.
US11442022B2
Imaging device and method for reading an image sensor in the imaging device. The imaging device has optics with which the imaging device can be focused on objects. The image sensor has a plurality of sensor lines, wherein each sensor line comprises a plurality of preferably linearly arranged, preferably individually readable pixel elements. A pixel range is defined with the pixel range comprising at least a section of a sensor line. The reading of the image sensor is restricted to the pixel elements (6) in the pixel range.
US11442013B2
A sensor membrane for an optical sensor, wherein the outer layer in contact with the medium and/or a layer adjacent thereto has a graft copolymer to form an omniphobic surface in contact with the medium, as well as a sensor cap and/or an optical sensor and a method for manufacturing the sensor membrane.
US11442010B2
The present invention relates to a method for the measurement of at least one sample by the interaction with the surface in the field of at least one sensor surface, such as surface plasmon resonance measurement, comprising the steps of: i) sampling the sample and a buffer; ii) transporting the sample and the buffer to at least one flow cell which is in liquid contact with the sensor surface of at least one sensor for measuring a parameter of a sample by interaction of the sample at the sensor surface in the field of the sensor surface; iii) transporting the sample into the flow cell into contact with the sensor surface; iv) handling a separation fluidum by inserting and/or removing the separation fluidum by between the sample and the buffer upstream and/or downstream of the sensor surface; v) measuring the interaction of the sample at the sensor surface; and vi) dispensing the sample from the flow cell, and to a measuring system for such method.
US11442008B2
The systems and methods include generating polarization-switched (PS) detector and reference signals using a polarization switch controlled by a digital control signal generated by digital input/output card. A gain adjustment is performed on the PS detector and reference signals to define gain-adjusted detector and reference signals. The digital control signal is used to synchronize the gain-adjusted PS detector and reference signals to define gain-adjusted synchronized PS detector and reference signals each having respective steady-state portions. The steady state portions are used to define a measurement signal. The measurement signal is then used to calculate a stress-based characteristic of the sample being measured. The sample can be moved continuously or discretely through different measurement positions, which are synchronized with the operation of the polarization switch using the digital control signal.
US11442002B2
The present disclosure is directed toward optical elements, such as sample cuvettes, lenses, prisms, and the like, whose transmissivity is increased by the addition of a geometric anti-reflection layer disposed on at least one surface of the optical element, where the geometric anti-reflection layer includes a plurality of geometric features that collectively reduce the reflectivity of the interface between the surface and another medium. As a result, more of an optical signal incident on the surface passes through the interface. In some embodiments, every surface through which an optical signal passes includes a geometric anti-reflection layer. Due to the increased transmissivity of the optical element, in some embodiments, the use of low-cost, high-refractive-index materials, such as conventional silicon, is enabled.
US11442001B2
An optical arrangement receives output light emanating from an object disposed within a fluid column that crosses an optical refraction boundary of the fluid column between the object and the optical arrangement. The optical arrangement modifies the output light such that the modified output light has an intensity that is more uniform than the output light.
US11441996B2
Flow cytometers having an enclosed particle sorting module are provided. Aspects of the flow cytometers include, in addition to the enclosed particle sorting modules, a sample input module fluidically coupled to an inlet of the enclosed particle sorting module, a waste reservoir fluidically coupled to first outlet of the enclosed particle sorting module and a first sorted particle collection system fluidically coupled to a second outlet of the enclosed particle sorting module. Flow cytometers as described herein are configured to control aerosol content in the enclosed particle sorting modules, including the sort chambers of such modules. Also provided are methods of using the flow cytometers, as well as kits that include one or more components of the flow cytometers are consumables for use therewith.
US11441995B2
The method comprises the following steps providing a porous sample containing a first fluid; establishing a steady state profile of a second fluid content in the porous sample by applying a first mechanical load, to create a plurality of regions having different second fluid contents in the porous sample; measuring, in each of the plurality of regions, a local saturation in the first fluid or/and in the second fluid; measuring, in each of the plurality of regions, a corresponding local electrical resistivity and/or conductivity; and determining a value of the representative parameter based on the corresponding values of local saturation and of local electrical conductivity and/or resistivity in each of the plurality of regions.
US11441990B2
The present disclosure provides a low-cost and accurate rheometer system and method capable of determining melt flow rheological properties of polymers, such as from Fused Filament Fabrication (“FFF”) polymeric materials. The device can include a filament feeding system, liquefier for filament melting, force transducer for measuring filament feeding force, and a temperature control system for controlling polymer melt temperatures. An electronic control system can capture data and manage operations. The system can measure a filament velocity and filament force required to extrude the FFF filament for printing. The filament velocity and force data can be used to compute data sets of melt volumetric flow relative to pressure drop across a FFF nozzle. An inverse analysis process transforms the computed data sets through nonlinear curve fitting to determine rheological parameters, independent of the customary calculation of apparent viscosity from shear stress and strain rate, that can assist in controlling the filament deposition.
US11441986B1
The present invention relates to disturbance on hydrate reservoirs with different buried depths, in particularly to a disturbance and stability analysis method for hydrate reservoirs with different buried depths. Preparing a series of stable hydrate systems parallel to a hydrate phase equilibrium curve, wherein both of the porosities and the hydrate saturations of various hydrate systems are consistent, but the buried depths are different; disturbing the series of hydrate systems prepared in the first step, conducting disturbance under different conditions aiming to the hydrate systems with different buried depths; analyzing the stability of the hydrate reservoirs. By controlling the disturbance condition, the hydrate systems with different buried depths may be decomposed along the hydrate phase equilibrium curves thereof or in the hydrate unstable regions; and the decomposition productivity difference between the hydrate reservoirs with different buried depths may be intuitively and scientifically simulated and analyzed.
US11441980B2
A system and method for performing a tear test are described herein. The system may include a fixed clamping station configured to hold a first portion of a film specimen and a movable clamp coupled to an actuator, the movable clamp may be configured to hold a second portion of the film specimen. The movable clamp may be configured to move in a direction away from the fixed clamping station to tear the film specimen. The system may include a slitter blade configured to cut the film specimen at a location between the fixed clamping station and the movable clamp. The system may include a load cell coupled to one of the fixed clamping station and the movable clamp. The load cell may be configured to measure a force associated with tearing of the film specimen. The actuator may be configured to manipulate the movable clamp along a trajectory.
US11441979B2
The invention provides a method of thawing a sample comprised in a container, the method comprising the steps of: a) calculating an agitation program as a function of either or both of the sample volume and the type of the container, and the ice fraction in the sample, and optionally the thermal conductivity of the sample container; b) agitating said sample according to the program to agitate at least one region of the sample; and c) changing the agitation program applied to at least one region of the sample in response to changes in the sample volume and/or sample ice fraction. The invention further provides a method of reducing shearing to cells during a method of agitation, and methods for thawing a sample wherein a sample container is differentially heated. An apparatus for use in the methods is also provided, as is an apparatus for thawing and/or cooling a sample which comprises a resilient vessel wall.
US11441978B1
Systems and methods for automatic preparation of samples through evaporative sampling for subsequent analysis are described. A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a sample source configured to supply a sample; an evaporation container fluidically coupled with the sample source to receive the sample; a temperature control element operably coupled with the evaporation container to vaporize a liquid portion of the sample within the evaporation container, the evaporation container fluidically coupled with a gas input to receive a gas to transport vapor from the evaporation container; and a cooling system configured to receive the vapor from the evaporation container and to condense the vapor for collection.
US11441977B2
A biological fluid dilution device can include a syringe body including a diluent chamber at a front end of the syringe body and a piston tube at a rear end of the syringe body. The diluent chamber can be partially filled with a diluent fluid. A moveable piston can be slidably engaged in the piston tube and form a fluid-tight seal with an interior surface of the piston tube. The moveable piston can include a metering groove to contain a precise volume of a biological fluid between the metering groove and the interior surface of the piston tube. A biological fluid inlet on the piston tube can be capable of delivering the biological fluid to the metering groove. The moveable piston can be slidable toward to diluent chamber to introduce the biological fluid in the metering groove into the diluent chamber.
US11441969B2
A method for determining the relative orientation of a gas leak relative to a sniffer leak detector includes a handpiece with a sniffer probe and a test gas inlet, a reference gas inlet disposed at the handpiece remote from the test gas inlet, a gas analyzer, and a switching valve. The switching valve is configured to alternately connect the test gas inlet and the reference gas inlet with the gas analyzer. Either gas is analyzed by the gas analyzer. Steps include supplying gas sucked in through the test gas inlet to the gas analyzer, determining the test gas concentration, switching the switching valve, supplying gas sucked in through the reference gas inlet to the gas analyzer, analyzing the test gas concentration, forming a differential signal, changing the spatial orientation of the handpiece, repeating the first through sixth steps, and determining whether the differential signal has changed.
US11441967B2
A method for determining stability of a vehicle having a load suspended from the vehicle is provided. The method can include obtaining measurements from a plurality of sensors positioned on the vehicle, obtaining a measurement from a vehicle accelerometer operative to determine an inclination of the vehicle, determining a position of the load suspended from the vehicle, determining a slung load of the load suspended from the vehicle, using the determined slung load and the determined position of the load suspended from the vehicle, determining tipping moments acting on the vehicle, determining righting moments acting on the vehicle and determining a tipping stability based on the determined tipping moments and determined righting moments.
US11441964B2
A micromechanical pressure sensor device is equipped with a sensor substrate including a front side and a rear side. The device includes a pressure sensor unit suspended in the sensor substrate, a first cavity above the pressure sensor unit, which is exposed toward the front side via one or multiple access openings, one or multiple stress relief trenches, which laterally enclose the pressure sensor unit and form a fluidic connection from the rear side to the first cavity, and a circuit substrate, on which the rear side of the sensor substrate is bonded. A second cavity, which is in fluidic connection with the stress relief trenches, is formed below the pressure sensor unit in the circuit substrate. At least one channel is provided in a periphery of the pressure sensor unit, which is in fluidic connection with the second cavity and is exposed to the outside.
US11441956B1
Various deficiencies in the prior art are addressed by systems, methods, architectures, mechanisms and/or apparatus configured for fabricating a strain sensing device directly on a structure by printing or otherwise depositing a material on the structure, the material exhibiting a piezo-resistive effect, and sintering a strain sensing pattern from the material such that the strain sensing pattern becomes electrically conductive.
US11441945B2
An example system includes a light source, a first spectrometer, a second spectrometer, and an electronic control module. The light source is operable to emit light within a first range of wavelengths in a field of illumination. The first spectrometer is operable to measure first sample light reflected from an object within a second range of wavelengths and in a first field of detection. The second spectrometer is operable to measure second sample light reflected from the object within a third range of wavelengths and in a second field of detection. The electronic control module operable to determine, based on the measured first sample light and the measured second sample light, a distance between the system and the object, and determine, based on the measured first sample light and the measured second sample light, a spectral distribution of light corresponding to the object.
US11441942B2
A radiometer probe for matching a spectral sensitivity of a dry-film resist is provided. The radiometer probe includes a light probe and a filter-diffuser assembly connected to the light probe. The filter-diffuser assembly includes a filter housing configured to receive an optical diffuser positioned on a filter. The optical diffuser and the filter are separated by a spacer.
US11441941B2
A superconductor device is manufactured by depositing a barrier layer over a substrate including silicon, the barrier layer including silicon and nitrogen; depositing a seed layer for a superconductor layer over the barrier layer, the seed layer including aluminum and nitrogen; depositing the superconductor layer over the seed layer, the superconductor layer including a layer of a superconductor material, the barrier layer serving as an oxidation barrier between the layer superconductor material and the substrate; and depositing a silicon cap layer over the superconductor layer. In some embodiments, the superconductor device includes a waveguide and a metal contact at a sufficient distance from the waveguide to prevent optical coupling between the metal contact and the waveguide.
US11441936B2
A hollow profile for a WIM sensor elongates along a longitudinal direction and includes a plate-shaped force introduction element, an anchoring element and a tubular element disposed between the force introduction element and the anchoring element. The tubular element is integrally connected to the force introduction element and to the anchoring element and encloses a first cavity. The anchoring element encloses at least one second cavity. The anchoring element, tubular element and force introduction element are formed integrally with each other.
US11441924B2
The disclosure relates to a method for detecting a standstill of a vehicle, said method comprising a step of filtering, a step of normalizing and a step of observing. In the filtering step, an acceleration value in a first axis of the vehicle and a rotational speed value about a second axis of the vehicle, oriented orthogonally to the axis, are filtered using a filter specification in order to obtain a filtered acceleration value and a filtered rotational speed value. In the normalizing step, the filtered acceleration value and the filtered rotational speed value are normalized using a normalization specification in order to obtain a normalized acceleration value and a normalized rotational speed value. In the observation step, the normalized acceleration value and the normalized rotational speed value are observed using an observation specification in order to detect the standstill.
US11441922B2
A surrounding information collection system requests a vehicle to transmit surrounding information, and stores the surrounding information transmitted from the vehicle in response to the request. The surrounding information collection system requests a vehicle to transmit surrounding information, the vehicle acquiring the surrounding information having accuracy greater than a threshold calculated based on accuracy of the stored surrounding information.
US11441917B2
A system and method for adjusting an electric vehicle charging speed that include determining that an electric vehicle arrives at a charging station and receiving electric vehicle pricing data associated with a price to charge the electric vehicle at a plurality of charging speed tiers by the charging station. The system and method also include determining a price difference between the price to charge the electric vehicle at a fast charging speed tier and a slower charging speed tier. The system and method further include adjusting the electric vehicle charging speed to the fast charging speed tier upon determining that the price difference is equal to or below a charging price delta threshold.
US11441909B2
In some embodiments, a computer-based, pickup and delivery system is configured to perform a pickup/delivery route optimization and dispatch optimized route information to client applications. The optimization may include optimizing the routes for servicing multiple delivery and/or pickup stops. The optimization may also include optimizing the route navigation along the routes from one location to another. The optimized navigation may include generating a destination mapping throughout, for example, an apartment complex or a business park, and determining conveniently located parking to be used to park delivery vehicles, conveniently located staircases, conveniently located elevators, access codes to the secured gates and lockboxes, and the like.
US11441901B2
The invention relates to optical surveying such as in building construction, road construction, landscaping and similar. A first image sensor obtains in a first wavelength range a first image of a scene within a field of view captured by an optical arrangement such as a telescope. A light emitter emits light in a second wavelength range and a second image sensor obtains a second image of the field of view in the second wavelength range. A target position of a reflecting target is found in the first image by detecting a known image pattern of the reflecting target in the first image. A region of interest in the second image is then a defined based on the identified target position in the first image, for detecting a reflector position of a reflector of the reflecting target in the region of interest. With the invention it becomes possible to improve the identification of a reflective target at reduced processing time, even if reflections from other objects than the reflective target are present.
US11441900B2
Provided are a movable marking system, a method of controlling a movable marking apparatus, and a computer-readable recording medium. The movable marking system is a movable marking system that includes a movable marking apparatus, and includes: a data receiving unit for receiving marking data regarding a working surface; a marking unit for performing a marking operation on the working surface in response to the marking data; a sensing unit for scanning space targeted for scanning; and a scan condition setting unit for setting a movement path of the movable marking apparatus corresponding to the marking data, setting a scan position for scanning the space targeted for scanning by taking into account reference map data corresponding to the space targeted for scanning, and setting a scan angle of the sensing unit at the scan position.
US11441898B2
A level with a removable end cap is provided. The level includes a hollow level body. The end cap includes an outer member and locking member received within the outer member. The locking member is inserted into the outer member pushing a moveable portion of the outer member into a frictional engagement that holds the end cap assembly in place relative to the level body.
US11441884B2
A milling machine can include a frame; a milling assembly coupled to the frame and including a drum housing and a cutting rotor located within the drum housing; a plurality of load detection sensors extending along a width of the cutting rotor; and a controller operatively coupled to each of the plurality of load detector sensors and configured to determine an active cut width of the cutting rotor based on load information received from the plurality of load detector sensors.
US11441877B1
There is disclosed a line apparatus for inhibiting an airborne target. The line apparatus comprises at least one line comprising: a flexible tubular member, having a wall and defining a bore; and a fluid adhesive housed within the flexible tubular member, wherein the flexible tubular member is configured to express the fluid adhesive through the wall.
US11441870B2
A forward brace assembly for a firearm includes a forward portion designed to interface with an operator's off hand and an aft panel extending rearward from the forward portion. At least a portion of the forward brace assembly is attached to an underside of a handguard of the firearm. The aft panel prevents the operator's off hand from wrapping around a rear side of the forward portion.
US11441869B2
Implementations of a stabilizing brace assembly for a firearm are provided. The stabilizing brace assembly is configured for use in attaching a forearm stabilizing brace to a pistol, thereby providing additional stability to a user aiming and firing the pistol. In some implementations, the stabilizing brace assembly is also configured to position an optical sight (e.g., a reflex type sight) so that it can be used to aim the pistol.
US11441867B2
A mount for mounting a firearm sound suppressor or silencer to a firearm muzzle or muzzle device operates by using primary mounting lugs on the suppressor which engage sockets on the muzzle device. The primary lugs prevent the suppressor from axially moving with respect to the muzzle device, thus causing them to be fixed together as a unitary device. Angled bearing faces on the muzzle device and the sound suppressor are pressed against each other by rotating the sound suppressor on threads which drive the angled bearing faces together, thus tightening the primary lugs within their sockets. Backup lugs on the silencer engage an annular groove on the muzzle device to retain the silencer on the firearm to which it is mounted in case of failure of the primary lugs. Rapid attachment and detachment are supported by these structures.
US11441862B2
Systems and methods are provided for firearm usage monitoring, including a battery configured to power components of the firearm, a communication interface and a controller running application software configured to: power, via the battery, the components of the firearm in a first sensing mode; monitor, via the communication interface, density of electromagnetic radiation proximate the firearm; harvest, in response to the electromagnetic radiation density exceeding, power from the electromagnetic radiation via a wireless-energy harvesting mechanism having a receiving antenna configured to receive a local electromagnetic signal, a rectifier configured to convert the received signal to direct current, and a DC-DC converter configured to alter voltage of the direct current to a desired voltage; and operate, via the battery and the harvested power, the components of the firearm in a second sensing mode, the second sensing mode expending more energy than the first sensing mode.
US11441842B2
An apparatus (10; 20; 30; 40; 60) for removing moisture from a surface (522) in a container (500; 5001, 5002; 500′), characterized by: a centrifuging element comprising a mount (140; 1401, 1402) for attaching said container (500; 5001, 5002; 500′) to said centrifuging element and a drive (105) coupled to said mount (140; 1401, 1402) for rotating said attached container (500; 5001, 5002; 500′) and centrifuging said moisture off said surface (522) in said attached container (500; 5001, 5002; 500′); and a heating element (200) for providing heat energy and evaporating said moisture from said surface (522) in said attached container (500; 5001, 5002; 500′), and a corresponding method.
US11441832B2
The disclosure extends to apparatuses, methods, and systems, for producing frozen confections and conditioning ice for use in frozen confections. A frozen confection machine includes a hopper portion for receiving ice into an interior, and a motor configured to rotate a drive shaft, a blade to condition the ice in the hopper during rotation of the motor. The frozen confection machine also includes a lid for selectively covering the interior of the hopper, a bias member for biasing the lid away from a closed position, and a switch for causing the motor to actuate in response to the lid being pressed to a closed position.
US11441811B2
A plenum slot diffuser is configured to receive an air flow and includes a blade configured to guide the air flow toward a space to condition the space. The blade includes a length along which a leading edge of the blade extends, where the leading edge is configured to face an air flow. The blade also includes a width extending transverse to the length between the leading edge and a trailing edge of the blade, and including a curved profile extending along a majority of the width. The blade also includes an undulated contour extending along the leading edge and into and out of the width.
US11441806B2
An HVAC system includes a motor having a plurality of speeds at which it can operate, an HVAC control, and a mobile device. The HVAC control is configured to control the motor during a plurality of different operations, and includes a controller processor, a controller memory, and controller near field communication (NFC) wireless interface including an NFC processor, an NFC memory, and an antenna. The mobile device includes a user interface and a mobile NFC wireless interface configured. The mobile device is configured to display the plurality of different operations on the user interface, receive user input settings of speeds of the motor for each of the plurality of different operations, and wirelessly transmit the received user input settings to the controller NFC wireless interface of the HVAC control. The NFC processor is configured to store the received user input settings in the NFC memory.
US11441804B2
A device for detecting a wire configuration connecting a thermostat and HVAC equipment includes fan controller circuitry, AC controller circuitry, switching circuitry, and processing circuitry. The fan controller circuitry is configured to operate a fan unit of the HVAC equipment using a G pin in a first wire configuration and using a K pin in a second wire configuration. The AC controller circuitry is configured to operate an AC unit of the HVAC equipment using a Y pin in the first wire configuration and the K pin in the second wire configuration. The switching circuitry is configured to refrain from electrically coupling the Y pin and the K pin in response to a deactivation signal. The processing circuitry is configured to determine the HVAC equipment is in the first wire configuration in response to determining the AC controller circuitry receives power while outputting the deactivation signal to the switching circuitry.
US11441803B2
A controller of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, the controller comprising instructions that cause the controller to determine an air flowrate of an air blower of the HVAC system and calculate a threshold value based on a minimum required air flowrate. The controller further comprises instructions that cause the controller to send a notification to an operator of the HVAC system indicating that the air flowrate of the air blower is less than the threshold value in response to determining that the air flowrate of the air blower is less than the threshold value and shut down the HVAC system such that the refrigerant is no longer circulated by the componentry of the HVAC system in response to determining that the air flowrate of the air blower is less than the minimum required air flowrate.
US11441790B2
An air conditioner includes a housing that defines an air inlet and an air outlet, a heat exchanger, a blowing fan inside the housing, a lower guide configured to guide, toward the air outlet, air discharged to a rear side of the blowing fan and a lower side of the blowing fan, and an upper guide that is disposed vertically above the lower guide and that defines a discharge flow path with the lower guide. The discharge flow path extends from the blowing fan to the air outlet, and a cross sectional area of the discharge flow path increases toward the air outlet. The upper guide defines a curved surface that is disposed at a downstream end of the upper guide adjacent to the air outlet and that is convex toward the air outlet.
US11441786B2
A geothermal system having a flow station connected to a heat pump that is connected to a heat pump that is connected to a flow vector assembly. The flow vector assembly is connected to a heating coil and a cooling coil disposed within the ductwork of a furnace. The flow vector assembly may also be connected to a flow helix heat exchanger assembly.
US11441781B2
The present device relates to a system of gas burners, in particular for a cooking top for household use and including a pair of substantially concentric burners. The pair of burners including an outer burner equipped with a first base, a first burner body and a first flame divider, and an inner burner equipped with a second base, a second burner body and a second flame divider. The present device is characterized in that the first base of the outer burner and the second base of the inner burner are made from a metallic sheet that is shaped by deep drawing.
US11441779B2
The provision of air passage holes through a wall of a gas turbomachine combustion chamber. Multi-perforations are virtually positioned and distributed, even in a first safety zone without air passage openings. Multi-perforations with a virtual inlet or outlet in this first security zone are virtually removed. According to certain criteria, at least some of said removed multi-perforations are then virtually reintegrated, and, from then on a perimeter passing through the virtual inlets and outlets of all the multi-perforations present is defined, in the direction of a primary or dilution hole to be installed, a modified safety zone is defined, then, respecting around said hole and with the freedom to reposition it within this limit, the shape of this hole is redefined.
US11441772B2
A forced-draft pre-mix burner device has a housing that conveys air from an upstream cool air inlet to a downstream warm air outlet. A heat exchanger warms the air prior to discharge via the warm air outlet. A gas burner burns an air-gas mixture to thereby warm the heat exchanger. A fan mixes the air-gas mixture and forces the air-gas mixture into the gas burner. The fan has a plurality of blades having sinusoidal-modulated blade spacing.
US11441764B1
The present invention discloses an outdoor waterproof wall lamp system with doorbell and human body sensing functions, including: a lamp body assembly, including a lamp housing, a lamp body, a multifunctional sensor, a first circuit board, and a button switch, wherein the lamp body, the multifunctional sensor, and the button switch are all electrically connected to the first circuit board, and the multifunctional sensor has a human body sensing module for sensing a human body to control the lamp body to be lighted; and a doorbell assembly, including a doorbell housing, a second circuit board, and a speaker, wherein the speaker is connected to the second circuit board, the second circuit board is communicatively connected to the first circuit board, and the speaker may be controlled to sound when the button switch is pressed. With the above technical solution, the human body sensing module feeds information back to the first circuit board after sensing a human body, and the first circuit board controls the lamp body to be lighted. Thus, when a visitor visits at night, the human body sensing module may control the lamp body to be lighted after sensing the human body, which is convenient for the visitor to walk and find the button switch, with good practicability.
US11441760B2
An LED support clip enables mounting of light-emitting diode (LED) modules onto support elements which may be pre-existing, such as tubing, while avoiding problems with current mounting methods. One or more LED light modules may be clamped into the LED support clip without the need for adhesives or screws, thereby forming an LED light assembly. One or more LED light assemblies may be clamped onto the support element. The LED support clip may comprise multiple clamps configured with spring tension jaws designed into the manufacturing process of the LED support clip. Support elements may be oriented horizontally, vertically or at various angles and may have a variety of cross-sectional shapes, including: square, triangular, rectangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, “I”-shaped, “L”-shaped, and round, over a wide cross-sectional dimension range.
US11441758B2
An elongate tubular lighting assembly having a body with a length between spaced first and second ends. The tubular lighting assembly has a source of illumination and first and second connectors respectively at the first and second body ends. The first connector has cooperating first and second parts having first and second surfaces. The first and second connector parts are configured so that the first and second surfaces are placed in confronting relationship to prevent separation of the first and second connector parts with the body in an operative state as an incident of the first connector part moving relative to the second connector part from a position fully separated from the second connector part in a substantially straight path that is transverse to the length of the body into an engaged position.
US11441756B2
A light transmissive substrate for transforming a Lambertian light distribution includes a base film having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, a plurality of first microstructures disposed on the first side of the base film and a plurality of first valleys. Each of the first valleys is defined by a pair of adjacent first microstructures. A filler material is disposed in the plurality of first valleys and defines a substantially planar surface spaced from and substantially parallel to the first side of the base film. The substrate also includes a plurality of second microstructures disposed on the substantially planar surface of the filler material and a plurality of second valleys. Each of the second valleys is defined by a pair of adjacent second microstructures.
US11441746B2
The present invention discloses a panel light mounting structure, a panel light and mounting method thereof. The panel light mounting structure comprises a fixing slot disposed on the back of the light body and a mounting bracket to snap-connect with the matching fixing slot. The present invention adopts a sliding and snap-in method to match and connect the panel light body with the mounting bracket. The installation is easy and fast, and the ceiling-mount effect is excellent. In addition, the present invention may also achieve the blinds operation during the panel light installation process.
US11441744B2
The present invention discloses an elongated frame lamp, comprising a lamp body, a lamp board and a lampshade; the lamp body has a first plug on one end and a second plug on the other end; the lamp board is placed between the lamp body and the lampshade; wherein the lamp board and lamp body are separated through an insulation tape; a heat-conducting dual side insulation tape resistant to high voltages up to 4000V is used to securely fasten the light strip into an elongated aluminum housing groove. As a core part, the heat-conducting dual side insulation tape resistant to high voltages can fully achieve a safe creepage distance in ETL accreditation.
US11441736B2
A multi-vessel fluid storage and delivery system is disclosed which is particularly useful in systems having internal combustion engines which use gaseous fuels. The system can deliver gaseous fluids at higher flow rates than that which can be reliably achieved by vapor pressure building circuits alone, and that keeps pressure inside the storage vessel lower so that it reduces fueling time and allows for quick starts thereafter. The system is designed to store gaseous fluid in liquefied form in a plurality of storage vessels including a primary storage vessel fluidly connected to a pump apparatus and one or more server vessels which together with a control system efficiently stores a liquefied gaseous fluid and quickly delivers the fluid as a gas to an end user even when high flow rates are required. The system controls operation of the pump apparatus as a function of the measured fluid pressure, and controls the fluid pressure in a supply line according to predetermined pressure values based upon predetermined system operating conditions.
US11441735B2
A high-pressure container includes a cylinder composed of plastic, at least one half-shell composed of plastic, a substantially rotationally symmetrical insert as a boss member, and a sleeve. The cylinder is to serve as a centre member, while the at least one half-shell is at an axial end of the cylinder. The insert as a boss member, the insert having a foot member at an end thereof facing the container interior. The foot member is embedded in the plastic of the half-shell to substantially form a hollow cone or hollow cylinder. The sleeve is pressed into the inner circumference of the foot member at least in a pressing portion of the sleeve. The plastic of the half-shell is arranged between the sleeve and an inner circumference of the foot member so that in a pressing portion, a thin plastic layer of the plastic of the half-shell is pressed between the sleeve and the inner circumference of the foot member.
US11441733B2
The invention relates to a transport container (1) for helium (He), comprising an inner container (6) for receiving the helium (He); a coolant container (14) for receiving a cryogenic fluid (N2); an outer container (2) in which the inner container (6) and the coolant container (14) are received; a thermal shield (21) in which the inner container (6) is received and which can be actively cooled using the cryogenic fluid (N2), said thermal shield (21) having at least one cooling line (26) which is fluidically connected to the coolant container (14) and in which the cryogenic fluid (N2) can be received in order to actively cool the thermal shield (21); and at least one return line (34, 35), by means of which the at least one cooling line (26) is fluidically connected to the coolant container (14) in order to return the cryogenic fluid (N2) back to the coolant container (14).
US11441732B2
A high-pressure tank includes a liner, a first reinforcing layer covering an outer surface of the liner, and a second reinforcing layer covering an outer surface of the first reinforcing layer. The first reinforcing layer is formed as a cylindrical member, a valve-side dome member, and an end-side dome member are fitted to each other in a state where resin intervening members are arranged between these members neighboring each other, respectively. The resin intervening member is formed into a ring shape.
US11441727B1
A support stand for mobile devices which may be arranged in multiple configurations to support different devices in different orientations, and which may support a wireless charger. An exemplary embodiment may include a support member for supporting a mobile device which is pivotably connected to a base. One or more arms may be removably connected to the support member. The arms may each be connectable to the support member in a first position in which the arms are parallel to the support member and a second position in which the arms are not parallel (e.g., perpendicular) to the support member. The arms may be interchangeably connected in different positions to support a wide range of mobile devices. A wireless charger may be secured to the support member such that the mobile device may rest upon the wireless charger when supported by the support member.
US11441726B2
A connection assembly for holding a support member in position includes: a base defining a receiving hole to receive an end portion of the support member, and a guiding hole in a lateral surface thereof, which communicates with the receiving hole; a fixing block; a locking member slidably received in the guiding hole and slidable between a first position where the locking member is engaged with the support member so as to hold the support member in position, and a second position where the locking member is disengaged from the support member; and an actuating member connected to the fixing block and the locking member, the actuating member being configured to drive the locking member to move between the first position and the second position.
US11441725B2
A stand assembly for holding handheld electronic devices in a multitude of positions or locations having a first section with a curved end magnetically attached to second section having and indented surface. The first section also attaches to a surface, the second section either is contiguous with a portable electronic device, a carrying case, or other item; or has a means to attach to another surface. A high-friction elastomeric material, or similar friction producing material, helps to secure the first and second sections together, or the second section against another flat magnetic surface.
US11441724B2
A quick release assembly and a support are provided. The quick release assembly is used to attach an object onto the support. The quick release assembly includes a first quick release unit and a second quick release unit. The first quick release unit includes a first main body, an operating element and a driven-stop plate. The operating element is assembled on the first main body, and the driven-stop plate is arranged in the first main body and is driven by the operating member. The second quick release unit includes a second main body used to engage with the first main body. An engagement between the first main body and the second main body is released by applying an external force to the operating element for driving the driven-stop plate to move, so as to disassemble the object from the support.
US11441707B2
A high capacity universal connector for use in connecting tubular members and a method for sealing the tubular members is provided. First and second tubular members are provided which each have ends that are brought into face-to-face engagement by a connector. A metal sealing element seals against conical surfaces at the ends of the first and second tubular members and enables the entire surface of the end of one tubular member to be bought into engagement with the surface of the end of the other tubular member so as to improve the bending and compression capacity of the assembly comprising the tubular members and the metal sealing element. A metal sealing ring for use in this assembly is also provided, along with a gasket retention assembly.
US11441703B2
An alignment tool for aligning first and second conduit sections at a connection colinearly along a longitudinal axis, wherein the first conduit section has a bell end at the connection and the second conduit section has a narrow end at the connection, includes a collar portion sized to circumscribe the bell end outer diameter; a funnel portion attached to the collar portion, the funnel portion having a diameter that increases in a longitudinal direction away from the collar portion; a step on one of the collar and funnel inner surfaces, the step having a funnel portion side and a collar portion side, wherein an inner diameter of the funnel portion side of the step is equal to the bell end inner diameter; and key and keyway wings extending laterally from the collar portion, wherein the keyway wing includes a keyway and the key wing includes a key.
US11441698B1
A choke valve comprising: a body having an axial through hole and a radial entry port; a valve seat coaxially housed in the body axial through hole on a first side of the radial entry port; a pressure balanced valving member axially reciprocable within the body axial through hole between a first sealing position bearing against the valve seat and a second position spaced away from the seat; an actuator housing operably connected to the valving member; and a detachably connected reinforcement member detachably connected to the actuator housing and increasing the axial load that the actuator housing can take before failure of the actuator housing.
US11441697B2
A ball valve for use in industrial pipelines is described. The ball valve includes: a valve body; an inlet closure piece attached to the valve body; an outlet closure piece, the valve body, the inlet closure piece, and the outlet closure piece together defining an interior cavity; a ball disposed in the interior cavity, the ball defining a bore extending through the ball; a valve seat adjacent the ball; a first strain sensor mounted on the inlet closure piece; a second strain sensor mounted on the outlet closure piece; a seat misalignment sensor system including a ring sensor and a magnetized insert ring disposed in the valve seat; and an electronic controller system in communication with the first strain sensor and the second strain sensor, the electronic control system configured: to estimate the position of a pig passing through the valve; and to identify valve seat misalignment.
US11441694B2
A proportional solenoid-controlled fluid valve assembly having a fluid pressure balancing arrangement includes a poppet and diaphragm. The valve assembly also includes a solenoid coil assembly having a cylindrical conduit and a magnetic orifice piece positioned within the conduit. A plunger is positioned within the conduit and is movable within the conduit between a de-actuated position and an actuated position. A valve poppet is provided having a top cylindrical upstanding portion and a poppet face configured to abut the valve seat. Further, a diaphragm is positioned within the valve base with the top cylindrical upstanding portion of the poppet extending through a diaphragm opening. A magnetic frame is also included for securing the valve assembly in an assembled configuration, wherein a magnetic path is formed by magnetic orifice piece, plunger and the magnetic frame and the solenoid coil is configured to be actuated such that the plunger moves towards the magnetic orifice piece, thus lifting the poppet and allowing pressurized media to pass from the inlet port to the outlet port.
US11441692B2
An overflow and overheat shutoff safety gas inlet connector, comprising a gas inlet connector, to be connected to the gas source, with a gas inlet hole configured axially, a chamber configured on one end to be connected to the gas inlet hole, and a plurality of holding compartments configured on one side of the chamber, a connecting tube, in threaded connection with the gas inlet connector, with a convex portion on its one end, a transfer canal configured axially and going through the convex portion, said transfer canal matching the gas inlet hole, a first magnetic piece, made of a magnetic material, movably configured inside the chamber and matching the gas inlet hole and the transfer canal, able to seal the transfer canal when being pressed against the convex portion, a plurality of second magnetic pieces, made of a magnetic material, and a plurality of temperature control pieces.
US11441673B2
An eco-friendly vehicle and a transmission hydraulic pressure control method for the same are provided. The vehicle includes an oil pump that estimates an inner temperature without using a temperature sensor. The method includes determining a driver request output and determining a required hydraulic pressure corresponding to the request output. A temperature of an oil pump unit is estimated to operate an electric oil pump to supply a hydraulic pressure to a transmission, based on the required hydraulic pressure and driving status information. An output torque is then adjusted based on the estimated temperature.
US11441670B2
Because an EOP starts operating from when a decrease in discharge flow rate of an MOP is predicted or detected, a PL actual pressure that should be obtained with a PL command pressure set to a value for a required transmission torque is more easily maintained even when the discharge flow rate of the MOP becomes insufficient. After a lapse of a predetermined period of time from the start of operation of the EOP, the PL command pressure is temporarily set to a value higher than the value for the required transmission torque, and a regulator valve is controlled to operate to close a drain port. Therefore, the operation of the EOP in a high PL actual pressure is reduced, and a delay in response of a pressure regulating operation of the regulator valve in the process of reduction of the discharge flow rate of the MOP is reduced.
US11441667B2
A continuously variable transmission includes a variator having a belt wound around a pair of pulleys, and a case forming a container chamber for the variator. The pulleys include fixed pulleys and movable pulleys. The belt includes elements stacked to be arranged in an annular form, and rings binding the element stacked. A circumference wall portion of the case is provided with a monitoring hole enabling flank faces of the elements to be monitored.
US11441665B2
A worm reducer includes a worm shaft; a worm wheel; a housing that houses the worm shaft and the worm wheel; a bearing that holds the worm shaft inside the housing; a coil spring that contacts an outer peripheral surface of the bearing and applies an urging force toward the worm wheel; and a preload member that is screwed into and fixed to the housing and pressurizes the coil spring. A winding direction of the coil spring is different from a winding direction of a thread of the preload member, and contact resistance between the coil spring and the preload member is greater than contact resistance between the coil spring and the bearing.
US11441663B2
A device for cold working pipe elements has two or more cams, each having a gear, the gears being synchronized to turn all of the cams. Each cam has a cam surface with a region of increasing radius and may have a region of constant radius extending around a cam body. One or more cams may also have a traction surface extending around a cam body. A discontinuity in each cam surface is aligned with a gap in the traction surface of each cam. The discontinuities and gaps provide clearance for insertion and removal of the pipe element between the cams to form a circumferential groove when the cams are rotated. An engagement body is mounted between the cams to engage and disengage from a stop surface on one of the cams. Engagement between the engagement body and a stop surface prevents rotation of the cams.
US11441660B2
A hollow strain-wave gear device (1) has a wave generator (5), a wave generator plug (5a) of which is integrally formed in a portion of a hollow rotating shaft (6). A plug reinforcement part (5d), which is adjacent to the wave generator plug (5a), has a thickness larger than that of the wave generator plug (5a), and is integrally formed in the hollow rotating shaft (6). The wave generator plug (5a) is reinforced by the highly rigid plug reinforcement part (5d) formed adjacently to the wave generator plug (5a). It is thus possible to prevent or suppress a decline in the rigidity of the wave generator plug (5a) when the hollow rotating shaft has a thin thickness in order to reduce the weight of the hollow rotating shaft (6) and increase the diameter of the hollow portion thereof. Consequently, it is possible to suppress a decline in ratcheting torque.
US11441654B2
A lock-up device includes a clutch part and a damper part. The clutch part is disposed between a front cover and a turbine, and transmits or blocks torque. The damper part transmits torque from the clutch part to the turbine, and absorbs torsional vibration. The damper part includes input and output members, elastic members, and a support member. The input member is connected to the clutch part. The output member is connected to the turbine. The elastic members connect the input and output members. The support member has a connecting part, a regulating part, and a stopper part. The regulating part is provided such that the output member is interposed axially between the regulating part and part of the input member. The stopper part is configured to contact the output member and prohibit the input and output members from rotating relative to each other by a predetermined angle or more.
US11441653B1
Methods and systems are provided for integrating a gearbox into an electric motor. In one example, a system may include enclosing a gearbox containing a planetary gear set and a differential within an envelope of a rotor of the electric motor.
US11441649B2
An eccentric gear structure includes a gear block and an eccentric block embedded into the gear block; the gear block is provided with an accommodating cavity suitable for embedment of the eccentric block, the eccentric block is provided with a first through hole and a second through hole that deviates from the first through hole; an embedding hole is provided at an axis of the gear block, and an axis of the first through hole coincides with an axis of the embedding hole. The eccentric gear structure ensures the quality of the product through the embedded structure.
US11441645B2
Methods and systems for a vehicle transmission are provided. In one example, a vehicle transmission system includes a first planetary gear set rotationally coupled to a second planetary gear set and a first electrical machine rotationally coupled to a gear in the first planetary gear set. The vehicle transmission system further includes a second electrical machine rotationally coupled to a gear in the second planetary gear set and a first clutch configured to selectively disconnect the first and second planetary gear sets from a drive axle.
US11441642B2
A reduction assembly, attachable to a torque limiting device, comprising a drive shaft having an input segment, an eccentric segment, and an output segment, wherein the input segment and the output segment each have a centerline running along a same first axis, and wherein the eccentric segment has a center line running along a second axis, the second axis being parallel to the first axis and positioned a first distance away from the first axis. The assembly further comprising a disk assembly having a disk with a body, a plurality of lobes positioned concentrically on the body, and an opening extending through the body, the opening configured to slidably engage the eccentric segment of the drive shaft. The assembly further comprising a disk receptacle configured to engage with the disk, the receptacle having a floor and a wall with a plurality of protrusions extending from the wall, wherein the number of the plurality of protrusions is equal to one more than the number of the plurality of lobes on the disk.
US11441641B2
A balanced speed reducer of a dual-sun gear variable-line-speed planetary row includes a dual-sun gear variable-line-speed planetary row, an input end, an output end, a locking end, and auxiliary devices such as bearings. The dual-sun gear planetary row includes a left sun gear, a right sun gear, and a planet carrier. A left planetary gear and a right planetary gear that are connected on each planetary gear shaft have the same rotation speed. The left planetary gear meshes with the left sun gear, and the right planetary gear meshes with the right sun gear. The number of gear sets is not less than two. A teeth number combination and a number of gear sets are set according to a range specifying parameter and following a principle of matching the teeth number combination with the number of gear sets.
US11441637B2
A modular mounting structure includes a mount module unit including a mount housing, a mount core with a bolt hole, and a mount insulator connecting the mount housing and the mount core, a first module unit including a first housing, a first core with a bolt hole, and a first insulator connecting the first housing and the first core and having a first direction characteristic, and a second module unit including a second housing, a second core with a bolt hole, and a second insulator connecting the second housing and the second core and having a second direction characteristic.
US11441632B2
A rotary damper having a simple self-standing mechanism which does not cause an inconvenience such as bounce of an opening/closing member at an end of an opening operation of the opening/closing member such as toilet lid is provided. A rotary damper has a housing, a shaft, a vane, a sliding member, an O ring, and a cap as main components. A shaft portion, formed in a pressure chamber of the housing, includes a blade portion protruding in an axial direction of the shaft portion. A cutout portion is formed in a center portion between both ends of the blade portion. On another side surface of the blade portion, a first groove is formed in a circumferential direction from a base of the blade portion to the outer periphery of the shaft portion. A second groove is formed on the outer periphery of the shaft portion spaced from the first groove.
US11441631B2
The application relates to a brake arrangement for braking a flap of a motor vehicle, wherein a connecting element, which is rotatable in a braked manner about a brake axis, for releasing the braking force is provided. It is proposed that a housing accommodating the connecting element and having a first housing part and a second housing part is provided, and that the braking force is adjustable by means of an adjustment movement of the two housing parts with respect to each other.
US11441624B2
A brake system damping device includes a first chamber on which hydraulic pressure is to be applied, a second chamber with a compressible medium located therein, and a first separating element configured to separate the first and second chambers. The damping device further includes a third chamber with a compressible medium located therein and a second separating element configured to separate the second and third chambers. The second and third chambers are connected in a medium-conducting manner via a passage in the second separating element. The first separating element is configured to move a closure element to close the passage when the hydraulic pressure in the first chamber has reached a predefined pressure value. The third chamber is formed by the second separating element and a cover. The second separating element is retained on the cover by an interference fit in a fluid-impervious manner.
US11441621B2
A viscous clutch includes an input member rotatable about an axis of rotation, an output member selectively rotatable about the axis of rotation, a working chamber bounded by the input member and the output member, a reservoir, a release bore that fluidically connects the reservoir to the working chamber, a leading wiper that extends into the working chamber, a leading pump bore positioned adjacent to the leading wiper that fluidically connects the working chamber to the reservoir, a trailing wiper that extends into the working chamber, and a trailing pump bore positioned adjacent to the trailing wiper and downstream of the leading pump bore that fluidically connects the working chamber to the reservoir. The trailing wiper has a width that is greater than a width of the leading wiper.
US11441617B2
An automobile or other wheeled vehicle includes various hydraulic components, including a hydraulic gearbox, transmission, clutch, and brake energy recovery system. Such hydraulic components supplement or replace traditional mechanical components of the automobile or other wheeled vehicle to improve the overall operational efficiency thereof.
US11441616B2
An actuating mechanism for a clutch actuator includes: an actuating element which is designed to be acted on by an actuating force and thereby displaced in an actuation direction, a transmitting element which is designed to carry out a displacement in the actuation direction, wherein a tensioning element is provided between the actuating element and the transmitting element. The tensioning element is designed to generate, for the transmission of the actuating force to the transmitting element, a clamping pressure force which generates a friction force for the transmission of the actuating force. The friction force is configured so as to be capable of transmitting a maximum actuating force.
US11441610B2
A quick connect assembly and a retaining member for use in a vehicle. The quick connect assembly includes a first splined member (712) drivingly connected to at least a portion of a second splined member (740). Circumferentially extending along at least a portion of an inner surface (718) of the first splined member is a first splined member retaining member groove (738). The second splined member includes a second splined member retaining member groove (758) circumferentially extending along at least a portion of an outer surface of the second splined member. The second splined member retaining member groove in the second splined member is complementary to and aligned with the first splined member retaining member groove in the first splined member. At least a portion of a retaining member (760) is received and/or retained within at least a portion of the first and second splined member retaining member grooves in the first and second splined members.
US11441608B2
Provided is a bearing for a motor-type fuel injection pump. This bearing is composed of a Cu—Ni-based sintered alloy, inexpensive and has a superior corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance. The bearing contains 10 to 20% by mass of Ni, 2 to 4.5% by mass of Sn, 0.05 to 0.4% by mass of P, 2 to 7% by mass of C, and a remainder consisting of Cu and inevitable impurities. The bearing has a metal structure where Sn is uniformly dispersed and distributed in a metal matrix, and has a porosity of 7 to 17% where a free graphite is dispersed and distributed in pores.
US11441606B2
A slide bearing for guiding a translationally movable sliding part has a first part having a first guide surface suitable for interacting with a first sliding surface of the sliding part and a second part having a second guide surface suitable for interacting with a second sliding surface of the sliding part. The second part is movable relative to the first part. A guide part is connected to the first part so as to be movable in a first direction and a second direction. A pressure device urges the second part toward the first guide surface such that the first guide surface directly engages the first sliding surface and the second guide surface directly engages the second sliding surface.
US11441604B1
A loader slot bearing includes an annular housing having first and second axial surfaces and an interior area extending therebetween. The interior area has a first inner surface that extends between the first and second axial surfaces. A portion of the inner surface is a first bearing surface that has a spherical contour. A slot extends partially into the first inner surface from the first axial surface. The slot has a first width. The annular housing is manufactured from a precipitation hardened corrosion resistant stainless steel. The loader slot bearing includes a truncated ball that is positioned in the slot and rotated so that the truncated ball is rotatably retained by the first bearing surface. The truncated ball is angularly misalignable relative to the housing and is manufactured from a 440C stainless steel. A dry lubricant is applied to the spherical exterior surface of the truncated ball.
US11441598B2
A dual-axis flexure gimbal device, such as for a fast-steering mirror assembly, can comprise a flexure spring mass body comprising first and second body sections, a flexure diaphragm that interconnects the first and second body sections, and a central aperture formed through the first and second body sections and the flexure diaphragm. A flexure unit can be situated in the central aperture, and can comprise a plurality of slots defining a plurality of flexures. The flexure diaphragm is operable to bend about first and second rotational degrees of freedom, and the plurality of flexures of the flexure unit are operable to flex about respective first and second rotational degrees of freedom. The flexure unit can comprise a plurality of slots, each having a first slot portion and a second slot portion extending in different directions to define a respective flexure. A method of making the dual-axis flexure gimbal device is provided.
US11441573B2
A fluid machine includes a bladed wheel, a resolver, a first fastener, and a second fastener. A resolver rotor is held between the first fastener and the rotary shaft and fixed to a large-diameter portion of the rotary shaft. The bladed wheel is held between the second fastener and the rotary shaft and fixed to a small-diameter portion of the rotary shaft. While the resolver rotor is fixed by the first fastener in a same direction as the bladed wheel is fixed by the second fastener along an axial direction of the rotary shaft, and the resolver rotor is fixed by the first fastener at a position away in a radial direction of the rotary shaft from a position where the bladed wheel is fixed by the second fastener so that the resolver rotor does not receive an axial force from the second fastener.
US11441551B2
A portable hydraulic power unit includes a frame, a fluid tank supported by the frame, and a manifold supported by the frame. The fluid tank is configured to store a supply of hydraulic fluid for powering a hydraulically-driven tool. A reciprocating pump is mounted on the exterior of the fluid tank and on the exterior of the manifold. The reciprocating pump is secured to the fluid tank and the manifold with fasteners extending through a cylinder body of the reciprocating pump.
US11441544B2
A method for operating at least two floating offshore wind turbines (1) is disclosed. The wind turbines (1) are operated at respective first operating positions (7), and a previous and/or a future expected wear impact on each wind turbine (1) is estimated. At least one wind turbine (1) to be relocated to a respective second operating position (9) is identified, based on the estimated wear impact. The identified wind turbines (1) are moved to respective second operating position (9) and operated there.
US11441543B2
The object of the invention is a system recording the collisions of flying animals (9) with wind turbines (1) and indicating where they fell on the ground, which comprises a wind turbine (1) composed of a tower (2), a nacelle (3), a rotor (4) with blades (5) and a sensor unit comprising one sensor (6) and peripheral devices of the sensor, characterised in that the sensor (6) mounted on the nacelle (3) and/or tower (2) of the wind turbine (1) is a LIDAR sensor or a 3D light field camera or a 3D radar scanning the space around the wind turbine (1) in the field of view (7) of the sensor (6). The object of the invention is also the method of application of the above described system for recording the collisions of flying animals (9) with wind turbines (1) and indicating where they fell on the ground and the application of the system.
US11441537B2
A method for controlling a wind turbine and an associated wind turbine. The wind turbine is operated according to an operating point, wherein the operating point is determined at least by a pitch angle and a tip speed ratio, wherein one of the operating points corresponds to a maximum power coefficient, wherein, in a partial load range, the wind turbine is operated at an operating point which differs from the operating point with the maximum power coefficient. The distance of the operating point from the operating point with the maximum power coefficient is set in accordance with a measured turbulence measure.
US11441531B2
Disclosed is a self-powered real-time monitoring system for fluid flushing of an underwater fixed foundation. Said system converts wave energy into electrical energy by means of a wind energy capturing module and a wave energy capturing module, and then uses the electrical energy to supply power to a settlement monitoring module, achieving the reduction of power consumption of the settling monitoring module during the detection of underwater surface settlement at the periphery of a fixed foundation.
US11441530B2
A pumped storage electricity generating system that includes a water feed line for introducing water into a pressure vessel. Water flow valves communicate with the pressure vessel to control introduction of water into the pressure vessel. A push plate is mounted for movement in the pressure vessel. A single motor, for example, hydraulic radial piston motors, may be adapted for reciprocating the push plate linearly between a first direction wherein water is drawn into the pressure vessel through the water flow valves and a second direction wherein water is conveyed downstream through the water discharge line under pressure to the hydroelectric turbine. Other embodiments are double-acting and convey water to the turbine on each stroke.
US11441524B2
A piezoelectric injector includes: a first piezo actuator and a second piezo actuator; a control valve connected to the first piezo actuator and the second piezo actuator through a control piston; at least one drain chamber in which the control valve and the control piston are movably received; a control chamber connected to the drain chamber through a first drain throttle and a second drain throttle having different diameters; and a needle movable by a change in fuel pressure of the control chamber to open and close at least one nozzle orifice. As at least one of the first piezo actuator and the second piezo actuator expands, a fuel is drained from the control chamber to the drain chamber through at least one of the first drain throttle and the second drain throttle.
US11441523B1
A fuel pump includes a pump holder having a sidewall extending from a first end to a second end which is closed off by an end wall, the pump holder having a fuel inlet. An upper plate located within the sidewall has an upper plate flow channel. A lower plate located within the sidewall has a lower plate flow channel and an outlet chamber is formed between the lower plate and the end wall. An outlet passage extends from the lower plate flow channel to a lower surface of the lower plate. A pumping element located between the upper plate and the lower plate is rotated by an electric motor such that fuel is drawn through the fuel inlet into, and pressurized within, the upper plate flow channel and the lower plate flow channel and discharged into the outlet chamber through the outlet passage.
US11441512B2
A cooling system for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine includes a cylindrical seat configured to engage an exhaust valve, a first coolant jacket, and a first conduit. The exhaust valve seat defines an annular cooling passage extending along a circumference of the cylindrical seat. A wall of the cylindrical seat defines a first opening into the annular cooling passage and a second opening into the annular cooling passage, where the first opening is positioned diametrically opposite to the second opening. The first coolant jacket is positioned adjacent to a fire-deck of the internal combustion engine. The first conduit fluidly couples the first coolant jacket to the at least one of the first opening and the second opening to the annular cooling passage in the exhaust valve seat.
US11441498B1
Methods and systems are presented for controlling flow through a recirculation tube of an evaporative emissions system. The methods and systems may adjust flow through the recirculation tube by controlling an amount of time an evaporative emissions system valve is held open and held closed during refilling of a fuel tank.
US11441492B2
An automobile vehicle overhead camshaft system includes multiple camshafts individually having multiple sliding camshaft barrels. Opposed ends of the camshaft barrels individually have a zero-lift lobe. Multiple intake valves are operated by a first one of the camshafts and multiple exhaust valves are operated by a second one of the camshafts. Multiple actuators operate during a deceleration cylinder cut-off (DCCO) mode to slidably displace the camshaft barrels to position the zero-lift lobe of predetermined ones of the multiple sliding camshaft barrels into contact with at least one of: all of the intake valves; or all of the exhaust valves.
US11441491B2
Provided is a fuel injection device for engines, configured using a technique which can extend service life while good responsiveness is maintained. This fuel injection device for engines is provided with: a control rack supported so as to be slidable in an axial direction and configured so that the amount of fuel delivered under pressure by a fuel pumping mechanism can be adjusted by changing the sliding position of the control rack in the axial direction; an actuator which can move forward and backward an operation section; and a link lever which is supported in a rockable manner by a support shaft and which rocks as the operation section of the actuator moves forward and backward, thereby sliding the control rack. The fuel injection device for engines is further provided with an actuator-side connection section for connecting the operation section of the actuator to the link lever. The actuator-side connection section is disposed coaxially with the operation section of the actuator.
US11441483B2
The present invention discloses a soundproof cabin of a turbine engine. The soundproof cabin is sleeved on the turbine engine. The soundproof cabin includes a cabin body, an intake noise reduction unit and a ventilation noise reduction unit, wherein the intake noise reduction unit and the ventilation noise reduction unit are disposed on the cabin body, the surrounding of which is filled with soundproof materials, the intake noise reduction unit is used to reduce the induction noise of the turbine engine, the ventilation noise reduction unit is used to reduce the noise of the ventilation system of the turbine engine. Beneficial effects: an intake noise reduction unit is disposed at an air inlet of the turbine engine to reduce the induction noise of the turbine engine; a ventilation noise reduction unit is disposed on the transmission direction of the turbine engine to reduce the ventilation and cooling noise of the turbine engine; the surrounding of the turbine engine is filled with soundproof materials to achieve the overall noise reduction around the turbine engine.
US11441482B2
A translating inlet assembly may comprise a first inlet portion and a second portion configured to translate relative to the first portion. A track may be located in the first portion. A rail may be coupled to the second portion and configured to translate along the track. The rail and the track may form a load bearing component configured to transfer inertial loads experienced by the second portion. A first actuator may be operationally coupled to the rail and configured to drive the rail along the track.
US11441480B2
A method for operating an internal combustion engine with a motor, having a moving machine part and at least one machine element which retains the moving machine part and is subject to wear, such as, for example, a supporting, sealing, guiding or the like retaining machine element that is subject to wear during operation relative to the moving machine part, which machine element, because of the wear, is service-life-limiting for the operation of the internal combustion engine, wherein—for the operation of the internal combustion engine, a service-life-limiting time interval until the next maintenance of the internal combustion engine is specified, and—the internal combustion engine has a number of service-life-limiting machine elements, wherein for the at least one service-life-limiting machine element a remaining service life is forecast and the service-life-limiting time interval is determined therefrom.
US11441479B2
One embodiment is a system comprising an internal combustion engine including an output shaft, a pulley system structured to be driven by the output shaft, a first alternator and a second alternator structured to be driven by the pulley system, and an electromagnetic clutch integrated within one of the pulley system, the first alternator and the second alternator and structured to selectably couple and decouple at least one of the first alternator and the second alternator from the output shaft. The system includes a controller in operative communication with the internal combustion engine system and structured to evaluate power demand and power production capability parameters of the system and to control the electromagnetic clutch to engage or disengage in response to the evaluation.
US11441475B2
A cooling system of a hybrid vehicle includes a radiator, an openable and closable first shutter, an openable and closable second shutter, and a control device. The radiator is placed forward of an internal combustion engine and a heat generation device configured to generate heat along with operation of the drive motor, and the radiator communicates with the heat generation device and the internal combustion engine such that a coolant circulates through the internal combustion engine and the heat generation device. The first shutter extends from a front end of an undercover so as to cross between the radiator, and the heat generation device and the internal combustion engine. The second shutter extends between a front end part of the undercover and a lower part of the radiator. The control device controls opening and closing of the first shutter and the second shutter.
US11441471B2
A controller controls energization of a filter and a fuel addition valve in an exhaust purifying apparatus. The controller executes a filter regeneration process when an electrical resistance value between two electrodes fixed to an outer surface of the filter is less than a predetermined regeneration determination value. The controller executes a soot burning process when the electrical resistance value is greater than or equal to the regeneration determination value and less than a soot burning determination value, which is set in advance to be larger than the regeneration determination value.
US11441466B2
A system for determining an exhaust flow rate of an exhaust gas produced by an engine comprises a first sensor configured to measure an amount of NOx gases in the exhaust gas. A controller is communicatively coupled to the first sensor. The controller is configured to receive a first sensor signal from the first sensor. The controller is also configured to receive a fuel rate signal corresponding to a rate of fuel consumption by the engine. The controller is configured to determine an air-fuel ratio from the first sensor signal and determine a fuel rate from the fuel rate signal. Furthermore, the controller is configured to determine the exhaust flow rate from the air-fuel ratio and the fuel rate.
US11441458B2
Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) engines require gasoline particulate filters (GPFs) as a key component of the emissions control system to reduce particulate emissions. GPFs are known to have poor initial performance, with performance increasing after the filter develops a cake. This poor initial performance make it impossible to accurately assess vehicle emissions performance at the mileage requirements for vehicle certification. Compositions and methods are disclosed to improve filtration efficiency in a fresh or low mileage GPF.
US11441456B2
Apparatuses and methods for tuning a muffler. An apparatus comprises a housing for a muffler, a first inlet pipe, and a second inlet pipe. The housing includes a coupling chamber. The first inlet pipe has a first set of physical features and carries exhaust to the coupling chamber. The second inlet pipe has a second set of physical features and carries the exhaust to the coupling chamber. The first set of physical features varies from the second set of physical features with respect to at least one physical feature such that a first sound waveform passing through the first inlet pipe and a second sound waveform passing through the second inlet pipe are uniquely tuned to thereby tune an overall sound waveform emitted by the muffler.
US11441454B2
An internally cooled inlet or outlet valve for internal combustion engines, has a valve disc, a valve stem and a cavity inside the valve stem and the valve disc. A coolant is arranged in the cavity, wherein the cavity is provided with at least one guide vane for the coolant.
