US11508319B2
A source driver capable of improving sensing accuracy even when a black image signal is provided to reduce motion blur during a sensing period for sensing signals of pixels of a display panel, and a display device including the same. The source driver includes an output buffer configured to output a source signal; a voltage terminal applied with a black image signal of a preset voltage level; a source output terminal connected to a data line of a display panel; and a switch circuit configured to connect one of an output terminal of the output buffer and the voltage terminal to the source output terminal, wherein the switch circuit connects the voltage terminal to the source output terminal during a black image insertion period of a sensing period in which a pixel of the display panel is sensed.
US11508310B2
A scan driver and an organic light emitting display apparatus including the same, where a narrow bezel is realized, are provided. The scan driver includes a plurality of stages, wherein each of the plurality of stages includes a Q1 node controller controlling a voltage of a Q1 node by using first and second clock signals whose phases are opposite to each other, a QB node controller controlling a voltage of a QB node by using the first and second clock signals, an output clock signal, and a start signal, a first transistor outputting a gate low voltage as a scan signal while the QB node is activated, and a second transistor outputting a gate high voltage as the scan signal while a Q2 node is activated, and outputting the gate low voltage as the scan signal when the Q2 node is bootstrapped to a voltage lower than the gate low voltage.
US11508302B2
A method for a driver circuit configured to drive a display panel includes steps of: outputting a plurality of control signals according to a first control timing scheme to control a multiplexing circuit comprising a plurality of switches disposed in the display panel in a first operation mode; and outputting the plurality of control signals according to a second control timing scheme to control the multiplexing circuit in a second operation mode. Wherein, the first control timing scheme comprises a pre-charge period in which the plurality of switches of the multiplexing circuit are turned on, and the second control timing scheme comprises no pre-charge period.
US11508296B2
An image generation apparatus outputs image data to a display apparatus, performs inverse conversion on image data, and transmits the image data to the display apparatus through an external data transmission line. The display apparatus includes a display device that is capable of displaying a High Dynamic Range (HDR) image or a Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) image through the external data transmission line. The inverse conversion is performed with respect to light emission characteristics of the display device. The image data is generated by the light emission characteristic inverse conversion unit. The transmission is performed in a case where light emission characteristics of the display device approximate an Electro-Optical Transfer Function (EOTF) of the HDR, a bit precision of image data is no lower than a bit precision of the external data transmission line, and an image of the HDR is to be displayed on the display device.
US11508295B2
An array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes: a base substrate, and a GOA circuit, a source electrode IC and PLG wires arranged on the base substrate, and the PLG wires connect the GOA circuit with the source electrode IC. The GOA circuit transmits a GOA signal, and the GOA signal comprises a cascade signal and a non-cascade signal. The PLG wires comprise a first PLG wire group and at least one second PLG wire group, the first PLG wire group transmits the cascade signal, the second PLG wire group transmits the non-cascade signal, a line width of the first PLG wire group is smaller than that of the second PLG wire group, and the first PLG wire group is located at a side of the second PLG wire group distal to an active area of the base substrate.
US11508287B2
A display panel including a plurality of pixels is provided. The display panel includes: a plurality of light emitting elements configured to constitute each pixel of the plurality of pixels; and a plurality of pixel circuits respectively corresponding to the plurality of light emitting elements and configured to drive the plurality of light emitting elements, wherein the plurality of pixel circuits includes a first pixel circuit for pulse width modulation (PWM)-driving a first light emitting element among the plurality of light emitting elements and a second pixel circuit for pulse amplitude modulation (PAM)-driving a second light emitting element among the plurality of light emitting elements.
US11508274B2
The present disclosure relates to a technique for determining a fault of a data line disposed in a display panel using a data driving device. The data driving device may determine a fault of a data line by supplying a data voltage corresponding to a greyscale value to a data line and checking whether another data line is influenced by the data voltage.
US11508266B2
The present disclosure provides a flexible panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display apparatus. The flexible panel includes a substrate, and the substrate includes a display region, a frame region and a bendable region, the frame region surrounding the display region and disposed at the periphery of the display region, the bendable region disposed on a side of the frame region distal to the display region and abutting on the frame region, at least one groove is disposed in the substrate and recessed from a side surface of the substrate at an edge of the frame region, and respectively provided at at least one end of a boundary between the frame region and the bendable region, and one end of an orthographic projection of the groove on the substrate coincides with one end of the boundary.
US11508254B2
A training and/or assistance platform for air traffic management is provided. The platform includes an air traffic management electronic system for obtaining input data representative of air traffic, to deliver, to an air traffic controller, information established as a function of the obtained input data, and to receive instructions from the air traffic controller The platform further includes a block for automatically determining instructions based on input data representative of at least the state of air traffic. The platform further includes an electronic processing module for collecting said input data and to provide it to the automatic determining block The platform further includes a neural network derived from learning on an input data history obtained by an electronic air traffic control system and received air traffic control instruction(s) received by the system.
US11508251B2
A method and a system for intelligent identification and correction of a question, which implements, through artificial intelligence, automatic identification of stems of various types of questions and contents of answering in test papers and auto-corrects the contents of answering. The technical solution is: to train a neural network model (e.g., CNN model) into a model for question type recognition based on numerous test paper samples in advance, and to use this trained model to detect the position of individual questions, the type corresponding to the question, the different components of the question (stem, answer, picture) in the test paper, and then to identify the printed font character information of the stem and the handwriting font character information of the answer part based on the recognition model, and finally to auto-correct based on the identified character information.
US11508249B1
Method for taking a test using a smartphone including placing the smartphone into connection with a device, placing the device on a head of a person with the smartphone in a position in which a display of the smartphone is visible to the person, coupling the smartphone to the device and displaying test questions on the display. Cheating is detected by, for example, monitoring presence of the device on the head of the person by periodically obtaining biometric data from the person and analyzing a change in the biometric data relative to previously obtained biometric data for the person, and when a change is present, stopping display of the test questions and generating and transmitting a communication to a test-providing institution derived from the change in biometric data.
US11508245B2
A base station allocates unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) preambles for use by UAV user equipment (UE) devices that are different from terrestrial preambles allocated for terrestrial UE devices. The UAV preambles can be allocated to different subscription levels, such that each UAV UE device can only use UAV preambles associated with the UAV UE device's subscription level. The UAV UE device transmits random access request message using the selected UAV preamble and the base station responds with a random access response message indicating whether access is granted to the UAV UE device. The base station can dynamically manage access to the base station by limiting the subscription levels that are associated with the UAV preambles.
US11508243B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for use in wireless communication devices to provide a capability for vehicles to actively perform traffic planning with regard to other vehicles, for example, within a region comprising an intersection and possibly wherein the intersection is not associated with a device or service for such or similar purposes. Such underlying techniques may reduce traffic congestion in certain instances by allowing two or more vehicles to negotiate or otherwise coordinate safe traversal within a region comprising an intersection. Moreover, the traffic planning techniques may be of use for a variety and/or mixture of different types of vehicles, paths, intersections, etc.
US11508241B2
In certain embodiments, a vehicle may obtain a video stream via a camera system of the vehicle. The video stream may be processed to extract one or more feature vectors from the video stream. Based on the feature vectors extracted from the video stream, vehicle description information related to one or more parked vehicles in the parking area may be determined. Space information indicating locations of the parked vehicles relative to available parking spaces in the parking area may also be determined based on the feature vectors extracted from the video stream. A mapping of the parking area may then be generated based on the vehicle description information and the space information.
US11508238B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a navigation method, device and system for a cross intersection. The method includes: receiving a message transmitted from a vehicle controller, where the message indicates a request of a vehicle for passing an intersection; and determining whether to allow the vehicle to pass the intersection based on an occupancy condition of the intersection and transmitting an action instruction to the vehicle controller to cause the vehicle controller to control movement of the vehicle.
US11508230B2
Systems and methods of preventing an event occurrence or mitigating effects of an event occurrence in an industrial facility are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a first input is received from a first sensor and, based at least in part on the first input, an initial action is automatically generated. In response to the initial action, a second input is received from a second sensor and, based at least in part of the received first and second inputs, a likelihood of an event occurrence is determined. Based at least in part of the determined likelihood, a remedial action configured to prevent the occurrence of the event occurrence is automatically generated. In some embodiments, the remedial action is generated in real-time and can be directed to a process condition, environmental condition, or secondary source.
US11508222B2
A doorbell system includes a power supply circuit, a smart module, a chime, a chime switch and a control module. The smart module provides a smart function. The chime switch is electrically connected between the control module, the smart module, and the power supply circuit. When the chime switch is turned on, the current flows through the chime under control of the control module. When the chime switch is turned off, the current cannot flow through the chime under control of the control module; consequently, the buzzing sound cannot be generated.
US11508219B2
A gaming machine having an electronic display which displays a plurality of empty drinking cups. A game controller causes the display of a ball and its movement toward and into one of the empty cups. A game play mechanism allows the player to direct the movement of the ball. If the player is successful in movement of a ball into a cup, the cup and the ball is then removed from the display. During play of the game, an amount of sobriety is determined in accord with the number of cups removed by the player. In accordance with the amount of sobriety determined, the cups are displayed in wobbling movement in order to give amusement to the game as well as difficulty in the play.
US11508216B2
Some embodiments include a fantasy sports wagering game. A gaming operator may assign real life sporting players into brackets based on their expected performance so that players with similar expected performance are in a same bracket as each other. Participants in a fantasy sports wagering game may be required to select a player from each of a plurality of brackets to form a fantasy sports team for the fantasy sports wagering game.
US11508209B2
Systems and techniques for providing flexibly reconfigurable meters on electronic gaming machines are provided; such meters may be considered to be “transient” with respect to meters that are hard-coded into the electronic gaming machine operating system or platform software or wagering game software and may be reconfigured by updating one or more meter definition files. Some such electronic gaming machines may provide for automated output of meter information.
US11508195B2
The present invention relates to an access control system, an access object and a method for access control. The access control system comprises an access request receiving device being configured and operable for receiving an access object; the access request receiving device comprising an emitter configured and operable for irradiating the access object with a radiation having a wavelength in the range of about 10″12 and 10″9 m and a detector configured and operable for detecting a response signal from the irradiated access object; a control circuit being configured and operable to receive the response signal from the access request receiving device and process the response signal to identify spectral features indicative of an XRF signature of the access object; wherein the control circuit is adapted to generate an unlocking signal for switching a module device between a locked state and an unlocked state upon identification of the XRF signature.
US11508184B2
A method for identifying a user using an image of an object of the user that has a biometric characteristic of the user, like a fingerprint or a set of fingerprints of fingertips, the method comprising: obtaining, by an optical sensor of a mobile device, the image of the object; providing the image to a neural network; processing the image by the neural network, thereby identifying both, the position of the object and the object in the image; extracting, from the identified object, the biometric characteristic; storing the biometric characteristic in a storage device and/or providing at least the biometric characteristic as input to an identification means, comprising processing the input in order to determine whether the biometric characteristic identifies the user.
US11508176B2
A display substrate having a fingerprint recognition region includes an array substrate, and a light shielding layer disposed at a side of the array substrate and at least located in the fingerprint recognition region. The material of the light shielding layer is an insulating material. A portion of the light shielding layer located in the fingerprint recognition region is provided with a plurality of light transmission holes, and each of the plurality of light transmission holes is configured to provide a transmission channel for fingerprint imaging light.
US11508169B2
Embodiments described herein provide a system for generating synthetic images with localized editing. During operation, the system obtains a source image and a target image for image synthesis and selects a semantic element from the source image. The semantic element indicates a semantically meaningful part of an object depicted in the source image. The system then determines the style information associated with the source and target images. Subsequently, the system generates a synthetic image by transferring the style of the semantic element from the source image to the target image based on the feature representations. In this way, the system can facilitate localized editing of the target image.
US11508165B2
Digital mirror systems for vehicles and methods of operating the same are disclosed. An example vehicle control system includes: a driver monitoring system including a head position determiner to determine at least one of a location of a head, an orientation of the head, or an eye gaze point of the head; a digital mirror system including a region-of-interest (ROI) detector to identify an ROI based on the at least one of the location of the head, the orientation of the head, or the eye gaze point of the head, and a cropper to extract a portion of a first image corresponding to the ROI to form a second image, the first image representing an area exterior to the vehicle; and a display within an interior area of the vehicle to present the second image.
US11508159B2
A system for utilizing object tracking algorithms for tracking objects external to a vehicle includes a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The object tracking algorithms include a lower computationally demanding object tracking algorithm and a higher computationally demanding object tracking algorithm. The memory has one or more modules that have instructions that cause the processor to determine if the vehicle is located in an urban setting or a non-urban setting and utilize the lower computationally demanding object tracking algorithm by an object tracking system when the vehicle is located in the non-urban setting. If it is determined that the vehicle is in an urban setting, the instructions cause the processor to determine available computational resources of the object tracking system and utilizing either the lower computationally demanding object tracking algorithm or the higher computationally demanding object tracking algorithm based on the available computational resources.
US11508152B2
Empowered by augmented reality (AR) technologies, the present disclosure allows a user to display virtual content in a physical reality and turn an AR-ready handheld mobile device into a dimension measuring tool. The present disclosure allows the user to first display a virtual container asset, with its actual size in physical reality, in any given configuration, and then create a virtual dimensional equivalent of an item-to-be-fit based on dimensional data captured by a 6-degree-of-freedom (6DoF) device or the like. Finally, the user can place the virtual item into the virtual container to evaluate the capacity and fit in the given configuration.
US11508150B2
In order to make it possible for the user to perceive the possibility of a collision with an object in the real world, an image processing apparatus comprises: a location estimation unit configured to, based on a video obtained by an image capturing unit for capturing a physical space, estimating a self-location of the image capturing unit in the physical space; a recognition unit configured to recognize a physical object existing within a certain distance from the self-location based on the video; an area decision unit configured to decide a predetermined area in the physical space in relation to the video; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a warning is given in accordance with whether or not a physical object recognized by the recognition unit is included in the predetermined area.
US11508147B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing data generated by a sensing system that rotationally senses an environment. In one aspect, a method comprises partitioning a predetermined period of time into a plurality of sub-periods, wherein the predetermined period of time is a period of time for which data generated by the sensing system constitutes a complete rotational sensing of the environment; for each sub-period: receiving current data generated by the sensing system during the sub-period and characterizing a respective partial scene of the environment; processing the current data using an object detection neural network to generate a current object detection output that is specific to the respective partial scene of the environment.
US11508145B2
The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus, medium, and electronic device for evaluating environmental noise of device. The method comprises obtaining original image data to be displayed; determining at least part of the original image data to be displayed as source data; obtaining comparison data according to the source data; obtaining a difference value according to the comparison data and the source data; and evaluating environmental noise of device according to the difference value.
US11508143B2
According to one implementation, a system for performing automated salience assessment of pixel anomalies includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code. The hardware processor is configured to execute the software code to analyze an image for a presence of a pixel anomaly in the image, obtain a salience criteria for the image when the analysis of the image detects the presence of the pixel anomaly, and classify the pixel anomaly as one of a salient anomaly or an innocuous anomaly based on the salience criteria for the image. The hardware processor is further configured to execute the software code to disregard the pixel anomaly when the pixel anomaly is classified as an innocuous anomaly, and to flag the pixel anomaly when the pixel anomaly is classified as a salient anomaly.
US11508140B2
Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for auto-configuring a region of interest (ROI) associated with a camera. In one implementation, a method comprises receiving image frames from a camera installed in the environment, wherein the ROI is located within the view of the image frames. The method includes tracking a plurality of persons in the image frames and determining a respective trajectory of movement for each person of the plurality of persons. The method further includes comparing each of the respective trajectories to one another and identifying, based on the comparing, a common trajectory shared by more than one person of the plurality of persons, wherein the common trajectory is not fully encompassed in the ROI. The method additionally includes updating the ROI to encompass the common trajectory, and includes configuring the updated ROI to be associated with new image frames from the camera.
US11508139B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to extract a mark specified in advance from an image of a document; and acquire a character string by performing character recognition on a region located in a particular direction with respect to a position of the mark, the direction being associated in advance with the mark.
US11508129B2
An image processing method and an image processing apparatus are disclosed. An image processing method according to an embodiment includes the steps of: obtaining a position of a user's hand; and controlling a virtual window on the basis of the position of the hand.
US11508124B2
A processing system includes hull shader circuitry that launches thread groups including one or more primitives. The hull shader circuitry also generates tessellation factors that indicate subdivisions of the primitives. The processing system also includes throttling circuitry that estimates a primitive launch time interval for the domain shader based on the tessellation factors and selectively throttles launching of the thread groups from the hull shader circuitry based on the primitive launch time interval of the domain shader and a hull shader latency. In some cases, the throttling circuitry includes a first counter that is incremented in response to launching a thread group from the buffer and a second counter that modifies the first counter based on a measured latency of the domain shader.
US11508115B2
A stored volumetric scene model of a real scene is generated from data defining digital images of a light field in a real scene containing different types of media. The digital images have been formed by a camera from opposingly directed poses and each digital image contains image data elements defined by stored data representing light field flux received by light sensing detectors in the camera. The digital images are processed by a scene reconstruction engine to form a digital volumetric scene model representing the real scene. The volumetric scene model (i) contains volumetric data elements defined by stored data representing one or more media characteristics and (ii) contains solid angle data elements defined by stored data representing the flux of the light field. Adjacent volumetric data elements form corridors, at least one of the volumetric data elements in at least one corridor represents media that is partially light transmissive. The constructed digital volumetric scene model data is stored in a digital data memory for subsequent uses and applications.
US11508109B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for graphics processing. The apparatus can obtain at least one input image including a plurality of pixels. Additionally, the apparatus can determine shading information for each of the plurality of pixels in the at least one input image. The apparatus can also determine a shading map based on the determined shading information for each of the plurality of pixels in the at least one input image. In some aspects, the apparatus can generate at least one output image based on the at least one input image and the determined shading map. The apparatus can also enhance a quality of the at least one output image. In some aspects, the quality of the at least one output image can be enhanced based on machine learning. Further, the apparatus can generate the at least one input image including the plurality of pixels.
US11508107B2
The disclosure provides methods and systems for automatically generating an animatable object, such as a 3D model. In particular, the present technology provides fast, easy, and automatic animatable solutions based on unique facial characteristics of user input. Various embodiments of the present technology include receiving user input, such as a two-dimensional image or three-dimensional scan of a user's face, and automatically detecting one or more features. The methods and systems may further include deforming a template geometry and a template control structure based on the one or more detected features to automatically generate a custom geometry and custom control structure, respectively. A texture of the received user input may also be transferred to the custom geometry. The animatable object therefore includes the custom geometry, the transferred texture, and the custom control structure, which follow a morphology of the face.
US11508101B2
This present invention discloses a dynamic dual-tracer PET reconstruction method based on a hybrid-loss 3D CNN, which selects a corresponding 3D convolution kernel for a 3D format of dual-tracer PET data, and performs feature extraction in a stereoscopic receptive field (down-sampling) and the reconstruction (up-sampling) process, which accurately reconstructs the three-dimensional concentration distributions of two different tracers from the dynamic sinogram. The method of the invention can better reconstruct the simultaneous-injection single-acquisition dual-tracer sinogram without any model constraints. The scanning time required for dual-tracer PET can be minimized based on the method of the present invention. Using this method, the raw sinogram data of dual tracers can be reconstructed into two volumetric individual images in a short time.
US11508096B2
The present disclosure relates to information processing apparatus and method that makes it possible to suppress a reduction in encoding efficiency. Information relating to quantization of a three-dimensional position of an encoding target is generated. For example, the information relating to the quantization includes information relating to a coordinate system to be subjected to the quantization, information relating to a bounding box for normalization of position information of the encoding target, or information relating to a voxel for quantization of position information of the encoding target. In addition, three-dimensional information of the encoding target is restored from a signal string on the basis of the information relating to the quantization of the three-dimensional position of the encoding target. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, an electronic device, an information processing method, a program, or the like.
US11508082B2
An image device utilizing non-planar projection images to generate a depth map includes two image capturers and a depth engine. The two image capturers are used for generating two non-planar projection images, wherein when each non-planar projection image of the two non-planar projection images is projected to a space corresponding to an image capturer corresponding to the each non-planar projection image, projection positions of each row of pixels of the each non-planar projection image in the space and optical centers of the two image capturers share a plane. The depth engine is used for generating a depth map according to the two non-planar projection images.
US11508067B2
Disclosed is a method for quantifying algal for management of water quality, performed by a computing device. The method may include: receiving a remote sensing image of an object of interest; and predicting a water quality variable based on the remote sensing image using a pre-trained algal estimation model.
US11508063B2
A system including a hierarchical analytics framework that can utilize a first set of machine learned algorithms to identify and quantify a set of biological properties utilizing medical imaging data is provided. System can segment the medical imaging data based on the quantified biological properties to delineate existence of perivascular adipose tissue. The system can also segment the medical imaging data based on the quantified biological properties to determine a lumen boundary and/or determine a cap thickness based on a minimum distance between the lumen boundary and LRNC regions.
US11508061B2
Systems and methods for generating a segmentation mask of an anatomical structure, along with a measure of uncertainty of the segmentation mask, are provided. In accordance with one or more embodiments, a plurality of candidate segmentation masks of an anatomical structure is generated from an input medical image using one or more trained machine learning networks. A final segmentation mask of the anatomical structure is determined based on the plurality of candidate segmentation masks. A measure of uncertainty associated with the final segmentation mask is determined based on the plurality of candidate segmentation masks. The final segmentation mask and/or the measure of uncertainty are output.
US11508053B2
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for detecting and remediating compression artifacts in multimedia items. In example aspects, a machine learning model is trained on a dataset related to compression artifacts and non-compression artifacts. Input data may then be collected by a data collection module and provided to a pattern recognition module. The pattern recognition module may extract visual and audio features of the multimedia item and provide the extracted features to the trained machine learning model. The trained machine learning model may compare the extracted features to the model, and a confidence value may be generated. The confidence value may be compared to a confidence value threshold. If the confidence value is equal to or exceeds the confidence threshold, then the input data may be classified as containing at least one compression artifact. Remedial action may subsequently be applied (e.g., boosting the system with technical resources).
US11508042B1
A generative adversarial network (GAN) is manufactured by a process including obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud, extracting a region from the 3D point cloud, the region corresponding to a gap, analyzing the extracted region to generate a loss, backpropagating the loss, and updating weights of the GAN. A computer-implemented method for training a GAN includes obtaining a 3D point cloud, extracting a region from the 3D point cloud, the region corresponding to a gap, analyzing the extracted region to generate a loss, backpropagating the loss, and updating weights of the GAN. A server includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the server to obtain a 3D point cloud, extract a region from the 3D point cloud, the region corresponding to a gap, analyze the extracted region to generate a loss, backpropagate the loss, and update weights of the GAN.
US11508039B2
There is provided an apparatus including a first correction unit configured to acquire a first corrected pixel using the covariance matrix, a determination unit configured to determine whether the first corrected pixel is abnormal, a second correction unit configured to acquire a second corrected pixel by performing a second correction on a pixel at a position of the first corrected pixel determined to be abnormal.
US11508036B2
An image processing apparatus decodes encoded RAW data that includes subband data being encoded with lossy encoding scheme, and determines one of a plurality of classifications based on the decoded subband data, wherein the plurality of classifications are based on a feature of an image. The apparatus also obtains correction data corresponding to the determined classification, and corrects recomposed data, which is obtained by applying frequency recomposition to the decoded subband data, based on the correction data, in order to obtain the corrected data as decoded RAW data.
US11508035B2
A method for controlling an electronic device is provided. The method includes obtaining an intermediate image by preprocessing an original image, obtaining a saliency feature map of the intermediate image by performing semantic saliency analysis on the intermediate image, performing adaptability calculation according to the saliency feature map and a retargeted target equipment condition, and determining a retargeting mode of the original image according to the result of the adaptability calculation, and performing retargeting processing on the original image according to the determined mode.
US11508027B2
An example symbol-based watermark detection method disclosed herein includes, in response to a comparison of a first count of occurrences of a first potential symbol value corresponding to a first symbol within a watermark and a second count of occurrences of a second potential symbol value corresponding to the first symbol, (i) determining a first accumulated signal to noise ratio value corresponding to the occurrences of the first potential symbol value, (ii) determining a second accumulated signal to noise ratio value corresponding to the occurrences of the second potential symbol value, and (iii) selecting one of the first or the second potential symbol value having a greatest accumulated signal to noise ratio value as a likely symbol value for the first symbol. The example method also includes concatenating the likely symbol value with other likely symbol values corresponding to other symbols of the watermark to detect the watermark.
US11508025B1
A data updating system for computing devices included in an aircraft, wherein one computing device in a first group of computing devices is, and one other computing device in a second group of computing devices is not, when the data of the computing device is updated, liable to affect the safety of the operator carrying out the maintenance on the aircraft. The system includes a data loading device, a connection connecting the data loading device with the computing device in the second group, and a data router connected to the data loading device, the data router transferring updating data to the computing devices in the first group only when a command by an operator in the cockpit of the aircraft is detected.
US11508023B2
A computer controlled mail piece assembly and wrapping system discloses a process for culling candidate mail pieces from bulk mail pieces, a mail piece feeder, a mail piece reader coupled to the feeder that identifies suitable candidate mail pieces, a collator coupled to the feeder for collating multiple identified mail pieces, a buffer coupled to the collator for regulating the delivery rate of the multiple mail pieces exiting to a wrap inserter, a wrap inserter coupled to the buffer for wrapping mail pieces and selected inserts into a mailing container, a printer interfaced with the wrap inserter for printing information onto the mailing container; an outstacker coupled to the wrap inserter for transferring envelope wrapped mail pieces and selected inserts to a desired location, and a computer with suitable programming for operating the system.
US11508020B2
A method for operating a power consumption metering system and a power consumption metering system are disclosed. In an embodiment a method include measuring, by a sensor deployed at a monitored site, high speed power consumption values over time to obtain a high speed value pattern of power consumption with a resolution of more than 1000 values per second, determining one or more harmonics of the high speed value pattern, measuring, by the sensor, low speed power consumption values over time to obtain a low speed value pattern of the power consumption with a resolution of less than 100 values per second, providing the harmonics and the low speed value pattern to a cloud based data processing system and identifying a status of a power consumer of the monitored site dependent on the measured harmonics and the low speed value pattern.
US11508019B2
A system and a method for regulating charging and discharging of an energy storage device as part of an electrical power distribution network is described. The invention is a smart control algorithm for a bi-directional switch in which an energy storage device, such as a battery set, is charged when electricity prices are low and discharged when electricity prices are high. The invention uses two different types of pricing data: forecasted price data and real-time price data. The forecasted price data is used to set a threshold. When the real-time price data of electricity exceeds this threshold, the energy storage device is set to discharge and send power to the grid. Otherwise the energy storage device is set to charge. The threshold is set periodically, typically in 30 minute to several hour intervals to capture the latest data.
US11508015B1
A system and method for automatically detecting if a home alarm system is being used and/or actively monitored are disclosed. The system and method use data gathered from one or more sensors, including audio information from microphones. The audio information is analyzed using a machine learning system to determine if the alarm system is being regularly used and monitored. The system and method can also automatically update a policy holder's insurance policy to reflect whether or not an alarm system is being used.
US11508004B2
According to some embodiments, apparatus and methods are provided. A connector attachment includes a housing, wherein the connector attachment is selectively connectable to a mobile device; and a first token stored within the connector attachment, wherein the first token is operative to execute a transaction with a second token. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11508003B1
Embodiments include apparatuses and methods for aggregating temporal restricted values for accounts of a plurality of client entities. Apparatus embodiments include a memory circuit, a current value circuit, a client value circuit, a temporal value circuit, an aggregation circuit, and a net value circuit. In certain examples of the present disclosure, various activities are performed by the circuits. In one such example, the current value circuit determines current value data for accounts attributed to the entity ID. For each client entity ID, the client value circuit determines a participation condition for a value attributable to the client entity ID. The temporal value circuit identifies the participation condition indicates accounts of the client entity are temporally restricted and computes a temporal value corresponding the value. The aggregation circuit aggregates the computed temporal values for the client entity IDs to determine an aggregate temporal value. The net value circuit computes a net value of accounts for the entity based on the determined current value and the aggregated temporal value.
US11507992B1
A system and method are disclosed for improving searching functionalities using graphical user interfaces. A web-based platform receives data relating to user activity during a search session, and furthermore presents suggested actions and/or search refinements based on the user activity. Processing modules include logic for identifying patterns and/or indicators in the user activity, and furthermore match detected patterns and/or indicators with suggested actions. The suggested actions are presented on the graphical user interface for allowing a user to refine the search session without exiting or terminating the search session.
US11507988B1
Systems and methods are provided for dynamically adjusting payout to deliverers, comprising receiving a plurality of delivery orders, wherein each of the plurality of delivery orders is associated with a delivery address in a geographic region, and wherein the geographic region is associated with a plurality of configurations; determining a base fee for fulfilling the plurality of delivery orders in the geographic region based on the plurality of configurations associated with the geographic region; adjusting, using a pricing algorithm, the base fee for fulfilling the plurality of delivery orders based on the determined configurations; receiving one or more features associated with the plurality of delivery orders; and adjusting the adjusted base fee based on the received one or more features, wherein the pricing algorithm used to calculate the base fee is selected among a plurality of pricing algorithms based on the geographic region.
US11507986B2
A computer-implemented system and method for generating and displaying an authority score through a software application executed by a process or a computing device. The processor may receive visit data indicative of a user's presence and review data describing an entity at a location. The processor may determine an authority score for the review data and perform a calculation using at least a portion of the visit data as at least one input. The processor may generate and cause a visual indication of the authority score to be displayed by a display device.
US11507973B2
Systems and methods for using wireless beacons in point of purchase (“POP”) displays to facilitate the delivery of consumer oriented content to mobile devices is disclosed herein. Wireless beacons may be used to broadcast wireless signals from POP displays, where the wireless signals include data packets with unique identifiers for the wireless beacons. A wireless signal from a POP display may be received by a mobile device. The mobile device may provide the unique identifier in the wireless signal and a retail location of the mobile device to a remote server. The retail location of the mobile device may he provided by a mobile application (e.g., a retailer app) on the mobile device. The remote server may determine the retail location of the POP display by associating the retail location of the mobile device with the wireless beacon.
US11507970B2
A system may receive information representing a first item and an item price of the first item from a first user device operated by a buyer. The first item may be available for sale by a merchant of a brick-and-mortar store. A plurality of sellers may be identified, the plurality of sellers may list a second item as being available for sale at the calculated reduced item price in an item listing for the second item. Moreover, the second item may be similar to the first item. A reduced item price may be calculated based on the item price of the first item received from the user device, the reduced item price representing a price lower than the item price of the first item. The item listing for the second item available for sale may be presented to the first user device operated by the buyer.
US11507969B2
Successful application of a coupon code on an e-commerce website is detected via network request tracking and page data tracking. Upon coupon application, the coupon code is stored, for example in a server-based database. The coupon code is then automatically applied to subsequent e-commerce purchases whose parameters match the requirements for the coupon. The coupon can be automatically applied to purchases made by the same user and/or other users, as applicable.
US11507961B2
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to receiving numerical product data indicative of a product, the numerical product data comprising numerical values indicative of at least one of chemical composition, radius, tensile strength, a diameter, position and yield strength, and storing the numerical product data in a non-volatile memory device. The numerical product data is processed in a processor to create a plurality of explanatory variables indicative of the numerical product data. Multivariate data analysis is performed on the explanatory variables indicative of the numerical product data, where the multivariate data analysis includes an iterative cluster based outlier detection procedure. A confidence indicator value indicative of the likelihood that the numerical product data includes at least one fabricated or false data entry is generated.
US11507960B2
A system for handling a lost item in an autonomous vehicle and a server. The vehicle includes a vision sensor configured to respectively capture a first vehicle interior image and a second vehicle interior image when a passenger boards and alights from the vehicle. The vehicle is configured to transmit the captured first vehicle interior image and second vehicle interior image to the server. The server is configured to compare the first vehicle interior image with the second vehicle interior image and transmit lost item information to the passenger when the lost item in the vehicle is sensed.
US11507958B1
A point-of-sale (POS) application is installed on a computing device of a merchant to process purchase transactions in conjunction with a network-accessible payment processing system. Software is also installed on the computing device to evaluate trustworthiness of the device and to prevent the device from performing sensitive operations such as purchase transactions when the device is deemed to be untrustworthy. The software obtains a security policy from the payment processing system and locally stores the security policy. The security policy specifies trust criteria and enforcement instructions, which can be updated from time to time when the payment processing system is accessible. The software evaluates device trustworthiness by gathering information regarding device conditions and comparing the information to the trust criteria. If the trust criteria are not satisfied, sensitive operations are disabled.
US11507951B2
A system that automates the clearing and settlement of electronic coupons (E-Coupons) by leveraging existing technologies and enabling E-Coupon redemption at any merchant having electronic funds transfer (EFT) capabilities, such as credit/debit card acceptance. The system reduces opportunities for fraud, reduces or eliminates the need for manual clearinghouse counting and sorting of coupons, and provides an electronic audit trail for coupon redemption, tying a specific purchase to a specific coupon. After registering and selecting coupons, consumers then use an E-Coupon card or account access device at a merchant's point-of-sale (POS) terminal. E-Coupon values are deducted from the consumer's final amount due. Both consumer package goods manufacturers (CPGs) and merchants may be charged a fee. Expired coupons are automatically removed from the account and their value refunded to the CPGs. Reports on redeemed coupons and consumer profiles can be generated and provided to CPGs or merchants.
US11507949B2
This post-paid process and system for disconnected terminals solves the problem of a disconnected terminal being able to perform post-paid operations securely, using an electronic device of the user to communicate with a central server which creates a token with a temporal validity that serves to activate a compound of the disconnected terminal and, optionally, additional hardware. All operations performed in the terminal are locked to make it impossible to alter the data and signed with a cryptographic key before using the client device as transportation for the operations block to be processed in the central server and charged.
US11507946B2
Example methods, apparatuses, and systems are presented that allows a user to make a secure purchase online, directly through accessing an online advertisement and without being redirected to multiple, cumbersome webpages to process different pieces of information to complete the transaction, while still leveraging existing e-commerce entities, such as existing payment platforms and existing ad/content networks. The present system includes a commerce ads engine (CA engine) that interfaces with the user through an app associated with the CA engine, a tokenization platform for authentication of the user, and a merchant providing relevant offer and check out information about a product being advertised in an online ad. The present system integrates new information embedded into online advertisements that interfaces with the CA engine and allows for the user to reliably provide authentication while purchasing the desired product, and without accessing or being redirected to multiple websites as is conventionally done.
US11507941B2
One embodiment of the invention provides for making electronic payments by scanning a merchant 2D code located near the point of sale with the customer's cell phone and transmitting the code or data embodied by the code to a payment center where the merchant's account can be credited and the customer's account debited without transmitting account information over the airwaves. In another embodiment of the invention, both parties transmit the same randomly generated 2D code or data embodied by the code to the payment center where they are matched to each other and to the buyer and seller to process the transaction. In a further embodiment of the invention, an inked tattoo or barcode marking is employed as a password to authorize access to smartphone applications for example, to make an electronic payment over a threshold amount.
US11507937B2
An apparatus, system, and methods for displaying information and advertisements in public or private venues including a body portion adapted to a seat structure or other seat supported apparatus, either as a base unit or a retrofit apparatus, wherein the seat structure or seating apparatus may provide the structure and housing for electronics necessary to power and control an electronic display that may be disposed on an adjustable modular bracket system that may be attached to a seat, a seat back, a cupholder, a cupholder attachment apparatus, a portable or mobile device attachment apparatus, which may be accessible, visible, and/or useable by a patron at a public venue.
US11507930B1
Electronic transaction data sets are processed for a multitude of disparate transactions using a plurality of autonomous payment networks. A software-programmed computer circuit receives and processes electronic transaction data to identify and use electronic ID data to retrieve stored profile data. The computer circuit then uses the retrieved profile data to select one of a plurality of payment networks available to each of a buyer and seller involved in the transaction. Electronic payment is carried out using the selected payment networks.
US11507929B2
Techniques are disclosed which include receiving, by a central entity computer, a request for digital currency. The request includes a serial number and a denomination of a physical currency. The central entity computer generates the digital currency for the denomination and linked to the serial number. The generating includes recording the digital currency on a blockchain. The central entity computer transmits a notification of the generation of the digital currency. The central entity computer causes removal of the physical currency from circulation in a fiat currency system.
US11507917B2
Apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium for making a product while riding on a mobile object
An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to execute: acquiring information regarding a request of a user making a product while riding on a mobile object; acquiring information regarding an article used in making the product; acquiring information regarding a location of the article; and generating an operation command of the mobile object such that the mobile object carrying the user travels via the location of the article.
US11507916B2
Systems and methods for determining an aircraft flightline delivery schedule are disclosed. In one embodiment a method includes receiving a set of milestones for delivery of the plurality of aircraft, receiving a set of costs for set of milestones, receiving a set of scheduling constraints, generating a network flow chart for each aircraft in the plurality of aircraft, the network flow chart having an order of milestones for delivery of the aircraft, determining a cost of delivery for each aircraft in the plurality of aircraft based on the network flow chart and the set of costs for the milestones, determining the aircraft flight line delivery schedule for delivery of the plurality of aircraft based on reducing a total cost for delivery of the plurality of aircraft, and outputting the determined aircraft flight line delivery schedule.
US11507915B1
A system for monitoring a transport of a component is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of carriers. A system includes a component transported by a plurality of carriers. A system includes a central identification unit coupled to a component. A system includes a central network. A central network is configured to receive a plurality of component data from a central identification unit. A central network is configured to update a plurality of component data. A central network is configured to update a plurality of carrier data as a function of a plurality of component data. Updating a plurality of carrier data includes modifying each plurality of carrier data as a function of at least an alternate plurality of carrier data. A method for monitoring a transport of a component is also disclosed.
US11507913B2
A system and method for operating a terminal facility handling containers may comprise: a sensor set sensing containers entering and/or exiting the facility for providing container identification data and location data to a relational database; and container handling equipment having a sensor set for providing container identification data and location data to the database when a container is grasped and/or released. Sensors may sense when the equipment grasps and/or releases a container for storing a record thereof in the database, and/or geo-tagged identification data and location data relating to carriers that are to pick up and/or to deliver a container is received and stored as records in the database. The relational database contains records representing the current location of each container and each container handling equipment substantially in real time and can estimate arrival time.
US11507901B1
An apparatus for matching video records with postings using audiovisual data processing is provided. Apparatus may include at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor. The memory may contain instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive a posting including a plurality of criteria, receive a video record, extract a plurality of textual elements from the video record, identify a plurality of credentials from the video record, generate a compatibility score for the video record based on the plurality of criteria and the plurality of credentials, and match the video record with the posting based on the compatibility score.
US11507895B2
Product providers offer matched prices for the products to the customers through a platform surveying the available prices from sale agents. The platform can determine lowest prices from the sale agents, and use this information to have an agreement with the product providers to sell the products at compatible prices.
US11507888B2
A training method for a machine translation model, includes: obtaining a multi-domain mixed training data set; performing data domain classification on a plurality of training data pairs in the training data set to obtain at least two domain data subsets; based on each domain data subset, determining at least two candidate optimization targets for the domain data subset, and training at least two candidate single domain models corresponding to each domain data subset based on the at least two candidate optimization targets, respectively; testing the at least two candidate single domain models corresponding to each domain data subset separately, and selecting a candidate optimization target with a highest test accuracy as a designated optimization target for the domain data subset; and training a hybrid domain model based on each domain data subset in the training data set and the designated optimization target corresponding to each domain data subset.
US11507884B2
Systems and methods are provided for receiving a request for data associated with a particular functionality of an application, identifying a first attribute for which data is to be generated to fulfill the request, and determining that the first attribute corresponds to data to be generated by a first machine learning model. The systems and methods further providing for executing a view or procedure to generate data for input to the first machine learning model, inputting the generated data into the first machine learning model, and receiving output from the first machine learning model. The output is provided in response to the request for data associated with the particular functionality of the application.
US11507880B2
Monitoring and automatically remediating issues that arise at run-time during integrations between Application Program Interfaces (APIs) of two or more endpoint products over an integration framework. The monitoring is facilitated by inserting specialized modules into the integration framework that detects changes in the outputs of the integrated endpoint products and attempts to remedy them by automatically adjusting the output in-transit towards a destination endpoint. The specialized modules can be enhanced by machine learning algorithms trained on previously successful remedies. Remedies may be directed towards schema variations and performance drifts, among others.
US11507879B2
A method, system, and non-transitory compute readable medium for vector representation of a sequence of items, including training a sequence using a first distributed representation, such that a new distributed representation is produced for which vector entries of the new distributed representation are amplified to create dominant dimensions for when the vector entries of each item correspond to a class of an item to be explained and fractionalizing vector entries of each item that do not correspond to the class of the item to be explained such that the dominant dimensions correspond to higher absolute value entries than the fractionalized vector entries in order to emphasize the dominant dimensions.
US11507877B2
A method, apparatus, and system provide the ability to optimize execution of an application. An application is acquired. The application includes functions, and each function has a corresponding feature flag that determines whether the corresponding function is executed. Execution conditions of execution of the application are monitored at run-time (in a machine learning module). The machine learning module recognizes a pattern relating to the execution conditions to determine a stress relating to the execution of the application. During execution of the application, the machine learning module toggles the feature flags based on the pattern and the stress such that the corresponding functions do not execute.
US11507874B2
A method of sharing address information using quantum states includes storing a number, M, of first qubits in a quantum store at a source node and storing classical information tagged to the M first qubits in a classical store at the source node, where the classical information describes a destination node where the M first qubits share entangled qubits. The M first qubits are measured at the source node and a random number is generated that represents an address of the destination node using the measured M first qubits and the classical information describing the destination node. A packet is sent from the source node that includes the generated random number in a quantum address field and further includes data intended for the destination node in a data field. A number, M, of second qubits is stored in a quantum store at the destination node, wherein each of the M first qubits is entangled with a respective one of the M second qubits. The M second qubits is measured at the destination node and a random number is generated using the measured M second qubits. The sent packet is received at the destination node. The generated random number in the quantum address field is compared at the destination node with the generated random number using the measured M second qubits. A match is determined at the destination node between the compared generated random number in the quantum address field and the generated random number using the measured M second qubits.
US11507873B1
A system comprising a quantum control data exchange circuit that enables a large, variable number of pulse generation circuits to exchange data within the coherence time of a plurality of quantum elements to enable feedback-based quantum control of a large, variable number of quantum elements.
US11507872B2
A hybrid quantum-classical (HQC) computing system, including a quantum computing component and a classical computing component, computes the inverse of a Boolean function for a given output. The HQC computing system translates a set of constraints into interactions between quantum spins; forms, from the interactions, an Ising Hamiltonian whose ground state encodes a set of states of a specific input value that are consistent with the set of constraints; performs, on the quantum computing component, a quantum optimization algorithm to generate an approximation to the ground state of the Ising Hamiltonian; and measures the approximation to the ground state of the Ising Hamiltonian, on the quantum computing component, to obtain a plurality of input bits which are a satisfying assignment of the set of constraints.
US11507869B2
A system and method for generating and deploying a machine learning model for a real-time environment. User selected coefficients and training data are received via a graphical user interface. A first machine learning algorithm is invoked for generating a first machine learning model based on the received data. Accuracy of predictions by the first model are tested, and a determination is made that the accuracy of predictions of the first model is below a threshold value. In response to such a determination, a particular criterion is evaluated. In response to determining that the criterion is satisfied, a second machine learning algorithm is invoked for generating a second machine learning model based on the received data. The model is deployed instead of the first model for making real-time predictions based on incoming data.
US11507866B1
This invention predicts results for a media clip posted to a social media influencer channel by maintaining a database of results data for media clips where an influencer channel includes media clips that include unstructured data, and structured data, and then provide to a first machine learning model a first set of channel data, extracting a first set of features, predicting a value for the first target variable, providing to a second machine learning model a second set of channel data including a second selection of structured data, and the predicted value of the first target variable, extracting a second set of features, and predicting a value for the second target variable.
US11507861B2
Methods and systems for collecting and analyzing sensor data to predict water fixture failure and water consumption are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving sensor data regarding a water fixture. Changepoints may then be calculated within the sensor data and the sensor data may be split into intervals at the changepoints. A machine learning model may then be used to classify the intervals and a status of the water fixture and water consumption may be identified based on the classified intervals.
US11507854B2
A method and an apparatus for recognizing an intention, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium are provided. The method includes learning vectors of knowledge base elements in corpus samples, and converting the corpus samples into row vectors composed of the vectors of the knowledge base elements in a knowledge base; extracting feature vectors from respective pooling windows in the corpus samples by hierarchical pooling, determining weights positively correlated with similarities between texts within the respective pooling windows and the respective corpus samples, performing weighting on the extracted feature vectors to obtain feature vectors of the respective pooling windows, and obtaining feature vectors of the respective corpus samples composed of the feature vectors of the pooling windows; training a vector-based intention recognition classifier, based on the feature vectors of the corpus samples; and recognizing an intention in querying a corpus, using the trained intention recognition classifier.
US11507848B2
An experience-aware anomaly processing system and a method for an experience-aware anomaly processing system are provided. The experience-aware anomaly processing system comprises an anomaly detection module configured to receive geographic location data with corresponding time information of a target object, and analyze target object behavior based on the geographic location data with corresponding time information of the target object; a user feedback module configured to receive user feedback from a user and model user feedback behavior when the user receives an alarm message indicating the target object is abnormal; and a decision module configured to receive user setting from the user, and make a detection decision through fusing target object behavior information corresponding to the target object behavior, user feedback behavior information corresponding to the user feedback behavior, and the user setting.
US11507847B2
Gene expression programming-based behavior monitoring is disclosed. A machine receives, as input, a plurality of data examples. A method can include receiving data indicating behaviors of the device, determining, using a gene expression programming (GEP) method, a data model that explains the data, and comparing further data indicating further behavior of the device to the data model to determine whether the further behavior is explained by the data model.
US11507840B2
Embodiments may exclude portions of input data in order to improve the accuracy and explanatory quality of the output of machine learning models by disregarding parts of the input during the optimization process by masking them during backpropagation. For example, in an embodiment, a method may be implemented in a computer system comprising a processor, memory accessible by the processor, and computer program instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor, the method may comprise receiving, at the computer system, input data and a machine learning model to generate a prediction based on the input data, generating, at the computer system, a mask indicating portions of the input data to be disregarded during backpropagation of the machine learning model, and modifying, at the computer system, the generated mask to improve the prediction of the machine learning model.
US11507837B2
A method for detecting network anomalies includes receiving a control message from a cellular network and extracting one or more features from the control message. The method also includes predicting a potential label for the control message using a predictive model configured to receive the one or more extracted features from the control message as feature inputs. Here, the predictive model is trained on a set of training control messages where each training control message includes one or more corresponding features and an actual label. The method further includes determining that a probability of the potential label satisfies a confidence threshold. The method also includes analyzing the control message to determine whether the control message corresponds to a respective network performance issue. When the control message impacts network performance, the method includes communicating the network performance issue to a network entity responsible for the network performance issue.
US11507825B2
Provided is an artificial intelligence (AI) apparatus for managing an operation of an artificial intelligence (AI) system. The AI apparatus includes: a communication unit that receives state information from at least one member AI apparatus included in the AI system, respectively; a memory that stores apparatus information on the at least one member AI apparatus, respectively; and a processor that: upon acquiring a control command of a user, determines a target member AI apparatus to perform the control command; determines whether the target member AI apparatus is capable of performing the control command or not; transmits the control command to the target member AI apparatus if the target member AI apparatus is capable of performing the control command, and outputs a response indicating that the target member AI apparatus is not capable of performing the control command if the target member AI apparatus is not capable of performing the control command.
US11507819B2
A neuromorphic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes a recognizing unit suitable for recognizing information based on a plurality of learned results to generate a plurality of recognition signals, a maximum value extracting unit suitable for respectively extracting values of the plurality of recognition signals and extracting a recognition signal having a maximum value among the plurality of recognition signals, and a control unit suitable for processing the information based on the recognition signal having the maximum value.
US11507816B2
Numerous embodiments of a precision tuning algorithm and apparatus are disclosed for precisely and quickly depositing the correct amount of charge on the floating gate of a non-volatile memory cell within a vector-by-matrix multiplication (VMM) array in an artificial neural network. Selected cells thereby can be programmed with extreme precision to hold one of N different values.
US11507810B2
Provided are an integrated circuit chip apparatus and a related product, the integrated circuit chip apparatus being used for executing a multiplication operation, a convolution operation or a training operation of a neural network. The present technical solution has the advantages of a small amount of calculation and low power consumption.
US11507797B2
An information processing apparatus having an input device for receiving data, an operation unit for constituting a convolutional neural network for processing data, a storage area for storing data to be used by the operation unit and an output device for outputting a result of the processing. The convolutional neural network is provided with a first intermediate layer for performing a first processing including a first inner product operation and a second intermediate layer for performing a second processing including a second inner product operation, and is configured so that the bit width of first filter data for the first inner product operation and the bit width of second filter data for the second inner product operation are different from each other.
US11507790B2
Provided is a printing method for performing printing using a serial printer. In printing of a print image including a line image, the printing method includes a raster line forming step of forming each of raster lines configuring the image, by a plurality of pass operations. In the formation of each of the raster lines, when printing of a region corresponding to edge pixels of the line image by a first pass operation, which is one of the plurality of pass operations, is first printing, and printing of the region corresponding to the edge pixels by a second pass operation that is different from the first pass operation, of the plurality of pass operations, is second printing, a brightness of the printing by the second printing is higher than a brightness of the printing by the first printing.
US11507779B1
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for training a predictive model to detect objects in digital images, such as detecting whether a cotter key is present or absent in a digital photograph of a rail car coupler. The training system includes curating a plurality of training datasets, each including a number of raw images, together with a number of adjusted, augmented, and duplicate images. The predictive model includes a localization algorithm and an ensemble of models for classification. The localization algorithm is a deep convolutional neural network (CNN) which identifies a region of interest. One of more of the deep CNN classification models generates a plurality of candidate regions associated with each region of interest, thereby generating a large number of additional regions useful for training. In use, the trained predictive model is part of a detection and notification system that processes new images from the field and broadcasts a notice when an anomaly is detected.
US11507772B2
A system and method for sequence extraction using screenshot images to generate a robotic process automation workflow is disclosed. The system and method include capturing a plurality of screenshots of steps performed by a user on an application using a processor, storing the screenshots in memory, determining action clusters from the captured screenshots by randomly clustering actions into an arbitrary predefined number of clusters, wherein screenshots of different variations of a same action is labeled in the clusters, extracting a sequence from the clusters, and discarding consequent events on the screen from the clusters, and generating an automated workflow based on the extracted sequences.
US11507770B2
Described is a system and method that provides a data protection risk assessment for the overall functioning of a backup and recovery system. Accordingly, the system may provide a single overall risk assessment score that provide an operator with an “at-a-glance” overview of the entire system. Moreover, the system may account for changes that occur over time based on leveraging statistical methods to automatically generate assessment scores for various components (e.g. application, server, network, load, etc.). In order to determine a risk assessment score, the system may utilize a predictive model based on historical data. Accordingly, residual values for newly observed data may be determined using the predictive model and the system may identify potentially anomalous or high risk indicators.
US11507764B2
A distribution item includes a first item comprising a container having an outer surface defining an enclosed space. A computer-readable code is disposed on the outer surface. The computer-readable code is associated with a first level entity. The first item also includes destination information associated with a second level entity disposed on the outer surface. The distribution item also includes one or more second items removably positioned within the enclosed space of the first item. Each of the one or more second items includes the computer-readable code associated with the first level entity.
US11507760B2
The accuracy of machine translation is increased. A translated document with high translation accuracy is obtained. An original document is faithfully translated. An original document is translated with a neural network to generate a first translated document; a modification-target word or phrase is determined from words and phrases contained in the original document on the basis of an analysis result for the first translated document; the modification-target word or phrase is replaced with a high frequency word in learning data used for learning in the neural network to modify the original document; and the modified original document is translated with the neural network to generate a second translated document.
US11507755B2
An information processing apparatus has an inference unit with a first function of inputting first text data including a set of a first question text and a first answer text, and second text data including a set of a second question text and a second answer text; and a second function of, in a case in which a first synonym relationship in which a word a in the first text data is capable of being substituted with a word b is established and a second synonym relationship in which the word a in the second text data is capable of being substituted with a word c is established. A similarity between the word b and the word c is calculated from a first similarity between the first answer text and the second answer text and a second similarity between the first question text and the second question text.
US11507752B1
Techniques for evaluating a natural language understanding (NLU) component and determining an action to resolve an issue processing a user input are described. The system determines which component is invoked by a baseline NLU component is processing the user input, and which component is invoked by an updated NLU component. Based on that information, the system selects the action to resolve the updated NLU component generating an undesired response to the user input.
US11507751B2
The present disclosure discloses a comment information processing method and apparatus, and a medium. The specific implementation solution is: in response to a user operation, determining an opinion category corresponding to each opinion phrase in a comment opinion dictionary; obtaining a target corpus matching each opinion phrase from a plurality of comment corpora; for each opinion phrase, using a corresponding opinion category to label the target corpus matching each opinion phrase to obtain a first training sample; and training a classification model with the first training sample to identify the opinion category of a comment by using a trained classification model.
US11507738B2
Systems and methods for automatically applying changed templates across user-facing applications are disclosed. A system may include at least one processor configured to store a customized template in a repository and integrate the customized template into the user-facing applications, wherein the integrated customized template enables tailoring of data associated with the user-facing applications into which the template is integrated. The processor may update the customized template, push the updated customized template to user-facing applications in which the customized template was integrated, and enable, via the pushed update, a simultaneous change in tailoring of data within each of the user-facing applications in which the customized template was integrated.
US11507736B2
Methods and systems for automated electronic form generation are provided. According to one embodiment, a non-transitory machine readable medium stores instructions that when executed by a processing resource of a computer system cause the processing resource to facilitate electronic form authoring. An interactive form authoring interface is displayed on the computer system including a single text entry field and a form preview area. Text input relating to an electronic form being authored by an authoring user is accepted via the text entry field. The text input is sent to a software component operable to obtain form definition information from the text input and to generate a rendered view of the electronic form based on the form definition information. The authoring user is provided with feedback regarding an appearance and functionality of the electronic form by updating the form preview area based on the rendered view.
US11507733B2
Systems and methods of virtual world interaction, operation, implementation, instantiation, creation, and other functions related to virtual worlds (note that where the term “virtual world” is used herein, it is to be understood as referring to virtual world systems, virtual environments reflecting real, simulated, fantasy, or other structures, and includes information systems that utilize interaction within a 3D environment). Various embodiments facilitate interoperation between and within virtual worlds, and may provide consistent structures for operating virtual worlds. The disclosed embodiments may further enable individuals to build new virtual worlds within a framework, and allow third party users to better interact with those worlds.
US11507731B2
An apparatus includes an input interface, a processor, and a transmitter. The input interface is configured to receive user input associated with a design and to receive a user request indicating a selection of a website type of a plurality of website types. The processor is configured to update the design based on the user input. The updated design includes one or more design pages. The processor is configured to select, based on the website type, a specific set of website generation tasks. The processor is configured to perform the specific set of website generation tasks to generate one or more webpages of a website of the website type. The webpages correspond to the design pages. The transmitter is configured to send a web output to at least one of a data storage device, a publishing endpoint, or a client device. The web output corresponds to the webpages.
US11507723B2
A method for designing a system on a target device includes identifying portions in the system to preserve based on comparing structural characteristics of the system with another system. Design results from the another system are reused for portions in the system that are preserved.
US11507718B1
A chip verification system includes a plurality of agent modules, a register model, and a scoreboard module. The register model includes a register database, a plurality of access modules, and a return module. Each access module corresponds to one of a plurality of attribute parameters. Each agent module transmits an address code of its sequence to the return module. The return module obtains, according to the received address code, an address subject and the attribute parameter corresponding to the received address code from the register database, and outputs the obtained attribute parameter. Each driver module calls, according to the received attribute parameter, the corresponding access module to perform an operation on registers of DUT circuit according to a read write command of the sequence. The scoreboard module records each performed operation to generate an operation record, and outputs a verification result according to the operation record and data in registers.
US11507715B2
A method, system and computer program product of detecting vehicle defects includes creating a first design graph, receiving information related to a defective design of a vehicle associated with the first design graph, tagging a defective part in the first design graph with defect information, comparing the first design graph with other design graphs using a graph-matching technique, determining that a second design graph matches the first design graph, the second design graph representing a potentially anomalous design, identifying a plurality of candidate vehicles that incorporate the potentially anomalous design, and recommending the candidate vehicles as service candidates.
US11507713B2
Introduced here computer programs and associated computer-implemented techniques for modeling interior spaces based on an analysis of digital images of those interior spaces. These computer programs can be trained to accomplish this without using extensive sets of labeled data. Instead, these computer programs are able to effectively supplement labeled data with unlabeled data to accurately model interior spaces in settings where limited labeled data is available. Such an approach allows these computer programs to establish the layouts of interior spaces without extensive knowledge of those interior spaces and without users, who are responsible for generating the digital images, interacting with the surroundings in a meaningful way.
US11507710B2
This disclosure relates generally to system and method for optimization of industrial processes, for example a tundish process. Typically geometries for industrial processes are simulated in a numerical analysis model such as a CFD. In order to simulate a physical phenomenon (such as tundish process) numerically, the domain thereof is discretized in order to convert the differential equations to be solved in the domain into linear equations. The accuracy of a CFD solution is dependent on a mesh of the domain, which in turn depends on a geometry thereof. For setting up an optimization task, the disclosed method provides first a CFD friendly base geometry, so that a faulty geometry can be detected before forming the complete geometry.
US11507709B2
A method, system, and article of manufacture provide for multi-user collaboration on a three-dimensional (3D) design. The 3D design is acquired in a computer-aided design (CAD) application. A commenting process for a comment to be associated with a selected part of the 3D design is activated. Textual user input for the comment is dynamically processed as the comment is received. The processing recognizes that the text relates to creating or modifying the selected part, retrieves a list of alternative parts (based on similarities between the alternative parts and the selected part), and displays a graphic representation of an alternative part. An alternative part is selected and inserted in the comment as a proposed replacement part. The comment including the proposed replacement part is provided to another user.
US11507707B2
An information handling system, including a chassis; a bottom door coupled to the chassis; an assembly, including a bracket coupled to the chassis, the bracket including an opening; a slider moveably coupled within the bracket, the slider including a cavity at least partially in superimposition with the opening; a nut positioned within the cavity, the nut including a threaded opening; and a fastener positioned through an opening of the bottom door and within the threaded opening of the nut to position the bottom door such that the bottom door abuts the chassis, wherein when the slider is in a first positional state with respect to the bracket, the nut is constrained within the cavity, wherein when the slider is in a second positional state with respect to the bracket, the nut is rotatable within the cavity.
US11507703B2
A reconfigurable and machine learning resilient on-chip cryptography for graphene-based devices can be configured to utilize inherent disorders associated with the carrier transport in grain boundary dominated graphene field effect transistors (GFETs). For instance, a method can be configured to model a GFET as one or more physically unclonable functions (PUFs). A GFET PUF can also be reconfigured in a way that does not involve any physical intervention and/or integration of additional hardware components. A GFET PUF can be designed to operate with ultra-low power and can be configured to be robust and reliable against variation in temperature and supply voltage in some embodiments.
US11507702B2
Embodiments relate to switching a neural processor circuit between non-secure and secure modes. A security controller of the neural processor circuit indicates that a transition from the non-secure mode to the secure mode is to occur. The security controller waits for a neural task manager of the neural processor circuit to clear out any existing non-secure tasks in queues. After the existing non-secure mode tasks are cleared, the security controller switches the neural processor circuit to the secure mode. While in the secure mode, secure tasks are added to one or more queues and executed, and data for processing in the neural processor circuit is received from a secure source. The neural processor circuit may to transition back to the non-secure mode when all secure mode tasks are completed.
US11507694B2
An electronic device includes one or more sensors capturing media content while the electronic device is situated at a media content capture location. A user interface receives user input requesting transmission of the media content to another electronic device at a user input reception location. A location detector determines whether the media content capture location and the user input reception location are substantially different locations. One or more processors at least temporarily preclude, in response to the user input, the transmission of the media content to the other electronic device when the location detector determines that the media content capture location and the user input reception location are substantially different locations.
US11507693B2
Disclosed is a system and method of de-identifying data. A method includes splitting, at a first entity, a byte of data of an original record into a first random portion and a second random portion, inserting first random bits into the first random portion to yield a first new byte and inserting second random bits into the second random portion to yield a second new byte. The method then includes transmitting the second new byte to a second entity, receiving, at the first entity, a first portion of an algorithm from the second entity and processing the first new byte by the first portion of the algorithm to yield a first partial result. The first partial result can be combined with a second partial result from the second entity processing the second new byte by a second portion of the algorithm.
US11507692B2
A computing system includes an anonymizer server. The anonymizer server is communicatively coupled to a data repository configured to store a personal identification information (PII) data. The anonymizer server is configured to perform operations including receiving an anonymized data request, and creating an anonymized data repository based on the anonymized data request. The anonymizer server is also configured to perform operations including anonymizing the PII data to create an anonymized data by applying a cluster-based process, and storing the anonymized data in the anonymized data repository.
US11507686B2
A method for protecting documents includes assigning electronic marks to a document. The electronic marks include a symmetric encryption key and a symmetric encryption algorithm. Access activity with respect to the document is monitored continuously and in real-time. In response to receiving a request from a user to access the document, validity of a digital certificate of the user is checked. Access to the document is denied and a notification is sent to a server indicating an attempted unauthorized access to the document, in response to determining that the digital certificate of the user is not valid. Attributes of the electronic marks are analyzed, in response to that the digital certificate of the user is valid. The document is automatically decrypted, if an attribute of encryption is indicated in the electronic marks, based on the symmetric encryption key and the symmetric encryption algorithm is included in the electronic marks.
US11507685B1
Techniques described herein can allow users to share cached results of an original query with other users while protecting sensitive information. The techniques described herein can check whether the other users have access to the underlying data queried before allowing those users to see the stored query results. That is, the system may perform privilege checks on the shared users before giving them access to the stored query results but without having to re-run the original query.
US11507672B1
Techniques for selectively remediating vulnerabilities for assets of a computing system is disclosed. The vulnerability management system identifies “active” vulnerabilities associated with “active” computing assets that have been determined to be currently running, or to have been recently run, on the system using system call data. By limiting remediation to vulnerabilities associated with software packages of active computing assets, remediation/mediation efforts can be focused on vulnerabilities that may be currently exploited for the system. The list of active vulnerabilities identified for a system may be updated in real time based on continued monitoring of runtime operations of the system. Additional context metadata may be associated with the active vulnerabilities to allow for further prioritization of vulnerability management activities. Vulnerability management actions for particular active vulnerability may include updating a software package, adjusting a set of firewall rules, communicating with a client computing device, and displaying vulnerability information in a GUI.
US11507671B1
An example process includes: identifying, by one or more processing devices, candidate code in executable code based on a static analysis of the executable code, where the candidate code includes code that is vulnerable to attack or the candidate code being on a path to code that is vulnerable to attack, where information related to the attack is based, at least in part, on the candidate code; customizing, by one or more processing devices, a healing template based on the information to produce a customized healing template; and inserting, by one or more processing devices, the customized healing template into a version of the executable code at a location that is based on a location of the candidate code in the executable code, where the customized healing template includes code that is executable to inhibit the attack.
US11507668B2
Examples associated with cryptographic key security are described. One example system includes a secure storage accessible to a basic input/output system (BIOS). A BIOS security module stores an authorization value in a fixed location in the secure storage. The authorization value is stored by the BIOS during a boot of the system. A cryptographic key module reads the authorization value from the fixed location, overwrites the authorization value in the fixed location, and obtains a cryptographic key using the authorization value.
US11507662B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are presented for an AI system featuring specially designed AI hardware that incorporates security features to provide iron clad trust and security to run AI applications/solution models. Presented herein are various security features for AI processing, including: a trust and integrity verifier of data during operation of an AI solution model; identity and trust establishment between an entity and the AI solution model; secure isolation for a virtual AI multilane system; a real-time attack detection and prevention mechanism; and built in detection mechanisms related to rogue security attack elements insertion during manufacturing. Aspects also include security to implement an AI network interconnecting multiple user devices in an AI environment.
US11507656B2
A system and method of detecting and remediating attacks includes receiving operating system (OS) read/write data from an OS, the OS read/write data describing at least one of reads from and writes to a storage device over a file system interface of the OS; collecting storage device read/write data, the storage device read/write data describing at least one of reads from and writes to the storage device; comparing the OS read/write data to the storage device read/write data; and determining if there is a discrepancy between the OS read/write data and the storage device read/write data. If there is a discrepancy, determining if there is an anomaly detected between OS read/write data and the storage device read/write data. If there is an anomaly, causing a remediation action to be taken to stop a malware attack.
US11507647B2
The fingerprint-based login method includes: waking up an operating system of a terminal device where a fingerprint sensor is disposed based on a detected non-press-type touch operation against the fingerprint sensor; controlling the fingerprint sensor to acquire fingerprint data based on a fingerprint data acquisition instruction sent by the waken-up operating system; storing the acquired fingerprint data to a designated security region in the terminal device by the waken-up operating system; and judging whether the fingerprint data stored in the designated security region matches fingerprint password data by the waken-up operating system upon detecting a press-type touch operation against the fingerprint sensor, such that a login operation is performed in the operating system if the stored fingerprint data matches the fingerprint password data, the problem that the fingerprint modules using the conventional MCUs failing to satisfy the requirements may not implement the system login function is effectively solved.
US11507644B2
An embodiment may include persistent storage containing a plurality of software models and a plurality of entitlements thereto, wherein the software models include suite software models with associated downgrade rights. The embodiment may also involve: determining that a first suite software model contains a second suite software model; determining that the first suite software model is associated with a first set of downgrade rights to earlier versions thereof and the second suite software model is associated with a second set of downgrade rights to earlier versions thereof; sorting a list of the first suite software model, the earlier versions thereof, the second suite software model, and the earlier versions thereof in increasing order of version and height value; traversing the list to find a matching suite software model for a particular suite of the software applications; and assigning an entitlement for the matching suite software model to the particular suite.
US11507641B2
Techniques for performing in-memory matrix multiplication, taking into account temperature variations in the memory, are disclosed. In one example, the matrix multiplication memory uses ohmic multiplication and current summing to perform the dot products involved in matrix multiplication. One downside to this analog form of multiplication is that temperature affects the accuracy of the results. Thus techniques are provided herein to compensate for the effects of temperature increases on the accuracy of in-memory matrix multiplications. According to the techniques, portions of input matrices are classified as effective or ineffective. Effective portions are mapped to low temperature regions of the in-memory matrix multiplier and ineffective portions are mapped to high temperature regions of the in-memory matrix multiplier. The matrix multiplication is then performed.
US11507628B1
Medium, method, and system for creating process automation applications. By storing applications as documents in a document database, a highly performant platform for process governance, risk management and compliance tracking is achieved. In particular, the disclosed architecture allows for rapid development of low-latency applications without requiring the application developer to write code to implement the application logic. Users can easily view a dashboard showing available applications and access them. At the same time, application developers can quickly develop new applications building on existing (previously developed or bundled) applications.
US11507619B2
A display apparatus includes user input circuitry for receiving user commands and a display for displaying video content and a user interface. The video content includes metadata. The display apparatus includes a processor in communication with the user input circuitry and the display; and non-transitory computer readable media in communication with the processor that stores instruction code. The instruction code, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to receive, from the user input circuitry, a query regarding an image of the video content currently displayed on the display; and determine one or more objects of the image associated with the query based on the metadata. The processor updates the user interface to depict one or more controls, each control being associated with one of the determined one or more objects; and receives a selection of one of the controls. The processor then updates the user interface to depict information related to the selection.
US11507616B2
A method of inspecting a component includes storing at least one inspection image file in a memory and receiving a search request associated with the at least one inspection image file. The method also includes accessing a database including a plurality of image files, comparing the hash code of the at least one inspection image file to the hash code of each image file of the plurality of image files, and identifying a first subset of image files based on the hash code comparison. The method also includes comparing the feature data of the at least one inspection image file to the feature data of each image file of the first subset of image files and classifying a second subset of image files as relevant based on the feature data comparison. The method further includes generating search results based on the second subset of image files.
US11507611B2
A system and method provide unstructured data to a client device based on permissions possessed by the device user and required by the data for access. Items of unstructured data stored in a data storage device are organized into data segments based on classifications assigned to them by their creators using a content management system. When a user later requests access to the data via a cloud-based service, such as a search service, the user privileges are converted into data segment identifiers which are then searched, and only the items of unstructured data that correspond to matching identifiers are returned. Data segment identifiers may be provided illustratively as a hash function to facilitate searching and to guarantee non-collision of data segment identifiers.
US11507609B1
A method for issuing control signals in response to sentiment. In some embodiments, the method includes: assigning, to each of a plurality of comments, a respective topic vector of length k; determining whether a largest element of the topic vector of a first comment of the plurality of comments exceeds a weight threshold; in response to the determining that the largest element exceeds the weight threshold, classifying the first comment into a first topic, of k topics, the first topic corresponding to the position, in the topic vector, of the largest element of the topic vector; calculating a first sentiment score; calculating an average sentiment score, based in part on the first sentiment score; determining whether the average sentiment score meets a criterion; and in response to the determining that the criterion is met, generating a control signal, the control signal including a message related to the first topic.
US11507608B2
A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for improving search engine ranking of a landing page using automated analysis of landing pages of third-party entities. Certain embodiments include receiving, at a user interface, a primary keyword associated with a targeted landing page of a primary entity; transmitting the primary keyword to a search engine; and receiving a search engine results page from the search engine. The search engine results page may be used to identify landing pages of third-party entities having a higher rank than the targeted landing page. Secondary keywords occurring on the third-party landing pages may be identified and analyzed to determine whether inclusion of the secondary keyword in the targeted landing page will increase ranking of the targeted landing page in the search engine.
US11507605B2
Relationship discovery can include receiving at a first mobile device a pair of ultrasonic signals conveyed at different frequencies from a second mobile device. The pair of ultrasonic signals can convey, respectively, a second user's contact information in an encrypted form and a key indicator. A contact number can be selected from a first user's contact list electronically stored on the first mobile device. The contact number can be selected based on the key indicator. A mutual contact can be identified in response to decrypting the second user's contact information using the contact number as a decryption key.
US11507604B1
Embodiments of the invention include a system for automated persona feature selection. Soft clusters of entities are received, each entity having a history of features. Each feature has a general prevalence coefficient representing prevalence of entities having the respective feature in their history. A feature list is generated for each cluster, each feature having an in-cluster coefficient representing prevalence of entities in the cluster having the feature in their history. Features having an in-cluster coefficient that is different from that feature's general prevalence coefficient are selected. A variance across the clusters is determined for each selected feature. A discriminating feature list having high variance features is generated for each cluster. Clusters are selected for an entity by comparing the features of the entity's history to features of the discriminating feature lists of the clusters. Content is customized according to the chosen clusters and sent to the entity.
US11507601B2
A method for matching first elements with second elements. Each of the first elements and second elements is a character string. The method comprises: calculating a first integer hash value for each of the first elements using a string hash function, wherein the first integer hash value is an output integer calculated from using each of the first elements as an input character string of the function; calculating second integer hash values for each of the second elements using the function; grouping each of the first elements into at least one group of a set of blocking groups using its first integer hash value; grouping each of the second elements into at the least one group of the set of blocking groups using its second integer hash value; and matching first elements with second elements within each group of the set of blocking groups using a string comparison function.
US11507593B2
A system for generating a queryable structured document from an unstructured document using a machine learning model is provided. The system (i) identifies breakpoints in the unstructured document, (ii) segments the unstructured document into one or more fragments based on identified breakpoints, (iii) classifies the one or more fragments as one or more title fragments or one or more non-title fragments based on a sequence of a position of words used in each fragment of the one or more fragments, (iv) constructs a data tree using the one or more title fragments and the one or more non-title fragments as a node of the data tree; (v) assigns one or more vectors to each node of the data tree, and (vi) generates a structured document by providing matrix representation for each node of the data tree.
US11507588B2
Methods and apparatus to facilitate matching of names for same media content are disclosed. Example methods include analyzing first data associated with first media content and, when a program name/identifier and/or episode name/identifier is not identified in the first data, supplementing the data with second data to form third data and processing the third data with respect to fourth data associated with second media content and calculating a composite match score including a program match score and an episode match score based on processing the third data with respect to the fourth data. When the first media content is determined to match the second media content based on the processing of the third data with respect to the fourth data and a comparison of the composite match score to a threshold is satisfied, a normalized media name is generated for the first media content and the second media content.
US11507587B2
Exemplary systems and methods for allocating capital to trading strategies may include a means for generating a virtual machine for a trading strategy in a historical server, a means for obtaining historical performance data for the trading strategy from the historical server, a means for transforming the historical performance data into metrical data, a means for transforming the historical performance data and metrical data into a neural network usable data set, a means for creating a neural network base, and a means for forming a neural network.
US11507586B2
Systems and techniques are provided for database table annotation processing. An annotation processing engine on a computing device may receive an instruction to build a database table. The annotation processing engine on the computing device may receive annotations made to the database table from a storage of the computing device. The annotations may include labels identifying features of the database table. The annotation processing engine on the computing device may determine a database server engine compatible with the database table. The annotation processing engine on the computing device may generate a query in a native language of the database server engine compatible with the database table based on the instruction to build the database table and the annotations made to the database table. The annotation processing engine on the computing device may send the query in the native language of the database server engine to the database server engine.
US11507583B2
Systems and methods for extracting tuples using dynamically generated extractor classes are disclosed. In some examples, an optimized tuple extraction class can be dynamically generated to enable more efficient tuple extraction.
US11507581B2
The invention concerns a query response device comprising: an input adapted to receive user queries; a memory (106) adapted to store one or more routing rules; one or more live agent engines (116) configured to support interactions with one or more live agents; one or more virtual assistant engines (120) configured to support interactions with one or more virtual assistants instantiated by an artificial intelligence module (103); and a routing module (104) coupled to said live agent engines and to said virtual assistant engines, the routing module comprising a processing device configured: to select, based on content of at least a first user message from a first user relating to a first user query and on said one or more routing rules, a first of said live agent engines or a first of said virtual assistant engines; and to route one or more further user messages relating to the first user query to the selected engine.
US11507575B2
A method, a system, and a computer program product for rewriting queries. A received query is parsed into a plurality of subqueries, where each subquery has one or more query elements. One or more identical subqueries are identified and grouped into one or more groups. Based on the groups of subqueries, an alias parameter is assigned to each identical subquery. The identical subqueries in the received query are replaced with corresponding aliases. An expression language statement is generated based on the received query, where each identical subquery is replaced with the corresponding assigned alias parameter in the expression language. The generated expression language statement is executed.
US11507574B1
A system and method for improved query processing in a database are provided, where different methods of performing the same task can be adaptively chosen. The system can then adapt to different and changing environments, resulting in improved and more stable performance.
US11507572B2
Systems and methods are described herein for interpreting natural language search queries that account for contextual relevance of words of the search query that would ordinarily not be processed, including, for example, processing each word of the query. Each term or phrase is associated with a respective part of speech, and a frequency of occurrence of a combination of adjacent terms or phrases public domain is determined. A relevance of each term is then determined based on its respective type of term and frequency of occurrence in the public domain. The natural language search query is then interpreted based on the importance or relevance of each term.
US11507571B2
Systems, methods, and devices for generating a materialized view over an external table. A method includes connecting a database platform to an external table such that the database platform has read access for the external table and does not have write access for the external table. The method includes generating, by the database platform, a materialized view over the external table. The method includes receiving a notification that a modification has been made to the external table, the modification comprising one or more of an addition of a file, a deletion of a file, or an update to a file in a source location for the external table. The method includes, in response to the external table being modified, refreshing the materialized view such that the materialized view comprises an accurate representation of the external table.
US11507567B2
There are described building management systems and methods for managing tag bundles of a data model. The system comprises a memory component, a user interface, and a processor. The memory component stores a tag bundle that includes one or more tag fields. The user interface identifies one or more records, in which each record includes at least one tag and each record corresponds to a point of the building management system. Each tag defines a structural or functional relationship between points of the building management system. The processor updates the tag or tags of the record(s) based on the tag field or fields of the tag bundle.
US11507566B2
A method for maintaining cache of database objects using a chain set that includes multiple chains each specifying an ordering of database objects is disclosed. In response to a change of state of a particular database object, a corresponding chain is selected. The selected chain is then locked, the state of the particular database object changed, and then the selected chain is unlocked.
US11507558B2
In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a state update command. The method further includes, in response to the state update command, sending a command to perform a state update in a first server of a plurality of servers and queueing incoming requests for access to the plurality of servers. The method further includes receiving confirmation from the first server that the state update was successful. The method further includes, after receiving the confirmation, sending a respective command to the plurality of servers to perform the state update and a scheduled update time associated with the state update. The method further includes receiving a respective state update message from a subset of the plurality of servers that the state update was successful and after receiving the state update message, transmitting the queued incoming requests to the subset of the plurality of servers.
US11507556B2
An example computer-implemented method and computer system, each adapted for encapsulating digital data records in multiple, differently structured and unstructured formats, the data records ingested from multiple data storage locations, is described herein. In the method, each ingested data record is separated into a plurality of tuple structures, and for each tuple, the tuple is split into a data part and fieldname part. A pointer is created by combining the fieldname part, a record identifier of the data record, and a database identifier of the storage location where the data record was stored. The pointer is appended to the data part to form a digital stem cell (DSC) that is stored in a single data store, each formed DSC having the same structure.
US11507554B2
Disclosed are embodiments for generating metadata files for composite datasets. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising generating a tree representing a plurality of datasets; parsing the tree into an algebraic representation of the tree; identifying a plurality of terms in the algebraic representation, each term in the terms comprising at least two factors, each of the two factors associated with a dataset in the plurality of datasets; generating a metadata object of the plurality of terms; serializing the metadata object to generate serialized terms; and storing the serialized terms in a metadata file associated with the plurality of datasets.
US11507553B2
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include a file system process inserting a first key/value pair and a second key/value pair into a first tree. The second key is a duplicate of the first key and the value of the second key/value pair is an operation changing the value. In response to a request for a range of key/value pairs, the process reads the second key/value pair and inserts it in a second tree. The process reads the first pair and determines, while inserting the first pair in the second tree, that the second key is a duplicate of the first key. The file system process determines an updated value of the first value by applying the operation in the second value to first value. The file system operation updates the second key/value pair in the second tree with the updated value and returns the requested range of key/value pairs.
US11507552B2
A pervasive search architecture that indexes personal content of a querying user and made accessible to the user by other users. A compute node of a personal content location facilitates index generation and serve of the index. The index is generated for personal content stored at the personal content location. For a given content location, the index may encapsulate content stored in a set of locations with access permissions. The indexing application runs periodically at the personal content location and incrementally indexes content that is added to the shared locations. The same application allows the user to configure locations with the desired access permissions for participation in the search.
US11507551B2
Various methods and systems for performing analytics based on hierarchical categorization of content are provided. Analytics can be performed using an index building workflow and a classification workflow. In the index building workflow, documents are received and analyzed to extract features from the documents. Hierarchical category paths can be identified for the features. The documents are indexed to support searching the documents for the hierarchical category paths. In the classification workflow, a query, that includes or references content, may be received and analyzed to extract features from the content. The features are executed against a search engine that returns search result documents associated with hierarchical category paths. The hierarchical category paths from the search result documents may be used to generate a topic model of the content associated with the query. The topic model, used for web analytics, includes scores for the hierarchical category paths and for enumerated category topics.
US11507545B2
Systems and methods for mirroring a file system journal are described herein. A method as described herein can include receiving, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, transactional file system updates corresponding to a write operation to be performed at a first node of the system; transferring, by the system, the transactional file system updates from an initiator node of the system to a first journal at the first node and a second journal at a second node of the system that is logically distinct from the first node and the initiator node; and committing, by the system, the transactional file system updates to the first journal and the second journal.
US11507541B2
A file server and a method of operating a file server where version identifiers for documents on the server are maintained as a branched tree. When a client computer attempts to sync up a new version of a file, it must upload the version identifier that it received when it synced down the file. The file server compares this version identifier to the numbers in its version tree for the file and may place the document in the correct place in the tree structure, which may not be as the “latest version” of the document. If the client is using an outdated version of the document, the server may also sync down the latest version of the file. The user may view the changes to the version tree and reconcile different versions to create an authoritative version, and this review and reconciliation may occur at any time, instead of being performed at the moment that the file is saved or forking the file into a new filename.
US11507536B2
An information processing apparatus is able to access a file storage region which is formed in accordance with job defining information that defines tasks of a job and a file to be created in each of the tasks. The file storage region is formed for each job or each job and each task. A file related to a job or a task is stored in a corresponding file storage region. The information processing apparatus includes a processor which is configured to: obtain job status information concerning a status of each job for which a file storage region is formed; and select, a display element indicating files stored in a first file storage region, a file as a subject file to be displayed, from among the files stored in the first file storage region, in accordance with the status of a first job corresponding to the first file storage region.
US11507531B2
Examples described herein include systems and methods which include an apparatus comprising a plurality of configurable logic units and a plurality of switches, with each switch being coupled to at least one configurable logic unit of the plurality of configurable logic units. The apparatus further includes an instruction register configured to provide respective switch instructions of a plurality of switch instructions to each switch based on a computation to be implemented among the plurality of configurable logic units. For example, the switch instructions may include allocating the plurality of configurable logic units to perform the computation and activating an input of the switch and an output of the switch to couple at least a first configurable logic unit and a second configurable logic unit. In various embodiments, configurable logic units can include arithmetic logic units (ALUs), bit manipulation units (BMUs), and multiplier-accumulator units (MACs).
US11507528B2
A shared memory controller receives, from a computing node, a request associated with a memory transaction involving a particular line in a memory pool. The request includes a node address according to an address map of the computing node. An address translation structure is used to translate the first address into a corresponding second address according to a global address map for the memory pool, and the shared memory controller determines that a particular one of a plurality of shared memory controllers is associated with the second address in the global address map and causes the particular shared memory controller to handle the request.
US11507522B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing memory request priority assignment techniques for parallel processors are disclosed. A system includes at least a parallel processor coupled to a memory subsystem, where the parallel processor includes at least a plurality of compute units for executing wavefronts in lock-step. The parallel processor assigns priorities to memory requests of wavefronts on a per-work-item basis by indexing into a first priority vector, with the index generated based on lane-specific information. If a given event is detected, a second priority vector is generated by applying a given priority promotion vector to the first priority vector. Then, for subsequent wavefronts, memory requests are assigned priorities by indexing into the second priority vector with lane-specific information. The use of priority vectors to assign priorities to memory requests helps to reduce the memory divergence problem experienced by different work-items of a wavefront.
US11507517B2
Disclosed is a cache directory including one or more cache directories configurable to interchange within each cache directory entry at least one bit between a first field and a second field to change the size of the region of memory represented and the number of cache lines tracked in the cache subsystem.
US11507516B2
Described apparatuses and methods partition a cache memory based, at least in part, on a metric indicative of prefetch performance. The amount of cache memory allocated for metadata related to prefetch operations versus cache storage can be adjusted based on operating conditions. Thus, the cache memory can be partitioned into a first portion allocated for metadata pertaining to an address space (prefetch metadata) and a second portion allocated for data associated with the address space (cache data). The amount of cache memory allocated to the first portion can be increased under workloads that are suitable for prefetching and decreased otherwise. The first portion may include one or more cache units, cache lines, cache ways, cache sets, or other resources of the cache memory.
US11507515B1
The present disclosure advantageously provides a memory management unit and methods for invalidating cache lines in address translation caches. The memory management unit has one or more address translation caches, and each address translation cache has a plurality of cache lines. The memory management unit receives transactions from a source of transactions. The transactions include, inter alia, memory transactions and a set-aside translation transaction. The memory transactions include at least a first memory transaction and a last memory transaction, and each memory transaction includes the same virtual memory address and the same translation context identifier. The set-aside translation transaction also includes the same virtual memory address and the same translation context identifier. In response to receiving the set-aside translation transaction, the memory management unit deallocates each cache line that stores an address translation for the same virtual memory address and the same translation context identifier.
US11507511B2
Techniques for storing data involve estimating a hit ratio of a digest cache associated with a target storage device, the digest cache recording a digest of data that is stored in the target storage device after preprocessing; generating, according to a determination that the hit ratio is lower than a predetermined threshold, a digest for target data to be stored and performing the preprocessing; and storing, according to a determination that the digest of the target data is missing in the digest cache, the preprocessed target data in the target storage device, and recording the digest of the target data in the digest cache. Such techniques can achieve good system performance in both cases of high data repetition and low data repetition.
US11507502B2
Systems and methods data storage device performance prediction based on garbage collection resources are described. The data storage device may process host storage operations and determine a valid fragment count parameter for a current or future data block. Based on the valid fragment count parameter a predicted performance value for host storage operations is determined and the host device is notified of the predicted performance value.
US11507497B2
According to certain aspects of the disclosure, non-transitory computer readable media, systems and methods are disclosed for creating and executing test scenarios for automated testing of web pages. A computer system, for example, may perform operations including: recording one or more actions performed by a user on a web page, the one or more actions resulting in a web page element being displayed in the web browser application, recording an identifier of the web page element, in response to detecting a user input indicating a selection of the web page element, and recording a characteristic of the web page element; and generating, by the testing extension, a test scenario specifying a testable outcome resulting from the one or more actions, the testable outcome being an occurrence of an element having the identifier and the characteristic.
US11507495B2
System and method for testing changes to binary code of a computer program include: collecting test coverage data from an executed set of tests of an original computer program; calculating a baseline report containing correlations between the executed set of tests and blocks of binary code of the original computer program; determining binary code changes between the original computer program and a modified version of the computer program; identifying one or more tests to be executed for verifying the binary code changes.
US11507491B2
First and second processors that are in communication with each other are disclosed. The first processor includes a sampling controller, a sampling circuit, and a data flow controller. The sampling controller is configured to receive multiple identifiers and corresponding enable signals associated with data that is to be transmitted to or received from the second processor, and generate an identification signal and a sampling signal based on one of the identifiers and the corresponding enable signal. The sampling circuit is configured to sample multiple data counts to generate corresponding sampled counts based on the identification signal and the sampling signal. The data flow controller is configured to generate a control signal based on the identifiers, the corresponding enable signals, the data counts, and the corresponding sampled counts to control data flow between the first and second processors.
US11507473B2
A backup manager for providing backup services includes persistent storage and a backup orchestrator. The persistent storage includes protection policies. The backup orchestrator identifies a last backup generation time for a client in response to a protection policy of the protection policies triggering a backup generation for the client; obtains system metadata for the client; identifies a portion of client data that has been modified since the last backup generation time using the system metadata; generates an incremental backup based on the identified portion of the client data; and stores the incremental backup in backup storage.
US11507470B2
An illustrative approach to managing snapshots streamlines how and when snapshots are generated in a storage management system, such that fewer snapshots may be generated without diminishing the scope of data protection. A novel unified-snapshot storage policy may govern snapshots for any number of subclients. A unified-snapshot job based on the unified-snapshot storage policy enables the illustrative storage management system to automatically discover relevant components and generate at most one snapshot per target logical unit number (“LUN”) in a storage array. Each snapshot may comprise the data of any number of subclients and/or clients in the storage management system. Accordingly, one unified-snapshot job may yield a minimum but sufficient number of snapshots comprising data of all subclients associated with the governing unified-snapshot storage policy. An enhanced storage manager may manage the unified-snapshot jobs. One or more enhanced media agents and/or data agents may participate in the unified-snapshot jobs and in subsequent cataloguing of the snapshots.
US11507467B2
A method and system for asset protection threat detection and mitigation using interactive graphics. Specifically, the disclosed method and system entail discerning protection vulnerabilities exhibited by assets (or databases) based on maintained backup metadata. These protection vulnerabilities may subsequently be visualized as part of a projected graphical user interface, which may not only disclose the protection vulnerabilities to a user but also may enable the user to rectify the disclosed protection vulnerabilities through on-demand asset backup operations.
US11507455B2
An information handling system includes a memory manager that may detect corruption of a non-volatile random-access memory, and perform a recovery process of the non-volatile random-access memory that includes determining whether a header of the non-volatile random-access memory is corrupted. If the header is not corrupted, then a data region associated with the header may be recovered from recovery data values in a spare store in the non-volatile random-access memory. If the header is corrupted, then the header and the data region may be recovered from default data values.
US11507446B1
A hot-swap controller fault reporting system includes component(s), a hot-swap controller that is coupled to the component(s), and a hot-swap controller fault reporting subsystem that is coupled to the hot-swap controller. The hot-swap controller fault reporting subsystem identifies a hot-swap controller fault that was generated by the hot-swap controller and that is associated with the component(s), generates an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) bit combination that is based on the hot-swap controller fault and that is configured to identify the hot-swap controller and a type of the hot-swap controller fault, and provides a log entry based on the IPMI bit combination in a log database.
US11507443B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses related to a memory fault map for an accelerated neural network. An artificial neural network can be accelerated by operating memory outside of the memory's baseline operating parameters. Doing so, however, often increases the amount of faulty data locations in the memory. Through creation and use of the disclosed fault map, however, artificial neural networks can be trained more quickly and using less bandwidth, which reduces the neural networks' sensitivity to these additional faulty data locations. Hardening a neural network to these memory faults allows the neural network to operate effectively even when using memory outside of that memory's baseline operating parameters.
US11507441B2
A method of performing a remotely-initiated procedure on a computing device is provided. The method includes (a) receiving, by memory of the computing device, a request from a remote device via remote direct memory access (RDMA); (b) in response to receiving the request, assigning processing of the request to one core of a plurality of processing cores of the computing device, wherein assigning includes the one core receiving a completion signal from a shared completion queue (Shared CQ) of the computing device, the Shared CQ being shared between the plurality of cores; and (c) in response to assigning, performing, by the one core, a procedure described by the request. An apparatus, system, and computer program product for performing a similar method are also provided.
US11507430B2
Examples described herein can be used to determine and suggest a computing resource allocation for a workload request made from an edge gateway. The computing resource allocation can be suggested using computing resources provided by an edge server cluster. Telemetry data and performance indicators of the workload request can be tracked and used to determine the computing resource allocation. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques can be used in connection with a neural network to accelerate determinations of suggested computing resource allocations based on hundreds to thousands (or more) of telemetry data in order to suggest a computing resource allocation. Suggestions made can be accepted or rejected by a resource allocation manager for the edge gateway and the edge server cluster.
US11507429B2
Provided is a neural network accelerator which performs a calculation of a neural network provided with layers, the neural network accelerator including a kernel memory configured to store kernel data related to a filter, a feature map memory configured to store feature map data which are outputs of the layers, and a Processing Element (PE) array including PEs arranged along first and second directions, wherein each of the PEs performs a calculation using the feature map data transmitted in the first direction from the feature map memory and the kernel data transmitted in the second direction from the kernel memory, and transmits a calculation result to the feature map memory in a third direction opposite to the first direction.
US11507426B2
Resource pool management method and apparatus, resource pool control unit, and communications device
This application provides a resource pool management method and apparatus, a resource pool control unit, and a communications device. The method is applied to a resource pool system including a plurality of communications devices, and one resource pool control unit is deployed on each communications device. A first resource pool control unit that is responsible for managing a resource pool at a current moment receives a resource application request of an application program on any communications device, allocates, from the resource pool according to a preset rule, a first resource including one or more logical hardware devices, and sends a resource configuration request to a second resource pool control unit, so that the second resource pool control unit completes configuration of the first resource based on the resource configuration request, to provide a required hardware device resource for the application program.
US11507425B2
According to a compute instance scheduling method, usage of a physical resource included in each computer, and usage of a physical resource occupied by a compute instance running on each computer in a compute instance provisioning system are collected. Then, a compute instance in the compute instance provisioning system is scheduled based on the usage of the physical resource in each computer and the usage of the physical resource occupied by the compute instance running on each computer.
US11507423B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for performing parallel data processing, including: receiving data for parallel processing from a data processing requestor; generating a plurality of data sub-blocks; determining a plurality of data portions in each data sub-block of the plurality of data sub-blocks; changing an order of the plurality of data portions in at least one data sub-block of the plurality of data sub-blocks; providing the plurality of data sub-blocks, including the at least one data sub-block comprising the changed order of the plurality of data portions, to a plurality of processing units for parallel processing; and receiving processed data associated with the plurality of data sub-blocks from the plurality of processing units.
US11507420B2
Systems and methods for scheduling tasks using sliding time windows are provided. In certain embodiments, a system for scheduling the execution of tasks includes at least one processing unit configured to execute multiple tasks, wherein each task in the multiple tasks is scheduled to execute within a scheduler instance in multiple scheduler instances, each scheduler instance in the multiple scheduler instances being associated with a set of time windows in multiple time windows and with a set of processing units in the at least one processing unit in each time window, time windows in the plurality of time windows having a start time and an allotted duration and the scheduler instance associated with the time windows begins executing associated tasks no earlier than the start time and executes for no longer than the allotted duration, and wherein the start time is slidable to earlier moments in time.
US11507418B2
A processing system includes a service provider, such as a printing device, that receives requests to process tasks or jobs from service requesters. At times, the service provider will not be available for processing and will generate deferral responses to the service requesters. The deferral responses include a condition to be met before processing requests can be resent from the service requesters. After the condition is met, the processing requests are resent to the service provider to be fulfilled.
US11507408B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for a system that hardware locks a virtual machine to a host machine. The host machine can include a processor and a memory. A hypervisor can be stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, causes the computing device to host one or more virtual machines. In addition, machine readable instructions stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to at least: receive a request to perform an operation on a virtual machine hosted by the hypervisor; evaluate the request to determine that the request complies with a policy; and in response to a determination that the request complies with the policy, cause the hypervisor to initiate the operation.
US11507406B2
Methods, systems, and computer storage media for providing a set of common flat files in a composite image that can be mounted as a container (i.e., composite container) to support isolation and interoperation of computing resources. Container management is provided for a container management system based on a composite image file system engine that executes composite operations to support resource isolation and operating system (OS) virtualization functionality. In particular, a container engine interface supports creating, mounting, and providing access to and from composite images or composite containers. In operation, a plurality of files for generating a composite image are accessed. The composite image for the plurality of files is generated. The composite image includes a set of common flat files. The composite image is communicated to cause mounting of the composite image, where mounting the composite image is based on a metadata file from the set of common flat files.
US11507398B1
Disclosed are systems and methods for providing improved rendering of graphical user interfaces for remote applications executing within remote sessions. A remote session client that renders the graphical user interface (GUI) for a remote application is configured to detect certain mouse events that would trigger window move events. In doing so, the remote session client may handle rendering the window GUI locally rather than wait for window move events from the remote application. The remote session client may be further configured to predict using calculated resize patterns how the window content image changes while the remote application's window is being resized.
US11507391B1
A network initialization monitoring system includes a host device coupled to a storage system and a monitoring system via a network, and including an initialization subsystem coupled to ports. During network initialization of the host device via the storage system, the initialization subsystem provides a first instance of a communication protocol for monitored port(s), and provides a second instance of the communication protocol for a monitoring port. During the network initialization of the host device via the storage system, the first instance of the communication protocol provided for each monitored port provides copies of network initialization communications transmitted via that monitored port and the network to the second instance of the communication protocol provided for the monitoring port, and the second instance of the communication protocol provided for the monitoring port provides the copies of the network initialization communications to the monitoring system.
US11507390B2
A data processing board according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a data processing module including at least one data processing board for automatically assigning an identifier according to the voltage value measured in the internal circuit and a communication board for transmitting and receiving signal to/from the data processing board, and a data processing system including the data processing module and a monitor collecting device for selecting and parallel-processing the data received from the data processing module.
US11507389B2
Examples disclosed herein provide the ability for a computing device to adjust settings on a computing device. In one example method, the computing device captures, via a first sensor of a computing device, images of an environment that the computing device is currently in, and detects objects in the environment as captured by the images. As an example, the computing device determines a location of the environment based on contextual data gathered from the detected objects and adjusts a setting on the computing device based on the determined location.
US11507382B2
Systems and methods for virtually partitioning an integrated circuit may include identifying dimensional attributes of a target input dataset and selecting a data partitioning scheme from a plurality of distinct data partitioning schemes for the target input dataset based on the dimensional attributes of the target dataset and architectural attributes of an integrated circuit. The methods described herein may also include disintegrating the target dataset into a plurality of distinct subsets of data based on the selected data partitioning scheme and identifying a virtual processing core partitioning scheme from a plurality of distinct processing core partitioning schemes for an architecture of the integrated circuit based on the disintegration of the target input dataset. Additionally, the architecture of the integrated circuit may be virtually partitioned into a plurality of distinct partitions of processing cores and each of the plurality of distinct subsets of data may be mapped to one of the plurality of distinct partitions of processing cores.
US11507375B2
In an example, an apparatus comprises a plurality of execution units, and a first general register file (GRF) communicatively couple to the plurality of execution units, wherein the first GRF is shared by the plurality of execution units. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US11507374B2
Disclosed herein are vector index registers for storing or loading indexes of true and/or false results of comparison operations in vector processors. Each of the vector index registers store multiple addresses for accessing multiple positions in operand vectors.
US11507373B2
Techniques are described for metadata processing that can be used to encode an arbitrary number of security policies for code running on a processor. Metadata may be added to every word in the system and a metadata processing unit may be used that works in parallel with data flow to enforce an arbitrary set of policies. In one aspect, the metadata may be characterized as unbounded and software programmable to be applicable to a wide range of metadata processing policies. Techniques and policies have a wide range of uses including, for example, safety, security, and synchronization. Additionally, described are aspects and techniques in connection with metadata processing in an embodiment based on the RISC-V architecture.
US11507372B2
An apparatus and method are provided for processing instructions fetched from memory. Decode circuitry is used to decode the fetched instructions in order to produce decoded instructions, and downstream circuitry then processes the decoded instructions in order to perform the operations specified by those decoded instructions. Dispatch circuitry is arranged to dispatch to the downstream circuitry up to N decoded instructions per dispatch cycle, and is arranged to determine, based on a given candidate sequence of decoded instructions being considered for dispatch in a given dispatch cycle, whether at least one resource conflict within the downstream circuitry would occur in the event that the given candidate sequence of decoded instructions is dispatched in the given dispatch cycle. The dispatch circuitry has resource checking circuitry arranged, by default, to perform a resource checking operation during the given dispatch cycle to generate, for the given candidate sequence of decoded instructions, resource conflict information used to determine whether a resource conflict would occur. Resource conflict information cache storage is provided to maintain, for one or more sequences of decoded instructions, associated resource conflict information. In the event that the given candidate sequence matches one of the sequences for which associated resource conflict information is cached, the dispatch circuitry employs the associated cached resource conflict information to determine whether a resource conflict would occur, instead of invoking the resource checking circuitry to perform the resource checking operation.
US11507366B1
A system and method for a software update management system which provides control over the distribution of software updates and increases payload distribution efficiency by providing a dynamically controlled next check-in frequency to each endpoint of the system. The system may use information provided from other services stored in a service database to determine the next check-in frequency. The update management system may further incorporate machine learning to optimize the next check-in frequency for each endpoint.
US11507362B1
A system and method for executing a method generating a binary patch file for live patching of an application is disclosed. In one exemplary aspect, the method comprises creating shared object by compiling source code patch file that contains source code of a new function corresponding to an old function, a global external symbol referenced in the source code of the new function, and at least one link to a symbol in an application binary code corresponding to the global external symbol, wherein the shared object contains binary code of the new function for replacing the old function during the live patching, and the result of a compilation of the link, generating metadata usable to facilitate the live patching, creating bindings between calculated relative addresses and the global external symbol referenced by the shared object, and creating the binary patch file by adding metadata to the shared object.
US11507349B2
An architecture is disclosed for an neural processing element having single instruction, multiple data (“SIMD”) compute lanes. The neural processing element includes compute lanes having multipliers configured to multiply a binary operand with another binary operand to generate a binary output. The neural processing element also includes a single adder tree for summing the binary outputs of the hardware binary multipliers. The neural processing element also includes a storage element for storing a binary output of the single hardware binary adder tree.
US11507342B1
An electronic device, computer program product, and method prioritizes communication between participants in a communication session. A controller configures the electronic device to identifying participants, each respectively using a second electronic device to participate in the communication session. The controller associates a priority rank for each of the participants. The controller monitors for an indication from each of the second electronic devices that a corresponding participant among the participants is attempting to speak to the other participants during the communication session. In response to receiving two or more indications, the controller compares the respective priority ranks of the participants corresponding to the two or more indications. The controller selects the audio stream received from the second electronic device of the particular participant having a highest priority. The controller presents the audio stream to the other participants.
US11507341B1
A voiceover device is disclosed for use with an audio-visual device having a video display and an audio output. The voiceover device comprises an input device for receiving voiceover audio information from a user. A receiver receives the voiceover audio information of the user. A voiceover circuit is connected to the receiver for amplifying the voiceover audio information for driving a speaker. A muting circuit is connected to the receiver for muting the audio output of the audio-visual device upon the receiver receiving a voiceover audio input from the input device to substitute the voiceover audio information from the user for the original audio output of the audio-video display.
US11507329B2
A method of producing printed products uses at least one computer and at least one input device for controlling at least one machine for processing printing substrates. The input device receives technical and economic data of at least one print shop and the computer receives customer preferences relating to print jobs by using the input device. Based on the technical and economic data of the print shop, the computer calculates a simulation of possible print jobs producible in the print shop. The computer takes into account the results of the simulation and the customer preference inputs and generates matching offers for print jobs. The computer compares the generated offers with customer print jobs and, if a match is found between an offer and a customer's print job, the print job is processed by the machine for processing printing substrates.
US11507323B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a memory device and an operating method thereof. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, when a read failure for a first read command among a plurality of read commands inputted from a memory controller occurs, the memory device may execute in an overlapping manner, a read retry operation for the first read command and a read operation for a second read command among the plurality of read commands.
US11507317B2
A program operation is executed on a memory sub-system. In response to receiving a request to execute a read operation, executing a first program suspend operation to suspend the program operation. In response to a completion of the read operation, a program resume operation is executed to resume execution of the program operation. A delay period is established following execution of the program resume operation during which execution of the program operation is completed. A second program suspend operation is executed following the delay period.
US11507313B2
Systems and methods for generating and using a placement map for a distributed storage system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method for a client node to perform a read/write operation in a distributed storage system comprises obtaining a number of server nodes comprised in the distributed storage system and an object name of an object for which a read/write operation is to be performed and creating at least a portion of a three-dimensional (3D) placement map for the object. The 3D placement map defines candidate locations for replicas of the object on the server nodes. The method further comprises applying policies to the at least a portion of the 3D placement map to provide at least a portion of a modified 3D placement map and performing the read/write operation for the object in accordance with the at least a portion of the modified 3D placement map.
US11507298B2
Example computational storage systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a storage drive controller includes a non-volatile memory subsystem to process multiple commands. Multiple versatile processing arrays are coupled to the non-volatile memory subsystem. The multiple versatile processing arrays can process multiple in-situ tasks. A host direct memory access module provides direct access to at least one memory device.
US11507292B2
An information handling system includes a processor that detects a cache flush request of a memory device within the processor, and identifies multiple blocks of data within an address space associated with the cache flush request. The processor groups the multiple blocks of data into a single composite block of data, and compresses the composite block of data. The processor stores the compressed composite block of data, and stores metadata for the compressed composite block of data. The metadata includes information for both the composite block of data and information for each of the multiple blocks of data.
US11507291B2
Systems and methods for recording information at a granular level; checking and verifying that data is used and processed is consistent with an entity's internal policies and/or external regulations; and producing reports to authorized users (e.g., individuals and organizations) with information are provided. The system and methods capture required data in an immutable fashion so that users outside of an entity (e.g., public, third parties) can check and audit that internal policies and other regulatory policies and frameworks are followed.
US11507285B1
Disclosed is a controller for a disaggregated memory device. The controller may receive a request to allocate memory of a specific size from the disaggregated memory device to a computing device, and may generate a memory block device in the specific size from a memory pool formed from physical memory modules configured on the disaggregated memory device. The controller may expose the memory block device to the computing device as a Non-Volatile Memory Express (“NVMe”) target device, and may control access to the memory block device by converting NVMe access requests in a first format from the computing device to access requests in a different second format supported by the memory block device.
US11507284B2
According to one embodiment, a storage device includes a nonvolatile storage medium and a controller. The controller encrypts data with an encryption key, writes encrypted data into the storage medium, and manages a first and second encryption keys. The first encryption key encrypts data to be written into a first area and a second encryption key encrypts data to be written into a second area. The controller updates, if the first area is write protected and the second area is not write protected, the second encryption key without updating the first encryption key when receiving an initialization command from a host.
US11507281B2
A solid state drive (SSD) employing a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) scheme includes a flash memory chip, erasable blocks in the flash memory chip, and a flash controller. The erasable blocks are configured to store flash memory pages. The flash controller is operably coupled to the flash memory chip. The flash controller is also configured to organize certain of the flash memory pages into a RAID line group and to write RAID line group membership information to each of the flash memory pages in the RAID line group.
US11507253B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing contextual information for a displayed resource that includes an image. In one aspect, a method includes providing, by a user device to a contextual information server, a query-independent request for contextual information relevant to an active resource displayed in an application environment on the user device, wherein the request specifies content of the active resource and further specifies that the active resource displayed on the user device includes an image, but does not include the image in the request, receiving a request for the image from the contextual information server, providing the image to the contextual information server, receiving a user interface element that includes contextual information regarding the image, and displaying the user interface element on the user device with the active resource.
US11507244B2
A window adjustment method, a window adjustment device, a mobile terminal and a computer readable storage medium. The window adjustment method comprises: detecting the number of free windows displayed by a mobile terminal (101); if the number of the windows is not less than two, determining a free window to be adjusted among the free windows displayed by the mobile terminal (102); acquiring an adjustment parameter, and adjusting, on the basis of the adjustment parameter, the free window to be adjusted (103), the adjustment parameter comprising a positional parameter and/or a size parameter. The method allows a user to adjust a window according to his/her needs, so as to avoid the window being blocked and affecting the use thereof by the user.
US11507223B2
A sensor panel is provided which is coupleable to a sensor controller for detecting the position of an active stylus in a detection area of the sensor panel. The detection area includes a plurality of linear electrodes extending in an x direction and arrayed in a y direction transverse to the x direction, and a plurality of routing traces associated respectively with the linear electrodes and connected respectively to the linear electrodes. The sensor panel includes a plurality of FPC (flexible printed circuit) connection terminals associated respectively with the routing traces and connecting the routing traces to the sensor controller. The routing traces have respective routing lines connected at an angle, which is not zero degrees, respectively to trunk lines that are directly connected to the corresponding linear electrodes. The trunk lines of the linear routing traces have substantially equal lengths.
US11507220B2
The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a display unit, a sensor unit, M first signal lines and N second signal lines. The display unit and the sensor unit are electrically connected to N second signal lines through M first signal lines, M and N are natural numbers, and M is greater than N.
US11507218B2
A smart device comprising a first interface configured to transmit a first input from a user, a second interface configured to transmit a second input from the user, a digitizer positioned between the first interface and the second interface, and wherein the digitizer is configured to receive the first input from the user through the first interface and the second input from the user through the second interface.
US11507216B2
Aspects of the present invention allow the customization binary application user interfaces without modification of the underlying source code. Embodiments described herein can provide, for instance, accessibility services such as touchless operation of compiled applications with minimal intervention. Described embodiments can automatically interface with the touch-based operating system to generate hands-free commands that, when detected (e.g., voice detection), can cause corresponding touch-based commands to be executed. Embodiments may utilize audio inputs, by way of example, to facilitate hands-free interaction with the touch-based operating system and applications executing thereon.
US11507214B2
Implementations include methods of controlling a haptic response comprising receiving a force signal from a force sensor; determining a force magnitude associated with the force signal; comparing the force magnitude with an initial threshold force amount to determine whether the force magnitude exceeds the initial threshold force amount; measuring an elapsed time that the force magnitude exceeds the initial threshold force amount; comparing the elapsed time to a minimum elapsed time; if the elapsed time being greater than the minimum elapsed time, generating a haptic feedback control signal, the haptic feedback control signal causing a haptic actuator to propagate a plurality of pressure waves at a propagation frequency, the propagation frequency being proportional to the force magnitude; and generating a scroll control signal that causes a menu system to scroll through a plurality of menu options provided by the menu system at a scroll frequency associated with the propagation frequency.
US11507213B2
A touch display device includes a substrate, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of thin film transistors and a plurality of touch electrodes. The scan lines and the thin film transistors are disposed on the substrate, and each of the thin film transistors is electrically connected to a corresponding scan line of the scan lines. The scan lines include a first scan line. The touch electrodes are disposed on the substrate, the touch electrodes include a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode, the first touch electrode is adjacent to the second touch electrode, the first scan line is disposed between the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode, and the first scan line is partially covered by the first touch electrode.
US11507211B2
A touch display device includes a first horizontal electrode including a plurality of first electrode parts spaced apart from one another in a horizontal direction and a plurality of first bridge parts connecting the plurality of first electrode parts; a second horizontal electrode including a plurality of second electrode parts spaced apart from the first horizontal electrode in a vertical direction and spaced apart from one another in the horizontal direction and a plurality of second bridge parts connecting the plurality of second electrode parts; a third horizontal electrode including a plurality of third electrode parts spaced apart from the second horizontal electrode in the vertical direction and spaced apart from one another in the horizontal direction and a plurality of third bridge parts connecting the plurality of third electrode parts; a first horizontal touch line electrically connected to the first horizontal electrode and disposed to extend in the vertical direction; a second horizontal touch line electrically connected to the second horizontal electrode and disposed to extend in the vertical direction; and a third horizontal touch line electrically connected to the third horizontal electrode and disposed to extend in the vertical direction; a plurality of first separation electrodes; a plurality of second separation electrodes; a first vertical touch line; and a second vertical touch line.
US11507207B2
Disclosed are a multifunctional stylus and a touch device. The multifunctional stylus includes a main structure, a charging assembly and a stylus tip. The main structure has an accommodating cavity therein, a first end of the main structure has a charging compartment recessed inwards and a charging electrode is disposed in the charging compartment. The charging assembly is located in the accommodating cavity, and the charging assembly is in electrical contact with the charging electrode to provide electrical energy for the charging electrode. The stylus tip is fixedly connected to a second end of the main structure. Both the multifunctional stylus and the touch device provided by the present disclosure have more functions and a higher utilization rate.
US11507177B2
An example of an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a power supply to connect to a power source. The power supply is to receive and to distribute a total power from the power source. The apparatus further includes a first device to receive a first portion of the total power from the power supply. The apparatus further includes a second device to receive a second portion of the total power from the power supply. A sum of the first portion and the second portion is the total power. In addition, the apparatus includes a controller to control the second device, wherein the controller is to determine the total power demanded by the first device and the second device. The controller is to reduce the second portion of the total power and to restore the second portion of the total power.
US11507176B2
An information processing apparatus includes a first processor that takes plural stages of first power control modes different in first rated power from one another, a second processor that takes plural stages of second power control modes different in second rated power from one another, and a power control unit controls the power consumption of the first processor and the power consumption of the second processor. The power control unit determines a second power control mode based on a first event in which a predetermined state of the first processor continues for a first duration or more, and a second event in which a predetermined state of the second processor continues for a second duration or more.
US11507174B2
In certain aspects, a tag memory comprises a plurality of non-configurable tag columns configured to be powered on during a normal operation; and a plurality of configurable tag columns, wherein a first portion of the plurality of configurable tag columns is configured to be powered off during the normal operation and a second portion of the plurality of configurable tag columns is configured to be powered on during the normal operation.
US11507169B2
Systems and methods for managing power and data usage in a mobile electronic communications device entail detecting a sleep state of a user of the device, and entering an idle mode when the sleep state of the user is deep sleep, wherein the idle mode restricts device CPU and network activities to exclude user-centric operations. When the sleep state of the user changes from the deep sleep state, the device exits the idle mode and enters an operative state to execute any pending user-centric operations.
US11507166B1
In one embodiment, a method for monitoring total power consumption of a component coupled to a riser card includes: capturing, by a power cable sensor, a first signal associated with a power cable; receiving, by a power monitor, the first signal from the power cable sensor via a first bus; determining, by the power monitor, a first power consumption level indicating a first voltage supplied to the component via the power cable; capturing, by a card slot sensor, a second signal associated with a card slot; receiving, by the power monitor, the second signal from the card slot sensor via a second bus; determining, by the power monitor, a second power consumption level indicating a second voltage supplied to the component via the card slot; and determining, by the power monitor, a total power consumption level associated with the component based on the first and the second power consumption levels.
US11507156B2
A system and method for cooling components and a chassis in a portable information handling system includes a pressure barrier that divides the chassis into a plurality of zones, an evacuative fan in a first zone to generate airflow across components to cool the components and a hyperbaric fan in a second zone to increase air pressure in the second zone. The pressure barrier may provide thermal isolation, acoustic dampening and electromagnetic insulation. A controller communicatively coupled to the fans can operate each fan independently to cool components for improved performance and maintain a surface temperature of the chassis below a temperature for user comfort.
US11507153B2
A device for cooling a processor which comprises a chamber which is bottomless and having a perimeter sealably mounted directly on a surface of a processor; a microgap plate, separate from the chamber, which is installed at a bottom of the chamber and forms a microgap with the surface of a processor; and a lid, separate from the chamber, which is installed onto the chamber to close a top of the chamber, the lid comprising downward projections to urge the microgap plate to the bottom of the chamber during installation. Walls forming the downward projections of the lid form a lining conforming to an inner surface of walls of the chamber, wherein the lid and the downward projections thereof together form a bottomless enclosure that defines an inlet plenum volume for receiving the coolant. The microgap comprises a central inlet through the microgap plate for coolant flow into the microgap.
US11507149B2
Apparatuses for expansion device retention. Specifically, the disclosed apparatuses implement retention mechanisms capable of being temporarily fastened to expansion slots whereat expansion devices may be installed. By fastening to the expansion slots, any permanent redesign and/or modification to the printed circuit boards, whereon the expansion slots may be mounted, may be minimized (if not eliminated). Amongst the disclosed apparatuses, an attachable hockey stick is introduced for expansion devices lacking a hockey stick shaped feature, where the attachable hockey stick engages with the aforementioned retention mechanisms to secure the expansion devices during, for example, shock events.
US11507147B1
A computing chassis, including: a first storage processor assembly; a second storage processor assembly; a first midplane, wherein the first storage processor assembly and the second storage processor assembly are coupled concurrently to the first midplane; and a second midplane, wherein the first storage processor assembly and the second storage processor assembly are coupled concurrently to the second midplane, wherein communication between the first storage processor assembly and the second storage processor assembly is through the first midplane and the second midplane independently.
US11507134B2
A device may include a display, a housing, a base, and a hinge operably coupling the display and the housing. The hinge may be moveable over a range of positions. One or more loudspeakers are disposed in the housing. A motor couples to the housing and is configured to rotate the housing and the display. The base is configured to remain stationary during actuation of the motor. In some instances, the device may include a camera and one or more microphones for determining a position of a user. The motor may actuate in a direction of the user to provide increase audio and/or visual experiences.
US11507131B2
A digital processing system including a master chip having a first clock pin and a first data pin and a first slave chip having a second clock pin and a second data pin may be provided. The digital processing system may transmit first data from the master chip to the first slave chip based on a synchronous scheme in which a first clock signal output from the master chip via the first clock pin and the first data output from the master chip via the first data pin are provided together and the first data is transmitted in synchronization with the first clock signal, and may transmit second data from the first slave chip to the master chip based on an asynchronous scheme in which the second data output from the first slave chip via the second data pin is transmitted regardless of the first clock signal.
US11507127B2
A data generation method by a computer is disclosed. First waveform data including marking information at a first position on a waveform, and acquiring second waveform data are acquired. A transformation function is specified that transforms the first waveform data to reduce the difference between a first value of a time axis for a first characteristic point in the first waveform data and a second value of the time axis for a second characteristic point, in the second waveform data, corresponding to the first characteristic point. Third waveform data are generated, in which the marking information is applied at a second position corresponding to the first position in the first waveform data, the second position being determined by using the transformation function.
US11507126B2
A cooking apparatus including a heating device, a regulating device including a regulating shaft and configured to control the heating device according to an operation of the regulating shaft, and a knob assembly provided to operate the regulating device. Where the knob assembly includes a knob body, a knob shaft coupled to the regulating shaft and a shaft holder provided to move together with the knob body. The shaft holder including a first shaft guide configured to guide the knob shaft to operate the regulating device and a second shaft guide configured to guide the knob shaft to prevent operation of the regulating device.
US11507125B2
A controllable temperature coefficient bias (CTCB) circuit is disclosed. The CTCB circuit can provide a bias to an amplifier. The CTCB circuit includes a variable with temperature (VWT) circuit having a reference circuit and a control circuit. The control circuit has a control output, a first current control element and a second current control element. Each current control element has a “controllable” resistance. One of the two current control elements may have a relatively high temperature coefficient and another a relatively low temperature coefficient. A controllable resistance of one of the current control elements increases when the controllable resistance of the other current control element decreases. However, the “total resistance” of the current control circuit remains constant with a constant temperature. The VWT circuit has an output with a temperature coefficient that is determined by the relative amount of current that flows through each current control element of the control circuit. A Current Digital to Analog Converter (IDAC) scales the output of the VWT and provides the scaled output to an amplifier bias input.
US11507116B2
A thermostat and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, multiple wireless transceivers are located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes a processor, memory, and a camera. To improve convenience, the thermostat may establish a pairing with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device having a display. Virtual remote control functionality for various amenities may then be provided. To improve safety, the thermostat may be incorporated into a geolocation and safety network and, under certain conditions, the thermostat may provide a video feed.
US11507113B2
Aerial vehicle sensor calibration systems and methods are provided herein. An example method includes determining a jarring event, determining when a drone is level relative to an aerial vehicle platform of a vehicle, the vehicle having a calibration controller, determining when the vehicle is level relative to a subordinate surface, and transmitting a signal to a drone controller by the calibration controller to calibrate a gyroscope or an accelerometer of the drone.
US11507109B2
An automotive vehicle receives packets from at least one signaling device. The packets are formatted in accordance with a wireless personal area network and received exclusive of a connection being made in the wireless personal area network. Location and purpose data of the signaling device contained in the packets are analyzed and travel of the vehicle is controlled based on the location and purpose data of the signaling device.
US11507108B1
Provided is a robot including main and peripheral brushes; a first actuator; a first sensor; one or more processors; and memory storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors effectuate operations including: determining a first location of the robot in a working environment; obtaining, with the first sensor or another sensor, first data indicative of an environmental characteristic of the first location; adjusting a first operational parameter of the first actuator based on the sensed first data to cause the first operational parameter to be in a first adjusted state while the robot is at the first location; and forming or updating a debris map of the working environment based on data output by the first sensor or the another sensor configured to collect data indicative of an existence of debris on a floor of the working environment over at least one cleaning session.
US11507107B2
A map information system includes: an in-vehicle device that executes automated driving control of a vehicle; and an external device having external map information used for the automated driving control. The in-vehicle device includes: a memory device in which map information is stored; and a control device configured to execute the automated driving control based on the map information stored in the memory device. The control device is further configured to: determine whether or not a takeover occurs during the automated driving control; set an upload target area including the takeover occurrence position, in a case where the takeover occurs during the automated driving control; and upload the map information regarding the upload target area to the external device. The external device updates the external map information based on the map information uploaded from the in-vehicle device.
US11507101B2
Provided is a method of sensing a three-dimensional (3D) space using at least one sensor. The method can include acquiring spatial information over time for the sensed 3D space, applying a neural network based object classification model to the acquired spatial information over time to identify at least one object in the sensed 3D space. The method can also include tracking the sensed 3D space including the identified at least one object, and using information related to the tracked 3D space.
US11507094B2
An unmanned vehicle including a vehicle body, a propulsion system, a maneuvering system, a vehicle control system, a buoyancy control system, a sensor system, and at least one power supply is disclosed. The propulsion system, maneuvering system, vehicle control system, buoyancy control system, sensor system, and power supply are carried by the vehicle body. The sensor system includes a sensor adapted to detect an item of interest and provide an item of interest signal to the vehicle control system. The vehicle control system is adapted to receive the item of interest signal, identify an item of interest classification and provide a classification signal. The classification signal is determined by the item of interest classification and is utilized by the propulsion system, maneuvering system, vehicle control system, or buoyancy control system to avoid physical, electrical, acoustic, or thermal detection of the unmanned vehicle by the item of interest.
US11507087B2
A distributed integrated sensing and communication (DISC) module for an autonomous vehicle is described herein. The DISC module includes at least a first sensor system, a second sensor system, a processor, and memory. The first sensor system and the second sensor system are different types of sensor systems. The first sensor system outputs a first sensor signal, and the second sensor system outputs a second sensor signal. The DISC module can detect and track an object (or objects) based on the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal. Moreover, the DISC module can output data indicative of the object as detected. In the DISC module, the first sensor system, at least a portion of the second sensor system, the processor, and the memory are integrated on a single substrate.
US11507081B2
A flight stick cockpit simulator ground station system is provided. The system includes a base. The system also includes a yoke control module connected to the base. Further, the system includes a yaw control module connected to the base. Additionally, the system includes a throttle control module connected to the base. The system also includes a manipulator module for an aerial TUC transmitter for remote controlled aircraft connected to the base and configured to receive inputs from the yoke control module, the yaw control module, and the throttle control module and structured to mechanically control the aerial R/C transmitter without the need for electrical or computerized mechanisms.
US11507070B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training an industrial plant controller that controls operation of an industrial plant. In one aspect, a method comprises generating training data using an industrial plant simulation model that simulates operation of the industrial plant. The industrial plant controller is trained by a reinforcement learning technique using the training data. The industrial plant controller is configured to process an input comprising a state vector characterizing a state of the industrial plant in accordance with a plurality of industrial plant controller parameters to generate an action selection policy output that defines a control action to be performed to control the operation of the industrial plant.
US11507068B2
A method for managing a life cycle of a complex engineering facility, comprising several steps. The steps include forming a facility structure of the facility; selecting constituent elements of the facility structure and the relationships between the constituent elements and a location of each of the constituent elements in a decomposition structure of the facility; forming a linked array of requirements related to the facility and to processes of implementation of the requirement for the facility; planning and accounting for the requirements in accordance with the structural decomposition of the facility, the requirements being assigned a certain status; and forming databases intended for storing an associated array of information about the constituent elements of the facility, the associated array of information comprising at least a plurality of documents related to design data and/or to supply and procurement data and/or to pre-commissioning data and/or operation data and/or facility configuration data.
US11507064B2
A system for monitoring an oil and gas process includes a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values corresponding to input received from a detection package which includes at least one of a plurality of input sensors each operatively coupled to at least one of a plurality of components of an industrial production process; a data analysis circuit structured to analyze a subset of the plurality of detection values to determine a status parameter; and an analysis response circuit structured to adjust the detection package in response to the status parameter, wherein the plurality of available sensors have at least one distinct sensing parameter selected from the sensing parameters consisting of: input ranges, sensitivity values, locations, reliability values, duty cycle values, sensor types, and maintenance requirements.
US11507063B2
A building management system (BMS) includes sensors that measure time series values of building variables and a deterministic model generator that uses historical values for the time series of building variables to train a deterministic model that predicts deterministic values for the time series. The BMS includes a stochastic model generator that uses differences between actual values for the time series and the predicted deterministic values to train a stochastic model that predicts a stochastic value for the time series. The BMS includes a forecast adjuster that adjusts the predicted deterministic values using the predicted stochastic value to generate an adjusted forecast for the time series. The BMS includes a demand response optimizer that uses the adjusted forecast to generate an optimal set of control actions for building equipment of the BMS. The building equipment operate to affect the building variables.
US11507061B2
A numerically controlled machine tool has at least one movement axis and is connected to a numerical controller which includes a parts program. Movements of each movement axis are limited by maximum permissible axis dynamics. The parts program has a sequence of instructions for machining a workpiece which specify different maximum desired speeds for the machining of the workpiece which change abruptly over time. The numerical controller approximates the different maximum desired speeds which change abruptly over time with a desired speed profile that is continuous over time and has a profile of the maximum desired speeds which is also continuous over time. The numerical controller uses the continuous desired speed profile to calculate the desired values of an actual movement profile of the movements for each movement axis.
US11507054B2
The present disclosure is directed to a method and system for hierarchical multi-scale design with the aid of a digital computer. A hierarchical representation of a shape and material distribution is constructed which satisfies a top-level constraint at a top-level of representation. Properties for families of designs at each of the lower levels of representation that satisfy additional constraints link each of the lower levels of representation to at least a next higher level of the representation.
US11507046B2
Manufacturing of a shoe or a portion of a shoe is enhanced by executing various shoe-manufacturing processes in an automated fashion. For example, information describing a shoe part may be determined, such as an identification, an orientation, a color, a surface topography, an alignment, a size, etc. Based on the information describing the shoe part, automated shoe-manufacturing apparatuses may be instructed to apply various shoe-manufacturing processes to the shoe part, such as a pickup and placement of the shoe part with a pickup tool.
US11507035B1
Cracks in foundations may be detected by sensing motion within the foundation. Sensors may be applied to a foundation, and the positions of the sensors may be read. At subsequent points in time the positions of the sensors may be read again. If the positions of the sensors are changing in a way that suggests that portions of the foundation are moving apart from each other, then it may be inferred that a crack is forming in the foundation. The formation of cracks may be used to take various actions. For example, the owner of the building that rests on the foundation may be information of the crack so that he or she may take remedial action.
US11507034B2
An information processing apparatus and method is provided and controls execution of learning processing thereon. Learning data are generated in which readings of a human presence sensor serve as input values, information on receiving or not receiving any operation from an operation panel serves as success/failure flags. The success/failure flag is generated from an assessment result of a current resumption assessment model and the information on receiving or not receiving an operation, and is provided to the learning data. Accordingly, learning processing is performed using the success/failure flags provided in the learning data, thereby efficiently implementing learning.
US11507029B2
A device with buttons includes: a display unit that is configured to perform predetermined display; and a plurality of buttons that are positioned on a lower side of the display unit. An area of a button to be most frequently used is the largest among areas of the plurality of buttons.
US11507025B2
The invention relates to a differential detection of double-modulation (DM) CPT method and a system for implementing the method of this invention. The method comprises the following steps: Generating a coherent bichromatic light, in which the polarization and the relative phase are synchronously modulated. The DM light interacts with a quantum resonance system and prepares it into a CPT state. Then the polarization of coherent bichromatic light is switched from circular polarization to linear polarization. After interacting with the CPT state prepared in the previous stage, the constructive and destructive quantum interference occur simultaneously. The polarization of the transmitted light from the quantum resonance system is converted and spatially separated. Then two CPT signals, detected by balanced photodetectors, are observed with constructive and destructive interference respectively. Finally, a differential CPT signal with high signal-to-noise ratio is obtained by subtracting the above-mentioned two CPT signals.
US11507023B2
An arrangement for the holding and vibration transmission of an acoustic radiating membrane (10) in a striking or musical watch (1) case (2). The case includes at least one crystal (3) mounted on a middle (4) and a back (5) mounted on a side opposite the middle. The acoustic radiating membrane is held in a portion of the watch case, such as the middle by at least one connection part (12) disposed between a peripheral rim of the membrane or an edge element (11) of the membrane and the middle by acting for the holding of the membrane in a direction parallel to the plane of the watch. The connection part may be a screw screwed into a threaded opening (14) of the middle and coming into contact with the edge element of the membrane.
US11507017B2
The disclosure describes a heat-dissipating object having a reservoir structure so that a reservoir system can be formed in an electronic device, allowing for a liquid TIM in the gap between the heat-dissipating object and the heat-generating object of the electronic device. The reservoir structure comprises a seal ring, a connecting hole and a reservoir which is a space for taking in a liquid material and releasing it again when needed. As a specific case of the heat-dissipating object and the electronic device, a lid having a reservoir structure and a lidded flip chip package based on the lid are particularly described in details of the embodiments of the present invention.
US11507015B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a main frame; a developing cartridge including a casing, a storage medium having an electrical contact surface, and developing roller; a photosensitive drum contactable with the developing roller; an electrical connector contactable with the electrical contact surface; a separation mechanism; and a controller configured to communicate with the storage medium via the electrical connector. The separation mechanism is configured to move the casing relative to the main frame in a separating direction in which the developing roller separates from the photosensitive drum. The controller is configured to perform: moving, by controlling the separation mechanism, the casing relative to the main frame in the separating direction; determining, in response to performing the moving, whether communication with the storage medium is established; and outputting, when determining in the determining that the communication with the storage medium is not established, an error.
US11507009B2
A cover that covers side surfaces of a document conveyance path and a paper feeder in a direction orthogonal to a document conveyance direction and a notifier that notifies information on a document placement section are included. The cover has a first side surface disposed along the document conveyance direction and a second side surface disposed from an end of the first side surface on the paper feeder side toward the document placement section. The notifier includes a displayer that displays the information by light. The displayer includes a first displayer disposed on the first side surface and a second displayer disposed on the second side surface toward the document placement section. The first displayer and the second displayer each have a horizontal length that is longer than a vertical length.
US11507005B2
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a sheet supply unit, a printer, a fixing device, and a controller. The sheet supply unit supplies a sheet from a sheet container. The printer forms a toner image to the sheet conveyed from the sheet supply unit. The fixing device includes a heater, a fixing belt, and a pressure roller. The heater includes a heat generating member including a plurality of heating elements arranged in a first direction orthogonal to a sheet conveyance direction and in which a heating element group selected in response to a printing request from the heat generating member generates heat. The fixing belt fixes the toner image heated by the heater to the sheet. The pressure roller presses the fixing belt.
US11507003B2
A fixing unit includes a film with a tubular shape, a nip forming unit including a heater and configured to be in sliding contact with an inner surface of the film. The heater includes a substrate made of metal. The fixing unit further includes a power supply connector electrically connected to the power supply electrode so that the power supply connector is connected to the heating element at a first end portion of the substrate in a longitudinal direction of the heater, and a pressing member opposed to the nip forming unit. The fixing unit further includes a voltage application circuit configured to apply a voltage of a same polarity as a normal charging polarity of the toner to the substrate, the voltage application circuit being connected to the substrate at a second end portion of the substrate opposite to the first end portion in the longitudinal direction.
US11507002B2
In an image forming device, a first fixing member has a roller. A second fixing member has a belt to form a nip together with the first fixing member. A first motor drives the roller. A pressure modifying mechanism modifies a nip pressure at the nip to selected one of a first nip pressure and a second nip pressure smaller than the first nip pressure. A controller starts driving the first motor to drive the roller in a case where a print command is received in a state that the nip pressure is the second nip pressure. The controller modifies the nip pressure from the second nip pressure to the first nip pressure after the driving is performed and fixes the developer image on the sheet in a state that the nip pressure is the first nip pressure.
US11506996B2
A conveyance mechanism which includes a rotation shaft extending in a direction along a first direction connecting first and second discharge ports that is rotatable with a rotation axis extending in the first direction. Wherein, a first rotation conveyance unit is disposed on the rotation shaft, and is rotatable together with the rotation shaft, conveys developer toward the first discharge port, and a second rotation conveyance unit is disposed on the rotation shaft, and is rotatable together with the rotation shaft, conveys developer toward the second discharge port. The second rotation conveyance unit is configured to provide a larger amount of conveyance than the first rotation conveyance unit.
US11506986B2
In accordance with some embodiments, a lithography method in semiconductor manufacturing is provided. The lithography method includes transmitting a main pulse laser to a zone of excitation through a first optic assembly. The lithography method further includes supplying a coolant to the first optic assembly and detecting a temperature of the coolant with a use of at least one sensor. The lithography method also includes adjusting a heat transfer rate between the coolant and the first optic assembly based on the temperature of the first optic assembly. In addition, the lithography method includes generating a droplet of a target material into the zone of excitation. The lithography method further includes exciting the droplet of the target material into plasma with the main pulse laser in the zone of excitation.
US11506967B2
A light-source device includes an excitation light source; a wavelength conversion unit to convert at least some of first color light into second color light; a light mixing element including a rod integrator to mix at least one of the first color light and the second color light from the conversion unit; and an optical element on an optical path of the first color light and having a reflecting surface. A center of the first color light on the reflecting surface intersects with only one of a first light flux of the first color light incident on and a second light flux of the first color light emitted from the conversion unit. An angle formed by a projection straight line of the first color light incident on an incident aperture of the integrator and a predetermined axial line of the incident aperture of the integrator is smaller than 40°.
US11506950B2
In an optical waveguide element which uses a rib type optical waveguide, light propagating in the rib type optical waveguide is monitored stably and accurately. The optical waveguide element includes a rib type optical waveguide provided on a optical waveguide substrate and configured of a convex portion protruding in a thickness direction of the optical waveguide substrate and extending in a plane direction of the optical waveguide substrate, and a light receiving element configured of a light receiving part formed on a light receiving element substrate disposed on the rib type optical waveguide and configured to receive at least a part of light propagating through the rib type optical waveguide, and the light receiving element substrate is supported by at least one first convex portion having the same height as that of the rib type optical waveguide provided on the optical waveguide substrate.
US11506932B2
Darkening of the periphery of a light-emitting module in which a plurality of light-emitting units are two-dimensionally arranged is reduced. The present light-emitting module has a light-emitting region including a plurality of light-emitting units two-dimensionally arranged, the light-emitting units each including a light-guiding plate having a first main surface, a first recess opening toward the first main surface, a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, and a second recess opening toward the second main surface; a light source inside the first recess; and a light-reflective first member inside the second recess. In each of the light-emitting units, a center of the light-emitting unit and a center of the second recess coincide with an optical axis of the light source in a plan view. In at least one of the light-emitting units, a center of the first member is closer to a center of the light-emitting region than the optical axis of the light source is in a plan view.
US11506924B2
A first organic insulating film is arranged in a circumference area outside an active area on a first substrate. A circumference color filter is arranged in the circumference area on a second substrate. A second organic insulating film covers the circumference color filter. A seal material is arranged between the first and second organic insulating films to attach the first substrate and the second substrate. The seal material extends up to a position in which end portions of the first and second substrates overlap. A first spacer is arranged between the first and second organic insulating films in the circumference area. The first spacer is arranged on an active area side in the seal material. A second spacer is formed between the first and second organic insulating films in a position in which the end portions of the substrates overlap.
US11506922B2
A light modulating device including: a light transmissive plate having a curved surface; a light modulating cell; and an optically transparent adhesive film which is disposed between the curved surface of the light transmissive plate and the light modulating cell and attaches one side of the light modulating cell to the curved surface of the light transmissive plate.
US11506916B2
According to an aspect of an embodiment, operations may include receiving a light wave and generating a pumping wave by performing polarization modulation on the light wave based on a bit stream. The pumping wave may include a first polarization component having a first polarization and a second polarization component having a second polarization and having a same wavelength as the first polarization component. The operations may also include emitting the pumping wave in an optical medium such that the pumping wave amplifies an optical signal propagating within the optical medium.
US11506912B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to a head-worn computer having a see-through computer display, a frame mechanically adapted to hold the see-through computer, a first side arm pivotally attached to the frame and adapted to hold the head-worn computer in place on a head of the user, wherein the first side arm comprises a temple section and an ear horn section and the temple section further comprising a compartment adapted to contain a battery, wherein the battery powers the see-through computer display.
US11506909B2
An optical mechanism comprises a fixed portion with a main axis, wherein the fixed portion has a polygonal structure when viewed along the main axis; a movable portion, moving relative to the fixed portion, connected to an optical element; a joining mechanism, wherein the movable portion is movably connected to the fixed portion via the joining mechanism. The joining mechanism comprises a resilient member, having a longitudinal structure, extending in a first direction that is parallel to the main axis; and a spring sheet, having a tabular structure, wherein the spring sheet is movably connected to the fixed portion via the resilient member. The spring sheet comprises a connecting portion, fixedly connected to the movable portion; a fixing portion, accommodating the resilient member; a first section; and a second section. The first section comprises a first part with a first width; and a second part with a second width, wherein the first part is connected to the connecting portion via the second part. The second section comprises a third part with a third width; and a fourth part with a fourth width, wherein the third part is connected to the connecting portion via the fourth part. The first part is connected to the third part via the fixing portion. The first width is smaller than the second width. The third width is smaller than the fourth width. The first part and the third part extend in different directions.
US11506907B2
A mechanism to render a lens module immune to trembling and jarring includes a carrier, a support element movably mounted on the carrier, and a driving element. The driving element includes a conductive structure arranged on the carrier, a plurality of positive pads on the carrier, and a plurality of shape memory alloy (SMA) wires. The SMA wires are electrically connected to the positive pads and the conductive structure. When currents flow into the SMA wires via the positive pads, the SMA wires deform upon heating and pull on the conductive structure, thus the conductive structure drives the support element to rotate in a plane parallel to the carrier. A lens module and an electronic device including the mechanism are also disclosed.
US11506906B2
A head-up display system mounted on a vehicle, the system including: a head-up display device that displays an image in front of the vehicle; and a forward sensing device that detects a forward object of the vehicle, the head-up display device including an image data generation unit, and an image display unit, the image data generated by the image data generation unit including a constantly displayed object, and a real scene overlaid object, a gyro sensor being installed in the vehicle, the image data generation unit performing pitching correction on a display position of an object to be displayed, based on angular velocity information for two axial directions, and in a case where the vehicle travels on a curve in an inclined state, the pitching correction being suppressed or stopped, and a brightness of display of the real scene overlaid object being reduced or stopped.
US11506899B2
A holographic display device includes a display panel for emitting a first image light and a diffraction component on an optical path of the first image light. The first image light includes first and second colors of light. The diffraction component diffracts the first color light at a first diffraction efficiency and diffracts the second color light at a second diffraction efficiency. The first color light and the second color light after diffraction are mixed together in a second image light for generating holographic images. By emitting the first color light and the second color light in the first image light at the same grayscale value, a ratio of intensities of the first color light and the second color light becomes inversely proportional to a ratio of the first diffraction efficiency and the second diffraction efficiency.
US11506898B1
A see-through display including a polarized reflective pinhole mirror display. The pinhole mirror display includes a plurality of tiny switchable polarized mirrors. The respective polarized mirrors individually reflect impinging light from an illuminator, and guide the respective portion of light into a pupil of an eye. A reflective optically powered surface reflects light from the illuminator. Each mirror has a first polarization and reflects a portion of light and produces a picture element (pixel) that forms a virtual image seen by the eye of the user. A user may view the reflected virtual image having the first polarization from the illuminator, as well as the image from the real world via a rear substrate that has a second polarization. Although the mirrors are very small, human eyes can still detect the mirrors if they are not polarized. The mirrors and other components are polarized so that the eye can see the real world filtered with the second polarization, but not the mirrors having a different first polarization.
US11506895B2
A light-guiding device includes a pair of light-guiding portions, a pair of light-incident portions that causes image light to be incident on the respective pair of light-guiding portions, and a pair of light-emitting portion that causes image light guided by the respective pair of light-guiding portions to exit outside, in which a pair of optical members including the pair of light-guiding portions are coupled by a central member having light transmissivity, and in which the central member includes a light-guide blocking structure that suppresses light from being incident from one end to another end of the central member by absorbing the light.
US11506893B2
Disclosed herein are head-mounted and other display assemblies that utilize organic light emitting diodes as image sources. In the organic light emitting diodes utilized in these display assemblies light is emitted by stimulated emission. As a result of this, the organic light emitting diodes utilized emit light vertically within a narrow cone about axes normal to the planes of the organic light emitting diodes. This narrow cone of emission results in greatly reduced light insertion losses when light transits from the organic light emitting diodes through the display assemblies and as a result increased energy efficiency in the operation of the display assemblies.
US11506891B2
A method operates a visual field display device, particularly for a motor vehicle, which includes an autostereoscopic planar pixel array for generating a projecting light beam containing a display content, and is designed to project this onto a partially transparent, reflective projection screen, particularly a front windscreen of the motor vehicle, in such a way that a virtual display image superimposed into a field of vision of a user is generated behind the screen. The method provides at least one surroundings parameter and/or user parameter, and switches between at least two qualitatively different 3D, 2D and/or monocular operating modes of the planar pixel array, depending on the surroundings parameters and/or user parameters provided, in order to adapt the virtual display image to qualitative operational changes relating to the surroundings and/or the user of the visual field display device.
US11506889B2
A vehicle instrument panel structure including: a head-up display device that is provided within an instrument panel positioned at a front section of a vehicle cabin and that displays information by projecting light onto a windshield; a defroster that is provided within the instrument panel so as to be disposed alongside the head-up display device in a vehicle width direction, and that conveys air toward the windshield; a guide section that is provided at an upper face of the instrument panel so as to be disposed between the head-up display device and the defroster, and that has a cross-section profile as sectioned along the vehicle width direction profiled so as to cause airflow from the defroster to cling to a surface of the guide section such that the airflow is blown toward an area of the windshield in which information is displayed by the head-up display device.
US11506880B2
An optical illumination device (10) includes: a laser light source (1); microlens arrays (2, 3) through which light emitted from the laser light source (1) passes; a moving mechanism (5) that moves the microlens arrays (2, 3) without changing an optical length from the laser light source (1); and a Fourier lens (4) through which light passing through the microlens arrays (2, 3) passes.
US11506877B2
Light Sheet Theta (LS-0) Microscopy achieves large sample imaging capabilities without affecting the imaging depth or the image quality. An optical layout places a detection objective normal to the sample surface, while placing the illumination objectives that generate light sheets at an angle (theta) significantly smaller than 90 degrees. In this configuration, the light sheets enter from same side of the sample as the detection objective. The intersection of the light-sheet and the detection focal plane results in a line illumination-detection profile that is discriminated by a camera.
US11506870B2
A lens module includes first to seventh lenses each having refractive power and sequentially disposed in numerical order from the first lens to the seventh lens starting from an object side of the lens module, wherein each of the first and second lenses has a meniscus shape and an image-side surface that is convex, and the seventh lens has one or more inflection points on an image-side surface thereof.
US11506869B2
A miniature imaging lens for close-range imaging includes: a first lens group, an aperture, and a second lens group sequentially arranged in a direction from the object side to the image side of an optical axis; the first lens group and the second lens group have positive focal power, an object-side clear aperture of the first lens group is larger than an image-side clear aperture of the first lens group, and an object-side clear aperture of the second lens group is less than an image-side clear aperture of the second lens group, and specific process parameters are provided. A sandwich structure lens configuration composed of a first lens group, an aperture and a second lens group can obtain a high close-range imaging effect under the condition of miniaturization, and can effectively reduce aberrations of close-range imaging, especially distortion and chromatic aberration.
US11506861B2
An imaging lens module with auto focus function includes an imaging lens assembly, an electromagnetic driving component assembly and a lens carrier. The imaging lens assembly has an optical axis. The electromagnetic driving component assembly drives the imaging lens assembly to move in a direction parallel to the optical axis by a Lorentz force. The imaging lens assembly is mounted to the lens carrier such that the imaging lens assembly can be wholly driven by the Lorentz force. The lens carrier includes an object-side part, a mounting structure and a plurality of plate portions. The object-side part includes a tip-end minimal aperture configured for light to travel through; and a tapered surface which surrounds an area tapered off from image side to object side. The mounting structure and the plate portions are configured for at least a part of the electromagnetic driving component assembly to be mounted thereto.
US11506859B2
The invention provides a lens module having a housing, and a focusing support frame, a first base, a second base, and a lens. The focusing support frame is provided with three first guide slots, and the first base is provided with three second guide slots. A first ball is provided between the first guide slot and the second guide slot. The first base is provided with three third guide slots, the second base is provided with three fourth guide slots, and a second ball is provided between the third guide slot and the fourth guide slot. Through stacked focusing support frame and relative movement between the first base and the second base, auto focus and optical image stabilization can be realized. The stable lens movement can be realized through the least number of guide mechanisms and the simplest structure.
US11506854B2
A fiber optic telecommunications device includes a rack for mounting a plurality of chassis, each chassis including a plurality of trays slidably mounted thereon and arranged in a vertically stacked arrangement. Each tray includes fiber optic connection locations and a cable manager coupled to the tray and also coupled to the chassis, the cable manager for routing cables to and from the fiber optic connection locations and defining a plurality of link arms pivotally connected such that the manager retracts and extends with a corresponding movement of the tray, wherein the link arms pivot relative to each other to prevent cables managed therein from being bent in an arc having a radius of curvature less than a predetermined value, each link arm defining a top wall, a bottom wall, and two oppositely positioned sidewalls, each link arm defining an open portion along at least one of the sidewalls and an open portion along the top wall for receiving cables therein, the open portions along the top wall and the at least one of the sidewalls communicating with each other.
US11506852B2
Fiber pistoning apparatus and methods of use are provided. A fiber anti-pistoning apparatus includes an axial centerline, and an elongate main body that at least partially surrounds the axial centerline and extends from a first end to a second end of the elongate main body. The elongate main body defines a channel that extends along the axial centerline for housing a bundle of fibers. The channel extends between a first opening at the first end, a second opening at the second end, and a slotted opening between the first end and the second end for receiving the bundle of fibers. The elongate main body includes one or more retention features for coupling to a first buffer tube.
US11506841B2
An optical fiber system exploits a principle of topological confinement for guided higher-order modes, in contrast to more conventional total-internal-reflection (TIR) confinement. The optical fiber has a geometry and index profile defining a cutoff wavelength for a predetermined L-mode of optical signal propagation in the optical fiber, where L is azimuthal mode index. An optical source subsystem is coupled to the optical fiber to establish an optical signal propagating in the optical fiber, wherein the optical signal has the predetermined L-mode and a wavelength being either (1) at least 15% above the cutoff wavelength such that the optical beam propagates as a topologically confined mode, or (2) sufficiently above the cutoff wavelength that, based on the L-mode of the optical beam, the optical beam propagates as a topologically confined mode having propagation loss less than 3 dB/meter.
US11506829B2
A light-transmissible element and a lamp device using the light-transmissible element are provided. The light-transmissible element includes a light-inputting surface, a first light-outputting surface, a second light-outputting surface and plural microstructures. The first light-outputting surface and the second light-outputting surface are located beside two opposite sides of the light-inputting surface. The plural microstructures are formed on the second light-outputting surface. The plural light beams from the light-inputting surface are received and refracted by the plural microstructures. Consequently, a luminous flux of the light beams received and refracted by each first refractive surface is higher than a luminous flux of the light beams received and refracted by each second refractive surface. Due to this design, the light extraction efficiency of the overall lamp device is increased, the light output range is adjustable and the generation of the light spots is reduced.
US11506828B2
The invention relates to a light guiding device for guiding light. The light guiding device comprises at least one light guide, at least one beam splitter element, and at least one light decoupling device. The at least one light guide comprises at least two layers. The at least one beam splitter element is provided between the at least two layers of the at least one light guide, where the at least one beam splitter element is designed for partially transmitting and reflecting incident light propagating in the at least one light guide. The at least one light decoupling device is provided for coupling incident light out of the at least one light guide. Furthermore, the invention also relates to an illumination device and a display device for displaying two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional information comprising such a light guiding device.
US11506827B1
The backlight module includes the following units. Multiple first light emitting units are disposed on a top surface of a transparent substrate. A beam angle of the first light emitting units is greater than or equal to 30 degrees and less than or equal to 45 degrees. Multiple second light emitting units and a light guide plate are disposed on a bottom surface of the transparent substrate. Each second light emitting unit is disposed in a respective hole of the light guide plate. A light intensity of the first light emitting units in a first mode is smaller than that in a second mode. A light intensity of the second light emitting units in the first mode is greater than that in the second mode. In this way, the purpose of privacy protection can be achieved.
US11506822B2
The optical device includes: a beam radiation unit configured to radiate light; a first aspheric lens unit including a first focal point, the first aspheric lens positioned on a light output side of the beam radiation unit such that the first focal point is formed at a light output surface of the beam radiation unit on the light output side of the beam radiation unit; and second aspheric lens units including second focal points, the second aspheric lens units positioned on the light output side of the beam radiation unit such that the second focal points are formed to overlap the first focus at the light output surface of the beam radiation unit.
US11506821B2
The present disclosure provides an optical adhesive layer, a stretchable display device and a preparing method for the optical adhesive layer. The optical adhesive layer includes: an edge region enclosing a hollow portion; a plurality of block regions distributed in the hollow portion along a first direction and a second direction; and connection ribs connecting the block regions to the edge region, wherein the connection ribs are distributed in the hollow portion in a net form.
US11506820B2
The present invention relates to an anti-reflective film including: a hard coating layer; and a low refractive index layer containing a binder resin containing a copolymer of a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate-based monomer, and inorganic particles dispersed in the binder resin, wherein the polyfunctional (meth)acrylate-based monomer includes a 2- to 4-functional (meth)acrylate-based monomer and a 5- to 6-functional (meth)acrylate-based monomer in a weight ratio of 9:1 to 6:4, and a polarizing plate and a display apparatus using the same.
US11506819B2
A method for producing an optical component, the method including: a step of injecting a polymerizable composition including a polythiol component and a polyisocyanate component into a molding die using a tube; and a step of polymerizing the polymerizable composition, wherein a percentage content of a plasticizer in the tube is 20% by mass or less.
US11506817B2
A lightning damage prediction apparatus that predicts a risk of a failure of access equipment due to a lightning strike is provided. A regression equation representing a relationship between a lightning strike density for each section in a prediction target area, an equipment density for each section of components of a plurality of types constituting equipment, and a lightning damage failure density for each section of the equipment or the component, corresponding to a first period in the past, is generated, and a lightning damage failure density for each section of a prediction target area corresponding to a second period is predicted on the basis of a lightning strike density and an equipment density for each section in the prediction target area corresponding to the second period that is a prediction target, and the regression equation.
US11506811B2
A magnetic compensation method based on an aeromagnetic compensation error model includes: acquiring an upper limit of an error of a magnetic noise caused by both an environmental background field in an exploration area and an aeromagnetic flight platform, by using the aeromagnetic compensation error model, before an actual flight; determining, according to the upper limit, whether the environmental background field and the aeromagnetic flight platform are suitable for the actual flight, and if so, performing a calibration flight to acquire a compensation coefficient; and acquiring data of an attitude term by performing the actual flight, calculating an interference magnetic field by the data of the attitude term and the compensation coefficient, and performing magnetic compensation.
US11506805B2
Systems and methods for simulating subterranean regions having multi-scale fracture geometries. Non-intrusive embedded discrete fracture modeling formulations are applied in conjunction with commercial simulators to efficiently and accurately model subsurface transient flow characteristics in regions having complex hydraulic fractures, complex natural fractures, or a combination of both, and geometries including corner point grids.
US11506803B2
This application discloses a method and an apparatus for processing a nuclear energy spectrum. The apparatus includes: a detector, a nuclear pulse processing module, and a nuclear energy spectrum processing module; the detector is configured to detect nuclear radiation and convert the nuclear radiation into nuclear pulse signals with corresponding amplitudes; the nuclear pulse processing module is configured to shape the nuclear pulse signals into narrow pulses, and perform amplitude analysis on the narrow pulses to generate the nuclear energy spectrum; the nuclear energy spectrum processing module is configured to reduce a value of an energy resolution of the nuclear energy spectrum to obtain the nuclear energy spectrum with the energy resolution of the reduced value.
US11506795B2
A position fix identifying a geographic location of a receiver is received. The position fix was generated using signals received at the receiver from respective high-altitude signal sources (such as satellites). Imagery of a geographic area that includes the geographic location is also received. The imagery is automatically processed to determine whether one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated. In response to determining that one or more of the high-altitude signal sources were occluded from the geographic location when the position fix was generated, the position fix is identified as being potentially erroneous.
US11506785B2
The present invention provides an asymmetric optical sensor device comprising: a light emitting unit for outputting light; a light receiving unit which receives the light reflected by an external object, and consists of a plurality of pixels which correspond to regions of different angles with respect to the light emitting unit and are arranged in a row; and a lens unit for diffusing the light from the light emitting unit. The light amounts received by the plurality of pixels are light amount values which are asymmetric with respect to the center of the light receiving unit.
US11506783B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a computer-readable program, which, when executed by a processor, will cause a computer to execute a method of processing an image, wherein the method includes receiving a 2-D color Doppler image. The method additionally includes extracting a single component velocity field of a 2-D plane from the 2-D color Doppler image. Further, the method includes receiving a geometrical boundary of a region of interest within the 2-D color Doppler image. Moreover, the method includes applying a plurality of boundary conditions to the geometrical boundary, an at least one inlet, and an at least one outlet, of the single component velocity field of a 2-D plane. The method additionally includes solving a streamfunction vorticity formulation to reconstruct a transverse velocity component. Further, the method includes outputting a reconstructed 2-D 2-component velocity based on the transverse velocity component.
US11506781B2
An apparatus for correcting an error of a radar sensor for a vehicle and a method thereof can correct a target measurement error of the radar sensor installed inside a bumper of the vehicle based on target information obtained from a camera image. The apparatus includes: a radar sensor that is installed inside a bumper of the vehicle to detect a target, a camera that photographs a surrounding image of the vehicle, and a controller that corrects a target detection error of the radar sensor based on target information obtained from an image photographed by the camera.
US11506780B2
The present disclosure describes an intelligent roadside unit and a control method thereof, comprising: a circular camera array, including a plurality of cameras for capturing images in different road directions respectively; a circular radar array, including a plurality of radars for detecting obstacle information in different road directions respectively; and a controller configured to determine whether a vehicle is approaching according to the obstacle information detected by the radars, to turn on a camera corresponding to the radar that has detected the approaching of the vehicle to capture an image, and to control the cameras corresponding to the radars that have not detected the approaching of the vehicle to be in a standby state.
US11506777B2
An RFID detector suitable for use in a passive RFID tag system that employs frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) operation obtains an indication of at least one characteristic of a CW RF signal employing a hopped-to carrier frequency that is being transmitted from an RFID tag reader, e.g., for use in activating the RFID tag to be located, the indication of the characteristic being obtained based on a signal that is received from a source other than the RFID detector. The RFID detector may use the obtained indication of the characteristic of the CW RF signal to determine at least one position related parameter for the RFID tag. A location, e.g., of the tag, of a group of tags, of the RFID detector, or of another RFID detector, may be determined based on the position parameter.
US11506770B2
An ultrasound imaging system probe comprises an imaging transducer head and a reception circuit for processing received reflected ultrasound signals. The reception circuit comprises an analogue to digital sigma delta converter which comprises a closed loop which comprises a tunable band pass filter. This enables the analog to digital converter to process only the desired frequency band. The ADC conversion bandwidth and ENOB are in this way programmable giving a more efficient probe design, and also enabling analog to digital conversion early in the signal processing chain.
US11506769B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a device for detecting a precision of an internal parameter of a laser radar, a related apparatus and a medium. The method may include the following steps. Point cloud data collected by the laser radar arranged on an autonomous mobile carrier travelling on a flat road is obtained. A three-dimensional scene reconstruction is performed based on the point cloud data collected to obtain a point cloud model of a three-dimensional scene. The point cloud model of the three-dimensional scene is divided to obtain the road. A thickness of the road is determined based on the point cloud data of the road. It is determined whether the internal parameter of the laser radar is precise based on the thickness of the road.
US11506767B2
A method for scanning and measuring using a 3D measurement device is provided. The method includes providing the 3D measurement device having a light emitter, a light receiver and a command and evaluation device. The 3D measurement device is further includes a first near-field communication (NFC) device having a first antenna. A second NFC device having a second antenna is positioned adjacent the 3D measurement device. An NFC link is established between the first NFC device and the 3D measurement device. An identifier is transmitted from the second NFC device to the 3D measurement device. It is determined that the second NFC device is authorized to communicate with the 3D measurement device. Commands are transferred to the 3D measurement device from the second NFC device based at least in part on the determination that the second NFC device is authorized to communicate with the 3D measurement device.
US11506765B2
A Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) measurement circuit includes a control circuit configured to receive respective detection signals output from one or more single-photon detectors in response to a plurality of photons incident thereon. The control circuit includes a photon counter circuit including a digital counter circuit and an analog counter circuit, the digital counter circuit being responsive to an output of the analog counter circuit or the analog counter circuit being responsive to an output of the digital counter circuit to count detection of respective photons of the plurality of photons based on the respective detection signals, and a time integration circuit configured to output a time integration signal representative of respective times of arrival indicated by the respective detection signals. The control circuit is configured to calculate an estimated time of arrival of the plurality of photons based on a ratio of the time integration signal and the count of the detection of the respective photons of the plurality of photons.
US11506762B1
An optical device includes a substrate including an optical waveguide running through the substrate. An optical transmitter mounted on the substrate in a first location includes at least one optical emitter, which emits a primary beam of optical radiation toward a target and emits a secondary beam of the optical radiation into the optical waveguide. An optical receiver mounted on the substrate in a second location includes at least one optical sensor, which receives the optical radiation that is reflected from the target and outputs a primary signal in response thereto, and receives the secondary beam of the optical radiation from the waveguide and outputs a reference signal in response to the secondary beam. A processor receives and processes the primary signal and the reference signal in order to extract information with respect to the target.
US11506760B2
The present disclosure provides a lidar and a lidar control method. The lidar includes a plurality of laser transmitters configured to transmit laser light, and an oscillating mirror configured to change a direction of a light path of the transmitted laser light. The lidar control method includes transmitting, by a plurality of transmitters, laser light; and changing, by an oscillating mirror, a direction of a light path of the transmitted laser light. The plurality of laser transmitters constitute a laser transmitter array of M rows and N columns, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 2 and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.
US11506753B2
A method and electronic device for radar-based face authentication anti-spoofing for determining access to the electronic device. The electronic device includes a radar transceiver and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to transmit, via the transceiver, a first set of signals, generate a channel impulse response (CIR) based on receipt of reflections of the first set of signals, detect a first CIR tap in the CIR, determine a selection of CIR data based on the detected first CIR tap, determine a profile matching metric based on comparison of the selection of CIR data to a set of predetermined reference signals, and determine whether to allow access to the electronic device based on comparison of the profile matching metric to a profile matching threshold.
US11506739B2
Methods and systems are provided for determining scan settings for a localizer scan based on a magnetic resonance (MR) calibration image. In one example, a method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) includes acquiring an MR calibration image of an imaging subject, mapping, by a trained deep neural network, the MR calibration image to a corresponding anatomical region of interest (ROI) attribute map for an anatomical ROI of the imaging subject, adjusting one or more localizer scan parameters based on the anatomical ROI attribute map, and acquiring one or more localizer images of the anatomical ROI according to the one or more localizer scan parameters.
US11506735B2
A method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may include obtaining a magnetic resonance (MR) image of a subject, wherein the MR image may be acquired based on a first MRI device and include at least one region of interest (ROI) of the subject. The method may also include selecting, based on the MR image and an ROI determination model, a portion of a main magnetic field generated by the first MRI device. The selected portion of the main magnetic field may correspond to the at least one ROI. The method may also include performing a magnetic field homogenization operation on the selected portion of the main magnetic field.
US11506730B2
A magnetic field measurement system includes a wearable device having a plurality of wearable sensor units. Each wearable sensor unit includes a plurality of magnetometers and a magnetic field generator configured to generate a compensation magnetic field configured to actively shield the plurality magnetometers from ambient background magnetic fields. A strength of a fringe magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator of each of the wearable sensor units is less than a predetermined value at the plurality of magnetometers of each wearable sensor unit included in the plurality of wearable sensor units.
US11506723B2
A system for monitoring the operational status of ground-engaging tools of an agricultural implement. The system includes a frame and an assembly including an attachment structure configured to be coupled to the frame and a ground-engaging tool. The ground-engaging tool is pivotably coupled to the attachment structure. The system further includes a shear pin at least partially extending through both the attachment structure and ground-engaging tool to prevent pivoting of the ground-engaging tool about the pivot point when the shear pin is in an operable working condition. Additionally, the system includes an electrical connection through one or more components of the assembly or the shear pin and associated with the shear pin. The system further includes a controller electrically coupled to the electrical connection. The controller is configured to determine a change in the working condition of the shear pin based on an electrical property of the electrical connection.
US11506722B2
An illumination module for a test chamber, a test chamber and a method for modifying a test chamber. The test chamber includes a temperature-insulated test space sealable against an environment for receiving test material. The illumination module can be disposed at least partially in the test space to illuminate the test space and includes an illuminant and a socket, a wall duct and a light conducting device. The wall duct is disposed in a wall surrounding the test space and extends from an inner side to an outer side of the wall. The light conducting device has a light exit area and a light entry area and is disposed within the wall duct. The socket is disposed at the outer end positioning the illuminant at the light entry area. The light exit area is disposed at the inner end.
US11506711B2
An error rate measuring apparatus that inputs a PAM4 signal of a known pattern as a test signal to a device under test W, receives a signal from the device under test W compliant with the input of the test signal, and measures whether or not an FEC operation of the device under test W is possible based on a comparison result of the received signal and the test signal includes an operation unit that sets one Codeword length and one FEC Symbol length of the FEC as a setting parameter to the signal received from the device under test W according to a communication standard of the device under test W, and a display unit that parallel-displays MSB data and LSB data of each piece of symbol string data obtained by receiving and converting the signal from the device under test W on a display screen.
US11506709B2
Embodiments may relate an x-ray filter. The x-ray filter may be configured to be positioned between an x-ray source output and a device under test (DUT) that is to be x-rayed. The x-ray filter may include at least 80% titanium (Ti) by weight. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
US11506702B2
An apparatus of a multi-chip package (MCP) of a functional safety system, comprises a processor to be configured as a master chip in a master-slave arrangement with a slave chip in the MCP, and a memory coupled to the processor to store one or more infield test scan patterns. The processor includes a bock to couple the master chip to the slave chip via a high-speed input/output (IO) interface to retrieve the one or more infield test scan patterns from the memory via the master chip, and to provide the one or more infield test scan patterns to the slave chip via the high-speed IO interface in response to the functional safety system entering an infield test mode.
US11506694B1
A vector network analyzer configured to analyze a high-frequency signal received is described. The vector network analyzer includes three or more reflectometers, each reflectometer operating at a respective frequency range and having a first terminal and a second terminal. The reflectometers are connected with each other in series such that a combined frequency range of the vector network analyzer is established. A first reflectometer is connected to one of a load or a signal source via its first terminal. A last reflectometer is connected to a test port via its second terminal. At least two reflectometers are interconnected with each other by an interposed frequency selective absorptive filter.
US11506691B2
A voltage monitoring circuit monitors a magnitude relationship between a monitoring target voltage and a determination voltage and is capable of suppressing the influence of an offset of a reference voltage upon the determination voltage and setting the determination voltage as desired. The voltage monitoring circuit includes: an input terminal, applied with a monitoring target voltage or a divided voltage of the monitoring target voltage; a reference voltage generating circuit, generating a first reference voltage; a linear power circuit, converting the first reference voltage to a second reference voltage; a feedback resistor, generating a divided voltage of the second reference voltage, and negatively feeding back the divided voltage of the second reference voltage to the linear power circuit; and a comparing portion, comparing the second reference voltage with the monitoring target voltage or the divided voltage of the monitoring target voltage applied to the input terminal.
US11506690B2
A coil wire includes a core wire and a winding wire. The winding wire is wound around a circumference of the core wire so as to form a plurality of spirals. The coil wire satisfies one of: (i) an outer surface of the core wire is exposed, and a distance between the outer surface of the core wire and an inner circumferential surface of part of the winding wire is smaller than a thickness of a first insulating film coated on the winding wire; or (ii) the outer surface of the core wire is coated by a second insulating film, and a distance between an outer surface of the second insulating film and the inner circumferential surface of part of the winding wire is smaller than a thickness of a thicker one of the first insulating film and the second insulating film.
US11506682B2
A processing device (120) of a tire state detection system (100) is provided with an acceleration data acquisition unit (123) for acquiring the acceleration data detected by an acceleration sensor (111) at every predetermined acquisition interval, an acceleration data extraction unit (125) for extracting the maximum acceleration data indicating at least the maximum acceleration and the intermediate acceleration data indicating the intermediate acceleration excluding the minimum acceleration data indicating the minimum acceleration from 3 or more acceleration data acquired sequentially, and a calculation unit (127) for executing an calculation using the extracted intermediate acceleration data.
US11506681B2
Described are a two-dimensional wind-speed and wind-direction sensor and a system thereof, relating to the field of sensing devices. The two-dimensional wind-speed and wind-direction sensor includes: an X-direction wind speed probe assembly and a Y-direction wind speed probe assembly, the X-direction wind speed probe assembly and the Y-direction wind speed probe assembly are perpendicular to each other, and the X-direction wind speed probe assembly is configured to measure a X-direction wind speed including a wind speed in the reverse direction of an X-axis, Vx−, and a wind speed in the forward direction of the X-axis Vx+; and the Y-direction wind speed probe assembly is configured to measure a Y-direction wind speed including a wind speed in reverse direction of an Y-axis, Vy−, and a wind speed in the forward direction of the Y-axis, Vy+.
US11506679B2
An encoder includes a base section, a spindle gear attached to a turning shaft section, a counter-shaft gear configured to mesh with the spindle gear and including a cylindrical gear section, a magnet provided in the counter-shaft gear, and an annular bearing member provided in the base section and configured to support the counter-shaft gear. When a straight line extending along the shaft section is represented as a first axis and a straight line orthogonal to the first axis is represented as a second axis, the magnet is disposed to overlap the bearing member in a plan view from a direction in which the second axis extends.
US11506678B2
An automatic analysis apparatus and an operating method for the automatic analysis apparatus. At least two magnetic separation units are introduced, each magnetic separation unit operating independently and being used for performing magnetic separation cleaning on a reaction solution in a reaction cup. Each magnetic separation unit may be used for any magnetic separation cleaning step in a one-step test project or a multi-step test project, thereby significantly increasing the test speed and the test throughput of the automatic analysis apparatus.
US11506675B2
The purpose of the present invention is to embody an inspection device wherein dew condensation in a sample container, in particular, in the lid thereof can be prevented or quickly removed without giving heat shock to a sample in the sample container. For this purpose, provided is an inspection device comprising an isothermal part 110 which comprises a rack 111 and maintains a sample container 150 storing a sample in a temperature-controlled environment, said sample container 150 comprising a plate and a lid, a detection part 120 which comprises an optical device for observing and inspecting the sample stored in the sample container, and a transportation part 130 which transports the sample container from the isothermal part to the detection part and vice versa, wherein at least one of the isothermal part, detection part and transportation part is provided with a member by which the lid of the sample container is held in a state lifted from the plate.
US11506663B2
A method of screening/prognosis/diagnosis for colorectal cancer (CRC) wherein methionine aminopeptidase 2 (MetAP2) levels are detected in a non-tumor sample such as peripheral blood, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) or lymphocytes. Based on the MetAP2 levels, the individual may be selected for further testing.
US11506653B2
Compositions, devices and methods are described for improving adhesion, attachment, and/or differentiation of cells in a microfluidic device or chip. In one embodiment, one or more ECM proteins are covalently coupled to the surface of a microchannel of a microfluidic device. The microfluidic devices can be stored or used immediately for culture and/or support of living cells such as mammalian cells, and/or for simulating a function of a tissue, e.g., a liver tissue, muscle tissue, etc. Extended adhesion and viability with sustained function over time is observed.
US11506644B2
A first mass spectrum including a fragment ion peak is generated under application of a first ionization method. A second mass spectrum including a molecular ion peak is generated under application of a second ionization method. These mass spectra are synthesized to generate a synthesized mass spectrum. On the synthesized mass spectrum, difference information, such as a mass difference and difference composition, is calculated between the molecular ion peak and the fragment ion peak.
US11506641B2
A rotary valve that includes a stator, a rotor and a plurality of sample channels. The stator includes a stator surface having an inlet port, an outlet port and a plurality of selectable ports. The rotor includes a rotor surface having a first rotor channel and a second rotor channel. The rotor is configurable in a plurality of rotor positions, each of which couples the inlet port to one of the selectable ports through the first rotor channel and couples the outlet port to another one of the selectable ports through the second rotor channel. The two selectable ports are coupled to each other through one of the sample channels. The rotor has a bypass state defined by a rotor position, or angular range of rotor positions, at which the inlet port is coupled to the outlet port through the second rotor channel.
US11506640B2
Obtaining sufficient suppression effect of channel diffusion and stably transferring solution are made possible even in a piping having an extremely small inner diameter used for an analysis apparatus such as an HPLC. A piping device for an analysis apparatus includes a piping equipped with a folded shape that suppresses inner channel diffusion, and a member directly or indirectly in contact with the piping from at least one side to support the piping to suppress deformation of the folded shape.
US11506633B2
A defect inspection system includes a storage. The defect inspection system also includes a corrosion enhancing defect manager that obtains a circuit card including a trace that is to be encapsulated by a protective layer adapted to reduce corrosion of the trace; applies a voltage potential to the trace while the circuit card is disposed in a visual indicator bath; obtains an image of the trace while the voltage potential is applied; makes a determination, based on the image, that a visual indicator generated by the visual indicator bath is included in the image; and based on the determination: identifies a portion of the trace corresponding to the visual indicator; and applies encapsulant to the portion of the trace.
US11506620B1
A double capsule assembly includes an outer capsule and an inner capsule configured to be positioned within the outer capsule. The inner capsule is configured to have a sample positioned therein. The double capsule assembly is configured to be placed in a solid media assembly to analyze or synthesize the sample.
US11506607B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure include apparatus and methods to identify endometrial tissue.
US11506597B2
Disposable, pre-sterilized, and pre-calibrated, pre-validated sensor components are provided. The sensor components interact with a sensor system having disposable fluid conduit or bioreactor bag and a reusable sensor assembly. The components can include an optical bench or inset optical component or module designed to be integrated within the disposable fluid conduit or bioreactor bag, which provides an optical light path through the conduit or bag. The sensors systems are designed to store sensor-specific information, such as calibration and production information, in a non-volatile memory chip on the disposable fluid conduit or bag and on the reusable sensor assembly. Methods for calibrating the sensor and for determining a target property of an unknown fluid are also disclosed. The devices, systems and methods relating to the sensor are suitable for and can be outfitted for turbidity sensing.
US11506591B2
A system for the differentiation of plastic and non-plastic particles in suspension in a liquid, and the method of use thereof. The system having a channel for constraining and presenting the liquid to a detector, the detector having at least one transmit electrode for emitting electrical current to at least one receive electrode. Circuitry provides the current input and received electrical signals measurement capacities. Particles passing the receive electrodes alter the received electrical current according to the particle's dielectric properties, the circuitry records the received signals and discerns a particle's nature, most often plastic from non-plastic, from the differential signal of these received signals as a function of frequency.
US11506579B2
An assembly for forming a microchamber for an inverted substrate is disclosed. The assembly can include a body having a chamber formed therein. A dispensing cavity can be provided to supply a reagent to the chamber. A slide support structure can be configured to support the slide such that the tissue sample faces the chamber when the slide is mounted to the slide support structure. The chamber and the slide support structure can be dimensioned such that, when the reagent is supplied to the dispensing cavity, the reagent is drawn to the chamber by way of capillary forces acting on the reagent.
US11506576B2
A trace analyte collection swab having a collection surface at least partially coated with a microscopically tacky substance to enhance pick-up efficiency is described. In embodiments, the truce analyte collection swab comprises a substrate including a surface having a trace analyte collection area and a coating disposed on the surface of the substrate in the trace analyte collection area. The coating is configured to be microscopically adhesive to collect particles of the trace analyte from a surface when the trace analyte collection area is placed against the surface. In one embodiment, the coating comprises Polyisobutylene.
US11506575B2
Systems and methods for boiler regulation are disclosed. The system can receive boiler data from a boiler and compare the boiler data to a normal operating range to detect an abnormality. Based on a plurality of rules, the system can identify an anticipated root cause and at least one corrective action. Based on the at least one corrective action, the system can generate and/or output instructions for the boiler to perform the at least one corrective action. The system can display an indication of the abnormality and/or the at least one corrective action.
US11506573B2
The present application refers to an apparatus for the analysis of real data relating to the interface region between a pneumatic tire and the road surface under wet conditions. In particular, such an apparatus makes it possible to detect the ground contact region and the water expulsion profile of a pneumatic tire, particularly on wet surfaces, under differing dynamic driving conditions (rolling, braking, and steering of the pneumatic tire).
US11506564B2
A device and method of pressure testing a conduit structure to determine if there is a leak in a conduit layout, which includes employing a pressure testing device having a first part having a coupling end for sealably connecting to a first conduit portion, a second part communicably connecting to the first part and having a valve connection adapted to receive one of a positive pressure source and a negative pressure source, and a pressure meter operably connected to the pressure testing device, wherein the valve is open to receive one of the positive pressure source and the negative pressure source, the pressure meter displays one of a positive pressure and a negative pressure, opening the valve to receive one of the positive pressure source and negative pressure source, and reading the pressure on the pressure meter to determine if the pressure is being maintained.
US11506561B2
An overheat detection system for an aircraft, the system comprising a first bleed monitoring computer, BMC1, configured to identify leakages in a pneumatic system, the BMC1 including a first optical controller, a second bleed monitoring computer, BMC2, the BMC2 including a second optical controller, an optical fiber link connecting the first optical controller of the BMC1 and the second optical controller of the BMC2 for communication between the BMC1 and the BCM2 and between the first optical controller and the second optical controller, wherein the first and the second optical controllers are configured to detect overheat of the optical fiber link based on a wavelength shift of a modulated optical signal transmitted through the optical fiber link, and transmit signals to the first BMC1 and the second BMC2 based at least on the detected overheat.
US11506555B2
In piezoelectric sensors, conventional amplification factor adjustment methods involving the cutting of a wiring pattern or use of a laser trimmable resistor are unable to adjust the amplification factor when the sensor is in a completed state. As a result, the production process becomes complex and production costs increase. Further, because the amplification factor adjustment is carried out in a different state from that of the finished product, the problem that the amplification factor is not set correctly in the finished product also occurs. A non-volatile memory is incorporated in an integrated circuit in which there are integrated piezoelectric sensor circuit elements. The amplification factor is adjusted by writing data from a writing terminal to change an amplification resistor a.
US11506551B2
A dynamometer test unit configured for use in a vehicle dynamometer system for dynamometer testing of a vehicle, the dynamometer test unit being configured to be connected to a wheel shaft of a vehicle, the dynamometer test unit comprising a power source having a stator and a rotor and being configured to, during testing, apply torque to a wheel shaft of the vehicle being tested, the power source being carried by a stator support, the stator being journaled in relation to the stator support, the dynamometer test unit further comprising means for measuring torque comprising an elastic strip, wherein the elastic strip connects the stator to the stator support, thereby restraining relative rotational movement between stator and stator support, and configured to transfer force between the stator and stator support, the elastic strip being firmly secured in a manner such that it is subjected to homogenous tensile prestress in a longitudinal direction of the elastic strip.
US11506546B2
A system may include a transformer that may convert a first voltage to a second voltage, such that the second voltage is output via a conductor. The system may also include a wireless current sensor that may detect current data associated with current conducting via the conductor and a processor. The processor may receive the current data, determine one or more temperature measurements associated with the transformer based on the current data, and send a signal to a component in response to the one or more temperature measurements exceeding one or more respective threshold values.
US11506535B1
Configurations for a diffraction grating design and methods thereof are disclosed. The diffraction grating system can include an input waveguide located at a first location on or near a Rowland circle and multiple output waveguides located at a second and third location on or near the Rowland circle. The input waveguide may be located between the output waveguides and this configuration of input and output waveguides can reduce the footprint size of the device. In some examples, the optical component can function as a de-multiplexer. Additionally, the optical component may separate the input wavelength band into two output wavelength bands which are separated from one another by approximately 0.1 μm.
US11506534B2
An automatic analysis apparatus comprises: a light source generating light having a center wavelength equal to or shorter than 340 nm; a fluorescent substance excited by the light source light, and generates light together with transmitted light from the light source, having a wavelength of 340 nm to 800 nm; a condenser lens; at least one slit; a reaction cell holding a reaction solution where a specimen and reagent are mixed, and that the light source light and the light from the fluorescent substance enter; and a detector that detects light transmitted through the reaction cell. The light source, fluorescent substance, condenser lens, and slit are provided along a straight light corresponding to the optical axis. The width of the slit's opening is equal to or narrower than the width of a ray forming an image of the light source at the position of the slit.
US11506531B2
A weighing mechanism (1) includes: a hopper (105) configured to store an article; a hanger (2) on which the hopper is hung; a mass weighing instrument (3) configured to weigh the article stored in the hopper; a connection member (4) that connects the hanger and the mass weighing instrument; a main body member (6) having a through hole (5) through which the connection member penetrates; a diaphragm (7) that connects an outer edge of the connection member and an inner edge of the through hole of the main body member; and a waterproof cover (8) that covers at least part of the through hole between the diaphragm and the hanger. The waterproof cover is detachably attached only to the hanger among the main body member and the hanger.
US11506530B2
Disclosed is a method for diagnosis of a two-conductor field instrument and a corresponding two-conductor field instrument. In a normal operating mode, an input voltage is provided and an output current is output. In a diagnostic operating mode, the method includes: providing a first diagnosis-input voltage and outputting a first diagnosis-output current during a first time interval, providing a second diagnosis-input voltage and outputting a second diagnosis-output current during a second time interval, determining the second time interval from the first time interval, registering a first and second diagnosis-output voltage as a function of the first and second diagnosis-output current, and checking the functionality of the two-conductor field instrument by the first and second diagnosis-input voltage, the first and second time interval, the first and second diagnosis-output electrical current, the first and second diagnosis-output voltage based on the input voltage and/or based on the output electrical current.
US11506525B2
Various embodiments include a method for verifying sensors for a sensor network including a reference sensor comprising: identifying a first sensor; locating the identified sensor; comparing a measured value recorded by the identified sensor to a measured value recorded at the same time and within a defined spatial environment using the reference sensor; determining a deviation of the measured value of the identified sensor from the measured value of the reference sensor; and assigning the sensor to precisely one of at least two categories depending on an amount of the deviation.
US11506521B2
An optical fiber characteristics measurement apparatus (1) includes: a light source (11) configured to output continuous light (L1) of which frequency is modulated; a first optical splitter (12) configured to split the continuous light into pump light (LP) and reference light (LR); a pulser (13) configured to pulse the pump light; a second optical splitter (14) configured to cause the pulsed pump light to be incident from one end of an optical fiber (FUT) and output backscattered light (LS) generated due to Brillouin scattering in the optical fiber; a detector (17) configured to detect interference light between the backscattered light and the reference light; a cutout unit (18, 20a, 34, 41, 42a) configured to cut out a detection signal output from the detector at predetermined time intervals; and a measurer (19, 35a, 35b) configured to measure characteristics of the optical fiber individually using the detection signal for each of the predetermined time intervals cut out by the cutout unit.
US11506516B2
A scanning unit is arranged to scan a scale element that is rotatable about an axis relative to the scanning unit. The scanning unit includes a circuit board, which includes a substrate having a first surface, a second surface arranged opposite the first surface, and a circumferential third surface. A transducer system is arranged on the first surface, and electronic components are mounted on the second surface. The third surface includes a plurality of concave indentations. The scanning unit furthermore includes a metal frame having an uninterrupted first recess, which is radially restricted by an inner side of the metal frame, the inner side having a plurality of inwardly projecting elements. The inwardly projecting elements engage with the concave indentations such that the substrate is fixed in place in the metal frame under mechanical tension.
US11506515B2
The invention relates to a control unit (6) for evaluating the sensor signal of a sensor (2), comprising at least one first sensor connection (21) and a second sensor connection (22) for connecting the sensor (2), wherein the second sensor connection (22) is connected to a short-circuit protection circuit (23), which is arranged between the second sensor connection (22) and a grounding (3), and which comprises a switchable transistor (7), by way of which the grounding (3) of the second sensor connection (22) can be interrupted.
US11506514B2
The magnetic sensor of the invention has an element portion that is elongate, that exhibits magnetoresistive effect and that has a magnetically sensitive axis in a direction of a short axis thereof. The element portion is non-oval and can be arranged in an imaginary ellipse, wherein the imaginary ellipse has a major axis that connects both ends of the element portion with regard to a direction of a long axis thereof to each other and a minor axis that connects both ends of the element portion with regard to a direction of the short axis thereof to each other, as viewed in a direction that is perpendicular both to the short axis and to the long axis of the element portion.
US11506501B2
Systems and methods for tracking movement of individuals through a building receive, by one or more RF nodes disposed near an entrance to the building, RF signals from RF-transmitting mobile devices carried by persons near the entrance, capture an image of the persons while they are near the entrance, determine an identity and relative distance of each RF-transmitting mobile device from each RF node based on information associated with the RF signals received by that RF node, detect humans in the image, determine a relative depth of each human in the image, and assign the identity of each RF-transmitting mobile device to one of the humans detected in the image based on the relative distance of each RF-transmitting mobile device from each RF node and the relative depth of each human in the image, thereby identifying each individual who to be tracked optically as that individual moves throughout the building.
US11506500B2
A method includes retrieving a map of a 3D geometry of an environment the map including a plurality of non-spatial attribute values each corresponding to one of a plurality of non-spatial attributes and indicative of a plurality of non-spatial sensor readings acquired throughout the environment, receiving a plurality of sensor readings from a device within the environment wherein each of the sensor readings corresponds to at least one of the non-spatial attributes and matching the plurality of received sensor readings to at least one location in the map to produce a determined sensor location.
US11506494B2
An integrated photonics optical gyroscope fabricated on a silicon nitride (SiN) waveguide platform comprises a first silicon nitride (SiN) waveguide layer that constitute a rotation sensing element; and, a second SiN waveguide layer with additional silicon nitride (SiN) waveguide-based optical components that constitute a front-end chip to launch light into and receive light from the rotation sensing element. The two SiN waveguide layers can be stacked together to have a multi-layer configuration vertically coupled with each other. External elements (e.g., laser, detectors, phase shifter) may be made of different material platform than SiN and can be hybridly integrated to the SiN waveguide platform. The phase shifters can be made of aluminum nitride (AlN) or strontium bismuth titanate (SBT).
US11506490B2
A method for filtering a measurement data set usable for specifying and/or verifying an internal feature of a workpiece, the method includes providing a measurement data set comprising a plurality of measurement points of the internal feature; providing an auxiliary feature representing an ideal estimate for the internal feature of the workpiece; mirroring each measurement point of the measurement data set on a boundary element of the auxiliary feature, thereby generating a first modified data set comprising a plurality of first modified measurement points; determining a convex hull of the first modified measurement points and projecting the first modified measurement points onto the determined convex hull, thereby generating a second modified data set comprising a plurality of second modified measurement points; and mirroring each second modified measurement point on the boundary element of the auxiliary feature, thereby generating a filtered measurement data set comprising a plurality of filtered measurement points.
US11506485B2
An optical system includes an illumination module configured to illuminate a sample object with at least one angle-variable illumination geometry. The optical system includes an imaging optical unit configured to produce an imaged representation of the sample object that is illuminated with the at least one angle-variable illumination geometry on a detector. The optical system includes the detector, which is configured to capture at least one image of the sample object based on the imaged representation. The optical system includes a controller configured to determine a result image based on a transfer function and the at least one image. A method includes illuminating a sample object with at least one angle-variable illumination geometry, imaging the sample object on a detector, based on the imaged representation, capturing at least one image of the sample object, and, based on a transfer function and the at least one image, determining a result image.
US11506479B2
A method of analyzing layer thickness of a multilayer component is provided. The method includes: creating an opening having a predefined geometry partially into the multilayer component at a selected location on a surface of the multilayer component. The multilayer component includes a plurality of material layers including a substrate and a bond coat. The opening exposes each of the plurality of material layers including the substrate. Contrast of the exposed plurality of material layers can be increased. An image is created of the exposed layers in the opening using a digital microscope, and thickness of a bond coat, thickness of a depletion layer\ and/or thickness of an oxide layer is calculated from the image and based on the predefined geometry of the opening. Repairing the opening, allows the multilayer component to be used for an intended purpose after testing, e.g., re-installed and reused in a gas turbine.
US11506478B2
A 3-D imaging system including a computer determining a plurality of coherence factors measuring an intensity contrast between a first intensity of a first region of an interference comprising constructive interference between a sample wavefront and a reference wavefront, and a second intensity of a second region of the interference comprising destructive interference between the sample wavefront and the reference wavefront, wherein the interference between a reference wavefront and a reflection from different locations on a surface of an object. From the coherence factors, the computer determines height data comprising heights of the surface with respect to an x-y plane perpendicular to the heights and as a function of the locations in the x-y plane. The height data is useful for generating a three dimensional topological image of the surface.
US11506475B2
An electronic fuze for a projectile, the electronic fuze including at least one electronic board arranged in a housing of the body of the projectile, the electronic board being encapsulated in a block of protective material. The electronic board is secured to at least one support rod partially encapsulated in the block of protective material. The support rod is inserted through a hole in a wall integral with the body of the projectile, and the support rod is secured to the wall by a fastening device. A first decoupling devices is interposed between the block of protective material and the wall and a second decoupling device is interposed between the fastening device and the wall. The electronic board is located towards a front part of the projectile and the wall is located towards a rear part of the projectile.
US11506474B1
Fuze assembly methods and devices. The methods include providing a firing pin to detonate the projectile; operably connecting a weighted body to the firing pin; and operably connecting a flexural portion to the weighted body to retain position of the weighted body due to centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the projectile to retain the firing pin in a detonation prevention position and move the weighted body to drive the firing pin to a detonation position upon impact of the projectile.
US11506473B2
An adjustable pouch having a front portion, rear portion, first side portion, and a second side portion that are connected to a bottom portion and collectively defines an interior space that may be configured to receive different sizes of ammunition magazines is disclosed. The front and rear portions include a plurality of straps that extend lengthwise and the first and second side portions include a plurality of channels. The plurality of straps and the plurality of channels are configured to receive an elastic member having free ends that are tied together. In operation, an individual can pull on the tied free ends of the elastic member in order to adjust the volume of the interior space to accommodate ammunition magazines of different sizes.
US11506468B2
A universal marksmanship training system is disclosed herein configured to utilize a display device comprising a graphic display. A software application may also be provided. The software application is often configured to display a virtual target on the graphic display. A chamber insert may be utilized, the chamber insert configured to be positioned with the firing chamber of a firearm to be zeroed, wherein the chamber insert interacts with the software application to determine alignment of a bore of the firearm to a bore alignment point on the graphic display. In one form, the display device displays a sight target on the graphic display wherein the sight target is visually perceived by a marksman and is offset from the bore alignment point by an offset distance. In one form, the software application calculates the sight target relative to the bore alignment point of the firearm given a set of condition variables.
US11506467B2
A firearm holster device may be positioned between adjacent surfaces within a bed. The firearm holster device may include a first arm having a first major surface, and a second major surface opposing the first major surface. The first major surface may include protrusions extending transversely outward. The firearm holster device may include a second arm defining an opening pattern, a hinge coupled between the first arm and the second arm, and a holster received by the opening pattern and to receive a firearm. The first arm may be positioned between adjacent surfaces of the bed.
US11506465B1
Explosive devices may be formed from hollow members filled with explosive materials. The hollow members may be made of mating halves that are packed or loaded with explosive material prior to the mating halves being joined together. In some exemplary aspects, the hollow members are placed in fluid-filled containers such that the explosive reaction creates a wave of fluid that impacts a target. Components of the devices may be COTS items and items that may be manufacture with 3D printers.
US11506464B2
A device for launching a projectile along an intended flight trajectory includes a launching mechanism. The launching mechanism includes supports supporting a launching cord. A projectile having a longitudinal axis is disposed in the launching cord in a launch position prior to launch such that the projectile's longitudinal axis is perpendicular to a plane in which the launching cord is disposed. As the projectile is launched by the launching mechanism, the projectile rotates such that the projectile's longitudinal axis is parallel to the plane in which the launching cord was disposed.
US11506458B2
An enclosed heat sink with a side wall structure is provided. The side wall structure includes a welding body having a first welding plane and a side wall structure having a second welding plane. The first welding plane and the second welding plane are pressured and welded to each other, such that the welding body and the side wall structure encapsulate a cavity. A width of the second welding plane is smaller than a width between two side surfaces of the side wall structure.
US11506457B2
In a header plateless type heat exchanger, to suppress temperature rise at an apical portion of a tube into which exhaust gas at high temperatures or the like flows, to thereby improve durability. A recessed groove portion 4c recessed inward with narrow width is formed on outer face side of each of a pair of plates, in parallel to a swelling portion 4 and in the approximately same length.
US11506454B2
A method for liquefying a feed gas stream. A compressed first refrigerant stream is cooled and expanded to produce an expanded first refrigerant stream. The feed gas stream is cooled to within a first temperature range by exchanging heat only with the expanded first refrigerant stream to form a liquefied feed gas stream and a warmed first refrigerant stream. A compressed second refrigerant stream is provided is cooled to produce a cooled second refrigerant stream. At least a portion of the cooled second refrigerant stream is further cooled by exchanging heat with the expanded first refrigerant stream, and then is expanded to form an expanded second refrigerant stream. The liquefied feed gas stream is cooled to within a second temperature range by exchanging heat with the expanded second refrigerant stream to form a sub-cooled LNG stream and a first warmed, second refrigerant stream.
US11506450B1
A cooling package that includes a sensor that provides a signal to the user to indicate that the cooling package is ready for use and when the cooling package is depleted is described. The sensor and sensor display are selected on the basis of the freezing point of the contained solution. The freezing point of the solution is adjustable through use of organic or inorganic additives. The sensor can further be used by placement directly in contact with a food product and through measurement of temperature, pH or electrical conductivity a signal to the user through the built in display warns of food spoilage if the temperature, cumulative time above a pre-selected temperature, pH or electrical conductivity exceed a pre-selected limit.
US11506440B2
A cooler can include a game table formed in a top surface thereof. The game table can include a game surface surrounded by side walls about its perimeter for storage of the game elements and to prevent game elements, such as game balls, from escaping from the recessed game surface. The game surface can include elements for various games, including foosball, hockey, football, pool, craps, roulette, chess, checkers, backgammon or the like. In some embodiments, the game elements may be interchanged to provide multiple different games that can be played in the recessed gaming surface. In some embodiments, game players may be disposed on arms that extend across the game table in a manner similar to conventional foosball players. Such arms may be made removable to permit changing between game player-based games and games that can be played directly on the recessed surface.
US11506434B2
A heat exchanger of an HVAC system including an inlet header, an outlet header, and tubes configured to extend between the inlet header and the outlet header. The system also includes a first interchangeable refrigerant distributor segment of the inlet header, where the first interchangeable refrigerant distributor segment includes first orifices configured to fluidly couple with the tubes to facilitate distribution of refrigerant from the inlet header to the tubes in a first configuration. The system also includes a second interchangeable refrigerant distributor segment of the inlet header, where the second interchangeable refrigerant distributor segment includes second orifices configured to fluidly couple with the tubes to facilitate distribution of refrigerant from the inlet header to the tubes in a second configuration. The first orifices include a first characteristic of an orifice cross-sectional internal boundary size or shape, and the second orifices include a second characteristic of the orifice cross-sectional internal boundary size or shape different than the first characteristic.
US11506433B2
Methods and related systems for charging a refrigerant into a climate control system. In an embodiment, the method includes (a) coupling a storage tank to a refrigerant loop of the climate control system through a charging valve; (b) opening and closing the charging valve in a plurality of cycles; and (c) flowing refrigerant from the storage tank to the refrigerant loop through the charging valve when the charging valve is open, during (b). In addition, the method includes (d) determining a detected saturated temperature of the refrigerant within the refrigerant loop after each cycle of the plurality of cycles; and (e) adjusting an amount of time that the charging valve is open during each cycle of the plurality of cycles during (b) as a function of the detected saturated temperature from a previous cycle of the plurality of cycles.
US11506425B2
An air conditioning unit capable of performing a refrigeration cycle using a small-GWP refrigerant is provided. A refrigeration cycle apparatus (1, 1a to 1m) includes a refrigerant circuit (10) including a compressor (21), a condenser (23, 31, 36), a decompressing section (24, 44, 45, 33, 38), and an evaporator (31, 36, 23), and a refrigerant containing at least 1,2-difluoroethylene enclosed in the refrigerant circuit (10).
US11506422B2
A method of controlling a temperature of water delivered by a water heating system, includes providing communication device which is adapted to receive a communication from at least one mobile device, the communication device being located so as to determine when the at least one mobile device is within a predefined zone in which is located a pre-selected water access point. In response to a determination that the at least one mobile device is within the predefined zone, enabling a user selecting a temperature setting of the where the water heating system. The selection is wirelessly communicated to a receiver which is in communication with the water heating system.
US11506414B2
A system for delivering power and data over a single wire via a hub, wherein the hub can control and power multiple low-power Class 2 circuits. The hub can be controlled remotely through a computing device such as a mobile phone or a computer.
US11506408B2
A room-air treatment system includes a basic module that has a first air-treatment unit and a control device for controlling the first air-treatment unit. The room-air treatment system includes at least one second air-treatment unit that can be coupled to the basic module, in particular the first air-treatment unit. The control device controls both the first air-treatment unit as well as the at least one second air-treatment unit.
US11506407B2
An odor containment and elimination device includes a containment center, first pathway, second pathway, and third pathway. The containment center can be configured to receive an odorous item that emits a contaminated air including an odor. The first pathway can be in fluid communication with the containment center and an outside environment and configured to allow contaminated air to travel from the containment center to a first release point while inhibiting seeping of the contaminated air from the first pathway into the outside environment prior to the first release point. The second pathway can be in fluid communication with the containment center and the outside environment via a first intake. The third pathway can be in fluid communication with the containment center and the outside environment and configured to reduce contaminated air released into the environment and/or direct the contaminated air through a door or window.
US11506406B2
An air handling unit (1) for cooling down an indoor airflow (A1) including at least one fan (3) circulating the indoor airflow inside the air handling unit (1) and a first and a second cooling subsystems (5, 15) including a refrigeration apparatus (50, 150) comprising an evaporator (500, 1500) and a condenser (504, 1504), a first water circuit (52, 152) connected to the condenser and comprising at least one outside heat exchanger (520, 1520) exposed to outside air (A5, A15), a second water circuit (56, 156) connected to the evaporator and comprising at least one indoor heat exchanger (560, 1560) exposed to the indoor airflow, water connection means (62, 64, 162, 164) for selectively connecting, depending on a temperature of the outside air.
US11506402B2
An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a heat exchange body including a plurality of flat tubes that extend in a vertical direction and that are arranged in a horizontal direction with gaps therebetween. A plurality of the heat exchange bodies are arranged in a direction of air flow to form a heat exchanger. A first header, into which hot gas refrigerant flows from a refrigerant circuit, is provided below one of the plurality of the heat exchange bodies that is at a most upwind position.
US11506390B2
A method for operating a fuel injector of a gas turbine engine includes injecting a hydrogen-based primary fuel from a primary fuel passage of the fuel injector directly into a combustion chamber. The primary fuel passage includes a primary fuel outlet located within the combustion chamber. The method further includes injecting a second fuel, different than the hydrogen-based primary fuel, from a secondary fuel passage of the fuel injector into a hood chamber separated from the combustion chamber by a bulkhead. The secondary fuel passage includes a plurality of secondary fuel outlets located within the hood chamber.
US11506387B2
A low-pollution combustor and a combustion control method therefor. The low-pollution combustor includes a combustor head including a primary combustion stage and a precombustion stage, the primary combustion stage including a primary-combustion-stage channel and a primary-combustion-stage swirler disposed in the primary-combustion-stage channel. The primary combustion stage includes a pre-film plate disposed in the primary-combustion-stage channel, and the pre-film plate is radially divided into an outer-layer pre-film plate and an inner-layer pre-film plate. The positions and injection directions of fuel jet points of the primary combustion stage control fuel of the primary combustion stage to be injected into the primary-combustion-stage channel through primary-combustion-stage fuel jet orifices; and part of the fuel directly forms primary-combustion-stage direct-injection fuel spray, and the other part is hit on the pre-film plate close to an inner side of the primary-combustion-stage channel, or the two parts are respectively hit on the two layers of pre-film plates.
US11506385B2
An aircraft component is used for an aircraft gas-turbine engine. The aircraft component includes an annular part, a flange, and a boss. The annular part has an outer circumferential surface. The flange is formed at one end portion of the annular part in an axial direction. The boss projects from the outer circumferential surface of the annular part to the radial direction. On a section cut along an axial direction of the annular part, the outer circumferential surface of the annular part between the flange and the boss has a taper part that is formed into a tapered shape in which plate thickness becomes thicker from the flange toward the boss.
US11506383B2
The gas turbine combustor liner can delimit a combustion chamber, and have at least one monolithic ceramic block having a first face exposed to the combustion chamber and a second face opposite the first face, and a 3D fabric of ceramic fibers partially embedded inside the monolithic ceramic block, and partially extending outside the second face of the monolithic ceramic block, away from the combustion chamber.
US11506379B2
The invention comprises: a) first comburent supplying means (18) connected to the lower part of the oxidation chamber, for introducing pressurized oxygenated gas in the oxidation chamber at a speed that comprises a tangential component; b) a particle recirculation system, which comprises: a particle separator (24) on the upper part of the oxidation chamber for trapping hot particles of ash and unburned material, and a transportation system (25) for transferring trapped particles from the particle separator (24) to the base of the oxidation chamber; and c) a gas recirculation system comprising: a sucker (26) for suctioning combustion gases from the upper part of the oxidation chamber, and pipes (27) for transferring the suctioned gases to the base of the oxidation chamber. It provides an optimized thermal transfer that reduces the emission of pollutants in waste recovery.
US11506368B1
A universal clip includes a base housing including a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LED) lights; a fastening assembly affixed on the base housing; a decorative element attached with the base housing; and a sensor electrically connected with the LED lights to activate lighting effects produced by the LED lights; wherein the fastening assembly includes a locking cavity and an elongated locking arm selectively engaged within the locking cavity to perform a locked position and an unlocked position.
US11506366B2
A mountable light includes a light body and a mounting arrangement including first and second clamping members from a set of pairs of clamping members. The light body has first and second opposing receptacles in which the respective clamping members are respectively removably disposed to move toward and away from each other. One clamping member may be fastened in its receptacle so as to be a fixed clamping member while the other clamping member is movable. A clamping mechanism may move the clamping members closer together to engage a mounting rail or away from each other to release the rail. An interchangeable key member may be provided between the clamping members, and may be selected from a set of interchangeable key members.
US11506365B2
An illuminator enables the selection of different color temperatures for different medical, dental or surgical procedures. A first circuit board is moveable with respect to the housing and a second circuit board is fixed within the housing. A plurality of LEDs are mounted on the first circuit board, which receives power from electrical contacts between the two boards. A user control enables a user to move the first circuit board between different positions, wherein, in each position, different LEDs or combinations of the LEDs emit light through the light-transmission window. Movement of the user control may cause the first circuit board to rotate or slide relative the second circuit board. The source of electrical power may be remote or integrated batteries. The rear portion of the housing may include a mount for attaching the illuminator to eyeglass frames, a headband, or other head-mounting apparatus.
US11506357B2
A vehicle head lamp includes a spatial light modulator and a control device. The vehicle head lamp forms a desired light distribution pattern by radiating light forward via the spatial light modulator, a high luminous intensity region and a low luminous intensity region adjacent to an outer edge of the high luminous intensity region are formed in the desired light distribution pattern to be irradiated by controlling the spatial light modulator, the low luminous intensity region is configured such that the luminous intensity decreases gradationally from the outer edge of the high luminous intensity region toward an outside of the low luminous intensity region, and the control device controls the spatial light modulator so as to relatively change at least one of sizes, luminous intensities, and positions of the high luminous intensity region and the low luminous intensity region based on a traveling condition of a vehicle.
US11506353B2
A light guide for a lamp of an automobile includes at least one body made of elastic material adapted to conduct, at least partly, light rays within itself by total internal reflection; a supporting structure adapted to connect the at least one body to the lamp. The body comprises: at least one light inlet portion, from which the light rays emitted by at least one light source enter the body; a plurality of light emission portions, from which the light rays exit the light guide, so as to be visible to an observer. The light guide comprises at least two connection elements adapted to permit fastening the body to the supporting structure. The body includes at least one pliable portion between the at least two connection elements so that the body can be bent and/or curved to take a plurality of different conformations.
US11506351B1
A highly simulated electronic candle includes a simulated casing, a battery holder, a circuit board, a wick wire, and a flame front. A top of the simulated casing is depressed downwards to form a first groove, and an epoxy resin is injected into the first groove to form a simulated wax oil layer. The battery holder is arranged at an inner bottom end of the simulated casing. The circuit board is electrically connected to the battery holder. The wick wire is electrically connected to the circuit board and extending upwards through the simulated wax oil layer. The flame front is fixedly connected to a top end of the wick wire. The highly simulated electronic candle has a high simulation degree, simulates a wax oil dripping or a flame reflection of a real candle after burnt.
US11506343B2
A system for storing solid state hydrogen includes: a solid state hydrogen storage pellet including a magnetic material and storing solid state hydrogen therein; an inner container surrounding the solid state hydrogen storage pellet; and a coil surrounding the inner container, wherein when current is supplied to the coil, the current reacts with the magnetic material included in the solid state hydrogen storage pellet to form an induction magnetic field, thereby heating the solid state hydrogen storage pellet.
US11506342B1
A method and a precooling system are provided for precooling gaseous fuel supplied for fueling pressurized gaseous vehicle onboard storage tank systems. The precooling system is used in pressurized gaseous fueling stations with source fuels in cryogenic state, such as liquid hydrogen (LH2) and liquefied nature gas (LNG). A thermal buffer heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger medium, and a cold loop and a warm loop contained in the heat exchanger medium. A control unit is configured for controlling cryogenic fuel supplied to the cold loop for cooling the thermal buffer heat exchanger. The thermal buffer heat exchanger enables precooling high pressure gaseous fuel to a preset temperature supplied to a dispenser supplying high pressure gaseous fuel to refuel a vehicle onboard storage tank system.
US11506330B2
A rotatable base stand with a rotatable powering source that includes a lower base body, an electrical body plug for powering the rotatable base, an upper base body with a top surface defining an extension outlet port and with an extension electrical outlet coupled thereto, wherein the extension electrical outlet has outlet ports, is disposed within the extension outlet port, is oriented in a longitudinal direction, and is operably configured to electrically couple with the electrical body plug. The stand also includes an electrical extension plug electrically coupled to the extension electrical outlet and operably to provide power to objects supported by the base stand. The base stand also includes a bearing assembly and a motor that is operably coupled to the upper base body and operably configured to selectively rotate the upper base body 360° along a base rotation path with respect to the lower base body.
US11506325B2
A device is for operation on a pressurized bolt connection between a first flanged tubular and a second flanged tubular. The device has a first clamping member with a first contact portion adapted to bear against the flange of the first tubular, a second clamping member with a second contact portion adapted to bear against the flange of the second tubular, and a connection arrangement for pulling the first clamping member and second clamping member together. The first contact portion and the second contact portion are adapted to bear at an inner part of the flanges between the bolts of the bolt connection and the body of the two tubulars.
US11506322B2
The invention relates to an arrangement (100) having a liquid tank (10), at least one line (11, 11a, 11b) connected to the liquid tank (10), through which liquid (F) can be transported from the liquid tank (10), and a pump (13) connected to the at least one line (11, 11a, 11b) for conveying the liquid (F) from the liquid tank (10) through the at least one line (11, 11a, 11b) in the direction of flow (R) during an operating phase, wherein a pressure accumulator (14) connected to the at least one line (11, 11a, 11b) is provided, by means of which a pressure can be generated in the at least one line (11, 11a, 11b) outside of the operating phase, and a ventilating element (15, 15a, 15b), which can be transitioned into an open position and into a closed position, is arranged along the at least one line (11, 11a, 11b), wherein, outside of the operating phase, a pressure impulse within the at least one line (11, 11a, 11b) can be generated by the pressure generated by the pressure accumulator (14) and a subsequent transition of the ventilating element (15, 15a, 15b) into the open position in order to drain the line (11, 11a, 11b) of the fluid (F).
US11506319B2
A hot tap assembly for accessing a subsea fluid system includes a landing structure configured to releasably attach to a subsea fluid conduit of the subsea fluid system, a clamp assembly positionable on the landing structure, where in the clamp assembly includes a hot tap clamp including a first jaw and a second jaw, wherein a first annular seal assembly and a second annular seal assembly are disposed on an engagement surface of the second jaw, and a drill assembly positionable on the landing structure, wherein the drill assembly includes a drill disposed in a central conduit that is insertable through a central passage formed in the second jaw of the clamp assembly, wherein the hot tap clamp is configured to actuate between an open position configured to receive the subsea fluid conduit and a closed position configured to sealingly engage the subsea fluid conduit with the first seal assembly and the second seal assembly of the clamp assembly.
US11506317B2
A mounting device facilitates connecting an Internet of Things (IoT) device, such as thermostatic radiator valve (TRV) and automatic temperature balanced actuator (ABA), to a hydronic heating/cooling system to control the temperature of a room by changing the flow of hot/cold water through radiator. The mounting devices includes a male section and a female section, which is attached to the IoT device. The mounting device may be installed in two stages. First, a male section is attached to a component of the hydronic heating/cooling system (for example, a valve or manifold) by threading the male section onto the component. Second, a female section, is positioned to male section and locked into place by rotating a rotary sleeve. The female section (with the IoT device) may be easily removed by rotating the rotary sleeve into an unlock position.
US11506305B2
A method of custom manufacturing a fluid pressure reduction device for use in a process control valve. The method includes creating the fluid pressure reduction device using an additive manufacturing technique, which generally includes forming a body and forming a plurality of flow paths in the body. The body has an inner wall and an outer wall spaced radially outward of the inner wall. The flow paths are formed in the body between the inner wall and the outer wall of the body. Each of the flow paths includes an inlet aperture, an outlet aperture, and an intermediate section extending between the inlet and outlet apertures. At least a portion of the intermediate section extends in a substantially vertical direction that is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, such that the flow paths are able to utilize previously un-used space in the device.
US11506300B2
A servo valve comprises a first spool extending along a first spool axis, a second spool extending along a second spool axis, a first piezoelectric actuator, and a second piezoelectric actuator. The first piezoelectric actuator is operatively connected to the first spool for translating the first spool in response to a voltage applied thereto. The second piezoelectric actuator is operatively connected to the second spool for translating the second spool in response to a voltage applied thereto.
US11506299B2
A rotary valve including a housing with a removable housing cover, a rotor within the housing which is at least partially placeable outside the housing by detaching and displacing the housing cover away from the housing so as to enable access for cleaning or inspection of the rotary valve, wherein an end portion of a shaft of the rotor is mounted in a bearing assembly supported by the housing cover, which bearing assembly comprises a first bearing and a second bearing that are adjustable in position so as to maintain the shaft of the rotor in a level orientation with reference to the housing when the housing cover is moved away from the housing, wherein the first bearing and the second bearing are movable with respect to each other in a direction transversely to a longitudinal direction of the shaft.
US11506296B1
A safety valve stem cap includes a valve tool that can be used for removing the valve stem and quickly deflating the tube for travel or storage. The valve stem cap has a frustoconical-shaped body with a circular bottom edge and a flat upper surface. The valve tool extends within a recess defined within the cap body. The valve tool includes a planar floor and two upright prongs extending from the floor. In an embodiment, the floor of the valve tool is integrally connected with the cap body. In an embodiment, the valve tool includes a hollow body mounted within the recess. The planar floor and upright prongs extend within the hollow body.
US11506295B2
A valve device includes a valve body; a cylindrical member provided in an accommodation recess and communicating with the first flow path; a valve seat supported by the cylindrical member; a seal member interposed between the periphery of the opening of first flow path on the bottom surface of the accommodation recess and the lower end portion of the cylindrical member; an annular plate which is flexible, air-tightly or liquid-tightly fixed to an annular support portion formed on the inner peripheral surface of the accommodation recess, air-tightly or liquid-tightly fixed to an annular support portion formed on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member and has a plurality of openings communicating with the second flow path; and a diaphragm that moves between an open position at which the diaphragm does not contact the valve seat and a closed position at which the diaphragm contacts the valve seat.
US11506292B2
A high pressure valve includes a valve body having a surface defining a corresponding portion of a conduit and a pocket. A removable insert is removably inserted into the pocket of the valve body and has surface defining a corresponding portion of the conduit. A seal insert is spaced from the valve body by the removable insert and has an interface with the removable insert. A moving member interfaces with the seal insert for selectively closing the conduit, the interface between the seal insert and the removable insert allows play between the seal insert and the removable insert in response to movement of the moving member.
US11506287B2
A seal protection mechanism for a shaft seal of a land-based vehicle is described. The seal protection mechanism comprises a fixed part and a rotary part. The fixed part is fixed relative to the vehicle. The rotary part is rotatable relative to the fixed part about an axis. The rotary part is configured to rotate with a shaft about which the shaft seal is disposed. One of the fixed part and the rotary part comprises an axial opening. The other of the fixed part and the rotary part is at least partly received in the axial opening. The fixed part and the rotary part define a passageway. At least one of the fixed part and the rotary part comprises a debris breaking portion. The debris breaking portion is disposed in the passageway. In use, rotation of the rotary part relative to the fixed part causes the debris breaking portion to break apart any debris passing through said passageway towards the shaft seal. The seal protection mechanism therefore acts to protect the shaft seal by breaking apart debris before said debris can reach the shaft seal. This is beneficial because the shaft seal is a vulnerable component which can be damaged by debris.
US11506284B1
A multi-pawl park lock includes a gear wheel, an actuation ring, a first pawl, a second pawl, and first and second strut rods. The first pawl includes a first tooth and the second pawl includes a second tooth. The strut rods connect the actuation ring to respective pawls. The actuation ring is arranged to rotate in a first rotational direction to rotate the first pawl about a first pawl axis and engage the first tooth with the gear wheel, and rotate the second pawl about a second pawl axis and engage the second tooth with the gear wheel, preventing rotation of the gear wheel. The actuation ring is also arranged to rotate in a second rotational direction, opposite the first rotational direction, to rotate the first pawl and disengage the first tooth, and rotate the second pawl and disengage the second tooth, permitting rotation of the gear wheel.
US11506279B2
An adjustable shifter for a vehicle is provided. The adjustable shifter comprises a body, a shift shaft mounted within the body, and a height adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a height of the shift shaft relative to the body in a continuously adjustable manner throughout an operating height range of the shift shaft.
US11506274B2
A vehicular power transmitting system including a power transmitting member, an oil pump, and an oil piping assembly, and the oil piping assembly includes an oil piping body having an oil inlet and fixed, and a branch pipe. The branch pipe has a width direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the oil piping body, and includes proximal and distal end portions. The proximal end portion is connected to the oil piping body, and the distal end portion has a delivery nozzle from which the oil is delivered toward the lubricated portion. The branch pipe has an opening formed in the proximal end portion, for communication of the branch pipe with the oil piping body, the opening having a dimension in a width direction of the branch pipe, which dimension is larger than a dimension of the distal end portion in the width direction of the branch pipe.
US11506272B2
A support member may be connectable in a removable and adjustable manner to a track assembly. The support member may include an electrical connector, a contact, and a biasing member. The electrical connector may be adjustable to a first position and a second position. The contact may be connected to the electrical connector and configured to engage a conductor of said track assembly. The contact may be engageable with said conductor when the electrical connector is in the first position. The contact may not be engageable with said conductor when the electrical connector is in the second position. The biasing member may be configured to bias the contact into engagement with said conductor when the electrical connector is in the first position.
US11506261B2
A gear device includes an outer cylinder; an internal member at least partially housed in the outer cylinder and configured to rotate relative to the outer cylinder about a predetermined rotation axis; a first main bearing fitted into an annular space formed between the outer cylinder and the internal member; and a second main bearing fitted into the annular space and configured to define the rotation axis in cooperation with the first main bearing. A distance between a first intersection where a load action line of the first main bearing intersects with the rotation axis and a second intersection where a load action line of the second main bearing intersects with the rotation axis is set to fall within a range expressed by a predetermined inequality expression.
US11506254B2
A low-profile shock isolating payload mounting assembly comprises a first mount, a second mount, and an isolator. The second mount is movable relative to the first mount and comprises a riser comprising an inclined surface. The isolator comprises an inner frame and an outer frame. The inner frame couples to the first mount and comprises a platform and a leg extending from the platform. The leg is inclined to be complementary to the inclined surface of the second mount. The outer frame couples to the second mount and comprises an opening for accessing the platform of the inner frame. The rail is inclined so as to be complementary to the leg to capture the leg between the rail of the outer frame and the inclined surface of the second mount. The isolator operates to dampen vibrations and shocks propagating between the first and second mounts.
US11506252B2
An adjustable damping valve device includes a coil carrier with a coil which is wound on an inner sleeve and which has two wire ends which protrude over a winding body. A back iron having a passage for a power supply line of the coil is placed on the coil carrier. The wire ends of the coil are co-located adjacent to one another in an outlet area of the coil carrier, and the back iron has a radial slot which extends from the outer edge of the back iron to the passage and has a width which corresponds at least to the width of the outlet area.
US11506240B2
A modular linking system provides a positioning and supporting structure for mounting various components, particularly on a wheelchair structure. A wheelchair kit includes such a modular linking system and further wheelchair includes at least one modular linking system or at least one wheelchair kit.
US11506238B2
A thermally stabilized fastener system and method is disclosed. The disclosed system/method integrates a fastener (FAS) incorporating a faster retention head (FRH), fastener retention body (FRB), and fastener retention tip (FRT) to couple a mechanical member stack (MMS) in a thermally stabilized fashion using a fastener retention receiver (FRR). The MMS includes a temperature compensating member (TCM), a first retention member (FRM), and an optional second retention member (SRM). The TCM is constructed using a tailored thermal expansion coefficient (TTC) that permits the TCM to compensate for the thermal expansion characteristics of the FAS, FRM, and SRM such that the force applied by the FRH and FRR portions of the FAS to the MMS is tailored to a specific temperature force profile (TFP) over changes in MMS/FAS temperature. The TCM may be selected with a TTC to achieve a uniform TFP over changes in MMS/FAS temperature.
US11506235B2
A set including a first element with a cylindrical shaped part, a second element having a cylindrical shaped groove with a circular opening in an outer surface of the second element, and a mechanical locking device. The mechanical locking device includes a tongue groove, a displacement groove and a flexible tongue in the displacement groove, and is configured to lock the cylindrical shaped part to the cylindrical shaped groove. The flexible tongue is configured to cooperate with the tongue groove for locking the cylindrical shaped part to the cylindrical shaped groove. The flexible tongue is configured to be reshaped and displaced in the displacement groove during locking, and spring back to a locked position. The flexible tongue is configured to exert a spring force on the tongue groove in the locked position.
US11506234B2
The present invention discloses a telescopic rod connector, which includes an outer sleeve, an inner sleeve and a screw rod. The screw rod has opposite a first end and a second end, and a rod body between them. The inner sleeve sleeves on the rod body and can rotate and slide along it, and the inner sleeve is provided with positioning convex strips. The outer sleeve includes a notch ring and a plurality of outer arc members extending from the notch ring. U-shaped notches are arranged between adjacent two the outer arc members; the outer sleeve is arranged on the outside of the inner sleeve and the notch ring is close to the first end, and the positioning convex strips are inserted into the U-shaped notches. The outer sleeve is rotated to drive the inner sleeve to slide along the rod body.
US11506228B2
A drive circuit for operating a solenoid includes a main switch and a charge pump circuit. The main switch is coupled in series with a coil of the solenoid. The main switch is configured to selectively enable current flow from a voltage source according to a main switching signal to translate a poppet of the solenoid between an opened position and a closed position. The charge pump circuit is coupled to the voltage source. The charge pump circuit is configured to discharge through the coil to translate the poppet from the closed position to the opened position, and to charge when the poppet is held in the opened position.
US11506227B2
A device for supplying hydraulic energy in a chassis system of a vehicle, including a first and a second motor-pump unit which are mechanically firmly connected to each other, the two motor-pump units preferably being designed identical in structure.
US11506225B2
A vacuum breaking device for a vacuum generator, includes a main housing, wherein the main body is provided with an air supply port, a vacuum interface chamber and a vacuum generating chamber. An intake passage is arranged inside the main housing, a pilot valve controlled by an electromagnetic pilot valve assembly is arranged between the intake passage and the air supply port. The pilot valve includes a pilot valve body, a pilot valve core and a pilot valve spring. A throttle pipe is arranged axially inside the main housing. A pneumatic on-off valve is arranged between the vacuum interface chamber and the vacuum generating chamber and outside the throttle pipe. The pneumatic on-off valve includes a slide core and a slide core spring, and a control chamber mated with an end surface of the slide core is arranged inside the main housing.
US11506218B2
A method for optimizing the blade axis position of a water pump under all operating conditions which includes determination of multiple calculation conditions within the range of all the operating conditions of the water pump, three-dimensional modeling and mesh generation of the calculation area of the flow field of the water pump at multiple blade angles, numerical simulation of the flow field and calculation and determination of blade hydraulic torques under multiple conditions, determination of the range of the position of the blade resultant hydraulic pressure action line and an optimal blade axis position under all the operating conditions, determination of the small region of the optimal blade axis position under all the operating conditions, determination of the optimal blade axis position, and comparison of the blade hydraulic torques before and after optimization of the blade axis position.
US11506201B2
The distance between openings of two supply passages that are closest to an accommodating recess is less than the distance between openings of two injection ports that are closest to compression chambers. This configuration minimizes the volume of the space in the accommodating recess between a check valve and the two supply passages, unlike a case in which the distance between the openings of the supply passages that are closest to the accommodating recess is greater than or equal to the distance between the openings of the two injection ports that are closest to the compression chambers. This reduces the flow rate of refrigerant that flows into the accommodating recess from the compression chambers in a compression process through the injection ports and the supply passages.
US11506198B2
A multiflow pump for fluids, having an electromagnetic translator drive, a displacement piston unit, a pump head, and at least one outlet valve device. The displacement piston contains a bearing journal with a spring receptacle, a carrier plate, and a plurality of pump pistons, wherein the displacement piston unit is configured in one piece.
US11506197B2
Systems and methods for controlling downhole linear motors to minimize connections to surface equipment. In one embodiment, an ESP system is coupled by a power cable to equipment at the surface of a well. The ESP system includes a linear motor and a reciprocating pump. The motor has a set of position sensors that sense the position of a mover in the motor. Combining circuitry (E.G., XOR gate) combines the outputs of the position sensors into a single composite signal in which signal components corresponding to the position sensors are indistinguishable. A single channel carries the composite signal from the ESP system to the surface equipment. A control system determines a starting position of the motor and determines its subsequent position based on transitions in the composite signal. The motor is then operated based on the position determined from the composite signal.
US11506193B2
An aerosol-generating device includes a pump. The pump includes a first pump chamber and a second pump chamber on opposing sides of a separation element. Each of the first pump chamber and the second pump chamber have an inlet valve and an outlet valve configured to establish a pumping direction. The pump also includes a first actuator and a second actuator. The first actuator is associated with the first pump chamber and the second actuator is associated with the second pump chamber. The first actuator and the second actuator are each configured to change a chamber volume of the respective pump chamber. The pump further includes a common inlet, and a common outlet. The common inlet and common outlet are in fluid communication with the first pump chamber and the second pump chamber and are configured to establish a flow direction. The pumping direction is aligned with the flow direction.
US11506190B2
A pump assembly for use within a high pressure pumping system includes housing, a head and a base. The housing contains at least one centrifugal pump stage. The head and base are attached to the housing with corresponding internal threaded connections. The head and base are further retained to the housing with corresponding external flanged connections. The external flanged connections provide redundant connections that reduce the risk of separation between the housing and the head and base.
US11506181B2
A smart wind turbine blade and lightning protection system for smart wind turbine blades thereof is provided. More in particular, it relates to a smart wind turbine blade including a lightning protection system including active components such as the type for de-icing systems, sensors and/or flaps among others wherein the path of the lightning current is guided to avoid the hub preventing currents to flow through the bearings which may causes significant damage to them and also to the metallic cabinet from where active components are electrically fed.
US11506170B1
Disclosed is a generator device using potential energy, relating to the field of new technologies. The generator device using potential energy includes a ball buoy and connecting rods, the ball buoy includes a casing, flywheels, a transmission gear and generators, the flywheel, the transmission gear and the generators are located inside the casing. A generator gear is provided on a rotary shaft of each of the generators, the transmission gear is provided with external teeth and internal teeth, and the generator gear is engaged with the internal teeth, and the flywheels are engaged with the external teeth. The connecting rods are each connected with one of the flywheels inside the casing through a rotating shaft arranged on the casing, and the flywheels are driven to rotate in one direction by the connecting rods through the rotating shaft.
US11506169B2
An apparatus for igniting a combustible mixture. In one example, the apparatus can include a coaxial cavity resonator assembly in a combustion environment. The apparatus can also include an operational feedback system and a controller. The operational feedback system can measure at least one of a voltage value and a current value of the coaxial cavity resonator assembly in the combustion environment. The controller can be configured to determine a condition of the coaxial cavity resonator assembly and modulate operation of the coaxial cavity resonator assembly based at least in part on the determined condition.
US11506157B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for an air intake assembly comprising an airbox defining a plenum for enclosing an air filter, an intake tube attached to the air filter at a first end of the intake tube, the intake tube having a shoulder, and a multi-lipped gasket for detachably connecting the intake tube to the airbox, the multi-lipped gasket comprising a body portion defining a bore for sealingly engaging the intake tube, a lip adjacent the bore for engaging the shoulder of the intake tube, and a pair of distal lips for sealingly engaging the airbox, wherein the airbox, the air filter, and the intake tube are adapted so that air flows into the airbox, through the air filter, through the intake tube, and into a combustion engine (optionally reaching the combustion engine by first passing through a turbocharger and intercooler) of a vehicle.
US11506154B1
A valve assembly includes a valve housing defining a flow passage configured to receive exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, and defining a bore extending along a bore axis and fluidly coupled to said flow passage. The valve assembly also includes a valve body for controlling the flow of exhaust gas through the bore, and a shaft coupled to the valve body. The valve body is moveable between a closed position and an open position when the shaft rotates about the axis. The vale assembly additionally includes a first biasing member coupled to the shaft and configured to bias the shaft along the shaft axis in a first direction, and a second biasing member coupled to the shaft and configured to bias the valve body in the first direction along the shaft axis.
US11506152B2
A carbon canister includes a main body with a chamber containing activated carbon, an end cover mounted to the main body, the end cover and the main body enclosing and forming a cavity, the end cover having a desorption port for connecting with and engine, a Venturi tube mounted in the cavity and including an inlet segment, and a throat and a back suction tube. An inner diameter of the throat is smaller than an inner diameter of the inlet segment. The inlet segment communicates with the activated carbon containing chamber, the throat communicates with the desorption port, the back suction tube connects to the throat, and the back suction tube extends to the bottom of the cavity. Thereby, a negative pressure is created, the fuel collected within the carbon canister is desorbed to the engine so that the fuel utilization is improved, and the exhaust emission is reduced.
US11506150B2
Methods and systems are provided for indication of a degradation in an EVAP and/or fuel system. In one example, a method for indication of a presence or absence of a degradation in a refueling system may include vacuum pull-down and pressure bleed-up tests being carried out based on a state of submersion of a spud valve in liquid fuel in a fuel tank.
US11506147B2
A hybrid rocket engine with a vortex flow field injection system that produces a high-speed sustained vortex flow field is described. The hybrid rocket engine includes a generally cylindrical injection chamber with an inner circumference to comprise an outer edge of a solid propellant grain in the hybrid rocket engine. The engine also includes an injection system that has a throttle valve and an injector that injects injection fluid into the engine and produces a vortex flow-field for the injected fluid. The injector includes at least one primary feed line that distributes the injection fluid throughout a pre-swirl chamber and multiple orifices along an inner edge of the injection chamber. The pre-swirl chamber connects to the injection chamber and at least one of the primary feed lines and redirects a primary fluid flow of the injected fluid from a primary axial direction to a centrifugal direction.
US11506143B2
The invention relates to a concentric gas flow mixer in a multiple-flow turbomachine, comprising a nominally cylindrical upstream part and a downstream part having outer and inner lobes distributed peripherally around the tower of said mixer, characterised in that it comprises at least one modified lobe having a wall thickness, in at least one area, which is different from the other lobes, so as to modify the vibratory response of said mixer.
US11506135B2
An engine system is provided, which includes an engine, a swirl control valve, and a controller. The engine includes a cylinder, a piston, and a fuel injection valve provided incliningly with respect to an axial direction of the piston and configured to directly inject fuel into the cylinder. The swirl control valve is provided inside an intake passage and generates a swirl flow inside the cylinder at least when the valve closes. When an engine load is below a given threshold, the controller controls the swirl control valve to close, and controls the fuel injection valve to inject fuel during an intake stroke. While the engine load is below the threshold, at a fixed engine speed, the controller controls to advance a fuel injection timing when the engine load is at a first load, compared with at a second load higher than the first load.
US11506134B1
Closing timing of an intake port is changed without using a variable valve timing mechanism. An electric vehicle includes an engine for electricity generation in which closing timing of an intake port maximizes intake air charging efficiency in a specific revolution speed region, a sensor which outputs a signal related to a revolution speed of the engine, a controller which drives the engine at a revolution speed based on the signal of the sensor, a requested electricity generation amount being satisfied at the revolution speed, and a motor which applies a positive or negative torque to the engine. When the engine is driven in a revolution speed region other than the specific revolution speed region, the controller uses the motor to apply a positive or a negative torque to the engine in an intake stroke to change the closing timing of the intake port to increase intake air charging efficiency.
US11506119B2
An internal combustion engine may include a first piston reciprocatingly disposed in a first cylinder, a combustion chamber fluidly coupled with the first cylinder, and an ignition source at least partially disposed within the combustion chamber. An intake valve may provide selective fluid communication between an intake system and the combustion chamber, and an exhaust valve may provide selective fluid communication between an exhaust system and the combustion chamber. A second piston may be reciprocatingly disposed within a second cylinder. A crankshaft may be coupled with the first piston and the second piston for rotational motion associated with reciprocating movement of the first piston and the second piston.
US11506114B2
A variable geometry turbocharger (100) includes a bearing housing (10) including a bearing-housing side support portion (40) configured to support a radially outer portion (38) of a nozzle mount (16) from a side opposite to a scroll flow passage (4) in an axial direction of a turbine rotor (2), and wherein at least one of the following condition (a) or (b) is satisfied: (a) the bearing-housing side support portion (40) includes at least one bearing-housing side recess portion (46) formed so as to be recessed in the axial direction so as not to be in contact with the radially outer portion (38); (b) the radially outer portion (38) of the nozzle mount (16) includes at least one nozzle-mount side recess portion (62) formed so as to be recessed in the axial direction so as not to be in contact with the bearing-housing side support portion (40).
US11506113B2
The present invention relates to a gas inlet device (1) for a cylinder of an internal combustion engine. The gas inlet device (1) comprises an inlet port (5), an inlet valve (4), a calibration (6) of the inlet valve (4), means for forming a tumble-type aerodynamic movement of the gas in the cylinder, and a mask (10). Furthermore, the intersection (7) between the inlet port (5) and the calibration (6) is along a straight line not parallel to the plane of the firing face (FF). In addition, the mask (10) is oriented in the same way as the end of the inlet port (5).
US11506105B2
Method and system are provided for a retractile exhaust tail pipe for vehicles. The system comprises an exhaust tube mounted to an underbody of a vehicle, an exhaust tip slidably mounted to the exhaust tube, the exhaust tip having a plurality of extension shafts fixed on a second end, and an exhaust tip retract module positioned on the exhaust tube circumscribing an outer surface, the exhaust tip retract module having an actuator, a gear, and a plurality of bearings that mate with the plurality of extension shafts on the exhaust tip. In one example, the system reduces a probability of vehicle tail pipes contacting a ground surface in an off-road condition.
US11506099B1
An exhaust treatment assembly for receiving exhaust gas from a motor vehicle includes a mix pipe, a sheath, and a heater. The mix pipe at least partially defines a passage adapted to receive the exhaust gas and a chemical reductant. The sheath includes a first end fluidly sealed to the mix pipe. At least a portion of the sheath is radially spaced apart from the mix pipe to at least partially define a gap. The heater is disposed in the gap. The heater is adapted to heat a reductant impingement surface.
US11506095B1
A method for determining a consumption amount of an engine oil of a vehicle includes starting, by a controller, an engine of the vehicle; and extracting and determining, by the controller, a consumption amount of the engine oil of the vehicle per unit time from a memory storing the consumption amount of the engine oil per unit time, in response to a speed of the started engine and an intake air pressure of the started engine.
US11506082B2
An oil scavenge system for a gas turbine engine comprising an oil tank and at least one bearing chamber. The oil scavenge system comprises at least one primary scavenge pump, a manifold, a secondary scavenge pump, a deaerator and a filter unit. The at least one primary scavenge pump is configured to pump oil from the at least one bearing chamber to the manifold whilst raising the pressure of the oil from a starting pressure to a first pressure elevated with respect to the starting pressure. The manifold is pressurised to substantially maintain the oil at said first pressure. The secondary scavenge pump is configured to pump oil from the manifold at the first pressure and to raise the pressure of the oil to a second pressure elevated with respect to the first pressure before pumping the oil to the deaerator and through the filter unit to the oil tank.
US11506074B1
A variable-nozzle turbocharger includes a variable-vane mechanism that has an annular nozzle ring supporting an array of rotatable vanes connected to vane arms whose distal ends engage recesses in the radially inner periphery of a rotatable unison ring. Rotation of the unison ring causes the vane arms to pivot about their respective pivot axes at the proximal ends of the arms. The vanes are locked in their fully open position by a locking arrangement that includes locking tongues that extend radially inwardly from the inner periphery of the unison ring and contact the vane arms intermediate their distal and proximal ends.
US11506072B2
A blade assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a rotor, a stator, a seal plate, and a sealing member. The rotor includes a rotor blade and a rotor disc. The rotor disc defines a bucket groove which receives a cooling fluid from a first cavity upstream of the rotor. The sealing member includes a control arm. The sealing member and the rotor define a flow cavity therebetween in fluid communication with an aperture of the seal plate. The flow cavity receives the cooling fluid flowing through the bucket groove and the aperture. The control arm and the seal plate define a gap therebetween fluidly communicating the flow cavity with a second cavity between the stator and the rotor. The control arm deflects at least a portion of the cooling fluid entering the flow cavity.
US11506068B2
Turbine engine assembly comprising: an external casing (28) of a low-pressure compressor (4), an annular wall (30) and an oil tank (46) with a circular chamber (48) around an axis (14) of the compressor. The wall (30) comprises an inner surface (38) delimiting an primary guide path for the flow of the compressor, and an external surface (40) radially opposite the inner surface and delimiting the internal chamber (48) of the tank (46).
US11506063B2
An airfoil vane includes an airfoil section which includes an outer wall that defines an internal cavity. A baffle is situated in the internal cavity. The baffle includes a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion which is bonded to the leading edge portion at a joint. The leading edge portion and the trailing edge portion define an internal cavity therewithin. Both the leading edge portion and the trailing edge portion include a plurality of cooling holes which are configured to provide cooling air to the airfoil outer wall. The trailing edge portion is formed of sheet metal and the leading edge portion is formed of non-sheet-metal. A method of making a baffle for a vane arc segment and a method of assembling a ceramic matrix composite airfoil vane are also disclosed.
US11506061B2
A turbine rotor blade includes an airfoil, root, and platform that is between the root and a proximate end portion of the airfoil. The blade defines a passage having a first leg, second leg, and arcuate portion. The arcuate portion is at least partially within the platform and connects the first and second legs. The first leg extends between a distal end portion of the airfoil and an inlet of the arcuate portion. The second leg extends from an outlet of the arcuate portion to the distal end portion of the airfoil. The platform includes a first feed passage and branch passages. The first feed passage is open through an extrados of the arcuate portion and is in fluid communication with the branch passages. The inlet of each branch passage is connected with the first feed passage while the outlet is open to an exterior of the platform.
US11506060B1
A radial turbine rotor associated with an engine includes a disk, and a plurality of blades spaced apart about a perimeter of the disk. Each blade includes a forward end, an aft end and a root. The radial turbine rotor includes a plurality of sectors, with each sector coupled to the root of a respective blade of the plurality of blades. Each sector of the plurality of sectors defines a first surface configured to contact a working fluid and a second surface configured to be coupled to the disk, and each sector of the plurality of sectors defines at least one pocket between the first surface and the second surface proximate the forward end that extends toward the aft end. The radial turbine rotor includes a feather seal slot defined between adjacent sectors of the plurality of sectors proximate the first surface.
US11506056B2
A rotary machine, for directing a quantity of fluid from an inlet to an outlet, comprises one or more elliptical or near-elliptical rotors having planetary rotation within a housing. The interior cavity of the housing comprises an inverse apex region that is in contact with the rotor during its rotation. In various embodiments the rotor and housing can be symmetric or asymmetric in cross-section. Features are described that can improve the operation of the machine for various end-use applications. Such features include cut-outs that are fluidly connected to the inlet or outlet ports of the machine, mechanisms for reducing variation in output flow rate from the rotary machine, linings for the interior cavity of the housing, pressure relief mechanisms, dynamic apex seals and other sealing mechanisms.
US11506051B2
A method may comprise positioning a downhole fluid sampling tool into a wellbore, performing a pressure test operation within the wellbore, performing a pumpout operation within the wellbore, identifying when a clean fluid sample may be taken by the downhole fluid sampling tool from at least the pressure test operation and the pumpout operation, and acquiring the clean fluid sample from the wellbore. A system may comprise a downhole fluid sampling tool and an information handling machine. The downhole fluid sampling tool may further comprise one or more probes attached to the downhole fluid sampling tool, one or more stabilizers attached to the downhole fluid sampling tool, and a sensor placed in the downhole fluid sampling tool configured to measure drilling fluid filtrate.
US11506047B2
A monitoring system includes an image sensor positioned about a rig, the image sensor directed at a drill string component positioned on the rig, and an onsite gateway communicably coupled to the image sensor and disposed proximate to the rig. The onsite gateway includes one or more processors, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors and storing programming instructions for execution by the one or more processors. The programming instructions instruct the one or more processors to receive an image stream of the drill string component from the image sensor, identify an operating parameter of the drill string component, generate an operating condition of the drill string component, determine that the generated operating condition meets a failure threshold of the drill string component, and send an instruction to drive a controllable device.
US11506045B2
An apparatus includes a first clamping mechanism configured to grip a tubular member at a first location along the tubular member. The apparatus also includes a second clamping mechanism configured to grip the tubular member at a second location along the tubular member that is axially-offset from the first location. The apparatus also includes a base positioned between the first and second clamping mechanisms. The apparatus also includes a strain gauge coupled to the base.
US11506030B2
An improved perforating gun is provided. The perforating gun includes an outer loading tube, an internal charge holder, an addressable switch housing, and a detonator housing. In some embodiments, the addressable switch housing and the detonator housing are separate components that are joined to the outer loading tube. In other embodiments, the addressable switch housing is integrally joined to a first portion of the internal charge holder and the detonator housing is integrally joined to a second portion of the internal charge holder. When detonated, a plurality of shaped charges create a plurality of perforations through a wellbore casing, the perforations being angularly offset from each other within a single perforation plane, optionally followed by a hydraulic fracturing stage.
US11506027B1
An energy storage device is formed in an earthen well and includes an outer tubular member disposed in the well and an inner tubular member disposed in the outer tubular member. Both the inner and outer tubular members may extend the length of the well. The inner tubular member is porous and includes a catholyte fluid disposed therein. The outer tubular member includes an anolyte fluid disposed therein. An anode terminal is located between the inner and outer tubular members and contacts an external surface of the inner tubular member. A cathode terminal is located in the inner tubular member and contacts the inner surface of the inner tubular member.
US11506026B2
The application is directed to a power system that may be provided in a portable form and operationally configured for use at a work site as a single source of electric power, hydraulic power and pneumatic power for work site operations. In regard to hydraulic fracturing stimulation of a wellbore, the power system is operationally configured as the source of hydraulic power for transportable pumping units of a fracturing operation and for hydraulic power tools, as the source of pneumatic power for pneumatic power tools and as the source of electric power for electric power tools and electronic equipment at a well site.
US11506022B2
There is provided a method for well construction comprising the steps of: a first phase of the well construction, in which a bottom hole assembly, BHA, with a first drill is used for drilling, and a conductor casing is lowered into the well and cemented; a second phase of the well construction, in which a second drill is used for drilling, wherein a production adapter base, PAB, is installed in parallel with lowering a blowout preventer, BOP; and a third phase of the well construction in which a third drill is used for drilling, for the steps of landing and geonavigation inside a reservoir.
US11506014B1
A ferromagnetic fluid can be used to provide a temporary barrier in a wellbore. A magnetic sub can generate an electromagnetic field within the wellbore. The ferromagnetic fluid is retained at a desired location within the wellbore by the electromagnetic field. Ferromagnetic particles in the fluid can clump together or settle to form the temporary barrier. A zonal isolation fluid such as a metallic fluid, a cement composition, or a curable resin composition can be introduced on top of the temporary barrier. The zonal isolation fluid can solidify to form a permanent or semi-permanent barrier to provide zonal isolation of different zones of the subterranean formation.
US11506005B2
Various embodiments include a system to manage a tool on a conveyance from a surface of a wellbore. The system includes a remotely controllable reel to receive the conveyance about the reel and remotely controllable to distribute the conveyance into or out of the wellbore. The system also includes a crane positionable to support the conveyance between the reel and the wellbore.
US11506002B2
The systems, devices, and methods described herein relate to tubular detection on a gripperhead system for a drilling rig. The gripperhead system includes a grabber and a gripper each having first and second grabber arm and pistons connected to the first and second arms. Each arm may also include an inwardly facing gripping surface forming at least a portion of a chamber sized to receive a portion of a cylindrical tubular. One or more sensors may be disposed on the gripperhead system, including proximity sensors disposed on the arms, inductive sensors disposed within the pistons, and ultrasonic sensors disposed on other features of gripperhead system. The one or more sensors may be configured to determine the position of the tubular in relation to the arms, measure the size of the tubular, measure the compression force of the grabber, and ensure that the tubular is secured within the grabber.
US11506001B2
A mobile coiled tubing rig and method for obtaining samples from a formation. The rig having a carrier, a coiled tubing reel positioned on the carrier, a mast pivotally mounted on the carrier, a coiled tubing injector mounted on the mast, at least one wrench for connecting components to the coiled tubing and to each other to form the bottom hole assembly. The rig is operable to perform earth coring operations and/or reverse circulation drilling to obtain samples of a formation for analysis.
US11505998B2
An earth-boring tool may include at least one blade including a shoulder region and a face. A plurality of cutting elements may be arranged on the face of the blade and at least one cutting element may be positioned in the shoulder region such that a cutting face of the at least one cutting element is spaced a distance behind the face of the blade. A recessed portion of the blade may extend under at least one of the plurality of cutting elements arranged on the face of the blade and extending to the at least one cutting element positioned in the shoulder region.
US11505997B2
A horizontal drilling machine with an in-situ detection device, including a support frame, an armored cable, a steel pipe-straightening mechanism, a steel pipe-feeding mechanism, a motor, a power head, a drill pipe, a rotating chuck, a damper, a non-core drilling tool, the in-situ detection device, a fishing device and a thrust cylinder. The steel pipe-straightening mechanism, the steel pipe-feeding mechanism, the rotating chuck and the damper are sequentially fixed on the support frame from left to right. One end of the thrust cylinder is hinged with the support frame, and the other end is connected to the power head. The active drill pipe of the power head is connected to the drill pipe. An end of the armored cable is connected to the fishing device in the drill pipe, and the fishing head of the fishing device is connected to the spearhead of the non-core drilling tool.
US11505995B1
A system and method for automatically digging a hole using a digger assembly on the end of a boom. A controller is configured to receive signals from a plurality of sensors distributed throughout the digging system, along the boom and the digger assembly. Based on the information from the sensors, the controller automatically adjusts one or more parameters of the digging system while digging the hole. The system and method prevent corkscrewing of the digging member, while also allowing for a specific hole depth and hole angle to be dug. Specifically, the system allows for easily and accurately digging a plumb hole.
US11505991B2
A screen device includes a screen retaining member defined by needle-shaped parts attached, in intervals, to a longitudinal base part which is bendable in a pivotally movable direction of each of plural guide units. In an attached condition of the screen retaining member, the longitudinal base part is supported between a rail part and a supporting piece of each of the guide units and all of the needle-shaped parts protrude inwardly between opposing side walls of each of the guide units.
US11505987B2
A light transmitting panel assembly includes a first panel, a second panel, a frame, a gap between the first panel and the second panel, and a first active component located between the first panel and the second panel.
US11505986B2
A projecting fenestration assembly includes a window shell having a plurality of component translucent panels. The window shell includes a shell frame having shell edges and a shell base. The plurality of component translucent panels are seated within the shell frame and surround a light cavity. A carriage frame is coupled with the window shell and supports the window shell. The carriage frame includes one or more carriage struts and a carriage tray extending from the one or more carriage struts to a tray end. The one or more carriage struts are coupled along the shell edges of the window shell. The carriage tray is coupled along the shell base.
US11505975B2
An openable door includes a first engaging member, a second engaging member, and at least one intermediate engaging member. when the openable door pivots from an open position to a closed position, an engaging portion of the first engaging member engages a first engaged portion, and an engaging portion of an engaging portion of the second engaging member engages a second engaged portion before an engaging portion of the intermediate engaging member engages an intermediate shaft body.
US11505964B2
A fence panel construction device includes a structural member and a pair of post members coupled to the structural member. Each post member includes a pair of attachment devices configured to removably attach a pair of fence stringers to the pair of post members. A pair of actuator mechanisms are coupled to a respective one of the pair of post members to position the pair of post members corresponding to a pair of fence posts on a property. A finishing assembly is coupled to the structural member and includes at least one fastening device and at least one trimming device both operable to move vertically. The finishing assembly is operable to move horizontally while the at least one fastening device fastens fence boards to the pair of fence stringers and at least one trimming device trims the fence boards. A method of making a fence panel is provided.
US11505960B2
A method for charging a pool cleaning robot, the method may include positioning a first wireless charging element of a pool cleaning robot within a charging range of a second wireless charging element of a floating unit; wherein the floating unit is electrically and mechanically coupled to an external power source, wherein the positioning comprises moving at least one of the pool cleaning robot and the floating unit; and wirelessly charging, by the second wireless charging element, the first wireless charging element, wherein the charging occurs while maintaining the first wireless charging element within the charging range of the floating unit, despite movements of the floating unit.
US11505958B2
A modular swimming pool includes a precast base unit and a precast riser unit that can be assembled at an installation site to define an interior volume in which a human can swim. The precast riser unit is secured to the base unit. The upper surface of the precast base unit and at least one internal surface of the precast riser unit define the interior volume of the modular pool when the precast base unit and the precast riser unit are secured together. A modular swimming pool assembly is also provided. A method of assembling a modular swimming pool is also provided.
US11505950B2
Two-piece tiles and/or floors comprised of a plurality of such two-piece tiles. In other embodiments, methods and/or processes for manufacturing or assembling such two-piece tiles, and/or to methods of assembling floors comprised of such tiles.
US11505944B2
Various embodiments disclosed relate to a composite shingle. The composite shingle includes a particle layer and a polyketone layer proximate to the particle layer.
US11505940B2
A bullet resistant wall system including ballistic paver blocks constructed, configured, and arranged to form a wall having at least two adjacent individual layers. The at least two adjacent individual layers include multiple adjacent rows of the ballistic paver blocks. The ballistic paver blocks are formed from wet ballistic concrete prepared without an addition of a preformed foam or wet ballistic concrete prepared without an addition of a stabilizing agent.
US11505931B2
A drain strainer includes a base body defining a chamber with opposite water inlet and water outlet, a straining unit disposed in the chamber, and a cover unit including a cover body connected to the straining unit. The straining unit includes a bottom straining member having a plurality of bottom straining holes, and a main straining member disposed on one side of the bottom straining member and including a main straining surrounding wall formed with a plurality of spaced-apart main straining holes. The bottom and main straining holes communicate with each other and with the chamber.
US11505930B2
A floor drain system for installation in a tile floor over a subfloor includes at least one drain module. The drain module has a drain body defining an inlet and installable in the subfloor. The drain body is configured for attachment to a drain pipe below the subfloor. A drain trim assembly defines a linear drain channel sloping along a length of the drain trim assembly that is intercepted by an outlet positionable over the drain body. The drain trim assembly is configured for installation with the tile floor entirely above the subfloor and without physically interfacing with an opening of the drain body.
US11505920B2
A work vehicle includes a work implement operatively connected to a frame through an actuator having a cylinder and a piston rod. Control circuitry is operatively connected to the actuator and includes a processer and a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store program instructions and the processor is configured to execute the stored program instructions to: identify one of an initial retracted reference position of the piston rod based on an initial minimum retracted distance or an initial extended reference position of the piston rod based on an initial maximum extended distance; identifying an end of stroke position of the piston rod after identifying one of the initial retracted reference position of the piston rod or the initial extended reference position of the piston rod; and moving the work implement with respect to the work vehicle based on a work implement command modified by the identified end of stroke position.
US11505919B2
A method for remote operation of machines using a mobile device is disclosed. The mobile device may detect and display one or more machines. The mobile device may establish a wireless connection with a machine. The mobile device may retrieve and display machine related information including one or more machine parameters, one or more implements, and one or more controls of the machine. In addition, the mobile device may transmit input commands received from an operator via the controls to the machine. The machine may be configured to establish the wireless connection with the mobile device and broadcast machine related information to the mobile device. The machine may also execute the input commands received from the mobile device and perform one or more functions. The method includes steps performed by the mobile device and the machine for the remote operation respectively.
US11505917B2
In embodiments, a work vehicle magnetorheological fluid (MRF) joystick system includes a joystick device. The joystick device includes, in turn, a base housing and a joystick, which is rotatable relative to the base housing and which is biased toward a joystick return position. An MRF joystick resistance mechanism is controllable to vary an MRF resistance force impeding movement of the joystick relative to the base housing, while a controller architecture is coupled to the MRF joystick resistance mechanism. The controller configured to: (i) selectively enable an operator adjustment of the joystick return position by a work vehicle operator; and (ii) when enabling the operator adjustment of the joystick return position, command the MRF joystick resistance mechanism to maintain the MRF resistance force at a predetermined level until the operator adjustment of the joystick return position is terminated.
US11505914B2
A vehicular accessory system includes a first accessory pivotable in a first direction via pressurized fluid at a first actuator and pivotable in a second direction via pressurized fluid at a second actuator, and a second accessory pivotable in a third direction via pressurized fluid at a third actuator and pivotable in a fourth direction via pressurized fluid at a fourth actuator. A valve assembly is in fluid communication with the first, second, third and fourth actuators. Responsive to pivoting of the first accessory to a first fully pivoted orientation, the valve assembly automatically operates to supply pressurized fluid to the third actuator to pivot the second accessory in the third direction. Responsive to pivoting of the first accessory to a second fully pivoted orientation, the valve assembly automatically operates to supply pressurized fluid to the fourth actuator to pivot the second accessory in the fourth direction.
US11505910B2
A retaining wall block kit includes a block and an adjustable setback bar having a break line extending along a widthwise centerline between the front surface and the rear surface. The block has alignment knuckles protruding downwardly from a bottom surface of a front section, and has a receiver channel extending laterally across a top surface of the front section for receiving the alignment knuckles of an adjacent upper block. The setback bar can be removably located within the receiver channel, and is configured to be split along the break line. Thus, the setback bar is adjustable by being modified or omitted altogether to change the distance between the alignment knuckles and a front surface of the receiver channel and thereby allow the setback of the retaining wall to be changed as desired.
US11505909B1
A system for a batter piling guide including a base plate assembly and a level assembly is disclosed. The base plate assembly includes a base plate with a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion includes a slit that has notches at predetermined locations. A level of the level assembly is secured to the base plate with fasteners. The fasteners are slidable within the slit and secured at desired notches that correspond with a desired angle. The angle setting is monitored for batter piles being driven into a ground surface. The base plate and level are in abutting contact with the batter piles and the desired angle remains constant if the batter pile is being driven properly.
US11505907B2
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A method for regulating and controlling discharge flow of a dammed lake includes steps of: (S1) estimating a most dangerous discharge condition; (S2) based on the most dangerous discharge condition, calculating a structural internal force of the steel flexible net; (S3) based on the internal force of the steel flexible net, calculating an anti-slide embedded depth at two sides of the steel flexible net; (S4) based on the most dangerous discharge condition, manually excavating a channel; and (S5) based on the anti-slide embedded depth at the two sides of the steel flexible net, embedding the steel flexible net into a barrier dam. According to the present invention, the steel flexible net is laid on the upstream slope of the barrier dam, two sides of the steel flexible net is embedded into the slope body with gravels of the barrier dam, and cooperates with the channel for usage.
US11505902B2
The present disclosure provides various aspects for mobile and automated processing utilizing additive manufacturing and the methods for their utilization. In some examples, discrete material formats for use in an Additive Manufacturing Array are disclosed. Methods of using the additive manufacturing robot, discrete materials, and the roadways produced with the additive manufacturing robot are provided. A combined function Addibot, with Additive Manufacturing capabilities, cleaning capabilities, line painting capabilities and seal coating capabilities which may be used in concert with a camera equipped aerial drone for design and characterization function is described.
US11505896B2
The present invention is a synthetic leather including a base fabric (i), an intermediate layer (ii), and a skin layer (iii), in which the intermediate layer (ii) is formed of an aqueous urethane resin composition (C) containing a urethane resin (A) and an aqueous medium (B), the urethane resin (A) is a reaction product of a polyol (a1) containing a polyol (a1-1) having an anionic group and an aromatic polyisocyanate (a2), and has an anionic group in a concentration of 0.35 mmol/g or less, the skin layer (iii) is formed of an aqueous urethane resin composition (Z) containing a urethane resin (X) and an aqueous medium (Y), and the urethane resin (X) is a reaction product obtained by using a polyol (b1), a reactive silicone (b2) having a functional group which reacts with an isocyanate group, and a polyisocyanate (b3) as essential raw materials.
US11505895B2
The present disclosure is relates to an artificial leather. The artificial leather includes multi-layer thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) mesh layers. Fiber fineness of the TPU mesh layers ranges from 5 μm to 30 μm, and peeling strength of the TPU mesh layers is greater than 2.5 Kg/cm.
US11505890B2
A clothes dryer has a front support and a filter apparatus. The front support includes a drying air duct having an air outlet that communicates with a circulation air duct arranged inside the clothes dryer. An air inlet of the drying air duct communicates with a clothes treating chamber of the clothes dryer. The filter apparatus is inserted into and mounted in the air duct from the air inlet and covers the whole cross section of the drying air duct. The entire filter apparatus can be accommodated and mounted in the internal space of the front support, so that the area of the filter apparatus blocking thread scraps is increased, and the filtering efficiency is improved.
US11505889B2
The present disclosure relates to a washing machine and a control method of the same. The washing machine includes: a detergent supply device which supplies a liquid additive to the tub; and a controller which controls the operation of the detergent supply device. The detergent supply device includes: a plurality of cartridges which contain the additive respectively; an electrode sensor which detects conductivity of the additive contained in the plurality of cartridges; and a pump which extracts the additive contained in the cartridge. The controller determines a type of additive contained in the cartridge based on a detection value of the electrode sensor.
US11505887B2
A water ozonation system (18) that receives source water (16) from a water source (14) and converts it to ozonated water (20) for use in a washing machine (12) includes a system body (30), an ozone generator (38), a sensor assembly (21), and a controller (46). The system body (30) receives the source water (16) from the water source (14). The ozone generator (38) is configured to generate ozone. The ozone generator (38) is coupled the system body (30). The sensor assembly (21) is also coupled to the system body (30). The sensor assembly (21) is configured to sense at least one ambient environmental condition and generate at least one electronic data signal based on the sensed at least one ambient environmental condition. The controller (46) receives the at least one electronic data signal from the sensor assembly (21) and regulates a level of ozone that is generated by the ozone generator (38) based at least in part on the at least one electronic data signal.
US11505886B2
A shiftable backing feed or shiftable needle assembly is utilized with a tufting machine having reciprocating needles and gauge parts for seizing or cutting yarns wherein yarn placement patterns can be utilized to tuft at different gauge densities while maintaining the same pattern sizes and appearance.
