US11527140B2
In an example method, a mobile device obtains sample data generated by one or more sensors over a period of time, where the one or more sensors are worn by a user. The mobile device determines that the user has fallen based on the sample data, and determines, based on the sample data, a severity of an injury suffered by the user. The mobile device generates one or more notifications based on the determination that the user has fallen and the determined severity of the injury.
US11527135B2
Gaming systems that provide an award digit covering and uncovering feature for a gaming environment, wherein when an award triggering event occurs, the part of the award provided to the player is based on which digits of the award are covered and which digits of the uncovered at the time of the occurrence of the award triggering event.
US11527133B2
A system and method that utilize a ticket voucher complete one or more purchases of goods and/or services from a retail establishment.
US11527132B2
Relative to a gaming system, a jackpot or game win processing device and server are configured to receive acknowledgement from a player regarding a gaming win award, such as input to the game win processing device of a signature by the player to gaming win forms. In response, the server is configured to generate at least one gaming win reporting form, such as a W2G, to generate a security code from at least two elements of personal information regarding the player, such as obtained from a casino player tracking server, to then secure the at the least one reporting form and then email the secure form to the player.
US11527125B2
A food frying and distribution device is used to pre-cook frozen food for storage and subsequent dispensing. The apparatus is configured to fry food to near completion, to store that food, and to then finish cooking upon consumer request, thereby reducing cooking time. The apparatus includes a housing, a frozen-foods inlet, a fried-foods outlet, at least one fryer basin, a first frying basket, a second frying basket, a first conveyor, a second conveyor, a vending mechanism, and a control unit. The housing is the protective shell that allows for arrangement of components. The frozen-foods inlet is an opening through which a user may insert frozen foods for preparation and storage within the apparatus. Conversely, the fried-foods outlet is an opening through which fried foods may be obtained by a consumer. The general configuration of the aforementioned components allows the apparatus to efficiently and effectively generate fried food relatively quickly.
US11527118B2
The present disclosure provides a smart door lock and a method for controlling the smart door lock. The method may be implemented on a computing apparatus including a processor and a storage device. The method may include obtaining user information and determining whether the user information passes a verification. The method may further include in response to a determination that the user information passes the verification, controlling the smart door lock to perform an unlock operation. The method may further include determining whether the door on which the smart door lock is installed has a preset action within a preset time period and in response to a determination that the door has the preset action within the preset time period, controlling at least one component of the smart door lock to perform at least one operation.
US11527116B2
Provided is an in-vehicle recording apparatus including an information acquisition apparatus configured to acquire vehicle situation data, a storage apparatus, and a recording processing execution apparatus configured to execute, when an event defined in advance for the vehicle has occurred, recording processing of recording the vehicle situation data, which is defined in advance in accordance with a type of the event that has occurred, in the storage apparatus, the recording processing execution apparatus being further configured to, when a deletion condition including a deletion trigger condition is satisfied, delete vehicle situation data corresponding to the satisfied deletion trigger condition from the storage apparatus.
US11527115B2
A control device including: a determination unit that determines whether or not a malfunction has occurred in a monitoring target on the basis of a state of the monitoring target; an arithmetic unit that is capable of reconfiguring a function; a storage unit that stores software used for causing the arithmetic unit to reconfigure a function relating to an operation of the monitoring target; and a processing unit that reads the software from the storage unit and reflects the software on the arithmetic unit in a case in which it is determined by the determination unit that a malfunction has occurred in the monitoring target.
US11527108B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for verifying users performed by at least one processor. The method for verifying users including transmitting, to a user terminal, a plurality of instructions that guide a user to perform a plurality of actions, receiving, from the user terminal, a video photographed in response to the plurality of instructions, determining presence or absence of the user in the video, and verifying the user based on a face of the user extracted from the video in response to a result of the determining indicating that the user is present may be provided.
US11527101B1
Biometric gallery management is performed by association one or more wireless identifiers that correspond to one or more mobile devices (such as smart phones, tablet computing devices, cellular telephones, wearable devices, smart watches, fitness monitors, digital media players, medical devices, and/or other mobile computing devices) that people carry with digital representations of biometrics corresponding to the people. Wireless identifiers corresponding to mobile devices proximate to a biometric reader device may be monitored. Upon detection of wireless identifiers corresponding to mobile devices proximate to the biometric reader device, the associated digital representations of biometrics may be loaded from a main gallery into one or more local galleries, which may then be used to perform one or more biometric identifications and/or verifications.
US11527100B2
A method and apparatus with fingerprint verification are disclosed. A processor implemented method includes obtaining a query fingerprint image through a fingerprint sensor, obtaining a processed fingerprint image by performing image processing on the obtained query fingerprint image, obtaining a blended fingerprint image by blending the query fingerprint image and the processed fingerprint image, and performing fingerprint verification based on the blended fingerprint image and a registered fingerprint image.
US11527098B2
A displaying base plate and a fabricating method thereof, and a displaying device. The displaying base plate includes: a substrate, and a plurality of displaying units and a plurality of fingerprint identifying units that are located on the substrate; each of the displaying units includes at least one sub-pixel; orthographic projections of the fingerprint identifying units on the substrate are separated from orthographic projections of the displaying units on the substrate; and each of the fingerprint identifying units includes a first electrode and a shielding trace that are insulated from each other, an orthographic projection of the shielding trace on the substrate surrounds at least part of an orthographic projection of the first electrode on the substrate, and the shielding trace is electrically connected to an earthed end of the displaying base plate.
US11527090B2
An information processing apparatus (2000) detects an estimation position (24), which is a position where a target object is estimated to be present, from a captured image (20) generated by a camera (10). The target object is a belonging of a person. The information processing apparatus (2000) detects a plurality of parts (22) constituting a body of a person included in the captured image (20). For example, the parts (22) are joints. The information processing apparatus (2000) detects the estimation position (24) of the target object in the captured image (20) using information relating to a position of each of a plurality of the detected parts (22).
US11527076B2
A method, apparatus, and system for determining a low-height obstacle based on outputs of a LIDAR device in an autonomous vehicle is disclosed. A point cloud comprising a plurality of points is generated based on outputs of a LIDAR device. For each point within a first number of lowest rings of points, a neighboring point in a same ring to a first direction is determined, and a first and a second coordinate values-related differences are determined. A first, a second, a third, and a fourth quantities are determined based on the first and second differences. In response to determining that the first, the second, the third, and the fourth quantities satisfy a predetermined condition, a low-height obstacle is determined based on the points within the first number of lowest rings of points. Operations of an autonomous vehicle are controlled based at least in part on the determined low-height obstacle.
US11527075B2
According to an aspect of the present invention, an information processing apparatus includes an object region detecting unit, a local region detecting unit, an object specifying unit. The object region detecting unit is configured to detect an object region based on one of distance information and luminance information. The local region detecting unit is configured to, when a divided area obtained by dividing the detected object region meets a predetermined condition, detect the divided area as a local region. The object specifying unit is configured to specify, as a specification target object, the object region in which the local region is continuously detected.
US11527060B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for recovering inaccurate or missing base map data for an area while providing riders with incentive to refrain from selecting an alternate transportation service while experiencing increased wait times. A service receives a request for a driver and locates a driver to provide the service. The service determines whether the wait time for the rider exceeds a threshold wait time established by the service. If the service determines that the wait time exceeds the threshold wait time, the service identifies an object within a threshold vicinity of the rider known to have inaccurate or missing base map data. The service transmits a prompt for the rider to capture an image of the object. The service receives a rendering of the captured images from the client device, and activates a function via the client device if the images accurately capture the identified objects included in the prompt.
US11527036B2
A system and method for coherency gathering for rays in a ray tracing system. The ray tracing system uses a hierarchical acceleration structure comprising a plurality of nodes including upper level nodes and lower level nodes. For each instance where one of the lower level nodes is a child of one of the upper level nodes, an instance transform is defined, specifying the relationship between a first coordinate system of the upper level node and the second coordinate system for that instance of the lower level node. The system provides an instance transform cache for storing a plurality of these instance transforms while conducting intersection testing.
US11527031B2
Examples of the disclosed systems and methods may provide for improved and more realistic rendering of virtual characters and a more realistic interaction between a user and virtual characters. For example, the systems and methods describe techniques for mathematically generating a map used for animating facial expressions in a multidimensional animation blendspace. As another example, the systems and methods describe a transition system for dynamically transitioning facial expressions across a face of the virtual character. As another example, realistic physical movements can be added to a virtual character's facial expressions to provide interactivity with other virtual characters.
US11527024B2
Methods and systems for automated faux-manual image-marking of a digital image are disclosed, including a method comprising obtaining results of an automated analysis of one or more digital image indicative of determinations of structure abnormalities of one or more portions of a structure depicted in the one or more digital image; applying automatically, on the one or more digital image, with one or more computer processors, standardized markings indicative of the location in the image of the structure abnormalities of the structure depicted in the image; and generating, automatically with the one or more computer processors, one or more faux-manual markings by modifying one or more of the standardized markings, utilizing one or more image-manipulation algorithm, wherein the faux-manual markings mimic an appearance of manual markings on the structure in the real world.
US11527023B2
Methods and systems disclosed herein relate generally to systems and methods for modifying pixel values of an image to improve the visibility of target pixel patterns. A pixel-simulation application accesses an initial image including an initial set of pixel values. The initial set of pixel values define, in an initial color space, a particular color of pixels that indicate a target pixel pattern. The pixel-simulation application generates, based on the initial set of pixel values, a simulated image including a modified set of pixel values that visually indicate another color of pixels in an intermediate color space. The pixel-simulation application generates a pixel map by identifying a difference between the initial set pixel values of the initial image and the modified set of pixel values of simulated image. The pixel-simulation application generates, for display, an output image based at least in part on the pixel map.
US11527022B2
A method for transforming hair relates to the field of image processing, and can achieve a function of transforming the hair with a more consistent and natural color with respect to that before the hair of a character is transformed. The method for transforming the hair includes: acquiring a first sample image and a second sample image; determining a first color guide map based on the first sample image and the second sample image; acquiring a first image processing model by training with the first sample image and the first color guide map as training data and the second sample image as supervision information; and transforming, based on the first image processing model, hair in an image selected by a user.
US11527021B2
The present invention is directed to solving an issue arising when a background image is generated. An image processing system generates a foreground image containing a foreground object based on an image captured by an imaging apparatus included in a first imaging apparatus group. The image processing system generates a background image not containing the foreground object based on an image of the imaging region captured by an imaging apparatus included in a second imaging apparatus group different from the first imaging apparatus group. The image processing system generates a virtual viewpoint image based on the generated foreground image and background image.
US11527016B2
A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: (i) when a number of three-dimensional points included in point cloud data to be encoded is n that is greater than a predetermined number, n being an integer greater than or equal to 2, calculating an encoding coefficient by generating a hierarchical structure in which each of n pieces of attribute information on the three-dimensional points is sorted into one of a higher frequency component and a lower frequency component to be layered, and generating a bitstream including the encoding coefficient calculated in the calculating; and (ii) when a number of three-dimensional points included in the point cloud data is m that is smaller than or equal to the predetermined number, m being an integer greater than or equal to 1, generating a bitstream in accordance with m pieces of attribute information on the three-dimensional points without generating a hierarchy structure.
US11527012B2
A computer, including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions to be executed by the processor to determine a vehicle six degree of freedom (DoF) pose based on an image where the six DoF pose includes x, y, and z location and roll, pitch, and yaw orientation and transform the vehicle six DoF pose into global coordinates based on a camera six DoF pose. The instructions can include further instructions to communicate to the vehicle the six DoF pose in global coordinates.
US11527011B2
In one embodiment, a method includes determining correspondence data between a sequence of images based on identified features in the sequence of images and predicted pose based on motion data, and determining current state information based on the correspondence data and the motion data. The current state information comprises at least a current pose of the wearable device relative to the environment capture by the one or more cameras. Furthermore, the method comprises receiving map points in a three-dimensional map and their associated descriptors based on the identified features in the sequence of images and identifying one or more of the map points in the sequence of images based on the associated descriptors associated with the map points. The current state information is further determined based on the identified one or more of the map points.
US11527009B2
Described herein are platforms, systems, media, and methods for measuring a space by launching an active augmented reality (AR) session on a device comprising a camera and at least one processor; calibrating the AR session by establishing a fixed coordinate system, receiving a position and orientation of one or more horizontal or vertical planes in the space in reference to the fixed coordinate system, and receiving a position and orientation of the camera in reference to the fixed coordinate system; constructing a backing model; providing an interface allowing a user to capture at least one photo of the space during the active AR session; extracting camera data from the AR session for the at least one photo; extracting the backing model from the AR session; and storing the camera data and the backing model in association with the at least one photo.
US11527005B2
A method of depth detection based on a plurality of video frames includes receiving a plurality of input frames including a first input frame, a second input frame, and a third input frame respectively corresponding to different capture times, convolving the first to third input frames to generate a first feature map, a second feature map, and a third feature map corresponding to the different capture times, calculating a temporal attention map based on the first to third feature maps, the temporal attention map including a plurality of weights corresponding to different pairs of feature maps from among the first to third feature maps, each weight of the plurality of weights indicating a similarity level of a corresponding pair of feature maps, and applying the temporal attention map to the first to third feature maps to generate a feature map with temporal attention.
US11527001B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods to detect a moving anatomic feature during a treatment sequence based on a computed and/or a measured shortest distance between the anatomic feature and at least a portion of an imaging system.
US11526999B2
Technology disclosed herein provides an object tracking multi-camera system including a plurality of cameras to capture images of one or more objects and one or more pattern recognition modules, each of the pattern recognition modules configured to identify an object in a video frame using pattern recognition and assigning a tracking number to the identified object, collect a plurality of object frames related to the identified object and associating the plurality of object frames to the assigned tracking number, compare a newly obtained object frame with the plurality of object frames related to the identified object to determine if the newly obtained object frame is related to the identified object, and in response to the comparison determine that facial recognition does not need to be performed on the newly obtained object frame.
US11526988B2
In accordance with one or more embodiments herein, a system for creating a decision support material indicating damage to at least a part of an anatomical joint of a patient, wherein the created decision support material comprises one or more damage images, is provided. The system comprises a storage media and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to i) receive a series of radiology images of the at least part of the anatomical joint from the storage media; ii) obtain a three-dimensional image representation of the at least part of the anatomical joint which is based on at least a part of said series of radiology images, by generating said three-dimensional image representation in an image segmentation process based on said series of radiology images, or receiving said three-dimensional image representation from a storage media; iii) identify tissue parts of the anatomical joint in at least one of at least a part of said series of radiology images and/or the three-dimensional image representation using image analysis; iv) determine damage to the identified tissue parts in the anatomical joint by analyzing at least one of at least a part of said series of radiology images and/or the three-dimensional image representation of the at least part of the anatomical joint; v) determine suitable sizes and suitable implanting positions for one or more graft plugs based on the determined damage; vi) mark damage to the anatomical joint and suitable sizes and implanting positions for the one or more graft plugs in the obtained three-dimensional image representation of the anatomical joint; and vii) generate a decision support material, where the determined damage to the at least part of the anatomical joint and the suitable sizes and implanting positions for the one or more graft plugs are marked in at least one of the one or more damage images of the decision support material, and at least one of the one or more damage images is generated based on the obtained three-dimensional image representation of the at least part of the anatomical joint.
US11526983B2
This application discloses an image feature recognition method performed at a computing device. The computing device obtains a first neural network model by training parameters in a second neural network model using a first training set and a second training set consecutively, image features of training pictures in the first training set being marked and image features of training pictures in the second training set being not marked. After obtaining a first neural network model, the computing device obtains a recognition request for recognizing an image feature in a target picture. The computing device then recognizes the image feature in the target picture by applying the target picture to the first neural network model. Finally the computing device returns a first recognition result of the first neural network model, the first recognition result indicating an image feature (for example, a pathological feature) recognized in the target picture.
US11526977B2
The disclosure relates to a method and system for downhole processing of data, such as images, including using a set of downhole sensors to measure parameters relative to the borehole at a plurality of depths and azimuths and detecting predetermined features of the borehole, using a downhole processor, with a trained machine-learning model and extracting characterization data, characterizing the shape and position of the predetermined features that are transmitted to the surface. It also provides a method and system for providing an image of a geological formation at the surface including transmitting a first dataset to the surface that will be used for reconstructing an image at the surface, downhole processing of a second dataset to detect predetermined features and extract characterization data that are transmitted at the surface and displaying a combined image comprising the predetermined features overlaid on the first image.
US11526975B2
According to one embodiment, a method for displaying an index value in generation of a mask pattern verification model includes: calculating a first index value using a plurality of images; estimating a model on the basis of the first index value and pattern information; calculating a second index value using the model; and displaying at least one of the first index value and the second index value.
US11526964B2
An apparatus to facilitate deep learning based selection of samples for adaptive supersampling is disclosed. The apparatus includes one or more processing elements to: receive training data comprising input tiles and corresponding supersampling values for the input tiles, wherein each input tile comprises a plurality of pixels, and train, based on the training data, a machine learning model to identify a level of supersampling for a rendered tile of pixels.
US11526962B2
An image processing apparatus in an embodiment retains combination data showing a combination of multiple pieces of noise reduction processing for each of multiple noise levels and associating a parameter for the multiple noise levels with at least either a combination of neural networks to be applied in multiple neural networks or the number of applications of the neural networks. The apparatus also determines, based on information on a noise level obtained from a processing target image, a combination of pieces of noise reduction processing for the processing target image from the combination data. Additionally, the apparatus executes, based on data on the determined combination of pieces of noise reduction processing, the noise reduction processing using at least one of the multiple neural networks for the processing target image.
US11526959B2
Exemplary systems and methods are disclosed for detecting embedded data in a digital image. The system includes a processing device that extracts one or more features from a digital image and analyzes the one or more extracted features in a plurality of steganography analyzers, each steganography analyzer configured to execute a different steganography algorithm. The processing device generates an output data value at each steganography analyzer, the output data value indicating a probability that the digital image includes steganography according to the steganography algorithm of the steganography analyzer. Each output probability value is fed to an ensemble classifier, the ensemble classifier including a neural network in which the output probability values of the plurality of steganography analyzers are ensembled together to generate an output ensemble data value indicating a probability that the digital image includes any steganography according to the steganography algorithms of the steganography analyzers.
US11526958B2
Disclosed herein are methods and system for redistributing bulk material across a geographical area. A method for providing bulk material for a wellbore operation, the method comprising: forming a logistical model database to determine bulk material required for an at least one wellsite located in a geographical area; acquiring bulk material from a distribution center; verifying the bulk material acquired; and transporting bulk material for the wellbore operation. A method for providing bulk material for a wellbore operation, the method comprising: determining demand for bulk material across a geographical area; collecting data throughout a life cycle of bulk material; transmitting collected data to an off-site network comprising an adaptive machine; analyzing collected data via the off-site network thereby producing an output; providing bulk material to a wellsite based on output. A system comprising: bulk material transport; off-site network comprising an adaptive machine; sensor coupled to the bulk material transport.
US11526947B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a network of multi-functional sensors; where, based on a quality insurance, each multi-functional sensor is positioned in, on, or in a vicinity of: a transported cargo and/or a cargo container, containing the transported cargo; where each multi-functional sensor is configured to measure particular transport-related condition, particular cargo-related condition, or both, to form cargo transport sensor data and wirelessly transmit it to a server that is configured to dynamically predict, based on the cargo transport sensor data, a predicted quality loss of the transported cargo, determine a current loss value of the transported cargo and cause one or more remedial actions that include instantaneously instructing to pay a payout amount to an owner of the transported cargo to compensate for the current loss value and/or transmitting a remedial instruction with an adjustment to the operation of one or more of a cargo transport, the cargo container, and a cargo storage.
US11526945B2
A system and method for processing of transaction orders includes a strategy matching venue configured to process strategy orders having respective strategies identifying a reference rate or a range of reference rates. Strategy orders are matched to contra strategy orders having a compatible but possibly different strategy. A single match can generate a stream of executions at maximum rate compatible with the strategies for the matched orders. Additional systems operate to generate strategy orders from conventional algorithmic orders and to coordinate filling of the algorithmic order relative to favor filling of the strategy order by the strategy matching venue.
US11526944B1
A system and computer-implemented method for use in generating an investment strategy for retirement income growth utilizing a crowdsourcing recommendation as an input is provided. Information about the user may be gathered. A goal or range of goals may be provided by the user or may be proposed by a computing device based on the user information. Crowdsourcing members who satisfy threshold criteria may be automatically selected to provide a recommendation on the user goal and/or the proposed investment strategy. A user may select a specific crowd member for a recommendation. An impact of the crowdsourcing recommendation on the user's retirement income growth may be estimated. Steps to implement the crowdsourcing recommendation may be provided to the user. As a result, the user may remain anonymous and may receive recommendations on one or more goals and/or investment strategies that they may not have received otherwise.
US11526936B2
A graphical structure model trained by using labeled samples is obtained. The graphical structure model is defined based on an enterprise relationship network that includes nodes and edges. Each labeled sample includes a label indicating whether a corresponding node is a risky credit node. The graphical structure model is configured to iteratively calculate an embedding vector of at least one node in a hidden feature space based on an original feature of the at least one node and/or a feature of an edge associated with the at least one node. An embedding vector corresponding to a test-sample is calculated by using the graphical structure model. Credit risk analysis is performed on the test-sample. The credit risk analysis is performed based on a feature of the test-sample represented in the embedding vector. A node corresponding to the test-sample is labeled as a credit risk node.
US11526932B2
A process for a pre-acquisition auction for recycled electronic devices is disclosed herein. A plurality of pre-acquisition purchase prices are established with each of the plurality of pre-acquisition purchase prices established for a recycled electronic device in a predetermined condition, and each of the pre-acquisition purchase prices established by a winning bid from a bidder of a plurality of bidders for a recycled electronic device.
US11526928B2
A system includes a purchase portal configured to receive a purchase order from a customer, wherein the purchase order includes a service from each of a plurality of service providers. When receipt of the purchase order is detected, a processor determines first and second ones of the service providers associated with the purchase order; and establishes a trust relationship between the first service provider and the second service provider in a context of the customer. The processor also sends a first request for a first trust artifact to the first service provider and a second request for a second trust artifact to the second service provider; receives the first trust artifact from the first service provider, receives the second trust artifact from the second service provider, sends the first trust artifact to the second service provider, and sends the second trust artifact to the first service provider.
US11526925B2
Novel system, methods, which include machine learning, and device for providing color and fashion recommendations, including for persons with visual impairment such as color blindness or complete blindness. Also, methods providing a data storage system for storing digital renditions of garments; providing a portable communication device to extract color and/or pattern from garments through use of a camera and at least one algorithm; providing a processor capable of accessing locally stored and/or remote information about or learning the preferred matching set of garments; assigning each garment in the set of garments a red-green-blue (RGB) value; providing a suitability ranking for matching compatibility of the garment or the set of garments; and providing recommendations for preferred matching garment or set of garments by organizing the garments in at least one queue selected from the group consisting of audial, tactile, visual or a combination thereof, wherein the individual imports garments or set of garments, through a series of photos or video, for bulk import into a virtual closet for the identification and assignment of type of garments or set of garments using human or computational methods.
US11526917B2
A computer-implemented method and an apparatus for notifying customers of agent's availability is disclosed. An input indicative of a customer seeking an interaction with an agent of an enterprise is received on a first interaction channel. Subsequent to receiving the input, it is determined whether at least one agent is available for interacting with the customer. If no agent is available for interacting with the customer, a status message including an estimate of a waiting time for the interaction with the agent is provided to the customer. Subsequent to detecting the availability of the agent, a notification is provided to the customer for informing the customer of the availability of the agent. An interaction is facilitated between the customer and the agent subsequent to providing the notification to the customer. The interaction is facilitated on the first interaction channel or a second interaction channel different than the first interaction channel.
US11526916B2
An estimate is provided for how long a guest will have to wait to enter a ride, restaurant, restroom, or other point of interest at a venue. Wait times are computed using one or more algorithms (e.g., Bayesian) that can combine direct measurements around the point of interest, historical measurements around the point of interest, and measurements taken from other systems not directly connected to the point of interest. Supporting systems will vary by venue and may include entry ticketing systems, network traffic, point of sale registers, event schedules, and proximity detectors in other parts of the venue. By comparing probabilities generated from this disparate data, current and future wait times can be estimated and provided to front-end devices corresponding to guests or staff.
US11526915B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving, from a client device, a request to generate a value for a subject real-estate property, searching a database to identify a plurality of real-estate properties that have previously been sold, and automatically generating, based on a sale price of each of the plurality of real-estate properties, the value for the subject real-estate property. The systems and methods further provide for computing a collective physical state of the plurality of real-estate properties, determining whether the collective physical state corresponds to a threshold, and generating a prompt, based on the determination of whether the collective physical state corresponds to the threshold, for display on an operator device to review the automatically generated value before the value is presented to the client device.
US11526909B1
A server and a method for real-time targeting of advertisements across multiple platforms is provided. The server receives first information that indicates a presence of a first person in a first vehicle at a first time period. The server determines content metadata associated with media content rendered via an infotainment device of the first vehicle. The server transmits first advertisement content to the infotainment device. The server receives second information that indicates an absence of the first person from the first vehicle at a second time period. The server further determines a first application used by the first person on an electronic device within a time threshold from the second time period. The server further transmits second advertisement content, to be rendered on the determined first application, to the first electronic device. The second advertisement content may be associated with the first advertisement content.
US11526906B2
An automated system configured for streamed contents, to be self-aware in preventing fraudulent tactics, during real-time and offline usages, while communicating with its owner for accurate decision making, comprising: a content player module, and a content streaming service module; configured using a codec module to embed logic, encryptions, heuristics data, associated meta data, and management data into the content format; configured to use symmetric encryption keys, public keys, biometrics, and payload data; configured to authenticate the user and content owner; configured to request, receive, send, stream content, and analytics through a secure communication; configured to provide secure virtual communications between users and content owners; configured to use a call-home data, to enable the content and content owner to communicate and update one another securely; Configured to provide real-time, and offline, fraud prevention heuristics using artificial intelligence.
US11526903B2
The disclosure herein describes enabling a donor to donate loyalty points associated with a loyalty program to a receiver based on a donation profile. The donation profile is hosted by a loyalty points donation platform (LPDP) and includes a donation entry including a loyalty point type and a requested quantity. A donation request including a loyalty account identifier, credential data of the loyalty account, and a point donation quantity is received. Approval of the donation request is requested from the donor loyalty program including providing the loyalty account identifier and the credential data to the donor loyalty program. Based on receiving approval from the donor loyalty program, the donor loyalty program is instructed to transfer a quantity of loyalty points indicated by the point donation quantity from the loyalty account associated with the loyalty account identifier to a receiver loyalty account associated with the donation profile of the receiver.
US11526898B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to the visualization of product usage utilizing telemetry data associated with the product. More specifically, a first object identifier associated with an object, such as a method, function, or other portion of code, may be provided as part of the telemetry data together with an execution time stamp. A second object identifier may also be received, where the second object identifier is associated with object execution subsequent to the first object. Based on the first and second object identifier, an object pair may be determined and graphed at a path execution tree. In some instances, the object pairs may be filtered in accordance with a number of occurrences within a certain period of time, where a high number of occurrences is indicative of an intended path of one or more users.
US11526892B2
Various embodiments are related to apparatuses and methods for enabling a sender to perform monetary transactions for a requestor. A sender can use, for example, a payment application associated with a payment processing system to perform a monetary transaction for a requestor. The payment processing system can send information related to the monetary transaction to, for example, a sender-requestor association component. When the monetary transaction is a deposit, the sender can receive funds for the deposit from the requestor. The platform can debit the requestor's financial account for the deposit amount and credit the sender's financial account with the debit account as a physical cash transaction occurs between the sender and the requestor.
US11526865B2
A method for initiating a cardless automated teller machine (ATM) transaction via a mobile computing device includes: storing, in a memory of a mobile computing device, at least transaction account data and authentication data; receiving, by an input device of the mobile computing device, at least desired transaction data and authentication information; receiving, by the input device of the mobile computing device, a unique identifier associated with an automated teller machine (ATM); authenticating, by an authentication module of the mobile computing device, the received authentication information based on the stored authentication data; and electronically transmitting, by a transmitting device of the mobile computing device, at least the received desired data and unique identifier and a result of the authentication to an external computing system.
US11526857B1
A method, apparatus and system are disclosed for providing a user with an indication of the user's financial security level. In order to achieve this, the user may be surveyed to provide information related to the user's attributes and current level of financial security. Based on the user's inputs, a financial security tool may generate a financial security score and monetary risk amount that provides an accurate interpretation of the user's financial security level.
US11526856B2
A computer implemented method of processing a financial transaction executed by first person includes determining an automatic savings amount from the financial transaction by rounding up the amount of the financial transaction to the nearest dollar. The method further includes debiting the calculated savings amount from an account of the first person and crediting the savings amount to an account of a second person.
US11526854B2
A method includes establishing a session between a first client device and a host device to run an application on the first client device. The method includes receiving an indication to transfer the session from the first client device to a second client device. The method includes storing, in response to receiving the indication, state information of the application for the session. The method includes generating a pointer associated with the session. The method includes generating a scannable code including the pointer. The method includes scanning the displayed scannable code using an imaging element associated with the second client device. The method includes transferring, using the pointer, the session from the first client device to the second client device using the stored state information so that a second display associated with the second client device displays a most recently updated instance of the application from the first client device.
US11526838B1
Managing the capacity of delivery lockers are disclosed herein. For example, by utilizing machine learning techniques, the capacity management system described herein may determine portions of a delivery locker to reserve for packages delivered at one or more delivery speeds. For example, the system may train one or more machine learning models to determine factors associated with a delivery demand, dwell time probability, and optimized capacity reservation of the delivery locker. Utilizing these factors, the system may determine a portion of the delivery locker to reserve for packages delivered at each available delivery speed.
US11526833B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for managing logistics information related to a container using a container interface display apparatus. A scanner on the container interface display apparatus identifies an item during loading of the container. An association between the container and the item is recorded in memory of the container interface display apparatus as part of managed logistics information related to the container. A scale within the container detects a weight of the item and sends a signal to the container interface display apparatus indicating the detected weight of the item (which is also recorded in memory as part of the managed logistics information related to the container). Electronic logistics monitor information (e.g., at least a portion of the managed logistics information) is then generated on the display screen of the container interface display apparatus.
US11526825B2
Cloud-based multi-tenancy computing systems and methods for providing response control and analytics
Cloud-based multi-tenancy computing systems and methods for providing response control and analytics are disclosed. An exemplary method includes capturing a first set of data based on activities that occur in the activated response center related to the client's actions taken in response to the event; generating a first set of analytics based on the captured first set of data; capturing a second set of data based on activities that occur in a plurality of response centers of client tenants related to the clients' actions taken in response to the events that occurred to them; generating a second set of analytics based on the captured second set of data; and based on the first and second set of analytics produced by the response system, generating and transmitting an updated menu of suggested actions for responding to a future event, to one or more of the clients.
US11526811B1
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for recommending trip purposes to users of an application. Embodiments include receiving labeled travel data from the application running on a remote device including a plurality of trip purposes. Embodiments include building a topic model representing words associated with a plurality of topics. Embodiments include training a topic prediction model, using the plurality of topics and one or more features derived from each of the plurality of trip records, to output a topic based on an input trip record. Embodiments include training a purpose prediction model, using the topic model and the plurality of trip purposes, to output a trip purpose based on an input topic. The trip purpose may be recommended to a user via a user interface of the application running on the remote device.
US11526803B2
A learning device includes: a learning unit configured to read out feature amounts of learning data from a data memory and derive a branch condition for a node of a decision tree based on the feature amounts, to perform learning of the decision tree; and a discriminator configured to perform determining, in accordance with the branch condition, a node to which learning data is to be branched from the node corresponding to the branch condition. The learning unit is configured to, in parallel with processing of the discriminator reading out learning data at a specific node from the data memory via a first port of the data memory and performing the determining, read out, from the data memory via a second port, learning data at a node on which the discriminator is configured to perform determining subsequent to the specific node and derive the branch.
US11526795B1
A variational quantum algorithm is solved using two types of quantum processing units (QPU) with different performance metrics (e.g., speed, size and fidelity). One type of quantum processing unit (QPU) is used to optimize some or all of the circuit parameters in a first stage, and these are then used with a different type QPU in a second stage to solve the target problem. The different performance metrics permit tradeoffs between the two stages.
US11526782B2
A method includes receiving a spreadsheet file representing a plurality of decision tables, wherein the spreadsheet file does not indicate dependencies between non-labeled inputs and non-labeled outputs of the plurality of decision tables. The method further includes, for a first decision table of the plurality of decision tables, identifying, in view of an identifier of a second decision table of the plurality of decision tables, a dependent input that comprises an output of the second decision table of the plurality of decision tables. The method further includes determining, by a processing device, in view of an ordering of columns in the spreadsheet file, remaining inputs and outputs of the first decision table.
US11526772B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods, systems, and computer programs for automatically determining an outcome associated with a reasoning graph, based on one or more data sets. The methods, systems, and computer programs compare hash values associated with different data sets to determine if they match to assign the outcome associated with a pre-existing hash to the later provided hash and data set associated therewith.
US11526764B2
A system for analyzing machine learning-derived misappropriation types with an array of shadow models is provided. The system comprises: a controller configured for analyzing an output of a machine learning model, the controller being further configured to: input interaction data into a machine learning model, wherein the interaction data is analyzed using the machine learning model to determine a misappropriation type output associated with the interaction data; identify data features in the interaction data associated with the misappropriation type output; construct an array of shadow models based on the data features, wherein each individual model in the array of shadow models is configured to extract logical constructs from a portion of the data features; and consolidate the logical constructs output by the array of shadow models, wherein consolidating the logical constructs determines a final explanation output for the misappropriation type output determined by the machine learning model.
US11526759B2
Techniques that facilitate model support in deep learning are provided. In one example, a system includes a graphics processing unit and a central processing unit memory. The graphics processing unit processes data to train a deep neural network. The central processing unit memory stores a portion of the data to train the deep neural network. The graphics processing unit provides, during a forward pass process of the deep neural network that traverses through a set of layers for the deep neural network from a first layer of the set of layers to a last layer of the set of layers that provides a set of outputs for the deep neural network, input data for a layer from the set of layers for the deep neural network to the central processing unit memory.
US11526746B2
An artificial intelligence system and method for state-based learning using one or more adaptive response states of the artificial intelligence system are provided. A controller for modifying a neural network engine is configured to monitor a data stream having a data pattern by comparing the data pattern to a trained data pattern; identify a change in the data pattern of the data stream; determine a response state of the neural network learning engine, the state defining one or more neural network parameters for monitoring the data stream with the neural network learning engine; identify a predetermined policy for reconfiguring the neural network learning engine based on the data pattern and the response state; and in response to identifying the change in the data pattern and determining the response state, reconfigure the one or more neural network parameters according to the predetermined policy.
US11526739B2
A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array and an computation output circuit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of nonvolatile memory elements configured to store a plurality of weights respectively and a plurality of bit lines coupled to the plurality of nonvolatile memory elements according to a plurality of input signals. The computation output circuit is configured to generate a computation signal from voltages induced at the plurality of bit lines according to the plurality of input signals.
US11526736B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to map workloads. An example apparatus includes a constraint definer to define performance characteristic targets of the neural network, an action determiner to apply a first resource configuration to candidate resources corresponding to the neural network, a reward determiner to calculate a results metric based on (a) resource performance metrics and (b) the performance characteristic targets, and a layer map generator to generate a resource mapping file, the mapping file including respective resource assignments for respective corresponding layers of the neural network, the resource assignments selected based on the results metric.
US11526726B2
An artificial-intelligence decision-making core system with neural network implements asymmetric hidden layers which is constructed by neural network with a dynamic neuron adjusting mechanism via making use of a device with computing unit and storage media, coupled to an independent feedback sub-system which operates a residual-compensation mechanism, thereby the core system can receive various trained data and performs a non-linear analysis process according to the output data derived from the asymmetric hidden layers of an unsupervised neural network, so as to derive individual and applicable decision-making data.
US11526722B2
Facilitation of an explanation about an object to be analyzed is realized with high accuracy and with efficiency. A data analysis apparatus is disclosed which uses a first neural network configured with an input layer, an output layer, and two or more intermediate layers provided between the input layer and the output layer. Each performs a calculation by giving data from a layer of a previous stage and a first learning parameter to a first activation function and outputs a calculation result to a layer of a subsequent stage. The data analysis apparatus includes a conversion section; a reallocation section; and an importance calculation section.
US11526714B2
Method and apparatus for anisotropically modifying text attributes to comply with a resolution limit
A computer implemented method for proofing a selected part of a graphical data input file for output to an output device by automatically adjusting at least one graphics feature in the input file to compensate for a predetermined resolution limit. The method includes identifying one or more portions in the selected part of the input file having an initial thickness less than the resolution limit, determining a set of optimal anisotropic offset parameters that will bring the one or more portions above the predetermined resolution limit with a minimal total offset value, applying an offset using the anisotropic offset parameters to modify the selected part of the input file to give the one or more portions an adjusted thickness greater than the initial thickness, and creating an output file comprising the at least one graphics feature having the adjusted thickness.
US11526707B2
One or more computer processors creating a plurality of k-hop neighborhood contextual subgraphs utilizing extracted labelled nodes from an input graph; compute an eigenvector centrality score for each node contained in each created subgraph in the plurality of k-hop neighborhood contextual subgraphs; propagate a label for each node in each subgraph in the plurality of k-hop neighborhood contextual subgraphs leveraging an aggregated mathematical decay function, preserving a topical context of the label; calculate an attributable prestige vector for each node in each subgraph in the plurality of k-hop neighborhood contextual subgraphs based on the propagated label and the computed eigenvector centrality score associated with each node in each subgraph in the plurality of k-hop neighborhood contextual subgraph; and unsupervised predict a subsequent label for one or more subsequent nodes, subgraphs, or graphs utilizing the calculated attributable prestige vectors for each node in each subgraph.
US11526706B2
A system for classifying an object may include one or more processors, a sensor and a memory device. The memory device may include a data collection module, a starburst module, and an object classifying module. The modules have instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to obtain three dimensional point cloud data from the sensor, identify at least one cluster of points representing the object within the three dimensional point cloud data, identify a center point of the at least one cluster of points, project a plurality of rays from the center point to points of the at least one cluster of points to generate a shape, compare the shape to a plurality of candidate shapes, and classify the object when the shape matches at least one of the plurality of candidate shapes.
US11526705B2
The present invention relates to a method, device, and robot for classifying an outlier during object recognition learning using artificial intelligence. The method or device for classifying an outlier during object recognition learning according to an embodiment of the present invention sets an inlier region and an outlier region through learning using unlabeled data and labeled data.
US11526704B2
A system, article, and method of neural network object recognition for image processing includes customizing a training database and adapting an instance segmentation neural network used to perform the customization.
US11526697B1
Devices and techniques are generally described for estimating three-dimensional pose data. In some examples, a first machine learning network may generate first three-dimensional (3D) data representing input 2D data. In various examples, a first 2D projection of the first 3D data may be generated. A determination may be made that the first 2D projection conforms to a distribution of natural 2D data. A second machine learning network may generate parameters of a 3D model based at least in part on the input 2D data and based at least in part on the first 3D data. In some examples, second 3D data may be generated using the parameters of the 3D model.
US11526694B2
Methods and systems for training a model labeling two or more organic structures within an image. One method includes receiving a set of training images. The set of training images including a first plurality of images and a second plurality of images. Each of the first plurality of images including a label for each of the two or more organic structures and each of the second plurality of images including a label for only a subset of the two or more organic structures. The method further includes training the model using the first plurality of images, the second plurality of images, and a label merging function mapping a label from the first plurality of images to a label included in the second plurality of images.
US11526693B1
Disclosed are systems and method for training an ensemble of machine learning models with a focus on feature engineering. For example, the training of the models encourages each machine learning model of the ensemble to rely on a different set of input features from the training data samples used to train the machine learning models of the ensemble. However, instead of telling each model explicitly which features to learn, in accordance with the disclosed implementations, ML models of the ensemble may be trained sequentially, with each new model trained to disregard input features learned by previously trained ML models of the ensemble and learn based on other features included in the training data samples.
US11526690B2
A learning device includes one or more processors. The processors generate a plurality of pieces of learning data to be used in a plurality of learning processes, respectively, to learn a parameter of a neural network using an objective function. The processors calculate a first partial gradient using a partial data and the parameter added with noise, with respect to at least a part of the learning data out of the plurality of pieces of learning data. The partial data is obtained by dividing the learning data. The first partial gradient is a gradient of the objective function relating to the parameter for the partial data. The noise is calculated based on a second partial gradient calculated for another piece of the learning data. The processors update the parameter using the first partial gradient.
US11526680B2
Systems and methods are provided to pre-train projection networks for use as transferable natural language representation generators. In particular, example pre-training schemes described herein enable learning of transferable deep neural projection representations over randomized locality sensitive hashing (LSH) projections, thereby surmounting the need to store any embedding matrices because the projections can be dynamically computed at inference time.
US11526674B2
A text extracting system includes at least one processor configured to obtain a plurality of texts, specify at least one characteristic expression included in the plurality of texts, and extract, based on the at least one characteristic expression, at least one text to be entered into a question sentence generator from the plurality of texts, where the question sentence generator generating a question sentence from an input sentence.
US11526671B2
An example method for identifying a reading location in a text source as a user reads the text source aloud includes determining phoneme data of the text source, the text source comprising a sequence of words; receiving audio data comprising a spoken word associated with the text source; comparing, by a processing device, the phoneme data of the text source and phoneme data of the audio data; and identifying a location in the sequence of words based on the comparing phoneme data.
US11526669B1
A method, system and computer program product are provided. An analysis module receives a plurality of presentation source materials, including text documents, books, video files, audio files, and presentations. A transcript is generated from audio and video received from a presenter device during a live teaching session. Keywords are extracted from the plurality of presentation source materials. An integrated keyword list is created by integrating the extracted keywords with the generated transcript. Participants in an online meeting are grouped into live group breakout sessions, each of which is independent. Data from each participant is continuously recorded in the breakout session. The correlation between the integrated keyword list and the recorded participant output is periodically analyzed to output a score trendline to determine the level of comprehension by the participants of the presentation materials. The score trendline and the scores for each breakout session are displayed on a presenter dashboard.
US11526666B2
A programmable device such as a smart phone allows a user an opportunity to make final corrections to textual data in a message after the user has instructed the device to send the message, but before transmittal of the message. The opportunity is temporary, to avoid impeding the flow of communication, and the textual data is transmitted unmodified if the opportunity to modify it is not accepted. Modifications made during the opportunity period may be used to adapt an autocorrect functionality of the programmable device.
US11526662B2
The system and method for providing clause-based tailored editing in a collaborative digital contract drafting system. The collaborative digital contract drafting system allows multiple users from different parties to collaborate on the digital drafting, editing, and virtual negotiation of a digital contract. The system allows users to collaborate in real time during the drafting process and provides version control of the digital contract that is siloed between clauses and stored and tracked separately in a tracking database. Siloing the version control between clauses allows toggling between different versions of different clauses independent of one another.
US11526658B2
The growing amount of communication data generated by inmates in controlled environments makes a timely and effective investigation and analysis more and more difficult. The present disclosure provides details of a system and method to investigate and analyze the communication data in a correctional facility timely and effectively. Such a system receives both real time communication data and recorded communication data, processes and investigates the data automatically, and stores the received communication data and processed communication data in a unified data server. Such a system enables a reviewer to review, modify and insert markers and comments for the communication data. Such a system further enables the reviewer to search the communication data and create scheduled search reports.
US11526655B2
Machine learning systems and associated methods are provided. A processor comprising at least one neural network can process a captured input image to translate the captured input image into an interactive demonstration presentation for an envisioned software product. The processing can include: automatically recognizing features within the captured input image; extracting the recognized features from the captured input image at the machine learning processor; processing each of the extracted features to determine a corresponding element in a library trained via a machine learning algorithm; and automatically replacing the extracted features from the captured input image with the one or more corresponding files or components to transform the captured input image into the interactive demonstration presentation.
US11526645B2
Method and electronic circuit for determining a scaling factor k for a driving force function of a model of an electrodynamic acoustic transducer having at least two voice coils. Input signal fed into the transducer and it's model cause electromotive forces. A shift for the driving force function is determined on the base of the ratios between the real electromotive forces and the modeled electromotive forces. Finally, the scaling factor k is determined on the basis of a deviation between the real electromotive forces and the modeled electromotive forces at time points where the real electromotive forces and the modeled electromotive forces each are equal. The invention moreover relates to an electronic circuit for performing the above steps, and to a transducer system with the electronic circuit and a connected transducer.
US11526624B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for protection of system software, or data from destruction, unauthorized modification, and/or unauthorized disclosure securing by, for example, detecting the transfer and/or processing of target data. Accordingly, a method is provided that involves: scanning a software application to identify functionality configured for processing target data; identifying fields associated with the functionality; identifying metadata associated with a field; generating, from the metadata, an identification of a type of data associated with the field; determining a location based on the processing of the target data by the functionality; determining a risk associated with the functionality processing the target data based on the location and the type of data; determining that the risk satisfies a threshold level of risk; and in response, causing an action to be performed to mitigate the risk.
US11526619B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for securing and allowing access to electronic data in a data storage container. The system is configured for identifying initiation of a connection with an data storage container, determining establishment of the connection with the data storage container, instantaneously crawling into the data storage container to access data that is associated with the data storage container, instantaneously performing one or more operations associated with the data, storing information associated with the one or more operations in a data store, identifying initiation of a connection with an entity system, determining establishment of the connection with the entity system, instantaneously transferring the information associated with the one or more operations to the entity system, and performing one or more actions, via one or more applications stored on the entity system, utilizing the information associated with the one or more operations.
US11526617B2
A system for detecting security threats in deployed software packages receives a request from a user to access software packages to perform a particular task. The system selects particular software packages based on an experience level of the user in performing the particular task. The system deploys the particular software packages to a computing device associated with the user. The system monitors the deployed software packages to determine whether a security vulnerability is introduced to the computing device by the deployed software packages. In response to determining that the security vulnerability is introduced to the computing device by the deployed software packages, the system recalls the deployed software packages by remotely uninstalling the deployed software packages from the computing device.
US11526614B2
A continuous vulnerability management system for identifying, analyzing, protecting, and reporting on digital assets is disclosed. The continuous vulnerability management system comprises a sandbox engine configured to scan digital assets for vulnerabilities, including a static analysis unit for static code scanning, a dynamic analysis unit for analyzing compiled code, and a statistical analysis unit for processing a risk score and generating an audit report. A knowledge base is also disclosed, including a knowledge base engine configured to acquire information related to new vulnerabilities to digital assets. A risk scoring engine is configured to analyze sandbox engine outcomes and assign a risk score to each vulnerable asset. A security control system is configured to act on an identified vulnerable asset based on the risk score assigned to the identified vulnerable asset.
US11526606B1
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for efficiently configuring a machine learning model. An example method generally includes generating a randomly sampled data set from a data set including a larger first set of samples associated with a first classification and a smaller second set of samples associated with a second classification. An analysis plot for the machine learning model is generated based on the randomly sampled data set. A point associated with an accuracy metric for the machine learning model is identified on the analysis plot based on a slope of a line tangential to the identified point and a value identifying a relative importance of precision to recall in the machine learning model. The machine learning model is configured with a threshold value between the first classification and the second classification based at least in part on the identified point on the analysis plot.
US11526605B2
An extraction device includes: at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: sort each set of frames that have the same identifier associated with a node, into frames maintaining a cycle and frames out of the cycle; and extract, as an event rule, a feature of a bit change in a data field related to an event occurrence, from the frames that have the same identifier and are out of the cycle.
US11526598B2
A microcontroller includes a CPU and a cryptographic circuit, and when a first program uses the cryptographic circuit, the second program transmits installation information of the first program and encrypted program installation information to the cryptographic circuit. The cryptographic circuit decrypts the encrypted program installation information and compares it with the installation information of the first program. In the case of match, the use of the cryptographic circuit by the first program is permitted.
US11526596B2
A method, system and apparatus for requesting a plurality of credentials from a trusted entity. A local validation device (LVD) receives a credential request or an identifier from each of a plurality of user devices. The LVD generates or compiles a bundle of credential requests corresponding to the plurality of user devices. The LVD transmits the bundle of credentials requests to the MVD. The MVD receives the bundle of request and performs a validation for each request in the bundle and then communicates the credentials and/or the results of the validations to the LVD. The LVD communicates credentials to each of the plurality of user devices. In some cases, the LVD performs the validation for each credential request. For instance, the LVD can receive a local enforcement policy from the MVD, which can provide instructions or guidance to the LVD as to how to perform the validations.
US11526595B2
Methods and systems for device authentication based on generating and displaying an optically scannable visual representation of a public portion of a hardware secured encryption key (EK) are described herein. A client certificate is encrypted with the public portion of the EK based on a scan of the displayed visual representation. A connection may be established between a computing device and a server using the encrypted client certificate and a private portion of the EK to authenticate the computing device. In some implementations, a request is received from a second computing device to access a first computing device, and includes data encrypted using a public portion of an EK acquired from a displayed optically scannable visual representation of the public portion of the EK. The second computing device is provided access to the first computing device based on decryption of the encrypted data using a private portion of the EK.
US11526590B2
A wearable device may include a housing, a sensor in the housing configured to generate an output, and a transmitter in the housing. The wearable device may also include a processor programmed to alternatively operate in a normal radiation mode and a low radiation mode. The transmitter may be permitted to function at a normal capacity when operating in the normal radiation mode and may be caused to function at a reduced capacity when operating in the low radiation mode. During operation at the normal capacity, the transmitter may transmit at a higher radiation intensity than during operation at the reduced capacity. The processor may also be programmed to detect, based on the output generated by the sensor, whether the housing is currently worn by the user, and cause the transmitter to operate in the low radiation mode after detecting that the housing is being worn by the user.
US11526585B2
Techniques for managing activation of software, e.g., an operating system, in an information processing system are provided. For example, a method comprises the following steps. A data object is obtained for a system having an un-activated computer program stored thereon. The data object comprises information about the system encrypted by a private value. The method then causes the data object to be securely stored on a distributed ledger for subsequent access during a process to activate the computer program.
US11526581B2
A method of performing matrix computations includes receiving a compression-encoded matrix including a plurality of rows. Each row of the compression-encoded matrix has a plurality of defined element values and, for each such defined element value, a schedule tag indicating a schedule for using the defined element value in a scheduled matrix computation. The method further includes loading the plurality of rows of the compression-encoded matrix into a corresponding plurality of work memory banks, and providing decoded input data to a matrix computation module configured for performing the scheduled matrix computation. For each work memory bank, a next defined element value and a corresponding schedule tag are read. If the schedule tag meets a scheduling condition, the next defined element value is provided to the matrix computation module. Otherwise, a default element value is provided to the matrix computation module.
US11526580B2
A method for correcting data sensed by a sensor includes: acquiring the data sensed by the sensor; establishing a surface equation based on an acquired data to performing surface fitting; and correcting the data sensed by the sensor with the surface equation. The method further includes: evaluating the acquired data sensed by the sensor to update fitting parameters of the surface equation so as to obtain an updated surface equation; and correcting the data sensed by the sensor with the updated surface equation. Parameter data sensed by the sensor can be corrected in real time, which reduces the influence of environmental factors on the parameter data sensed by the sensor and improves the accuracy of the data sensed by the sensor.
US11526577B2
A method and system for providing a progressive web app (PWA) having a plurality of display modes. The method comprises providing a single code base hosted on a server, the single code base having a shell index file and a plurality of index files corresponding to the plurality of display modes. Each display mode has corresponding display mode content, the display mode content of one display mode performing different functions and operations compared to the display mode content of any of the other display modes. When the PWA is accessed, the shell index file detects whether the PWA was accessed by a browser, a bookmarked PWA standalone web app or other access point, determines the corresponding display mode, and displays the corresponding display mode content.
US11526570B2
Techniques are described herein for determining a predicted intent of a user and displaying additional content selected based on the predicted intent of the user. A method includes: receiving information identifying a webpage that a user is visiting and a navigational path of the user in navigating to the webpage; determining a predicted intent of the user based on the information identifying the webpage that the user is visiting and the navigational path of the user in navigating to the webpage; selecting additional content based upon the predicted intent of the user; and displaying an overlay, on a portion of the webpage, that includes the additional content.
US11526567B2
A computer-implemented method, computer system, and computer program product for contextualizing searches in a collaborative session having two or more users. The method may include generating, by a processor, one or more keywords from user context sources of the collaborative session. Users engaged in the collaborative session may use computing devices interconnected with each other via a collaborative tool. The user context source may comprise a document, a file, a webpage, a search history, or an application. Context of the collaborative session, having a start and stop, may be established using a natural language processing system. The method may include adding one of the one or more keywords to the search string of one of the users participating in the collaborative session. In some embodiments, one user may be an expert user whose user context source may be the only user context source collected and analyzed during the collaborative session.
US11526566B2
Methods and systems for receiving docketing data are disclosed. The methods and systems perform operations comprising: obtaining, by a first party, a patent file wrapper from a publicly accessible database of patent records, the patent file wrapper including a plurality of patent documents; receiving, from the first party, user input that tags a patent document of the plurality of patent documents in the patent file wrapper, wherein the patent document that is tagged is associated with a patent activity that occurred within a threshold period of time; and transmitting, to a second party by the first party, a communication that includes the tagged patent document.
US11526563B2
In the field of government engagement management, for users of an employee desktop web client, it is now possible, within the web client application, to search and read articles and/or knowledge content that has been authored to external locations. Due to this integration to external, third-party applications, content and/or articles can be displayed to an agent on the employee desktop web client graphical user interface. Agents can enter free text into a specific search field and review the results in summary form, and then select an article in HTML format to progress the current interaction with the client. An additional feature extending from this capability is to add an amount of coding to external knowledge content websites that are owned and/or operated by the owner of the system such that when the website is viewed through the third-party integration module, a button or icon appears within the website that when selected takes the agent to an appropriate form. This button or icon does not appear when the website is viewed outside of the system. This functionality adds value to the agent experience and enables the agent to provide an improved service to the end client. Results may be filtered by the search engine as well. Moreover, this system and method improves the operation of the computer in that the computer running such a system in the past was not able to integrate in such a fashion in a web client format. This system and method also enables an agent to handle calls with the web client more efficiently, and allows agents on the web client to automatically classify.
US11526557B2
Techniques for displaying a search are described. An exemplary method includes receiving a search query, performing the search query on a plurality of documents, the documents including text passages, to generate a search query result, determining an aspect of the search query result that has a confidence value that exceeds a first confidence threshold with respect to its relevance to the search query; and, displaying the search result including an emphasis on the aspect of the result exceeds the first confidence threshold.
US11526551B2
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to generating search queries based on audio processing. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11526538B2
A relative atlas graph maintains mapping data used by an autonomous vehicle. The relative atlas graph may be generated for a geographical area based on observations collected from the geographical area, and may include element nodes corresponding to elements detected from the observations along with edges that connect pairs of element nodes and define relative poses between the elements for connected pairs of element nodes, as well as relations that connect multiple element nodes to define logical relationships therebetween.
US11526531B2
Improved computer technology is disclosed for enabling high performance stream processing on data such as complex, hierarchical data. In an example embodiment, a dynamic field schema specifies a dynamic field format for expressing the incoming data. An incoming data stream is then translated according to the dynamic field schema into an outgoing data stream in the dynamic field format. Stream processing, including field-specific stream processing, can then be performed on the outgoing data stream.
US11526528B2
Techniques and mechanisms for ingesting data through an atomic transaction are disclosed. Raw data is received from multiple disparate sources to be consumed in an environment that does not support atomic write operations to data consumers. The environment has at least a data table and a notification table. A write to an entry in the data table having an associated version is attempted. The data table entry corresponds to the data to be consumed. A write to a corresponding entry to the notification table is attempted in response to a successful write attempt to the data table. The notification table entry includes information about the corresponding data table entry. The version associated with the data table is modified in response to successful writes of both the data table entry and the notification table entry. At least one data consumer is notified that the data table version has been modified.
US11526522B2
A search query is received from a search engine of multiple search engines. One or more search results from each search engine of the multiple search engines in response to the search query are received. Each search result of the one or more search results includes a first search score. A factor is determined for each search result of the one or more search results. A second search score is determined for each search result of the one or more search results based on the first search score and the factor. The one or more search results are displayed to a user of the search engine in an order. The order is based on the second search score.
US11526521B2
A device includes a memory that stores a prefetching model. A control module receives a content page including one or more links each associated with selectable content and collects data associated with the content page. The collected data includes at least one of first data indicative of respective relationships between each of the links and a viewport of the device and second data indicative of characteristics of the viewport. The control module further assigns, using the prefetching model, respective scores to each of the links based on the collected data, and selectively generates, based on the assigned scores, a request to prefetch the selectable content associated with at least one of the links.
US11526516B2
A UUID generation method for a distributed graph database, and a data processing method and apparatus for the distributed graph database. The UUID generation method for the distributed graph database comprises the following steps: receiving a UUID generation request, wherein the UUID generation request comprises an input field and a partition number of the input field; calling a Murmur hash function to generate an initial UUID according to the input field and the partition number of the input field; querying whether a duplicate key value exists between the initial UUID and a historical UUID to obtain a query result; and obtaining a target UUID for storage according to the query result and the initial UUID.
US11526512B1
Systems and methods are described for mitigating errors introduced during processing of user input such as voice input. A query may be derived from processed user input. A performance predictor analyzes the query and uses historical data to predict whether the query will return relevant results if executed. If the query's predicted performance is below a threshold, a query rewriter may identify potential alternatives to the query from a library of “known good” queries. Different analyzers may be applied to identify different sets of alternatives, and machine learning models may be applied to rank the outputs of the analyzers. The best-matching alternatives from each analyzer may then be provided as inputs to a further machine learning model, which assesses the probability that each of the identified alternatives reflects the intent of the user. A most likely alternative may then be selected to execute in place of the original query.
US11526498B2
A method for storing shard data and data formats for storing shard data are proposed. Shard data entries are generated and stored, wherein each shard data entry comprises a definition of one or more semantic objects covered by the shard data entry. Shard metadata is generated and stored, wherein the metadata comprises references to the shard data entries and, for each of the shard data entries, data representative of a bounding box indicative of an area in a geographical area that is covered by the shard data entry.
US11526497B2
A method can include initiating one or more transactions in response to a request associated with a first tenant in a multi-tenant computing system. The multi-tenant computing system can store a table of system master data. A determination can be made as to whether the first tenant has a table of customized master data that can include customized data values absent from the table of system master data. Based on the determination, one or more of the table of system master data and the table of customized master data can be used to respond to the request. A response to the request can be provided. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
US11526469B1
A method for file system reorganization in the presence of inline compression includes obtaining a virtual block pointer for an original compressed segment to be reorganized, the original compressed segment comprising compressed allocation units of data stored in a storage system, wherein the virtual block pointer comprises an extent list identifying the compressed allocation units in the original compressed segment and a pointer to where the original compressed segment is stored; copying only the referenced compressed allocation units in the original compressed segment to a new compressed segment in a substantially contiguous manner; updating the extent list to identify the referenced compressed allocation units in the new compressed segment, and the pointer to where the new compressed segment is stored; and freeing the original compressed segment.
US11526466B2
Methods, systems, and devices supporting data storage are described. A database server may store information in a group of files. As more information is stored at the database in the files, the sizes of the files may be increased. Techniques are described for uniformly growing files in the group of files to maintain a similar size for the files as the amount of storage increases. These techniques may prevent one file from becoming disproportionately larger than another file of the file group, supporting efficient read and write operations at the database. The file growth may be based on the file sizes as well as an amount of storage to be added for the group of files. For example, an application managing the file growth may sort the files by size, track uniform growth running totals, and determine file growth commands based on the uniform growth running totals.
US11526459B2
Provided are an adapter, a terminal device and an adapter system. The adapter includes: a universal serial bus type-C (USB-C) plug cooperatively connected to a USB-C interface of the terminal device, a USB socket cooperatively connected to a charging plug, and a headset socket cooperatively connected to a headset plug, where a first communication pin of the USB-C plug is connected to a first communication pin of the USB socket, a second communication pin of the USB-C plug is connected to a second communication pin of the USB socket, a first sound channel pin and a second sound channel pin of the USB-C plug are connected to a right sound channel signal pin and a left sound channel signal pin of the headset socket in one-to-one correspondence.
US11526458B2
An embodiment method of operating a CAN bus comprises coupling a first device and second devices to the CAN bus via respective CAN transceiver circuits, and configuring the respective CAN transceiver circuits to set the CAN bus to a recessive level during transmission of messages via the CAN bus by the respective first device or second devices.
US11526457B2
The present invention relates to a semiconductor device having a first processor element configured to receive a first interrupt request signal, a second processor element configured to receive a second interrupt request signal, a first priority determination circuit configured to receive a plurality of interrupt signals and to output the first interrupt request signal to the first processor element, a second priority determination circuit configured to receive the plurality of interrupt signals and to output the second interrupt request signal to the second processor element, a checker circuit configured detect failures of the first priority determination circuit and the second priority determination circuit, and a control circuit configured to select one of the first priority determination circuit or the second priority determination circuit as a circuit to be checked. The control circuit selects the circuit to be checked based on the first interrupt request signal and the second interrupt request signal.
US11526455B2
A slave device includes: a serial communications slave having an address designated for performing serial communications with a master; a single address determination pin configured to be, selectively, connected to a power terminal without being connected to a first external resistor, connected to a ground terminal without being connected through a second external resistor, connected to the power terminal through the first external resistor, or connected to the ground terminal through a second external resistor; and an address allocator configured to designate the address of the serial communications slave based on a plurality of state bits determined depending on a connection state of the single address determination pin.
US11526439B2
A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory including a plurality of first blocks having memory cells each configured to store one bit of data and a plurality of second blocks having memory cells each configured to multiple bits of data; and a controller configured to determine whether or not a number of use-completed second blocks, each of which has a first threshold number or less of valid pages, among use-completed second blocks of the plurality of second blocks, is equal to or larger than a second threshold number and to select, according to a determination result, a victim block on which garbage collection is to be performed among used-completed first blocks of the plurality of first blocks or the use-completed second blocks each having the first threshold number or less of valid pages.
US11526435B2
A storage system and method for automatic data phasing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a storage system is configured to receive, from a host, data to be written in the memory and an indication of an expected lifespan of the data; and determine whether to perform a garbage collection operation on the data based on the expected lifespan of the data. Other embodiments are provided.
US11526433B2
A method, a computer program product, and a system for allocating a variable into storage class memory during compilation of a program. The method includes selecting a variable recorded in a symbol table during compilation and computing a variable size of the variable by analyzing attributes related to the variable. The method further includes computing additional attributes relating to the variable. The method also includes computing a control flow graph and analyzing the control flow graph and the additional attributes to determine an allocation location for the variable. The method further includes allocating the variable into a storage class memory based on the analysis performed.
US11526428B2
A system for performing remote usability testing of a website includes a module for generating particular tasks, a module for moderating a session with a number of participants, and a module for receiving usability data. The system further includes an analytics module for analyzing the received usability data. The module for generating the particular tasks includes a research server configured to interface with user experience researchers and storing multiple testing modules for selecting qualified participants from the number of participants and for generating the particular tasks having research metrics associated with a target web site. In an embodiment, the research server randomly assigns one or more of the multiple testing modules to one of the participants. The multiple testing modules may include card sorting studies for optimizing a web site's architecture or layout.
US11526419B2
An information processing system that extracts a specified piece of log data or a specified field that constitutes the specified piece of log data, from a log file in which pieces of log data having different recording formats are mixed, the information processing system includes a format-information recording portion configured to store format information in which a determination condition to identify a recording format of the specified piece of log data is contained, an extraction-condition recording portion configured to store an extraction condition to extract the specified piece of log data or the specified field, and an extraction processing portion configured to extract the specified piece of log data or the specified field, from the log file by using the format information stored in the format-information recording portion and the extraction condition.
US11526411B2
An information handling system includes a non-volatile storage device communicatively coupled to a boot processor and an application processor. The boot processor, prior to the execution of a hang sensitive transaction, stores information associated with the hang sensitive transaction at a memory device. The application processor is configured to detect a catastrophic failure of the hang sensitive transaction. In response to the detection of the catastrophic failure, the application processor retrieves the information stored at the memory device and store the information at the non-volatile storage device.
US11526408B2
Data recovery in a virtual storage system, including: detecting, within storage provided by a first tier of storage of the virtual storage system, data loss within a dataset, wherein recovery data for the dataset is stored in a second tier of storage; determining a recovery point for the dataset up to which a consistent version of the dataset is recoverable from the recovery data stored in the second tier of storage; and restoring, within the storage provided by the first tier of storage of the virtual storage system, the consistent version of the dataset.
US11526403B1
A method, computer program product, and computing system for using a storage path to facilitate disaster recovery are described. A method may comprise receiving a selection of the storage path to facilitate access to a cloud storage device by the cloud computing client. The method may further comprise configuring the storage path to facilitate access to the cloud storage device by the cloud computing client, wherein the storage path is dedicated to the cloud computing client, and wherein a cloud computing site infrastructure is inaccessible to the cloud computing client via the storage path. The method may also comprise configuring a backup routine to generate a backed-up client resource and transmit the backed-up client resource to the cloud storage device via the storage path. The method may additionally comprise transmitting a list of backed-up client resources stored at the cloud storage device.
US11526399B2
Examples of the present disclosure describe implementing bitmap-based data replication when a primary form of data replication between a source device and a target device cannot be used. According to one example, a temporal identifier may be received from the target device. If the source device determines that the primary replication method is unable to be used to replicate data associated with the temporal identifier, a secondary replication method may be initiated. The secondary replication method may utilize a recovery bitmap identifying data blocks that have changed on the source device since a previous event.
US11526396B2
The invention relates to an interconnection network for forward error correction encoders and decoders, including N input terminals, N output terminals, and M stages. Each stage includes switching elements having input pins and output pins. The input pins of the switching elements of the first stage are connected to the input terminals, and the output pins of the switching elements of the last stage are connected to the output terminals. The input and output pins of the switching elements of immediately successive stages are connected in a hardwired fashion so as to form a plurality of interconnection sub-networks for routing respective input values from respective output pins of the switching elements of the first stage to respective input pins of the switching elements of the last stage.
US11526393B2
A system includes a memory circuitry configured to generate multiple results, each result using a different read voltage, in response to one or each received data access command. The multiple read results may be used to dynamically calibrate a read voltage assigned to generate a read result in response to a read command.
US11526378B2
An information processing device that includes: a memory; and a monitoring processor that is coupled to the memory, wherein the monitoring processor is configured to, in accordance with temperature information of a chip on which a plurality of monitored processors are mounted, stop execution of tasks designated as having low degrees of priority that are set in advance, among a plurality of tasks that are respectively executed at any of the plurality of monitored processors.
US11526370B2
A cloud resource management system trains, through ensemble learning, multiple time series forecasting models to forecast a future idle time of a virtual machine operating on a cloud computing service. The models are trained on historical usage and metric data of the virtual machine. The metric data includes CPU usage, disk usage and network usage. A select one of the models having the best accuracy for a target virtual machine is used in a production run to predict when the virtual machine will be idle. At this time, the virtual machine may be automatically shutdown in order to reduce the expense associated with the continued operation of the virtual machine.
US11526364B2
An object of the present disclosure is to suppress an increase in the time required for setting a peripheral device including driver installation. An embodiment of the present invention is a method including: a step for causing a display unit to display information of each of detected peripheral devices as a search result from a searching step; a step for causing a storage unit to store information of a peripheral device selected by a user from among the detected peripheral devices; an installation step for installing a driver that is compatible with the selected peripheral device; and a determination step for determining a port that is capable of communicating with the selected peripheral device, based on the information stored in the storage unit, wherein an installation process by the installation step and a communication-capable port determination process by the determination step are executed concurrently.
US11526356B2
An apparatus and method is provided, the apparatus comprising a processor pipeline to execute instructions, a cache structure to store information for reference by the processor pipeline when executing said instructions; and prefetch circuitry to issue prefetch requests to the cache structure to cause the cache structure to prefetch information into the cache structure in anticipation of a demand request for that information being issued to the cache structure by the processor pipeline. The processor pipeline is arranged to issue a trigger to the prefetch circuitry on detection of a given event that will result in a reduced level of demand requests being issued by the processor pipeline, and the prefetch circuitry is configured to control issuing of prefetch requests in dependence on reception of the trigger.
US11526349B1
A resource tracking system includes a resource storage device with multiple resources and a resource tracking application. The resource tracking application scans the resource storage device to identify the resources, determines a deployment date, an execution date, or both for each resource, identifies a subset of the resources that do not meet deployment date criteria, execution date criteria, or both based upon the deployment date, the execution date, or both determined for each resource, and recommends an action to delete the subset of the plurality of resources via a graphical user interface.
US11526345B2
Techniques for automatically deploying a version of a compute, both rule based and model based, with its dependencies when approved for deployment using one or more governance processes. One technique includes generating a compute fitting defined requirements and capable of executing on a defined model objective, generating a deployable archive bundle of the compute with dependencies based on a record of a lineage of the logical building blocks in dependency, analyzing performance of the compute with respect to a production compute deployed within a production environment, determining the performance of the compute is superior to the performance of the production compute based on the analyzing, and replacing the production compute in the production environment with the compute using the deployable archive bundle to facilitate deployment.
US11526338B2
In accordance with various embodiments, described herein is a system (Data Artificial Intelligence system, Data AI system), for use with a data integration or other computing environment, that leverages machine learning (ML, DataFlow Machine Learning, DFML), for use in managing a flow of data (dataflow, DF), and building complex dataflow software applications (dataflow applications, pipelines). In accordance with an embodiment, the system can provide a service to recommend actions and transformations, on an input data, based on patterns identified from the functional decomposition of a data flow for a software application, including determining possible transformations of the data flow in subsequent applications. Data flows can be decomposed into a model describing transformations of data, predicates, and business rules applied to the data, and attributes used in the data flows.
US11526335B2
A digital engineering (DE) platform configured to support space system development and acquisition. The DE platform includes a modular reference architecture models module configured to capture key modular system elements of interest using model-based system engineering (MBSE) and digital object oriented requirements system (DOORS) tools. The DE platform also includes a connectivity matrix module defining interface or specifications between one or more modular system elements. The DE platform is also configured to digitize the interface using a behavior model. The behavior model capturing required activity and/or sequence for a particular use case.
US11526326B2
An example method includes receiving data indicating a configuration of one or more playback devices. The one or more playback devices may include one or more transducers. The method further includes, based on the received data, associating each of one or more audio streams respectively with at least one transducer of the one or more transducers. The method further includes generating the one or more audio streams and sending at least one of the generated one or more audio streams to each of the one or more playback devices. An example non-transitory computer readable medium and an example computing device related to the example method are also disclosed herein.
US11526324B2
A smart mirror system is provided, comprising a mirror, a camera, and a processor in communication with the camera and the mirror. In use, an image of a face is received for performing facial recognition. Based on the facial recognition, at least one of a plurality of users of the mirror is identified, for tailoring operation of the mirror for the at least one user.
US11526318B2
A control method of a printing apparatus for acquiring a print job from a cloud print service, and performing printing based on the acquired print job includes transmitting, in a case where a notification received from the cloud print service includes information indicating that a fetchable print job exists, a first request related to the print job, to the cloud print service, executing login processing of causing a user to log into the printing apparatus, and transmitting a second request related to the print job, to the cloud print service conditional upon the login processing being performed.
US11526317B1
An embedded digital front end (DFE) of a printing device receives print jobs of documents from client devices. The print jobs are placed in a job queue within the DFE. Along with a received print job, the DFE also receives a graphic file corresponding to the print job. The graphic file is stored in a data storage on the DFE. The DFE provides the graphic file to a user interface connected to the DFE, to represent the print job. The user interface allows modifications be made to the job queue using the graphic files for the print jobs. Further, a client device connects to the user interface to modify the print order within the job queue.
US11526311B2
A communication system may include a printer and a terminal device. The printer may, in a case where a predetermined operation is accepted, execute a communication process and, in a case where sending of start information to a server fails in the communication process, execute an output process for causing an output unit to output communication information for communicating with the server and start related information obtained by using the start information. The terminal device may obtain the communication information and the start related information outputted by the printer and, in a case where the communication information and the start related information are obtained, send the start related information to the server using the communication information.
US11526306B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus for command scheduling in a memory subsystem according to a selected scheduling ordering are described. Scheduling orderings are determined for a set of commands, where a scheduling ordering identifies an order by which a memory subsystem controller is to issue each command in the set of commands to the memory device. Scores are calculated for the scheduling orderings. A score of the plurality of scores includes a measure of performance of execution of the set of commands according to the scheduling ordering. A scheduling ordering is selected from the scheduling orderings based on the scores, and a command is issued to the memory device according to the scheduling ordering.
US11526303B2
A multi-tiered data storage system for building management system (BMS) data includes a plurality of data stores including a first data store and a second data store. The system further includes a data access router configured to provide a consistent endpoint for the BMS data to an application that provides or consumes the BMS data regardless of whether the BMS data is stored in the second data store or the first data store, obtain a requested data object of the BMS data from the second data store in response to a determination that the requested data object is available in the second data store, and obtain the requested data object from the first data store in response to a determination that the requested data object is not available in the second data store.
US11526291B2
File access statistics associated with a content file are maintained by a file tier agent of a secondary storage system. The content file is accessible via a primary storage system. A target storage tier corresponding to the file access statistics associated with the content file is determined according to one or more policies. At least a portion of data of the content file is migrated to the determined storage tier while accessibility of the content file via the primary storage system is maintained.
US11526288B2
A memory system may include a memory device including a first memory block group and a second memory block group; and a memory controller configured to designate a first memory block of memory blocks included in the first memory block group as an open block and designate a second memory block of memory blocks included in the second memory block group as the open block, and perform a program operation on the first and second memory blocks designated as the open blocks. When the first memory block designated as the open block is changed to a closed block, the memory controller may determine whether to designate a third memory block among the memory blocks included in the first or the second memory block group as a new open block based on a number of times voltage abnormalities have occurred on a voltage supplied to the memory device.
US11526287B2
A storage device is provided including a memory controller having a neural processing unit (NPU); a first nonvolatile memory (NVM) connected to the memory controller through a first channel; and a second NVM connected to the memory controller through a second channel. The first NVM stores first weight data for the NPU and the second stores second weight data for the NPU. The memory controller is configured to determine one of the first and second channels that is less frequently accessed upon receiving an inference request from the neural processor, and access a corresponding one of the first weight data and the second weight data using the determined one channel.
US11526276B2
A storage system and method for performing upgrade management are provided. A plurality of nodes in the storage systems are divided into groups. A scheduling node obtains a constraint condition of each group. The constraint condition comprises a maximum quantity of nodes in a corresponding group that are allowed to be upgraded in parallel. Nodes in a first batch for upgrading in parallel from the groups based on the constraint condition of each group are selected. An upgrade instruction is sent to the nodes in the first batch.
US11526273B2
User-input obfuscating techniques involving displaying multiple targets on a display device. A visual indication of the current user target moves to a first target at a first time in response to user input, and a first presentation of a visual or audio feedback signal confirming actuation of a target occurs at a second time, without a user input for actuation of a target received while the current user target has remained at the first target from the first time to the second time. The visual indication moves to a second target at a third time in response to user input. The second target is actuated in response to receiving user input for actuation of the current user target after the third time. Then, with the current user target having remained at the second target since the third time, a second presentation of the visual or audio feedback signal is provided.
US11526265B2
Visual manipulation of a digital object such as three-dimensional digital object manipulation on a two-dimensional display surface is described that overcomes the challenges of explicit specification of axis manipulation for each of the three axes one at a time. In an example, a multipoint gesture to a digital object is received on a display surface, which generates an axis of manipulation based on a position of the multipoint gesture relative to the digital object. Then a manipulation gesture is recognized, indicative of a manipulation of the digital object relative to the axis of manipulation, and a visual manipulation of the digital object about the axis of manipulation is generated based on the manipulation gesture.
US11526263B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to make a transition from a provided screen, which is provided by a second service that cooperates with a first service that is being executed, to a first screen in a case where a first screen constituent element for receiving an instruction to display the first screen is selected on the provided screen, and not to display a second screen in a case where a second screen constituent element for receiving an instruction to display the second screen is selected on the provided screen.
US11526261B1
An intelligent forecasting system that includes sources of financial and non-financial input data and a user interface generator for generating user interfaces having window elements that display the input data. The window element includes a persistent navigation pane element having vertically stacked actuatable navigation soft buttons for accessing one or more portions of an intelligent forecasting. The navigation soft buttons include, among other buttons, an Outlier Treatment soft button for processing the input data by applying thereto a statistical processing model to detect outliers in the input data, a Model Selection soft button for selecting a statistical forecasting model to apply to the input data, a Signal Explorer soft button for selecting a signal transformation method for transforming the input data, a Model Prediction soft button for selecting one of the statistical forecasting models to apply to the input data, and a Simple Prediction soft button for automatically generating forecasts.
US11526259B2
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for determining an extended reading content, a device, and a storage medium, relating to the field of data processing. The method may include: displaying a target page, in response to a viewing request to the target page; giving a reading prompt to an extended reading resource in the target page, based on a corresponding relationship between a requirement recognition result of at least one target reading content in the target page and the extended reading resource; and displaying the extended reading resource, in response to the viewing request matching the reading prompt.
US11526256B2
The present disclosure generally relates to managing user interface sharing. A computer system receives a representation of a first user interface template that specifies an arrangement of user interface elements. The computer system receiving a request to use the first user interface template for a respective computer system that includes a plurality of installed applications. The computer system initiates a process for creating a user interface for the respective computer system using the first user interface template. The process includes, in accordance with a determination that a first application is not available on the respective computer system, displaying an alert indicating that the first application needs to be installed on the respective computer system. The process includes, in accordance with a determination that the first application is available on the respective computer system, forgoing displaying the alert.
US11526252B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for a user interface to allow for navigating a hierarchical menu. In one embodiment a method includes displaying a user interface including one or more menu elements, wherein each menu element is associated with a row of content titles that may be displayed by the user interface and detecting an input command associated with a menu element. The method may further include updating the display of the user interface based on the input command, wherein presentation of a row of content titles associated with the menu element is updated to allow for navigation within the row, and wherein content titles presented by the user interface for the menu element are a subset of content titles that may be accessed based on the menu element. The method may allow for bypassing one or more levels of the hierarchical menu.
US11526251B2
A system and method for creating, managing, and displaying an interactive display for 3D digital collectibles comprising a virtual, three dimensional, n-sided structure including a digital media file or set of digital media files representing an event rendered on a representation of a first surface thereof, and data relating to the event rendered on at least a second surface thereof, where the digital media file may be a video clip of the event that can be played automatically via a media player associated with the display. The interactive display may provide a graphical user interface that displays a set of user tools to interact with the 3D digital collectibles and a user interface control module that receives user input via the user tools and generates instructions to control the display of one or more 3D digital collectible display elements.
US11526250B2
The present invention provides a user with a user interface for enabling the user to efficiently perform an operation for generating a virtual viewpoint image for each imaging target subject to be imaged by a plurality of imaging apparatuses. An event information acquisition unit acquires information about an event subjected to virtual viewpoint image generation, and transmits the acquired event information to a user interface (UI) determination unit. The UI determination unit determines a UI to be generated by a UI generation unit based on the event information transmitted from the event information acquisition unit. The UI generation unit generates the UI determined by the UI determination unit. The user performs an input operation for generating a virtual viewpoint image according to the UI generated by the UI generation unit.
US11526247B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a touch display device, a touch circuit and a touch driving method thereof, and more particularly, a touch display device, a touch circuit and a touch driving method thereof enable to reduce effectively a ghost phenomenon in touch electrode groups by dividing a plurality of touch electrodes into a plurality of touch electrode groups with same patterns. The touch display device may include a display panel including a touch electrode group in which a plurality of long touch electrodes with long length and a plurality of short touch electrodes with short length in a first direction are alternately arranged in a second direction; and a touch circuit sequentially performing a self-capacitance sensing operation and a mutual-capacitance sensing operation for the touch electrode group.
US11526241B2
Flexible substrate, touch display substrate, manufacturing methods thereof, and touch display device
A flexible substrate, a touch display substrate, manufacturing methods thereof, and a touch display device are provided. The flexible substrate includes: a first flexible base substrate; a first buffer layer arranged on the first flexible base substrate; a first pressure sensing electrode arranged on the first buffer layer; and a second flexible base substrate covering the first pressure sensing electrode. The first pressure sensing electrode is capable of forming a pressure sensing capacitor with a second pressure sensing electrode arranged at a side of the second flexible base substrate away from the first pressure sensing electrode.
US11526240B1
An input device such as a stylus for providing input to a touch-sensitive surface with reduced sensitivity to leakage current variations over temperature is disclosed. A passive stylus may include one or more diodes in parallel with one or more bleed resistors. The non-linear load of the diode and resistor network can be operative to provide a stylus electric field in response to a stimulation signal from an electronic device that can be capacitively coupled to, and sensed by, the electronic device. The signal sensed by the electronic device can be a function of the total leakage current, which can vary greatly as a function of temperature and frequency. In order to improve performance, the diode and resistor network, including the bleed resistor(s) and diodes within that network, can be selected and/or designed to provide a reduced variation in the leakage current and more accurate stylus detection.
US11526236B2
A device with touch sensing includes a bracket, a pad disposed above one side of the bracket, the pad having a capacitance that varies as a touch is applied proximate to the device, and a sensing coil disposed below another side of the bracket that opposes the one side, with at least a portion of the sensing coil overlapping the pad.
US11526230B2
A touch sensor device includes a first panel, a second panel, and a drive-sense circuit (DSC). The first panel that includes first electrodes arranged in a first direction and second electrodes arranged in a second direction. The second panel includes third electrodes arranged in a third direction and fourth electrodes arranged in a fourth direction. The DSC is operably coupled via a single line to a coupling of a first electrode of the first electrodes and a first electrode of the third electrodes. The DSC is configured to provide the signal, which is generated based on a reference signal, via the single line to the coupling and simultaneously to sense the signal via the single line. The DSC generates a digital signal representative of the at least one electrical characteristic associated with the first electrode of the first electrodes and/or the first electrode of the third electrodes.
US11526223B2
A display device includes at least one touch sensor configured to sense a touch in response to a touch signal, a display panel including the at least one touch sensor and configured to operate in one of a display mode and a touch-sensing mode, a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit is configured to supply at least one of a first touch signal and a second touch signal to the at least one touch sensor during the touch-sensing mode, to yield at least one supplied signal, the first touch signal being different from the second touch signal. The second circuit is configured to control signal lines corresponding to the at least one touch sensor to receive a signal corresponding to the at least one supplied signal or to be in an electrically open state.
US11526218B2
A pen input device is provided, including a housing including a front opening and a rear opening; a pen input generator including a pen tip disposed in the front opening, the pen input generator generating a position signal and a pen pressure signal of the pen input device; a battery; a PCB; a support on which at least a part of the pen input generator, the battery, and the PCB are disposed; a conductive member electrically connecting the PCB and the battery; a buffer disposed in the rear opening; and a polymer that fills in an inner space of the housing. The support includes a support plate extended in a direction toward the rear opening from the front opening of the housing, and a first partition, a second partition, and a third partition, which protrude from the support plate and are sequentially spaced.
US11526212B1
Operation of a head-mounted wearable device is responsive to whether a state of the device is being worn (donned) or not worn (doffed) on the head. The device may operate in a first mode while donned and a second mode while doffed. A capacitive sensor device having an electrode positioned in a bridge of the device provides output data. The output data is processed to determine a baseline value. Later, acquired output data is compared to the baseline value to determine don/doff data indicative of whether the device is donned or doffed. Data from other sensors, may also be used in conjunction with the output data to improve accuracy of the don/doff data. For example, if the output data is above the baseline value and accelerometer data is indicative of motion greater than a motion threshold, the don/doff data may be designated as donned.
US11526210B2
A system may have one or more electronic devices that include user input sensors such as force sensors, touch sensors, motion sensors, and other input devices. To provide a user with output, devices may have visual output components such as displays, audio output components, and haptic output components. Haptic output components may be used to apply an apparent force in a given direction relative to a device housing surface such as a sidewall surface or other device surface. Control circuitry in a device may direct a haptic output component to produce the apparent force in a direction perpendicular to the housing surface or tangential to the housing surface. The apparent applied force may be provided as feedback while the control circuitry is directing a display in the device or in an external device to provide a user with visual content based on the user input.
US11526209B2
A method and system for rendering an augmented reality scene on a mobile computing device tracks a real-world scene and/or a viewpoint of a user with one or more event-based vision sensors and blends an augmented reality scene displayed on the mobile computing device based on the viewpoint of the user and a scene map of the real-world scene and on the tracking of the one or more event-based vision sensors. Event-based vision sensors offer many advantages, mainly by intrinsically compressing the data stream and thus reducing the amount of data that a processing unit needs to perform. Furthermore, the event-based vision sensor pixels continuously sense the visual changes in the scene and report them with a very low latency. This makes the event-based vision sensor an ideal sensor for always-on tasks such as visual tracking and smart sensor control or data enhancement of secondary sensing modalities.
US11526205B2
Methods and apparatus to implement always-on context sensor hubs for processing multiple different types of data inputs are disclosed. An examples apparatus includes a first processor core to implement a host controller, and a second processor core to implement an offload engine. The host controller includes first logic to process sensor data associated with an electronic device when the electronic device is in a low power mode. The host controller is to offload a computational task associated with the sensor data to the offload engine. The offload engine includes second logic to execute the computational task.
US11526199B2
A redundant memory for use with an instrument arranged to acquire and store data while underwater. Such an instrument comprises a main housing which contains instrument electronics that acquires and may process data received from one or more sensors, with a primary memory located within the main housing and arranged to store at least some of the acquired and/or processed data, and a secondary memory which stores a copy of the data stored in the primary memory. The instrumentation may be arranged to write data to the primary and secondary memories contemporaneously in either a burst or continuous mode, or with primary memory backed up to secondary memory periodically and/or in response to the occurrence of a triggering event. The instrument may comprise a second housing within which the secondary memory is located. The main and second housings may be contained within a common enclosure.
US11526194B2
A semiconductor circuit may include a first flip-flop configured to output a first input data as a first output signal in response to an inverted input clock signal, a second flip-flop configured to output a second input data as a second output signal in response to an input clock signal, a glitch-free circuit configured to receive the inverted input clock signal, the input clock signal, the first output signal, and the second output signal, and to determine a voltage level of a node on the basis of the inverted input clock signal, the input clock signal, the first output signal, and the second output signal, and an inverter configured to output an output clock signal obtained by inverting the voltage level of the node determined by the glitch-free circuit. The glitch-free circuit does not include a transistor having a gate connected to the node.
US11526192B2
Disclosed are a multi-directional input device and a game machine. The multi-directional input device includes a first rocker arm and a second rocker arm, the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm are distributed in up-down direction, each of the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm includes a C-shaped part, a rotating shaft part is provided on opposite ends of the C-shaped part, the rotating shaft part is fixed by the cover, and a rotating axis is defined at both ends of the rotating shaft part; the first rocker arm and the second rocker arm rotate relative to the cover through their respective rotating shaft part; the operating part is penetrated through the C-shaped part, and the C-shaped part defines an elongated hole guiding the operating part to pivot.
US11526191B2
An electronic device includes a precision reference circuit, which contains a bandgap reference circuit and an offset-correction circuit. The bandgap reference circuit has an output that is coupled to provide a bandgap reference voltage and an intermediate node that is separated from the output by a transimpedance resistor. The offset-correction circuit is coupled to the bandgap reference circuit and includes a DAC. The DAC is coupled to the intermediate node and is also coupled to receive an external digital value. The external digital value determines a fraction of a correction current that will be passed by the DAC.
US11526190B2
An apparatus includes a current mirror coupled to an output of an amplifier through control switches, a plurality of capacitors, each of which is coupled to a common node of a leg of the current mirror and a corresponding control switch, a first dipole coupled to a first input of an amplifier, a second dipole coupled to a second input of the amplifier, a third dipole coupled to an output of the apparatus configured to generate the bandgap reference voltage, and groups of switches coupled between the current mirror and the dipoles.
US11526188B2
Systems and methods for identifying optimal siting locations for an energy storage system. Siting locations are identified based on a value index derived from pricing data associated with a plurality of nodes on an electrical grid. An index is derived for each selected node of the plurality of nodes to produce a siting recommendation.
US11526175B1
Sensor data is received from an array of sensors configured to capture one or more objects of an external environment of an autonomous vehicle. A first sensor group is selected from the array of sensors based on vehicle operation data representative of a state of the autonomous vehicle. First sensor data from the first group is prioritized for transmission based on the vehicle operation data.
US11526170B2
The disclosure relates to a method for predicting and controlling robot walking. The method includes the following steps: constructing a grid map based on grid units marked with a status; establishing a dynamic detection model with a current location of a robot as a reference point based on the grid map; predicting a forward path condition of the robot based on the dynamic detection model; and controlling a walking mode of the robot based on the prediction result.
US11526167B1
Methods and systems for autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicle control relating to malfunctions are disclosed. Malfunctioning sensors or software of autonomous vehicles may be identified from operating data of the vehicle, and a component maintenance requirement status associated with such malfunctioning component may be generated. Based upon such status, usage restrictions may be enacted to limit operation of the vehicle while the component is malfunctioning. This may include disabling or restricting use of certain autonomous or semi-autonomous features of the vehicle until the component is repaired or replaced. Repair may be accomplished by automatically scheduling repair of the vehicle or installing an updated or uncorrupted version of a software program, in various embodiments.
US11526162B2
A method for detecting an abnormal event performed by a computing device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes analyzing log data to identify sequentially executed activities and generating a process model comprising a node indicating each of the activities and an edge indicating an execution predecessor relationship between the activities, and outputting a result of analyzing log data generated in real time based on the process model.
US11526154B2
According to an aspect, there is provided method for analyzing movement. Initially, information on one or more desired movement properties for a moving element of a mechanical system powered by an electrical machine which is controlled by a drive is maintained in a memory of a wireless sensing device. The wireless sensing device including one or more sensors is detachably fixed to the moving element of the mechanical system. The one or more sensors include one or more kinematic sensors. The wireless sensing device acquire results of a plurality of measurements performed by the wireless sensing device while the moving element is in motion. During the acquiring, the wireless sensing device compares results of the plurality of measurements with the one or more desired movement properties and communicates with the drive to adjust one or more drive parameters based on the comparing.
US11526139B1
A system for controlling a subplant comprising one or more assets includes one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including generating a design curve for a first asset included in the subplant based on an asset model, the design curve comprising a plurality of data points that define an operation of the first asset, obtaining operational data for the first asset, determining a degradation factor for the first asset by comparing the design curve and the operational data, generating an operational curve for the first asset by derating the design curve based on the degradation factor, and operating the subplant based on the operational curve.
US11526133B2
The disclosed system may include a watch band, a watch body comprising at least one image sensor configured to capture a wide-angle image, a coupling mechanism configured to detachably couple the watch body to the watch band, and at least one biometric sensor on at least one of the watch band or the watch body. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11526128B2
A duct for guiding air outside an image forming apparatus to a charging device includes: a first flow passage; a second flow passage bent from the first flow passage and extending in a direction orthogonal to a rotational direction and a rotational axis direction of a photosensitive drum, the second flow passage being provided with an outlet; and a plurality of flow dividing plates provided in the second flow passage, the plurality of flow dividing plates being disposed in parallel along the rotational axis direction and forming a third flow passage between the flow dividing plates adjacent to each other, in which a relationship between a length in the orthogonal direction and a length in the rotational axis direction of the third flow passage is a predetermined relationship.
US11526120B2
An image formation apparatus includes a development unit, a circuit board, a conduction member, a coil spring, and a holding member. The development unit develops an electrostatic image formed on a photoconductive drum. The circuit board supplies a voltage to the development unit. The conduction member electrically connects the development unit and the circuit board. The coil spring includes a coil part in contact with the conduction member and an arm part of the coil spring provided integrally with the coil part and extending from an end of the coil part outward in a radial direction with respect to the coil part. The holding member includes a spring regulation part to regulate movement of the coil spring in the radial direction. The holding member holds the coil spring in contact with the conduction member. The arm part includes a hook portion to engage with a portion of the holding member.
US11526115B2
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a development roller configured to supply developer to the photosensitive drum, a transfer roller configured to transfer a developer image formed on the photosensitive drum to a recording material, and a cleaning roller being in contact with the photosensitive drum, configured to clean a part of the recording material adhered to the photosensitive drum, wherein a diameter of the transfer roller is greater than a diameter of the development roller and the diameter of the transfer roller is greater than a diameter of the cleaning roller.
US11526114B2
A movement member that causes a cleaning member to move so as to reciprocally move on a transparent member is provided. A cleaning process is performed in accordance with an instruction on a number of times of movement of the movement member.
US11526105B2
A fixing device includes: an annular belt including an elastic layer formed of elastic material and a surface layer formed on a surface of the elastic layer, the annular belt having an internal diameter r [μm]; and a pressing member that makes contact with the surface layer of the annular belt, thereby forming a nip region, wherein t x · W r ≤ 245 μm is satisfied, where tx [μm] denotes a thickness of the annular belt and W [μm] denotes a nip width of the nip region in a short-side direction of the nip region, the short-side direction being orthogonal to both a width direction and a thickness direction of the annular belt.
US11526099B2
An attached portion of an image forming apparatus includes a rotating member of which at least a part is exposed outside the image forming apparatus when the developer container is attached, and a rotation restricting mechanism that is movable between a restricting position to restrict rotation of the rotating member and an allowable position to allow rotation of the rotating member, and includes a restricting member that is at the restricting position when the developer container is not attached. The developer container is attached to the attached portion so that the discharging portion engaging portion and the shutter engaging portions are engaged with the frame engaged portions and the rotating member engaged portions respectively when the container shutter is in the close state, and the restricting member moves from the restricting position to the allowable position when the developer container is attached to the attached portion.
US11526093B2
According to one embodiment, a toner which has excellent low-temperature fixability, and also has excellent heat resistance even when the toner is reused, sufficiently maintains an electric charge amount, and hardly decreases an image density is provided. Also provided are a toner cartridge and an image forming apparatus, in each of which the toner is stored. A toner according to an embodiment contains toner base particles and an external additive. The external additive contains silica particles A, B, and C having a particle diameter of 10 to 14 nm, 40 to 70 nm, and 90 to 150 nm, respectively.
US11526091B2
Apparatus for, and method of, measuring a parameter of an alignment mark on a substrate in which an optical system is arranged to receive at least one diffraction order from the alignment mark and the diffraction order is modulated at a pupil or a wafer conjugate plane of the optical system, a solid state optical device is arranged to receive the modulated diffraction order, and a spectrometer is arranged to receive the modulated diffraction order from the solid state optical device and to determine an intensity of one or more spectral components in the modulated diffraction order.
US11526073B2
A pellicle comprises a stress-controlled metal layer. The stress in said metal layer may be between about 500-50 MPa. A method of manufacturing a pellicle comprising a metal layer includes deposing said metal layer by plasma physical vapor deposition. Process parameters are selected so as to produce a desired stress value in said metal layer, such as between about 500-50 MPa.
US11526069B2
An image capturing apparatus having a high operability irrespective of whether an accessory is attached to an apparatus body. The apparatus body includes a first connection section connected to the accessory, a first operation member disposed in a surface different from a surface where the first connection section is provided, and a second operation member disposed in the surface where the first connection section is provided. The accessory includes a second connection section which can be connected to the first connection section, and a third operation section disposed in a surface different from the surface where the second connection section is provided and is located in the vicinity of the second operation member in a state in which the accessory is attached to the apparatus body. The second operation member and the third operation member have at least one same function.
US11526065B1
The disclosed electronic shutter may include (1) an optical structure including a medium through which light from an environment passes to a lens of a camera for capturing an image of the environment; and (2) a controlling circuit that (a) detects a first condition of a signal, where the first condition indicates an activation of the camera, (b) controls, in response, to the first condition, the optical structure such that the medium attains a transparent optical state, (c) detects a second condition of the signal, where the second condition indicates a deactivation of the camera, and (d) controls, in response to the second condition, the optical structure such that the medium attains a non-transparent optical state in a manner that prevents visual detection of the lens from the environment. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11526064B2
An embodiment provides a liquid lens including a first plate comprising a cavity formed therein to accommodate a first liquid, which is non-conductive, and a second liquid, which is conductive, therein, the first plate being conductive, an electrode disposed on the first plate, a second plate disposed on the electrode, the second plate being non-conductive, a third plate disposed under the first plate, and an insulation layer disposed between the first plate and the electrode and between the second liquid and the first plate.
US11526059B2
An array substrate and a liquid crystal display panel are provided. The array substrate includes data lines, scanning lines, common electrode lines, and pixels. Wherein, first areas corresponding to and adjacent to the data lines, second areas corresponding to and adjacent to the scanning lines, third areas corresponding to the common electrode lines, and fourth areas between adjacent rows of the pixels are provided with shield electrodes, and a disposition density of the shield electrodes corresponding to first sub-pixels is less than a disposition density of the shield electrodes corresponding to third sub-pixels. The present disclosure reduces dark-state light leakage phenomenon.
US11526032B2
Apparatus are described herein related to augmenting human vision by means of adaptive polarization filter grids. A preferred embodiment is described as smart sunglasses, realized as see through head mountable device (HMD) configured to reduce glare originating from polarized light. Each eyeglass of the HMD is associated with a grid comprising a plurality of dynamically configurable polarization filters placed in the path of the light. A polarization analyzer module analyzes the polarization characteristics of a field of view and performs an optimization calculation. The polarization analyzer controls the said grid via a controller module in such a way that the filter state of each grid element can be addressed separately. The grid of polarization filters causes the polarization characteristics of the incident light to be adapted in such a way as to reduce glare and/or to provide a user of the said head mountable device with an enhanced visual perception of the field of view. The user of the described head mountable device has the option of selection between a plurality of polarization enhancement modes, such as horizontal or vertical polarization filtering only or a hybrid mode combining both horizontal and vertical polarization filtering on an individual basis for each grid element. Additionally smart window and smart mirror embodiments of the described adaptive polarization filter grids are introduced.
US11526025B2
Eyewear lenses for frameless eyewear may include a stiffening member configured to increase the stiffness of the eyewear lens. The stiffening member may be an integral part of the lens and extend along the upper portion of the lens. At least a portion of the stiffening member may extend forward of a corresponding point on the front surface of the lens. The stiffening member may have different dimensions and cross sections, based on, for example, the stiffening enhancement needed and aesthetic considerations. The stiffening member may be designed to improve the moment of inertia of the eyewear lens to a desired value when compared to an otherwise identical lens without a stiffening member. The increased stiffness caused by the stiffening member may also be designed to achieve a target head force on the head of a user when the eyewear lens is integrated into eyewear.
US11526020B2
A projector assembly includes three coaxially aligned lenses and an aperture stop. The three coaxially aligned lenses include a first lens and, in order of increasing distance therefrom and on a same side thereof, a second lens and a positive meniscus lens. The first lens is a positive lens. The second lens is a negative lens. The second lens is located between the aperture stop and the positive meniscus lens. The projector assembly is one-sided telecentric at a plane proximate the positive meniscus lens.
US11526017B2
The present disclosure includes a first optical member (light-guiding member) and a second optical member (light-guiding member) that are included in a first display device and a second display device configured to display images corresponding to left and right eyes and are configured to guide the images, a central member serving as a coupling member configured to couple these light-guiding members, and a protruding portion provided on the central member and extending in a lateral direction (±X direction) in which these light-guiding members are aligned.
US11526016B1
An optical device includes a spatial light modulator configured to project image light, a diffractive lens, and a polarization-selective reflector. The spatial light modulator defines an optical axis. The diffractive lens is positioned to receive the image light from the spatial light modulator. The polarization-selective reflector is positioned to receive the image light from the diffractive lens. The polarization-selective reflector having a polarization-selective reflective surface in an orientation that is non-perpendicular to the optical axis of the spatial light modulator.
US11526013B2
A wearable display device is provided, including a first optical waveguide lens and a first projection assembly. The first optical waveguide lens has a first area and a second area. The first projection assembly disposed on the first optical waveguide lens projects a plurality of lights and includes a first light projector and a second light projector. The first and second light projectors are disposed in different positions on the first optical waveguide lens in the first direction, and the first light projector and the second light projector do not overlap in the second direction, wherein the first direction and the second direction are not parallel. The first light projector projects a first light to the first area, and the second light projector projects a second light to the second area, and the first light does not overlap with the second light in the second direction.
US11526011B2
A display system of a vehicle displays a virtual image. The display system has a projection device, which is configured to emit display light in order to generate an image, and a reflecting device, which is configured for a first reflection of display light of the projection device arranged above the reflecting device by way of the reflecting device attached in or on an instrument panel of the vehicle. The display light of the projection device incident on the reflecting device is substantially retroreflected. The display system further includes a windshield of the vehicle, which windshield is configured for a second reflection of at least part of the display light, which was reflected by the reflecting device, to the eyes of an observer in the vehicle in order to allow the observer to see, behind the windshield, the virtual image of the image generated by the projection device.
US11526008B2
A head-up display and a multiview head-up display system provide a plurality of different views of a multiview image combined with a view of a physical environment to an eye box as a combined view. The head-up display includes a multibeam element-based display configured to provide the different views of the multiview image and an optical combiner configured to relay the different views to the eye box along with the view of the physical environment view. The multibeam element-based display includes an array of multibeam elements configured to provide a plurality of directional light beams having directions corresponding to respective view directions of the plurality of different views and an array of light valves configured to modulate the plurality of directional light beams to provide the multiview image.
US11526003B2
An optical system includes a light-guide optical element (LOE) (100) having a pair of parallel major external surfaces (102, 104) and a set of mutually-parallel reflector surfaces (106a, 106b, 106c) obliquely angled within the LOE. At least one of the reflector surfaces has high reflectivity for angles of incidence above 60 degrees to the normal and partial reflectivity for angles of incidence less than 35 degrees to the normal.
US11526001B2
Various embodiments of a multi-laser system are disclosed. In some embodiments, the multi-laser system includes a plurality of lasers, a plurality of laser beams, a beam positioning system, a thermally stable enclosure, and a temperature controller. The thermally stable enclosure is substantially made of a material with high thermal conductivity such as at least 5 W/(m K). The thermally stable enclosure can help maintain alignment of the laser beams to a target object over a range of ambient temperatures. Various embodiments of an optical system for directing light for optical measurements such laser-induced fluorescence and spectroscopic analysis are disclosed. In some embodiments, the optical system includes a thermally conductive housing and a thermoelectric controller, a plurality of optical fibers, and one or more optical elements to direct light emitted by the optical fibers to illuminate a flow cell. The housing is configured to attach to a flow cell.
US11525999B2
In one aspect, a handheld lighting system is disclosed, which comprises a handheld housing extending from a proximal end to a distal end, and a light module disposed at least partially in the housing. The handheld lighting system further includes a removable and replaceable power module that is coupled to the housing (e.g., it is at least partially disposed within the housing) and is electrically coupled to the light module, e.g., through a pair of electrical leads, for providing electrical power thereto. Light intensity from the light module may be controlled from a knob on the power module. Various adapters can allow the lighting system to attach to a multitude of medical, industrial, dental or veterinary endoscopes or other instruments.
US11525998B2
The objective lens unit includes, a front lens group having a negative refractive power, a diaphragm, and a rear lens group having a positive refractive power, in order from an object side. The front lens group includes a negative lens having a concave surface facing an image surface side, and a positive lens having a convex surface facing the object side, and the rear lens group includes a positive lens having a convex surface facing the image surface side and a cemented lens in which a positive lens and a negative lens are cemented. The endoscope objective lens unit satisfies −1.6
US11525994B2
An adapter which controls rotation of a microscope on which a slide is placed and an imaging unit and which easily performs correction of a rotation shift is provided. The adapter includes a first connection member connected to a microscope, a second connection member connected to an imaging unit, a rotation member arranged between the first and second connection members and configured to rotate the second connection member relative to the first connection member using optical axes of the microscope and the imaging unit at a center, a control member configured to be fixed on one of the first and second connection members and control the rotation of the connection member, and a driving member configured to be engaged with the first connection member or the second connection member and change a position of the second connection member relative to the first connection member around the optical axes.
US11525993B2
Implementations of the disclosure are directed to predicting structured illumination parameters for a particular point in time, space, and/or temperature using estimates of structured illumination parameters obtained from structured illumination images captured by a structured illumination system. Particular implementations are directed to predicting structured illumination frequency, phase, orientation, and/or modulation order parameters.
US11525992B2
The present disclosure relates to a medical microscope field. A stereo microscope connected to an optical coherence tomography (OCT) unit for forming a tomographic image of a target object includes an objective lens unit including a plurality of lenses each having an aperture of a predetermined size, a pair of first magnification lens units each including a plurality of lenses having a pair of magnification lens apertures positioned within the aperture of the objective lens unit, a second magnification lens unit including a plurality of lenses having an OCT aperture disposed separately from the pair of magnification lens aperture within the aperture of the objective lens unit, and a light delivery unit configured to receive light from the OCT unit and deliver the light to the second magnification lens unit and configured to deliver light received from the second magnification lens unit to the OCT unit.
US11525974B2
A lens apparatus includes a cam barrel having a cam groove and rotatable around an optical axis, a cam follower engaged with the cam groove, a movable member movable in an optical axis direction via the cam follower as the cam barrel rotates, a straight guide member configured to guide the movable member in the optical axis direction and restrict a movement of the cam barrel in a first direction parallel to the optical axis, a first biasing member configured to bias the movable member in a second direction opposite to the first direction so that the cam follower contacts a first cam groove surface of the cam groove in the optical axis direction, and a second biasing member configured to bias the cam barrel in the first direction.
US11525973B2
A multi-lens camera includes a main housing assembly, lenses, a lens adjuster and a transparent cover. The transparent cover is mounted on the main housing assembly; the lens adjuster is mounted in the space formed by the main housing assembly and the transparent cover; the transparent cover includes a flat portion and a curved portion surrounding the flat portion; the lenses are located in the space covered by the curved portion; the lens adjuster includes a fixing disc and at least two lens brackets; each of the lens brackets includes a first bracket and a second bracket arranged on the first bracket; the first support is movably arranged on the fixing disc, and is capable of moving along the circumferential direction of the fixing disc; a lens is rotationally engaged with the second bracket, such that the lens rotates around axis thereof.
US11525972B2
A reticulated tube includes: a plurality of openings that are reticulately formed; peripheral parts that form the openings; and a branch part that is formed in a boundary of three or more openings. The branch part includes three or more peripheral parts extending from the branch part. The reticulated tube is configured to accommodate a plurality of optical fibers inserted through the reticulated tube. The peripheral parts are restricted by the branch part and are bendable.
US11525968B2
Some embodiments may include a method of generating assessment data in a system including a galvanometric scanning system (GSS) having a laser device to generate a laser beam and an X-Y scan head module to position the laser beam on a work piece. The method may include selecting a dimension based on a desired accuracy for validation (and/or a characteristic of an imaging system in embodiments that utilize an imaging system). The method may include commanding the GSS to draw a mark based on a polygon or ellipse of the selected dimension around a predetermined target point associated with the work piece to generate assessment data, and following operation of the GSS based on said commanding, validating a calibration of the GSS using the assessment data (or an image thereof in embodiments that utilize an imaging system). Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
US11525961B2
An example method of filling epoxy in a fiber optic connector includes: applying the epoxy to a ferrule of a first connector at a first pressure for a first period of time; applying the epoxy to the first connector at a second pressure for a second period of time until the epoxy is sensed to exit a hole defined by the ferrule of the first connector; comparing the second period of time to a threshold; when the second period of time is greater than the threshold, increasing the first pressure, the first period of time, or the second pressure; and when the second period of time is less than the threshold, decreasing the first pressure, the first period of time, or the second pressure.
US11525954B2
The present invention relates to a glass fiber (1) comprising at least one fiber core (10), at least one fiber cladding (11) which at least substantially encloses the fiber core (10) in the circumferential direction (U) and along the longitudinal axis (X), and at least one fiber coating (12) which substantially encloses the fiber cladding (11) in the circumferential direction (U) and along the longitudinal axis (X), wherein the glass fiber (1) has at least one first exposed portion (13a) where the fiber cladding (11) is exposed by the fiber coating (12), for removing light (B) at least from the fiber cladding (11), wherein at least the fiber cladding (11) has a plurality of recesses (14) at least substantially in the radial direction (R), which recesses are designed to at least partially discharge the light (B) at least from the fiber cladding (11). The glass fiber (1) is characterized in that the recesses (14), as longitudinal recesses (14), are each formed at least in portions precisely along the longitudinal axis (X).
US11525949B2
An example article may include an optical filter and a multilayer stack adjacent the optical filter. The multilayer stack may include a plurality of layers. Each respective layer of the plurality layers may define a respective window edge of a plurality of window edges. The plurality of window edges may define an optical window configured to transmit light through the optical filter. At least a first respective window edge of the plurality of window edges may be stepped relative to at least a second respective window edge of the plurality of window edges.
US11525943B2
The invention is to provide an ophthalmic lens comprising a lens body, a polydopamine layer formed on the surface of the lens body and an antimicrobial layer bonded to the polydopamine layer, and manufacturing method thereof, wherein the antimicrobial layer is formed from a copolymer of carboxyl-containing polymer and zwitterionic polymer and a crosslinking agent, and the zwitterionic polymer can be selected from one of the group consisting of phosphorylcholine polymer, sulfobetaine polymer, carboxybetaine polymer and mixed-charge polymer or a combination thereof.
US11525942B2
The disclosure presents processes and methods for decomposing friction factors and generating a calibrated friction factor and adjusted input parameters. The calibrated friction factor and adjusted input parameters can be utilized by a borehole system as an input to adjust borehole operations to improve the operational efficiency. The friction factors can be decomposed by type, such as geometrical, geomechanical, mechanical, and fluid. The disclosure also presents processes and methods for identifying an outlier portion of a friction factor, as identified by a deviation threshold that can be used to identify adjustments to borehole operations in that portion of the borehole. A system is disclosed that is capable of implementing the processes and methods in a borehole operation system, such as a downhole system, a surface system, or a distant system, for example, a data center, cloud environment, lab, corporate office, or other location.
US11525935B1
Systems, methods, and computer readable media for the determination of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) concentration and distribution in carbonate reservoirs using a mechanical earth model. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) concentration in a carbonate reservoir n may be measured and correlated with horizontal maximum stresses of stress ratios determined using mechanical earth model for a strike-slip fault regime. The hydrogen sulfide (H2S) concentration at different depths in the carbonate reservoir may be determined using the correlation.
US11525934B2
A method for a method for identifying a subsurface pore-filling fluid and/or lithology. A training set of field-acquired geophysical data and/or simulated geophysical data is provided to train a backpropagation-enabled process. The trained process is used on a field-acquired data set that is not part of the training set to infer presence of a subsurface pore-filling fluid and/or lithology.
US11525925B2
A system and method for detecting spoofing of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) system using a plurality of antennas. Signals received by at least two of the plurality of antennas are authentication by use of one or more of a carrier phase authentication procedure, a signal power authentication procedure, and/or a channel distortion authentication procedure.
US11525923B2
Real-time three-dimensional (3D) map building method and device using a 3D lidar includes representing 3D map data of a surrounding environment acquired by using a 3D lidar attached to a moving object as voxels, acquiring an eigenvalue and an eigenvector for each voxel based on all 3D points in a 3D map represented as the voxels, detecting a 3D corresponding point in the voxel corresponding to all the 3D points of 3D data newly acquired by using the 3D lidar while the moving object travels, calculating a rotation transformation and a translation transformation for minimizing an error by minimizing an inner product value between the eigenvector weighted by the eigenvalue of the voxel to which the 3D corresponding point belongs and a vector generated from a 3D corresponding point, and updating the 3D map data based on the rotation transformation and the translation transformation.
US11525920B2
A target acquisition system includes a transmitter configured to emit a plurality of pulses at a plurality of transmit times toward a target, a receiver configured to detect a plurality of photon arrival events at a plurality of receive times, and a processor configured to determine a range of the target and a range-rate of the target by identifying a subset of the receive times and a subset of the transmit times, generating scaled transmit times based on the subset of the transmit times and a plurality of trial target velocities relative to the receiver, cross-correlating the scaled transmit times and the subset of the received times to generate a plurality of cross-correlation power values, and calculating the range and the range-rate of the target based on the plurality of cross-correlation power values.
US11525909B2
A measurement method performed at a receiving device involves sequentially receiving RF signals, each comprising a different set of at least first and second tones at differing frequencies. Complex gain responses (CGRs) for each of the first and second tones of each of the RF signals are measured. A phase offset is determined between: i) a phase of the CGR of the second tone of a first RF signal, and ii) a phase of the CGR of the first tone of a second RF signal. A coherent channel frequency (CCF) response of the second tone of the second RF signal is computed by adjusting a phase of the CGR of the second tone of the first RF signal by the phase offset. A processor executes a signal paths calculation algorithm using the CCF response of the second tone of the second RF signal to determine an angle or time of arrival of the first RF signal.
US11525904B2
A time-of-flight ranging system disclosed herein includes a receiver asserting a photon received signal in response to detection of light that has reflected off a target and returned to the time-of-flight ranging system. A first latch circuit has first and second data inputs receiving a first pair of differential timing references, the first latch circuit latching data values at its first and second data inputs to first and second data outputs based upon assertion of the photon received signal. A first counter counts latching events of the first latch circuit during which the first data output is asserted, and a second counter counts latching events of the first latch circuit during which the second data output is asserted. Processing circuitry determines distance to the target based upon counted latching events output from the first and second counters.
US11525895B2
A detecting system is provided for detecting distant objects. The system includes a light source configured to emit light pulses towards a distant object, the light pulses are being polarized at a predefined polarization angle; a detector configured to detect at least a portion of the light pulses reflected from the distant objects; and at least one linear polarizer configured for polarizing light at the polarization angle and being so disposed with respect to the detector such that the light reaching the detector passes through the linear polarizer and is polarized at the polarization angle.
US11525877B2
An imaging target site of a subject can be automatically aligned with imaging space, without using additional hardware. A nuclear magnetic resonance signal received by a receiver coil arranged at the imaging target site of the subject is used to calculate a position of the receiver coil. A table on which the subject is placed is moved in a manner to align the position of the receiver coil with the imaging space of the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus. With this configuration, the imaging target site of the subject can be aligned with the imaging space of the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus.
US11525876B2
A couch according to an embodiment is a couch for a magnetic resonance imaging device, and includes a transformable couchtop, a movable couchtop, and processing circuitry. The transformable couchtop is configured to be at least partially transformable and to support a subject. The movable couchtop is configured to cause the transformable couchtop to move into a gantry of the magnetic resonance imaging device. The processing circuitry is configured to control transformation of the transformable couchtop. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire information regarding a receiver coil used in imaging of the subject, and to control the transformation of the transformable couchtop based on the information regarding the receiver coil.
US11525875B2
In one aspect, a magnetic field sensor includes a plurality of tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) elements that includes a first TMR element, a second TMR element, a third TMR element and a fourth TMR element. The first and second TMR elements are connected to a voltage source and the third and fourth TMR elements are connected to ground. Each TMR element has a pillar count of more than one pillar and the pillar count is selected to reduce the angle error below 1.0°.
US11525871B2
A magnetic sensor 1 includes: a nonmagnetic substrate 10; a sensitive element 31 laminated on the substrate 10, the sensitive element 31 being made of a soft magnetic material, the sensitive element 31 having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and having uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction, the sensitive element 31 being configured to sense a magnetic field by a magnetic impedance effect; and a pair of thin-film magnets 20a, 20b laminated on the substrate 10 and disposed to face each other in the longitudinal direction across the sensitive element 31, the pair of thin-film magnets 20a, 20b being configured to apply a magnetic field in the longitudinal direction of the sensitive element 31.
US11525868B2
A terminal supporting leakage detection and a detection method for performing leakage detection for the terminal is provided, the terminal may include: a first conductive unit, a second conductive unit, a first access end, and a second access end, wherein the first access end is configured to be connected to a ground line of a main board of the terminal through the first conductive unit and used to access a ground line of an external leakage detection apparatus, and the second access end is configured to be connected inside the terminal to a metal portion of a outer casing of the terminal through the second conductive unit and used to access a leakage test line of the leakage detection apparatus.
US11525867B2
Arrangements and methods for identifying a phase-to-ground inverter short circuit in an IT (isolé-terre or isolated ground) network are provided. In the method, AC current values of all three phases and DC current values are measured and evaluated at a frequency that is higher than the clock frequency of the inverter. An AC short-circuit current is also identified by subtracting the fundamental wave from the AC current sensor values. An AC component of the DC current sensor value is also identified, and it is identified whether this component is higher than a value predefined for regular operation. The AC short-circuit current and the AC component of the DC current sensor value are also compared. A short circuit is identified for the phase if the two values of the AC short-circuit current and the AC component of the DC current sensor value are approximately equal.
US11525866B2
A secondary battery management device is connected with electronic equipment using a secondary battery as a driving power supply via the Internet. The secondary battery management device acquires performance information of the secondary battery from the electronic equipment, and measures a degradation level of performance of the secondary battery during a predetermined unit period. The secondary battery management device estimates a degrading speed of the secondary battery on the basis of the degradation level. The secondary battery management device may notify a user of the electronic equipment of the replacement timing of the secondary battery, use fees of the secondary battery, and the like.
US11525863B2
A rechargeable energy storage system and a method of manufacturing includes a battery pack having a battery cell module assembly with an interconnect board disposed between and physically connecting the battery cells with the cell monitoring unit, and a module cover at least partially enclosing the battery cells, the cell monitoring unit, and the interconnect board. The battery pack has relatively high and relatively low loss regions for radio frequency signal communication. A radio frequency manager is wirelessly connectable to the cell monitoring unit by radio frequency signal communication. A signal directing component is operable for transmitting and/or receiving a radio frequency signal between the cell monitoring unit and the radio frequency manager, is configured to direct the radio frequency signal to the relatively low loss region, and is integrated in one of the module cover, the interconnect board, or the radio frequency manager.
US11525856B2
An inspection apparatus for inspecting a backside irradiation type imaging device formed on an inspection object includes: a stage on which the inspection object is mounted such that the stage faces a rear surface of the backside irradiation type imaging device, wherein the stage includes: a transmitter including a flat plate formed of a light transmitting material, and configured to mount the inspection object on the transmitter; and a light emitter disposed at a location facing the inspection object with the transmitter interposed between the light emitter and the inspection object, and configured to emit light toward the transmitter, and wherein the transmitter transmits the light from the light emitter while diffusing the light.
US11525854B2
An integrated circuit capable of on-chip jitter tolerance measurement includes a jitter generator circuit to produce a controlled amount of jitter that is injected into at least one clock signal, and a receive circuit to sample an input signal according to the at least one clock signal. The sampled data values output from the receiver are used to evaluate the integrated circuit's jitter tolerance.
US11525853B2
A temperature test apparatus 1 includes a test antenna 6 configured to transmit or receive a radio signal to or from the antennas 110 in order to measure reception characteristics or transmission characteristics of the DUT 100, a heat-insulating housing 70 made of heat-insulating material surrounding a space region 71 including a quiet zone QZ, and a measuring device 20 configured to measure the transmission characteristics or the reception characteristics of the DUT 100. The heat-insulating housing 70 has a flat plate shaped part 70a in a region through which radio waves of a radio signal transmitted from the test antenna 6 passes before entering the quiet zone QZ. The flat plate shaped part 70a is perpendicular to the traveling direction of the radio waves of the radio signal entering the quiet zone QZ.
US11525842B2
A sensor module includes a first contact, a second contact, and a sensing element made from an iono-conductive material having a conductivity that varies at least in response to variations in an environmental factor. The sensing element is electrically coupled to the first contact and to the second contact, and a first resistance of the sensing element, measured between the first contact and the second contact, varies in response to the variations in the environmental factor.
US11525832B2
The present invention provides a method for determining the presence of pancreatic adenocarcinoma in an individual and/or for determining the survival time of an individual afflicted with pancreatic adenocarcinoma comprising the steps of: (a) providing a serum or plasma sample to be tested; and (b) determining a protein signature of the test sample by measuring the presence and/or amount in the test sample of one or more selected proteins; wherein the presence and/or amount in the test sample of one or more proteins selected from the group defined in Table 1 is indicative of the presence of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The invention also provides an array and a kit suitable for use in the methods of the invention.
US11525814B2
A method for identifying converters from tobacco seedling population. The method includes: 1) sowing and cultivating tobacco seeds to be identified for 45-55 days; sampling a plurality of leaf disks from each of 45-55 days old seedlings; 2) incubating the plurality of leaf disks of each seedling in a sealed container at 37° C. for 10-12 hours, thereby obtaining a plurality of incubated tobacco leaves of each seedling; 3) immersing the plurality of incubated tobacco leaves of each seedling in an extractant, extracting alkaloids and obtaining an extract of each seedling; 4) analyzing the amounts of nicotine and nornicotine in the alkaloids extract of each seedling; and 5) automatically recognizing peaks of the alkaloids extract of each seedling, and calculating the percent nicotine conversion (PNC) and the pseudo percent nicotine conversion (PPNC).
US11525805B2
An eddy current (EC) detection system comprises an EC probe including a plurality of sensors to provide corresponding EC response signals; and processing circuitry to evaluate speed of the EC probe based on a measurement of similarity of the EC response signals; determine whether the speed of the EC probe is too fast or two slow based on quality of the measurement; and generate a command to adjust speed of the EC probe during further EC inspection.
US11525800B2
The present patent disclosure concerns a sensor device comprising a sensor electrode for measuring an analyte concentration in an aqueous solution and a method of preparing a sensor electrode, wherein the sensor electrode comprises a substrate having conductive means, a polymer mixture deposited on the sensor electrode adjacent to and/or in contact with the conductive means, wherein the polymer mixture comprises a semiconducting polymer comprised of monomeric units comprising one or more aromatic, preferably thiophene, moieties along a backbone chain and at least two polar side chains covalently bonded to the backbone chain, wherein the semiconducting polymer has an electron and/or hole mobility of at least 1×10−2 cm2V−1s−1, preferably at least 1×10−1 cm2V−1s−1, and wherein the polymer mixture further comprises a hydrophilic polymer comprised of monomeric units comprising one or more carbon-carbon bonds and one or more of hydroxyl, ester, carbonyl or amide moieties, wherein the semiconducting polymer to hydrophilic polymer weight ratio ranges from 1:100 to 1:1, wherein the hydrophilic polymer is cross-linked with a mole ratio of cross-linked hydrophilic polymer monomer units to non cross-linked hydrophilic polymer ranging from 1 to 25%.
US11525798B2
Methods and systems for monitoring fluid levels and electrolyte levels used in a dialysis machine. A receptacle, configured to receive a container, comprises a plurality of curved side panels and a base to form a cylindrical shaped cavity for receiving a container. Each panel includes a conductive material on its inner surface and, optionally, a shielding on its outer surface. An electronics component housed within, or near, the receptacle drives the capacitive process and interprets generated data to determine fluid levels and compositions. An alternate receptacle includes one or two coils wrapped about the container and uses induction to determine fluid level.
US11525792B2
A method for predicting formation permeability by measuring diffusional tortuosity in several directions by pulse gradient NMR. The method comprises evaluating an anisotropic diffusion coefficient by pulsed gradient NMR, determining diffusional tortuosity from the restricted diffusion data, supplementing the NMR results with resistivity and sonic logging data, measuring anisotropic tortuosity and porosity by resistivity and sonic data and combining all components in a single fitting model. The 11-coefficient model is trained to recognize the true values of permeability by comparing the real oil permeabilities measured in a library of oil-carrying rock cores with the NMR, resistivity and sonic correlates. The fitting coefficients are extracted by minimizing the discrepancy between the laboratory measured permeabilities and the predicted values combining all rapid logging information components with the agreement-maximizing weights.
US11525790B2
A sample holder (10) filled with a sample is held in a base member (20), and an airtight member (30) is mounted on the base member (20) so as to cover the surroundings of the sample holder (10), thereby forming a sample holding structure in a closed space. The airtight member (30) includes a fitting portion (35) which is configured to be fitted and mounted in a mounting portion (21).
US11525785B2
A method for detecting an analyte reactive towards luminol, comprising the steps of: feeding into a reaction chamber an alkaline solution of luminol, noble metal nanoparticles and at least one analyte reactive towards luminol, wherein the reaction chamber is in the form of a curved channel; detecting the light emitted due to a chemiluminescence reaction taking place in said channel; and discharging a reaction mass from said channel, characterized in that the average diameter of the metal nanoparticles is greater than 25 nm. Also provided is a microfluidic device for carrying out the method.
US11525784B2
An identification apparatus 1000 includes a light collecting unit 20 configured to collect scattered light from a sample, spectroscopic elements 150l and 150h configured to disperse light from the light collecting unit 20, an imaging unit 170 that includes a plurality of light detection elements arrayed in a row direction 172r and a column direction 172c and to which optical spectra from the spectroscopic elements 150l and 150h are projected along the row direction 172r, and an acquisition unit 30 configured to acquire spectral information about the sample based on an output signal from the imaging unit 170. The optical spectra corresponding to the sample are projected to the imaging unit 170 discontinuously in at least one of the row direction 172r and the column direction 172c.
US11525782B2
A fluorescent image analyzer stores a reference fluorescent-sample image and a subject fluorescent-sample image. The reference fluorescent-sample image is an image obtained by illuminating a reference fluorescent sample about which relation of in-plane fluorescence intensities is known with linearly polarized light and capturing a first specific polarization component of fluorescence from the reference fluorescent sample. The subject fluorescent-sample image is an image obtained by illuminating a subject fluorescent sample with linearly polarized light and capturing a second specific polarization component of fluorescence from the subject fluorescent sample. The fluorescent image analyzer is configured to determine correction coefficients to correct non-uniformity in measurement of light intensities among pixels of a captured image based on the reference fluorescent-sample image, and correct light intensities of the pixels of the subject fluorescent-sample image based on the correction coefficients.
US11525775B2
A system for biomolecule identification by terahertz sensing, an asymmetric triple split-rectangular (ATSR) metamaterial biosensor, and a method for biomolecule identification by terahertz sensing are presented. The asymmetric triple split-rectangular (ATSR) metamaterial biosensor includes three gap areas which highly confine an electric field. The biosensor includes an E-shaped structure facing an inverted E-shaped structure with gaps between the respective legs. Each leg has a specially designed extension on either side which increases the electric field. A terahertz laser interrogates an analyte upon the metamaterial structure with a plurality of frequencies. The amplitude difference is estimated by an amplitude difference referencing technique. The amplitude difference is matched to a database record to identify the biomolecule analyte. The asymmetric triple split-rectangular (ATSR) metamaterial biosensor in combination with the amplitude difference referencing technique detects the type of biomolecule with a high degree of accuracy and requires only small analyte samples with sub-micron thicknesses.
US11525768B2
In accordance with the present disclosure, exposure of a sample to one or more electric pulses via capacitive coupling is described. In certain embodiments, the sample may be a biological sample to be treated or modified using the pulsed electric fields. In certain embodiments, the electric pulses may be delivered to a load using capacitive coupling. In other embodiments, the electric pulses may be bipolar pulses.
US11525765B2
The objective of the present invention is to provide a particle detection device and a particle detection method that can individually and continuously detect a wide range of particles. The objective is achieved by a particle detection device including: a particle separation channel through which particles are separated according to particle sizes in a perpendicular direction to the flow of fluid; and two or more particle recovery channels that are connected to and branched from the particle separation channel, in which each of the particle recovery channels includes a particle detection unit that includes an aperture and an electric detector.
US11525762B2
A material testing system that uses at least one hydraulic grip is improved with cable clips that are attachable to a respective lateral side of each hydraulic grip wedge. Each cable clip has another end that extends to engage a cable(s) extending from a corresponding wedge retention spring hole. The cable(s) enable manual extension of a wedge retention spring for engagement and disengagement from the hydraulic grip wedge. The cable clip maintains the cable in a noninterfering position during operational use of the material testing system.
US11525758B2
A method for identifying gear tooth numbers in a gearbox using data obtained from a vibration measuring device delivered to a data acquisition device and data delivered by a user to a computer device, comprising: processing data delivered by a user to the computer device, where the data comprises a gearbox ratio and a number of stages of a gearbox for calculating a potential gear tooth combination in each stage of a gearbox, calculating frequencies of characteristic features for each potential tooth combination using the data delivered at the processing data, measuring vibration signals of the gearbox, calculating a frequency spectrum from measured data delivered at the measuring, determining an amplitude of components, of the frequency spectrum delivered at the calculating a frequency spectrum at frequencies of characteristic features for each potential tooth combination delivered at the calculating frequencies of characteristic features.
US11525756B1
A system configured to detect failure of a hose includes a sensor assembly having a body with a first arm and a second arm pivotally coupled to one another at respective first ends, and the body is configured to move between a closed position and an open position. The sensor assembly also includes a first electrical contact positioned at a respective second end of the first arm and a second electrical contact position at a respective second end of the second arm. The first electrical contact and the second electrical contact are configured to contact one another to form a complete electrical circuit when the body is in the closed position and are configured to be separated from one another to form an open electrical circuit when the body is in the open position to facilitate detection of the failure of the hose.
US11525755B1
A water detection system for a fluid storage system includes a housing configured to be disposed in fluid communication with a fluid storage vessel, a water-activated battery disposed within the housing and configured to produce an electrical voltage upon contact with water, and an electronic circuit disposed within the housing and configured to detect water above a threshold within the fluid storage vessel based at least in part on the electrical voltage.
US11525749B2
A wireless communication device includes a pressure sensor to generate a first signal in response to a pressure variation. A variable offset capacitor is coupled in parallel with the pressure sensor. A first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is coupled to the variable offset capacitor and to convert the first signal to a digital signal. The pressure sensor is a capacitive pressure sensor. The variable offset capacitor is a digitally controlled variable capacitor and the ADC is a low-resolution and low-power ADC.
US11525745B2
A sensor device for calculating air temperature includes a support structure, to be traversed by the air and defining a seat having an air inlet and an air outlet, and a sensor arranged inside the seat to detect at least one first value and at least one second value of the air temperature that traverses the seat. The sensor device is configured so that, when detecting the first and second value, the air traverses the seat at a first and at a second speed, at which the sensor has a first and second heat transfer coefficient and first and second radiant power. The ratio between air speeds, heat transfer coefficients, or radiant powers is predetermined. The sensor device can be used with a data processing logic unit that calculates the air temperature starting from the first value, the second value, or the ratios between air speeds and radiant powers.
US11525744B2
A fluid sensor system detects one or more performance characteristics of a heating system that heats a fluid. The sensor system includes a probe having a finite length a portion of which is to be immersed in the fluid. The probe includes a resistive heating element and a fluid temperature sensor for measuring one or more performance characteristics, wherein the fluid temperature sensor is configured to measure a fluid temperature, and the resistive heating element is operable as a heater to create a temperature differential between the fluid and air to detect the fluid, and as a sensor to measure a fluid level.
US11525742B2
A temperature sensor for a battery cell of a rechargeable battery is described, and includes a resistive sensing element, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The resistive sensing element, the first electrode, and the second electrode are affixed to a porous separator. The porous separator is interposed between an anode and a cathode of the battery cell. The resistive sensing element is electrically connected in series between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the resistive sensing element, the first electrode and the second electrode are affixed onto the separator as film layers, and are porous.
US11525739B2
A thermistor-based thermal probe includes a thermistor die having a thermistor thereon with first and second bond pads coupled across the thermistor, and first and second die interconnects coupled to the respective bond pads. First and second wires W1, W2 that extend beyond the thermistor die are attached to the first and to the second die interconnects, respectively. An encapsulant material encapsulates the thermistor die and a die end of the first and second wires.
US11525738B2
A dual-wall, vacuum-insulated container (30, 40) has an external wall (1), an internal wall (3) and there in-between a vacuum chamber (5), in which there is arranged a heat insulation device (2, 20). At least three temperature sensors (13, 13a, 13b, 14, 15) that are spaced apart from another recurringly register instantaneous temperatures (T1, T2, T2A, T2B, T3) of the container (30, 40). At least in some points there is calculated a temperature course using a heat insulation model on the basis of the construction and material characteristics of the container and the heat radiation resulting therefrom, which temperature course contains at least two of the temperatures (T1, T2, T2A, T2B, T3) registered. From the temperature course there is calculated a desired temperature value for the position of at least one further of the temperature sensors and compared with the actual temperature value actually registered by this temperature sensor. From the deviation between the desired temperature value and the actual temperature value there is detected a change of the heat insulation quality of the container.
US11525735B2
An infrared presence detector system includes a focal plane array and a processor coupled to the focal plane array. The array includes a first radiant energy sensor and a plurality of second radiant energy sensors, with the first and second radiant energy sensors configured to convert incident radiation into an electrical signal. The processor is coupled to the focal plane array, and is configured to control the focal plane array in a sleep mode, wherein the first radiant energy sensor is energized and the plurality of second radiant energy sensors are de-energized, and an active mode, wherein at least the plurality of second radiant energy sensors are energized when the first radiant energy sensor detects a presence.
US11525732B2
System and method for narrowing the transmission curves obtained using a spectral imager in which spectral images are acquired using a MEMS Fabri-Perot (FP) tunable filter. A method includes acquiring a first plurality of broad-band spectral images associated with respective MEMS FP etalon states and processing the first plurality of broad-band spectral images into a second plurality of narrow-band spectral images.
US11525731B1
Apparatus and methods for creating deposits of uniformly spaced or uniformly overlapping droplets of selected chemicals where each droplet has an a priori known amount of the selected chemical or chemicals is taught (including biological and microbial materials). In some embodiments the deposits may be used as samples of different but known concentrations that may be used to calibrate spectroscopic inspection instruments to enable such instruments to not only provide identification in situ of unknown materials but also to provide calibrated and traceable surface concentrations of such materials. In some embodiments, such calibrated instruments may be used in enhanced processes for validating the cleanliness of manufacturing surfaces such as surfaces of equipment used in the preparation of pharmaceuticals, food, or semiconductor devices. Such instruments may be used to ensure adequate purity, or non-contamination, of surfaces of products themselves or packaging materials or of locations where such products will be used. Such calibrated instruments may also be useful in detecting cleanliness of non-manufacturing surfaces where contamination may be of concern, whether they be public or private spaces such as laboratories, restaurants, airports, satellites or other spacecraft. In some embodiments, such instruments may range from deep UV instruments to far infrared instruments or beyond.
US11525730B2
A sensor including at least one sensor chip for detecting a radiation; and an electronics unit with a digital, bidirectional connection line and with a standby control circuit, as well as with an active status line; wherein the connection line is configured to be connected to an external activation unit; and the standby control circuit is configured to determine whether the connection line is externally addressed by the activation unit when the connection line is not addressed by the active status line, and precisely then to place the sensor in a standby mode.
US11525716B2
A method of determining a set of calibration values for offset-compensation of an inductive angular sensor arrangement includes: a substrate with a transmitter coil and three receiver coils, and a rotatable target. The method involves the steps of: a) exciting the transmitter coil; b) positioning the target at or near predefined positions, c) measuring and processing the signals, including calculating sums of squares of difference signals. A sensor device, and an angular sensor system may be arranged or adapted in view of the method.
US11525714B2
An apparatus for calibration of a bio-information estimation model includes a sensor configured to obtain a bio-signal from an object in a reference interval; a feature extractor, implemented by at least one processor, configure to extract a reference feature value from the bio-signal; and a calibrator, implemented by the at least one processor, configured to determine whether a condition is satisfied based on at least one of the reference feature value and an offset value, and based on determining that the condition is satisfied, configured to calibrate the bio-information estimation model based on the reference feature value and the offset value.
US11525711B2
A method and assembly for protecting a device connected to a wiring harness is disclosed. The assembly includes a protective tubular shield and a positioning device, with the protective tubular shield having a bore for receiving the device at least partially therein. An elongated wiring harness extends from the device being protected and through the bore of the protective tubular shield. The positioning device is formed having a band and at least one flexible, resilient finger extending radially inwardly from the band. At least one of the fingers forcibly engages the wiring harness to releasably maintain the positioning device and the protective tubular shield in a protection position along the wiring harness at least partially surrounding the device being protected.
US11525709B2
A circuit assembly for mounting on a vehicle assembly is provided. The circuit assembly may be a mountable sensor assembly. The assembly may include a housing with a cavity that houses a circuit, for example a sensor circuit. The circuit may be sealed in the cavity of the housing by epoxy. The housing may include a connector recess with terminals extending into the connector recess. The terminals may provide an electrical connection to the circuit. The housing may have openings between the cavity and the connector recess through which the terminals extend. One or more of the openings may have a cross sectional profile larger than the cross sectional profile of the terminal such that a passage is formed between the cavity and the recess after the terminal is inserted through the opening.
US11525705B1
In one aspect, an integrated circuit (IC) includes a magnetic-field sensor. The magnetic field sensor includes a first and second magnetoresistance circuitries configured to receive a magnetic field signal from a target and convert the magnetic field signal received to a first signal and second signal; analog circuitry configured to receive the first and second signals; digital circuitry configured to receive a first and second analog output signals from analog circuitry and to convert the first and second analog output signals to a first and second digital signals representing a first and second channel output signals; and diagnostic circuitry configured to receive, from the digital circuitry, an input signal related to a separation of the first and second channel output signals, and configured to provide a test signal at a pin of the IC indicating whether a distance between the IC and the target complies with at least one rule.
US11525694B2
Superimposed-image display devices and programs superimpose an image on a surrounding environment in front of a vehicle so that the image can be visually identified. The image includes at least one of a first guidance image that prompts a driver to change driving operation and a second guidance image that does not prompt a driver to change driving operation. The second guidance image is displayed in a display mode in which the second guidance image more harmonizes in at least one of a location, brightness, and color with the surrounding environment than the first guidance image, the surrounding environment being a superimposition target.
US11525692B2
An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller determines, based on a preference of a user of a vehicle that enters a parking lot adjacent to a complex facility having a plurality of shops and a plurality of facility entrances, a shop to be used by the user from among the plurality of shops. The controller determines an entrance to be used by the user from among the plurality of facility entrances based on a position of the shop to be used, and outputs a position of the entrance to be used to the vehicle.
US11525684B2
A method, system, and computer program product provide navigation guidance around various object types in a vicinity of a guidance assistance device for a user by analyzing received data regarding an environment around the guidance assistance device to identify one or more entities Ei and by applying an artificial intelligence machine learning analysis to group the one or more entities Ei into corresponding categories Cj and to determine a minimum spacing distance Dmin for each of the one or more entities Ei, wherein the minimum spacing distance Dmin is a minimum distance between the guidance assistance device and the entity Ei based on the categorization Ci specified by the user, and then providing feedback to the user when any of the one or more entities Ei is within than minimum spacing distance Dmin corresponding to said entity.
US11525681B2
A method and apparatus for positioning a mobile robot inside a vertical cylindrical Aboveground Storage Tank filled with a liquid is described. No additional hardware is needed other than the robot itself. The only piece of information needed is the tank's diameter which is known by construction. The robot carries proprioceptive sensors needed to propagate its position estimate as well as exteroceptive sensors needed to control the dead reckoning positional drift. Proprioceptive and exteroceptive data are merged using data fusion algorithms adapted to the sensor suite integrated in the vehicle, which can take different forms.
US11525680B2
An angular rate sensor includes first, second, third, and fourth proof masses spaced apart from a surface of a substrate, each of the first, second, third, and fourth proof masses being configured to move along first and second transverse axes parallel to the surface of the substrate. A first coupling structure is interposed between and interconnects the first and second proof masses. A second coupling structure is interposed between and interconnects the second and third proof masses. A third coupling structure is interposed between and interconnects the third and fourth proof masses. A fourth coupling structure is interposed between and interconnects the fourth and first proof masses. The first, second, third, and fourth coupling structures are configured to constrain an in-phase motion of adjacent ones of the first, second, third, and fourth proof masses along the first and second transverse axes.
US11525675B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for non-destructively estimating the thickness of buried concrete without excavation. An example method may include placing one or more first accelerometers at a plurality of vertical positions below the surface of the ground at an approximate first distance from a vertical edge of the buried concrete each time. The method may further include, for each position in the plurality of vertical positions, generating a dispersive wave in the buried concrete and determining a time of arrival of the dispersive wave at the one or more first accelerometers. The method may further include estimating the thickness of the buried concrete based on at least the times of arrival of the dispersive waves at the one or more first accelerometers.
US11525674B2
A measuring system is disclosed. The measuring system includes a surface acoustic wave (SAW) device including a piezoelectric substrate and a first and second electrode disposed on a surface of the piezoelectric substrate, and a measuring device communicatively coupled to the first electrode via a first probe and the second electrode via a second probe and configured to apply an electrical signal to the first and second electrode to generate an incident bulk acoustic wave within the piezoelectric substrate, detect at least a first reflected bulk acoustic wave and a second reflected bulk acoustic wave at the first and second electrode, and calculate a thickness between a first interface corresponding to the first reflected bulk acoustic wave and a second interface corresponding to the second reflected bulk acoustic wave based on a time elapsed between detecting the first and second reflected bulk acoustic waves.
US11525672B2
A device for determining an angle between two workpiece surfaces, comprising a transmitter for producing a light beam, a continuously rotating directional rotor for emitting the produced light beam in a rotating emission direction perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the directional rotor, a receiver for receiving a reflected light beam when the emitted light beam is reflected antiparallel to the emission direction by one of the two workpiece surfaces, an emission angle sensor unit for determining emission angles of the emitted light beam at which the receiver receives the reflected light beam, a calibrating unit for determining at least calibration parameters, a memory unit for storing the calibration parameters and an error model, and an evaluation unit configured to determine the angle as a function of the determined emission angles of the light beam emitted by the directional rotor, the stored calibration parameters and the stored error model.
US11525671B2
A structured-light pattern for a structured-light system includes a base light pattern that includes a row of a plurality of sub-patterns extending in a first direction. Each sub-pattern is adjacent to at least one other sub-pattern, and each sub-pattern is different from each other sub-pattern. Each sub-pattern includes a first number of portions in a sub-row and a second number of portions in a sub-column. Each sub-row extends in the first direction and each sub-column extends in a second direction that is substantially orthogonal to the first direction. Each portion may be a first-type portion or a second-type portion. A size of a first-type portion is larger in the first direction and in the second direction than a size of a second-type portion in the first direction and in the second direction. In one embodiment, a first-type portion is a black portion and the second-type portion is a white portion.
US11525670B2
Shape-sensing systems and methods for medical devices. The shape-sensing system can include a medical device, an optical interrogator, a console, and a display screen. The medical device can include an integrated optical-fiber stylet having fiber Bragg grating (“FBG”) sensors along at least a distal-end portion thereof. The optical interrogator can be configured to send input optical signals into the optical-fiber stylet and receive FBG sensor-reflected optical signals therefrom. The console can be configured to convert the reflected optical signals with the aid of filtering algorithms of some optical signal-converter algorithms into plottable data for displaying plots thereof on the display screen. The plots can include a plot of curvature vs. time for each FBG sensor of a selection of the FBG sensors for identifying a distinctive change in strain of the optical-fiber stylet as a tip of the medical device is advanced into a superior vena cava of a patient.
US11525668B2
A method of performing metrology analysis of a thin film includes coupling a radiation into an optical element disposed adjacent to a surface of the thin film. The radiation is coupled such that the radiation is totally internally reflected at an interface between the optical element and the thin film. An evanescent radiation generated at the interface penetrates the thin film. The method furthers include analyzing the evanescent radiation scattered by the thin film to obtain properties of the thin film.
US11525663B2
A rotation angle measurement system for detecting a rotation of a shaft. The rotation angle measurement system includes the shaft which extends in an axial direction, a rotor unit having a sensor magnet, a stationary stator unit having a multi-turn sensor unit which is arranged radially spaced apart from the shaft and which has a Wiegand sensor, and a magnetic shielding arrangement for the Wiegand sensor. The rotor unit is connected to the shaft to rotate therewith and radially surrounds the shaft. The multi-turn sensor unit functionally interacts with the sensor magnet to detect revolutions thereof. The magnetic shielding arrangement is made from a material having a high magnetic permeability. The magnetic shielding arrangement includes shielding elements which are arranged to surround the Wiegand sensor on a radial inside, on a radial outside, on a first axial side, and on a second axial side thereof.
US11525645B2
A modular handgun system comprises an elongated universal trigger frame having a barrel locking block, a pair of slide rails, and an accessory rail. The trigger frame is adapted to have a trigger assembly mounted thereto. The system further comprises a grip frame having an elongated channel and a hand grip extending downwardly from the elongated channel. The trigger frame is removably mounted in the elongated channel of the grip frame. The accessory rail of the trigger frame is positioned forward of a forward end of the elongated channel of the grip frame so as to be exposed. The system further comprises a slide and barrel assembly slidably mounted on the slide rails of the trigger frame.
US11525642B2
Methods, systems, and device for thermal energy storage are provided. For example, some embodiments include a thermal energy storage device that may include: a first casing wall; a second casing wall; and/or multiple support structures located between the first casing wall and the second casing wall. The multiple support structures may provide continuous thermal paths and/or continuous mechanical paths between the first casing wall and the second casing wall. The thermal energy storage device may be fabricated utilizing an additive manufacturing technique, such as direct laser metal sintering. Some embodiments may be manufactured utilizing printed metals, such as an aluminum alloy. In some embodiments, a phase-change material is charged between the first casing wall and the second casing wall. The phase-change material may include paraffin.
US11525641B2
A heat and mass transfer component comprises a lubricant-impregnated surface including hydrophobic surface features, which comprise nanostructured surface protrusions having a hydrophobic species attached thereto. The hydrophobic surface features are impregnated with a fluorinated lubricant having a viscosity in a range from about 400 mPa·s to about 6000 mPa·s. A method of fabricating a lubricant-impregnated surface on a heat and mass transfer component comprises: cleaning a thermally conductive substrate to form a cleaned substrate; exposing the cleaned substrate to a hot water or hot alkaline solution to form a thermally conductive substrate having nanostructured surface protrusions; depositing a hydrophobic species on the nanostructured surface protrusions to form hydrophobic surface features; and coating the hydrophobic surface features with a fluorinated lubricant having a viscosity in a range from 400 mPa·s to 6000 mPa·s. The heat and mass transfer component may exhibit a substantial increase in heat transfer coefficient during hydrocarbon condensation.
US11525628B2
Process for producing biomethane from a biogas stream including methane, carbon dioxide and at least one impurity chosen from ammonia, volatile organic compounds, water, sulfur-based impurities (H2S) and siloxanes. A biogas stream is dried, the at least one impurity is at least partially removed by solidification and removal of the impurity. The methane and the carbon dioxide contained in the biogas obtained from the second step are separated so as to produce a biomethane stream and a CO2 stream.
US11525626B2
A first-in first-out solder container automatic supply management system includes a refrigerating chamber configured to store a plurality of solder containers, a transfer part positioned outside the refrigerating chamber and configured to move at least one of the plurality of solder containers, a stirring part formed at one end of the transfer part and configured to stir the at least one solder container, and a hand part configured to move any one solder container of the at least one solder container positioned on the transfer part to the stirring part.
US11525620B2
A door insert for a door of a household cooling appliance has a body defining a storage space for storing goods. The insert body has a bottom and side walls. A front wall, which is formed as a separate component, extends in a width direction between the side walls. A separate holding bracket connects the separate component to at least one of the side walls. The outer face of a side wall is provided with a coupling structure and a bracket element of the separate holding bracket is formed with a counter coupling structure. The two coupling structures are engaged with each other. There is also described a door, a household cooling appliance, and a method for mounting a door insert in a door.
US11525619B2
A defrosting apparatus comprises a heater case comprising a heat pipe seating part formed to extend from one surface thereof in a recessed shape and a heater receiving part formed to extend to be parallel with the heat pipe seating part. The defrosting apparatus also includes a heater which is mounted in the heater receiving part so as to emit heat when power is applied thereto, a heat pipe which has a flow path through which a working fluid filled therein flows, which has a part seated on the heat pipe seating part, and which is disposed to be adjacent to a cooling pipe of an evaporator such that heat is radiated to the cooling pipe of the evaporator by means of the working fluid at a high temperature which is heated by the heater and then is transferred, and a holder which is detachably coupled to the heater case so as to cover the heat pipe seated on the heat pipe seating part.
US11525608B2
Disclosed are systems and methods of intelligently cooling thermal loads by providing a burst mode cooling system for rapid cooling, and an auxiliary cooling system that controls the temperature of the thermal load and surrounding environment between burst mode cooling cycles. The system may be used to provide pulses of cooling to directed energy systems, such as lasers and other systems that generate bursts of heat in operation.
US11525602B2
Methods of coupling a heat exchanger into a climate control system and associated systems are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving a housing to receive the heat exchanger. The housing includes a cover panel disposed over an opening that has a projection projecting at least partially into the housing, and a first pair of conduits extending through the cover panel in a first direction. In addition, the method includes removing the cover panel from the opening, flipping the cover panel, extending a second pair of conduits through the cover panel in the first direction, and forming connections between the first pair of refrigerant conduits and the second pair of conduits. Further, the method includes covering the opening in the heat exchanger housing with the cover panel so that the projection of the cover panel projects away from the housing and encloses the connections.
US11525593B2
Architectures or techniques are presented that can prioritize operating a consumption device in a manner that is efficient in terms of consumption of a resource over satisfying a specified demand assigned to the consumption device. This re-prioritizing can be performed in response to a price of the resource exceeding a threshold.
US11525592B2
A thermostat includes: a controller adapted to control the function of an associated HVAC system; and user controls adapted to provide instructions to the controller including selecting between heating functions and cooling functions, wherein the controller is limited by a maximum temperature when heating functions are selected and limited by a minimum temperature when the cooling functions are selected, wherein the maximum temperature is a lower temperature than the minimum temperature.
US11525585B2
A method for controlling a water heater comprising: receiving report information transmitted by a user-wearable device at a predetermined frequency; determining whether a user is coming back according to user location information included in the report information; and if the user is coming back, turning on a return water pump to permit water outputted from a water outlet of the water heater to return to the water heater through a water return port. The present disclosure determines a movement direction and the user location by using report information transmitted by the user-wearable device. If the user is coming back, the return water pump is turned on to permit water to return, so that the user can take a hot bath immediately after arriving home, thereby improving user's experience.
US11525582B2
A cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a case having a cooking chamber formed therein; a door for opening/closing a front opening of the case; a steam generation device mounted on the exterior of the case; and a steam supply pipe for connecting the steam generation device and the cooking chamber, wherein the steam generation device can comprise: a housing fixed to the case; a drawer provided so as to be able to be withdrawn from and put into the housing, and into which water for generating steam is filled; and a heating unit mounted on the lower surface of the drawer so as to heat the water filled inside the drawer.
US11525579B2
A combustor nozzle capable of injecting fuel uniformly, a combustor including the combustor nozzle, and a gas turbine including the combustor are provided. The combustor nozzle includes a premix passage in which air and fuel are mixed, wherein the premix passage includes a plurality of pegs configured to inject fuel and guide an air flow and a plurality of mixing bars configured to mix air and fuel injected from the plurality of pegs, the mixing bar having a twisted structure.
US11525575B2
A burner appliance is disclosed. The burner appliance includes a byproduct sensor in an exhaust flue and/or a barometric pressure sensor to detect an environmental pressure at the burner appliance. By calculating concentrations of combustion byproducts in the exhaust with the byproduct sensor, a controller can adjust blower speed and/or fuel rate to modify combustion efficiency. By calculating the environmental pressure at the burner with the barometric pressure sensor, the controller can adjust blower speed and/or fuel rate to modify combustion efficiency. The barometric-pressure data can also be used to adjust blower speed control bands, thereby calibrating the control bands based on environmental pressure. The environmental pressure can be indicative of altitude and/or weather conditions. Methods of operating said burner appliance are also disclosed.
US11525574B2
The present disclosure describes a metal making burner in fluid communication with a gas inlet and comprising an oxygen inlet valve that provides control of oxygen flow to two different discharge lines, such as a main line and a shroud line. This allows distinct “modes” of operation, utilizing only the flow from the single oxygen supply as the control method. The apparatus includes a moving piston with ports therein that meter flow to both discharge lines when the ports line up with a separate set of ports in a cylinder that receives the piston. At low or no pressure from the gas inlet, flow rates follow one ratio of flows between the discharge lines. As pressure from a gas inlet changes in the burner, the piston moves and realigns the ports (opening or closing some of the ports), which results in a different ratio of flows between the discharge lines.
US11525568B2
A lighting module is provided for a refrigeration appliance. The lighting module includes: a housing, provided with a light outlet; a light source, located in the housing; a light guide plate, adapted to guide light from the light source toward the light outlet; and an elastic member, adapted to deform to maintain a position of the light guide plate with respect to the light source and/or the light outlet.
US11525567B2
A ventilation housing of the present disclosure includes: a housing; and a ventilation assembly. The housing includes a tubular projection extending to project from an outer surface and internally having a first space communicating the inside and the outside of the housing. The ventilation assembly includes: an internal member being a tubular body having an opening at a first end portion and an opening at a second end portion; a gas-permeable membrane covering the opening at the first end portion of the internal member; and an external member being a tubular body having a bottom, the external member being joined to the internal member with the internal member inserted in the interior of the external member from the first end portion side. The ventilation assembly is fixed to the projection with the projection inserted in the opening at the second end portion of the internal member to make an inner peripheral surface of the internal member and an outer peripheral surface of the projection abut each other. The ventilation assembly has a second space serving as a ventilation path connecting the gas-permeable membrane and the outside of the ventilation assembly in the inside of the internal member, the inside of the external member, and/or an interspace between the internal member and the external member joined together. A height H1 of the internal member is 6 to 10 mm. A ratio of the height H1 of the internal member to a height H2 of the projection is 1.00 to 1.70. The ventilation housing of the present disclosure exhibits excellent performance in terms of moisture permeation between the inside and the outside of the housing and is capable of reducing dropping of the ventilation assembly from the projection of the housing.
US11525566B1
A vehicle luminaire according to an embodiment includes: a socket including a mounting portion and a plurality of bayonets provided on an outer surface of the mounting portion; and a light-emitting module provided inside a first recess of the mounting portion which opens on one end of the mounting portion. The light-emitting module includes a board, a wiring pattern provided on a surface of the board, and a light-emitting element electrically connected to the wiring pattern. The mounting portion includes at least one second recess that opens on a bottom surface of the first recess. When viewed from a direction along a central axis of the vehicle luminaire, the second recess is provided between a side of the board and an inner wall of the first recess that faces the side.
US11525561B2
An angle adjustment and rotation system comprising a first element attachable to a luminaire stand, and a second element configured to be attachable to a luminaire head, the first element and second element comprising substantially complementary shapes, and an attaching element configured to have a first state in which it tightly attaches the first element to the second element and a second state in which it movably attaches the first element to the second element. In the second state, the attaching element enables a rotation over substantially 180 degrees of the second element with respect to the first element. A method of controlling the orientation of a luminaire head connected to a luminaire stand is also proposed, preferably using the proposed system.
US11525547B2
An LED light bulb includes a bulb shell, a bulb base, two conductive supports, a stem, and an LED filament. The bulb base is connected with the bulb shell. The two conductive supports are disposed in the bulb shell. The stem extends from the bulb base to inside of the bulb shell. The LED filament includes a plurality of LED chips and two conductive electrodes. The LED chips are arranged in an array along an elongated direction of the LED filament. The two conductive electrodes are respectively disposed at two ends of the LED filament and connected to the LED chips. The two conductive electrodes are respectively connected to the two conductive supports. The LED filament is curled to satisfy symmetry characteristics.
US11525545B2
A composite pressure vessel assembly includes a plurality of lobes, each of the lobes having at least one interior wall and at least one curved wall, the plurality of lobes being positioned in a side by side arrangement and extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end to a second end. Also included is a plurality of end caps disposed at the ends of the lobes, wherein the plurality of lobes and end caps are formed of at least one fiber-reinforced polymer. A method of manufacturing a composite pressure vessel assembly is provided. The method includes forming a plurality of lobes consisting of at least one fiber-reinforced polymer. The method also includes forming a main body with the plurality of lobes, the lobes disposed in a side by side arrangement.
US11525543B2
To provide a method for safely and stably storing a hydrochlorofluoroolefin filled in a container for storage, transportation, etc. A method for storing a hydrochlorofluoroolefin in a sealed storage container, wherein the hydrochlorofluoroolefin is stored in such a state that a gas phase and a liquid phase coexist in the storage container, and the concentration of air in the gas phase in the storage container at a temperature of 25° C. is kept to be at most 3.0 vol %, and a method for storing a hydrochlorofluoroolefin in a sealed storage container, wherein the hydrochlorofluoroolefin is stored in such a state that a gas phase and a liquid phase coexist in the storage container, and the concentration of oxygen in the gas phase in the storage container at a temperature of 25° C. is kept to be at most 0.6 vol %.
US11525539B2
A device is for clamping one or more inserts arranged outside pipes during the assembly of pipes for pipelines serving to transport oil, gas or water. The device has a clamping device which at least partially encloses the inserts with a slot with a length-stable layer arranged against a flexible tube on a side of the layer such that a flexible tube arranged in the layer follows the slot. The layer is coupled to the flexible tube and ends of the length-stable layer have end pieces of a length configured in or around the inserts and/or the slot such that the end pieces of the length-stable layer are prevented from displacement relative to the inserts. The flexible tube is supplied with a medium that can be pressurized and/or cured in an expanded state between the length-stable layer and the inserts without increasing a nominal diameter of length-stable layer.
US11525538B2
A plug-in coupling for connecting a first double-walled vacuum-insulated cryogenic line to a second. The plug-in coupling has a coupling plug and a coupling socket. The coupling plug can be plugged into the coupling socket, these being retained in a plugged-together state by fixing means. A guide column is arranged on the coupling plug or the coupling socket. The guide column has arranged on it elastic means which, in the assembled state of the plug-in coupling, are subjected to stressing and which subject the coupling plug and/or coupling socket to an elastic force which strives to release the coupling plug and coupling socket from one another as soon as the fixing means no longer hold the coupling plug and coupling socket together. The elastic energy stored in the elastic means ensures that, in the event of an emergency, the coupling plug and coupling socket are quickly released from one another.
US11525531B2
A pipe segment having an insulated electrical conductor includes a first electrical contact disposed at one end of an electrical conductor on an interior of the pipe segment from a male threaded connection on one end to a female threaded connection on the other end of the pipe segment. A second electrical contact is on the other end of the insulated electrical conductor. The first contact makes electrical connection with the second contact in an adjacent segment when the male connection on one segment is engaged to the female connection on the adjacent segment. A seal disposed on an interior of an insulating layer on an interior wall of each respective pipe segment provides a space beyond the end of the seal to enable inward flexure of the seal under pressure such that lubricant extruded by connecting the male threaded end and the female threaded end is pressure relieved.
US11525529B2
A composite tubular structure includes an elongate composite member having an inwardly tapered section at an end and an embedded nut retained in the end inwardly tapered section for forming a connection with another component. The inwardly tapered section has an inner surface which follows a tapered outer surface of the embedded nut, the inwardly tapered section narrowing the composite member in a longitudinal direction towards the end so as to provide a constriction which retains the embedded nut within the inwardly tapered section. The embedded nut comprises a multipart nut, comprising an internal nut and an internal support member, and wherein the internal nut is arranged to slide within the internal support member in a direction away from the end of, and into, the elongate composite member when the composite tubular structure is under conditions of excessive axial compressive load.
US11525525B2
An apparatus for noise reduction in valves is disclosed. A disclosed example valve includes a valve body including a fluid passageway, and a cage located in the fluid passageway, the cage including a wall having openings, a fluid to flow from an inner surface of the wall to an outer surface of the wall through the openings, each of the openings including respective ribs, the ribs to follow a helical path along a length of each opening to cause rotation of the fluid flowing through the openings.
US11525520B2
A port for use in introducing a fluid into an internal fluid chamber includes a plug bore, a valve disposed in the plug bore and a plug. The plug includes one or more seal grooves and a ring seal in each of the one or more seal grooves. The ring seal creates a seal between the plug and the plug bore. The port further includes a positive stop barrier that prevents the plug from being removed from the plug bore.
US11525515B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a segmented radial seal assembly that includes at least two segments, each segment having a first end and a second end at opposite ends. A first segment first end has a protruding feature and defines a tangential vector from a circumferential ring that is formed by the segmented radial seal. The protruding feature defines a curved face having at least a first axis of curvature that is parallel to the tangential vector. The second segment second end has a recessed feature that is matingly engageable to the first segment first end, thereby forming a first radial seal segment joint. The segmented radial seal assembly is configured to surround a shaft.
US11525512B2
Provided is a seal ring configured so that stable lubrication performance can be provided across a wide range of rotation speed. A seal ring for sealing a clearance between a rotary shaft and a housing includes; inclined grooves formed at a sliding surface so as to be arranged in a circumferential direction, the inclined grooves being closed on an outer diameter side thereof and configured to generate a dynamic pressure; and supply grooves opening on a sealed fluid side and communicating with an inner diameter side of the inclined grooves.
US11525503B2
A reduction gear configured to decelerate and output rotation of a motor by two-stage planetary gear mechanisms disposed side by side in an axial direction includes: a case made of resin, the case being formed into a cylindrical shape in which the two-stage planetary gear mechanisms are incorporated, and having at least one of a lid portion and a bottom portion provided at each of both axial ends; and a reinforcing component that is formed of a material having a Young's modulus higher than a Young's modulus of a material of the case. The reinforcing component extends along at least a part of an inner peripheral surface in an axial central portion of the case.
US11525499B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a drivetrain. In one example embodiment, a motor vehicle drivetrain is disclosed including a transmission arrangement for a motor vehicle with a primary engine. The transmission arrangement including a transmission input shaft which can be connected to the primary engine, and at least one transmission output shaft. The at least one transmission output shaft including a first summation planetary gear unit having primary and secondary first transmission input elements, and a first transmission output element, and a second summation planetary gear unit having primary and secondary second transmission input elements and a second transmission output element. The first transmission output element is connectable to the transmission output shaft via at least one first clutch and the second transmission output element is connectable to the transmission output shaft via at least one second clutch.
US11525493B2
A torsional vibration damper, including: an output flange supported for rotation around an axis of rotation and including a first drive surface and a second drive surface; an intermediate flange including a first drive tab aligned in series with the first drive surface in a circumferential direction around the axis of rotation and a second drive tab aligned in series with the second drive surface in the circumferential direction; a first spring including a first end directly engaged with the first drive surface and a second end directly engaged with the first drive tab; and a second spring including a first end directly engaged with the second drive tab and a second end directly engaged with the second drive surface. In an example embodiment, the intermediate flange includes a centering tab in contact with the output flange and arranged to center the intermediate flange with respect to the output flange.
US11525492B2
A vibration-proof mount which is interposed between a vibration device including a vibration source and an elastic member disposed on a foundation surface includes an upper base plate including a first mounting portion where the vibration device is mounted, a lower base pate arranged below the upper base plate and supporting the upper base plate, and a plurality of connecting members connecting the upper base plate and the lower base plate, the plurality of connecting members including at least two or more first connecting members disposed between the first mounting portion and the lower base plate at intervals from one another. The first mounting portion is configured to have higher rigidity than the lower base plate.
US11525490B1
A power transmission device includes a friction clutch, an actuator, and a controller configured to determine an approximated temperature change of the friction clutch. The controller is configured to determine a current power state of the friction clutch, determine a desired power state change based on the current power state and a previous power state, determine a plurality of thermal coefficients based on a thermal coefficient model, the desired power state change, and a set of operation variables, determine an approximated temperature change of the friction clutch based on the thermal coefficients and a friction clutch temperature model, determine an approximated clutch temperature based on the approximated temperature change and a contemporaneous value of an device ambient temperature, and control operation of the actuator based at least on the approximated clutch temperature.
US11525488B2
An automatic transmission includes a clutch device having a clutch hub, a clutch drum, a friction plate, a piston, and a hydraulic chamber. The clutch drum includes an outer-side cylindrical portion, a disc-shaped first radial portion extending radially inwardly, an axial portion extending axially from the first radial portion, and a disc-shaped second radial portion extending radially inwardly from the axial portion. The piston includes a pressing portion disposed between the first radial portion and the friction plate side, and a disc-shaped piston radial portion extending radially inwardly from the pressing portion. The hydraulic chamber is provided radially inwardly from the axial portion and on the non-friction-plate side of the piston radial portion. A comb-teeth portion is provided at a radially intermediate portion of the piston radial portion. The axial portion and the piston radial portion intersect with each other in a comb-teeth shape.
US11525487B2
A clutch release bearing for a motor vehicle includes a thrust element having an axial axis, a guide element supporting said thrust element, and a self-aligning sleeve including an annular body and a plurality of radial ribs extending towards the guide element from the body with a free end of each of the ribs radially contacting the guide element. The guide element includes angular retaining members for limiting angular movement of at least one radial rib of the plurality of radial ribs, which members may be integrally formed with the guide element or formed as separate elements attached to the guide element.
US11525480B2
A split bearing protector with a flexible design that adds improved moisture protection to a bearing and can be installed without removing the bearing from the machine in which it is installed.
US11525473B2
A locking system comprising a block made of a polymer substance having an upper surface and a lower surface. In a normal condition, the block has the following structure. A bore, having a first axis, extends through the block and passes through the upper surface and the lower surface, the bore being shaped to include a taper, whereby an upper end of the bore has a larger diameter than a lower end of the bore, and the bore has an internal surface that is smooth. And, a slot, having a second axis, extends through the block and passes through the upper surface and the lower surface, the slot having a generally planar configuration with a width and a thickness, the slot being positioned such that the first axis and the second axis are co-axial, whereby the slot and the bore form a single continuous opening extending through the block.
US11525472B2
The invention relates to a cooking oven comprising at least two entities made of sheet metal (2, 3), each sheet metal entity (2, 3) comprising at least one surface carrying an enamel layer, specifically a vitreous enamel layer, said enamelled sheet metal entities (2, 3) overlapping each other and a screw connection for grounding and coupling said enamelled sheet metal entities (2, 3), wherein a ground element is at least indirectly coupled with one of said enamelled sheet metal entities (2, 3) for grounding said stack of enamelled sheet metal entities (2, 3), wherein at least one screw (5) with a screw shaft (5.1) is provided through said enamelled sheet metal entities (2, 3), wherein the screw (5) is at least indirectly electrically coupled with the ground element and said screw shaft (5.1) comprises a thread for providing an electric coupling between the enamelled sheet metal entities (2, 3).
US11525469B2
A junction structure includes a first metallic material, a second material different in type from the first metallic material, and a welding wire as a third material similar to the first metallic material. The second material is stacked on the first material. The molten metal of the third metallic material is deposited by arc welding into the through part of the second material so as to form a flanged or tapered bead, so that the first and third metallic materials and the second material are fixed together.
US11525458B2
A conveying device with an electric drive, having a housing with a suction opening and a plurality of outlet openings that comprises a conveying element which is rotatably received in the housing to produce a fluid flow from the suction opening to the respective outlet opening, wherein the outlet openings are mounted to the housing at least axially spaced from each other.
US11525456B2
An axial fan has an inner-rotor motor which includes a drive end, a non-drive end and a shaft which extends axially from the drive end; and an impeller which includes a cylindrical impeller cup and a number of impeller blades that extend radially from the impeller cup. The impeller cup has an open upstream end and a closed downstream end which is connected to the shaft. In operation, the motor spins the impeller to generate an airflow in a direction from the non-drive end of the motor to the drive end of the motor. The impeller cup is configured to receive the motor therein and surround the drive end of the motor but not the non-drive end of the motor. As a result, the non-drive end of the motor is exposed to the airflow during operation of the fan.
US11525455B2
A double suction fan includes first and second rings spaced at a predetermined distance apart from and in parallel to each other, an intermediate plate disposed between the first and second rings and including a shaft hole, a plurality of first blades disposed between the first ring and the intermediate plate, a plurality of second blades disposed between the second ring and the intermediate plate, and first and second rotating hubs disposed on both side surfaces of the intermediate plate, wherein each of the first and second rotating hubs is formed of a plurality of hub plates which are disposed perpendicular to the intermediate plate around the shaft hole, and wherein the plurality of hub plates are formed to evenly distribute air introduced through the first and second rings in a longitudinal direction of the plurality of first and second blades when the intermediate plate rotates.
US11525452B2
A fan frame body structure includes a first frame body. The first frame body has a first upper end, a first lower end, a first frame wall and a first main flow way. The first main flow way passes through the first frame body and is formed with a first main inlet and a first main outlet respectively at the first upper end and the first lower end. A first subsidiary flow way is disposed in the first frame wall. The first subsidiary flow way is in parallel the first main flow way. The first subsidiary outlet is positioned at the first upper end of the first frame body in flush with and in adjacency to the first main inlet.
US11525451B2
The present invention relates to an adjustment mechanism (100) for variably adjusting the cross-section of a compressor inlet (22) and further relates to a corresponding compressor (20) including such an adjustment mechanism (100). The adjustment mechanism (100) comprises a plurality of rotatable orifice elements (110) and an actuation ring (120). The actuation ring (120) is mechanically coupled to the plurality of orifice elements 110 such that rotation of the actuation ring 120 causes movement of the orifice elements 110. The movement of the orifice elements (110) thereby adjusts the cross-section of a compressor inlet (22). The adjustment mechanism (100) further comprises a plurality of support members (140) which are arranged axially between the plurality of orifice elements (110) and the actuation ring (120). Additionally, the adjustment mechanism (100) comprises a spring (130), more specific a ring-shaped wave spring. The spring (130) is adapted to axially preload the plurality of orifice elements (110) and the actuation ring (120) when being in a mounted state.
US11525446B2
A compressor and an air conditioner are provided. The compressor includes a main shaft, a first cylinder and a second cylinder. The main shaft sequentially passes through the first cylinder and the second cylinder and can rotate therein, to compress refrigerant entering the first cylinder and the second cylinder. The second cylinder has an inner cavity capable of receiving the main shaft. A volume variation control cavity in communication with the inner cavity is provided in a side wall of the inner cavity, and a sliding vane is provided inside the volume variation control cavity. The volume variation control cavity can be selectively connected to a gas inlet and a gas outlet of the compressor, to change gas pressure in the volume variation control cavity, and drive the sliding vane to abut against or be separated from the main shaft by the gas pressure in the volume variation control cavity.
US11525444B2
A pump includes a first gear plate and a first pair of counter rotating gears positioned on a first side of the gear plate. The pair of counter rotating gears draws fluid from an inlet and transfers the fluid into an outlet of a common manifold. The gear plate has a cutout to increase the flow of fluid into the common manifold.
US11525440B2
A pump cartridge for mounting on a drive rotor includes a roller assembly having first and second hubs maintained in a spaced apart relationship and defining an axis, and a plurality of planetary rollers arranged in a circumferentially spaced orientation about the axis, the rollers mounted to the hubs displacement radially outward. One or more compressible tubing lines are interposed between the rollers and an interior wall of the pump cartridge housing. The housing and the first and second hubs collectively define a passageway through which a spreader on the drive rotor extends and may be rotated relative to the roller assembly to displace the rollers radially outward to thereby compress the tubing lines against the interior wall. A coupling feature on the first hub engages a roller driving feature of the rotor, so that rotation of the rotor causes rotation of the roller assembly about the axis.
US11525436B2
A wind turbine, including a main gear box, which is lubricated and/or cooled by oil, and a thermosiphon cooling system for cooling the oil is provided. The thermosiphon cooling system solves the main challenges facing the oil cooling systems in wind turbines. The high efficiency of the evaporation heat transfer mechanism gives the capacity to transfer the required heat load in relatively smaller size system. In this way, installation space is reduced. The thermosiphon cooling system has no service requirements over the lifetime of the wind turbine since the thermosiphon cooling system has no moving parts. Costs are saved since the simplicity of the thermosiphon cooling system adds a big value to the system business case.
US11525435B2
The present invention relates to a water intrusion prevention system (1) mounting on a turbine blade (100) of a wind turbine. In order to exhibit excellent weather protection, the water intrusion prevention system (1) comprises a connecting means (10) adapted for removably fixing the water intrusion prevention system (1) on the turbine blade (100), further a collar sheet (20) disposed on the connecting means (10) and having a collar portion (22) extending away from the connecting means (10), the collar portion (22) constituting an upper collar sealing round about against an outer surface (101) of the turbine blade (100) if the water prevention system (1) is mounted on the turbine blade (100). In addition, the water intrusion prevention system (1) includes an umbrella sheet (30) disposed over the connecting means (10), the umbrella sheet (30) covering an upper side of the pressing means (10) and protruding laterally downwards away from the connecting means (10) round about the turbine blade (100) if the water prevention system (1) is mounted on the turbine blade (100). The umbrella sheet (30) sealingly adjoins the collar portion (22).
US11525428B1
A connection assembly is used to detachably connect fuel injector to an injector cup of a fuel rail. The connection assembly includes the injector cup that receives and supports the fuel injector, a pair of retaining pins that an configured to retain an inlet end of the fuel injector within a bore of the injector cup, and a retaining clip that retains the retaining pins in corresponding through holes provided in the injector cup. The retaining clip is C-shaped and partially encircles the injector cup such that a first end of the retaining clip extends into the through hole that receives the first pin, the second end of the retaining clip extends into the through hole that receives the second pin. The retaining clip is configured to prevent the pins from exiting the respective through holes and minimize assembly noise.
US11525419B1
An engine power module includes a water jacket, a cylinder liner, and a cylinder head. The water jacket forms a coolant supply conduit arranged in a lower coolant annulus extending around the cylinder liner and an upper coolant annulus extending around the cylinder head. The cylinder head has formed therein an injector bore, and a plurality of drill holes convergent on the injector bore. A lower coolant cavity in the cylinder head forms a coolant flow path extending circumferentially around the injector bore between a cavity inlet opening fluidly connected to the coolant supply conduit, and a cavity connection opening fluidly connected to an upper coolant cavity. The arrangement provides flows of coolant through the drill holes to cool an injector sleeve, and separate coolant flows through the lower coolant cavity and upper coolant cavity.
US11525418B2
An injection control device executes a current-drive of a fuel injection valve to inject fuel into an engine. The injection control device includes: a drive controller that controls energization by correcting an energization instruction time when injecting the fuel by executing the current-drive of the fuel injection valve; an estimated energization time correction amount calculation unit that calculates an estimated energization time correction amount; and a deterioration determination unit that determines deterioration of the charging capacitor based on a calculated estimated energization time correction amount and the energization time correction amount.
US11525410B2
Fuel systems of gas turbine engines of aircraft, and associated methods are provided. The fuel systems and methods can permit reverse purging of one or more fuel manifolds of a gas turbine engine to prevent coking in some modes of operation. A fuel system includes first and second fuel manifolds fluidly connectable to a combustor of the gas turbine engine. A valve is operatively disposed between the second fuel manifold and a fuel supply line for controlling fuel supply to the second fuel manifold. A reservoir includes a movable piston disposed therein and dividing the reservoir into a first chamber and a second chamber. The first chamber is fluidly connectable to the fuel supply line or to a fuel purge line via the valve. The second chamber is in fluid communication with the second fuel manifold to receive residual fuel from the second fuel manifold.
US11525409B2
A method for operating a gas turbine at a desired gas turbine production value. The method includes setting a desired gas turbine production value based on a schedule of a reference gas turbine shaft speed with respect to ambient temperature and an exhaust temperature; comparing values of a gas turbine shaft speed to the reference gas turbine shaft speed to determine whether a difference between the gas turbine shaft speed and the reference gas turbine shaft speed is within or outside of a predetermined range; and in response to the difference being outside of the predetermined range, initiating a change in gas turbine shaft speed to cause the gas turbine to operate approximately at the desired gas turbine production value.
US11525407B2
A gas turbine engine comprising a planetary gear train, and a core engine casing. The gear train has a ratio of greater than approximately 3.0, with an input to the gear train being operatively connected to the compressor section, and an output from the gear train being operatively connected to the fan. The core engine casing encloses the compressor section and the turbine section. The fan has a diameter F, and the core engine casing has a diameter C. The core engine casing diameter C varies along an axial length of the core engine casing, and a ratio (C/F) of the core engine casing diameter C to the fan diameter F is within the range 0.2<(C/F)<0.4, along an axial length of the core engine casing.
US11525401B2
An impingement baffle for directing a cooling fluid onto a target surface includes a baffle body having a first end opposite a second end, and a first side opposite a second side. The second side is spaced a distance apart from the target surface, with the distance varying from the first end to the second end. The baffle body defines impingement holes that extend through the baffle body from the first side to the second side. The impingement holes are spaced apart along the baffle body to receive the cooling fluid. The impingement baffle includes tubular extensions coupled to the second side. Each tubular extension is in fluid communication with a respective one of the impingement holes to direct the cooling fluid onto the target surface. Each tubular extension extends for a length from the second side, and the length of each tubular extension is based on the distance.
US11525400B2
An aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a system for reducing thermal gradient at a heat engine. The heat engine includes a rotor assembly with a rotor disk and a seal assembly is provided. An interfacing structure at least partially surrounds the rotor assembly at the seal assembly. The seal assembly and the interfacing structure together form a first cavity defining a first environmental condition and a second cavity defining a second environmental condition. A fluid supply manifold is connected to the rotor assembly and is extended at least partially along a radial direction from the first cavity to an outlet opening in thermal communication with the rotor disk of the rotor assembly.
US11525391B2
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed toward a linear combustion engine, comprising: a cylinder having a cylinder wall and a pair of ends, the cylinder including a combustion section disposed in a center portion of the cylinder; a pair of opposed piston assemblies adapted to move linearly within the cylinder, each piston assembly disposed on one side of the combustion section opposite the other piston assembly, each piston assembly including a spring rod and a piston comprising a solid front section adjacent the combustion section and a gas section; and a pair of linear electromagnetic machines adapted to directly convert kinetic energy of the piston assembly into electrical energy, and adapted to directly convert electrical energy into kinetic energy of the piston assembly for providing compression work during the compression stroke.
US11525388B2
A method of providing active flow control for an aircraft includes cooling a liquid coolant in a heat exchanger by circulating a cooling airflow through the heat exchanger, and providing fluid communication between the cooling airflow and a boundary layer flow of at least one flight control surface of the aircraft. The cooling airflow affects the boundary layer flow of the flight control surface(s) to provide active flow control. A method of cooling an engine core of an engine assembly includes circulating a cooling fluid through the engine core, and cooling the cooling fluid with a cooling airflow used to provide active flow control to a flight control surface of the aircraft. An active flow control system for an aircraft is also discussed.
US11525387B1
A cooling system of a hybrid vehicle include an engine, a drive motor, a main water pump, a cooling line, a heat-exchange line, a heater line on which a heater and an exhaust heat recovery device are provided, a coolant control valve unit selectively supplying coolant to the cooling line, the heat-exchange line and the heater line, a bypass line connecting the rear of the exhaust heat recovery device and the front of the heater, an auxiliary water pump that selectively supplies coolant from the exhaust heat recovery device to the front of the heater, a state measurement unit that measures an operation state of the vehicle and outputs a corresponding signal, and a controller configured for controlling operation of the engine, the drive motor, the main water pump, the coolant control valve unit and the auxiliary water pump according to the output signal of the state measurement unit.
US11525386B2
A hybrid vehicle has an internal combustion engine and an electric drive, each with a cooling circuit with a heat transfer medium and a cooler. A pre-heating circuit is provided between the cooling circuits and it is thermally coupled to the cooling circuit of the electric drive via heat coupling element as a shared component, for a controlled heat exchange between the heat transfer media of the two cooling circuits. The pre-heating circuit has an electrical auxiliary heater, which is connected to the heat coupling element in series, such that the heat transfer medium of the first cooling circuit likewise flows through the electrical auxiliary heater. The electrical auxiliary heater is arranged and designed such that heat generated by the electrical auxiliary heater can be transferred, where necessary, into at least one of the two cooling circuits.
US11525383B2
A method of operation of exhaust valves of an adjustable exhaust port 2-stroke motorcycle engine with a two stage exhaust valve system includes: providing a control rod mechanically coupled to a governor, so that the governor causes a rotation of the control rod. A first stage exhaust valve, a second stage left exhaust valve, and a second stage right exhaust valve are also controllably linked to the control rod; and operating the second stage left exhaust valve and the second stage right exhaust valve by opening at least one of the second stage left exhaust valve and the second stage right exhaust valve before the first stage exhaust valve is completely open in an overlap operation. Related methods and structures for overlap, and/or stagger, and/or limiter operation of exhaust valves of an adjustable exhaust port 2-stroke motorcycle engine are also described.
US11525376B2
The present invention for coating a valve head (6) of an inlet and/or outlet valve (4) comprises a preparation of a surface, which is to be coated, of the valve (4) for a coating, and a coating of the prepared surface with a ceramic high-temperature coating (22).
US11525372B2
A diaphragm latch may comprise a housing, a diaphragm disposed in the housing, a pin coupled to the diaphragm, an opening in the housing, and a pin aperture disposed in the first side, wherein the pin extends from the pin aperture. The diaphragm may be configured to move in response to a pressure being communicated through the opening, and the pin may be configured to at least one of extend or retract from the pin aperture in response to the diaphragm moving. The diaphragm latch may passively couple an inner fixed structure (IFS) to an intermediate case (IMC) during an overpressure event.
US11525371B2
Cooling a torque probe involves an elongated sleeve extending along a sleeve axis between a first sleeve end and a second sleeve end. The sleeve is mountable about the torque probe to define a flow passage between an inner surface of the sleeve and an outer surface of the torque probe. The flow passage is in fluid communication with a flow passage inlet of the sleeve and with a flow passage outlet of the sleeve spaced apart along the sleeve axis from the flow passage inlet. A cooling airflow is configured to flow into the flow passage via the flow passage inlet, through the flow passage along the outer surface of the torque probe to cool the torque probe, and out of the flow passage via the flow passage outlet.
US11525357B2
An unloading type sinking rescue device of a subsea mining vehicle and a use method thereof are provided. The unloading type sinking rescue device includes an assembly support, an unloading system, an ejection system and a control system. The assembly support is box-shaped, fixed to a subsea mining vehicle, and provided with a plurality of enclosed cavities. The unloading system includes a counterweight, a counterweight cable, a counterweight fixing bracket and a counterweight recovery cavity. The ejection system includes an anchor, an ejection cavity, an anchor cable, an anchor recovery shaft, a pulley, a spring and a boosting device. The control system controls the operation of the unloading system and the ejection system. The use method includes: (1) unloading; (2) ejection; (3) recovery of a part of counterweights; (4) recovery of the anchor; and (5) recovery of remaining counterweights.
US11525344B2
A perforating gun module may include a gun housing including a housing chamber and a shaped charge positioning device provided in the housing chamber. The shaped charge positioning device may include a shaped charge holder and a detonator holder provided axially adjacent to the shaped charge holder. The shaped charge positioning device may be a singular and monolithic piece of non-metal material. A perforating gun module string may include a first perforating gun module directly coupled to a second perforating gun module. Each perforating gun module may include a gun housing with a housing chamber, a shaped charge holder provided in the housing chamber, and a detonator holder provided axially adjacent to the shaped charge receptacle. The shaped charge holder and the detonator holder may comprise a singular and monolithic piece of non-metal material.
US11525340B2
A technique facilitates formation of a gravel pack along relatively lengthy wellbores. According to an embodiment, a completion system comprises a plurality of screen assemblies. The completion system also has an alternate path system disposed along the plurality of screen assemblies. The alternate path system includes shunt tubes, e.g. transport tubes, coupled together by jumper tubes. An anti-buckling structure is coupled to each jumper tube to prevent buckling when high operational pressures, e.g. operating pressures of 9000 psi or higher, are applied to the alternate path system.
US11525338B2
A system for tethering a subsea blowout preventer (BOP) or well head is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the system comprises an interface associable with the BOP, and more than one anchors disposed about the BOP. Each anchor is configured to carry or support a tensioning system arranged in operable association with a respective tether. Each tether is arranged so as to link a respective anchor with a respective operable means associated with the BOP. Furthermore, each of the respective operable means are configured in operable association with the interface such that tension in the tethers can be adjustable either individually or together as a group of two or more tethers, by way of the interface.
US11525337B2
A nozzle for controlling the flow of fluids into and/or out of a hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir comprises a fluid passage extending between first and second openings. The passage comprises a flow adjusting region for increasing the velocity of fluids injected into the reservoir and for choking steam produced from the reservoir.
US11525335B2
A remotely operated device for inspecting and/or cleaning a subsea flexible pipe joint comprises a support assembly. In addition, the device comprises a tool positioning assembly coupled to the support assembly. The tool positioning assembly includes a rotating member disposed about a central axis. The tool positioning assembly is rotatable relative to the support assembly about the central axis. Further, the device comprises a cleaning assembly including a cleaning device adapted to clean the flexible pipe joint. The cleaning device is axially moveable relative to the rotating member. Still further, the device comprises a clamping assembly coupled to the support assembly. The clamping assembly has an open position disengaged with the section of the flexible pipe joint and a closed position engaging the section of the flexible pipe joint.
US11525330B2
Methods and systems for diverting the flow of fluids within a wellbore are disclosed. The methods and systems use a flow conveyed diverter pack, which includes a package portion and a wing portion. The package portion may contain a ball (a.k.a. a diverter ball) and may contain additional components. The diverter pack may be formed by sandwiching a diverter ball between films of a flexible material, for example, films of a dissolvable polymer. The diverter pack may be deployed in a wellbore, whereby the pack is conveyed by fluid flow to an opening to be sealed. The diverter pack seats upon the opening, thereby diverting flow from the opening.
US11525328B2
A straddle packer has a floating auto-J sleeve that automatically shifts the straddle packer from a run-in condition to a stay-set condition after pumping of high-pressure fluid into the straddle packer in excess of a predetermined pump rate is terminated. In the stay set condition, packer elements of the straddle packer remain in sealing contact with a well casing or well bore into which the straddle packer has been run.
US11525327B2
Apparatus and method for securing and sealing a tubular portion to another tubular to provide a liner hanger in oil and gas wells. At the top of the liner string, a sleeve is arranged on the liner to create a chamber therebetween. A port provides fluid access through the liner to the chamber. When fluid is introduced into the chamber the sleeve is morphed to secure it to the cemented casing. A lower fluid pressure is required to morph the sleeve than if the liner itself was to be morphed. Embodiments are provided for securing and sealing arrangements to increase the metal to metal seal and the load capability between the liner string and casing.
US11525318B2
A motor bypass valve diverts drilling fluid away from a downhole motor when the motor is off bit. Bypassing the downhole motor reduces the shock and vibration on the BHA caused by the downhole motor, thereby reducing the damage to the BHA. The motor bypass valve may divert fluid out of a housing or into a bore through the rotor of the downhole motor.
US11525314B2
A polished rod elevator has a top lift platform defining a polished rod passage and a mouth to laterally receive a polished rod into the polished rod passage; a plurality of linear actuators depending below the top lift platform and radially spaced from an axis of the polished rod passage to define a production tree receiving gap; and a plurality of arcuate wellhead flange mounting base plates connected to base ends of the plurality of linear actuators. Related methods of use and kits are discussed.
US11525306B2
A drill bit for downhole pulsed-power drilling is disclosed. A pulse-power drill bit may include a bit body; an electrode coupled to a power source and the bit body; a ground ring coupled to the bit body, the electrode and the ground ring positioned such that an electric field produced by a voltage applied between the ground ring and the electrode is enhanced at a portion of the ground ring proximate to the ground ring; a reinforcement material forming portions of the ground ring; a binder material infiltrated through the reinforcement material to form a composite material and forming a first portion of the ground ring; and an machinable material forming a second portion of the ground ring, wherein the composite material has a first resistance to abrasion greater than a second resistance to abrasion of the machinable material.
US11525303B2
The ceiling tile ladder attachment device holds ceiling tiles while a user is working on a ladder to install or replace the tiles in the ceiling, in addition to storing tiles that have to be removed from the ceiling and held for re-installation after performing other maintenance above the tiles. The ceiling tile ladder attachment device includes a rectangular wire rack that attaches to the back side of a ladder. The wire rack has a hook part on the back side. The hook part preferably attaches to the wire rack in two places to prevent the wire rack from swinging or slipping on the ladder. The hook part includes adjustable hook points for different styles and sizes of step ladders. The user can attach the ceiling tile ladder attachment device to the backside of the ladder using the hook part.
US11525302B2
A protective screen system and method of installation for preventing bugs and insects from passing through a door or window opening, as well as preventing pets, such as dogs and cats from causing damage to a protective screen. The system and method include removing an existing screen from a door or window frame and inserting a protective screen member through a front face of the frame. The protective screen member is a rigid, transparent panel having a plurality of spaced apertures forming a grid pattern. The protective screen member is positioned through an opening of the frame and within a groove thereof such that an entire outer perimeter of the protective screen member is seated within the door or window frame. The protective screen member is secured to the frame via application of a fastener such as an adhesive or tape.
US11525299B2
A portable pet door is provided. The portable pet door includes a plurality of panels (101) connected in such a manner that allows the pet door to be folded for portability when not in use. The portable pet door may be installed in a sliding door jamb and configured to be held in place via friction from the sliding door (110) and an adjacent door jamb. The portable pet door has a removable flap (102) located at the bottom of the portable pet door. The portable pet door may have a connector (401) located on a top portion of a top panel of the plurality of panels that allows the pet door to be removably secured to a door jamb.
US11525298B2
The invention is a method, an apparatus and a kit of parts for assembling a universal frame with at least two jambs, a lintel and a sill. The resulting frame is suitable for any size of opening and any size of door, with the option to include single doors or double doors as well as side screens and/or side lights. The frame is typically assembled by cutting the jambs (and optionally the sill and/or lintel) to a selected size, attaching keys to each end of each jamb and inserting the keys into keying channels in the sill and lintel.
US11525276B2
A segmented/modular cooling tower fan cylinder having basic segments, a motor segment and an access segment, assembled to form an hourglass shaped cooling tower fan cylinder to protect fan blades, reduce sound and vibration, and enhance performance. The segments are preferably molded fiberglass composite structures having integrally molded vertical and horizontal ribs and a horizontal rib stiffener which connects horizontal ribs of adjacent segments. A top ring stiffener is provided at the junction of each two adjacent segments in the top ring flange. Lifter bars may be provided inside a central vertical rib of the segment to secure cables or straps to hoist an assembled fan cylinder into its final location or to secure a safety harness for workers servicing equipment in the interior space defined by the fan cylinder.
US11525272B2
An anti-seismic performance reinforcement structure of a masonry structure and a construction method of the same are proposed, where a deformed bar is constructed to be tied to the entire circumference of the masonry structure at every predetermined height thereof such that the masonry structure is connected to a wall, thereby simplifying a construction process, and inducing the masonry structure and the wall to be moved integrally to each other during an earthquake so as to prevent the masonry wall from collapsing. The method of performing anti-seismic performance reinforcement and crack repair of the masonry structure includes: removing a predetermined depth of a horizontal joint; mounting the cross joint by forcibly press-fitting the cross joint having the press-in holder and the horizontal holder to a perforated position; fixing a deformed bar fixture to the wall; and tying the entire circumference of the masonry structure with the deformed bar.
US11525268B2
A floor, wall or ceiling panel comprises a core and a decorative top layer provided on the core. The core comprises a magnesium oxide-based board material, and wherein the aforementioned panel, on at least two opposite edges, is provided with coupling means allowing that two of such panels can be interlocked at the respective edges.
US11525265B2
The present invention relates to a water resistant, UV resistant, vapor permeable, air barrier roofing underlayment assembly for use on flat or low sloped roofs comprising a substrate of permeable polyester, a permeable copolymer acrylate coating bonded to the permeable polyester substrate and a pressure sensitive permeable copolymer adhesive secured to the acrylate coating. The permeable coating is a copolymer including a primary polymer of n-butyl acrylate and contains carbon black.
US11525263B2
A combined structure of a column includes a plurality of main steel bars, a consecutive stirrup, and a plurality of tie bars. The plural main steel bars are arrayed to form an inner confined region and an outer confined region surrounding the inner confined region. Further, the consecutive stirrup proceeds with a consecutive turning and surrounding along the inner confined region and the outer confined region, and surrounds a region in the consecutive stirrup of the inner confined region so as to form a column core. As such, a complete confinement can be provided for the main steel bars, so as to effectively prevent the main steel bars from buckling, such that the performance of seismic resistance for the columns can be enhanced.
US11525261B2
A ceiling beam connector that permits the incorporation of ornamental panel designs such as triangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids into suspended ceilings. The connector has a faceplate attached to either two arms or a leg. The leg is attached to either the faceplate or an arm at an acute angle measured from an axis perpendicular to the faceplate. To maintain standard beam lengths and rout spacing at 2 foot, 3 foot, or 4 foot (61 cm, 91 cm, or 122 cm) beam spacing, the leg may project out at the following angles measured from the axis: about 14.0°, about 18.4°, about 26.6°, about 30.3°, about 45.0°, about 59.7°, about 63.4°, about 71.6°, or about 76.0°.
US11525250B2
Methods and systems for the distribution, regulation and mixture of fluids, but particularly for the regulation of water flow through a tap, within a water distribution system, and for the regulation of the temperature of said flow from mixtures of smaller flows than the flow of the water distribution system, where at least one execution-by-the-user means is coupled, wherein the user has no contact with the mechanical parts of the system. Furthermore, systems for the reuse of water remaining in the pipelines, preventing waste and allowing remote activation, are revealed.
US11525239B2
Shaker assemblies for dewatering slurries are disclosed. The shaker assemblies may include a positioning device which limits movement of the vibratory frame of the shaker assembly relative to a subframe when the vibratory frame is moved from a raised operating position to a lowered position. The positioning device may guide the vibratory frame as it is lowered from the raised position to the lowered position. In some embodiments, the shaker assembly includes a locking device for locking the vibratory frame to the subframe when the vibratory frame is in the lowered position.
US11525236B2
A quick hitch for coupling a tool to an excavation arm of an excavator. The quick hitch comprises a connector comprising a first end coupleable to an excavation arm, and a second end coupleable to a tool; and a latching member releasably engageable with the second end of the connector. In use the second end of the connector receives the tool, and the latching member engages with the connector to releasably couple the tool to the connector.
US11525234B2
A geogrid in the form of an integral, mesh structure includes molecularly orientated polymeric material, with the integral, mesh structure being formed of interconnecting mesh defining elements including elongate tensile elements. The molecular orientation of the integral, mesh structure is uniform throughout the extent thereof.
US11525227B2
A waste bag dispensing and storing assembly for use while walking a pet includes a shell that defines an interior space. The shell has a top that is open. The top is configured to insert a used pet waste bag into the interior space. A lid is hingedly coupled to the shell proximate to the top. The lid is configured to selectively couple to the shell to close the top. A hole is positioned in the lid. The hole is configured to position an end bag of a roll of bags that is positioned in the interior space so that the end bag protrudes from the shell. The end bag is configured to be grasped in digits of a hand of a user to extract the end bag concurrently with positioning of an adjacent bag in the hole.
US11525221B2
A plating system for attaching a pair of tie plates to a wooden railroad tie with screw spikes such that the tie plates are aligned and in gauge. A predrilling system is used to predrill holes in the appropriate position on the railroad tie according to the line end of the tie prior to loading the tie into the plating system. The plating system clamps the railroad tie in registration according to the line end of the tie, and holds the tie plates in the appropriate position while a pair of hydraulic screw-presses turn screw spikes to fasten the tie plates to the railroad tie in gauge, centered and aligned on the railroad tie.
US11525220B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing fiberous board with which fiberous board exhibiting high bending strength and high stiffness at a wide range of heating temperatures and a wide range of compressing and heating times. In the present invention, fiberous board having an initial flexural modulus of at least 300 MPa in three point bending test is obtained by forming a web by correcting sheath-core composite fibers of which a core component is formed from a copolymer of ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid and the sheath component is formed from ethylene glycol, adipic acid, terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid; and/or diethylene glycol. The web is then compressed in a direction of thickness and heated, so that the sheath component softens and melts and the sheath-core composite fibers are melt bonded together and molded into a flat plate shape.
US11525216B2
A method of manufacturing a cellulose nanofiber compact includes a supporting step of supporting a plate-like first precursor containing cellulose nanofibers in a heating vessel, a preliminary molding step of heating the first precursor supported in the heating vessel with infrared rays to obtain a plate-like second precursor and a molding step of molding the second precursor, with heating and pressurizing the second precursor in a mold.
US11525211B2
The present invention relates to a bio-based polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) composition suitable as a binder for fiber based materials, textiles, woven and nonwoven materials, said PEC composition comprising cationic biopolymer, anionic biopolymer, acid and preservative, and wherein the net charge of the PEC is cationic, the charge ratio of the anionic polymer and the cationic polymer is ≤1, the cationic biopolymer is chitosan, the anionic biopolymer is a polyanion derived from nature, the acid is a Brønsted acid and/or a Lewis acid, wherein the Brønsted acid is selected from any organic and/or inorganic acids, and wherein the Lewis acid is selected from any cationic mono- or multivalent atom, the weight ratio between cation and anion is 1:0.1 to 1:20, the weight ratio between the cation and acid is 1:0.01 to 1:30, chitosan has a degree of deacetylation being 66-100%, the pH is less than 7, and wherein said composition further comprises one or more non-water soluble particles. The present invention further relates to a method for preparing the PEC composition, uses of the PEC composition, as well as method of treating materials with the PEC composition.
US11525209B2
This patent document discloses a method of fabricating an electrically conductive fiber coated with polythiophene and a carbon material. The low-cost method is amenable to modifications to suit the practical needs in various applications.
US11525208B2
A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet; an inner door disposed to be rotatable in a front surface of the cabinet and provided with an opening; an outer door disposed to form a space in which clothes are mounted between a front surface of the inner door and the outer door, the outer door disposed to rotate with respect to the cabinet together with the inner door or with respect to the inner door separately from the inner door; a heating plate disposed on a rear surface of the outer door; a holding device disposed in an upper portion of the space between the inner door and the outer door and formed to hold one end of the clothes; and a pair of clips disposed under the holding device in the space between the inner door and the outer door and formed to hold both sides of the clothes.
US11525207B2
A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet with an insertion opening defined in a front face, a laundry receiving space in the cabinet, a support assembly in the laundry receiving space for supporting laundry, and a first chamber including an air supply part for supplying dehumidified and heated air into the laundry receiving space. A communication opening in the front face of the cabinet opens to the first chamber. A chamber door is configured to open and close the communication opening. A water discharge tank is detachably connected to the chamber door and stores condensate water discharged from the air supply part. A chamber door conveying part reciprocates the chamber door, and moves the support assembly toward the insertion opening when the door opens the insertion opening.
US11525203B2
A decelerating clutch of a washing machine includes a bearing seat, an input shaft, an output shaft, and an output shaft sleeve. The input shaft and the output shaft are coaxial, the output shaft sleeve is sleeved on the input shaft and the output shaft, the output shaft sleeve is installed on the bearing seat via a bearing, the output shaft sleeve is connected with the input shaft via a planetary gear train, two ends and a middle part of the output shaft sleeve are respectively provided with at least one bearing, an inner ring of the bearing is coordinated with the output shaft sleeve, and an outer ring is coordinated with the bearing seat. The decelerating clutch of a washing machine improves a capability of an output shaft sleeve in resisting against a radial load, and further prolongs the service life of a decelerating clutch of a washing machine.
US11525197B2
A knitted textile (2) having a first layer (4) including a first yarn (12) with a thermoplastic composition integrally formed with a second layer (6) including a second yarn (14), the first yarn (12) forming an array of knitted patterns (16) defining voids (8) through the first layer (4) to the second layer (6). The first layer (4) may be heat treated to form a film. (24). Treatment of the first layer (4) may change zonal and directional tensile properties of the knitted textile (2). The Poisson's ratio of the knitted textile (2) may be greater than or equal to zero in a first axis (32) and/or a second axis (30), before and/or after treatment. Articles of apparel, including articles of footwear (26) and garments incorporating the knitted textile (2), and methods of forming the knitted textiles (2) and articles are disclosed.
US11525195B2
A woven textile for a bag is provided, including a main body, the main body includes a woven portion and at least one braided portion, the main body defines a lateral direction and a longitudinal direction which is perpendicular to the lateral direction, the woven portion at least includes a plurality of longitudinal threads and at least is woven by the plurality of longitudinal threads, the plurality of longitudinal threads are arranged along the lateral direction, each said longitudinal thread extends along the longitudinal direction, two ends of the woven portion on the longitudinal direction are respectively a first end and a second end, and at least one said longitudinal thread extends from the first end and the second end away from the woven portion to be braided to form the at least one braided portion.
US11525192B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a wholly aromatic liquid-crystalline polyester fiber with enhanced spinnability, and more specifically, to a method for manufacturing a wholly aromatic liquid-crystalline polyester fiber including: pelletizing a resin manufactured by adding 1.08 equivalents to 1.12 equivalents of acetic anhydride to raw material monomers including hydroxy benzoic acid, hydroxy naphthoic acid, biphenol, terephthalic acid, and isophthalic acid, followed by solid-phase polycondensation, and melt-spinning under oil conditions in which winding-up improving oil is diluted to 0.5% to 2% and silicone spinning oil for high temperature is diluted to 0.5% to 2%, respectively, with water as a solvent.
US11525187B2
The present invention provides a high-concentration tin sulfonate aqueous solution, in which a divalent tin ion (Sn2+) concentration is 360 g/L to 420 g/L, a tetravalent tin ion (Sn4+) concentration is 10 g/L or less, a free methanesulfonic acid concentration is 40 g/L or less, a Hazen unit color number (APHA) is 240 or less, and a turbidity is 25 FTU or less. This aqueous solution is produced such that stannous oxide powder whose temperature is adjusted to a temperature of 10° C. or lower is added to an aqueous methanesulfonic acid solution having a concentration of 60% by mass to 90% by mass when the aqueous solution circulates in a state of being maintained at the temperature of 10° C. or lower, and the stannous oxide powder is dissolved.
US11525185B2
Methods and devices are provided wherein rotational gas-flow is generated by vortex generators to decontaminate dirty gas (e.g., gas contaminated by solid particles) in pumping lines of vacuum systems suitable for use at a semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication facility. The vacuum systems use filterless particle decontamination units wherein rotational gas-flow is applied to separate and trap solid particles from gas prior to the gas-flow entering a vacuum pump. Methods are also described whereby solid deposits along portions of pumping lines may be dislodged and removed and portions of pumping lines may be self-cleaning.
US11525181B2
Conventional electrochromic devices frequently suffer from poor reliability and poor performance. Improvements are made using entirely solid and inorganic materials. Electrochromic devices are fabricated by forming an ion conducting electronically insulating interfacial region that serves as an IC layer. In some methods, the interfacial region is formed after formation of an electrochromic and a counter electrode layer, which are in direct contact with one another. The interfacial region contains an ion conducting electronically insulating material along with components of the electrochromic and/or the counter electrode layer. Materials and microstructure of the electrochromic devices provide improvements in performance and reliability over conventional devices. In addition to the improved electrochromic devices and methods for fabrication, integrated deposition systems for forming such improved devices are also disclosed.
US11525178B2
The invention is a method for treating a solid substrate, made from a first material, of metal or ceramic type, the method comprising placing the substrate in contact with a liquid metal, while the substrate is exposed to an ultrasonic wave called a power wave. At the level of a surface of the substrate, the power density is greater than a cavitation threshold of the liquid metal. Such exposure improves the wettability of the substrate surface by the liquid metal.
US11525173B2
A component obtainable by a process which includes providing a composition and sintering the composition at a sintering temperature of from 1250° C. to 1400° C. for a period of from 3 to 15 minutes. The composition includes hard material particles with an inner core of fused tungsten carbide and an outer shell of tungsten carbide, and a binder metal selected from Co, Ni, Fe and alloys with at least one metal selected from Co, Ni and Fe.
US11525172B1
A nickel-niobium intermetallic alloy contains, in weight percent, silicon from about 1.5 to about 3.5 percent; chromium from 5 to about 15 percent; nickel from about 45 to about 75 percent; niobium from about 14 to about 30 percent; cobalt up to about 7 percent; and iron up to about 10 percent; wherein the nickel plus niobium content is about 70 to about 90 percent and the total silicon, chromium, cobalt and iron content is about 10 to about 30 percent. The alloy can have a cast microstructure of at least 95 volume percent intermetallic phases and no more than about 5 volume percent solid solution phases. The intermetallic phases can include rod-like intermetallic phases of Ni3Nb and Ni8Nb7. The microstructure can be a lamellar microstructure and/or the microstructure can have less than 5 volume percent Ni—Fe and Ni—Co rich intermetallic phases.
US11525171B2
A vehicle interior material made of a rose-gold-colored copper alloy may include 0.07 to 0.21 wt % of aluminum (Al), 0.06 to 0.19 wt % of magnesium (Mg), 0.17 to 0.52 wt % of zinc (Zn), and a balance of copper (Cu) and unavoidable impurities, wherein the sum of the aluminum (Al), the magnesium (Mg), and the zinc (Zn) is 0.5 to 1.5 at %.
US11525169B2
A non-oriented electrical steel sheet with an average magnetostriction λp-p at 400 Hz and 1.0 T of not more than 4.5×10−6, and area ratio of recrystallized grains at a section in rolling direction of steel sheet of 40 to 95% and an average grain size of 10 to 40 μm is obtained by subjecting a steel slab containing, in mass %, C: not more than 0.005%, Si: 2.8 to 6.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 2.0%, Al: not more than 3.0%, P: not more than 0.20%, S: not more than 0.005%, N: not more than 0.005%, Ti: not more than 0.003%, V: not more than 0.005% and Nb: not more than 0.005% and satisfying Si—2Al—Mn≥0 to hot rolling, hot-band annealing, cold rolling and finish annealing under adequate cold rolling and finish annealing conditions, and a motor core is manufactured by such a steel sheet.
US11525167B2
A method of operating an iron making installation is provided, in which waste material is dried using a drying gas, the drying gas including an exhaust gas from a sinter plant, and the dried material is roasted a roasting gas, so as to produce coal and a roasting exhaust gas. An associated installation is also provided.
US11525166B2
Kits and methods are described that are directed to specific and sensitive methods of target nucleic acid detection and more specifically detecting target nucleic acids directly from biological samples. The kits and methods were developed to be easy to use involving a minimum number of steps and giving rapid and consistent results either at point of care or in high throughput situations. The kits and methods utilize in various combinations, reversible inhibitors of kit components, thermolabile enzymes, poloxamers, various salts, indicators and one or more Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) primer sets for detecting single and/or multiple targets and variants of the targets including SARS-CoV-2 targets and variants thereof in a single reaction. The kits and methods permit detection of the target nucleic with similar sensitivity regardless of the presence of undefined mutations that may enhance the virulence of cells or viruses containing the undefined mutations.
US11525154B2
Devices for detecting microorganism strains or target cellular analytes are provided. The device includes a filter holder, the filter holder comprising a tip portion; a nonwoven article disposed on the tip portion of the filter holder; and an adaptor attacked to the filter holder, the adaptor defining an aperture. Methods of detecting microorganisms and/or cellular analytes in a fluid sample using the devices are also provided. The method includes obtaining the device; placing a lumened or cannulated device in fluid communication with the device; and passing a fluid sample suspected of containing at least one microorganism strain or target cellular analyte from the lumened or cannulated device through the device and contacting the nonwoven article. The method further includes contacting the nonwoven article with at least one detection reagent and detecting the presence of the at least one microorganism strain or target cellular analyte concentrated by the nonwoven article. Kits and systems including the devices are also provided.
US11525149B2
A non-naturally occurring eukaryotic or prokaryotic organism includes one or more gene disruptions occurring in genes encoding enzymes imparting increased fumarate, malate or acrylate production in the organism when the gene disruption reduces an activity of the enzyme. The one or more gene disruptions confers increased production of acrylate onto the organism. Organisms that produce acrylate have an acrylate pathway that at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding an acrylate pathway enzyme expressed in a sufficient amount to produce acrylate, the acrylate pathway comprising a decarboxylase. Methods of producing fumarate, malate or acrylate include culturing these organisms.
US11525146B2
Provided nucleic acid-based expression construct for the target cell-specific production of a therapeutic protein, such as a pro-apoptotic protein, within a target cell, including a target cell that is associated with aging, disease, or other condition, in particular a target cell that is a senescent cell or a cancer cell. Also provided are formulations and systems, including fusogenic lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulations and systems, for the delivery of nucleic acid-based expression constructs as well as methods for making and using such nucleic acid-based expression constructs, formulations, and systems for reducing, preventing, and/or eliminating the growth and/or survival of a cell, such as a senescent cell and/or a cancer cell, which is associated with aging, disease, or other condition as well as methods for the treatment of aging, disease, or other conditions by the in vivo administration of a formulation, such as a fusogenic LPN formulation, comprising an expression construct for the target cell-specific production of a therapeutic protein, such as a pro-apoptotic protein, in a target cell that is associated with aging, disease, or other condition, in particular a target cell that is a senescent cell or a cancer cell.
US11525140B2
The present disclosure provides methods for transfecting plants and for expressing RNA or polypeptide molecules in plants. In particular, plants having reduced POLQ expression and/or activity are transfected in order to reduce random integration events. The disclosure further provides transfected plants and plant progeny produced by the methods disclosed herein.
US11525124B2
Disclosed are methods for isolating polymerase complexes from a mixture of polymerase complex components. The polymerase complexes can comprise a nanopore to provide isolated nanopore sequencing complexes. The methods relate to the positive and negative isolation of the polymerase complexes and/or nanopore sequencing complexes. Also disclosed is a nucleic acid adaptor for isolating active polymerase complexes, polymerase complexes comprising the nucleic acid adaptor, and methods for isolating active polymerase complexes using the nucleic acid adaptor.
US11525123B2
The present disclosure provides cytochrome P450 variants useful for carrying out in vivo and in vitro carbene insertion reactions. Methods for preparing carbene insertion products including cyclopropenes, cyclopropanes, bicyclobutanes, substituted lactones, cyclized compounds, and substituted amines are also described.
US11525114B2
A method is provided for vaporized hydrogen peroxide cleaning of a chamber. The method includes altering a temperature of air in the chamber from an initial temperature to a sterilization temperature over a first time period. The method also includes injecting vaporized hydrogen peroxide into air in the chamber to alter a relative humidity of hydrogen peroxide vapor in the chamber to a sterilization level over the first time period. The method also includes maintaining the temperature at the sterilization temperature and the relative humidity at the sterilization level over a second time period. The method also includes reducing the relative humidity from the sterilization level to a safe level over a third time period. In one embodiment, the method is provided for vaporized hydrogen peroxide cleaning of an interior chamber of an incubation container. In other embodiments, the incubation chamber featured in the method is provided.
US11525111B2
The invention discloses a flexible bag assembly for cultivation of cells, comprising one or more bags forming a plurality of cultivation compartments, wherein a drain port in at least a first cultivation compartment is adapted to be fluidically connected with a second cultivation compartment upon opening of a valve means. It also discloses a bioreactor with the bag assembly mounted on a rocking tray and a method of cultivating cells in the assembly.
US11525110B2
An alcoholic beverage maturing device is provided including a container and an ultrasonic energy device. The container defines an interior volume for holding an alcoholic beverage and the ultrasonic energy device is configured for subjecting the alcohol beverage within the interior volume of the container to ultrasonic energy. The ultrasonic energy device defines a range of exposure of ultrasonic energy to the interior volume of the container that is greater than 180 degrees in order to efficiently subject the alcoholic beverage contained therein to ultrasonic energy.
US11525105B2
The present disclosure pertains to surfactants for use in the formulation of detergents, foaming agents, emulsifiers, and degreasers. Some aspects of the invention include formulations suitable for cleaning and/or condition fabrics including upholstery. Some formulations are suitable for in home or commercial dry cleaning. Some of the formulations may be suitable for cleaning hard surfaces including plastic surfaces.
US11525101B2
The invention relates to a lubricant composition comprising: at least one base oil for coming into contact with food, selected from the groups II, III or V according to the categories defined in the API classification or the equivalents thereof according to the ATIEL classification; at least one hydrogenated polyisobutylene; and at least one ester polymer.
US11525083B2
A quantum dot comprising zinc, tellurium, and selenium and not comprising cadmium, wherein a maximum luminescent peak of the quantum dot is present in a wavelength range of greater than about 470 nanometers (nm) and a quantum efficiency of the quantum dot is greater than or equal to about 10%, and wherein the quantum dot comprises a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core.
US11525079B1
A preparation method of a fully adaptive modified nanographene plugging type anti-collapse drilling fluid is disclosed. A modified nanographene slurry anti-collapse agent and a water-based drilling fluid containing the modified nanographene slurry anti-collapse agent are disclosed. The preparation method includes subjecting a nanographene and a mixed acid to a first contact to obtain a mixed liquid, dropwise adding potassium chlorate into the mixed liquid under the condition of ice-bath pan to carry out a modification treatment, so as to obtain a modified nanographene, and subjecting the modified nanographene to a second contact with water to prepare a modified nanographene slurry.
US11525068B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing an elastic coating which is suitable for waterproofing, by using film forming onto a solid surface, textile or mesh. In this method, a dispersion which comprises i) one or more adhesives and/or coagulating aggregates, mainly in solid form, ii) one or more polymers, and iii) one or more surface-active agents, is brought into contact with a coagulator of the surface-active agent of the dispersion. The present invention also relates to a coating which is prepared by using the present method.
US11525067B2
A modification method of a surface of a substrate includes: applying a composition on a surface of a metal substrate, and heating a coating film formed by the applying, wherein the composition contains: a polymer having a first structural unit that includes an aromatic ring, and a second structural unit that includes an ethylenic double bond; a thermal acid generating agent; and a solvent, wherein the polymer has a functional group capable of bonding to a metal atom in the metal substrate.
US11525063B2
A fluorescent oxygen sensing ink includes at least one organic solvent, at least one polymer binder disposed in the organic solvent, and an oxygen-sensitive fluorescent dye disposed in the organic solvent. The oxygen-sensitive fluorescent dye and the at least one polymer can interact to form a moisture-resistant film. The fluorescent oxygen sensing ink can be incorporated into an oxygen sensing wound dressing.
US11525060B2
Disclosed are a near-infrared absorbing composition, an optical structure, and a camera module and an electronic device including the same. The near-infrared absorbing composition includes a copper salt capable of absorbing light in a near-infrared wavelength region and an amine compound, wherein the amine compound includes a first amine compound having no polymerizable functional group and a second amine compound including at least monofunctional polymerizable functional group.
US11525052B2
Thermoplastic styrene copolymer resin composition comprising: (a1) at least one styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer component A1, (a2) at least one acrylonitrile styrene acrylate graft copolymer A2 as impact modifier, (a3) optionally at least one thermoplastic polymer A3 other than components A1 and A2, (b) at least one transition metal oxide pigment B, (cl) at least one hindered amine UV light stabilizer C1, (c2) optionally at least one UV absorber C2 different from Cl, (d) optionally further polymer additives D, other than components B, C1, C2, and E, and (e) optionally one metal scavenger component E, wherein at least 99.0 wt.-% of the transition metal oxide pigment B consist of transition metal atoms and oxygen atoms.
US11525049B2
The present invention relates to the use of N,N′,N″-substituted hexahydro-1,3,5-triazine in the anionic polymerization of conjugated diene monomer and vinylaromatic monomer. Use of this polar additive produces copolymers having both high vinylaromatic and low vinyl contents, while the blockiness of the vinylaromatic unit can be tailored.
US11525043B2
The present disclosure relates to a high light transmittance photovoltaic encapsulating material, which is prepared by the following process: subjecting 100 mass parts of a photovoltaic encapsulating material matrix resin or a graft-modified matrix resin, 0.001 to 5 mass parts of an oxygen- or sulfur-containing compound, 0.01 to 10 mass parts of a reactive plasticize 0.01 to 1.5 mass parts of an initiator, 0.01 to 10 mass parts of an assistant cross-linker, 0.1 to 3.0 mass parts of a silane coupling agent, 0.1 to 0.4 mass parts of an ultraviolet light absorber, and 0.1 to 1.0 mass part of light stabilizer to pre-mixing, melt extrusion, film casting, cooling, slitting, and coiling. The light transmittance of the photovoltaic encapsulating material is improved, and the refractive indexes of glass/front-layer encapsulating material/cell match each other, thereby increasing the sunlight utilization ratio of a module, and optimizing the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the module.
US11525023B2
A modified diene polymer according to an embodiment comprises a diene polymer having graft polymerized thereon a vinylphosphonic acid represented by the following formula (1). In the formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.
US11525022B2
A method for dewatering of biological sludge is disclosed. The method includes addition of a flocculant to a biological sludge, which includes an aqueous phase and a suspended solid organic material, flocculating and dewatering the sludge. The flocculant includes a polymer composition, which includes a cationic crosslinked first polymer, which is selected from crosslinked polyamines, and a cationic second polymer, which is a polymer obtained by polymerization of (meth)acrylamide and cationic monomers, the second cationic polymer being polymerized in presence of the cationic first polymer.
US11525020B2
The present disclosure generally relates to processes to produce alpha-olefin oligomers and poly alpha-olefins. In an embodiment, a process to produce a poly alpha-olefin (PAO) includes introducing a first alpha-olefin and a first catalyst system comprising a metallocene compound into a continuous stirred tank reactor or a continuous tubular reactor under first reactor conditions to form a first reactor effluent. The alpha-olefin is introduced to the reactor at a flow rate of about 100 g/hr or more. The first reactor effluent includes PAO dimer comprising at least 96 mol % of vinylidene and 4 mol % or less of trisubstituted vinylene and disubstituted vinylene, based on total moles of vinylidene, trisubstituted vinylene, and disubstituted vinylene. The method includes introducing the first reactor effluent, a second alpha-olefin and a second catalyst composition comprising an acid catalyst into a second reactor under second reactor conditions to form a second reactor effluent comprising PAO trimer.
US11525014B2
An object of the present invention is to provide cellulose acetate that has excellent compatibility with a resin, can reinforce a resin, and has excellent thermal stability. An embodiment of the present invention is cellulose acetate having a cellulose triacetate I crystal structure, wherein a temperature at which a weight loss relative to weight at 100° C. reaches 5% is 200° C. or higher when the cellulose acetate is heated at a heating rate of 10° C./min under a nitrogen atmosphere.
US11524996B2
The present invention relates to a novel cloning, expression and refolding process for preparing antibody fragments. More particularly, the present invention relates to a cloning, expression and refolding platform for preparing recombinant humanized (rHu) Ranibizumab.
US11524994B2
The present disclosure is directed to antibodies binding to human respiratory syncytial virus F protein, including both neutralizing and non-neutralizing antibodies, and methods for use thereof.
US11524982B2
The present invention is directed to novel polynucleotides, polypeptides, and polyproteins of Mycoplasma surface proteins, all of which are useful in detecting infection and for the preparation of vaccines for treating and preventing diseases in swine and other animals. Vaccines provided according to the practice of the invention are effective against Mycoplasma infections. Detection and therapeutic polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies are also a feature of the present invention. Assays, kits, systems, and nanoparticle encapsulated compositions related to the polynucleotides, polypeptides, polyproteins, antibodies or fragments, derivatives, and variants thereof are also disclosed.
US11524981B2
The present disclosure relates to a protein variant having a tryptophan-exporting activity, an L-tryptophan-producing microorganism expressing the protein variant, and a method for producing L-tryptophan using the microorganism.
US11524980B2
The present invention relates to echinocandin cyclopeptides and to methods for preparing echinocandin cyclopeptides.
US11524978B2
Disclosed herein is a biomolecule comprising a synthetic peptide for targeting thrombus, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same, and uses thereof in the treatment of thromboembolism-related diseases. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the synthetic peptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, or 3 exhibits a binding affinity and specificity to thrombus. Thus, the synthetic peptide may serve as a targeting element for delivering a therapeutic agent (e.g., an anticoagulant agent or a thrombolytic agent) to the thrombus thereby improving the therapeutic safety and efficacy of the therapeutic agent.
US11524975B2
The present invention relates to an amphiphilic compound having a dendronic hydrophobic group, a method for preparing the same, and a method for extraction, solubilization, stabilization, or crystallization of a membrane protein by using the same. The use of the compound according to the present invention leads to an excellent membrane protein solubilization effect and a stable storage of a membrane protein in an aqueous solution for a long time, and thus can be utilized for functional analysis and structural analysis of the membrane protein. Especially, the amphiphilic compound having a dendronic hydrophobic group showed very remarkable characteristics in the visualization of protein composites through an electronic microscope. The membrane protein structural and functional analysis is one of the fields of greatest interest in current biology and chemistry, and more than half of the new drugs that are currently being developed are targeted at membrane proteins, and thus the amphiphilic compound of the present invention can be applied to membrane protein structure studies closely related to the development of new drugs.
US11524967B2
A heteroacene having the following formula (F) is described. An organic electroluminescence device comprises the heteroacene as a phosphorescent host, a fluorescent host, a hole blocking layer, or an electron transport layer. The heteroacene lowers a driving voltage, or increases a current efficiency or a half-life of the organic electroluminescence device.
US11524965B2
This disclosure relates to crystalline forms of 3-acyl-buprenorphine derivatives and sustained release injectable pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of opioid dependence, pain or depression, including an aqueous suspension of crystalline 3-acyl-buprenoprhine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the composition does not include an organic solvent, a polylactide polymer, a polyglycolide polymer, or a copolymer of polylactide and polyglycolide. This disclosure also includes 3-acyl-buprenoprhine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof prepared in a controlled release matrix, including poly(lactide-co-glycolide), sucrose acetoisobutyrate, lecithin, diolein and a combination of two or more thereof.
US11524963B2
Provided herein are compounds of the Formula I: and tautomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein R1 and R2 have the meanings given in the specification, which are inhibitors of RET kinase and are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases which can be treated with a RET kinase inhibitor, including RET-associated diseases and disorders.
US11524959B1
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) useful as inhibitors of PAD4, compositions thereof, and methods of treating PAD4-related disorders, wherein each of Ring A, L, Q, R1, R2, R3, R4, R7, and R8 along with other variables are as defined herein.
US11524955B2
Compounds within the scope of the present invention have a Formula 1 or a salt or produg thereof, where ring A is selected from cycloaliphatic; ring B is aryl; R1 is selected from (C1-C10)alkyl, (C3-C10)cycloalkyl, halo, aryl, and heteroaryl; and R2 and R3 are independently selected from hydrogen and (C1-C6)alkyl. Disclosed compounds may have an IRAK4 IC50 of from 0.003 μM to 3.7 μM; a TAK1 IC50 of from 0.008 μM to 132 μM; and/or an IRAK4/TAK1 selectivity of from 1 to 450. Particular compounds may have an IRAK4/TAK1 selectivity of from 100 to 500. Disclosed compositions may be formulated as pharmaceutical compositions. A method for using the compounds and/or compositions also are disclosed. The method may comprise administering to a subject an effective amount of a compound within the scope of the present invention, particularly to selectively inhibit IRAK 1 and/or IRAK4 over TAK1.
US11524951B2
The present invention relates to certain 2-(2,4,5-substituted-anilino)pyrimidine compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which may be useful in the treatment or prevention of a disease or medical condition mediated through certain mutated forms of epidermal growth factor receptor (for example the L858R activating mutant, the Exon19 deletion activating mutant and the T790M resistance mutant). Such compounds and salts thereof may be useful in the treatment or prevention of a number of different cancers. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and salts thereof, especially useful polymorphic forms of these compounds and salts, intermediates useful in the manufacture of said compounds and to methods of treatment of diseases mediated by various different forms of EGFR using said compounds and salts thereof.
US11524945B2
The present invention relates to compounds that are modulators of Integrin Linked Kinase (ILK), and methods of treating diseases with such compounds. In certain embodiments, the compounds are within Formulas I-VII (e.g., Csbl-1). In some embodiments, the compounds are used to treat an ILK-mediated disease, such as cancer (e.g., triple negative breast cancer) or an inflammatory disease.
US11524926B2
The invention includes a fluid catalytic cracking process that comprises reacting a hydrocarbon feedstock under catalytic cracking conditions in the presence of a FCC catalyst and an additive, wherein the additive comprises a ZSM-5 molecular sieve having iron in the framework, wherein the process increases production of propylene compared to a process without using the additive. The invention also includes an additive for maximizing production of olefins, which comprises a ZSM-5 molecular sieve having iron in the framework.
US11524925B1
The present application provides a convenient and quickly-assembled rotary composting barrel and a quick assembly method thereof. On the one hand, the solution provides a convenient and quickly-assembled composting barrel, which comprises two lateral plates, a bearing plate and several surrounding plates, wherein the lateral plates and the bearing plate are respectively provided with the first clamping grooves and the second clamping grooves, and nuts are pre-installed in the first clamping grooves and the second clamping grooves, and the surrounding plate is provided with through-holes through which bolts penetrate at corresponding positions; on the other hand, the solution provides a quick assembly method of the rotary composting barrel, in which by screwing bolts with pre-installed nuts, the bearing plate is connected with the surrounding plate first, and then the lateral plates are connected with the surrounding plates at both sides quickly. The existing rotary composting barrel is inconvenient and time-consuming to install. The rotary composting barrel involved in this solution is ingenious in structural design. It is very convenient to install, and the assembly time is shortened by more than half. It is skillful and environment-friendly when used in conjunction with an unloading cart.
US11524924B2
The present invention relates to a SiC composite and a method for manufacturing the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a slurry composition for ceramic matrix composites which can not only reduce the number of precursor impregnation pyrolysis (PIP) cycles but also be useful in the PIP process to increase hardness, thermal stability, and relative density.
US11524922B2
An ultra-stable structural laminate with fire resistance and a lateral nail pull strength from 44 to 300 pounds of force and an insulation R value from 1 to 40, the ultra-stable structural laminate of a cementious material with a nano-molecular veneer and a foam component catalytically reacted into an expanded closed cell foam having a thickness from ⅛th inch to 8 inches, a density from 1.5 pounds/cubic foot to 3 pounds/cubic foot that self-adheres to the cementitious material forming an ultra-stable structural laminate with fire resistance and a lateral nail pull strength from 44 pounds to 300 pounds of force, an insulation R value from 1 to 40, a resistance to seismic impact for earthquakes over 3.1 on the Richter Scale, a break point from 7 lbs/inch to 100 lbs/inch; and a resistance to wind shear equivalent to a 15 mph downburst.
US11524917B2
Multiple tube burner for synthesizing porous material and apparatus for synthesizing porous material
A multiple tube burner for synthesizing a porous material includes three or more glass tubes are arranged coaxially with one another, the glass tubes having a substantially circular shape on a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction. Out of the three or more glass tubes, a first glass tube and a second glass tube that is arranged on an outer side of the first glass tube are connected with each other on a gas introducing side, and a thickness near a joint portion of the second glass tube connected with the first glass tube is thicker than a thickness of the second glass tube on the gas spouting side.
US11524905B2
A method of providing sustained odor control in an extended sewer line is disclosed. The method includes measuring at least one parameter of the sewer line including average wastewater volume, flow rate, and retention time and administering a blended composition which includes an immediate release compound and an extended release compound into the sewer line to control concentration of an odorous compound therein. A method of facilitating sustained odor control in an extended sewer line is also disclosed. The method includes providing the blended composition including the immediate release compound and the extended release compound and instructing a user to administer the blended composition to the sewer line control concentration of the odorous compound therein. A system for providing sustained odor control in the extended sewer line including sensors to measure sewer line parameters and a controller to instruct administration of the blended composition is also disclosed.
US11524903B2
A sparsely pillared organic-inorganic hybrid compound is provided. The sparsely pillared organic-inorganic hybrid compound includes: two inorganic material layers, each extending in one direction and facing each other; and an organic material layer disposed between the two inorganic material layers, wherein each of the inorganic material layers has a gibbsite structure in which a divalent metal cation is doped to an octahedral site, and the organic material layer includes a plurality of pillar portions, each of which is chemically bound to each of the two inorganic material layers such that the two inorganic material layers are connected to each other.
US11524902B2
A positive electrode material contains a positive electrode active material and a first solid electrolyte material. The first solid electrolyte material contains Li, M, and X; M at least contains yttrium; and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, and I.
US11524900B2
An aluminosilicate molecular sieve material of BOG framework type, designated SSZ-122, is provided. SSZ-122 can be synthesized using 1-adamantyl-3-propylimidazolium cations as a structure directing agent. SSZ-122 may be used in organic compound conversion and/or sorptive processes.
US11524897B2
To provide a dielectric composition having excellent reliability. The dielectric composition contains a main component represented by a composition formula (Sr1-xCax)m(Ti1-yHfy)O3-δNδ, in which 0.15
US11524889B2
An addressable display system configured for use in a mounting adapter configured to mount a personal electronic device (PED) on an aircraft includes a transparent surface configured to overlay the display surface of a PED when the PED is mounted in the mounting adapter wherein the transparent surface includes a region that is uniformly coated with a coating layer that when activated with a select excitation wavelength is configured to emit visible light to annunciate a message indicating a problem with an image displayed on a PED display; a lighting source configured to provide light in at an excitation wavelength; a MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) scanner module that is controllable to write desired symbology for annunciation at different addressable locations on the transparent surface; and an imaging device configured to capture an image of the PED display for an integrity check of data displayed on the PED display.
US11524880B2
A forklift includes a vehicle body, a loading device, a laser rangefinder, a first extractor configured to extract detection point candidates, a memory that stores at least one of dimension information, position information, and posture information of a container, a second extractor configured to extract at least two posture detection points by checking the detection point candidates against at least one of the dimension information, the position information, and the posture information, and a container posture detector configured to detect a relative angle between the forklift and the container in a vertical direction.
US11524877B2
The disclosure provides an apparatus and mechanism for and elevator safety mechanism. The safety mechanism can include a lock bar, a beak assembly, a detector assembly, and a linkage rod providing communication between the beak assembly and the detector assembly. The beak of the beak assembly can engage a catch in the lock bar when the safety mechanism is in a closed position, preventing the doors of the elevator from further opening.
US11524876B2
An elevator door arrangement is monitored wherein the elevator door arrangement includes at least one door wing and an electric actuator for displacing the door wing in at least one of an opening direction and a closing direction during a door motion event. A method for performing the monitoring includes a learning phase and an application phase. During the learning phase, different types of door motion events are identified and for each type of event a reference motion event duration is determined. During the application phase, a door arrangement operation is observed such as to detect door motion events and the different types of door motion events are distinguished upon comparison of the reference motion event durations with actual motion event durations measured during the application phase. Using the method, door motion events in an elevator may be recognized and monitored in an automatic manner.
US11524869B2
A method for monitoring an elevator system utilizes a mobile terminal device having at least one sensor to collect measurement values in an elevator car. The mobile terminal device is carried by a passenger of the elevator system. The collected measurement values are transmitted by the mobile terminal device to a central evaluation unit where they are evaluated. The mobile terminal device activates a measurement mode when it detects that it is located in a region of a shaft door of the elevator system.
US11524860B2
Disclosed herein is an extraction assembly for producing coreless logs. The extraction assembly includes a rectilinear transporter (20) of a log (11) wound about a disintegrable core (12), and a gripping device (30) for a portion of the core (12) projecting from the log (11), wherein the rectilinear transporter (20) has a transverse transport direction with respect to a log advancement direction of the log (11) along the converting line (100), and has an alternating transport direction back and forth in opposite directions, and the rectilinear transporter (20) contains a first portion for being received within the converting line (100), and a second portion for being placed outside the converting line (100), in which the second portion is aligned with respect to the first portion along the transverse transport direction. Also disclosed herein are a converting line containing the extraction assembly, and methods for producing coreless logs.
US11524845B2
A sorting system and a method for sorting piece goods provide for conveying the piece goods to be sorted on a delivery level to a delivery point and delivering them there into or onto a receiving device moving on a collection level receiving the piece goods. The collection level is disposed below the delivery level. The receiving device travels over an individually determined route on the collection level.
US11524843B2
A rubbish bin lock assembly includes a rubbish bin that has a lid is hingedly to a top end of the rubbish bin for opening and closing the rubbish bin. A plurality of receivers is each attached to the rubbish bin. A rod is included which has a sequence of bends thereon thereby facilitating the rod to be positioned around the lid. A plurality of engagements is each integrated into the rod and each of the engagements releasably engages a respective one of the receivers when the lid is in a closed position. In this way the lid is inhibited from being opened by animals from opening the lid. Additionally, each of the engagements disengages the respective receiver when the rod is urged into an unlocked position thereby facilitating the lid to be opened.
US11524839B2
A door for a smart shipping container includes a door that has an outside skin strengthened by at least one hollow support beam defining an interior channel thereof. The door also includes embedded computing system disposed within the interior channel of the hollow support beam of the door. The embedded computing system includes a power source, memory, at least one processor, communications circuitry, an antenna and one or more sensors. Optionally, a window is defined in the hollow support beam so as to permit access by the antenna to an exterior of the door. For example, the window can be a three-sided window so as to permit access by the antenna to the exterior of the door irrespective of an opened or closed position of the door.
US11524834B2
A receiving structure providing real-time information as to the materials constituting its contents includes a box body, a first side plate, and a second side plate. The box body, the first side plate, and the second side plate forming a receiving space, and the receiving space receives materials. A discharge port is formed between the second side plate and the first side plate, the discharge port is in communication with the receiving space, and the discharge port is configured to take out the material. A material checking unit is provided on the first side plate, the material checking unit detects and enables real time identification of the materials in the receiving structure.
US11524827B2
A blank for forming a carrier for holding at least one article includes a plurality of panels that includes a first main panel foldably connected to a second main panel. The first main panel includes a top panel portion foldably connected to at least one top side panel portion, and the second main panel comprises a bottom panel portion foldably connected to at least one bottom side panel portion. The blank further includes at least one handle feature for forming a handle.
US11524825B2
The present disclosure is directed to a lid component for use with a jar and a band. The jar and band may be a mason jar and a band for a mason jar. The lid component is made of an air-impermeable material and is dimensioned and configured to be releasably attachable to the jar by the band and to seal a wide mouth opening of the jar in an air-tight manner. The lid component comprises a one-way valve adapted to allow gas to escape from the jar while, at the same time, prevent air from entering the jar, when the lid component is releasably attached to the jar. The one-way valve comprises a bottom opening and a protruding top wall. The lid component further comprises a sealing wall that extends radially outwardly from the bottom opening. The sealing wall is substantially flat.
US11524824B2
A child resistant container having a three-point activator system is provided. The container comprises a tray, a carton or other enclosure and a plurality of buttons that must be simultaneously depressed or otherwise activated to remove the tray out of the carton. The buttons are positioned so as to require an adult hand to operate.
US11524823B2
A case for a cartridge for a vapor provision device is configured such that opening the case involves a coordinated action using both hands. In some implementations, the case includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion which come together to contain and enclose the cartridge when the case is shut and separate to open the case to allow access to the cartridge.
US11524809B2
The invention relates to a working station, in particular to a deep-drawing station, to a molding station, to a sealing station, to a cutting station or to a punching station, for a packaging machine, comprising a rack supported on the ground; a work unit comprising an upper part and a lower part; and a lifting mechanism which is carried by the rack and by which the lower part of the work unit can be raised and lowered relative to the rack to perform a lower stroke, wherein the lifting mechanism has a drive that comprises at least one shaft extending in a transverse direction; a drive motor engaging at the shaft for rotating the shaft; and at least one gear which is coupled at an input side to the shaft, at which the lower part is supported at an output side, and which converts a rotation of the shaft into the lower stroke of the lower part.
US11524807B2
A method of canning and processing a particulate edible product, the method comprising: providing a metal can body with one open end; filling the metal can body through said open end with the particulate edible product and a volume of liquid, the volume of liquid comprising no more than 30% of the internal volume of the metal can; fixing a lid to the metal can body to close the open end; and using an induction heating process to heat the liquid in the can and thereby process the product.
US11524804B2
The disclosure relates to a method for filling a transport tray having a reduced risk of incorrect fillings. In accordance with the disclosure, a target filling of a plurality of receptacles in the transport tray is transmitted to the control device and at least one filling template is produced based on the target filling and on a filling regime and is displayed by means of a display device. Then drug portions corresponding to the filling template are transferred to the receptacles, and an image of at least the receptacles to be filled in accordance with the target filling is produced by means of an optical detection device and the actual filling is determined using the image and is compared to the target filling. If no target deviation is found, the transport tray is released for transferring the drug portions to the machine tray.
US11524802B2
A rebar binding machine comprises a curl guide that causes a wire to curl, a torsion part including a torsion shaft for twisting the curled wire, and a pair of grips that can be grasped by an operator. The grips are provided to the two axial sides of the torsion shaft as viewed from the operator side when the operator grasps the grips to perform an operation, and it is possible to change the height of the grips in the axial direction of the torsion shaft.
US11524799B2
A method for installing a replacement electrical heat sensor in a heatable aircraft window laminate structure comprising the steps of: drilling a blind hole in the edge of the window laminate; routing a channel in the edge of the window laminate from the blind hole to a terminal block of an originally installed heat sensor; inserting the replacement heat sensor into the hole; filling the hole with a material to seal the hole and the heat sensor from contamination; heating the window laminate; photographing the window laminate using an infrared camera to determine uniformity of heat distribution; placing a heated plate against the exterior surface of the window laminate directly over the position of the replacement heat sensor; measuring an electrical resistance of the replacement heat sensor to confirm proper operation of the replacement heat sensor.
US11524791B2
An assembly is disclosed including a first component, a second component, and a spacer component. The first component has a first interface surface. The second component has a second interface surface with a curvature different to the curvature of the first interface surface. The second component is connected to the first component such that the second interface surfaces faces the first interface surface. The spacer component is disposed between the first interface surface and the second interface surface and is configured to be pivotable relative to the first interface surface.
US11524778B2
A VTOL aircraft has fixed wings and a rotor blade system for providing lift in active and passive modes thereof. Operation of the rotor blade system may be switched between the active mode in which the rotor blade system is driven by a power system of the aircraft and the passive mode in which the rotor blade system is not driven by the power system, the rotor blade system being configurable to provide lift in the passive mode during forward flight of the aircraft. The rotor blade system provides lift in the passive mode, allowing the fixed wings to be shorter than in the case where the rotor system provides lift during vertical take-off and landing but otherwise has no function, thus providing aircraft which is lighter, more compact and more efficient than similar aircraft of the prior art.
US11524777B2
A blade pitch control system includes a plurality of serially stacked swashplate assemblies, each having concentric, ring-shaped inner and outer sections, an associated output pitch link coupled to its outer section and an associated input pitch link coupled to its inner section. The inner and outer sections of each swashplate assembly includes pass through holes to accommodate input pitch links and output pitch links of adjacent ones of the stacked swashplate assemblies. The system also includes a plurality of actuators, each coupled to a respective input pitch link of a respective one of the stacked swashplate assemblies. A central static mast accommodates a rotor drive shaft and the stacked swashplate assemblies are configured to slide axially, parallel to a long axis of the static mast.
US11524764B2
An aerodynamic brake includes a rigid panel having a panel leading edge portion and a panel trailing edge portion. The aerodynamic brake also includes a flexible sheet having a sheet lower edge portion coupled to the vehicle body, and a sheet upper edge portion coupled to the panel leading edge portion. The aerodynamic brake further includes a panel actuator configured to move the rigid panel between a stowed position and a deployed position. In the stowed position, the rigid panel is located proximate the vehicle body and covers the flexible sheet in a folded state. In the deployed position, the panel leading edge portion is moved away from the vehicle body and the flexible sheet is in an open state exposable to an oncoming airflow for generating aerodynamic drag for slowing the vehicle.
US11524759B2
A method and modular desulfurization-decarbonization apparatus for removing contaminants from exhaust gas is described. The apparatus comprises discrete modular units with distinct functions. The modular units may be housed in standard shipping containers and installed on cargo ships. The modules can be removed and replaced while docking with minimal disruption to ship and port operations.
US11524746B2
An assembly for minimizing the disengagement of a chain from a chain ring is disclosed. The assembly includes a bracket and a chain guide assembly. The chain guide assembly includes a chain guide, a first lock and a second lock. The first lock and the second lock are capable of being actuated separately to lock the chain guide into a position in each of a first and second orientation relative to the bracket.
US11524739B2
Disclosed is a mounting system mountable on a bicycle luggage carrier, including a clamping system for clamping on the bicycle luggage carrier and a carrier coupling part mountable on the clamping system and configured to cooperate with a corresponding luggage coupling part of a bicycle accessory, wherein the clamping system includes at least two clamping sets, each clamping set including a first clamping hook and a second clamping hook each arranged to clamp a longitudinal rod of the bicycle luggage carrier, the clamping set further including an adjustment member extending between said first clamping hook and said second clamping hook such that a distance between said first and second clamping hook is adjustable.
US11524738B2
A motorcycle includes a tail lamp, a rear covering, rear end components which are a license plate and a license lamp, a rear stay, and a sensor. The tail lamp emits light toward the rear side. The rear covering is provided with the tail lamp. The rear end components are disposed more rearward than the rear covering. The rear stay extends at least rearward from a connecting portion connected to the rear covering and supports the rear end components. The sensor senses an object rearward is at least partially received in an internal space that is formed either in the rear covering or in the rear stay.
US11524737B2
An actuation device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member, a movable member, and an actuator. The movable member is movably provided on the base member. The actuator is configured to be actuated by stimulation including at least one of electric stimulation and heat stimulation so as to move the movable member relative to the base member in a first direction by pulling the movable member.
US11524735B2
A work vehicle includes a plurality of traveling devices for driving traveling, a plurality of articulated link mechanisms having at least two or more joints and supporting the plurality of traveling devices to a vehicle body, with allowing the plurality of traveling devices to be elevated/lowered independently of each other, a driving mechanism capable of changing respective postures of the plurality of articulated link mechanisms independently of each other, and a plurality of turning mechanisms configured to support the respective plurality of the articulated link mechanisms, with allowing the link mechanisms to be orientation-changeable about a vertical axis.
US11524734B2
A personal modular trunk and a modular trunk system employing the personal modular trunk for reducing privacy issues and inconveniences that may arise when a vehicle is shared. The personal modular trunk includes: a trunk body; a first communication unit installed in the trunk body and configured to communicate with a vehicle; a first driving unit installed in the trunk body and configured to transport the trunk body; a first engagement unit installed in the trunk body and configured to engage or disengage with a loading space of the vehicle; and a first control unit configured to control the first communication unit to communicate with the vehicle, control the first driving unit to transport the trunk body toward the vehicle, and control the first engagement unit to engage or disengage with the loading space of the vehicle so that the trunk body is coupled to or separated from the vehicle.
US11524732B2
A machine system includes a roller frame and a roller assembly mounted to the roller frame. The roller assembly includes first and second clamping collars positioned upon a roller shaft and each including a lower and an upper collar section. Fasteners clamp the lower and upper collar sections to the roller shaft to form static seals. The clamping collars may be formed with splitlines to enable the clamping collars to deform so as to simulate interference fits with the roller shaft.
US11524728B2
A vehicle includes a frame, a series of tractive assemblies coupled to the frame, a cabin, and a mount. The mount includes a boss coupled to the cabin, a first bracket pivotably coupled to the boss, a second bracket coupled to the frame, and a first isolator and a second isolator extending between the first bracket and the second bracket and coupling the first bracket to the second bracket.
US11524713B2
A steering column includes an adjusting unit that is fixedly clampable releasably to a supporting unit and in which a steering spindle is mounted rotatably about a longitudinal axis, a clamping device with a release position and a fixing position for locking the adjusting unit to the supporting unit, a clamping bolt arranged along a clamping axis and guided transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis through an elongated hole in the supporting unit extending in an adjustment direction and in which the clamping bolt in the release position is movable. A fixing element on the clamping bolt can be braced by the clamping device in the direction of the clamping axis against the supporting unit. A guide device may have guide elements on the fixing element and on the supporting unit that are spaced apart from the elongated hole, the fixing element being guided in the guide elements in a translational manner relative to the supporting unit.
US11524708B2
An automated driving enabled vehicle includes a travel controller, an automated driving indicator lamp, and a lamp controller. The travel controller controls the travel of the vehicle by automated driving in a normal movement mode and in an automatic parking mode. The normal movement mode includes allowing the vehicle to travel, and the automatic parking mode includes parking the vehicle by the automated driving in a parking lot. The lamp controller controls a lighting state of the automated driving indicator lamp during the execution of the automated driving to a first lighting state in the normal movement mode, and to a second lighting state different from the first lighting state in the automatic parking mode.
US11524705B2
In a vehicle control system (1, 101), a control unit (15) is configured to execute a stop process by which the vehicle is parked in a prescribed stop position located within a permitted distance when it is detected that the control unit or the driver has become incapable of properly maintaining a traveling state of the vehicle, and, in executing the stop process, the control unit computes an agreement between an object (X) contained in the map information based on an estimated position of the vehicle and an object (Y) on the road detected by an external environment recognition device (6), the permitted distance being smaller when the agreement is below a prescribed agreement threshold than when the agreement is equal to or above the agreement threshold.
US11524702B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a device for autonomous driving control, a vehicle, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining first actual position data of a first vehicle body; obtaining relative position data between a second vehicle body and the first vehicle body; determining second actual position data of the second vehicle body according to the first actual position data and the relative position data, so that the vehicle performs autonomous driving control according to the first and second actual position data. The method can obtain the relative position between two vehicle bodies connected in the non-rigid manner and the real-time positions of the two vehicle bodies under different driving conditions in real time during the driving, can accurately depict the dynamic characteristics of two vehicle bodies, so that the vehicle performs autonomous driving control according to the first and second actual position data.
US11524700B2
A control system of a vehicle that can travel in a first state in which travel control is performed based on a position of a white line on a travel lane and in a second state in which travel control is performed based on a travel position of another vehicle. Periphery information is obtained of the vehicle. It is determined, based on the periphery information obtained, whether an emergency vehicle is approaching. A control unit configured to perform control so that travel control in the first state is prioritized when it is determined that the emergency vehicle is not approaching. Travel control in the second state is prioritized when it is determined that the emergency vehicle is approaching.
US11524690B2
The disclosed embodiments are directed to adjusting the operational characteristics of a black box installed in a vehicle. In one embodiment a method is disclosed comprising classifying a mental state of a driver of an automobile, loading at least one setting based on the mental state, the setting defining an operational characteristic of a black box installed in the automobile, configuring the black box using the at least one setting, and recording one or more events by the black box.
US11524689B2
When a subject vehicle performs first autonomous lane change control from a subject vehicle lane to an adjacent lane and then consecutively perform autonomous lane change control to a next adjacent lane in the same direction of lane change, lateral speed to perform second and subsequent autonomous lane change control is set slower than lateral speed to perform the first autonomous lane change control. Thus, the second and subsequent autonomous lane change control to the adjacent lane in the same direction of lane change is performed more slowly than the previously performed autonomous lane change control. Time used for confirming surrounding situations is lengthened, and the surrounding situations can be properly confirmed prior to the lane change.
US11524688B2
In an apparatus for assisting a turn of a vehicle at an intersection, a turn-signal state detection unit is configured to detect an operating state of a turn signal of the vehicle. A road information detection unit is configured to detect road information that is information regarding a road on which the vehicle is traveling. A determination unit is configured to, using at least one of the detected operating state of the turn signal and the detected road information, determine whether or not the vehicle will make a turn at the intersection.
US11524679B2
A vehicle includes an engine, an accelerator pedal, and a controller. The controller is programmed to command torque to the engine based on a set speed of adaptive cruise control and is programmed to, in response to the adaptive cruise control being active, a measured lateral acceleration of the vehicle exceeding a user-defined lateral acceleration threshold during a road curve, and the accelerator pedal being released, reduce a speed of the vehicle below the set speed until the measured lateral acceleration is less than the lateral acceleration threshold.
US11524674B2
An electrified vehicle may include an engine, an electric machine selectively coupled to the engine, a high-voltage traction battery electrically coupled to the electric machine and configured to selectively propel the electrified vehicle, an on-board generator including an inverter electrically coupled to the high-voltage traction battery and configured to convert direct current input to alternating current output, power outlets configured to receive power from the inverter of the on-board generator, a user interface, and a controller programmed to control the engine, the electric machine, and the high-voltage traction battery to provide power to on-board generator and to control the inverter to limit the power output by the inverter to the power outlets to one of a user-specified power limit based on input from the user interface, a powertrain power limit associated with the engine, the electric machine, and the high-voltage traction battery, and an inverter hardware power limit.
US11524670B2
The controller forms a control device for a vehicle with which torque generated in an engine and a motor generator is transmissible to a continuously variable transmission in accordance with a driving force request from a driver. The controller includes an engine controller forming a motor control unit adapted to control an output of the motor generator in accordance with the driving force request, and a transmission controller forming a transmission capacity control unit adapted to control a transmitted torque capacity of the continuously variable transmission, and, in a case where motor assistance is performed and when stability of the transmitted torque capacity of the continuously variable transmission is detected, performs the motor assistance.
US11524662B2
Systems and methods for manipulating the pitch and/or tilt of a trailer relative to a supporting surface. A trailer leveling system includes one or more telescopically adjustable support assemblies that are constructed to be pivotably connected to a frame of a trailer. Each support assembly includes a post that is pivotably connected to a trailer frame. A rack is formed along at least one side of the post. A tube slideably cooperates with the post and supports a pawl that cooperates with the rack to allow translation of the tube relative to the post in a first direction and selectively prevent translation of the tube relative to the post in the opposing direction.
US11524657B2
A system is mounted on a vehicle and includes a sensor configured to perform a detection process that detects a fingerprint of a finger touching the sensor in order to perform a fingerprint authentication process, and a controller. The controller is configured to: (i) control a power supply of the vehicle to be ON when a predetermined authentication process through a predetermined communication with another device other than the sensor is successful, the predetermined authentication process being different from the fingerprint authentication process, and (ii) suppress the detection process that detects the fingerprint in response to the power supply of the vehicle being ON and the predetermined authentication process being successful.
US11524653B1
A seat belt mounting structure includes a reel mounting reinforcement configured to connect a quarter inner panel, a roof center rail, and a roof rear rail; a C-pillar reinforcement formed to extend toward the quarter inner panel behind a C-pillar; and a seat belt reel mounted on the reel mounting reinforcement toward the roof center rail, the reel mounting reinforcement toward the quarter inner panel, and the C-pillar reinforcement. The seat belt mounting structure is arranged to reinforce a portion in which a seat belt is mounted, while having a reduced number of parts for anchoring the seat belt, and efficiently distributing a mounting load of the seat belt.
US11524652B2
A curtain airbag attached to a vehicle body and expanded and deployed by a gas from an inflator containing: a first region along a lower edge; a second region adjacent above the first region with a first fold line; a third region adjacent above the second region with a second fold line formed on an opposite side of the first fold line across the second region. The first region is in a condition folded back at the first fold line to face a first surface side of the second region, the second region is in a condition folded back at the second fold line such that the folded back first region is between the second region and the third region, the third region is in a condition rolled upward on a second surface side. Rolling starts from the second fold line.
US11524618B2
Provided is a refrigerator for a vehicle. The refrigerator for the vehicle may include a cavity or compartment accommodating a product, a machine room disposed at a side of the cavity, a compressor accommodated in the machine room to compress a refrigerant, a condensation module or assembly accommodated in the machine room to condense the refrigerant, an evaporation module or assembly accommodated in the cavity to evaporate the refrigerant and thereby to cool the cavity, a machine room cover defining an inner space of the machine room, and a controller mounted on an outer surface of the machine room cover.
