US11557090B2
The present disclosure provides a tessellation data processing method, system, medium and vector graphics processing device. The method includes: constructing a data structure including a content table and information tables in memory; when a vector line generated by tessellation intersects an horizontal/vertical line to obtain a new intersection, reading an address and number of Xnodes or Ynodes of an information table in the content table corresponding to a row/column corresponding to the Y/X coordinate of the intersection; according to the address of the information table and the number of X/Ynodes of the information table, reading corresponding X/Ynodes from the memory; comparing information of the intersection with the X/Ynodes, and updating the X/Ynodes in the information table, or adding an X/Ynode to the information table at a position corresponding to the Y/X coordinates. The tessellation data processing method, system, medium and vector graphics processing device of the present disclosure only require recording fill information of effective intersections generated by tessellation, and do not require recording fill information of all pixels, thereby reducing memory footprint and increasing vector graphic rendering performance.
US11557087B2
Provided are an image processing apparatus and an image processing method that enable a strobe image using a 3D model to be generated. A strobe model in which 3D models of an object at a plurality of times generated from a plurality of viewpoint images captured from a plurality of viewpoints are disposed in a three-dimensional space is generated. When the strobe model is generated, a target object that is a target in which the 3D model is disposed in the strobe model is set according to a degree of object relevance indicating relevance with a key object serving as a reference for disposition of the 3D model in the strobe model.
US11557085B2
Embodiments are directed to neural network processing for multi-object three-dimensional (3D) modeling. An embodiment of a computer-readable storage medium includes executable computer program instructions for obtaining data from multiple cameras, the data including multiple images, and generating a 3D model for 3D imaging based at least in part on the data from the cameras, wherein generating the 3D model includes one or more of performing processing with a first neural network to determine temporal direction based at least in part on motion of one or more objects identified in an image of the multiple images or performing processing with a second neural network to determine semantic content information for an image of the multiple images.
US11557079B2
This invention relates generally to ionogram image processing, autoscaling and inversion systems and methods for ionospheric monitoring, modeling, and estimation of the same. One advantage of the present invention is to provide a system, e.g., a lightweight, low-power, and fully-autonomous ionospheric monitoring system that is able to provide fully processed and highly accurate ionosphere characterization in near real-time over a low data-rate satellite link.
US11557059B2
Various aspects of a system and a method for determining a position of one or more multi-dimensional objects are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, the system may include a memory and a processor. The processor may be configured to obtain, from a plurality of satellite images, shadow data of a first multi-dimensional object from one or more multi-dimensional objects on a visible surface. The processor may be configured to obtain, from a server, base elevation data and height data of the first multi-dimensional object. The processor may be further configured to generate a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of the plurality of multi-dimensional objects. The processor may be further configured to determine a position of a second multi-dimensional object of the plurality of multi-dimensional objects on the visible surface, based on the generated DEM.
US11557057B2
Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for determining a center location of a ground control point used in aerial surveys. Machine learning models are used to identify in digital images pixel coordinates of the ground control point identified in the digital images. These image pixel coordinates are used in photogrammetric processing and software.
US11557046B2
Single-moment alignment of imprecise overlapping digital spatial datasets, maximizing local precision, is described. In an embodiment, the process receives points of association that each have a location in a first coordinate system and a corresponding location in a second coordinate system, the latter misaligned relative to the first. The disclosed process in three steps determines and reports parameters to precisely align the followSpace the leadSpace. The parameters to align the followSpace may include a new origin location, or an equivalent translation, and a new orientation, generally in 3D space, of the followSpace coordinate system. Where needed, the parameters may include a scaling factor. Among many applications of the alignment process are augmented reality systems.
US11557044B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for pre-processing image data before 3D object tracking includes, in at least one aspect, a method including: receiving, at a first computer, image frames from a camera; identifying, by the first computer, locations of interest in the image frames; finding sequences of the locations, wherein each of the sequences satisfies a motion criterion for locations identified in at least three image frames from the camera; and sending output data for the sequences of the locations to a second computer for processing the sequences in the output data by interpolating between specified 2D positions in specific image frames for the sequences, using timestamps of the specific image frames, to produce a virtual 2D position at a predetermined point in time, which is usable for constructing a 3D track of a ball in motion.
US11557035B2
The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to the present embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: acquire multiple position data associated with respective multiple two-dimensional image data of ultrasonic related to multiple cross sections; smooth the acquired multiple position data; and arrange the multiple two-dimensional image data in accordance with the smoothed multiple position data to generate volume data.
US11557031B2
A reticle inspection system may include two or more inspection tools to generate two or more sets of inspection images for characterizing a reticle, where the two or more inspection tools include at least one reticle inspection tool providing inspection images of the reticle. The reticle inspection system may further include a controller to correlate data from the two or more sets of inspection images to positions on the reticle, detect one or more defects of interest on the reticle with the correlated data as inputs to a multi-input defect detection model, and output defect data associated with the defects of interest.
US11557028B2
Embodiments of present invention provide a method for checking integrity of a device selection process. The method includes placing multiple devices in a device tray that has multiple cells arranged in a matrix of M-rows and N-columns; separating the multiple devices into a first group and a second group; causing a machine to memorize locations of at least the first group; removing the second group from the device tray; after the removing, causing the machine to capture an image of devices remaining in the device tray and identify locations of the remaining devices based upon the image; comparing locations so identified with locations of the first group of devices memorized by the machine; and taking a corrective action when a discrepancy is found between the locations identified and locations memorized. An apparatus for performing the above method is also provided.
US11557026B2
A technique for detecting a glitch in an image is provided. The technique includes providing an image to a plurality of individual classifiers to generate a plurality of individual classifier outputs and providing the plurality of individual classifier outputs to an ensemble classifier to generate a glitch classification.
US11557022B2
A neural network-based rendering technique increases temporal stability and image fidelity of low sample count path tracing by optimizing a distribution of samples for rendering each image in a sequence. A sample predictor neural network learns spatio-temporal sampling strategies such as placing more samples in dis-occluded regions and tracking specular highlights. Temporal feedback enables a denoiser neural network to boost the effective input sample count and increases temporal stability. The initial uniform sampling step typically present in adaptive sampling algorithms is not needed. The sample predictor and denoiser operate at interactive rates to achieve significantly improved image quality and temporal stability compared with conventional adaptive sampling techniques.
US11557005B2
An approach is described for addressing propagation of inaccurate information in a social networking environment. An associated method may include identifying inaccurate information within the social networking environment, facilitating creation of countering content to address the inaccurate information, and disseminating the countering content. The countering content may be determined by identifying behavior of one or more users among a plurality of users within the social networking environment. Identifying the inaccurate information within the social networking environment may include receiving information provided within the social networking environment. Upon determining that the received information is factual and thus objectively verifiable, it may be determined whether the received information matches analogous information verified as accurate. Upon determining that the received information does not match the analogous information verified as accurate, the received information may be marked as inaccurate.
US11557004B2
Provided is an apparatus for deriving a social relation between accounts based on a transaction ledger, which includes: a data storage unit storing account information, software for deriving an inter-account social relation, and inter-account social relation information; and a processor deriving the social relation between the accounts based on a transaction ledger generated by transactions among users with the accounts.
US11557000B1
Systems, methods, and apparatuses using a processor coupled to a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions. The processor is configured to count a first amount of currency, wherein the first amount of currency is the actual amount of currency received by a teller money drawer, receive an indication of a second amount of currency, wherein the second amount of currency is an expected amount of currency, compare the first amount of currency to the second amount of currency, discover a discrepancy between the first amount of currency and the second amount of currency, and transmit discrepancy information to be displayed on a teller computing device.
US11556996B1
Methods, systems, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable media are described for integrating the online purchase of a product with the purchase of an insurance policy providing coverage for the product. When a customer initiates the purchase of a product through an online retailer, various aspects include obtaining personal information for the customer, as well as product information for the product. Based upon this information, various aspects may include determining whether the customer is eligible to purchase insurance, and assessing a level of risk in providing a particular type of insurance coverage to the customer. Additionally, various aspects may further include determining an insurance quote based upon this level of risk and transmitting an offer to purchase the insurance policy to the customer. The customer may then purchase the product and insurance policy in one transaction such that binding insurance coverage for the product is provided at the time of purchase.
US11556976B2
A server apparatus includes a controller configured to detect an item to be purchased, based on a temporal change in captured images of an item display position at a mobile shop and, upon acquiring authentication information for a purchaser from a first terminal apparatus, perform a charging process in respect of the purchaser for a price of the item.
US11556971B2
Methods and systems for replenishing a consumable include order satisfaction responsive to an indication of imminent failure or depletion of a consumable based on detected parameters. A sensor reading may indicate that a consumable is performing below a threshold, or has limited remaining capacity. Responsive to a determination that a replacement is necessary, the method may recommend one or more alternatives. The recommendation may be made based on how closely a candidate replacement's performance or other characteristic (e.g. cost, capacity) matches that of a currently-used consumable. The recommendation may be based on one or more attributes of a candidate replacement compared to a currently-used consumable. An order may be automatically placed according to the currently-used consumable or the recommended alternative(s). The order may be delivered with instructions regarding where and when to replace the consumable.
US11556969B2
A method of propagating annotations of content items to a search query is disclosed. A strength of a correspondence between a search query and a listing of an item on a network-based publication system is determined. The strength of the correspondence is based on an analysis of a set of actions by a set of users who submitted the search query. A set of annotations is generated. The set of annotations is propagated to a search engine and used to enhance search results.
US11556966B2
An approach is disclosed for providing item-to-item recommendations. The approach receives data for an item. The approach generates recommended candidate item data for the data of the received item. The approach generates feature data of the recommended candidate item data and the data of the received item. The feature data may include one or more similarities between the data of the received item and data corresponding to a respective recommended candidate item. The approach generates ranked recommended candidate item data based on the generated feature data and at least one weight determined for candidate test item data. The candidate test item data may include data corresponding to the recommended candidate item data.
US11556957B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium to increase product usage. In some examples, a request to assign a task to a selected user is received. The selected user as a non-user of the task service. In response, task information and an identification of the task service is appended to an electronic document. Once the selected user has subscribed to the task service, the selected user is assigned to the task within the task service.
US11556943B1
A trade exchange system and method provide transparency and accountability for each idea producer and each follower of each idea producer with respect to trades executed based on a trade idea circulated by the idea producer. The trade exchange system and method may use application-programming interfaces (APIs) to gather data from a brokerage entity in order to verify the trades executed in response to the trade idea by the idea producer and the follower.
US11556933B2
Circuitry acquires, when predetermined money handling is executed, stored money information including specific information of money stored in a storage before execution of the money handling and money transfer information including specific information of money transferred in execution of the money handling, determines, based on the stored money information and the money transfer information, a presence or absence of an occurrence of an abnormality related to money in the money handling apparatus and generates, in a case that it is determined that there is the presence of the occurrence of the abnormality, fraud data related to the occurrence of the abnormality.
US11556914B2
According to various embodiment of the present invention, an electronic device comprises: an audio module including a speaker and a receiver; a codec circuit for transmitting and receiving an audio signal; a magnetic secure transmission (MST) circuit; a switch unit; a memory; and a processor electrically connected with the audio module, the codec circuit, the MST circuit, the switch unit, and the memory, wherein, if a function for requesting a payment is executed when the codec circuit and the audio module are connected with each other, the processor can be configured to: control the switch unit so as to connect the MST circuit with the speaker and/or the receiver, which are included in the audio module; and transmit the MST signal for the payment by using the speaker and/or the receiver, which are connected with the MST circuit. In addition to various embodiments disclosed in the present invention, other various embodiments are possible.
US11556913B1
Methods, systems, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable media are described for using a vehicle as a payment device. Various aspects may include receiving a selection of a stored financial card or financial account at a vehicle head unit. The selected financial card or financial account may be transmitted to a point-of-sale (POS) terminal for making a payment by transmitting a tokenized card number to the POS terminal. The tokenized card number may be transmitted over a very short-range communication link to ensure that the transmission is secure. For example, electronic circuitry may be attached to the exterior of the vehicle, where the electronic circuitry may be within a threshold distance (e.g. one inch, three inches, six inches, one foot, three feet, etc.) of the POS terminal. The tokenized card number may be transmitted from the vehicle head unit to the electronic circuitry and then to the POS terminal.
US11556905B2
A technique for remote access via a computing device is discussed. In one embodiment, a computing device receives data indicative of a card number associated with a bank-issued debit card. The debit card is associated with a bank account at a bank that issued the bank-issued debit card. The computing device also receives data indicative of an amount of cash to be deposited into the account based on an amount of cash provided at the computing device location. Encrypted data indicative of the card number and the data indicative of the amount of cash is routed to a gateway vendor server and is further routed to a payment network server for deposit of an amount corresponding to the data indicative of the amount of cash into the bank account associated with the card number.
US11556903B2
A computer-implemented method for automating service provider status and reporting during a service visit includes the initial steps of creating a service provider transaction, initiating the transaction, and calculating an estimated completion time of the transaction. The estimated completion time is based on at least one service condition, which may include the availability of servicing tools and components, the availability of service provider employees, the priority status, if any, of the service provider transaction, and the level of difficulty of service provider transaction, among others. Preferably, the service conditions include constant or variable associated values. The completion time is calculated based upon a sum of these values. If an unexpected service need or service delay arises, the service provider transaction status is updated, which includes recalculating the estimated time of completion based on a new service condition that arose from the unexpected need or delay. When the service provider transaction is complete, the customer reviews the transaction, confirms that the service provider transaction is complete, and schedules a service completion event.
US11556899B2
Technologies are described for replicating selected changes to planned working time from a first system, such as an HR system, to a second system, such as a payroll system. For example, upon receiving an indication of a change to a planned working time for one or more workers on one or more days, the first system can evaluate the change to determine whether it should be replicated to the second system. The determination can be based on whether the change is a temporary change, as well as based on information read from a data replication configuration object, a data replication period object, and/or an in-sync work schedule object. Upon determining that the change should be replicated to the second system, a data replication proxy object can be created based on the change and used to transmit data regarding the change for replication at the second system.
US11556894B2
Various embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, and/or the like that are configured to enable temporally dynamic referential association in document collaboration server systems. For example, certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, and/or the like that are configured to perform temporally dynamic referential association in document collaboration server systems by using cross-temporal visual reference data objects, temporal visual reference data objects, cross-temporal referential association data objects, temporal referential association data objects, and administrator panel user interfaces.
US11556891B2
In some implementations, a device may receive data identifying products and encoded data identifying smart tags of the products. The device may map the data and the encoded data to generate encoded product data. The device may receive encoded data provided by smart tags of products received by a store. The device may receive images of the products. The device may compare the encoded data and the encoded product data to identify a set of the products received by the store. The device may correlate the images with the set of the products. The device may process the correlated data to identify locations of the set of the products in the store. The device may generate an instruction to relocate a product to a new location and may provide the instruction to a device, associated with the store, to cause the product to be relocated to the new location.
US11556889B2
A refrigerating appliance includes a cabinet having an inner liner that defines at least one aperture for accessing a refrigerating compartment. A door is operably coupled to the cabinet and is operable between open and closed positions. A plurality of storage surfaces is positioned within the refrigerating compartment. Each storage surface is adapted to receive at least one temporarily stored item. A scanning apparatus is adapted to record data related to the storage surfaces and the at least one temporarily stored item. The scanning apparatus conducts first and second data capturing phases. The secondary data recorded during the second data capturing phase is compared against previous data recorded during the first data capturing phase to create a current inventory manifest. The current inventory manifest is compared with a set of predetermined parameters related to the at least one temporarily stored item to selectively provide an output.
US11556887B2
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide an AirBox constructed to receive deliveries from a drone. The AirBox can comprise an automatically openable lid; and a wireless receiver that is constructed to receive data concerning a delivery from the drone. The automatically openable lid can open to receive the delivery from the drone.
US11556882B2
A method for managing oilfield water. Oilfield water data is grouped into discrete and non-overlapping groups. Outliers are removed from the data. Features of the remaining data are analyzed to identify most discriminative feature. The data is separated into training data and testing data, and the training data is fit into a model that shows the best precision, accuracy and recall. The model is confirmed using the testing data. Upon confirmation of the accuracy of the model, the model is applied to data for a new proposed oilfield well, and a new proposed project is implemented or disapproved based on a result of the identified model that predicts water production of the new proposed oilfield well.
US11556877B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating engagement recommendations suggesting ways that one or more creators of content may maximize subscribership and/or subscription-based revenue, as well as support recommendations suggesting ways that the one or more creators of content may realize successful support of their content creation. Engagement recommendations can involve suggestions regarding when and/or how to engage one or more subscribers that results in a positive impact to subscribership and/or subscription-based revenue. Support recommendations can involve suggestions regarding when and/or how to elicit support in line with preferred indicia of success set forth by the one or more creators.
US11556855B2
A machine learning model including an autoencoder may be trained based on training data that includes sequences of non-anomalous performance metrics from an information technology system but excludes sequences of anomalous performance metrics. The trained machine learning model may process a sequence of performance metrics from the information technology system by generating an encoded representation of the sequence of performance metrics and generating, based on the encoded representation, a reconstruction of the sequence of performance metrics. An occurrence of the anomaly at the information technology system may be detected based on a reconstruction error present in reconstruction of the sequence of performance metrics. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are provided.
US11556850B2
The present disclosure relates to a system, a method, and a product for optimizing hyper-parameters for generation and execution of a machine-learning model under constraints. The system includes a memory storing instructions and a processor in communication with the memory. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to obtain input data and an initial hyper-parameter set; for an iteration, to build a machine learning model based on the hyper-parameter set, evaluate the machine learning model based on the target data to obtain a performance metrics set, and determine whether the performance metrics set satisfies the stopping criteria set. If yes, the instructions cause the processor to perform an exploitation process to obtain an optimal hyper-parameter set, and exit the iteration; if no, perform an exploration process to obtain a next hyper-parameter set, and perform a next iteration with using the next hyper-parameter set as the hyper-parameter set.
US11556843B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system collects information associated with trouble tickets each including a problem abstract and a log text. The method includes analyzing the log text to obtain a problem resolution for that ticket; defining ticket clusters according to the problem abstracts, and labeling the clusters. The processing system creates a library of the labeled clusters, each entry including a cluster label, a problem abstract for that cluster, and a resolution summary for that problem abstract, indicating a mapping of the problem abstract to the resolution summary for that cluster. The method includes training, based on the mapping, machine-learning applications for a predicted resolution summary for each cluster and for classifying a new ticket. The method includes assigning the new ticket to a cluster according to the classifying. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11556841B2
Technologies for generating a graph containing clusters of feature attribute values for training a machine learning model for content item selection and delivery are provided. The disclosed techniques include, for each entity, of a plurality of entities, a system identifies transitions from one geographic location to another geographic location. A graph is generated based on the transitions associated with each entity. The graph comprises nodes representing geographic locations and edges connecting the nodes. Each of the edges connects two nodes, represents a transition from one geographic location to another geographic location, and each edge represents an edge weight value that is based on frequencies of transitions between geographic locations represented by the two connected nodes. The system generates a plurality of clusters from the nodes based upon the edge weight value of each edge. The system includes the plurality of clusters as features in a machine learning model.
US11556829B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe techniques for controlling quantum states of ions in an ion chain for a quantum operation. For example, a method is described that includes providing, from a first direction, a global optical beam to the ions in the ion chain, and providing, from a second direction different from the first direction, to each ion in a subset of the ions in the ion chain, a respective addressing optical beam. The method further includes dynamically controlling each of the addressing optical beams being provided by using a respective channel in a multi-channel acousto-optic modulator (AOM) to implement, with the ion chain, one or more quantum gates in a sequence of quantum gates of the quantum operation. Aspects of a quantum information processing (QIP) system that includes the multi-channel AOM for performing the method are also described.
US11556821B2
A computer system adapts a model analyzing data. Information sources are analyzed to determine one or more changes for a computerized model employed for analyzing data. One or more current projects each using an implementation of the computerized model with at least one of the determined changes are identified. The implementations are compared to the employed computerized model to determine differences. One or more adaptations for the employed computerized model are determined in response to the determined differences satisfying a threshold, wherein the one or more adaptations for the employed computerized model are based on the determined changes in the corresponding implementation of the computerized model. At least one adaption is installed into a platform hosting the employed model for modification of the employed model. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for adapting a model analyzing data in substantially the same manner described above.
US11556819B2
A collection apparatus that collects a URL of a Web page that leads to user operation and includes a search query generation unit that generates a search query by combining a digital content name and an associated keyword of the digital content. There is a fitness prediction unit that predicts a degree to which a Web page that leads to user operation is output as a search result when a search is performed by using the generated search query, a determination unit that searches for a Web page by using a search query in a search order that is based on the predicted degree, and determines analysis priority of a URL of a Web page on the basis of the degree and search result information. Further, there is a communication unit that outputs the URL of the retrieved Web page and the analysis priority of the URL.
US11556814B2
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for content recommendation based upon continuity and grouping information of attributes are provided herein. User interaction data specifying whether users interacted with content items, user attributes of the users, and content attributes of the content items is obtained. A data structure is populated with the user interaction data. The data structure is modified by inserting a set of sub-fields into the data structure for a user attribute. A sub-field is populated with a value representing an option of the user attribute. The set of sub-fields are an encoding of continuity information and grouping information representing options for the user attribute. The data structure is processed using machine learning functionality to generate a model. The model is utilized to generate a prediction as to whether a user will interact with a content item.
US11556812B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide to a method and a device for acquiring a data model in a knowledge graph, an apparatus and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving a knowledge entry describing a relationship between an entity and an object; determining a plurality of candidate object types of the object according to at least one of the entity, the relationship and the object; determining an object type for generating a data model that matches the knowledge entry from the plurality of candidate object types based on a preset rule; and generating the data model based at least on the object type.
US11556809B2
A method for estimating a brain activity response following a stimulus of a person comprises the steps: providing a usage data set of the person from a personal device used by said person, wherein at least one usage attribute is associated to said usage data set, wherein attribute data is associated to each of the at least one usage attribute, providing a computational inference model, generated from a plurality of brain activity data sets and a plurality of usage data sets, wherein each brain activity data set comprises data derived from a brain activity response following a sensory stimulus, submitting the attribute data of each of the at least one usage attributes to said computational inference model, estimating a brain activity response following a sensory stimulus of said person by evaluating said computational inference model for the submitted attribute data. The method is useful to determine, for example the influence of intensive touch pad usage (of a smartphone) on somatosensory evoked potentials.
US11556803B2
Mechanisms for automatically modifying a set of instructions based on an expanded domain specific knowledge base is provided. The mechanisms generate a domain specific knowledge base comprising a set of entities and corresponding domain specific attributes and expand the domain specific knowledge base to include values for the domain specific attributes through an automated bootstrap learning process that performs natural language processing and analysis of natural language content using a set of pre-condition annotated action terms. The mechanisms receive electronic content comprising an initial set of instructions to perform an operation and evaluate the initial set of instructions based on the expanded domain specific knowledge base to identify a missing instruction. The mechanisms modify the initial set of instructions to include an additional instruction based on the missing instruction and thereby generate a modified set of instructions.
US11556801B2
The present disclosure relates to a neural network image identification system and a neural network building system and method used therein. The neural network building method comprises: forming a combination sequence of instruction graphic tags according to a plurality of instruction graphic tags selected by a user and displayed on a screen; combining a plurality of program sets corresponding to the plurality of instruction graphic tags in an order identical to that of contents in the combination sequence of these instruction graphic tags, to generate a neural network program; and checking whether the combination sequence of instruction graphic tags conforms to one or more preset rules before the neural network program is compiled. Therefore, the neural network image identification system is configured to identify an image to be identified captured by an image capturing device, while the neural network image identification program for identifying images by the neural network image identification system can be built by the neural network building system in accordance with needs of users.
US11556796B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for training a neural network or providing a pre-trained neural network with the weight-updates being compressible using at least a weight-update compression loss function and/or task loss function. The weight-update compression loss function can comprise a weight-update vector defined as a latest weight vector minus an initial weight vector before training. A pre-trained neural network can be compressed by pruning one or more small-valued weights. The training of the neural network can consider the compressibility of the neural network, for instance, using a compression loss function, such as a task loss and/or a weight-update compression loss. The compressed neural network can be applied within a decoding loop of an encoder side or in a post-processing stage, as well as at a decoder side.
US11556787B2
A signal representing a sound can be received. A machine learning model can be run to identify that the sound triggers a reaction in a user hearing the sound. A preventive action can be automatically activated to mitigate the reaction. The user's reactions can be monitored. Responsive to determining that the user's reaction has been mitigated or suppressed, the preventive action can be deactivated. The machine learning model can be retrained using at least the signal as new training data.
US11556786B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating an output sequence from an input sequence. One of the methods includes, at each of a plurality of generation time steps: generating a combined sequence for the generation time step that includes the input sequence followed by the output tokens that have already been generated as of the generation time step; processing the combined sequence using a self-attention decoder neural network to generate a time step output that defines a score distribution over a set of possible output tokens; and selecting, using the time step output, an output token from the set of possible output tokens as the next output token in the output sequence.
US11556783B2
There is provided a technique for transforming a confusion network to a representation that can be used as an input for machine learning. A confusion network distributed representation sequence generating part that generates a confusion network distributed representation sequence, which is a vector sequence, from an arc word set sequence and an arc weight set sequence constituting the confusion network is included. The confusion network distributed representation sequence generating part comprises: an arc word distributed representation set sequence transforming part that, by transforming an arc word included in the arc word set to a word distributed representation, obtains an arc word distributed representation set and generates an arc word distributed representation set sequence; and an arc word distributed representation set weighting/integrating part that generates the confusion network distributed representation sequence from the arc word distributed representation set sequence and the arc weight set sequence.
US11556781B2
In an approach to determining the effectiveness of a proposed solution, one or more computer processors monitor real-time communications. The one or more computer processors identify or more topics associated with the monitored real-time communications. The one or more computer processors feed the identified one or more topics and associated real-time communications into a solution efficacy model. The one or more computer processors generate based on one or more calculations by the solution efficacy model, an efficacy rating for the identified real-time communications. The one or more computer processors generate a prioritization of the identified real-time communications based on the generated efficacy rating.
US11556774B2
Methods and systems for forecasting in sparse data streams. In an example embodiment, steps or operations can be implemented for mapping a time series data stream to generate forecast features using a neural network, transforming the forecast features into a space with transformed forecast features thereof using metric learning, clustering the transformed forecast features in a cluster, initializing a forecast learning algorithm with a combination of the transformed forecast features in the cluster corresponding to a sparse data stream, and displaying forecasts in a GUI dashboard with information indicative of how the forecasts were achieved, wherein the mapping, the transforming, the clustering, and the initializing together lead to increases in a speed of the forecasting and computer processing thereof.
US11556767B2
High dynamic range, high class count, high input rate winner-take-all on neuromorphic hardware is provided. In some embodiments, a plurality of thermometer codes are received by a neurosynaptic core. The plurality of thermometer codes are split into a plurality of intervals. One of the plurality of intervals is selected. A local maximum is determined within the one of the plurality of intervals. A global maximum is determined based on the local maximum.
US11556758B2
A method learns approximate translations of unfamiliar measurement units during deep question answering (DeepQA) system training and usage. The DeepQA system receives a training set containing Question-Answer (QA) pairs having known unit-of-measurement terms, where each QA pair contains an answer having a known numeric value for a corresponding question from the QA pair. The DeepQA system receives a question from each QA pair from the training set to the DeepQA system in order to find answers and passage phrases to the question from each QA pair, and then identifies all found answers and passage phrases having values that are within a predetermined range of answer values of the training set, where one or more of the identified all found answers and passage phrases contain unfamiliar unit-of-measurement terms, in order to learn approximate translations of the unfamiliar unit-of-measurement terms.
US11556749B2
Aspects include receiving a request to perform an image classification task in a target domain. The image classification task includes identifying a feature in images in the target domain. Classification information related to the feature is transferred from a source domain to the target domain. The transferring includes receiving a plurality of pairs of task-irrelevant images that each includes a task-irrelevant image in the source domain and in the target domain. The task-irrelevant image in the source domain has a fixed correspondence to the task-irrelevant image in the target domain. A target neural network is trained to perform the image classification task in the target domain. The training is based on the plurality of pairs of task-irrelevant images. The image classification task is performed in the target domain and includes applying the target neural network to an image in the target domain and outputting an identified feature.
US11556739B2
A method is performed by a computer. The method includes obtaining motion data indicating a motion change of a work vehicle, and determining an operation classification of the work vehicle from the motion data by performing image classification using a trained classification model. The motion data is generated from a plurality of images indicating the work vehicle in operation in time series.
US11556738B2
A metrology system includes one or more through-focus imaging metrology sub-systems communicatively coupled to a controller having one or more processors configured to receive a plurality of training images captured at one or more focal positions. The one or more processors may generate a machine learning classifier based on the plurality of training images. The one or more processors may receive one or more target feature selections for one or more target overlay measurements corresponding to one or more target features. The one or more processors may determine one or more target focal positions based on the one or more target feature selections using the machine learning classifier. The one or more processors may receive one or more target images captured at the one or more target focal positions, the target images including the one or more target features of the target specimen, and determine overlay based thereon.
US11556735B2
A training device and a training method for training a multi-goal model based on goals in a goal space are provided. The training device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to set the goal space, to acquire a plurality of sub-goal spaces of different levels of difficulty; change a sub-goal space to be processed from a current sub-goal space to a next sub-goal space of a higher level of difficulty; select, as sampling goals, goals at least from the current sub-goal space, and to acquire transitions related to the sampling goals by executing actions; train the multi-goal model based on the transitions, and evaluate the multi-goal model by calculating a success rate for achieving goals in the current sub-goal space.
US11556725B2
An automated storage unit publishing system may include a recording device for recording information on a storage unit memory chip; a bin plate with a storage unit bin and a casing bin; an assembling mechanism movably attached to the bin plate, the assembling deck comprising a shuttle for removing a selected sized casing from the casing bin and a recorded flash memory chip from the chip bin and assembling the two into a single unit using pressure; a printing device for printing marks, indications or decoration on the casing, and a gripping device for placing the finished unit in an output mechanism.
US11556716B2
Systems and methods may be used to generate and use intent predictions to enhance user experience. The intent predictions may describe the data required to resolve a user request included in a user input (e.g., question, search query, and the like) submitted by a user. The intent predictions may be generated using a machine learning model that comprises a model framework for extracting features and classifying user inputs into intent classes based on the extracted features. The intent predictions may be integrated into an information service to improve business metrics including contact rate, transfer rate, helpful rate, and net total promoter score.
US11556704B2
An entity grammar that specifies a computer conversational agent may be received. User utterances are interpreted based on the entity grammar and prompts for the conversational agent to pose are determined based on the entity grammar. An outcome of the dialog is built by storing words in the user utterances and the prompts that match tokens in the entity grammar. The entity grammar specifies both a dialog flow and data structure of the outcome.
US11556700B2
Users of a database management engine may generate fillable digital documents by mapping interface elements onto form documents. When a user maps interface elements onto a form document, the user may accidentally overlap two or more interface elements. To rectify this, the database management engine may modify the position of one of interface elements based on a set of positioning rules. In addition, the database management engine may identify and suggest mappings to users based on similar documents that have been previously mapped. The database management engine identifies similar documents using information about the document, the user, and the mapping itself. The mapping associated with the most similar document may be provided to the user as a suggested mapping. The database management engine converts the form document and finalized mapping into a fillable digital document. The fillable digital document is sent to recipients, who complete the fillable digital document.
US11556698B2
Systems, devices, and methods discussed herein provide improved autonomous agent applications that are configured to provide explanations in response to user-submitted questions. Training data comprising a question, and an explanation pair may be accessed. A discourse tree and an explanation chain can be constructed from the explanation. The explanation chain may identify logical relationships between two entities of elementary discourse units identified from the discourse tree. A query may be submitted for the two entities, and a set of search results can be mined to identify text linking the two entities. An additional discourse tree can be generated from the text of a search result. The additional discourse tree can be combined with the original discourse tree to generate a complete discourse tree. A model may be trained using this augmented data (e.g., the complete discourse tree) to improve the quality of explanations provided by the autonomous agent application.
US11556692B2
Techniques for designing and implementing networks-on-chip (NoCs) are provided. For example, a computer-implemented method for programming a network-on-chip (NoC) onto an integrated circuit includes determining a first portion of a plurality of registers to potentially be included in a NoC design, determining routing information regarding datapaths between registers of the first portion of the plurality of registers, and determining an expected performance associated with the first portion of the plurality of registers. The method also includes determining whether the expected performance is within a threshold range, including the first portion of the plurality of registers and the datapaths in the NoC design after determining that the expected performance is within the threshold range, and generating instructions configured to cause circuitry corresponding to the NoC design to be implemented on the integrated circuit.
US11556681B2
A method includes simulating one or more states of a movable object by implementing a movable object model. Each simulated state is associated with simulated state data of the movable object. The method further includes determining one or more sets of simulated sensor data corresponding to the one or more simulated states respectively by implementing a plurality of sensor models, determining environment data of a simulated environment surrounding the movable object by implementing an environment model, providing the one or more sets of simulated sensor data to a movable object controller configured for generating control signals to adjust states of the movable object, and providing the simulated state data and the environment data to a vision simulator configured for visualizing operations of the movable object in the one or more simulated states.
US11556680B1
A test method based on a test system for five-dimensional space effects of ground surface settlement caused by dual-mode shield construction is provided. First, manufacturing a formation similarity material model; then, laying ground surface monitoring points in longitudinal and transverse direction; installing a shield machine model, and performing shield construction, the shield machine model adopts a double-shield body mode; performing five-dimensional monitoring during shield construction; designing an observation method for ground surface settlement data in step length and time dimension, and acquiring five-dimensional data in combination with three-dimensional scanning; and finally, performing deformation information processing according to the monitored data, so as to realize an acquisition of the five-dimensional data.
US11556676B2
A security verification system performs security verification of a circuit design. The security verification system simplifies formal security verification of the circuit design by replacing circuit blocks of the circuit with black box circuit blocks. The security verification system instruments the circuit design so that black-boxing can be performed for security verification without changing the security decision over the data paths. The security verification system uses dependence information of the inputs and outputs of the black box to connect inputs of the circuit block with outputs of the circuit block. The black-box circuit block keeps the logic inside the cone of influence of clocks and resets. The system performs security verification of the circuit design by proving a non-interference property of the instrumented circuit design.
US11556673B2
The invention is a method for managing an instance of a class in a secure element embedded in a hosting machine and including a Central Processing Unit, a storage area and a virtual machine. The method comprises a step of receiving by the secure element a load file containing a binary representation of a package of the class and a step of instantiating the instance from the package and storing the instance in the storage area. The load file includes a specific component which is a custom component within the meaning of Java Card™ specifications and which contains executable data. The instance requests the execution of a subset of the executable data by directly invoking the subset of executable data through an Application Programming Interface.
US11556672B2
A system and method for determining consent user interface validity for a provided consent user interface of a web form presenting consent information, comprising: accessing a consent user interface presented on a web form; determining one or more configuration attributes of the consent user interface; accessing one or more privacy regulations associated with presenting consent information; comparing the one or more configuration attributes of the consent user interface to each of the one or more privacy regulations; determining whether the consent user interface is compliant with each of the one or more privacy regulations; and in response to determining that the consent user interface is not compliant with one or more privacy regulations, flagging the consent user interface.
US11556670B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for granting access to data of a user. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises, blocking the processing of data of a user, transferring the data of the user to a storage device, receiving a request for data processing from a collected data processor of a device, redirecting the received request to the storage device, determining, by the storage device, data access rights for the collected data processor of the device from which the request for data processing is received in accordance with data access rights established by a data access rights manager, and providing access to the data in accordance with the determined data access rights.
US11556668B2
Embodiments of a smart card and systems and methods for secure data access using a smart card are described. The smart card may be formed a substrate and may include a microprocessor, a memory containing an applet, a counter, and a unique identifier. The smart card may dynamically generate a unique uniform resource location (URL) and transmit the URL to via a contactless communication interface to securely facilitate data access from other devices.
US11556662B2
Method and apparatus for virtualized environment where virtual computing instances interface a service platform operated on a physical computing apparatus are disclosed. A new virtual computing instance interfacing the service platform can be created, the created new virtual computing instance belonging to a class of virtual computing instances. At least one security credential is obtained from a storage of security credentials associated with the class of the new virtual computing instance. Data communicated with at least one further computing instance is secured based on the obtained at least one security credential.
US11556660B2
Provided is a method for erasing security-relevant information in a device, having the method steps of: ascertaining at least one movement parameter of the device over time, monitoring the ascertained movement parameters over time on the basis of at least one prescribed movement pattern, and triggering an erase process for the security-relevant information if the ascertained movement parameter over time is consistent with the at least one prescribed movement pattern. An apparatus and a computer program product for carrying out the method to ensure that security-relevant data of the device are erased reliably and completely even in the event of an accident or another unforeseen event is also provided.
US11556657B2
A solid-state imaging device capable of performing encryption processing with enhanced security by quite extremely safely generating unique information and performing encryption processing based on the generated unique information. There is provided a solid-state imaging device including a unique information generation unit that generates predetermined analog information, a unique value generation unit that generates a predetermined unique value based on the predetermined analog information, and an encryption processing unit that performs encryption processing using the predetermined unique value, in which the unique value generation unit includes a detection unit that converts the predetermined analog information into digital information, and a unique value calculation unit that calculates the predetermined unique value using the digital information, in which the solid-state imaging device further includes a high-pass filter that passes a high-frequency signal for at least one of the analog information or the digital information.
US11556656B2
Methods and apparatus of Exclusive OR (XOR) engine in a random access memory device to accelerate cryptographical operations in processors. For example, an integrated circuit memory device enclosed within a single integrated circuit package can include an XOR engine that is coupled with memory units in the random access memory device (e.g., having dynamic random access memory (DRAM) or non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM)). A processor (e.g., System-on-Chip (SoC) or Central Processing Unit (CPU)) can have encryption logic that performs cryptographical operations using XOR operations that are performed by the XOR engine in the random access memory device using the data in the random access memory device.
US11556655B2
An image for a containerized application is created. From the image, one or more main processes of the containerized application are identified. The one or more main processes comprise a first subset of a plurality of processes of the containerized application. Within a sandbox environment, the containerized application is started. Based on the started application within the sandbox environment, a second subset of processes within the plurality is determined. The second subset includes one or more dependent processes associated with the first subset. A third subset of processes within the plurality is determined. The third subset excludes the first and second subsets and is associated with a vulnerability list. According to the third subset, a mitigated image for the containerized application is generated.
US11556648B2
In some implementations there may be provided a system. The system may include a processor and a memory. The memory may include program code which causes operations when executed by the processor. The operations may include analyzing a series of events contained in received data. The series of events may include events that occur during the execution of a data object. The series of events may be analyzed to at least extract, from the series of events, subsequences of events. A machine learning model may determine a classification for the received data. The machine learning model may classify the received data based at least on whether the subsequences of events are malicious. The classification indicative of whether the received data is malicious may be provided. Related methods and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also disclosed.
US11556643B2
Systems and methods are provided to measure the similarity between a first and second data sample. The method can include creating a plurality of k-mers from the first data sample, each k-mer having a first length; generating a first vector from the plurality of k-mers by processing the plurality of k-mers with a plurality of hash functions; calculating a similarity level between the first and second data sample by comparing the first vector to a second vector, the second vector representing the second data sample; and based on the similarity level, determining a maliciousness level of the first data sample.
US11556619B2
An information processing system includes: a first receiving unit that receives, from a first user, an instruction to distribute content that the first user owns to a second user; a distribution unit that distributes the content to the second user based on the instruction; a storage unit that stores information that the content is distributed by the distribution unit; a second receiving unit that receives, from a third user, a request to use content that the third user owns; and an execution unit that executes processing in accordance with the request in a case where the content identified by the request is determined as content that has been distributed by the distribution unit, based on the information stored in the storage unit.
US11556612B2
The disclosure presents a technique for determining how downhole material will be distributed among two or more active perforation clusters in a hydraulic fracturing well system. The determination can be conducted during the execution of a treatment stage allowing modifications prior to completion of the treatment stage. The technique utilizes a three-step process where a first step can determine a predictive model of the wellbore, such as subterranean formation properties, wellbore properties, and target goal of the treatment stage. A second step can calibrate for unknown parameters, such as downhole HF fluid pressure at the active perforation clusters and downhole HF fluid flow rate at the perforation clusters. A third step can predict how downhole material will be distributed to the active perforation clusters and fracture clusters. The prediction result can be utilized to modify a pumping plan of the treatment stage to better achieve the targeted goal.
US11556604B2
According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device includes a display, a communication circuit, a processor operatively connected to the display and the communication circuit, and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory is configured to store a web browser including a uniform resource locator (URL) address bar and at least one application program, wherein the memory is further configured to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to be configured to: display a first webpage including a search box, using the web browser, on the display, receive at least one search text through the search box and/or the URL address bar, transmit the at least one search text to a first external server associated with the first webpage via the communication circuit, receive a first search result associated with the search text from the first external server; display the first search result on the display, receive a user input for selecting a second webpage or an application program for using the search text, transmit data associated with the search text to a second external server associated with the second webpage or the application program via the communication circuit, without further receiving the search text, receive a second search result associated with the search text from the second external server, and display the second search result on the display.
US11556603B2
A computer that selectively removes online content associated with an individual is described. During operation, the computer may perform an enrollment process associated with the individual, where the enrollment process involves receiving credentials for one or more accounts associated with the individual. Then, based at least in part on the credentials, the computer may monitor a subsequent activity history associated with the individual, where the activity history includes online transactions associated with the individual, and where the online transactions are associated with multiple locations and the one or more accounts. When the computer receives information specifying an occurrence of an event (such as death or illness of the individual), the computer may, based at least in part on the monitored activity history, selectively remove the online content associated with the individual and at least some of the locations.
US11556598B2
Methods and apparatus for extracting structured data from weblogs are disclosed. In some examples, the methods and apparatus include a web crawler to access a home page of a weblog, and identify a feed associated with the weblog. The methods and apparatus also include a feed finder to determine whether items in the feed contain sufficient content for feed-guided segmentation. The methods and apparatus also include a feed classifier to determine whether the items in the feed contain full content of the weblog. The methods and apparatus also include a wrapper to map data found in the feed into a representation of a weblog post, and screen scrape the weblog into the representation of the weblog post.
US11556594B2
A method is provided of communication between a user and a database of Patents and also of the display and the interactive exploration of data on information of interest relating to Patents/Patent applications. The method comprises: the generation, by means of an access interface, of a request allowing the database to be interrogated based on at least one selection criterion entered into the access interface; the interrogation of the database by means of the request and the loading of bibliographical data for the Patents/Patent applications found, the downloaded bibliographical data comprising data on the technological category; the processing of the bibliographical data, the processing comprising an analysis of co-occurrences comprising the determination of a number of co-occurrences of data on the technological category for all of the Patents/Patent applications found; the displaying, in interactive graphical and/or textual form, of a result and/or of an interpretation of the analysis of co-occurrences.
US11556588B2
Systems and methods are described for sharing a user interface between users. The system transmits live video simultaneously to a plurality of users. Then, the system determines a subset of the plurality of users, such that the subset includes two users that have a predetermined relationship. Then, during playback of the video, the system detects an object in a frame of the video corresponding to preferences of the first user. In response, the system determines whether the second user is researching information related to the object during playback of the video. If the second user is researching such information, the system streams a mirror image of a user interface with which the second user is performing the researching to the first user.
US11556586B2
A sound recognition model training method comprises determining a relationship between a sound event and first parameter and deciding a second parameter in response to the relationship, performing sampling on the sound event using the first parameter and the second parameter to generate training audio files, and inputting at least part of the training audio files to a sound recognition model for training the sound recognition model, wherein a length of each of the training audio files is associated with the first parameter, a time difference between every two of the training audio files is associated with the second parameter, and the sound recognition model is used for determining a sound classification.
US11556585B2
Disclosed are an electronic apparatus for dynamic note matching (DNM) and an operating method thereof, the method including acquiring a first section sequence by reducing a first sequence extracted from an input signal based on at least one first section in which the respective values are successively arranged; acquiring a second section sequence reduced from a pre-stored second sequence based on at least one second section in which the respective values are successively arranged; and calculating a similarity between the first section sequence and the second section sequence.
US11556584B2
There is disclosed a system, apparatus and methods for optimizing photo selection. When a photographer takes photos as requested in a shot list, the photos are automatically assigned a quality score which correlates to how prominently the photo would be displayed in an online search. The photos and the quality scores are displayed to the photographer so that when the photographer has shot a sufficiently high quality photo then the photographer can stop shooting. Photos with the highest quality scores are optimal. The shot lists include reference photos, and if a new photo has a higher quality score than the corresponding reference photo, the new photo becomes the reference photo.
US11556577B2
Embodiments are directed towards real time display of event records and extracted values based on at least one extraction rule, such as a regular expression. A user interface may be employed to enable a user to have an extraction rule automatically generate and/or to manually enter an extraction rule. The user may be enabled to manually edit a previously provided extraction rule, which may result in real time display of updated extracted values. The extraction rule may be utilized to extract values from each of a plurality of records, including event records of unstructured machine data. Statistics may be determined for each unique extracted value, and may be displayed to the user in real time. The user interface may also enable the user to select at least one unique extracted value to display those event records that include an extracted value that matches the selected value.
US11556572B2
A computer based system and method for assigning queries to topics and/or visualizing or analyzing query coverage may include, using a computer processor, searching, using a set of queries, over a set of text documents, to produce for each query a set of search results for the query. Each search result may include a subset of text from a text document of the set of text documents. For each query, a query vector may be calculated based on the set of search results for the query, and for each of a set of topics describing the set of text documents, a topic vector may be calculated. A report or visualization may be generated including the set of queries and the set of topics using the topic vectors and the query vectors.
US11556570B2
A computer-implemented method for extracting semantic relations is disclosed. In the method, a plurality of hierarchal structures that originates from a corpus of documents is obtained. Each hierarchal structure includes a plurality of elements having respective recitations included in a corresponding document. In the method, for each predetermined relationship between ancestor and descendant elements in the hierarchal structures, a first keyword list is extracted from the ancestor element and a second keyword list is extracted from the descendant element. A statistical index is calculated for each pair of first and second keywords using the first keyword lists and the second keyword lists. The index indicates a strength of association between the first and second keywords. In the method, a candidate list of keyword pairs having semantic relationships is output using the statistical index calculated for each pair.
US11556558B2
A computer-implemented method applies insights from a variety of data sources to each of the data sources. The method includes identifying a set of data sources, wherein each of the data sources are associated with a domain. The method includes analyzing documentation for each of the data sources. The method further includes extracting a set of attributes for each data source, and determining a data schema associated with each data source. The method includes mapping each data schema to a common domain schema. The method also includes linking, based on the mapping and on the set of attributes for each data source, common features across each data source. The method includes generating, in response to the linking, a knowledge graph. The method further includes preparing a visual display for a set of domain insights; and forking the set of domain insights into a first data source.
US11556556B2
A method, apparatus and system for secure forensic investigation of a target machine by a client machine over a communications network. In one aspect the method comprises establishing secure communication with a server over a communications network, establishing secure communication with the target machine over the communications network, wherein establishing secure communication with the target machine includes establishing secure communication between the server and the target machine, installing a servelet on the target machine, transmitting a secure command to the servelet over the communications network, executing the secure command in the servelet, transmitting data, by the target machine, in response to a servelet instruction, and receiving the data from the target machine over the communication network.
US11556545B2
A method for providing optimized support for transactional processing and analytical processing with minimal memory footprint may include storing, on a data page in a disk of a database system, a portion of one or more columns of data from a database table. A metadata associated with the data page may be stored on a metadata page in the disk of the database system. The metadata may include one or more byte ranges on the data page at which the portion of the one or more columns of data is stored. The database system may execute one or more queries by accessing, based at least on the metadata associated with the data page, a portion of the data page storing the portion of the one or more columns of data required by the one or more queries. Related systems and articles of manufacture are also provided.
US11556540B1
A transmission format cache may be implemented at a database storage node. Versions of data items stored in a database at the database storage node may be processed according to anticipated access requests to generate an anticipated access responses. The anticipated access responses are then stored in a transmission format cache to provide low latency reads of the data items. The versions of the data items may be processed as a result of updates to the database items. The database storage node may be one of a plurality of database storage nodes implementing a distributed database system with the transmission format cache implementing a portion of a distributed response cache providing low latency, eventually consistent or consistent reads of data items in a distributed database.
US11556538B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for receiving, by a current database system, a query plan file representative of a captured query plan from a source database system, receiving, by the current database system, a set of definitions including one or more definitions, each definition in the set of definitions corresponding to an object that is implicated by the query plan, the object being included in a set of objects, and determining, by the current database system, that each definition in the set of definitions is identical to a respective definition of a corresponding object within the current database system, and in response: executing the captured query plan in the current database system to provide a query result.
US11556534B2
Provided are techniques for efficient subquery predicate generation to reduce processing in a multi-table join. It is determined that a query is to be rewritten, wherein the query includes a predicate for a first column of a first table and a second column of a second table. The query is rewritten with generated subquery predicates for the first table that are to be applied to the second table and with generated subquery predicates for the second table that are to be applied to the first table. Minimum and maximum ranges for columns of the generated subquery predicates at a cursor open are determined. The minimum and maximum ranges are merged to determine inclusive ranges that exist in the first table and the second table. The generated subquery predicates are rewritten as derived local subquery predicates with the inclusive ranges. The query with the derived local subquery predicates is executed.
US11556524B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processing system performing a method of receiving a plurality of data change transactions, wherein each data change transaction of the plurality of data change transactions comprises data object values, identifying by the processing system, data change groups indicating correlated data flows between databases by comparing data object values of the plurality of data change transactions, and determining data mappings of data objects stored in databases by statistical analysis of the correlated data flows. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11556523B2
In some implementations a method may be providing that includes importing database tables from a source system to a target system; obtaining, from a data dictionary, a first metadata about a foreign key association for a first database table to at least one of the database tables; obtaining, from a scan of code, a second metadata about an after import method for the first database table; in response to the second metadata representing that the after import method does not exist for the first database table, storing the first database table in the order table; and in response to the second metadata representing that the after import method does exist for the first database table, scanning for a first indication that the after import method corresponds to a read of at least one other database table before storing the first database table in the order table.
US11556516B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for blockchain data storage. One of the methods includes receiving a transaction associated with a blockchain network; determining, after the transaction is performed, an updated account state of a blockchain account involved in the transaction; adding, to a history state object database and after a current block is appended to a blockchain associated with the blockchain network based on performing a consensus algorithm, the updated account state, a hash value of the updated account state, an account identifier (ID) of the blockchain account, and a block ID of the current block; and updating, based on the hash value of the account state, the account ID, and the block ID, a state tree stored in a history state database.
US11556515B2
A centralized database identifier repository may identify databases using a unique identifier, or key tag, for each database. Each identified database may include data relating to one or more specific data elements. The repository may include a variety of data elements. Each data element may be associated with one or more database keys. The repository may be a repository of reference pointers. The repository may facilitate data viewing and data retrieval. A requestor may search for a data element using the centralized repository. The repository may retrieve data relating to a specific data element, from all databases identified by unique identifiers, that include data relating to the data element. The databases' unique identifiers may be encrypted tokens.
US11556509B1
Methods and devices for simplifying data collected from assets are provided. An example method involves obtaining raw data from a data source at an asset, determining whether a data logging trigger is satisfied, and, when satisfied, performing a dataset simplification algorithm on the raw data to generate a simplified set of data in which interpolation error is limited by an upper bound that is fixed across the simplified set of data.
US11556501B2
A file directory tree structure of a selected storage snapshot is dynamically divided into different portions. A plurality of the different file directory tree structure portions are analyzed in parallel to identify any changes of the selected storage snapshot from a previous storage snapshot. To analyze each of the plurality of the different file directory tree structure portions, a processor is further configured to traverse and compare a corresponding file directory tree structure portion of the selected storage snapshot with a corresponding portion of a file directory tree structure of the previous storage snapshot while at least another one of the plurality of the different file directory tree structure portions of the selected storage snapshot is being analyzed in parallel.
US11556499B2
A method, system and computer program product for container image migration service is provided. The method comprises identifying a latest version of a first customer container image stored in a container image repository. The method further comprises determining the latest version of the first customer container image is a migration image from a last version of the first customer container image; determining a set of commands in the Docker file of the last version of the first customer container image that have migrated to a corresponding set of commands in the Docker file of the migration image; identifying a latest version of a second customer container image having at least one Docker file command in common with at least one command in the set of commands; and recommending imminent migration of the second customer container image to include migration of the at least one Docker file command.
US11556496B2
Method and system are provided for writing output from map-reduce jobs to an archive file. The method may include providing an archive manager and exposing an interface to be called from map-reduce jobs to output to an archive file in a map-reduce distributed file system. The method may also include using a buffering database as a temporary cache to buffer updates to the archive file. Handling by the archive manager calls from map-reduce jobs may allow: reading directly from an archive file or from a job index at the buffering database; writing to a job index at the buffering database used as a temporary cache to buffer updates; and serializing updates from the buffering database to the archive file.
US11556490B2
A technique includes holding a bus interface of a removable device that is inserted into a connector of a computer system in a state to prevent the device from communicating with a communication link. The communication link is coupled to the connector and is associated with operating system access to the device. The method includes a baseboard management controller communicating with the device using a channel other than the communication link while the bus interface of the device is held in the state; the baseboard management controller performing a security operation corresponding to the device based on the communication with the device using the channel; and the baseboard management controller releasing the bus interface of the device from the state to allow the device to communicate with the communication link in response to the baseboard management controller completing the security operation.
US11556489B2
The present application discloses a signal channel switching method, a display terminal and a computer-readable storage medium. The signal channel switching method includes the following operations: establishing a data connection with a first external device connected with a first hot plug pin; obtaining a first voltage detected by a second hot plug pin, and judging whether the first voltage conforms to a preset rule; if the first voltage conforms to the preset rule, obtaining information of a second external device connected with the second hot plug pin; cutting off the data connection with the first external device and establishing a data connection with the second external device according to the information of the second external device.
US11556488B2
Disclosed are embodiments that provide digital data communication between a single-pair Ethernet and a multi-pair Ethernet. Some embodiments include a single-pair Ethernet interface that is configured to operate in at least two modes. In a first mode, the single-pair Ethernet interface operates in a conventional manner. In a second mode, alternate pin configurations are employed to provide a low-cost interoperability between a single-pair Ethernet interface and a multi-pair Ethernet interface. For example, in the second mode, the single-pair Ethernet receives, via a first receive data pin, from a first transmit data pin of the multi-pair Ethernet interface, a data signal, and receives, via a second receive data pin, from a second transmit data pin of the multi-pair Ethernet interface, a second data signal.
US11556484B2
A method of applying feedback control on peripheral units supplying energy to manufacturing units in a manufacturing facility uses a trained model, and includes: mapping supply relations between peripheral units and manufacturing units into a schema; establishing communications with sensors monitoring peripheral unit metrics indicative of energy transfer from the peripheral units to the manufacturing units; training the model based on the schema and training data gathered by communication with the sensors during a training period, the trained model predicting energy usage by the peripheral machines with a specified degree of accuracy; and during a control period following the training period, gathering further data from the sensors and minimizing energy usage by the peripheral units while supplying the total energy demanded by the manufacturing units by controlling at least one of the peripheral units based on an outcome of inputting the further data into the trained model.
US11556479B1
Methods, systems, and devices for cache block budgeting techniques are described. In some memory systems, a controller may configure a memory device with a cache. The cache may include a first subset of blocks configured to statically operate in a first mode and a second subset of blocks configured to dynamically switch between operating in the first mode and a second mode. A block operating in the second mode may be configured to store relatively more bits per memory cell than a block operating in the first mode. The controller may track and store, for each block of the second subset of blocks, a respective ratio of cycles performed in the first mode to cycles performed in the second mode. The controller may select a block from the second subset of blocks to switch between modes responsive to a trigger and based on the respective ratio for the block.
US11556472B1
A data processing system includes a plurality of snoopers, a processing unit including master, and a system fabric communicatively coupling the master and the plurality of snoopers. The master sets a retry operating mode for an interconnect operation in one of alternative first and second operating modes. The first operating mode is associated with a first type of snooper, and the second operating mode is associated with a different second type of snooper. The master issues a memory access request of the interconnect operation on the system fabric of the data processing system. Based on receipt of a combined response representing a systemwide coherence response to the request, the master delays an interval having a duration dependent on the retry operating mode and thereafter reissues the memory access request on the system fabric.
US11556469B2
A data access system including a processor, multiple cache modules for the main memory, and a storage drive. The cache modules include a FLC controller and a main memory cache. The multiple cache modules function as main memory. The processor sends read/write requests (with physical address) to the cache module. The cache module includes two or more stages with each stage including a FLC controller and DRAM (with associated controller). If the first stage FLC module does not include the physical address, the request is forwarded to a second stage FLC module. If the second stage FLC module does not include the physical address, the request is forwarded to the storage drive, a partition reserved for main memory. The first stage FLC module has high speed, lower power operation while the second stage FLC is a low-cost implementation. Multiple FLC modules may connect to the processor in parallel.
US11556468B2
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for sharing memory using a multi-ring shared, traversable and dynamic database. In aspects, the database may be synchronized and shared between multiple processes and/or operation mode protection rings of a system. The database may also be persisted to enable the management of information between hardware reboots and application sessions. The information stored in the database may be view independent, traversable, and resizable from various component views of the database. In some aspects, an event processor is additionally described. The event processor may use the database to allocate memory chunks of a shared heap to components/processes in one or more protection modes of the operating system.
US11556461B2
A method and apparatus for performing a user interface test by a middleware server including determining a state change of a portion of the user interface, receiving a test command indicative of a user interface functional test from a test interface, determining an auxiliary test associated with the test command, generating an altered test command requesting performance of the user interface functional test and the auxiliary test, transmitting the altered test command to the user interface, receiving a functional result from the user interface in response to the altered test command, generating an altered test result indicative of the functional result, and transmitting the altered test result to the test interface.
US11556460B2
A device is further configured to determine a location within a spatial domain for a first program. The device is further configured to determine a first distance threshold value that corresponds with a first distance away from the location of the first program within the spatial domain. The device is further configured to determine distances between the location of the first program and locations of other programs from the plurality of programs and to identify one or more programs from the plurality of programs that are less than the first distance threshold value. The device is further configured to identify the one or more programs from the plurality of programs that are less than the first distance threshold value.
US11556458B2
Examples described herein include systems and methods for fuzz testing low-level virtual devices and virtual devices with DMA write functionality. A fuzz tester includes components distributed across a virtual machine and its host system. The fuzz testing components in the virtual machine are implemented as firmware installed in the virtual machine's ROM. These components operate independent of data stored in the virtual machine's RAM and do not require an operating system to be installed on the virtual machine. As a result, any changes made to the virtual machine's RAM during the fuzzing process by low-level virtual devices or virtual devices with DMA write functionality cannot interrupt the fuzz testing or otherwise negatively impact the fuzz tester itself.
US11556454B2
Immersive web-based simulator for digital assistant-based applications is provided. A system can provide, for display in a web browser, an inner iframe configured to load, in a secure, access restricted computing environment, an application configured to integrate with a digital assistant. The application can be provided by a third-party developer device. The system can provide, for display in a web browser, an outer iframe configured with a two-way communication protocol to communicate with the inner iframe. The system can provide a state machine to identify a current state of the application loaded in the inner frame, and load a next state of the application responsive to a control input.
US11556447B2
A usage prediction method executed by a computer, the usage prediction method includes classifying a plurality of records corresponding to a plurality of times included in first time-series data indicating a history of usages of a resource into a plurality of groups respectively corresponding to attributes of the plurality of times; generating second time-series data for each attribute by combining the records belonging to the group corresponding to the same attribute for the plurality of classified groups in order of the times; generating, for each attribute, an expression for calculating a predicted value to be used for calculating a predicted value of the usage based on the generated second time-series data; and calculating the predicted value of the usage based on the expression for calculating the predicted value for each attribute.
US11556440B2
A memory module may include a first memory module comprising a plurality of first memory devices each having an extra memory region, a second memory module comprising a plurality of second memory devices each having an extra memory region, and a control logic suitable for writing/reading data to/from the first memory devices, wherein the control logic writes/reads target data to be transferred to/from a third memory device having an error among the first memory devices, to/from the extra memory regions of the second memory devices.
US11556439B2
A method and corresponding set-up system arrangement are provided for actuating execution units. A communication node is further provided which is suitable for use in the method or in the system arrangement. Also provided is a computer program comprising control commands which implement the proposed method or operate the proposed system arrangement.
US11556437B2
Examples include a method of live migrating a virtual device by creating a virtual device in a virtual machine, creating first and second interfaces for the virtual device, transferring data over the first interface, detecting a disconnection of the virtual device from the virtual machine, switching data transfers for the virtual device from the first interface to the second interface, detecting a reconnection of the virtual device to the virtual machine, and switching data transfers for the virtual device from the second interface to the first interface.
US11556434B2
In a real-time communication processing system of the present disclosure, at least one computer transmits a notification to a management apparatus when a virtual machine on the computer has the possibility of experiencing unstable operation related to real-time communication processing. When a virtual processor is free, the management apparatus instructs the computer to allocate the virtual processor to the virtual machine that has the possibility of experiencing unstable operation. When a virtual processor is not free, the management apparatus instructs the computer to allocate a virtual processor, secured by live migration of a virtual machine capable of live migration, to the virtual machine that has the possibility of experiencing unstable operation.
US11556420B2
Methods, devices, systems, and apparatus including computer-readable mediums for managing error correction coding in memory systems are provided. In one aspect, a memory system includes a system controller configured to communicate with a host device, and a memory device coupled to the system controller. The memory device includes at least one memory and a memory controller coupled to the at least one memory. The memory controller includes an error correction code (ECC) circuit configured to perform error correction coding for data received from at least one of the system controller or the at least one memory.
US11556404B2
A computer-implemented method for testing failover may include: determining one or more cross-regional dependencies and traffic flow of an application in a first region of a cloud environment, wherein the one or more cross-regional dependencies include a dependency of the application in the first region of the cloud environment to one or more applications in at least one other region of the cloud environment; determining a risk score associated with performing failover of the application to a second region of the cloud environment at least based on the determined one or more cross-regional dependencies and traffic flow of the application; comparing the determined risk score with a predetermined risk score; in response to determining that the determined risk score is lower than the predetermined risk score, performing failover of the application to the second region of the cloud environment; isolating the second region of the cloud environment from the first region of the cloud environment for a predetermined period of time; and monitoring operation of the application in the second region of the cloud environment during the predetermined period of time.
US11556402B2
Approaches for data processing are disclosed that include receiving, from a client, an application programming interface (API) request at an API endpoint of an API, where the API endpoint is configured to process data requests at a data plane of the API, identifying, from a header of the API request, a request for metadata associated with the API, redirecting the API request to a metadata plane of the API, retrieving, at the metadata plane of the API, the requested metadata based on the header of the API request, and transmitting, via the API endpoint and to the client, a response message indicating the requested metadata.
US11556398B2
A data management platform for managing interconnected data and its derivatives is disclosed. For one example of the present disclosure, the data management platform receives data assets to a data management platform through an API gateway. The data assets are reformatted based upon a corresponding data model. A set of data management features are accessed through a corresponding API. The set of data management modules includes tagging, ownership, relationship, cataloging, discovery, lineage and provenance, and lifecycle. The management modules provide dynamic identification of interconnections between the data assets. Interconnections for the data assets are generated and the data assets and the interconnection data are stored based upon a format of the data.
US11556396B2
The present invention relates to the field of database management systems, and in particular to a method and system for executing queries in a runtime. Embodiments of the invention provide a computer-implemented method, computer program product, and system for database management. The system exposes the underlying storage structures used to manage the data. The system also supports running a query native to a language runtime.
US11556395B2
Data race detection in multi-threaded programs can be achieved by leveraging per-thread memory protection technology in conjunction with a custom dynamic memory allocator to protect shared memory objects with unique memory protection keys, allowing data races to be turned into inter-thread memory access violations. Threads may acquire or release the keys used for accessing protected memory objects at the entry and exit points of critical sections within the program. An attempt by a thread to access a protected memory object within a critical section without the associated key triggers a protection fault, which may be indicative of a data race.
US11556389B2
A system for provisioning resources includes a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to receive a time series of past usage data. The past usage data comprises process usage data and instance usage data. The processor is further configured to determine an upcoming usage data based at least in part on the time series of the past usage data, and provision a computing system according to the upcoming usage data.
US11556387B2
Provided are methods, systems, computer program products for scheduling jobs. The method may include receiving a request for allocating resources for a first job, a job comprising information regarding maximum amount of resources required by the job; determining a type of the first job; obtaining at least one backfill of the first job based on the determined type; allocating the maximum amount of resources from system resources to the first job; searching a second job in waiting jobs to be allocated resources, the second job being suitable to be allocated used resources by the first job from the maximum amount of resources allocated to the first job during the at least one backfill; allocating the resources unused by the first job from the maximum amount of resources allocated to the first job to the second job in response to the first job running to the at least one backfill.
US11556386B2
Resource allocation problems involve identification of resource, selection by certain criteria and offering of resources to the requester. Identification of required resources may involve matching the type of resource, selecting based on user requirements and policy criteria, and offering the resource through an assignment system. An apparatus and a method are provided that enable identification and selection of resources. The method includes receiving a resource allocation request for the allocation of a resource, the resource allocation request specifying a set of user requirements. The method includes receiving an operator policy associated with the resource, the operator policy including one or more policy requirements. The method includes synthesizing a resource request based on the resource allocation request and the operator policy. Synthesizing the resource request based on the resource allocation request and the operator policy comprises combining the user requirements with the one or more of the policy requirements.
US11556384B2
This disclosure describes techniques for improving allocation of computing resources to computation of machine learning tasks, including on massive computing systems hosting machine learning models. A method includes a computing system, based on a computational metric trend and/or a predicted computational metric of a past task model, allocating a computing resource for computing of a machine learning task by a current task model prior to runtime of the current task model; computing the machine learning task by executing a copy of the current task model; quantifying a computational metric of the copy of the current task model; determining a computational metric trend based on the computational metric; deriving a predicted computational metric of the copy of the current task model based on the computational metric; and, based on the computational metric trend, changing allocation of a computing resource for computing of the machine learning task by the current task model.
US11556381B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for distributing machine learning workloads, e.g., computations for training a neural network or computing an inference using a neural network, across multiple hardware accelerators. One of the systems comprises a plurality of accelerator islands, each hardware accelerator island comprising a respective plurality of hardware devices that include a plurality of hardware accelerators and a corresponding host for each of the plurality of hardware accelerators; and a respective scheduler for each of the accelerator islands that is configured to schedule workloads across the plurality of accelerators and corresponding hosts in the accelerator island, wherein the system is configured to: receive data representing a machine learning workload; and assign a respective portion of the machine learning workload to each of the plurality of accelerator islands for scheduling by the respective scheduler for the accelerator island.
US11556369B2
This application describes a virtual machine deployment method and an operation and maintenance management (OMM) virtual machine. The method includes: obtaining, by an OMM virtual machine, a quantity and a specification of service virtual machines created in virtual network function application software to which the OMM virtual machine belongs; and determining, by the OMM virtual machine based on load that needs to be carried by the application software and the quantity and the specification of the service virtual machines, a module to be configured for each service virtual machine. The described implementations avoid or reduce waste of virtual machine resources.
US11556366B2
A container login method, a container login apparatus, and a storage medium are provided. In an example embodiment, a target container login request from a browser is received; a first connection between a server and the browser is established based on the target container login request; an address of a control node corresponding to a container cluster in which a target container is located is obtained based on an identifier of the container cluster; and a second connection between the server and the target container is established based on the address of the control node and an identifier of the target container, to log in to the target container.
US11556359B2
First data indicative of a first plurality of transactions by a user may be processed to generate first behavioral information describing the user. The first behavioral information may be displayed by an interactive user interface. A user input made in response to the first behavioral information may be received and analyzed to generate user preference information indicating a relationship between the first user input and the first behavioral information. Second data indicative of a second plurality of transactions by the user may be received and processed with the user preference information to generate second behavioral information describing the user. The second behavioral information may be displayed by the interactive user interface differently from the first behavioral information by the interactive user interface as a result of the processing of the second data and the user preference information together.
US11556355B2
A method, a system, and computer program product for application function library installation for cloud-based systems. An application function in a plurality of application functions is executed. The application function is executed using a server instance running in a container. A determination is made that execution of the application function requires an application function library. The application function library for executing of the application function is obtained. The obtained application function library is loaded during runtime of the application function.
US11556342B1
Techniques are disclosed for utilizing configurable delays in an instruction stream. A set of instructions to be executed on a set of engines are generated. The set of engines are distributed between a set of hardware elements. A set of configurable delays are inserted into the set of instructions. Each of the set of configurable delays includes an adjustable delay amount that delays an execution of the set of instructions on the set of engines. The adjustable delay amount is adjustable by a runtime application that facilitates the execution of the set of instructions on the set of engines. The runtime application is configured to determine a runtime condition associated with the execution of the set of instructions on the set of engines and to adjust the set of configurable delays based on the runtime condition.
US11556331B2
Provided is a program update management device that includes: an acquiring part that acquires a scene signal indicating a scene in which a vehicle is used; a determining part that determines a level indicating how strongly the vehicle is restricted when respective functions of a plurality of ECUs are impaired, the plurality of ECUs each having the same function in the scene indicated by the scene signal; and a selecting part that selects, from among the plurality of ECUs, an ECU for which a program update is performed, based on the level.
US11556330B2
A method and a system for automating security updates in a multi-tiered architecture of a system environment. The method includes receiving a software update note relating to a multi-tiered architecture system environment and determining a patch in the software update note is initially compatible with the system environment. The method also includes predicting, by a patch acceptance machine learning model, the patch is patchable within the system environment and predicting, by an installation machine learning model, an installation patch time for the patch on the system environment. The method also includes installing the patch at the installation patch time on the system environment, and validating the patch installation using a validation machine learning model.
US11556322B2
Systems and methods for controlling configurations of deployments of sets of enterprise software applications to users are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store information, including executable code for a set of enterprise software applications and a configuration database including deployment-specific configuration settings and corresponding setting values; effectuate deployment of the set of enterprise software applications on a first deployment server; obtain modification databases with updated configuration settings; and modify the configuration settings of the first deployment server based on the modification databases.
US11556319B2
Systems and methods are described for extending a live range for a virtual scalar register during compiling of a program, comprising: receiving an intermediate representation (IR) of a source code configured for implementing single-instruction-multiple-thread (SIMT) execution, the IR representing the source code as control flow graph including a plurality of basic blocks (BB); and when a virtual scalar register defined in a first BB of the IR is last used in a second BB of the IR that is a divergent BB, modifying the IR to extend the live range of the virtual scalar register.
US11556318B2
The present invention generally relates to the field of automated and flexible information extraction for assisted and streamlined development of computer code. The invention provides for accommodating coding representations of reusable utilities in a technology agnostic pattern so that, based on a specified coding stack, the technology agnostic embeddings can be decoded and deployed into developers' integrated development environment. The present invention includes a technologic agnostic digital wallet for developers capable of storing reusable components either from open source repositories or user-defined functions in an embedded pattern in a centralized storage platform such as cloud or hosted virtual desktop.
US11556316B2
A method may include receiving a first definition of an object type from a first software component and a second definition of the object type from a second software component. The object type may be labeled by an ID. The method may further include storing, in a dynamic graph, a node labeled by the ID, and storing, in a type definition repository external to the dynamic graph, the first definition of the object type and the second definition of the object type. The method may further include receiving, from the first software component, a modified first definition of the object type. The method may further include replacing, in the type definition repository and using the ID, the first definition of the object type with the modified first definition, and transmitting, to the second software component, a message indicating a need to lookup, by the ID, the modified first definition.
US11556312B2
A co-processor for performing a matrix multiplication of an input matrix with a data matrix in one step may be provided. The co-processor receives input signals for the input matrix as optical signals. A plurality of photonic memory elements is arranged at crossing points of an optical waveguide crossbar array. The plurality of memory elements is configured to store values of the data matrix. Input signals are connected to input lines of the optical waveguide crossbar array. Output lines of the optical waveguide crossbar array represent a dot-product between a respective column of the optical waveguide crossbar array and the received input signals, and values of elements of the input matrix to be multiplied with the data matrix correspond to light intensities received at input lines of the respective photonic memory elements. Additionally, different wavelengths are used for each column of the input matrix optical signals.
US11556309B2
A method includes determining, by an assistant executing at one or more processors, a default group of actions that the assistant is configured to execute in response to receiving a particular audible command. The method includes determining, by the assistant, based on the default group of actions and a user profile associated with a particular user, a custom group of actions that the assistant is configured to execute in response to receiving the particular audible command from the particular user. The method also includes receiving, by the assistant, an indication of the particular audible command, and determining, by the assistant, whether the indication of particular audible command originated from the particular user. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the indication of particular audible command originated from the particular user, executing, by the assistant, each action from the custom group of actions.
US11556307B2
Example techniques relate to local voice control in a media playback system. A satellite device (e.g., a playback device or microcontroller unit) may be configured to recognize a local set of keywords in voice inputs including context specific keywords (e.g., for controlling an associated smart device) as well as keywords corresponding to a subset of media playback commands for controlling playback devices in the media playback system. The satellite device may fall back to a hub device (e.g., a playback device) configured to recognize a more extensive set of keywords. In some examples, either device may fall back to the cloud for processing of other voice inputs.
US11556299B1
The present application relates to a method for seamless splicing of a special-shaped display screen, including: dividing the special-shaped display screen into a number of regular quadrilateral modules and a number of special-shaped modules; calculating a number of LED light pieces on a first side of a regular quadrilateral module after division; determining the number of the LED light pieces arranged on the first side of the regular quadrilateral module; calculating a number of LED light pieces arranged on a second side of the regular quadrilateral module, and the second side is adjacent to the first side; and continuing for the number of special-shaped modules obtained above.
US11556297B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions, in response to being activated by an operating system, causing the portable terminal to perform: a first acceptance process of accepting an operation designating one of image forming devices communicable; a first storage process of causing the memory to store a first device ID, as a designated device ID; a second acceptance process of accepting an operation designating contents; and an operation instruction process of transmitting operation instruction information, and the computer-readable instructions, in response to being activated by another program, causing the portable terminal to perform: an acquisition process of acquiring, from the another program, a second device ID for identifying the image forming device; and a second storage process of causing the memory to store the second device ID, as the designated device ID.
US11556296B2
A printing apparatus determines, upon receiving information from a server that printing of a print job acquired from the server should be cancelled after the start of print processing of the print job, whether the cancellation should be accepted. If it is determined the cancellation should be accepted, execution of the print processing is cancelled and terminated and the server is notified, and if it is determined the cancellation should not be accepted, the server is notified of an execution result indicating that output of the print job has been completed. The printing apparatus further notifies the server of the execution result indicating that output of the print job has been completed when the printing of the print job has been successfully completed before cancellation and termination of the execution of the print processing, even in a case where it is determined that the cancellation should be accepted.
US11556293B2
An image processing device includes a job entry unit, a link setter, an association setter, an additional item setter, and a controller. The job entry unit enters jobs. The link setter associates the jobs entered by the job entry unit. The association setter associates one or more items common to the associated jobs. The additional item setter adds an additional item to one of the jobs, the additional item being for entering correction item information for correcting item information of a predetermined item among the one or more items associated by the association setter. The controller performs the jobs based on (i) item information of the one or more items associated by the association setter and (ii) additional item information of the additional item added by the additional item setter.
US11556291B2
An image forming apparatus includes a processor configured to: transmit an inquiry as to whether or not printing of print data is allowed to an authenticated terminal when the print data are received from an external terminal, the authenticated terminal having an authority to perform printing and the external terminal being not registered in advance as the authenticated terminal; and make preparation to print the print data when a permission to print the print data is received from the authenticated terminal.
US11556289B2
An example system may include a plurality of print devices, a supply attachment, and a device remote to the plurality of print devices. The plurality of print devices may receive the supply attachment. The device remote to the plurality of print devices may receive signals via the supply attachment that are indicative of print device information data from the plurality of print devices.
US11556278B2
The present technology relates to an electronic system including a host and a memory system. The host includes a request merge manager configured to generate one or more operation request sets, a first request set queue configured to store one or more of transmission request sets and operation request sets, a first scheduler configured to control the priorities of the operation request sets and the transmission request sets, a second request set queue configured to store the operation request sets sequentially output from the first request set queue, a second scheduler configured to generate a transmission request set, and a request set detector configured to transmit, to the first scheduler, request information on a request set having a highest priority.
US11556276B2
A memory system includes: a memory device; a first queue suitable for queuing commands received from a host; a second queue suitable for enqueuing the commands from the first queue and dequeuing the commands to the memory device according to the FIFO scheme; and a processor suitable for: delaying enqueuing a read command into the second queue until the program operation is successfully performed when a logical address of a write command, in response to which a program operation is being performed, is the same as a logical address corresponding to the read command enqueued in the first queue; and determining whether or not to enqueue a subsequent read command, which is enqueued in the first queue after the read command, into the second queue.
US11556269B2
An information processing system includes a first storage system for supplying a primary site, and a second storage system for supplying a secondary site. The first storage system is allowed to execute replication by transferring a processing history of a data volume of the first storage system to the second storage system, and to transfer multiple processing histories collectively. The first storage system integrates histories of multiple write accesses included in the multiple processing histories to be collectively transferred, which are duplicatedly addressed on the volume for transfer.
US11556266B2
A method for storing data in a system that includes a plurality of storage devices, the method that includes obtaining object usage data from the plurality of storage devices, determining, using the object usage data, object clusters, where at least one object cluster of the object clusters includes at least two objects that are associated based on access patterns, migrate a first object, of the two objects, from a first storage device of the plurality of storage devices to a second storage device of the plurality of storage devices.
US11556265B2
Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for unified host-based data migration are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes identifying a first storage array and a second storage array associated with a host device; determining a set of characteristics related to the host device for migrating data from the first storage array to the second storage array; and migrating the data based at least in part on the set of characteristics, wherein the migrating comprises: creating a set of target devices on the second storage array and provisioning the set of target devices to the host device; and moving the data from a set of source devices on the first storage array to the target devices on the second storage array.
US11556258B1
A processing device in a memory system identifies, while the memory device is in a first state condition, a plurality of workload conditions associated with the memory device, wherein the plurality of workload conditions comprise data reflecting a performance condition of the memory device. The processing device determines, while the memory device is in the first state condition, a host rate of a host system write performance for the memory device based on one or more workload conditions of the plurality of workload conditions. The processing device determines that one or more workload conditions of the plurality of workload conditions satisfies a first threshold criterion. Responsive to determining that the one or more workload conditions of the plurality of workload conditions satisfies the first threshold criterion, the processing device detects a change in a condition of the memory device from the first state to a second state. The processing device determines, while the memory device is in the second state condition, an adjusted host rate based on the host rate and a calculated adjustment value. The processing device uses the adjusted host rate to determine a credit consuming rate for a host write operation for the memory device.
US11556257B2
A processor of a memory sub-system can select a data retention profile from among a plurality of data retention profiles corresponding to the memory device. The processor can also adjust a wear life indicator based on the selected data retention profile.
US11556250B2
A system including a stack of two or more layers of volatile memory, such as layers of a 3D stacked DRAM memory, places data in the stack based on a temperature or a refresh rate. When a threshold is exceeded, data are moved from a first region to a second region in the stack, the second region having one or both of a second temperature lower than a first temperature of the first region or a second refresh rate lower than a first refresh rate of the first region.
US11556249B2
Techniques for reducing write amplification in solid state storage are disclosed. A storage device includes single-level cell (SLC) and multi-level cell (MLCs) portions. A controller may allocate for storage in the SLC portions a sequential closed block pool for sequential data and a random closed block pool for random data. Responsive to certain conditions, the controller may relocate the sequential and random data from the respective sequential and random closed block pools to the MLC portions. The sequential data are relocated prior to the random data. Delaying relocation of random data reduces valid count at the relocation time, reducing write amplification and improving random reads.
US11556246B2
An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a foldable display that is at least partially foldable, at least one processor, and at least one memory. The processor implements the method, including detecting, by at least one processor, that a foldable display of the electronic device changes from an unfolded state to a partially folded state, configuring a first region of the foldable display to accept touch inputs in the partially folded state, and configuring a second region of the foldable display to accept non-touch inputs in the partially folded state.
US11556240B2
The technology provides for an electronic device with gesture detection. In this regard, the device may include a housing, and one or more sensors positioned along an inner periphery of the housing. The sensors may be adapted to detect user interaction with an outer surface of the housing. The device may further include one or more processors in communication with the plurality of sensors. The one or more processors may be configured to determine the user interaction and to determine a type of gesture based on the detected user interaction, determine a type of input command based on the determined gesture, and execute a task corresponding to the determined type of input command.
US11556235B2
A computer-implemented technique is described herein for efficiently and reliably interacting with a nonconforming application component in a windowing environment. The nonconforming application component corresponds to a type of application (such as, but not limited to, an immersive-type full-screen application) that was not originally designed for presentation of application content in a windowing environment, or was not originally designed for presentation of application content in a windowing environment of a certain type. In some implementations, the computer-implemented technique generates a composite window by: creating a system-owned frame; receiving an application-owned window; and creating the composite window by combining the frame and the application-owned window. The technique can thereafter control the composite window by performing operations on the composite window via its system-owned frame.
US11556229B2
In some embodiments, a method includes: receiving, by a computing device, information indicative of user interface (UI) elements of an application and inputs received by the UI elements; identifying, by the computing device, a feature of the application based on the received information; generating, by the computing device, a direct link to the feature by determining, from the received information, one or more of the UI elements that received inputs to navigate to the feature; and providing, by the computing device, the direct link to one or more users of the application, wherein in response to an input received on the direct link, the direct link interacts with the one or more UI elements to navigate to the application feature.
US11556225B1
Methods for displaying improved user interfaces are disclosed. The method includes receiving a user interface request to display a user interface of an issue tracking system from a user device. The user interface displays a plurality of objects and the user interface request includes a user identifier of a user of the user device and a user identifier of the requested user interface. The method further includes determining a time since the user last viewed the user interface, retrieving object data for the requested user interface based on the user interface identifier, retrieving activity data for the requested user interface based on the time since the user last viewed the user interface, and communicating the object data and activity data to the user device for displaying on the user device, the user device displaying the object data and displaying one or more activity indicators based on the received activity data.
US11556224B1
A computer program product for providing a graphical user interface for displaying of and enabling cooperative use of resources on a display of a computing device includes computer readable code means, the computer readable code means when executed by a processor device, being configured to provide an environment, the environment being configured to represent the resources on the display of the computing device, provide a first viewport to at least a portion of the environment on the display of the computing device, enable a resource to be added to the environment and be viewed within the first viewport and enable the resource to be acted upon within the first viewport.
US11556215B2
A touch sensor comprises a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and an insulation layer. The first electrode layer includes first main electrode cells connected and arranged in a first direction and second auxiliary electrode cells separated from the first main electrode cells and arranged separately in a second direction on the same lower plane. The second electrode layer includes first auxiliary electrode cells arranged separately in the first direction and stacked and connected to the first main electrode cells while having the same pattern as the first main electrode cells and second main electrode cells separated from the first auxiliary electrode cells, connected and arranged in a second direction, and stacked and connected to the second auxiliary electrode cells while having the same pattern as the second auxiliary electrode cells, on the same upper plane. The insulation layer is formed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.
US11556211B2
An integrated display and input device including a pixel array operative to provide a visually sensible output, at least one sensor operative to sense at least a position of at least one object with respect to the pixel array when the at least one object has at least a predetermined degree of propinquity to the pixel array and circuitry receiving an output from the at least one sensor and providing a non-imagewise input representing the position of the at least one object relative to the pixel array to utilization circuitry.
US11556208B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a touch apparatus including: a touch panel configured to include a plurality of touch electrodes; a touch driver configured to apply a first driving signal to a first touch electrode of the touch electrodes during a first period, and a second driving signal to the touch electrodes during a second period subsequent to the first period; and a touch controller configured to determine a detection signal as a valid touch signal based on whether a signal strength of the detection signal received in response to the first driving signal exceeds a first threshold during the first period, wherein the detection signal include at least one of a first detection signal generated by a first touch object and a second detection signal generated by a second touch object, and the first detection signal is determined as a valid touch signal, while the first threshold is set to filter the second detection signal.
US11556207B2
An automobile vehicle information system includes a touchscreen having a touchscreen capacitive sensing grid. The touchscreen displays graphics and detects touch events using the touchscreen capacitive sensing grid. A virtual touchscreen and display device is in communication with and receives the touch events detected by the touchscreen via a first digital communication link. The virtual touchscreen and display device generates graphics and maps touch coordinates to intended functions. A location of a failed virtual switch is mapped by the virtual touchscreen and display device based on screen coordinates provided by the touchscreen, the virtual touchscreen and display device generating a switch failure signal identifying the failed virtual switch. A control unit diagnoses the switch failure signal and generates a default action according to a virtual switch type.
US11556204B2
A method in which a sensor controller is connected to a sensor having an electrode group provided together with a display panel configured to operate in during a variable refresh cycle among a plurality of refresh cycles, and an active stylus performs bidirectional communication with the sensor controller. According to the method, the sensor controller acquires a present refresh cycle among the plurality of refresh cycles of the display panel, generates an uplink signal, which serves as a reference for synchronization corresponding to the acquired present refresh cycle, and transmits the uplink signal to the active stylus, which is not detected as yet or is detected already, at the present refresh cycle.
US11556193B1
A touch display device is provided in some embodiments of the present disclosure, including a cover plate, a touch sensing film, and a display module. The touch sensing film is disposed on the cover plate, and the touch sensing film includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The touch sensing film is bended from outside to inside, so that the first surface or the second surface is folded to define an overlapping region and a non-overlapping region.
US11556172B1
Methods and systems described herein are directed to viewpoint coordination of multiple users on artificial reality collaboration models. Multiple users can collaborate on 3D models in an artificial reality environment. Attention indicators can indicate to the other users where a user is looking or where the user is pointing. In some implementations, there is a central model that each user sees from her own perspective (e.g., in the center of a virtual table all users are seated around) and/or instances of the model that only an individual user sees or can manipulate. The user's attention indicators can be based on where the user is looking or pointing on the model instances. Additionally, attention indicators can be translated from a controlling user's perspective to a coordinate system defined by the model, which allows the indicators to be then presented in that model coordinate system for all users.
US11556144B2
A method for regulating a voltage reference signal includes providing a first output current during a first interval and a boosted output current during a second interval to generate a low-dropout voltage reference signal based on a first power supply voltage, a second power supply voltage, and a reference voltage level. The method includes, during the second interval, compensating for a voltage drop caused by providing the boosted output current. The first output current may be provided in a first mode of operation. The boosted output current and voltage drop compensation may be provided in a boosted mode of operation.
US11556143B2
A linear regulator includes a pass transistor, a buffer transistor, and a low-pass filter circuit. The pass transistor is configured to pass a current from an input terminal to an output terminal. The buffer transistor is coupled to the input terminal and the pass transistor, and is configured to control the pass transistor. The low-pass filter circuit is coupled to the input terminal and the buffer transistor, and is configured to modulate a threshold voltage of the buffer transistor responsive to a transient at the input terminal.
US11556136B2
Systems and methods for flexible conveyance in an assembly-line or manufacturing process are disclosed. A fleet of self-driving vehicles and a fleet-management system can be used to convey workpieces through a sequence of workstations at which operations are performed in order to produce a finished assembly. An assembly can be transported to a first workstation using a self-driving vehicle, where an operation is performed on the assembly. Subsequently, the assembly can be transported to a second workstation using the self-driving vehicle. The operation can be performed on the assembly while it is being conveyed by the self-driving vehicle.
US11556122B2
A vehicle control device for an AGV includes a call box having a user interface and a manual activation element at the user interface accessible to a user. The manual activation element generates a manual call signal. The vehicle control device includes an automated activation element operably coupled to a sensor and receiving a sensor signal from the sensor. The automated activation element generates an automated call signal based on the sensor signal without user intervention. The vehicle control device includes a communication device held by the call box that receives the manual call signal and receiving the automated call signal and communicates with the AGV to trigger operation of the AGV based on both the manual call signal and the automated call signal.
US11556113B2
Different cores of a multicore processor are used to provide diagnostics of sophisticated hardware without full redundancy by static assignment of the cores during individual cycles of the control program and comparison of the outputs. A method of automatically generating diverse programs for execution by these cores may modify one program to compile two different instructions without functionally changing that program through the use of DeMorgan equivalents and diverse compiler optimizations.
US11556098B2
Logical boundaries enclosing a physical area are defined. A segment of the logical boundaries is defined as a directional gate, wherein traversing the gate into the physical area is defined as an ingress and traversing the gate out of the physical area is defined as an egress. The directional gate is monitored, and ingresses and egresses are detected. An occupancy count of the physical area is maintained, based on monitoring the gate and detecting ingresses and egresses. One or more conditions are tracked in addition to the occupancy count. Artificial intelligence (AI) processing is applied to the maintained occupancy count and the additional tracked condition(s), in real-time as the monitoring, maintaining and tracking are occurring. One or more responsive actions are automatically taken as a result of applying the AI processing to the maintained occupancy count and the additional tracked condition(s).
US11556093B2
A method for calibrating a light smart watch includes: providing an FPC soft board under a dial, a size of the FPC soft board matching a size of the dial, the FPC soft board is divided into a plurality of partitions, each partition is insulated from other partitions, and each of watch hands and each partition form a capacitor in turn when the watch hands run; detecting a capacitance change amount of each partition, determining positions of partitions where the watch hands are currently located, and determining a current time indicated by the watch hands, according to the positions of partitions where the watch hands are currently located; comparing the current time indicated by the watch hands with a current time of a mobile terminal to determine a time error; and adjusting the watch hands, according to the time error to run in sync with the time of the mobile terminal.
US11556088B2
An apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable and which includes an accommodating portion and a replenishment port, a transfer portion configured to transfer a developer image on an image bearing member onto a recording material, a supporting tray including a supporting surface configured to support the recording material thereon, and a discharge portion configured to discharge the recording material, onto which the developer image has been transferred, on the supporting surface, wherein the supporting surface has an opening portion opening such that the replenishment port is exposed through the supporting surface, and wherein an opening/closing member configured to be movable between a closed position where the opening/closing member covers the replenishment port and serves as a part of the supporting surface and an open position where the replenishment port is exposed is provided.
US11556086B2
The image forming apparatus according to the present disclosures is configured to transmit, to a file server, an acquisition request for an updating data file at a time different from an access time, which is indicated by access time information of a setting file, by a particular time and update a content of the setting file by the acquired updating data file.
US11556084B2
An image inspection apparatus includes the following. A reader reads a sheet in which an image is printed, reads the sheet together with a background, and obtains a read image. A background member is provided in a position which is to be a background of the sheet when the sheet is read by the reader. A hardware processor extracts sheet outline information of the sheet from the read image and measures a misalignment of a position of the image with relation to the sheet based on the extracted sheet outline information. The hardware processor performs control based on a measured result of the misalignment of the position of the image. The hardware processor adjusts a degree of control performed based on the measured result of the misalignment of the position of the image according to a density difference between the sheet and the background member.
US11556076B2
An image forming apparatus includes plural photosensitive members, a scanner unit for scanning the photosensitive members, and a fixing unit for fixing toner images. The scanner unit includes a rotatable polygonal mirror for reflecting laser beams emitted in correspondence to respective photosensitive members, reflecting members for reflecting the laser beams, and a box for accommodating the polygonal mirror and the reflecting members. The box includes plural outlets for the laser beams. Of the reflecting members, first and second reflecting members reflect laser beams toward corresponding first and second outlets respectively positioned farthest from and closest to the fixing unit. A distance between the first outlet and its corresponding photosensitive member is longer than a distance between the second outlet and its corresponding photosensitive member, whereas a distance between the first reflecting member and the polygonal mirror is shorter than a distance between the second reflecting member and the polygonal mirror.
US11556075B2
A light emitting device, includes: a base plate extending in a first direction; multiple light emitting units arranged on a surface of the base plate while being shifted from each other in the first direction, and each including a support body extending in the first direction and multiple light sources supported on the support body while being arranged in the first direction; and a flow path disposed over the surface of the base plate to surround at least part of the light emitting units and allowing air to flow therethrough in the first direction.
US11556072B1
An image forming apparatus includes: a rotatable transfer cylinder with a first groove formed in an outer portion thereof in a rotational radial direction that causes an image to be transferred to a recording medium when it passes along an outer surface of the transfer cylinder; a rotatable fixing cylinder that has a second groove formed in an outer portion thereof in a rotational radial direction, that causes the image transferred to the recording medium to be fixed thereto when the recording medium passes along an outer surface of the fixing cylinder; a loop-shaped circulating member that is wrapped at least around the transfer and fixing cylinders, that circulates in response to rotations of the transfer and fixing cylinders; a recording medium holding member supported by the circulating member, disposed in the first groove when the holding member passes along the transfer cylinder and disposed in the second groove when the holding member passes along the fixing cylinder; first and second driving units that rotate the transfer and fixing cylinders respectively; and that is configured such that a ratio of a moment of inertia of the fixing cylinder to an output torque of the second driving unit is set to be greater than a ratio of a moment of inertia of the transfer cylinder to an output torque of the first driving unit.
US11556071B2
An electrostatic charge image developing carrier includes a magnetic particle and a coating resin layer that covers the magnetic particle, and an amount of the coating resin layer that is peeled off from the magnetic particle when the carrier dispersed in water is irradiated with ultrasonic waves, relative to a coating amount of the coating resin layer before ultrasonic irradiation, is 800 mass ppm or more and 2,000 mass ppm or less, and a difference between an initial coating amount of the coating resin layer of a carrier having no travel history and a coating amount of the coating resin layer of a carrier having a travel history and being taken out from an electrostatic charge image developer, relative to the initial coating amount of the coating resin layer, is 0 mass ppm or more and 3,000 mass ppm or less.
US11556063B2
A substrate support for supporting a substrate. The substrate support comprises a main body, a clamping device and a dither device. The main body comprises a support surface for supporting the substrate. The clamping device is arranged to provide the clamping force to clamp the substrate on the support surface. The dither device is configured to dither the clamping force. The dither device may be configured to dither the clamping force while the substrate W is being loaded onto the support surface.
US11556052B2
A lithography process is described by a design for a lithographic mask and a description of the lithography configuration, which may include the lithography source, collection/illumination optics, projection optics, resist, and/or subsequent fabrication steps. The actual lithography process uses a lithographic mask fabricated from the mask design, which may be different than the nominal mask design. A mask fabrication model models the process for fabricating the lithographic mask from the mask design. Typically, this is an electron-beam (e-beam) process, which includes e-beam exposure of resist on a mask blank, processing of the exposed resist to form patterned resist, and etching of the mask blank with the patterned resist. The mask fabrication model, usually in conjunction with other process models, is used to estimate a result of the lithography process. Mask correction is then applied to the mask design based on the simulation result.
US11556050B2
A wavelength conversion element according to the present disclosure includes a wavelength conversion layer having a first surface having a recessed part, and a plurality of air holes, and configured to be excited by light in a first wavelength band to thereby generate light in a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band, a particle disposed in the recessed part, a light transmissive member disposed so as to cover the recessed part and the particle, a reflecting layer disposed so as to be opposed to the first surface of the wavelength conversion layer, and a base member disposed so as to be opposed to the reflecting layer.
US11556040B2
A semiconductor device includes an electrode which is arranged on an organic material with an insulation film interposed therebetween and which does not easily peel away from the organic material along with the insulation film. An insulation film in a region including pad portions of a phase shift electrode and a modulation electrode has openings at the centers of the pad portions of the phase shift electrode and the modulation electrode, the edge portions of which are formed on the phase shift electrode and the modulation electrode. In this way, the adjoining edges of the phase shift electrode and modulation electrode and the insulation film are all covered by the insulation film so as not to be exposed to the atmosphere. By covering the cracks that occur in the insulation film in the production process with the insulation film made of SiO2, SiNX, SiONX or the like, an organic solvent such as acetone or ethanol used in the process can be prevented from seeping in between the insulation film and the organic material through the cracks in the insulation film.
US11556024B2
A display assembly of an electronic device, the electronic device, and a method for manufacturing the display assembly are provided. The electronic device includes a display assembly and a camera module. The display assembly includes a cover plate, a display panel, and a backlight module that are sequentially stacked together. The cover plate has a light transmitting region, and the light transmitting region corresponds to a display region of the display panel. The display region of the display panel defines a first mounting through hole. The first mounting through hole is provided with a light blocking layer on a hole wall of the first mounting through hole, and an end of the light blocking layer close to the cover plate is attached to the light transmitting region.
US11556023B2
An object includes an electro-optic display device provided with an optically active element, the optical properties thereof can be modified by applying an electric voltage or current between at least one electrode and one corresponding auxiliary electrode, between which the optically active element is disposed. The object further includes a middle part which delimits an opening closed by a crystal including a bottom surface beneath which the electro-optic display device is arranged. The crystal is provided with an opaque frame which is made remotely from the edges of the opening and which covers the contour of the electro-optic display device so as to conceal electrical connection elements. The electro-optic display device defines an active display area which is confined by the opaque frame, such that, when the electro-optic display device is activated and displaying information, a transparent area remains between the opaque frame and the edges of the opening.
US11556013B2
A display device includes a light source, a spatial light modulator, and an optical element. The optical element includes a reflective surface. The optical assembly is positioned relative to the light source so that at least a portion of the illumination light received by the optical element is reflected at the reflective surface back toward the light source. The spatial light modulator is positioned to receive at least a portion of the illumination light reflected by the reflective surface. A method performed by the display device is also disclosed.
US11556006B2
Disclosed is a method for detecting a shadow in an image of an eye region of a user wearing a Head Mounted Device, HMD. The method comprises obtaining, from a camera of the HMD, an image of the eye region of the user wearing a HMD and determining an area of interest in the image, the area of interest comprising a plurality of subareas. The method further comprises determining a first brightness level for a first subarea of the plurality of subareas and determining a second brightness level for a second subarea of the plurality of subareas. The method further comprises comparing the first brightness level with the second brightness level, and, based on the comparing, selectively generating a signal indicating a shadow.
US11556003B2
A cleaning apparatus that cleans a detection surface of a detection element includes a first cleaning member, a second cleaning member, a driving device, to which the first cleaning member and the second cleaning member are attached, configured to drive the first and second cleaning members to approach and recede from the detection surface, and a control unit configured to control the first and second cleaning members and the driving device.
US11556001B2
Described are optical fibers and scanning fiber displays comprising optical fibers. The disclosed optical fibers include a plurality of mass adjustment regions, such as gas-filled regions, positioned between a central waveguiding element and an outer periphery for reducing a mass of the optical fiber as compared to an optical fiber lacking the plurality of mass adjustment regions.
US11555994B2
A spectroscopy device includes an incoherent light source, tunable to a predetermined emission wavelength; a microscope platform comprising a microscope objective comprising a deep-UV optimized objective and a focal plane defined thereon; a notch filter having an absorption frequency matched to the emission wavelength; and a frequency-selective optical path from the wide-field UV light source to the microscope platform onto the focal plane and from the focal plane through the notch filter.
US11555990B2
A laser radar includes: a light source including a laser diode; an optical system configured to shape laser light emitted from the laser diode, into a line beam that is long in one direction, and project the line beam to a target area; and a scanner configured to perform scanning with the line beam in a short side direction of the line beam. The laser diode is disposed such that a fast axis of the laser diode extends along a direction corresponding to the short side direction of the line beam.
US11555982B1
Optoelectronic apparatus includes a projector, which includes an emitter array, including emitters configured to emit respective beams of optical radiation, and projection optics having an entrance face and an exit face and configured to receive the beams of the optical radiation through the entrance face and to project the beams through the exit face. An optical window is positioned adjacent to the exit face and is configured to transmit the optical radiation emitted by the emitter array toward a scene. A detector array includes multiple optical detector elements, which are configured to detect a part of the optical radiation that is reflected back into the apparatus by the optical window. A controller is coupled to monitor a spatial distribution of the optical radiation reflected by the optical window and sensed by the detector array, so as to detect and adjust for a positional deviation of the projector.
US11555981B2
An optical element driving mechanism is provided and includes a fixed assembly, a movable assembly, a driving assembly and a stopping assembly. The fixed assembly has a main axis. The movable assembly is configured to connect an optical element, and the movable assembly is movable relative to the fixed assembly. The driving assembly is configured to drive the movable assembly to move relative to the fixed assembly. The stopping assembly is configured to limit the movement of the movable assembly relative to the fixed assembly within a range of motion.
US11555980B2
A lens barrel having one end and the other end includes: a first frame that is movable and holds optical members; a second frame that is arranged to be relatively movable toward the other end with respect to the first frame, and holds optical members; and a third frame that is mounted on the first frame so as to be movable, and holds an optical member. The first frame includes a first stopper portion that comes into contact with the third frame to limit movement toward the one end. The first frame includes a second stopper portion that comes into contact with, when the first frame is most distant from the second frame, the third frame to limit movement toward the other end. The second frame includes a third stopper portion that has a contact surface located close to the one end with respect to the second stopper portion, and that comes into contact with, when the second frame is located within a range on the optical axis where the third frame is movable, the third frame to limit movement toward the other end.
US11555977B2
An optical system may include a target, a laser source, and an optical lens assembly. The optical lens assembly may include a mounting flange mounted adjacent the laser source, an objective lens aligned between the laser source and the target, and at least one adjustment stage coupled between the mounting flange and the objective lens. The adjustment stage may include a ball joint having a ball joint body, a ball receiver tube, and adjustable fasteners coupling the ball joint body to the ball receiver tube. The adjustment stage may include a translation tube having ramps thereon, and adjustable fasteners coupled between the mounting flange and the translation tube. In addition, the adjustment stage may include the mounting flange having a threaded surface thereon, and a focus ring rotatably coupled to the threaded surface of the mounting flange.
US11555976B2
An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a movable portion, a fixed portion, and a driving assembly. The movable portion connects to an optical element having a main axis. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly is used to drive the movable portion so that it moves relative to the fixed portion, wherein the movable portion comprises a first connecting portion that is movably connected to the fixed portion.
US11555975B2
A telecommunications component includes an outer housing that includes a badge holder. The badge holder is configured to receive a badge. The badge is configured to be inserted into the badge holder. The badge includes a feature that is identifying of the source of the telecommunications component and the feature is at least one of a logo, a specific color, text information, a barcode, a QR code, and a RFID tag. The badge includes a pair of arms extending from opposing sides to engage with the badge holder of outer housing. The badge includes a securing feature that is configured to secure the badge within the badge holder.
US11555974B2
Disclosed is an armored fire resistant fiber optic cable including a core comprising a central strength member, and a plurality of buffer tubes arranged around said central strength member, each buffer tube containing a plurality of optical fibers; a first mica layer arranged around the core; an inner sheath surrounding the first mica layer; a metal wire armor surrounding the inner sheath; and an outer sheath surrounding and in direct contact with the metal wire armor, wherein a second mica layer surrounds the inner sheath and the metal wire armor surrounds the second mica layer.
US11555969B2
A ferrule-based fiber optic connectors having a ferrule retraction balancing characteristic for preserving optical performance are disclosed. The fiber optic connector comprises a connector assembly, a connector sleeve assembly and a balancing resilient member. The connector assembly comprises a ferrule and a resilient member for biasing the ferrule forward and the connector sleeve assembly comprises a housing and a ferrule sleeve, where the connector assembly is at least partially disposed in the passageway of the housing and the ferrule of the connector assembly is at least partially disposed in the ferrule sleeve. The balancing resilient member biases the housing to a forward position with a the biasing resilient member having a predetermined resilient force that is greater than the friction force required for displacement of the ferrule within the ferrule sleeve.
US11555961B1
A waveguide illuminator for illuminating a display panel includes an input waveguide, a waveguide splitter coupled to the input waveguide, and a waveguide array coupled to the waveguide splitter. The waveguide array includes an array of out-couplers out-coupling portions of the split light beam to form an array of out-coupled beam portions for illuminating a display panel. The out-coupled beam portions undergo optical interference and form a Talbot pattern of illumination correlated with pixel array of the display panel, enabling an optical throughput increase by centering individual Talbot peaks on the display panel pixels.
US11555951B2
A display device includes a cover structure, a light guide plate, and a display panel. The cover structure includes an anti-glare layer, a light blocking frame, and an adhesive layer. The anti-glare layer has a display region and an non-display region. The light blocking frame surrounds a receiving space. An orthogonal projection of the light blocking frame on the anti-glare layer is located within the non-display region. An adhesive layer is located in the receiving space of the light blocking frame. The light guide plate is located on the surface of the adhesive layer facing away from the anti-glare layer. The display panel is adjacent to the light guide plate.
US11555949B2
A high-performance optical absorber, having a texturized base layer, the base layer comprising one or more of a polymer film and a polymer coating; and a surface layer located above and immediately adjacent to the base layer. The surface layer is joined to the base layer and the surface layer has a plasma-functionalized, non-woven carbon nanotube (CNT) sheet, wherein the base layer texturization comprises one or more of substantially rectangular ridges, substantially triangular ridges, substantially pyramidal ridges, and truncated, substantially pyramidal ridges.
US11555943B2
A method for training a predictive reservoir simulation in which high-confidence reservoir sample data is used to identify misallocated historical production data used in the simulation. A neural network algorithm is trained with high-confidence reservoir historical production data. High-confidence reservoir sample data is obtained by at least one sensor at a reservoir location over a time interval, after which the reservoir historical production data is parametrically varied over the time interval to determine a time-indexed discrepancy between the reservoir historical production data and the high-confidence reservoir sample data over the time interval. The time-indexed discrepancy and a defined threshold discrepancy are then used as inputs to a machine learning process to further train the neural network algorithm to identify reservoir historical production data whose discrepancy exceeds the threshold discrepancy and thereby constitutes misallocated historical production data. The misallocated data is later back allocated to respective wells by back propagation algorithm.
US11555935B2
A mask for use in compressed sensing of incoming radiation includes a material that modulates an intensity of incoming radiation, a plurality of mask aperture regions, and one or more axes of rotational symmetry with respect to the mask aperture regions. Each mask aperture region includes at least one mask aperture that allows a higher transmission of the incoming radiation relative to other portions of the mask aperture region. The relative transmission sufficient to allow a reconstruction of compressed sensing measurements and has a shape that provides a symmetry under rotation about the one or more axes of rotational symmetry. A mutual coherence of a sensing matrix generated by a rotation of the plurality of mask aperture regions is less than one. An imaging system for compressed sensing of incoming radiation including such a mask is also provided.
US11555928B2
A method may include obtaining sensor data from one or more LiDAR units and determining a point-cloud corresponding to the sensor data obtained from each respective LiDAR unit. The method may include aggregating the point-clouds as an aggregated point-cloud and generating an initial proposal for a two-dimensional ground model made of multiple grid blocks. The method may include filtering out unrelated raw data points from each grid block of the plurality of grid blocks to generate a filtered point-cloud matrix. The method may include identifying one or more surface-points and one or more object-points included in the filtered point-cloud matrix and generating an array of extracted objects based on the object-points.
US11555924B2
A handheld laser distance measuring device for a contactless distance measurement between the laser distance measuring device and a remote object uses a laser beam that is emitted by the laser distance measuring device. The laser distance measuring device includes a device-side coupling device paired with the device housing. The coupling device is configured for reversibly arranging at least one attachment device on the laser distance measuring device. By arranging the at least one attachment device on the laser distance measuring device, at least one additional functionality can be provided.
US11555923B2
LIDAR systems, and methods of measuring a scene are disclosed. A laser source emits one or more optical beams. A scanning optical system scans the optical beams over a scene and captures reflections from the scene. A measurement subsystem independently measures the reflections from N subpixels within each scene pixel, where N is an integer greater than 1, and combines the measurements of the reflections from the N subpixels to determine range and/or range rate for the pixel.
US11555915B2
A method and electronic device for determining relevant signals in radar signal processing. The electronic device includes a radar transceiver, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to cause the electronic device to obtain, via the radar transceiver of the electronic device, radar measurements for one or more modes in a set of modes; process the radar measurements to obtain a set of radar images; identify relevant signals in the set of radar images based on signal determination criteria for an application; and perform the application using only the relevant signals.
US11555911B2
In some examples, a system includes a transceiver configured to transmit a first surveillance message at a first power level at or below a first maximum power level. The system also includes processing circuitry coupled to the transceiver, the processing circuitry configured to determine that a threshold condition exists. The processing circuitry is also configured to determine a second maximum power level in response to determining that the threshold condition exists, where the second maximum power level is lower than the first maximum power level. The transceiver is configured to transmit, in response to the processing circuitry determining that the threshold condition exists, a second surveillance message at a second power level, wherein the second power level is at or below the second maximum power level.
US11555907B2
Metamaterials are described which can be employed with satellites, e.g., small sats, to increase the observability of such satellites. Any type of suitable metamaterial can be used. In exemplary embodiments fractal-based patterns or structures may be used.
US11555905B2
A light detection and ranging system is disclosed. The system includes a first light source for sending a light signal and a photo detector for receiving a light signal from the surroundings of the system. A signal processing unit receives and processes the light signal to detect objects in the surroundings of the system. A control unit controls, particularly synchronizing, the first light source, the photo detector and/or the signal processing unit. The system further includes a test unit for testing the photo detector and the signal processing unit. The test unit a second light source for sending a test light signal within the system to the photo detector.
US11555902B1
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system includes an automatic gain control (AGC) unit to reduce the dynamic range, reducing processing power and saving circuit area and cost. The system detects a return beam of a light signal transmitted to a target, having a first dynamic range in a time domain. An analog to digital converter (ADC) generates a digital signal based on the return beam. A processor can perform time domain processing on the digital signal, convert the digital signal from the time domain to a frequency domain, and perform frequency domain processing on the digital signal in the frequency domain. The AGC unit can measure a power of the return beam, and apply variable gain in the frequency domain to reduce a dynamic range of the return beam to a second dynamic range lower than the first dynamic range.
US11555894B2
The present disclosure relates to an adaptive, free-space optical system. The system may have a controller and a digital micromirror (DMM) array responsive to the controller. The digital micromirror may include a plurality of independently controllable micromirror elements forming a receiver for receiving optical signals from an environmental scene. At least two of the plurality of independently controllable micromirror elements are steerable in different directions to receive optical signals emanating from two or more locations within the environmental scene. A beam steering subsystem forms a portion of the micromirror array and is in communication with the controller for receiving control signals from the controller. A detector is used to receive an incoming free space optical signal imaged by at least one of the micromirror elements.
US11555893B2
Disclosed are a laser scanning device, a radar device, and a scanning method thereof. The laser scanning device comprises a scanning prism comprising a plurality of scanning mirror surfaces, wherein the plurality of scanning mirror surfaces rotates about a scanning axis, a normal of each of the scanning mirror surfaces forms a certain angle with respect to the scanning axis, and the angles thereof are not all the same; a transceiving component comprising a laser transmitting unit and a laser receiving unit, wherein the laser transmitting unit generates a scanning line by rotation of the scanning mirror surfaces, and the same laser transmitting unit generates a plurality of scanning lines by rotation of the scanning prism.
US11555888B2
A method for calibrating a vehicular radar sensing system includes disposing two spaced apart calibrating radars at respective transmitting locations that are spaced from a vehicle calibration location at an end of line portion of a vehicle assembly line, and moving a vehicle along the vehicle assembly line, the vehicle including an electronic control unit (ECU) and a vehicular radar operable to sense exterior of the vehicle. Signals are transmitted via the first and second calibrating radars at the transmitting locations and, with the vehicle at the vehicle calibration location, the plurality of radar receivers of the vehicular radar receive the transmitted signals transmitted by the first and second calibrating radars, and the vehicular radar generates an output that is processed at the ECU. Responsive to processing at the ECU of the output of the vehicular radar, misalignment of the vehicular radar at the vehicle is determined.
US11555879B2
A signal processing unit performs, on the basis of a received electric field signal from an antenna by which a beam is scanned within a predetermined azimuthal angle and a signal of an azimuthal angle of the scanned beam, a Fourier transform on a distribution function of the received electric field signal into a frequency domain of the azimuthal angle, divides a signal according to a first spectral function by a signal according to a second spectral function, the first spectral function being obtained by performing the Fourier transform, the second spectral function being obtained by performing a Fourier transform on an antenna pattern of the antenna into a frequency domain of the azimuthal angle, and subjects the divided signal to fitting by using Prony's method with exponential functions including real parts and imaginary parts in arguments.
US11555877B2
Embodiments facilitate generation of a prediction of long-term survival (LTS) or short-term survival (STS) of Glioblastoma (GBM) patients. A first set of embodiments discussed herein relates to training of a machine learning classifier to determine a prediction for LTS or STS based on a radiographic-deformation and textural heterogeneity (r-DepTH) descriptor generated based on radiographic images of tissue demonstrating GBM. A second set of embodiments discussed herein relates to determination of a prediction of disease outcome for a GBM patient of LTS or STS based on an r-DepTH descriptor generated based on radiographic imagery of the patient.
US11555876B2
The present disclosure relates to quantitative magnetic resonance imaging. A time series of magnetic resonance images of an examination region are assigned to different time points following an excitation is acquired by means of a magnetic resonance device, a signal evolution varying with respect to time is determined from the magnetic resonance images for each pixel from the magnetic resonance data of all of the magnetic resonance images and, by comparison of the signal evolution with comparison evolutions stored in a database, at least one quantitative result value on which the comparison evolution exhibiting the greatest agreement is based is assigned to a respective pixel.
US11555872B2
In one aspect, a magnetic-field sensor includes main coil circuitry configured to generate a first magnetic field signal at a first frequency. A reflected signal is generated from a target caused by the first signal generated by the main coil circuitry. The magnetic field sensor also includes magnetoresistance circuitry configured to receive an error signal. The error signal is formed from a combination of the reflected signal and a second magnetic field signal. The magnetic-field sensor further includes analog circuitry configured to receive an output signal from the magnetoresistance circuitry, digital circuitry configured to receive an output signal from the analog circuitry, feedback circuitry configured to receive a feedback signal from one of the digital circuitry or the analog circuitry, and secondary coil circuitry configured to receive a driver signal from the feedback circuitry causing the secondary coil circuitry to generate the second magnetic field signal at the first frequency.
US11555868B2
An electronic circuit can have a first plurality of vertical Hall elements and a second plurality of vertical Hall elements all disposed on a substrate having a plurality of crystal unit cells, wherein the first plurality of vertical Hall elements have longitudinal axes disposed within five degrees of parallel to an edge of the crystal unit cells, and wherein the second plurality of vertical Hall elements have longitudinal axes disposed between eighty-five and ninety-five degrees relative to the longitudinal axes of the first plurality of vertical Hall elements.
US11555847B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a control unit configured to control a switching element or an output transistor of a power supply device, a monitor terminal for monitoring an output voltage of the power supply device, a test unit configured to output a test signal to the monitor terminal before activation of the power supply device, and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the monitor terminal is open, on the basis of a voltage of the monitor terminal when the test unit outputs the test signal to the monitor terminal.
US11555846B2
A system includes a signal generator, configured to pass a generated signal, which has two different generated frequencies, through a circuit including an intrabody electrode. The system further includes a processor, configured to identify, while the generated signal is passed through the circuit, a derived frequency, which is derived from the generated frequencies, on the circuit, and to generate, in response to identifying the derived frequency, an output indicating a flaw in the electrode. Other embodiments are also described.
US11555845B2
A measurement system for performing measurements. The measurement system includes a positioning system for positioning at least one device to be positioned. The positioning system includes at least two rotational positioner modules configured to perform a rotational movement, thereby rotating the device to be positioned, as well as at least one linear positioner module configured to perform a linear movement, thereby translationally moving the device to be positioned. The linear positioner module includes a mounting interface for the device to be positioned. The rotational positioner modules and the linear positioner module together are configured to move the device to be positioned from a starting point of the movement. The rotational positioner modules are configured to set the starting point. The linear positioner module is configured to move the mounting interface relative to the starting point.
US11555843B2
A method for localizing a short circuit between a conductor and an electrically conductive shield of a high-voltage cable comprises providing at least two measuring apparatuses arranged at the high-voltage cable at a known distance from one another and having timers, synchronized with one another, and a measuring device for detecting an electric current flowing in the shield and/or an earthing line connecting the shield and earth. The measuring apparatus transmits pairs of current measurement values and associated values of the timer to an analysis unit, which, upon the occurrence of a current exceeding a threshold value and/or of a current profile over time that satisfies specific stipulations, feeds to a calculation unit the associated values of the timers and also an indication about the location of the measurement, for which first effects of the short circuit occurred. The calculation unit calculates the location of a short circuit from the known distance between the measuring apparatuses and a difference between the values of the synchronized timers.
US11555842B2
A system, a method and a built-in phase noise measurement apparatus are introduced. The built-in phase noise measurement apparatus includes a first DLL and a TDC, in which the first DLL circuit controls a delay of a first signal to generate a second signal based on a control code, tune the control code until a phase of the second signal is aligned to a phase of a reference clock signal, and record a value of the control code when the phase of the second signal is aligned to the phase of the reference clock signal. The DLL circuit controls the delay of the first signal based on the value of the control code after the phase of the second signal is aligned to the phase of the reference clock signal. The TDC determines the phase noise of the first signal based on the reference clock signal and the second signal.
US11555835B2
A current sensor includes a conductor, and first and second magnetic sensing elements. The first magnetic sensing element is positioned such that the magnetic field component in the second direction of the magnetic field generated by the measurement target current flowing through the first conductor portion is opposite in polarity to the magnetic field component in the second direction of the magnetic field generated by the measurement target current flowing through the third conductor portion. The second magnetic sensing element is positioned such that the magnetic field component in the second direction of the magnetic field generated by the measurement target current flowing through the second conductor portion is opposite in polarity to the magnetic field component in the second direction of the magnetic field generated by the measurement target current flowing through the third conductor portion.
US11555819B2
A cancer test device (1) is provided with: an application unit (40) for applying a staining agent (45), which can selectively stain a product of a cancer-relating gene in a living cell a chromatic color, onto a group of living cells; an imaging unit (10) for imaging the group of living cells having the staining agent (45) applied thereto; and a determination unit (52) for determining the level of malignancy of cancerization of the group of living cells on the basis of the state of the stained expression pattern of the cancer-relating gene in the group of living cells in an image obtained by the aforementioned imaging.
US11555818B2
The present invention provides methods and materials for diagnosing cancer in an individual using a tissue, blood or urine sample from the patient. Specifically, the disclosed method comprises determining the level of one or more metabolite selected from the group consisting of creatine riboside, metabolite 561+, cortisol sulfate and N-acetylneuraminic acid. The present invention also provides a method for determining the prognosis of a cancer patient by determining the level of one or more metabolite selected from the group consisting of creatine riboside, metabolite 561+, cortisol sulfate and N-acetylneuraminic acid. Also provided are kits for detecting cancer or determining the prognosis of a cancer patient.
US11555814B2
Disclosed are: a method for activating a helper T cell, which comprises the step of adding a WT1 peptide to an antigen-presenting cell to activate the helper T cell, wherein the WT1 peptide is capable of binding to any one selected from an HLA-DRB1*1501 molecule, an HLA-DPB1*0901 molecule and an HLA-DPB1*0501 molecule; a composition for use in the method; a therapeutic and/or prophylactic method for cancer by activating a helper T cell; a pharmaceutical composition for use in the therapeutic and/or prophylactic method; and others.
US11555813B2
Monitoring apparatus for monitoring a condition of an aqueous metalworking fluid comprised of water and a lubricant, of a metalworking fluid circuit of a metalworking machine, wherein the at least one measurement element of the apparatus is remote from the metalworking fluid circuit. Method for determining a condition of a metalworking fluid, and, when required, to add water and/or lubricant to the metalworking fluid circuit.
US11555796B2
The present invention relates to a method for evaluating the thermal expansion properties of a titania-containing glass body. On the basis of measured values, obtained at a certain temperature, for a physical parameter that changes depending on the titania concentration and a physical parameter that changes depending on the fictive temperature, the thermal expansion coefficient of the titania-containing silica glass body and the slope of the thermal expansion coefficient are calculated using a linear relational expression represented by a plurality of physical properties. The thermal expansion properties of the titania-containing silica glass body are evaluated on the basis of the calculated thermal expansion coefficient and thermal expansion coefficient slope.
US11555793B1
Described is an anti-vibration fixture comprising a radiolucent enclosure and a vibration-dampening material attached to an inside face of the radiolucent enclosure. The vibration-dampening material is configured to receive a component for nondestructive testing by computed tomography (CT) scanning. The anti-vibration fixture further comprises a plurality of fasteners attached to opposing faces of the radiolucent enclosure.
US11555791B2
Measurement cavities described herein include a cylindrical chamber having a first open end and a second open end; a first cap covering the first open end of the cylindrical chamber and a second cap covering the second open end of the cylindrical chamber, wherein the first and second caps hermetically seal the cylindrical chamber and wherein the first cap is rigidly coupled to the second cap; and a wafer holder positioned within and coupled to the cylindrical chamber. The measurement cavity has a mass m, a stiffness k, and a damping constant c configured such that the transmissibility x F of an input force at 60 Hz in the measurement cavity is reduced by a factor of at least 10 and the measurement cavity has a natural frequency of greater than 300 Hz.
US11555756B2
Embodiments of system and methods for supplying fuel, enabling communications, and conveying electric power associated with operation of a hydraulic fracturing unit of a plurality of hydraulic fracturing units are disclosed and may include a fuel line connection assembly configured to be connected to the first hydraulic fracturing unit and to supply fuel from a fuel source to a gas turbine engine connected to the hydraulic fracturing unit. A system also may include a communications cable assembly configured to be connected to the hydraulic fracturing unit and to enable data communications between the hydraulic fracturing unit and a data center or another hydraulic fracturing unit. A system further may include a power cable assembly configured to be connected to the hydraulic fracturing unit and to convey electric power between the hydraulic fracturing unit and a remote electrical power source or the plurality of hydraulic fracturing units.
US11555752B2
A vehicle wiper linkage installation verification tool that includes a stabilizing bar, a first connector at a first end of the stabilizing bar, and a second connector at a second end of the stabilizing bar. The first connector and the second connector are engageable with wiper posts of a wiper assembly. A pulling tool is coupled to the stabilizing bar, wherein the pulling tool is engageable with a linkage arm of the wiper assembly, and is configured to pull the linkage arm toward the stabilizing bar.
US11555750B2
A force transducer is disclosed, which is arranged in such a way that, when a force is applied to the force transducer, two output signals from the force transducer are generated, which output signals are representative of the force components in a first plane and in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane, respectively, whereas force components in a third plane perpendicular to the first plane and the second plane do not affect the output signals from the force transducer. Furthermore, a measuring device is disclosed, comprising a handle comprising such a force transducer and a base unit, to which the handle is attached. Even further, a system for measuring muscle stiffness is disclosed, comprising a measuring unit and a processing unit, the measuring unit comprising such a measuring device.
US11555748B2
Tires including a tire bodies formed of one or more tire plies are disclosed. In some implementations, tire plies may include a temperature sensor that may detect a temperature of a respective tire ply. The temperature sensor may include a ceramic material organized as a matrix and one or more split-ring resonators (SRRs). Each of the SRRs may have a natural resonance frequency configured to shift in response to one or more of a change in an elastomeric property or a change in the temperature of a respective one or more tire plies. The temperature sensor may include an electrically-conductive layer dielectrically separated from a respective one or more SRRs. A thickness each of the SRRs may be approximately between 0.1 micrometers (μm) and 100 μm.
US11555747B2
A multi-core thermocouple includes a plurality of wires, an insulation core surrounding the plurality of wires, a sheath surrounding the insulation core, and a plurality of electrical junctions. The plurality of electrical junctions may include a first electrical junction formed between a first wire of the plurality of wires and the sheath at a first axial mid-section of the multi-core thermocouple, the first electrical junction including a first swaged axial mid-section of the sheath and a second electrical junction formed between a second wire of the plurality of wires and the sheath at a second, different axial mid-section of the multi-core thermocouple, the second electrical junction including a second swaged axial mid-section of the sheath.
US11555739B2
A detection device includes: detection elements; scan lines coupled to the detection elements and configured to supply drive signals to the detection elements; output signal lines coupled to the detection elements, detection signals from the detection elements being output to the output signal lines; a drive circuit configured to supply the drive signals to the detection elements; and a detection circuit configured to be supplied with the detection signals through the output signal lines. Each detection element includes a photoelectric conversion element, a source follower transistor configured to output a signal corresponding to an electrical charge of the photoelectric conversion element, and a read transistor configured to read the output signal of the source follower transistor and output the detection signal. During a reset period, an initial voltage obtained by superimposing a reference voltage on a threshold voltage of the source follower transistor is applied to the photoelectric conversion element.
US11555737B2
Herein disclosed is an optoelectronic measuring device. The optoelectronic measuring device comprises an objective lens, an imaging lens, a camera, and an optical path adjusting module which are disposed at the first light path. The objective lens receives a first testing light, and transforms the first testing light into a second testing light. The imaging lens receives the second testing light, and transforms the second testing light into a third testing light. The camera measures a beam characteristic of the third testing light. The optical path adjusting module, disposed between the imaging lens and the camera, comprises a mirror, the mirror moves relatively to the imaging lens according to a test command, and adjusts the distance between the imaging lens and the camera at the first light path to be a first optical distance or a second optical distance. Wherein the mirror reflects the third testing light vertically.
US11555730B2
A method and apparatus for determining particle contamination of a process fluid is disclosed herein. In one example, a fluid resistivity measurement probe is provided. The system includes an upstream fluid conduit, a downstream fluid conduit, and a measuring section. The measuring section has a metal rod, and a ground electrode. The ground electrode surrounds and is coaxial with the metal rod. The upstream fluid conduit is coupled to a first end of the ground electrode. The downstream fluid conduit is coupled to a second end of the ground electrode. The metal rod and the ground electrode define a space therebetween. The space flows a fluid from the upstream fluid conduit to the downstream fluid conduit.
US11555727B2
A pesticide volume meter for a pesticide spray system comprises a flow sensor, which measures a flow rate of a pesticide dispensed by the pesticide spray system. The pesticide volume meter also comprises a memory and a control unit. The control unit determines a volume of pesticide dispensed by the pesticide spray system based on the measured flow rate, and stores the determined volume in the memory.
US11555720B2
The present invention relates to the field of Internet of Things (IoT), and provides a gas leakage detection method based on a compound IoT and an IoT system. According to the gas leakage detection method based on the compound IoT and the IoT system provided by the present invention, whether a gas pipeline of a user has gas leakage or not is judged via a user participation manner, the judgment manner is intelligent, the judgment result is accurate and thus the gas safety of the user is guaranteed.
US11555717B2
An acoustic system and method is disclosed for providing spatial and temporal classification of a range of different types of sound producing targets in a geographical area. The system includes an optical signal transmitter arrangement for repeatedly transmitting, at multiple instants, interrogating optical signals into each of one or more optical fibres distributed across the geographical area and forming at least part of an installed fibre-optic communications network. An optical signal detector arrangement receives, during an observation period following each of the multiple instants, returning optical signals scattered in a distributed manner over distance along the one or more of optical fibres. A processing unit demodulates acoustic data from the optical signals, processes the acoustic data and classifies it in accordance with the target classes or types to generate a plurality of datasets including classification, temporal and location-related data, and a storage unit stores the datasets in parallel with raw acoustic or optical data which is time and location stamped so that it can be retrieved for further processing.
US11555713B2
An input of a destination and an input of a desired number of power supply facilities via which a vehicle travels on a route from a present location to the destination until an amount of power available becomes 0 are received. The number of facilities are selected and the route to the destination via the number of facilities is specified, the number of facilities being selected such that an amount of power with which the vehicle is able to travel a distance obtained by adding a margin distance to a distance to a farthest facility is less than the amount of power available when the route is specified. An alert is reported when the amount of power available is less than an amount of power required to travel the distance obtained by adding the margin distance to the distance to the farthest facility of the selected facilities.
US11555712B2
An apparatus for displaying a virtual lane may include: a processor to generate the virtual lane by converting lane information of a preceding vehicle into lane information viewed in a viewpoint of a host vehicle, in platooning, and a display to display the virtual lane.
US11555670B2
A foldable support for aiming an aimable device, including: (a) a coupling arrangement adapted to releasably couple the aimable device thereto; (b) a foldable leg mechanically coupled to the coupling arrangement; (c) two linear actuators adapted to be angularly spaced apart, the two linear actuators adjustably coupled to the coupling arrangement; and (d) a collapsible reinforcement frame selectively providing rigid interconnection between bases of each of the two linear actuators and the foldable leg, and collapsible to provide a compact portable form of the support.
US11555660B2
Provided is a refrigerant distributor including: a first space forming portion having a first refrigerant port and a second refrigerant port; and a second space forming portion, which extends laterally from a lower part of the first space forming portion, and has a plurality of heat transfer pipe connecting portions. A gas-liquid refrigerant mixture flows into the first space forming portion through the first refrigerant port. Heat transfer pipes are connected at positions of the plurality of heat transfer pipe connecting portions in the second space forming portion.
US11555656B2
A vapor chamber that includes a housing having a first sheet and a second sheet facing each other, wherein at least a part of an outer edge of the housing has a step shape in which an end portion of the second sheet is positioned inside an end portion of the first sheet, and the housing has a bonded portion inside the end portion of the second sheet where the first sheet and the second sheet are bonded to each other; a protective film covering a boundary between the end portion of the second sheet and the first sheet at the step shape; a working fluid enclosed in the housing, and a wick on an inner wall surface of the first sheet or the second sheet.
US11555652B2
A system including: an active magnetic regenerative refrigerator apparatus that includes a high magnetic field section in which a hydrogen heat transfer fluid can flow from a cold side to a hot side through at least one magnetized bed of at least one magnetic refrigerant, and a low magnetic field or demagnetized section in which the hydrogen heat transfer fluid can flow from a hot side to a cold side through the demagnetized bed; a first conduit fluidly coupled between the cold side of the low magnetic field or demagnetized section and the cold side of the high magnetic field section; and a second conduit fluid coupled to the first conduit, an expander and at least one liquefied hydrogen storage module.
US11555650B2
A household refrigeration appliance includes a body having a storage compartment disposed therein which is closeable by a terminating element. A display and/or control unit has a cover formed by a plate. A carrier frame is fastened to the rear of the plate and an electronic display and/or control is disposed on the carrier frame.
US11555644B2
An insulating apparatus can include a base portion, a side portion, and an upper portion. Each portion can include a double walled configuration with a gap defining an insulation volume therebetween. The base portion, the side portion, and the upper portion collectively define an interior volume of the insulating apparatus. In one embodiment, the base wall, first side wall, and first upper wall are stainless steel, and the second base wall, second side wall, and second upper wall are aluminum, and wool batting is positioned in the insulation volume, the second insulation volume, and the third insulation volume.
US11555641B2
Provided is an ice-maker including an upper tray made of an elastic material, and having a plurality of upper chambers defined therein, a lower tray made of an elastic material, and having a plurality of lower chambers defined therein in contact with the plurality of upper chambers to define a plurality of spherical ice chambers, respectively, each ejector-receiving opening defined in the upper tray and opened to each of the plurality of upper chambers, an upper ejector disposed above the upper tray, wherein the upper ejector is configured to pass through the ejector-receiving opening and remove each ice from each ice chamber, a water supply for supplying water for ice-making through the ejector-receiving opening, and a driver for pivoting the lower tray, wherein a side wall extending upward along a perimeter of the plurality of lower chambers is formed on top portions of the plurality of lower chambers, wherein a chamber wall extending downward along a perimeter of the plurality of upper chambers is formed on bottom portions of the plurality of upper chambers, wherein the chamber wall is inserted into an internal space of the side wall when the lower tray is closed, and wherein a groove is defined in an outer face of the chamber wall to maintain pieces of ice frozen along a perimeter of the chamber wall in an attached state.
US11555640B2
A cooling system includes an evaporator, connected through fluid lines to a first condenser, a second condenser, a compressor, and a thermal expansion valve. One or more valves are arranged in the fluid lines. The one or more valves operated to, in a first mode, circulate fluid between the evaporator the first condenser; in a second mode, circulate the fluid between a) the evaporator and the first condenser, and b) the evaporator, the second condenser, and the thermal expansion valve, and; in a third mode, circulate the fluid between a) the evaporator and the first condenser, and c) the evaporator, the compressor, the second condenser, and the thermal expansion valve.
US11555639B2
There is provided a HVAC system comprising: a fluid circuit for conveying a refrigerant; a compressor for compressing the refrigerant; three heat exchangers defining an evaporator, an outdoor exchanger and a heat recovery exchanger provided along the fluid circuit; an expansion valve provided along the fluid circuit; and a receiver connected in parallel to the expansion valve, wherein a fill valve is located between the receiver and a connection upstream of the expansion valve and a drain valve is located between the receiver and a connection downstream of the expansion valve; wherein the fluid circuit comprises a plurality of valves which are configured to be controlled based on a selected operating mode such that at least one of the outdoor exchanger and the heat recovery exchanger is connected to a discharge line of the compressor and in series with one of the other heat exchangers which is connected to a suction line of the compressor, with the expansion valve disposed between the heat exchangers; wherein the fill and drain valves are configured to be controlled to store a volume of refrigerant in the receiver so as to provide an effective refrigerant charge in the fluid circuit that corresponds to the selected operating mode.
US11555635B2
The cooling systems of the present disclosure include a first refrigerant circuit in thermal communication with a heat load and in fluid communication with a main condenser, a free cooling circuit in fluid communication with the main condenser and a free-cooled water source, a chilled water circuit in fluid communication with the main condenser and an evaporator, and a second refrigerant circuit in fluid communication with the evaporator and a secondary condenser. The free cooling circuit is in thermal communication with the first refrigerant circuit via the main condenser, the chilled water circuit is in thermal communication with the first refrigerant circuit via the main condenser, and the second refrigeration circuit is in thermal communication with the chilled water circuit and the free cooling circuit. The second refrigeration circuit cools a fluid flowing in the chilled water circuit. Methods of operating a cooling system are also disclosed.
US11555630B2
An air conditioner indoor unit includes an air outlet frame, a front water receiving tray, and a panel. The air outlet frame includes an upper enclosure plate, a lower enclosure plate, and a side enclosure plate located between and connecting the upper enclosure plate and the lower enclosure plate. The front water receiving tray is above the upper enclosure plate and includes a protrusion section protruding out of the side enclosure plate and a water outlet hose at the protrusion section. The water outlet hose is configured to be received in a receiving cavity formed below the protrusion section and opening forward. The panel includes a cover member configured to cover the receiving cavity when the panel is in a closed state.
US11555622B2
A computer system provides intelligent context-based control of air flow. An identity of a user and a location of the user within an area that includes one or more vents associated with a climate control system are identified. User preferences are determined based on the identity of the user. Characteristics of air flow in the area are adjusted based on the user preferences the user and the location of the user, wherein the characteristics of the air flow comprise one or more from a group of: a direction, and a flow rate. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for providing intelligent context-based control of air flow in substantially the same manner described above.
US11555619B2
An air conditioner according to the present invention includes: an air flow path through which air flows; a temperature control unit that controls a temperature of air in the air flow path; a humidifier capable of supplying vapor to the air flow path; a blower that has a suction port connected to a downstream opening of the air flow path, and a discharge port from which air sucked from the suction port is discharged; a chamber that has a communication port connected to the discharge port, and a plurality of duct connection ports configured to be connectable to ducts so as to let out air coming from the discharge port through the ducts; and a baffle plate part 8 disposed in the chamber, the baffle plate part overlapping at least partly with the discharge port when seen along a flow direction of air passing through the discharge port.
US11555595B1
Provided is an inflatable lamp, which includes a first flexible housing, a second flexible housing connected with the first flexible housing to cooperatively form a receiving cavity, a power supply assembly arranged on the first flexible housing, a light strip received in the receiving cavity, and a sealing assembly. The power supply assembly has a mounting element arranged on the first flexible housing and a power supply received in the mounting element. One end of the light strip is arranged on the mounting element and electrically connected with the power supply. The sealing assembly includes a first sealing element sealingly connected with an inner side of the first flexible housing. The first sealing element is configured to airtightly seal and cover the light strip, the mounting element, and the power supply. The inflatable lamp of the present disclosure is easy to carry and store.
US11555593B2
Motor vehicle light module (1) comprising at least one microprojector (2) and at least one at least partially translucent projection screen element (3), the at least one microprojector (2) being configured to create a light distribution (4), the light distribution being projectable in the form of a predefinable luminous pattern (5) onto the at least one at least partially translucent projection screen element (3), wherein, when the motor vehicle light module (1) is in a switched-on state, the predefinable luminous pattern (5) is visible on a side (30) of the projection screen element (3) facing away from the microprojector (2) and contains optically displayed information.
US11555582B2
A system and method of assembling a light engine includes determining a desired light output profile for the light engine, selecting a reflector based on the desired light output profile, and selecting one of a first light board and a second light board. The first light board includes a different number of light emitting diodes than the second light board. Each of the first light board and the second light board are capable of providing the desired output light profile when they are coupled with the selected reflector. The method also includes positioning the one of the first light board and the second light board within the housing, adjacent the reflector.
US11555577B2
The invention is a magnetic mounting apparatus for electronic devices used to film sports motion, personal content, and hands-free video and music streaming. The mounting apparatus includes a silicone coated threaded magnet, a clamp lined with a rubber mold, and an adjustable toggle latch locking clasp that allows attachment to rods or shafts of varying widths. The threaded magnet is of sufficient magnetic force to securely support the electronic device. Such electronic devices include and are not limited to smart phones, tablets, and cameras. A metal ferrous plate is attached to the electronic device with adhesive, thereby providing a secure magnetic connection between the mounting apparatus and electronic device.
US11555570B2
In embodiments, a connector for setting a layout of a brake hose includes a first coupling member coupled to one end of the brake hose; a second coupling member disposed to be spaced apart from the first coupling member, and coupled to the caliper housing or the frame of the master cylinder; and an adjusting unit connected at one end thereof to the first coupling member, connected at other end thereof to the second coupling member, and configured to adjust a shortest length between a bottom surface of the first coupling member and an outer circumferential surface of the second coupling member and to adjust a line passing through a center of the first coupling member with respect to the second coupling member to be positioned in one of up/down/left/right directions, in a test for setting the layout of the brake hose.
US11555567B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a sanitary fitting for coupling a fluid conduit to a flexible container to facilitate sterile transfer therebetween, and methods of making and using such a sanitary fitting, whereby the sanitary fitting includes a first annular member having a first annular member bore extending between first annular member first and second ends, the first annular member second end terminating in a flange radially outwardly extending therefrom, the flange comprising a substantially planar face; a second annular member having a second annular member bore extending between second annular member first and second ends, the second annular member couplable to the first annular member to axially align the first and second annular member bores to provide a first fluid flow passageway; and a valve coupled to the second annular member, the valve operable to interrupt fluid flow through a fluid flow path which includes the first fluid flow passageway.
US11555565B2
A seal ring has a central axis and an elastic ring member made of elastic material and an annular body portion and a flange surrounding the annular body portion. The thickness of the flange is smaller than the thickness of the annular body portion as measured in the axial direction of the seal ring. A hose connector assembly includes the aforementioned seal ring.
US11555558B2
The present invention relates to a system and method for uncovering and removing pipeline from the seafloor using a subsea trenching system using pressurized water to uncover pipe, a subsea shear carried by a barge to cut lengths of the pipeline, and a grapple carried by a barge to lift cut lengths of pipeline for placement on a pipe haul and recovery barge.
US11555552B2
A valve assembly includes a valve head. A valve stem extends from the valve head and into a drain bore in a housing. A first guidance retainer ring is mounted around the valve stem at a first axial location on the valve stem. A second guidance retainer ring is mounted around the valve stem at a second axial location on the valve stem spaced apart from the first axial location.
US11555545B2
An electromagnetic valve includes: a solenoid having a plunger movably supported along an axial direction; a flow path member having a fluid passage flow path and a valve element housing portion; and a valve element disposed in the valve element housing portion and movable along the axial direction together with the plunger. The valve element includes: a body part in a tubular shape having a wall portion closing one axial end side and an opening at the other axial side; a valve part fixed to one axial side of the wall portion for opening and closing the flow path as moving together with the plunger; and a core member in a columnar shape that is movable along the axial direction inside the body part, and that is in contact with the wall portion on the one axial side and the plunger on the other axial side.
US11555541B2
There is provided a perpendicular speed reducer including an input shaft, a reduction mechanism that reduces a speed of rotation of the input shaft, an output shaft that outputs the speed-reduced rotation, and a casing that accommodates the reduction mechanism. The input shaft and the output shaft are perpendicular to each other. The casing includes a bearing hole formed on a first side surface to support the output shaft, a fin provided along a direction toward the bearing hole, and a groove portion provided along an axial direction of the output shaft on a second side surface adjacent to the first side surface.
US11555532B2
A powershift transmission for an agricultural machine includes a transmission housing, an input shaft and an output shaft unit. The input shaft and the output shaft unit extend at least at a distance within the transmission housing. The transmission also includes an auxiliary shaft arranged within the transmission housing and offset between the input shaft and the output shaft unit. The input shaft and the auxiliary shaft are connected to one another via a front-mounted range unit, and the auxiliary shaft and the output shaft unit are connected to one another via a rear-mounted range unit. Each range unit includes at least two individual gear wheel pairs which are coupled or decoupled. The output shaft unit includes a main output shaft and an auxiliary output shaft coupled to one another via a reduction gear unit.
US11555530B1
A cinching connector to attach a functional sheet product to a line comprises a waist member, a buckle, and a cord. The cord engages the buckle to create an adjustable loop. One side of the functional sheet product is draped over the waist member and the adjustable loop placed over the other side of the functional sheet product and over the waist member. The adjustable loop is moved from an expanded circumference to a cinched circumference by tension applied to the cord, cinching the adjustable loop and the functional sheet product to a waist of the waist member. Tension on the line holds the adjustable loop in the cinched circumference and maintains the attachment of the waist member to the functional sheet product.
US11555528B2
A vibration suppression unit for an aircraft comprising a vibration control frame adapted to be mounted to the aircraft and to rotate about a central axis, a first motor configured to rotate the vibration control frame about the central axis, a second motor configured to rotate a first and second center of mass about a first and second axis or rotation, a third motor configured to adjust a variable distance between the first and second centers of mass and the first and second axis of rotation, respectively, and a controller for receiving input signals and outputting command signals to the first, second and third motors.
US11555524B2
A brake assembly and a method of assembly. The brake housing may include a housing assembly, a retainer bracket, and a pad shield. The retainer bracket may be secured to the housing assembly. The pad shield may be installable onto and/or removable from the retainer bracket when the retainer bracket is secured to the housing assembly.
US11555520B2
A bearing cover assembly configured to assemble to a bearing housing in which a rolling element bearing is accommodated. The bearing housing assembly includes an end cap with a sleeve portion that mates to an interior conical surface of the bearing housing with a complementary outer bevel formed on the sleeve portion.
US11555514B2
An attachment unit for providing a mounting thread as an internal thread on a component, in particular on a thin-walled component, includes an attachment body that bears the mounting thread and is arranged on a first side of the component in a region of a recess extending through the component, and a holding element that is arranged on a second side of the component in the region of the recess extending through the component and disposed opposite to the attachment body so as to hold the attachment body on the first side of the component.
US11555486B2
Actuation systems and methods are disclosed. An apparatus includes a system including a flow cell receptacle and a valve drive assembly including a shape memory alloy actuator including a pair of shape memory alloy wires and a flow cell disposable within the flow cell receptacle and having a membrane valve. The system actuates the membrane valve, via the shape memory alloy actuator, by causing a voltage to be applied to a first one of the shape memory alloy wires and the system not applying the voltage to a second one of the shape memory alloy wires.
US11555485B2
The present invention is inherent to an actuator subassembly comprising at least one bendable slender structure (12) mounted on a stationary body base (11) and carrying on a first surface an installation feature (17) and a plug (16) in its distal portion, the bending of the slender structure (12) being controlled by a shape memory alloy wire (13) through coupling means (15) located in its distal portion on a second surface opposite to the first surface. The invention also concerns a fluidic valve incorporating such an actuator subassembly.
US11555484B2
An energy storage and delivery system includes an elevator operable to move blocks from a lower elevation to a higher elevation to store energy and from a higher elevation to a lower elevation to generate electricity. A winch assembly is movably coupled to a cable that is coupled to the elevator. The winch assembly has planetary gear assemblies, brakes that selectively engage at least a portion of the planetary gear assemblies, and a spool coupled to the cable. A drive shaft extends between a motor-generator and the winch assembly. A brake is operable so that the spool rotates to reel-in the cable to raise the elevator to move a block from a lower elevation to a higher elevation to store energy or so that the spool rotates to reel-out the cable to lower the elevator to move a block from a higher elevation to a lower elevation to generate electricity.
US11555478B2
A deep-sea multi-energy integrated platform for complementary power generation, production, living and exploration includes a platform body and a sustainable power supply system, where the platform body includes a column cabin, an upper platform housing, a lower platform housing and a current guide column; the column cabin, the current guide column, the lower platform housing and the upper platform housing are mutually connected to form a triangular platform with a hollow cavity, and a net is disposed in the hollow cavity to form a mariculture zone; the sustainable power supply system includes a wind-driven generator disposed at an end of a top surface of the upper platform housing, a solar panel disposed above a middle portion of the top surface of the upper platform housing, a wave power generation apparatus disposed on the current guide column, and several tidal current power generation apparatuses.
US11555477B2
An automated system for mitigating risk from a wind turbine includes a plurality of optical imaging sensors. A controller receives and analyzes images from the optical imaging sensors to automatically send a signal to curtail operation of the wind turbine to a predetermined risk mitigating level when the controller determines from images received from the optical imaging sensors that an airborne animal is at risk from the wind turbine.
US11555476B2
Devices, systems, and methods of manufacturing wind turbine root attachment are provided. In various embodiments, an assembly for wind turbine root attachments includes a bushing, a core, and a filler. The bushing includes a body having cutouts extending from the proximal end to the distal end on either side of the bushing and a core cutout at the distal end. The bushing further includes an ear disposed at the proximal end of the bushing and within the first cutout. The core includes two wedges where the thick end of each wedge abut one another. The thin end of the proximal wedge is disposed within the core cutout and the core includes cutouts extending from the proximal end to the distal end on either side of the core. The filler is disposed within the cutout on the side of the assembly having the ear.
US11555465B1
A method and a system for diagnosing positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) systems are disclosed. In one example, the method diagnoses a PCV system based on a pressure that may be observed during engine cranking. In another example, the PCV system is diagnosed during vehicle driving conditions after the engine exits cranking.
US11555463B2
A gas sensor element comprising a long plate-like element body and a porous protective layer protecting a surface of the element body, wherein the element body has a gas detection part at an end thereof on one end face side in a longitudinal direction, and the protective layer includes an end face part covering the one end face in laminate, side face parts covering side faces connected to the one end face in laminate, and corner parts where two adjacent ones of the end face part and the side face parts meet. An outer surface of one or more of the end face part and the side face parts has a concave shape that is smoothly continuous with the corner parts and configured such that a layer thickness increases toward the corner parts.
US11555458B2
Methods and systems for detecting and responding to an engine disturbance are described. The method comprises monitoring a rate of change of a combustor pressure of an engine, detecting an engine disturbance when the rate of change of the combustor pressure falls below an event detection threshold, initiating an engine recovery sequence in response to detecting the engine disturbance, confirming a surge event when the rate of change of the combustor pressure increases above a surge confirmation threshold within a flameout confirmation time period after having crossed the event detection threshold, applying a surge recovery sequence in response to confirming the surge event, confirming a flameout event when the flameout confirmation time period expires and the rate of change of the combustor pressure remains below the surge confirmation threshold after having crossed the event detection threshold, and applying a flameout recovery sequence in response to confirming the flameout event.
US11555444B2
A self-contained, stand-alone power generator system comprising: an electric motor for applying torque to a shaft of a rotating mass, wherein the electric motor is powered by a dedicated power source; a battery for supplying additional power to the electric motor upon start up; at least one of a torque converter and a starter motor, for overcoming resting inertia of the rotating mass; a generator head coupled to the rotating mass, wherein the power generator is constructed such that when the generator head reaches operational speed, the generator head provides the additional power to the electric motor and recharges the battery.
US11555443B2
An arrangement of exchangers for marinization of a marine engine, including an engine block with in-line cylinders or cylinders in a V, cooled by a cooling fluid, at least one turbocompressor with a hot chamber connected to an outlet and a cold chamber connected to the cylinders of the engine block, a reverser including a housing and containing oil, wherein the arrangement includes: a radiator hose for supplying cooling water, a turbocompressor exchanger, an engine exchanger, a reverser exchanger, a radiator hose for discharging cooling water toward an outlet of combustion gases, downstream from the hot chamber of the at least one turbocompressor, with these three exchangers being placed in this order and inserted in the circulation direction of the water between the radiator hose for supplying the cooling water and the radiator hose for discharging this same cooling water.
US11555441B2
A cooling system for a hybrid vehicle that cools cooling medium for an air conditioner without reducing a driving performance, irrespective of a running condition. A detector detects data relating to operating conditions of a high-current device cooling circuit, a supercharger cooling circuit, a high-current device, an engine, a supercharger, and the hybrid vehicle. A controller selects one of a first water passage and a second water passage by manipulating a control valve based on the data collected by the detector, in such a manner as to maximize an amount of heat transferred from the cooling medium to high-current device cooling water or supercharger cooling water.
US11555439B2
A cylinder head assembly for an internal combustion engine includes a cast cylinder head and a turbocharger housing integrally cast with the cylinder head and having an integrally cast wastegate housing. The turbocharger housing is configured to receive a turbocharger cartridge rotatably supporting a shaft coupled between a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel. The integrally cast wastegate housing defines a wastegate chamber configured to receive a wastegate valve, a flow of exhaust gas from the turbine wheel, and a flow of wastegate exhaust gas.
US11555432B2
A device for the post-treatment of the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine comprises a conduit defining a passage for the flow of the exhaust gas and, from upstream to downstream of the conduit, an injector arranged to inject a reducing agent into the flow passage, and a purifying member. The injector is heated to heat the reducing agent prior to injection. The device further comprises a heating element arranged between the injector and the purifying member.
US11555431B2
A hybrid vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; a rotating electric machine; a planetary gear mechanism to which the internal combustion engine, the rotating electric machine and an output shaft are connected; a catalyst that purifies exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine; and a controller that controls the internal combustion engine and the rotating electric machine. The controller controls the internal combustion engine and the rotating electric machine to perform catalyst temperature control to shift an operating point on a map representing a relationship between rotation speed of the internal combustion engine and torque generated by the internal combustion engine so that the catalyst has a temperature within an appropriate temperature range. Degradation of the catalyst can be suppressed without deteriorating the function of the catalyst.
US11555427B2
An exhaust-gas burner for an exhaust-gas system of a motor vehicle includes a combustion chamber, which is surrounded by an outer wall, for a channel section in an exhaust-gas system. A dosing unit is provided for the controlled feed of a fuel into the combustion chamber. An ignition unit is provided for the ignition of a combustible mixture in the combustion chamber. A cooling circuit is provided for the exchange of heat with the dosing unit, and is arranged within the outer wall of the exhaust-gas burner.
US11555424B2
An engine brake rocker arm assembly is operable in an engine drive mode and an engine braking mode and selectively opens first and second exhaust valves. The engine brake rocker arm assembly includes an exhaust rocker arm configured to rotate about a rocker shaft, an engine brake capsule assembly movable between (i) a locked position configured to perform an engine braking operation, and (ii) an unlocked position that does not perform the engine braking operation, and a hydraulically controlled actuator assembly configured to selectively move the engine brake capsule assembly between the first and second positions.
US11555410B2
A labyrinth seal, has: rotating and static components rotatable relative to one another relative to a central axis, the rotating component securable to a shaft via a tight fit engagement at an engagement location on the rotating component, the static component securable to a housing; teeth protruding from one of the rotating and static components towards a seal land defined by the other one of the rotating and static components; and clearances between the teeth and the seal land, a first clearance of the clearances greater than a second clearance of the clearances, the first clearance located closer to the engagement location of the rotating component than the second clearance.
US11555407B2
A rotor assembly includes a rotor having a dovetail slot. The dovetail slot includes a plurality of recesses and a first radially innermost surface. A rotor blade includes an airfoil that extends radially outward from a platform and a dovetail that extends radially inward from the platform. The dovetail includes a plurality of projections extending in opposite directions that are received by the plurality of recesses of the dovetail slot. The dovetail further includes a leading edge surface, a trailing edge surface, and a second radially innermost surface. The second radially innermost surface defines a groove from the leading edge surface to the trailing edge surface. The shim is positioned within the groove and between the first radially innermost surface of the dovetail slot and the second radially innermost surface of the dovetail. The shim extends at least partially radially along both of the leading edge surface and the trailing edge surface to secure the rotor blade within the dovetail slot during various operating conditions of the turbomachine.
US11555405B2
A device for holding (101) at least one cooling tube (120) of a turbomachine casing (10) cooling system (100), the holding device including a fixing frame (104), a holding member (160) being configured to hold two cooling tubes (120), and a connection assembly (140) between the holding member (160) and a fixing frame (104), extending on either side of the frame, the connection assembly (160) comprising a connection part (150) extending through an opening (108) of the fixing frame from an outer portion (141) to the inner portion (142) of the connection assembly, the inner portion (142) being disposed between two cooling tubes (120) and secured to the holding member (160) while the outer portion (141) comprises a resilient return member (170) urged in compression towards the fixing frame by the connection part (150).
US11555404B2
A rotary compressor has a combined vane-roller structure that may ensure improved productivity and reliability through control of mechanical properties. The rotary compressor includes a coupling groove which is disposed at one side of an outer circumferential surface of the roller, which has a circular arc shape from an outer diameter of the roller towards an inner diameter of the roller, and which is configured to couple a vane and the roller, and includes a ferrosoferric oxide (Fe3O4) film on a surface of the coupling groove. A manufacturing method of the rotary compressor is also described.
US11555398B2
A downhole tool is positioned in a borehole of a geological formation at a given depth. A formation property is determined at the given depth. The positioning and determining is repeated to form data points of a data set indicative of formation properties at various depths in the borehole. One or more outlier data points is removed from the data set based on first gradients to form an updated data set. One or more properties associated with a reservoir compartment are determined based on second respective gradients associated with the updated data set.
US11555388B2
A self-adjusting gas lift system and corresponding self-adjusting gas lift valve (GLV) are described herein. The self-adjusting gas lift system includes a number of self-adjusting GLVs that fluidically couple an annulus of a well to an interior of a production tubing of the well. Each of the self-adjusting GLVs is configured to open to allow a compressed gas to flow from the annulus to the interior of the production tubing when a pressure differential between an injection pressure of the compressed gas within the annulus and a production pressure of fluids within the production tubing is within an engineered range. Each of the self-adjusting GLVs is also configured to close when the pressure differential is outside the engineered range.
US11555373B2
A method for isolating a horizontal tie-in pipeline of an inactive hydrocarbon-producing well from a main pipeline to prevent flow of hydrocarbons into the tie-in pipeline includes the steps of: identifying a location of a junction of the tie-in pipeline and the main pipeline and cleaning the tie-in pipeline by deploying a locating and cleaning assembly into the tie-in pipeline, withdrawing the locating and cleaning assembly, deploying a plug device having a longitudinally extending forward probe and a sealing element to the location of the junction, and remotely actuating the sealing element. The locating and cleaning device includes a pipeline junction sensing element longitudinally extending from a forward end of the locating and cleaning device. The sensing element is connected to a valve which, when open, relieves pressure in the locating and cleaning assembly as an indicator of the location of the junction.
US11555369B2
A borehole fishing tool, including a grapple for fixedly attaching to a fish in a borehole, a tool housing to which the grapple is connected, and at least one camera, mounted in the tool housing, to generate at least one image of the fish in the borehole. The borehole fishing tool also includes at least one light source, mounted in the tool housing, to illuminating a portion of the borehole between the at least one camera and the fish, a connector attached to the tool housing to connect the tool housing to a conveyor, and a telemetry transceiver to transmit at least one image of the fish through a telemetry channel in the conveyor to a computer system at an Earth's surface.
US11555367B2
Provided are tractor wheels for a downhole tractor. An example tractor wheel comprises a series of continuous springs disposed on the circumference of the tractor wheel, wherein the individual continuous springs in the series of continuous springs are separated by a gap, and a void disposed on the interior of the tractor wheel and that is continuous about the circumference of the tractor wheel.
US11555366B2
A drill pipe string conveyed retrievable plug system has a central through bore. The plug system includes a drill pipe string; a control section; a running tool with a connector at a lower end of a drill pipe string with the control section, and a top connector on a mechanical plug section with a bridge plug. The mechanical plug section includes a mandrel with the through bore, a ball valve arranged for closing the through bore, and a packer sleeve on the mandrel with slips and a packer element. The control section includes an electric supply, an electric control unit, and sensors connected to the electric control unit. The mechanical plug section includes a motor controlled by the electrical control unit. The motor is arranged to turn a selector ring to a selected first rotational position so as for allowing a piston sleeve to slide to an axial first stop position in order for opening to fluid channels through the mandrel from the through bore to the packer sleeve. The pressure in the through bore can be set to the pressure of the packer sleeve in a surrounding casing.
US11555357B2
A centraliser (10) for use in centralising tubing (12) in a bore (W) comprises a first end collar (14), a second end collar (16) and a number of elongate strut members (18). The strut members (18) are interposed between the first end collar (14) and the second end collar (16) and are circumferentially arranged and spaced around the first end collar (14) and second end collar (16). The strut member (18) have a first end portion (20), a second end portion (22), an intermediate portion (24) and angled wing portions (26) which extend from the intermediate portion (24).
US11555353B2
Methods and system for controlling downhole pulse power operation are disclosed. A method may include detecting a pulse signal discharged between pulse power drilling (PPD) electrodes and determining an arc characteristic of the pulse signal. The method may further include adjusting pulse power applied to the PPD electrodes based, at least in part, on the determined arc characteristic of the pulse signal.
US11555352B2
A boring tool is movable through the ground. A transmitter supported by the boring tool transmits an electromagnetic homing signal. A portable device monitors the electromagnetic homing signal and receives the electromagnetic homing signal in a homing mode for guiding the boring tool to a target position. A processor generates steering commands for guiding the boring tool based on a bore plan in a steering mode such that at least some positional error is introduced without using the electromagnetic homing signal. Switching from the steering mode to the homing mode is based on monitoring of the electromagnetic homing signal as the boring tool approaches the portable device to then guide the boring tool to the target position location in compensation for the positional error. Intermediate target positions are described as well as guiding the boring tool based on the homing signal so long as the portable device receives the signal.
US11555351B2
A spiral impact drilling machine applicable to rock and soil and a construction method are provided. The drilling machine includes a rock chiseling part, a soil drilling part, a gear, a drill rod, and a drill bit. The rock chiseling part includes an air cylinder. A piston is arranged in the air cylinder. The top of the piston is fixedly connected with to a turbine fan blade. The bottom of the piston is fixedly connected to a force transferring component. The soil drilling part includes a motor. The motor is arranged in the force transferring component. The inner part of the gear is in nested connection with the drill rod. The outer part of the gear is in engaged connection with each of the bottom of the force transferring component and the motor. The bottom of the gear is fixedly connected to the drill rod through a stress component.
US11555332B2
Certain aspects of the technology disclosed herein include an apparatus and method for storing energy in a electromechanical lock. The electromechanical lock can include a main housing and a deadbolt. The main housing can be configured to extend a deadbolt along a path to lock and/or unlock a door. The deadbolt can have a hollow inner region configured to receive an energy storage device. The energy storage device within the deadbolt can be electrically connected to the main housing. The energy storage device can be used to power an actuator and/or accelerometer in the main housing.
US11555323B2
Systems and methods of detecting when an automatic swimming pool cleaner (APC) has contacted a main drain cover or other object protruding from a surface of a swimming pool are described. An APC may include equipment for detecting a change in its pitch or yaw (or both its pitch and yaw). Changes in pitch and yaw may be determined as a function of time, identifying encounters of the APC with certain protruding objects.
US11555322B1
A pool chemical injector includes a chamber to hold a volume of a chemical therein, the chamber having a body with a tapered end; an opening to allow for insertion of the chemical into the chamber; an elongated tube to attach to the tapered end of the body; a valve engaged with the tube and to open and close chemical flow through the elongated tube; and an attachment to secure to an end of the elongated tube through which the chemical flows; the elongated tube and attachment deliver the chemical to a floor of the pool.
US11555319B2
A theatre construction comprises a seating area 120 for an audience, a circular support structure 134 surrounding the seating area and mounted above the seating area and a plurality of arcuate screens 135 suspended from the circular support structure. The screens 135 are mounted to the circular support structure 134 on rails for allowing movement of the screens about the seating area.
US11555318B2
A roof cover of a building under construction includes a heat shrinkable film stretched over the roof framing of said building under construction. The film brought into conformity with said roof framing through application of heat. The film may be formed by a number of adjoining sheets or strips of material.
US11555317B2
A collar flange assembly clamping tool is disclosed, including an axle having a long axis, and a pair of arms mounted on the axle. At least one of the arms is slideable along the long axis. Each arm includes a primary axis perpendicular to the long axis of the axle, a proximal end portion, and a distal end portion with a tab. The proximal end portion includes a clamping device that moves in a direction perpendicular to the primary axis of the arm and the long axis of the axle.
US11555304B2
A flush toilet according to an embodiment includes a bowl part and a water storage part. The bowl part receives waste. The water storage part is formed on a bottom of the bowl part and is connected to a discharge channel. A first region that is connected to a discharge channel and a second region that is located on a front side of the first region are formed in the water storage part. A curvature of a curved surface of the water storage part that forms the first region in upward and downward directions is different.
US11555292B2
A boom system including a hoist boom pivoted to a machine base; a stick boom having a proximal end pivoted to the hoist boom and a distal end configured to carry a working tool; at least one hydraulic hoist cylinder mounted between the machine base and the hoist boom; a first stick cylinder mounted between the hoist boom and the stick boom; a second stick cylinder mounted similarly and mechanically linked with the first stick cylinder; and a hydraulic circuit for supplying hydraulic fluid to the hoist cylinder and stick cylinders, wherein the hydraulic circuit includes a hydraulic conduit line connecting a base end of the at least one hoist cylinder with a base end of the second stick cylinder to allow hydraulic fluid to shunt between the base ends of the hoist cylinder and the second stick cylinder.
US11555287B2
A volumetric enclosure or enclosures and/or a cellular structure pole foundation is provided. The volumetric enclosure/s or cellular structure pole foundation may employ several embodiments: (1) a single or a plurality of volumetric enclosures at the vertical center of the foundation below the foundation's pole cavity; (2) a single or a plurality of volumetric enclosures at the vertical center of the foundation below the foundation's pole cavity and a cellular structure within the foundation walls and base; (3) a cellular structure throughout the entire body of the foundation; (4) a cellular structure within the foundation walls; (5) the above embodiments with fill material consisting of gas or fluid or solids retained inside the foundation walls; and (6) the above embodiments with solid fill material that can reach the foundation core through the pole cavity.
US11555284B1
An articulated concrete block system that includes a gabion mattress drainage layer. The two major components of the system reduce the effects of erosion and increase the hydraulic stability in areas that experience high velocity water flows, hydraulic jumps, and will dissipate wave energy action for shoreline and coastal erosion. Geosynthetics are first placed on the ground surface, followed by a gabion mattress drainage layer, a smaller aggregate layer for fine grading, another optional geosynthetic layer, and then the articulated concrete blocks overlie the system.
US11555278B2
A paving machine may include a frame, a screed, sensor devices, and a control unit. The screed may include a main section, a first extension, and a second extension. The sensor devices may output a first sensor signal corresponding to a position of the first extension and a second sensor signal corresponding to a position of the second extension. The control unit may receive the first and second sensor signals, determine a screed width based on the first and second sensor signals, receive location data corresponding to a location of the paving machine, determine locations of the first and second extensions based on the screed width and the location data, generate a boundary map based on the locations of the first and second extensions, and cause an action to be performed based on the boundary map.
US11555255B2
A member for an apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor single crystal having long product life and a tantalum carbide coated carbon material are provided. The tantalum carbide coated carbon material according to the present invention is a tantalum carbide coated carbon material in which at least a part of a surface of a carbon base material is coated with a tantalum carbide coated film containing tantalum carbide as a main component, in which in the tantalum carbide coated film, an intensity of an X-ray diffraction line corresponding to a plane with respect to an out-of-plane direction is larger than intensities of X-ray diffraction lines corresponding to other crystal planes, and the intensity ratio is 60% or more with respect to a sum of intensities of X-ray diffraction lines corresponding to all crystal planes.
US11555254B2
An insulated conductor of the present invention is an insulated conductor having a conductor and an insulating film provided on a surface of the conductor, in which the insulating film has a low-concentration fluorine layer disposed on a surface side of the conductor and a high-concentration fluorine layer disposed on at least a part of an outside surface of the low-concentration fluorine layer, the low-concentration fluorine layer includes a cured product of a thermosetting resin and a fluororesin and has a fluorine atom content relatively lower than that of the high-concentration fluorine layer, and the high-concentration fluorine layer includes a cured product of a thermosetting resin and a fluororesin and has a fluorine atom content relatively higher than that of the low-concentration fluorine layer.
US11555247B2
A coating apparatus and movable electrode arrangement, movable support arrangement, and application thereof are disclosed. The coating apparatus includes a reactor chamber body and a movable support arrangement. The reactor chamber body has a reactor chamber. The movable support arrangement is received in the reactor chamber and includes one or more electrodes and a movable support. The movable support is adapted for rotating relative to the reactor chamber body. At least one of the electrodes is arranged on the movable support so as for rotating together with the movable support. One or more workpieces to be coated are adapted for being held on the movable support to move together with the movable support.
US11555235B2
Provided is a metallic coated steel product which is less likely to experience LME and blowhole formation and is likely to exhibit an improved corrosion resistance at welding heat affected zones. The metallic coated steel product is a hot-dip metallic coated steel product including a steel product and a plating layer that is provided on a surface of the steel product and includes a Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer. In a cross-section of the Zn—Al—Mg alloy layer an area fraction of MgZn2 phase is from 45 to 75%, a total area fraction of MgZn2 and Al phases is not less than 70%, and an area fraction of Zn—Al—MgZn2 ternary eutectic structure is from 0 to 5%; and the plating layer has a predetermined chemical composition.
US11555233B2
Disclosed is, as a high-strength steel plate of API X80 grade or higher with a thickness of 38 mm or more, a thick steel plate for structural pipes or tubes that exhibits high strength in the rolling direction and excellent Charpy properties at its mid-thickness part without addition of large amounts of alloying elements. The thick steel plate for structural pipes or tubes disclosed herein has: a specific chemical composition; a microstructure at its mid-thickness part that is a dual-phase microstructure of ferrite and bainite with an area fraction of the ferrite being less than 50%, and that contains ferrite grains with a grain size of 15 μm or less in an area fraction of 80% or more with respect to the whole area of the ferrite; a tensile strength of 620 MPa or more; and a Charpy absorption energy vE−20+ C. at −20° C. at the mid-thickness part of 100 J or more.
US11555230B2
Metallic matrix composites are synthesized by mixing a first reactant, a second reactant and a nucleator compound to obtain a reaction mixture, and heating the reaction mixture to an auto-activation temperature to initiate a self-propagating high-temperature synthesis reaction between the first and second reactants. The metallic matrix composite can include a metallic matrix and an in situ formed reinforcement. The reinforcement can be formed of discrete particles substantially uniformly dispersed within the metallic matrix. Each of the particles can have a reinforcement constituent disposed about a core formed of the nucleator compound.
US11555211B2
The present invention relates generally to production methods, enzymes and recombinant yeast strains for the biosynthesis of clinically important prenylated polyketides of the cannabinoid family. Using readily available starting materials, heterologous enzymes are used to direct cannabinoid biosynthesis in yeast.
US11555210B2
Embodiments provide a modified microbe capable of growing in or fermenting a solution, or lignocellulosic hydrolysate, comprising ferulic acid and/or coniferyl aldehyde. The microbe has one or more modifications to provide: (a) a decrease in copy number or expression of a BNA7 gene; (b) an increase in copy number or expression of one or more pentose phosphate pathway genes; and/or (c) localization of one or more products of the pentose phosphate pathway genes to the mitochondria or endoplasmic reticulum. Also provided is a microbe having modified expression or copy number of BNA7 and/or one or more of the pentose phosphate pathway genes. The pentose phosphate pathway genes may in certain embodiments be selected from at least one of ZWF1, TKL1, RPE1 and GND1. Also provided is a method for fermenting a substrate comprising ferulic acid and/or coniferyl aldehyde to produce a fermentation product.
US11555209B2
The invention provides genetically engineered microorganisms and methods for the biological production of ethylene glycol and precursors of ethylene glycol. In particular, the microorganism of the invention produces ethylene glycol or a precursor of ethylene glycol through one or more of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate, oxaloacetate, citrate, malate, and glycine. The invention further provides compositions comprising ethylene glycol or polymers of ethylene glycol such as polyethylene terephthalate.
US11555207B2
Provided herein are CRIS-PR/Cas9 complexes and methods of using same.
US11555204B2
The present invention provides an approach to enhancing the production of a foreign protein serving as a protein-based pharmaceutical product in host cells such as cultured cells derived from a mammal. The present invention provides transformed cells having a novel Hspa5 gene promoter, and a method for secreting and producing a foreign protein at high levels using the transformed host cells.
US11555203B2
Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of plant species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.
US11555201B2
The present invention provides recombinant DNA constructs, vectors and molecules useful for attenuating and/or refining the expression of a florigenic FT gene or transgene using targeting sequences of small RNA molecules. Transgenic plants, plant cells and tissues, and plant parts comprising the recombinant constructs, vectors, and molecules are also provided. Transgenic plants comprising a florigenic FT transgene may produce more bolls, siliques, fruits, nuts, or pods per node on the transgenic plant via suppression, relative to a control or wild type plant. Methods are further provided for introducing the recombinant DNA constructs, vectors, and molecules into a plant, and planting transgenic plants in the field including at higher densities. Transgenic plants of the present invention may provide greater yield potential than wild type or control plants.
US11555199B2
A method of modifying a gene encoding or processed into a non-coding RNA molecule having no RNA silencing activity in a plant cell is disclosed. The method comprising introducing into the plant cell a DNA editing agent conferring a silencing specificity of the non-coding RNA molecule towards a target RNA of interest. A method of modifying a gene encoding or processed into a RNA silencing molecule in a plant cell is also disclosed. The method comprising introducing into the plant cell a DNA editing agent which redirects the silencing specificity of the non-coding RNA molecule towards a target RNA of interest. Plant cells, plant seeds, plants, and methods of generating plants are also disclosed.
US11555197B2
The invention provides a compositions and methods for controlling phenotypic traits in plants. Genes of interest are placed under the control of a gene switch to allow inducible control or expression of a gene of interest “on-demand” by treatment of the plant with a chemical ligand.
US11555196B2
The present invention relates to a method for increasing the expression and/or promoting correct folding of a heterologous polypeptide of interest in a plant cell, comprising co-expressing the heterologous polypeptide of interest with a polypeptide encoding a mammalian chaperone protein. The invention also relates to plant cells and plants, which either transiently or stably, co-express the heterologous polypeptide of interest and the chaperone protein.
US11555195B2
Constructs for genetically engineering plants to selectively alter DELLA gene expression to promote plant growth while maintaining root integrity are provided, as are methods of designing, making and using such constructs.
US11555182B2
Variants of chymosin with improved milk clotting properties.
US11555176B2
Cell culture media are provided herein as are methods of using the media for cell culture and protein production from cells.
US11555174B2
A method for promoting biological activity uses a filter system to increase cell production of a fed batch bioreactor. The filter system cycles bioreactor fluid through a hollow fiber tangential flow filter which separates metabolic wastes (as well as proteins) from cells produced in bioreactor and returned to fed batch bioreactor, improving cell production in the fed batch bioreactor. The filter system includes a disposable pump and filter, and a reusable control system. The pump is a low shear gamma stable pump gently cycling bioreactor fluid through the filter with minimal damage to the cells produced in the bioreactor. The pumphead and hollow fiber tangential flow filter are disposable. The pump motor is part of the control system and is reusable. The pumphead and filter are provided as an assembled and pre-sterilized unit allowing simple and quick attachment to the fed batch bioreactor, and simple and quick disposal.
US11555171B2
The present invention relates to a microtissue compartment device, comprising a compartment structure (1) having an upper surface (2) and a lower surface (3) essentially coplanar thereto, and at least two wells (4) suitable for accommodating one or more microtissues (5) in a liquid volume, each well having a lower section (4a) with a given diameter, coaxially oriented thereto an upper section (4b) with an extended diameter, and at least one conduit (6) fluidically connecting at least two wells to one another, and at least one space (13) arranged above a well. At least one well has, in its upper section, a relief structure (9) that prevents spreading or overflow of a liquid volume comprised in said well into space (13).
US11555167B2
The disclosure provides compositions and methods for making a colorized solution of an aqueous disinfectant that is both stable in bulk solution and will fade to clear within a predetermined period of time after being applied to a surface, for example as a spray or film. The compositions and methods described here allow an end user to visualize both the extent of coverage and the duration of contact of the disinfectant with the surface, thereby providing more efficient disinfection of the surface.
US11555163B2
The need for a liquid hand dishwashing cleaning composition that is less hazy, while also provides reduced surface tension between the detergent composition and the soiled plate, and hence improvements in cleaning, is met when the liquid hand dishwashing cleaning composition is formulated with a surfactant system and a polyvinyl alcohol having a degree of hydrolysis of from about 40% to about 86%.
US11555161B2
A grease composition for resin lubrication, the grease composition to be applied to a sliding surface made of resin, the grease composition containing: a fluorine-based base oil (a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 300 mm2/s or higher) and a synthetic hydrocarbon oil as base oils; a fluorine-based thickener, and a lithium soap thickener or a lithium complex soap thickener as thickeners; and a fluorine-based surfactant and an extreme pressure additive as additives; and a resin sliding member (slide switch) having a sliding surface made of resin, the sliding surface provided by application with the grease composition.
US11555154B2
The process removes hydrogen sulfide from hydrotreated gas by TSA. Hydrogen sulfide adsorbs on the adsorbent while allowing hydrogen in the hydrotreated gas to pass the adsorbent to provide a desulfided hydrogen gas stream and a sulfided adsorbent. A regenerant gas stream can be contacted with the sulfided adsorbent at a swing temperature to desorb hydrogen sulfide from the adsorbent into the regenerant gas stream. The regenerant gas stream can then be recycled to a hydrotreating reactor for processing biorenewable feed to provide hydrogen sulfide to the reactor. The desulfided gas stream can be purified to remove impurities such as carbon oxides and recycled to the hydrotreating reactor and/or used as the regenerant gas stream.
US11555150B2
The present invention relates to an etching composition for selectively etching a silicon nitride layer. The etching composition includes an inorganic acid, an epoxy-based silicon compound, and water. The etching composition of the present invention selectively removes a silicon nitride layer while minimizing damage to an underlying metal layer and preventing a silicon oxide layer from being etched.
US11555142B2
The subject invention relates to methods for post-primary oil recovery that utilize multiple mechanisms of action, wherein biochemical-producing microbes are injected into an oil well in a certain predetermined order, based on, for example, the metabolites and by-products they are capable of producing. Preferably, gas-, acid- and/or solvent-producing microbe such as a Clostridium bacterium, is injected into the well first, followed by a biosurfactant and/or biopolymer-producing microbe, such as Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis and/or a combination thereof.
US11555136B2
The present disclosure provides azeotrope or azeotrope-like compositions including trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I) and trifluoroacetyl chloride (CF3COCl), and a method of forming an azeotrope or azeotrope-like composition comprising the step of combining trifluoroacetyl chloride (CF3COCl) and trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I) to form an azeotrope or azeotrope-like composition.
US11555127B2
Methods of coating a substrate are disclosed. The methods comprise applying shear force to a coating composition either before or during application of the coating composition to the substrate. The coating composition comprises a water-borne or solvent-borne film-forming resin and a catalyst associated with a carrier, wherein at least some of the catalyst can be released from the carrier upon application of the shear force. Also provided are coated articles prepared by the methods.
US11555124B2
The present invention relates to an optical film including a light-transmitting substrate film such as a polyester-based substrate film and an antiglare layer, and more specifically, to an optical film capable of effectively suppressing the occurrence of interference fringes derived from the substrate film, realizing excellent antiglare properties, and having excellent scratch resistance, and excellent adhesion between the substrate film and the antiglare layer, and the like, and to an image display device including the same.
US11555122B2
The present invention refers to a mineral matter powder preparation by wet process without acrylic additive or other grinding aid additives and to the use of said mineral matter after an optional hydrophobic treatment. Said mineral material having superior dispersing properties.
US11555121B2
A precipitated silica suitable for thermal insulation applications and a process for its manufacture.
US11555117B2
The present disclosure relates to a polyamide molding composition including a semi-aromatic, semi-crystalline copolyamide and flat glass fibers that shows a low tendency to absorb moisture and thus maintains its excellent mechanical and optical properties also during storage and/or use.
US11555114B2
Provided is a method of producing a polycarbonate-based resin composition, including mixing an aliphatic polycarbonate-based resin (A) containing a specific repeating unit (A-1), and at least one kind of aromatic thermoplastic resin (S) selected from the group consisting of an aromatic polycarbonate-based resin (B) containing a polycarbonate block formed of a specific repeating unit, an aromatic polyester-based resin (C) having a specific structural unit, and a polyarylate resin (D) having a specific structural unit in the presence of a transesterification catalyst at a temperature at which the resin components melt.
US11555106B2
A composition including a melt blend of at least one thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) and at least one non-crosslinked elastomer and optionally at least one catalyst for catalyzing chain extension and/or crosslinking and/or coupling reactions of the at least one non-crosslinked elastomer. Further, a method for producing a polymer composition, to a shaped article including a substrate layer composed of the composition, to a method producing a shaped article, and to a method for covering a roof using the shaped articles.
US11555097B2
A polyurethane foam is produced by reacting a polyol-containing composition and an isocyanate composition. The polyol-containing composition includes a petrol-based polyol at greater than or equal to about 50 parts by weight percent and cellulose reinforcements. Additionally, a soy-based polyol is also included in various polyol-containing compositions.
US11555091B2
This invention generally provides composition for making a polyurethane foam with reduced aldehyde emission and more specially to composition useful in means of transport such as interior part of cars, wherein composition is comprising: (a) a polyfunctional isocyanate; (b) an isocyanate reactive composition; and (c) a compound of the formula (I) or (II), wherein the compound (c) is present by weight percentage in the composition in an amount ranging from about 0.001 to about 10, preferably from about 0.01 to about 5, and more preferably from about 0.05 to about 2 based on the total weight of the composition. The compositions can reduce aldehyde emission, especially acetaldehyde emission in the PU foam and has no obvious influence on the mechanic properties of the foam.
US11555087B2
A prepolymer of elastomer material for screw drilling tools and a preparation method thereof are provided. The prepolymer includes component A and component B, wherein the component A includes hydroxyl-terminated liquid rubber, polytetrahydrofuran diol, and polyether polyol; the component B includes at least one of an isocyanate, a cyanate, and a cyano compound; the mass ratio of the hydroxyl-terminated liquid rubber, polytetrahydrofuran diol, and polyether polyol is (0.2-1.0): (0.2-1.0): (0.2-1.0). Different molecular segments of different proportions are introduced through structural design, such that the molecular structure of the prepolymer has both rigid and flexible segments, thus to achieve an adjustable and controllable structure of the prepolymer; and the introduction of active groups makes the prepolymer to show good reactivity and processability. Therefore, a reactive elastomer material having excellent properties such as hardness, tear strength, and tensile strength can be obtained used as an elastomer material for screw drilling tools.
US11555085B2
A polymer composition comprising a star-branched copolymer having a plurality of arms is disclosed. Each polymer arm has a molecular weight Mp of from 1 kg/mol to 50 kg/mol and comprises polymerized units (i) derived from a first vinyl aromatic monomer comprising a radical-reactive group, wherein from greater than 10 mol % to 100 mol % of the units (i) are unhydrogenated; and optionally, polymerized units (ii) comprising hydrogenated and unhydrogenated forms of polymerized units derived from a high Tg monomer, and hydrogenated form of polymerized units (i) or hydrogenated form of polymerized styrene units; and optionally, polymerized units (iii) comprising (a) hydrogenated form of polymerized units derived from one or more acyclic conjugated dienes, and (b) polymerized units derived from one or more of a second vinyl aromatic monomer; wherein less than 10 wt. % of units (a) are unhydrogenated.
US11555067B2
Herein is reported a polypeptide comprising a first polypeptide and a second polypeptide each comprising in N-terminal to C-terminal direction at least a portion of an immunoglobulin hinge region, which comprises one or more cysteine residues, an immunoglobulin CH2-domain and an immunoglobulin CH3-domain, wherein the first, the second, or the first and the second polypeptide comprise the mutation Y436A (numbering according to the EU index).
US11555065B2
The invention provides anti-Tau antibodies and methods of using the same.
US11555061B2
Based on the three-dimensional structure of albumin, the inventors have designed variant polypeptides (muteins) which have one or more cysteine residues with a free thiol group (hereinafter referred to as “thio-albumin”). The variant polypeptide may be conjugated through the sulphur atom of the cysteine residue to a conjugation partner such as a bioactive compound.
US11555055B2
The present disclosure describes novel peptides, including peptides that inhibit the proteolytic activity of insulin-de-grading enzyme (IDE). Also described are cosmetic and pharmaceutical formulations including these peptides, as well as a treatment method aimed at improving the appearance and/or texture of skin and/or promoting wound healing and a method for treating diabetes. The disclosed peptides and formulations are particularly useful for addressing the problem of impaired wound healing in diabetes.
US11555052B2
This disclosure relates to methods for the prevention of the reduction of disulfide bonds in a polypeptide expressed in a recombinant host cell, comprising, following fermentation, adding selenite and/or its salts or derivatives to a harvest solution of the recombinant host cell, wherein the disulfide bond in the polypeptide remains non-reduced.
US11555046B2
The present disclosure relates to a novel crystalline form of L-glufosinate ammonium salt and a process for preparation thereof. The present disclosure also provides compositions comprising said form and a method for the control of undesired plant growth using said compositions.
US11555043B2
Provided in the present invention is a preparation method for a nano organometallic carboxylate which effectively solves the problems of a complex washing process, and cumbersome, dangerous and uneconomical preparation of lye in traditional methods for producing organometallic carboxylates. A new method for preparing high-quality organometallic carboxylates by using a carboxylic acid, caustic soda, a metal oxide or a hydroxide as starting materials, and using ball milling to assist reaction thereof. The present invention not only efficiently utilizes lye, it also obtains high-quality organometallic carboxylates, which overcomes the technical prejudice that the prior art uses calcium chloride, sodium chloride and other salts for poor reaction efficiency. The problem in environmental pollution caused by the washing waste liquid in the existing process is fundamentally solved. At the same time, addition of non-ionic surfactants makes ball milling more efficient and significantly reduces the particle size of the product.
US11555035B2
The present invention provides a compound having an excellent control effect on a harmful arthropod. A compound represented by formula (I) [wherein: A represents a CH or a nitrogen atom; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a NR2R3; R2 and R3 are identical to or different from each other, and each represent a C1-C6 alkyl group, a hydrogen atom, or the like; and n represents 0, 1, or 2] has an excellent control effect on a harmful arthropod.
US11555034B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds capable of emitting delayed fluorescence, and uses of these compounds in organic light-emitting diodes.
US11555031B2
Disclosed herein are methods for inducing insulin secretion in a glucose-dependent manner and compounds for use in these methods. The compounds may have the structure of formula I(a): wherein the substituents are as described in the description; or a pharmaceutically acceptable form thereof.
US11555030B2
An organic compound has a benzonaphthofuran skeleton and is represented by General Formula (G1). In General Formula (G1), A represents a pyrene skeleton. In the case where the pyrene skeleton has a substituent, the substituent is a diarylamino group including two substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups each having 6 to 13 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic saturated hydrocarbon group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic saturated hydrocarbon group having 7 to 10 carbon atoms. The two aryl groups of the diarylamino group may be the same or different. In X1 represented by General Formula (G1-1), one of R6 and R7 is bonded to N in General Formula (G1), and the other of R6 and R7 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic saturated hydrocarbon group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic saturated hydrocarbon group having 7 to 10 carbon atoms.
US11555028B2
An organic compound represented by the following general formula [1] is excellent in thermal stability. In the general formula [1], R1 to R12 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a substituent. Symbol A is selected from the group consisting of a divalent residue of naphthalene, phenanthrene, fluorene, benzofluorene, dibenzofluorene or spirofluorene, and a heteroarylene group having 4 to 12 carbon atoms. Symbol B is selected from the group consisting of an arylene group having 6 to 25 carbon atoms and a heteroarylene group having 4 to 12 carbon atoms. Symbol n is an integer of 0 to 3.
US11555025B2
The present invention relates to crystalline forms of N-[1-(5-cyano-pyridin-2-ylmethyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]-2-[4-(1-trifluoromethyl-cyclopropyl)-phenyl]-acetamide, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said crystalline forms and their use as T-type calcium channel blockers in the treatment or prevention of diseases or disorders where T-type calcium channels are involved.
US11555021B2
This disclosure concerns fatty acid derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the fatty acid derivatives, and methods of using the fatty acid derivatives, for example, to treat inflammation, chronic itch, chronic pain, an autoimmune disorder, atherosclerosis, a skin disorder, arthritis, a neurodegenerative disorder, or a psychiatric disorder in a subject. In some embodiments, the fatty acid derivative is a compound, or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, having a structure according to: wherein X is from 1-16 carbons in length, Z is aliphatic from 1-16 carbons in length, or is not present, Y is selected from: R1, R2, and R3 are independently hydrogen or lower alkyl, R4 is lower alkyl, hydroxyl, carboxyl, or amine, R5 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, or halide, R6 is hydroxyl or substituted thiol, and each R7 is independently hydrogen or fluoride or is not present and the adjacent carbons form alkyne.
US11555017B2
The present invention relates to novel 1-hexyl-1H-pyrazole-4,5-diamine derivative compounds of formula (I), to a composition for oxidation dyeing of the keratin fibres containing same, to a process for preparing the compounds of formula (I), to reaction intermediates, to an oxidation dyeing process using the composition, to the use of the compounds of formula (I) for oxidation dyeing of keratin fibres, and also to a kit; and to the 1-hexyl-4,5-diaminopyrazole derivative compounds of formula (I) below: and also the addition salts thereof with organic or mineral acids, the tautomers thereof, and the solvates thereof such as hydrates, in which ALK is as defined in the description.
US11555012B2
The present invention provides compounds useful as inhibitors of ATP citrate lyase (ACLY), compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
US11555010B2
This invention is directed to compounds of Formula (I) pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof, to their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, and to their uses as antimicrobial agents.
US11555006B2
New host-protective molecules containing conjugated triene and diene double bonds with each carrying a 13-carbon position alcohol and were derived from n-3 docosapentaenoic acid (DPA, C22:5) were produced in neutrophil-endothelial co-cultures, and they are present in human and mouse tissues after sterile inflammation or infection. These compounds, termed 13-series resolvins (RvT), demonstrated potent protective actions increasing mice survival during Escherichia coli infections. Their biosynthesis during neutrophil-endothelial cell interactions was initiated by endothelial cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and increased by atorvastatin via S-nitrosylation of COX-2. Atorvastatin and RvT were additive in E. coli infections in mice where they accelerated resolution of inflammation and increased survival >60%. Results documented novel host protective molecules in bacterial infections, namely RvT, derived from n-3 DPA via transcellular biosynthesis and increased by atorvastatin. RvT also regulated human and mouse phagocyte responses stimulating bacterial phagocytosis and regulating inflammasome components to regulate key innate protective responses in the resolution of infectious-inflammation.
US11554988B2
A method of making a chemical-resistant concrete composition, namely a quartz-based casting composition, is provided. The quartz-based casting composition provides excellent resistance to attack by chemicals, including weak and strong acids. The quartz-based casting composition is useful as concrete in various construction applications where corrosion resistance is needed. The casting composition includes a dry component and a wet component. The dry component includes about 25% to about 100% by weight quartz and the corrosion resistance increases with increasing quartz content.
US11554979B2
A system for processing optical fiber includes a draw furnace, a fiber conveyance pathway extending between an upstream end positioned at the draw furnace and a downstream end positioned opposite the upstream end, where optical fiber is conveyed along the fiber conveyance pathway from the upstream end to the downstream end in a fiber conveyance direction, a muffle in communication with the draw furnace and positioned downstream of the draw furnace, a second cooling device annularly surrounding the fiber conveyance pathway downstream from the draw furnace, the second cooling device including one or more second cooling device heating elements and a first cooling device positioned between the draw furnace and the second cooling device, wherein the first cooling device directs a fluid to contact the optical fiber.
US11554978B2
A method for forming an optical glass preform from a soot preform is provided. The method includes forming a soot preform, placing the soot preform in a furnace, and applying a vacuum through a centerline hole of the soot preform.
US11554975B2
An apparatus for making a glass ribbon can include a heating plane including a heat footprint facing the surface of an edge director. A projection of the heat footprint in a resultant direction of the heating plane within the heat footprint can intersect the surface of the edge director. In further embodiments, a fusion draw method of making a glass ribbon can include radiating heat within a heat footprint of a heating plane toward a surface of an edge director. At least a portion of the heating plane within the heat footprint can face the surface of the edge director so that the surface of the edge director is intersected with heat radiating from the heat footprint of the heating plane.
US11554970B2
A method for circulating hot air in a solar desalination system includes providing a desalination structure having an air flow path defined between an external surface layer and an internal surface layer. A return flow conduit provides an internal fluid flow path. Saline water is pumped through a center column in a direction from the base towards the peak. The saline water is delivered through a nozzle that extends through a sidewall of the center column to provide a mist within the desalination structure exterior of the center column. An air flow within the air flow path is heated to form a hot air supply. The mist is heated with the hot air supply to form an evaporated fluid. A diverted portion of the hot air supply is delivered into the return flow conduit and mixed with an ambient air to form and heat the air flow.
US11554966B2
The present invention provides a nanostructured titanic acid salt and a preparation process and use thereof. The process comprises preparing a dispersion containing titanium peroxy complex; slowly adding a metal compound to the dispersion containing the titanium peroxy complex to form a solution; adding an alcohol to the solution under normal temperature and normal pressure to produce the nanostructured titanic acid salt precursor precipitate in the solution, and separating the precipitate to obtain the titanic acid salt precursor; drying the precursor, and then heat treating it to obtain the nanostructured titanic acid salt product. The present invention provides a process for preparing a titanic acid salt with simple preparation process, easy control for process parameters and easy large-scale industrial production.
US11554955B2
The invention relates to a process for the combined production of hydrogen and carbon dioxide from a hydrocarbon mixture, in which the residual gas of a PSA H2 (12) is separated by permeation in order to reduce the hydrocarbon content thereof and the hydrocarbon-purified gas is separated at a low temperature to produce a carbon dioxide-rich liquid (22).
US11554954B2
Process for manufacturing a hydrogen-containing synthesis gas from a natural gas feedstock, comprising the conversion of said natural gas into a raw product gas and purification of said product gas, the process having a heat input provided by combustion of a fuel; said process comprises a step of conversion of a carbonaceous feedstock, and at least a portion of said fuel is a gaseous fuel obtained by said step of conversion of said carbonaceous feedstock, and the Wobbe Index of said fuel is increased by a step of carbon dioxide removal or methanation.
US11554946B1
Disclosed are a supercharger and a carbonated water mixing device. The supercharger includes a housing. An accommodating cavity is formed in the housing, the housing is provided with a gas-liquid inlet and an outlet communicating with the accommodating cavity, an impact interface is provided in the accommodating cavity, and the gas-liquid inlet is configured for a gas-liquid mixture to enter the accommodating cavity and impact on the impact interface.
US11554944B2
To realize a fork lift device capable of contributing to space-saving for an aisle width at a warehouse. A fork lift device according to an embodiment of the present includes: a first fork and a second fork moveable in a lateral direction and a vertical direction with respect to a traveling direction; and an interchanging mechanism configured to interchange vertical positions of the first fork and the second fork.
US11554941B2
The present disclosure relates to a lattice piece for a lattice boom having four corner bars that are connected to one another by a plurality of posts and diagonals, wherein the lattice piece has a rectangular cross-section having two longer and two shorter sides. A cross-sectional section of the corner bars is designed as a hollow section that has a larger extent in the direction of the longer side of the lattice piece than in the direction of the shorter side of the lattice piece. At least one side of the corner bar section has a stabilization structure in the form of a joint, a kink, a bend, or a rounded portion. The present disclosure further relates to a lattice boom comprising at least one lattice piece in accordance with the present disclosure and to a work machine having such a lattice boom.
US11554938B2
The hoisting arrangement of a hoist of a of a crane, includes a trolley arranged to move along a main support structure of the crane, whereby the trolley includes a support frame structure; bearing wheels which are fastened to the support frame structure and by means of which the trolley is arranged to move along said main support structure; a hoisting mechanism that has a rope drum for a hoisting rope, a rope pulley arrangement which has upper sheave arrangements and lower rope pulley arrangements and through which the hoisting rope may be guided from the rope drum to an attachment point, and a hoisting member in cooperation with the hoisting rope for hoisting a load; whereby the rope drum is supported to the support frame structure of the trolley so that the axle of the rope drum is parallel to the main support structure. In the hoisting arrangement, the disengagement point of the hoisting rope from the rope drum, the attachment point of the sheave, and the attachment point of the first end of hoisting rope are arranged on the same vertical plane of the hoisting arrangement. The rope drum has a first end towards which the hoisting rope is wound in the hoisting member's upper position, and a second end towards which the hoisting rope is unwound in the hoisting member's lower position. The first rope pulley of the rope pulley arrangement is so placed that the release point of the hoisting rope from the first rope pulley to the first sheave is, in the axle direction of the rope drum, further from the second end than the first end of the rope drum.
US11554937B2
The invention relates to a traction wheel for an elevator for driving plurality of belts, comprising a central axis; plurality of circular rim surfaces side by side in axial direction against each of which a belt can be placed to pass; and circular guide flanges on axial sides of each rim surface for guiding a belt placed to pass against the rim surface. Each of said guide flanges comprises a circular array of guide parts, plurality of which guide parts comprises a guide surface portion for guiding a belt, which guide surface portion is movable towards the central axis. The invention also relates to a drive machinery and an elevator implementing the traction wheel.
US11554931B2
An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator system includes a destination entry device configured to allow a passenger to indicate an intended destination prior to entering an elevator car and at least one detector configured to detect a proximity between the passenger and at least one other individual that has not indicated an intended destination. A controller is configured to determine whether the detected proximity between the passenger and the at least one other individual satisfies at least one criterion indicating that the at least one other individual likely is associated with the passenger, will board an elevator car with the passenger, and will travel to the intended destination with the passenger. The controller is configured to assign an elevator car to carry the passenger and the at least one other individual to the intended destination when the detected proximity satisfies the at least one criterion.
US11554929B2
A transport apparatus includes a speaker and a mike disposed at respective positions between which a transport path of a medium is interposed, where the speaker and the mike face each other, a drive circuit that outputs a drive signal to the speaker, an amplifier circuit formed by coupling a plurality of amplifiers in series, where the amplifier circuit amplifies and outputs an output signal of the mike, a processor to which the output signal of the amplifier circuit is input, an attenuation circuit disposed in a stage preceding a predetermined amplifier, where the attenuation circuit attenuates an input signal and outputs the input signal to the predetermined amplifier, and a switch that switches an attenuation factor by the attenuation circuit.
US11554919B2
A lift gate apparatus includes a movable conveyor device and a bracket. The movable conveyor device is configured to transition between a conveying position and a non-conveying position. The bracket configured to bridge a gap between the movable convey or device and a fixed conveyor device, wherein the bracket pivots and slides over the fixed conveyor device when the movable conveyor device is transitioned from the conveying position to the non-conveying position.
US11554918B2
A carrier belt for loading materials includes a carrier body, a protective film on a mounting surface of the carrier body, and at least one dividing strip sandwiched between the protective film and the carrier body, thereby spacing protective film from the carrier body to form a gap. The mounting surface comprises a plurality of loading areas to carry the materials and at least one non-loading area. The at least one dividing strip is arranged on the on the non-loading area, a height of the gap is greater than a thickness of each of the materials. A carrier roll is also provided.
US11554917B2
An inventory management system includes pick stations, automated vehicles having an onboard power source, a first drive system configured to horizontally displace the vehicle, a second drive system configured to vertically displace the vehicle along a guide system, and a platform for supporting an item during displacement of the vehicle. A first plurality of storage locations store inventory items at a first zone of vehicle operation and a second plurality of storage areas store inventory items at a second zone of vehicle operation. A first pick station is closer to the first storage locations than to the second storage locations, Vehicles are configured to transfer a selected item from one of the second plurality of storage locations to the first pick station or to transfer the selected item from the second plurality of storage locations to the first plurality of storage locations.
US11554912B2
The present disclosure provides a removable plug configured to preclude the release of gases through a thief hatch positioned on a hydrocarbon tank.
US11554908B2
The present invention fulfills the above and other objects by providing a combination dispensing and disposal container having a dispensing end with a dispensing opening for dispensing new items, such as facial tissue, wet wipes, candy, etc. On the side of the container is a disposal opening for accepting trash. A partition located inside of the container separates a storage compartment where new items are held from a disposal compartment where trash is held. The combination dispensing and disposal container is usable for individual personal use, provides an all-in-one convenient box for separated new items form used items, and can be used anywhere. The entirety of the combination dispensing and disposal container may be discarded into the trash or recycled upon the disposal compartment being filled with used items.
US11554906B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are presented for a wrapper for foodstuffs. An elastomeric layer is flexible and substantially planar. A metallic layer is malleable and substantially planar. An adhesive couples the metallic layer to at least a perimeter of the elastomeric layer so that the elastomeric layer, the metallic layer, and the adhesive comprise a food covering for a container and the metallic layer is configured to conform around an edge of the container.
US11554898B2
Provided is a crate coupleable to another crate or to a variety of carrying platforms. The crate having a base and side-walls upwardly extending from the base, of which at least two opposite side-walls are locking side-walls extending parallel to one another, each of the locking side-walls is configured at a top or a bottom surface thereof with at least one sliding locking slot extending parallel to said locking side-wall and defining a primary sliding path, the at least one sliding locking slot is configured with at least one arresting rib and an uncovered portion extending behind the at least one arresting rib, another one of the top or a bottom surface of the locking side-walls is configured with at least one locking tongue disposed parallel to said locking side-wall and configured for sliding arresting with a respective locking slot.
US11554893B2
A container (210) for holding granular or powdered material and formed by a top wall (212), a bottom wall (214), a front wall (216), a rear wall (218), a first side wall (220), and a second side wall (222). A rotatably removable lid (D) is interiorly mounted with a scoop (32) and is pivotally hinged to a collar (300) that includes a sealing gasket (330). The collar (300) mounts to the walls of the container (210). A sealing wall 240 of the lid (D) cooperates with the gasket 300 to prevent the contents from spilling. The container (210) incorporates powder control features, a container wall junction (50) preferred geometry and congruent scoop (32) enabling convenient access to the contents, a tolerance variation accommodating and strength improving, J-shaped collar (300) and interlocking indentations (290) and flex clips (310), and a pressure controlling portion (350) that prevents unwanted deformation due to pressure differentials.
US11554878B2
An aircraft undercarriage including electrical equipment (2, 3) fastened to a portion (1) of the undercarriage and a lightning protection device (10) comprising at least one shield fastened to said portion (1) of the undercarriage by fastener means so as to extend in register with the electrical equipment (2, 3) in a position that is spaced apart therefrom, the shield comprising at least a first plate (11) made of electrically conductive material that is arranged to absorb a major portion of the heat energy that is generated by the passage of a lightning wave and to discharge the electric charge of the lightning wave. An aircraft fitted with such an undercarriage.
US11554875B2
A method of electrically powering a non-voltage-regulated electricity network, and also to an electrical architecture. The electrical architecture comprises: a plurality of sources of electrical energy including both at least one rechargeable electrical energy storage device and also an electrical power generation device a main electricity network electrically connected directly to the sources of electrical energy; and pieces of electrical equipment electrically powered by the main electricity network. The method comprises both a first powering step for electrically powering the main electricity network by the rechargeable electrical energy storage device and also a second powering step for electrically powering the main electricity network by the electrical power generation device, followed by a regulating step for regulating an internal voltage of the electrical power generation device as a function of the first power delivered by the rechargeable electrical energy storage device.
US11554867B2
A shoring adapter configured for spreading cargo loads, in particular heavy cargo loads, to be loaded on board of a transport aircraft, includes at least one base portion configured to be placed on a standardized aircraft cargo pallet and a cargo adapter portion configured to accommodate the cargo load. In operation, the cargo adapter portion is mounted on top of the at least one base portion. The at least one base portion includes a lower frame assembly, an upper frame assembly and at least one elastic support assembly. The at least one elastic support assembly is arranged between the lower and upper frame assemblies such that, in operation, the upper frame assembly is elastically supported in a vertical direction by the at least one elastic support assembly on the lower frame assembly.
US11554865B2
Winged tilt-rotor vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft and related methods are disclosed. Aircraft comprise an airframe comprising one or more wings; one or more tilt-adjustable rotors positioned forward of the one or more wings; and one or more fixed-tilt rotors positioned behind at least one of the one or more wings. Methods comprise tilting only one or more forward rotors positioned in front of one or more wings of the aircraft, and not tilting one or more rearward rotors positioned behind at least one of the one or more wings.
US11554856B2
Provided is an aerial vehicle, including: a package carrier including a plurality of vertical members being changeable in relative positions in a horizontal direction and surrounding a package in the horizontal direction to prevent falling of the package. A plurality of rotary wings are changeable in relative positions in the horizontal direction. The relative positions of the plurality of vertical members and the relative positions of the plurality of rotary wings are changeable. The package carrier is changed in shape in the horizontal direction in accordance with the relative positions of the plurality of vertical members. The change in the relative positions of the plurality of rotary wings is in conjunction with the shape of the package carrier.
US11554847B2
Lock apparatus and related methods for use with drones are disclosed. A disclosed drone assembly includes a wing, a keel-beam, an adapter positioned on an end of the keel-beam, and a lock configured to receive the adapter. The lock includes a first lock portion coupled to the wing and a second lock portion rotatable relative to the first lock portion between a first position and a second position. The lock is configured to (a) couple the keel-beam to the wing when the second lock portion is in the second position and (b) decouple the keel-beam from the wing when the second lock portion is in the first position.
US11554843B2
A marine vessel having a propeller that provides propulsive force to the marine vessel, and a course control system. The course control system includes a course changing mechanism that changes a course of the marine vessel, and a controller configured or programmed to detect a sudden movement of the marine vessel originating from broaching caused by a following wave of the marine vessel, and upon detecting the sudden movement of the marine vessel originating from the broaching, control a rotation rate of the propeller and/or cause the course changing mechanism to change the course of the marine vessel.
US11554839B2
A system and process for removing rigid unconsolidated buoyancy material from a subsea facility, disposing rigid unconsolidated buoyancy material to a subsea facility, and recovering said rigid unconsolidated buoyancy material for reuse.
US11554837B2
A navigation light pole and method of protecting the navigation light and pole by providing a flexible joint at a base of the light pole which allows the light pole to bend about the flexible joint when the light or light pole is hit, for example, by a low clearance structure such as a bridge or boat lift to prevent damage to the light pole or light.
US11554833B2
An auxiliary power device adapted for use with a bicycle includes a drive unit, first and second one-way transmissions that are adapted to be mounted in a bike frame of the bicycle, a crankshaft and a transmission sprocket. The first one-way transmission is connected between the drive unit and the transmission sprocket. The second one-way transmission is mounted between the crankshaft and the transmission sprocket. When rotation of the transmission sprocket is driven by the drive unit via the first one-way transmission, the second one-way transmission is idling. When rotation of the transmission sprocket is driven by the crankshaft via the second one-way transmission, the first one-way transmission is idling.
US11554826B2
A storage box power supply structure for a saddled vehicle includes a storage box (30), a carrier (50) configured to detachably mount the storage box (30) on a vehicle body, a hook (33) configured to connect the storage box (30) to the carrier (50), a hook receiving section (53) configured to receive the hook (33), a hook-side terminal (70) provided inside the hook (33) and configured to supply electric power to an electrical component (46), and a receiving-side terminal (80) provided in the hook receiving section (53) and connected to the hook-side terminal (70) when the storage box (30) is mounted on the carrier (50).
US11554823B2
A cartridge pin assembly in a track chain assembly includes a sleeve bearing having a flared end.
US11554816B2
A freight vehicle has a frame defining a support surface for the goods to be transported, a plurality of rubberized wheel assemblies with suspensions, the height of which can be adjusted to shift the support surface between a lowered loading position and a raised transport position, and a driver's cab arranged beneath said support surface; the cab being coupled to, and overhanging, the frame by means of an articulated quadrilateral transmission unit and being shifted by pneumatic actuators configured to vertically move the whole cab in relation to the support surface between two extreme end positions, one approaching the support surface and one spaced apart from said support surface, and to arrange the cab in a cushioned intermediate position for the transport of the goods.
US11554813B2
A front pillar upper structure of a vehicle includes an outer member and an inner member. The inner member forms an inner wall of the front pillar upper structure in a vehicle-width direction, and is joined to the outer member forming an outer wall in the vehicle-width direction to form a closed cross-section structure. The inner member includes a flange part, a first wall part, and a second wall part. The second wall part is disposed between the flange part located on the lower side of the inner member and joined to the outer member and the first wall part located above the flange part. The second wall part has an angle of inclination in a range from 41° to 68° to a principal axis of inertia extending in the vehicle-width direction in a cross section substantially vertical to a longitudinal direction of the front pillar upper structure.
US11554806B2
A steering device of the present invention has a steered shaft rotation stopper (100) having a contact member (101) and a forcing member (102). The forcing member (102) forces at least either one of a steered shaft (6) or the contact member (101) in a direction in which the steered shaft (6) and the contact member (101) push against each other. In a state in which the contact member (101) contacts a contact portion (6D) of the steered shaft (6), the contact member (101) stops a rotation of the steered shaft (6).
US11554805B2
An ECU independently controls power supply to two winding systems in a motor on a per-winding-system basis based on current command values each calculated for a corresponding winding system in accordance with a target assist torque. When a first winding system fails, the ECU transitions from a first state in which the ECU causes the winding groups of the two winding systems to produce the target assist torque to a second state in which the ECU causes the winding group of the other normal winding system to produce the target assist torque. If the current command value for the normal winding system is equal to or below a current threshold value that is set with reference to zero or a value close to zero when the failed winding system recovers to its normal state in the second state, the ECU transitions from the second state to the first state.
US11554799B2
Provided is a method for controlling an anti-yaw damper, including: obtaining lateral acceleration signals of a frame and performing a first preprocessing on the lateral acceleration signals; obtaining a pressure difference between two chambers of an anti-yaw damper piston and performing a second preprocessing of the pressure difference; obtaining an MPPT algorithm objective function value at the current moment and an MPPT algorithm objective function value at the previous moment according to first preprocessing results and second preprocessing results, and comparing the MPPT algorithm objective function value at the current moment with the MPPT algorithm objective function value at the previous moment; and controlling the adjustment direction of an electromagnetic proportional valve of the anti-yaw damper according to the comparison result. According to the method, the damping force of the anti-yaw damper can be adjusted in real time, therefore the adaptability of the damper in different wheel wear conditions and the kinetic stability of a motor train unit are improved. Also provided is an apparatus for controlling an anti-yaw damper.
US11554795B2
A driver assistance system of an ego vehicle is operated. The ego vehicle has at least one surroundings sensor for detecting the surroundings of the ego vehicle. Movements of multiple vehicles are detected with the at least one surroundings sensor in the surroundings of the ego vehicle. A movement model is generated based on the detected movements of the respective vehicles. A traffic situation is ascertained and a probability of correct classification of the traffic situation on the basis of the generated movement model by a machine learning method. The traffic situation and the probability of the correct classification of the traffic situation are ascertained by the machine learning method on the basis of the learned characteristic features of the movement model. The driver assistance system of the ego vehicle is adapted to the ascertained traffic situation.
US11554790B2
Techniques to predict object behavior in an environment are discussed herein. For example, such techniques may include inputting data into a model and receiving an output from the model representing a discretized representation. The discretized representation may be associated with a probability of an object reaching a location in the environment at a future time. A vehicle computing system may determine a trajectory and a weight associated with the trajectory using the discretized representation and the probability. A vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle, can be controlled to traverse an environment based on the trajectory and the weight output by the vehicle computing system.
US11554788B2
An apparatus for displaying a driving state of a vehicle, a system including the same and a method thereof is provided. The apparatus includes a processor that determines a change in a state of a lane change assistance function and controls a step-by-step notification based on the change in the state of the lane change assistance function, and a display controlled by the processor to display the step-by-step notification based on the change in the state of the lane change assistance function.
US11554784B2
Provided is a vehicle control device configured to: recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle; control steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle; detect operation states of a plurality of external recognition sensors; determine a driving mode of the vehicle as any one of a plurality of driving modes including a first driving mode, a second driving mode, and a third driving mode; change the third driving mode to either one of the first driving mode and the second driving mode when determining that a failure has occurred in one of the plurality of external recognition sensors that implement: a function of causing the vehicle to follow a preceding vehicle; and a function of assisting the vehicle in keeping a lane; and change the third driving mode to the second driving mode when determining that degradation in performance has occurred in one of the plurality of external recognition sensors.
US11554762B2
The invention relates to a method for providing vehicle steering support by differential wheel braking, the vehicle comprising: at least two axles with at least two wheels per axle; a braking system allowing individual braking of the wheels; and means for determining and/or estimating an operator input torque applied on a steering wheel, wherein the vehicle is configured with a positive scrub radius; the method comprising the steps of: identifying a need for steering support; determining a braking value required for achieving the needed steering support based on an integration of a function of at least one input value (Tinput) related to a determined or estimated operator input torque; and controlling the braking system based on the determined braking value.
US11554747B2
The present invention provides a sealing structure of a sealed container in which an opening of a metallic cylindrical container is closed with a metallic closing member, wherein a gap between an inner wall surface on an side of the opening of the metallic cylindrical container and an outer surface of the metallic closing member that radially faces the inner wall surface is sealed with a seal member having been melted and solidified.
US11554740B1
An automobile vehicle airbag system includes a vehicle seat having a seat back rotatably connected to a seat base, with the seat base mounted on a seat frame. A seat base cushion is mounted on the seat frame upon which an occupant is seated. A thigh airbag is connected to the seat frame and positioned above the seat frame and below the seat base cushion in a thigh airbag uninflated condition. At least one airbag tether is connected to the seat frame and to the thigh airbag. A lap belt is connected to the vehicle seat and contacts a pelvis of the occupant. When inflated the thigh airbag pushes upward on the seat base cushion forcing the thighs and pelvis of the occupant upward into frictional contact with the lap belt, thereby mitigating against submarining of the pelvis beneath the lap belt.
US11554731B2
An electrical system in a vehicle has a battery is configured to supply electrical current when a driver ignition key is in a Key-Off state. A. A plurality of electrical loads are each configurable to receive the electrical current flowing from the battery during the Key-Off state depending upon predetermined Key-Off-Load (KOL) Modes. A vehicle locator determines a geographic location of the vehicle. A sleep-time database records daily Key-On and Key-Off events according to changes between the Key-On state and the Key-Off state, wherein each Key-Off event is associated with a respective geographic location from the vehicle locator. An analyzer identifies Key-Off events sharing a repetitive time span and a common geographic location. A scheduler activates a timed KOL sequence according to the identified Key-Off events so that repetitive time slots of vehicle usage can be used to reduce battery drain during times when vehicle usage is less likely.
US11554730B2
A vehicle wheel includes: a rim including a well portion with an outer circumferential surface, the well portion having a recessed portion formed on the outer circumferential surface; a sub-air chamber member serving as a Helmholtz resonator; and a joining member including a joining portion disposed in the recessed portion. The sub-air chamber member is attached to the outer circumferential surface of the well portion via the joining member.
US11554727B2
A vehicular vision system includes a plurality of cameras disposed at a vehicle and having respective exterior fields of view. Each camera includes an image sensor and a microcontroller having memory, and each camera is in communication with a vehicle controller. Image data captured by the image sensor of each camera is communicated to the vehicle controller. The vehicle controller communicates control data to each camera, and the communicated control data is stored in memory of each camera. With the communicated control data stored in the memory of each camera, the vehicle controller communicates a trigger signal to each camera during operation of the vehicle and vision system. Responsive to the communicated trigger signal, the microcontroller of each camera loads parameters of the control data stored in the respective memory into the respective image sensor so that the parameters of the image sensors of all of the cameras are synchronized.
US11554725B2
A crossbar assembly for facilitating isolation of a sensor assembly from vibration comprises an outer crossbar segment, an inner crossbar segment, and an isolator. The outer crossbar segment comprises a payload mount interface and an outer isolator interface operable to mount to an isolator. The inner crossbar segment comprises a structure interface and an inner isolator interface operable to mount to the isolator. The isolator can be supported by the outer and inner crossbar segments. The isolator comprises a first wire rope assembly comprising wire ropes extending longitudinally from the outer crossbar segment to the inner crossbar segment, and a second wire rope assembly comprising a wire rope extending circumferentially between the outer and inner crossbar segments. The isolator operates to partially decouple the outer crossbar segment from the inner crossbar segment and dampen vibrations propagating between the outer and inner crossbar segments.
US11554719B2
A vehicular rearview mirror assembly includes an electrochromic reflective element having front and rear glass substrates with an electrochromic medium disposed therebetween. The front glass substrate includes a specularly reflective perimeter layer at least partially around a perimeter border region of the rear side of the front glass substrate. At least one light source is disposed behind the perimeter layer. With the vehicular rearview mirror assembly mounted at the vehicle and when the at least one light source is electrically powered, the at least one light source emits light that passes through the perimeter border region of the second side of the front glass substrate and that is visible to a viewer viewing the first side of the front glass substrate of the electrochromic reflective element at the perimeter layer.
US11554715B2
A school bus stop arm and drive unit therefor are disclosed. The stop an includes a stop sign and a drive unit for moving the stop sign between a retracted position and a deployed position. The drive unit comprises a motor operably coupled to the stop sign, one or more position sensors operable to detect the presence of the stop sign, and a controller for controlling operation of the motor. The controller configured to, monitor one or more operating characteristics of the motor for conditions indicative of an obstruction to movement of the stop sign, monitor the position sensor for a confirmation signal indicative of the presence of the stop sign in the deployed or retracted position, and based on the conditions indicative of an obstruction and the confirmation signal, determine if the stop sign has reached one of the deployed and retracted positions or is being obstructed.
US11554711B2
One or more flatbed trailers, load placement devices and/or collapsible bulkheads are provided. The flatbed trailer may have a lowered center of gravity and may comprise a plurality of load placement devices and a collapsible and/or crushable bulkhead disposed on a deck of the flatbed trailer to provide improved load transportation safety.
US11554710B1
A travel trailer generator mounting system for enabling installation of a permanent onboard generator system onto a travel trailer may include a generator mount designed to engage with the travel trailer frame. The generator mount may include a top planar surface with a generator storage portion extending downward therefrom, the generator storage portion sized to accommodate mounting of a generator therein; a front lip extending substantially perpendicularly upwards from a front edge of the top planar surface; and a rear lip extending substantially perpendicularly upwards from a rear edge of the top planar surface. The front lip and the rear lip may be configured to engage with cross members on the travel trailer for mounting of the generator mount to the travel trailer.
US11554705B1
A floor mat for a vehicle having a floor is provided and includes a mat body having a core, an upper surface and an opposing lower surface. A grommet is integrally formed with the mat body and is contained between the upper surface and the lower surface of the mat body, where the grommet includes an outer surface having a protruding member. A retainer includes a body having an inner surface and a flange extending radially outwardly from the inner surface, where the inner surface includes a protruding member, such that the retainer is removably secured to the grommet by engaging the protruding member of the grommet with the protruding member of the retainer.
US11554691B2
The device for covering a rail of a vehicle seat comprises a cover strip for the rail and a guide support for guiding the sliding of the cover strip above the rail, the at least one guide support supporting the cover strip on side of said strip.
US11554689B2
A seating arrangement includes a base, a seat mounted to the base, the seat having a width extending from a first side to a second side and a length extending in a forward direction from a rear side to a front side. The seating arrangement further includes a backrest positioned adjacent the rear side of the seat. The seating arrangement further includes a cushion length adjustment (CLA) coupled to the seat at the front side. The CLA has a width bisected by a centerline. A first side of the CLA is at least partially defined by a first curved surface extending downward in the forward direction and extending downward toward the base away from the centerline. A second side of the CLA is at least partially defined by a second curved surface extending downward in the forward direction and extending downward toward the base away from the centerline.
US11554686B2
A system and method for managing vehicle charging stations such that when at least two of a plurality of electric vehicle charging stations (also known as electric vehicle service equipment, or EVSE) occupied with vehicles awaiting a charge, the present system manages the charging of individual vehicles in cases where the aggregated demand for charging exceeds the capacity of the circuits supplying the plurality of EVSE. By cycling so that only a few of the vehicles are charging at a time, the demand on the circuits is kept below a predetermined limit. In cases where a load shedding event is in progress, the limit can be further reduced. In cases where the cost of electricity is varying dynamically, the system considers a driver's explicit charging requirements (if any) and preferences for opportunistic charging when the price of electricity is not too high.
US11554680B2
An intermediate circuit is equipped with a first terminal connection, which includes a neutral conductor connection, and with a first and a second intermediate circuit capacitor and a diode circuit. The intermediate circuit has configuration switches which in a first state connect the intermediate circuit capacitors to one another in series and in a second state connect the intermediate circuit capacitors to one another in parallel. The configuration switches are each designed as changeover switches, which bypass the diode circuit in the first state, wherein the neutral conductor connection is connected to the diode circuit. A vehicle-based charging circuit, which includes the intermediate circuit and a rectifier circuit, is also described.
US11554676B2
A motor device for a vehicle includes a stator, a rotor, a bearing, an inverter, and a controller. The stator is attached into a housing and includes a concentrated winding coil. The rotor includes a permanent magnet. The bearing supports a rotating shaft of the rotor. The inverter controls an energization state of the concentrated winding coil. If a rotational speed of the rotor is greater than a threshold, the controller outputs a control signal to the inverter to execute field weakening control, and thereby makes a potential difference between the housing and the rotating shaft lower than a withstand voltage of the bearing. The control signal controls the energization state of the concentrated winding coil. The field weakening control generates magnetic flux of the concentrated winding coil in a direction of weakening magnetic flux of the permanent magnet.
US11554665B1
Disclosed are a drinking under influence (DUI) detection system and a DUI detection method based on an MQ3 sensor and an ultra wide band (UWB) radar. The system includes an alcohol detection module, a respiratory detection module, a signal matching module and a drunk driving alarm module, and each module cooperates to complete a detection. The MQ3 sensor-based alcohol detection module is used for alcohol signal capture, alcohol sequence processing and DUI threshold detection; the UWB radar-based respiratory detection module is used for respiratory signal capture, respiratory signal processing and passenger separation and positioning; the signal matching module is used for periodic signal alignment, sequence feature matching and drinker identity confirmation; and the DUI alarm module is used for a system alarm prompt, a data visualization interface and a DUI information uploading.
US11554664B2
A drive force distribution method and a drive force distribution control device is provided for a front and rear wheel drive vehicle provided with a drive force distribution device that controls a distribution of a drive force generated by a drive force source to main drive wheels and auxiliary drive wheels. A present distribution of the drive force to an auxiliary drive wheel side is increased by a first predetermined amount upon determining the rotational speed difference between the rotational speeds of the main drive wheels and the auxiliary drive wheels has been determined to not be smaller than a predetermined rotational speed difference. The present distribution of the drive force to the auxiliary drive wheel side is reduced by a second predetermined amount when the rotational speed difference has been determined to be smaller than the predetermined rotational speed difference.
US11554663B2
A wheel hub drive system includes a drive motor with a drive shaft, an input planetary gear set (PGS), an output PGS and an intermediate PGS. Each PGS includes a sun gear, a planet carrier and planet gears provided upon the planet carrier. The drive shaft is rotationally fixed with the sun gear of the input PGS. The planet carrier of the input PGS is rotationally fixed with the sun gear of the intermediate PGS, and the planet carrier of the intermediate PGS is rotationally fixed with the sun gear of the output PGS. The planet carrier of the output PGS is adapted to be rotationally fixed with a rim of a wheel. The output PGS is provided axially in-between the input PGS and the intermediate PGS.
US11554661B2
a vehicle cooling air introduction structure includes: an outer plate member that covers a front side, relative to a vehicle body, of a radiator; a cover member that is provided adjacent to an upper side, relative to the vehicle body, of the outer plate member and covers a front upper side, relative to the vehicle body, of the radiator; and an opening member that is moved in a rearward direction, relative to the vehicle body, by wind pressure during travel to thereby open an open portion at a lower end portion of the cover member.
US11554659B2
A powertrain comprising a transmission (2), a first electric motor (4a) and a second electric motor (4b), the transmission having an input shaft (1) to which a source of mechanical power may be connected, an output shaft (6) and a gear assembly providing at least two different gear ratios that may be selected for transfer of mechanical power from the input shaft (1) to the output shaft (6), the first electric motor (4a) is connected to the input shaft (1), such that torque and rotation may be transferred between the first electric motor and the input shaft, and the second electric motor (4b) is connected to the input shaft (1) via a first clutch (5a), such that torque and rotation may be transferred between the second electric motor (4b) and the input shaft (1), and connected to the output shaft (6) via a second clutch (5b), such that torque and rotation may be transferred between the second electric motor (4b) and the output shaft (6), wherein the first electric motor (4a) is connected to the second electric motor (4b) via the first clutch (5a).
US11554656B2
The present disclosure refers to an all-wheel drive system (10) for a vehicle (12), including: an electrical motor (24) being connected to a first axle (26) of a planetary gear set (28) arranged at an output side (30) of a vehicle gearbox (32), and a second axle (34) of the planetary gear set (28) being connected or connectable to the gearbox output shaft (36) or to ground (G) by a coupling (I).
US11554651B2
A glass run includes a body part including exterior and interior side walls and a bottom wall connecting the exterior and interior side walls; an exterior lip projecting from the exterior side wall toward the bottom wall and configured to slidably contact an exterior side of a door glass; and an interior lip projecting from the interior side wall toward the bottom wall and configured to slidably contact an interior side of the door glass. The interior lip includes a base end portion extending toward the bottom wall and is curved to be oriented toward an exterior of the vehicle as extending to its distal end portion, and the interior side wall includes a protuberance protruding toward the exterior, and the protuberance is positioned to be able to contact the interior lip when the interior lip is pressed toward an interior of the vehicle by the door glass to deform.
US11554650B2
Novel techniques are provided for implementing a tonneau cover system. A tonneau cover system might include a first side rail configured to be coupled to a side wall of a bed of a truck, a first connection plate attached to and extending from the first side rail, a second connection plate, an extension plate extending from and attached to the second connection plate, and a cover for covering the bed of the truck and coupled to the extension plate. The first connection plate might include a recess on a bottom surface of the first connection plate. The second connection plate might include a first protrusion mirroring the first recess on the first connection plate. The first protrusion of the second connection plate might removably engage with the recess on the bottom surface of the first connection plate to couple the second connection plate to the first connection plate.
US11554648B2
A device or system for use in vehicles, such as jeeps, having soft tops. The device or system may include a bow top clip which is configured to engage with, mount on, or secure to a portion of the vehicle, such as the roll bar cage. To help prevent the vehicle soft top from flapping, the vehicle bow top clip is configured to receive and hold a crossbar member.
US11554645B2
A system and a method for glare prevention. The method includes providing an image view of the face of the vehicle occupant; determining levels of light at plural parts of the face of the vehicle occupant; determining a direction to a light source causing the levels of light at plural parts of the face of the vehicle occupant; determining an area where to activate a glare protector; and activating the glare protector in the determined area to protect the vehicle occupant from glare caused by a light source.
US11554644B2
An air purification apparatus includes an adsorption unit, a purification passage, and a regeneration passage. The adsorption unit adsorbs carbon dioxide and water vapor in air. The purification passage introduces air in a passenger compartment into the adsorption unit, and returns air, from which the carbon dioxide and the water vapor are adsorbed and removed by the adsorption unit, into the passenger compartment. The regeneration passage introduces air for regeneration into the adsorption unit, and discharges used air for regeneration obtained by regenerating the adsorption unit to an outside of the vehicle. An upstream side of the adsorption unit of the regeneration passage and the purification passage is constituted by an internal air introduction pipeline configured to introduce air from the passenger compartment.
US11554634B2
An air handling system for distributing airflow in a vehicle is disclosed and includes a passenger compartment configured to contain one or more occupants, a cargo compartment, and a flow regulating valve configured to actuate into a commanded position to apportion airflow between the passenger and cargo compartments. The air handling system also includes one or more processors in electronic communication with the flow regulating valve and a memory coupled to the one or more processors. The memory stores data comprising a database and program code that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the air handling system to receive one or more signals indicating a total available airflow rate available to the vehicle and a system configuration. The one or more processors instruct the flow regulating valve to actuate into a commanded position. The commanded position is calculated based on at least a target cargo airflow rate.
US11554630B2
A vehicular air conditioner includes a casing, a blower fan, and a heating heat exchanger that is disposed in the casing. The heating heat exchanger is disposed downstream of the blower fan. The blower fan is disposed to extend over a first outside air space, a second outside air space, a first inside air space, and a second inside air space. The rotational direction of the blower fan is set so that each of the plurality of blades of the blower fan passes through the first inside air space, the first outside air space, the second outside air space, and the second inside air space in this order when the plurality of blade are rotating.
US11554622B2
A tow hitch assembly includes a draw bar and a hitch ball mount pivotally supported by the draw bar. A compression spring is disposed longitudinally between the draw bar and the hitch ball mount. The compression spring exerts a force that opposes a downward pivoting motion of the hitch ball mount when weight is placed on the hitch ball mount. The compression spring cooperates with an indicator configured to indicate to a user whether the weight placed on the hitch ball mount is within a predetermined weight range. The compression spring is removable and replaceable with a second compression spring that has a different spring constant. The second compression spring cooperates with the indicator to indicate to a user whether the weight placed on the hitch ball mount is within a second, different predetermined weight range.
US11554618B2
A tire pressure monitoring system and tire pressure detector setting apparatus for tractor-trailer are disclosed. The tractor-trailer has a tractor and a trailer having a plurality of wheels, respectively. The tire pressure monitoring system includes a plurality of tire pressure detectors and a monitoring device. The tire pressure detectors are disposed on each of the wheels, detecting the tire pressure status of each wheel and generating a tire pressure information. Each tire pressure detector has a wheel code corresponding to one of the wheels, respectively. The monitoring device is disposed on the tractor for receiving the tire pressure information and the wheel codes of the corresponding tire pressure detector. When the tire pressure information and the wheel code are transmitted to the monitoring device, the monitoring device accurately monitors the tire pressure status of each wheel.
US11554616B2
In a pneumatic tire including an annular tread portion extending in a tire circumferential direction, a pair of sidewall portions disposed on both sides of the tread portion, and a pair of bead portions disposed on an inner side of the sidewall portions in a tire radial direction, a load support body is disposed extending along the tire circumferential direction on an inner side of each of the sidewall portions, and the load support body is removably mounted to an inner surface of the sidewall portion via a mechanical engagement device.
US11554613B2
A pneumatic tire is provided with sipes, at least some of which have an open top end to the surface of the tread block. An intersection of the sipe with a surface that is geometrically congruent and parallel with the surface of the tread block and arranged a depth apart from the surface of the tread block into the tread block forms a curved line. A first sipe is shaped in such a way, that at all depths (d) within a range from the open top of the first sipe to a first transition depth, the curved line includes at least one deflection point having an inner corner that has a radius of curvature under 0.3 mm. A lamella plate for manufacturing the pneumatic tire, the tread band, or the tread block. Use of the lamella plate for manufacturing a tread block, a tread band, or a pneumatic tire.
US11554608B2
A rubber composition for a tire, which does not require the addition of a compound when synthesizing rubber component and the modification of a rubber component, and a winter tire using the rubber composition are provided. The rubber composition for a tire contains fine particles of rotaxane having a straight chain molecule, acyclic molecule clathrating the straight chain molecule and blocking groups arranged at both terminals of the straight chain molecule such that the cyclic molecule does not desorb from the straight chain molecule, covered with silica; a rubber component comprising styrene-butadiene rubber; and at least one of carbon black and silica, wherein the total content of the fine particles, the carbon black and the silica (excluding silica covering rotaxane) is 70 to 150 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
US11554606B2
An off-highway vehicle may include an off-highway vehicle frame and a motor carried by the off-highway vehicle frame. The off-highway vehicle may also include wheel assemblies rotatably coupled to the off-highway vehicle frame without an intervening vehicle suspension and at least some of the wheel assemblies being driven by the motor. Each of the wheel assemblies may include an inner rim coupled to the hub, an outer rim surrounding the inner rim, and gas springs coupled between the inner rim and the outer rim to provide a gas suspension for relative movement between the inner and outer rims.
US11554604B2
A speed square is provided including a triangular flat plate having measurement markings indicated on at least one face, a T bar affixed to, and extending along, the length of a first side of the triangular flat plate, and an extension element hingedly connected to an end of second side of the triangular flat plate opposite the T bar. The extension element having measurement markings indicated on at least one face, such that the measurement markings of the triangular flat face continue on the extension element.
US11554602B2
The invention relates to a multilayer structure (2) intended to be inserted in an identification document and comprising:—at least one first layer (4) at least partially opaque forming a data area (6), the first layer (4) comprising at least one through opening (8) integrally confined by at least partially opaque material of the first layer (4), and—a second layer (10) at least partially transparent extending at least partially on the data area (6) in order to extend into the through opening (8), the second layer (10) comprising a part extending beyond the first layer (4) and forming an edge part (12), the second layer (10) comprising at least one element forming a security element, the security element being present and/or visible on and/or in the edge part (12) and in the through opening (8) of the first layer (4).
US11554599B2
A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit which performs printing on a medium, a main body; a conveyer which conveys the medium; a post-processing unit which performs a post-processing for the medium on which the printing has been performed by the printing unit; a first cover rotatably supported by the main body and in which at least the post-processing part is installed; a second cover arranged to be adjacent to the first cover and supported by the main body such that the second cover is rotatable coaxially with the first cover; and an engaging mechanism which changes a state of the first cover and the second cover between an engaged state and a non-engaged state.
US11554594B2
An ink jet method records a radiation-curable ink composition containing a polymerizable compound. The radiation-curable ink composition includes a first ink composition and a second ink composition. The ink jet method includes a first discharging step of discharging the first ink composition with an ink jet head to adhere the composition to a recording medium, a first curing step of irradiating the first ink composition adhered to the recording medium with radioactive rays, a cooling step of cooling the recording medium, a second discharging step of discharging the second ink composition with the ink jet head to adhere the composition to the cooled recording medium at least in a part of the region where the first ink composition adhered; and a second curing step of irradiating the second ink composition adhered to the recording medium with radioactive rays.
US11554589B2
A liquid container to be mounted in a liquid ejection apparatus contains liquid to be ejected from the liquid ejection apparatus. The liquid container comprises a liquid container bag containing liquid, at least one tube arranged in the inner space of the liquid container bag and having the first end open to the inner space, a connection member fitted to the aperture of the liquid container bag and connected to the second end of the tube and a holding member supported by the connection member and arranged in the inner space to hold the tube, the holding member having at least a groove for receiving the tube to be fitted thereinto at a position thereof other than the second end thereof. The holding member can integrally be molded.
US11554587B2
The inkjet recording apparatus includes a conveyance belt, a conveyance plate, a suction unit, an inkjet head, and a cleaning unit. The conveyance belt has a plurality of through holes. The suction unit causes the conveyance belt to suck the sheet. The conveyance plate includes a plurality of through holes formed in bottom portions of the plurality of recessed portions. The inkjet head includes a head main body and a head end portion adjacent to the head main body, and faces an upper surface of the conveyance plate via the conveyance belt. The cleaning unit removes ink adhering to a lower surface of the head main body. A ratio of the recessed portions per unit area in a facing region of the conveyance plate facing the head end portion is smaller than a ratio of the recessed portions per unit area in a region other than the facing region.
US11554586B2
A liquid discharge device includes a head including a discharge port. The head discharges a liquid from the discharge port toward an object. The liquid discharge device further includes a liquid receiving surface to receive the liquid discharged from the discharge port, a liquid collector to collect the liquid received by the liquid receiving surface, and a moving unit to hold the liquid receiving surface and the liquid collector. The moving unit is movable at a facing position where the liquid receiving surface faces the discharge port without changing an inclination of the liquid collector with respect to a horizontal plane.
US11554579B2
A structure that forms a visual representation may include a first outer layer, a second outer layer, and an interlayer being disposed between the first outer layer and the second outer layer. The interlayer may have a first side adjacent to the first outer layer and a second side adjacent to the second outer layer. The interlayer includes a plurality of cuts extending from the first side of the interlayer towards the second side of the interlayer. Each of the plurality of cuts may have an angle with respect to a plane formed by a surface of the first side of the interlayer. Each angle for at least a portion of the plurality of cuts is based on one or more pixel values of at least one image that forms the basis of the visual representation.
US11554574B2
There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the visibility can be made uniform over the whole area of laminated glass. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention contains a thermoplastic resin and a heat shielding compound and has one end and the other end being at the opposite side of the one end and having a thickness thicker than the one end, the absolute value of a difference between the thickness of a thickest portion and the thickness of a thinnest portion is 0.1 mm or more, and in a sheet of laminated glass prepared by sandwiching the interlayer film between two sheets of heat ray-absorbing plate glass with a thickness of 2.1 mm, the absolute value of a difference between the visible light transmittance at the thickest portion of the interlayer film and the visible light transmittance at the thinnest portion of the interlayer film is 4% or less.
US11554562B2
Various method for repairing a tire tread are provided. In one embodiment, a method for repairing a tire tread comprises: providing a tire having a tire tread portion wherein the tire tread portion includes a tread element that is at least one of a tread block and a tread rib, and wherein the tread element includes a void resulting from wear or damage of the tire tread portion; removing a material from at least a portion of the tread element adjacent to the void to create a removed material portion, wherein the removed material portion includes a specific shape corresponding to a replacement element; applying an adhesive to at least one surface of the removed material portion; applying the replacement element to the removed material portion; and curing the adhesive.
US11554558B2
There is disclosed a tool for manufacturing a composite component, the tool comprising: a skin composed of fibre reinforced plastic and defining a layup surface for the composite component, the skin having a plurality of passageways extending from the layup surface to an opposing surface of the skin; a backing secured to the skin, the backing and the skin defining a cavity therebetween; a support core disposed within the cavity and comprising a gas-permeable material in fluid communication with the passageways; and a conduit extending through the backing such that the conduit is in fluid communication with the gas-permeable material.
US11554556B2
A method to design the kits and layup the reinforcement layers and core using projection system, comprising a mold having a contoured surface; a layup projection generator which: defines a plurality of mold sections; identifies the dimensions and location for a plurality of layup segments. A model-based calibration method for alignment of laser projection system is provided in which mold features are drawn digitally, incorporated into the plug(s) which form the wind turbine blade mold, and transferred into the mold. The mold also includes reflective targets which are keyed to the molded geometry wherein their position is calculated from the 3D model. This method ensures the precision level required from projection system to effectively assist with fabrication of wind turbine blades. In this method, digital location of reflectors is utilized to compensate for the mold deformations.
US11554551B2
An assembly for calibrating a head system of a power radiation source of an additive manufacturing apparatus comprises: a calibration plate comprising a plurality of reference marks, and a firing medium made of at least one material that is sensitive to the radiation of the source, this medium leaving visible the reference marks of the calibration plate when it is in place on the latter, characterized in that the firing medium comprises a plurality of windows that are distributed so as to be superposed with the various reference marks of the calibration plate and to leave said marks visible when the firing medium is in place on the calibration plate. There is also a method for calibrating such a system.
US11554545B2
A method for producing a three-dimensional shaped article includes a first shaping step of shaping a first portion of the three-dimensional shaped article by ejecting a shaping material to a stage, and a second shaping step of shaping a second portion of the three-dimensional shaped article having an overlapping portion overlapping with the first portion, and a non-overlapping portion that does not overlap with the first portion, that forms a space between the same and the first portion, and that is in contact with the overlapping portion at one end. In the second shaping step, the overlapping portion is shaped by ejecting the shaping material onto the first portion, and thereafter, the non-overlapping portion is shaped by ejecting the shaping material so as to be in contact with the overlapping portion.
US11554537B2
Additive manufacturing processes, such as fused filament fabrication, may be employed to form printed objects in a range of shapes. It is sometimes desirable to form conductive traces upon the surface of a printed object. Conductive traces and similar features may be introduced in conjunction with fused filament fabrication processes by incorporating a metal precursor in a polymer filament having a filament body comprising a thermoplastic polymer, and forming a printed object from the polymer filament through layer-by-layer deposition, in which the metal precursor remains substantially unconverted to metal while forming the printed object. Suitable polymer filaments compatible with fused filament fabrication may comprise a thermoplastic polymer defining a filament body, and a metal precursor contacting the filament body, in which the metal precursor is activatable to form metal islands upon laser irradiation.
US11554533B2
Described herein are additive manufacturing systems and methods for printing 3D objects.
US11554530B2
The present invention refers to a printed three-dimensional optical component built up from layers of printing ink characterized in that the three-dimensional optical component comprises at least one foil between two consecutive layers. The present invention further relates to a corresponding manufacturing method.
US11554525B2
An injection molding machine includes: a first driving device rotating a screw provided inside a heating cylinder; a second driving device moving the screw forward and backward; a metering control section configured to, by controlling the first driving device and the second driving device, to meter resin while melting the resin, and thereafter rotate the screw in reverse to thereby reduce the pressure of the resin; a first sensor unit for detecting the pressure; a second sensor unit for detecting one or more kinds of physical quantities that affect the change of the pressure; and a prediction section predicting decompressing rotation information based on the pressure detected by the first sensor unit and the one or more kinds of physical quantities detected by the second sensor unit. The metering control section controls the first driving device based on the decompressing rotation information predicted by the prediction section.
US11554522B2
The invention relates to a mold (200) for producing a foam cladding (120) made of plastic on a planar component (100) or for producing a foamed plastic part (120), comprising a mixing head (300) for producing liquid plastic from at least two components, at least one first cavity (240) for receiving the plastic in order to form the foam cladding (120) or to produce the foamed plastic part (120), a sprue channel (210) for connecting the mixing head (300) to the at least one first cavity (240), and a further cavity (220), which is formed at the transition of the sprue channel (210) to the first cavity (240) and widens the sprue channel (210). For automated cutting of a tag-like sprue, which would otherwise adhere to the foam cladding, the invention provides that a sprue cutter (400) having at least one slide (410) is movably mounted on the mold (200), which slide can be moved by means of at least one actuating cylinder (450) in the direction of the sprue channel (210) toward the first cavity (240) and, in an end position of the movement of the slide, closes off the first cavity (240) from the sprue channel (210) and/or from the further cavity (220) by means of at least one edge (414) and/or contour (412).
US11554516B2
An angle guide assembly for being coupled to a table body that slides along a longitudinal axis relative to a base of a saw. The angle guide assembly includes an attachment member configured to attach the angle guide assembly to the table body; a guide body and an angled fence pivotally coupled to the guide body between a first orientation in which a workpiece can be placed at an angle to the longitudinal axis along a first guide surface of the guide body by placing the workpiece against the fence surface, and a second orientation in which a workpiece can be placed at an angle to the longitudinal axis along a second guide surface of the guide body by placing the workpiece against the fence surface.
US11554504B2
The invention relates to a change-over coupling, change-over device and checking or processing system, comprising: a clamping element for bracing with a corresponding clamping element on the change-over adapter, at least one electrical and/or optical plug connection element for connecting to at least one corresponding electrical and/or optical plug connection element on the change-over adapter, and a fluid coupling element for connecting to a corresponding fluid coupling element on the change-over adapter. In at least one example, the fluid coupling element protrudes further in the direction of the connection with the change-over adapter than the electrical and/or optical plug connection element.
US11554503B2
A self-propelled gripper is installed on a robotic arm. The robotic arm includes a body and a tip axis. The self-propelled gripper includes a housing, a rotation element, a moving element, and at least one claw body. The housing is fixed on the body. The rotation element is disposed in the housing and secured with the tip axis. The moving element is movably disposed in the housing and is connected to the rotation element. The moving element includes at least one slot. The claw body is pivoted on the housing and partially extends in the corresponding slot. When the rotation element rotates along with the tip axis, the rotation element drives the moving element to process a linear motion along a rotation central line so that the claw body pivotally rotates on the housing.
US11554494B2
A device for acquiring a position and orientation of an end effector of a robot is provided. The robot has a robot arm with axes coupled to one another by joints. The end effector is arranged on an end of the robot arm, optical markers are arranged on first and second axes, and a number of joints between the end effector and the first axis is lower than a number of joints between the end effector and the second axis. An optical sensor acquires image data of the optical markers. A storage device stores a kinematic model of the robot arm. An evaluation device, in a first case, determines a first position of a first optical marker and the position and orientation of the end effector and, in a second case, a second position of a second optical marker and the position and orientation of the end effector.
US11554491B2
A system includes a moveable element adapted to move relative to a coordinate system defined for a robot, an object detection transceiver unit adapted to be mounted on the moveable element, and a controller. The controller controls the object detection transceiver unit to emit a signal and obtain a return signal for an operational cell of the robot at each of a series of predetermined positions to emulate a transceiver aperture larger than an aperture of the object detection transceiver unit. A location corresponding to a marker present in the operational cell is determined from the return signals. A predetermined operation is carried out where the predetermined operation includes using the determined location to guide movement of the robot.
US11554488B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer-readable storage devices, for robot navigation using 2D and 3D path planning. In the disclosed method, a robot accesses map data indicating two-dimensional layout of objects in a space and evaluates candidate paths for the robot to traverse. In response to determining that the candidate paths do not include a collision-free path across the space for a two-dimensional profile of the robot, the robot evaluates a three-dimensional shape of the robot with respect to a three-dimensional shape of an object in the space. Based on the evaluation of the three-dimensional shapes, the robot determines a collision-free path to traverse through the space.
US11554484B2
A robot may include a main body coupled to a traveling unit, a display unit disposed above a front portion of the main body, and a battery incorporated in the main body. The traveling unit may include a wheel having a rotational axis extending in a first direction, and the battery may overlap a vertical plane that extends along the rotational axis. The vertical plane and a center of the battery may be separated by a prescribed distance in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction.
US11554483B2
Deep machine learning methods and apparatus, some of which are related to determining a grasp outcome prediction for a candidate grasp pose of an end effector of a robot. Some implementations are directed to training and utilization of both a geometry network and a grasp outcome prediction network. The trained geometry network can be utilized to generate, based on two-dimensional or two-and-a-half-dimensional image(s), geometry output(s) that are: geometry-aware, and that represent (e.g., high-dimensionally) three-dimensional features captured by the image(s). In some implementations, the geometry output(s) include at least an encoding that is generated based on a trained encoding neural network trained to generate encodings that represent three-dimensional features (e.g., shape). The trained grasp outcome prediction network can be utilized to generate, based on applying the geometry output(s) and additional data as input(s) to the network, a grasp outcome prediction for a candidate grasp pose.
US11554479B1
5G and especially 6G will enable a multitude of applications for fixed-position and mobile wireless task-devices (“robots”). Most of these applications are based on the assumption that the robots know, or can determine, the locations and wireless identities of other robots in proximity, but this is an unsolved problem. Procedures are provided herein for an arbitrarily large number of fixed-position and mobile robots to autonomously identify each other, determine their locations with speed and precision substantially beyond that provided by navigation satellites, and then to collaborate in performing their tasks, while avoiding interference and collisions. Examples are provided in the fields of automated agriculture, remote oil-spill mitigation, autonomous fire-fighting, hospital management, construction site coordination, manufacturing (including fully autonomous manufacturing), major product warehousing, airport control, and emergency vehicle access.
US11554475B2
A multi-tool includes a cylindrical body and a head extended from an end of the cylindrical body, the head to be pivoted between a first position with the head aligned with the cylindrical body and a second position with the head oriented at an angle to the cylindrical body, the head including a cradle to support a segment of a roller chain.
US11554473B2
A lowering mechanism for a hand held jacking tool comprises a caulking gun jacking mechanism. The lowering mechanism comprises a lowering plate on top of the holding plate, a pushing lever connected with a hinge attachment to the lowering plate at a rear end, wherein the pushing lever is pivoting around a pivot structure connected to the lever or holding plate a distance backward from the hinge attachment, causing the lowering plate to grip the jacking shaft when the lever is pushed downwards and then, in turn, pushing the holding plate downwards and loosening it from the jacking shaft and moving it down along the jacking shaft a distance determined by the pivoting action of the lever. The lowering plate is held in place by a spring biasing the lowering plate towards the holding plate.
US11554465B2
Pliers (1) comprising jaw (201, 301) portions incorporating gripping faces for the clamping of the desired workpiece (90), three pivotal handle (202) portions and a sprung toothed strut (60) positioned between the handles (202). A bow shaped resilient portion (408) or portions, incorporated within the third arm (200, 300, 400) portion, when the pliers are operated this resilient portion imparts a sprung pressure upon the clamped workpiece (90) by the gripping face (203, 303) of the jaws (201, 301). The third arm (200, 300, 400) and bend promoting portion are contiguous with each other. The jaws (201, 301) can further be usefully locked in the required clamping position upon the workpiece (90) by a toothed sprung strut (60) pivotally attached to the first and third arms (200) and conveniently being locked or unlocked according to the locking switch (500, 50) pivotal within the first arm (200, 300, 400).
US11554464B2
A clamp for use with a cutting machine, the clamp comprising: a clamp frame; a low profile clamp head operatively connected to the clamp frame, wherein the clamp head has a clamping surface for pressing on a work surface of a work piece to hold said work piece; and a fixing element, operatively connectable to the clamp frame, for providing a clamping force to the clamp head by fixing the clamp to a support base for the work piece. In embodiments, the clamp head may have a low profile clamp head, made of plastic to prevent damage to a cutting bit.
US11554457B2
A concrete grinder has a rotating planetary gearbox with counter rotating tooling plates attached. The planetary gearbox is powered directly from a trowel gearbox output shaft, which is connected to a center bore of the planetary gearbox. As the planetary gearbox rotates, tooling shafts are forced to counter rotate because the input shaft of the planetary gearbox is connected to a fixed pulley or sprocket. The planetary gearbox is sealed to keep water, dust or slurry from entering.
US11554452B1
Techniques for conveyor systems that integrate robotic smart carrier nests whose configurations are dynamically changed based on product geometry are provided. In one embodiment, a system can include a modular nest configured to hold product during assembly. The modular nest includes a first actuator comprising a first pair of gripping arms that open and close in a first direction based on a first signal. The modular nest also includes a second actuator comprising a second pair of gripping arms that open and close in a second direction based on a second signal. The first signal and the second signal are based on a geometry of the product. Further, the first direction and the second direction are different directions.
