US11574822B2
A ceramic heater includes a ceramic substrate including, on an upper surface, a wafer mount surface that receives a wafer, and a heater electrode embedded in an inside of the ceramic substrate. The ceramic substrate includes a core portion and a surface layer portion disposed on a surface of the core portion. The surface layer portion has volume resistivity higher than volume resistivity of the core portion. The core portion has thermal conductivity higher than thermal conductivity of the surface layer portion. The surface layer portion is disposed over an area of at least one of a side surface of the core portion and an upper surface of the core portion, the area being not covered with the wafer.
US11574818B1
A method for producing a 3D semiconductor device: providing a first level with a first single crystal layer; forming control circuitry of first transistors in and/or on the first level with a first metal layer above; forming a second metal layer above the first metal layer; forming a third metal layer above the second metal layer; forming at least one second level on top of or above the third metal layer; performing additional processing steps to form a plurality of second transistors within the second level; forming a fourth and fifth metal layers above second level; a global power distribution grid includes fifth metal, and local power distribution grid includes the second metal layer, where the fifth metal layer thickness is at least 50% greater than the second metal layer thickness.
US11574812B2
A substrate treatment method of treating a substrate using a block copolymer containing a hydrophilic polymer and a hydrophobic polymer, includes: a resist pattern formation step of forming a predetermined resist pattern by a resist film on the substrate; a thin film formation step of forming a thin film for suppressing deformation of the resist pattern on a surface of the resist pattern; a block copolymer coating step of applying a block copolymer to the substrate after the formation of the thin film; and a polymer separation step of phase-separating the block copolymer into the hydrophilic polymer and the hydrophobic polymer.
US11574810B2
A lithographic printing plate precursor including an image recording layer containing an infrared absorber represented by Formula I, on a support, and a method of producing a lithographic printing plate and a lithographic printing method using the lithographic printing plate precursor.
US11574797B2
A multiple-charged particle-beam irradiation apparatus includes a shaping aperture array substrate that causes a charged particle beam to pass through a plurality of first apertures to form multi-beams, a plurality of blanking aperture array substrates each provided with a plurality of second apertures, which enable corresponding beams to pass, and including a blanker arranged at each of the second apertures, a movable table on which the blanking aperture array substrates are mounted so as to be spaced apart from each other in a second direction, which is orthogonal to a first direction along an optical axis, and that moves in the second direction to position one of the blanking aperture array substrates on the optical axis, and an alignment mechanism that performs an alignment adjustment between the blanking aperture array substrate on the optical axis and the shaping aperture array substrate.
US11574796B1
An aperture diaphragm capable of varying the size of an aperture in two dimensions is disclosed. The aperture diaphragm may be utilized in an ion implantation system, such as between the mass analyzer and the acceleration column. In this way, the aperture diaphragm may be used to control at least one parameter of the ion beam. These parameters may include angular spread in the height direction, angular spread in the width direction, beam current or cross-sectional area. Various embodiments of the aperture diaphragm are shown. In certain embodiments, the size of the aperture in the height and width directions may be independently controlled, while in other embodiments, the ratio between height and width is constant.
US11574783B2
A splitter plate for an arc extinguishing chamber in a switching device, the splitter plate including a base portion; a pair of arms extending from the base portion; a recess for a movable contact defined between the arms; and a slot in each arm; wherein the recess is arranged between the slots. An arc extinguishing chamber for a switching device is also provided. A switching device for breaking an electric current, the switching device including a plurality of splitter plates or an arc extinguishing chamber is also provided.
US11574776B2
The present invention relates to a method and a monitoring system, for monitoring a vacuum on-load tap changer. The tap changer includes a housing with insulating fluid, a diverter switch inside of the housing and including at least one movable contact and at least two vacuum interrupters, and at least one pressure sensor which measures the pressure in the housing. The method, which is performed by a processing circuitry in the system, includes determining a pressure signature, including two succeeding peaks within a time interval, continuously measuring the pressure, detecting when the measured pressure shows the pressure signature, determining, based on the measured pressure within the pressure signature, the time between the first rise in pressure and the second drop, and setting the determined time to represent the switch time of the diverter switch.
US11574766B2
A space efficient planar transformer can include a coupled inductor circuit that can include a metallic core, a first planar winding comprising a conductive coil having an electrical path encircling a first post of the metallic core, and a second planar winding configured to magnetically couple with the first winding via the metallic core. The second planar winding can have multiple portions. A portion of the second winding can include a first sub-portion comprising a single U-shaped planar conductive trace wrapped about the first post and a second sub-portion comprising a single U-shaped planar conductive trace wrapped about the first post. A layout of the first sub-portion can be oriented opposite a layout of the second sub-portion.
US11574759B2
The present invention discloses a device for evaluating and demagnetizing residual magnetism quantity of a power transformer. A main circuit comprises a switching power supply the two ends of which are respectively connected with a filter capacitor and a resistor in parallel. A forward end of the switching power supply is connected with a main switch in series. A rear end of the main switch is connected with a series branch of a sixth switch and a first resistor, a series branch of a first switch and a second switch, and a series branch of a third switch and a fourth switch are connected in parallel. A driving circuit is respectively connected with driving ends of the main switch, the sixth, first, second, third and fourth switches. A control circuit is connected with the driving circuit for sending an instruction to the driving circuit.
US11574758B2
The present disclosure relates to integrated circuits, and more particularly, to a highly sensitive tunnel magnetoresistance sensor (TMR) with a Wheatstone bridge for field/position detection in integrated circuits and methods of manufacture and operation. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a structure including: a first magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) structure on a first device level; and a second magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) structure on a different device level than the first MTJ structure. The second MTJ structure includes properties different than the first MTJ structure.
US11574747B2
The methods and compositions described herein address the need in the art by providing compositions and methods for a therapy with an antibody that is specifically targeted to and/or retained intra- or peri-tumorally, limiting systemic exposure and reducing side-effects. Accordingly, aspects of the disclosure relate to a composition comprising an immunotherapeutic antibody operatively linked to an extracellular matrix (ECM)-affinity peptide. An ECM-affinity peptide is one that has affinity for an extracellular matrix protein.
US11574745B2
A nuclear fuel includes a net neutron-producing material, a neutron-consuming material, and a neutron-moderating material. Upon exposure of the net-producing material, the neutron-moderating material, and the neutron-consuming material to a neutron source, a ratio of the net neutron-producing material to the neutron-consuming material and a ratio of the net neutron-producing material to the neutron moderating material are operable to convert neutrons into charged particles without producing net neutrons.
US11574743B1
Processing patient information and other treatment plan information may require access to a patient profile and other third parties involved in the patient treatment plan. One example method includes selecting a treatment plan for a patient comprising a set of treatment information, linking an application identifier and a T-code identifier to the treatment plan, launching a treatment plan application, retrieving the set of treatment information, populating the treatment plan application with the set of treatment information, triggering a message dispatch in accordance with the treatment plan, the message dispatch including a query to a health related issue to determine a patient status and receiving a patient response to the message.
US11574735B2
A delivery device includes a circuit for receiving an authentication signal. The delivery device contains a substance encapsulated therein. The delivery device determines whether a user is authenticated based upon the authentication signal and an identifier stored within the delivery device. The delivery device heats, responsive to determining that the user is not authenticated within a predetermined time period after the delivery device being ingested by the user, the substance encapsulated within the delivery device.
US11574727B2
A method of reading a medical image by a computing device operated by at least one processor is provided. The method includes obtaining an abnormality score of the input image using an abnormality prediction model, filtering the input image so as not to be subsequently analyzed when the abnormality score is less than or equal to a cut-off score based on the cut-off score which makes a specific reading sensitivity; and obtaining an analysis result of the input image using a classification model that distinguishes the input image into classification classes when the abnormality score is greater than the cut-off score.
US11574722B2
Embodiments provide physiological measurement systems, devices and methods for continuous health and fitness monitoring. A wearable strap may detect reflected light from a user's skin, where data corresponding to the reflected light is used to automatically and continually determine a heart rate of the user. The wearable strap may monitor heart rate data including heart rate variability, resting heart rate, and sleep quality. The systems may include a processing module that generates an indicator of physical recovery based on the heart rate data. The recovery indicator may be used to determine strain related to an exercise routine, qualitative information on the user's health, whether to alter a user's exercise plan, and so forth.
US11574720B2
A system and a method for transmitting an electronic prescription on the basis of cloud computing. The cloud-based electronic prescription transmission method includes the steps of: requesting an electronic prescription from a hospital server, when a cloud server receives a request for the electronic prescription, by the cloud server; extracting patient information and prescription information stored in an EMR DB, by the hospital server; converting the prescription information according to a unique API, by an API builder unit; and authenticating the converted prescription information through an electronic signature of the clinic, encrypting the converted prescription information, and transmitting the electronic prescription to the cloud server, by the hospital server.
US11574718B2
A method and system are disclosed for performing supervised outcome-driven persona-typing, including receiving a first data set having patient specific data, treatment data, and outcome data for each of a plurality of first patients. Once received, the plurality of first patients are grouped based on the first data set, and a persona for each of patient groups is generated. A second data set may then be received for a second patient including second patient specific data. A comparison is then carried out on the second data set to identify an existing persona, and then associate the second patient with the identified persona. Based on each of the above steps, a patient care plan is then created.
US11574714B2
A computing system can implement a health verification and prediction service by generating an interactive user interface through which users can provide responses to health assertions in one or more trivia sessions. Each of the health assertions can include a correlation value to actual health outcomes based on responses received from individuals a control group and the known health outcomes of those individuals. Based on the responses from the user, the computing system can generate a health profile for the user.
US11574713B2
A mechanism is provided for implement a discrepancy detection mechanism for detecting discrepancies between clinical notes and administrative records. Clinical concepts are extracted from the clinical notes and the administrative records in a patient's electronic medical records (EMRs). The extracted clinical concepts are filtered based on semantic type information to identify concepts that reference diseases or syndromes while also removing negated instances. Utilizing the positive mentions of diseases in clinical notes, the positive mentions of diseases or syndromes in the clinical notes are compared against each positive entry in the administrative records. A discrepancy summary is then generated for diseases or syndromes that failed to translate correctly from clinical notes to the administrative records in the patient's EMRs.
US11574708B2
Aspects relate to a portable device that may be used to identify a critical intensity and an anaerobic work capacity of an individual. The device may utilize muscle oxygen sensor data, speed data, or power data. The device may utilize data from multiple exercise sessions, or may utilize data from a single exercise session. The device may additionally estimate a critical intensity from a previous race time input from a user.
US11574704B2
The invention is directed to methods for selecting a treatment option for an activated B cell-like diffuse large B cell lymphoma (ABC DLBCL) subject, a germinal center B cell-like diffuse large B cell lymphoma (GCB DLBCL) subject, a primary mediastinal B cell lymphoma (PMBL) subject, a Burkitt lymphoma (BL) subject, or a mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) subject by analyzing digital gene expression data obtained from the subject, e.g., from a biopsy sample.
US11574703B2
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for efficiently optimizing a phenotype with a combination of a generative and a predictive model, training a phenotype prediction model based on experiential genotype vectors, training a genotype generation model based on sample genotype vectors, generating new genotype vectors, applying the phenotype prediction model to the new genotype vectors to generate scores, determining result genotypes based on a ranking of the available genotypes according to the scores, and generating a result based on the result genotypes, the result indicating one or more genetic constructs for testing.
US11574702B2
The present disclosure describes methods for determining the functional consequences of mutations. The methods include the use of machine learning to identify and quantify features of all atom molecular dynamics simulations to obtain the disruptive severity of genetic variants on molecular function.
US11574698B1
Devices, systems and methods for improving performance of a memory device are described. An example method includes receiving one or more parameters associated with a plurality of previous read operations on a page of the memory device, wherein the previous read operations are based on a plurality of read voltages, determining, using the one or more parameters as an input to a deep neural network comprising a plurality of layers, an updated plurality of read voltages, wherein each of the plurality of layers is a fully connected layer, and applying the updated plurality of read voltages to the memory device to retrieve information from the memory device, wherein the deep neural network uses a plurality of weights that have been processed using at least one of (a) a pruning operation, (b) a non-uniform quantization operation, or (c) a Huffman encoding operation.
US11574696B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor test method. The semiconductor test method includes the operations of: receiving a source code written in an interpreted language; and performing, by a first test apparatus, a first test on a device under test (DUT) based on the source code. The operation of performing, by the first test apparatus, the first test on the DUT based on the source code includes the operations of: interpreting, by a processor, the source code to generate a first interpreted code; and performing the first test on the DUT according to the first interpreted code. The first test apparatus is configured to execute the first interpreted code written in a first language.
US11574693B2
A memory apparatus and method of operation are provided. The apparatus includes memory cells connected to one of a plurality of word lines and arranged in strings and configured to retain a threshold voltage corresponding to one of a plurality of memory states. A control circuit is coupled to the plurality of word lines and strings and is configured to erase the memory cells using a stripe erase operation in response to determining a cycle count is less than a predetermined cycle count maximum threshold. The control circuit is also configured to perform a dummy cycle operation in response to determining the cycle count is not less than the predetermined cycle count maximum threshold.
US11574690B2
A system includes a memory device including a memory array including a plurality of wordline groups and control logic, operatively coupled with the memory array, to perform operation including causing a first erase verify to be performed sequentially with respect to each wordline group of the plurality of wordline groups, identifying a set of failing wordline groups determined to have failed the first erase verify, and causing a second erase verify to be performed sequentially with respect to each wordline group of the set of failing wordline groups.
US11574687B2
A memory device may include a pin for receiving a direct current (DC) voltage indicating an operating configuration setting of the memory device and for communicating an alternating current (AC) voltage signal that provides feedback to a power management component. The memory device may determine that a supply voltage is outside of a target range, and may drive the AC signal onto the pin based on determining that the supply voltage is outside the range. The pin may be coupled with a capacitive component the passes the AC signal and blocks the DC signal. The power management component may receive the capacitively coupled AC signal and may maintain or adjust the supply voltage based on the received AC signal.
US11574685B2
Apparatus might include a controller configured to cause the apparatus to program a plurality of memory cells from a first data state to a second data state higher than the first data state, determine a respective first voltage level of a control gate voltage deemed to cause each memory cell of a first and second subset of memory cells of the plurality of memory cells to reach the second data state, determine a respective second voltage level of a control gate voltage deemed sufficient to cause each memory cell of the first subset of memory cells to reach a third data state higher than the second data state, and determine a respective second voltage level of a control gate voltage deemed sufficient to cause each memory cell of the second subset of memory cells to reach a fourth data state higher than the third data state.
US11574681B2
A semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of memory cell transistors, a first wiring electrically connected to the plurality of memory cell transistors, and an erasing circuitry. The erasing circuitry is configured to erase data stored in the memory cell transistors by applying a first voltage to the first wiring, and apply the first voltage such that the first voltage rises to a first value, then falls from the first value to a second value, and is then maintained at the second value.
US11574674B2
A memory device includes a memory cell array comprising a plurality of memory cells wherein each of the plurality of memory cells is configured to be in a data state, and a physically unclonable function (PUF) generator. The PUF generator further includes a first sense amplifier, coupled to the plurality of memory cells, wherein while the plurality of memory cells are being accessed, the first sense amplifier is configured to compare accessing speeds of first and second memory cells of the plurality of memory cells, and based on the comparison, provide a first output signal for generating a first PUF signature.
US11574673B2
A memory device includes a calibration circuit configured to perform a ZQ calibration operation according to a calibration command signal and a calibration power voltage, and a calibration control circuit configured to determine the calibration command signal based on a comparison result obtained by comparing the calibration power voltage level with at least one reference voltage level.
US11574669B2
Methods, systems, and devices for distribution-following access operations for a memory device are described. In an example, the described techniques may include identifying an activation of a first memory cell at a first condition of a biasing operation, and identifying an activation of a second memory cell at a second condition of the biasing operation, and determining a parameter of an access operation based at least in part on a difference between the first condition and the second condition. In some examples, the memory cells may be associated with a configurable material element, such as a chalcogenide material, that stores a logic state based on a material property of the material element. In some examples, the described techniques may at least partially compensate for a change in memory material properties due to aging or other degradation or changes over time.
US11574667B2
A magnetic memory device including a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) pillar containing a stable resonant synthetic antiferromagnet (SAF) reference layered structure in which the ferromagnetic resonance characteristics of a polarizing magnetic layer of the SAF reference layered structure are substantially matched to at least a first magnetic reference layer within the SAF reference layered structure. By substantially matching the ferromagnetic resonance characteristics of the polarizing magnetic layer to at least the first magnetic reference layer, a MTJ pillar is provided in which the dynamic stability of the polarizing magnetic layer can be improved, and undesirable magnetic reference layer instability related write-errors can be mitigated.
US11574664B2
An example method of encoding data attributes by data stream identifiers includes: receiving, by a controller managing a memory device, a write command, wherein the write command specifies a first data item and an identifier of a data stream, wherein the data stream comprises the first data item and a second data item; determining, by parsing the identifier of the data stream, a data attribute encoded by the identifier of the data stream, wherein the data attribute is shared by the first data item and the second data item; determining, using the data attribute, a storage operation parameter; and transmitting, to the memory device, an instruction specifying the first data item and the storage operation parameter.
US11574662B2
A memory device as provided may apply a pulse amplitude modulation method to data (DQ) signal transmission/reception and may scale a DQ signal according to an operating frequency condition, so as to improve data transmission performance and effectively improve power consumption. The memory device includes a memory cell array, and a data input/output circuit configured to scale a DQ signal that includes data read from the memory cell array and output the scaled DQ signal. The data input/output circuit is configured to scale the DQ signal based on an n-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAMn) (where n is 4 or a greater integer) with a DQ parameter that corresponds an operating frequency condition and output the DQ signal. Other aspects include memory controllers that communicate with the memory devices, and memory systems that include the memory devices and memory controllers.
US11574657B2
A memory device that includes a first memory cell, a second memory cell and a sense amplifier. The sense amplifier includes a first branch and a second branch and are configured to output a first voltage and a second voltage to the first memory and the second memory, respectively in a trimming operation. A first clamp device of the sense amplifier includes a first clamp transistor and a plurality of first trimming transistors that are coupled to the first clamp transistor in parallel. The gate terminals of the first clamp transistor and the plurality of first trimming transistors are biased by a fixed clamp voltage. Each of the plurality of first trimming transistors is selectively conducted to compensate a mismatch between the first voltage and the second voltage.
US11574652B2
Provided is a recording device. The recording device includes: an external magnetic field application unit that is configured to apply an external magnetic field to a magnetic recording medium; a light irradiation unit that is configured to irradiate light; and a light focusing unit that is configured to focus the light from the light irradiation unit by resonating the light to generate an enhanced magnetic field in which a magnetic field of the light is enhanced, in which magnetization of the magnetic recording medium is inverted by applying the external magnetic field and the enhanced magnetic field to the magnetic recording medium.
US11574651B2
A magnetic recording medium, which is used in a recording and playback device in which the shortest recording wavelength is 75 nm or less, in which the magnetic recording medium has a recording layer including powder of ε-iron oxide-containing particles, the average particle size of the particles is 22 nm or less, the coercive force He is 220 kA/m or more and 320 kA/m or less, and the non linear transition shift is 20% or less.
US11574646B2
A method of extracting a fundamental frequency of an input sound includes generating a DJ transform spectrogram indicating estimated pure-tone amplitudes for respective natural frequencies of a plurality of springs and a plurality of time points by calculating the estimated pure-tone amplitudes for the respective natural frequencies by modeling an oscillation motion of the plurality of springs having different natural frequencies with respect to an input sound, calculating degrees of fundamental frequency suitability based on a moving average of the estimated pure-tone amplitudes or on a moving standard deviation of the estimated pure-tone amplitudes with respect to each natural frequency of the DJ transform spectrogram, and extracting a fundamental frequency based on local maximum values of the degrees of fundamental frequency suitability for the respective natural frequencies at each of the plurality of time points.
US11574642B2
A system and method are presented for the correction of packet loss in audio in automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems. Packet loss correction, as presented herein, occurs at the recognition stage without modifying any of the acoustic models generated during training. The behavior of the ASR engine in the absence of packet loss is thus not altered. To accomplish this, the actual input signal may be rectified, the recognition scores may be normalized to account for signal errors, and a best-estimate method using information from previous frames and acoustic models may be used to replace the noisy signal.
US11574638B2
A system and method are disclosed for generating a teleconference space for two or more communication devices using a computer coupled with a database and comprising a processor and memory. The computer generates a teleconference space and transmits requests to join the teleconference space to the two or more communication devices. The computer stores in memory identification information, and audiovisual data associated with one or more users, for each of the two or more communication devices. The computer stores audio transcription data, transmitted to the computer by each of the two or more communication devices and associated with one or more communication device users, in the computer memory. The computer merges the audio transcription data from each of the two or more communication devices into a master audio transcript, and transmits the master audio transcript to each of the two or more communication devices.
US11574622B2
An end-to-end deep-learning-based system that can solve both ASR and TTS problems jointly using unpaired text and audio samples is disclosed herein. An adversarially-trained approach is used to generate a more robust independent TTS neural network and an ASR neural network that can be deployed individually or simultaneously. The process for training the neural networks includes generating an audio sample from a text sample using the TTS neural network, then feeding the generated audio sample into the ASR neural network to regenerate the text. The difference between the regenerated text and the original text is used as a first loss for training the neural networks. A similar process is used for an audio sample. The difference between the regenerated audio and the original audio is used as a second loss. Text and audio discriminators are similarly used on the output of the neural network to generate additional losses for training.
US11574614B2
Switching method and switching device for display channel, display driving device and display device
The present disclosure provides a method and device for switching a display channel, a display driving device and a display device. The method includes: sending a first switching signal to a write controller of a current display channel when a switching instruction for switching from the current display channel to a target display channel is received; acquiring a frame address in which final write operation of data is completed, and taking the frame address as a first address and a next frame address as a second address; sending a second switching signal to a write controller of the target display channel; and sending a third switching signal to a read controller.
US11574597B2
A gate driving unit, a gate driving circuit, a gate driving method, and a display device are provided. The gate driving unit includes a first output circuit and a second output circuit; the second output circuit comprises a first output sub-circuit; the first output circuit is respectively electrically connected to the first node, the second node and the first gate driving signal output end and is configured to control the first gate driving signal output end to output a first gate driving signal under the control of the potential of the first node and the potential of the second node; the first output sub-circuit is respectively electrically connected to the first node, the second gate driving signal output end and the first clock signal end, and is configured to control the second gate driving signal output end to be connected to the first clock signal end.
US11574587B2
A display device includes a display panel including gate lines and pixels connected to the gate lines, and a gate driver including plural stages providing gate signals to the gate lines. A first stage among the stages includes a node controller including an input terminal and configured to control a voltage of a first control node and a voltage of a second control node, and an output unit connected to a first gate power source line and configured to output a first gate power source voltage of the first gate power source line as a gate signal through an output terminal in response to the voltage of the first control node. The node controller includes a first auxiliary transistor connected in the form of a diode between the input terminal and the second control node and a boosting capacitor connected between the second control node and the output terminal.
US11574584B2
A display device includes a display panel having first and second display areas. A data driver provides data and bias voltages to data lines. A timing controller controls the data driver and a scan driver based on at least two operation modes. The first mode drives the first and second display areas at a normal frequency, and the second mode drives the first display area at a first frequency substantially equal to or lower than the normal frequency and the second display area at a second frequency lower than the first frequency. The second mode includes an active frame to write a reference voltage to display a black image in the second display area, and blank frames to maintain the reference voltage and apply the bias voltage to the pixels in the second display area. The data driver varies the bias voltage in the blank frames.
US11574578B2
A display panel includes a first pixel group and a second pixel group each including sub-pixels coupled to the first scan line, a third pixel group and a fourth pixel group each including sub-pixels coupled to the second scan line. The first pixel group and the second pixel group are driven during a first scan on time in which the first scan line is driven. Consecutive N−1 sub-pixels among the sub-pixels of the third pixel group and one sub-pixel among the sub-pixels of the fourth pixel group are driven during a first portion of a second scan on time in which the second scan line is driven, and consecutive N−1 sub-pixels among the sub-pixels of the fourth pixel group and one sub-pixel among the sub-pixels of the third pixel group are driven during a second portion of the second scan on time.
US11574574B2
A display device includes a processor which supplies grayscale data in active periods of frame periods and stops supply of the grayscale data in blank periods of the frame periods, a timing controller which generates a change signal when a difference between a first blank period of a first frame period and a second blank period of a second frame period is greater than a threshold value, a power supply which supplies a first power voltage having a voltage level changed based on the change signal to a first power line, and pixels commonly connected to the first power line.
US11574573B2
A high-resolution display system is provided. A display system with high display quality is provided. The display system includes a processing unit and a display unit. A first image signal is supplied to the processing unit. The processing unit has a function of generating a second image signal by using the first image signal. The processing unit has a function of generating a correction signal. The display unit includes a pixel. The pixel includes a display element and a memory circuit. The second image signal and the correction signal are supplied to the pixel. The memory circuit has a function of retaining the correction signal.
US11574553B2
A system including sensors configured to provide physiological markers of a developer and a controller configured provide information indicative of a user experience to the developer while receive signals from the sensors. The controller is configured to utilize cognitive analysis determine developer emotion responses as the developer receives the user experience. The controller compares a developer emotion classification with a user emotion classification of a user as the user generated the user experience. The system generates a prioritized backlog to identify points where emotion responses between user and developer are in common, or where emotion responses between user and developer differ.
US11574543B2
An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a server, first data from a transport experiencing a near accident with a device external to the transport, the first data comprising a location of the transport and information related to a maneuvering of the transport, determining, by the server, that the location of the transport is a dangerous location and the maneuvering of the transport constitutes the near accident based on the first data, and sending a first notification, by the server, to another transport proximate to the dangerous location, the first notification comprises information related to the dangerous location and the near accident.
US11574541B2
An information processing device has an obtaining unit, a controller, and a giving unit. The obtaining unit can obtain vehicle information. The controller creates first warning information when the passability of a road in the vehicle information indicates non-passable. The controller creates recovery information when the passability of the road at the same position in the vehicle information indicates passable, after creation of the first warning information. The giving unit gives the recovery information.
US11574527B1
Secure transaction processes, assemblies, systems, and methods for conducting an administered gaming raffle are shown and described. In one embodiment, a user entrant enters a particular event, a tangible ticket value is generated and delivered to the user entrant, an administrator management module transforms a plurality of the participant ticket value recognition transactions into a dynamic inventory, which is ultimately streamlined into a winner selection benefiting the user entrant and a predetermined charity or the like.
US11574524B2
Video game competition wagering in a hybrid game including a host game and a guest game is disclosed. A wager associated with a player in the host game is received. An outcome of at least one gambling event in the host game is determined. Game elements are associated with the player based at least in part on the gambling event outcome. The game elements may affect the player's interaction in a round of play of the guest game. A gaming outcome is determined based on the player's interaction with the round of play in the guest game.
US11574523B2
Gaming devices, and methods for operating them, are provided that may display an attract mode display that includes one or more bonus markers and a plurality of denomination markers. One of the denomination markers may be highlighted, and a bonus prize associated with a bonus marker and the currently highlighted denomination marker may be determined and displayed in a region of the display associated with that bonus marker. The display may be controlled to display a denomination transition in which the highlighted denomination marker reverts to a non-highlighted representation and the next denomination marker is highlighted. In conjunction therewith, a bonus transition may be displayed in which the bonus prize displayed in association with at least one bonus marker is changed to a bonus prize associated with both that bonus marker and the newly highlighted denomination marker. Such operations may be repeated one or more times, if desired.
US11574512B2
A movable barrier operator comprising a motor, communication circuitry configured to receive a control signal and communicate with a door lock associated with a passageway door, and a controller. The controller is configured to authenticate the control signal, wherein authenticating the control signal includes associating the signal with a first level of access or a second level of access. The controller is further configured to communicate with the door lock via the communication circuitry to permit opening of the passageway door in response to associating the control signal with the first level of access and inhibit opening of the passageway door in response to associating the control signal with the second level of access. The controller is configured to cause the motor to open the movable barrier regardless of association of the control signal with the first level of access or the second level of access.
US11574511B2
A vehicle performance evaluation method, device and terminal are provided. The method includes: acquiring a labeled ADE score of an ADE item within a time period in which the ADE item occurs, and recording labeled data of an ADE index for indicating a vehicle state; acquiring a correlation between the ADE item and the vehicle state, according to the labeled ADE score and the labeled data of the ADE index; acquiring data of a target ADE index within a preset time period, and acquiring a target ADE score according to the data of the target ADE index and a correlation between the ADE item and the vehicle state; and acquiring a vehicle performance evaluation result according to the target ADE score. The passenger participation is not necessary, costs can be reduced and a vehicle evaluation efficiency can be improved.
US11574510B2
A multi-functional automotive diagnostic device includes a base unit having a display screen and a base electrical connector. The device additionally includes a first cartridge including a first body, a first electrical connector, and a first automotive tool. The device further includes a second cartridge including a second body, a second electrical connector, and a second automotive tool. The first and second cartridges are interchangeably engageable with the base unit, such that engagement of the first cartridge to the base unit occurs when the first electrical connector is electrically connected to the base electrical connector which configures the base unit to operate in accordance with the first automotive tool and engagement of the second cartridge to the base unit occurs when the second electrical connector is electrically connected to the base electrical connector which configures the base unit to operate in accordance with the second automotive tool.
US11574506B2
Embodiments of the present application disclose a fingerprint identification apparatus and an electronic device. The fingerprint identification apparatus is used to be disposed under a display screen and includes a first filter layer and a fingerprint sensor, and the first filter layer is disposed above the fingerprint sensor, the first filter layer includes a plurality of first filter units, and the plurality of first filter units are disposed in a region of the first filter layer corresponding to an edge region of the fingerprint sensor; sensing units of the edge region of the fingerprint sensor are configured to receive a light signal returned by a finger above the display screen and filtered by the plurality of first filter units; and sensing units of a middle region of the fingerprint sensor are configured to receive a light signal returned by the finger, to generate a fingerprint image of the finger.
US11574503B2
The present invention provides a biometric notification system for selectively sending messages to interested recipients. In various embodiments, message trigger criteria, interested recipients, and message content may vary depending upon, among other things, the service being provided.
US11574502B2
Aspects of the disclosure can provide method for identifying a face where multiple images to be identified are received. Each of the multiple images includes a face image part. Each face image of face images in the multiple images to be identified is extracted. An initial figure identification result of identifying a figure in the each face image is determined by matching a face in the each face image respectively to a face in a target image in an image identification library. The face images are grouped. A target figure identification result for each face image in each group is determined according to the initial figure identification result for the each face image in the each group.
US11574500B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure enable and accurate detection of facial landmarks on mobile devices in real-time. An architecture of a facial landmark detection model is provided including one or more of an attention mechanism (e.g., an attention network), a graph convolution model (e.g., a two-dimensional facial geometry graph convolution model), a multiscale coarse-to-fine mechanism, a patch-facial landmark detachment mechanism, and error estimation techniques. The attention mechanism may increase the accuracy of the facial landmark detection model by attending to meaningful patches. The graph convolution network may improve patch feature aggregation by considering the facial landmarks' geometry. The coarse-to-fine mechanism reduces a network convergence to two cycles (e.g., two facial landmark detection iterations). A patch-facial landmark detachment mechanism reduces the computation burden without significant accuracy degradation. Error estimation techniques provide accurate estimation of the regression error to the computation load and increase the accuracy of the model.
US11574497B2
A fingerprint sensor and a display device include a substrate. A circuit element layer is disposed on a first surface of the substrate and includes a semiconductor layer, conductive layers and at least one opening portion. A light emitting element layer is disposed on the circuit element layer and includes at least one light emitting element. A sensor layer is disposed on a second surface of the substrate and includes at least one light sensor corresponding to the opening portion. The opening portion is defined by non-overlapping of the semiconductor layer and the conductive layers, the opening portion has a closed loop shape in plan view, and at least a portion of the closed loop shape includes a curve, or an internal angle of the at least a portion of the closed loop shape is an obtuse angle.
US11574492B2
Efficient location and identification of documents in images. In an embodiment, at least one quadrangle is extracted from an image based on line(s) extracted from the image. Parameter(s) are determined from the quadrangle(s), and keypoints are extracted from the image based on the parameter(s). Input descriptors are calculated for the keypoints and used to match the keypoints to reference keypoints, to identify classification candidate(s) that represent a template image of a type of document. The type of document and distortion parameter(s) are determined based on the classification candidate(s).
US11574491B2
A computer-implemented tool for automated classification and interpretation of documents, such as life science documents supporting clinical trials, is configured to perform a combination of raw text, document construct, and image analyses to enhance classification accuracy by enabling a more comprehensive machine-based understanding of document content. The combination of analyses provides context for classification by leveraging relative spatial relationships among text and image elements, identifying characteristics and formatting of elements, and extracting additional metadata from the documents as compared to conventional automated classification tools, wherein natural language processing (NLP) is applied to associate text with tokens, and relevant differences and similarities between protocols are identified.
US11574485B2
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that obtain a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a physical environment that was generated based on depth data and light intensity image data, generate a 3D bounding box corresponding to an object in the physical environment based on the 3D representation, classify the object based on the 3D bounding box and the 3D semantic data, and display a measurement of the object, where the measurement of the object is determined using one of a plurality of class-specific neural networks selected based on the classifying of the object.
US11574484B1
An apparatus includes a memory and a processor circuit. The memory may be configured to store one or more frames of image pixel data. Each of the frames generally comprises red (R) samples, green (G) samples, blue (B) samples, and infrared (IR) samples. The processor circuit may be configured to generate an infrared image for each frame. The infrared image generally has a number of infrared (IR) pixels greater than the number of the infrared (IR) samples of each frame. The processor circuit generally performs interpolation utilizing the infrared (IR) samples and one or more of the red (R) samples, the green (G) samples, and the blue (B) samples of each frame in generating the infrared image for each frame.
US11574483B2
A method and an electronic device for determining a presence of an obstacle in a surrounding area of a self-driving car (SDC) are provided. The method comprises receiving sensor data representative of the surrounding area of the SDC in a form of 3D point cloud data; generating, by an MLA, based on the 3D point cloud data, a set of feature vectors representative of the surrounding area; generating, by the MLA, a grid representation of the surrounding area, each given cell of the grid representation including a predicted distance parameter indicative of a distance from the given cell to a closest cell with the obstacle; and using, by the electronic device, the distance parameter to determine presence of the obstacle in the surrounding area of the SDC.
US11574481B2
Systems and methods for detecting blockages in images are described. An example method may include receiving a plurality of images captured by a camera installed on an apparatus. The method may include identifying one or more candidate blocked regions in the plurality of images. Each of the candidate blocked regions may contain image data caused by blockages in the camera's field-of-view. The method may further include assigning scores to the one or more candidate blocked regions based on relationships among the one or more candidate blocked regions in the plurality of images. In response to a determination that one of the scores is above a predetermined blockage threshold, the method may include generating an alarm signal for the apparatus.
US11574480B2
A computerized device for driving assistance comprises a memory (4) designed to receive data point cloud data (8) in which a point cloud associates, for a given instant, points each having coordinates in a plane associated with the point cloud and a value denoting a height. The device furthermore comprises a calculator (6) designed to access the memory (4) and, for a given point cloud, to calculate data on the probability of belonging to a reference surface, associated with each point of the data point cloud, on the one hand, and node data associating a value denoting a height (hi) and two values indicating a slope in a plane associated with the plane of the given point cloud, on the other hand, by determining a Gaussian random conditional field by way of the data point cloud data (8) corresponding to the given point cloud, which Gaussian random conditional field is represented by a mesh of nodes in said associated plane, which nodes are defined by the node data, and to return the data on the probability of belonging to a reference surface and/or at least some of the node data and values denoting a height.
US11574475B2
Systems and methods for improved operations of ski lifts increase skier safety at on-boarding and off-boarding locations by providing an always-on, always-alert system that “watches” these locations, identifies developing problem situations, and initiates mitigation actions. One or more video cameras feed live video to a video processing module. The video processing module feeds resulting sequences of images to an artificial intelligence (AI) engine. The AI engine makes an inference regarding existence of a potential problem situation based on the sequence of images. This inference is fed to an inference processing module, which determines if the inference processing module should send an alert or interact with the lift motor controller to slow or stop the lift.
US11574473B2
In a general aspect, a method can include receiving, by an electronic device, a visual scene; identifying, by the electronic device, a plurality of elements of the visual scene; and determining, based on the plurality of elements identified in the visual scene, a context of the visual scene. The method can further include applying, based on the determined context of the visual scene, at least one filter to identify at least one element of the plurality of elements corresponding with the at least one filter; and visually indicate, in the visual scene on a display of the electronic device, the at least one element identified using the at least one filter.
US11574466B2
A computing system includes a processor and a non-transitory, computer-readable media including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to access an initial machine data set; label the machine data set; process the labeled machine data set; and modify one or more parameters of the machine-learned model. A method includes accessing an initial machine data set; labeling the machine data set; processing the labeled machine data set; and modifying one or more parameters of the machine-learned model. A computing system for predicting a variety profile index includes a processor; and a non-transitory, computer-readable media including a trained machine-learned model; and instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to process a second machine data set to generate one or more predicted variety profile index values; and provide the one or more predicted variety profile index values.
US11574454B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an augmented reality system that supports customized multi-channel interaction. One embodiment of the augmented reality system comprises: a head-mounted sensor assembly, a computing device, and a display module; the head-mounted sensor assembly is used to capture the user's multi-channel interactive input information and transmit the interactive input information to the computing device; the computing device is used to generate or modify the display content of the augmented reality according to the interactive input information; the display module is used to overlay display the background content with the display content of the augmented reality. The augmented reality system, by arranging the display module to the far end of the head-mounted sensor assembly, can simplify the structure of the head-mounted sensor assembly, and reduce the weight of the head-mounted sensor assembly, providing convenience for installing other sensors.
US11574443B2
A method and system for improving a three-dimensional (3D) representation of objects using semantic data. The method comprises receiving an input data generated in response to captured video in a filming area; setting at least one parameter for each region in the input data; and generating a 3D representation based in part on the at least one parameter and semantic data associated with the input data.
US11574441B2
Systems and methods are described for creating three dimensional models of building objects by creating a point cloud from a plurality of input images, defining edges of the building object's surfaces represented by the point cloud, creating simplified geometries of the building object's surfaces and constructing a building model based on the simplified geometries. Input images may include ground, orthographic, or oblique images. The resultant model may be scaled according to correlation with select image types and textured.
US11574435B1
In this patent, an improved multi-user extended reality viewing technique is disclosed. A first user and a second user can be geographically separated and view the same volume. The first user can manipulate a virtual object and the second user can see the manipulated virtual object. A set of techniques are disclosed herein to cause the virtual object as it is presented to each user to be eye appealing and prevent dizziness and nausea.
US11574434B2
Rendering system combines point sampling and volume sampling operations to produce rendering outputs. For example, to determine color information for a surface location in a 3-D scene, one or more point sampling operations are conducted in a volume around the surface location, and one or more sampling operations of volumetric light transport data are performed farther from the surface location. A transition zone between point sampling and volume sampling can be provided, in which both point and volume sampling operations are conducted. Data obtained from point and volume sampling operations can be blended in determining color information for the surface location. For example, point samples are obtained by tracing a ray for each point sample, to identify an intersection between another surface and the ray, to be shaded, and volume samples are obtained from a nested 3-D grids of volume elements expressing light transport data at different levels of granularity.
US11574426B2
Systems and methods are described that provide a dynamic reporting functionality that can identify important information and dynamically present a report about the important information that highlights important findings to the user. The described systems and methods are generally described in the field of diabetes management, but are applicable to other medical reports as well. In one implementation, the dynamic reports are based on available data and devices. For example, useless sections of the report, such as those with no populated data, may be removed, minimized in importance, assigned a lower priority, or the like.
US11574421B2
A structured 3D model of a real-world object is generated from a series of 2D photographs of the object, using photogrammetry, a keypoint detection deep learning network (DLN), and retopology. In addition, object parameters of the object are received. A pressure map of the object is then generated by a pressure estimation DLN based on the structured 3D model and the object parameters. The pressure estimation DLN was trained on structured 3D models, object parameters, and pressure maps of a plurality of objects belonging to a given object category. The pressure map of the real-world object can be used in downstream processes, such as custom manufacturing.
US11574415B2
Disclosed are a method and device for determining an icon position. The method includes: detecting a target object in a target image and determining the reference position of the target object in the target image, and detecting a salient position in the target image, thereby obtaining the reference position of a key target or object in the target image, and a salient position possibly requiring more attention in the target image; and selecting, according to the distance between the reference position or salient position and preset candidate positions, an icon position from the candidate positions.
US11574412B2
An endoscopic imaging system for use in a light deficient environment includes an imaging device having a tube, one or more image sensors, and a lens assembly including at least one optical elements that corresponds to the one or more image sensors. The endoscopic system includes a display for a user to visualize a scene and an image signal processing controller. The endoscopic system includes a light engine having an illumination source generating one or more pulses of electromagnetic radiation and a lumen transmitting one or more pulses of electromagnetic radiation to a distal tip of an endoscope.
US11574410B2
A person tracking support device includes a processor. The processor acquires identification information of a tracked person identified from a face image of a person imaged by a first camera, and a first time at which the tracked person is imaged by the first camera, and also acquires a second time at which the tracked person is imaged by a second camera positioned away from the first camera, predicts a time at which the tracked person reaches a specific area on the basis of an elapsed time from the first time to the second time and a distance from the first camera to the second camera, and notifies a mobile terminal device possessed by each of a plurality of observers of the identification information of the tracked person, the specific area, and the time predicted.
US11574405B2
The present invention provides an analysis and method of quantifying the severity of skin diseases through the skin exhibited entropy. Quantitative analysis and evaluation of skin is a new, non-invasive, quick, and reproducible method of assessing skin disease and skin disease progression. The quantitative analysis of the skin disease applies a entropy algorithm to quantify the severity of the disease and compared to healthy skin. The method is applied in determination of the severity of the skin disease or applied to determine the effectiveness of the subsequent treatment modalities. It is highly reproducible and removes physician's own bias and past experience.
US11574396B2
An inspection method to be used to inspect an examination system configured to image an object and make a good/defective determination of the object on the basis of an image acquired by the imaging comprises displaying a sample image of the object, imaging the displayed sample image by a camera, and making a good/defective determination of the object indicated by the sample image on, the basis of the image acquired by imaging of the camera.
US11574394B1
An Artificial Intelligence (AI) roof deterioration analysis system that tracks changes in roofs over time by evaluating a series of features in high-resolution images.
US11574375B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a memory configured to store a model learned to determine whether a user performing authentication for a financial service is in a threat situation, and a processor configured to perform authentication for the financial service based on biometrics information of the user performing authentication for the financial service. The processor may acquire an image by photographing the user performing authentication through the camera, acquire information on whether the user performing authentication is in a threat situation from the learned model, with information acquired from the image as input of the learned model, and perform authentication for the financial service according to the acquired information. At least a part of the learned model is an artificial intelligent algorithm, which may be performed according to at least one of machine learning, neural network, or deep learning algorithm.
US11574365B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for generating a pre-approval token for a claim payment request based at least in part on draft claim data. The pre-approval token may be appended to a final, formalized claim relating to the draft claim during a formal claim submission process to retrieve and apply the results of the pre-approval review to facilitate formal claim resolution.
US11574362B2
A vehicle transaction support system operates by: generating, based on customer prequalification data and extended bureau data and utilizing a customer grading engine having a first artificial intelligence model trained via machine learning, a customer grade that predicts a likelihood of transaction default associated with a customer; generating, based on customer profile data that includes the customer grade and other customer profile data and utilizing a vehicle recommendation engine having a second artificial intelligence model trained via machine learning, vehicle options data that indicates vehicles selected from a vehicle database; and generating, based on at least a portion of the customer profile data and the vehicle options data and utilizing a transaction recommendation engine having a third artificial intelligence model trained via machine learning, terms data associated with each of the vehicles selected from the vehicle database.
US11574354B2
A method comprises displaying visual representations of a plurality of product alternatives each including at least one attribute variant to a respondent, receiving from the respondent an indication of a preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives, transmitting a request to the respondent to identify at least one attribute variant of a non-preferred product alternative that is preferred by the respondent to the corresponding attribute variant of the preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives and receiving a response from the respondent identifying at least one attribute variant of a non-preferred product alternative that is preferred by the respondent to the corresponding attribute variant of the preferred one of the plurality of product alternatives.
US11574345B2
In some aspects, an edge appliance is placed in an active mode and causes a software agent that is based on a machine learning algorithm to engage in a conversation to take an order from a customer that is located at an order post. The edge appliance provides, using a communication interface, audio data that includes the conversation, to a communications system of a restaurant. The edge appliance provides, using the communication interface, a content of a cart associated with the order to a point-of-sale terminal of the restaurant. If the edge appliance determines, using the communication interface, that a microphone of the communication system is receiving audio input from an employee, the edge appliance automatically transitions the edge appliance from the active mode to an override mode, enabling the employee to receive a remainder of the order from the customer.
US11574344B2
A method and system is provided for facilitating affiliate link generation using a web browser application. A publisher enables the system by identifying a webpage on an affiliate web site. The system performs an initial assessment of the page to extract webpage information, which is compared to information stored in a database. If the extracted information matches stored information, a record of the webpage is displayed and an affiliate link is dynamically generated for immediate use. If the extracted information does not match stored information, a new record of the webpage is created. If the webpage contains product-specific data, a product-specific record is stored. If the webpage does not contain product-specific data, a non-product record is stored. An affiliate link is then dynamically created. The new record of the product and dynamically created affiliate link is added to the database for immediate use.
US11574331B2
In one embodiment, a user of a client device may selectively share personal data with web companies. The personal data may be shared directly via transmission by the client device to the web companies. Alternatively, the personal data may be shared with the web companies via a personal data sharing system that collects and maintains personal data associated with users. The personal data sharing system may reward the user for sharing their personal data with the web companies.
US11574318B2
A method includes displaying on a graphic user interface (GUI) of a computing device of a user, a log of computing operations performed by the user at computing terminals of entity servers respectively managed by entities. The user uses a unique authorization identifier provided by the authorizing entity to authorize the computing operations at the computing terminals of the entity servers. The user provides a fraud indication through the GUI that at least one computing operation in the log is fraudulent. Memory jogging visual units are displayed on the GUI to the user that cause the user to recall performing the at least one computing operation identified as being fraudulent. An entry of the at least one computing operation in an operation database is marked as a valid operation authorized by the user when receiving a recognition indication and potentially fraudulent when no recognition indication by the user.
US11574313B2
In some implementations, a transaction card security system may detect a transaction card in an image, and may perform image processing to identify one or more character sequences or one or more designs that appear on the transaction card. The one or more character sequences or the one or more designs may identify an institution associated with the transaction card and/or a cardholder associated with the transaction card. The transaction card security system may identify the institution or the cardholder associated with the transaction card based on the one or more character sequences or the one or more designs, and may perform one or more actions relating to security of the transaction card based on detecting the transaction card in the image and identifying the institution or the cardholder associated with the transaction card.
US11574299B2
Providing identification information during an interaction with an interactive computing environment
Aspects and examples are disclosed for facilitating transactions with an interactive computing environment provided by a host system. In one example, a processing device receives a data network identifier or other identifier from an interactive computing environment. The data network identifier or other identifier can be associated with a mobile device conducting a transaction with the interactive computing environment. The processing device can also obtain a credential associated with the mobile device using the data network identifier. The processing device can additionally retrieve identification information from a credit file associated with the credential. The identification information can be useable for completing the transaction. The processing device can further transmit the identification information to a host server system executing the interactive computing environment.
US11574296B2
A computer-implemented method for facilitating a merchant transaction comprises providing a list of one or more merchants that are in geographic proximity to a geolocation of a payer, and receiving a request from the payer to conduct a transaction with a merchant among the one or more merchants. The request can be received by a computer system programmed to facilitate the transaction. The transaction can then be processed with the aid of the computer system. A tip selection, which can include a tip amount, can be applied to the transaction. In some cases the tip selection is received from the payer as a selectable option. In other cases, the tip selection is automatically applied to the transaction without involvement from the payer during or upon the termination of the transaction.
US11574295B2
A self-checkout system can include a plurality of telescoped bagging arm segments moveably coupled together in an order according to respective diameters of the plurality of telescoped bagging arm segments. A scanning system can be configured to provide a characteristic of an item purchased by a user of the self-checkout system and a processor circuit can be operatively coupled to the plurality of telescoped bagging arm segments and to the scanning system, where the processor circuit can be configured to move the plurality of telescoped bagging arm segments relative to one another based on the characteristic of the item to be placed in a bag in use with the self-checkout system.
US11574287B2
A method to automatically classify emails may include generating multiple entity data objects using entities identified in receiver and sender fields of emails and categorizing the multiple entity data objects into a first set of data objects and a second set of data objects. The method may also include extracting all tokens from each email and searching the extracted tokens for tokens associated with the data objects of the first set of data objects. The method may further include identifying the emails that include the extracted tokens that are associated with the data objects of the first set of data objects, identifying a particular data object of the first set of data objects to which an identified email corresponds, and automatically classifying the identified email in the first category in response to identifying the particular data object of the first set of data objects to which an identified email corresponds.
US11574280B1
Systems and methods which provide shipping management system shipping documentation generation operation which spawns intelligent generation subprocesses are described. The intelligent generation subprocesses of embodiments facilitate autonomous shipping documentation generation functionality of a concatenated shipping documentation generation process. A user may initiate a shipping documentation generation process, whereby an intelligent generation subprocess is spawned, and thereafter the user may be freed to perform one or more independent operation and/or interaction with the shipping management system. One or more verifications, checks, warnings, and/or the like are suspended and one or more parameter, input, selection, and/or the like are defaulted for operation of an intelligent generation subprocess of embodiments. Embodiments implement a documentation queue to provide historical information with respect to intelligent generation subprocess operation.
US11574263B2
A computer-implemented method that, in an embodiment, includes receiving a travel request from a traveler that includes a pickup and destination location and a number of travelers and analyzing the travel request and calculating routes for vehicles that are partially based on the pickup and destination location, the number of travelers, destination locations of travelers located in the vehicles, traffic conditions, minimizing a waiting time for the traveler, minimizing a travel time for the traveler, minimizing a travel time for the travelers located in the vehicles, and optimizing an aggregation of travelers on each of the plurality vehicles. In an embodiment, the plurality of vehicles includes 5 vehicles or more and based on the calculating, the method includes supplying a selected route to a selected vehicle and supplying to the traveler, identification information related to the selected vehicle thereby resulting in transportation of the traveler to the destination location.
US11574260B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire a document; determine a route on which the document is to be processed in a workflow; determine a first process that is a final process for processing the document on the route among processes in which information is allowed to be input for a first item included in the document; and display the first item in a manner in accordance with the first process.
US11574250B2
Classification of erroneous cell data includes performing unsupervised pre-training of a machine learning model to learn a bidirectional encoder representation of data cells, obtaining an initial training set, with labeled training examples that correlate observed cell data to correct cell data, for training the machine learning model to classify cell data, automatically augmenting the initial training set to produce an augmented training set, where the augmenting includes identifying patterns in the labeled training examples, generating transformation functions, and using the transformation functions, learning an augmentation strategy and automatically generating additional training examples correlating erroneous data values to correct data values, and training the machine learning model using the augmented training set.
US11574247B2
A vehicle recommendation device and a method for machine learning based recommendation of vehicle is provided. The vehicle recommendation device receives vehicle log data from a plurality of sensors associated with each of a first set of vehicles. The first set of vehicles are classified based on a set of vehicle types. The vehicle recommendation device generates vehicle trip data, associated with a plurality of trips of each of the first set of vehicles, based on the received vehicle log data. The vehicle recommendation device further determines a set of features, associated with the plurality of trips or with information about the first set of vehicles, based on the generated vehicle trip data. The vehicle recommendation device further generates a machine learning model which is trained based on the determined set of features to output a first type of vehicle from the set of vehicle types.
US11574244B2
A method, apparatus and a product for generating a dataset for a reinforcement model. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of different subsets of the set of features; for each subset of features, determining a policy using a Markov Decision Process; obtaining a state comprises a valuation of each feature of the set of features; applying the plurality of policies on the state, whereby obtaining a plurality of suggested actions for the state, based on different projections of the state onto different subsets of features; determining, for the state, one or more actions and corresponding scores thereof based on the plurality of suggested actions; and training a reinforcement learning model using the state and the one or more actions and corresponding scores thereof.
US11574243B1
Techniques for heterogeneous compute instance auto-scaling with reinforcement learning (RL) are described. A user specifies a reward function that generates rewards for use with an application simulation for determining what different instance types should be added to or removed from the application as part of training a RL model. The RL model can be automatically deployed and used to monitor an application to automatically scale the application fleet using heterogenous compute instances.
US11574242B1
Techniques are described for providing a ML data analytics application including guided ML workflows that facilitate the end-to-end training and use of various types of ML models, where such guided workflows may also be referred to as ML “experiments.” For example, the ML data analytics application may enable users to create experiments related to prediction of numeric fields (for example, using linear regression techniques), predicting categorical fields (for example, using logistic regression), detecting numerical outliers (for example, using various distribution statistics), detecting categorical outliers (for example, using probabilistic statistics), forecasting time series data, and clustering numeric events (for example, using k-means, density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise (DBSCAN), spectral clustering, or other techniques), among other possible uses of various types of ML models to analyze data.
US11574239B2
Machine learning may include training and drawing inference from artificial neural networks, processes which may include performing convolution and matrix multiplication operations. Convolution and matrix multiplication operations are performed using vectors of block floating-point (BFP) values that may include outliers. BFP format stores floating-point values using a plurality of mantissas of a fixed bit width and a shared exponent. Elements are outliers when they are too large to be represented precisely with the fixed bit width mantissa and shared exponent. Outlier values are split into two mantissas. One mantissa is stored in the vector with non-outliers, while the other mantissa is stored outside the vector. Operations, such as a dot product, may be performed on the vectors in part by combining the in-vector mantissa and exponent of an outlier value with the out-of-vector mantissa and exponent.
US11574229B2
Provided is a three-dimensional (3D) transmon qubit apparatus including a body portion, a driver, a transmon element disposed in an internal space of the body portion, a first tunable cavity module disposed in the internal space of the body, and comprising a first superconductive metal panel; and a second tunable cavity module disposed in the internal space of the body, and comprising a second superconductive metal panel, wherein the transmon element is disposed between the first superconductive metal panel and the second superconductive metal panel; wherein the first tunable cavity module and the second tunable cavity module are configured to adjust a distance between the first superconductive metal panel and the second superconductive metal panel, and wherein the driver is configured to tune a resonance frequency by adjusting a 3D cavity by adjusting the distance between the first superconductive metal panel and the second superconductive metal panel.
US11574227B2
A method for characterizing noise in a quantum system, the quantum system including a plurality of qubits and a plurality of entangling gates native to the quantum system, includes generating a random quantum circuit on a quantum processor, the random quantum circuit comprising the plurality of entangling gates native to the quantum system. The method includes running a simulation of the random quantum circuit on a classical computer a plurality of times to obtain ideal outcomes, and running the random quantum circuit on the quantum processor a plurality of times to obtain experimental outcomes. The method includes grouping the experimental outcomes based on probabilities of the ideal outcomes to obtain a first distribution, and grouping the experimental outcomes based on probabilities of the experimental outcomes to obtain a second distribution. The method includes characterizing noise in the quantum system based on the first distribution and the second distribution.
US11574222B1
A system and method for contaminant control, often infection control, with multiple time and space domains that integrate active and passive infection control devices and processes that preferably feature infection control active additives with controllable dis-passivation to limit post-consumption environmental impact. Additionally, the system executes the infection control devices and process transactions by controlling the dispatch of infection control tasks centered around a potential infection control incidence and/or cross-contamination locations from assets or personnel having probabilistic infection rates to increase compliance of infection control preventative measures.
US11574218B2
Methods and systems for intelligently recommending selections for a selector control are disclosed. The method includes receiving a recommendation request from a selector control client, the recommendation request comprising a search string and a unique identifier of a user interacting with a selector control; identifying user identifiers of usernames matching the search string; retrieving machine learning features corresponding to the user identifiers of usernames matching the search string; applying a machine learning model to the retrieved machine learning features to assign weights to the retrieved machine learning features; computing recommendation scores for the user identifiers based on the assigned weights to the retrieved machine learning features; ranking the user identifiers based on the recommendation scores; and forwarding a ranked list of user identifiers to the selector control client for displaying in the selector control for selection by the user interacting with the selector control.
US11574206B2
The presently disclosed method and system includes a network of computer devices, sensors, and actuators operating in concert with application software to actively detect, identify, and localize threats and generate real-time countermeasures designed to delay and/or mitigate damage that may be caused by the threats. Application software, in the form of automated reasoning and logic control, initiates preparatory and countermeasure sequences automatically, which may be used by users or automatically executed by the system to at least delay an attack to a physical asset/area by adversaries with use of non-lethal actuators. Learned scenarios are generated and continuously adapted via feedback loops and decision rules to provide preparatory and countermeasure sequences that maximize results with minimal expenditure of assets.
US11574205B2
Provided are techniques for unified cognition for a virtual personal cognitive assistant. A personal cognitive agent creates an association with an entity and a personalized embodied cognition manager that includes an entity agent registry, wherein the personal cognitive agent comprises a virtual personal cognitive assistant. Selection of a first cognitive assistant agent from a first domain and a second cognitive assistant agent from a second domain are received. Input from the entity is received. A goal based on the input is identified. Unified cognition is provided by coordinating the first cognitive assistant agent of the first domain and the second cognitive assistant agent of the second domain to generate one or more actions to meet the goal. A response is provided to the input with an indication of the goal.
US11574198B2
A processor-implemented neural network operating method, the operating method comprising obtaining a neural network pre-trained in a source domain and a first style feature of the source domain, extracting a second style feature of a target domain from received input data of the target domain, using the neural network, performing domain adaptation of the input data, by performing style matching of the input data based on the first style feature of the source domain and the second style feature of the target domain, and processing the style-matched input data, using the neural network.
US11574197B2
A method for seismic processing includes steps of seismic signal forward propagation and seismic data back propagation. The subsurface medium image is created after correlating and summarizing forward and backward propagation results. To address migration footprint and noise due to the incomplete data acquisition aperture and migration approximation in the migration operator, the iteration inversion strategy incorporates tensor flow calculated from seismic image. A regularization operator based on structure tensor of image is applied to seismic image inversion.
US11574191B2
Systems and methods of predicting documentation associated with an encounter between attendees are provided. For instance, attendee data indicative of one or more previous visit notes associated with a first attendee can be obtained. The attendee data can be inputted into a machine-learned note prediction model that includes a neural network. The neural network can generate one or more context vectors descriptive of the attendee data. Data indicative of a predicted visit note can be received as output of the machine-learned note prediction model based at least in part on the context vectors. The predicted visit note can include a set of predicted information expected to be included in a subsequently generated visit note associated with the first attendee.
US11574175B2
Embodiments are directed to security optimizing compute distribution in a hybrid deep learning environment. An embodiment of an apparatus includes one or more processors to determine security capabilities and compute capabilities of a client machine requesting to use a machine learning (ML) model hosted by the apparatus; determine, based on the security capabilities and based on exposure criteria of the ML model, that one or more layers of the ML model can be offloaded to the client machine for processing; define, based on the compute capabilities of the client machine, a split level of the one or more layers of the ML model for partition of the ML model, the partition comprising offload layers of the one or more layers of the ML model to be processed at the client machine; and cause the offload layers of the ML model to be downloaded to the client machine.
US11574173B2
A near memory system is provided for the calculation of a layer in a machine learning application. The near memory system includes an array of memory cells for storing an array of filter weights. A multiply-and-accumulate circuit couples to columns of the array to form the calculation of the layer.
US11574167B2
An exemplary embodiment of a circuit for determining information about the position, attitude, or orientation of a magnet comprises an input interface configured to receive components of a magnetic field produced by the magnet. An evaluation logic unit corresponds to at least one trained neural network and is configured to determine the information about the position, attitude, or orientation of the magnet on the basis of the received components.
US11574159B2
This disclosure relates to a communication system where a user can use a smart phone to scan a tag, such as a QR code, to retrieve a weblink. The weblink is unique and associated with the location of the tag, which may also be the location of an unpersonalised device, such as a video projector or other A/V equipment. Therefore, when the mobile phone connects to the weblink, the webserver can retrieve information associated with this particular unique code. This information is now specific to the location of the tag and may even include information about the unpersonalised device. The operator receives the information when the communication channel is established and therefore knows exactly what the subject of the call will be. Further, the call can be automatically routed to the most appropriate operator without audio menus to be navigated by the user.
US11574153B2
Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for identifying organisms for production. The identification is based upon determining one or more outlier detection parameters for identifying outliers (e.g., outlier wells, strains, plates holding organisms) from a data set of organism performance metrics. A prediction engine may identify one or more candidate outliers based upon a first set of outlier detection parameters (e.g., outlier detection threshold), and determine probability metrics that represent likelihoods that candidate outliers belong to an outlier class. Based on those metrics, some of the outliers may be excluded from consideration in predicting organism performance for the purpose of selecting organisms for production.
US11574152B2
The recognition system for security check and control method thereof. The recognition system for security check is integrated with a reinforcement learning algorithm and an attention region proposal network. The recognition system for security check comprises the following modules: an object feature extraction module (1); a dangerous item region segmentation module (2); a preliminary classification module (3); a preliminary classification result determination module (4); and a fine-grained recognition module (5). In the invention, optimization of a dangerous item region segmentation module and provision of a fine-grained recognition module greatly improve accuracy and efficiency of security check, shorten the duration of security check, alleviate congestion, save labor, and reduce pressure on security check personnel.
US11574151B2
Disclosed is detecting identification documents in image-borne identification documents and protecting against loss of the image-borne identification documents. A trained deep learning (DL) stack is used to classify production images by inference as containing a sensitive image-borne identification document, with the trained stack configured with parameters determined using labelled ground truth data for the identification documents and examples of other image documents. The trained DL stack is configured to include a first set of layers closer to an input layer and a second set of layers further from the input layer, with the first set pre-trained to perform image recognition before exposing the second set of layers of the stack to the labelled ground truth data for the image-borne identification documents and examples of other image documents, and using the inferred classification of the sensitive image-borne identification document in a DLP system to protect against loss by image exfiltration.
US11574148B2
A computer system and method for extending parallelized asynchronous reinforcement learning for training a neural network is described in various embodiments, through coordinated operation of plurality of hardware processors or threads such that each functions as a worker agent that is configured to simultaneously interact with a target computing environment for local gradient computation based on a loss determination and to update global network parameters based at least on local gradient computation to train the neural network through modifications of weighted interconnections between interconnected computing units as gradient computation is conducted across a plurality of iterations of a target computing environment, the loss determination including at least a policy loss term (actor), a value loss term (critic), and an auxiliary control loss. Variations are described further where the neural network is adapted to include terminal state prediction and action guidance.
US11574140B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying a diagnostic feature of a digitized pathology image, including receiving one or more digitized images of a pathology specimen, and medical metadata comprising at least one of image metadata, specimen metadata, clinical information, and/or patient information, applying a machine learning model to predict a plurality of relevant diagnostic features based on medical metadata, the machine learning model having been developed using an archive of processed images and prospective patient data, and determining at least one relevant diagnostic feature of the relevant diagnostic features for output to a display.
US11574134B2
An imaging device and a method of processing a document at the imaging device which includes receiving a message associated with the document and an output language for the message, transmitting the message and the output language to a server communicatively connected to the imaging device, receiving from the server a translation of the message into the output language, and adding the translation to the document. An input language and an output language of the message associated with the document may be predetermined or may be received from a user of the imaging device.
US11574133B2
The disclosure may provide a method for obtaining a document layout, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method may include: obtaining a plurality of pieces of first sample data; extracting structured information from each of the plurality of pieces of first sample data as target structured information corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of first sample data; inputting the plurality of pieces of first sample data into an initial text generation model to generate predicted structured information corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of first sample data; generating a first loss value based on a difference between the predicted structured information corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of first sample data and the corresponding target structured information; and training a phrase generation ability of the initial text generation model based on the first loss value to generate the text generation model.
US11574126B2
Systems and methods for processing natural language statements. Based on historical records of data associated with an entity, systems and methods provide models for inferring publication of data content associated with the particular entity. The systems and methods may compare newly observed data content to predicted content associated with an entity for evaluating novelty or impact of the newly observed data content.
US11574113B2
An information processing method includes displaying a graph on a display screen of a display, in response to a user operation of specifying at least part of the graph, displaying an icon corresponding to a numerical value which is associated with the at least part of the graph on the display screen, in response to a user operation of selecting the icon, as at least part of a mathematical expression to execute calculation using the numerical value which is associated with the icon selected, displaying the numerical value or a variable indicating the numerical value which is associated with the icon on the display screen.
US11574111B1
Disclosed are method(s), system(s), and article(s) of manufacture for implementing an approach to facilitate traceability and tamper detection of electronic designs. This approach allows for tracing and tamper detection at any stage of design and manufacturing, such as during layout generation, post-design, post-mask, and post manufacturing of the electronic designs.
US11574106B2
A method includes: accessing a design data of an integrated circuit (IC), wherein the design data includes a transistor layer and a plurality of metal layers over the transistor layer; assigning a bin size for each of the metal layers based on layout properties of the respective metal layers, wherein a bin size of a higher larger of the metal layers has a greater bin size than that of a lower layer of the metal layers; performing resource planning on the transistor layer and each of the metal layers according to the assigned bin sizes of the respective metal layers; and updating the design data according to the resource planning. At least one of the accessing, assigning, performing and updating steps is conducted by at least one processor.
US11574104B2
An electronic design flow generates an electronic architectural design layout for analog circuitry from a schematic diagram. The electronic design flow assigns analog circuits of the schematic diagram to various categories of analog circuits. The electronic design flow places various analog standard cells corresponding to these categories of analog circuits into analog placement sites assigned to the analog circuits. These analog standard cells have a uniform cell height which allows these analog standard cells to be readily connected or merged to digital standard cells which decreases the area of the electronic architectural design layout. This uniformity in height between these analog standard cells additionally provides a more reliable yield when compared to non-uniform analog standard cells.
US11574095B2
Provided is a simulation method performed by a process simulator, implemented with a recurrent neural network (RNN) including a plurality of process emulation cells, which are arranged in time series and configured to train and predict, based on a final target profile, a profile of each process step included in a semiconductor manufacturing process. The simulation method includes: receiving, at a first process emulation cell, a previous output profile provided at a previous process step, a target profile and process condition information of a current process step; and generating, at the first process emulation cell, a current output profile corresponding to the current process step, based on the target profile, the process condition information, and prior knowledge information, the prior knowledge information defining a time series causal relationship between the previous process step and the current process step.
US11574094B2
A method designs nuclear reactors using design variables and metric variables. A user specifies ranges for the design variables and threshold values for the metric variables and selects design parameter samples. For each sample, the method runs three processes, which compute metric variables for thermal-hydraulics, neutronics, and stress. The method applies a cost function to compute an aggregate residual of the metric variables compared to the threshold values. The method deploys optimization methods, either training a machine learning model using the samples and computed aggregate residuals, or using genetic algorithms, simulated annealing, or differential evolution. When using Bayesian optimization, the method shrinks the range for each design variable according to correlation between the respective design variable and estimated residuals using the machine learning model. These steps are repeated until a sample having a smallest residual is unchanged for multiple iterations. The final model assesses relative importance of each design variable.
US11574092B2
In one embodiment, the design method for a fine metal mask includes: establishing a three-dimensional simulation model of the fine metal mask according to design parameters of the fine metal mask; acquiring material property parameters of the fine metal mask; performing a simulation operation on the three-dimensional simulation model according to the material property parameters and simulation conditions, in order to obtain a simulation result of the fine metal mask after a mesh stretching, and the simulation conditions are configured to represent constraint conditions of the fine metal mask during the mesh stretching, and the simulation result comprises at least one of a deformation condition, a stress condition and a strain condition of the fine metal mask after the mesh stretching is performed; determining whether the simulation result matches a preset result; adjusting the design parameters according to the simulation result if no, and selecting the design parameters if yes.
US11574089B2
A vehicle can capture data that can be converted into a synthetic scenario for use in a simulator. Objects can be identified in the data and attributes associated with the objects can be determined. The data can be used to generate a synthetic scenario of a simulated environment. The scenarios can include simulated objects that traverse the simulated environment and perform actions based on the attributes associated with the objects, the captured data, and/or interactions within the simulated environment. In some instances, the simulated objects can be filtered from the scenario based on attributes associated with the simulated objects and can be instantiated and/or destroyed based on triggers within the simulated environment. The scenarios can be used for testing and validating interactions and responses of a vehicle controller within the simulated environment.
US11574088B2
This disclosure relates to a computer assistant for a surgeon with a graphical representation of a dynamic knee score for a knee surgery. A processor receives computer tomography data of a current patient's knee and user input from the surgeon, the user input comprises an identifier of a knee implant. The processor then retrieves multiple machine learning model parameters indicative of a machine learning performed on historical patient records. For multiple values of a rotation of the tibial component and a slope of the tibial component the processor configures a post-operative kinematic model performs a kinematic simulation and estimates a current patient outcome by applying the machine learning model. Finally, the processor generates a shaded surface spanning the multiple values of a rotation of the tibial component and a slope of the tibial component on a user interface to graphically represent the estimated current patient outcome for each of the rotation and slope.
US11574084B1
A method for geometric analysis of a part for manufacture, the method including receiving, by a processor, a computer model of a part for manufacture; receiving, by the processor, a print of the part for manufacture; extracting, by the processor, a semantic datum from the print of the part for manufacture; mapping, by the processor, the semantic datum on the computer model of the part for manufacture; and generating, by the processor, a manufacturing instruction based on the semantic datum mapped on the computer model of the part for manufacture.
US11574079B2
A method for provisioning an electronic device includes providing a semiconductor wafer on which multiple integrated circuit (IC) chips have been fabricated. Each chip includes a secure memory and programmable logic, which is configured to store at least two keys in the secure memory and to compute digital signatures over data using the at least two keys. A respective first key is provisioned into the secure memory of each of the chips via electrical probes applied to contact pads on the semiconductor wafer. After dicing of the wafer, a respective second key is provisioned into the secure memory of each of the chips via contact pins of the chips. A respective provisioning report is received from each of the chips with a digital signature computed by the logic using both of the respective first and second keys. The provisioning is verified based on the digital signature.
US11574075B2
A system for distributed computing allows researchers performing analysis on data having legal or policy restrictions on movement of the data to perform the analysis on data at multiple sites without exporting the restricted data from each site. A primary system determines which sites contain the data to be executed by a compute job and sends the compute job to the associated site. Resulting calculated data can be exported to a primary collecting and recording system. The system allows the rapid development of analysis code for the compute jobs that can be executed on a local data set then passed to the primary system for distributed machine learning on the multiple sites without any changes to the code of the compute job.
US11574069B2
An example method comprises: receiving a natural language text; transforming, by a neural network, the natural language text into a numeric representation comprising a plurality of numeric values; discarding the natural language text; and performing, using the numeric representation of the natural language text, an information extraction task.
US11574067B2
Example systems and methods enhance user privacy by performing efficient on-device public-private computation on a combination of public and private data, such as, for example, public and private graph data. In particular, the on-device public-private computation framework described herein can enable a device associated with an entity to efficiently compute a combined output that takes into account and is explicitly based upon a combination of data that is associated with the entity and data that is associated with one or more other entities that are private connections of the entity, all without revealing to a centralized computing system a set of locally stored private data that identifies the one or more other entities that are private connections of the entity.
US11574058B1
A file is stored in a public cloud storage. A serverless computing platform receives an event notification that the file has been stored and, in response, creates an instance of an ephemeral environment wherein a security module is executed. The security module creates a memory-mapped space with memory locations that are mapped to the entire content of the file but does not allocate memory for all of the memory locations. Instead, the security module retrieves sections of the file from the public cloud storage as these sections are accessed in their designated memory locations in accordance with the memory mapping, allocates memory for the retrieved sections, stores the retrieved sections in their designated memory locations, and scans the retrieved sections in their designated memory locations for malicious code. The security module continues scanning the file in sections until relevant sections of the file have been scanned.
US11574057B2
A system and method mediate transfer of encrypted data files between local applications and external computer systems. Application containers perform cryptographic operations using stored credentials to decrypt data coming from these external systems and configurably forward them to the local applications, and to encrypt data sent from the local applications to the external systems. Access to this encryption-as-a-service (EaaS) functionality is gated by a fingerprint service that classifies requests by security level, and detects anomalous requests. Security classification is performed by a supervised machine learning algorithm, while anomalous request detection is performed by unsupervised machine learning algorithm. Stored keys are monitored, and when they near expiration or are damaged, embodiments proactively undertake key renewal and key exchange with the external computer systems. Containerization enables key storage in multiple vaults, thereby making such storage vendor-agnostic.
US11574051B2
Systems and methods for malware detection using multiple neural networks are provided. According to one embodiment, for each training sample, a supervised learning process is performed, including: (i) generating multiple code blocks of assembly language instructions by disassembling machine language instructions contained within the training sample; (ii) extracting dynamic features corresponding to each of the code blocks by executing each of the code blocks within a virtual environment; (iii) feeding each code block into a first neural network and the corresponding dynamic features into a second neural network; (iv) updating weights and biases of the neural networks based on whether the training sample was malware or benign; and (v) after processing a predetermined or configurable number of the training samples, the neural networks criticize each other and unify their respective weights and biases by exchanging their respective weights and biases and adjusting their respective weights and biases accordingly.
US11574042B2
A regional lock-state control system for operation within a region, includes a server, a plurality of mobile devices and a plurality of lock assembles. The server is configured to initiate a lock-state event. The mobile devices are each configured to receive a wireless lock-state directive from the server upon the lock-state event, and send a wireless lock lock-state directive to the server. The lock assemblies are each configured to receive a lock-state command associated with the lock-state directive from the plurality of mobile devices, and are each configured to transmit an advertisement that includes data on a lock-state.
US11574035B2
Systems and methods for authenticating a user using a voice activated device. The method includes receiving first data representing a user identifier corresponding to a user and second data representing a device identifier corresponding to the voice activated device. The method further includes determining user metadata corresponding to the user identifier and a device audio type corresponding to the device identifier. The method also includes calculating a risk score based on the user metadata. The method further includes calculating a length of spoken voice utterance based on the calculated risk score. The method also includes receiving and processing third data representing a spoken voice utterance having the calculated length corresponding to the user using the voice activated device. The method further includes validating the user in response to determining that the processed third data substantially matches the voiceprint associated with the user.
US11574028B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a first input associated with a bookmark and, in response to receiving the first input, obtaining context data for deriving annotations for the bookmark. An annotation engine of a system obtains multiple annotations that are derived using information included in the context data and a transcription of the first input associated with the bookmark. The annotation engine generates an importance value for each annotation. The importance value characterizes a relationship between each annotation and at least one of: the information included in the context data; or the transcription of the first input. The annotation engine generates a set of annotations for retrieving the bookmark. Each annotation in the set of annotations is generated from the obtained multiple annotations and each annotation has an importance value that exceeds a threshold value.
US11574017B2
An input question enhancement mechanism is provided for merging sub-question results in Question and Answer (QA) systems in order to answer an input question submitted from a user. A plurality of sub-questions associated with the input question is identified. Responsive to submitting the set of questions to a QA pipeline of the QA system, a set of answers and a set of passages related to the set of answers corresponding to each of the plurality of sub-questions are received. A mapping is applied to the set of passages to form a consolidated set of passages. The set of answers is then merged into the mapping so as to generate a consolidated set of answers. A factoid question response report is generated with answers from the consolidated set of answers and passages from the consolidated set of passages. The factoid question response report is then provided to the user.
US11574012B2
The present application provides an error correction method and device for search terms. The method comprises: identifying an incorrect search term; calculating weighted edit distances between the search term and pre-obtained hot terms by using a weighted edit distance algorithm, wherein, during the calculation of the weighted edit distances, different weights are set respectively for the following operations of transforming from the search term to the hot terms: an operation of inserting characters, an operation of deleting characters, an operation of replacing by characters with similar appearance or pronunciation, an operation of replacing by characters with dissimilar appearance or pronunciation, and an operation of exchanging characters; and selecting a predetermined number of hot terms based on the weighted edit distances and popularity of the hot terms for error correction prompt. The method and device of the present application can improve the error correction accuracy of error search terms.
US11574008B2
Methods and apparatus for audio identification during a performance are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor to transform a segment of audio into a log-frequency spectrogram based on a constant Q transform using a logarithmic frequency resolution, transform the log-frequency spectrogram into a binary image, each pixel of the binary image corresponding to a time frame and frequency channel pair, each frequency channel representing a corresponding quarter tone frequency channel in a range from C3-C8, generate a matrix product of the binary image and a plurality of reference fingerprints, normalize the matrix product to form a similarity matrix, select an alignment of a line in the similarity matrix that intersects one or more bins in the similarity matrix with the largest calculated Hamming similarities, and select a reference fingerprint based on the alignment.
US11574004B2
The present technology analyzes the content of images to create complex representations of the images and then reduces the complexity of these representations into a size that is both suitable for comparison but also contains critical image descriptive aspects. These reduced complexity representations can then be used to efficiently search for similar images. Moreover, the reduced complexity representations are formatted such that they can take advantage of existing text search engines, which are well suited to efficiently searching through a large number of unique results.
US11574002B1
A method includes tagging, by at least one processor, one or more three-dimensional assets with a unique identifier and storing the one or more three-dimensional assets in a database, creating, by the at least one processor, a three-dimensional model based on the one or more three-dimensional assets and loading the three-dimensional model in a simulator, generating, by the at least one processor, a two-dimensional image that is a representation of the three-dimensional model in the simulator, the two-dimensional image comprising metadata that includes each unique identifier for each three-dimensional asset of the three-dimensional model displayed in the two-dimensional image, and assigning, by the at least one processor, the two-dimensional image with a unique identifier and storing each unique identifier for each three-dimensional asset of the three-dimensional model displayed in the two-dimensional image in metadata for the two-dimensional image.
US11574001B2
A method and apparatus for generating an unordered list, a method for managing images and a terminal device are disclosed. The method for generating the unordered list includes: randomly acquiring a first element from an ordered list and inserting the first element into the unordered list; cycling the execution of the following steps in a case where a number of current elements in the unordered list is smaller than a sum of elements in the ordered list: determining whether a position at which the first element is located is an edge position in the ordered list and randomly acquiring a second element from the ordered list based on a determining result, and randomly acquiring a target position from the unordered list and inserting the second element into the target position in the unordered list; and ending the cyclic execution in a case where the number of the elements in the unordered list is equal to the sum of the elements in the ordered list.
US11573991B2
A method includes receiving a user query and performing, using at least one processor, multiple rounds of an answer generation process. Each round of the answer generation process includes selecting one of multiple functions to be performed based on an input state. The input state for each round includes an embedding of the user query in a feature space. The input state for at least one round also includes an embedding of information to be used to identify an answer to the user query in the feature space. Each round of the answer generation process also includes performing the selected function. The multiple functions include (i) an answer generation function that produces the answer to the user query and (ii) at least one additional function that updates the input state for a current round for use during a subsequent round. In addition, the method includes providing the answer to the user.
US11573980B2
A portable, hand-held computer functions as an intermediary between a database server and individual aircraft when the aircraft cannot be connected to the database server. By virtue of being portable and being locally linked (over time) to different aircraft, the intermediary computing device can provide the data upload validation and auditing for accurate billing of database usage for a flight database provided from the server. This ensures that each aircraft which receives an uploaded database is entitled to receive the upload based on a paid license. As a result, billing by the database vendor is based on usage. Licensing and data authentication is mediated by the intermediary computing device.
US11573979B2
A method for making a playlist available to the public, in which the playlist comprises user-defined descriptor information. The user-defined descriptor information is entered as free form text or prose.
US11573972B2
Flags for a command-line interface (CLI) can be automatically determined. In one example, a system can receive a user input through the CLI to manipulate an object in a computing environment. The user input can include a flag for setting a customizable parameter of the object to a particular value. The system can also receive definition data specifying one or more customizable parameters for the object. The system can then determine one or more available flags associated with the one or more customizable parameters specified in the definition data, where the available flag(s) are usable for configuring the one or more customizable parameters of the object. Based on the available flag(s), the system can determine if the flag in the user input is valid. If so, the system can manipulate the object in the computing environment such that the manipulated object has the particular value for the customizable parameter.
US11573970B2
A system includes a communications interface configured to receive a plurality of data series captured by a plurality of sensors. A first database includes at least a first data series of the plurality of data series. A second database includes metadata related to the first data series. One or more processors are configured to receive an instruction including an indication of a computation to perform and metadata filter criteria, query the second database to determine at least a portion of the first data series that satisfies the metadata filter criteria by reference to at least the metadata related to the first data series, access, from the first database and based on results of the query of the second database, the portion of the first data series, and perform the computation on the portion of first data series accessed from the first database.
US11573966B2
A method for performing an Internet search is provided. The method includes: receiving a textual input that includes at least one search term; using the at least one search term to identify a plurality of Internet-accessible information items that relate to the at least one search term; assigning a respective relevance score to each item of the identified plurality of Internet-accessible information items, such that each respective relevance score is based on a degree of closeness of a textual match between the corresponding information item and the at least one search term; and outputting an ordered list of results, the order of which is based on the relevance scores.
US11573962B2
Techniques for improving system performance based on data characteristics are disclosed. A system may receive updates to a first data set at a first frequency. The system selects a first storage configuration, from a plurality of storage configurations, for storing the first data set based on the first frequency, and stores the first data set in accordance with the first storage configuration. The system may further receive updates to a second data set at a second frequency. The system selects a second storage configuration, from the plurality of storage configurations, for storing the second data set based on the second frequency, and stores the second data set in accordance with the second storage configuration. The second storage configuration is different than the first storage configuration.
US11573949B2
Resolving conflicting changes to structured data files. A method includes for a structured data file which has both a generic structure and dialects built on top of the generic structure, for which conflicting changes have been made, and where an original version of the structured data, a first version of the structured data and a second version of the structured data exist, determining a dialect of the structured data. The method further includes, based on the determined dialect performing at least one of merge or diff operations on the original version of the structured data, the first version of the structured data and the second version of the structured data.
US11573947B2
Technologies are described providing adaptive query routing in a replicated database environment. The technologies can be used with a variety of replication protocols. Prepared statements, such as for queries, from a database client can be routed to a source node, or a source node and available replica nodes, when a replica node becomes unavailable. When a replica node becomes available again, a prepared statement can be updated to indicate that the updated prepared statement can be executed at nodes including the replica node that is available again. Prepared statement routing can also be used when a portion of replicated data becomes unavailable at a replica node, but a portion of replicated data remains available.
US11573942B2
Aspects of the present invention are directed to system and methods for optimizing identification of locations within a search area using hash values. A hash value represents location information in a single dimension format. Computing points around some location includes calculating an identification boundary that surrounds the location of interest based on the location's hash value. The identification boundary is expanded until it exceeds a search area defined by the location and a distance. Points around the location can be identified based on having associated hash values that fall within the identification boundary. Hashing operations let a system reduce the geometric work (i.e. searching inside boundaries) and processing required, by computing straightforward operations on hash quantities (e.g. searching a linear range of geohashes), instead of, for example, point to point comparisons.
US11573940B2
In a distributed database, many nodes can store copies, or instances, of the same record. If the record is split on one node, it should be split on the other nodes to maintain consistency, concurrency, and correctness of the data in the distributed database. In some distributed databases, the records are locked during the update process to ensure data integrity. Unfortunately, locking the records can increase latency, especially for larger databases. But if the records aren't locked and a node fails as a record is being split and updated simultaneously, the split and update may not propagate throughout the distributed database, leading to a loss of data integrity. Exchanging messages about the status of record splitting and forwarding updates internally reduces the likelihood of a loss of data integrity due to a node failure.
US11573934B1
A system and methods for presenting a hybrid cloud cache as a file system. The system implements a set of standard file system command line interfaces that present the objects stored by the hybrid cloud cache to users of the system as if the users were viewing and interacting with a traditional file system. The system provides an interactive shell to the users to view the contents of the hybrid cloud cache. The system may be configured to operate on a live instance as well as on an on-disk structure of the hybrid cloud cache. The system may provide the ability to present partially cached cloud data as a file system via the interactive shell for the purposes of development, support, and troubleshooting.
US11573932B2
Systems and methods for generating a template directory based on an existing directory using the hierarchy of files in the directory. The system may use clustering analysis to determine similarities between items within the directory or files to generate a profile based on the characteristics of the saved items. The template directory may then be moved to another computing environment and items on the new computing environment may be arranged in a structure the mimics the existing directory. The system may update the profile of files in the directory dynamically as new items are created and saved within the computing environment hosting the template directory.
US11573930B2
A self-healing data synchronization process includes an initial stage in which a collection of data change events is received, a set of data record(s) corresponding to the data change event(s) is identified, and a syncing of the set of data record(s) is initiated. Data that indicates which data record(s) successfully synced and which failed is stored. During a subsequent stage of the self-healing process, data change events that occurred during a preceding time horizon are identified, a corresponding first set of data record(s) are identified, a difference between the first set and a second set of data record(s) that successfully synced during the time horizon is determined as a third set of data record(s), and any data record that was attempted to be synced during the time horizon but failed is excluded from the third set. A sync of any data record remaining in the third set is then initiated.
US11573926B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for detecting stale data and/or changed data. For example, a bitmap file may be maintained and mapped to an inofile describing various states of files of a file system. The bitmap file may be populated with bitmap records indicating whether files were accessed, modified, or have other states. The bitmap file may efficiently convey information used to determine whether files have not been accessed recently (e.g., stale data) or were recently modified (e.g., changed data) compared to the inofile because the bitmap file may comprise a fraction of the size of the inofile (e.g., a byte of information may be used to represent various states of one or more files). In this way, instead of evaluating a relatively larger inofile, the bitmap file may be evaluated to efficiently identify stale data for deletion or destaging and/or changed data for backup.
US11573924B2
Methods and systems for storing and managing large numbers of small files. A data processing system includes clients that generate large numbers be stored on a storage device managed by a File System (FS). An Archive Server (AS) receives multiple files from the client, archives the files in larger archives, and sends the archives to the FS for storage. When requested to read a file, the AS retrieves the archive in which the file is stored, extracts the file and sends it to the requesting client. In other words, the AS communicates with the clients in individual file units, and with the storage device in archive units. The AS is typically constructed as an add-on layer on top of a conventional FS, which enables the FS to handle small files efficiently without modification.
US11573923B2
An apparatus comprises at least one processing device configured to select a snapshot lineage comprising one or more snapshots of a storage volume comprising data stored on one or more storage devices of a storage system, the snapshot lineage comprising at least one cloud snapshot lineage, the at least one cloud snapshot lineage comprising at least a subset of the one or more snapshots of the storage volume that have been copied to cloud storage of at least one cloud external to the storage system. The at least one processing device is also configured to generate configuration data for accessing the at least one cloud snapshot lineage. The at least one processing device is further configured to transfer the configuration data to at least one additional processing device to enable the at least one additional processing device to access the at least one cloud snapshot lineage.
US11573914B2
A data storage system includes a storage medium including a plurality of columns of memory cells, a storage controller coupled to the storage medium, and data path circuitry including a data bus coupled to the storage controller, the data bus configured to receive a plurality of bytes of data to be written to the plurality of columns of memory cells; a block of data latches having a pitch equal to a first number of bit lines of the plurality of columns of memory cells; and column redundancy circuitry configured to pass the plurality of bytes of data to the block of data latches via the plurality of columns in accordance with a nonconsecutive mapping scheme. The nonconsecutive mapping scheme includes mapping each group of three bytes to two columns by splitting one byte of each group of three bytes into two nibbles.
US11573912B2
A memory device management system includes a first key acquisition unit that acquires a first key, a second key generation unit that generates a second key in accordance with a configuration of a memory device that is a management target, an equality determination unit that determines an equality between a value of the first key and a value of the second key, and a data erasure processing unit that erases data stored in the memory device in a case of a determination that the value of the first key and the value of the second key are different.
US11573911B2
Apparatus comprises a multi-threaded processing element to execute processing threads as one or more process groups each of one or more processing threads, each process group having a process group identifier unique amongst the one or more process groups and being associated by capability data with a respective memory address range in a virtual memory address space; and memory address translation circuitry to translate a virtual memory address to a physical memory address by a processing thread of one of the process groups; the memory address translation circuitry being configured to associate, with a translation of a given virtual memory address to a corresponding physical memory address, permission data defining one or more process group identifiers representing respective process groups permitted to access the given virtual memory address, and to inhibit access to the given virtual memory address in dependence on the capability data associated with the process group of the processing thread requesting the memory access and a detection of whether the permission data defines the process group identifier of the process group of the processing thread requesting the memory access.
US11573907B2
An apparatus and method are provided for controlling memory accesses. The apparatus has memory access circuitry for performing a tag-guarded memory access operation in response to a target address, the tag-guarded memory access operation by default comprising: comparing an address tag associated with the target address with a guard tag stored in a memory system in association with a block of one or more memory locations comprising an addressed location identified by the target address; and generating an indication of whether a match is detected between the guard tag and the address tag. Further, the apparatus has control tag storage for storing, for each of a plurality of memory regions, configuration control information used to control how the tag-guarded memory access operation is performed by the memory access circuitry when the target address is within that memory region. Each memory region corresponds to multiple of the blocks. This provides a very flexible and efficient mechanism for performing tag-guarded memory access operations.
US11573904B2
An example method of managing memory in a computer system implementing non-uniform memory access (NUMA) by a plurality of sockets each having a processor component and a memory component is described. The method includes replicating page tables for an application executing on a first socket of the plurality of sockets across each of the plurality of sockets; associating metadata for pages of the memory storing the replicated page tables in each of the plurality of sockets; and updating the replicated page tables using the metadata to locate the pages of the memory that store the replicated page tables.
US11573900B2
Examples described herein relate to prefetching content from a remote memory device to a memory tier local to a higher level cache or memory. An application or device can indicate a time availability for data to be available in a higher level cache or memory. A prefetcher used by a network interface can allocate resources in any intermediary network device in a data path from the remote memory device to the memory tier local to the higher level cache. Memory access bandwidth, egress bandwidth, memory space in any intermediary network device can be allocated for prefetch of content. In some examples, proactive prefetch can occur for content expected to be prefetched but not requested to be prefetched.
US11573899B1
Low latency in a non-uniform cache access (“NUCA”) cache in a computing environment is provided. A first compressed cache line is interleaved with a second compressed cache line into a single cache line of the NUCA cache, where data of the first compressed cache line is stored in one or more even sectors in the single cache line and stored in zero or more odd sectors in the single cache line after the data fills the one or more even sectors, and data of the second compressed cache line is stored in the one or more odd sectors in the single cache line and stored in zero or more even sectors in the single cache line after the data fills the one or more odd sectors.
US11573896B2
A method, system, and computer program product for local DRAM caching of storage class memory elements are provided. The method identifies a cache line with a cache address in a local dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). The cache line is compressed within the local DRAM to generate a compressed cache line and an open memory space within the local DRAM. A cache tag is generated in the open memory space and a validation value is generated in the open memory space for the compressed cache line. The method determines a cache-hit for the cache line based on the cache address, the cache tag, and the validation value.
US11573895B2
An embodiment of a semiconductor package apparatus may include technology to provide a first interface between a first storage device and a host device, and provide a second interface directly between the first storage device and a second storage device. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US11573894B2
Garbage collection (GC) states are stored within references stored on a heap memory to track a progress of GC operations with respect to the references. GC state may be stored in a non-addressable portion of references. Based on the GC state of a particular reference, a set of GC operations are selected and performed for the reference. However, references stored on a call stack do not include any indication of GC state. Hence, loading a reference from heap to call stack involves removing the indication of GC state. Writing a reference to heap involves adding the indication of GC state. References embedded within a compiled method also do not indicate any GC state. Metadata of the compiled method indicate a GC state, which is implicated to the embedded references. GC operations are selected and performed for each embedded reference based on the GC state of the compiled method.
US11573892B2
Systems and methods for performing data protection operations including garbage collection operations and copy forward operations. For deduplicated data stored in a cloud-based storage or in a cloud tier that stores containers containing dead and live regions such as compression regions, the dead segments in the dead compression regions are deleted by copying the live compression regions into new containers and then deleting the old containers. The copy forward is based on a recipe from a data protection system and is performed using a microservices based approach.
US11573891B2
An electronic device includes a memory controller having an improved operation speed. The memory controller includes a processor configured to generate commands for accessing data stored in a main memory, a scheduling circuit configured to store the commands and output the commands according to a preset criterion, and a filtering circuit configured to store information on an address of the main memory corresponding to a write command among the commands, provide a pre-completion response for the write command to the scheduling circuit upon receiving the write command, and provide the write command to the main memory.
US11573878B1
A method and apparatus of monitoring computer devices operating on a network is disclosed. Computer devices are all different and require monitoring settings that are tailored to their specific requirements. One example of the present invention may include a method of monitoring at least one computer device operating on a network. The method may include receiving audit information representing attributes of the computer device and storing the audit information in memory. The method may also include comparing the audit information to a predefined monitor set of objects to be monitored. The method may further include creating a new monitor set based on the comparison of the audit information and the predefined monitor set. The new monitor set is different from the predefined monitor set and is generally used to monitor objects which are included in the audited device. The method may also include monitoring the at least one computer device based on the new monitor set.
US11573872B2
In various examples, one or more components or regions of a processing unit—such as a processing core, and/or component thereof—may be tested for faults during deployment in the field. To perform testing while in deployment, the state of a component subject to test may be retrieved and/or stored during the test to maintain state integrity, the component may be clamped to communicatively isolate the component from other components of the processing unit, a test vector may be applied to the component, and the output of the component may be compared against an expected output to determine if any faults are present. The state of the component may be restored after testing, and the clamp removed, thereby returning the component to its operating state without a perceivable detriment to operation of the processing unit in deployment.
US11573869B2
Virtualization software installed in a standalone host is remediated according to a desired state model using a desired image of a virtualization software that is used to remediate virtualization software running in hosts which are logically grouped as a cluster of hosts not including the standalone host. The method of remediating the virtualization software installed in the standalone host includes the steps of generating a desired image of the virtualization software of the standalone host from a desired image of the virtualization software of the hosts in the cluster, and upon detecting a difference between an image of the virtualization software currently running in the standalone host and the desired image of the virtualization software of the standalone host, instructing the standalone host to remediate the image of the virtualization software currently running therein to match the desired image of the virtualization software of the standalone host.
US11573853B2
Error checking data used in offloaded operations is disclosed. A remote execution device receives a request from a host to store a data block in a memory region. The data block includes data and host-generated error checking information for the data. The remote execution device updates the data block by overwriting the host-generated error checking information with locally generated error checking information for the data. The data block is then stored in the memory region.
US11573851B2
In some examples, a system receives data from peripheral devices connected to respective point-of-sale (POS) base terminals, the data captured using agents executing in the POS base terminals during periods of reduced activity of the POS base terminals. Based on processing the received data, the system determines linkage of peripheral devices to the POS base terminals, and determines, for a first POS base terminal, swapping of a first peripheral device with a second peripheral device. The system generates an output indicating that the first peripheral device has been swapped with the second peripheral device, and identifies an issue associated with a POS base terminal or a peripheral device, and trigger a remediation action to address the issue.
US11573847B2
This invention is a streaming engine employed in a digital signal processor. A fixed data stream sequence is specified by a control register. The streaming engine fetches stream data ahead of use by a central processing unit and stores it in a stream buffer. Upon occurrence of a fault reading data from memory, the streaming engine identifies the data element triggering the fault preferably storing this address in a fault address register. The streaming engine defers signaling the fault to the central processing unit until this data element is used as an operand. If the data element is never used by the central processing unit, the streaming engine never signals the fault. The streaming engine preferably stores data identifying the fault in a fault source register. The fault address register and the fault source register are preferably extended control registers accessible only via a debugger.
US11573846B2
Techniques for predicting failure mode specific reliability characteristics of tangible equipment using parametric probability models are disclosed. In some example embodiments, a computer system receives a model training configuration entered via a user interface, trains a failure curve model for a selected failure mode of a selected equipment model based on the model training configuration at a time indicated by training schedule data, and generates analytical data for the selected failure mode of the selected equipment model using the trained failure curve model. The failure mode corresponds to a specific way in which the equipment model is capable of failing. In some example embodiments, the training of the failure curve model comprises determining a shape parameter and a scale parameter for the failure curve model based on a fitting of failure event data to a continuous probability distribution, and storing the parameters for use in generating the analytical data.
US11573843B2
Systems and methods of implementing a finite-state machine using electronic notifications delivered to a client device in a computer networking environment are provided. A content item can be received, along with first and second notifications associated with the content item. The first and second notifications can be stored in a queue. In some implementations, a state machine can be maintained in which at least some states may cause the first or second notifications to be displayed, and in which transitional conditions between states may depend at least in part on user interaction with the displayed notifications.
US11573834B2
Representative apparatus, method, and system embodiments are disclosed for configurable computing. A representative system includes an asynchronous packet network; a plurality of configurable circuits arranged in an array, each configurable circuit coupled to the asynchronous packet network and adapted to perform a plurality of computations; and a dispatch interface circuit adapted to partition the plurality of configurable circuits into one or more separate partitions of configurable circuits and to load one or more computation kernels into each partition of configurable circuits. The dispatch interface circuit may load balance across the partitions of configurable circuits by starting threads for execution in the partition having the highest number of available thread identifiers. The dispatch interface may also assert a partition enable signal to merge the one or more separate partitions and assert a stop signal to all configurable circuits of the one or more separate partitions of configurable circuits.
US11573829B2
A task processing method includes setting, by a terminal, a quality of service (QoS) class of a task, where the QoS class is related to user perception, and configuring a priority of a thread executing the task as the QoS class of the task, where the priority of the thread indicates an execution sequence of the thread in the system.
US11573825B2
A real-time feasibility device includes circuitry configured to sort tasks into a first scheduling priority order; split the sorted tasks into a first subset which can be scheduled using an inexact condition test and a second subset which cannot be scheduled using the inexact condition test; test the first subset using the inexact condition test; sort the tested first subset into a second scheduling priority order; sort the second subset into a third scheduling priority order; filter out one or more tasks of the second subset which cannot be scheduled using the inexact condition test or the exact condition test; test remaining tasks of the second subset using the exact condition test; sort the tested remaining tasks of the second subset into a fourth scheduling priority order; and execute the sorted and tested first subset and the sorted and tested remaining tasks of the second subset.
US11573814B1
Techniques are described for sharing prepopulated container image caches among container execution environments to improve the performance of container launches. The container images used to prepopulate such a cache at a computing device supporting one or more container execution environments can include various container images that are used as the basis for a wide range of user-created containers such as, for example, container images representing popular operating system distributions, database servers, web-application frameworks, and so forth. Existing systems typically obtain these container images as needed at runtime when launching containers (for example, from a container registry or other external source), often incurring significant overhead in the container launch process. The use of a prepopulated container image cache can significantly improve the performance of container launches by making such commonly used container images available to container execution environments running at a computing device ahead of time.
US11573807B2
Embodiments are directed to managing user interfaces. User interface (UI) models associated with concepts may be provided such that the UI models include visualizations. Other concepts may be associated with a data model based on fields of the data model. Characteristics of the concepts associated with each UI model and the other concepts associated with the data model may be compared to each other such that results of each comparison may be employed to generate a score for each UI model. The UI models may be ordered based on each score. A report that includes a rank ordered list of the UI models may be provided.
US11573804B2
Systems and methods for optimizing cluster resource utilization are disclosed. Systems and methods for optimizing cluster resource utilization are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for optimizing cluster resource utilization may include: (1) retrieving cluster usage information for at least one cluster resource in a multi-tenant environment; (2) determining tenant usage for the cluster resource for each of a plurality of tenants; (3) determining a tenant resource commitment for the cluster resource for each tenant; and (4) presenting tenant usage and tenant resource commitment for each resource.
US11573802B2
A method includes asserting a field of an event flag mask register configured to inhibit an event handler. The method also includes, responsive to an event that corresponds to the field of the event flag mask register being triggered: asserting a field of an event flag register associated with the event; and based the field in the event flag register being asserted, taking an action by a task being executed by the data processor core.
US11573797B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for computing 2-body statistics on graphics processing units (GPUs). Various types of two-body statistics (2-BS) are regarded as essential components of data analysis in many scientific and computing domains. However, the quadratic complexity of these computations hinders timely processing of data. According, various embodiments of the present disclosure involve parallel algorithms for 2-BS computation on Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). Although the typical 2-BS problems can be summarized into a straightforward parallel computing pattern, traditional wisdom from (general) parallel computing often falls short in delivering the best possible performance. Therefore, various embodiments of the present disclosure involve techniques to decompose 2-BS problems and methods for effective use of computing resources on GPUs. We also develop analytical models that guide users towards the appropriate parameters of a GPU program. Although 2-BS problems share the same core computations, each 2-BS problem however carries its own characteristics that calls for different strategies in code optimization. Accordingly, various embodiments of the present disclosure involve a software framework that automatically generates high-performance GPU code based on a few parameters and short primer code input.
US11573791B2
A system and a method are disclosed containerizing a source code file. In some embodiments, the system detects a command to navigate a user interface to a machine station. The system responsively generates for display using the user interface a station identifier corresponding to the machine station and a drag-and-drop interface. The system receives a source code file by way of a drag-and-drop operation being performed with respect to the drag-and-drop interface. The system selects a machine of the machine station to execute the source code file, containerizes the source code file based on a language used by the selected machine, and commands the selected machine to execute the containerized source code file. The system generates for display results of the executed containerized source code file using the user interface.
US11573787B1
Hot reloading a running application with an unsaved source code change. A code change to a source code of a running software application that is associated with a project type is identified. The code change is stored within an in-memory editor buffer, and is uncommitted to any source code file. It is determined that the code change can be applied to the running software application using hot reload. Hot reload agent(s) associated with the project type are identified. Using the hot reload agent(s), the code change is communicated to an application runtime associated with the running software application. At least one process of the running software application invokes a new compiled code entity corresponding to the code change.
US11573786B1
Computing systems, for example, multi-tenant systems deploy software artifacts in data centers created in a cloud platform using a cloud platform infrastructure language that is cloud platform independent. The system receives an artifact version map that identifies versions of software artifacts for data center entities of the data center and a cloud platform independent master pipeline that includes instructions for performing operations related to services on the data center, for example, deploying software artifacts, provisioning computing resources, and so on. The system receives a deployment manifest that provides declarative specification of deployment strategies for deploying software artifacts in data centers. The system implements a deployment operator that executes on a cluster of computing systems of the cloud platform to implement the deployment strategies.
US11573779B2
A method of creating a software image of a solution to be deployed in a virtualized computing environment includes: retrieving a schema of the solution and determining from the schema software products that are required by the solution and software features that are required by the solution; for each software product, selecting a version of the software product to include in the solution and identifying software features provided by the selected version of the software product; and upon confirming that the selected versions of the software products provide all of the software features that are required, creating the software image of the solution that includes the selected version of each of the software products, and saving the software image in a storage device for deployment in the virtualized computing environment.
US11573774B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for synthesizing computer-readable code based on the receipt of input and output examples. A computing system in accordance with the disclosure can be configured to receive a given input and output, access and library of operations, and perform a search of a library of operations (e.g., transpose, slice, norm, etc.) that can be applied to the input. By applying the operations to the input and tracking the results, the computing system may identify an expression comprising one or a combination of operations that when applied to the input generates the output. In this manner, implementations of the disclosure may be used to identify one or more solutions that a user having access to the library of operations may use to generate the output from the input.
US11573767B2
A calculation processor for determining a digital output value from a digital input value based on an exponent value a, the processor comprising a first calculation block, a second calculation block and a final calculation block. The first calculation block initializes an intermediate value and an error value depending on a position of a Most Significant Bit of a significant part of the input value. The second calculation block is configured to perform repeatedly, until an exit criterion is fulfilled, the incrementation of a counter value, the determination of a power error value based on the error value and, if the power error value is larger than or equal to an error threshold, adjustment of the intermediate value y by multiplying the intermediate value with an adaptation value and setting the error value to the power error value divided by the base value. If the power error value is smaller than the error threshold, the error value is set to the power error value. The final calculation block is configured to set the output value to the intermediate value.
US11573766B2
A binary logic circuit converts a number in floating point format having an exponent E of ew bits, an exponent bias B given by B=2ew-1−1, and a significand comprising a mantissa M of mw bits into a fixed point format with an integer width of iw bits and a fractional width of fw bits. The circuit includes a shifter operable to receive a significand input comprising a contiguous set of the most significant bits of the significand and configured to left-shift the significand input by a number of bits equal to the value represented by k least significant bits of the exponent to generate a shifter output, wherein min{(ew−1),bitwidth(iw−2−sy)}≤k≤(ew−1) where sy=1 for a signed floating point number and sy=0 for an unsigned floating point number, and a multiplexer coupled to the shifter and configured to: receive an input comprising a contiguous set of bits of the shifter output; and output the input if the most significant bit of the exponent is equal to one.
US11573754B1
Provided is an information processing apparatus that automatically controls the execution order of print jobs. For example, the image forming apparatus is an information processing apparatus for processing the print jobs. A time deviation calculation unit sets a window of a specific length in the print queue in which the print jobs are stored. A time deviation calculation unit calculates total print time and deviation of the print time of the print jobs in the window. The print control unit controls the execution order of the print jobs in the window based on the total print time and the deviation calculated by the time deviation calculation unit. The output unit outputs the print jobs in the execution order controlled by the print control unit.
US11573751B2
One embodiment provides a device comprising at least one movable unit, at least one sensor, a printer, at least one processor, and a non-transitory processor-readable memory device storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor causes the at least one processor to perform operations. The operations include receiving layout and design information, receiving, from the at least one sensor, contextual information indicative that the at least one movable unit is in direct contact with a surface, and triggering the printer to print one or more markings on the surface as the at least one movable unit moves along the surface based on the layout and design information.
US11573750B2
A first dot pattern printed according to a result of quantization performed on a multi-valued grayscale value by using a first threshold matrix and a second dot pattern printed according to a result of quantization performed on multi-valued grayscale value by using a second threshold matrix are printed on a print medium in an overlapping manner. In order to generate the threshold matrices, a first initial pattern being a dot pattern corresponding to a first grayscale value and a second initial pattern being a dot pattern corresponding to a second grayscale value lower than the first grayscale value are generated for pixel regions of the first and second threshold matrices. Then, thresholds of the first and second threshold matrices are set such that dot patterns having continuity with the first and second initial patterns are obtained at grayscale values between the first and second grayscale values.
US11573749B2
An image forming apparatus includes one or more processors and one or more memories storing program instructions, which, when being executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to generate a print image to be printed on a sheet of paper and a position correcting mark for front and back side registration having a brightness lower than a minimum brightness of the print image; control printing of the print image and the position correcting mark on a first side of the sheet of paper; control reading the print image and the position correcting mark from the first side and control generating of read image data; and detect, from the read image data, the position correcting mark on the first side using a brightness difference.
US11573748B2
An information processing system includes an information apparatus configured to process information and a lighting apparatus configured to emit light. The information apparatus includes a reading unit, a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, and a generation unit. The reading unit is configured to read an image including predetermined information. The first acquisition unit is configured to acquire first illumination information from the predetermined information read by the reading unit. The second acquisition unit is configured to acquire second illumination information, which indicates capability information about the lighting apparatus. The generation unit is configured to generate third illumination information, which is to be transmitted to the lighting apparatus, based on the first illumination information and the second illumination information. The lighting apparatus controls emitting the light based on the third illumination information.
US11573738B2
A synchronous destage process is used to move data from shared global memory to back-end storage resources. The synchronous destage process is implemented using a client-server model between a data service layer (client) and back-end disk array of a storage system (server). The data service layer initiates a synchronous destage operation by requesting that the back-end disk array move data from one or more slots of global memory to back-end storage resources. The back-end disk array services the request and notifies the data service layer of the status of the destage operation, e.g. a destage success or destage failure. If the destage operation is a success, the data service layer updates metadata to identify the location of the data on back-end storage resources. If the destage operation is not successful, the data service layer re-initiates the destage process by issuing a subsequent destage request to the back-end disk array.
US11573734B2
The present invention proposes a method for managing a plurality of memory units in a flash memory module. The method includes: creating a programed timestamp corresponding to each first memory unit according to a data-written time of said each first memory unit; selecting a corresponding read-retry table for performing a read operation upon said each first memory unit according to the programed timestamp of said each first memory unit; and performing a first refresh operation according to program timestamps of first memory units that have been written with data.
US11573730B2
A technology for controlling non-volatile memory with a multi-stage controller is shown. The multi-stage controller uses an upper on-chip interconnect and a lower on-chip interconnect and includes a serial peripheral bus (SPI) loader, a frond-end central processing unit (FE CPU), and an arbitrator. When being connected to the lower on-chip interconnect, the SPI loader performs code loading for the multi-stage controller. After the SPI loader finishes the code loading, the SPI loader is disconnected from the lower-stage on-chip bus, and the arbitrator connects the FE CPU to the lower on-chip interconnect. This way, the communication channel between the upper on-chip interconnect and the lower on-chip interconnect is not occupied by the FE CPU.
US11573729B2
A storage device communicably coupled to a host device and another storage device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: write, in a case where an area release command of a transaction volume is issued from the host device while data backup processing is performed with the another storage device using a generation-managed transmission buffer, the area release command in a first generation of the transmission buffer; and switch, in a case where a range of data write processing requested by the host device overlaps a range specified by the area release command written in the first generation, a generation of the transmission buffer from the first generation to a second generation.
US11573727B1
Reversing deletion of a virtual machine including managing, by a storage system, a repository of virtual machine snapshots on a datastore; receiving, by the storage system, a request to recover a deleted virtual machine from the datastore; accessing, by the storage system, the repository of virtual machine snapshots on the datastore to generate a list of deleted virtual machines associated with virtual machine snapshots in the repository of virtual machine snapshots; receiving, by the storage system, a selection of one of the deleted virtual machines in the list of deleted virtual machines; and recovering, by the storage system, the selected deleted virtual machine using a virtual machine snapshot for the selected deleted virtual machine.
US11573724B2
A processing apparatus is provided that includes NVRAM and one or more processors configured to process a first set and a second set of instructions according to a hierarchical processing scope and process a scoped persistence barrier residing in the program after the first instruction set and before the second instruction set. The barrier includes an instruction to cause first data to persist in the NVRAM before second data persists in the NVRAM. The first data results from execution of each of the first set of instructions processed according to the one hierarchical processing scope. The second data results from execution of each of the second set of instructions processed according to the one hierarchical processing scope. The processing apparatus also includes a controller configured to cause the first data to persist in the NVRAM before the second data persists in the NVRAM based on the scoped persistence barrier.
US11573708B2
A solid state drive having at least one component solid state drive, a spare solid state drive, and a drive aggregator. The drive aggregator has at least one host interface, at least one drive interface connected to the at least one component solid state drive, and an interface connected to the spare solid state drive. The drive aggregator is configured to maintain, in the spare solid state drive, a copy of a dataset that is stored in the component solid state drive. In response to a failure of the component solid state drive, the drive aggregator is configured to substitute a function of the component solid state drive with respect to the dataset with a corresponding function of the spare solid state drive, based on the copy of the dataset maintained in the spare solid state drive.
US11573690B2
A content editor for generating content including root blocks and nested blocks is disclosed. The content editor can generate a deployment that includes the content. The content editor can generate user interface code configured to edit the content. The content editor can receive updates to the content and update the root blocks and nested blocks. The updated root blocks and nested blocks can be used to generate updated content for editing and/or can be deployed to end-users.
US11573689B1
Techniques are described for trace layer for replicating a source region of a digital image. In an implementation, a user leverages a content editing system to select a source region of a source image to be replicated and a target region of a target image to which portions of the source region are to be replicated. A trace layer is generated that is a visual representation of portions of the source region, and the trace layer is positioned on the target region of the target image. Further, the trace layer is generated based on a visibility factor such that the trace layer is at least partially transparent. The trace layer receives user interaction to select portions of the trace layer and visibility of the selected portions is modified to replicate corresponding portions of the source region to the target region.
US11573687B2
The present disclosure provides a screenshot method for an information interaction interface, including: detecting a screenshot operation; acquiring information corresponding to the information interaction interface in response to the screenshot operation, wherein the information corresponding to the information interaction interface includes at least one piece of display information currently displayed in the information interaction interface; displaying an editing interface including at least one piece of editable information, wherein each piece of editable information corresponds to one piece of display information; and editing display content of the editing interface in response to an operation on the editing interface to generate a final display picture including at least the edited display content. In addition, the present disclosure also provides a screenshot apparatus for an information interaction interface, a computing device, and a computer-readable storage medium.
US11573684B2
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for dynamic presentation and management of messages within a graphical user interface by presenting content icons, monitoring consumption status of the presented content represented by the content icons, transferring a content item from a first set of content to a second set of content, and causing presentation of the content item as part of the second set of content.
US11573682B2
A method is provided for selecting one out of a plurality of participants in a network-based video meeting. The method comprises: sharing, by a computing device of a first participant of the plurality of participants, a screen for viewing by the other participants that provides a participant-specific graphical element associated with each of the plurality of participants; receiving, in a communication application of the first participant, the actuation of a selectable link provided via the communication application; selecting one of the participants responsive to the actuation of the selectable link and providing, on the shared screen, a graphical indicator element that identifies the participant-specific graphical element associated with the selected participant; wherein the shared screen is provided over a network to each participant for viewing the participant-specific graphical elements and the graphical indicator element that identifies the participant-specific graphical element associated with the participant selected during the selection.
US11573681B2
A method for making available at least one individualized user function in a vehicle having at least one user interface includes recording data which is transferred to respective functions assigned to the at least one user interface and/or data which is output by the respective functions assigned to the at least one user interface; transferring the recorded data to a server as a function of a state of the vehicle; determining at least one intention of a user of the vehicle on the basis of the data transferred to the server; and dynamically adjusting the vehicle as a function of the at least one intention of the user, by way of at least one user function which is selected and/or generated on the basis of the at least one intention of the user.
US11573671B2
A touch sensing unit includes first sensing electrodes (FSEs), second sensing electrodes SSEs, first signal lines (FSLs), second signal lines (SSLs), and connection lines (CLs). The FSEs extend in a first direction (D1) and are arranged in a second direction (D2) intersecting the D1. The SSEs extend in the D2 and are arranged in the D1. The FSLs are connected to the FSEs, respectively. The SSLs are connected to the SSEs, respectively. The CLs are connected to the FSEs via the FSLs. The FSEs are grouped into blocks. Each of the blocks includes p FSEs of the FSEs, and p FSLs connected to the p FSEs, respectively, “p” being a natural number greater than one. A k-th CL of the CLs is connected to one of the FSEs of each of the blocks, “k” being a natural number. The FSEs connected to the k-th connection line have different sizes.
US11573669B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and devices for simulating human manual input for devices using capacitive touchscreens. In one embodiment, the system comprises a test fixture, wherein the test fixture comprises a matrix of tubes, each tube being coated with a conductive coating; and a camera located under the matrix and configured to record the capacitive touchscreen of the device under test. The system further includes a tablet to receive images from the camera and display a visual representation of the capacitive touchscreen of the device under test, wherein the tablet is configured to receive a plurality of touch events; update the visual representation of the capacitive touchscreen of the device under test in response to the plurality of touch events; and generate a simulation of touch events, the simulation representing interaction with the device under test. The system further includes a workstation communicatively coupled to the tablet and configured to receive the simulation from the tablet device; and transmit the simulation to the test fixture to enable the execution of the simulation on one or more additional devices under test.
US11573666B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a touch control substrate, a method for manufacturing the same and a display device. The touch control substrate includes a base and touch wiring lines on the base. The touch wiring line includes a plurality of hollowed patterns defined by a plurality of metal lines.
US11573665B2
An acoustic imaging system coupled to an acoustic medium to define an imaging surface. The acoustic imaging system includes an array of piezoelectric acoustic transducers formed at least in part from a thin-film piezoelectric material, such as PVDF. The array is coupled to the acoustic medium opposite the imaging surface and formed using a thin-film manufacturing process over an application-specific integrated circuit that, in turn, is configured to leverage on or more beamforming scan operations to drive the array of piezoelectric actuators to generate an image of an object at least partially wetting to the imaging surface.
US11573657B2
An interactive white board, a data processing method and device for same are disclosed. The interactive white board includes a touch component, a device processor, a first control unit and multiple first channel modules, where the touch component is configured to generate first touch data and send it to the device processor; the device processor is configured to mark the first touch data according to a current display channel to generate second touch data and send it to the first control unit, where the second touch data includes an identifier corresponding to the current display channel; the first control unit is configured to send the second touch data to a corresponding one of the first channel modules according to the identifier corresponding to the current display channel; and the first channel module is configured to receive the second touch data through the corresponding display channel and make a touch response.
US11573640B2
The input device includes an LCD panel, a touch sensor arranged over the surface of the LCD panel, and a vibration generating unit having an actuator and a strain detector, the vibration generating unit being arranged on the back side of the LCD panel and connected to a securing portion provided on the back surface of the LCD panel via a rigid connecting member.
US11573632B2
Eyewear providing an interactive augmented reality experience between two users of eyewear devices to perform a shared group object manipulation task. During the shared group task, each user of the eyewear controls movement of a respective virtual object in a virtual scene based on a portion of the virtual scene the user is gazing at. Each user can also generate a verbal command to generate a virtual object that interacts with one or more of the other virtual objects.
US11573627B2
An input of a command for controlling an electronic device is provided. The method of operating the electronic device includes determining at least one anchor point by designating a target to be controlled, based on a first input, identifying an operation to be performed for the target designated by the at least one anchor point, based on a second input, and performing the operation.
US11573623B2
Described herein are mechanisms and methods for blocking the propagation of signals to Integrated Circuit (IC) components that have been power gated, rather than simply suffering from leakage through signals that might not be parked in a low state. In some embodiments, switches that block the flow of current in such signals may enable turning off power to any IC component and not just to circuits on an IC component that make sole use of protocols that are friendly to power gating. This may advantageously increase power savings, by permitting more portions of a system in an idle state to be power gated, or by reducing or eliminating leakage in signals on boundaries of blocks being power gated, or both.
US11573618B2
Systems and methods are provided for powering an Information Handling System (IHS). The system includes a multimode AC adapter that reports supported outputs, including USB-PD (Universal Serial Bus Power Delivery) outputs and also including high-power outputs of a voltage greater than the USB-PD output voltages. The IHS detects a coupling of the multimode AC adapter to a USB-C port of the IHS. Based on information provided by the multimode adapter, the IHS determines the multimode adapter supports transmission of the high-power outputs to the USB-C port. The high-power outputs are negotiated and a power circuit of the IHS is configured for converting the negotiated high-power output. The configured power circuit converts the negotiated high-power output received via the USB-C port to an input utilized by the IHS. The high-power conversion circuit may provide efficient conversion of input voltages of up to 60 volts to voltages for use by the IHS.
US11573616B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to reduce temperature of a networked device. An example apparatus includes, a temperature threshold monitor to identify a temperature condition associated with the device, a window information retriever to retrieve a current value of a network receive capacity parameter, and a window adjustor to reduce the temperature of the device by generating a modified network receive capacity parameter, the modified network receive capacity parameter based on a ratio of the current value of the network receive capacity parameter and a decrease factor.
US11573613B2
At least one first display module selected from display modules arranged in a matrix to form a display screen for displaying an image has a first screw hole into which a first screw is screwed with the first screw pressed against a second display module placed adjacent to the first display module in forming the display screen. The first display module has a through-hole. The second display module has a second screw hole into which a second screw is screwed after the second screw is put through the through-hole toward the second display module. The second screw includes a shank having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the through-hole and a head having an outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of the through-hole.
US11573610B2
A rotary shaft link assembly structure is connected between a first support and a second support of two articles. The rotary shaft link assembly structure has a rotary shaft assembly and at least one synchronous rotational assembly. The rotary shaft assembly has multiple connection members side-by-side disposed between the first and second supports. Each connection member is correspondingly formed with at least one hollow section. The synchronous rotational assembly passes through the hollow sections of the connection members to respectively connect with the first and second supports, whereby the connection members are transversely serially connected to drivingly bend and connect along with the synchronous rotational assembly. The connection members respectively shield a part of the synchronous rotational assembly to provide a protection effect and reduce the dropped powder and oil leakage caused by the friction.
US11573608B2
This is directed to connecting two or more elements using an intermediate element constructed from a material that changes between states. An electronic device can include one or more components constructed by connecting several elements. To provide a connection having a reduced or small size or cross-section and construct a component having high tolerances, a material can be provided in a first state in which it flows between the elements before changing to a second state in which it adheres to the elements and provides a structurally sound connection. For example, a plastic can be molded between the elements. As another example, a composite material can be brazed between the elements. In some cases, internal surfaces of the elements can include one or more features for enhancing a bond between the elements and the material providing the interface between the elements.
US11573598B2
An electronic device includes a host, a main display, an auxiliary display, and a hinge mechanism. The auxiliary display is located between the host and the main display and includes a sliding part and a lifting part. The sliding part is slidably connected to the host. The hinge mechanism includes a first bracket, a second bracket pivotally connected to the first bracket, and a third bracket pivotally connected to the second bracket. The first bracket is secured to the host, and the second bracket is secured to the main display. The third bracket is secured to the lifting part of the auxiliary display.
US11573597B2
Embodiments provide for a handheld device with a unified desktop for integrating the functionality of the handheld device with a larger computer system. When connected to a peripheral display and/or a display of the larger computer system, the handheld device provides a unified desktop displayed across the screen(s) of the handheld device and the peripheral display. The unified desktop unifies the functionality provided by the larger computer system and the handheld functionality, e.g., communication applications (e.g., phone, SMS, MMS). A user can seamlessly interact with applications, e.g., open, move, close, receive notifications, on the unified desktop whether the applications are displayed on the screens of the handheld device, or the peripheral display of the larger computer system.
US11573588B2
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for providing a bias, comprising a bias generator circuit including a high voltage (HV) circuit configured to generate a regulated high voltage (HV) from an HV line and provide the regulated HV at an HV regulated line and a low voltage (LV) circuit configured to generate a low voltage (LV) differential from the HV line and to provide the LV differential at an LV line.
US11573585B2
A device is disclosed. The device includes an operational amplifier, an output circuit and a first feedback circuit. The operational amplifier includes an input terminal that is configured to receive a feedback signal. The output circuit is coupled to an output terminal of the operational amplifier and is configured to generate an output signal in response to an output of the operational amplifier. The first feedback circuit is coupled to the output circuit and is configured to couple at least one first ripple signal in the output signal to the input terminal of the operational amplifier that is configured to receive the feedback signal, for adjusting the output signal. A method also is disclosed herein.
US11573583B2
A gas delivery system and associated method includes a flow channel, a control valve, a downstream pressure sensor, and a controller. The control valve controls flow of gas in the flow channel. The downstream pressure sensor, located downstream of the control valve, measures gas pressure in the flow channel. The controller has an external trigger input to receive a trigger signal applied to a shutoff valve downstream from the control valve. The controller operates in separate modes based on a state of the trigger signal. In a non-triggered mode, the controller controls pressure at the pressure sensor via the control valve in accordance with a first gain schedule. In the triggered mode, the controller controls the pressure at the pressure sensor via the control valve in accordance with a second gain schedule that is distinct from the first gain schedule.
US11573573B2
The present teaching relates to system, method, medium for in-situ perception in an autonomous driving vehicle. A plurality of types of sensor data acquired continuously by a plurality of types of sensors deployed on the vehicle are first received, where the plurality of types of sensor data provide information about surrounding of the vehicle. Based on at least one model, one or more items are tracked from a first of the plurality of types of sensor data acquired by one or more of a first type of the plurality of types of sensors, wherein the one or more items appear in the surrounding of the vehicle. At least some of the one or more items are then automatically labeled on-the-fly via either cross modality validation or cross temporal validation of the one or more items and are used to locally adapt, on-the-fly, the at least one model in the vehicle.
US11573571B2
Techniques are discussed for generating and optimizing a trajectory using closed-form numerical integration in route-relative coordinates. A decision planner component of an autonomous vehicle, for example, can receive or generate a reference trajectory, which may correspond to an ideal route for an autonomous vehicle to traverse through an environment, such as a center of a road segment. Lateral dynamics (e.g., steering angles, curvature values of trajectory segments) and longitudinal dynamics (e.g., velocity and acceleration) can be represented in a single algorithm such that optimizing the reference trajectory (e.g., based on loss functions or costs) can substantially simultaneously optimize the lateral dynamics and longitudinal dynamics in a single convergence operation. In some cases, the trajectory can be used to control the autonomous vehicle to traverse an environment.
US11573570B2
Sensor systems for communications between heavy equipment machines during tree felling operations. A system includes a first heavy equipment comprising a first winch and a second heavy equipment comprising a second winch. The system includes a first cable attached to the first winch and a fulcrum roller and a second cable attached to the second winch and the fulcrum roller. The system is such that the first heavy equipment communicates with the second heavy equipment by way of long-range radio signals.
US11573565B2
A controller for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising an image capture means, the controller comprising: inputs arranged to receive: positional data relating to the UAV, a vehicle and a user device; image data captured by the image capture means; a processor arranged to process the received positional data to determine the relative locations of the UAV, vehicle and user device; an output arranged to output a control signal for controlling the UAV and to output an image signal comprising captured image data; wherein the processor is arranged to: generate the control signal for the UAV such that the image data captured by the image capture means comprises at least an image of an obscured portion of the vehicle that is obscured from a field of view of a user of the user device.
US11573560B2
The invention discloses a material transport method between process points of a photovoltaic production line. A mobile robot receives an instruction to transport materials from one process point to another, and the mobile robot and the process point dock based on near field communication to take or discharge materials. In the operation method and system of the invention, the flower baskets are transported from one process point to another on the photovoltaic production line by means of a mobile robot instead of manual human effort, significantly improving the automation degree and production efficiency of the photovoltaic production line, ensuring transportation safety, and reducing labor cost.
US11573557B2
Methods and systems of industrial processes with self organizing data collectors and neural networks
Systems and methods for data collection for an industrial heating process are disclosed. The system according to one embodiment can include a plurality of data collectors, including a swarm of self-organized data collector members, wherein the swarm of self-organized data collector members organize to enhance data collection based on at least one of capabilities and conditions of the data collector members of the swarm, and wherein the plurality of data collectors is coupled to a plurality of input channels for acquiring collected data relating to the industrial heating process, and a data acquisition and analysis circuit for receiving the collected data via the plurality of input channels and structured to analyze the received collected data using a neural network to monitor a plurality of conditions relating to the industrial heating process.
US11573556B2
A signal gain determination circuit including a digital comparator, a digital controller and an arithmetic module, and a signal gain determination method are provided. A sensing integration circuit generates a first count during a first integration time according to a first sensing signal. The digital comparator compares the first count and a predetermined count to generate a comparison result. The digital controller generates a control signal for indicating a signal gain to a signal amplifier of the sensing integration circuit according to the comparison result. The signal amplifier adjusts the first sensing signal according to the signal gain to generate a second sensing signal, so that the sensing integration circuit generates a second count corresponding to the second sensing signal during a second integration time. The arithmetic module generates an output count corresponding to the first sensing signal according to the second count and the signal gain.
US11573543B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention control a forming unit of a 3D printer so as to additionally form a second object in a free space in the forming unit when receiving an instruction to form the second object and forming data in the middle of a forming process for a first object by the forming unit.
US11573542B2
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for adjusting a process control prediction model, and a process controller. In an embodiment, the method includes: determining, based on controlled variable data in process control data obtained through real-time monitoring, whether a prediction performance of the process control prediction model is lower than a reference performance; and when the prediction performance is determined to be lower than the reference performance, using manipulated variable data in the process control data monitored to adjust the process control prediction model. By way of the method, a re-test does not need to be executed to re-identify a model so as to eliminate a mismatch of the process control prediction model, thereby eliminating an influence of fluctuation introduced by addition of an excitation signal during the re-testing.
US11573534B2
A thermoelectric watch including a thermoelectric module including a hot plate and a cold plate connected by semiconductor pillars, wherein the hot plate is thermally connected to the back cover of the watch, the cold plate is thermally connected to the case middle of the watch via a support element with at least two branches, at least two branches have a common end on which is held the cold plate of the thermoelectric module, and at least two branches are flexible to absorb shocks.
US11573533B2
An elastic holding organ for fastening a timepiece component on a support element, including a rigid portion provided with an inner face including at least three deformable arms provided with free ends defining an opening into which the support element can be inserted, the arms being configured to perform a coupling with the support element by an elastic clamping in compression of this support element in the opening.
US11573529B2
Holographic optical system structure and holographic display apparatus using spatial light modulator
A holographic optical system and a holographic display method may be efficiently applied when using a spatial light modulator (SLM). A holographic display apparatus includes a spatial light modulator (SLM) configured to reproduce a hologram, and an optical system configured to perform Fourier transform with respect to the hologram of the SLM using a pair of first and second lenses, the first and second lenses being confocal. A Fourier plane which is a display reference image plane is positioned in the same plane space as the second lens.
US11573519B2
The electrophotographic apparatus and process cartridge comprising an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a cleaning blade, and developing unit containing a toner, wherein the cleaning blade comprising a support member and an elastic member whose portion is abutting a surface of the electrophotographic photosensitive member; the elastic member has an elastic modulus of 15 to 470 MPa with coefficient of variation for the elastic modulus being not more than 7.0%, and the absolute value of a difference between Martens hardness values is not more than 0.30 N/mm2 as measured under prescribed conditions; the toner contains a toner particle and an external additive whose a number-average primary particle diameter is from 5 to 25 nm, when X1 is a coverage ratio of the toner particle by the external additive and X2 is a theoretical coverage ratio, X1 is 50 to 85 area %, and X1/X2≥−0.0042×X1+0.60 is satisfied.
US11573516B2
A measurement device is provided with: a measurement unit including a first mode that measures an electrical resistance of a recording medium used in an image forming apparatus in a first predetermined range of electrical resistance values and a second mode that measures the electrical resistance in a second range of electrical resistance values different from the first range, the second range and the first range being set such that with respect to the electrical resistance of multiple brands of recording media, a number of brands belonging to the second range is greater than a number of brands belonging to the first range; and a control unit that controls the measurement unit to prioritize execution of the second mode over the first mode.
US11573507B2
In an example of the disclosure, a blanket servicing system includes a rotatably mounted endless cleaning surface and a scraper. The endless cleaning surface is to have a first engagement with a blanket to obtain a layer of thermoplastic print agent from the blanket. The endless cleaning surface is to have a second engagement with the blanket to receive residue from the blanket onto the layer of thermoplastic print agent. The scraper is to scrape the endless cleaning surface to transfer the residue from the endless cleaning surface to a collection element.
US11573504B2
Systems and methods relating to accurate Channel State Information (CSI) measurements for a License Assisted Secondary Cell (LA SCell) are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a wireless device enabled to operate in a cellular communications network according to a carrier aggregation scheme using both a licensed frequency band and an unlicensed frequency band operates to determine whether a Channel State Information Reference Symbol (CSI-RS) transmission from a LA SCell of the wireless device is present in a subframe, where the LA SCell is in an unlicensed frequency band. The wireless device further operates to process a CSI-RS measurement for the LA SCell for the subframe upon determining that a CSI-RS transmission from the LA SCell is present in the subframe and refrain from processing a CSI-RS measurement for the LA SCell for the subframe upon determining that a CSI-RS transmission from the LA SCell is not present in the subframe.
US11573502B2
An image forming apparatus is operable in a first mode in which a photosensitive drum is rotated at a first rotational speed and a second mode in which the photosensitive drum is rotated at a second rotational speed slower than the first rotational speed. In this image forming apparatus, the light-emitting portions are controlled such that the number of light-emitting rows for multiply exposing regions, each of which corresponds to one pixel on the photosensitive drum in the first mode, is greater than that in the second mode.
US11573500B2
A metal compound includes a metal and at least two aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid structures. Each aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid structure includes an aromatic moiety having a hydroxyl substituent and a carboxylic acid substituent, which cooperatively bond the aromatic moiety to the metal via at least one of ionic bond, covalent bond and coordinate bond. Each aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid structure is bonded to a polymer segment.
US11573495B2
A control system includes a plurality of pressure sensors, each to detect a pressure in a respective dynamic gas lock (DGL) nozzle control region of a plurality of DGL nozzle control regions. Each DGL nozzle control region includes one or more DGL nozzles. The control system includes a plurality of mass flow controllers (MFCs). Each MFC of the plurality of MFCs is to control a flow velocity in a respective DGL nozzle control region of the plurality of DGL nozzle control regions. The control system includes a controller to selectively cause one or more MFCs of the plurality of MFCs to adjust flow velocities in one or more DGL nozzle control regions of the plurality of DGL nozzle control regions based on pressures detected by the plurality of pressure sensors in DGL nozzle control regions of the plurality of DGL nozzle control regions.
US11573490B2
The present invention relates to a positive-type photosensitive resin composition and a cured film prepared therefrom. The positive-type photosensitive resin composition comprises a nonpolar organic solvent, thereby suppressing the reactivity of the epoxy group in the composition to reduce the production of diol compounds. When a cured film is prepared from the composition, an appropriate level of developability can be maintained to further enhance the pattern adhesiveness, resolution, and sensitivity. Further, since the composition of the present invention has a small difference in the film retention rates at room temperature and low temperatures, the composition may have stable stability over time.
US11573487B2
An imprint apparatus that molds an imprint material on a substrate with a mold, the imprint apparatus including a applying device that includes a discharge surface in which a discharge opening is formed, the applying device applying the imprint material to the substrate through the discharge opening, and a measuring device that measures the position of the discharge opening by having the measuring device measure a position of an uneven structure formed in a protruded shape or a recessed shape with respect to a direction perpendicular to the discharge surface.
US11573483B2
Systems integrating display resolution-multiplication solutions can be implemented in a variety of different ways. In many embodiments, the system includes an image projector for projecting image light, an image processor for computing a native image and at least one image shifted in a predefined direction, and at least one switchable grating capable of being switched between diffracting and non-diffracting states. In some embodiments, the switchable grating is optically coupled to the image projector. In a number of embodiments, the switchable gratings have a first configuration for propagating the native image light and at least one other configuration for propagating shifted image light having an angular displacement corresponding to the image shift in a predefined direction. By displaying the native and shifted images sequentially within a human eye integration period, the display resolution can be multiplied.
US11573482B2
The projection device includes a projector housing, wherein a light source mechanism is provided on a right side of an internal bottom end of the projector housing, a lens set is arranged on a right side of the projector housing, two guide slots are vertically arranged on an inner wall on a left side of the projector housing, a lifting support is arranged on the two guide slots, the lifting support is fitted to the two guide slots via a lifting device, a first reflector is obliquely arranged on the lifting support, a second reflector is fixedly and obliquely arranged under the lifting support, and a direction of an inclination of the second reflector is opposite to a direction of an inclination of the first reflector.
US11573479B2
A microcomputer estimates information corresponding to an image plane position of an object based on a sequential identification method using a focus detection result. Moreover, the microcomputer predicts information corresponding to a future image plane position of the object based on the estimated information corresponding to the image plane position of the object. The microcomputer controls driving of a focus lens based on the predicted information corresponding to the future image plane position of the object. In accordance with information corresponding to a motion of the object, the microcomputer selects by which of a first Kalman filter and a second Kalman filter the information corresponding to the future image plane position of the object is predicted by using the estimated information corresponding to the image plane position of the object.
US11573475B2
Optical states in TIR-based image displays may be modulated by movement of electrophoretically mobile particles into and out of the evanescent wave region at the interface of a high refractive index convex protrusions and a low refractive index medium. The movement of particles into the evanescent wave region may frustrate TIR and form dark states at pixels. Movement of particles out of the evanescent wave region may allow for TIR of incident light to form bright states at pixels. The movement of the particles may be controlled by employing the drive methods of pulse width modulation, voltage modulation or a combination thereof.
US11573469B2
According to one embodiment, an array substrate includes a semiconductor layer, scanning and signal lines, first and second insulating layers, a pedestal and a pixel electrode. The scanning line is opposed to the semiconductor layer. The first insulating layer is provided above the semiconductor layer. The signal line and the pedestal are connected to the semiconductor layer through first and second contact holes in the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is provided above the pedestal. The pixel electrode is connected to the pedestal through a third contact hole in the second insulating layer. The signal line and the pedestal are provided in layers different from each other.
US11573466B2
A transparent device for use in optical applications, and methods for using and manufacturing the device are disclosed. The device generally requires several layers, including (i) a first layer comprising a transparent conductive oxide (such as indium tin oxide (ITO)), (ii) a second layer comprising a transparent semiconductor (e.g., a pn-heterojunction or a pn-homojunction), the second layer having a surface facing the first layer, (iii) a third layer comprising a liquid crystal (such as E7), the third layer having a surface facing the second layer, and (iv) a fourth layer comprising either a second transparent conductive oxide or a second transparent semiconductor, the fourth layer having a surface facing the third layer. When light illuminates a surface of the transparent metal oxide pn-heterojunction or transparent metal oxide pn-homojunction, it induces photoconductivity, modifying the surface charges.
US11573465B2
A technique of producing a liquid crystal device, comprising: providing an assembly (D) comprising a liquid crystal material (24) contained directly between a polariser component (14, 10, 8, 12, 16) and a first control component including a stack of layers (2) defining electrical control circuitry; and containing further liquid crystal material directly between said polariser component of said assembly (D) and another control component (C) including another stack of layers (20) defining electrical control circuitry.
US11573463B2
An electro-optical apparatus includes an electro-optical panel having a first end portion, a first connector that is flexible, and a reinforcement member on the first connector. The first connector has a second end portion and a third end portion opposite to the second end portion. The second end portion is connected to the first end portion. The first connector has a first surface connected to the electro-optical panel, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The reinforcement member is located on the first surface, and extends from an end surface at the first end portion of the electro-optical panel to the third end portion. The first connector has first and second side edges, at least one of which has a first cutout depressed inward. The first and second side edges connect the second and third end portions to each other.
US11573457B2
The present disclosure relates to an array substrate comprising a substrate body provided, on a perimeter edge thereof, with a sealant coating region to be coated with a sealant, and the sealant coating region comprises a first region provided with a metal trace structure, and further comprises a region provided with a metal structure, a difference between an area of the metal structure and that of the metal trace structure being smaller than a threshold.
US11573435B2
A composite substrate for an electro-optic element includes: an electro-optic crystal substrate having an electro-optic effect; a support substrate bonded to the electro-optic crystal substrate at least via an amorphous layer; and a low-refractive-index layer located between the electro-optic crystal substrate and the amorphous layer and having a lower refractive index than the electro-optical crystal substrate. The amorphous layer is constituted of one or more elements that constitute a layer or a substrate contacting the amorphous layer from one side and one or more elements that constitute a layer or a substrate contacting the amorphous layer from another side.
US11573434B2
A tuneable contact lens (100), wherein the contact lens comprises a central region (108). The central region has a circumferential wall and an anterior surface having an external curvature. The contact lens also comprises an inflatable ring (106) arranged around the circumferential wall of the central region, and at least one fluid reservoir (104) in fluid connection with the inflatable ring. The at least one fluid reservoir comprises a pump. When fluid is pumped from the at least one fluid reservoir to the inflatable ring, the inflatable ring inflates and the external curvature of anterior portion of the central region is changed.
US11573431B1
The present invention relates to an optical lens comprising a substrate with a front main face and with a rear main face, at least one of the main faces being coated with an antireflection coating, such that in the range [0°-50° ] of angles of incidence θ, the mean light reflection factor Rv(θ) on said coated main face presents a minimum value Rvmin for an angle of incidence θmin, comprised in the range [20°-50° ], and Rvmin/Rv(15°)<0.95, Rv(15°) being the mean light reflection factor for an angle of incidence θ of 15° on said coated main face. The optical lens is also useful to inhibit reflection of light in the ultraviolet range.
US11573424B2
An optical device includes a stack of multiple grating structures, each of which includes a plurality of sublayers of liquid crystal material. Each sublayer of liquid crystal material includes laterally extending repeating units, each formed of a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. The repeating units of the liquid crystal layers are lateral offset from one another, and defined a tilt angle. The grating structures forming the stack of grating structure have tilt angles of different magnitudes. The grating structures may be configured to redirect light of visible or infrared wavelengths. Advantageously, the different tilt angles of the stack of grating structures allows for highly efficient diffraction of light incident on the grating structures at a wide range of incident angles.
US11573423B2
The image display apparatus includes a light attenuation section that reflects a portion of light emitted from a light source and a scanning section that scans the light reflected by the light attenuation section. The light attenuation section transmits a portion of light emitted from the light source. The light attenuation section has reflectance and transmittance and the reflectance is smaller than the transmittance. The image display apparatus further includes a light receiving element on which the light transmitted through the light attenuation section is incident. The image display apparatus also includes a control section that controls activation of the light source in accordance with detection results of the light receiving element.
US11573422B2
A waveguide display for use in a near-eye display system includes a waveguide stack having at least one waveguide substrate, an input coupler coupling light into the waveguide substrate and an optical arrangement that includes a birefringent reflective polarizer, a mirror and a polarization state converting element configured to convert light in a linear polarization state to a circular polarization state and to convert light in a circular polarization state to a linear polarization state. The mirror is arranged to receive light from the polarization state converting element and reflect the light back to the polarization state converting element. The optical arrangement causes a transmission path of light that traverses the waveguide stack a first time to be folded back through the waveguide stack such that at least a portion of light not coupled into the waveguide substrate is caused to traverse the waveguide stack a plurality of additional times.
US11573420B2
An augmented display system with dynamic see-through transmittance control is disclosed. The augmented display system includes: an augmented display screen; a tandem electrochromic (EC) filter disposed over the augmented display screen. The tandem EC filter includes a first window having a dominant first transmittance characteristic and a second window having a dominant second transmittance characteristic; and an augmented display transmittance controller configured to individually control the activation of the first window and the second window of the tandem EC filter, wherein the augmented display transmittance controller is configured to: determine from an ambient light sensor output the transmittance required from the first window and the second window for a selected augmented display luminance; and apply appropriate drive voltage waveforms to the first window and the second window to achieve the determined transmittance.
US11573417B2
An optical scanning device includes a light source, a beam detector that takes a main scanning start time of a light beam emitted from the light source and deflection-scanned in a predetermined main scanning direction by a deflection-scanning component, and a housing with a support portion that supports reflecting mirrors in different arrangement positions so arrangement angles are different from each other. The support portion includes a first support portion that supports a first side surface of the reflecting mirror in a plurality of arrangement positions. A second support portion supports the first side surface of the mirror with the first support portion, causing a first arrangement angle in the first arrangement position of the reflecting mirror. A third support portion supports the first side surface of the reflecting mirror with the first support portion, causing a second arrangement angle in a second arrangement position of the reflecting mirror.
US11573416B2
Disclosed herein is a recirculating programmable photonic circuit including a programmable optical coupler including two first programmable waveguides and configured to adjust optical coupling efficiency of an optical signal based on a vertical movement of one of the two first programmable waveguides, a phase shifter including a second programmable waveguide and configured to change a phase of the optical signal based on a horizontal movement of the second programmable waveguide with respect to the first programmable waveguides, a plurality of core cells connected to each of the programmable optical coupler and the phase shifter to form a predetermined shape, the core cells being selectively driven by moving the optical signal from the predetermined shape according to the optical coupling efficiency and the phase, and an actuator electrically connected to one side of each of the plurality of core cells and configured to control the vertical movement and the horizontal movement.
US11573413B2
An equatorial mount for providing a telescope with a balanced weight distribution is described. The equatorial mount includes a base, a declination base, and a device support. The declination base is rotatable about a right ascension axis relative to the base. The device support is rotatable about a declination axis relative to the declination base. The declination axis intersects orthogonally with the right ascension axis and the declination axis intersects a midsection of the declination base. The declination base includes a counterweight assembly extending along a counterweight axis, the counterweight axis being spaced away from the declination axis along the right ascension axis.
US11573405B2
The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly including, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens having positive refractive power with a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a second lens having negative refractive power with a concave image-side surface; a third lens having refractive power with a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface; a fourth lens having refractive power; a fifth lens having refractive power; a sixth lens having refractive power; a seventh lens having positive refractive power with a convex object-side surface; and an eighth lens having negative refractive power with a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, wherein half of a diagonal length ImgH of an effective pixel area on an imaging plane of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfies: 5.80 mm
US11573403B2
The present invention provides a camera lens consisting of eight lenses and having a small height, a wide angle, and good optical properties. The camera lens includes, sequentially from an object side, a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a positive refractive power; a third lens having a negative refractive power; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power; a sixth lens having a positive refractive power; a seventh lens having a positive or negative refractive power; and an eighth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera lens satisfies specific conditions.
US11573391B2
A camera module includes a housing; a plurality of movable lens modules disposed in an internal space of the housing and configured to be movable in an optical axis direction, each of the plurality of movable lens modules comprising at least one lens; and a stopper configured to prevent contact between at least two of the plurality of movable lens modules, wherein the stopper includes a frame mounted on the housing; an extension portion extending from the frame into the internal space of the housing to face a side of one movable lens module of the plurality of movable lens modules in the optical axis direction; and a damping member disposed on the extension portion to face the side of the one movable lens module in the optical axis direction.
US11573386B2
An fiber-optic connector assembly includes a fiber optic ferrule and a connector, which engage an optical transceiver component. The fiber optic ferrule engages a mating plane of a lens array in the optical transceiver component and floats within the connector. The engagement of the assembly and the optical transceiver component may be removable rather than fixed. The fiber optic ferrule also engages a mechanical interface to account for three degrees of freedom, while the engagement of the mating surfaces account for another three degrees of freedom.
US11573385B1
A multimedia connector cable having a cable encasing a plurality of optical fibers. The cable having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end having an electrical connector in optical communication with the plurality of optical fibers. The distal end having an optical connector in optical communication with the plurality of optical fibers.
US11573383B2
An OSFP optical transceiver having split multiple fiber optical port using reduced amount of MPO terminations is provided that includes two adjacent sockets integrated into the optical port of the OSFP optical transceiver. The two adjacent sockets are vertically oriented with respect to the mounting baseplate of the OSFP optical transceiver, and each of the two adjacent sockets is adapted to receive an MPO receptacle that terminates the proximal end of a bundle of fibers. The OSFP optical transceiver also includes an optical connection between each socket and a corresponding lens in the OSFP optical transceiver, for transmitting optical signals received from other transceivers into the OSFP optical transceiver and optical signals generated in the OSFP optical transceiver to other transceivers.
US11573382B2
The present disclosure describes sealing boots for protecting an optical interconnection. A sealing boot may include a main body having an interior cavity, the interior cavity having an annular recess adjacent to one end of the main body, the annular recess configured to receive a feature of a remote radio unit, and a neck merging with the opposing end of the main body and having a cylindrical inner surface that defines a bore that is continuous with the cavity of the main body, the inner surface having an inner diameter that is less than an inner diameter of the interior cavity of the main body. The sealing boot is configured to surround at least a portion of a fixed active optical connector when the fixed active optical connector is plugged into the remote radio unit.
US11573377B2
A coupling unit includes a light coupling element comprising an attachment area for receiving and permanently attaching to a plurality of optical waveguides. One or more grooves are provided at the attachment area. Each groove is configured to receive an optical waveguide and defined by a bottom surface, a first region, a second region, and an opening. The first region is defined between the bottom surface and the second region. The first region in cross section has substantially parallel sidewalls separated by a spacing. The second region is disposed between the first region and the opening. A width of the opening is greater than the spacing.
US11573366B2
An optical fiber having an axial direction and a cross section perpendicular to the axial direction, and a method and preform for producing such an optical fiber. The optical fiber is adapted to guide light at a wavelength λ, and includes a core region, an inner cladding region surrounding said core region, and at least one of a first type of feature including a void and a surrounding first silica material. The core, the inner cladding region and the first type of feature extends along said axial direction over at least a part of the length of the optical fiber. The first silica material has a first chlorine concentration of about 300 ppm or less.
US11573365B2
A microstructured multicore optical fibre (MMOF) includes a cladding in which a plurality of basic cells are formed that run along the MMOF. Each of the basic cells includes a core, and at least one of the basic cells is surrounded by a plurality of longitudinal areas that run parallel to the core along the MMOF and are arranged in a hexagonal arrangement around the core. The longitudinal areas are spaced by a lattice constant Λ. Sides of the hexagon can be shared with adjacent basic cells.
US11573361B2
Rolls of film are described. In particular, rolls of film including a multilayer birefringent reflective polarizer and a polyvinyl alcohol layer are described. Such films exhibit low variation in pass axis across a full crossweb width.
US11573355B2
An imaging apparatus for smartglasses includes an image generator element arrangement having a number of image generator elements, on which a corresponding number of original partial images is represented, a number of imaging channels comprising in each case at least one image-forming reflection surface and/or at least one image-forming refraction surface, said number corresponding to the number of image generator elements, wherein each of the imaging channels is associated with one of the image generator elements and transmits one of the original partial images, and a spectacle lens, which is common to all imaging channels and via which the imaging channels are directed in the direction of an observer's eye. The image-forming reflection surfaces and/or refraction surfaces of the imaging channels are surfaces of a prism that is arranged on the spectacle lens.
US11573350B1
Fail-safe methods for deactivating the pulsed neutron generator (PNG) of a logging tool are described herein, as are logging tools configured to execute the fail-safe methods. The fail-safe methods deactivate the PNG if the logging tool is disposed in air outside of a borehole. Measurements taken using one or more gamma ray detectors of the logging tool are used to calculate a value for a parameter that is indicative of the tool being disposed in an air environment. Examples of such parameters include ratios of capture gamma rays and burst gamma rays. The disclosed methods operate without reference to sensors and/or control from outside the tool. The methods do not inadvertently deactivate the tool when it encounters an air-filled borehole.
US11573345B2
An inline source can be used for a marine survey. For example, a marine survey vessel can tow source units in line. The source units can be actuated near-continuously to cause a respective signal emitted by each of the source units to be uncorrelated with signals emitted by other of the source units.
US11573343B2
A seabed object detection system is provided. The system can include a receiver array including a first streamer and a second streamer. The system can include a first plurality of receivers coupled with the first streamer and a second plurality of receivers coupled with the second streamer. The system can include a receiver array cross-cable to couple with the first streamer and the second streamer. The system can include a source array including a first source and a second source. The system can include a first source cable coupled with the first source and a second source cable coupled with the second source. The system can include a source array cross-cable to couple with the first source cable and the second source cable. The system can include a first lateral cable to couple with a first diverter and second lateral cable to couple with a second diverter.
US11573336B2
A detector is for electromagnetic radiation. In an embodiment, the detector includes a first, pixelated electrode layer, a second electrode, and a first layer including at least one first perovskite, located between the first, pixelated electrode layer and the second electrode. An embodiment further relates to a method for manufacturing a corresponding detector.
US11573335B2
A method and apparatus for improving a dead reckoning estimate of a mobile unit is described. When an accurate position cannot be determined for a mobile unit, for example if GPS is unavailable, a dead reckoning estimate can be improved when two or more mobile units share their position estimates and the shared position estimates are used with either the range between the two units or knowledge that the units are within a threshold distance of each other to refine the position estimate of at least one unit.
US11573334B2
Even if a cycle slip occurs in which reception of a positioning signal is interrupted, it is not necessary to estimate an integer bias again. A position during previous observation is updated on the basis of observation information from a sensor. The position during current observation is obtained by solving a modified observation equation obtained by applying a periodic function to an observation equation including a double difference of a carrier phase observed from a positioning signal from a satellite and eliminating the integer bias with the updated position as an initial value. For example, while an error in the position updated by the first calculation unit is less than ½ of a carrier wavelength, the second calculation unit solves the modified observation equation with the updated position as the initial value.
US11573330B2
A system and method for detecting spoofing of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals using a single antenna is provided.
US11573314B2
The invention discloses an ultra-wideband (UWB) positioning system, UWB base stations (BSs), UWB tags and the operation methods thereof. Because the present invention uses a server aware of the positions of all BSs to determine the BSs that performs distance measurement, and the server assigns different time slots to each BS that performs distance measurement, the present invention can avoid collisions between the BSs in the process of distance measurement. Furthermore, because the tag can select a specific time slot to access the UWB positioning system by monitoring the UWB signals in the air, the present invention can reduce collisions between the tags. By carefully planning the system frames and subframes of the time division multiplexing system, and sophisticatedly arranging the operation timings of the BSs and the tags, the present invention provides practical and stable UWB positioning system, BSs, and tags.
US11573312B2
A mechanism is provided for determining an unambiguous direction of arrival (DoA) for radio frequency (RF) signals received by a sparse array. A DoA angle domain is split into hypothesis regions. The hypothesis regions are derived from the phase differences of the antenna element pairs used for the DoA angle estimate. In each hypothesis region, the ambiguous phase of antenna element pairs is unwrapped according to expected wrap-around. After unwrapping the phase, for each hypothesis region, a phasor is calculated by combining the individual antenna element pair phasors. The hypothesis region that obtains the phasor with a largest amplitude is selected as the most likely DoA region and the phase of the winning phasor is used as an unambiguous estimate for the DoA angle.
US11573311B2
Techniques and apparatuses are described that implement a smart-device-based radar system capable of performing angular estimation using machine learning. In particular, a radar system 102 includes an angle-estimation module 504 that employs machine learning to estimate an angular position of one or more objects (e.g., users). By analyzing an irregular shape of the radar system 102's spatial response across a wide field of view, the angle-estimation module 504 can resolve angular ambiguities that may be present based on the angle to the object or based on a design of the radar system 102 to correctly identify the angular position of the object. Using machine-learning techniques, the radar system 102 can achieve a high probability of detection and a low false-alarm rate for a variety of different antenna element spacings and frequencies.
US11573308B2
A method of operating a monitoring sensor comprising a light transmitter; a light receiver; and a deflection unit is described, with the method comprising the steps: a) detecting a respective detected signal that comprises a time curve of a reception signal received for an angle of rotation; b) determining the number of reception light pulses in the detected signal; c) generating a detection signal that comprises information on the determined position of an object, wherein checks are made in accordance with first, second and third test conditions, and with the first test condition being checked in a first test step, and one of the second and third test conditions being checked in possibly performed second and/or third test steps respectively.
US11573304B2
Embodiments of the invention disclose devices, methods, and computer media for noise rejections in a remote sensing device, such as a LIDAR device. In an exemplary embodiment, a spatial filter includes an aperture dynamically created in synchronization with one or more directions in which emitted laser pulses from the LiDAR device are steered. Photons from all other directions except the one or more directions are blocked by the spatial filter. Reflected photons from the one or more directions pass through the spatial filter via the aperture, and are projected on one or more sets of photodetectors. Noises in the photons that pass through the spatial filter are further to be rejected based on one or more fixed temporal patterns identified in laser pulses emitted by the LiDAR device. The spatial filter can be implemented using an electrochromic display, an array of micromechanical (MEMS) mirrors, a liquid crystal display (LCD), or an electro-wetting display.
US11573302B2
Disclosed are Geiger-mode avalanche-photodiode-based LiDAR systems and methods that interrogate a detection region with a periodic series of optical pulses whose reflections are detected via a receiver comprising multiple Geiger-mode avalanche-photodiode-based pixels. The pixels of the receiver are configured to asynchronously disarm and rearm after absorption of a reflection. As a result, each pixel can detect multiple reflections of the same optical pulse during a single detection frame whose duration is defined by the periodicity of the series of optical pulses. Furthermore, each pixel can store time-of-flight data for each of multiple reflections detected during a detection frame. Each individual pixel of the receiver, therefore, is not blinded and inoperative for the remainder of a detection frame once it detects a first reflection.
US11573294B2
A switched optical phased array based beam steering LiDAR (light detection and ranging) system includes an integrated photonics optical phased array (OPA) that includes an optical switching network for selectively connecting a large number of 1D scanning (in a first direction or field-of-view) antenna arrays to a light source. Each array is configured to emit light in a predefined angle of a second direction or field-of-view and can be switched individually to connect to the light source. At any given time, the phase shifters of only one such array, i.e. the one that is switched to connect the light source, are actively adjusted by the control circuits, so that the active power consumption is greatly reduced. The LiDAR system also includes a photo sensor receiver, other control and signal processing circuits, and other necessary optical and mechanical components.
US11573284B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer program product for enabling multi-point shunt calibration of a sensor device. Multi-point shunt calibration provides at least a first, second, and third simulated calibration output, each simulated calibration output corresponding to an actual reading value and an expected reading value. The simulated calibration outputs are associated with a predefined output sequence, where each simulated calibration output is separated from an adjacent simulated calibration output by an output step size. Some embodiments are configured for automatically outputting each simulated calibration output for a particular period of time before outputting an adjacent simulated calibration output in the predefined output sequence. The various simulated calibration outputs, actual reading values, and/or expected values may be used in determining calibrated reading values for the sensor device.
US11573271B1
A control system, responsive to receiving values of one or more parameters of a battery of a vehicle for a particular time in service, generates via a machine learning determination a level of confidence at which the values of the one or more parameters of the battery match values of one or more parameters of a set of batteries for a same time in service, and responsive to the level exceeding a predefined threshold, causes a mitigation action to be implemented.
US11573269B2
In various examples, a test system is provided for executing built-in-self-test (BIST) on integrated circuits deployed in the field. The integrated circuits may include a first device and a second device, the first device having direct access to external memory, which stores test data, and the second device having indirect access to the external memory by way of the first device. In addition to providing a mechanism to permit the first device and the second device to run test concurrently, the hardware and software may reduce memory requirements and runtime associated with running the test sequences, thereby making real-time BIST possible in deployment. Furthermore, some embodiments permit a single external memory image to cater to different SKU configurations.
US11573265B2
Herein disclosed are a method and a test probe for testing an electrical component. The electrical component comprises at least a first electrode and a second electrode. The method comprises the following steps: covering the first electrode with a first conducting flexible layer; driving a first electrode contact to electrically connect a first end of the first electrode contact with the first electrode via the first conducting flexible layer; covering the second electrode with a second conducting flexible layer; and driving a second electrode contact to electrically connect a second end of the second electrode contact with the second electrode via the second conducting flexible layer. The first conducting flexible layer is an anisotropic conductive film.
US11573264B2
The present invention provides a device for testing a chip, wherein the device includes a testing board and an interposer. The testing board has a plurality of pads for providing a plurality of test signals. The interposer board includes a plurality of passive components, and at least one of the passive components is coupled between a supply voltage and a ground voltage, and the supply voltage and the ground voltage are received from a power pad and a ground pad of the plurality of pads of the testing board, respectively; wherein the chip is positioned in the device, the chip receives the test signals including the supply voltage and the ground voltage from the power pad and the ground pad of the testing board, respectively.
US11573254B2
A system that detects temperature and current events in a power grid is provided. The system includes at least one sensor associated with an electric meter; a plurality of bus bars connected to the electric meter; at least one temperature sensor uniquely associated with each of the plurality of bus bars; and at least one current sensor uniquely associated with each of the plurality of bus bars. The system detects a plurality of temperatures and/or currents and compares the detected plurality of temperatures and/or currents to expected thresholds or threshold ranges for temperatures and/or currents in the system to provide a comparison result and determines if a notification related to temperature and/or current events in the system should be sent based on the comparison result.
US11573253B2
A power detector circuit that rejects the common mode portion of a differential signal is disclosed. The circuit includes a differential input having first and second input nodes. Differential and common mode circuit paths are coupled to the differential input. The common mode circuit path includes first and second capacitors coupled to respective first terminals of first and second input nodes of the differential input. The second terminal of each of the first and second capacitors is coupled to a gate terminal of a first bias transistor. The common mode circuit path is configured to reject a common mode portion of a differential input signal provided to the differential input such that a differential output signal is indicative of an amount of power of a differential portion of the differential input signal.
US11573252B2
A method for feeding electrical power into an electrical, three-phase supply network by means of an inverter device, wherein the electrical supply network has a three-phase line voltage with a first, second and third line voltage phase, comprising the steps: feeding the electrical power during normal operation if a fault-free operation has been identified for the electrical supply network, wherein during normal operation a positive sequence voltage and optionally a negative sequence voltage is recorded from the line voltage and a reactive current is specified at least depending on the positive sequence voltage and optionally depending on the negative sequence voltage, and changing to a fault operation if a voltage change in the line voltage meets a predetermined fault criterion, in particular if the voltage change exceeds a predeterminable minimum amount of change or a minimum amount of change gradient, wherein during the fault operation, at least directly after the change, the reactive current is specified depending on a space vector voltage.
US11573251B2
An inspection device includes a reference signal output section, a noise removal section, and an electrical characteristic measurement section. The reference signal output section is connected to an external power supply device in electrical parallel with a semiconductor sample, and outputs a reference signal according to the output of the external power supply device. The noise removal section outputs a noise removal signal obtained by removing a noise component of the output of the external power supply device from the current signal output from the semiconductor sample based on the reference signal. The electrical characteristic measurement section measures the electrical characteristic of the semiconductor sample based on the noise removal signal. The inspection device measures the electrical characteristic of the semiconductor sample to which a voltage is being applied by the external power supply device and which is being irradiated and scanned with light. The inspection device outputs a defective portion of the semiconductor sample based on the electrical characteristic.
US11573242B2
Systems and methods that enable automated spray deposition of biological specimens carried on microscope slides are described herein. Aspects of the technology are directed, for example, to automated specimen deposition systems and methods of generating high-quality, reproducible specimen-bearing microscope slides in automated processing systems.
US11573230B2
Methods for rapidly confirming production of infectious viral vectors, for use in clinical grade personalized neo-antigen vaccines for subjects in need thereof, are provided.
US11573229B2
The present invention relates to automated methods for isolating fetal cells from a sample, such as a blood sample, derived from a pregnant woman. The isolated fetal cells can be used for identifying genetic abnormalities in the fetal DNA.
US11573226B2
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to compositions, systems and methods of screening one or more species of polypeptide in a complex mixture of polypeptides, e.g., multi-subunit proteins. For example, the subject matter relates to ligands used in connection with affinity capillary electrophoresis, as well as methods and systems for detecting polypeptides in a mixture of multimers that include multispecific antibodies, e.g., bispecific antibodies.
US11573219B2
Apparatus, methods and kits for detecting the contamination of a meat sample with another type of meat using parent-daughter ion transition monitoring that identifies peptides specific to a particular type of meat. The meat types detected can include pork, beef, lamb, chicken, duck and/or horse and one or more combinations thereof.
US11573209B2
A non-destructive testing calibration system includes a first multi-axis robotic device having a first end effector, a second multi-axis robotic device having a second end effector. A calibration assembly includes an emitter arranged on the first end effector and a receiver arranged on the second end effector, where the emitter and the receiver exchange a calibration signal between the first robotic device and the second robotic device. A data processor and a memory storing instructions, which when executed causes the data processor to perform operations comprising: performing a calibration scan, where the calibration scan includes a plurality of measurement points along a scan path of the emitter and the receiver; measuring the deviation between the emitter and the receiver at each measurement point along the scan path; and determining a corrected scan path based on the deviation between the emitter and receiver at each measurement point during the calibration scan.
US11573206B2
A combined vapor and/or gas concentration sensor and switch includes a resonating structure, a first alternating current, AC, voltage source coupled to a drive electrode, the first AC voltage source providing the resonating structure with a first voltage having an amplitude causing a first vibration mode of the resonating structure to exhibit a pull-in band and having a first frequency response adjacent to the pull-in band, where the first frequency response is nonlinear, a second AC voltage source coupled to the drive electrode and providing a second voltage having a frequency so that a second frequency response of the resonant structure, adjacent to a third vibration mode, is linear, and a read-out circuit coupled configured to determine a vapor and/or gas concentration based on a difference between (1) the frequency of the second voltage and (2) a frequency obtained by the read-out circuit from the resonating structure.
US11573200B2
Devices and methods for characterization of analyte mixtures are provided. Some methods described herein include performing enrichment steps on a device before expelling enriched analyte fractions from the device for subsequent analysis. Also included are devices for performing these enrichment steps.
US11573195B2
The present invention relates generally to systems for measuring pH. In particular, the present invention relates to a continuous flow system having one or more solid state pH sensors positioned within a fluid pathway of the system to provide continuous pH measurement.
US11573194B2
Reference electrodes that include a solid electron conductor; an interlayer; and a polymeric membrane layer comprising a polymer composition, the polymer composition comprising at least one silicone-containing polymer and at least one ionic liquid, wherein the polymeric membrane layer and the polymer composition are essentially plasticizer free and the silicone-containing polymer and the ionic liquid are miscible as determined using a thermodynamic method that shows a single glass transition temperature (Tg) of a composition including the at least one silicone-containing polymer and the at least one ionic liquid, wherein the interlayer is disposed between the solid electron conductor and the polymeric membrane layer. Also disclosed are electrochemical measurement systems including such reference electrodes.
US11573190B2
A calibration method for an X-ray measuring device includes mounting a calibration tool on a rotating table, identifying centroid positions from an output of an X-ray image detector, calculating projection transformation matrixes from the centroid positions and known relative positional intervals, repeating to identify the centroid positions from the output of the X-ray image detector and to calculate the projection transformation matrixes from the centroid positions and known relative positional intervals while the rotating table is rotated twice or more by a predetermined angle, and calculating a rotation center position of the rotating table on the basis of the projection transformation matrixes. The calibration method thereby allows easy calculation of the rotation center position of the rotating table on which an object to be measured is mounted in a rotatable manner, with the simple process.
US11573186B2
Scavenging chemicals used in mitigation treatments of hydrogen sulfide in hydrocarbon streams often continue to react and form polymers that foul the processing system. Disclosed herein are methods for determining if a scavenging chemical mitigator, or its reaction or degradation product, will polymerized during or after mitigation treatments. This information allows for the optimization of mitigation treatments that pre-emptively control or prevent polymer formation. Such pre-emption measures reduce the cost and time related to remedial actions to treat polymer-fouled equipment.
US11573183B2
A kit for performing an assay for determining an analyte in a sample with an extended shelf-life, wherein the kit comprises a chemiluminescent cyclic dihydrazide, an enhancer, a co-enhancer, and a peroxide oxidizer. The kit is useful in blot assays and immunoassays for the detection of proteins and nucleic acid molecules.
US11573180B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for reducing skew in an integrated device, such as a CMOS imaging device. In some aspects, multiple pixels of an integrated circuit may be configured to receive a same control signal and conduct charge carriers responsive to the control signal substantially at the same time. In some aspects, an integrated circuit may have modulated charge transfer channel voltage thresholds, such as by having different charge transfer channel lengths, and/or a doped portion configured to set a voltage threshold for charge transfer. In some aspects, an integrated circuit may have a via structure having a plurality of vias extending between continuous portions of at least two metal layers. In some aspects, an integrated circuit may include a row of pixels and a voltage source configured to provide a voltage to bias a semiconductor substrate of the integrated circuit along the row of pixels.
US11573172B2
Systems and methods disclosed herein provide for detecting gas by: illuminating, with a controllable illuminator system, a scene with light including radiation within the infrared (IR) wavelength range; controlling the illuminator system to emit light at a first wavelength corresponding to a first absorption level of a gas and at a second wavelength corresponding to a second absorption level of a gas, such that an equal amount of radiant energy over a time period is emitted onto the scene for each of said first and second wavelengths; and capturing a first IR image of the scene being illuminated with light at said first wavelength and a second IR image of the scene illuminated with light at said second wavelength, and comparing said first and second IR images to determine whether a characteristic for at least one specific gas is represented in said first and/or second IR images.
US11573164B2
A method for determining properties of different cation exchange sites in a rock core sample, at a preserved state of the rock core sample may include providing a rock core sample that includes a plurality of indigenous exchangeable cations adsorbed onto the cation exchange sites, a plurality of cation exchange sites occupied by a crude oil, and one or more fluids occupying pore spaces in the rock core sample; subjecting the rock core sample to a plurality of coreflooding steps, the plurality of coreflooding step displacing the plurality of indigenous exchangeable cations, the crude oil, and the one or more fluids in at least three separate coreflooding steps to render the rock core sample clean of native components; determining an amount of indigenous exchangeable cations adsorbed onto the cation exchange sites; subjecting the rock core sample clean of native components to a plurality of coreflooding steps to determine a total amount of exchangeable cations adsorbed onto the cation exchange sites when the rock core sample is clean of native components; and determining at least one property of different cation exchange sites in the rock core sample at the preserved state based on the amount of indigenous exchangeable cations and the total amount of exchangeable cations.
US11573151B2
Embodiments herein provide a system (100) to estimate the amplitude of oscillations in a turbulent flow system (102) that exhibits oscillatory instabilities. The system (100) comprises of a sensor (102A) mounted on the turbulent flow system (102) to detect an oscillatory variable in the system obtaining a signal, a signal conditioner (104) that conditions the signal from the sensor, an amplitude estimator (110) that estimates the amplitude of the limit cycle oscillations, and also predict the proximity of the system to the oscillatory instability, a processor (108) connected to the amplitude estimator (110) to compare the predicted oscillation amplitude with a threshold value. The amplitude is estimated by estimating the spectral measure of the time series signal obtained from the system.
US11573149B2
A refrigerant leak management system for a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is disclosed. The system includes a controller communicatively coupled to one or more sensors disposed within the HVAC system. The controller measures a vibration pattern associated with a component of the HVAC system. The controller determines whether the vibration pattern is indicative of a refrigerant leak in the HVAC system. Additionally, the controller can modify operation of the HVAC system when the vibration pattern is indicative of the refrigerant leak in the HVAC system.
US11573133B2
A plasma processing chamber optical temperature sensor is disclosed. The plasma processing chamber optical temperature sensor includes a light source, a light detector, and a means for transmitting light through a wall of a plasma processing chamber. An optical temperature sensing element is thermally coupled to a plasma processing chamber component within the plasma processing chamber. The optical temperature sensing element includes a monolithic crystalline phosphor element configured to be excited by light from the light source and to emit light back to the light detector indicative of a temperature of the monolithic crystalline phosphor element.
US11573126B2
In one aspect, a method of determining lateral edges of an asphalt mat deposited by a paving machine includes obtaining thermal image data of the asphalt mat at a thermal measuring device associated with the paving machine, and determining, on the paving machine, the lateral edges of the asphalt mat based on a threshold temperature value and the thermal image data. Other aspects include a method of generating a thermal map of an asphalt mat formed by paving machine, and a system for determining lateral edges of an asphalt mat deposited by a paving machine.
US11573125B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to apparatus for and methods of detecting light utilizing the spin Seebeck effect (SSE). In an embodiment, a method for detecting broadband light is provided. The method includes generating a SSE in a device by illuminating the device with light, the device comprising a bilayer structure disposed over a substrate, the bilayer structure comprising a non-magnetic metal layer and a magnetic insulator layer. The method further includes measuring the SSE based on a field modulation method, determining, based on the measuring, an optically-created thermal gradient of the device, and detecting a wavelength range of the light. Apparatus for detecting broadband light are also described.
US11573119B2
A method for dynamically determining a mass of a vehicle including a propulsion system coupled to a drive wheel is described, and includes monitoring vehicle operating conditions, executing an event-based estimation method based upon the vehicle operating conditions to determine a first vehicle mass state, and executing a recursive estimation method based upon the vehicle operating conditions to determine a second vehicle mass state. A final vehicle mass is determined based upon the first and second vehicle mass states.
US11573110B2
A mobile fuel monitoring system (MMU) is disclosed. The fuel monitoring system may be skid mounted and is configured to monitor fuel transfers between a fuel source and a vessel, such as a ship. The disclosed MMU is a stand-alone, self-contained unit that can be easily moved from place to place. The MMU is configured to monitor and remotely report custody transfers of fuel performed at any location. Parameters of the fuel transfer operation, such as the amount of fuel transferred, the flow rate, the fuel density, and fuel temperature can be monitored and alarms may be issued if any of the parameters are out of specification. The parameter values may be transmitted to a remote location, for example, via a satellite link.
US11573107B2
A flow meter for determining the flow rate of a fluid through a conduit, including an upper body having an inlet chamber, an acoustic channel, an outlet chamber, a sound wave generator, and a sound wave receiver. The inlet chamber, acoustic channel, and outlet chamber are fluidly connected together and are oriented so as to create a symmetrical fluid pathway through the inlet chamber, the acoustic channel the outlet chamber. The sound wave generator and the sound wave receiver are aligned along a longitudinal axis of the acoustic channel and the sound wave generator is creates a sound wave that moves along the longitudinal axis of the acoustic channel as fluid flows through the acoustic chamber. The receiver detects that sound wave that has moved through the acoustic channel and such information is used to determine the flow rate of the fluid through the flow meter.
US11573106B2
A multi-modal field-programmable metamorphic sensor is provided. The metamorphic sensor has a multi-layer structure, including an upper electrode layer, a spacer layer, and a lower electrode layer. At least one of the upper electrode layer and the lower electrode layer is a sensor A. The spacer layer is disposed between the electrode layers. A sensor B is formed through forming a structure of electrode layer-spacer layer-electrode layer structure. When detecting an object, the measurement of different physical quantities of different objects is implemented through switching between the sensor A and the sensor B. The sensor serves as a single cell. Multiple single cells are combined to form a multi-cell sensor. A signal acquisition system for acquiring signal of the sensor is also provided.
US11573104B1
A portable sensor calibration target includes a frame assembly, a first panel, and a second panel. The frame assembly may include three legs and a plurality of frame edges that is configured to form a first frame and a second frame and is configured to be held at a pre-selected height above ground by the legs. The first panel is removably attached to the first frame in an unfolded position, and includes a plurality of boards and a plurality of hinges connecting the plurality of boards. The first panel is configured to fold at the plurality of hinges into a folded position. The second panel is removably attached to the second frame adjacent to the first frame. The first panel and the second panel meet to form an edge, which is detectable by a detection system of a vehicle for calibrating the detection system.
US11573097B2
Some embodiments provide a commute application that provides a first presentation of several stops along a route. The commute application also receives a selection of a stop from the several stops along the route. The commute application further provides a second presentation for displaying several different routes that traverse through the selected stop.
US11573081B2
Method for measuring a workpiece, comprising the method steps of: providing a workpiece, wherein the workpiece has a surface with a surface structure; predefining a geometric measured variable of the workpiece, wherein the geometric measured variable is a diameter of the workpiece and wherein the geometric measured variable and a nominal-actual deviation of the geometric measured variable are defined in a reference plane; predefining a measuring path; tactile sensing of measured values on the workpiece by bringing a measuring probe into contact with the surface of the workpiece and the measuring probe scans the workpiece in contact with the surface along the predetermined measuring path; computational determination of the geometric measured variable and the nominal-actual deviation of the geometric measured variable from the measured values within the reference plane; wherein the predefined measuring path lies at least partially outside the reference plane.
US11573077B2
Methods and systems for measuring optical properties of transistor channel structures and linking the optical properties to the state of strain are presented herein. Optical scatterometry measurements of strain are performed on metrology targets that closely mimic partially manufactured, real device structures. In one aspect, optical scatterometry is employed to measure uniaxial strain in a semiconductor channel based on differences in measured spectra along and across the semiconductor channel. In a further aspect, the effect of strain on measured spectra is decorrelated from other contributors, such as the geometry and material properties of structures captured in the measurement. In another aspect, measurements are performed on a metrology target pair including a strained metrology target and a corresponding unstrained metrology target to resolve the geometry of the metrology target under measurement and to provide a reference for the estimation of the absolute value of strain.
US11573071B2
The disclosure is an irregular object length measuring instrument, comprising a first fixing seat, at least two mounting flanges are provided on an edge of the first fixing seat, and a notch is provided on the first fixing seat, a shaft sleeve, the shaft sleeve is mounted on the mounting flange, a main board, a battery is installed on the main board, a gear and an angle sensor are installed on the main board, and the angle sensor is installed on the gear, a second fixing seat, an edge of the second fixing seat is provided with a matching flange that cooperates with the mounting flange, the second fixing seat is installed on the first fixing seat, and the main board is fixedly installed on the first fixing seat or the second fixing seat, a swivel, an outer side of the swivel is provided with a ring groove.
US11573067B1
The present invention relates to a wearable self-defense spray system and method of use. The system comprising a wristband having a cartridge bay, a band, and a clasp that interconnects to secure the wristband around a wrist of a consumer. A cover fastens across the back surface to seal the body closed. A spray canister is pressurized with a self-defense spray liquid and snuggly fits into the cartridge bay in a non-slip, non-rotating manner. The spray canister has an egress port through which by depressing the spray valve the self-defense spray liquid egresses the spray canister in the direction of a threat such as a person, animal, or other threat. In exemplary embodiments, the wristband and spray canister can be scaled in dimension to fit the finger of a consumer as a ring or hung on a cord or chain and worn as a necklace around neck of the consumer.
US11573066B1
A Semi-Active Laser sensor for determining a line-of-site to a target includes: a receiver for receiving a plurality of target pulses; a processor for starting a target track for pulses that cross a noise threshold opening a pulse gate within the target track; and for every laser pulse received within the pulse gate crossing the noise threshold, determining a time index relative to the pulse gate center; and a memory for storing the pulses that cross the noise threshold and their respective time index, wherein the processor further temporally offsets the stored pulses based on their corresponding time indexes, sums the offset pulses together to generate a summed pulse signal, and determines the line-of-sight error to the target from the summed pulse signal.
US11573065B2
A modular system for adjusting the length of pull and drop of a long gun. The modular system enables a combination of any one of a plurality of comb portions with any one or more of a plurality of butt pad spacers for a versatile and robust system that provides a wide range of comb height and length of pull combinations. The system can be implemented by the user, avoiding costly gun fitters. The system provides these aspects in a sleek, streamlined way that does not mar the appearance of the long gun. The spacers for the length of pull adjustment include registration surfaces that provide a three-dimensional interface with the buttstock and comb portion for enhanced strength and stability of the assembly over that of conventional fit adjustment systems.
US11573061B2
A method of firing a firearm includes compressing a main spring to rotate a latch pin lever; forcing a latch pin forward by the latch pin lever to force a cylinder forward toward a barrel; sealing or substantially sealing the barrel and the cylinder; and releasing a hammer to strike a cartridge while the barrel and the cylinder are sealed.
US11573049B2
A sealing structure and a refrigerated container having same. The sealing structure comprises a base, a protruding portion, a deforming portion, and connections through holes. The base is a bar having a predetermined thickness. The protruding portion and the deforming portion are on a sealing surface of the base, and are configured to protrude outwards relative to the sealing surface and extend lengthwise along the base. The deforming portion extends by the same length as but higher than the protruding portion. When the deforming portion is subjected to a force toward the sealing surface, the height decreases. The holes are between the protruding portion and the deforming portion along the base. The holes are spaced apart from each other in the lengthwise direction of the base. The performance of the sealing structure improves hermeticity of products, reduces quality risks, and ensures pressure-resistance installation and anti-weathering performance that extends service life.
US11573045B2
A galley refrigeration system is provided in which a galley cart is positioned in the cavity of a galley compartment comprising at least a cart-facing opening positioned in a vertically intermediate region of the back wall, the galley cart or the galley compartment having a duct-facing opening positioned adjacent to the cart-facing opening. A heat exchanger configured to generate cooling air is provided within the galley compartment, adjacent the vertically intermediate region of the back wall of the galley compartment defining the cavity. An air supply duct, provided at the cart-facing opening, is configured to guide the cooling air from the heat exchanger into the galley cart, and configured to be detachably coupled to the duct-facing opening of the cart or the galley compartment. An electronically actuated valve controls a variable flow rate of the cooling air from the air supply duct into the galley cart.
US11573040B2
A water pocket with an open top side is filled with water, mounted in a regular position on a supporting frame, and tilts to supply the water stored in the water pocket to an ice making tray, thereby easily supplying a required amount of water to the ice making tray. A refrigerator includes an ice making tray provided to linearly move with rotation when ice of the ice making tray is separated, or includes a holding preventing member which prevents the ice from being caught by a lower ice making tray, thereby improving a forward-and-backward width of an ice maker. It is possible to easily withdraw ice stored in an ice bucket by pushing an ice discharge button in a state in which the ice bucket is not separated.
US11573033B2
A mounting bracket (320) for trapezoidal rib profiles is disclosed. This mounting bracket (320) includes an upper section (330) and a lower section (350). A first leg (352a) in a second leg (352b) extend from a lower portion of the upper section (330) in diverging relation to one another. Each of these legs (352a, 352b) is deflectable through a certain range of motion to accommodate installation of the mounting bracket (320) on a variety of different trapezoidal rib profiles.
US11573032B2
A method of controlling water heater pilot flame ignition includes receiving, by a controller of a water heater, a user input and controlling a pilot gas valve to start a gas flow to a pilot burner in response to the user input. The method further includes, in response to the user input, controlling, by the controller, an igniter to generate an ignition spark for lighting a pilot flame. The method also includes controlling, by the controller, the pilot gas valve to maintain the gas flow to the pilot burner if the pilot flame is lit.
US11573014B2
An air conditioner, including: a fan, an air blowing plane of the fan being an air blowing surface, the fan having a central axis, and the central axis being perpendicular to the air blowing surface; a separating plate configured to separate a compressor and a heat exchanger of the air conditioner; and an asymmetric heat exchanger, including a first side plate disposed comparatively far away from the separating plate and a second side plate disposed comparatively close to the separating plate.
US11573007B2
A burner device for supplying a mixture of a fuel gas and a combustion-supporting gas into a combustion region includes: a mixing path configured to inject the mixture from a downstream end portion of the mixing path into the combustion region; a fuel gas injection nozzle configured to inject the fuel gas into the mixing path toward the combustion region; and a combustion-supporting gas supply swirler configured to inject the combustion-supporting gas such that at least a part of the combustion-supporting gas collides directly with the fuel gas injected from the fuel gas injection nozzle, in a direction of a tangent line that is tangent to a fuel injection hole of the fuel gas injection nozzle on a cross-section.
US11573004B2
A lighting device is provided. The lighting device includes: a lighting unit in which a plurality of light sources are mounted; a lighting cover installed to be spaced apart from the lighting unit; and a reflective sheet arranged on a light source mounting surface of the lighting unit and reflecting reflected light reflected from the lighting cover back toward the lighting cover, wherein wavelength conversion layer for converting a wavelength of the reflected light reflected from the lighting cover is laminated on the reflective sheet.
US11572999B2
A resin molded product includes: a laminated body including a transparent resin layer that constitutes a transparent resin substrate molded in a predetermined shape, and a metal evaporation film formed on a surface of the transparent resin layer; and a colored layer formed on one surface of the laminated body and configured to transmit infrared rays. The laminated body includes a region where the metal evaporation film is removed by an irradiation with an infrared laser beam.
US11572996B1
A vehicle lamp assembly includes an LED disposed on a circuit board, a light collimator operatively coupled to the LED to generate a beam of collimated light, a light pipe operatively coupled to light collimator to transmit the collimated beam of light, and a hybrid optic lens operatively coupled to the light pipe to diverge the collimated beam of light into a beam pattern. The hybrid optic lens includes a plurality of curved lenses for outputting light in a first direction, a first prism lens formed on a lower portion of the curved lenses for directing light downward in a second direction, and a second prism lens provided on a lateral side of curved lenses for directing light sideways in a third direction. An enhanced light illumination with uniform lighting pattern in the trailer hitch target region is achieved for operation of a trailer with the vehicle.
US11572994B2
The subject inventive arrangement produces a light guide that may be of any curved shape that produces and obtains a lighting appearance of a uniform or homogenous lit appearance at the light exit face by using a single light source and a single light-reflective coupler. The present invention is premised on a light guide system that includes a light guide; a light source; and a coupler positioned at the light source that is configured to receive generated light. The coupler is adapted to produce a collimated light beam from the light source. A stepped reflective surface is formed along a light reflecting face of the light guide by a plurality of light reflective facets and a plurality of lateral surfaces, which are configured to receive and direct collimated light towards a light-emitting exit face. In addition, a number of light reflective facets are configured to collect collimated light at the light reflecting face's middle portion in intensity amounts less than collimated light at end portions of the light reflecting face.
US11572990B2
The present disclosure sets forth a motion sensing outdoor security light with the flexibility of being mounted to either a wall structure or to an eave or ceiling structure. An adjustable spherical motion sensor housing may be provided with the rotationally adjustable outdoor security light, allowing easy adjustment of motion detection ranges under different mounting schemes without comprising the aesthetic design of the light. The adjustable spherical motion sensor housing may also provide an enlarged horizontal field of view for better performance.
US11572989B2
The present invention discloses a multifunctional shelf floor lamp, which can effectively improve the space utilization rate. The present invention comprises a lamp cap board, a mounting base is arranged under the lamp cap board, a right angle trapezoidal base is arranged at the rear of the mounting base, the inclined plane of the right angle trapezoidal base is towards the front end of the mounting base, the right angle trapezoidal base is provided with a USB/TYPE-C socket, a horn mesh and a switch, and the inclined plane of the right angle trapezoidal base is provided with a wireless charger; a baffle is arranged in front of the inclined plane of the right angle trapezoidal base. The present invention enables the equipment to integrate the functions of lighting, placing objects, playing music and charging mobile electronic devices at the same time, reduces excessive devices and is more practical and convenient.
US11572987B2
Improvements a portable elevated lighting system that uses LED lighting elements for illumination. The LED lights are selected based upon the light transmission angle so the fewest number of lighting elements are needed to provide an even flood or focus of light from the system. A reflector works as a heat sink to remove heat from the LED lights and extend the operation life of the LED's. Thermal paste and or a thermal pad is used between the LED lighting element and the frame to conduct sufficient heat away from the LED element. Two versions are shown as a stadium light and as a circular flood light that provides lighting without shadows or bright areas. The system can be operated from a generator or solar for charging batteries so the lighting can operate self-contained without producing noise.
US11572980B2
A sectional lubricant distributor for distributing lubricant to at least one lubrication point, including a distributor body having an inlet opening for lubricant which is fluidically connected to at least one outlet passage, which opens into an outlet opening of the distributor body, a rotary valve is rotatably mounted in the distributor body and is adjustable between an open position of the rotary valve, in which the outlet passage is open in order to allow lubricant to pass through to the outlet opening, and a closed position of the rotary valve, in which the outlet passage is closed, an electromotive drive which is coupled to a control gear, including a control gearwheel having a control toothing section engageable with a toothing of the rotary valve to move the rotary valve between the open position and the closed position. Further, a method for distributing lubricant to at least one lubrication point.
US11572968B2
A high capacity universal connector for use in connecting tubular members and a method for sealing the tubular members is provided. First and second tubular members are provided which each have ends that are brought into face-to-face engagement by a connector. A metal sealing element seals against conical surfaces at the ends of the first and second tubular members and enables the entire surface of the end of one tubular member to be bought into engagement with the surface of the end of the other tubular member so as to improve the bending and compression capacity of the assembly comprising the tubular members and the metal sealing element. A metal sealing ring for use in this assembly is also provided, along with a gasket retention assembly.
US11572967B2
A joining sleeve configured to connect internal liners of two internally lined pipe sections across a welded pipe section joint and a method of use is disclosed. The joining sleeve comprises a sleeve body having a first end and a second end, the first and second ends configured to couple with opposing ends of first and second internal liners respectively. A collar is disposed around the outer surface of the sleeve body, the collar having a first retracted condition in which it has a first outer diameter, and a second expanded condition in which it has a second outer diameter, larger than the first outer diameter.
US11572964B2
A pneumatic-hydraulic type control valve includes a cable attached to a fixed base, a valve base disposed in the fixed base, and a valve stem disposed in the valve base and driven by the cable to be opened. First and second oil guiding holes of the valve base communicate with each other when the valve stem is opened, and the first and second oil guiding holes of the valve base do not communicate with each other when the valve stem is closed. Further, the valve stem has a first stressed portion for bearing a fluid closing force and a second stressed portion for bearing a fluid opening force. The outer diameter of the first stressed portion is larger than that of the second stressed portion. Thus, the present invention achieves effects of simplifying structure and accurate actuation without affecting the sealing effect.
US11572950B2
Seal plates are typically mounted over stringer-receiving openings in aircraft ribs. A sealing tool for sealing a stringer-receiving opening in an aircraft rib is disclosed. The sealing tool includes a seal member arranged to seal a gap formed by the opening between the stringer and the rib. An intermediate member is configured to be adjustably mounted on the rib. The adjustable member receives and aligns the seal member over the gap.
US11572946B2
A shift control device and a shift control method for a vehicle may include a storage to store a table having a target speed corresponding to a speed of the vehicle at a starting point of a coasting operation of the vehicle and a speed profile corresponding to each of gearshifting stages of the vehicle with respect to each downhill slope, and a controller to control gearshifting of the vehicle traveling in the coasting operation on a downhill road, according to the table and the speed profile, to control the speed of the vehicle, according to a driver intent of accelerating the vehicle and a driver intent of traveling the vehicle at a constant speed.
US11572936B2
A ball return tube for connecting openings of a ball nut to circulate balls comprises tube end portions for being coupled to the openings of the ball nut, and a tube body connecting the tube end portions so that the balls can pass through the tube body. The ball return tube is constructed in first and second tube portions fixedly joined together by structures included in a first projection protruding from a first surface of the tube body. The ball return tube further comprises one or more of a second projection protruding from a second surface of the tube body in a direction toward the ball nut, a third projection protruding from a lateral side surface of the tube body, and a fourth projection protruding from the tube open end portions so that the projections can be coupled to corresponding recesses of the ball nut.
US11572929B2
A vibration isolator and method of assembly utilize “flex circuits” to provide both vibration/shock isolation and integrated electrically isolated conductive paths to support lightweight devices (<100 grams) such as crystal oscillators, IC chips, MEMs devices and the like. Each flex circuit includes a least one polymer layer and at least one of the flex circuits includes at least one patterned conductive layer. The isolator may be integrally formed from a stack of polymer layers and patterned conductive layers to provide the plurality of flex circuits, platform and connectors. Most typically, flex circuits are Type 4 in which the multiple polymer layers have a loose leaf or bonded configuration. Flex circuits are easy to produce in large quantities at low cost with standardized and repeatable performance characteristics.
US11572926B2
Provided is an iron oxide powder for a brake friction material which can be suitably used in a brake friction material that is less likely to cause problems regarding brake squealing and that provides superior braking performance. The iron oxide powder for a brake friction material according to a first embodiment of the present invention is characterized by having a sulfur content of 150 ppm or less as measured by combustion ion chromatography, and a saturation magnetization of 20 emu/g or less. The iron oxide powder for a brake friction material according to a second embodiment of the present invention is characterized by having an average particle size of 1.0 μm or more, a chlorine content of 150 ppm or less as measured by combustion ion chromatography, and a saturation magnetization of 20 emu/g or less.
US11572922B2
A bearing housing for supporting a bearing of a gas turbine engine. The bearing housing comprises an annular body extending around an axis and having an oil inlet and an oil outlet. The bearing housing further comprises an oil manifold integrated into the annular body, the oil manifold having an inner oil channel defined in the annular body and extending circumferentially around the axis, the inner oil channel in fluid communication with the oil inlet and at least one oil jet directed towards the bearing.
US11572919B2
A clamp slide for use in a linear guide includes a slide body, two piston units disposed in the slide body, two elastic members stopped against the piston units, and two fluid pressure cylinders pushing the piston units to move toward a direction against restoring forces exerted by the elastic members. Further, a moveable member is disposed in each of the piston units and pushed by an inclined plane of a lateral cover to push a braking member, such that a rail is clamped by the left and right braking members. The lateral cover can be assembled in different ways according to actual needs for enabling the inclined plane to perform opposite tilt direction. As such, the clamp slide of the present invention has the effects of simplifying structure and reducing cost.
US11572908B2
A captive fastener including a bushing having a body portion and an internal bore extending through the body portion A snap ring is mounted within the internal bore. A fastener having an elongated shaft is mounted within the bore and is adapted to reciprocate within the bore between retracted and extended positions. The elongated shaft has a shank diameter and threads formed on one end of the fastener. The snap ring engages the bolt when the shaft is extended and retracted. The fastener has a shank diameter which is 0.020 inches to 0.060 inches shorter than the bore diameter so that the fastener can be moved laterally within the bore.
US11572907B2
A shear pin assembly for securing to a face sheet of a honeycomb core sandwich panel structure and to engage a support structure, which includes a head member having a first width dimension and a neck section secured to the head member with the neck section having a second width dimension less than the first width dimension. Further included is a flange secured to the neck section with the flange extending in a direction away from the neck section and a pin member which extends from the flange in a direction away from the head member.
US11572906B2
A packaging device for a trocar assembly includes a trocar packaging clip having at least two holding structures configured to be detachably secured to the proximal portions of the trocar obturator and the cannula for retention of the trocar obturator and cannula relative to each other. The trocar packaging clip includes an anti-rotation structure configured to engage at least one of the trocar and the cannula to prevent relative rotation thereof.
US11572902B2
A pilot hydraulic system may include a pilot pressure source, a pilot pressure return tank, a pilot valve, a pilot pressure supply line connecting the pilot pressure source to the pilot valve, and a pilot pressure return line connecting the pilot pressure return tank to the pilot valve. A main control valve may include a pilot chamber. A pilot pressure control line connects the pilot valve to the pilot chamber. A hydraulic sub-system is provided for modifying pilot pressure provided to the pilot chamber of the main control valve. The hydraulic sub-system may include a variable orifice valve disposed in the pilot pressure control line, a pilot pressure bypass line communicating the pilot pressure control line downstream of the variable orifice valve with the pilot pressure return line, and an electrohydraulic pressure reducing valve (EHPRV) disposed in the pilot pressure bypass line.
US11572900B2
A system and method is provided for monitoring a hydraulic power system having at least one light emitter and a button. The method includes powering on the hydraulic power system, receiving an actuation at the button and detecting a release of the button after a first time interval, and entering a diagnostic state. The method further includes retrieving a code and displaying the code by turning on the emitter in a first pattern. In some embodiments, a system and method is provided for regulating a temperature of a hydraulic power system. In some embodiments, a system and method is provided for controlling operation of a hydraulic torque wrench.
US11572899B2
A pressure exchanger for hydraulic fracking includes a rotor that is configured to rotate about an axis and includes a plurality of rotor ducts extending parallel to the axis, where each rotor duct extends between a first side and a second side of the rotor that are spaced apart from each other. The pressure exchanger further includes a first end cover that is disposed at the first side of the rotor and defines a first pair of apertures configured to communicate a first fluid including fracking particles, and a second end cover that is disposed at the second side of the rotor and defines a second pair of apertures configured to communicate a second fluid. The first end cover further defines a flush port configured to supply the second fluid into the first side of the rotor in a state in which the first pair of apertures communicate the first fluid with the first side of the rotor.
US11572897B1
A casing treatment for a compressor includes one or more cavities in a casing disposed radially outwardly of tips of the compressor rotor blades. A liner is moveable relative to the casing between a first position and a second position. The liner is shaped to add a volume to the tip clearance gap when moving from the second position toward the first position. The liner is displaceable between the first and second positions in coordination with at least the rotation of inlet guide vanes (IGVs) between IGV positions.
US11572894B2
A centrifugal compressor (P) is provided with: a casing (10) which forms an impeller inlet flow path (11), an impeller flow path (12), an impeller outlet flow path (13), and a scroll (14); and an impeller (3) which is arranged in the impeller flow path (11), wherein the casing (10) is provided with a casing body (15) and a heat conduction inhibiting part (16) which is disposed to heat conduction paths to the impeller inlet flow path (11) from at least the impeller outlet flow path (13) and the scroll (14) so as to inhibit heat conduction to the impeller inlet flow path (11) from at least the impeller outlet flow path (13) and the scroll (14).
US11572893B2
A humidification and air cleaning apparatus is provided, in which a first sweep angle and a second sweep angle are formed at diffuser blades, and an included angle is formed between the first sweep angle and the second sweep angle, such that a phase difference is formed in air passing through the diffuser blades, and thus, air flow noise may be reduced.
US11572890B2
The present application discloses a blade, comprising a blade tip, a blade root, a leading edge, and a trailing edge, wherein the leading edge and the trailing edge each extend from the blade tip to the blade root; the blade may rotate around a rotation axis, and the rotation axis and a normal plane of the rotation axis perpendicularly intersect at the foot of the perpendicular; a projection of the leading edge on the normal plane along the rotation axis is a first curve, and the first curve has an even number of inflection points. The blade of the present application can reduce noise and improve aerodynamic performance when the blade rotates.
US11572874B2
Various embodiments include methods and apparatus structured to pump material, where such material is difficult to pump. In an embodiment, an apparatus can include an injector device capable of self-injecting material into a high pressure line. The apparatus may include multiple valves to control recharge of material into the injector device and to control reinjection of the material into the high pressure line. In an embodiment at a well site, a portion of fluid being injected into a wellbore can be diverted from one or more high pressure pumps to an injector device, where the diverted portion of the fluid can be used to power the injector device to inject material from a mixing tank to add material to the wellbore in addition to the non-diverted portion of the fluid injected into the wellbore. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods can be implemented in a variety of applications.
US11572865B2
The present invention relates to a method of controlling a wind turbine comprising a tower supporting a rotor comprising a plurality of pitch-adjustable rotor blades. The method includes obtaining a movement signal indicative of a lateral movement of the tower; determining a pitch modulation signal, based on the movement signal, for actuating a rotor blade to produce a desired horizontal force component to counteract the lateral movement of the tower; determining a radial force component acting on a rotor blade; determining a phase offset parameter for the rotor blade based on the radial force component; and, transforming the pitch modulation signal into a pitch reference offset signal for the rotor blade based on the phase offset parameter.
US11572863B2
A jointed wind turbine rotor blade includes a first blade segment and a second blade segment extending in opposite directions from a chord-wise joint line. Each of the first and second blade segments includes opposite spar caps. The first and second blade segments are connected at the chord-wise joint line by internal joint structure, wherein the joint structure is bonded to the opposite spar caps in at least the second blade segment. The spar caps in the second blade segment have a first section with a first chord-wise width that is unbonded to the joint structure and a second section with a second chord-wise width that is bonded to the joint structure. The second chord-wise width is greater than the first chord-wise width.
US11572858B2
A fuel injector includes an injector body which accommodates a pole piece of a solenoid actuator. A top portion of the injector body includes a cylindrically formed generally open-ended recessed portion. The recessed portions accommodates a generally cylindrical pole piece, wherein the pole piece includes a bore located along a central axis to provide a fuel flow path. The top portion of the pole piece includes a cylindrically formed recess so as to form a sleeve or lip portion.
US11572856B2
A damper spring structure of a high-pressure fuel pump includes: a housing of the high-pressure fuel pump in which a flow path for fuel is formed; a lid coupled to the housing and having an accommodation space between the housing and the lid; a damper spring installed in the accommodation space between the housing and the lid; and a damper installed in the damper spring so as to be supported by the damper spring, in which the damper spring is seated and supported on the lid and the housing in the accommodation space by contact points, and the lid is supported at a plurality of contact points.
US11572852B2
An engine includes a cylinder, a piston reciprocable within the cylinder in response to the combustion of a mixture of air and fuel, and a venturi having a throat. The venturi is positioned to draw in air and direct the air and fuel to the cylinder. A fuel inlet is positioned to direct gaseous fuel into the throat, a valve is coupled to the fuel inlet, and an engine control module operable to control the valve and the fuel flow into the throat.
US11572849B1
Systems and generating power in an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) operation to supply electrical power. In embodiments, an inlet temperature of a flow of gas from a source to an ORC unit may be determined. The source may connect to a main pipeline. The main pipeline may connect to a supply pipeline. The supply pipeline may connect to the ORC unit thereby to allow gas to flow from the source to the ORC unit. Heat from the flow of gas may cause the ORC unit to generate electrical power. The outlet temperature of the flow of the gas from the ORC unit to a return pipe may be determined. A bypass valve, positioned on a bypass pipeline connecting the supply pipeline to the return pipeline, may be adjusted to a position sufficient to maintain temperature of the flow of gas above a threshold based on the inlet and outlet temperature.
US11572848B1
The present invention allows the air-fuel mixture to swirl in a combustion chamber to increase the power from the engine. Each engine cylinder contains a piston, a combustion chamber, and at least one intake valve, exhaust valve, and spark-plug. Also, the top of the piston head contains a hole that forms the entry point of a converging nozzle, where the air-fuel mixture is first directed downwards and then horizontally through intake nozzles onto ramps located on the inner walls of the combustion chamber that allows the air-fuel mixture to swirl in a counter-clock wise motion. This swirling effect causes a cyclone inside the combustion chamber that when ignited it results in an additional explosive force that drives the piston downwards with additional acceleration, which increase the power produced by the engine.
US11572843B2
A multiple fuel tank purge system and method includes providing a pair of fuel tanks, including a main fuel tank for containing impure fuel and a separate, auxiliary fuel tank that contains commercial canned fuel. The engine runs on the impure fuel from the main fuel tank while the engine is in normal use, and then employs a shutdown cycle that switches to the commercial canned fuel from the auxiliary fuel tank for some pre-set time period. This arrangement allows the engine to be purged of the impure fuel (by burning the impure fuel during the shutdown cycle) and replaced by the commercial pre-mixed fuel before the engine is finally shut down. The system may further include a novel fuel cap with a fuel line, a tank within a tank fuel container, and/or an electronically actuated shutdown cycle mechanism.
US11572837B2
Systems and methods for delivering a buffer fluid to a shaft seal of a gas turbine engine are provided. An exemplary system includes, a buffer fluid source, one or more first conduits providing fluid communication between the buffer fluid source and the shaft seal along a first route, and one or more second conduits providing fluid communication between the buffer fluid source and the shaft seal along a second route different from the first route. A heat exchanger is also disposed along the first route to facilitate heat transfer between buffer fluid in the one or more first conduits and a cooling fluid.
US11572836B2
Systems and methods for gas turbine or jet engines may include, among other things, one or more electric heating elements located within a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine, a combustion chamber of a jet engine, or an afterburner of a jet engine. A combustion chamber and/or an afterburner may be configured to generate heated gas by using the one or more electric heating elements to heat gases within the combustion chamber and/or afterburner. A combustion chamber and/or an afterburner may be configured to generate an exhaust output based on the heated gas. The exhaust output may drive a turbine which generates electricity or mechanical energy. Thrust from the exhaust output from a jet engine may propel a vehicle.
US11572831B2
Disclosed are a hybrid power generation facility and a control method thereof. The hybrid power generation facility includes a gas turbine including a compressor configured to compress air introduced from an outside, a combustor configured to mix the compressed air with fuel and to combust the air and fuel mixture, and a turbine configured to produce power with first combustion gas discharged from the combustor, a GT (gas turbine) generator configured to generate electric power using a driving force generated by the gas turbine, a boiler including a combustion chamber and configured to mix the first combustion gas supplied from the turbine of the gas turbine with air and fuel supplied from the outside, a steam turbine through which steam generated in the combustion chamber passes, a ST (steam turbine) generator configured to generate electric power using a driving force generated by the steam turbine, and an energy storage system configured to be charged based on a decrease rate of power demand of a grid and a maximum decrease rate of power supply from the GT generator and the ST generator.
US11572829B2
A flow combiner is provided for a gas turbine engine. The flow combiner includes an outlet duct, a compressor bleed inlet duct coupled to the outlet duct, and a ventilation inlet duct coupled to the outlet duct. The compressor bleed inlet duct is configured to receive a bleed flow from a compressor of the gas turbine engine. The ventilation inlet duct is configured to receive a ventilation flow from an enclosure surrounding the gas turbine engine. The bleed flow and the ventilation flow are combined as an outlet flow through the outlet duct.
US11572828B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods wherein power production can be achieved with combustion of a fuel utilizing flameless combustion. A fuel may be combusted in a combustor/turbine in a substantially flameless operation to produce a combustion product stream that can be expanded for power generation. After expansion, the output stream can be treated to generate a recycle CO2 stream into which an oxidant can be input. The recycle CO2 stream including the oxidant can be injected into the combustor/turbine to effect combustion in a substantially flameless state. Various control schemes can be implemented to automatically control the concentration of oxygen present in the recycle CO2 stream that is injected into the combustor/turbine in order to achieve and/or maintain substantially flameless combustion.
US11572827B1
Apparatuses and systems are provided herein for unducted propulsion systems. The system includes an aft housing for low drag for high subsonic sustained flight. A plurality of blades are affixed to the aft housing, wherein the housing defines a flowpath curve extending from the axial extent of the aft blade root to the aft end of the aft housing. The flowpath curve is described by an axial direction parallel to an axis of rotation and a radius from the axis of rotation. The flowpath curve includes first point having a first radius where the radius reaches a maximum aft of the aft blade root and a second point forward of the first point having a second radius where the radius stops decreasing. The ratio of the first radius to the second radius is greater than or equal to 1.081.
US11572825B1
A flexible cartridge assembly can include a flexible shell that includes a flexible portion disposed between a compressor-side portion and a turbine-side portion, where the flexible portion includes a series of arc-shaped cutouts disposed axially along at least a portion of the flexible portion; a compressor-side bearing assembly; and a turbine-side bearing assembly.
US11572809B2
An energy storage system converts variable renewable electricity (VRE) to continuous heat at over 1000° C. Intermittent electrical energy heats a solid medium. Heat from the solid medium is delivered continuously on demand. An array of bricks incorporating internal radiation cavities is directly heated by thermal radiation. The cavities facilitate rapid, uniform heating via reradiation. Heat delivery via flowing gas establishes a thermocline which maintains high outlet temperature throughout discharge. Gas flows through structured pathways within the array, delivering heat which may be used for processes including calcination, hydrogen electrolysis, steam generation, and thermal power generation and cogeneration. Groups of thermal storage arrays may be controlled and operated at high temperatures without thermal runaway via deep-discharge sequencing. Forecast-based control enables continuous, year-round heat supply using current and advance information of weather and VRE availability. High-voltage DC power conversion and distribution circuitry improves the efficiency of VRE power transfer into the system.
US11572808B2
A drive assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary embodiment includes, among other things, an epicyclic gear train having an input and an output, the input coupled to a first turbine, the output coupled to an accessory drive shaft, and at least one engagement feature on a component of the gear train. An actuator is engageable with the at least one engagement feature to cause the accessory drive shaft to rotate. A method of driving a section of a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
US11572798B2
A variable guide vane (VGV) described herein includes an airfoil for interacting with a fluid inside a gas path of a gas turbine engine. The airfoil is mounted to a button and rotatable with the button about an axis. The button includes a platform surface defining part of the gas path adjacent the airfoil during use. The platform surface of the button includes a depression for receiving therein part of an adjacent VGV and providing clearance between adjacent VGVs at aggressive vane angles.
US11572795B2
A component for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil section including a free end and an abrasive coating sprayed onto the free end, the abrasive coating including a polymer matrix and an abrasive filler, the abrasive filler between about 50%-75% by volume of the abrasive coating.
US11572786B2
A downhole PVT tool for performing in-situ formation fluid phase behavior characterizations in a wellbore using pressure, volume, and temperature (PVT) measurements of the formation fluid while continuing to pump the formation fluids. The disclosed downhole PVT tool includes an intake mandrel and utilizes two individual pumps to split the formation fluid to perform PVT measurements during the fluid pump out. The downhole PVT tool, two-pump configuration permits a first pump to be used to pump formation fluid along a first flowpath and a second pump to be used to pump formation fluid along a second flowpath, with one or more sensors deployed along one of the flowpaths to perform fluid and/or gas phase behavior measurements to determine one or more properties of the formation fluid in-situ. The first pump may be utilized in the phase behavior analysis while the second pump simultaneously continues flow-through pumping of the formation fluid.
US11572784B2
Layered coating applications for sensing telemetry are provided. An example method can include depositing an optical waveguide on an inner surface of a wellbore tool, the optical waveguide including a first layer of low refractive-index material, a second layer of high refractive-index material applied to a first surface of the first layer, and a third layer of low refractive-index material applied to a second surface of the second layer; configuring non-uniformities at one or more locations of the optical waveguide, the non-uniformities configured to reflect or scatter light at angles relative to a site of interaction between the light and the non-uniformities; determining a reflection and/or transmission pattern of light propagated through the optical waveguide and reflected or scattered by the non-uniformities; and based on the reflection and/or transmission pattern of the light, determining one or more conditions associated with of the wellbore tool.
US11572774B2
Systems and methods to pump fracturing fluid into a wellhead may include a gas turbine engine including a compressor turbine shaft connected to a compressor, and a power turbine output shaft connected to a power turbine. The compressor turbine shaft and the power turbine output shaft may be rotatable at different rotational speeds. The systems may also include a transmission including a transmission input shaft connected to the power turbine output shaft and a transmission output shaft connected to a hydraulic fracturing pump. The systems may also include a fracturing unit controller configured to control one or more of the rotational speeds of the compressor turbine shaft, the power turbine output shaft, or the transmission output shaft based at least in part on target signals and fluid flow signals indicative of one or more of pressure or flow rate associated with fracturing fluid pumped into the wellhead.
US11572773B2
An apparatus for producing steam in-situ, the apparatus comprising an activated carbon container configured to hold activated carbon; a water supply fluidly connected to the activated carbon container, the water supply configured to provide water directly to the activated carbon container; an inter-container valve fluidly connected to the activated carbon container, the inter-container valve configured to let steam flow from the activated carbon container to a steam container; the steam container fluidly connected to the inter-container valve, the steam container configured to hold the steam that flows from the activated carbon container; and one or more release valves fluidly connected to the steam container, the one or more release valves configured to release steam from the steam container.
US11572772B2
A method for evaluating data from a reciprocating downhole pump includes the steps of acquiring downhole position and load data, providing the position and load data to a processing unit, normalizing the position and load data, converting the position and load data to a calculated polar coordinate data set, evaluating the calculated polar coordinate data set to determine a condition or occurrence at the reciprocating pump, and outputting calculated key parameters for controlling and optimizing the reciprocating pump and beam pumping unit. The method further comprises a step of creating a library of reference data sets, comparing the calculated polar data set against the library of ideal and reference data sets, identifying one or more reference data sets that match one or more portions of the calculated polar data set, and outputting the probability of one or more of the known conditions within the calculated polar data set.
US11572766B2
A waveform energy generation system, the system including at least one joint of production casing, and one or more energy generators residing along the joint of production casing. The energy generators are configured to be in substantial mechanical contact with a subsurface formation within a wellbore. The energy generators may include either explosive devices or a piezo-electric material. The system also includes a signal transmission system. The signal transmission system is used to send control signals from the surface down to the energy generators for activation at the formation's resonant frequency. Methods of enhancing the permeability of a rock matrix within a subsurface formation using the wellbore as an energy generator are also provided.
US11572761B1
A method for zonal isolation in a subterranean formation includes identifying a zone of interest within the subterranean formation, determining a static temperature of the zone of interest, determining a time duration for gelation of a treatment fluid, determining a concentration of an accelerator in the treatment fluid, determining a volume of the treatment fluid to be delivered to the zone of interest, determining a correlation between cooling of a wellbore near the zone of interest and a delivery rate of the treatment fluid, determining a target wellbore temperature, delivering a cooling stage until the target wellbore temperature is reached, and delivering a treatment stage. Delivering the cooling stage and the treatment stage results in forming, within the zone of interest, a gel that is impermeable to fluid flow.
US11572752B2
A method of deploying a flexible cable in a wellbore includes carrying, by a tubular assembly, a cable spool cartridge into the wellbore. The cable spool cartridge is attached to an exterior of the tubular assembly and contains the flexible cable. A first end of the flexible cable is attached to a buoyancy device, and the buoyancy device is releasably attached to the cable spool cartridge. A fluid is flowed by the tubular assembly in a downhole direction through an interior of the tubular assembly and in an uphole direction within an annulus at least partially defined by the exterior of the tubular assembly. The fluid has a greater density than the buoyancy device. The buoyancy device is released by the cable spool cartridge, and the buoyancy device is configured to travel after release in the uphole direction with the fluid and thereby pull the flexible cable from the cable spool cartridge and into the annulus.
US11572747B1
A method of mitigating lost circulation in a subterranean wellbore for oil and gas includes introducing basaltic particles and a carbonated mixture to the lost circulation zone of the subterranean wellbore, contacting the basaltic particles with the carbonated mixture, dissolving at least a part of the basaltic particles with the carbonated mixture, reacting divalent cations with the carbonate anions in the carbonated mixture to produce carbonate minerals, providing stimulus to the basaltic particles and the carbonated mixture, depositing at least a part of the carbonate minerals to fractures of the lost circulation zone, monitoring the reacting and depositing; and optionally repeating one or more of the aforementioned steps. A drilling system for oil and gas extraction includes basaltic particles, a carbonated mixture, at least one stimulus generator, and a mitigation device.
US11572740B2
The present invention relates to a downhole production casing string for insertion in a borehole in a reservoir, the downhole production casing string having a first end nearest a top of the borehole and a second end furthest away from the top, the downhole production casing string extending along a longitudinal axis and comprising at least one opening which during production allows hydrocarbon-containing fluid from the reservoir into the downhole production casing string, a plurality of casing parts having end sections and a base section between the end sections, the base section having an outer diameter, and at least one annular projecting element having an outer face and at least one helical groove arranged in or on the outer face and having an overall outer diameter which is larger than the outer diameter of the base section. Furthermore, the invention relates to a downhole production casing string system for completing a well downhole and to a method of implementing a production casing string according to the invention.
US11572739B2
A bottom hole assembly for use in a subterranean well can include a whipstock, a mill releasably secured to the whipstock, an antenna, and a release mechanism configured to release the mill from the whipstock in response to a predetermined radio frequency signal received by the antenna. A method can include positioning a bottom hole assembly in a well, the bottom hole assembly including a mill and a whipstock releasably secured to the mill, and then releasing the mill from the whipstock by displacing a radio frequency identification tag into the bottom hole assembly. A well system can include a bottom hole assembly comprising an anchor, a whipstock and a mill, and a radio frequency identification tag displaceable with fluid flow into the bottom hole assembly.
US11572727B2
Certain embodiments relate to an adjustment indicator mechanism for a door closer including a tubular portion and an adjustment screw mounted to the tubular portion. A housing is configured for mounting to the door closer, and includes a channel and indicia adjacent the channel, each of the indicia corresponding to a respective size of the door closer. An adjustment transmission includes a first component configured for coupling with the adjustment screw. An indicator transmission is engaged with the adjustment transmission and mounted in the housing. An indicator is movably mounted to the housing such that a portion of the indicator is visible via the channel. The indicator is engaged with the indicator transmission such that movement of the indicator transmission causes the indicator to selectively align with the indicia to thereby indicate the current size of the door closer.
US11572721B2
A latch assembly includes a forkbolt biased to rotate in a first direction about a first pivot point, and a detent biased to rotate in a second direction about a second pivot point, the detent configured to engage with the forkbolt in at least two different positions. The latch assembly further includes a tertiary catch biased to rotate in the first direction. The detent is configured to engage a portion of the tertiary catch and rotate the tertiary catch when the detent is rotated in the first direction.
US11572713B1
A smart lock box system is described. One implementation of the lock box system includes a locking mechanism configured to securely hold a cover over a compartment. The lock box system includes a receiver capable of receiving signals from a user device. The lock box system also includes a processor configured to identify an access message in a received signal, a service to verify that the access message was provided by an authorized party, and cause the locking mechanism to be released in response to verifying that the access message was provided by the authorized party. The open/close events are recorded in a distributed ledger to document which user's device was used to access a given property at a given time. Furthermore, the smart lock box system utilizes a push notification service, based on user device's GPS, to inform owners when to depart/return to the property.
US11572706B2
A handle-locking mechanism for a door comprises a sliding bar, a locking member and a rotatable member all inside a lock body, wherein the rotary motion of the rotatable member drives an upper latch and a lower latch to a locking position and unlocking position; the sliding bar is slidably arranged inside the lock body and one end of the sliding bar abuts against the bolt, and the sliding bar is provided with a first elastic element, and the sliding bar is pushed against the elastic force from the first elastic element when the bolt retracts; the locking member is coupled with the sliding bar, and when the bolt stretches out, the locking member is brought by the sliding bar to a position to block the rotary motion of the rotatable member.
US11572693B2
Provided is an awning system comprising: a) two vertical tracks; b) two arms, with each arm attached at a first end to one of the vertical tracks, the arm configured to move in a vertical direction and pivot in relation to the track, each arm further configured to be extendible; c) a cross-bar, with each end of the cross-bar attached to a second end of one of the arms; d) a piece of fabric attached at one end to the cross-bar; and e) a holder placed on top of the tracks for holding a second end of the fabric; wherein the awning fabric is configured to be adjusted in both the vertical and the horizontal direction; wherein a user can move the arms vertically and extend the arms to adjust a position of the fabric. Provided is a retractable canopy system comprising: a) a track; b) a frame movably attached to the track; c) a support attached to the frame; d) a connector movably attached to the support, e) two or more rods attached to the connector; f) a canopy piece attached to the rods; wherein the awning is configured to have a stowed and deployed position that are obtained by moving the frame against the track.
US11572691B1
A lightweight, interlocking, freestanding, reconfigurable, all-weather wall system for use in law enforcement, emergency services, and military training. The wall system may comprise a plurality of wall panels and a plurality of panel interlocking connectors capable of temporarily connecting two or more wall panels. The modular wall system may be capable of being assembled and disassembled without the use of tools.
US11572688B2
The disclosure relates to a prefabricated movable photosensitively adjustable solar bionic landscape pavilion capable of being disassembled and constructed quickly. The landscape pavilion comprises a support structure, a ceiling, a movable platform, a linkage system, a lighting system, and an energy system. The support structure is arranged at the center of the movable platform and forms large-area shelter space with the ceiling. The ceiling may rotate around the support structure in the height direction of the support structure, so as to be unfolded or folded. The movable platform is a base of the landscape pavilion, undertakes the support structure and the ceiling above the movable platform, and meanwhile, provides fixing space for the linkage system, the lighting system, and the energy system.
US11572684B2
A rafter bracket configured to connect a vertical post to a rafter and beam(s) is described herein. The rafter bracket may include lower vertical side plates, a horizontal plate, and upper vertical side plates. The horizontal plate may be perpendicular to the upper and lower vertical side plates and may separate the upper vertical side plates from the lower vertical side plates. The horizontal plate and lower vertical side plates may create a lower cavity that receives the vertical post. Meanwhile, the rafter may be positioned on one of the upper vertical side plates and positioned between two of the upper vertical side plates and may be angled at an acute angle relative to the vertical post as well as the upper and lower vertical side plates. One or more of the lower vertical side plates may receive lateral plates that define a lateral cavity receiving the beam.
US11572679B2
A toilet includes a tank, a pedestal, and a mounting assembly. The tank includes a bottom wall. The bottom wall includes an opening and a bottom surface. The pedestal includes an opening and a top surface. The opening of the pedestal is aligned with the opening of the bottom wall. The mounting assembly includes a mounting plate, a nut, and a gasket. The mounting plate is configured to be coupled to the pedestal and includes an opening aligned with the opening of the pedestal. The nut holds the mounting plate against the bottom surface of the bottom wall and includes a rounded portion. The gasket is disposed about the opening of the pedestal and along the top surface of the pedestal and includes a concave surface that is configured for receiving the rounded portion of the nut.
US11572672B2
A work machine includes an engine for driving a primary working unit. At least one hydraulically powered auxiliary working unit is powered by a hydraulic pump. The engine and an electric motor both provide power to the hydraulic pump via a planetary gear set which sums the power inputs from the engine and the electric motor. The pump speed of the hydraulic pump is thereby decoupled from the engine speed of the engine.
US11572635B2
Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite has demonstrated tremendous potential for the next generation of electronic and optoelectronic devices due to their remarkable carrier dynamics. However, current studies of electronic and optoelectronic devices have been focused on polycrystalline materials, due to the challenges in synthesizing device compatible high quality single crystalline materials. Here, we firstly report the epitaxial growth of single crystal hybrid perovskites with controlled locations, morphologies, and orientations, using combined strategies of lithography, homoepitaxy, and low temperature solution method. The crystals grow following a layer-by-layer model under controlled growth parameters. The process is robust and can be readily scaled up. The as-grown epitaxial single crystals were integrated in an array of light emitting diodes, each crystal as a pixel with enhanced quantum efficiencies. This capability opens up new opportunities for designing and fabricating a diverse range of high performance electronic and optoelectronic devices using crystalline hybrid perovskites.
US11572631B2
A method for electrolysis of water and a method for preparing a catalyst for electrolysis of water are provided. The method for electrolysis of water includes using a high entropy alloy as a catalyst. Further, the method for preparing a catalyst for electrolysis of water includes the steps of placing a substrate in an aqueous electrolyte containing a high entropy alloy precursor and performing an electroplating process on the substrate to form a high entropy alloy catalyst on the substrate.
US11572628B2
This disclosure relates to compositions and methods of reducing corrosion using benzimidazoles. The method may include adding a benzimidazole and a halogen to an aqueous system that is in contact with a metal surface. The halogen may be bromine, iodine, or any combination thereof. In some cases, adding the halogen may be optional depending on the substituents on the benzimidazole ring. Compositions are also disclosed that include a benzimidazole, optionally a halogen depending on the substituents on the benzimidazole ring, and optionally a halogen stabilizer.
US11572619B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to processing a workpiece containing a substrate during deposition, etching, and/or curing processes with a mask to have localized deposition on the workpiece. A mask is placed on a first layer of a workpiece, which protects a plurality of trenches from deposition of a second layer. In some embodiments, the mask is placed before deposition of the second layer. In other embodiments, the second layer is cured before the mask is deposited. In other embodiments, the second layer is etched after the mask is deposited. Methods disclosed herein allow the deposition of a second layer in some of the trenches present in the workpiece, while at least partially preventing deposition of the second layer in other trenches present in the workpiece.
US11572618B2
A method of depositing a backside film layer on a backside of a substrate includes loading a substrate having one or more films deposited on a front side of the substrate onto a substrate support of a processing chamber, depositing, from the sputter target, a target material on the backside of the substrate to form a backside layer on the backside of the substrate, and applying an RF bias to an electrode disposed within the substrate support while depositing the target material. The front side of the substrate faces the substrate support and is spaced from a top surface of the substrate support, and a backside of the substrate faces a sputter target of the processing chamber.
US11572612B2
A high-entropy alloy having ultra-high strength and high hydrogen embrittlement resistance due to formation of a microstructure at a low strain may be produced without a severe plastic deformation. A method for producing the high-entropy alloy includes (a) annealing and homogenizing an initial alloy material at 1000 to 1200° C. for 1 to 24 hours; and (b) rolling the annealed and homogenized initial alloy material into a rod, at a cryogenic temperature of −100 to −200° C. while pressing the initial alloy material in multi-axial directions at a strain of 0.4 to 1.2, thereby to produce the high-entropy alloy having intersecting twins as a microstructure, and secondary fine twins formed in the intersecting twins, wherein the initial alloy material contains Co of 5 to 35%, Cr of 5 to 35%, Fe of 5 to 35%, Mn of 5 to 35%, and Ni of 5 to 35%, based on weight %.
US11572609B2
Metallic matrix composites include a high strength titanium aluminide alloy matrix and an in situ formed aluminum oxide reinforcement. The atomic percentage of aluminum in the titanium aluminide alloy matrix can vary from 40% to 48%. Included are methods of making the metallic matrix composites, in particular, through the performance of an exothermic chemical reaction. The metallic matrix composites can exhibit low porosity.
US11572608B2
An aluminum alloy thick plate is formed of an aluminum alloy including Mg of 2.0 to 5.0 mass %, and has a plate thickness of 300 to 400 mm. A is 700 pieces/cm2 or less and B is 1.3 times or more as large as A, where (i) A (pieces/cm2) is a maximum value in numbers of crystallized products with a maximum length of 60 μm or more per unit area in each of positions located at a center portion in a thickness direction and at positions of 0.39 Wa to 0.48 Wa in a plate width direction; and (ii) B (pieces/cm2) is a maximum value in numbers of crystallized products with a maximum length of 60 μm or more per unit area in each of positions located at the center portion in the thickness direction and at positions of 0.12 Wa to 0.30 Wa in the plate width direction.
US11572607B2
Provided is a plated steel to be used for automobiles, electric home appliances, building materials and the like and, more specifically, to a zinc alloy-plated steel having excellent corrosion resistance and surface smoothness, and a method for manufacturing the same.
US11572590B2
Provided herein are methods for evaluating tumor cell spheroids in a three-dimensional microfluidic device by determining changes in the relative levels of live cells and dead cells in aliquots cultured under different conditions. Methods described herein allow ex vivo recapitulation of the tumor microenvironment such that the in vivo effectiveness of a test compound in treating tumor tissue may be predicted.
US11572588B2
The present invention provides novel markers of treatment response in a subject infected with Mycobacterium, which allow for quantifying treatment impact on the physiologic state of the Mycobacterium.
US11572577B2
The invention discloses a fermentation method for production of fucoxanthin by Nitzschia laevis, including the following steps of: step A, preparation of inocula; step B, fermentation culture: inoculating of Nitzschia laevis according to a certain volume ratio to reaction kettle containing sterile fermentation medium for aeration fermentation, preparing fucoxanthin fermentation broth through culture mean of fed-batch nutrient components; step C, obtaining high fucoxanthin induction culture solution by aeration induction culture under irradiation of monochromatic light or mixed light; extracting fucoxanthin from high fucoxanthin induction culture solution. The invention optimized fermentation condition by fed-batch nutrient components during aeration culture of alga Nitzschia laevis, thereby significantly increasing the cell density of Nitzschia laevis in sterile fermentation broth, and then treating high density fucoxanthin induction culture solution of Nitzschia laevis by using light treatment, inducing the accumulation of fucoxanthin, thereby further increasing productivity of fucoxanthin produced by fermentation.
US11572569B2
The present disclosure provides a transgenic plant comprising one or more nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides selected from photosystem II subunit S (PsbS), zeaxanthin epoxidase (ZEP), and violaxanthin de-epoxidase (VDE), operably linked to at least one expression control sequence. Expression vectors for making transgenic plants, and methods for increasing biomass production and/or carbon fixation and/or growth in a plant comprising increasing expression of at least one of PsbS, ZEP and VDE polypeptides are also provided.
US11572567B2
The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels in plants, and plants containing such promoters or promoter control elements.
US11572561B2
A method of inhibiting growth of a bacterium including steps of: a) delivering a polynucleotide including a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a homologue thereof to the bacterium, and b) contacting the bacterium with an effective amount of an antibiotic; wherein the bacterium is Pseudomonas aeruginosa. A method of treating a subject suffering from an infection caused by a bacterium which is Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the method including steps of: i) delivering said polynucleotide to a tissue infected by the bacterium or a bacterial cell in the subject; and ii) administering an effective amount of an antibiotic to the subject. A composition and a recombinant plasmid containing said polynucleotide.
US11572558B2
The invention provides a single-stranded oligonucleotide represented by the formula (I), wherein X and Y hybridize by a first nucleotide sequence portion and a second nucleotide sequence portion. X is composed of 7 to 100 nucleotides, contains at least one modified-nucleotide, and has a first nucleotide sequence capable of hybridizing with a second oligonucleotide. Y is composed of 4 to 100 nucleotides, enables hybridization with the above-mentioned first oligonucleotide, and has a second nucleotide sequence containing at least one ribonucleotide. At least one of the nucleotide sequences X, Xz and Y has an antisense sequence capable of hybridizing with a target RNA. At least one of L, Lx and Ly is a linking group that contains a non-nucleotide structure.
US11572557B2
Reagents and methods to cloak and uncloak RNA polymers and applications thereof are provided. Photocloaking molecules are used to label RNA polymers. Radiant energy is used to remove photoreleaseable protecting adducts and revert a RNA polymer to its native form.
US11572552B2
Reported herein is a sortase comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11 and that comprises the mutations D101S and K137S.
US11572543B2
Provided herein are nucleic acid molecules that target the BCL11A enhancer functional regions, compositions comprising the nucleic acid molecules and methods for increasing fetal hemoglobin levels in a cell by disrupting BCL11A expression at the genomic level. Also provided herein are methods and compositions relating to the treatment of hemoglobinopathies by reinduction of fetal hemoglobin levels. In particular, the nucleic acid molecules target the +62, +58, and/or the +55 enhancer functional regions.
US11572536B2
Disclosed is a well insert for cell culture, including: a membrane support having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end being adapted to engage a well of a microplate so as to suspend the well insert therein; and a permeable membrane for supporting a tissue culture, the permeable membrane being attached at the lower end of the membrane support and sealed thereto, the permeable membrane being of brittle material. The membrane support is overmolded or fastened on to the permeable membrane so as be sealed thereto.
US11572534B2
A system and method of controlling a concentration of one or more gases dissolved in a beverage is shown. The system includes a saturation tank having a gas head space, a brite tank, and a beverage supply system to pass the beverage between the saturation tank and the brite tank. A beverage supersaturated with the gas from the head space is formed in the saturation tank. The supersaturated beverage is passed from the saturation tank to the brite tank. Once the amount of gas added to the beverage exceeds saturation, some of the gas escapes from solution from the beverage and the pressure in the brite tank increases. Once the pressure within the brite tank reaches a pre-defined pressure, a pump supplying the beverage to the saturation tank is shut-off and the inlet and outlet valves of the brite tank are closed.
US11572522B2
The present invention relates to a dinuclear molybdenum complex with ligands selected from fatty tertiary amines of formula (I): R—N[(CH2)nR2][(CH2)nR3] (I) wherein R represents a linear or branched alkyl comprising 3 to 30 carbon atoms, preferably 3 to 20, advantageously 7 to 17 carbon atoms; n, identical or different, represents 2 or 3; R2 and R3, identical or different, represent an O, OR, NR′2, COOR′, or COO group, where R′, identical or different, represents a hydrogen atom or an alkaline or alkaline earth metal, preferably R′ is H, preferably R2 and R3, identical or different, represent an OH or NH2 group.
US11572497B2
Accordingly, this disclosure describes systems, compositions, and methods that may use pelletized diverting agent particulates for diversion, fluid loss control, and/or other subterranean treatments for controlling fluid flow in subterranean formations. In an embodiment, a method comprising: introducing a treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation wherein the treatment fluid comprises: a base fluid; a pelletized diverting agent comprising a degradable polymer, wherein the pelletized diverting agent at least partially plugs a zone in the subterranean formation; and diverting at least a portion of the treatment fluid and/or a subsequently introduced fluid away from the zone. In an embodiment, a treatment fluid comprising: a base fluid; and a pelletized diverting agent comprising a degradable polymer.
US11572492B2
Modified adhesive layers are prepared by contacting an adhesive layer to a modified microstructured release liner. The modified release liner has a release layer surface with a set of microstructured depressions and a discontinuous pattern of ink material located on the surface of the release layer. A portion of the discontinuous pattern of ink material overlaps with and is located within some of the depressions. The ink material comprises a non-adhesive but adhesively transferrable material, or an adhesive material. Upon removal of the adhesive from the release liner, the ink material transfers to the adhesive surface.
US11572491B2
An adhesive for heat press molding contains a reaction product obtained by heat treatment on a mixture containing a polycarboxylic acid and a saccharide.
US11572489B1
A waterborne one-component coating composition capable of self-crosslinking and exhibiting a gloss and hardness improvement when cured that is similar to a solventborne two-component composition. The composition includes a urethane phase including a polyurethane polymer with at least polyester diol monomer units, polycarbonate diol monomer units, and ketone-functionalized diol monomer units. The composition may include an optional acrylic phase including an acrylic polymer having monomer units selected from one of alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer units, vinyl acetate monomer units, styrene monomer units, ketone-functional vinyl monomer units, or combinations thereof. The composition includes a hydrazine-functionalized crosslinking agent configured to crosslink one of the ketone-functionalized diol monomer units, the ketone-functional vinyl monomer units, or both. The composition further includes one or more tertiary amine reaction moderators or neutralizing agents.
US11572485B2
An ink set includes a pigment ink, containing a pigment, and a dye ink containing the compound represented by formula (y-1) below or a salt thereof.
US11572480B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of reactivating the surface of an organic paint coating, a method of facilitating adhesion of a further coating to the organic paint coating, and a substrate having a reactivated organic paint coating. There is also disclosed a surface reactivation treatment for an organic paint coating. The reactivation method also facilitates adhesion of the organic paint coating to further coating(s) across a broad application window.
US11572468B2
A thermoplastic composition comprising: a copolycarbonate comprising bisphenol A (BPA) carbonate units and 10-50 mol % of second carbonate units different from the BPA carbonate units; a poly(carbonate-arylate ester) copolymer comprising BPA carbonate units and 5-50 mol % of monoaryl arylate ester units; and optionally a BPA homopolycarbonate; wherein the thermoplastic composition has at least one of: a Vicat B120 softening temperature of 155° C. or greater; or a yellowness index of less than 10 on a plaque having a thickness of 3 mm and molded at a temperature of 360° C. for 5 minutes; or an increase in yellowness index of less than 5 after 600 hours of weathering per ISO 11341 on a molded plaque having a thickness of 1 mm.
US11572462B2
A polypropylene composition suitable for foaming having improved processability but maintained strain hardening and the process to produce the polypropylene composition comprising combining a linear polypropylene having a melt strength within a range from 10 to 40 cN (190° C.) with an organic peroxide to obtain a branched polypropylene having a melt strength within a range from 20 to 80 cN (190° C.), wherein the melt strength of the branched polypropylene is greater than the melt strength of the linear polypropylene; and combining the branched polypropylene having a melt flow rate within a range of 0.1 to 20 g/10 min and an Mw/Mn of at least 5 with within a range from 5 to 40 wt % of a low molecular weight polyolefin having a melt flow rate of at least 50 g/10 min and an Mw/Mn of less than 5 to obtain the polypropylene composition.
US11572459B2
Functionalized polymeric binders for electrolyte and electrode compositions include a polymer having a polymer backbone and functional groups. In some embodiments, a polymer includes a non-polar polymer backbone and a functional group that is 0.1 to 5 wt % of the polymer. In some embodiments, a polymer includes a polar backbone and a functional group that is 0.1 to 50% weight percent of the polymer. Also described are composites for electrolyte separators and electrodes that include argyrodite ion conductors and polar polymers.
US11572452B2
The present invention is in related to a method for recycling a waste polyester material, more particularly to a method for recycling the waste polyester material through a chemical way to produce DMT. It belongs to the technical field of recycling and utilization of waste polyester materials. The present invention adopts the technology of continuous feeding and continuous alcoholysis, so that the material undergoes homogeneous alcoholysis in a melting state, and the required alcoholysis time is short. Two or more alcoholysis tanks are used in series for continuous alcoholysis. The product quality is stable. At the same time, due to the optimization of the amount of EG in the alcoholysis process, distillation and concentration are not required after the alcoholysis step is completed. The alcoholysis product is directly entered into the transesterification tank for the transesterification reaction, and pure DMT products can then be generated.
US11572450B2
The present invention provides a method for fabricating patterned cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) composite nanofibers and thin films for optical and electromagnetic sensor and actuator application, comprising the following steps of: selecting materials for fabricating patterned cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) composite nanofibers; and fabricating patterned CNCs composite nanofibers by incorporating secondary phases either during electrospinning or post-processing, wherein the secondary phases may include dielectrics, electrically or magnetically activated nanoparticles or polymers and biological cells mechanically reinforced by CNCs.
US11572448B2
A polarizing plate-carrier film laminate and a polarizing plate are provided. A method to manufacture the polarizing plate-carrier film laminate and a method to manufacture a polarizing plate using the polarizing plate-carrier film laminate are also provided. The polarizing plate-carrier film laminate includes a polarizer, a bonding agent layer and a protective film sequentially on a first surface of the polarizer and a protective layer and a carrier film sequentially on a second surface of the polarizer.
US11572447B2
Provided is a resin molded body production method that enables production of a resin molded body in which mechanical strength is good, anisotropy of physical properties is low, and little warpage is developed. This production method is for a resin molded body containing a thermoplastic resin (A) and a cellulose nanofiber (B), the production method including: a step for preparing a main supply material (a1) containing the thermoplastic resin (A) and the cellulose nanofiber (B) and an auxiliary supply material (a2) that is a product of melting treatment of the main supply material (a1); a resin composition formation step for obtaining a resin composition (b) by melting and mixing of the main supply material (a1) and the auxiliary supply material (a2); and a step for obtaining the resin molded body by molding the resin composition (b).
US11572445B2
The modified asphalt provided by the disclosure is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 100 to 120 parts of asphalt, 6 to 20 parts of a modifier, 3 to 9 parts of a compatibilizer, 0.15 to 0.25 parts of sulfur, 0.4 to 0.6 parts of a non-amine anti-stripping agent and 0.2 to 0.4 parts of a coupling agent; and the modifier comprises a styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer, a rubber, and a polyurethane. The modified asphalt provided by the disclosure can simultaneously satisfy an elastic recovery at 25° C. of ≥98%, a dynamic viscosity at 60° C. of ≥500,000 Pa·s, a composite shear modulus at 60° C. of ≥10 Pa, and a critical temperature at G*/Sin≥2.2 kPa of ≥94° C.
US11572443B2
Poly(aryl ether sulfones) (PAES) polymers (P1) which are functionalized with reactive functional groups on at least one end of the PAES polymer, a process for preparing the PAES polymers (P1), a process for preparing block copolymers (P2) using the functionalized poly(aryl ether sulfones) (PAES) polymers (P1) and the block copolymers (P2) obtainable by such process
US11572442B2
Provided is a compound that can be used as a base resin for a photosensitive resin composition. The photosensitive resin can form a fine pattern and can achieve high resolution without impairing mechanical strength and solubility. The compound is represented by the general formula (1): wherein Z represents a linear, branched or cyclic divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms; X1 to X3 represent any of —CO2—, —CONRX1—, —O—, —NRX1—, —S—, —SO2—, —SO3— and —SO2NRX1— and may be the same as or different from each other, provided that RX1 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; Ar represents a divalent aromatic group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms; L1 and L2 independently represent a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; and x and y are each independently 0 or 1.
US11572440B2
Disclosed are methods for purifying polyols containing oxyalkylene units that is an alkali metal catalyzed alkoxylation reaction product of an alkylene oxide and an H-functional starter. The methods include neutralizing the alkali metal ions with an aqueous solution comprising water and sulfuric acid, in which: (i) the sulfuric acid is present in an amount of no more than 5% by weight, based on the total weight of the aqueous solution, and (ii) the sulfuric acid is used in an amount of 2% to 10% more than the theoretical amount necessary to neutralize all of the alkali metal ions present. The methods can produce polyols having a low content of 2-methyl-2-pentenal.
US11572432B2
Embodiments relate to a polythiourethane-based plastic lens. When a polythiourethane-based plastic lens is polymerized according to the embodiment, the types, contents, and the like of the polythiol compounds and the isocyanate compounds are adjusted to control the storage moduli at room temperature and high temperatures, their variations, the energy attenuation (KEL) obtained therefrom, and the glass transition temperature, whereby the polythiourethane-based plastic lens thus obtained is enhanced in impact resistance and thermal resistance.
US11572427B2
A method of forming a particle includes, in a disperse phase within an aqueous suspension, polymerizing a plurality of mer units of a hydrophilic monomer having a hydrophobic protection group, thereby forming a polymeric particle including a plurality of the hydrophobic protection groups. The method further includes converting the polymeric particle to a hydrophilic particle.
US11572425B2
Cyclic organosilicon compounds having a structure represented by the general formula and a method for using thereof as a component of catalysts for producing propylene polymer having a very high melt-flowability are disclosed. The cyclic organosilicon compounds are employed as external electron donors in Ziegler-Natta catalyst systems to dramatically improve the hydrogen response, and therefore the catalyst systems can be used to prepare polymer having high melt-flowability and high isotacticity at high yield.
US11572422B2
The present invention concerns new precursors of recyclable cross-linked diene elastomers comprising at least one furanyl group along the chain and comprising chain-end units with furanyl groups, their use in the preparation of said recyclable elastomers and their process of preparation. The invention also concerns new recyclable cross-linked diene elastomers, their preparation process and their uses.
US11572411B2
The invention provides compositions and methods useful for the depletion of CD117+ cells and for the treatment of various hematopoietic diseases, metabolic disorders, cancers, and autoimmune diseases, among others. Described herein are antibodies, antigen-binding fragments, and conjugates thereof that can be applied to effect the treatment of these conditions, for instance, by depleting a population of CD117+ cells in a patient, such as a human. The compositions and methods described herein can be used to treat a disorder directly, for instance, by depleting a population of CD117+ cancer cells or autoimmune cells. The compositions and methods described herein can also be used to prepare a patient for hematopoietic stem cell transplant therapy and to improve the engraftment of hematopoietic stem cell transplants by selectively depleting endogenous hematopoietic stem cells prior to the transplant procedure.
US11572410B2
The present invention relates to methods for the treatment, prevention and diagnostic of diseases using compounds that specifically bind and inhibit human NKG2A in combination with compounds that bind and inhibit human PD-1. The invention also relates to assays to identify NKG2A+PD1+ tumor infiltrating NK and/or CD8 T cells.
US11572409B2
The present invention relates to antibodies having specificity for BTN2 and uses thereof, in particular for the treatment of cancer.
US11572403B2
This invention relates to novel anti-HIV antibodies that can be used in the treatment and detection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). These antibodies exhibit a high degree of sensitivity and can provide a broad range of specificity.
US11572400B1
The present invention relates to T cell receptors (TCRs) which bind the HLA-A*0201 restricted peptide GVYDGREHTV (SEQ ID NO: 1) derived from the MAGE-A4 protein. The TCRs of the invention demonstrate excellent specificity profiles for this MAGE epitope. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding the TCRs, cells engineered to present the TCRs, cells harbouring expression vectors encoding the TCRs and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the TCRs, nucleic acids or cells of the invention.
US11572399B2
Disclosed are glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP)-derived peptide analogues GIPS-30 and GIP3-30 which are antagonists of the GIP receptor and comprises at least one fatty acid molecule to increase half-life while maintaining antagonistic properties.
US11572397B2
The application relates to a dual cytokine fusion protein composition, pharmaceutical composition, and/or formulation thereof comprising IL-10 or IL-10 variant molecules fused to a single chain variable fragment scaffolding system and a second cytokine, where the second cytokine is linked in the hinge region of the scFv. The application also relates to methods of using the dual cytokine fusion protein composition for treating cancer, inflammatory diseases or disorders, and immune and immune mediated diseases or disorders.
US11572390B2
Chimeric proteins that comprise one or more amino acid sequences of an insect-specific flavivirus and one or more other immunogenic proteins are provided. The chimeric proteins are suitably capable of forming virus particles. The chimeric protein and/or virus particle may be suitable for delivery to a subject to elicit an immune response to a pathogen and/or for diagnosis or detection of a pathogen. Also provided are nucleic acids and vectors encoding the chimeric proteins, and isolated chimeric insect-specific flaviviruses comprising the chimeric proteins and/or nucleic acids.
US11572388B2
The invention provides novel peptides (e.g., linkers) and polypeptide compositions comprising the linkers (e.g., fusion proteins) and methods of using the polypeptide compositions. Peptides (e.g., linkers) are useful as tags and for engineering fusion proteins (e.g., antigen binding molecules, scFv). Polypeptide linkers described herein facilitate flexibility of linked peptides allowing for proper folding, conformation and reduced immunogenicity.
US11572377B2
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are acyclic nucleotide analogs and methods of using an acyclic nucleotide analog for treating and/or ameliorating a papillomavirus infection.
US11572376B2
The present invention relates to a novel ligand compound, a transition metal compound and a catalyst composition comprising the same. The novel ligand compound and the transition metal compound of the present invention may be useful as a catalyst of polymerization reaction for preparing an olefin-based polymer having a low density.
US11572373B2
The present subject matter provides for albumin-binding prodrugs, maytansinoid-based compounds, and uses thereof.
US11572369B2
Disclosed herein are bicyclic pyridines, such as thienopyridine, pyrrolopyridine, furopyridine compounds, and methods for treating cancers.
US11572367B2
The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus (HRSV) or Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) inhibitors. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HRSV or HMPV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HRSV or HMPV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
US11572362B2
A compound of Formula (I): pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, deuterated analogs thereof, compositions thereof, and methods of treating disease using a compound thereof are disclosed.
US11572350B1
The invention relates to certain 1,5-benzothiazepine and 1,2,5-benzothiadiazepine derivatives as defined herein. These compounds are bile acid modulators having apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter (ASBT) and/or liver bile acid transport (LBAT) inhibitory activity. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to the use of these compounds in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, fatty acid metabolism and glucose utilization disorders, gastrointestinal diseases and liver diseases.
US11572346B2
The present specification relates to a compound, a coating composition including the same, and an organic light emitting device.
US11572339B2
Described herein are the amphetamine-related compounds amphetamine carbamate (amphetammonium-amphetacarbamate) and amphetacarbamate, methods of making them, methods for detecting or quantitatively determining the amount of amphetacarbamate or amphetamine carbamate in a compositions, and ion chromatography columns useful in such methods.
US11572338B2
The problem addressed by this invention is to achieve a useful and novel method for producing dicyanocyclohexane and bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane. This problem was solved by providing a method for producing dicyanocyclohexane having a cyanation step in which dicyanocyclohexane is obtained by a cyanation reaction of cyanocyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid and/or a salt thereof with an ammonia source, and a method for producing bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane using the dicyanocyclohexane thus produced.
US11572334B2
The present disclosure provides industrially scalable methods of making (Z)-endoxifen or a salt thereof, crystalline forms of endoxifin, and compositions comprising them. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating hormone-dependent breast and hormone-dependent reproductive tract disorders.
US11572333B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for the production of the isomerically pure or isomerically enriched cis-clomiphene and salts thereof.
US11572324B1
Methods for determining ethylene concentration in an ethylene oligomerization reactor using an ultrasonic flow meter are described, and these methods are integrated into ethylene oligomerization processes and related oligomerization reactor systems.
US11572319B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of ecological restoration of a coal gangue hill, and in particular, to a solid waste-based porous material, a method for preparing the solid waste-based porous material, and a method of ecological restoration of the coal gangue hill by applying the solid waste-based porous material. A coal-based solid waste restoration material and mycorrhizal solid bacterial agent are mixed to restore the coal gangue hill, the coal-based solid waste restoration material is prepared by mixing coal-based solid waste porous materials, low-rank coal, and waste organic matter and adding a microbial quickly decomposition agent for aerobic fermentation and standing.
US11572303B2
A tinted glass composition and glass article including the same, the composition including: about 45 mol % to about 80 mol % SiO2; about 6 mol % to about 22 mol % Al2O3; 0 mol % to about 25 mol % B2O3; about 7 mol % to about 25 mol % of at least one alkaline earth oxide selected from MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, and combinations thereof; about 0.5 mol % to about 20 mol % CuO; 0 mol % to about 6 mol % SnO2, SnO, or a combination thereof; 0 mol % to about 1.0 mol % C; 0 mol % to about 5 mol % La2O3; and 0 mol % to about 10 mol % PbO, and that is substantially free of alkali metal.
US11572301B2
A method for separating a portion from a sheet glass element having a thickness of at least 2 millimeters along an intended separation line that divides the sheet glass element into the portion and a remaining main part is provided. The method includes producing filamentary damages comprising sub-micrometer hollow channels in a volume of the glass sheet element adjacently aligned along the separation line; and heating and/or cooling the glass sheet element to cause expansion and/or contraction so that the portion detaches from the main part along the separation line. The portion and the remaining main part each remain intact as a whole. The step of producing the filamentary damages includes generating a plasma within the volume with laser pulses of an ultrashort pulse laser; and displacing points of incidence of the laser pulses over a surface of the glass sheet element along the separation line.
