US11574968B2
Provided is a display panel having an optical module arrangement region, a transition region and a conventional region. The display panel includes: first pixels located in the optical module arrangement region, transition pixels located in the transition region, conventional pixels located in the conventional region, and first, second, and third pixel circuits. A first pixel density of the optical module arrangement region and a second pixel density of the transition region are both smaller than a third pixel density of the conventional region. The second pixel circuits are located in the transition region and electrically connected to the transition pixels. The third pixel circuits are located in the conventional region and electrically connected to the conventional pixels. The first pixel circuits are electrically connected to the first pixels. At least some of the first pixel circuits are located in the transition region.
US11574960B2
An array substrate and an electronic device are disclosed. The array substrate includes a plurality of repeating regions, each repeating region includes a plurality of block groups, in each repeating region, the second base edge of the second color sub-pixel block and the third base edge of the third color sub-pixel block in the second block group are located on a first virtual line, the second base edge of the second color sub-pixel block and the third base edge of the third color sub-pixel block in the first second block group are located on a second virtual line, the first color sub-pixel block in the first block group and the first color sub-pixel block in the second block group are located between the first virtual line and the second virtual line.
US11574951B2
Panels of LED arrays and LED lighting systems are described. A panel includes a substrate having a top and a bottom surface. Multiple backplanes are embedded in the substrate, each having a top and a bottom surface. Multiple first electrically conductive structures extend at least from the top surface of each of the backplanes to the top surface of the substrate. Each of multiple LED arrays is electrically coupled to at least some of the first conductive structures. Multiple second conductive structures extend from each of the backplanes to at least the bottom surface of the substrate. At least some of the second electrically conductive structures are coupled to at least some of the first electrically conductive structures via the backplane. A thermal conductive structure is in contact with the bottom surface of each of the backplanes and extends to at least the bottom surface of the substrate.
US11574941B2
A solid-state imaging element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first electrode including a plurality of electrodes, a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the first electrode has, at least in a portion, an overlap section where the plurality of electrodes overlap each other with a first insulation layer interposed therebetween.
US11574939B2
Disclosed are a method for manufacturing an array substrate, an array substrate and a display device. The method includes the following operations: sequentially forming a gate, a gate insulation layer, an active layer, an ohmic contact layer and a metal layer on a base substrate; forming a photolithography mask on the metal layer, a thickness of the photolithography mask being between 1.7 μm and 1.8 μm; exposing the photolithography mask through a mask plate to make a uniformity of the photolithography mask in a half-exposed area of the mask plate reach a preset uniformity; and manufacturing the array substrate based on the exposed photolithography mask.
US11574938B2
A condensation assembly includes a condensation plate and a plurality of sumps. The condensation plate includes a plate body and a plurality of protrusions on a surface of the plate body, and the plurality of protrusions are spaced apart. The plurality of sumps are disposed at a side of the plurality of protrusions away from the plate body. Each sump of the plurality of sumps is disposed opposite to at least one of the plurality of protrusions, and has an opening facing the at least one protrusion disposed opposite to the sump. There is a gap between the plurality of sumps and the condensation plate.
US11574931B2
A display device is disclosed, which includes: a substrate; a first metal layer, disposed on the substrate and having a first pinhole; a pixel electrode layer, disposed on the substrate; and a light detecting element for detecting a light passing through the first pinhole, wherein the first metal layer is disposed between the substrate and the pixel electrode layer.
US11574926B2
A non-volatile semiconductor storage device has a plurality of memory strings to each of which a plurality of electrically rewritable memory cells are connected in series. Each of the memory strings includes first semiconductor layers each having a pair of columnar portions extending in a vertical direction with respect to a substrate and a coupling portion formed to couple the lower ends of the pair of columnar portions a charge storage layer formed to surround the side surfaces of the columnar portions: and first conductive layers formed to surround the side surfaces of the columnar portions and the charge storage layer. The first conductive layers function as gate electrodes of the memory cells.
US11574924B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus and methods for forming stair-like structures with accurate profiles and dimension control for manufacturing three dimensional (3D) stacked memory cell semiconductor devices. In one embodiment, a memory cell device includes a film stack comprising alternating pairs of dielectric layers and conductive structures horizontally formed on a substrate, and an opening formed in the film stack, wherein the opening is filled with a metal dielectric layer, a multi-layer structure and a center filling layer, wherein the metal dielectric layer in the opening is interfaced with the conductive structure.
US11574912B2
A memory device includes cell transistors on active regions defined by a device isolation layer on a substrate such that each cell transistor has a buried cell gate and a junction portion adjacent to and at least partially distal to the substrate in relation to the buried cell gate, an insulation pattern on the substrate and covering the cell transistors and the device isolation layer, and a bit line structure on the insulation pattern and connected to the junction portion. The bit line structure includes a buffer pattern on the pattern and having a thermal oxide pattern, a conductive line on the buffer pattern, and a contact extending from the conductive line to the junction portion through the buffer pattern and the insulation pattern.
US11574909B2
A semiconductor device includes a transistor, a bit line and a bit-line via structure. The transistor is located in a transistor layer, and has a source contact and a drain contact. The bit line is electrically connected to one of the source contact and the drain contact. The bit-line via structure is located in the transistor layer, and electrically interconnects the bit line and a periphery device.
US11574887B2
A semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit attached to a chip carrier in a flip chip configuration. A substrate extends to a back surface of the integrated circuit, and an interconnect region extends to a front surface of the integrated circuit. A substrate bond pad is disposed at the front surface, and is electrically coupled through the interconnect region to the semiconductor material. The chip carrier includes a substrate lead at a front surface of the chip carrier. The substrate lead is electrically coupled to the substrate bond pad. An electrically conductive compression sheet is disposed on the back surface of the integrated circuit, with lower compression tips making electrical contact with the semiconductor material in the substrate. The electrically conductive compression sheet is electrically coupled to the substrate lead of the chip carrier by a back surface shunt disposed outside of the integrated circuit.
US11574884B2
An electronic device includes one or more multinode pads having two or more conductive segments spaced from one another on a semiconductor die. A conductive stud bump is selectively formed on portions of the first and second conductive segments to program circuitry of the semiconductor die or to couple a supply circuit to a load circuit. The multinode pad can be coupled to a programming circuit in the semiconductor die to allow programming a programmable circuit of the semiconductor die during packaging. The multinode pad has respective conductive segments coupled to the supply circuit and the load circuit to allow current consumption or other measurements during wafer probe testing in which the first and second conductive segments are separately probed prior to stud bump formation.
US11574877B2
According to various examples, a device is described. The device may include a stiffener member including a first step section and a second step section. The device may also include a plurality of vias extending from or through the stiffener member. The device may be coupled to a printed circuit board.
US11574876B2
A method of forming a charge pattern on a microchip includes depositing a material on the surface of the microchip, and immersing the microchip in a fluid to develop charge in or on the material through interaction with the surrounding fluid.
US11574874B2
An apparatus system is provided which comprises: a photoimageable dielectric layer; a first interconnect structure formed through the photoimageable dielectric, the first interconnect structure formed at least in part using a lithography process; and a second interconnect structure formed through the photoimageable dielectric, the second interconnect structure formed at least in part using a laser drilling process.
US11574869B2
A semiconductor device includes: a first stack structure; a second stack structure; a slit insulating layer located between the first stack structure and the second stack structure, the slit insulating layer extending in a first direction; a conductive plug located between the first stack structure and the second stack structure, the conductive plug including a first protrusion part protruding to the inside of the slit insulating layer; and an insulating spacer surrounding a sidewall of the conductive plug.
US11574866B2
An insulating layer containing fillers is formed to cover a first wiring layer. An opening portion, in which the first wiring layer is exposed, is formed in the insulating layer. A first alkali treatment, an ultrasonic cleaning treatment, and a second alkali treatment are sequentially performed on an upper surface of the insulating layer, on an inner wall surface of the opening portion, and an upper surface of the first wiring layer exposed in the opening portion. A second wiring layer electrically connected to the first wiring layer is formed by filling the opening portion by plating. The second wiring layer extends from an inside of the opening portion to the upper surface of the insulating layer.
US11574852B2
A mounting structure for a heater element includes a heater element having a surface to be cooled, a board on which the heater element is mounted, a cooling member that cools the surface to be cooled of the heater element mounted on the board, and a supporting member temporarily fixed to the board, the supporting member temporarily fixing the heater element.
US11574846B2
A method of controlling gate formation of a semiconductor device includes acquiring a correlation between gate critical dimensions (CDs) and etching recipes for forming gate trenches; measuring a gate CD on a target wafer; determining an etching recipe based on the correction and the measured gate CD; and performing an etching process on the target wafer to form a gate trench with the determined etching recipe.
US11574842B2
Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices, and associated systems and devices, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an opening in an insulative material at least partially over an electrically conductive feature. The method can further include forming a ring of electrically non-conductive material extending at least partially about a sidewall of the insulative material that defines the opening. The method can further include removing a portion of the ring to form an opening over the electrically conductive feature, and then depositing an electrically conductive material into the opening in the ring to form a conductive via electrically coupled to the electrically conductive feature.
US11574841B2
The present application relates to a semiconductor device with an intervening layer and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device with the intervening layer. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a bottom conductive plug positioned on the substrate, an intervening conductive layer positioned on the bottom conductive plug, and a top conductive plug positioned on the intervening conductive layer. A top surface of the intervening conductive layer is non-planar.
US11574834B2
Various embodiments of microelectronic devices and methods of manufacturing are described herein. In one embodiment, a method for enhancing wafer bonding includes positioning a substrate assembly on a unipolar electrostatic chuck in direct contact with an electrode, electrically coupling a conductor to a second substrate positioned on top of the first substrate, and applying a voltage to the electrode, thereby creating a potential differential between the first substrate and the second substrate that generates an electrostatic force between the first and second substrates.
US11574825B2
A method and apparatus for processing a semiconductor is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a processing system for semiconductor processing is disclosed. The processing chamber includes two transfer chambers, a processing chamber, and a rotation module. The processing chamber is coupled to the transfer chamber. The rotation module is positioned between the transfer chambers. The rotation module is configured to rotate the substrate. The transfer chambers are configured to transfer the substrate between the processing chamber and the transfer chamber. In another embodiment, a method for processing a substrate on the apparatus is disclosed herein.
US11574820B2
Methods for manufacturing semiconductor devices having a flexible reinforcement structure, and associated systems and devices, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes electrically coupling at least one semiconductor die to a redistribution structure on a first carrier. The semiconductor die can include a first surface connected to the redistribution structure and a second surface spaced apart from the redistribution structure. The method also includes reducing a thickness of the semiconductor die to no more than 10 μm. The method further includes coupling a flexible reinforcement structure to the second surface of the at least one semiconductor die.
US11574819B2
A semiconductor device including a substrate, an insulating layer on the substrate and including a trench, at least one via structure penetrating the substrate and protruding above a bottom surface of the trench, and a conductive structure surrounding the at least one via structure in the trench may be provided.
US11574806B2
A technique regarding film formation capable of forming a three-dimensional pattern successfully is provided. A film forming method for a processing target object is provided. The processing target object has a supporting base body and a processing target layer. The processing target layer is provided on a main surface of the supporting base body and includes protrusion regions. Each protrusion region is extended upwards from the main surface, and an end surface of each protrusion region is exposed when viewed from above the main surface. The film forming method includes a first process of forming a film on the end surface of each protrusion region; and a second process of selectively exposing one or more end surfaces by anisotropically etching the film formed through the first process.
US11574802B2
A mass spectrometer comprises an interface for receiving an ion beam from an ion source, a mass analyzer unit for selecting from the received ion beam, in two or more time periods, ions having different ranges of mass-to-charge ratios, a first detection unit for detecting, in each of said time period, ions within a selected range and producing first detection signals representative of quantities of detected ions having respective mass-to-charge ratios, and a second detection unit arranged between the interface and the mass analyzer unit for producing a second detection signal representative of a total intensity of the ion beam received from the ion source as a function of time. The mass spectrometer further comprises a processing unit for normalizing the first detection signals by using the second detection signal, which processing unit may output a ratio of normalized first detection signals.
US11574800B2
A workpiece processing apparatus allowing independent control of the voltage applied to the shield ring and the workpiece is disclosed. The workpiece processing apparatus includes a platen. The platen includes a dielectric material on which a workpiece is disposed. A bias electrode is disposed beneath the dielectric material. A shield ring, which is constructed from a metal, ceramic, semiconductor or dielectric material, is arranged around the perimeter of the workpiece. A ring electrode is disposed beneath the shield ring. The ring electrode and the bias electrode may be separately powered. This allows the surface voltage of the shield ring to match that of the workpiece, which causes the plasma sheath to be flat. Additionally, the voltage applied to the shield ring may be made different from that of the workpiece to compensate for mismatches in geometries. This improves uniformity of incident angles along the outer edge of the workpiece.
US11574792B2
A system for generating X-ray beams from a liquid target includes a vacuum chamber, a diamond window assembly, an electron source, a target material flow system, and an X-ray detector/imager. An electron beam from the electron source travels through the diamond window assembly and into a dynamic target material of the flow system. Preferably, the dynamic target material is lead bismuth eutectic in a liquid state. Upon colliding with the dynamic target material, X-rays are generated. The generated X-rays exit through an X-ray exit window to be captured by the X-ray detector/imager. Since the dynamic target material is constantly in fluid motion within a pipeline of the flow system, the electron beam always has a new target area which is at a controlled operational temperature and thus, prevents overheating issues. By providing a small focus area for the electron beams, the overall imaging resolution of the X-rays is also improved.
US11574789B2
In some embodiments, a cathode assembly may include a cathode head that has a first electron emitter and a second electron emitter. The first electron emitter may have a first connection location and a second connection location. The second electron emitter may have a third connection location and a fourth connection location. The third connection location may be electrically coupled with the second connection location of the first electron emitter. The cathode assembly may include a receptacle having a first connector and a second connector. The first connector may be electrically coupled with the first connection location of the first electron emitter. The second connector may be electrically coupled with the second connection location of the first electron emitter and the third connection location of the second electron emitter. The third connector may be electrically coupled with the fourth connection location of the second electron emitter.
US11574788B1
An ion source has a vacuum envelope structure having a cylindrical portion with a lengthwise axis and an inside diameter defining an interior volume, joined at one end to a flange concentric with the axis, the cylindrical portion open by an exit aperture through the flange and open at an end opposite the flange, an RF feedthrough closing the open end of the cylindrical portion opposite the flange, creating a cylindrical interior volume open only through the exit aperture, and a magnet system carrier structure surrounding the cylindrical portion of the vacuum envelope and carrying at least one annular permanent magnet concentric with the lengthwise axis, providing a magnetic field penetrating the interior volume. The ion source is characterized in that the magnet system carrier structure is translatable along the lengthwise axis enabling variable positioning of the magnetic field in the interior volume along the lengthwise axis.
US11574787B2
A thermal cutoff at least includes a current-carrying fusible element having two ends connected to a first electrode and a second electrode. The current-carrying fusible element is provided in a closed cavity bounded by a housing having an opening at one end, a cover plate, and a sealant. The thermal cutoff further includes a first lead wire and a second lead wire each wrapped by an insulating sheath. One end of the first lead wire and one end of the second lead wire are electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode. The sealant is filled in the opening of the housing, covers an electrical joint between the first lead wire and a first electrode plate and an end of the first lead wire, and also covers an electrical joint between a second electrode plate and the second lead wire and an end of the second lead wire.
US11574778B2
An illuminated keyswitch structure with an illuminating module includes a base plate, a drive circuit board under the base plate, a spacer between the drive circuit board and the base plate, and a light-emitting part on the circuit board. The spacer has a through hole communicating with an opening of the base plate in a vertical direction. The light-emitting part is located in the through hole, and falls within a projection of the opening in the vertical direction. The light-emitting part has a top surface that is lower than or equal to a bottom surface of the base plate in the vertical direction. The structure of the illuminated keyswitch structure around the light-emitting part can keep flat by the spacer. The spacer can prevent the light-emitting part from structurally entering the opening, avoiding structural interference between the light-emitting part and other components above the base plate.
US11574772B2
A transformer comprises at least two windings and each of the at least two windings includes at least one lead-out wire, and a silicone rubber heat-shrinkable sleeve is wrapped around the outer surface of the lead-out wire. The at least two windings and a portion of the silicone rubber heat-shrinkable sleeve are encapsulated in a potting box with a first potting sealant, and another portion of the silicone rubber heat-shrinkable sleeve is exposed outside of the potting box.
US11574767B2
A coil component includes a body having one surface and another surface opposing each other in one direction, a plurality of walls each connecting the one surface to the other surface, and a coil portion disposed therein. A recess extends along at least portions of edges common to the one surface and to walls of the plurality of walls. A lower insulating layer is disposed in the recess and on the one surface. First and second external electrodes penetrate through the lower insulating layer, are spaced apart from each other on the one surface of the body, and are connected to the coil portion. A shielding layer is disposed on the other surface of the body and the plurality of walls of the body, and extends to the one surface of the body to be spaced apart from the first and second external electrodes.
US11574760B2
An inductor and a method of making an inductor. The inductor includes a stack of dielectric layers. The inductor also includes a plurality of metal levels comprising patterned metallic features of the inductor. Each metal level is located at an interface between adjacent dielectric layers in the stack. The patterned metallic features include a first plurality of inductor windings arranged in a substantially flat spiral in one of the metal levels. The patterned metallic features also include a second plurality of inductor windings in which each winding is located in a respective one of the plurality of metal levels. The first plurality of windings is connected in series with the second plurality of windings.
US11574752B2
A magnetic fiber comprises a core comprising a spinel ferrite of formula Me1-xMxFeyO4, wherein Me is Mg, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, or a combination thereof, x=0 to 0.25, and y=1.5 to 2.5, wherein the core is solid or at least partially hollow; and a shell at least partially surrounding the core, and comprising a Me1-xMxFey alloy, wherein when the core is solid with Me=Ni and x=0 the magnetic fiber has a diameter of greater than 0.3 micrometer. A magneto-dielectric material having a magnetic loss tangent of less than or equal to 0.03 at 1 GHz comprises a polymer matrix; and a plurality of the magnetic fibers.
US11574751B2
A voltage-divider circuit, including: a network of discrete resistors defining T tiers of resistors, where T≥2, the T tiers comprising first and subsequent tiers, the Xth tier including at least one Xth-tier resistor where X=1, and the Xth tier including at least two Xth-tier resistors for each value of X in the range 2≤X≤T, wherein, for each value of X in the range 1≤X
US11574749B2
In various embodiments, superconducting wires incorporate diffusion barriers composed of Ta alloys that resist internal diffusion and provide superior mechanical strength to the wires.
US11574748B2
An ultra-high-voltage DC power cable system capable of simultaneously preventing or minimizing electric field distortion, a reduction of DC dielectric strength, and a reduction of impulse breakdown strength due to the accumulation of space charges in an insulating layer of a cable and an insulating material of an intermediate connection part.
US11574746B2
A control assembly for a nuclear reactor includes a first reactivity control assembly having a first neutron modifying material, a second reactivity control assembly having a second neutron modifying material, and at least one drive mechanism coupled to the first neutron modifying material and the second neutron modifying material. The first neutron modifying material and the second neutron modifying material are selectively repositionable relative to a fuel region of the nuclear reactor. The at least one drive mechanism is configured to provide the first neutron modifying material and the second neutron modifying material in different directions through the fuel region thereby shifting a flux distribution within the fuel region away from the second neutron modifying material.
US11574741B2
The systems and methods described herein determine metrics of cardiac or vascular performance, such as cardiac output, and can use the metrics to determine appropriate levels of mechanical circulatory support to be provided to the patient. The systems and methods described determine cardiac performance by determining aortic pressure measurements (or other physiologic measurements) within a single heartbeat or across multiple heartbeats and using such measurements in conjunction with flow estimations or flow measurements made during the single heartbeat or multiple heartbeats to determine the cardiac performance, including determining the cardiac output. By utilizing a mechanical circulatory support system placed within the vasculature, the need to place a separate measurement device within a patient is reduced or eliminated. The system and methods described herein may characterize cardiac performance without altering the operation of the heart pump (e.g., without increasing or decreasing pump speed).
US11574739B2
Systems and methods for formulating a personalized skincare product for a user. Data inputs reflecting dermal information of the user (e.g., hydration level measurements, oil level measurements, and a photograph of the user's skin reflecting a set of skin concerns) are collected by a computing device and used to determine a set of normalized scores. A skin health data set is generated based on the normalized scores and stored in memory. A skin health metric is determined based on the skin health data set and is stored in memory. The computing device determines, using a machine learning framework, one or more first skincare product formulations based on the user skin health data set. The formulation(s) can be used to manufacture one or more customized skincare products for the user and can be iteratively refined over time, e.g., by collecting additional data from the user over time.
US11574738B2
There is a need for more effective and efficient predictive data analysis solutions for processing genetic sequencing data. This need can be addressed by, for example, techniques for performing predictive data analysis based on genetic sequences that utilize at least one of cross-variant polygenic risk modeling using genetic risk profiles, cross-variant polygenic risk modeling using functional genetic risk profiles, per-condition polygenic clustering operations, cross-condition polygenic predictive inferences, and cross-condition polygenic diagnoses.
US11574733B2
Method of historical identification and accuracy compensation for problem areas in a locating system
A caregiver location system includes a computer configured to track a location of a caregiver in a healthcare facility. A caregiver identification (ID) tag is worn by a caregiver and has a tag transmitter configured to communicate with a plurality of receivers. The plurality of receivers and the computer cooperate to form a locating system that is operable to determine a location of the caregiver ID tag. The computer collects data over time related to a caregiver location within the healthcare facility and determines a problem area within the healthcare facility where a determined caregiver location is inaccurate.
US11574726B2
An image analysis method for multicenter study includes, by a multicenter study support system, recruiting and selecting a plurality of agency systems to perform multicenter study, and then distributing an analysis guide and an analysis program corresponding to a purpose and condition of the multicenter study to each of the agency systems, by each of the agency systems, collecting analysis data acquired through the analysis guide and the analysis program and then uploading the analysis data to the multicenter study support system, and by the multicenter study support system, collecting and processing the uploaded analysis data, and then sharing the data processing result with each of the agency systems.
US11574723B2
The present invention provides group performance monitoring systems and methods. In one exemplary embodiment, a system for monitoring a plurality of individuals engaged in an activity includes a base station, a plurality of individual monitors configured to communicate wirelessly with the base station, a plurality of sensors, each sensor in communication with an individual monitor, each configured to be coupled to an individual, and each configured to sense a characteristic of the individual and to transmit, during the activity, data indicative of the characteristic to the individual monitor, and a group monitoring device configured to communicate wirelessly with the base station, wherein each individual monitor is configured to transmit, during the activity, the data to the base station, wherein the base station is configured to receive the data and to transmit, during the activity, a metric based on the data to the group monitoring device, and wherein the group monitoring device is configured to display a representation of the metric.
US11574712B2
A system and method are disclosed for the collection and aggregation of genomic, medical, and other data of interest for individuals and populations that may be of interest for analysis, research, pharmaceutical development, medical treatment, and so forth. Contributors become members of a community upon creation of an account and providing of data or files. The data is received and processed, such as to analyze, structure, perform quality control, and curate the data. Value or shares in one or more community databases are computed and attributed to each contributing member. The data is controlled to avoid identification or personalization. Third parties interested in the database information may contribute value (e.g., pay) for access and use. Value flows back to the members and to a system administrative entity.
US11574711B1
A medical software application is configurable to allow different specialty views to be specified for healthcare practitioners having different characteristics (e.g. specialists in different fields), based on, for example, role or specialty information for a logged in user. A specialty view is further be configured to affect the display of data within a domain. A specialty view can specify that a certain vocabulary takes priority for display purposes (e.g. display ordering).
US11574709B2
To facilitate production of “regenerative medicine products” using a quality by design (QbD) approach. In one embodiment of the present invention, a production device which produces a medical product and analyzes a starting material and a central management device which determines processing conditions in the production device are provided separately. In addition, by transmitting and receiving data and the like pertaining to the starting material between the production device and central management device data, the medical product is produced while production conditions therefor are continuously optimized. Thus, it is easy to produce a medical product while reducing or eliminating effects from changes in cells and tissues over time, from oscillation during transport, and from changes in surrounding environment such as changes in temperature, and to produce the desired medical product even when there are individual differences in the starting material.
US11574707B2
Cohort definition and selection system for a computer having a memory, a central processing unit and a display, the system including: a cohort definition module to configure the memory according to a phenotype vector. The phenotype vector includes a patient ID to uniquely associate the phenotype vector to a patient, a plurality of demographic dimension fields, each demographic dimension field to describe a respective demographic aspect of the patient, a calculated dimension field to describe a calculated information related to the patient, a plurality of phenotype-based dimension fields, each phenotype-based dimension field to indicate relevance of the respective phenotype-based dimension field to the patient, and a child phenotype vector to recursively define a phenotype-based dimension field, and a cohort selection module to select a set of phenotype vectors that are within a predetermined error from a cohort selection criteria.
US11574706B2
A dataset is obtained comprising data blocks, each representing a different characteristic, for a plurality of cells across a plurality of bins, each bin representing a different portion of a reference sequence. Cells are clustered on one such characteristic across the bins thereby forming a tree that includes root, intermediate, and terminal nodes, where the cells are terminal nodes and intermediate nodes have daughter nodes, themselves being intermediate nodes or a cell. A subset of the tree is displayed that includes the root and leaves, each leaf representing an intermediate node or a cell. A heat map of the characteristic is also displayed, the map including a segment for each leaf, across the bins. When a segment represents an intermediate node, it is an average of the characteristic across daughters of the node. Graphs of characteristics for the root across the bins are also displayed.
US11574692B2
A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array having cell strings that each includes memory cells stacked on a substrate in a direction perpendicular to the substrate. A row decoder is connected with the memory cells through word lines. The row decoder applies a setting voltage to at least one word line of the word lines and floats the at least one word line during a floating time. A page buffer circuit is connected with the cell strings through bit lines. The page buffer senses voltage changes of the bit lines after the at least one word line is floated during the floating time and outputs a page buffer signal as a sensing result. A counter counts a number of off-cells in response to the page buffer signal. A detecting circuit outputs a detection signal associated with a defect cell based on the number of off-cells.
US11574691B2
A memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells on which a programming loop is executed a plurality of times; a voltage generator configured to apply a verifying voltage to the memory cells, for verifying at least one programming state of the memory cells; and a voltage controller configured to control the voltage generator to change a level of the verifying voltage as a program loop count increases, based on temperature information about a temperature inside or outside the memory device.
US11574682B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a first memory string including a first memory cell transistor, a second memory cell transistor, and a first select element that connects the first memory cell transistor and the second memory cell transistor in series, a second memory string including a third memory cell transistor, a fourth memory cell transistor, and a second select element that connects the third memory cell transistor and the fourth memory cell transistor in series, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to set the second select element to an off state while setting the first select element to an on state when reading data of the first memory string.
US11574676B2
A memory device is disclosed. The memory device includes at least one reference cell and multiple sense amplifiers. The at least one reference cell having a first terminal coupled to a ground. Each of the sense amplifiers has a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal is coupled to one of multiple first data lines, and the second terminal is coupled to a second terminal of the at least one reference cell.
US11574666B2
A memory device includes a spin orbit electrode structure having a dielectric structure including a first sidewall, a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall, a top surface. The spin orbit electrode structure further includes an electrode having a spin orbit material adjacent to the dielectric structure, where the electrode has a first electrode portion on the top surface, a second electrode portion adjacent to the first sidewall and a third electrode portion adjacent to the second sidewall. The first electrode portion, the second electrode portion and the third electrode portion are contiguous. The spin orbit electrode structure further includes a conductive interconnect in contact with the second electrode portion or the third electrode portion. The memory device further includes a magnetic junction device on a portion of the top surface of the first electrode portion.
US11574660B2
In a particular implementation, a circuit comprises: a memory array including a plurality of bit cells, where each of the bit cells are coupled to a respective bit path; a first multiplexer comprising a plurality of column address locations, where each of the plurality of column address locations is coupled to the memory array and corresponds to a respective bit path capacitance; and a variable capacitance circuit coupled to a reference path and configured to substantially match reference path capacitance to each of the respective bit path capacitances.
US11574653B2
According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a housing including a base with a bottom wall, a drive motor including a pivot erected on the bottom wall and a hub rotatably supported around the pivot, ten or more magnetic disks attached to the hub and stacked on a flange of the hub, and spacer rings attached to the hub and each disposed between each respective adjacent pair of two magnetic disks. A number of the spacer rings is one less than the magnetic disks. At least one spacer ring has a thickness different from that of the other spacer rings, and a difference between a maximum thickness and a minimum thickness of the spacer rings is 0.01 mm or more and 0.09 mm or less.
US11574643B2
A method for generating a signature is disclosed. As part of the method, a first number of bits are identified in respective rows of an audio signature matrix that are determined to be the strongest bits in the row, bits of the audio signature matrix are replaced with respective cells having values depending on whether the respective bits are included in the first number of bits, a set of uniformly distributed numbers are generated within a range of numbered locations corresponding to cells of the audio signature matrix; numerical distances are determined, from respective numbers in the set of uniformly distributed numbers, to the numbered locations of the matrix, associated with nearest occurrences of a first value. A set of integers is generated based on the distances.
US11574639B2
A hypothesis stitcher for speech recognition of long-form audio provides superior performance, such as higher accuracy and reduced computational cost. An example disclosed operation includes: segmenting the audio stream into a plurality of audio segments; identifying a plurality of speakers within each of the plurality of audio segments; performing automatic speech recognition (ASR) on each of the plurality of audio segments to generate a plurality of short-segment hypotheses; merging at least a portion of the short-segment hypotheses into a first merged hypothesis set; inserting stitching symbols into the first merged hypothesis set, the stitching symbols including a window change (WC) symbol; and consolidating, with a network-based hypothesis stitcher, the first merged hypothesis set into a first consolidated hypothesis. Multiple variations are disclosed, including alignment-based stitchers and serialized stitchers, which may operate as speaker-specific stitchers or multi-speaker stitchers, and may further support multiple options for differing hypothesis configurations.
US11574634B2
Dynamic interfacing with applications is provided. For example, a system receives a first input audio signal. The system processes, via a natural language processing technique, the first input audio signal to identify an application. The system activates the application for execution on the client computing device. The application declares a function the application is configured to perform. The system modifies the natural language processing technique responsive to the function declared by the application. The system receives a second input audio signal. The system processes, via the modified natural language processing technique, the second input audio signal to detect one or more parameters. The system determines that the one or more parameters are compatible for input into an input field of the application. The system generates an action data structure for the application. The system inputs the action data structure into the application, which executes the action data structure.
US11574631B2
Provided is a device control system configured to: acquire user setting relating to a device; generate a phrase for controlling the device based on the acquired user setting; and output data for displaying the generated phrase.
US11574624B1
A speech-processing system receives input data representing text. An input encoder processes the input data to determine first embedding data representing the text. A local attention encoder processes a subset of the first embedding data in accordance with a predicted size to determine second embedding data. An attention encoder processes the second embedding data to determine third embedding data. A decoder processes the third embedding data to determine audio data corresponding to the text.
US11574623B2
An example embodiment may involve receiving, from a client device, a selection of text-based articles from newsfeeds. The selection may specify that the text-based articles have been flagged for audible playout. The example embodiment may also involve, possibly in response to receiving the selection of the text-based articles, retrieving text-based articles from the newsfeeds. The example embodiment may also involve causing the text-based articles to be converted into audio files. The example embodiment may also involve receiving a request to stream the audio files to the client device or another device. The example embodiment may also involve causing the audio files to be streamed to the client device or the other device.
US11574620B2
Methods and devices for repelling mosquitoes may operate by generating the sounds of fore and hind pairs of dragonfly wings, which may be dragonfly wing beat sounds. Such sounds may be generated using digital or analog circuitry. The digital sounds may be recordings of synthesized or enhanced sounds of dragonfly wings beating. The device may take the form of a button that may be worn or otherwise carried by a user.
US11574616B2
Some implementations can include a string bender including a body configured to attach to a bridge of a guitar or other stringed instrument. Some implementations can include a bridge with an integrated string bender. The string bender can be constructed to bend one or more strings, for example the B and/or G strings. The string bender can also be constructed to fit a variety of guitar styles, such as Fender Telecaster or Stratocaster-style guitars.
US11574615B2
Provided is a keyboard apparatus including: a hammer, having a mass body on one end side, rotating in a first direction by being pushed on the other end side when a key is pressed; and a load application member, applying, to the hammer, at least one of a first load directed in the first direction and a second load directed in a second direction opposite the first direction. The first load is a load that gradually increases as approaching a terminal position of the key in key pressing. The second load is a load that gradually decreases as approaching the terminal position.
US11574610B2
A signal processing method of a transparent display is disclosed. The signal processing method includes: receiving an input signal; performing a signal conversion step on the input signal to form a converted signal; after performing the signal conversion step, performing a signal identification step based on the converted signal; generating an image signal and a control signal from the input signal and a signal identification result of the signal identification step; outputting the image signal for light emission adjustment of the transparent display; and outputting the control signal for transparency adjustment of the transparent display, wherein a converted gray scale of a pixel is obtained by multiplying at least two gray scales among a red gray scale, a green gray scale, and a blue gray scale of the pixel by previously set corresponding coefficients and summing the multiplied gray scales.
US11574608B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of horizontal lines each including a plurality of pixels, a timing controller configured to output a polarity control signal representing a polarity corresponding to each of the plurality of horizontal lines and having a value inverted by n horizontal line units, and a source driver configured to generate a timing pulse signal sequentially representing a data charging time of each of the plurality of horizontal lines and to output a data voltage, having a polarity corresponding to each of the plurality of horizontal lines, to the display panel on the basis of the timing pulse signal. When a value of the polarity control signal is inverted, the source driver generates the timing pulse signal including a data charging time corresponding to a count value obtained by counting a number of horizontal lines after a polarity is inverted.
US11574592B2
A display device includes a base substrate including a first substrate and a second substrate sequentially laminated, a lower semiconductor layer disposed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, a buffer layer disposed on the base substrate, an active semiconductor layer disposed on the buffer layer and including a first active layer of a first transistor and a second active layer of a second transistor, a first insulating layer disposed on the active semiconductor layer, and a first conductive layer disposed on the first insulating layer and including a first gate electrode of the first transistor and a second gate electrode of the second transistor, wherein the lower semiconductor layer overlaps the first active layer, and does not overlap the second active layer.
US11574582B2
A display system includes a display and a detector configured to detect an orientation of the display. The display system includes a display source image generation unit configured to generate a display source image including a first image and a second image related to this first image; and a visual field image display unit configured to display the first image in a first display region of the display and display the second image in a second display region of the display. The visual field image display unit is configured to set a predetermined fixed region of the display as the first display region when a display mode associated with the first image is a first display mode, and determine the first display region according to the orientation of the display when the display mode is a second display mode.
US11574579B2
Display filters, including color filters, can be enabled in collaborative environments. When a user of an end user device desires to have a color filter applied, a windowing system or other source of graphics data can render a frame via a graphics driver. Once the frame is rendered, the graphics driver can enable a collaboration tool to capture the frame and share it via a collaboration solution. Separately from the rendering of the frame, the windowing system can leverage a color filter module to directly apply a color filter to the frame. Once the color filter is applied, the windowing system can cause the frame to be displayed locally. Because the graphics driver is not used to apply the color filter, the color filter will not be applied to any frame that the collaboration tool captures and shares.
US11574576B1
Dynamic refresh rate (DRR) switching is used to dynamically update a refresh rate of content presented on an interface. When a first application and a second application are presented on a user interface at a first refresh rate; a request may be received to temporarily boost the first refresh rate to a second, higher, refresh rate. DRR switching is initiated as the first refresh rate is temporarily boosted to a second refresh rate. Applications that are opted in to the second refresh rate receive signals to refresh content at the second refresh rate, while applications that are not opted in to the second refresh rate receive signals to refresh content at a virtualized refresh rate that matches the first refresh rate. Thus, the first application refreshes content at the first refresh rate and the second application refreshes content at the second, higher refresh rate, providing a smooth user experience without unnecessarily utilizing power consumption.
US11574569B2
Described herein are systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products configured to detect bends within a flexible display and utilize the flexible display to provide a plurality of viewports. A geometry identifier may be electrically coupled to the flexible display and allow for determination of bends of the flexible display and for segregating the display into a plurality of viewport based on the bends.
US11574566B2
A power voltage generator includes a first sensor, a second sensor, a comparator and a shutdown controller. The first sensor is configured to sense a first power voltage output node that outputs a first power voltage. The second sensor is configured to sense a second power voltage output node that outputs a second power voltage. The comparator is configured to compare a first sensing signal of the first sensor with a second sensing signal of the second sensor. The shutdown controller is configured to shut down the power voltage generator based on a comparison signal from the comparator.
US11574563B2
In certain embodiments, the present disclosure provides an anthropomorphic phantom for use with cryoneurolysis training. The anthropomorphic phantom having a body shaped to simulate a human anatomical structure. In some forms, the phantom body comprises a first material configured to simulate human soft tissue, a simulated nerve embedded within the first material, and a simulated fascial plane embedded within the first material superficial to the simulated nerve.
US11574559B2
A tactile display for dynamically reproducing content from an electronic device, such as a computer, tablet, mobile phone or other device, in a touch-sensory format, such as Braille. The tactile display includes a housing and a plurality of tactile elements. The tactile elements are movable relative to the housing between an extended position for engagement by a user and a retracted position at or inward of a surface of the housing.
US11574549B2
Methods and systems are provided for guiding or otherwise assisting operation of an aircraft when diverting from a flight plan. One method involves determining a gliding trajectory for the aircraft based at least in part on a current altitude of the aircraft, providing a graphical representation of the gliding trajectory for the aircraft, identifying a plurality of landing locations within a range defined by the gliding trajectory from the aircraft, and for each landing location of the plurality of landing locations, providing a graphical representation of a respective landing location with respect to the gliding trajectory at a respective altitude associated with the respective landing location and at a respective distance with respect to a graphical representation of the aircraft corresponding to a respective geographic distance between a current location of the aircraft and the respective landing location.
US11574542B2
The network system triggers registration of the start of a transport journey in response to a communication of a transport user device and a transport provider device with each other, performs a continuous coordinated proximity monitoring to verify the identity of a transport user and a transport provider vehicle, and triggers registration of the end of the transport journey through communication of the transport user device and the transport provider device with each other.
US11574535B2
A power control unit (100) and method of use thereof for varying the supply of electricity to an electrical apparatus using a wireless communications link between a controller (20) and the power control unit (100). The power control unit (100) is adapted to alternatively communicate with the controller (20) using a non-peer-to-peer communications standard or a peer-to-peer communications standard such as Wi-Fi Direct.
US11574533B2
A system and method for managing and tracking fishing/hunting rules and regulations is provided. The system generally comprises a global positioning system (GPS), a processor operably connected to the GPS, a power supply, a display operably connected to the processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the processor and having instructions stored thereon. The system and method are designed to easily and conveniently compile and store information or data related to wildlife sports. The system may use this information to help a user comply with state and federal rules and regulations via the creation of registration strategies and via indicia.
US11574531B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems, devices, and methods for displaying and securing articles of merchandise. In one example, a merchandise security system includes a plurality of security devices. Each of the security devices is configured to be attached to an article of merchandise and includes an illumination source for generating a light signal. The system also includes at least one computing device configured to communicate with the illumination sources in order to obtain data from the security devices and/or the articles of merchandise. Each of the security devices is configured to configured to generate a security signal in response to removal of the article of merchandise from the security device.
US11574530B2
An electronic barrier alarm sensor having a flexible sensing device. The sensor may be mounted to a door, door frame, window, window frame, object or wall to detect when a door or window has been opened, that an object has been moved or to detect the presence of an animal. The flexible sensing device comprises one or more attributes that change as the flexible sensing device is bent, or unbent, by operation of a door, window, removal of an object, or the presence of an animal. Based on the changes, the electronic barrier alarm sensor may transmit an alarm signal when one or more measured values of the one or more attributes changes by more than one or more predetermined amounts.
US11574528B2
Embodiments of the present concept provide gaming devices configured for linked game play. First and second gaming devices that are separately playable by first and second players are electronically linked so that a gaming event being played at the first gaming device may also be being played at the second gaming device. Also provided is a method of sharing game play across multiple gaming devices, where the method includes receiving a wager from a first player at a first gaming device, receiving a wager from a second player at a second gaming device, initiating a gaming event that is displayed at the first and second gaming devices, and awarding prizes associated with gaming outcomes displayed at the first and second gaming devices. These and other arrangements of the present concept may allow cooperative or competitive game play between the first and second player.
US11574522B1
Systems and methods for synchronizing client data structures with session events are disclosed. The system can establish a session responsive to a request from a host client device associated with a host player profile. The system can configure the host player profile to share records of events performed via the host player profile during the session, and can receive requests to join the session, each request associated with a respective viewer player profile. The system can receive a request from a viewer to permit automatic population of records corresponding to events performed via the host player profile during the session. The system can detect an event performed via the host player profile during the session, and generate a record corresponding to the event in the viewer player profile, which is used to enable performance of a corresponding event having the same event parameters via the viewer player profile.
US11574519B2
A server system for electronic games includes a memory and a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory. When the instructions are executed, the instructions cause the processor to receive from a communication device, a plurality of first signals generated in response to the communication device entering one or more predefined zones associated with the electronic games, and generate, based on the plurality of first signals, a heat map that defines one or more cells based upon a magnitude of a data element of the first signals.
US11574507B2
A mobile computing device executing software code interacts with a smart parking meter to permit the user to complete a parking transaction without the need to exit their car. The transaction proceeds digitally and confirmation of the purchase is sent to the user's smartphone or via other electronic message means. The user can access an interactive map via the parking application to provide real time status of the networked parking meters in a specific area. The user can view all meters meeting certain criteria, such as pricing and time to availability. The user can also reserve a particular parking space through the application. The user can further be directed to their car via map directions.
US11574505B2
A method for driving a display device is performed by the display device. The method includes: displaying a first image including user convenience information through a display panel; generating sensing data corresponding to a fingerprint sensing area by using a photoelectric sensor; and determining whether a sensed fingerprint corresponding to the sensing data is a fake fingerprint by comparing expected sensing light illuminance information based on the first image with sensed light illuminance information of the sensing data. The first image includes a first color pattern in the fingerprint sensing area of the display panel. A fake-determination image pattern includes the first color pattern and a second color pattern different from the first color pattern.
US11574499B2
A processor-implemented method includes: obtaining an input embedding vector corresponding to an input fingerprint image for authentication; determining a confidence value of the input embedding vector based on fingerprint data of an initial model including either one or both of a trained real fingerprint determination model and a trained fake fingerprint determination model that are provided in advance; and updating the initial model based on the input embedding vector, in response to the confidence value being greater than or equal to a first threshold.
US11574487B2
There is provided a computerized system and method of generating a unique identification associated with a gemstone, usable for unique identification of the gemstone. The method comprises: obtaining one or more images of the gemstone, the one or more images captured at one or more viewing angles relative to the gemstone and to a light pattern, thus giving rise to a representative group of images; processing the representative group of images to generate a set of rotation-invariant values informative of rotational cross-correlation relationship characterizing the images in the representative group; and using the generated set of rotation-invariant values to generate a unique identification associated with the gemstone. The unique identification associated with the gemstone can be further compared with an independently generated unique identification associated with the gemstone in question, or with a class-indicative unique identification.
US11574486B2
The method is for dividing dark objects, substructures and background of an image from an electron microscope into segments by analyzing pixel values. The segments are transformed and aligned so that the transformed objects, sub-structures and background are meaningfully comparable. The transformed segments are clustered into classes which are used for ontological investigation of samples that are visualized by using electron microscopy. A triangle inequality comparison can be used to further cluster groups of objects to transfer understanding from different interactions between objects and to associate interactions with each other.
US11574482B2
Implementations generally relate to estimating grouped observations. In some implementations, a method includes detecting a license plate of a vehicle. The method further includes capturing a plurality of images of the license plate. The method further includes computing candidate regions associated with the license plate based on the images of the license plate. The method further includes computing candidate characters of the license plate based on the candidate regions and the images of the license plate. The method further includes selecting target characters from the candidate characters based on one or more predetermined selection criteria.
US11574472B2
Systems, methods and techniques for automatically recognizing two or 3-dimensional real world objects with an augmented reality display device (smartphone or glasses etc.), and augmenting or enhancing the display of such real world objects by superimposing virtual images such as a still or video advertisement, an opportunity to buy, a story or other virtual image presentation. In non-limiting embodiments, the real world object includes visible features including visible security features and a recognition process takes the visible security features into account when recognizing the object and/or displaying superimposed virtual images.
US11574467B2
A field-of-view of a scene is scanned by an augmented reality device. The scene includes one or more objects including a first computing device. A portion of an electronic document is detected based on the scanned field-of-view. The portion of the electronic document is rendered on a display of the first computing device. A content element of the electronic document that is rendered on the display is captured. A second computing device determines an incomplete portion of the content element. A suggestion to complete the incomplete portion is provided by the augmented reality device.
US11574465B2
In an embodiment, digital images of agricultural fields are received at an agricultural intelligence processing system. Each digital image includes a set of pixels having pixel values, and each pixel value of a pixel includes a plurality of spectral band intensity values. Each spectral band intensity value describes a spectral band intensity of one band among several bands of electromagnetic radiation. For each of the agricultural fields, spectral band intensity values of each band are preprocessed at a field level using the digital images for that agricultural field resulting in preprocessed intensity values. The preprocessed intensity values are provided as input to a machine learning model. The model generates a predicted yield value for each field. The predicted yield value is used to update field yield maps of agricultural fields for forecasting and can be displayed via a graphical user interface (GUI) of a client computing device.
US11574462B1
This application is directed to augmenting training images used for generating vehicle driving models. A computer system obtains a first image of a road, identifies within the first image a drivable area of the road, obtains an image of a traffic safety object, and determines a detour path on the drivable area. The computer system determines positions of a plurality of traffic safety objects to be placed adjacent to the detour path, and generates a second image from the first image by adaptively overlaying a respective copy of the image of the traffic safety object at each of the positions of the plurality of traffic safety objects on the drivable area within the first image. The second image is added to a corpus of training images to be used by a machine learning system to generate a model for facilitating driving a vehicle (e.g., at least partial autonomously).
US11574456B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to processing irregularly arranged characters. An image is received. An irregularly arranged character within the image is detected. A direction of the irregularly arranged character is modified to a proper direction to obtain a properly oriented character. The properly oriented character is recognized to obtain a first identified character. The image is then rebuilt by replacing the irregularly arranged character with the first identified character, the first identified character in a machine-encoded format.
US11574452B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media containing instructions for causing at least one processor to perform operations to enable cursor control in an extended reality space are provided. In one implementation, the processor is configured to perform operations comprising receiving from an image sensor first image data reflecting a first region of focus of a user of a wearable extended reality appliance; causing a first presentation of a virtual cursor in the first region of focus; receiving from the image sensor second image data reflecting a second region of focus of the user outside the initial field of view in the extended reality space; receiving input data indicative of a desire of the user to interact with the virtual cursor; and causing a second presentation of the virtual cursor in the second region of focus in response to the input data.
US11574445B2
An intelligent inspection device is disclosed. The intelligent inspection device includes a camera configured to photograph a refrigerator that is installed and a processor configured to position a first refrigerator image photographed by the camera in a preset area of an inspection frame, compare the first refrigerator image with the inspection frame, inspect whether a step is present in the refrigerator based on a result of the comparison, and learn a solution corresponding to a result of the inspection to provide the solution to a user. The intelligent inspection device may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, devices related to 5G services, and the like.
US11574440B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for guiding image capture of a subject by determining a location of the subject and presenting on a display graphical guides representative of perspective views of the subject to be captured. Images of the subject may then be captured and additional graphical guides are presented to the user for display for additional images to be captured. Images may be captured in a predetermined sequence of graphical guides or responsive to a user input or camera information. Captured images may be uploaded to a system for additional processing.
US11574429B1
A client device executes a display layout application that receives a size of each display item included in a set of display items. The set of display items is associated with a first frame included in a bounding box associated with a display screen. The display layout application determines a reference size based on the sizes of the set of display items. The display layout application determines a size of the first frame based on the reference size. The display layout application determines a position for a first display item included in the set of display items based on a position of the first frame within the bounding box. The display layout application generates a layout for display on the display screen, where the layout includes the first display item.
US11574427B2
A display control apparatus having: a processor configured to: read a predetermined command to control a display to draw a specific display object based on first coordinates within a coordinate system, wherein the predetermined command is part of a script of a plurality of commands to be read in order; determine whether the first coordinates satisfy a first condition, a second condition and a third condition; and control a display in response to a determination of whether the first coordinates satisfy the first condition, the second condition and the third condition.
US11574424B2
An augmented reality device may communicate with a map server via an API interface to provide mapping data that may be implemented into a canonical map, and may also receive map data from the map server. A visualization of map quality, including quality indicators for multiple cells of the environment, may be provided to the user as an overlay to the current real-world environment seen through the AR device. These visualizations may include, for example, a map quality minimap and/or a map quality overlay. The visualizations provide guidance to the user that allows more efficient updates to the map, thereby improving map quality and localization of users into the map.
US11574423B2
An improved augmented reality object handling system, including: a display device; a camera functionally coupled to the display such that visual data from the camera is displayed on the display; an augmented reality object, including rendering data configured to provide instructions for displaying the AR object on the display; behavior instructions, the behavior instructions including interaction instructions for how the AR object interacts with visual data from the camera and/or other AR objects; and a characteristic interaction broker in communication with the AR object, wherein the interaction broker loads into memory interaction instructions from associated AR objects, tracks positions of associated AR objects, and triggers interactions based on loaded interaction instructions, characteristics, and tracked positions.
US11574409B2
Scene filtering using motion estimation, including identifying, in camera data from an autonomous vehicle, based on motion relative to the autonomous vehicle, one or more pixels; filtering, from the camera data, the one or more pixels; and training, based on the filtered camera data, a neural network.
US11574408B2
The present disclosure relates to a motion estimation method, a chip, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The present disclosure is beneficial to improving the accuracy of motion estimation.
US11574406B2
Systems and methods for image segmentation using a scalable and compact convolutional neural network
Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for segmenting an image. An exemplary system includes a communication interface configured to receive the image acquired by an image acquisition device. The system further includes a memory configured to store a multi-level learning network comprising a plurality of convolution blocks cascaded at multiple levels. The system also includes a processor configured to apply a first convolution block and a second convolution block of the multi-level learning network to the image in series. The first convolution block is applied to the image and the second convolution block is applied to a first output of the first convolution block. The processor is further configured to concatenate the first output of the first convolution block and a second output of the second convolution block to obtain a feature map and obtain a segmented image based on the feature map.
US11574393B2
A method of performing an integrity check on a plurality of video surveillance cameras includes retrieving a recent video frame from each of the plurality of video surveillance cameras, determining a integrity score for each of the recent video frames and determining which of the integrity scores failed to meet a predetermined criteria. When at least one of the integrity scores fails to meet the predetermined criteria, an integrity check report is created that includes an camera identifier along with the recent video frame for each of the plurality of video surveillance cameras that had a recent video frame with an integrity score that failed to meet the predetermined criteria. The integrity check report is displayed to a user for manual verification.
US11574387B2
A method of processing image data for an image, the image data including colour data expressed in a first colour space, transforms the colour data to a luminance-normalised colour space, and performs one or more image processing operations on the transformed colour data to generate processed image data.
US11574370B2
Embodiments of the present methods and systems are directed to a system and method for managing and editing accounting periods. Particularly, the embodiments are directed to a financial management system that allows for the recordation of financial transactions without first requiring the creation of a user-defined accounting period, and that further allows for the creation, modification, and closure of defined accounting periods.
US11574359B1
A financial institution computing system associated with a financial institution includes an account management circuit. The account management circuit is configured to receive, by the network interface, a customer request to establish a checking account at the financial institution, create first and second checking accounts for the customer, the first checking account having a payment card associated therewith, the second checking account not having any payment cards associated therewith, receive, by the network interface, information regarding a funding amount for the first and second payment accounts, receive, by the network interface, information regarding a first expense of the customer, and fund the second account with a first portion of the funding amount based on the information regarding the first expense.
US11574351B2
A system for assessing text content of a product. The system includes a computing device having a processor and a storage device storing computer executable code. The computer executable code, when executed at the processor, is configured to: provide text contents and confounding features of products; train a first regression model using the text content and the confounding features of the products; train the second regression model using the confounding features; operate the first regression model using the text contents and the confounding features to obtain a total loss; operate the second regression model using the confounding features of to obtain a partial loss; subtract the total loss from the partial loss to obtain a residual loss; use the residual loss to evaluate models and parameters for the regression models; and use the first regression model to obtain log odds of the words indicating importance of the words.
US11574348B2
Systems and methods for the generation of job-specific contact centers are disclosed. The system may enable customers to generate a contact center during a job bidding phase and/or during pendency of the job. The contact center may enable communications between the customer and one or more contractors. The generated contact center may be both customer specific and job specific. The contact center may include any suitable communication technology, including an interactive voice response (IVR) system.
US11574340B2
An information providing method and apparatus a) transmits a request via a network, for recommended driving information for a first user to be received and displayed on a display of the first user, b) receives from the network driving data from a plurality of vehicles about how a plurality of users drive their vehicles including the first user, c) extracts a similar user from among the plurality of users who drives a vehicle with a predetermined similarity to how the first user drives a vehicle, and determines recommended driving information of the similar user from the similar user's driving history, d) transmits over the network to the first user the recommended driving information of the similar user, and e) displays on a display of the first user the recommended driving information of the similar user.
US11574337B1
A gift redemption system may include a gift processing server configured to accept a gift value for a gift product for a gift recipient, and permit selection of a retailer from among retailers for the gift product. The gift processing server may also be configured to associate a gift recipient identifier with the gift recipient, and permit selection of a redeemable gift value from the gift value. The system may also include a retailer server associated with the selected retailer. The system may also include a gift redemption server configured to obtain the redeemable gift value and the gift recipient identifier, and cooperate with retailer server to generate a gift discount identifier for use by the gift recipient at a point-of-sale (POS) of the gift product based upon the redeemable gift value and the gift recipient identifier.
US11574336B1
An apparatus for secure decentralized rebate management is presented. The apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory containing instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive a claim process request including a plurality of elements of a user data and generate a claim initial entry comprising a conditional claim trigger configured to deploy on an immutable sequential listing. The at least a processor is further configured to execute a claim mapping function including the at least a processor to generate a conditional rebate array including a plurality of rebate requirements, match each rebate requirement to each element of the user data, deploy a plurality of claim test entries representing matches on a private layer, and determine a claim mapping result. The at least a processor is configured to generate a claim result entry configured to deploy on the immutable sequential listing and execute the conditional claim trigger.
US11574335B2
An apparatus, computer program product, and method are disclosed for generating immediate gratification promotions. An example apparatus includes communications circuitry configured to receive contextual data regarding a set of consumer devices, wherein the contextual data identifies locations of each consumer device of the set of consumer devices, receive resource management data regarding a set of merchant locations, transmit, to a consumer device of the set of consumer devices, a message indicating terms of an immediate gratification promotion redeemable at a merchant location of the set of merchant locations, wherein the immediate gratification promotion comprises a promotion for which purchase automatically initiates redemption, and receive, from the consumer device, a message requesting purchase of the immediate gratification promotion. The example apparatus further includes design circuitry configured to generate the terms of the immediate gratification promotion based on the received contextual data and the received resource management data.
US11574332B1
A method of generating and using a 2D barcode to provide an authenticated service subscriber with an adapted offer comprising monitoring and identifying, by a monitoring application associated with a first service provider, a social network for keywords related to a negative subscriber interaction with a second service provider; engaging a subscriber associated with the negative interaction by the first service provider; generating a one-time use 2D barcode associated with an offer and comprising embedded subscriber information; storing the barcode in a data store; sending the barcode to a mobile device; presenting and scanning the barcode; decoding the information by an offer application; authenticating the identity of the subscriber; adapting the offer based on the subscriber information; searching an inventory data store associated with a physical retail location of the first service provider; locating and presenting the adapted offer; and marking the barcode as expired in the barcode data store.
US11574323B2
Methods and systems for processing financial market data. An electronic communication to be taken in response to detecting a market condition can be defined. Market data can be received. The market condition can be detected. An order to make a trade in a market based on the market condition can be accepted.
US11574321B2
Social media content items are mapped to relevant time-based media events. These mappings are used as the basis for calculating metrics based upon the mappings, and ratings of the time-based media there from. Audience response metrics (ARMs) are calculated from the mappings, which provide an indication of audience engagement or response. In addition, ARMs provide information about the virality, depth, and breadth of the response by the viewing audience. The calculated metrics are stored and are used to generate ratings for the time-based media. The ratings may be published in whole or in part, e.g., as part of a ratings system.
US11574314B2
In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method for causing funds to be transferred between a first user and a second user of a payment transfer system includes receiving, from an application executing on a user device of the first user, a user input for a payment transfer. The user input includes an identifier associated with the second user and a payment amount. The method includes configuring a resource associated with the payment transfer system and accessible via an interactive interface element activatable at a user device of the second user. The resource is configured to initiate transfer of the payment amount. The method includes causing an electronic message associated with the payment transfer and the interactive interface element to be transmitted to the user device of the second user. The method includes, upon receiving an indication of an intent to effectuate the payment transfer, initiating a transfer of the payment amount.
US11574312B2
Methods and systems pertaining secure transaction systems are disclosed. In one implementation, a merchant server payment information from a user computer. The merchant server can transmit a verification request to a gateway as well as receive a verification response from the gateway. The merchant server can transmit an authentication request and receive an authentication response. After receiving the authentication response, the merchant server can initiate an authorization process.
US11574309B2
Verification of user identities is an important aspect of computer and network security. In some instances, a first user may attempt to engage with a second user via a web application, mobile phone app, or other software without necessary knowing that the identity of a second user is accurate. The computer security problem of identity verification may be particularly acute when the only contact information is an email address, phone number, or other electronic identifier that can potentially change ownership (e.g. a person may get a new phone number, someone might purchase an Internet domain and thus change ownership of an email address, etc.) This disclosure and claims relate to techniques that allow for enhanced security by verifying an identity of a user via specific prompts and interactions provided via software. Particular credentials may be required in order to verify user identity, including biometrics and other specific required responses.
US11574307B2
An electronic transaction verification system comprising a client subsystem, a merchant subsystem, and a transaction verification subsystem. The transaction verification subsystem receives a quantum payment serial number from the client subsystem and performs entangled quantum encryption on the received quantum payment serial number to generate an entangled quantum payment serial number. The verification subsystem encrypts the entangled quantum payment serial number and transmits the encrypted entangled quantum payment serial number to the merchant subsystem. The transaction verification subsystem also transmits the entangled quantum payment serial number to the client subsystem.
US11574301B2
Conducting hands-free transactions comprises a server at a payment processing system, a user computing device, and a merchant computing device. The payment processing system receives a communication from a hands-free payment application on a user device, the communication comprising a first transaction token, an identification of a user account, and a beacon identifier. The merchant may provide a challenge to the user and use the response to identify the token and account of the user. The merchant computing device can use voice patterns of the user to assist in identifying the token and account of the user. The system receives from the merchant computing device a transaction request, the transaction request comprising the first transaction token and transaction data associated with the transaction request. The system determines that the transaction is for an amount less than a configured transaction limit and communicates a request for an authorization of the transaction.
US11574283B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for updating asset ownership for telematics-enabled machinery. In some embodiments, the updating asset ownership system comprises asset entities that transmit telemetry data. A communication interface of the updating asset ownership system can receive the telemetry data. An asset ownership data store of the updating asset ownership system can be configured to store asset owner data that identify designated owners associated with the asset entities. An asset ownership comparator of the updating asset ownership system can process the received telemetry data. Based on the processing, the asset ownership comparator can update designated owners of asset entities stored in the asset ownership data store.
US11574276B2
A method for retrieving content stored in a warehouse, the method may include: maintaining first content in boxes of a lowest shelf of a storage unit of the warehouse, while maintaining in boxes of higher shelves of the storage unit second content that is of less interest than the first content; accessing the boxes of the lowest shelf and providing the boxes to interfacing units, by a first robot; accessing the boxes of the higher shelves and providing the boxes to the interfacing units, by a second robot; wherein the first robot, when positioned at a lower position, is lower than a height of the lowest shelf; and wherein the second robot is higher than the height of the lowest shelf.
US11574273B2
A digital service evaluation system evaluates services and user sessions provided by a service, to provide an overall score of the service. The digital service evaluation system detects client sessions associated with one or more devices. The digital service evaluation system obtains a first plurality of scores associated with performance metrics of the client session, and calculates an overall score for the client session. The digital service evaluation system obtains a second plurality of scores and calculates a second overall score. The digital service evaluation system determines a weight for each performance metric based on the first and second plurality of scores and the overall scores. The digital service evaluation system uses the weights to determine which performance metric caused a change in the overall scores. The digital service evaluation system takes an action based on the determination that a performance metric caused a change in the overall scores.
US11574269B2
Computing device and method using machine learning to optimize operations of a processing chain of a food factory. The computing device collects data representative of characteristics of a product processed by the processing chain. At least some of the collected data are received from one or more sensor monitoring operations of the processing chain. The computing device determines at least one product characteristic value based on the collected data. The computing device executes the machine learning inference engine, which uses a predictive model for inferring command(s) for controlling processing appliance(s) of the processing chain based on inputs. The inputs comprise the at least one product characteristic value. The computing device transmits the command(s) to the processing appliance(s) of the processing chain. Examples of product characteristic values comprise: a product temperature, a product humidity level, a product geometric characteristic, a product weight, and a product defect measurement.
US11574268B2
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for blockchain enabled crowdsourcing is provided. The present invention may include receiving an asset from a content provider. The present invention may also include deploying a smart contract based on the received asset, wherein the deployed smart contract includes a plurality of compensation rules. The present invention then may include partitioning the received asset into a plurality of fragments based on the deployed smart contract. The present invention may further include releasing the partitioned plurality of fragments into a blockchain network. The present invention may also include tracking each fragment within the released plurality of fragments using the smart contract.
US11574267B2
A system can access data about items for a store and generate a plan for configuring the store based on the accessed data. The system can further provide, for example, information for configuring reconfigurable shelving units so as to produce the layout of the store according to the plan.
US11574258B2
A method, system and computer-readable medium for analyzing contact studies for a call service center is presented. The method includes the steps of: acquiring data instances of a Collector tool from all persons monitoring contacts at a call service center during a given study period; retrieving a study design from a Planner tool to verify that acquired data instances conform to the study design; selecting data parameters for the acquired data instances, wherein the data parameters describe multiple features of the acquired data; automatically selecting an appropriate chart format that is appropriate for measurement units used by the data parameters; and creating a chart using the appropriate chart format and the data parameters. The steps in the method may all be automatically performed by an Analyzer logic.
US11574257B2
A system and a method are disclosed for replacing an accommodation of a canceled booking for a guest user. In an embodiment, an accommodation management system receives, from a homestay application, an indication that a booking for the accommodation in a region by the guest user over a time period has been canceled. The system retrieves a homestay listing associated with the booking and retrieves attributes of the homestay listing. The system maps each attribute to a set of similar attributes in an equivalence table. The system retrieves a set of available hotel listings in the region for the same time period and determines attributes of each available hotel listing. The system determines a set of comparable hotel listings that each include similar attributes to the homestay listing and sends a command to book a comparable hotel listing the guest user during the time period.
US11574252B2
A method includes obtaining at least one program slice embedding vector and at least one register vector that are generated based on results from a static analysis tool, the at least one register vector corresponding to the at least one program slice embedding vector. The method also includes using a machine learning model to generate, from the at least one program slice embedding vector and the at least one register vector, at least one probability rating associated with a vulnerability. The method also includes reporting the at least one probability rating for use by the static analysis tool.
US11574246B2
Techniques for adapting previously-annotated training examples into updated training examples for training a machine learning model are disclosed. One example includes a computer program that recognizes a find expression, a replacement expression, and a filtering constraint in which the filtering constraint distinguishes a subset of previously-annotated training examples from others of the previously-annotated training examples. An instance of the find expression is identified by the computer program within the subset of the previously-annotated training examples that were identified among the previously-annotated training examples based on the filtering constraint. The instance of the find expression identified within the subset of the previously-annotated training examples is replaced by the computer program with an instance of the replacement expression to obtain an updated subset of training examples. The updated subset of training examples is output by the computer program, which may be used for training a machine learning model.
US11574240B2
Methods and systems are provided for generating training data for training a classifier to assign nodes of a taxonomy graph to items based on item descriptions. Each node has a label. For each item, the system identifies for that item one or more candidate paths within the taxonomy graph that are relevant to that item. The system identifies the candidate paths based on content of the item description of that item matching labels of nodes. A candidate path is a sequence of nodes starting a root node of the taxonomy graph. For each identified candidate path, the system labels the item description with the candidate path equivalently with leaf node or label of the leaf node. The labeled item descriptions compose the training data for training the classifier.
US11574238B2
A machine learning (ML) based asset monitoring system that automatically determines damage mechanisms (DMs) and generates automatically updated visualizations of assets that include equipment and lines of a processing plant is disclosed. The asset monitoring system is communicatively coupled to the assets of the plant and continuously receives process parameters associated with the various processes and equipment in the plant. Corrosion loops (CLs) are identified and automatically demarcated by the asset monitoring system. DMs are predicted for each of the assets using a ML model based on the process parameters and the corrosion loops. The data regarding the DMs, CLs and the process parameters are used to obtain equipment risk rankings for the assets. Multi-dimensional visualizations of the assets that display the state of the plant assets in real-time are generated.
US11574236B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes to automate cluster interpretation in computing environments to develop targeted remediation security actions. To interpret clusters that are generated by a clustering methodology without subjecting clustered data to classifier-based processing, separation quantifiers that indicate a spread in feature values across clusters are determined and used to discover relative feature importances of features that drive the formation of clusters, permitting a security server to identify features that discriminate between clusters.
US11574232B2
Example aspects of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods that learn a compressed representation of a machine-learned model (e.g., neural network) via representation of the model parameters within a reparameterization space during training of the model. In particular, the present disclosure describes an end-to-end model weight compression approach that employs a latent-variable data compression method. The model parameters (e.g., weights and biases) are represented in a “latent” or “reparameterization” space, amounting to a reparameterization. In some implementations, this space can be equipped with a learned probability model, which is used first to impose an entropy penalty on the parameter representation during training, and second to compress the representation using arithmetic coding after training. The proposed approach can thus maximize accuracy and model compressibility jointly, in an end-to-end fashion, with the rate-error trade-off specified by a hyperparameter.
US11574231B2
A quantum computer includes: a setting unit configured to set a parameter group of n layers based on each coefficient in a linear sum of unitary operators whose number is 2 to the n-th power, wherein the parameter group of k-th (2≤k≤n) layer is recursively set based on the parameter group of (k−1)-th layer; a quantum gate having n+m qubits including n auxiliary qubits and m target qubits, and configured to execute a predetermined calculation on an input value input to each qubit based the parameter group of n layers; and a specification unit configured to specify the linear sum of the unitary operators based on a calculation result of the quantum gate.
US11574230B1
A quantum computing system that includes a quantum circuit device having at least one operating frequency; a first substrate having a first surface on which the quantum circuit device is disposed; a second substrate having a first surface that defines a recess of the second substrate, the first and second substrates being arranged such that the recess of the second substrate forms an enclosure that houses the quantum circuit device; and an electrically conducting layer that covers at least a portion of the recess of the second substrate.
US11574224B2
Internet-of-things (IOT) devices can be identified based on specific behavioral patterns when their identification data is unknown. Previously identified IOT devices with similar behavioral patterns can be used as a baseline from which to compare data that is available about unknown IOT devices. For example, an IOT device can be pooled with a group of IOT devices based on the frequency with which they connect to a wireless network. Additionally, a confidence level of the unknown device being associated with the group of IOT devices can be generated based on such comparison data.
US11574219B2
A (GUI) for designing an industrial automation system includes a design window and a first accessory window. The GUI presents a library visualization representative of a plurality of objects within the first accessory window, each object is represented by an icon and corresponds to a respective industrial automation device. The GUI receives inputs indicative of a selection of one or more objects of the plurality of objects from the library, presents the one or more objects in the design window, determines that the one or more inputs do not comply with a set of industrial automation system rules comprising one or more relationships between a plurality of industrial automation devices, and displays a warning message that the one or more inputs do not comply with the set of industrial automation system rules.
US11574207B2
Techniques are described for training and evaluating a proximal factorization machine engine. In one or more embodiments, the engine receives a set of training data that identifies a set of actions taken by a plurality of users with respect to a plurality of items. The engine generates, for a prediction model, (a) a first set of model parameters representing relationships between features of the plurality of users and the set of actions, and (b) a second set of model parameters representing interactions between different features of the plurality of users and the plurality of items. For each respective item in a plurality of items, the engine computes a probabilistic score based on the model parameters. The engine selects and presents a subset of items based on the probabilistic scores.
US11574204B2
A process integrity evaluation system ensures integrity of unstructured processes. The process integrity evaluation system handles structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data at massive and large scale. The system provides scalability, secure storage, indexing, knowledge storage, and visualizations of processes by information retrieval, natural language processing, cloud computing, large scale machine learning, knowledge discovery, and other artificial intelligence techniques. Self-provided data, systematically gathered data, and potentially related data from additional sources are incorporated in the process integrity evaluation system which provides the core capabilities of data integrity checking, entity extraction, entity resolution, entity categorization, entity relationship extraction, processes extraction and reconstruction based on knowledge storage, such as knowledge graphs, inference functions, and evaluation computations. After extracting and reconstructing unstructured processes successfully, machine learning functions compute an integrity assurance score, e.g., a similarity, between extracted documents and the internal records in addition to an evaluation result, which can ensure the integrity of the unstructured processes.
US11574195B2
Aspects of data modification for neural networks are described herein. The aspects may include a connection value generator configured to receive one or more groups of input data and one or more weight values and generate one or more connection values based on the one or more weight values. The aspects may further include a pruning module configured to modify the one or more groups of input data and the one or more weight values based on the connection values. Further still, the aspects may include a computing unit configured to update the one or more weight values and/or calculate one or more input gradients.
US11574192B2
A method of generating a controller for a continuous process. The method includes receiving from a storage memory, off-line stored values of one or more controlled variables and one or more manipulated variables of the continuous process over a plurality of time points. The off-line stored values are used to train a first neural network to operate as a predictor of the controlled variables. Then, the method includes training a second neural network to operate as a controller of the continuous process using the first neural network after it was trained to operate as the predictor for the continuous process and employing the second neural network as a controller of the continuous process.
US11574189B2
An image processing apparatus having a processor configured to: select a reference frame from a frame group including a plurality of images; acquire a reference correct answer frame representing a region of interest in the selected reference frame; generate a complementary correct answer frame corresponding to a frame other than the reference frame included in the frame group based on at least one reference correct answer frame; and generate a correct answer image group for machine learning from the reference correct answer frame and the complementary correct answer frame.
US11574187B2
A method for pedestrian attribute identification and positioning is provided. The method includes: performing feature extraction on a to-be-detected image at a plurality of different abstraction degrees, to obtain a plurality of first feature maps of a pedestrian attribute; performing convolution on the plurality of first feature maps, to obtain a plurality of second feature maps; mapping each second feature map to a plurality of areas (bins) that overlap each other, and performing max pooling on each bin, to obtain a plurality of high-dimensional feature vectors, where the plurality of bins that overlap each other evenly cover each second feature map; processing the plurality of high-dimensional feature vectors into a low-dimensional vector, to obtain an identification result of the pedestrian attribute; and further obtaining a positioning result of the pedestrian attribute based on the plurality of second feature maps and the plurality of high-dimensional feature vectors.
US11574184B2
A system and method include training of an artificial neural network to generate an output data set, the training based on the plurality of sets of emission data acquired using a first imaging modality and respective ones of data sets acquired using a second imaging modality.
US11574183B2
Weighted population code in neuromorphic systems is provided. According to an embodiment, a plurality of input values is received. For each of the plurality of values, a plurality of spikes is generated. Each of the plurality of spikes has an associated weight. A consumption time is determined for each of the plurality of spikes. Each of the plurality of spikes is sent for consumption at its consumption time.
US11574174B2
Systems, devices, and methods related to a Deep Learning Accelerator and memory are described. For example, a wearable electronic device may be configured to execute instructions with matrix operands and configured with: a housing to be worn on a person; a sensor having one or more sensor elements generate measurements associated with the person; random access memory to store instructions executable by the Deep Learning Accelerator and store matrices of an Artificial Neural Network; a transceiver; and a controller to monitor an output of the Artificial Neural Network, generated using the measurements as an input to the Artificial Neural Network. Based on the output, the controller may control selective storage of measurement data from the sensor, and/or selective communication of data from the wearable electronic device to a separate computer system.
US11574170B2
In one embodiment, an image processing system includes a memory and processing circuitry. The memory is configured to store a predetermined program. The processing circuitry is configured, by executing the predetermined program, to perform processing on an input image by exploiting a neural network having an input layer, an output layer, and an intermediate layer provided between the input layer and the output layer, the input image being inputted to the input layer, and adjust an internal parameter based on data related to the input image, while performing the processing on the input image after training of the neural network, the internal parameter being at least one internal parameter of at least one node included in the intermediate layer, and the input parameter having been calculated by the training of the neural network.
US11574164B2
Cooperative neural networks may be implemented by providing an input to a first neural network including a plurality of first parameters, and updating at least one first parameter based on an output from a recurrent neural network provided with the input, the recurrent neural network including a plurality of second parameters.
US11574147B2
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores therein a learning program that causes a computer to execute a process including: setting each of scores to each of a plurality of sets of unlabeled data with regard to each of labels used in a plurality of sets of labeled data based on a distance of each of the plurality of sets of unlabeled data with respect to each of the labels; and causing a learning model to learn using a neural network by using the plurality of sets of labeled data respectively corresponding to the labels of the plurality of sets of labeled data, and the plurality of sets of unlabeled data respectively corresponding to the scores of the plurality of sets of unlabeled data with regard to the labels.
US11574145B2
Methods, systems, and storage media for classifying content across media formats based on weak supervision and cross-modal training are disclosed. The system can maintain a first feature classifier and a second feature classifier that classifies features of content having a first and second media format, respectively. The system can extract a feature space from a content item using the first feature classifier and the second feature classifier. The system can apply a set of content rules to the feature space to determine content metrics. The system can correlate a set of known labelled data to the feature space to construct determinative training data. The system can train a discrimination model using the content item and the determinative training data. The system can classify content using the discrimination model to assign a content policy to the second content item.
US11574130B2
A method includes receiving, by a question-answer system, a question in a first language and the question in a second language and predicting, by the question-answer system, a first answer to the question in the first language and a second answer to the question in the second language. The method also includes generating, by the question-answer system, a first vector representing the question in the first language and a second vector representing the question in the second language and adjusting the question-answer system based on the first and second answers and the first and second vectors such that when the question-answer system subsequently generates a third vector representing the question in the first language and a fourth vector representing the question in the second language, a distance between the third and fourth vectors is less than a distance between the first and second vectors.
US11574129B2
A method for generalized structured data discovery may include (1) receiving physical application metadata from data sources for an attribute, a database object, or a database; (2) receiving reference data comprising a plurality of tokens and their associated abbreviations/acronyms; (3) parsing the physical application metadata into a application tokens comprising known and unknown application tokens; (4) identifying unknown application tokens by comparing the parsed application tokens to a corpus; (5) performing probabilistic parsing on the unknown application tokens using the reference data; (6) performing bi-directional encoding to expand the polysemous tokens to relevant expressions using the reference data; (7) applying language tokens to the relevant expressions in the expanded polysemous tokens to disambiguate the relevant expressions; and (8) outputting a mapping of the physical application metadata to enhanced physical application metadata, wherein the enhanced physical application metadata comprises an expression for the physical application metadata in a supported language.
US11574128B2
Method, apparatus and computer program product for generating multi-paradigm feature representations
Methods, apparatus, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for programmatically generating multi-paradigm feature representations are provided. An example method may include generating a code dataset including a plurality of codes associated with a predictive entity; generating a plurality of semantic feature vectors based at least in part on code description metadata; generating a plurality of structural feature vectors based at least in part on code relation metadata; generating a plurality of multi-paradigm feature vectors based at least in part on the plurality of semantic feature vectors and the plurality of structural feature vectors; generating a prediction for the predictive entity by processing the plurality of multi-paradigm feature vectors using a prediction model; and performing one or more prediction-based actions based on the prediction.
US11574127B2
Systems and methods for training a classifier binary model of a natural language understanding (NLU) system are disclosed herein. A determination is made as to whether a text string, with a content entity, includes an obsequious expression. In response to determining the text string includes an obsequious expression, a determination is made as to whether the obsequious expression describes the content entity. The model is trained based on a determination of at least one of: an absence of an obsequious expression in response to determining the obsequious expression describes the content entity; a presence of an obsequious expression in response to determining the obsequious expression describes the content entity; an absence of an obsequious expression in response to determining the obsequious expression does not describe the content entity, and a presence of an obsequious expression in response to determining the obsequious expression does not describe the content entity.
US11574120B2
The presently disclosed embodiments may include a computer readable medium including instructions that when executed by one or more processing devices cause the one or more processing devices to perform a method. The method may include: analyzing an electronic document text; identifying in the electronic document text a first drafted text element to be modified; causing the first drafted text element to be highlighted to a user on a display; generating at least one text output option that conveys a meaning associated with the first drafted text element but includes one or more changes relative to the first drafted text element; and causing the at least one text output option to be shown to the user via the display.
US11574117B2
Embeddable extensions of the functionality of email and calendaring applications are described herein. An originating email and calendaring application formats meeting items to include extensible content, e.g., within the body field of the meeting item. Recipient email and calendaring applications receive the meeting items and, depending on whether they are configured to provide an extended functionality, will either deploy the extensible content item according to the extended functionality or present the extensible content item according to a standardized functionality. The body field includes the extensible content item according to the standardized functionality that is interpretable by configured clients to provide the extended functionality.
US11574116B2
An artificial intelligence system using a machine learning algorithm for providing summary information of a document input to an artificial intelligence learning model trained to obtain summary information.
US11574114B2
Techniques can capture, store, and regenerate a view of content in applications (e.g., native applications) on devices (e.g., a mobile device). A capture management system can produce compact data storage of views of content in an application on a device and the efficient search thereof of views of content provided in the application. The views of content can be translated into a transportable data layer, such as HTML, and captured using delta encoding to identify changes and modifications in content accessed in any application at a device. A capture management system can accurately and efficiently capture events displayed for an application at a device and send the events to a server-side system, which can combine the events to reassemble the events. A user interface and user interaction events on an application at a mobile device can be reassembled for the purpose of playback and analysis of interactions with the application.
US11574112B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for generating a report based on a medical image of a patient. An exemplary system includes a communication interface configured to receive the medical image acquired by an image acquisition device. The system may further include at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to automatically determine keywords from a natural language description of the medical image generated by applying a learning network to the medical image. The at least one processor is further configured to generate the report describing the medical image of the patient based on the keywords. The at least one processor is also configured to provide the report for display.
US11574108B2
A partitioning method for partitioning a group of power-ground (PG) cells is disclosed. The method includes: placing at least one out-boundary PG cell on a substrate, wherein power strips of the at least one out-boundary PG cell are aligned with corresponding power rails on the substrate; and placing at least one in-boundary PG cell on the substrate, wherein power strips of the at least one in-boundary PG cell are aligned with corresponding power rails on the substrate.
US11574107B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a transistor layer with an M*1st layer that overlays the transistor layer with one or more first conductors that extend in a first direction. Forming an M*2nd layer that overlays the M*1st layer with one or more second conductors which extend in a second direction. Forming a first pin in the M*2nd layer representing an output pin of a cell region. Forming a long axis of the first pin substantially along a selected one of the one or more second conductors. Forming a majority of the total number of pins in the M*1st layer, the forming including: forming second, third, fourth and fifth pins in the M*1st layer representing corresponding input pins of the circuit; and forming long axes of the second to fifth pins substantially along corresponding ones of the one or more first conductors.
US11574093B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system for reparameterizing of a neural network to optimize structural designs. The system can obtain data descriptive of a design space for a physical design problem. The design space is parameterized by a first set of parameters. The system can reparameterize the design space with a machine-learned model that comprises a second set of parameters. For a plurality of iterations, the system can provide an input to the machine-learned model to produce a proposed solution. The system can apply one or more design constraints to the solution to create a constrained solution. The system can generate a physical outcome associated with the constrained solution using a physical model. The system can evaluate the physical outcome using an objective function and update at least one of the second set of parameters. After the plurality of iterations, the system can output a solution.
US11574090B2
In a device engineering method, data of a plant network hierarchy (PNH) and registered devices (RD) in a device management server are synchronized to a device simulation server (SS). In a simulation mode, at least one function of device management system is executed via communicating with simulated devices (SD), while the device management system being not communicatively coupled to any physical control station configured to control physical field devices in a real plant. Virtual parameters are introduced into the SD. For device configuration, simulation is made of configurable device parameters; non-configurable device parameters; and device status, with SD generated from DD files in the PNH for the RD in the FDCS. Parallel communications including sending communication requests from a CRH component to the SD in the PNH from the CRH component in the FDCS to the SD in the PNH are executed simultaneously.
US11574087B2
The invention relates to methods of simulation of a plurality of processors running on a plurality of cores, to multi-core microprocessor systems in which such methods may be carried out, and to computer program products configured to perform a simulation of a plurality of processors, running on a plurality of cores. According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of running a plurality of simulated processors on a plurality of cores, in which simulation of the processors is performed in parallel on the plurality of cores.
US11574085B2
The present invention is a method for accessing a model of a building; selecting a set of floor joists, wherein the floor joists are comprised of a first set of members; isolating plurality of wall panels, wherein the wall panels are comprised of a second set of members; selecting a group of interfacing members between a floor joist and a wall panel; detecting an interface type between the floor joist and the wall panel, wherein each interface has a predetermined set of requirements; calculating a set of actual values associated with the interface type; comparing the set of actual values with a set of required values and determining the delta of the actual values and the required values; and identifying each interface where the delta is outside a predetermined range.
US11574078B2
Methods, systems, and devices for data processing are described. According to the techniques described herein, an application server may be used for real-time provisioning for features for a user. The application server may validate requests from the user for feature activation or deactivation and after validation, may communicate with a provisioning server, which may be non-local to the user or the application server, to indicate validation and activation or deactivation of a feature for the user.
US11574071B2
A target device stores secure information and one or more security tools configured to protect against unauthorized access of the secure information. A first database stores profiles for each of a set of predefined attack groups. Each profile includes a set of attack techniques used by the corresponding attack group and, for each attack technique, a corresponding set of mitigations. A second database stores control policies. Each control policy is associated with a set of security tools that protect against unauthorized access of the secure information stored by the target device. A controls monitor determines an attack controls superset based on the profiles and control policies. A controls health dashboard receives a user query and provides a representation of a portion of the attack controls superset that is associated with the received query.
US11574048B2
A hardware Trojan immunity device and an operation method thereof are provided. The hardware Trojan immunity device is disposed in a data transmission path between an output terminal of a first circuit and an input terminal of a second circuit. The hardware Trojan immunity device includes a multiplexer, an arbitrary pattern generator (APG) and a monitoring circuit. A first input terminal of the multiplexer is coupled to the output terminal of the first circuit. An output terminal of the multiplexer is coupled to the input terminal of the second circuit. The APG is coupled to a second input terminal of the multiplexer to provide pseudo-random data. The monitoring circuit is coupled to a control terminal of the multiplexer. The monitoring circuit is configured to monitor a data activity of the data transmission path and to control a routing of the multiplexer according to the data activity.
US11574044B1
This disclosure describes, in part, techniques and systems for enabling new devices introduced into respective environments (“provisionee devices”) to be provisioned by existing devices in the respective environments (“provisioner devices”) in a manner in which the provisioning requests sent by the provisioner devices are allocated over time and, thus, do not overwhelm the provisioning system(s) at any given time.
US11574038B2
A microscope system includes a microscope that acquires a microscopic image and circuitry. The circuitry causes the microscope to perform a series of image-shooting operations for acquiring a plurality of microscopic images and outputs an access code generated in response to the start of the series of image-shooting operations, the access code being used to access image-shooting information pertaining to the series of image-shooting operations.
US11574037B1
Methods and systems for creating a verifiable digital identity are provided. The method includes obtaining a first user-generated item comprising an identifiable feature. The method also includes digitally signing the first user-generated item to generate a secure digital artifact. The method also includes uploading the secure digital artifact and the first user-generated item to an auditable chain of a public ledger. The method also includes verifying a digital identity of the user by auditing the auditable chain. The method also includes obtaining a second user-generated item generated comprising the identifiable feature. The method also includes comparing the first and second user-generated items. The method also includes uploading the second user-generated item to the public ledger when the comparing is within a threshold.
US11574032B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relates to signing of an artificial intelligence (AI) model with a watermark for a data processing (DP) accelerator. In one embodiment, in response to a request received by the data processing accelerator, the request sent by an application to embed digital rights protection to an AI model, a system generates a watermark for the AI model based on a watermark algorithm. The system embeds the watermark onto the AI model. The system signs the AI model having the embedded watermark to generate a signature. The system returns the signature and the AI model having the embedded watermark back to the application, where the signature is used to authenticate the watermark and/or the AI model.
US11574024B2
The present teaching relates to a method, system, and programming for providing content. A plurality of content items and publication information related thereto are obtained. For each of the plurality of content items, one or more topics are determined in accordance with a model. The related publication information associated with each content item is analyzed to identify at least one source of a plurality of sources that published the content item. A distribution is generated of each of the plurality of content items with respect to the plurality of sources and the one or more topics of the content item, and a bias of a source with respect to publishing content is identified based on the distributions of the plurality of content items.
US11574022B2
In an approach for derivation of progressively variant dark data utility for legacy system candidate microservices, a processor analyzes a variability of data stored in a legacy system for a plurality of data metrics. A processor measures, for each data metric, a utility of the data using an intra-analysis and a meta-analysis. A processor correlates the plurality of data metrics to candidate microservices. A processor generates insights for the candidate microservices based on the utility of the data.
US11574018B2
Described are methods, systems and computer readable media for computer data distribution architecture connecting an update propagation graph through multiple remote query processors.
US11574009B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for searching an audio, pertaining to the technical field of electronics. The method includes: detecting a predetermined trigger event in response to receiving a trigger instruction for searching an audio; recording a time point when a detected trigger event occurs each time upon detecting the predetermined trigger event once until a predetermined end event is detected, and acquiring recorded time points to obtain a time point sequence; selecting a target reference time sequence matching the time point sequence from pre-stored reference time sequences; and determining target audio data corresponding to the target reference time sequence based on a pre-stored corresponding relationship between audio data and the reference time sequence.
US11574007B2
A device for automatically generating a real time accompaniment of input music data includes a music input that receives music data. A music analyzer analyzes received music data to obtain a music data description including one or more characteristics of the analyzed music data. A query generator generates a query to a music database including music patterns and associated metadata including one or more characteristics of the music patterns, the query being generated from the music data description and from an accompaniment description describing preferences of the real time accompaniment and/or music rules describing general rules of music. A query interface queries the music database using a generated query and receives a music pattern selected from the music database by use of the query. A music output outputs the received music pattern.
US11573997B2
Methods and systems for providing content are disclosed. Content may be provided to a first device. A manifest file may be generated. The content may be provided to a second device.
US11573993B2
Artificial intelligence is introduced into document review to identify content suggestions from input to generate suggested annotations for the reviewed document. An approach is provided for receiving an electronic document that contains original content from an original electronic document for review and electronic mark-ups provided by a first user. One or more electronic mark-ups that represent content suggestions proposed by the first user are identified from the electronic document. For each electronic mark-up of the one or more electronic mark-ups identified a document portion of the original content that corresponds to the electronic mark-up is identified, and an annotation is generated for the electronic mark-up comprising the electronic mark-up and a first user ID for the first user and associating the annotation to the document portion identified. The original content with one or more annotations generated from the one or more electronic mark-ups is displayed, in electronic form, within a display window.
US11573983B2
Provided is a method, computer program product, and system for classifying a set of data items based on format organizations. A processor may determine at least one format organization of a set of data items. The format organization of a data item indicates a symbol type of at least one continuous symbol in the data item and a number of the at least one continuous symbol. The processor may determine at least one candidate data class for the set of data items from a plurality of predetermined data classes based on the at least one format organization. The processor may classify the set of data items into at least one target data class selected from the at least one candidate data class. In this way, the set of data items can be efficiently classified.
US11573973B1
Methods and systems for data are disclosed. A system implementation includes a data module for storing data received from an external source. The data module includes a file system for unstructured data, a database for structured data, a transform for operating upon unstructured or structured data, a data broker for receiving data having a first format and providing the data in a second format, a data network for communications within the data module, and a processing module for performing operations upon data. The processing module further includes a process broker and a process container. The process container is for providing one or more instances of processes during a runtime operation. The system further includes an inter-process network for communications within the processing module and an internal gateway for the data module to communicate with the processing module.
US11573971B1
A search and data analysis collaboration system is described. The search and data analysis collaboration system enables users to search for and process stored data, and further includes a home page component that can help guide users embarking on data analyses; a discovery component that enables users to discover what data is available for search and analysis; a search component that enables users to efficiently search accessible data and to iterate on search queries and corresponding results; a workbooks component that enables users to create aggregated collections of data analysis artifacts; and an actions component that enables users to configure various actions to be performed in response to analyses.
US11573969B1
Adding a read-only query engine to perform queries to a point-in-time of a write-accessible database
A database system may add a read-only query engine to perform read-only queries associated with points-in-time of a database. In various embodiments, the read-only query engine may be added in response to a manual request, an automatic refresh of a network endpoint, a query specifying a point-in-time, or a connection request. The read-only query engine may perform the point-in-time queries on a version the database at the point-in-time and return results for the queries. Upon completion of the queries or at a determined time, the database system may remove the read-only query engine. The specified point-in-time may refer to a current time, a prior time, or a future time with respect to the current time.
US11573961B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for traversing a graph database. The graph database may be used for search for information for a variety of applications, a web search and dictionary look-ups for voice recognitions for examples. Issues on quickly traversing a graph in the graph database with highly connected entities (nodes) may be addressed by generating a subgraph upon a graph traversal for an entity and traversing the subgraph in subsequent occurrences of looking up the entity. The methods and systems are disclosed for updating the entity of the subgraph with a newer version of data of the corresponding entity of the graph when the data in the entity of the subgraph and the data in the graph are distinct. The differences of versions of data may be identified based on an availability status of data for versions of data and timestamps of last updates to data in the entity of the graph.
US11573960B2
A computer-implemented method provides application-based query transformations. The method includes determining an application is initiated. The method includes identifying a set of execution units included in the application. The execution units are based on of a set of queries in the application and a set of actions in the application. The method also includes building a query dependency graph (QDG) comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein each node of the plurality of nodes is correlated to an execution unit, and each node is linked to at least one additional node, the link indicating a relative execution order and a common attribute each node and the additional node. The method includes merging, based on a performance architecture, two or more of the set of execution units into a section. The method includes processing the application according to the QDG.
US11573945B1
In a system for storing in memory a tensor that includes at least three modes, elements of the tensor are stored in a mode-based order for improving locality of references when the elements are accessed during an operation on the tensor. To facilitate efficient data reuse in a tensor transform that includes several iterations, on a tensor that includes at least three modes, a system performs a first iteration that includes a first operation on the tensor to obtain a first intermediate result, and the first intermediate result includes a first intermediate-tensor. The first intermediate result is stored in memory, and a second iteration is performed in which a second operation on the first intermediate result accessed from the memory is performed, so as to avoid a third operation, that would be required if the first intermediate result were not accessed from the memory.
US11573944B2
A method and an apparatus for creating an index in a blockchain-type ledger, and a device are disclosed. According to one implementation, a method may include obtaining, by a centralized database server, a data record, wherein the data record is stored in a blockchain-type ledger, and wherein the data record comprises a service attribute and a sequence number; determining location information of the data record in the blockchain-type ledger, wherein the location information comprises a block height of a data block comprising the data record, and an offset of the data record in the data block; establishing a mapping relationship between the service attribute, the location information, and the sequence number; and based on the sequence number, writing the mapping relationship to an index.
US11573920B2
Aspects of the embodiments are directed to systems and methods for performing link training using stored and retrieved equalization parameters obtained from a previous equalization procedure. As part of a link training sequence, links interconnecting an upstream port with a downstream port and with any intervening retimers, can undergo an equalization procedure. The equalization parameter values from each system component, including the upstream port, downstream port, and retimer(s) can be stored in a nonvolatile memory. During a subsequent link training process, the equalization parameter values stored in the nonvolatile memory can be written to registers associated with the upstream port, downstream port, and retimer(s) to be used to operate the interconnecting links. The equalization parameter values can be used instead of performing a new equalization procedure or can be used as a starting point to reduce latency associated with equalization procedures.
US11573917B2
Deployment of arrangements of physical computing components coupled over a communication fabric are presented herein. In one example, a method includes coupling into a communication fabric a plurality of communication interfaces provided by a baseboard hosting a plurality data processing devices. The method includes establishing a one-hop latency in the communication fabric between the plurality of data processing devices and peripheral card slots, and establishing a two-hop latency in the communication fabric between the plurality of data processing devices and additional peripheral card slots. The method also includes establishing interconnect pathways between a plurality of communication switches that provide the one-hop latency through one or more cross-connect communication switches that provide the two-hop latency.
US11573916B2
Apparatuses and methods for writing data to a memory array are disclosed. When data is duplicative across multiple data lines, data may be transferred across a single line of a bus rather than driving the duplicative data across all of the data lines. The data from the single data line may be provided to the write amplifiers of the additional data lines to provide the data from all of the data lines to be written to the memory. In some examples, error correction may be performed on data from the single data line rather than all of the data lines.
US11573906B2
To increase the speed with which a Second Layer Address Table (SLAT) is traversed, memory having the same access permissions is contiguously arranged such that one or more hierarchical levels of the SLAT need not be referenced, thereby resulting in more efficient SLAT traversal. “Slabs” of memory are established whose memory range is sufficiently large that reference to a hierarchically lower level table can be skipped and a hierarchically higher level table's entries can directly identify relevant memory addresses. Such slabs are aligned to avoid smaller intermediate memory ranges. The loading of code or data into memory is performed based on a next available memory location within a slab having equivalent access permissions, or, if such a slab is not available, or if an existing slab does not have a sufficient quantity of available memory remaining, a new slab with the proper access permissions is established.
US11573901B2
A computing system having memory components, including first memory and second memory. The computing system further includes a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory components, to: receive, in a prediction engine, usage history of pages in the second memory; train a prediction model based on the usage history; predict, by the prediction engine using the prediction model, likelihood of the pages being used in a subsequent period of time; and responsive to the likelihood predicted by the prediction engine, copy by a controller data in a page in the second memory to the first memory.
US11573875B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to accessing, by an evaluation computer system, transaction details from a subset of current transactions being processed by a production version of a transaction processing service that is implemented on a production computer system. The evaluation computer system may perform, in real-time, tests on a particular product using the transaction details. The evaluation computer system may then store output from the tests that are performed using the transaction details.
US11573871B2
A debugging method for a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device includes: receiving input information of a terminal through a Human Interface Device (HID) device; when report ID of the input information is a serial port ID, transmitting the input information to a buffer of a virtual serial port Teletype (TTY) device; and extracting the input information of the terminal from the buffer of the virtual serial port TTY device, executing a shell command on the input information, and returning execution result to the terminal through an original path. The method uses a USB interface to implement a HID device, thereby realizing drive-free execution. In addition, use of the endpoint of the HID device can save endpoints needed for additional debugging and driving.
US11573868B1
A system includes a multi-process application that runs. A multi-process application runs on primary hosts and is checkpointed by a checkpointer comprised of at least one of a kernel-mode checkpointer module and one or more user-space interceptors providing at least one of barrier synchronization, checkpointing thread, resource flushing, and an application virtualization space. Checkpoints may be written to storage and the application restored from said stored checkpoint at a later time. Checkpointing may be incremental using Page Table Entry (PTE) pages and Virtual Memory Areas (VMA) information. Checkpointing is transparent to the application and requires no modification to the application, operating system, networking stack or libraries. In an alternate embodiment the kernel-mode checkpointer is built into the kernel.
US11573864B1
Automatically managing database applications, including identifying, by a management extension, an SQL server host connected to a storage system, wherein the SQL server host comprises an SQL server managing an SQL database supported by the storage system; identifying, by the management extension, the SQL database supported by the storage system based on the identified SQL server host; and scheduling, by the management extension, a backup of the SQL database.
US11573863B2
A backup and restore coordinator configured to receive a plurality of backup and restore requests from at least two uncoordinated backup functionalities implemented in a virtual environment, the virtual environment including a hypervisor hosting a plurality of virtual machines and a backup server. The backup and restore coordinator configured to extract respective information from the plurality of backup and restore requests including target data, backup resource information, and a type of request. The backup and restore coordinator configured to order the plurality of backup and restore requests in a prioritized queue based on the information extracted from the plurality of backup and restore requests.
US11573849B2
During system initialization, each data buffer device and/or memory device on a memory module is configured with a unique (at least to the module) device identification number. In order to access a single device (rather than multiple buffers and/or memory devices), a target identification number is written to all of the devices using a command bus connected to all of the data buffer devices or memory devices, respectively. The devices whose respective device identification numbers do not match the target identification number are configured to ignore future command bus transactions (at least until the debug mode is turned off.) The selected device that is configured with a device identification number matching the target identification number is configured to respond to command bus transactions.
US11573848B2
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes causing a failure event in each of a plurality of microservices of a system and collecting failure effect data associated with the caused failure events. A mapping is created detailing transition of the microservices between different states and the collected failure effect data is analyzed for creating the mapping. The method further includes outputting a predetermined notification in response to a determination that a first of the microservices is close to experiencing a predicted failure event, and outputting a suggested solution for repairing the system in response to a determination that the system has failed, using the mapping to identify a root cause of the system failure. Using the mapping to identify the root cause of the system failure includes identifying the microservices that caused the system failure.
US11573845B2
Techniques and apparatus for remotely accessing debugging resources of a target system are described. A target system including physical compute resources, such as, processors and a chipset can be coupled to a controller remotely accessible over a network. The controller can be arranged to facilitate remote access to debug resources of the physical compute resources. The controller can be coupled to debug pin, such as, those of a debug port and arranged to assert control signals on the pins to access debug resources. The controller can also be arranged to exchange information elements with a remote debug host to include indication of debug operations and/or debug results.
US11573833B2
Allocating CPU cores to a thread running in a system that supports multiple concurrent threads includes training a first model to optimize core allocations to threads using training data that includes performance data, initially allocating cores to threads based on the first model, and adjusting core allocations to threads based on a second model that uses run time data and run time performance measurements. The system may be a storage system. The training data may include I/O workload data obtained at customer sites. The I/O workload data may include data about I/O rates, thread execution times, system response times, and Logical Block Addresses. The training data may include data from a site that is expected to run the second model. The first model may categorize storage system workloads and determine core allocations for different categories of workloads. Initially allocating cores to threads may include using information from the first model.
US11573832B2
Improved techniques are disclosed for processing transactions or requests in a data processing system. For example, a method for processing requests in a system including a plurality of nodes includes the following steps. At least two nodes of the plurality of nodes receive a plurality of requests. The two nodes exchange information to determine an order for processing requests. The two nodes process the requests in accordance with the order. The order may include a total order or a partial order.
US11573824B2
A data storage device includes a shared command queue, a queue controller, a processor, and a memory. The command queue is configured to queue a plurality of jobs transmitted from a plurality of host processors. The queue controller is configured to classify the plurality of jobs into a plurality of levels of jobs according to priority threshold values and assign jobs of the plurality of levels of jobs the processor. The processor is configured to process the jobs assigned by the queue controller. The memory may store data needed to process the job.
US11573823B2
In an approach, a processor, responsive to requesting to perform a plurality of applications including a first application and a second application, determines that the first application and the second application have been performed sequentially during a previous time period. A processor, responsive to determining that the first and second applications have been performed in sequence during the previous time period, obtains, a first set of database operations associated with the first application and a second set of database operations associated with the second application. A processors, responsive to determining that the first set of database operations and the second set of database operations are free of conflict, generates an execution schedule indicating that the first application and the second application are to be performed in parallel. A processors performs the plurality of applications based on the execution schedule.
US11573820B2
Methods and systems for resource usage tracking are disclosed. In one embodiment, an exemplary method comprises maintaining, in a data store, a configuration file associated with a virtual server instance; instantiating a virtual server based on the virtual server instance by: locating, in the data store, the configuration file; determining required virtual server resources based on the contents of the configuration file; configuring at least one resource of the virtual server based on the contents of the configuration file; and spinning up the virtual server. The method may also comprise determining that an instantiated virtual server has reached an error state; and based on the determination that the instantiated virtual server has reached an error state, determining a configuration file associated with the instantiated virtual server; and instantiating a new virtual server using the determined configuration file.
US11573813B2
A system and method for providing dynamic device virtualization is herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, the computer-implemented method includes providing a hypervisor and one or more guest virtual machines (VMs). Each guest VM is disposed to run a guest user process and the hypervisor is split into a device hypervisor and a compute hypervisor. The computer-implemented method further includes providing an interface between the device hypervisor and the compute hypervisor. The compute hypervisor manages an efficient use of CPU and memory of a host and the device hypervisor manages a device connected to the host by exploiting hardware acceleration of the device.
US11573805B2
An information handling system may include at least one processor; and a non-transitory memory coupled to the at least one processor. The information handling system may be configured to: receive a command associated with an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) protocol; package the command for transmission according to a Redfish protocol; and transmit the packaged command to a Redfish interface of a management controller, wherein the management controller is configured to unpackage and execute the command.
US11573798B2
Disclosed herein are stacked transistors with different gate lengths in different device strata, as well as related methods and devices. In some embodiments, an integrated circuit structure may include stacked strata of transistors, with two different device strata having different gate lengths.
US11573796B2
Representative apparatus, method, and system embodiments are disclosed for configurable computing. A representative system includes an interconnection network; a processor; and a plurality of configurable circuit clusters. Each configurable circuit cluster includes a plurality of configurable circuits arranged in an array; a synchronous network coupled to each configurable circuit of the array; and an asynchronous packet network coupled to each configurable circuit of the array. A representative configurable circuit includes a configurable computation circuit and a configuration memory having a first, instruction memory storing a plurality of data path configuration instructions to configure a data path of the configurable computation circuit; and a second, instruction and instruction index memory storing a plurality of spoke instructions and data path configuration instruction indices for selection of a master synchronous input, a current data path configuration instruction, and a next data path configuration instruction for a next configurable computation circuit.
US11573794B2
An application thread executes concurrently with a garbage collection (GC) thread traversing a call stack of the application thread. Frames of the call stack that have been processed by the GC thread assume a global state associated with the GC thread. The application thread may attempt to return to a target frame that has not yet assumed the global state. The application thread hits a frame barrier, preventing return to the target frame. The application thread determines a frame state of the target frame. The application thread selects appropriate operations for bringing the target frame to the global state based on the frame state. The selected operations are performed to bring the target frame to the global state. The application thread returns to the target frame.
US11573792B2
Provided is a multiplier-accumulator (MAC) system, circuit, and method. The MAC system includes a MAC circuit, including a plurality of resistors, having respective resistances, a capacitor connected to the plurality of resistors to charge, in response to a plurality of input signals, the capacitor with electric charge, and a time-to-digital converter (TDC) configured to convert information of a charge time of the capacitor, due to the electric charge, into a digital value, wherein the digital value is an accumulation result of the MAC circuit.
US11573785B2
An example system includes a processor to receive a source code sample to be classified. The processor can execute a hybrid code analysis to generate an internal analysis state. The processor can extract features from the internal analysis state via a trained machine learning model modified using transfer learning. The processor can generate a label based on the extracted features via a machine learning classifier model trained on internal analysis states of hybrid code analyses.
US11573777B2
A method includes analyzing a dataflow graph representing data dependencies between operators of a dataflow application to identify a plurality of candidate groups of the operators. Based on characteristics of a given hardware accelerator and the operators of a given candidate group of the plurality of candidate groups, determining whether the operators of the given candidate group are to be combined. In response to determining that the operators of the given candidate group are to be combined, retrieving executable binary code segments corresponding to the operators of the given candidate group, generating a unit of binary code including the executable binary code segments and metadata representing an execution control flow among the executable binary code segments, and dispatching the unit of code to the given hardware accelerator for execution of the unit of code.
US11573765B2
A processing unit implements a convolutional neural network (CNN) by fusing at least a portion of a convolution phase of the CNN with at least a portion of a batch normalization phase. The processing unit convolves two input matrices representing inputs and weights of a portion of the CNN to generate an output matrix. The processing unit performs the convolution via a series of multiplication operations, with each multiplication operation generating a corresponding submatrix (or “tile”) of the output matrix at an output register of the processing unit. While an output submatrix is stored at the output register, the processing unit performs a reduction phase and an update phase of the batch normalization phase for the CNN. The processing unit thus fuses at least a portion of the batch normalization phase of the CNN with a portion of the convolution.
US11573763B2
A system, method, and wireless earpieces for implementing a virtual assistant. A request is received from a user to be implemented by wireless earpieces. A virtual assistant is executed on the wireless earpieces. An action is implemented to fulfill the request utilizing the virtual assistant. The wireless earpieces may be a set of wireless earpieces and the virtual assistant may be implemented independently by the wireless earpieces.
US11573742B2
A memory sub-system configured to dynamically generate a media layout to avoid media access collisions in concurrent streams. The memory sub-system can identify plurality of media units that are available to write data concurrently, select commands from the plurality of streams for concurrent execution in the available media units, generate and store a portion of a media layout dynamically in response to the commands being selected for concurrent execution in the plurality of media units, and executing the selected commands concurrently by storing data into the memory units according to physical addresses to which logical addresses used in the selected commands are mapped in the dynamically generated portion of the media layout.
US11573741B2
An example method of handling, at a hypervisor on a host in a virtualized computing system, a write input/output (IO) operation to a file on a storage device having a virtual machine file system (VMFS) is described. The method includes: sorting, at the hypervisor, a scatter-gather array for the write IO operation into sets of scatter-gather elements, each of the sets including at least one scatter-gather element targeting a common file block address; resolving offsets of the sets of scatter-gather elements to identify a first scatter-gather array of transaction-dependent scatter-gather elements; generating logical transactions for the first scatter-gather array having updates to metadata of the VMFS for the file; batching the logical transactions into a physical transaction; and executing the physical transaction to commit the updates to the metadata of the VMFS on the storage device for the file.
US11573721B2
An approach is provided for providing optimized identification of duplicate data in a networked computing environment. An aggregate feature vector is created that is specific to an attribute of the data (e.g., a field that holds specific informational content). The aggregate feature vector has a set of dimensions that each define a specific comparison function used to test for similarity between data entries in the attribute. Each dimension in the aggregate feature vector is assigned an effectiveness, and a cost is computed for each dimension. Based on these two, a subset of dimensions is selected to form an optimized feature vector. This optimized feature vector can then be used to analyze a dataset to find matching data.
US11573720B2
A includes a memory device and a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device is to: initialize a block family associated with the memory device; initialize a timer at initialization of the block family; and aggregate temperature values received from sensor(s) of the memory device over time to generate an aggregate temperature. Responsive to programming a page residing on the memory device, the processing device associates the page with the block family. The processing device closes the block family in response to the aggregate temperature being greater than a first temperature value and the timer reaching a first time value. The processing device closes the block family in response to the aggregate temperature being less than or equal to the first temperature value and the timer reaching a second time value that is greater than the first time value.
US11573718B2
A network device includes at least one control path port and data path ports configured to communicate on a network. A connection request is received from a host via a control path port, and a resource of the network device is allocated to the host. A data path port is determined from among the plurality of data path ports for communication between the host and the allocated resource. An indication of the determined data path port is sent to the host via the control path port for communication on a data path between the host and the allocated resource. In one aspect, a network interface includes at least one control path port and a first plurality of data path ports configured to communicate on a network. A connection request is received from a host via a control path port, and a locally connected device is allocated to the host.
US11573714B2
Compressibility instrumented dynamic volume provisioning is disclosed. For example, a plurality of storage pools includes first and second storage pools, and is managed by a storage controller that receives a request to provision a first persistent storage volume associated with a first container, where the first storage pool has a first storage configuration including a deduplication setting, a compression setting, and/or an encryption setting. The first persistent storage volume is created in the first storage pool based on a first storage mode stored in metadata associated with the first container, where the storage mode includes a deduplication mode, a compression mode, and/or an encryption mode. A second persistent storage volume is in the second storage pool with a second storage configuration different from the first storage configuration based on a second storage mode associated with a second container.
US11573711B2
A method for encrypting data in one or more data blocks is provided. The method receives a first data block to be written to a physical storage that includes one or more physical disks. The method applies a first random tweak to data indicative of the first data block to generate a first encrypted data block, and writes the first encrypted data block and the first random tweak to a first physical block of the physical storage. The method receives a second data block to be written to the physical storage. The method then applies a second random tweak, different than the first random tweak, to data indicative of the second data block to generate a second encrypted data block, and writes the second encrypted data block and the second random tweak to a second physical block of the physical storage.
US11573710B2
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for managing protection domains (PDs) for files at a file-level or a page-level. PDs may be allocated for multiple purposes, e.g., to protect processes, files, buffers, etc. Files stored in nonvolatile memory (NVM) subject to direct access (DAX) may be protected by file-level or page-level PDs. PDs may comprise protection keys (PKEYs) with user-configurable read and write access control registers (PKRUs). NVM files may be protected from corruption (e.g. by stray writes) by leaving write access disabled except for temporary windows of time for valid writes. File PDs may be managed by a file manager while buffer PDs may be managed by a buffer pool manager. File associations between PDs, files and file address space may be maintained in a file object. Buffer associations between PDs, buffers and buffer address space may be maintained in a buffer descriptor.
US11573703B2
A memory sub-system includes a memory sub-system controller comprising at least one host channel, a memory device comprising a plurality of memory die, and at least one input/output (I/O) expander circuit coupled between the at least one host channel of the memory sub-system controller and to the memory device to connect the plurality of memory die to the memory sub-system controller. The at least one I/O expander circuit is to limit an impedance load presented on the at least one host channel to an impedance load of a corresponding subset of the plurality of memory die selected during a given time period.
US11573698B2
In some examples, a computing device includes at least one processor; and at least one module, operable by the at least one processor to: output, for display at an output device, a graphical keyboard; receive an indication of a gesture detected at a location of a presence-sensitive input device, wherein the location of the presence-sensitive input device corresponds to a location of the output device that outputs the graphical keyboard; determine, based on at least one spatial feature of the gesture that is processed by the computing device using a neural network, at least one character string, wherein the at least one spatial feature indicates at least one physical property of the gesture; and output, for display at the output device, based at least in part on the processing of the at least one spatial feature of the gesture using the neural network, the at least one character string.
US11573696B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an application display method and a terminal, where the method includes: acquiring a first flicking gesture, where a start position of the first flicking gesture is located in a first preset operating area; and when the terminal detects that the first flicking gesture is a first preset flicking gesture, displaying an application that is in a first state, where the first state includes at least one of the following states: a state of running in the foreground, a state of running in the background, and a state of being buffered in the background. Therefore, a recently used application can be displayed to a user according to a gesture of the user, without a need to dispose a dedicated button, thereby improving operation and control efficiency.
US11573693B2
A display controlling method includes displaying content in a first display area on a screen of a terminal; determining whether the content is viewed; and moving the content from the first display area to a second display area in order to display the content if it is determined that the content is not viewed.
US11573686B2
A method for applying extended reality to simulate an actual flow system, including receiving selection of simulated components of the actual flow system that are graphical elements, receiving component metadata for each simulated component that represents simulated component factors that affect the simulated flow from, through, or to the simulated component, receiving simulation connection metadata for each simulated connection between the simulated components that represents simulated connection factors that affect the simulated flow through the simulated connection, receiving actual data over time, simulating the flow over time through the simulated connections based on the actual data by applying a model using a set of operations to the actual data, the simulation component metadata, and the simulation connection metadata. The method further includes displaying via the extended reality user interface the three or more simulated components as connected by the simulated connections and the simulated flow.
US11573680B2
Systems and methods to control navigation within an interactive networked application between instances of enterprise software applications are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: present a given subordinate interface to a user, the given subordinate interface including a given navigation toolbar; receive first user input; present a first subordinate interface to the user, the subordinate interface including a first navigation toolbar; modify the given navigation toolbar to include a first icon and a first indicator; receive second user input; present a second subordinate interface to the user, the second subordinate including a second navigation toolbar; modify the first navigation toolbar to include a second icon and a second indicator; modify the given navigation toolbar to include the second icon and the second indicator; and/or perform other operations.
US11573678B2
A content sharing system and method are disclosed. According to certain embodiments, the system may be used in a vehicle. The system may include a user interface and a controller coupled with the user interface. The controller may be configured to display a map of the vehicle on the user interface. The map may show at least a plurality of user devices in the vehicle, and an icon representing content presented by a first user device. The controller may also be configured to detect a user operation moving the icon on the user interface. The controller may further be configured to control, based on the user operation, sharing of the content between the first user device and at least a second user device.
US11573677B2
A light emitting user input device can include a touch sensitive portion configured to accept user input (e.g., from a user's thumb) and a light emitting portion configured to output a light pattern. The light pattern can be used to assist the user in interacting with the user input device. Examples include emulating a multi-degree-of-freedom controller, indicating scrolling or swiping actions, indicating presence of objects nearby the device, indicating receipt of notifications, assisting pairing the user input device with another device, or assisting calibrating the user input device. The light emitting user input device can be used to provide user input to a wearable device, such as, e.g., a head mounted display device.
US11573668B2
The disclosure provides a touch-sensing panel, which includes a substrate, a first mesh pattern, an insulating layer, and a second mesh pattern. The substrate has an active area and a peripheral area. The first mesh pattern is located in the active area. The insulating layer is disposed on the first mesh pattern. The second mesh pattern is located in the active area. At least a part of the second mesh pattern is disposed on the insulating layer. Each of the first mesh pattern and the second mesh pattern includes a plurality of mesh lines. A reflectivity of a surface of one of the first mesh pattern and the second pattern is smaller than a reflectivity of a surface of the other of the first mesh pattern and the second mesh pattern, and a width of each of the mesh lines of the one of the first mesh pattern and the second mesh pattern is smaller than a width of each of the mesh lines of the other of the first mesh pattern and the second mesh pattern.
US11573658B2
An operation device according to the present invention has a touch-screen-type operation surface installed in a vehicle. A plurality of operation units having a convex shape or a concave shape associated with a plurality of components mounted in the vehicle, respectively, are formed at different positions on the touch-screen-type operation surface, respectively. The plurality of operation units are configured to accept an input touch operation as an operation instruction for the component associated with each of the plurality of operation units.
US11573653B2
The invention provides a touch display apparatus, a driver integrated circuit and a touch display panel. The driver integrated circuit includes a first pad, at least one second pad, a display driving channel, a touch sensing channel, a switching circuit, and a control circuit. The switching circuit is coupled to the display driving channel, the touch sensing channel and the first pad. In a display phase, the switching circuit and the routing circuit are controlled to couple the display driving channel to a data line of the touch display panel via the first pad, and a control signal for controlling the routing circuit is via the at least one second pad. In a touch phase, the switching circuit and the routing circuit are controlled to couple the touch sensing channel to a common electrode of the touch display panel via the first pad.
US11573650B2
Disclosed are a magnetic roller damping device and an implementing method thereof. The device includes a magnetic roller and a magnetic damping mechanism. The magnetic roller includes a first multipole magnet that includes at least one pair of magnetic poles with opposite polarities. The magnetic damping mechanism uses a magnetic damping magnet or metal attractable to the first multipole magnet, the magnetic damping magnet or metal is positioned in a magnetic field of the first multipole magnet, and a distance between the magnetic damping magnet or metal and the magnetic roller is adjustable.
US11573644B2
Provided are a gesture recognition apparatus and method. The gesture recognition apparatus includes a first communication circuit configured to communicate with a wearable device worn on a first body part of a user, a memory in which a gesture recognition program is stored, and a processor configured to execute the gesture recognition program, wherein the processor receives motion information from the wearable device through the first communication circuit, checks a position of the wearable device, determines whether a gesture is to be recognized according to the position of the wearable device on the basis of the motion information, and executes a function corresponding to the gesture.
US11573643B2
Apparatus and methods for contact-minimized automated teller machine (“ATM”) use and transaction processing using Doppler-radar based gesture recognition and authentication. The apparatus and methods may include an ATM including a millimeter-wave radar transmitter and receiver. Movement of one or more objects, including fingers, within a radar field may be analyzed and translated into gestures and authentication passcode(s). By utilizing the radar field instead of physical buttons or a touchscreen, contact with the ATM may be minimized.
US11573626B2
A method for locating an identifying an electrical power port. The method includes one or more computer processors determining that a battery of a first mobile device of a user is less than fully charged. The method further includes identifying one or more Internet-of-Things (IoT)-enabled electrical power ports within a proximity of the first mobile device. The method further includes receiving metadata respectively associated with the one or more IoT-enabled electrical power ports. The method further includes generating one or more augmented reality (AR) elements respectively associated with the one or more IoT-enabled electrical power ports based on the received metadata respectively associated with the one or more IoT-enabled electrical power ports.
US11573621B2
A set of read operations and a set of write operations for a set of drives in a storage system during a first time window is monitored. A write intensity of a first drive in the set is calculated based on the monitoring. The first drive is classified as a candidate for power reduction based on the write intensity. A write-intensive extent is identified on the first drive based on the monitoring. The write extensive extent is migrated to a second drive in the set of drives, and power to the first drive is reduced.
US11573611B2
There is disclosed in one example, an encasement for a mobile computer, including: an external casing in a clamshell form factor, the external casing including a base, a secondary display chassis hingedly connected to the base at a secondary hinge, and a primary display chassis hingedly connected to the secondary display chassis at a primary hinge disposed at a removed edge of the secondary display chassis from the secondary hinge, the primary display chassis to substantially overlay the secondary display chassis and the base when the primary hinge is in a closed position; and pivot means disposed to substantially bias the secondary hinge against movement from a selected position in at least one direction in the absence of an electrical input.
US11573607B2
A mechanism is described for facilitating dynamic detection and intelligent use of segmentation on flexible display screens according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes detecting, via one or more touch sensors, alterations in current in and around one or more areas of a flexible display screen, where the alterations represent pressure being applied to cause at least one of bending, rolling, and curving of the flexible display screen at the one or more areas. The method may further include dividing the flexible display screen into a plurality of zones corresponding to the one or more areas, where the marking/dividing logic is further to mark a plurality of portions of the plurality of zones to serve as a plurality of segments. The method may further include facilitating displaying of contents via the plurality of segments of the flexible display screen.
US11573605B2
A manufacturing method of a display device includes providing a display panel including: a first area in which a plurality of pixels is arranged, a second area adjacent to the first area and at which the display panel is bendable, and a third area facing the first area with the second area therebetween; providing a circuit board electrically connected to the display panel at the third area; providing a first force to the third area of the display panel; and bending the second area of the display panel by the first force which is provided to the third area of the display panel.
US11573602B2
A foldable electronic device including a first body having a first side and a second side, a second body rotatably connected to the first side of the first body, at least one sliding structure disposed in the first body and adjacent to the second side, a first screen rotatably connected to the second body and movably disposed at the at least one sliding structure, at least one hinge structure disposed in the first body and connected to the at least one sliding structure, and a second screen disposed at the at least one hinge structure and located at the second side is provided. The second body is adapted to rotate relative to the first body and driving the first screen to move along the at least one sliding structure to switch to a closed state or an unfolding state.
US11573591B2
An input device for performing control functions of a machine having a work tool may include a left-hand joystick mounted on a left armrest of an operator's seat, and a right-hand joystick mounted on a right armrest of an operator's seat. Each of the left-hand and right-hand joysticks may include a base portion configured to conform to and least partially cradle an operator's hand, a handle extending from the base portion with a proximal end of the handle being connected to the base portion, and a distal end of the handle supporting a head portion of the joystick. The head portion of the joystick may include a front surface including a configurable face plate. The configurable face plate may include one of a pair of upshift and downshift buttons or a roller configured to perform one of discrete or continuously variable shifting, respectively, of a transmission of the machine. The handle may include a thumb rest area at the distal end of the handle transitioning into the head portion of the joystick.
US11573587B2
A method and apparatus for analyzing power devices in a circuit are disclosed. In one embodiment, a power analysis apparatus analyzes information on power supplied to the circuit and classifies the power patterns into groups of their own similar power patterns by making reference to the information on the power patterns, so as to acquire at least one piece of motif information which is information on at least one fingerprint. The apparatus further counts the frequency of occurrence of each motif and determines a pair of specific motifs having the difference between the counted frequencies of occurrence, which is within a predetermined value range, and average power variation values symmetrical to each other, whereby an accurate determination can be made as to the individual power devices in the circuit.
US11573574B2
An information processing apparatus for determining control values for controlling a position of a vehicle for conveying a cargo includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire first information for identifying a three-dimensional shape of the cargo based on a captured first image of the cargo, and second information for identifying, based on a captured second image of an environment where the vehicle moves, a distance between an object in the environment and the vehicle, and a determination unit configured to, based on the first information and the second information, determine the control values for preventing the cargo and the object from coming closer than a predetermined distance.
US11573569B2
Systems and methods for implementing one or more autonomous features for autonomous and semi-autonomous control of one or more vehicles are provided. More specifically, image data may be obtained from an image acquisition device and processed utilizing one or more machine learning models to identify, track, and extract one or more features of the image utilized in decision making processes for providing steering angle and/or acceleration/deceleration input to one or more vehicle controllers. In some instances, techniques may be employed such that the autonomous and semi-autonomous control of a vehicle may change between vehicle follow and lane follow modes. In some instances, at least a portion of the machine learning model may be updated based on one or more conditions.
US11573568B2
A control device for an electromechanical system includes at least one group of actuators, of which in each case one actuator is configured to be coupled to a mechanical and/or hydraulic unit and is configured to control an operation of the mechanical and/or hydraulic unit. The control device further includes at least one group of functional modules, which are implemented on at least one computing platform. The at least one group of functional modules includes a plurality of control modules, each respective control module being respectively assigned to and coupled in a communicative manner to a respective actuator, and a coordinating module communicatively coupled to the plurality of control modules. The coordinating module is designed to receive, from each respective control module of the plurality of control modules, fault messages with respect to an operating state of the associated mechanical and/or hydraulic unit and/or the associated actuator.
US11573564B2
An architecture to provision one-stop parking, charging, storage, and/or maintenance facilities and/or functionalities for drone equipment. A method can comprise identifying a drone entering a defined airspace monitored by the network equipment; in response to establishing a communication channel with the drone, receiving data representing a physical dimension associated with the drone; based on the physical dimension associated with the drone, allocating a space within a defined area to which the drone is to navigate and then cease moving; and sending, to the drone via the communication channel, notification data that notifies the drone to navigate to the space.
US11573551B2
Described are platforms, systems, and methods to discover relationships among equipment in automated industrial or commercial environments by cycling each individual piece of equipment while observing sensors in all other equipment in order to measure how each part reacts to each other part. The platforms, systems, and methods identify a plurality of data sources associated with an automation environment; issue one or more commands to cycle a current data source in the a plurality of data sources; monitor the automation environment for events or state changes in the data sources; detect one or more events or one or more state changes in one or more other data sources in the a plurality of data sources; and determine one or more relationships between the current data source and the one or more other data sources.
US11573545B2
A system, method and apparatus for an interactive dynamic interface for wireless distributed capacitor control that comprises a touchscreen display that eliminates the conventional dials and switches that are part of a conventional control, and with these efficiencies can locally, remotely or autonomously implement “personality” settings for the capacitor control that speeds and simplifies custom configurations and recovery in relation to user, electrical and environmental input that meets certain operating criteria, including after a shut-down event, thereby improving the of the capacitor control system to function more appropriately, effectively, and efficiently under a greater range of parameters.
US11573540B2
Systems and methods for training a reinforcement learning (RL) model for HVAC control are disclosed herein. A calibrated simulation model is used to train a surrogate model of the HVAC system operating within a building. The surrogate model is used to generate simulated experience data for the HVAC system. The simulated experience data can be used to train a reinforcement learning (RL) model of the HVAC system. The RL model is used to control the HVAC system based on the current state of the system and the best predicted action to perform in the current state. The HVAC system generates real experience data based on the actual operation of the HVAC system within the building. The real experience data is used to retrain the surrogate model, and additional simulated experience data is generated using the surrogate model. The RL model can be retrained using the additional simulated experience data.
US11573536B2
An antenna receiving apparatus includes, a first antenna; a second antenna that is synchronized with a frequency band different from the first antenna; a substrate that includes a receiving circuit connected to each of the first antenna and the second antenna; and a back lid that includes a conductor, wherein the conductor is in at least a portion of the back lid. The substrate includes a grounding surface of the first antenna. The substrate and the second antenna are positioned between the first antenna and the back lid. The second antenna is positioned on a side of the substrate opposite of the first antenna, and the second antenna is electrically connected to the conductor of the back lid and grounded.
US11573525B2
To provide a process cartridge, a drum unit capable of receiving a driving force from the main assembly, and an image forming apparatus including the process cartridge. A cartridge is provided with a movable member having a driving force receiving portion. The movable member moves between an advanced position and a retracted position.
US11573523B2
Provided is a processing cartridge detachably installed in an imaging device. The processing cartridge includes a first unit and a second unit, and a movable assembly coupled to and receive force from the force applying portion. When the processing cartridge is assembled to the imaging device, the first t and second units can be switched between states of approaching and separating. The movable assembly comprises an installing part and an acting part movable relative to and connectable with each other. The movable assembly is installed in the processing cartridge by the installing part, the acting part is coupled to the force applying portion and receives force from the force applying portion, to force the first and second units to switch between the two states. The acting part is retractable relative to the installing part and comprises an acting block and a guide block guided by the installing part.
US11573522B2
An image forming apparatus includes a housing and a first process cartridge. The first process cartridge is attachable to and detachable from the housing. The first process cartridge includes a first photosensitive drum, a first developing roller, and a developing frame. The developing frame has a toner inlet opening. The toner cartridge has a toner supply opening. The toner cartridge is positioned above the developing frame such that the toner supply opening and the toner inlet opening face with each other in upward/downward direction. In the state where the first process cartridge to which the toner cartridge is attached is attached to the housing, the toner cartridge is incapable of being detached from the first process cartridge. In a state where the first process cartridge to which the toner cartridge is attached is detached from the housing, the toner cartridge is detachable from the first process cartridge.
US11573521B2
An image forming apparatus includes a developer container to and from which a replenishment container is attachable and detachable, the developer container including an accommodating portion, and a supporting portion, wherein the developer container includes a projection portion that is provided at one end portion thereof in the rotation axis direction of the developer bearing member and projects toward the supporting portion more than a center portion of the developer container in a crossing direction crossing the rotation axis direction, the projection portion communicates with the accommodating portion and includes, at a distal end portion thereof, an attachment portion configured such that the replenishment container is attachable thereto in a state of being exposed to the outside of the apparatus, and a replenishment port for replenishing the accommodating portion with developer from the replenishment container is defined in the attachment portion.
US11573517B2
An image reading apparatus connectable to a post-processing apparatus includes an image reading unit for transmitting image data to an inspection processing unit, and a communication unit for outputting a sheet discharge timing signal to the post-processing apparatus through a signal line. The communication unit outputs the sheet discharge timing signal having different waveforms to the post-processing apparatus on the basis of an inspection result of a sheet obtained from the inspection processing unit such that the sheet discharge timing signal includes a first waveform when the sheet determined by the inspection processing unit as that there is no image abnormality is discharged and such that the sheet discharge timing signal includes a second waveform different from the first waveform when the sheet determined by the inspection processing unit as that the image abnormality occurs is discharged.
US11573514B2
A heater is to face a pressure element via a belt and is to heat the belt. The pressure element sandwiches and conveys a sheet together with the belt. The heater includes a substrate, a heat generating element, and a protective layer. The heat generating element is on the substrate. The protective layer covers the heat generating element and the substrate and whose surface is concave with respect to the pressure element. In the protective layer, a curvature of a top surface of an upstream end in a conveyance direction of the sheet is smaller than a curvature of a top surface of a downstream end in the conveyance direction.
US11573508B2
A recording material cooling device includes a belt, a plurality of rollers, a belt cooling member, a recording material feeding member, a deposited matter removing member, a deposited matter receiving container, a roller holding member, and a supporting member for supporting the roller holding member so as to be swingable between a first position where the belt and the recording material feeding member contact each other and a second position where the belt is spaced from the recording material feeding member. The supporting member supports the roller holding member so that a swing center is positioned on one end side with respect to a rotational axis direction of the rollers. The receiving container includes a wall surface portion for preventing overflow of the deposited matter received through an opening of the receiving container when the roller holding member is positioned in the second position.
US11573506B2
A powder container case includes a first member, a second member, a main joint, and an additional joint. The first member and the second member are joined to form an edge portion of a case opening. The main joint is disposed between the first member and the second member, and has an end portion at the edge portion of the case opening. The additional joint is disposed adjacent to the end portion of the main joint.
US11573498B2
A high-power fast-pulse driver and illumination system for high speed metrology imaging is provided, which includes an illumination source and a driver circuit configured to overdrive the illumination source using high currents and/or high current densities. The high currents are currents higher than manufacturer-recommended currents used to drive the illumination source and the high current densities are current densities higher than manufacturer-recommended current densities used to drive the illumination source. The illumination source is operated using a lifetime preserving technique selected from a first technique of operating the illumination source at low duty cycles of 2% or less or a second technique of operating the illumination source in a burst mode at higher duty cycles for short intervals. The driver and illumination system may be incorporated in a variable focus lens (VFL) system, to define multiple exposure increments for acquiring one or more images focused at one or more focus planes.
US11573497B2
A system and method of measuring misregistration in the manufacture of semiconductor device wafers is disclosed. A first layer and the second layer are imaged in a first orientation with a misregistration metrology tool employing light having at least one first wavelength that causes images of both the first periodic structure and the second periodic structure to appear in at least two planes that are mutually separated by a perpendicular distance greater than 0.2 μm. The first layer and the second layer are imaged in a second orientation with the misregistration metrology tool employing light having the at least one first wavelength that causes images of both the first periodic structure and the second periodic structure to appear in the at least two planes. At least one parameter of the misregistration metrology tool is adjusted based on the resulting analysis.
US11573488B2
A holographic recording medium composition comprising component (e): a compound having an isocyanate group or an isocyanate-reactive functional group and further having a nitroxyl radical group, wherein component (e) contains component (e-1) below: component (e-1): a compound having a heterobicyclic ring structure or a heterotricyclic ring structure, the heterobicyclic ring structure or the heterotricyclic ring structure being obtained by replacing a carbon atom in a bicyclic ring structure or a tricyclic ring structure by the nitroxyl radical group.
US11573485B2
A projector, a 3D sensing module and a method for fabricating the projector are provided. The 3D sensing module includes the projector and a receiver. The projector is configured to project a light beam to an object, and the receiver is configured to receive the light beam reflected from the object. The projector includes a circuit board, electronic components, a holder and a lens module. The circuit board has a plurality of first bonding pads and a plurality of second bonding pads on a top surface of the circuit board. The electronic components are bonded on the first bonding pads. The holder has a cavity and third bonding pads bonded on and electrically connected to the second bonding pads. The lens module is disposed in the cavity of the holder.
US11573478B2
A method and a system for generating intense, ultrashort pulses of XUV and soft X-ray radiation via high-order harmonic generation (HHG), the method comprising selecting a nonlinear solid target and a laser source; separating a beam from the laser source into a first laser beam and a second laser beam; focusing the first laser beam onto the nonlinear solid target, thereby generating a laser ablated plume; and compressing and frequency-doubling the second laser beam and directing a resulting second compressed and frequency-doubled laser beam to the laser ablated plume, thereby yielding high-order harmonic generation of radiation of photon energies in a range between 12 eV and 36 eV. A high-order harmonic source of radiation, comprising a nonlinear solid target; a laser source; a beam splitter separating a beam from the laser source into a first beam line and a second beam line; the first beam line comprising a first focusing unit directing a first, uncompressed, laser beam onto the nonlinear solid target, to generate a laser ablated plume; and the second beam line directing a second, compressed and frequency-doubled laser beam, to the laser ablated plume, yielding high-order harmonic generation of radiation of photon energies in a range between 12 eV and 36 eV.
US11573474B2
The present disclosure provides a display module and a display device. The display module includes: a substrate in which the substrate includes a first surface and a second surface that are arranged to face each other, and a plurality of side surfaces simultaneously connected to the first surface and the second surface; a display layer arranged on the first surface of the substrate; and a protection structure arranged at a connection position between two adjacent sides of the plurality of side surfaces of the substrate.
US11573473B2
An electrochromic device is provided in which resistance of a bus bar is reduced. This devices includes: a pair of base members; a pair of electrodes arranged between the pair of base members; an electrochromic layer arranged between the pair of electrodes; and at least one bus bar electrically connected to one of the pair of electrodes.
US11573461B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a plurality of red subpixels, a plurality of green subpixels, and a plurality of blue subpixels, wherein, in a first direction, the red subpixel and the green subpixel, the green subpixel and the blue subpixel, and the blue subpixel and the red subpixel are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and in a second direction, the red subpixel and the blue subpixel, the blue subpixel and the green subpixel, and the green subpixel and the red subpixel are arranged to be adjacent to each other, and in the subpixels, as to subpixel columns adjacent to each other, when an image signal of the same gradation is input with respect to the subpixels of same color, brightness of one subpixel column is higher than that of another subpixel column.
US11573460B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel includes a first electrode, a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, and a liquid crystal layer between the second electrode and the first electrode; a first region in each of the plurality of pixels having a first optical path length between the first electrode and the second electrode; a second region in each of the plurality of pixels having a second optical path length between the first electrode and the second electrode, the second optical path length being shorter than the first optical path length, the second region has the liquid crystal layer equal in thickness to the liquid crystal layer in the first region; and an optical path length adjusting layer between the liquid crystal layer and the first electrode in the first region.
US11573453B2
Provided is a light source device including: a housing body; a light source substrate located over and accommodated in the housing body; a plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements over the light source substrate; an optical sheet located over the plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements, accommodated in the housing body, and spaced away from the light source substrate; and at least one spacer accommodated in the housing body and in contact with a bottom surface of the optical sheet. A region of an upper surface of the light source substrate overlapping the plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements does not overlap the at least one spacer.
US11573450B1
An electronic device may have a display and other optical components such as optical sensors. The display and other components may be overlapped by chemically strengthened glass coherent fiber bundles. The surfaces of a coherent fiber bundle may include ion-exchanged glass that places theses surfaces under compressive stress. In some configurations, the coherent fiber bundle is symmetrically stressed and has equal amounts of compressive stress on opposing surfaces. In other configurations, the coherent fiber bundle is asymmetrically stressed and has more compressive stress on one surface than the other. The coherent fiber bundle may have areas with curved cross-sectional profiles, planar areas, and/or areas with compound curvature. Sensor windows may be formed in the coherent fiber bundle that are surrounded by an opaque area. When overlapping a display, the coherent fiber bundle may serve as a display cover glass layer.
US11573449B2
According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a collimating layer including first to third openings, first to third color filters overlaid on the first to third openings, respectively, a first sensor outputting a first detection signal corresponding to light made incident through the first opening and the first color filter, a second sensor outputting a second detection signal corresponding to light made incident through the second opening and the second color filter, and a third sensor outputting a third detection signal corresponding to light made incident through the third opening and the third color filter.
US11573438B2
An electrically controlled viewing angle switching device including a first electrode, a second electrode, a liquid crystal layer, multiple dye molecules, and a polarizer is provided. The second electrode is disposed opposite to the first electrode. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and has an optical axis. The dye molecules are dispersedly disposed in the liquid crystal layer. Each of the dye molecules is arranged corresponding to the optical axis of the liquid crystal layer. The polarizer is stacked on the liquid crystal layer. The axial direction of the optical axis of the liquid crystal layer is perpendicular to the axial direction of the transmission axis of the polarizer. A display device using the electrically controlled viewing angle switching device is also provided.
US11573436B2
Provided is a bubble removal apparatus for removing a bubble on a substrate during a process of manufacturing a display panel or a semiconductor using a liquid, and more particularly, to a bubble removal apparatus using acoustic waves that collects a bubble on a substrate using an acoustic wave and removes the bubble by moving the bubble to a desired position, and a bubble removal method using the same.
US11573433B2
Apparatuses, systems and methods for providing improved ophthalmic lenses, particularly intraocular lenses (IOLs), include features for reducing dysphotopsia effects, such as haloes and glare, in extended range of vision lenses. Exemplary ophthalmic lenses can include a central zone with a first set of three echelettes arranged around the optical axis, the first set having a profile in r-squared space. An intermediate zone includes a second set of three echelettes arranged around the optical axis, the second set having a profile in r-squared space that is different than the profile of the first set. A peripheral zone includes a third set of three echelettes arranged around the optical axis, the third set having a profile in r-squared space that is different than the profile of the first set and the profile of the second set.
US11573432B2
A method for fitting OK lenses to a patient comprising the steps of: applying a corneal topography apparatus to a patient to capture baseline and post wear maps of a cornea of the patient in a computer to thereby derive a difference map; processing the difference map to fit Zernike polynomials thereto wherein weights of said fitted polynomials comprise features of a test feature vector for the difference map; applying the test feature vector to a classification machine trained to classify the difference map as one of a number of predetermined classes; and subsequently treating the patient taking into account the classification machine's classification.
US11573429B2
A polarized light irradiation apparatus includes: a light source unit including a light source, and emitting parallel light derived from the light source; a polarizing plate for polarizing the parallel light emitted from the light source unit to output polarized light; a polarizing plate holder for holding the polarizing plate; a mask holder for holding a mask having a light transmissive part and a light shielding part; a work stage for holding a work that is irradiated with light that has been polarized by the polarizing plate and has passed the mask; a polarization direction changer for changing a direction of a polarization axis of light for irradiating the work held by the work stage; and an irradiation location changer for changing a location of the polarized light that irradiates the work.
US11573421B2
A light field near eye display device including a display element, a micro-lens array, a first lens, and a second lens is provided. The display element provides an image light beam. The micro-lens array is located on a transmission path of the image light beam, and has multiple micro-lenses. The first lens is located on the transmission path of the image light beam, where the micro-lens array is located between the first lens and the display element. The second lens is located on the transmission path of the image light beam, and located between the micro-lens array and the display element. The following formulas are satisfied: ❘ "\[LeftBracketingBar]" 1 f MLA ❘ "\[RightBracketingBar]" > ❘ "\[LeftBracketingBar]" 1 f 1 ❘ "\[RightBracketingBar]" , and ❘ "\[LeftBracketingBar]" 1 f MLA ❘ "\[RightBracketingBar]" > ❘ "\[LeftBracketingBar]" 1 f 2 ❘ "\[RightBracketingBar]" , where fMLA is an equivalent focal length of the micro-lenses, f1 is an equivalent focal length of the first lens, and f2 is an equivalent focal length of the second lens.
US11573419B2
A display device and a display method are provided. The display device includes a first screen and a first reflector on a light emission side of the first screen; the first screen and the first reflector are in a first light path; the display device further includes a second screen and a second reflector on a light emission side of the second screen; the second screen and the second reflector are in a second light path; the first light path and the second light path converge in a first position.
US11573412B2
In high-resolution scanning microscopy, a sample is excited by illumination radiation to emit fluorescence radiation in such a way that the illumination radiation is focused at a point in or on the sample to form a diffraction-limited illumination spot. The point is imaged in a diffraction-limited manner into a diffraction image on a spatially resolving surface detector, wherein the surface detector has a spatial resolution that resolves a structure of the diffraction image. The sample is scanned by means of different scanning positions with an increment of less than half the diameter of the illumination spot. An image of the sample is generated from the data of the surface detector and from the scanning positions assigned to said data, said image having a resolution that is increased beyond a resolution limit for imaging. For the purposes of distinguishing between at least two predetermined wavelength regions in the fluorescence radiation from the sample, a corresponding number of diffraction structures are generated on the surface detector for the at least two predetermined wavelength ranges, said diffraction structures differing but having a common center of symmetry. The diffraction structures are evaluated when generating the image of the sample.
US11573411B2
Apparatus and methods for determining a property of a bodily sample using a microscope are described. A sample carrier includes a plurality of microscopy sample chambers configured to receive a least a portion of the bodily sample, while the sample is imaged by the microscope. Each of the microscopy sample chambers has an upper and a lower surface, and the microscopy sample chambers have respective heights between the upper and lower surfaces that are different from each other. The sample carrier defines a microscopy sample chamber inlet hole, that is fluid communication with all of the microscopy sample chambers, such as to facilitate filling of all of the microscopy sample chambers with the portion of the bodily sample, via the microscopy sample chamber inlet hole. Other applications are also described.
US11573409B2
A contactless type optical device includes an image photographing module configured to photograph a subject, the image photographing module including a photographing lens forming an image of light that is scattered from the subject and is incident on the photographing lens; an illuminator configured to radiate illumination light, the illuminator being disposed within a predetermined distance from the image photographing module; a first lens configured to reduce an incidence angle of the illumination light traveling from the illuminator; and a second lens having a first surface to which the illumination light passing through the first lens is incident to be transmitted, and a second surface to which the subject's scattered light scattered from the subject is incident to be transmitted. The photographing lens is disposed such that the subject's scattered light passing through the second lens is incident on the photographing lens.
US11573402B2
The application discloses an optical imaging lens assembly including, sequentially from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens, wherein the first lens has a positive refractive power, the second lens has a negative refractive power with a convex object side surface and a concave image side surface, the third lens has a refractive power, the fourth lens has a refractive power, the fifth lens has a positive refractive power with a convex image side surface, the sixth lens has a negative refractive power with a concave object side surface and a concave image side surface, and an effective focal length f of the optical imaging lens assembly, an effective focal length f3 of the third lens and an effective focal length f4 of the fourth lens satisfy |f/f3|+|f/f4|≤0.3.
US11573399B2
Disclosed is an optical lens, from an object side to an image side including a first lens, a second lens and a third lens. The camera optical lens satisfies: 1.20≤f1/f≤1.80; −2.00≤f2/f≤−1.00; 0.75≤f3/f≤1.10; −6.00≤R2/R1≤−2.00; 2.20≤R4/R3≤8.00; 1.50≤d2/d4≤3.50; where f, f1, f2 and f3 denote a focal length of the camera optical lens, the first lens, the second lens and the third lens, respectively; R1, R2 denote a central curvature radius of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the first lens, respectively; R3, R4 denote a central curvature radius of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the second lens, respectively; d2 denotes an on-axis distance from the image-side surface of the first lens to the object-side surface of the second lens, and d4 denotes an on-axis distance from the image-side surface of the second lens to an object-side surface of the third lens.
US11573393B2
Various embodiments include a camera having one or more base cutouts for a position sensing arrangement. For example, the position sensing arrangement may be used to determine a position of a moveable lens group and/or a moveable image sensor. According to some embodiments, a base structure of the camera may include a cutout that allows for a protrusion of a lens carrier to extend (e.g., in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the camera) past at least a portion of the base structure. A probe magnet may be attached to the protrusion of the lens carrier, and a position sensor for sensing magnetic fields of the probe magnet may be attached to the substrate.
US11573390B2
A fiber optic enclosure assembly includes a housing having an interior region and a bearing mount disposed in the interior region of the housing. A cable spool is connectedly engaged with the bearing mount such that the cable spool selectively rotates within the housing. A termination module disposed on the cable spool so that the termination module rotates in unison with the cable spool. A method of paying out a fiber optic cable from a fiber optic enclosure includes rotating a cable spool, which has a subscriber cable coiled around a spooling portion of the cable spool, about an axis of a housing of the fiber optic enclosure until a desired length of subscriber cable is paid out. A termination module is disposed on the cable spool.
US11573389B2
A fiber optic cassette includes a body defining a front and an opposite rear. A cable entry location, such as a multi-fiber connector, is defined on the body for a cable to enter the cassette, wherein a plurality of optical fibers from the cable extend into the cassette and form terminations at one or more single or multi-fiber connectors adjacent the front of the body. A flexible substrate is positioned between the cable entry location and the connectors adjacent the front of the body, the flexible substrate rigidly supporting the plurality of optical fibers. Each of the connectors adjacent the front of the body includes a ferrule. Dark fibers can be provided if not all fiber locations are used in the multi-fiber connectors. Multiple flexible substrates can be used with one or more multi-fiber connectors.
US11573378B2
Example fiber optic connector systems have rugged, robust designs that are environmentally sealed and that are relatively easy to install and uninstall in the field. Some connector systems can be configured in the field to be compatible with different styles of fiber optic adapters. Some connectors include a first seal (90) on a release sleeve; and a second seal (88) between the release sleeve and a connector body. Other connectors include a seal (139) and a flexible latch (136) on a connector. Other connectors include a protective structure (228, 328, 428) that mounts over the fiber optic connector. Other connectors include a protective outer shell (528, 860) and a sealing and attachment insert (570, 570A, 876). Other connectors include a protective outer shell (728) and a fastener (780).
US11573371B2
A lightguide optical element (LOE) configured for polarization scrambling is provided. The LOE includes a transparent substrate having a first refractive index, the substrate having a pair of parallel external surfaces configured to propagate light within the LOE through total internal reflection (TIR), and a plurality of mutually parallel partially reflective internal surfaces, those being non-parallel to the pair of parallel external surfaces and configured to couple out said light to a viewer. The LOE further includes a first coating on at least one external surface of the substrate, the first coating being of a coating material having a second refractive index higher than the first refractive index; The LOE further includes an antireflective (AR) coating on at least one external surface of the substrate over the first coating.
US11573367B2
A resin composition comprises a base resin containing a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer, a monomer and a photopolymerization initiator, and a hydrophobized spherical inorganic oxide, wherein the inorganic oxide is dispersed in the resin composition and a content of the inorganic oxide is 1 to 60% by mass based on a total amount of the resin composition.
US11573362B2
An optical element and a projection image display apparatus capable of obtaining excellent tolerance to light of high luminance and high output. The optical element includes a substrate transparent to light in a used wavelength band, and a birefringent layer including an obliquely deposited film containing hafnium oxide as a main component. The projection image display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display device having the optical element, a light source for emitting light, and a projection optical system for projecting modulated light, and the liquid crystal display device is disposed in an optical path between the light source and the projection optical system.
US11573357B2
A device includes a light source configured to generate an image light. The device also includes a lens assembly coupled with the light source. The lens assembly includes a mirror configured to transmit a first portion of the image light and reflect a second portion of the image light. The lens assembly also includes a reflective polarizer including a birefringent medium with a chirality and configured to substantially reflect the first portion of the image light output from the mirror as a polarized light having a predetermined handedness toward the mirror. The lens assembly further includes a lens disposed between the mirror and the reflective polarizer and configured to provide an optical power to the image light.
US11573356B2
A diffraction grating includes a plurality of grating unit cells positioned in a periodic array on a substrate surface. In cross-section, a grating unit cell includes a homogeneous dielectric host medium with a first refractive index n1, embedding at least a first block of a first dielectric material with a second refractive index n2, a side edge of which is in direct contact with at least a second block of a second dielectric material with a third refractive index n3. Both the first block and the second block have a trapezoidal cross-section. The plurality of grating unit cells provides a non-symmetrical response for positive first diffraction order and negative first diffraction order based on nanojet hot spot positions, the nanojets being generated at edges between dielectric materials with different refractive indexes.
US11573354B2
The disclosure relates to the technical field of liquid crystal display, and discloses a liquid crystal display module backlight structure which includes a light blocking tape, a FPC strip, rubber-iron layer, a reflective sheet, a light enhancement prismatic lens, a light guide plate, and a matt film layer, a first end of the matt film layer overlaps the FPC light strip and a second end overlaps the light enhancement prismatic lens; the first end is bonded to the light blocking tape and the second end is positioned between the light enhancement prismatic lens and the light guide plate.
US11573353B2
A system and method for performing novel wind forecasting that is particularly accurate for forecasting over short-term time periods, e.g., over the next 1-5 hours. Such wind forecasting is particularly advantageous in wind energy applications. The disclosed method is anchored in a robust physical model of the wind variability in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). The disclosed method approach leverages a physical framework based on the unsteady dynamics of earth's atmosphere, and drives forecasting as a function of previously-observed atmospheric condition data observed at the same location for which a wind forecast is desired.
US11573352B2
A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory includes instructions that are executable by the processor to cause the processor to receive basin data of a target basin including an area of the target basin, a number of exploration wells in the target basin, and a number of discovery wells in the target basin. Additionally, the instructions are executable to cause the processor to provide the basin data as input to a trained machine-learning model to determine a predicted trajectory of exploration efficiency of the target basin. Further, the instructions are executable to cause the processor to, in response to providing the basin data as input to the trained machine-learning model, receive an output from the trained machine-learning model indicating the predicted trajectory of exploration efficiency in the target basin.
US11573347B2
A computing program product and method for interpolating wavelets coefficients and estimating spatial varying wavelets using the covariance interpolation method in the data space over a survey region having multiple well locations, are disclosed. The method and computing program product, embodied in a non-transitory computer readable device, that stores instructions for performing by a device are based on interpolating coefficient models in the data space domain using covariance analysis methods to overcome inaccuracy and instability issues commonly observed during wavelet estimation and interpolation.
US11573346B2
A seismic attenuation quality factor Q is determined for seismic signals at intervals of subsurface formations between a seismic source at a marine level surface and one or more receivers of a well. Hydrophone and geophone data are obtained. A reference trace is generated from the hydrophone and geophone data. Vertical seismic profile (VSP) traces are received. First break picking of the VSP traces is performed. VSP data representing particle motion measured by a receiver of the well are generated. The reference trace is injected into the VSP data. A ratio of spectral amplitudes of a direct arrival event of the VSP data and the reference trace is determined. From the ratio, a quality factor Q is generated representing a time and depth compensated attenuation value of seismic signals between the seismic source at the marine level surface and the first receiver.
US11573344B2
One or more first sensors may be configured to sense seismic signals and one or more second sensors may be configured to sense electromagnetic crosstalk signals. The second sensors are not responsive to the seismic signals. The data from the first and second sensors may be recorded as first data and second data, respectively. The first data may be modified based on the second data to remove the electromagnetic crosstalk noise form the seismic data.
US11573341B2
A device and method used to increase the resolution when imaging, measuring and inspecting wells, pipes and objects located therein. The device comprises an array of acoustic transducers that both transmit and receive acoustic signals. Scan lines may be overlapped by interlacing transmission and receiving windows thus increasing either the resolution or logging speed drastically compared to conventional approaches. The sequence of the scan lines making up an imaging frame is created by stratifying physically close lines and randomly selecting from within each stratum, preventing interference from neighboring transducers, signals and acoustic artifacts that fundamentally limit logging speed and resolution using conventional methods.
US11573329B2
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing global positioning system (GPS) data indicating a raw location associated with the computing system; accessing, based on the raw location, environmental model data including one or more structures; generating GPS correction data by processing the GPS data and the environmental model data using a machine-learning (ML) model that has been trained to compensate inaccurate GPS readings due to environmental interference; and determining an accurate location by correcting the raw location using the GPS correction data.
US11573320B2
A light receiving element includes: a first tap; a second tap; a first photoelectric conversion unit configured to detect a charge generated by photoelectric conversion according to a light amount of incident light in accordance with a voltage applied to the first tap; a second photoelectric conversion unit configured to detect a charge generated by photoelectric conversion according to a light amount of the incident light in accordance with a voltage applied to the second tap; a plurality of accumulation units configured to accumulate the charges generated by the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectric conversion unit; a plurality of transmission units configured to transmit the charges generated by the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectric conversion unit to the plurality of accumulation units; and a calculation unit configured to execute calculation based on the charges accumulated in the plurality of accumulation units.
US11573319B2
The invention relates to a method for operating an ultrasonic sensor (4) of a vehicle (1), in which a sound transducer element (11) of the ultrasonic sensor (4) is excited with a predetermined excitation signal, wherein the excitation signal has a predetermined current amplitude, an electrical test voltage (U) at the sound transducer element (11) resulting from the excitation signal is measured, and a diagnosis of the ultrasonic sensor (4) is carried out on the basis of the test voltage (U), wherein the ultrasonic sensor (4) is excited with the excitation signal in a measuring mode for the transmission of an ultrasonic signal, the electrical test voltage (U) is measured during the transmission, on the basis of the electrical test voltage (U) a reduced diagnosis is carried out, wherein the ultrasonic sensor (4) either continues to be operated in the measuring mode or is operated in a diagnostic mode for a complete diagnosis, depending on a result of the reduced diagnosis.
US11573301B2
An electromagnetic wave detection apparatus (10) includes an irradiator (11), a first detector (17), a memory (19), and a controller (20). The irradiator (11) irradiates electromagnetic waves. The first detector (17) includes detection elements. The detection elements detect, by irradiation position, reflected waves of the electromagnetic waves irradiated on an object (ob). The memory (19) stores first related information including an emission direction of the emitted electromagnetic waves. The controller (20) updates the first related information based on the position of the detection element, among the detection elements, that detects the reflected waves of the electromagnetic waves.
US11573291B1
A removable position locator having a light source and attachment hardware for attaching the removable position locator to a body, the attachment hardware has at least one hardware light-transmitting through-hole, the removable position locator has at least one locator light-transmitting through-hole and the light from the light source is projected outward through the light-transmitting through-hole, the body has an opening that is substantially the same or bigger than the hardware light-transmitting through-hole and the opening is substantially aligned with the hardware light-transmitting through hole and the locator light-transmitting through-hole when the hardware is attached to the body.
US11573287B2
A method of updating background components of an echo signal for radar includes: transforming M sets of N pieces of time domain data to frequency domain to generate M sets of P magnitudes corresponding to P frequency bins, wherein the M sets of N pieces of time domain data include spatial information of an object; and updating P background components corresponding to the P frequency bins according to the M sets of P magnitudes corresponding to the P frequency bins.
US11573285B2
Methods are provided for determining a positioning of a portable device including first and second sensor(s) each having a confidence. These methods include: receiving first and second signals from the first and second sensor(s), respectively; generating positional data representing positional conditions of the portable device and including first and second positional data respectively from the first and second signals, by modelling the received signals based on predefined models defining a correspondence between predefined signals and predefined positional data; comparing the first and second positional data to determine a difference between them; adjusting the confidence of the sensors by determining a new confidence depending on a previous confidence and the determined difference between positional data; weighting the generated positional data depending on corresponding confidences; and determining the positioning of the portable device based on the weighted generated positional data. Computer programs and systems suitable for performing such methods are also provided.
US11573283B1
Provided is a method for generating MRI data including applying, by an MRI computing device, an RF excitation pulse, and completing, by the MRI computing device, a K-space by acquiring a plurality of phase encoding line groups, in a state in which any other RF excitation pulse is not applied after applying the RF excitation pulse, in which each of the plurality of phase encoding line groups includes a plurality of phase encoding lines, and an absolute value of an average phase encoding size of a phase encoding line group acquired earlier is not greater than an absolute value of an average phase encoding size of a phase encoding line group acquired later, among the plurality of phase encoding line groups.
US11573274B2
The present disclosure relates to a detection circuit for detecting oscillations of a regulated supply signal. The detection circuit includes a filter circuit to filter the regulated supply signal in order to obtain a filtered supply signal. A peak value detector circuit is designed to detect an extremum of the filtered supply signal. A comparator circuit is designed to compare the detected extreme value with a threshold value and to indicate an understepping or exceedance of the threshold value.
US11573268B1
Various embodiments relate to a skew detector circuit, including: a logic circuit having two inputs configured to generate a logic 1 output when the two inputs have a logic 0 value and generator a logic 0 output when the two input have a logic 1 value; a first level shifter configured to increase the output of the logic circuit to a higher voltage; a second level shifter configured to increase the output of the first level shifter to a higher voltage; and a voltage regulator configured to produce a first voltage for the logic circuit, a second voltage for the first level shifter, and a third voltage for the second level shift.
US11573267B1
An electronic component handling apparatus handles a DUT and includes: an acquiring device that acquires current three-dimensional shape data of a DUT container having a plurality of accommodating portions each capable of accommodating the DUT; and a computer device that: calculates a first correction amount from the current three-dimensional shape data and corrects the current three-dimensional shape data based on the first correction amount; extracts, from the corrected three-dimensional shape data, at least one of a height and a slope of each of predetermined regions of the DUT container; and determines an accommodation state of the DUT based on an extraction result. The first correction amount represents at least one of a movement amount and a rotation amount in a planar direction of the current three-dimensional shape data with respect to an initial state of the DUT container set in advance.
US11573266B2
A system includes a platform and a contactor. The platform has a side configured to support a frame with a carrier structure and electronic devices each having first and second sides and a terminal, the first side positioned on the carrier structure, and the terminal exposed in a first portion of the second side. The contactor has first and second sides, a contact and a heater. The contact is exposed on the first side of the contactor to contact the terminal in a first portion of the second side of a selected one of the electronic devices, and the heater is exposed on the first side of the contactor to apply heat to a second portion of the second side of the selected one of the electronic devices.
US11573263B2
The present disclosure provides a process corner detection circuit and a process corner detection method. The process corner detection circuit includes: M ring oscillators disposed inside a chip, M≥1, where types of N-type transistors in the M ring oscillators are not exactly the same, and types of P-type transistors in the M ring oscillators are not exactly the same; transistor types of the M ring oscillators include all transistor types used in the chip; the ring oscillators include symmetric ring oscillators and asymmetric ring oscillators; types of N-type transistors and P-type transistors in the symmetric ring oscillators are the same; and types of N-type transistors and P-type transistors in the asymmetric ring oscillators are different.
US11573260B2
An integrated circuit chip is attached to a support that includes first conductive elements. First conductive pads are located on the integrated circuit chip and are electrically coupled to the first conductive elements by conductive wires. The integrated circuit chip further includes a conductive track. A switch circuit is provided to selectively electrically connect each first conductive pad to the conductive track. To test the conductive wires, a group of first conductive pads are connected by their respective switch circuits to the conductive track and current flow between corresponding first conductive elements is measured.
US11573259B1
In a general aspect, a quantum error-correction technique includes applying a first set of two-qubit gates to qubits in a lattice cell, and applying a second, different set of two-qubit gates to the qubits in the lattice cell. The qubits in the lattice cell include data qubits and ancilla qubits, and the ancilla qubits reside between respective nearest-neighbor pairs of the data qubits. After the first and second sets of two-qubit gates have been applied, measurement outcomes of the ancilla qubits are obtained, and the parity of the measurement outcomes is determined.
US11573258B1
An apparatus for testing insulated high voltage devices includes a first ground plane connected to a reference voltage potential having a first plurality of resiliently compressible conductive fibers extending therefrom and a second ground plane connected to the reference voltage potential having a second plurality of resiliently compressible conductive fibers extending therefrom. The first and second ground planes are arranged to receive an insulated high voltage device under test connected to a voltage potential greater or less than the reference voltage potential between them and configured such that at least a portion of the first and second pluralities of resiliently compressible conductive fibers are in compressive contact with the insulated high voltage device under test. A method of testing insulated high voltage devices is also presented herein.
US11573250B2
An electric circuit arrangement and a measuring method for a galvanically insulated, AC/DC sensitive differential current measurement having a high resolution having: a toroid current transformer having at least one secondary winding for detecting a differential current; a driver circuit for powering the secondary winding; a first oscillator circuit for controlling the driver circuit and for generating a time-modulated binary oscillator signal having dwell times in a state 1 and a state 2; a second oscillator circuit for determining the corresponding dwell time in the states 1 and 2 in high resolution by means of a clock signal having a clock rate independent of the oscillator signal; an evaluation device for evaluating the dwell time; and a data interface for outputting a differential-current measuring value; the driver circuit and the second oscillator circuit each being realized as structurally individual, integrated circuits.
US11573249B2
An apparatus for providing a test signal from a device under test (DUT) to a measurement instrument is disclosed. The apparatus includes a probe head configured to receive an electrical signal from the DUT. The probe head includes an electro-optic modulator. The apparatus also includes a control box, which includes an optical source. The optical source is configured to provide an input optical signal to the electro-optic modulator, which is configured to provide an output optical signal based on the electrical signal from the DUT. The control box also includes an optical bias control circuit. Only a bias control signal is provided to the electro-optic modulator.
US11573248B2
The present disclosure discloses a test socket including an inelastic insulating housing formed of an inelastic insulating material having a plurality of housing holes, and a plurality of electro-conductive parts comprising electro-conductive particles in an elastic insulating material, the electro-conductive parts including an electro-conductive part body having a lower end portion to be connected to a signal electrode of the tester, an upper end portion to be connected to the terminal of the device under inspection, and an electro-conductive part bump connected to the electro-conductive part body to protrude from one or both of an upper and lower surface of the inelastic insulating housing.
US11573243B2
Provided is a temperature control system applied to an apparatus for analyzing a sample using a pipette nozzle and a reaction container, including a pipette tip temperature controller that heats a pipette tip which is fitted on the pipette nozzle and aspirates or discharges liquid and a reaction container temperature controller that heats the reaction container. The pipette tip temperature controller heats, in a concentrated manner, at least a distal end portion of the pipette tip of the pipette nozzle located at a predetermined heating position with hot air emitted from a heat source and is configured such that a distal end is capable of arriving at the reaction container by lowering the pipette nozzle from the heating position.
US11573238B2
The present invention relates to the field of biochemistry, more particularly to proteomics, more particularly to protein sequencing, even more particularly to single molecule peptide sequencing. The invention discloses methods for single molecule protein sequencing and/or amino acid identification using cleavage inducing agents which are not specific for one particular amino acid, cleave polypeptides step by step from the N-terminus onwards and provide information on the identity of the cleaved amino acids based on the reaction kinetics.
US11573231B2
The present invention relates to a marker that can be used as aging biomarker. More specifically, the present invention relates to the analysis of nucleolar size as a biomarker for aging and metabolic health and its relation to the virtual age, or the life expectancy of animals, including humans. The aging biomarker of the invention can be used to study the effect of medication, food compounds and/or special diets on the wellness and virtual age, or the life expectancy of animals, including humans.
US11573228B2
Methods of determining one or more ratios of chemokines in gingival crevicular fluid of an individual selected from the group consisting of: MIF:MIP1a, MIF:CXCL1; MIF:CXCL5; M1F:CXCL8; MIF:CXCL2; and MIF:CXCL6 and methods of identifying an individual as having gingivitis comprising determining one or more ratios of the chemokines in gingival crevicular fluid are disclosed. Methods of treating individuals who are identified as having gingivitis by determining one or more ratios of the chemokines in gingival crevicular fluid are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of monitoring the treatment individuals who have gingivitis.
US11573223B2
A reagent for extracting immunosuppressant drugs from a whole blood sample for immunoassay includes protein denaturant, proteolytic enzyme, surfactant and pH buffer. A method and an immunoassay kit for detection of the immunosuppressant concentration in a whole blood sample uses the extraction reagent. The extraction reagent doesn't need the use of organic solvent as that in the traditional extraction methods, therefore the adverse effects of the organic solvent on the antibody activity in a detection system and the other relative defects associated to its use are obviated. The drug extraction process doesn't need centrifugation, as the processed sample can be directly applied for immunoassay. The operation for drug extraction is simple, and the detection result based on this extraction method is accurate.
US11573222B2
The present invention provides compositions exhibiting in vivo activity of fibrin in an in vitro setting, in vitro assays comprising such compositions, methods of producing such compositions, and methods of using such compositions and assays. The compositions of the invention include molecules with the biochemical properties of 1) high affinity binding to fibrin receptors and 2) activation of cell-signaling systems comparable to that observed in vivo by fibrin. The fibrin compositions of the invention are compatible both in biochemical assays and cell-based assays, and thus useful for in vitro assays for screening of test agents that modulate cell activation and/or signaling pathways mediated by fibrin or associated with fibrin activity.
US11573212B2
A first mixer mixes solvents therein. A second mixer has a capacity different from that of the first mixer, and mixes solvents therein. A first separation column is associated with the first mixer. A second separation column is associated with the second mixer. A first valve enables switchover between a first communication state in which the first mixer and the first separation column communicate with a detector, and a second communication state in which the second mixer and the second separation column communicate with the detector. Only by switching the first valve, it is possible to switch between the first communication state and the second communication state. The internal capacity of a flow channel in the first communication state differs from that in the second communication state. Therefore, it is easy to perform analysis with different internal capacities.
US11573208B2
A scanning device is provided. The scanning device includes a frame having a first portion and a second portion pivotably coupled to the first frame portion. The scanning device also includes a couplant source disposed in the first frame portion along with a couplant assembly. The couplant assembly includes a first couplant line disposed completely within the first frame portion and the second frame portion. The couplant assembly also includes a second couplant line extending from the first couplant line and out of the second frame portion at a first end of the second couplant line. The couplant assembly has a couplant line branch extending from the second couplant line where a sensor assembly of the ultrasound scanning device couples with the couplant line branch at an end opposite the second end of the second couplant line.
US11573201B2
The present invention relates to a method for identifying a chemical structure of a wide variety of low molecular weight compounds using mass-to-charge ratio and collision cross section of fragment ions of an analyte compound. The analyte compound is ionized and fragmented, and the fragment ions are measured by a mass spectrometer with an ion mobility spectrometry measurement device. According to the present method, it does not depend on any compound class-specific characteristics or structural features, therefore enabling determinations of any classes of low molecular weight compounds, which does not limit to a specific compound class. The present invention comprises three methods which share a common data structure and s data processing method.
US11573193B2
A resistance-integrated gas sensor is provided, including a substrate, a first metal oxide layer, an insulating layer, a contact metal layer, a contact hole, a second metal oxide layer, and an interdigitated electrode layer. The first metal oxide layer is disposed in the substrate. The insulating layer is disposed on the substrate and the first metal oxide layer. The contact metal layer and the contact hole are disposed in the insulating layer. The second metal oxide layer is disposed on the insulating layer. A portion of the interdigitated electrode layer is disposed on the insulating layer, and another portion is disposed in the second metal oxide layer. The contact metal layer and the contact hole connect the first metal oxide layer and the interdigitated electrode layer.
US11573192B2
Non-destructive inspection systems (10) and methods for inspecting structural flaws that may be in a structure (15) based on guided wave thermography. The method may include sweeping a frequency-phase space to maximize ultrasonic energy distribution across the structure while minimizing input energy, e.g., via a plurality of actuators. The system may include transducer elements (12, 14, 16, 17) configured to predominantly generate shear horizontal-type guided waves in the structure to maximize thermal response from any flaws.
US11573191B2
Methods for determining a volume of stored gas within a rock sample includes loading a rock sample into an overburden cell. A hydrocarbon gas at a gas pressure is applied to the rock sample and a confining fluid at a confining pressure is applied to the overburden cell. The confining pressure and the gas pressure are increased until a first pressure and temperature condition is met. With the rock sample maintained at the first temperature and pressure condition, a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer is used to scan the rock sample and measure a hydrocarbon gas volume within the rock sample. This measured hydrocarbon gas volume is then corrected using a Real Gas Index to determine the volume of stored gas within the rock sample.
US11573182B2
Some embodiments of the methods provided herein relate to sample analysis and particle characterization methods for large, multi-parameter data sets. Frequency difference gating compares at least two different data sets to identify regions in a multivariate space where a frequency of events from a first data set is different than a frequency of events from the second data set according to a defined threshold.
US11573179B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for tissue processing and imaging including a counterintuitive inverse relationship between protein dye concentration and tissue sample protein content. Varying dye concentration in such a manner affords higher quality fluorescent imaging at depth in tissue when using optical sectioning microscopy or second harmonic generation (SHG) analysis. Methods of the invention thereby provide more usable histopathology images while reducing waste and reagent costs and are of particular utility in combination assays that include simultaneous protein and nuclear staining and SHG analysis.
US11573178B2
Building blocks are provided for on-chip chemical sensors and other highly-compact photonic integrated circuits combining interband or quantum cascade lasers and detectors with passive waveguides and other components integrated on a III-V or silicon. A MWIR or LWIR laser source is evanescently coupled into a passive extended or resonant-cavity waveguide that provides evanescent coupling to a sample gas (or liquid) for spectroscopic chemical sensing. In the case of an ICL, the uppermost layer of this passive waveguide has a relatively high index of refraction that enables it to form the core of the waveguide, while the ambient air, consisting of the sample gas, functions as the top cladding layer. A fraction of the propagating light beam is absorbed by the sample gas if it contains a chemical species having a fingerprint absorption feature within the spectral linewidth of the laser emission.
US11573177B2
Provided herein are methods for capturing extracellular vesicles from a biological sample for quantification and/or characterization (e.g., size and/or shape discrimination) using an SP-IRIS system. Also provided herein are methods of detecting a biomarker on captured extracellular vesicles or inside the captured vesicles (e.g., intra-vesicular or intra-exosomal biomarkers).
US11573165B2
Described herein are apparatuses for analyzing an optical signal decay. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes: a source of a beam of pulsed optical energy; a sample holder configured to expose a sample to the beam; a detector comprising a number of spectral detection channels configured to convert the optical signals into respective electrical signals; and a signal processing module configured to perform a method. In some embodiments, the method includes: receiving the electrical signals from the detector; mathematically combining individual decay curves in the electrical signals into a decay supercurve, the supercurve comprising a number of components, each component having a time constant and a relative contribution to the supercurve; and numerically fitting a model to the supercurve.
US11573160B2
A method for determining the oxygen surface exchange property of a material in a solid oxide fuel cell. The method begins by first receiving a data stream comprising of continuous weight measurements of the material and time measurements of when the continuous weight measurements of the material are taken. While receiving the data stream an oxygen concentration test is performed which involves: flowing a degradation gas flow onto the cathode material while simultaneously increasing the temperature of the primary gas flow to a set temperature, flowing the degradation gas flow onto the material at the set temperature, stopping the degradation gas flow and starting a primary gas flow at the set temperature, flowing the primary gas flow onto the material at the set temperature, and stopping the primary gas flow and starting a secondary gas flow at the set temperature. This data stream is then displayed analyzing the weight change of the material over time.
US11573154B2
A method for estimating at least one ring-related parameter related to at least one piston ring may include estimating a bore distortion of a cylinder bore. The bore distortion may include a plurality of bore distortions corresponding to a plurality of respective piston locations within the cylinder bore. The method may also include receiving the bore distortion in a ring performance model configured to dynamically estimate a plurality of ring-related parameters associated with combustion in the cylinder bore during operation of the internal combustion engine. The ring performance model may be configured to receive a static data signal indicative of static parameters and a dynamic data signal indicative of dynamic parameters related to operation of the internal combustion engine. The ring performance model may be configured to estimate at least one ring-related parameter related to at least one piston ring during operation of the internal combustion engine.
US11573144B2
A pressure detector includes a first board with a first pressure inlet, a first groove, and a first board electrode; a second board with a second pressure inlet, a second groove, and a second board electrode; and a sensing unit arranged therebetween with a diaphragm. The first groove is in communication with the first pressure inlet so as to prevent the formation of a closed space between the first board and the diaphragm when they contact with each other. The second groove is in communication with the second pressure inlet so as to prevent the formation of a closed space between the second board and the diaphragm when they contact each other.
US11573131B2
A MEMS structure including a latch, a first lever, and a second lever. The first lever is designed to move past the latch as a result of flexure in the event of a change in a parameter in a first direction, and to latch in place at the latch if a change in the parameter in a second direction different than the first direction subsequently takes place. The second lever is designed to move past the first lever as a result of flexure in the event of the change in the parameter in the second direction, and to latch in place at the first lever if a change in the parameter in the first direction takes place after the change in the parameter in the second direction.
US11573127B2
A far infrared sensor package includes a package body and a plurality of far infrared sensor array integrated circuits. The plurality of far infrared sensor array integrated circuits are disposed on a same plane and inside the package body. Each of the far infrared sensor array integrated circuits includes a far infrared sensing element array of a same size.
US11573120B2
A method for adjusting parameters of a device with a weighing sensor collecting environmental parameter data of an environment where the device is currently located or environmental parameter data during execution of an application by the device. A zero compensation parameter is calculated and updated, based on the data collected. The method is applicable to a moisture analyzer and also to a vehicle scale. In the moisture analyzer, the method is triggered and executed in the analyzer, correcting the zero compensation data by using the environmental parameter data of an environment or environmental parameter data during execution of an application by the analyzer. Dynamic and real-time adjustment of a compensation parameter overcomes the problem that the scheme of pre-setting fixed parameters for zero compensation cannot deal with the complex zero drift encountered in actual environments.
US11573114B2
Provided are a robot that calculates a level of liquid contained in a liquid container and a method for calculating such liquid level. The robot includes a robot arm to which a tool is attached to an end of the robot arm, a torque sensor disposed on the robot arm and measuring a torque value of the robot arm, and a processor that controls the robot arm and receives the torque value from the torque sensor and calculates information related to the torque value, and calculates the level value of liquid contained in the liquid container based on the information related to the torque value.
US11573111B2
The measuring system includes a transducer apparatus with two tubes. Each tube is adapted to be flowed through by a fluid from an inlet end toward an outlet end and to be caused to vibrate. An electromechanical exciter mechanism excites and maintains mechanical oscillations of each of the tubes, and a sensor arrangement registers mechanical oscillations of at least one of the tubes. The transducer apparatus includes two temperature sensors each being mechanically and thermally conductively coupled with a wall of the tube, wherein each of the temperature sensors registers a measuring point temperature, and converts such into a temperature measurement signal temperature. A measuring and operating electronics (ME) generates a transducer temperature measured value representing a transducer apparatus temperature so that a magnitude of the transducer temperature measured value is greater than a magnitude of the measuring point temperature and less than a magnitude of the measuring point temperature.
US11573109B2
An instrument incorporating a refractometer for measuring parameters of a fluid such as a metalworking fluid, avoids impairment of measurement accuracy due to contact of entrained air and oil with a refractometer window by temporarily interrupting the flow of the fluid through a refractometer chamber and orienting the window so that air and oil will readily separate from the window during the interruption of flow. Continued flow of metalworking flow while refractive index measurements are taken can be achieved by the use of by-pass valving arrangements.
US11573093B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for predicting battery consumption of an electric vehicle and a device for the same. An electronic device includes an input unit which obtains destination information from a user, a memory, and at least one processor which is operatively connected to the input unit and the memory. The at least one processor may obtain a travel path of an electric vehicle, which is derived based on the destination information and may predict battery consumption when the electric vehicle travels along the travel path.
US11573088B2
Methods and apparatus for communicating information to a visitor of a site, e.g., a theme park, historical site, zoo, etc., providing mementoes of the visit and/or communicating information encouraging future, e.g., repeat, visits are described. In various embodiments costumed characters, vending carts and/or other items of interest may move around a site and thus be at different locations at different times of the day. In some embodiments beacon transmitters are inserted in the costumes of the characters, on the vending carts and/or on other moveable items. Each beacon transmitter transmits a unique wireless signal.
US11573082B2
Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for determining an effective altitude in relation to a moving sports object. In some examples, a method includes determining respective values for an air temperature, an air pressure, and a relative humidity of an environment of interest. Based on the determined respective values of the air temperature, the air pressure, and the relative humidity, an air density for the environment of interest is calculated to derive a first air density value. A second air density value is derived for a reference environment. An absolute value of a difference between the first and second air densities is compared against a preset comparison value and, based on the comparison being equal to or smaller than the preset comparison value, an output including an indicator of the effective altitude is generated.
US11573075B1
A system for estimating the angular position of a rotating shaft in an aircraft, the system including at least three electromagnetic effect sensors. The system including a flight controller that runs a voting algorithm, wherein the voting algorithm computes an output datum based on shaft position datum that qualify as both active and admissible. Furthermore, system may include, as a component of the voting algorithm, a banning process where sensors that repeatedly return datum that are either not active or not admissible can be banned.
US11573072B2
Systems and methods are provided for determining a position of a magnet. The systems and methods utilize a first sensor located at a first sensor position and arranged to measure at least two components of a magnetic field produced by the magnet, a second sensor located at a second sensor position and arranged to measure at least two components of the magnetic field produced by the magnet, and processing circuitry operatively connected to the first and second sensors to receive signals derived from signals outputted by the first and second sensors. A field angle is calculated from a first differential field of a first field dimension and a second differential field of a second field dimension orthogonal to the first field dimension. The first and second differential fields are calculated based on signals outputted by the first and second sensors.
US11573070B2
An electrical color chart tape measure apparatus for viewing a color code chart while measuring conduit includes a tape having a housing front side with a blade aperture extending therethrough adjacent the housing bottom side. A tape blade is coupled within the tape housing and is slidably extendable and retractable through the blade aperture. The tape blade has a blade top side with a plurality of hash markings and a plurality of corresponding numerical inch measurement markings. A claw is coupled to a distal end of the tape blade. A plurality of color indicators is coupled to the tape blade between the plurality of numerical inch measurement markings. A color chart is coupled to the tape housing and has a low voltage color key and a high voltage color key corresponding with the plurality of color indicators.
US11573059B2
A lower receiver that may be right hand or left hand configurable is provided. The lower receiver includes a static ejector that can be easily configured for right hand or left hand positions within the same lower receiver and a magazine button assembly having a left magazine button and a right magazine button that are operatively coupled together so that either magazine button can be pushed to release the magazine. This allows the gun builder to use this one lower receiver to build a right or left handed rifle.
US11573054B2
Thermal management for modular electronic devices is provided. In one embodiment, a modular electronic device comprises: a primary electronics assembly comprising a least one module bay configured to receive a pluggable electronics module, wherein the pluggable electronics module comprises at least one heat conduction riser that protrudes from the pluggable electronics module; a heat management mechanism coupled to the primary electronics assembly, wherein the heat management mechanism includes at least one floating heat sink thermally coupled to the heat conduction riser of the pluggable electronic module by a heat pipe that defines a direct thermal conductive heat path between the pluggable electronics module and the floating heat sink. The heat pipe is mounted to the primary electronics assembly by a spring loaded floating heat pipe interface that applies a clamping force against the heat pipe, and maintains contact between the interface and the heat conduction riser.
US11573043B2
A refrigerator includes a main body, a door rotatably coupled to the main body, and an ice making chamber provided in the door and into which the ice maker is assembled. The ice making chamber includes an ice making chamber wall and an ice making space having an open front surface, and the ice making chamber wall includes a guide rib protruding toward the ice making space. The ice maker includes an ice making tray having an ice making cell for storing water, an ejector rotatable to separate ice from the ice making cell, and a motor box coupled to one side of the ice making tray in a longitudinal direction to accommodate an ice separation motor for rotating the ejector. The ice making tray is supported on the guide rib, and the motor box and the ice making chamber wall is fastened through a fastening member.
US11573041B2
A refrigerator utilizes in some instances an icemaker having a tandem arrangement of storage bins. A first storage bin receives ice produced by an icemaker and includes a reversible ice mover that when operated in a first direction feeds an ice dispenser, and when operated in a second direction feeds a second storage bin disposed below the first storage bin. A refrigerator may also in another aspect include an externally-accessible ice dispenser having a dispenser recess portion that is removable from the refrigerator when the doors of the refrigerator are closed, e.g., for the purpose of accessing an ice storage bin.
US11573039B2
A heat source controller performs a first operation when a compression element is in a stopped state and a pressure in a receiver exceeds a predetermined first pressure. The heat source controller allows an inlet of the compression element to communicate with the receiver, and drives the compression element in the first operation.
US11573030B2
A louver assembly includes a support, a plurality of blades, and an insert. The support extends along a length and includes a plurality of slots formed therethrough. Additionally, each louver blade of the plurality of louver blades includes a retention aperture formed therethrough, where each louver blade of the plurality of louver blades extends through a respective blade aperture of the plurality of blade apertures. Moreover, the insert extends through the retention aperture of each louver blade of the plurality of louver blades.
US11573024B2
A server and a controlling method of a server are provided. The server includes a communication interface, a memory configured to store priorities of each of a plurality of spaces, and a processor configured to control a plurality of air conditioners arranged in the plurality of spaces, and the processor may, based on a total power usage of the plurality of air conditioners exceeding a first threshold value, control the plurality of air conditioners to operate in a power peak control mode to reduce the total power usage, and based on the total power usage being less than a second threshold value while operating in the power peak control mode, control the plurality of air conditioners to sequentially switch to a general mode according to the priority.
US11573021B2
Apparatus and method for ventilating a building structure, such as a residence. In some embodiments, a ventilation system includes a damper assembly which extends through an interior substrate (e.g., an interior wall) of the structure and an exhaust assembly which extends through an exterior substrate (e.g., an exterior wall of the structure and which is in communication with the damper assembly via a control circuit. The interior wall separates a conditioned space and an unconditioned space. The exhaust assembly is initially activated to vent exhaust air from the unconditioned space while a door of the damper assembly remains closed. The door is subsequently opened responsive to a measured environmental parameter, such as a differential pressure between the conditioned and unconditioned spaces, to generate a combined airflow that passes from the conditioned space to the unconditioned space and then to the exterior of the structure.
US11573015B2
A dehumidification system includes a compressor, a primary evaporator, a primary condenser, a secondary evaporator, and a secondary condenser. The secondary evaporator receives an inlet airflow and outputs a first airflow to the primary evaporator. The primary evaporator receives the first airflow and outputs a second airflow to the secondary condenser. The secondary condenser receives the second airflow and outputs a third airflow to the primary condenser. The primary condenser receives the third airflow and outputs a dehumidified airflow. The compressor receives a flow of refrigerant from the primary evaporator and provides the flow of refrigerant to the primary condenser.
US11573009B2
A latch assembly for an appliance includes a cabinet having a front panel with a latch opening. A latch member is aligned with the latch opening of the front panel and is movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. A door is hingedly coupled to the cabinet between open and closed positions and has a latch receiving aperture. A cover plate is configured to selectively cover the latch opening. The cover plate is rotatably coupled with the cabinet between first and second positions.
US11573000B2
An optical unit includes a first light source, a second light source, a rotary reflector that rotates about an axis of rotation while reflecting first light emitted from the first light source, and a projection lens that projects the first light reflected by the rotary reflector into a light illuminating direction of the optical unit to form a first light distribution pattern. The second light source is disposed such that second light emitted from the second light source enters the projection lens without being reflected by the rotary reflector. The projection lens is configured to project the second light into the light illuminating direction of the optical unit to form a second light distribution pattern such that the second light distribution pattern overlaps an end portion of the first light distribution pattern in a right-left direction.
US11572992B2
A vehicle lamp includes a first lamp unit for forming a first region of a beam pattern, and a second lamp unit for forming a second region of the beam pattern. The first lamp unit and the second lamp unit are arranged in a left-right direction. Each of the first lamp unit and the second lamp unit includes a plurality of lamp modules arranged in the left-right direction, each of the plurality of lamp modules including a light source unit including a light source and a light path adjusting unit. A position of light irradiation region formed by the light emitted from each of the plurality of lamp modules is particularly configured depending on a position of the light source with respect to a rear focal point of the light path adjusting unit.
US11572986B2
A light-emitting device includes: a plurality of light sources configured to be disposed on a substrate; a light diffusion member configured to commonly cover the plurality of light sources; and a plurality of wavelength conversion members configured to be disposed between the light sources and the light diffusion member in a thickness direction and disposed in regions corresponding to the plurality of light sources in a plane, respectively, and configured to convert light with a first wavelength from the light sources into light with a second wavelength.
US11572985B2
A lighting apparatus includes a light source, a light passing cover, a back cover and a rim frame. The light source is used for emitting a light. The light passing cover has a first ladder edge. The rim frame has an inner frame and a light source holder. The back cover, the surface rim and the light passing cover define a concealed space. The light source is disposed in the light source holder in the concealed space. The inner frame defines a light opening for the light to escape from the lighting apparatus. The inner frame has a second ladder edge surrounding the light opening. The first ladder edge and the second ladder edge are pressed by the back cover to press to each other. Multiple ladder protrusion surfaces between the first ladder edge and the second ladder edge prevent water to enter the concealed space.
US11572982B1
One or more indicators provide an indication of fueling status of a hydrogen powered vehicle. One or more sensors detect temperature and/or other characteristics of the fuel provided to the vehicle and provide an electrical signal to one or more of the indicators to permit an indication of fueling status. The indicators, which may be visual and/or audible, may be positioned on the fueling apparatus and on the vehicle in the vicinity of a fueling receptacle. The indicators may also be positioned elsewhere on the vehicle and may be separate from the vehicle such as on or around a fueling station and/or on separate computerized devices.
US11572978B2
Elastomeric holders in the form of toiletry holders, mirrors holders, shower caddies and make-up holders. The holders comprise a body, having a substantially planar rear surface, configured to releasably adhere to a vertical surface without the use of adhesives, and a retainer, for retaining an item and formed at least in part by the body, such that a front surface of the body forms a peripheral edge around the retainer.
US11572977B2
A hinged support apparatus and method for a portable electronic display device is disclosed that includes a mounting plate and an elongated base each, respectively, having a proximal and a distal end portion. The hinged support apparatus includes a mounting plate and an elongated base, at least a portion of which is disposed upon and coplanar with the mounting plate. The mounting plate and the elongated base can include tenons that can engage in position stops located in mortises in the opposite parts. Using these tenons and mortises, the distal end of the elongated base can be locked or interlocked into a position at a splayed out angle from the mounting plate for easier viewing.
US11572976B1
A stand for vertically aligning borehole charges on non-level surfaces. The stand has a support base. A ball and socket assembly includes a socket portion connected to the support base and a ball portion disposed in the socket portion. The socket portion includes a grip interface to press against the ball portion. A body is connected to the ball portion. A clamp is attached to the socket portion at an interface of the ball and socket assembly between the socket portion and the ball portion. The body is configured to contain a shaped explosive charge for making a borehole. The ball and socket assembly is substantially hollow. The clamp adjusts compression of the ball and socket assembly.
US11572973B2
Provided herein are products, methods, and kits, for use in regulating the temperature of an object. The present invention relates to thermal insulating liners for regulating the temperature of perishable goods or temperature sensitive products. The thermal insulating liners generally may be dimensioned to fit within a container. The thermal insulating liners may be quickly collapsed and reconstructed to improve stackability and diminish the amount of space required to store the thermal insulating liners prior to use.
US11572971B2
Methods, apparatus or equipment and systems for lining conduits, e.g., preferably subterranean pipelines and passageways, such as sewers, with a liner impregnated with a curable resin in order to secure the conduit against ingress or egress of liquids.
US11572970B2
An object to provide a vent pipe isolation balloon for a liquefied gas storage tank, which has excellent physical strength, inflatability, and durability at cryogenic temperatures, and a vent pipe isolation device including the balloon. The vent pipe isolation balloon has inner and outer membranes made of silicon rubber, and a reinforcing substrate sandwiched between the inner membrane and the outer membrane. The balloon has an outer shape of a cylindrical shape or a truncated cone shape with both ends opened, and is inflated when an inert gas is injected into the balloon with the openings sealed. The reinforcing substrate is composed of a fiber bundle and has a network structure.
US11572969B2
A fluid transfer connector securely connects a port fitting of a fluid device to a fluid hose. The fluid transfer connector includes an attachment member attachable to the port fitting of the fluid storage device. The fluid transfer connector further includes a hose adapter including a housing with a seal that wipes and sealingly engages the port fitting when the hose adapter is engaged to the attachment member.
US11572958B2
A housing has a housing main body that defines an internal space therein, an inlet port that fluidly connects the internal space and an outside of the housing main body to each other, and a relief port that fluidly connects the internal space and the outside of the housing main body to each other. Coolant water flows into the housing through the inlet port. A relief valve is disposed in the relief port and configured to selectively allow and block fluid communication between the internal space and the outside of the housing main body via the relief port by selectively opening and closing the relief port in accordance with conditions. A valve has a valve body rotatable about a rotation axis in the internal space, and a shaft disposed along the rotation axis. A covering portion is configured to cover the relief valve not to be visible through the inlet port.
US11572954B2
This disclosure relates to a shut-off valve, in particular a pipe-bridge slide valve, for a coking drum for the production of coke, having at least one pipe socket which has a first end for connection to the coking drum and a second end on which a slider is arranged for opening and closing the coking drum, wherein the pipe socket has a supply connection for filling the coking drum with a medium and a diaphragm which is arranged between the supply connection and the first end of the pipe socket and can be moved into a filling position and into an emptying position, wherein, in the filling position, a diaphragm opening is arranged in the region of the central longitudinal axis of the pipe socket for introducing the medium centrally into the coking drum, and, in the emptying position, the diaphragm opening has a larger passage area than in the filling position.
US11572953B2
In embodiments, a gate valve includes a valve body including a flow passage from a first opening to a second opening, and a gate channel having a first end intersecting the flow passage and a second end delineated by a third opening. A valve cover fits over the third opening. A cap fits over a valve cover opening. In embodiments, a valve cover includes a body with a second sealing surface protruding from a first sealing surface, both around an opening of the body. A cap has a third sealing surface to mate with the first sealing surface, and a fourth sealing surface congruent to the second sealing surface. In embodiments, a valve cover cap includes a body with a first sealing surface on an end of a wall. Pin flanges each have a pin hole having a pin hole axis oriented perpendicular to a center axis of the wall.
US11572952B2
A shaft sealing arrangement includes a first seal and a second seal, wherein the first seal is designed in the form of a lip seal and the second seal is designed in the form of a mechanical seal. When the shaft is at a standstill, the lip seal performs the sealing action and, when the shaft is rotating, the mechanical seal performs the sealing action.
US11572948B2
A method of controlling an engine and a transmission of a hybrid vehicle includes steps of: determining whether the vehicle starts, determining an engine RPM and a gear stage of a transmission if the vehicle has started, determining whether the engine RPM has reached an engine speed control point, determining an engine target RPM and an engine target RPM slope of the vehicle when it is determined that the engine RPM has reached the engine speed control point, controlling the engine RPM of the vehicle to follow the engine target RPM and the engine target RPM slope, determining whether the engine RPM has slipped compared to the target engine RPM, and performing PID control to follow the engine target RPM if the engine RPM slips compared to the engine target RPM.
US11572944B1
A floating spacer assembly for a gear mounted on a shaft, such as a planet gear mounted to a planet carrier, is disclosed. The gear may be mounted on the shaft with a pair of roller bearings with inner races and bearing rollers, and a gear bore having a gear groove defined therein functioning as the outer races of the roller bearings. The floating spacer assembly may include an annular spacer ring having one or more sector slots circumferentially spaced around the spacer ring, and a spacer sector disposed within each of the sector slots and extending radially outward from the spacer ring and into the gear groove when the floating spacer assembly is installed between the roller bearings. The spacer sectors may engage surfaces of the gear groove and the spacer ring may engage the bearing rollers to limit axial movement of the gear relative to the shaft.
US11572934B2
A belt drive comprises a first pulley and at least one additional pulley and uses an elastic belt that is engagable over the pulleys. An auxiliary unit, connected to the first pulley, has a detent. A tensioning link comprises an open-ended slot for receiving in a slidable manner the detent. In an operating position of the belt drive the detent is locatable at a closed end of the open-ended slot and to obtain a belt changing position the detent is movable along the open-ended slot towards an open end of the open-ended slot. Movement of the detent along the open-ended slot requires simultaneous rotation of the auxiliary unit.
US11572933B2
An electric powertrain includes a first electric motor that has an uninterrupted connection with a drive shaft of a vehicle. The electric powertrain further includes a first gear train that has an interruptible connection with the drive shaft. In one form, this interruptible connection includes a second carrier and a clutch engagement member. The electric powertrain further includes a sun gear in the form of a ring gear and planet gears in the form of a first output shaft. To provide a compact configuration, the first electric motor and the first gear train are sandwiched between the sun gear and the planet gears.
US11572932B2
A coupling structure includes a shaft, a tube, and a connection assembly. An end of the shaft is formed with a plurality of axial insertion troughs extended in an axial direction and arranged in an alternate manner. The tube includes a penetration-axle hole formed in a center thereof and corresponding to the penetration-axle section of the shaft. A plurality of radial insertion troughs, in the form of a recessed surface, are formed in an inner circumferential surface of the penetration-axle hole of the tube. The connection assembly includes a coupling block that has an outer circumference formed with a plurality of radial insertion blocks corresponding to the radial insertion troughs of the tube and a plurality of axial insertion blocks corresponding to the axial insertion troughs of the shaft, so that a fastening member may be used to selectively fasten the coupling block between the shaft and the tube.
US11572928B2
A heat exchanger (HEX) for cooling air in a gas turbine engine is provided. An adjustable damper is provided. The adjustable damper may be for damping a movement of the HEX relative to the gas turbine engine. An adjustable damper may comprise: a first tube; a second tube located at least partially within the first tube; a housing coupled to the second tube; a moveable member, the moveable member comprising a contacting surface in contact with the second tube; an adjusting member adjustably coupled to the housing; and a spring member located between the moveable member and the adjusting member, the spring member configured to at least one of compress or decompress in response to adjusting member moving relative to the housing.
US11572927B2
A subframe mounting bush structure for improving NVH performance is provided. The subframe mounting bush structure includes an outer shell, a first bridge formed in the outer shell along a longitudinal direction, a second bridge formed in the outer shell along the longitudinal direction, a first inner shell positioned at a center of the first bridge, and a second inner shell positioned at a center of the second bridge.
US11572921B2
A sintered bearing is made of a sintered compact containing nickel silver (Cu—Ni—Zn) as a base. In the sintered bearing, P is not added in the sintered compact. Alternatively, a content of P in the sintered compact is less than 0.05 mass % in terms of mass ratio to a total mass. Consequently, crystal grains constituting the sintered compact can be micronized. In particular, in the sintered bearing, an average crystal particle diameter of the crystal grains constituting the sintered compact is 20 μm or less. Consequently, the mechanical strength and the vibration resisting properties can be improved, and the rotation shaft can be prevented from being damaged.
US11572915B2
A cement board screw a high thread that begins on the tapered end, extends onto the shank and terminates at a second axial location along the shank. The high thread defines a high peripheral edge, where a leading flank and a trailing flank meet at the high peripheral edge and together define a high thread angle that is between about thirty degrees and about fifty-five degrees. A low thread begins on the tapered end, extends onto the shank and terminates substantially at a first axial location along the shank such that an axial length of the low thread is less than an axial length of the high thread. The low thread includes a leading flank and a trailing flank that meet at a low peripheral edge and together define a low thread angle that is between about fifty degrees and about seventy degrees.
US11572911B2
An expansion anchor is provided, which is fixable in a borehole, including an expansion sleeve for anchoring on a wall of the borehole and including an anchor bolt which is guided through the expansion sleeve and which has an expansion area for expanding the expansion sleeve, the expansion sleeve having a first annular groove on its outside, which extends up to the front end face of the expansion sleeve facing the expansion area. According to the invention, it is provided that the expansion sleeve has a second annular groove on its outside, and that an annular connection piece is situated between the first annular groove and the second annual groove.
US11572909B2
A tolerance compensation fastening apparatus (1) for fastening a first vehicle component (200) to a second vehicle component (300) by way of a bolt (100), the fastening apparatus being set up to compensate for a tolerance within a tolerance compensation range. A fastening system including such a fastening apparatus, as well as to a method for fastening a first vehicle component to a second vehicle component by way of a bolt.
US11572898B2
A levering device includes a coupling block, a gripper, an operating rod, and a constraint sleeve. The coupling block includes a coupling chamber, two guide slots in communication with the coupling chamber, an extension rod, and an axial hole axially cut through the extension rod in communication with the coupling chamber. The operating rod being axially movably inserted through the axial hole into a bearing chamber of a housing of a motor-driven water lifting device to stop against respective one end of a wheel axle of the motor-driven water lifting device. The gripper is attachable to the two guide slots of the coupling block and includes two gripper blocks and two claw bars respectively connected to the gripper blocks. The constraint sleeve is sleeved onto the coupling block to stop the two claw bars in the respective the guide slots.
US11572896B2
A quick-release mechanism for fan includes a first lateral cover, a second lateral cover, a latch member, a handle, and a pushing member. The first lateral cover has a slot hole. The latch member extends from the slot hole and has an engaging block and an actuation portion connected to the engaging block. The handle has a first pivot end and a second pivot end pivotally connected to the first lateral cover and the second lateral cover, respectively. The handle is movable between a first position and a second position. The pushing member is disposed at the first pivot end. When the handle is at the first position, the actuation portion moves toward the first lateral cover. When the handle is at the second position, the pushing member pushes the actuation portion to move toward a direction away from the inner surface.
US11572889B2
A blade pivot of adjustable orientation for a turbomachine fan hub includes: a block having a retaining device configured to retain a fan blade root and a coupling device for the transmission of a torque; a ball type rolling bearing for taking up centrifugal forces having an inner ring; a clamping nut screwed onto an external thread of the block in order to clamp the inner ring of the ball type rolling bearing for taking up centrifugal forces to the block; a rolling bearing for taking up transverse forces; a pitch setting transmission ring positioned inside the inner radial end of the block and equipped with a coupling device cooperating with the coupling device of the block, and a device for locking the pitch setting transmission ring on the block.
US11572887B2
A compressor has a rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of impellers that include a disk having a solid structure having a buried center, and are adjacent to each other in an axial direction, and a plurality of bolts for fixing the plurality of impellers together. The disk has a disk surface facing the axial direction and a bolt hole penetrating the disk at a position deviated outward from an axis in a radial direction. The disk surface includes a contact surface of which at least a part is located outside the bolt hole in the radial direction, and a non-contact surface which is a region inside the contact surface in the radial direction.
US11572886B1
An electric submersible pump (ESP) seal section assembly. The assembly comprises a seal section filled with dielectric oil; a coupling body partially inserted into the seal section, and a coupling body, wherein the coupling body is substantially cylindrical and has a first outside diameter at an upper end of the coupling body, has a second outside diameter smaller than the first diameter below the first outside diameter, has a circumferential tapered shoulder between the portion of the coupling body having the first diameter and the portion of the coupling body having the second diameter; a service-less flange coupled to the seal section, wherein the service-less flange defines a circumferential opening having a circumferential tapered shoulder on an upper edge that contacts the circumferential tapered shoulder of the coupling body.
US11572869B2
Disclosed is a mechanical actuator system for generating a force needed for actuating an actuating member of an EOAT device as required. The actuator system has at least one functional unit which is designed to change the dimension of the functional unit reversibly in a preferred direction (R) of the functional unit when energy is supplied. The invention further relates to an EOAT device, in particular in the form of a gripper or of a cutting tool, having at least one actuating member and an actuator system associated with the at least one actuating member.
US11572866B2
A system for placing a wind turbine assembly on a support surface of a support structure being supported on a seabed with a lifting crane provided on a floating vessel, said system can be changed from a first operation mode into a second operation mode to compensate a vertical reciprocal crane movement of the crane relative to the support structure.
US11572857B2
A suction valve of a high-pressure fuel pump for a vehicle includes a housing having an inlet through which a fuel is introduced and a pump chamber configured to press the fuel, a valve installation space arranged between the inlet and the pump chamber, and a solenoid part provided with a rod for performing a linear reciprocal motion, and further includes a valve sleeve inserted into the valve installation space and formed with a flow hole, a valve spring seated on the valve sleeve, a valve plate elastically supported by the valve spring, and moving in conjunction with the rod, and a valve sheet formed with an introduction hole opened and closed by the valve plate, in which the valve sleeve is slid and inserted into the valve installation space, and the valve sheet is fitted into and fastened to the valve installation space to support the valve sleeve.
US11572851B2
Various embodiments of a vortex thruster system is described herein that is configured to create at least three discrete thrust levels. In some embodiments, the vortex thruster system is configured to decompose a monopropellant and deliver the decomposed monopropellant into a vortex combustion chamber for generating various thrust levels. In some embodiments, the vortex thruster system includes a secondary propellant valve configured to deliver a secondary propellant into the vortex combustion chamber containing decomposed monopropellant to create a high thrust level. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US11572844B2
A method for stopping an engine within a desired crankshaft angular range is disclosed. In one example, the method may take no control actions if it is determined that the engine will stop within the desired crankshaft angular range. However, if it is determined that the engine may stop outside of the desired crankshaft angular range, expansion combustion may be initiated in a cylinder so that the engine stops in a desired crankshaft angular range.
US11572840B2
A computer-implemented method for multi-mode operation of a combustion system, a combustion system, and a heat engine are provided. The method includes initializing combustion of a fuel/oxidizer mixture, determining whether conditions at the combustion system meet or exceed a first threshold operating parameter, transitioning to detonation combustion of the fuel/oxidizer mixture if conditions at the combustion system meet or exceed the first threshold operating parameter, and maintaining or increasing fuel flow through a deflagrative fuel circuit if conditions at the combustion system do not meet or exceed the first threshold operating parameter.
US11572835B2
A turbofan gas turbine engine configured to reduce hotspots within combustors. The engine includes an axis and a combustor that is circumferentially disposed about the axis. The combustor includes an annular combustor liner that includes a front portion and a rear portion. The annular combustor liner is joined to an annular combustor dome via front portion and defines a chamber and a nozzle is mounted within the annular combustor dome and is configured to inject fuel into a plurality of swirlers. At least one or more dilution openings is circumferentially distributed around the liner such that a region is fluidly connected through the annular combustor liner to the chamber. Each one of the pluralities of dilution openings includes an opening and a radial support wall that is positioned aft of the opening such that the radial support wall extends into the chamber.
US11572815B2
Methods and systems are provided for a turbocharger. In one example, a method may include bypassing exhaust gases flowing to the turbocharger in response to a catalyst temperature being less than a threshold temperature. The bypassing includes opening a bypass valve and adjusting a position of one or more turbine nozzle vanes.
US11572812B2
The present disclosure relates to a device for lubricating an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft, which is connected to at least one connecting rod. The device has at least one first flow limiter, in particular a restrictor, for reducing a lubricating fluid flow of a lubricating fluid stream passed to the at least one first flow limiter. The device has a plurality of crankshaft bearings for the rotatable support of the crankshaft, wherein the plurality of crankshaft bearings is provided in fluid communication downstream of the at least one first flow limiter. The device has at least one big end bearing for the rotatable support of the at least one connecting rod, wherein the at least one big end bearing is provided in fluid communication downstream of at least one crankshaft bearing of the plurality of crankshaft bearings.
US11572807B2
An internal structure of a primary exhaust duct of a turbomachine, the internal structure comprising a primary wall comprising a surface of revolution about a longitudinal axis, allowing the air to pass through orifices and forming an internal surface of the primary exhaust duct, an interior skin comprising a surface of revolution about the longitudinal axis, arranged inside the primary wall, an upstream flange and a downstream flange which attach the interior skin to the interior of the primary wall, at least one separator which is attached to the interior skin and which extends from the interior skin towards the primary wall, the, or each, separator extends in a plane generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, between the two flanges, and the, or each, separator is not attached to the primary wall.
US11572806B2
Various embodiments include methods for performing maintenance on a gas turbine bearing area. In some cases, a method includes: separating sections of an inlet bellmouth of the gas turbine without removing the sections of the inlet bellmouth from the gas turbine; removing a housing from over a bearing of the gas turbine; mounting a bearing maintenance apparatus adjacent the inlet bellmouth and the bearing; and performing maintenance on the bearing area while the sections of the inlet bellmouth remain separated.
US11572805B2
A system for supplying lubricant to a component of a gas turbine engine having a fan shaft is provided. The system includes a pump drivably couplable to the fan shaft for pumping lubricant to the component. The pump includes an inlet for receiving lubricant from a lubricant source, an outlet for outputting lubricant to the component and a swashplate movable between at least a first position and a second position. The system also includes a swashplate actuator for actuating the swashplate between the first position and the second position according to whether the fan shaft is rotating in a forward direction or a reverse direction opposite to the forward direction.
US11572803B1
A turbine airfoil includes a body including a wall defining pressure and suction sides, and a leading edge extending between the pressure and suction sides. A cooling circuit inside the wall of the body includes at least one of: a) a suction side to pressure side cooling sub-circuit including a first cooling passage(s) extending from the suction side to the pressure side around the leading edge to a first plenum, and a plurality of first film cooling holes communicating with the first plenum and extending through the wall on the pressure side; and b) a pressure side to suction side cooling sub-circuit including second cooling passage(s) extending from the pressure side to the suction side around the leading edge to a second plenum, and a plurality of second film cooling holes communicating with the second plenum and extending through the wall on the suction side.
US11572799B2
A detection device for a turbine blade of an aircraft engine includes a machine table, a fixing frame, a dip coating mechanism, and a detection mechanism. A sliding cavity is formed in an upper end of the machine table, a support plate is slidably arranged in the sliding cavity, a side end of the support plate is rotatably connected to a chuck, the fixing frame is in an inverted “U” shape and is fixed on the upper end of the machine table, and a mounting barrel is rotatably arranged on the fixing frame. The dip coating mechanism and the detection mechanism are arranged on the machine table, such that wall-hanging sediments in an air film hole and a cooling channel will be exposed to a first photosensitive camera and a second photosensitive camera through fluorescent liquid, thus completing wall hanging and blockage detection of the blade synchronously.
US11572797B2
A turbine rotor in an embodiment includes: a rotor body portion; and a plurality of turbine disks provided on the rotor body portion in a center axis direction of the rotor body portion. The turbine rotor includes: a high-pressure cooling passage formed in the rotor body portion, the high-pressure cooling passage to which a high-pressure cooling medium is supplied, and the high-pressure cooling passage that discharges the high-pressure cooling medium to the high-pressure side turbine stage; and a low-pressure cooling passage formed in the rotor body portion, the low-pressure cooling passage to which a low-pressure cooling medium whose pressure is lower than the pressure of the high-pressure cooling medium is supplied, and the low-pressure cooling passage that discharges the low-pressure cooling medium to the low-pressure side turbine stage.
US11572793B2
The turbine exhaust case can have an outer shroud, an inner shroud internal to the outer shroud, an annular exhaust path between the outer shroud and the inner shroud, and a plurality of struts each having a length extending across the annular exhaust path from a radially inner end to a radially outer end, the struts circumferentially interspaced from one another, the struts each having a leading edge and a trailing edge, a stiff connection between the radially inner end and the inner shroud, and a point connection between the radially outer end and the outer shroud.
US11572790B1
A turbine blade for a gas turbine engine has an airfoil including leading and trailing edges joined by spaced-apart pressure and suction sides to provide an external airfoil surface extending from a platform in a spanwise direction to a tip. The external airfoil surface is formed in substantial conformance with multiple cross-sectional profiles of the airfoil defined by a set of Cartesian coordinates set forth in Table 1, the Cartesian coordinates provided by an axial coordinate scaled by a local axial chord, a circumferential coordinate scaled by a local axial chord, and a span location.
US11572781B2
A casing pipe extends in a vertical direction, and two adjacent casing pipes are connected by a plurality of link mechanisms; the link mechanism includes two supports, the two supports are hinged by a first pin to form a hinged portion, an upper end and a lower end of the link mechanism are hinged to two adjacent casing pipes by second pins separately, a sensor is fixed to the link mechanism, and the link mechanism has an initial state of extending in the vertical direction and an extending state in which the hinged portion extends outwards to be located on an outer side of the casing pipe; a driving mechanism drives a push portion to move towards the link mechanism; and a downward pressing apparatus is used for pressing a top end of the topmost casing pipe downwards to push the hinged portion into a side wall of the borehole.
US11572776B2
Hydraulic fracturing a subterranean formation with frac fluid, the hydraulic fracturing including complex shear fracturing of the subterranean formation. The technique includes determining an amount of the complex shear fracturing occurring, and adjusting operating parameters of the hydraulic fracturing to increase the complex shear fracturing occurring. The amount may consider fracture surface area. The adjusting may consider resonant frequency of the subterranean formation rock being fractured. The complex shear fracturing may assist with diffusion production. The techniques may include a non-transitory, computer-readable medium having instructions executable by a processor of a computing device to facilitate the aforementioned actions.
US11572771B2
Disclosed is a compressor system suitable for carrying out artificial gas lift operations at an oil or gas well. Also disclosed is a method for controlling the compressor system. The methods disclosed provide the well operator with the ability to identify and maintain gas injection rates which result in the minimum production pressure. The minimum production pressure will be determined either by a bottom hole sensor or a casing pressure sensor located at the surface or any convenient location capable of monitoring pressure at the wellhead.
US11572768B2
Methods and systems for predicting well site production are disclosed, including a computer system comprising one or more processor and a non-transitory computer memory storing processor readable instructions that when executed by the one or more processor cause the one or more processor to receive image data of a geographic region around and including a well site; receive well site location data of a location of the well site; analyze well site data to determine well pad location data of a location of a well pad including an area of observation extending beyond and around a well site; determine pixel data of the well pad within the image data for a particular time from the well pad location data; and analyze the pixel data of the well pad for a particular time to determine a volume of flared gas based on the pixel data.
US11572764B2
In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of subsurface sequestration of CO2 in a geological basin includes identifying one or more subsurface sequestration locations in the geological basin and injecting an aqueous CO2 solution to be sequestered into the geological basin. The one or more subsurface sequestration locations are regions of deeper geological structure, relative to an adjacent shallower geological structure, into which a negatively buoyant fluid injected into the basin will sink. The aqueous CO2 solution comprises a density that is greater than the density of the water naturally present in the geological basin, such that the injected aqueous CO2 solution pools in the one or more subsurface sequestration locations.
US11572760B2
A downhole tool and method therefor use a deviated flow path to prevent/mitigate fallback of solids during shutdown of an ESP. The deviated flow path leverages the direction of fallback downhole and the relative inertias of the solid particulates and the fluid to minimize fallback into the ESP. The particulates change flow direction more slowly than fluid, and thus largely avoid the deviated flow path to instead fall through a bypass path during fallback. This obviates the need for mechanical valves that may be subject to excessive mechanical wear or other issues associated with solid particulates.
US11572757B2
A backup ring for a seal assembly including a body having a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface, an opening in the body extending from the radially outer surface toward the radially inner surface, the opening being receptive to a line to guide and protect the line. A wellbore system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string disposed in the borehole, a seal system disposed in the string, the system including a backup ring comprising a body having a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface and an opening in the body extending from the radially outer surface toward the radially inner surface, the opening being receptive to a line to guide and protect the line and a method for running a line along a seal system.
US11572751B2
Embodiments provide an expandable meshed component for guiding an untethered measurement device used in a subterranean well. The expandable meshed component includes an uphole radial portion, an intermediate radial portion, a downhole radial portion, an outer meshed wall, and an inner meshed wall. The expandable meshed component has a density less than a fluidic component occupying the space. A method for guiding an untethered measurement device used in a subterranean well includes deploying a compressed expandable meshed component tethered to the untethered measurement device, disconnecting the compressed expandable meshed component and the untethered measurement device, and releasing a sleeve surrounding the compressed expandable meshed component such that the expandable meshed component expands, ascends, and fits into an annulus.
US11572748B2
An improved vacuum device for use with a vacuum assisted post hole digger tool. The improved vacuum device includes two suction providing motors with their suction outlets connected in a parallel fashion directly to a filter box. The dual motor configuration provides significantly improved suction power over existing vacuum devices but is still able to be powered on household 120V AC power. The improved vacuum device is paired with a post hole digger apparatus which includes an elongated hollow tubular tool for transmitting vacuum to the base end of the tube. The base end of the tube further comprises a variety bore heads for breaking up soil. A variety of devices for breaking up soil or removing clogs around the bore head are included: a thrasher bar, a hammer bar and an unclogger bar. Each of these devices are designed to be activated either manually by the user by application of force at the upper end of the tool or by application of rotary force by a motor disposed at the top of the housing.
US11572746B2
A power tong including a rotary gripping apparatus having a rotary base having a first jaw and at least one rotary arm movable relative to the rotary base between an open position and a closed position, the at least one rotary arm having a second jaw. A gap is present between the rotary base and the at least one rotary arm for receiving the tubular when the at least one rotary arm is in the open position. The gap is closed when the at least one rotary arm is in the closed position.
US11572735B2
A multistage prism window includes first and second transparent plate materials, a first prism, a reflection member, a second prism, and a heat absorption member. The first prism collects, onto the reflection member, light whose angle with respect to a normal line of the first and second transparent plate materials is equal to or greater than a first predetermined angle and transmits light whose angle with respect thereto is smaller than the first predetermined angle. The second prism collects, onto the heat absorption member, light whose angle with respect to the normal line is smaller than the first predetermined angle and equal to or greater than a second predetermined angle and transmits light whose angle with respect thereto is smaller than the second predetermined angle.
US11572731B2
A method includes predicting an environmental condition at a location to which a vehicle is travelling, the environmental condition including at least one of water, dust, and pollution, determining that an object within the vehicle is at a distance greater than a threshold distance from an unobstructed window of the vehicle, and then actuating the unobstructed window to a closed position based on the environmental condition and the object being at the distance from the window greater than the threshold distance.
US11572728B2
An apparatus can be used to control a door for a vehicle. A sensor unit is provided in the door and is configured to sense an object adjacent to a region outside of the door. A controller is configured to calculate a distance at which the object is positioned based on a signal received from the sensor unit and to control the door to be opened while the distance to the object is gradually reduced in a state where the door is closed, such that the object is sensed within a predetermined range.
US11572723B2
A vehicle interior component is disclosed. The component may comprise a cover movable relative to a base between closed and open positions and a latch mechanism comprising a magnet arrangement for movement within the cover for engaged and disengaged states. The magnet arrangement may maintain the disengaged state after the cover is released from the base. A magnet of the base may retain the engaged state, a magnet may retain the disengaged state. The magnet arrangement may be concealed within the cover; a magnet arrangement may be concealed within the base. The base may comprise a first magnet on a sidewall and a second magnet on another sidewall; the cover may comprise a first magnet to engage the first magnet of the base and a second magnet to engage the second magnet of the base. The component may comprise a trim component, console, floor console, center console, or compartment.
US11572692B2
A wall structure and a method for forming a wall structure is provided using three-dimensional printing of extruded building material applied to a surface of a building structure. According to one embodiment, the wall structure includes a pair of outer wythes spaced from an inner wythe. The outer wythes can include a core extending between the pair of outer wythes and toward the inner wythe. A protrusion can also extend toward the inner wythe a spaced distance from the inner wythe or entirely toward and adjoining the inner wythe. The core is configured with an inwardly facing spaced opposed surfaces of the outer wythes surrounding a vertically extending rebar, with grout surrounding that rebar. Horizontally extending support pins can be spaced parallel from each other and extend from the protrusions and into the inner wythe.
US11572686B2
The present invention provides a building comprising a foundation; a wall supported by the foundation; and trusses supported by the wall. A plurality of hold down assemblies connects at least some of the trusses directly to the foundation. Each hold down assembly comprises an anchor; a tie-rod connected to the anchor; a bearing plate operably associated with an end portion of an associated truss for transferring load to the tie-rod; and a fastener securing the tie-rod to the bearing plate, thereby tying the associated truss directly to the foundation.
US11572683B2
A structural, load-bearing panel useful in constructing multistory buildings may have a panel height, panel width, and panel thickness, and may include a first layer comprising at least 75 wt. % of concrete, relative to a total weight of the first layer; an insulation layer comprising flexible polymer, the insulation layer having a thickness of at least 5 cm; and a second layer comprising at least 75 wt. % concrete, wherein the insulation layer is sandwiched between the first and second layers, and wherein the panel is suitable to be set in any of a planar, curved, and polyhedral cross-sectional shape. Set panels are not flexible, though the flexibility of the insulation layer, particularly of a polyethylene foam, may allow the panel to have a curved, or polyhedral cross-section while still serving as a structural support.
US11572680B1
A urine deflector is configured to attach to a toilet seat and is made of a monolithic structure comprising an arcuate top member having a planar top surface integrally formed with an arc shaped projecting portion, the arc shaped projecting portion projecting downwardly from the top member, the projecting portion integrally formed, at each end of the arc shape, with a gravity assist drain portion, each gravity assist drain portion extending from the projecting portion at an angle from 30° to 60° from a plane defined by a top surface of the top member that facilitates directing urine liquid into a toilet bowl when the toilet seat is in either a seated position or an open position.
US11572676B2
A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body mounted on the lower traveling body, an excavation attachment attached to the upper turning body, a posture detecting device configured to detect the posture of the excavation attachment, an instability detecting device configured to detect information on the instability of the upper turning body due to an excavation load, and a processor configured to correct the posture of the excavation attachment. The processor is configured to open an arm or a bucket of the excavation attachment in response to determining, based on the outputs of the posture detecting device and the instability detecting device, that the excavation load during deep excavation is more than or equal to a predetermined value.
US11572674B2
Provided is a working vehicle capable of increasing lifting operation speed of a working device without increasing cost, even when provided with a circuit configuration that prioritizes a steering operation over a working device operation. A wheel loader 1 comprises a priority valve 451 configured to allow hydraulic oil discharged from a hydraulic pump 41 to flow into a steering drive circuit 43 preferentially over a working device drive circuit 44, and further comprises: an electric steering lever 30; a pair of solenoid control valves 34A, 34B configured to control a steering directional control valve 33; and a controller 5. The controller 5 is configured to control the pair of solenoid control valves 34A, 34B so as to limit operation speed of a steering 3 when determining that an engine 40 is in a low idle state and a lift arm 21 is performing a lifting operation.
US11572670B2
A control arrangement for an arrangement of hydraulically couplable machines has an interface for hydraulic coupling of the machines, and a hydraulic machine for supplying pressure medium to at least one hydraulic consumer of the machines in accordance with requirements. An electronic control device is configured, in accordance with a load of the consumer, to generate an electronic control signal, which can be converted by a transducer of the control arrangement into a hydraulic control signal, in accordance with which the hydraulic machine can be operated.
US11572667B2
A roadway or pavement sweeper with multiple sweeping modes for the removal of debris from a swept surface may, in some embodiments, include a sweeper vehicle having a pair of side-brooms independently movable between a retracted and extended position for sweeping debris into an area therebetween and at least one material-transfer broom to sweep a portion of the debris accumulated between the side-brooms as the vehicle moves in its direction of travel. A fan-driven suction-inlet may be provided at or adjacent each side of the vehicle. The at least one material-transfer broom may rotate in a first or other direction to transfer debris for entrainment into a selected suction-inlet for transfer to a debris hopper. Other embodiments are also described.
US11572665B2
A milling system for a milling machine includes at least one cutting assembly configured to be coupled to a drum. Each of the cutting assemblies includes a base portion and an impact portion. The base portion includes a standoff coupled to the drum, a first base block coupled to the standoff, and a second base block coupled to the standoff at a position upstream of the first base block in a direction of rotation of the drum and at angle from the first base block. The impact portion includes a cutting bit and a tool holder coupled to the first base block, and a protective element coupled to the second base block.
US11572662B2
An asphalt paver may include a tractor and a screed configured for towing behind the tractor. The screed may include a tow arm secured to the tractor at an adjustable tow point. The paver may also include a monitoring system configured for monitoring and displaying the position of the adjustable tow point. The monitoring system may include a sensor arranged at or near the tow point for sensing the position of the tow point and a computing system in communication with the sensor for displaying the position of the adjustable tow point. A method of paving involving adjusting paving parameters to avoid or compensate for movement in the tow point is also provided.
US11572661B2
Self-propelled construction machine and method for controlling a self-propelled construction machine
A self-propelled construction machine comprises a machine frame having a working means arranged thereon, and a drive means for driving left and right crawler tracks at respective predetermined chain speeds. A control unit is configured such that, based on a distance between a front reference point with respect to the machine frame in the working direction and a predetermined path, the chain speed(s) of the left and/or right crawler track is predetermined such that the front reference point moves on the predetermined path. The control unit is further configured such that, during cornering, the control is corrected based on a distance between a rear reference point with respect to the machine frame in the working direction and the predetermined path such that the distance between the rear reference point with respect to the machine frame in the working direction and the predetermined path is reduced.
US11572657B2
A wire including a wire body that is made of metal, and a protector that is made of resin, that covers an outer periphery of the wire body, and that is integrally molded with the wire body.
US11572653B2
An electronic device having a display on one side of the device and one or more image sensors on the opposite side of the device captures image data using the one or more image sensors. The display displays a portion of the captured image data on the display and a first graphical object overlaid on the displayed portion of the captured image data. A user gesture is detected using the one or more image sensors. In accordance with a determination that the detected user gesture meets a set of criteria, a position of the graphical object is updated based on the user gesture or is the first graphical object is replaced with a second graphical object. In accordance with a determination that the detected user gesture does not meet a set of criteria, the display of the first graphical object is maintained.
US11572650B2
A door lock for a top loading electrical appliance is provided that includes a latch head for locking a door of the top loading electrical appliance and a limiting mechanism for limiting rotation of the latch head before the door of the top loading electrical appliance reaches a closed position. The latch head is rotatable about an axis and has a latch head unlock position and a latch head lock position. The latch head may rotate between the latch head unlock position and the latch head lock position and the limiting mechanism may be arranged for limiting the latch head from rotating from the latch head unlock position to the latch lead lock position before the door of the top loading electrical appliance reaches a closed position.
US11572647B2
A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet and a drawer retractably provided in the cabinet. An accommodation unit is disposed in the drawer and defines a space configured to receive washing water. A water supply channel is connected to a water supply source and is configured to supply washing water to the accommodation unit. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a body along which a water supply channel is provided, the body being rotatably provided at the cabinet. A body guider is provided at the cabinet and is configured to guide a rotational movement of the body.
US11572646B2
An example composite building material includes one or more layers of polymeric fibers, binding agent, and optional fillers, and at least one surface layer of resin-impregnated paper disposed above and/or below the one or more layers. The one or more layers can include a core layer with longer polymeric fibers and top and bottom layers with shorter polymeric fibers. A method of manufacturing the composite building material includes forming the one or more layers, applying the at least one surface layer above and/or below the one or more layers, and heating and pressing the combined layers.
US11572645B2
The invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing mineral wool. The apparatus includes means (1) for producing molten mineral material, at least one fiberizing device (3) for forming fibres, into which fiberizing device the molten mineral material is fed (2) and by which fibres (12) are formed. The fiberizing device (3) comprises, rotationally arranged around a vertical axis (15), at least one fiberizing plate (13) having a vertical peripheral edge, into which are formed numerous small-sized holes (14), through which the molten material is led by centrifugal force to form fibres (12). Into the fiberizing device (3) are arranged elements to produce a vertical flow of blowing medium (16) to be led around the fiberizing plate (13), the flow causing the fibres (12) to turn downwards and, at the same time, to thin. Downstream the fiberizing device (3) is arranged a collection device (6), into which the formed fibres (12) are led and collected into a mat-like material. In connection with said at least one fiberizing plate (13) is arranged a substantially horizontal, relatively narrow channel (5), through which the fibres (12) are brought into the chamber space (7) of the collection device (6). The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing mineral wool and a mineral wool product manufactured by the method.
US11572643B2
A wind lift mitigation net for mitigating or preventing wind lift of at least one membrane covering an outdoor aggregation of matter is provided. The wind lift mitigation net comprises a plurality of monofilaments. At least some of the monofilaments may each have a cross-sectional shape that comprises at least one vertex. The cross-sectional shape may, for example, be a non-circular shape such as a tear drop, triangular, square or stellate shape. At least some of the monofilaments may each have at least one substantially planar surface.
US11572639B2
A fiber masterbatch including a polyetherimide, a polyethylene terephthalate, and a polyimide is provided. A glass transition temperature of the polyimide is between 140° C. and 170° C., a 10% thermogravimetric loss temperature of the polyimide is between 500° C. and 550° C., and when the polyimide is dissolved in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and a solid content of the polyimide is 15 wt %, a viscosity of the polyimide is between 80 cP and 230 cP. A melt spun fiber obtained by using the fiber masterbatch is also provided.
US11572634B2
The present disclosure provides a crystal growth apparatus. The crystal growth apparatus may include a furnace chamber; a temperature field device placed at least partially into the furnace chamber, wherein a cover plate of the temperature field device includes a first through hole; and a pulling rod component that passes through the first through hole and extends into the temperature field device.
US11572632B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing high purity tin including: depositing electrodeposited tin on the surface of a cathode by electrowinning in an electrolytic bath in which a diaphragm is placed between an anode and the cathode, by using a raw material for tin as the anode and a leachate obtained by electrolytically leaching the raw material for tin in a sulfuric acid solution as an electrolytic solution, the electrolytic solution containing a smoothing agent for improving a surface property of the electrodeposited tin; discharging the electrolytic solution from the electrolytic bath such that lead in the discharged electrolytic solution is removed; and putting the electrolytic solution from which lead is removed back into the electrolytic bath.
US11572625B2
There is provided a rotation detection jig used for an apparatus in which a substrate is processed inside a processing container by rotating a mounting stand for a substrate provided on one surface side of a rotary table while revolving the mounting stand with rotation of the rotary table, and supplying a processing gas to a region through which the mounting stand passes, including: a rotating element configured to rotate about a rotation shaft of the mounting stand; an encoder main body configured to detect a rotation angle of the rotating element and configured to constitute a rotary encoder together with the rotating element; a fixing member configured to fix the encoder main body to a rotating portion including the rotary table; and a signal processing part provided in the rotating portion and configured to process a detection signal detected by the encoder main body.
US11572621B2
Disclosed herein is system and method for protective diamond coatings. The method may include the steps of cleaning and seeding a substrate, depositing a crystalline diamond layer on the substrate, etching the substrate; and attaching the substrate to protected matter. The crystalline diamond layer may reflect at least 28 percent of electromagnetic energy in a beam having a bandwidth of 800 nanometer to 1 micrometer.
US11572610B2
A steel sheet includes a predetermined chemical composition and a metal structure represented by, in area fraction, ferrite: 50% to 95%, granular bainite: 5% to 48%, martensite: 2% to 30%, and upper bainite, lower bainite, tempered martensite, retained austenite, and pearlite: 5% or less in total.
US11572606B2
A special brass alloy containing 62.5 to 65% by weight Cu, 2.0 to 2.4% by weight Mn, 0.7 to 0.9% by weight Ni, 1.9 to 2.3% by weight Al, 0.35 to 0.65% by weight Si, 0.3 to 0.6% by weight Fe, 0.18 to 0.4% by weight Sn and Cr, either alone or in combination, ≤0.1% by weight Pb, the remainder consisting of Zn and inevitable impurities.
US11572595B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising and methods of producing genetically engineered bacteriophages, bacteriophage-like particles and non-replicating transduction particles (NRTPs) that contain non-native tail fibers that display altered host specificity and/or reactivity. The present invention also relates to methods of using these bacteriophages and NRTPs for the development of novel diagnostics, therapeutics and/or research reagents for bacteria-related diseases.
US11572594B2
Characteristic sequence, labeled primer and identification method of Carya illinoensis variety Davis
The present invention discloses a highly specific characteristic sequence, molecular specific labeled primer of Carya illinoensis variety Davis and applications thereof, and further discloses a method for rapidly identifying Carya illinoensis variety Davis. Wherein, the sequence of the molecular specific labeled primer is: upstream primer 5′-TCCTGAAAGCAGCCACAACA-3′ (SEQ ID NO:3); downstream primer 5′-GACATGTGTACGAGGTGGTCA-3′ (SEQ ID NO:4). The molecular specific labeled primer of the present invention can be used for early identification of the Carya illinoensis variety Davis rapidly and easily distinguishing it from other Carya illinoensis varieties, providing a strong technical support for the identification of Davis and planting resource protection. The method for rapid identification of the Carya illinoensis variety Davis is simple, rapid and accurate, and it is an irreplaceable molecular means for identifying Carya illinoensis variety by apparent characteristics.
US11572586B2
Methods for evaluating microsatellite instability (MSI) analyze nucleic acid sequence reads corresponding to a plurality of marker regions for MSI. The marker regions may include long homopolymers and/or short tandem repeats (STRs). For a target homopolymer, a histogram of homopolymer signal values is calculated based on flow space signal measurements for the homopolymer region in the sequence reads. A score per marker based on features of the histogram of homopolymer signal values is determined for each marker region corresponding to the target homopolymers. For a target STR, the method includes calculating a histogram of repeat lengths for sequence reads corresponding to the marker region of the target STR. A score per STR marker is calculated based on features of the histogram of repeat lengths. A plurality of per marker scores may be combined to form a total MSI score for the sample.
US11572584B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for enrichment or isolation of a long nucleotide fragment comprising a known nucleotide sequence element, i.e. a sequence encoding a conserved active site or domain, the method being applicable i.a. to high throughput screening for DNA fragments containing a known sequence element. The methods herein comprise the steps of forming an emulsion of multiple liquid droplets from a DNA fragment containing liquid sample, specific detection of droplets containing at least one target DNA molecule, physically selecting droplets containing at least one target DNA molecule, and performing a general amplification of the DNA molecules containing at least one target DNA molecules.
US11572580B2
The present invention pertains to: an oligonucleotide preservation method; and a kit comprising an oligonucleotide. The present invention provides a method for stably preserving an oligonucleotide-containing solution by adding a nucleic acid-binding protein to said oligonucleotide-containing solution in advance.
US11572578B2
The present invention relates to a reagent kit for detecting biofilm in test tissue, the reagent kit comprising: (a) a pretreatment liquid comprising at least one surfactant selected, from the group consisting of nonionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, and cationic surfactants, (b) a staining liquid comprising a dye, and (c) a decolorizing liquid comprising at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of nonionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, and cationic surfactants; wherein after a membrane is brought into contact with the test tissue and released from contact, the pretreatment liquid (a), the staining liquid (b), and the decolorizing liquid (c) are brought into contact with the contact surface of the membrane in this order.
US11572572B2
The invention provides a plant EPSPS mutant (i.e., 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase mutant), which is derived from a plant and is mutated to have glyphosate resistance. Also provided is an encoding gene, which can encode the plant EPSPS mutant. In addition, a vector containing the encoding gene and a cell containing the vector is provided by the invention. Further, a use of the plant EPSPS mutant is provided.
US11572570B2
Compositions and methods for increasing plant growth for higher crop yield are provided. The methods involve the expression in a plant of interest of at least one C4 transporter coding sequence. Plants showing increased expression of one or more C4 transporter coding sequence of interest are encompassed by the invention. It is recognized that any method for increasing the expression of the C4 transporter coding sequences in a plant of interest can be used in the practice of the methods disclosed herein. Such methods include transformation, breeding and the like. Increased expression of the C4 transporter coding sequences in the plant of interest results in yield gains. Expression cassettes and vectors comprising the C4 transporter sequences disclosed herein are also provided herein. Methods for identifying genes under positive selection in plants that use C4 photosynthesis are disclosed and provided herein.
US11572568B2
MPO1 and MPO2 can be regulated for either decreasing or increasing alkaloid levels in plants, in particular in Nicotiana plants. In particular, suppressing or overexpressing one or more of MPO1 and MPO2 may be used to decrease or increase nicotine and nicotinic alkaloid levels in tobacco plants. Suppression or overexpression of one or more of MPO1 and MPO2 may be used in combination with modification of expression of other genes encoding enzymes on the nicotinic alkaloid biosynthetic pathway such as A622, NBB1, PMT, and QPT.
US11572564B2
The invention provides non-naturally occurring microbial organisms comprising a 1,4-butanediol (BDO), 4-hydroxybutyryl-CoA, 4-hydroxybutanal or putrescine pathway comprising at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding a BDO, 4-hydroxybutyryl-CoA, 4-hydroxybutanal or putrescine pathway enzyme expressed in a sufficient amount to produce BDO, 4-hydroxybutyryl-CoA, 4-hydroxybutanal or putrescine and further optimized for expression of BDO. The invention additionally provides methods of using such microbial organisms to produce BDO, 4-hydroxybutyryl-CoA, 4-hydroxybutanal or putrescine.
US11572549B2
The present invention provides several non-naturally occurring sulfotransferase enzymes that have been engineered to react with aryl sulfate compounds as sulfo group donors, instead of the natural substrate 3′-phosphoadenosine 5′-phosphosulfate (PAPS), and with heparosan-based polysaccharides, particularly heparan sulfate, as sulfo group acceptors. Each of the engineered sulfotransferase enzymes have a biological activity characterized by the position within the heparosan-based polysaccharide that receives the sulfo group, including glucosaminyl N-sulfotransferase activity, hexuronyl 2-O sulfotransferase activity, glucosaminyl 6-O sulfotransferase activity, or glucosaminyl 3-O sulfotransferase activity. Methods of using the engineered sulfotransferases to produce sulfated heparosan-based polysaccharides, including polysaccharides having anticoagulant activity, are also provided.
US11572545B2
Described herein are methods and compositions related to generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Improved techniques for establishing highly efficient, reproducible reprogramming using non-integrating episomal plasmid vectors. Using the described reprogramming protocol, one is able to consistently reprogram non-T cells with close to 100% success from non-T cell or non-B cell sources. Further advantages include use of a defined reprogramming media E7 and using defined clinically compatible substrate recombinant human L-521. Generation of iPSCs from these blood cell sources allows for recapitulation of the entire genomic repertoire, preservation of genomic fidelity and enhanced genomic stability.
US11572544B2
Embodiments herein relate to in vitro production methods of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) and hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) that have long-term multilineage hematopoiesis potentials upon in vivo engraftment. The HSC and HSPCs are derived from pluripotent stem cells-derived hemogenic endothelia cells (HE) by non-integrative episomal vectors-based gene transfer.
US11572535B2
A fermentation and aging apparatus may include a fermentation tank, into which a fermentation container may be put, an object to be fermented being accommodated in the fermentation container, a first channel connected with the fermentation tank and opened and closed by a first valve, a second channel connected with the fermentation tank and opened and closed by a second valve, a pressure sensor provided in the first channel, an air pump configured to supply air to the fermentation tank, and a controller configured to close the first valve and the second valve based on a beverage making start request, drive the air pump, and detect whether the fermentation container is put into the fermentation tank, based on a pressure measured by the pressure sensor.
US11572528B2
Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate generally to a variety of norbornene derivatives exhibiting olfactive properties and are suitable as fragrance ingredients. More specifically, this invention relates to various fragrance compositions containing one or more of a compound of formula (I): Wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein. The compounds of formula (I) are useful as perfumes, colognes, and in perfume augmenting, modifying, enhancing, and imparting compositions. The compositions of this invention are therefore useful in a variety of products including perfumes, colognes, soaps, detergents, candles, air fresheners, trash bags, tissues, deodorants, lotions, skin care products, hair products, sanitary products, cleaning products, and the like.
US11572519B2
High temperature lubricants for magnetic media are provided. One such lubricant includes fluoroalkyl, fluoroalkenyl, perfluoroalkyl, or perfluoroalkyl ether segments, anchoring functional groups engageable with a protective overcoat of a magnetic recording media, and cyclic functional groups. The lubricants can be used in conjunction with a magnetic recording medium and/or a magnetic data storage system.
US11572510B2
Described is a system for producing primarily diesel with some heavy fuel oil from plastic feedstock. The feedstock is received into a pyrolizer. There are two zones in the pyrolizer—one where the temperature is elevated during conveyance, and a second where the temperature is maintained. A distillation vessel receives fuel oils from the pyrolizer and agitates the oils at high temperature. A hydrogenation vessel then mixes the fuel liquid with H2 at a high pressure while recirculating to and from an expansion vessel to create converted fuel oil. A diesel distillation tank receives the converted fuel oil and creates diesel gas, which is then condensed to form a usable diesel product. Any remaining fuel oil is sent the heavy fuel oil tank.
US11572508B2
A non-linear surfactant, and particularly a non-linear surfactant comprising bi-functionalized molecules or particles having both hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups. The non-linear surfactant includes a nanoparticle template of a rigid molecular structure, wherein the nanoparticle comprises a molecule or a particle that is bi-functionalized with both hydrophilic and hydrophobic groups to obtain an amphiphilic nanoparticle. The template nanoparticle can be used as a surfactant, wetting agent, emulsifier, detergent or other surface active agents or for the preparation of nanoemulsions or dispersions. The non-linear surfactant can provide smaller particle sizes for emulsion suspensions and foams.
US11572507B2
A liquid crystal polyester resin composition includes: (A) liquid crystal polyester; (B) talc; and (C) mica, in which the total amount ((B)+(C)) of the (B) talc and the (C) mica is in a range of 5 parts by mass to 100 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the (A) liquid crystal polyester, and a mass ratio ((B)/(C)) of a mass of the (B) talc to a mass of the (C) mica is in a range of 9/1 to 1/9.
US11572505B1
A CuInS2@ZnS nanomaterial synthesized with thiosalicylic acid and sodium citrate as dual-stabilizers is taken as a chemiluminescent luminophore, and Tris buffer containing both N2H4.H2O and H2O2 is taken as the triggering solution; introducing the H2O2 into the triggering solution can bring out greatly enhanced CL emission and obviously shortened CL process, enable the CuInS2@ZnS nanomaterial with strong flash-type and near-infrared CL; the luminophore of CuInS2@ZnS nanomaterial is synthesized by a one-pot method; compared with acridinium ester (a classical flash-type chemiluminescent substance), the CuInS2@ZnS nanomaterial is simple in synthesis method, mild in conditions and short in the required time, the synthesized CuInS2@ZnS nanomaterial is not easy to decompose under light, and the CL waveband is in the near-infrared region.
US11572499B2
The present disclosure relates to a gas hydrate inhibitor composition, comprising A) a compound according to formula (1) wherein R1 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms; R2 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms; R3 is present or not as hydrogen and organic moieties having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R4 is selected from —(CH2)t—, —[CH2—CHR6)t]—, —(CH2—CHR6O)u—(CH2)t— and combinations thereof; R5 is an alkyl or alkenyl group having 4 to 22 carbon atoms; R6 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R7 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R8 is present or not as hydrogen or organic moieties having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; t is 2, 3 or 4; u is an integer between 0 and 100; n is 0 or 1 m is 0 or 2 o is 0 or 2, p is 0 or 1 X− is an anion, and a synergistic cationic surfactant which is selected from quaternary benzyl ammonium salts having besides the benzyl group at least one C8-C18-alkyl group bound to the nitrogen atom.
US11572498B2
A thixotropic composition having a cross-linkable polymer, cross-linking agent, initiator and a thixotropic agent. The thixotropic agent may be a clay or a saccharide polymer. The thixotropic composition may be introduced into a drill string via a batch or on-the-fly process to prevent loss of drilling fluid into the surrounding formation.
US11572496B2
A method includes providing an expandable metal slurry downhole in a wellbore. The expandable metal slurry includes granules of an expandable metal material suspended or dispersed in a fluid. Further, the method includes positioning the expandable metal slurry within the wellbore such that the granules of the expandable metal material in the expandable metal slurry are activatable to expand and form a seal within the wellbore.
US11572494B2
Adhesive hot-melt formulations with a main polymeric component, of at least one isotactic metallocene butene-1 polymer composition, that has a low viscosity, and that has a bimodal composition, directly obtained during polymerization, in two consecutive and separate reaction steps. Moreover, said hot-melts include less than 5% by weight of at least one viscosity modifier that is not solid at room temperature. Such unusually low level of said additives, surprisingly allows to attain substantially improved levels both of high adhesiveness and cohesion. The adhesive hot-melt formulations include less than 5% by weight of a polyethylene wax or of a blend of polyethylene waxes, that characterized by a highly linear/non-branched structure and by an exceptionally low Polydispersity Index. The presence of such peculiar polyethylene waxes, that are partially incompatible with the butene-1 polymer composition, allows to use the disclosed hot-melt formulations even in the presence of fibrous or perforated substrates.
US11572483B2
An aqueous ink composition for inkjet printing on non-porous substrates and a method for forming the same are disclosed. For example, the method includes preparing a primary polymer latex with an aromatic functional group, a hydrogen-bonding group, a flexible side-chain, and an ionic functional group and mixing the primary polymer latex with a secondary latex binder and one or more co-solvents.
US11572482B2
An aqueous pigment dispersion includes at least one dispersing agent having the general formula: The aqueous pigment dispersion can be used in an aqueous inkjet ink which is useful for printing on textile fabrics.
US11572474B2
Provided is a solvent borne tire ballast composition which includes in a solvent, a low molecular weight lignin in an amount of at least 5 weight % (or optionally, 10 or 15 or 20 weight %) to 30 or 40 or 50 weight % of the solids, and hemicellulose in an amount of at least 0.1 weight % (or optionally, 0.2 or 0.5 or 1.0 or 2.0 or 5.0 weight %) to 20 weight % (or 10 or 15 or 18 or 25 or 30 weight %) of the solids.
US11572473B2
Disclosed are compositions comprising dimeric decarboxylated rosins (DDCRs), methods for making them, and applications thereof. DDCR of purity from 50-100 wt. % is obtained by decarboxylating a dimeric rosin acid or by dimerizing a decarboxylated rosin, in the presence of a catalyst, followed by one or more purification steps separation on differences in boiling point. The isolated DDCR fractions display unexpectedly high Tg/Mn ratios, softening points and viscosities, and low polydispersities. The DDCR product comprises 50 to 100 wt. % of polycyclic hydrocarbon compounds having one or more aliphatic, unsaturated or aromatic groups, and 34-80 carbon atoms, with a molecular weight Mn of 250-900 Da, and an oxygen to carbon ratio of <5%. The DDCR product has at least 50%, and up to 100% as dimeric species, with the remainder being trimeric and larger polymeric species.
US11572470B2
Tropistic materials incorporating a class of adaptively configurable materials capable of real-time detection, tracking, and processing incident stimulus are provided. Incident stimulus can comprise any energetic emission or signals, such as electromagnetic waves, acoustics waves, or magnetic fields. The materials comprise a deformable stimuli-responsive material, which can adapt configuratively to a specific stimulus, and may further comprise a plurality of absorbers or photo-sensitive molecules configured to convert external incident stimuli to the specific stimulus type toward which the deformable material is responsive.
US11572465B2
Provided are a fluororubber composition maintaining rubber properties and excellent in flowability and mold releasability as well as capable of reducing a cross-linking time when molded, and a fluororubber sealing material formed of the fluororubber composition. The fluororubber composition contains a polyol cross-linkable based fluororubber; an aliphatic acid amide based compound; at least one member selected from a phosphoric acid ester based compound, an aliphatic acid ester based compound and a fluorine-containing based compound; and a polyol based cross-linking agent. The fluororubber sealing material is formed of the fluororubber composition.
US11572446B2
A lignin dispersion composition comprising spherical lignin particles dispersed in an aqueous medium, wherein the spherical lignin particles have a size exclusively within a range of 100 nm to 5 microns. Also described herein is a method of producing the lignin dispersion, by: (i) dissolving lignin in an organic solvent substantially devoid of water yet miscible with water to result in a solution of the lignin in the organic solvent; and (ii) producing the lignin dispersion by dialyzing the solution of the lignin with water until substantially all of the organic solvent is replaced with water with simultaneous formation of spherical lignin particles dispersed in the water. Also described herein is a method for stabilizing an emulsion by intimately mixing the emulsion with the lignin dispersion. Also described herein is a hierarchical assembly of porous microparticles produced by mixing the lignin dispersion with an emulsion and an amphiphilic block copolymer.
US11572444B2
The invention is directed to a process for the continuous acetylation of wood elements. The process particularly combines a batchwise impregnation step, with a continuous reaction step. In order to realize this, a collection step is built-in, so as to allow batches of impregnated wood elements to be fed into a reactor in a continuous manner. Very high acetylation contents can be obtained, at a level that had not been achievable before in a continuous and non-catalyzed acetylation process.
US11572441B2
A nonlimiting example method for synthesizing a pigment-pendent polyamide (PP-polyamide) may comprise: functionalizing metal oxide particles bound to a pigment particle with a compound having an epoxy to produce a surface treated pigment having a pendent epoxy; and reacting the pendent epoxy with a polyamide to yield the PP-polyamide. Another nonlimiting example method for synthesizing a PP-polyamide may comprise: functionalizing metal oxide particles bound to a pigment particle with a silica particle having a carboxylic acid surface treatment to produce a surface treated pigment having a pendent carboxylic acid; converting the pendent carboxylic acid to a pendent acid chloride; and reacting the pendent acid chloride with a polyamide to yield the PP-polyamide. Said PP-polyamide may be useful in producing objects by methods that include melt extrusion, injection molding, compression molding, melt spinning, melt emulsification, spray drying, cryogenic milling, freeze drying polymer dispersions, and precipitation of polymer dispersions.
US11572437B2
A thermoplastic resin (A) including, in its main chain structure, a unit (i) having a biphenyl group, a unit (ii) having a substituent biphenyl group, a unit (iii) having a specific number of atoms in its main chain, and a unit (iv) having a specific number of atoms in its main chain provides a thermoplastic resin which has a low liquid crystal phase transition temperature and a low isotropic phase transition temperature, is highly thermally conductive, and can be processed by molding at a low melting temperature.
US11572436B2
Provided is a curing agent for a water-based epoxy resin, which contains the following component (A) and component (B): (A); at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyamide amine-based curing agent (a1), a reaction product (a2) of a polyamine compound and a polyepoxy compound, and a Mannich reaction product (a3) of a polyamine compound, a phenol compound, and an aldehyde compound; (B): at least one selected from the group consisting of a reaction product (b1) of styrene and an amine compound represented by the following formula (1), and a reaction product (b2) of epichlorohydrin and an amine compound represented by the following formula (1); H2N—CH2-A-CH2—NH2 (1) wherein A is a 1,2-phenylene group, a 1,3-phenylene group, or a 1,4-phenylene group.
US11572416B2
A cellulose resin wherein a hydrogen atom of a hydroxy group of cellulose is substituted with a long-chain component which is a linear saturated aliphatic acyl group having 14 or more carbon atoms and a short-chain component which is an acyl group (propionyl group) having 3 carbon atoms, the degree of substitution with the long-chain component (DSLo) and the degree of substitution with the short-chain component (DSSh) satisfy the following conditional expressions (1) and (2): DSLo+DSSh≥2.1 (1) 4≤DSSh/DSLo≤12 (2), the Izod impact strength is 5.0 kJ/m2 or more, and the MFR (melt flow rate at 200° C. and under a load of 5 kg) is 10 g/10 min or more.
US11572415B2
The application pertains to a trispecific antibody molecule which may comprise a diabody-unit integrated into a polypeptide chain having at least six variable domains linked one after another. In certain instances two single-chain Fv (scFv) fragments are distally connected to the diabody-unit providing two further antigen binding sites (FIGS. 1 and 2).
US11572413B2
The present invention provides for purified or highly pure recombinant monoclonal antibodies that bind to human colorectal and pancreatic carcinoma-associated antigens (CPAA), along with nucleic acid sequences encoding the antibody chains, and the amino acid sequences corresponding to said nucleic acids and uses for said sequences.
US11572402B2
The present invention relates to a method for promoting diversification of variable regions of an antibody. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for promoting diversification of the amino acid sequences of variable regions of an antibody generated by an avian B cell population, wherein the method comprises suppressing the PI3Kα activity of each avian B cell comprised in the avian B cell population expressing the antibody.
US11572401B2
Genetically encoded calcium indicator (GECI) polypeptides and the nucleic acid molecules encoding such polypeptides are provided. In addition, methods of using such nucleic acids and polypeptides in methods of screening for agonists or antagonists of G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) or ion channels and methods of monitoring neural activity also are provided.
US11572398B2
The invention relates to a derivative of a GLP-1 analogue of a general Formula I, which derivative comprises a side chain attached to a Lys residue at position 34, 35, 36, 37, or 38 of the GLP-1 analogue, which side chain comprises a Branched linker, a 1st and a 2nd Protractor selected from C18 diacid, C20 diacid, and sulfonic acid C16, and at least one Linker element-1 incorporating ethylene glycol units. Linker element-1 may be incorporated in an optional Pre-linker, and/or in a 1st or 2nd Post-linker. The invention also relates to novel GLP-1 analogues, novel side chain intermediate products and their manufacture and use to prepare derivatives of biologically active peptides and proteins, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and medical uses of the analogues and derivatives. The derivatives have very long half-lives while maintaining a satisfactory potency, which makes them potentially suitable for once-monthly administration.
US11572396B2
The invention relates to a polypeptide selected from bone morphogenetic protein 10 (BMP10), or a bone morphogenetic protein 9 (BMP9) variant lacking osteogenic activity, for use in the treatment of a vascular disease or a respiratory disease. The invention also relates to novel BMP9 variants and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said polypeptides.
